Durian: Gomen, gomen!! You need this chapter to understand the story. It's really long but I hope you'd like it…

~*~The Flute Goddess~*~

Raye Hino, the Flute Goddess and Setsuna Meiou, the Goddess of Hope watched a mirror that showed the lives of mortals.

"Mortals live so happily, I want to go down and join their fun!" exclaimed Raye

"Don't be stupid, Gods are forbidden to have contact with lower beings," advised Setsuna

"Please let me go, I promise to come back," said Raye

"If I say no, you'd still go won't you? Go, but do not stir up trouble because I won't help you. Remember do not use magic," said Setsuna

~*~

Shinta Fuji, lived peacefully with his father, Bunta Fuji. However, in the past few years they had really poor harvest. The number of sugar cane grew less and less as the weather became drier each year. Already they were struggling with the rent of their land.

"Shinta! I just heard the landlord is going to raise the rent. What are we going to do?" cried Bunta.

"Calm down, I'm sure we'll figure out something. It's getting late now, I'm going to get rid of some waste to make some money," said Shinta.

Shinta glanced at his old, half crippled father. He wished he could give him a better life but poor they were and poor they will be. Shinta felt really tired as he continued pushing his wheel cart with a big tub to carry human waste. Raye appeared in thin air, Shinta did not realise there was someone in front of his cart and continued pushing. Bang! As the cart crashed into Raye, further more the tub tumbled and splashed some human waste on Raye.

"Oh shit, oh shit! My shit has dirtied the street, what am I going to do? I can't lose this job!" cried Shinta.

"What is this? It smells, it smells, get it off me!! It's disgusting!!" cried Raye

"Can't you get back home to wash Miss?" asked Shinta

"No! I don't live around here, get it off, the smell makes me want to vomit!!" screamed Raye.

"Would you like to wash it off at my house?" asked Shinta

"Just get it off me!" whimpered Raye

~*~

Raye followed Shinta pushing his cart. Talk about bad luck, this was worst than a nightmare!

"How long have we got to go, this crap is disgusting and it feels disgusting!" whinged Raye

"Not long, we just have to pass this hill and we're there," said Shinta

When they finally arrived at Shinta's house, he told the girl to wash in the river near by.

"I came all the way here to wash in a cold river? Weren't you going to give me a warm bath?" asked Raye

"I don't have money, I'm really sorry Miss. I'd try my best to get rid of the shit on your clothing" said Shinta.

"Fine, do you have any spare clothing?" asked Raye

Shinta brought out his second and last pair of clothing. Rayed studied the clothing and glared

"The material is rough and it's so tattered, look there's even holes developing. Not only that, this is short sleeve and those are shorts not pants!" complained Raye

"It's either this or nothing. I don't have anything else!" exclaimed Shinta

~*~

Raye got dressed in Shinta's clothing, a lot of her white creamy flesh was revealed. Shinta stared at her skin and felt a great urge to run his hand down her arms. He looked at the girl's deep blue eyes and was mesmerized in her gaze. He studied his clothing on her, a small hole in the pants revealed a part of her thigh. The shirt clung tightly around the girl's chest; it had fitted perfectly because Shinta had a small build.

Rayed glared at Shinta, it is this man's entire fault. She studied his features and thought he was quite handsome. He had short rich red hair and his soft violet eyes gave her a warm feeling. The main flaw to this man is his height, which are only centimetres taller than Raye.

"I'm going down to the river, and you better not peek you pervert!" yelled Raye

"I'll clean your clothing somewhere nearby, to guard off anyone who comes near," said Shinta

~*~

When Raye got dressed out of the river, she walked towards Shinta.

"Hey, your clothing is cleaned. Now we just have to dry it," said Shinta as they walked back to the house.

Shinta set a fire to dry Raye's clothing, when it was dried he gave it back to her.

"Yuk, I'd rather wear your tatty clothing than this. It smells, I don't want to be reminded of the crap from earlier," said Raye

"Ok… Miss what's your name, I'm Shinta Fuji," announced Shinta

"I'm Ra… Rin. My name is Rin," said Raye

"Rin, you can sleep on my bed tonight, I'll take the floor," offered Shinta

Raye entered Shinta's room to sleep on his bed but she heard a snore.

"What was that?" asked Raye

"It's my father, Bunta Fuji. He snores in his sleep," replied Shinta

~*~

The next morning Bunta awoke to see a woman on Shinta's bed. He walked out of the room quietly to find Shinta, as he was nowhere in the room.

"Shinta, my boy! You've finally grown into a man, that's a pretty one your scored. It's about time you get married, 28 is a big number!" cried Bunta

"Father, there's nothing between me and that girl. Last night my tub of poo fell on her…" explained Shinta

Bunta was drinking some water but spat it all out and asked, "You what?"

"I spilled the poo on the town's floor," said Shinta

"That's real bad now…" whispered Bunta

When Raye awoke, she declared she's going home. Shinta couldn't stop her nor does he want to cause any more trouble for her.

~*~

After Raye walked a fair distance she transported back to heaven. Setsuna found her and asked what she is doing in tatty old clothes. Raye explained her story and Setsuna couldn't stop laughing. Next, Raye made a mirror to show Setsuna of the man she met. Setsuna saw a man with red hair and said, "Oh he's good looking!"

However, the next minute was tense. A group of people came to trash their house; they demanded money back for the spilt poo. They kidnapped Shinta's father and demanded him to pay up or his old man will suffer

"This is all my fault, if I didn't appear in front of his cart last night the poo would never have spilt. Please let me go down to help them," said Raye.

~*~

Raye appeared outside Shinta's house, she walked in to see a very worried Shinta.

"Shinta, what' wrong?" asked Raye

"Raye? Father, they took father. Why did you come back?" asked Shinta

"Here is some money, it might help you. It is my fault your tub fell, I've come to check on you," smiled Raye

Shinta took the money and hugged Raye, "Thank you, thank you, I promise to repay you." He ran off…

Raye was walking alone admiring what she had done, she did not realise two men were behind her. They grabbed her from the back and she lost conscious.

N.B Gods/Goddesses lose most of their power once they come down to mortal land. The magic of the Flute Goddess is to use her flute…

~*~

Shinta rescued Bunta and the two walked happily until they came upon a crowd.

"Come look everyone, this beautiful fair maiden will be the bride of the highest bidder," called a voice

Shinta and Bunta decided to have a look and were astounded to see Rin sitting unconscious.

"Let go of her, she's my friend! You guys captured her by force, I can report you!" yelled Shinta

Shinta rushed to help Raye but the kidnappers attacked him. Shinta reached Raye and blocked their attacks with his back to protect Raye. Raye stirred to find Shinta in front of him and realised he was being hit by two men.

"Shinta you saved me…" whispered Raye

"You're conscious! Let's run," called Shinta as he grabbed her hand to make a run for it.

When they escaped, Raye asked, "Can you please let go of my hand now?"

"Oh, sorry," said Shinta and he blushed.

From that day onwards, Raye and Shinta have grown closer and closer. She stayed to help out on their sugar cane field. She mended their clothing and cleaned their house.

~*~

One full moon night, Shinta said he had something to tell Raye. But first, he took her to a very high hill.

"Look, don't you think the moon is so big and beautiful from here?" asked Shinta

"Yes, it is…" said Raye

When they sat for a while, Shinta muttered, "I… I… I know I'm poor and that I will never match you. If I don't say this tonight, I won't be able to sleep. I'm in love with you…" said Shinta

Raye stared at him; she did not know what to say. She responded by planting a soft kiss on Shinta's lips. Shinta was startled but reacted by holding Raye and continued kissing her. He wished this minute would never end…

"Rin" said Shinta

"Yes?" asked Raye

"I peeked…" said Shinta

They both giggled and sat there to watch the sunrise.

~*~

The next morning.

"Shinta, I have to leave for a few days. There is something I must attend to," said Raye

"Do you promise to come back?" asked Shinta

"I promise," said Raye and she sealed it with a kiss

To be continued

Durian: Get ready for some drama in the next chapter, "The God of Destiny". Gomen if you don't like this. I'd get back to Wounds Heal- Part Two after this.

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