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Notes:
(Insert Name)= your name
(f.n.) = your full name
{ } = note from author
Chapter 8
You continue to run with the fresh bandages in hand back toward the house/temple. You then enter the clearing and that must mean you're not too far away. After entering and passing through the clearing you finally reached home. You enter the house/temple, closing the door behind you and putting down your sword. You then go into the kitchen and put your moist backpack in the sink and head to the guest room with the dry bandages. You enter the room to see Shippou sitting beside the sleeping, anonymous guess.
"Hey Shippou" You say and kneel beside him.
"Hey (Insert Name)!" Shippou replies.
"Have she gotten any better?"
"Her temperature has gone down a lot!" Shippou answers.
"Oh, that's good" You reply and pull out the bandages.
You then start to remove the blood-stained bed sheet from the girl. When the bandages are removed you clean the wound as you did before. You notice that the wound on the girls' forehead had healed and so did the gash across her stomach which left a scar and in your opinion healed to fast. You replace the old bandages with the new ones and cover the girl back up with the blanket.
"Shippou, can you take these back into the kitchen? Your candy is in there in the sink." You say handing the tea kettle and mug to him.
"Ok!" He says and takes the tea utensils leaving the room.
You then start to clean up in this room, picking up the ripped blood- stained bed sheet off the floor. After cleaning up the room you head to the door to dispose of the bed sheet somewhere. Before you exit through the doorway you hear a light 'cough' behind you and you turn.
"'Cough', 'cough', where am I?" You hear a weak voice say.
"Miss?" You ask advancing the fallen person. You kneel beside the girl to see half open brown eyes staring at you.
"Who are you?" She asks.
"I'm (Insert Name), you're in my temple. Me, Shippou and Tetsu found you bleeding to death in the forest." You say with a serious expression. {I still haven't decided if it's a temple, house er a hut...}
"Bleeding to death?" She whispers with a confused expression.
"Yeah, but your wounds healed a lot faster than I thought they would, though."
"Wounds?"
"Yes, wounds..." You say catching on to her confusion. "Don't you remember how you got them?" You ask and the girl shakes her head gesturing, no. "Um, do you know where you were before the last two days?"
".... No, I can't remember..." She says and her eyes slowly fall down to the blanket lying upon her. You stare at her confusedly.
"Do you remember your name?" You ask and she looks back up.
"Yes, my name's Adira... I think..." She says and returns her gaze back to the blanket.
"Well... Adira, would you like something to eat?" You ask with a small smile.
"Um, yes, thank you" She replies.
"Ok, I'll be right back" You say and stand and Adira nods.
You head out the room and proceed to the kitchen. In the kitchen Rin is sitting at the table eating her candy. You go to the stove and heat up what was left over from this morning.
"What are you doing, (Insert Name)?" Shippou asks.
"I'm heating this up because Adira, the girl we found in the forest, woke up." You reply.
"Oh" Shippou says and continues to eat his candy.
The food gets warm enough and you put some on a tray. You then go back to the room where Adira is and Shippou follows. You enter the room and put the food tray beside Adira.
"Here's some yaki-onigiri and some miso-soup, Adira" You say and she picks up the tray.
"Thank you"
"Adira, this is Shippou" You say gesturing to the fox demon beside you. "And Shippou this is Adira."
"Hi Adira" Shippou greets happily.
"Hello" Adira says looking up at Shippou.
"Well, you should eat before your food gets cold." You say with a small smile and Adira glances at you and nods. She then starts to eat the food and Shippou leaves the room. When she gets done she sits the tray aside.
"Thank you it was good." She says politely.
"Your welcome" You say and pick up the tray and start to head out the room.
"Um, (Insert Name), why'd you bring me here?" She asks and you turn around.
"Huh?" You ask dumbly.
"I mean, why'd you bring me to your house when you could have taken me to a village or somewhere?" She rephrases her questions.
"I took you here because you were bleeding to death and I'd probably get lost because it was so dark outside if I tried to find the nearest village." You say and sweat drop. "Besides, I always seem to be doing good deeds on an impulse." You say smiling slightly.
"Oh, thank you." Adira replies.
"Your welcome" You say and exit the room and go to the kitchen.
You enter the kitchen and put the tray in the sink. You then head back to Adiras' room. You enter the room to find her standing up and looking out the window. You then notice that her clothe are kind of ripped and dirty with blood dried up where her open wound used to be.
"Adira, since your clothe are dirty would you like to borrow some of mind?" You ask and Adira looks down at her clothes.
"Uh, yes, thank you" She replies.
"Ok, follow me" You reply and head out the room and she follows you.
You then proceed down to your room and go to your closet. You slide open the closet doors. You step aside to let Adira decide what she wants and she picks a dark blue hakama and a dark red yukata.
"Adira, before you put that on would you like to go to the hot springs it's nearby?"
"Sure" She replies and you both leave the room with Adira carrying her new clothes.
You then go to Shippous' room and tell her you and Adira are going to the hot springs and she decides to come too. You grab your sword and backpack and you three then head out the temple/house and lock the door behind you. You then head to the hot springs. You all take off your clothe and put on towels then sit in the hot spring.
"Adira, do you remember what village you live in?" You ask.
"...No, I can't remember..." She answers.
"Well um, maybe Kaede-san can help..." You reply.
"Who's Kaede?"
"Kaede is um, she's priestess."
"A priestess?"
"Yeah, or maybe we could go to a village that's around here somewhere."
Later
After lounging in the spring for a while you get out and clothe yourself, then so does Adira and Shippou. You all then start to head for the nearest village which isn't exactly too far away. You all start to walk on a small path surrounded by trees, nothing strange or suspicious anywhere. Shippou then starts to converse with Adria. You suddenly feel a strange energy, like the one you felt when you went to Shins' house approaching you quickly from behind. You whip around with your hand gripping the hilt of your sword. Shippou and Adira stop and turn around.
"What's wrong ?" Shippou asks.
"Something's following us" You reply.
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Alright! Chapter 7 finished!! Inuyasha shall be back in the next chapter, I'm sure, er the next...
Yaki-onigiri= fried rice balls, in the chapters before I just used onigiri and in translation onigiri is hand rolled sushi...
Ja!