Feathers of Love
Chapitre Seventeen: The Mission
Haku had reached Yubaba's office in record time. It was not a good thing to be late when Yubaba was looking for someone. She could be very angry when someone was late for no apparent reason. Thus, whenever Yubaba summoned someone, they always ran at top speed to her office and only then would they listen to Yubaba talking while they caught their breath.
He asked the door to open to admit him and thanking the door and asking it to close after he had entered. After which, he walked towards Yubaba and greeted her with a "good evening". He was momentarily distracted by the Kashira, which were heads, as the trio rolled into the room. However, when Yubaba talking, he turned his head and looked at her.
"Haku! I know that someone has come into this country. Do you know who that person is and have you brought that person to see me?"
"No, Yubaba, I do not know who that person is but I think that that person is going to leave this country soon, unless that person has already disappeared from this country." Haku answered.
"Is it? Well, I guess you are wrong, for I sense that person still here. Anyway, I will deal that matter myself." Yubaba took in a deep breath before she continued. "I have a new mission for you."
"Which is?" Haku asked in a bored voice. "What do I have to steal this time?"
"Steal the seal that belongs to Zeniba."
"What does it look like? Is it very big and what should I do to get it?"
"Haku, it is not very big, but that seal is very hard to steal. I need you to go to Zeniba's house, go into the fireplace and look for a loose stone that is protruding outwards. You will need a magical word written on the stone to open it and get the seal. However, the seal will have a ward on it, which must be broken." Yubaba continued. "The magical word is this. (Yubaba wrote it in the air and the word materialized.) As for the ward, I do not know how to break it. You must be quick though. The moment this word is written on the stone and reveals the ward and seal, you have to be quick for Zeniba will know that you are there to steal the seal. Do you understand your mission?"
"Yes, I understand. However, I do have a question. Which is, how do you know all these secrets to get to the seal? Usually, you just ask me to steal the specific item without any instruction whatsoever."
"Have you forgotten that Zeniba is my twin sister? Of course I do know what is on her mind. Luckily, when I looked in her mind, which is not good to my body, since it hurts a lot when Zeniba tried to push me out of her mind unconsciously, I managed to get those secrets before I get repelled."
"I see. But can you do this to other people?"
"No, that is not true. Only twins and soul mates are able to do that. However, there are definitely very few people who can do that by using spells to look into their minds, but the spells are lost and even if people do know that, they are only able to do that once, and only once, since it takes too much of one's magical powers and when they do it the second time, they will die from over usage of their magical powers."
"Good. Now that I know more about this, when should I start my mission?"
"Tonight."
"Yes, Yubaba. However, I think that I will only be back by the day after tomorrow."
"Time does not matter to me. Just get that seal and then come back here. I'll deal with Zeniba myself."
"As you wish. I'll leave now." Haku said as he went towards the door, which opened on its own accord. He thanked the door and left for Zeniba's house.
Meanwhile, Sen was serving the guests in the bathhouse after she hid Nova in her room, which she shared with other people, all of them who hated her, as she was the only human in their room. Sen had just finished bathing one guest when Rin called her.
"Hey, Sen! We have to go and clean some tubs at that side of the bathhouse. Yubaba says that we have to do that as it has been a long time since we have cleaned the tubs there and that the Stink God may come any day now for his monthly bath. Come on! After this, we can have our dinner before we serve other Gods!"
"All right! Coming!" Sen shouted as she made her way to Rin. It was her first time going to that part of the bathhouse and she was afraid that she would get lost there, for the bathhouse was quite big and there seemed to be only one way to that section of the bathhouse. In moments, she was next to Rin, who led Sen towards one of the few tubs that she had to clean. Cleaning was tough, as the tub was very, very dirty, full of slime. The two of them managed to get most of the slime off but some still remained stuck there. Thus, Rin asked Sen to go and get a herbal soak tag from the foreman, who gave it to her without hesitation only when the foreman received that something foul was making its way towards the bathhouse.
"The Stink God is coming! Go and clean up that tub!" the foreman said urgently as he pushed a few tags towards Sen. She rushed back to Rin and cleaned the tub the best she could. As she went back, she ran past Yubaba, who was near the entrance to receive the guest.
"Sen! You and Rin are to serve the Stink God! Now go and clean up that tub, and fast!" Yubaba shouted after Sen.
Sen nodded her head as she used all her power to reach the tub. Rin by then had already received news that the Stink God was coming and she was already getting ready to clean the tub.
"Good, the herbal water is coming down faster to clean the tub. Well, the water will drain away in a few moments. I'll get dinner for the two of us." Rin said as she went to get their dinner.
"Can you please be quicker? Yubaba wants us to serve the God!" Sen shouted after her. But it was too late, for Rin had disappeared and the Stink God was already in the bathhouse- she could smell the Stink God even though he was far away.
"Well, I'll just have to make do with whatever I can. At least I have the best herbal tags there is. Usually the foreman just gives me the lousiest type of herbal tag." Sen thought as she braced herself for the arrival of the Stink God.
At the same time, Haku was flying towards Zeniba's house to steal the seal in his dragon form. What he did not expect was the Zeniba was already waiting for his arrival...
Clow looked down and smiled yet again.
"The two of them do not seem to know that things will happen to make them remember each other...but it will be difficult and if they make the wrong choice, they will never notice that they love each other, not the brotherly and sisterly relationship as they had thought..." Clow thought. "As for Nadeshiko, she better do her best in that plot of theirs and if they fail, let's hope that things will be all right with the arrival of my reincarnation. There is only one path to success...all of you better do the right thing or else everything would be lost..."
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I am sorry that I have not updated for quite a few days but I really hope that you enjoy this chaptire! Ja!
