Author's notes: Mikami mentions something about noses here. Is a well known fact that the dog's nose is a very sensitive spot and that's why dogs hate when someone hit their noses. You do the math. Once again, review!
Disclaimer: My parents still maintain me! No use in sue Misao!
Scroll #2:
"Youkais on the road."
What the hell just happened? I'm still alive after a close encounter with the local Taiyoukai?. And I was robbed! I, Mikami, was robbed in front of my very hands! And I helped to it!
I Cant Believe It! The next time I find that Taiyoukai inside my home, I will punch him on the nose: Isao-sama, the monk at the village, told me that the nose is a very sensitive point on any taiyoukai.
Slap herself on the cheek
Be careful with your wishes, Mikami: you will not have THAT luck the next time you face a taiyoukai!… I wonder why he didn't kill me: I am, after all, an easy prey for that matter.
Why I can't stop these tears? Oh My God! I could be dead by now!
"Mikami-chan! We are home, honey!."
Okaasan, Otousan! Thank God!. I quickly stand up and rush to them, still shaking from the recent incident. I'm not stumbling, I know this house, I grew up here, I run to my parents like I didn't do since I was a child (I'm afraid of running, after all). I had never run to fast in my life (C'mon! I never run!). I found my okaasan's body by chance. And I hug her tightly. I'm still crying.
"Okaasan! I was so scared!."
"Honey, what happened? Why are you shaking? Tell Me What Happened!." Say my okaasan in concern, as I hug her more tightly.
I tell them what happened. No. I shout what happened. I didn't know I could be so nervous about something. As I say the phrase 'taiyoukai in my bedroom', otousan stand up and rush to my room with a lantern in his hands. He came back after a moments.
"You will sleep with us tonight, musume-chan." He says in concern. "And tomorrow I will go to the village and bring Isao-sama here and made him put some seals."
"Is that bad?." My okaasan ask him.
"There are light footprints in the earth outside Mikami's window… and this…"
I really hate when otousan shows okaasan something. I just can't stand those moments between my otousan's words 'and this' and the comment from my okaasan.
"Hair?." Ask my okaasan. "From the beast?."
"It seems so: we better ask Isao-sama tomorrow about that too."
"Can I touch it?." I ask.
My okaasan put two strands of hair in my hands. Nice texture, this is a well-cared hair. And long. It is very silken, maybe white… but this is dead hair: the guy must've shedding or something… yeah, right. Shedding in the middle of fall!. I drop the hair. I don't want to touch it anymore: Mikami had enough taiyoukai for one day.
"I want to go to sleep."
"What about dinner, honey? Aren't you hungry?."
"Not anymore."
"Me neither." Say otousan.
Next day.
Stupid Taiyoukai! I had nightmares about him the whole night about he eating me. I'm Mad: Since I was eleven, no one has scared me so much, and I hate it. Learn how to take care of myself had been hard enough and this kind of events made me feel vulnerable. Vulnerable like a baby. I, Mikami, the most independent woman in the village, am feeling vulnerable thanks to a stupid taiyoukai. If I cross my path with him again, I will punch him hard on the nose, imminent death or not. That will teach him not to scare helpless human females.
When Isao-sama went to my house this morning, he confirmed us the visit of a taiyoukai. He even said to us that he didn't felt the aura of common one, but a powerful warlord taiyoukai was what he felt. He also felt the presence of a little child. He wrapped the house with wards and seals, mostly my room, and he is going to stay with us until the next weekend. As long as he don't put his nose in my art, it's fine!.
I, Mikami, am heading to the nearby springs, alone. I need to relax myself. It was hard to convince my okaasan that no harm will happen to me (she is too apprehensive): I told her that I'm a big girl and I know how to defend myself. Isao-sama was a great help at it: he gave me a protective ward and we made okaasan happy.
I, Mikami, love to walk alone. The sounds of the forest are so magic!. No one understands that. No one can hear the secret music of the forest like I do. Is almost a Zen experience, in the words of Isao-sama. I know this road almost like my…
THUD
Damn! That was a rock for sure!. No, it wasn't a rock. I grab the thing that made me fall to figure out what is it. Is long, almost like… Is a wooden staff!… what is this? Two things are attached here… they aren't made of wood… this is more like… like… it felt like…
Oh. My. God!
It's flesh.
Damn. I hate when this happen. :shudders:
"You! Out Of My Way, Wench!." Say someone behind me.
I stand up, without even turning to the source of the sound, and I start to walk immediately. The voice behind me isn't human, is a youkai… at least isn't the same guy that last night.
THUD
Damn wooden thing! I cant believe that I, Mikami, stumble with this thing again. I hate kiss the ground. I try to kick it away from me, but besides I kick something else, someone grab one of my legs.
"Stupid mortal!. You shouldn't do that! You are going to regret it!."
I struggle. If I only know in which direction is my salvation, it will be more easy to run away (run:shudders:). Still kicking and struggling, I hear soft footsteps of a second person.
snif
Wait a minute! I think I know this guy. Is the same guy that last night!. If I only known better. If I only could have an advantage of some type. I'm in a big problem. I should stay at home.
Curse me and my independence!.
"Stop playing, Jaken, I need your help." Say the cold, emotionless voice of the guy I think I know from last night.
"Forgive me, master."
Maybe this is my chance to run away. Run? Well, maybe if I'm lucky enough… and maybe I will not fall while I am at it. Run? Scary thought, but given the circumstances… I will take that chance. I manage to stand up (finally) and star to run, but…
An iron grip on my arm stops me.
"You are the girl from last night." Say the same cold voice. I didn't answer. "You will help me."
This isn't good. I, Mikami, am going to die within the minutes. I don't struggle, because if I do that, isn't going to get me anything good. But… if I'm going to do something, this is when. Maybe this is my last action as a living being, so, I'll make it well worth it. I got nothing to loose anyways.
So be it.
PUNCH!
"LET ME GO!."
To be continued…
By
Misao-CG
