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The smell of smoke invaded Tohru's as she came to hours later. She slowly opened her eyes to look around there was a bright light and her vision was blurred. Continuing to try and adjust her eyes proved to be painful so she closed them again and listened to her surroundings instead. She determined it was still the daytime and she was lying outside. Tohru could here the sound of men and women talking and there seemed to be quite few. Women? Then she can't be with Toma, she thought. He hates women there would never be women working for him. She began to remember the events of earlier in the day, although they were still somewhat blurred. She had been talking to someone when she was attacked by Tomas men. Then she felt a lot of pain and everything went black. Her brow furrowed in frustration as she tried to remember more detail. Someone had been standing over her when she fell unconscious and she realised it couldn't be Toma's men. So it had to be whoever she was talking to. HIM! It was the arrogant guy, so she must be with whichever group he travelled with. Tohru opened her eyes again, this time finding it easier as it appeared someone had placed something over her to block out the sun. She adjusted her eyes and looked around. Her eyes fell on what she was resting; she appeared to be lying on blankets and was covered in them as well. She propped herself up to get a better view of the are only to fall back down again in pain she suddenly remembered the arrow and put her hand to her shoulder. It had been bandaged properly and wasn't bleeding anymore. Tohru used her other arm and managed to stand although she still felt dizzy and light headed from the loss of blood. People glanced over at her and went back to their conversations. There were about 20 or so Shaman, most of them were men although there was a small group of girls who looked about Tohru's age. Everyone was sat by there tents talking and the tents all formed a ring around a large fire in the middle. Opatcho hopped over and looked up at her beaming from ear to ear. Tohru looked down at him and smiled back, glad to be greeted by such a friendly face.
"I am glad you're awake. You lost a lot of blood even after you were bandaged and the bleeding stopped we were worried. You still seemed very wake but you look a lot better now. My name is Hanehaku Opatcho but you can call me Opatcho."
Tohru looked at him for a moment before replying "My name's Tohru Komayaka but you can call me Tohru, thank you for looking after me. You're one of the first people that have been kind to me in a long time."
"Since your families' death?" asked Opatcho.
"Yes, but err... how did you know about that"
"Well for a start you had a bit of a fever earlier and kept muttering all about it... Any way you must be hungry. I cooked you some in case you woke up I hope you like your food barbecued! Follow me" Opatcho hopped in the direction of the fire.
Tohru followed him and sat down on a log staring at the flames.
"Tohru you awake!" screamed someone in the distance. In no time at all Ellena was next to her, tears streaming down her cheeks
"Ellena, I was so worried about you" said Tohru weakly. Ellena sat down beside her as Opatcho handed Tohru handed her some meat.
"I know you can't use one arm at the moment but we have someone that can heal it completely in no time at all but it was too dangerous while you were unconscious" said Opatcho cheerfully
"Thank you" Tohru ate the meat quickly, she had not realised how hungry she was. "Could I have some more?"
After eating her way through about three times as much as anyone would normally eat she discovered she was still very weak and asked if she could go back to sleep again. She woke early the next morning and decided to explore her surroundings for a little while. Everyone was still asleep so she crept quietly past the tents and walked barefoot into the woods they were camped near. She had been walking for about 10 minutes when she came to a cliff edge. Feeling worn out from the walk as she had still not recovered her strength she sat down and watched as the sun began to rise on the horizon. Her hair was dirty and so was the rest of her body. Dust, mud and sweat clung to her skin
"I have to have a bath" she muttered to herself.
As if answering her she heard the sound of running water in the distance. She walked towards it and discovered a large lake complete with dangerous looking 20ft waterfall to keep the water in the lake clean. Tohru was surprised at her luck but nonetheless glad to have found something so convenient. She glanced around to make sure she was alone and then removed all her clothing. The water was cold but refreshing as Tohru stepped carefully into the lake. She walked out until her waist was submerged in the water and then ducked under the water to get her hair wet. The water stung her wound but having a wash felt nice. She swam around for a while until her legs began to get tired then she scrubbed herself clean using a handkerchief she had with her.
Hao was walking through the woods. He hadn't been able to sleep again thoughts of dying again passed through his mind and kept him from having a peaceful night so he had woken up and gone in search of somewhere to sit and think. He came across a clearing and looked down at his feet to see a pile of clothes.
"Shit!" he muttered to himself as he realised he had just intruded on one of the girls bathing. He looked down again "SHIT" he said again as he realised they were Tohru's blood stained clothes. He backed away from the waters edge hoping that wherever she was she hadn't seen him when she rose from underneath the water. Hao froze on the spot and felt his cheeks burning as he stared at her naked body. Tohru had her back turned to him and her white hair clung to her back, it appeared even longer when wet.
"This is stupid, I am the most powerful person on the planet and I'm blushing like a girl" he muttered to himself again.
Thinking she heard a voice Tohru turned around to see who it was but there was no one there. Thinking she must have imagined it Tohru got out of the water and put her clothes back on. She wandered back to where the group was camped as everyone was waking up. Opatcho hopped over to her.
"How are you this morning? I see you found the lake, don't get cold though go sit close to the fire" he said as he noticed she was soaking wet.
" I'm OK, umm do you need any help with anything" Asked Tohru as she sat down on the log she had sat on the night before.
"No, no, no. You can't help us yet. First we have to get you healed. Stay here a minute while I get Darwin." Said Opatcho as he hopped over to one of the tents.
Tohru turned around to see Ellena behind her. They began talking and Ellena asked how she was feeling. Tohru explained she was cold, hungry and her shoulder still felt extremely painful but she was glad her life had been saved.
"Tohru, This is Darwin he can heal you, his guardian ghost was an African witch doctor!" cried Opatcho as he arrived back at the fire and sat next to Tohru on the log. A tall lanky man joined them he was dressed all in black and had large black boots on his feet. His hair was also black and came down to his shoulders on one side, the other side had been shaved clean. He smiled at her and he crouched down next to her. He put his hands on her shoulder.
" I need you to take off your shirt so I can remove the bandage."
Tohru's face went bright red but she kept quiet and undid her shirt halfway down then removed her arm from the sleeve holding the shirt bunched up into her other hand to keep herself covered. Darwin removed her bandages carefully, Tohru flinched in pain. Then Darwin used his guardian ghost to heal her wounds completely. She rolled her shoulder around hardly believing she couldn't feel any pain. Darwin sat the with a smug look on his face. She ran her hand over the place where the arrow had gone in on her back. All that was left was a small scar.
Hao came out of the woods and looked around at his followers who had all woken up. He glanced over at the fire and had to fight back another blush when he saw Tohru with her back to him sitting there seemingly half undressed caressing her pale skin. He composed himself and walked over silently to stand behind her. Not noticing him Tohru did her shirt up again and flung her arms around Darwin.
"Thank you so much" she said as she began to cry with happiness.
"Opatcho has any food been made yet" said Hao.
"Yes, Master Hao, I made some just moments ago. I will get it now." Said Opatcho, bowing slightly.
Tohru looked up at the boy standing behind her and watched as he stepped over the log and sat down beside her. She fiddled with the hem of her torn shirt trying to think of the best way to thank him and apologise. Opatcho handed her some breakfast. Tohru turned her head to see Hao already eating so she ate hers as well. When she had finished she resumed her nervous fiddling. Tohru opened her mouth to say something when the three girls she had seen the other day came up to her and dragged her away to talk. She decided to talk to him later.
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