CHANCES ARE . . .
(X MARKS THE SPOT)
By: TREASURE
CHAPTER 2The sunlight had pierced through the shoji. The young lady stretched her arms and legs as she wakes up from her deep slumber. She shifted to her sides and tried to sleep some more. She had not had this peaceful sleep as long as she can remember. She even tucked herself under the thick blanket.
Blanket! Am I dreaming? The last thing I remembered was that I was leaning between the wall and gate of what could have been a big house! The teener pinched her scarred cheek to see if she was dreaming.
'No I'm not!' She quickly sat up and scanned the room almost inch by inch. 'Kami-sama, thank you for these kind hearted people. 'Tears are now swelling her eyes 'I never thought that kind people still exist!'
After composing herself, she decided to go out of the room and find the mistress of the house to thank her. She was folding the futon she slept in when she noticed that some of her grime and dirt had smeared the blanket.
'Oh, what shall I do? This is so embarrassing! I need to wash this fast!'
She grabbed the blanket and slowly went out of the bedroom. Making tentative steps, she doesn't know where she was going.
'This house is huge, I can't seem to find the laundry area!'
After trying several turns, she finally found the backyard and the laundry area. Obviously, the occupants have already done washing clothes. Clothes had been hung for drying, basins were properly put aside and the laundry area had been swept clean to dry.
She slowly lifted a basin from its storage area and put in the soiled blanket. She fetched a pail of water with too much effort as she felt the hurt on her arm and shoulder. ' Great! How can I finish washing this single blanket, hahh!'
To ease her burden, she pulled the wash basin beside the well and started scrubbing the blanket when she noticed that she herself was still full of grime. Knowing that she can not clean the blanket if she herself was dirty, she washed her face and arms with the laundry soap she found near the basin.
'Arrghh! It stings!'
When she deemed that she could now face the owner of the house, the girl walked back to where she went out and started to look for anyone who might be around.
She was kind of frustrated when she had been moving about the house for more than ten minutes and not be able to see anyone.
Then she took a peek at the front door and saw that the gate was partly open. She walk towards the gate with the intention of finding out who might have gone in or out. Looking back, she noticed that there was an adjoining building next to where she came from.
She headed towards the new building. It seems pretty empty, but she tiptoed still, to make sure. She was about to tap the door when she noticed a hole was made through the paper part. Though she knew that it was unethical to peep, she was drawn to do so, for curiosity's sake.
Yeah, she saw a figure, of what she can make out as a man, based on what he was wearing. She can't see his head; a large wooden beam blocked the view. The man was sitting in a lotus position, as if he was in a deep meditation. She was about to turn back when she noticed the aura emanating from the person meditating. She gasped in awe, colors were almost like rainbow and the colors orange and green almost dominated the others, but they are still there.
Afraid that she might disturb the person meditating, she silently backed off and went back to the shoji she occupied the night before. 'Maybe they will come or call for me later.'
'There you are, young lady!' At last, there is another person in this compound.
'Konnichiwa, Oji-san.' The young lady greeted the old man that called her.
'Konnichiwa! I'm Dr. Gensai and you must be the young lady Hanya was talking about. I think you should go back to the room so I can examine your bruises.'
'Domo arigatou!' She bowed her head in appreciation.
'On the contrary, and please don't be offended, but I think it would be best that you take a bath first!' The doctor spoke as if he was giving a prescription.
The young girl took no offense as she laughed like silly when she smelled herself. "I guess I have to do that at once, but '
'Clothes? Could you just wait for a moment?
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punkey-monkey : Thank you so much for reading my story and for leaving a review. Much appreciated.
white Rabbit5: Edison is one of my most liked inventor. I just wished that power and fuel would not increase prices exponentially here in my country. I'll try to write longer chapters. Thanks for the review.