Chapter 2

Kanna village

Terra's point of view

As I was freed from the portal, I realized I was floating in midair until I painfully landed on my butt. "Oww... That hurt... Stupid portal..." I said as the portal disappeared.

I got up and looked around. I was in the freaking middle of nowhere. I looked up and saw I was in a valley. I started stomping the ground in rage. "Of course I'm in a valley! I can't even contact Sirrus! AARRRGGGGHHHHHH!" I yelled. I started to calm down and think about what I could do to get out. I could turn into Sirrus and fly out, but I am to tired and it's starting to get dark. I could climb out, but it's extremely dangerous.

"I guess I'm staying the night." I said, extremely angry. I lay down uncomfortably on the ground and fall asleep.

Azure's point of view

I fell out of the portal and crashed into a tree. I screamed and gripped onto the closest branch to the ground, which was still ten feet above ground. "Ok," I told myself. "You are going to jump down from the branch. It's ok, you're a dragon rider, you can do this." I took a deep breath, and let go of the branch. As I was falling, something slashed me and left me with a deep cut in my right arm.

I landed on my feet, but painfully. The impact of hitting the ground caused a jolt of pain up my spine, and gave me a headache. I grit my teeth and held my arm where I had the cut.

I looked around to find the exit out of the forest I was in. It was kind of hard to see because I was dizzy, but I finally found an opening. Because I was dizzy, I had to walk slowly so that I wouldn't get worse, but I finally made it out.

I looked around the area I was in. There were rice fields as far as the eye could see, and it looked like there was a little village nearby, with a big hut being the closest to me. There was nobody that I could see, except for a blond man wearing a crimson outfit with two swords across his back. I walked over to him to see if he could at least tell me wear I was, because he had somewhat of a cold scowl.

"E-excuse me." I asked him faintly. He turned to look at me, his intense crimson eyes staring deeply into my sapphire blue ones. "D-do you know where I-I am?" Great. I'm sounding like a total weirdo in front of him. I doubt he's going to help me now. He gave me a calculating look and replied in a deep voice, "Why do you hold your hand over your right arm?" he said while pointing to my arm. "Oh. I got cut somehow when I was in the forest. Don't worry about it..." I said as I revealed my cut, which was oozing blood. He nodded in reply. He still hasn't answered my question. Maybe he doesn't know himself. "You," he exclaimed to me in the same deep voice. "Are you from here?" "N-no... that's why I asked where...I...am..." I said extremely faintly as I started to collapse to the floor. I felt really hot, like, more hot then normal. I was also extremely dizzy. Fatigue maybe. Maybe I over worked myself today, catching the rogue dragon and everything... I thought to myself.

The man knelt beside me a laid a hand to my forehead. I think anyway, because fatigue was starting to overcome me. "Fever." He said, a little more softly. I opened my eyes a crack and saw the man stand up, unsheathed one of his swords, and pointed it at me. "Don't move. Stay here or I'll kill you." He said. He sounded like a killer that was extremely over-protective of certain things. "I...doubt I'll...be...able to...move any...way..." I said as fatigue fully overcame me as I fell unconscious.

Kyuzo's point of view

I swiftly ran over to the hut where all the other samurai were. I usually don't help sick or injured people; I just wait for someone else to take care of them. But since the girl didn't even know where she was, least I could do is get some help for her.

I got to the hut door and busted it open. The only samurai that were in there was Kambei and that big oaf Kikuchuyo, along with the water priestess Kirara. I didn't say anything. I just looked at them with a scowl.

"What is it Kyuzo-dono?" Kambei asked, looking up from his cup of tea. "Oh, someone's definitely angry about something! HAHAHA!" Kikuchuyo said. Ugh. That stupid machine says the stupidest things. I unsheathed one of my swords and pointed it an inch from his face. At least I think it's his face. "Do you want to die?" I said with fierceness. The oaf hesitated. "Uh...I was just...kidding..heheh..." I sheathed my sword and walked just outside the doorway, looking at all of them, then saying, "Come."

I started walking outside, then stopped to turn around to see if the others were following me. Sure enough, they were, Kirara with some hesitation, Kambei without any hesitation, and the machine was just being plain lazy, but he was following me anyway. I lead them to the hill where the girl was.

"Here" I said once I reached her. All the other samurai gathered around her. "What happened? How did she get in this state?" Kirara asked me. I shot her a how-would-I-know? look and she fell silent. Kambei was thinking while the machine kept talking. "Whoa! The great and once evil Kyuzo really does care about people! Maybe that's because he has a cru-" Kambei and I both hit him at the same time with such force that we made a dent in him. "Kikuchuyo! Be quiet! We don't want to wake her up!" Kambei whispered/yelled and Kikuchuyo. I hit him because I wanted him to shut up.

Kambei examined her cut, and felt her forehead. "This cut and fever we can fix. Is she hurt anywhere else Kyuzo-dono?" He asked me. "Not that I know of." I said while looking toward the forest where she first appeared. How did she get here? She doesn't look like she's from anywhere nearby.

Kambei stood up and looked toward the hut. "We need a way to transport her to the hut..." He keep scratching his beard until he came up with an idea. "Kikuchuyo," He said as he turned to him. Kikuchuyo stood up and faced Kambei. "What is it Kambei?" He said casually. "I need you to carry her back to the hut." Kambei said while pointing to the hut. "Why do I have to do it?!" Kikuchuyo complained. "Because we're not able to," Kambei fired back. I walked over to Kikuchuyo and hit him once again. "Go." "Alright alright I'm moving! Sheesh!"

Kikuchuyo picked the girl up as we all started walking back toward the hut.

Kambei's point of view

I opened the door and looked around the room. "Uh, great samurai..." Kirara said. I turned to face her. "Where are we going to put her?" She asked. "That's what I'm deciding now." I replied. I thought for a little while before asking Kirara, "Would your room be alright? For now until we can find a better place." "I'm ok with that great samurai." She said as she bowed. "Can you also take care of her until Yukino can help you?" I inquired. "Yes great samurai." Kirara replied once more.

"Kikuchuyo, follow Kirara to her room and set her down once Kirara has the preparations prepared. And set her down GENTLY." I ordered Kikuchuyo in a stern voice. "Fine..." he said before following Kirara.

Kirara's point of view

I walked over to my room, then turned around to see if Kikuchuyo was following me with the girl. He was, so I turned around and continued walking until we reached my room. "Great samurai, can you hold her for a bit longer while I prepare a makeshift bed?" I asked him. "Might as well..." He replied angrily.

I got a mat, a pillow, and two blankets. I set the mat down first, then one of the blankets, then the pillow. "Ok great samurai, you may set her down." I told the machine samurai. He set her down gently on the mat as I put the blanket over her.

"Thank you, you can go now." I told him. "Finally! It seems like everyone here wants to boss me around and make me do stuff! Good grief..." Kikuchuyo said as he walked away.

First, I'm going to try to bring her fever down. I get a towel from a nearby closet and went to a stream to get it wet. I walk but to the hut and back to my room where she sleeping peacefully. I put the cloth on her forehead, and it already got warm the instant I put it on her forehead.

Next, her cut. I'm not really good with cuts, so the only thing I do is rip some extra fabric that I had and tie it around her cut. That will do for now until Yukino get's here. So, the only thing left to do is sit by her side and either wait for her to wake up or for Yukino to arrive.

End of chapter 2 (Please review and let me know if there is anything I can fix)