(Chappie 2 has arrived. Sorry it took a while! Well, here it goes!)
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Kawasaki had received so many complaints from Shenya after that night that he had finally moved her into a room, and thankfully, it was larger. Plus she was kind of glad to be starting school up in a few weeks, so Kawasaki had gotten her a laptop to help her with her homework and everything, as well as a cell phone for when she was out later, so he could call and make sure she was alright, of course he still complained about staying out till dusk.
Shenya was currently sitting on her bed, looking around the tan walls. She looked at the screen of her computer and began searching up things. She heard the door open, and looked over."Oh, hey Makkina!" She said, looking at the girl who had come in. Makkina looked over, smiling, staring with her deep brown eyes.
"Hello Shenya-chan! How are you today?"She asked.
"Oh, I'm doing fine, how about you?"Shenya asked.
"Oh, very good, thank you."Makkina said, walking over and sitting on her own bed, pulling a book out from under it, and opening it. The cover was dusty and old, and something written with Japanese symbols on the front. Shenya looked at it, able to red what it said." Twilight roads of eternity."She said loudly. Makkina looked over at her, nodding.
"It was a book of my mothers, before she passed away."She said, looking down at it.
"What's it about?"Shenya asked her. Makkina looked up.
"Oh, I've only read the first chapter, but with what I've read in there, it's like an odd love story, a woman meeting a man late one night out in a wooded clearing, and soon after finds herself in a fantasy world."Makkina answered. Shenya nodded, very interested.
"Would you mind if I read it tonight?"Shenya asked, looking at her with gleaming eyes. Makkina looked up, and smiled, nodding.
"Why, of course."She said. Both the girls had been talking so much, that it seemed as if only minutes had passed, and it was already dinner time. Both girls rushed down to the foyer were other kids were lined up to get their food from the cooks. Makkina and Shenya took their places in line, and after getting the dinner, which was very delicious, as Shenya had complimented the chefs, they sat at the table and ate their fill, and put the dishes away and headed back upstairs to their rooms, but on the way, Shenya stopped, seeing it had grown dark, and the stars and moon were shining ever to beautifully, they looked at if they were diamonds settled in the dark navy to black sky. As she stared, Makkina poked her gently in the side." Are you coming?"She asked, looking at her with the same, deep brown eyes. Shenya snapped out.
"Yeah, go ahead without me, I'll be in in a while."Shenya answered with a thoughtful smile and gleam in her eye. Makkina nodded, and turned, walking up the second flight of stairs to the room. Shenya herself followed, but walked all the way till she reached the attic door. It looked as if no one had been up there for years. The door was old, and oddly made of metal, so it was covered in golden brown rust. The handle looked no better. She shrugged, and grabbed the handle, turning it, btu jumped when she heard a knocking from the other side." LET ME OUT!" A voice yelled. Shenya screamed, falling backward. She had already turned the handle enough, and as she fell back, the door swung open, and a shadow stared at her with gleaming golden red eyes. All she remembered was a golden flash, then nothing.
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Shenya Groaned from under the blanket, and pushed it off, sitting up. "My head. What is with my head?!"She groaned louder, rubbing her head. All at once the pain numbed, then vanished. She blinked, thankful, finally able to focus on her surroundings. It was cold, and a bit wet. The smell was also terrible. She looked, putting out a hand to feel silent, cold stone. The area occurred to her, and it sent a chill down her spine. "A... cave?!"She yelped ever so loudly, it echoed through, reveling her voice as high and tense.
"A CAVE?! WHY IN THE WORLD AM I IN A CAVE?!"Shenya jumped up, kicking the blanket up and off her, and she stood up, looking towards the entrance, and ran towards it rather fast, and skidded, staring at the world that lay beyond." W-w-Were am I?"She asked herself.
Beyond were she stood, was a grassland that seemed to stretch forever, and trees that lined along a few walking paths that were made of dirt. 'This must be the wood behind the orphan house.'Shenya realized, looking around."But, what way to go?"She asked herself, staring with her confused, dazed dull eyes. Her mind was baffled, so she randomly picked."Ichi, nee, san." She counted using Japanese numerals. She pointed to the "Nee" Path, or the second, and ran down the hill, nearly falling a few times, and ran down it, trying to catch up to see any life other then that of the creatures she passed by. After a long while, she stopped, her chest heaving heavily from so much running." Just, a small, break." She said, sliding down the tree, taking off her grey hoodie, a white tank top underneath it.
Her eyes turned upward towards the sky, the greyish clouds floating along their way, seeming to mind their own business, paying no mind to the girl below. Shenya sighed, wiping her forehead. "Wow, it's so beautiful."She whispered beneath her breath, smiling a bit. A bit of thunder blasted in the background, and lighting crackled tauntingly before her. And with another bang of the thunders drum, the rain dabbled and began to pour down to the ground from the clouds, that now decided they had rather make themselves useful then just be guided by their master wind. Shenya sighed, putting her hoodie back on and pulling the hood up, running down the path, getting wetter every second that passed.
It wasn't to long before she stopped, drained of energy, and wetter then a fisher on a bad fishing day. Before her stood a small village, not that of what she would have expected. It was old fashioned, like that of feudal Japan. The houses were huts of wood, and the doorways were weaved oak that were easilly rolled up, but currently dropped down. She shivered, running in, ducking under an abandoned fruit stand for shelter out of the beating rains. "Uncle will be really mad if I don't get back soon. I'll just wait for the rain to pass."She said, pulling the sopping wet hood off her head, her black hair as well sloppy and drenched.
She stood their, her legs shaking from her frigidness. The winds blew harder and more icy each time. She groaned, running off, into the nearest shop. It was thankfully a bit warm, and a fire was blazing in the middle in a dugout pit, a pot cooking over it. She kicked her shoes off outside and sat by the fire, trying to warm herself. She heard footsteps behind her, and immediately felt guilty. "I'm sorry to have invaded, but the winds outside, and the rain."She said, but was silenced by a loud shush sound.
"Do not apologize young maiden, I understand very well. You must have been freezing."A woman's voice said softly from behind her. Shenya turned her head to look at who it was. The woman was an advanced lady, high in her good years. She smiled sweetly as Shenya." Here, I'll bring you some clothes from the back."The woman said, and disappeared into a roll up door, and came back with a long tanish brown skirt and deep rusty-ish red blouse.
"Thank you, very much."Shenya said, and nodded, looking around for a place to change, and stood, stepping behind and old fashioned changing screen, and stepped out, sitting back beside the fire.
"Would you like something to eat? You look so thin, as if you haven't eaten in days. Poor darling."The woman said, opening the pot that sat boiling over the flickering orange flames. Shenya smiled, looking at the food inside the pot. The smell of boiling meat and vegetables filled her sensitive nose. She was in fact hungry, she felt as if she haden't eaten in days!
"Wow, that smells delicious."Shenya said, the woman looked at her smiling, pouring some in a bowl, and handing it to Shenya, and also handed her a spoon. She smiled and nodded."Thank you."She said, and soon took a bite.
"It's no trouble my dear. Seeing a human stranded out in the rain is so hard for us elven to witness, so we take them into our care as soon as we see one in trouble."The woman said smiling, and Shenya blinked, swallowing her food hard, and looked at her.
"E-Elven?"She asked, her eyes wide with disbelief. The woman nodded smiling.
"You are from around here, aren't you?"The woman asked, looking a slight bit suspicious, and surprised, her wrinkles seeming to get more as her eyes slightly narrowed as Shenya shook her head with a 'No' motion. Shenya had been wanting to know for so long, so she finally asked, to change the topic.
"Um, I haven't politely introduced myself, My name is Shinya Mayumi, what would your name be, ma'am?"Shenya asked, taking another bite from the soup. The woman's face became less tense as she smiled down at Shenya.
"My name? Well, its been so long since I've told it to anyone. It's Nara."She answered, smiling."So your name is Shenya- Shenya, oh such a beautiful name, I believe I've heard it somewhere before, ah, well, the memories have escaped my mind. It's not as sharp as it used to be."Nara pulled the hood of her light brown cloak, her long silverish hair piling out, and all at once the long, pointed ears were reveled, and deep, solemn emerald eyes. Shenya smiled slightly at her look, but was slightly frightened by the sight. Nara had begun talking to herself about somthing."The craven shall arrive tomorrow, and he will be expecting a bride chosen for him, and yet I have not chosen one of the village's females to be married to him."Shenya blinked, hearing every word with ease as Nara continued discussing the situation with herself. Shenya haden't wanted to interrupt, but she did.
"Um, Nara, What exactly are you speaking about?" Shenya asked, looking at her with confused eyes. Nara blinked, straightening herself upright."Oh, nothing dear, just a matter I must deal with after the rain stops. Please, you must be tired. I'll take you home to my small hut, and there you can sleep."The woman said, smiling gently, and Shenya nodded. She slowly looked out the door, seeing the rain had slowed down a bit, but the dirt ground was fairly soaked, and all muddy. She shuddered, and let the door go back to its natural state. Nara looked at her." Tell me, dear, how old are you?"She asked, seeming to want to know. Shenya blinked.
"Why do you wish to know?"She asked. Nara shook her head.
"A curious old woman like me just likes to learn things."She answered with a light shrug of her weak looking shoulders. Shenya nodded.
"Very well, My age is 14."She said, rubbing her hands together, for they had gotten fairly cold. Nara gave a great grin."OH, how wonderful! Then the wedding shall be tomorrow!" And with that, Nara jumped to her feet, running from the small hut, leaving Shenya dumbfounded, and completely confused on what had happened.
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