"Where were you?" Ryu asked the meditating female on the floor of their shared cabin.
Sayera opened her eyes simply looking at Ryu for many moments before answering.
"I was with my father." she said.
"Your father?" Ryu's eyes narrowed, she had always been an orphan...
"Yes."
Sayera said no more and got up going into the bathroom. Ryu watched her thinking back to the very first time he had been introduced to her as ther came the unmistakable sound of a shower turning on...
"Ryu?"
The small boy came running to his father.
"Father?"
"I would like to introduce to you to Sayera, the newest member of our clan."
Ryu looked to where his tall father was gesturing and saw a small, thin, very fragile looking girl of his own age; she bowed in greeting. Ryu bowed back.
"I'd like you to show her around the "village" son." he said winking at Ryu.
Ryu nodded and looked to the girl beckoning her before breaking into a jog.
Sayera followed the boy to a network of caves in the hills which the children had named, "the village" it was cool inside a welcome break from the oppressive heat of the Japanese countryside before the wet season. The tunnels ran for miles along the lines on the hills away from the village and towards the city which the clan often heard rumours of. It was a haven for the children of the village who ran up there and played in the shafts of sunlight that filtered through outlets carved into the rock from some ancient civilisation.
"Where are we going?" sayera asked.
"The village." Ryu answered unhelpfully.
Sayera had no choice but to follow him.
He led her into a cavern in which the children had built benches and small huts in a miniature version of the village.
"Do you like it?"
"Yes." Sayera nodded. "Which ones yours?"
Ryu smiled. "The big one..."
Ryu jumped up and drew his sword as an empire fighter swung through the remains of the window. They faced each other.
"I hate to hurry you Sayera but our presence hasn't gone unnoticed." Ryu stated.
"Be out in a moment..." she called.
The soldier attacked and after a few moments it was flying back out of the window after Ryu's foot connected with its chest.
Sayera appeared looking a little ruffled but her eyes were wide with excitement.
"A bit of action... good."
Ryu shook his head. "I could have done with a rest..."
"Plenty of time for that when your dead." Sayera said running towards the window and jumping out of it.
Ryu's heart leapt and he ran to the edge looking down but she was in the middle of climbing up the rope which the soldier had swung in on.
"Well with the way you're going..." he murmured.
Short but now i at least know where I'm going....
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