A Silent Guardian and Friend

Chapter 2-Unexposed Thought

Unknown P. O. V.

There were voices around me. Ugh, my wound hurts and stinged a bit. That weird it doesn't hurt so much anymore. As if there was somebody treating my wounds but that was absoluly impossible, nobody would care if I died. I just an eyesore anyway. Now my mind wanted me to wake up.

End of P. O. V.

The tiger youkai opened its eye. The chirping of birds and the morning sunlight was greeting her warmly. "Huh? Where am I? This isn't the place I was staying before I fainted." The room was an ordinary room with white wall and celling. She also found that she was lying on a futon and her body was wrapped in bandage. The sound of door sliding startled her. " Ah, I see you're awake. Youkai-san." It was Masahiro.

Masahiro just wanted to check on the youkai and he didn't expect it to awake so fast. "I found you fainted under a tree, badly injured and brought you back here to treat your wounds." Explained Masahiro. 'So, he was the one that brought me here.' Thought the youkai looking at Masahiro. Then her eye fell on the mononoke beside Masahiro. "Oh, this is Mokkun. My friend." Understand what the youkai thinks.

'Wait, he can see me. That means he's an omyouji but shouldn't he suppose to kill me first?' Thought her, narrowing her eye at Masahiro. Noticing her glare, Masahiro quickly explained, "Don't worry. I won't exorcise you. And you don't seem like a bad youkai."

'And why would you think like that, I maybe hurt but that doesn't mean I'm not dangerous. Human.' Sighing mentally, she turned and laid her head on the futon. "Hope you don't mind, I have to change your bandage." Said Masahiro sitting beside the youkai and started changing her bandages. 'Just as worst as I thought' The youkai look at her wounds and thought.

A knocking was heard, than a chestnut haired girl came in holding a tray of food. "Ah, Princess Akiko. Good morning." Greeted Masahiro. "Didn't I tell you before to call Akiko. And here some food for the youkai. Seimei-sama told me to bring some to it." Said Akiko.

"Why thank you, Akiko. I'm sure youkai-san will be please." Smiled Masahiro. "Hey, Masahiro. You better go prepare or you be late." Called Mokkun. With that, the three of them, just left her there alone and attended their own business and chores.

Although she was alone in the room but she was not alone in this house with the twelve shinsho, Masahiro's mother, Tsuyuki and Seimei. "Wait, Seimei? Does he mean The great Abe no Seimei, then this..."

She picked herself up painfully as her body hadn't healed yet, walked out of the room. She carefully hid her present, not wanting to alert any Shinsho or Seimei, walked around the house to check. Finally, she arrived at the outside of Seimei's room. She quietly peeked into the room and saw Seimei working on his spells with one of the Shinsho, Seiryu.

She gritted her teeth, 'I can't believe it. I'm inside the Abe no Household. This is absurd.' She thought angrily. 'Then that boy must be Abe no Masahiro, the heir of Seimei. I can't believe I'm back here after all this centuries.' Without another thought, she jumped on the wall protecting the house, running away, not looking back. 'I'm sorry but I don't deserve to be here anymore.'