Another day went by, the field still in ruins from the previous day's battle and Medicine will scarred and fatigue. "I know..you're worried for me Su-san..." She said, planting a new bud. "But I need...to take care of you."
Tsubaki looked on nervously, trying to get the large doll to stop working in any way it could.
"Tsubaki..please stop it. I'm fine, I promise." Medicine said, standing up, wobbling. She looked around the field once more, starting for another piece of ravaged. The doll wobbled, nearly falling a few times as she grew closer to the patch of land, only to find someone else waiting there.
"W-wha...another?" Medicine said, flaring up in a rage again and quickening her pace towards the unknown person, only to fall to her knees fro exhaustion. Her rage vanished and her eyes looked at the figure as it grew closer. "Stay...stay back." She said, limply raising an arm and welling a small poison cloud around it.
"I'm not here to fight, little one." The person said. "I've been hearing about this place for the past week, or so it might seem like, and I was told to come here and visit."
Medicine's glare still stayed strong and her cloud still welled.
The person sighed, pulling out countless knives from under her apron, skirt, blouse, and a few hidden in her small hair ties. They all dropped to the floor, clanging against each other with a light, metallic ringing sound.
Medicine's eyes opened and her arm dropped. "You mean..your not here to hurt Su-san?" She asked, smiling lightly.
"No, not at all. Reimu and Marisa can be...arrogant at time." She informed the doll. "I am Sakuya, Sakuya Izayoi."
Medicine slowly stood up, unsteady. "M-Medicine Melancholy." She said with a light smile.
"It's very nice to meet you, Miss Melancholy." Sakuya said, bowing.
"You too..." Medicine said, curious about the new person in front of her. "Why exactly are you here?"
"Well, my mistress told me to get some leaves for tea, and from what I was told, suzuran leaves can make a very good tea, and hearing about the large occurrence of suzurans right here, I decided to go and see if I would be able to obtain any." the maid said.
"Your not just going to try and steal Su-san from me?"
The silver hair woman blinked. "Su-san? Oh! You mean the flowers?"
The tsukumogami nodded. "Her name is Su-san."
"I see, it's a good thing I didn't just start plundering the fields then, otherwise I might have had to fight you." Sakuya said, looking at Medicine's battered and scarred body. "You're not human, are you?"
The doll shook her head. "I'm a doll, Su-san gave me life and poison powers."
"No wonder why you're still alive. Marisa informed me of how she had to...quote 'blast her with one of my lasers~ze'. I hate the way that witch speaks..." She sighed. "But...you look like you can use some kind of attention. You're chipped, scarred, and your clothes are torn."
"I'm fine, no need to worry about me." Medicine said. "I can take a lot of punishment, even though this is the first time I've been battered like this." She said, looking at herself and trying to rub out the burn marks from Marsia's Master and Final Sparks.
"Please just let me help you, it's the least I could do for a injured doll." Sakuya said.
Medicine sighed and sat down. "If it will make you happy, then go ahead."
The maid smiled. "Thank you, I'll just be a minute." She said, suddenly warping out of sight in an odd time distortion.
Medicine quickly shot back up, looking around. "W-what? Where did you go?" She asked, turning around and trying to spy for the silver haired maid.
Sakuya giggled as she seemingly warped back into reality, holding a few things. "I can control time. So I froze it for a bit and walked back to the Mansion where I work, got some needed things, froze time, and walked back."
"Aren't you tired from all of that though?" Medicine asked, curious.
"Not at all. I'm used to it in fact." Sakuya said, putting down a small sewing case. "I'll patch up your dress, and try to get out the nicks and scratches on your body, okay Miss Melancholy?"
The doll nodded. "Thank you." Medicine said. "But uh...how are you going to fix me?" She asked, slightly nervous.
"Simple." The maid said, kneeling down to open the sewing kit and pulling out a needle, some thread and a few pieces of red and black clothe. "I'm just going to patch up any holes as best as I can..." She said, walking over to Medicine. "...use a few cleaners to buff out the blemishes on your body." Sakuya said, threading the needle and starting to patch up the doll's clothing.
"Do..do you want me to take this off?" She asked.
"Not at all, I can do it like this." Sakuya smiled, continuing to patch up Medicine's torn dress, humming lightly as she did.
"Well..um..thank you..Miss." the tsukumogami smiled.
"No need to thank me." Sakuya said, quickly finishing the dress with nearly perfect replication.
"Wow! It looks just like it used to!" the doll said, smiling happily and looking at the new dress. "It's perfect thank you!" She said, happily hugging Sakuya.
Sakuya looked at Medicine, slightly confused, but not hugging back.
"Did..did I do something wrong?" the doll asked, quickly getting off the maid.
"No, no, you didn't. It's just that information I was given said that you're a poisonous doll. It's nothing against you, in all honesty I would have hugged you back, but I need to stay healthy for my Mistress and my job."
Medicine sighed lightly. "Oh..I see. It's fine. I can understand." She said. "But uhm..thank you for fixing my dress. I can handle the other things from here."
"Are you sure about that?" Sakuya asked, slightly worried for the doll.
"Yes, yes. I'm fine." Medicine smiled.
"Well, okay then. I'll just leave these with you then." Sakuya said, leaving Medicine with the sewing kit and some buffer to clean Medicine. "I'll be taking my leave then if you're fine."
"You...don't have to leave if you want. I don't get that many visitors who actually don't take my love for Su-san as a threat."
Sakuya nodded. "I see. Your protective of your flowers, but perhaps too much. Marisa said that you nearly tried to kill her the moment you saw her."
"T-that's because she was pulling Su-san out from the ground and s-shot at her with a giant laser!" Medicine said, pointing to the still ravaged ground.
"I know..but next time, please try and restrain yourself." She said.
"I know I should.." Medicine said, walking over to a small patch of unharmed suzurans, making a small knife of poison and cutting them from the stem. "Here...you said you wanted some, right?"
"I do, but if they mean that much to you, then I can find something else."
"No, no, take them. You helped me, so I should help you, right?" Medicine said, holding out the flowers. "Just..can you replant one of them?"
Sakuya smiled lightly, gently taking the flowers. "Of course I will. I'll ste them aside in a special place." She said. "I'll take my leave now, so, take care." The maid said, bowing and walking away.
"Bye, come back any time...Sakuya." Medicine said, smiling and turning around to the flowers. "I..I made a new friend Su-san. Her name is Sakuya." She said, walking back into the heart of the field. "She's..very nice. And she fixed me up. So..I gave her some of your flowers..is that alright?" She asked. "...I was trying to be nice. She helped me, so I helped her." Medicine looked at the flowers, smiling once again. "Thanks Su-san. So she can visit us right?...really? Thank you so much!" She said happily. "I have a new friend!~"