After there quick nap the two had set out just before noon. They would reach the village just as dusk would be descending.
As they got closer to the village they could see, smell, and hear things weren't right. There should have been children and laughter. There should have been fires from the huts. Their keen eyes detected no movement from sentries who were supposed to be protecting the village.
Everything was one big sign after another that Reiha was right and the village had been attacked. Everyone was either dead or had run to another land for safety.
When they entered the village there worst fears had been confirmed. The villagers had not managed to escape. There were bodies everywhere and the huts had all been burned down. Given the amount of time gone by that would explain why there were no fires.
The bodies stunk to high heaven rotting under the sun. Miyu ran to where her mother's hut was to have been. Her mother's hut, like everyone else's had been burned to the ground.
Miyu's mother's body on the other hand had not been among the dead. Her anger was starting to rise. Why take her mother? Did animals drag her off? Was her mother still alive?
"My mother is not among the dead. I want you to take care of these people and give them a proper burial. I will be back before full nightfall to assist you but I need to see if there is any news from surrounding villages. I know you want to come with me but if she is gone I need time alone to think."
"I will not fight you on this but if you are not back by dark I will come after you." He kissed her forehead and walked back to the dead.
She was glad that he understood her and her need to do this alone. She needed to think and she needed to see if she could find her mother.
She went from village to village as fast as she could. Right before it became dark she found a survivor that said that her mother was taken into the woods by the creature that had attacked their village.
Miyu knew it was getting dark and she should head back but this was a lead she had to follow. Her mother might still be alive. This creature had wanted her mother maybe to lure her away and to kill her.
If Miyu couldn't find her mother she would head back to Lava immediately. On the other hand if she finds her mother in the clutches of some psycho then she would have to take matters into her own hands. She had spent her life wiping out evil and this was no different.
Miyu crept through the forest and when full dark had set she had found the place the woman spoke of. There was a small cabin with the lights on and men standing out front. In the light Miyu could clearly see her mother tied to a pole against the wall.
She didn't look awake and she wasn't moving. As Miyu moved towards the cabin she felt even though she had been as quiet as possible that she was being watched. With her night vision she could see no one and sense no one.
As she was about to leave her shelter and begin her attack she heard a noise behind her. She turned just in time to see a shadowy figure right before her world went dark.
Her last fading thoughts were that at least it was dark now and she didn't go back. Lava would come for her and he would help her save her mother.