It's been five days since Yasashiku brought Suki to the village. He was out cold from all of the injuries he had received. Suki was a little better than he was at the moment. The villagers couldn't understand how Yasashiku was able to carry Suki to their village. It didn't make sense. For he wasn't couniness at the time and yet he was still moving. That just wasn't possible... unless it was shire force of will... It could be possible... No one was sure if they were going to wake up, that is until Suki started to stir in her sleep.
When she woke up Suki was wondering where she was. How did she get here? She wasn't sure for she doesn't remember. Than she saw Yasashiku sleeping across the room. Suki jumped out of her bed and walked to him, trying to wake him up. she than saw that he was badly wounded. How was he hurt? What happened? She wasn't sure at the moment. "Yasashiku, just what happened to you...?" Asked a concerned Suki
Than a man walked in. He looked to be in his early 40's. Suki stared at him as he said "I see that you're awake. That's good. Your friend here brought you here and wanted us to help you. He's a strong young man." Suki was just staring at him as she asked "what do you that he's strong? How would you know?" He calmly said "he was out cold when he brought you here. For his mind was blank... His injuries were so bad that he's fainted while carrying you. And yet just from sheer force of will he was able to bring you here."
Suki stared back at Yasashiku as she said "he cares for others more than I thought..." She stared at him with a grateful gaze. Maybe it wasn't that but something else. It was hard to say at the moment. But no one asked about the way he was staring at her. The man calmly asked "so what happened before he brought you here?" Suki calmly explained "we were attacked by a demon... Yasashiku wants to kill him more than anything for what he's done. Riku made so many people suffer but Yasashiku has suffered the most for he lost his parents when he was a child... Other than that I'm not sure what happened. Cause I was falling over a cliff... and I blacked out..."
The man nodded as he said "I'm guessing that this young man saved you cause you mean a lot too him." Suki smiled sweetly at Yasashiku as she said "yeah... I care for him... I don't want to lose him but I also want to help... But I'm just so helpless and weak... I try to help but no matter what I can't do anything to help him at all." He calmly said "don't worry, I'm sure that he asperities what you do for him." Suki stared at the man as she said "I hope so..." Than she turned back to the half demon.
They stayed for days for Yasashiku hasn't woken up. Suki guessed that he used up a lot of his energy to carry her when he was injured himself. That of course made her think that he was really starting to trust others. For she was the only one that he seems to trust more than anyone. Maybe the ice that once in cased his heart was now gone, melted. It was hard to say for she didn't hear what happened after she had fainted. All she wanted was to hear his voice again. That was all she wanted, for she wanted him to be alright. Was that too much to ask for? Suki wasn't sure.
Heck she wasn't even sure how she felt around him. For when she's near him her heart beats faster and it always feels like it would just pop out of her chest. But that would be a normal reaction when someone saves you right? You're grateful right? At the moment she wasn't sure. Suki was walking back to the room to check on Yasashiku. His wounds have been healing up but he still looked like he was in a great amount of pain. Seeing this made Suki almost want to cry. For she wanted to help him, but she can't.
Than the next thing she knew is that she heard groaning. When she stared at the half demon, she saw gold eyes staring at her. All she could saw was "Yasashiku... are you alright?" Yasashiku could hear the concern in her voice and saw that she was on the bridge of tears. All he wanted to do was comfort her telling her that he was alright. Even though he was in a huge amount of pain he had to lie. He calmly said "I'm alright... Well... I've been better..."
Suki smiled at him as she said "I'm glad to see you awake... I've been worried about you..." He smirked at her as he said "why would you be worried about me when I'm the one with demon blood. I could heal a lot faster than a human remember." Suki could only giggle as she heard his words. He was right, he did have demon blood in his veins so he would heal faster than she did. But he was sleeping longer than she did. He was the one that took a lot of damage. From attacks that she wasn't sure about. For she wasn't there when he was hurt. So she had to know. Suki calmly asked "Yasashiku... what happened after I fell over the cliff...? Did you get Riku?"
Yasashiku looked away from her as he said with no emotion "he gave me a choice... I could either fight him and let you die... Or... I could let him get away and save you... Of course I wanted to kill him more than anything but... I couldn't bring myself to say that I chosed to fight him. For I wanted to save you more I guess... I'm not sure how to explain it, but I heard this voice telling me to save you... I followed that voice and jumped off of the cliff and saved you... After I did I swam out of the water and Riku was waiting for me... I was full of rage I attacked him with my swords and they hit. He should be dead! But... I somehow took all of the damage that should have been done to him."
Suki could hear the slight hint of rage behind his words about Riku's death. Ok she knew that she didn't see the fight but he was right... Riku should be dead... None of this was making sense... Than she thought about the damage. The scar was the cause of it... She was about to tell him about the scar until he beat her too the punch by saying "before I started to carry you, Riku told me that the scar was also a curse that any kind of damage done to him would be done to me instead. In other words if it was a killing blow than I would get it. If he was too die from the attack than I would die in his place."
Suki started to cry her eyes out. She knew that he was suffering even more than he was before. This wasn't far! It wasn't far to him! Hasn't he suffered enough as it is! But no, Riku had to make it worse for him. Yasashiku stared at Suki as he sat up. He knew that this was the first time that he's seen her cry but he also knew that he didn't like to see her shed tears. So he started to wipe them away. Suki was shocked by this action. She calmly said "Yasashiku... what are you going to do?" He looked away from her as he said "I'm not sure yet... I know that you still need to rest. I'm alright but we'll stay here for a few days."
Suki nodded. She knew that he was right. He was always right. But she couldn't help but notice the sudden sadness in his eyes and voice. Why did he sound so sad? It almost looked like he was saying good bye to her... forever...? Why was he sounding like this? This wasn't making sense to her at all. Suki wanted to ask him but she knew that she couldn't. Cause it wasn't her business or was it? She wasn't sure at the moment...
Later at night Yasashiku got up and grabbed all of his things. He took one last look around the Inn as he thought 'this is for the best. I can't let anymore harm come to her... I care for her safety too much to keep putting her in danger like this, day in and day out. I myself put her in danger on the nights of the New Moon. I can't keep doing this... I'm sorry Suki...'
Than he left a note by Suki's head. With that he left, not looking back. He knew why he was doing this. Yasashiku was trying to protect her so he could destroy Riku. He wasn't going to let any more harm come to Suki. For he's finally realized why he wanted to protect her not just from all danger but from himself. He knew that he wasn't good enough for her with him being a half demon... She deserved to be with a human and not him. He was only thinking about these things for he's... fallen in love with her...