Nadeshiko stomped out the last remaining embers in her make-shift fire pit after she woke up. The black haired girl looked in her pack checking what she had left of supplies. She saw that she only had a loaf of bread left, some bandages, and a full flask of water. Nadeshiko knew she'd have to find a village that day. She sighed in exhaustion. This life was more tedious than what she was used to and she was used to having help.

The strange dreams did not help. They just left her confused and aggravated. Nadeshiko just tried to ignored them as best she could, but they still ebbed their way into her thoughts. So she tried mostly to focus on the things she needed to keep living like food, water and where to find good shelters for when the weather turned bad. With her stuff all packed, the petal wielder started navigating through the forest, because she wanted to find a village before night fall.

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The day was almost gone and Nadeshiko was frustrated that she was not able to locate a village anywhere. She did not think that she had strayed from the last village that deep into the forest. She stopped in front of a tree and hit her head against it in aggravation, which was not a very good idea, since now she had a headache. Nadeshiko backed up, head in hand, and looked around for anything but the tall trees and green vegetation. She stopped and stared for a moment off to her left. It looked as if there were fewer plants and more light seemed to come through. With no better plan and a dull ache in her head, she starts off in the direction hoping to find a path to lead her out of the forest.

The dark eyed girl walked for about ten minutes before the woods opened up into a large meadow. The setting sun was now brighter to her dark eyes now that it wasn't blocked by the many leaf-covered branches of the tall trees and she could see the vibrant colors of the sunset sky. The meadow was not empty, though some ways off there was was an odd structure of some sort. She started walking towards it, not sure if it was real or if she had hit her head harder than she thought and this was some sort of hallucination.

Two stone structures stuck out from the ground; arms that turned into fists holding a banner in front of a house with what looked to be an over sized chimney. The structure itself was a normal looking white building with a brown roof. It was farther than she thought it was, but when it didn't vanish as she got closer Nadeshiko, decided that it was real.

The sun had almost set and she was halfway to the had nowhere else to be, so she kept walking towards it, not really sure what she was going to do when she got there. She would figure that out when the time came.

Nadeshiko stopped for a moment on her way to the house. The girl could feel vibrations from the ground. They were hardly noticeable at first, but they were getting worse by the second. She heard the sound of hooves hitting the earth getting louder as well.

Nadeshiko turned around and blinked a few times in confusion. What she saw was stranger than the house she was headed to. Five hogs all bearing a rider were quickly heading straight for her. The head boar, who wore an over sized red ribbon, was the closest to her. Nadeshiko didn't have time to get out of the way before they trampled her and she found her mind going blank as she just let her body take control.

Her legs tensed as she waited and, right before the boar hit her, she jumped and flipped onto its back, unfortunately knocking the previous rider off. The girl watched as he fell to the ground and was trampled by the other boars. She winced as she watched, hoping that he was okay, before she noticed her new problem.

She was now riding a runaway boar that she had no control of and she was facing the wrong way, so she had no clue where the animal was going. 'Just great,' she thought to herself before the beast came to a sudden halt, almost throwing the petal wielder off. She clung onto it for dear life as she tried to get her breath back. 'That's it. Boars were officially on her "stay away from" list,' she thought as the dust cleared from the sudden stop of the other four boars.

Nadeshiko found herself facing another odd sight and Nadeshiko was starting to think maybe this was a bizarre dream or these people were just plain weird. Each boar had a different style to it. The one closest to her sported a violet Mohawk. Its rider was a blond man with a tuft of hair rising above his forehead and sunglasses, even though it was night. The next boar had a small patch of curly blond hair and the man riding it had a large Afro haircut held up with the help of a purple headband. There was a boar with a single horn strapped to its forehead standing to her right. The man on that boar was bald headed robust man that wore a drab looking beige shirt. The last boar had a triangle of black hair on its forehead, while its rider was a thin man wearing a short pink kimono decorated with hearts. His dark green hair was cut short except in the front, where it was grown long and combed over his right eye. A large alarm clock was strapped to his back.

Nadeshiko found herself in a staring contest with the strange men as they seemed equally baffled by her appearance. She was still aware that she was seated on a rather large hog and it was starting to become uncomfortable. In one swift motion, she hopped off the boar and landed on her feet. She was a bit surprised at how easily she had done so, but did not have time to think about it as one of the men spoke.

"Ganju, you're a girl?" Nadeshiko thought back of the man that was riding the wild beast before she came along. She really hadn't gotten a good look at him, but she was sure he didn't resemble her. 'Could this guy be that much of an idiot?' she thought as she tried to keep back her laughter. She opened her mouth to respond but was interrupted by another voice.

"Th-that's not me, you idiot! It's some random girl who tried to steal my precious Bonnie-chan." The man who she had knocked off the boar stood behind them. Nadeshiko looked at the man. He had a pink flower bandanna on his head and gray goggles covering his eyes. He had a grey vest over his white ninja-esque clothes.

"Ummm... yeah, sorry about that..." Nadeshiko scracthed the back of her head a little embarrassed about what had happened.

"Sorry? SORRY? You can't just take someone else's pet, run of with it and just say sorry..." The man, Ganju, kept going on. Nadeshiko decided that it would be a good idea to leave then, while he was too caught up in his rant to notice. She had made it about two steps before another voice stopped her.

"You're late."