Chapter 9: The Discoveries
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"Kasumi!" Ryu cried. He swiftly jumped out of the futon and knelt down to cup her face. It was ghostly pale, and only short breaths were coming out of her mouth. The foul smell of fresh vomit filled his nostrils, and he scrunched his nose in disgust. Though, he ignored it and picked her up like a bride from her wedding. He then ran outside, again, ignoring the fact that he was barely wearing a thing.
"Momiji? Momiji!" He called frantically. Hurrying on her steps, the shrine-maiden came, and gasped at what she saw. Horrified, she quickly pressed her fingers to her pulse, then sighed in relief, but briefly.
"Master Ryu, what happened? How did this happen?" She asked, her hazel eyes full of worry.
"I don't know Momiji. She had just woken up, about to tell me something when she vomited, then passed out suddenly!" Ryu explained. Momiji stared at Kasumi's ashen face.
"I'll do my best to wake her up, Master Ryu. I promise." She said. Ryu nodded, frowning. "You have to leave, Master Ryu. You cannot stay here since you have a mission. The Ultimate Ninja frowned a little deeper. He knew he would not be able to concentrate with Kasumi constantly on his mind. Momiji gave him a stern look, to which he sighed.
"Alright, Momiji. I trust you. Take care of her and of yourself." He said. Momiji bowed.
"Hai, Ryu-sama. Ten wa anata to issho kamo shirenai." Yes, Master Ryu. May the Heavens be with you. She replied. Ryu nodded, then left the dentoutekina. Momiji stared at Kasumi worriedly and grabbed her medicaments.
Time to know what's wrong, Kasumi. She thought. She then started to chant a few Japanese words.
Kasumi's sparkling, but blurry amber eyes opened to meet Momiji's now blank hazel ones. She blinked, then slowly sat up, analyzing her surroundings. What confused her was Momiji's eerie silence, and those hazel eyes following every of her movements. Kasumi blinked again. She had befriended Momiji the few times she came to the Hayabusa village before, so why was she so quiet?
"Momiji? What...what happened? Where is Hayabusa?" She asked. Momiji did not reply. She just stared.
"Momiji?"
Silence.
"Are you alright, Momiji?"
Silence.
Kasumi's copper eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Why she was giving her a strange, blank look was out of her. Momiji just stared at her, this time, frowning. The Kunoichi Of Destiny had poor skills to decipher the body languages, never mind her Ninja status. She searched Momiji's face for a clear answer, but all she saw was blankness. Her eyes showed blankness, but also something else, like perplexity. As if she tried to figure out a puzzle. As if she was trying to figure her out.
Kasumi then felt uncomfortable under that perplexed gaze, then looked away. Momiji stared for a while longer, then cleared her throat to ask,
"Kasumi, do you have something to tell me?"
Kasumi frowned, "no-..." But she was cut off.
"Let me rephrase. What happened on the night that you came here?" Momiji asked again. The kunoichi froze.
"N-noth-..."
"Liar," Momiji cut off, "what happened that night?"
Her voice sounded annoyed, yet curious, yet confused. Kasumi played with her hand and twirled a strand of copper hair. Her bangs covered her eyes, which were a dead giveaway. She froze, and almost fainted again as she saw what Momiji held in her hand.
"Kasumi, what did you do? What happened that night?!" She half-snapped.
Kasumi did not reply.
"You know, don't you?"
Kasumi did not reply.
"For Kami's sake, Kasumi!" Momiji quietly hissed, "why don't you tell me? I can see it in your eyes, I know you know, but you just won't admit it!"
Kasumi started to cry. Momiji sighed and wrapped her arms around her, gently rocking her like a child, cooing a bit like a mother. Kasumi's tears kept flowing, soaking Momiji's clean kimono.
The shrine maiden then pulled away to look at her. She looked so frail, so fragile that it almost broke her heart.
"How old are you, Kasumi?" She asked. Kasumi sniffled.
"Twenty years old," she whispered. Momiji winced, as if in pain.
"You're too young, Kasumi. Did you know this would happen?" Momiji asked. Kasumi looked away, then nodded. The shrine maiden sighed, exasperated.
"Then why did you...?"
"I wanted to. Even if the village wouldn't have approved, I wanted to, so badly. Just seeing the women in the village... I... I wanted to feel the joy that they felt." Kasumi whispered, feeling slightly foolish. She winced as Momiji grabbed the thing that almost made her faint.
"Do you know what this is, Kasumi?" Momiji asked. Kasumi nodded.
"Did you ever use them?" Kasumi nodded again.
"Well, when you were asleep, I took a sample of your urine and... well...you can see." Momiji chuckled humourlessly.
"I know, Momiji. I used it the day afterwards. I know I'm pregnant." Kasumi said.
Mugen Tenshin Village - Somewhere in Yokosuka -13/05/2013 - 9:26 AM
Hayate paced back and forth. Back and forth, starting to worry more and more about Ayane. He knew it had only been a day, but a day was what it took to kill her. His heart broke further. He couldn't lose Ayane too.
"Master... Hayate..." A frail voice called.
Hayate turned around, half-expecting it to be Ayane, but again, there was the half. What he saw shocked him. A kunoichi, not Ayane, but a brown haired one with her armor almost destroyed. A stream of blood was pouring out her mouth. Hayate jogged to her, catching her as her knees gave out. Her pulse was barely there, he automatically barked for some first aid. He instantly recognised the Hajimon emblem.
"Ayane?" He faintly whispered. The kunoichi coughed out blood.
" Kanojo wa ne... Komakai." She's...fine. Never mind her hoarse voice, he knew she was telling the truth.
"Where did she go?" He demanded, just as a servant came in for first aid.
"Kanojo wa on'nanoko o mitsuke ni ikimashita. Kanojo wa kanojo ga shinda nante shinji rarenai to itta koto ga arimasunode, kanojo wa taianshi de kanojo o mitsukeru tame ni nokoshimashita. Watashi wa kanojo no namaedatta to omou... Hitomi..." She went to find a girl. She said that she didn't believe she was dead, so she left to find her in Tai'an. I think her name was... Hitomi... She said, then coughed, not noticing how Hayate froze.
She went to find her.
As the young kunoichi was taken for medical attention, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of hope. Ayane didn't think she was dead. Ayane never believed in assumptions, so that meant that she went to find her for him. His heart warmed in joy, but then it froze in horror. What if Ayane was killed? That kunoichi seemed very badly injured, and what if Ayane...
He stood, then walked through the corridor,
"Watashi ga nokoshite iru to iu no ga watashinochichi o oshietekudasai. Watashi wa tassei suru tame ni shimei o motte imasu. Kare ga anata ni gimon o sa sete wa ikemasen. Rikai?" Tell my father that I have to leave. I have a mission to accomplish. Don't let him question you. Understood? He commanded to a servant, who obeyed and hurried away. He looked at the rising sun and let out a small smile.
Maybe I could find Hitomi there.
Then he was off. What he did not realise, was that a dozen of pairs of eyes were watching him, a hungry look in them.
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