Waking up had been highly unpleasant for the spoiled city girl, with a sore back and her shelter collapsing on her in the middle of the night. Jessica felt like screaming and pulling out her now hopelessly knotted hair but stopped herself, getting panicked would not help her in this situation.
"What was it that sensei always used to say, something about flowing like a river, or some flowery poetic shit like that."
Drawing in a few deep breaths and releasing them slowly she was able to calm her pulse and walked over to the stream. Splashing water on her face and rinsing out her hair again helped the grumpy girl focus on her surroundings.
"Big-ass mother fucking trees for miles, absolutely nowhere near New York, that is for fucking sure. Maybe If I just start walking I will find a road or house or something helpful."
Jessica knew drinking from a stream had risks, but it was either risk getting dysentery or guarantee death by shriveling up like a prune. The girl knew which she would rather risk and took a few big gulps from the running water. Finding a few large leaves and creating a makeshift canteen she filled it with water and began her trek along the forest floor.
Soon the trees began to thin out and become noticeably younger as Jessica walked farther from her original location. The air became heavier and the humidity increased as the brunette unknowingly entered Hot Springs Country, exiting the dense forests of Fire Country. After many more hours of walking with short rests liberally taken Jessica came upon a small village, so small in fact that village was a very generous word to use for the clustering of huts around a small tea shop slash inn. A village square with only three stalls and ten people milling around was truly pathetic in the eyes of a young girl raised in big cities.
"Damn this shit hole is pathetic, and what the fuck are these mother fuckers wearing, it looks like bathrobes!" Was exclaimed very loudly by the disheveled girl, and caused her to be on the receiving end of some very confused looks. It was not every day that a dirty and crazy looking person came out of the village's surrounding forest and began to scream in gibberish, as a matter of fact Jessica was lucky enough to be the first person to do this and scare the living day lights out of the people gathered near the forest.
Now one must remember that Jessica has no clue where she is, and as far as she is concerned the whole mess is a prank gone wrong. The girl has no idea that she is now in a foreign land, one that she does not know a lick of the language or the cultural behaviors and quirks. So it is safe to assume that the village did not take well to her appearance or her loudness that no one could understand.
A menagerie of colorful language came tumbling out of the girl's mouth as she stomped through the village walking up towards what she assumed was the inn. The surrounding people gave her a wide berth, many assuming she was some kind of ninja from her attire and attitude.
Entering the inn with great flourish and walking straight up to the front desk Jessica demanded a room, and the frightened desk clerk, not understanding her stood there for many minutes as she yelled at the poor boy. After some very humorous mining and yelling the boy at the desk tossed Jessica a key for a room and then ran to hide in the kitchens, rather facing the chef's cleaver than the crazy girl yelling at him.
"What the fuck is this some Japanese shit of something?" was the only thing the girl could say as she looked at the key and the number engraved on its front. "Fuck, no wonder no one understands me," so could have smacked herself "I must sound loony to them talking in English."
Walking to where she assumed her room was Jessica knew she had no way to communicate, having never bothered with anime or manga the girl had never felt the desire to learn Japanese. She knew she would have to find a way to pay for her room, and how to communicate.
"Mother fucking success" was mumbled under the young woman's breath as she opened the door to her room. After a nice long bath and sleeping in an actual bed she knew she would be ready to plan and prepare for whatever the next day would bring, until then there was a large tub waiting to be filled with hot water calling her name.
Second Chapter up. I do not know how often updates will happen, But I will try to get at least a chapter a week. For now inspiration is flowing.