Several days passed until Kana finally woke from her coma. Her body was sore and every muscle was aching. She glanced around the pharmacy building and noticed that no one was around besides a sleeping Shuuto in a bed next to her. She stared at the man melancholy. The idiot just had to join her on her scouting trip. He knew full well that she wouldn't go into the battlefield. She was hidden so well in the trees and then he just had to go and get himself shot.

Kana sat up slowly, wincing at the pain from the places she was struck by rather sharp arrows. They had punctured all the way through her body and the pain was tremendous trying to pull them out yourself. Carefully, she swung her legs over and shuffled to Shuuto's side. She caressed his face and rubbed his hair. Tears began to develop in her eyes. She heaved out a sigh.
"Idiot.." Kana whispered. "Don't leave me too.."

After a few minutes of sitting by his side, she got up from her seat and slowly inched towards the mirror. She ghastly stared at yourself. She was only in her undergarments so she could see all the scars and the wounds on her body. Her recent wounds were all patched up by bandages. Others were just scars. She rubbed the scar from when she had protected Obi from a poisonous arrow. Where was he now? She had a strange dream that he was here in Lyrias. Suddenly, a hand weaved its way around her waist and covered the scar she was staring at. Kana looked up in surprise to meet his hazel cat-like eyes.

"You shouldn't be walking around," Obi mumbled quietly.
"Obi.." Kana gasped. "What are you doing here...?"
"I was sent here by Master," he explained, his eyes scanning her body through the mirror as he observed the wounds. "I.. I confessed my feelings about Mistress and he sent me here to watch over her."
Her heart squeezed in pain at his words. Kana avoided his gaze as she pushed away his hand from her waist. She turned to walk back to her sick bed and Obi followed her quietly.
"What happened?" He asked as she sat on the bed staring at Shuuto.
Kana frowned.
"Well..." she hesitated. "Izana had asked me to go scout with some other soldiers in the northern borders. There was some suspicion about an attack. Shuuto heard about it and decided to tag along even though I begged him not to. I was hiding in the trees when I heard some rustling on the other side of the border and.. And..."
Obi watched as she hid her face in her hands. She shook her head, not wanting to remember what she had seen. The dark-haired man reached out to squeeze her hand, but at a moment's touch, she quickly pulled away.
"I watched him get shot by a number of arrows all over his body... Someone had appeared out of nowhere and punctured him with a sword and another.. Another slit him across the chest..."
Kana gripped tightly on her bed sheet, tears falling down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away and stared angrily at Shuuto's sleeping body.
"He collapsed on the ground, unmoving. I quickly jumped from my hiding position and tried to carry him out. He was bleeding so much... I couldn't stop his bleeding.. As I carried him out of the area, I felt three sharp arrows puncture me.. But I had to get Shuu out of there. He needed medical attention or he'd... He would have died...I was able to make it to the gates of Lyrias.. But I was losing consciousness after pulling out the arrows and there was a lot of blood... I came to here and there. Waking up in Haru's arms as he brought Shuu and I here and also when Shirayuki was making a fuss.."
Kana sighed and glanced up at Obi.
"Have you heard what has happened there?" she asked.
Obi hesitated.
"Soldiers fought and they were able to apprehend the culprits. They're trying to figure out what to do with those who have been captured. There were a lot of casualties."
Kana closed her eyes in pain. All those people who had gone with her, did they lose their lives..? She stared at Shuuto's sleeping face.
"Kana, get some rest," Obi suggested, inching towards her.
Kana winced from his touch and shook his head.
"I want to sit with Shuu a little longer," she said quietly.
"Do you want me to stay-"
"No. Haru should be here soon to see how I'm doing..."
Obi narrowed his eyes in anger.
"So you two have become buddies now?"
"He saved my life. And Shuuto's. I can no longer stay angry with him.."

Obi watched her for a few minutes as she stared at Shuuto's unmoving body. He wrapped his coat around her and then shuffled out of the building. Once he was gone, Kana gripped tightly onto his coat. His scent was comforting. As Obi opened the door, Haru stood on the other side with a surprised look on his face. Obi glanced away and began to walk out.

"I asked her father for her hand in marriage," Haru called out to him.
Obi stopped in his steps and clenched his fists.
"Is that so?"
"That's all you have to say?"
Slightly shaking with anger, Obi shoved his hands in his pockets and walked away.

Oh my God! What the hell, Haru? Marriage? My, my, are they going to get married? Read and find out 3