(3rd POV)
"Liza, I called you here because she needs your healing," Aki told the pixie as he pointed at Akira who was panting as the female bandits clean her wound where the arrow struck her
"I see," Liza said as she made her way to the wound on Akira body and to realized "Th-This poison is not like any I have ever seen before," Liza said shocked and looked back at Aki which only made the others worry more while the Leidof girl is laughing
"THAT'S IT!" Jasmine shouted as she walked into the cage pissed as she grabbed the Leidof girl and punched her in the face
"TELL ME WHAT POISON YOU USED ON HER!" Jasmine shouted as she was ready to draw her sword.
"JASMINE! CALM DOWN!" Noshi yelled at her as he moved in front of the girl that was punched.
"Noshi" Jasmine said as her grip on her sword tightened
"ENOUGH!" Aki yelled at them "Selene Vesta is injured and we cant have you both arguing right now," Aki said in a calm voice
"None of this would have happened if your little bandit group didn't kidnap her!" Jasmine yelled at Aki
"Jasmine come with me" Masky spoke as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her away from everyone.
"Jasmine, I know that you care for her a lot since she is both your friend and your lord, but right now everyone needs to be calm," Masky told her as he was walking with her and Jasmine took a deep breath and let it out
"Your right, I think I'll stay out here for a while to calm my nerves," Jasmine said as she sat down on the grass and masky nodded
"I'll send Noshi out here to check on you," Masky told her as he started to walk back to the camp.
A few minutes after masky got back Noshi walked up to him
"How is Jasmine?" He asked
"She is stressed out since Akira is someone she cares about a lot," Masky said "You should go and talk to her I'll stay here and watch over Akira"
Noshi nodded and left the camp to go and find Jasmine and Masky when to see how Akira was doing and since the Leidof wasn't talking about what type of poison she used it made it more difficult to find the antidote for her. He saw that everyone was running around trying to figure what type of poison it was and if it had a cure for it.
"Aki! Nothing is working!" Someone yelled from across the cave to the bandit leader
"We have to find something that works! We can't let her die!" Aki yelled back.
A few hours have past and everyone fell asleep only a few people are awake 5 of them were bandits and 1 of them is Masky. Masky walked into the tent that they placed Akira
"Masky?" her voice said softly as she heard him come into her tent
"Yes," He said as he walked over to her
"Can you bring me some water?" She asked him as she never opened her eyes
"Sure," he said
He walked over to the table that had a small teapot that had water in it as he poured the water into a cup he set down the teapot and lowered his mask to show that he had fangs and took off one of his gloves and bit down onto his hand just enough to let his teeth puncture his hand and his purple eyes changed to red for a few seconds as a few drops of blood fell into the cup of water as he licked up the rest of the blood that was left on his hand as he took the cup of water over to Akira as he sat her up carefuly and gave her the water
"Thank you Masky," she said to him after she drank the water and he laid her back down,
"I hope you get better soon," he said knowing that effects that his blood can do for someone as he stood up to leave
"Masky can you stay in here until I fall asleep?" She asked him.
He sat on the ground at the side of her bed as he felt her and touch his hair
"Your hair is soft," she said which made him smile a bit
"Thanks but you shouldn't talk as much your wound might open up," he said to her and she noticed that his voice was clear
"You're not wearing your mask?" She asked in question
"I don't see a point to wear it around you," he said thinking why did he leave it off
"I see," Akira said as her voice slightly drifted as she was falling asleep.
Soon she fell asleep and Masky put back on his mask but stayed at her bedside as he fell asleep. As hours past and everyone was waking up they had someone to go and check on Akira before their leader and her friends check on her when they walked into her tent they saw that there was already someone in her tent with her but he looked like he was asleep and Akira had a faint smile on her face. As the bandit went to check on Akira and change the bandages on her side she noticed that the bleeding had stop and the color around her wound isn't red anymore, after he changed the bandages and threw out the bloody ones. He went to wake up the person that as asleep sitting next to her bed Masky opened his eyes the bandit saw that his eyes were blood red before the turned back to purple and the bandit didn't say anything about it to him but he knew that he would have to talk to the leader about it later as he left the tent.
(Akira's POV)
I woke up and sat up to looked around the tent I was in when I saw Masky drinking some water as he turned to look at me
"How are you feeling," he asked me
"Better," I said as I was about to get out of the bed
"I'll be outside and I left some of your clothes on the end of the bed for you," He said as he put back on his mask as he left the tent.
Which confused me till I looked down at myself and saw that I was only in undergarments and I quickly got dressed into the clothes Masky left for me.
"I know I was poisoned and they were having a hard time finding the antidote for the poison used on me but when I woke up later that night I remember Masky entering the tent and getting me some water when I asked but I also remember a faint taste of blood when I drank the water" I said to myself.
I placed my boots on and picked up the cup that was left next to the bed and looked at it then placed it back down and left the tent and went to go and find Masky. When I found Masky I saw that he had a plate of food with him which was slightly odd since he never ate around anyone besides me. As I was nearing him I noticed that he wasn't eating it since he was just staring at me.
"Rare sight to see a plate of food in front of you," I said as I took a seat across from him and he just slid the plate over to me
"I already ate while you were asleep I was just saving this for you," he said and I gave him a sly smirk and started to eat as I finished I was tackled to the ground
"You're awake!" a female voice said
"C-Can't b-breath," I said trying to breathe from the death hug I was in.
"Jasmine continue to hug her like that and she will die" A voice came from behind her
"Hey! You were just as worried as I was" Jasmine said as she let go of me and helped me up and I just gave them a smile.
Soon after Jasmine calm down
"So what of the leidof?" I asked and Jasmine just looked shocked
"Why?" she said
"Because I want to question her," I said with a face that could kill if looks could kill someone.
"She is still in the cell" A voice came from behind us "And its good to see you doing better Selena Vesta," Aki said as he walked over to us and I nodded
"Indeed," I said as I started to walk to the cell that held the Leidof who was asleep
"Wake up!" I yelled at her as I kicked the bars and she jumped up and when she saw me she was shocked
"I-Impossible," she said but I could see it in her eyes that she was relieved,
"You should still be asleep!" and I just slightly laughed
"I have people watching out for me," I said to her
"Now are you going to tell me who sent you or are you going to let me have some fun till you answer my question?" I said to her as I cracked my knuckles
"I-I can't" she said and I notice that her ears went down when she said that
"and why not?" I asked
"Th-they never said who they were and I couldn't see who they were since they wore a cloak but I can tell you their smell," she said as she sat down on her knees
"Go on," I told her and she nodded
"They had a smell that smelled of holiness but also death," she said
"Kard" was the first thing that popped into my head "Thanks," I said
"Aki! I need to use one of your birds to send a letter!" I yelled as I went to his tent to write a quick letter and send it off once Aki brought me one of his birds
"Please take this to Hoshi in Dragon's Claw Village," I said to the bird as I sent it off into the sky.
"Aki we have to be going soon and we will like to take the Leidof with us," I said and he looked shocked
"What? Why do you want the Leidof" he asked "Because she can smell if the person who poisoned me is near" I said and he nodded
"Leidof what is your name?" I asked her as I looked at her as she was being untied
"L-Lina," She said shyly as she kept her ears down
"No need to be shy I'm sure that you had a reason for doing what you did," I said to her and her ears perked up and she went to her back and got something out of it
"That man he gave me this as a payment but when I refused to do the job he wanted he threaded to kill my younger siblings," she said as she handed me the small pouch of money and I just handed it back to her
"If you and your siblings ever need help or feel like your in danger then you can always come to the village I'm from," I said to her with a smile and I saw a sparkle in her eyes when I told her that.
As the day went know Aki and his bandits gave us some supplies for our Journey to the capital. Soon we parted ways with Aki and the bandit's everyone had smiles and some looked sad that we were leaving.
"So Lina here is what is going to happen when we get to the capital," I said to her when I moved the curtain so I could see her and she nodded "You will be acting as my guard so you will be permitted to have a weapon on hand in case I am put in danger, since Noshi, Jasmine, and Masky are guests that I invited, so all you have to do for us is since you know Kard's send we are going to have you hand around in the shadows and if you catch his scent I want you to inform either Jasmine, Noshi, Masky, or myself right away since Im sure that he will be attending the grand ball. If you can't reach any of us when Kard makes a move inform one of the guards that are from the capital saying that"The man known as Kard is trying to kidnap my lord" and if they cant stop him I want you to run and get your siblings and try to get to Dragon's Claw village and if you meet the head guard Hoshi then tell him that Akira sent you there for safety" I told her and both her and Noshi looked shocked at what I had said and what my thorey is.