Chiaki found the location of Parkers house with ease after simply asking Eve. She gently knocked on the door frame. A teen-aged girl with gray eyes and brown hair answered. This was Bai Qingqing. She had dark black freckles all over her pale cheeks that looked out of place, then Chiaki realized she had been staring. "Oh, sorry. Hello, I'm Chiaki."
"Are you one of the other Leopard village females?" Bai Qingqing asked, looking at the other.
Chiaki shook her head. "No, I arrived just behind you to the village the other day. Remember?"
"Oh! You're the female who yelled at everybody."
That's how most of the population probably knew her. Chiaki blushed. Really though, it was their own faults for being so pushy. "Yeah..." She held out a leather package she'd put together at her and Qianhuang's home. "I saw what happened just a bit ago, I thought you might want some more... modern... padding." She hoped the girl got the message, Chiaki was ninety-nine percent sure Bai Qingqing was another transmigrated woman from earth, but in case she was wrong.
Bai Qingqing took the bundle and opened it, finding the soft rabbit pelt pads, stuffed with cotton flowers. "These are!" she gasped.
So Chiaki was right. "The best I've been able to reproduce with the items I've gathered."
Bai Qingqings eyes began to water. "Parker only gave me some loose cotton."
"Are you okay?"
By now the girl was full-on crying in the doorway. "I want to go home! I need to finish high school! My family and friends must be worried sick. I don't want to be here!" She cried out.
"I-" Chiaki uncertainly patted the girls shoulder. She was an only child and hadn't dealt with teens in years, when she had been a teen herself. Bai Qingqing was only a year or two older than Xiao Yu back at the Winged Lion Clan. Ji Mo would have known better how to help her with these things, but Chiaki was the one here. "Your name is Bai Qingqing, right?"
"Y-yes."
Chiaki smiled. "I'm from Earth."
Bai Qingqing gasped and grabbed Chiakis hand. "You're Human?!"
"Yup! I wanted to come tell you you aren't alone here."
"Then, these beast know about humans? Parker was trying to guess my tribe and he never guessed human!"
"Whoa, slow down." Chiaki waved to the fire-pit outside Parkers house, there was nothing there right now other than a place to sit. "Let's talk."
"Oh- okay." Bai Qingqing followed Chiaki to the seats, the leather bundle of makeshift pads clutched tightly to her chest.
Chiakai sat. "First, no, I don't think Parker or any of the Leopard clan know what a human is. That's because when I arrived at the Winged Lion Clan they didn't either."
"When Parker was guessing tribes, he guessed Ape Tribe and I told him that was what I was."
Chiaki chuckled. "Well, I guess it's a little right, but if I were you I would seriously think about giving someone you trust the full truth. I told Qianhuang the truth about a day after I arrived here."
"Who is Qianhuang?" Bai Qingqing asked, curious.
"He's the guy I picked as a mate back in the Winged Lion Clan village."
Bai Qingqing recoiled. "You did what?!"
Chiaki frowned. "I know it's a big deal to humans." She started slowly. "But, I got enough information... well after the fact... to realize that it was necessary. At the time, I just wanted to get away from the whole village and the leader insisted. I'll tell you the whole story in a bit, but let's put that to the side for now."
"Alright. So, is it... scary? I'm too young to think about... boys... like that..." Bai Qingqing stumbled over the words.
"If it was me, I wouldn't wish the situation on anyone." Chiaki shook her head. "As for having sex-" She saw Bai Qingqing flinch at the word. "You have to make sure they understand to be careful. I'm not here to force you to do anything, my friend Ji Mo back at the Winged Lion Clan is from Earth too and is having the same kind of problems."
Bai Qingqing looked up suddenly. "There are others?!"
Chiaki nodded. "I'm starting to think it's either common... or the Beast God worshiped by the different Winged Beast Clans is trying to do something." She was being truthful, she just didn't know how to confirm something like a Beast God planning to seed Human women into a world with a population ratio of twenty males to every female born. Maybe something had gone wrong with the population leading to the huge gender inequality and this was some weird stop-gap fix.
"Beast God?"
Chiaki just shrugged, she didn't have a clue. "All I know is, it seems to be a real God of this world."
"This is all so much." Bai Qingqing said. "I don't even know where to start or what to do." Tears started to form in the girls eyes again. "I really just want to go home!"
"I don't think there will be a way back to Earth." Chiaki said shaking her head. "Why don't we start with getting you through your first period in this world?"
Bai Qingqing shot up from her sitting position, she'd really almost forgot. "I'll be back!" She said and raced into the house.
