Where do we go from here

by optionbutton

Yuya escapes from a massacre with a promise to hunt the criminals down. Unbeknownst to her, Kyo the legendary demon General of the Mibu Clan is on a mission to find the younger sister to Shaman Shiina Nozomu. A story told on the adventurous whims of the blonde and the samurai who live life as they please until duty and obligations call them back. Snippets of 100 word chapters.

69. Chit chat

C69 Chit chat

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They, including Taro much to Kyo's annoyance, took refuge in the isolated hut as night fell upon them. While Yuya had liven up the evening chattering with her new-found friend, the excitement of the day had exhausted her and she was soon sound asleep leaving both men in a tensed hush.

Taro sat seiza-style, head bowed, submitted to Kyo's intense scrutiny and wished he could just vanish.

"Um…I should go…My moth-"

"You called them here." Kyo lit his pipe.

"Ah…uh…"

"Think I didn't notice that those things left you unscathed? Childish faith placed in jewellery would not have saved you."

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seiza: one of the formal ways of sitting.