|
Post by Ryu on Sept 6, 2007 3:45:03 GMT -5
Ryu was scuffing his feet along the dirt path as he walked from the village they'd been staying at. It was midday, and they had a good bit of walking to do. However, they should have just woke up early, but Ryu needed a bit of time to recover from his hangover. What? He was a happy drinker.
Voulge bouncing along on his back, the glew blow following it, he walked rather unsmoothly. Ryu only now provided some details as to where they were going. " About a half a day of walking to get to the demonslayer village I used to live at. I think you'll like it there. Nice place to stay.. you may even grow a bit just from being around some of the good people there. " Ryu was hopeful, anyways.
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 6, 2007 12:24:22 GMT -5
Haru snickered at him as he walked she loved picking at him. " And this is what happens when you get drunk", she smirked at him thinking of tripping him just for saying sit so many times the day before. She listened to him when he began to tell her where they were heading tilting her head to the side a little. " grow?Like grow grow?", when he said this she pictured herself getting taller.
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 6, 2007 12:40:42 GMT -5
No, you'll always be a short twerp. Always. " No, not physically.. Heh. Intelligence, wise, I mean. I'm not saying you're stupid, but there is plenty you haven't learned, just because you lived with such a negligent village. " Ryu was bumbling around his words like a brain surgeon performing an operation with a monkey wrench.
The scenery on the way there was quite good. No destroyed villages or nasty demons to get in the way of their travels. If Haru noticed, there wasn't many demons in this area anyways, thanks to the demon slayer village's efforts.
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 6, 2007 18:54:25 GMT -5
" You better stop while your ahead ", she rolled her eyes at him sometimes he didn't make any sense at all. " Just stop thinking for a while it cant be that hard for you, oh and how dose the hang over feel? ", Picking at him a little more she followed beside him tugging at the necklace every now and then. She looked around her ears perked up trying to catch the sound of a demon, but nothing. " Where are all the demons?"
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 7, 2007 3:51:58 GMT -5
" Most are dead, the rest fled from the area. No evil resides in these forests, anymore. " He said to her, smirking some.
(( Going to speed this up a lil. ))
The walk was quite pleasant, however, a long one. Though, sometimes during the walk, there'd be the very subtle feeling of being watched. But it couldn't be by demons could it? There wasn't a demonic aura anywhere near them, not to mention, no scents. But evem with that occasional creepy feeling, they made it to the demon slayer's village safely. Ryu didn't have to convince the villagers or slayers that Haru was harmless, Ryu was trusted as much as some of their best slayers there.
Ryu's first thing to do was to wink at a few of the ladies who, despite his best efforts, turned up their nose and shuffled away. The demon groaned. Bleh. His luck was dry lately, but oh well. Here came the village elder. He was called the village elder for a reason, he looked suprisingly late in his years. A long grey beard, wrinkled face, hunched back, furrowed eyes. He greeted Ryu with a smile, before there was the small conversation as to how that rosary had come to be on Haru's neck. Just as the conversation ended, a demon slayer called Ryu over.
"Be right there. " Ryu turned his attention to Haru. " Go with the village elder, he'll get the rosary off you. See you later. " He flashed Haru one of his goofy smiles, before trotting off to see what his friend needed of him. The elder shifted his walking cane in his hand, and spoke to Haru. " Follow me. "
Shuffling along, the elder was somewhat slower than most people, but he wasn't a snail. Walking as smoothly as a man of his age could, he spoke back to Haru, asking. " You travel with Ryu, hm? I suppose you're just as confused as anyone would be that a demon would choose to be passive, in comparison to other demons, of course. " Ryu wasn't exactly passive, but he seemed to go to great lengths not to take a life, even when his own life was hanging in the balance. But, the elder finally got to a question that held some weight to it, and wasn't just small talk. " Has Ryu said anything strange to you..? Something that doesn't seem like it'd be coming from him..? " The elder seemed like he was poking in the dark with that question.
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 7, 2007 17:53:46 GMT -5
Haru looked at the old man confused at how someone this old was ganna be able to get the beads from around her neck if Ryu couldnt, but she followed him waving Ryu off for the moment. She shook her head at the elder, " yeah a little confused but maybe it wont be so out of the normal for him to be so nice to me, in a week or so." her mind still lingered on what had happened back in the village she wanted to know what Ryu had to hide, but she didnt want to bother him with it anymore, she knew since he was so nice it couldnt have been anything to bad. " dose sake cant get him drunk count? He did say something about someone not knowing something the same as him or something like that its confusing but I dont really know what he was talking about ", she was beginning to confuse herself.
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 8, 2007 4:23:50 GMT -5
" Hm. No, that isn't exactly true. He's usually indifferent to people, and doesn't immediately take a liking to them. " The village elder slid open the front door to his home, a small manor. Stepping in, he left the door open for Haru to follow him, and close behind her. The elder sat down on a mat, another mat sitting across from him. Between him and the other met was a urn with incense burning lazily in it. It seemed very relaxing. He gestured for Haru to sit, before saying. " Do you know how I knew Ryu wasn't evil..? Seeing as he wasn't born in this village, I had to inspect him before we could even think of what to do with him.. Since I was a young man, I found that I had some psychic ability. Sense subtle emotions in people; and with such training.. I had learned to read minds. Though, only those willing to such intrusion. I used that ability to sense that he was a good soul. "
His wrinkled face curled a bit in a smile. " May I read your mind, as well? "
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 8, 2007 18:02:17 GMT -5
She walked in behind him sliding the door closed once she was in. She took a seat on the mat across from him sitting on her knees. She shook her head at his question listening to him speak, something about him caught her attention more than other humans did. He could read minds? Was he serious? “ How did you learn to do that? “, She had a doubtful look on her face, but she was still worried that if he could and she said yes what would he say when he found out what she had done? It took her a minute to answer him, still thinking on it even when she did, " Sure go ahead I guess ", she was still a little doubtful in his abilities.
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 8, 2007 21:25:08 GMT -5
The old man chuckled some. "You doubt me now. But that's fine. " The village elder slowly seemed to fall asleep, and nothing happened for the first few moments. But soon Haru would feel it, as if there was a pressure on her head. It hurt lightly at first, but soon the pain began to fade away, and all it felt was a strong sense of drowsiness, like she may flop over any second; which could likely happen. The elder's mind looked within Haru's, first looking at her recent thoughts. Ryu's confrontation with the paladin, him defending Haru, but soon the elder went back further.
The elder saw the village Haru stayed at, watched her kill them. Haru would be able to see exactly what thoughts the elder was looking through. Though, the elder soon passed over them like he had the others, delving deeper. Now he saw important long-term memories, even maybe supressed ones. The villagers had not been treating Haru well. He understood more now. The elder let his mind begin to detatch. And it'd feel like a vaccuum in Haru's head, growing bigger before.. pop. Everything was back to normal. She'd no longer feel drowsy, and the elder lifted his head slowly, giving a low yawn. " One of the more interesting minds I've read in quite some time. I'm sorry for how that village treated you, that wasn't very nice of them. "
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 8, 2007 21:51:17 GMT -5
Haru tilted her head to the side when he fell asleep. “ this old man is something else”, she muttered to herself. But soon she began to feel the pressure on her head, she brought her hand up to the side of her head rubbing a little trying to get it to stop, then she began to feel sleepy her eyes closing partly. She was confused at first by the sudden feelings taking over, her getting tired all of the sudden then she realized what was happening when she began to see things from the past. She seen herself killing the villagers then went back further to when she was getting miss treated, then it all stopped. She looked over at the elder amazed at what just happened as long as a little disturbed that she had relived some of the stuff she tried to forget. “ how did you do that? Are you sure you’re a human your kinda weird to be one?”, she asked not meaning to be offensive her curiosity was taking over now.
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 8, 2007 21:59:54 GMT -5
The elderly man chuckled. " Oh no, Haru. I'm a human, I promise you. " He scratched his bald head some, before he said to her. " I am disturbed by that paladin, though.. I have no idea what he was talking about.. could that mean Ryu's mixed up in bad things? He's always been a good demon, I couldn't ever see him trying to hurt someone.. " The elderly man, but the problem was, he couldn't read Ryu's mind, unless Ryu let him. Though, if Ryu had nothing to hide, then he'd surely allow the elder to take a peek, wouldn't he?
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 8, 2007 22:06:26 GMT -5
" I know I tried to get him to tell me but he wouldn't, but I don't think its anything that bad, or so he says. even if it wasn't something bad he was still pretty serious about it when I tried to get him to tell me " , she seemed as if she was thinking on it more, getting quiet before she spoke again. " maybe you could read his mind hm? then you can know what he was talking about right?"
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 8, 2007 22:09:54 GMT -5
The elder looked at Haru quietly for a few moments, thinking. Though, he soon sighed and say to her. " Go and find Ryu for me then. He shouldn't be too far from here, if he's not in town. " Though, from Ryu's demonic aura, it appeared he was a little bit north of the village, in the forest, but not very far away at all.
|
|
|
Post by kitten on Sept 8, 2007 22:16:29 GMT -5
Haru Nodded standing up now and walking to the door. " ok I wont be to long", she said opening the door to the manor and stepping out side closing it behind her. she began to follow his aura out of the town saying something to herself as she walked. " He left me here alone im going to hurt him " , she kept trying to figure out what he had to hide thinking back to the fight and what was said. " what could it be? wont be to much longer and I will know "
|
|
|
Post by Ryu on Sept 8, 2007 22:27:05 GMT -5
Ryu gave a slight yawn of relief as he relaxed in the large hotspring of warm water. It was always smart to have a village near some hotsprings, Ryu couldn't agree more. The demon was completely nude, but hell, it's not like any of the women purposefully came to the men's hotsprings, they'd be silly to do that.. or they'd be looking for Ryu. Yes. The girls always looked for Ryu.
|
|