A Forbidden Love

Chapter 38

Yoshitsune POV

After we had been traveling for hours evening was starting to show its happy face through the sky. It was five apparently due to my digital watch. I looked back at the people behind me. They looked exhausted. We need to stop and rest... Make camp... Eat ... Sleep... Get refreshed... We can travel more tomorrow... We will just travel a bit extra though... So we can catch up.. Well... Not necessarily ... We started traveling pretty early... We could make up a little extra time though... The sooner we get to Thaiwan the sooner I can get my baby girl back. If he tells her anything that is not true and manipulates her with his mind tricks... Oh! I'm going to be so mad.. I turned my horse and faced them.. "We can make camp here.. Everyone looks exhausted.." They all nodded and sighed in relief. Had I been killing them? Geez.. They shoulda said something.. We could have taken a little rest earlier but now they can rest at least.. I took down my sleeping bag and the weapons bag and food bag and my clothes from my horse and tied my horse to a nearby tree.. We were still in the woods.. And it would be like camping.. I hear a stream not too far from here..
A water source.. We will need that. We can fill our canteens and purify the water by boiling it... We will need to start a fire... But if we had iodine drops in the medical kit that would be amazing. The fire is still needed though... Regardless. It looked like it was gAnna get cold tonight.. We will also need to get supper ready.. I can do that unless Jasmine and Maria want to.. Which I'm sure they will..
They aren't Going to want to gather wood in the woods.. And Goyo can work on starting the base of the fire and help set up camp. We didn't bring tents but we can make do... That's what the sleeping bags are for.. They are our bed and our warmth and shelter provider.. We could make some shelter out of sticks and beaches if necessary... But we will make do for now.. I walked off into the woods and started gathering wood for the fire.. Once I walked back I was surprised to see our campsite had come together quite nicely. The sleeping bags were all laid out around the base of the fire.. The food was being prepped in a food making area and then all of our things were laid out on our sleeping bags.. Perfect. I set the wood down and started putting together a fire ... Goyo helped me light it by lighting a match he had brought from a pack of about eight of them.. Why he carries them in his pocket I don't know. But it is a blessing for today.. After the fire was all done I walked off with our canteens and filled them all up with cold water from the stream I found running. I brought back the canteens after they were all full and dug the medical kit from my bag and lucky me found some iodine drops. Perfect. We can have purified water easily now. No haste of boiling it or nothing. I put two drops in all four canteens and passed one out to everyone. By now it was about seven. After the food was passed out and everyone had food and water we all sat down on our sleeping bags and ate our non perishable goods for day one. It was jerky strips.. Granola... A trail mix... Crackers.. And some dried fruit.. Tomorrow for lunch we could eat the leftovers from tonite and for dinner we could hunt. That would be fun. For breakfast I'm sure we could find some Berry bushes around camp... Shouldn't be that hardly ... I wasn't sure what to say exactly. It felt awkward being here without her... I miss her so bad... After we are everyone settled into their sleepingbags and we told some scary stories. I offered to take first watch so that we weren't mauled by some crazy animal or something while we slept. I held my bow and arrows in a ready to fire position all night while I waited.. I looked at the moon and the still burning flames.. The flames reminded me of my burning passion and love I felt for her that was burning bright and it also represented hope for me.. Hope I will find her.. And get her back safe and sound.. And without any casualties as well.. I looked at the moon and couldn't help but wonder if she was looking at the same moon right now as me.. If she is I hope she knows I'm thinking about her.. And that I love her ... More than anything in the world.. And that I'm coming to get her back... I'll have to tell her the truth but I can't tell her anything till she is back with me... I miss you baby i thoughts sadly.. I love you with all my heart, I added happily.. It was true I did love her.. I just hope my father isn't putting crazy ideas into her head.: such as forgetting who I am to her.. Making her think I don't live her and that I only used her to get close to the country and steal information... Making her think I was going to kidnap her.. He could be torturing her at this very moment.. He could be manipulating her too.. God this is my own personal nightmare..: I closed my eyes slightly and looked up through slitted eyes... I wish none of this nightmare ever happened I wish we were back home together happy and cuddling ... Depending on how much brainwashing she has had due to my arsehole of a father... I hope he leaves her alone.. She has nothing to do with any of this.. She is clueless and innocent ... And if she was hurt at all he would feel my wrath. I closed my eyes and leaned back against the tree as I waited for the sun to come up so I could be relieved of my shift and sleep some. I closed my eyes more and next thing I know there is nothing but utter blackness... My last thought was I love you hinata... Next thing I know I'm asleep.. And then a twig snaps..