Sun & Purity Vs. Darkness - A new Legend (Marissonshipping) [Wattys 2016]

Chapter 16: Manon's and Alan's 'first date'

The next morning:

Manon opened her eyes, sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes before a yawn escaped her lips and she stretched herself.

''Good morning.'' Alan said happily.

Manon turned drowsy to him and replied yawning:

''Morning.''

She stood up from the bed, put her cap and her shoes on and took her sword, which was leaning against the nightstand to put it on her back. Together with Alan, she left the guest room and headed to the entrance area.

When they reached it they saw, that Amaterasu, Issun and Masumi were there.

''So you're finally up? You are really a long sleeper.'' Issun stated.

''What do you mean by that? I haven't slept that long.'' Manon asked confused.

''You did. It's almost noon.'' Issun answered.

''Really? Why didn't anyone wake me?'' Manon asked.

''Because you should never interrupt the beauty sleep of a woman.'' Issun answered gentlemanly.

''Enough of that. We shouldn't waste any more time.'' Alan interrupted the conversation.

He turned to Masumi and said politely:

''Thank you for helping Manon.''

Masumi smiled in response and added addressing Manon:

''You have a really nice boyfriend.''

Hearing this, Manon blushed and replied stammering:

''H-He isn't ... We're not.''

Masumi smiled knowingly at her behavior.

''W-We should go now.'' Alan, who looked embarrassed to the side, suggested.

The rest of the group agreed with that, said goodbye to Masumi and exited the dojo.

Once outside, the group went down the hill to the water and Issun explained, that their next destination was the Northern Ryoshima Coast. Then Amaterasu used the Celestial Brush Technique Water Lily twice to create two water lilies. She jumped on one of them, while Alan and Manon stepped carefully on the other. After that Ammy froze the time and drew a loop to create a strong wind. She did this a few more times until they reached the beach.

The group got onto the beach and followed it to its end to use the stone staircase to reach a higher level. Then they took the northern path, which led to the Northern Ryoshima Coast.

Once they arrived the Kanmon gate, a wood gate, which separated the northern part of the Ryoshima Coast from the southern one, they saw, that it was down. On each side of it stood one guard.

They wore a pink kimono with a black symbol on it and a purple hakama over it. On their backs, they carried a quiver with arrows while they were holding a bow in their right hand.

The left guard was corpulent and sleeping while the right one was thin and attentive.

The group approached that one and Issun asked while bouncing:

''Hey pal, why is the gate down?''

''You don't know? Demons showed up again and turned the Northern Ryoshima Coast to a dangerous place. That's the reason why the Emperor had decided to let the gate down. So if you want to pass it, you must have a permission from His Majesty.'' the guard replied politely while eyeing Manon and Alan suspiciously.

The group turned around and headed in the direction of the stone pier.

On their way to it, Manon asked distraughtly: