Blade Box

Ch-2 The Chain Spirit and Shizuka

"Maji how far is this town..", Yosuke said almost out of breath. He had walked for nearly 1 ½ hour and the meadow didn't seem to end and the sun was at it's peak blazing over him like a silent entity. He noticed a fairly large wall in the distance and according to the map Yosuke opened it appeared that was Scar. He let a sigh of relief out and continued walking till he noticed a girl lying under a tree near the outskirts of the town when some wolves started to approach her.

"Hey! Hey wake up!", Yosuke shouted at the girl but she lay unconscious and the wolves stepped closer. Yosuke hesitated for a second but ran towards the girl and drew Yukihime in front of the wolves who jumped back a little and Yosuke stood with the girl behind him. He practiced kendo and won in many tournaments but this time it was different, this time it was against wolves and he had someone to protect. A drop of sweat dropped from his chin as the wolves drawing closer, wolves were cunning but they would never get into fights that would injure one of their own but it was five against one. One of the wolves snarled and lunged for Yosuke who dogged it and hit it with the back of Yukihime and it whimpered back.

"Yabai, I've never dealt with wolves before....but I need to protect her", Yosuke said as he looked at the girl behind him, she couldn't have been more than 12 years and she was wearing a white one piece dress. Yosuke gripped the sword tighter and as the wolves began to circle Yosuke. Then one of lunged for Yosuke and he dogged it again but he couldn't retaliate as another had charged at him at the same time. He kept dodging but couldn't land a hit when one of the wolves howled and charged for the girl. Yosuke shocked, swung the sword and a large cyclone of white mist formed around him and blew the wolves further away from Yosuke. Yosuke stood dumbfounded as the area became quiet again, but quickly returned his attention as he sheathed Yukihime and checked on the girl. She was sleeping peacefully despite what had just occurred. Yosuke sighed and thought she might have been separated from her family when she opened her eyes and her violet eyes looked at Yosuke who was mesmerized for a second.

"Hey, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?", Yosuke asked her as she looked around her with a puzzled expression and then returned her gaze at Yosuke. Yosuke bent down placed his hand on her forehead and then checked if she had any wounds.

"That's good it looks like you're alright. Were you separated from your mother and father?" Yosuke smiled asked her and she looked up at him and she pinched the sleeve of his shirt.

Yosuke pondered for a while and then looked at her and placed his hand on her head and smiled.

"Would you like to come with me to search for your parents?" Yosuke asked and the girl's face lit up and she shook her head with a smile then grabbed Yosuke's hand and they walked together towards the city.

The city of Scar, according to the map looked like the starting town for adventurers. It had everything from Weapon shops to Magic Accessories and it was home to the largest guild in the area. Yosuke was in awe of everything as it was the first time he had ever seen such a wide array of weapons and magical accessories. He went around asking people if they had seen the girl's parents and all the responses he got were no. It was close to 2 pm according to the clock tower in the town square and Yosuke decided that she might be hungry and found a bench to sit down.

"Wait here and I'll get some food okay?" Yosuke said as she nodded and Yosuke walked to see if there were any shops nearby.

"I wonder what she'd like to eat......speaking of which do I even have money?" Yosuke said as he stopped short and opened the menu and right below his information he paused for a second in shock.

"HP-2000"

"MP-2000"

"Shozen-1000000"

Yosuke stumbled for a few meters and asked a rugged built adventurer in crimson red armour and a hugh sword on his back was "Shozen" was.

"Bwa ha ha ha ha you don't even know what Shozen is kid? It's the official currency of Shozen", the adventurer laughed and walked away.

"I have.....a million. I'd better hurry back", Yosuke gulped and continued walking and found a crepe shop where he got 2 strawberry and cream crepes for only 10 Shozen.

"Well it seems money won't be an issue for a while", Yosuke said as he walked back to the bench and the girl was sitting and smiled as Yosuke walked up to her and handed her the crepe.

He sat down and she immediately began eating and Yosuke smiled and took a bite of his.

"You must have been hungry. Don't worry we'll find your parents", Yosuke said as the girl stopped eating and smiled at Yosuke.

Yosuke continued searching but nobody had seen the girl before. The girl began to sadden but Yosuke cheered her up. It slowly became dusk and the search yielded no fruit and Yosuke began to worry about the fact that he didn't know anything about why he was summoned here while walking with the girl. He thought he'd better find an inn and spend the night and saw a signpost for the "Moonlight Inn" and asked for a two bed room.

"Your daughter is very cute" the innkeeper smiled as she saw the little girl standing and clinging to Yosuke and he gave a nervous laugh and gave 50 Shozen.

They walked to the room and the girl jumped on the bed playing and Yosuke stood near the window. He looked at the girl and realised he didn't know her name and asked her to which she shook he head no which puzzled Yosuke and he asked if she had a name and she again shook her head in a no.

"This is troublesome. Do you remember what your parents look like?", Yosuke asked as he feared he knew the answer and the girl shook no.

"I should have realized it when no one knew who were", Yosuke sighed as the girl dropped her head.

"Ah no I'm not blaming you..... Still we need something to call you...how about Shizuka?", Yosuke nervously said as the girl smiled brightly and nodded her head. Yosuke smiled and rubbed her head as the darkness of the night slowly covered the inn.