Dawn of the new era

Chapter 23

The afternoon advances without mizuki realizing it. Mizuki lifts her arm away from her face and sits back up. "This isn't a time to be resting. I need to finish my patrol and report back to my team!" Mizuki mutters under her heavy breathing, as she makes an attempt to psych herself up. Mizuki slowly gets up onto her knees, then manages to stand up one both legs. As she makes the stern decision to take a step forward, her legs dont acknowledge her minds command and much to her surprise, she falls back onto her knees once again. Mizuki determined mind exceeding the fatigue her body feels, she stand back up and ignoring her body wishes, pushes on with her objective. 

After awhile walking midnight suddenly pauses in his tracks, kamui walks up behind him in momentary silence, before he speaks up. "What now?" Kamui questions with his aloof attitude, as he looks at midnight standing in place. "We stay here for now, a long night awaites." Midnight looks at the forestry around them, not even a hint of noise surrounds then, only silence. 

 Mizuki arrives to her last destination on her patrol, before she returns to her group. She stands on the bottom of a hill, surrounding with trees around her that obscure her vision of the town on the mountain. The town is layered into 3 short rows that lie on the mountain side. The forest conceals the town from watchful eyes, despite being placed high above, the town overwatches the gentle forest underneath. Mizuki steps into the lower layer of the town, the stone buildings tower over her giving more of an intimidating appearance from its elevated architecture layout of the town. Mizuki watches the townsfolk walk by chatting amongst themselves in neutrality. The main stone pathway Mizuki stands on connect to the intersection leaning up hill to the middle layer of the town where the market section is placed. Mizuki walks on the steep  uphill on the stone road avoiding walking into anyone, she pauses to get her breath back before proceeding onwards, the road is crowded with peoples shopping for groceries and reuniting with friends. The complexity of the town layout, could be mistaken for a labyrinth. Amongst the busy crowd mizuki notices one individual stands out from the others, her eyes go wide with anticipation. "Kari..!?" Mizuki utters in shock, as peoples walk in front of her she quickens her pace toward the individual. When she approaches them she stands in disappointment with downcast eyes, she mistaken them for someone els. She sees the person looking around the town as though confused and decides to approach them nonetheless.          

"Hello there. You look as though your searching for something, i might be able to help you." Mizuki despite the fact that she isn't top form stand up straight, offering her assistance. The man initially surprised to hear an unfamiliar woman voice speak to him, he turns around to see who spoke to him, he sees mizuki and smiles to her along with a sigh of relief. "That would be a great help if you could, you see... Im actually looking for someone. I thought i might be able to learn something from this town, but its so big! Im afraid im alittle lost." The man laughs off his lack of directions, mizuki starts to slowly smile again and starts laughing as well with him. "This town is definitely one of the more big, compact town i visited. If this is your first time, its understandable that the town appears overwhelming, but dont worry i can show you the way out or give you the tour of the town, if your interested. Oh, and my names mizuki. Nice to meet you!" Mizuki stands in a pose as though shes boasting. She proudly remembers to introduce herself this time. "Its a pleasure to meet you miss-uki? Im glad to have meet a generous person like you! I been trying to ask for help but... Everyone seems to be busy, your the first person i had a chance to talk to so far... My names kaza by the way!" Kazs flashes her a friendly smile, mizuki not realizing kaza incorrect pronounciation of her name, gestures kaza to walk on the steep downhill with her.             

"Kaza hmm..?" Mizuki falls quiet as she ponder to herself she almost walks into a person passing by walking uphill, kaza notices and grabs her arm pulling her toward him. Mizuki stumbles toward him in a few steps, she looks up to him in surprise. Kaza looks down at her in concern, before he lets her arm go and gives her a childlike smile. "Are you okay miss-uki? Did i say something strange? You look lost in thought, If your not looking where your walking you might-." Kaza focusing his attention talking to mizuki, doesn't pay attention to his surroundings and takes a step misjudging how steep the downhill hill is, kaza foot off the an inch from the ground falls forward in shock. Mizuki looks down on kaza in astonishment as he lys face forward on the stone road, the peoples walking pass them shoot kaza a strange look as they continue walking. "Fall? That should be my line. I couldn't help think that you remind me alot of someone i know, but are you the one whos okay... Need a hand up?" Mizuki leans over the falling kaza, she extends her hand down to him with a worried expression. Kaza rolls over to his back he looks upwards to the sight of mizuki offering him a hand up. "Im alright. Compared to master training this is nothing! I'd still like a help up though." Kaza implys in jest as he sits up, he reaches his out out and firmly grips mizuki hand. Mizuki initial response to help kaza is interrupted by her occurring fatigue, as though retribution for ignoring her body early on the day, as she starts to lift kaza up her legs unable to withstand the weight gives out and kaza ends up pulling her down on him.