Sunhigh had just arrived and passed when Yuuka swallowed down a serving of the medicine that she had been given over a week ago. She had taken the medicine regularly as directed, somehow remembering the orders and their necessary exactness.
On that particular day, she had a slight headache that edged on more pain than she could stand. At the Solariclan camp, the noise level reached its all time high at sunhigh, and Yuuka bolted and took off, leaving the noise behind her.
Yuuka walked and walked, thinking that she was heading deeper into her own territory, when, in truth, she was walking closer and closer to the Lunarisclan border. Soon enough, she passed that border, and was actually in Lunarisclan.
In the back of her mind, something or someone told her to stay quiet, and turn invisible. Not to be seen, not to be heard, not to be known. Yuuka seemed oblivious to the consequences if she was ever found out, but she trusted her instincts, and used the only ability she had to remain undetected.
However, Yuuka had no intentions on leaving. She never had malice in mind when she decided to travel further into the clan, but she wasn't completely innocent when she wanted to move into the caves and, as her mind put it, to the one area she was attracted to, for the moment.
On she went, passing by tunnel after tunnel, seemingly knowing where she was going the entire time. She didn't take long in one place, and certainly didn't come near a Lunarisclan member, but she wandered into a place unlike all the rest. Touched barely by the nature of the outside forest. Yuuka was never told the name of this area, and she never needed to be. It was Littoria, and that was that.
Careful not to step on any plant, Yuuka rounded about them to sit down where she could, in front of all she could see to sigh and take in a mental picture. Unknowingly, the calm setting she was in triggered her to turn visible again as she stared silently at the plot beyond, her eyes clouded with mist and unfocused thoughts.
if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
WORDS: 413
TAGGED: Yuuka
A/N: n/a
This entire week had been quite uneventful, every day was the same thing. Warriors and hunters alike barging into his den, bothering him about a certain plant that caused blisters on their legs. It was around the time for Warnas to bloom, catching the feet of people passing by. Ookami wondered why Leader only limited plant knowledge to Menders. If Menders went extinct, there would be no one to guide the warriors and hunters, leading to their quick downfall.
As he roamed the clan, he noticed the medicine den was almost empty. Other menders rarely ever went to Littoria to pick up herbs, despite the clan's need for them. With an annoyed and irritated look on his face, his hand quickly ran through his dark locks. This was something he did when irritated or bothered.
Once he arrived at Littoria, the mender quickly crouched to be closer to the plants. With a begrudging expression, he reached over and plucked a leaf from several plants. Ookami set them in a bin made by a crafter. With several more leaves and berries in the bin, Ookami was finally satisfied with the contents.
Golden orbs quickly darted towards a particular plant, bending towards the ground. Anymore and the plant would die. Its branch glowed a purple hue and began setting itself straight, a branch from the side of the cave darted towards it and set itself next to the branch as support. Ookami reached inside his pouch to retrieve a particular piece of cloth that caused his mind to wander elsewhere.
He began thinking about that girl, Yuuka, to whom he handed a piece of cloth full of medicine. He wondered if she actually followed his instructions. Not that he care, he really didn't but it was a little fascinating, imagine finding a cure for a coma. It would spark such a reaction in the clans.
Focusing on the task at hand, Ookami had the cloth wrap itself around the plant and piece of branch. It would act as a sort of resting place for the plant, until it grew strong once more.
In mid thought, he finally noticed Yuuka turn visible. His eyes widened, slightly, as he stared at the Solarisclan girl that should not have been able to infiltrate this place. It was sacred after all!
"What..." He asked, non too gently, "are you doing here?" After fixing the items into the pouch situated on his waist, he continued, "You should not be here."
Not once had Yuuka noticed the Lunarisclan mender around her, and she still hadn't until he approached her. His strict and serious tone drew attention from her complicated daydreaming and shifted focus to himself and little memory of him.
The exact words Ookami spoke never registered in Yuuka's mind; she was spaced out to the point of reforming his words and at that moment to nothing but smashed together sounds, even if the tension in his voice got through to her. That alone was enough to stir thoughts in her mind and form sentences.
"Ook... Oak." Yuuka mumbled, trying to remember his name, but failing to do so. She simply stopped attempting to recall the name and went onto the next thought her mind generated.
"Am I right?" Yuuka looked around, "Littoria, isn't it? Surely?" She took a second to fixate her eyes on him once more before making any connections. "Oh yeah, Littoria is in..." Yuuka scratched her head, coming to the realization, or, the little bit of consequence she could recall for trespassing on territories.
Yuuka sighed, "I'm not supposed to be here, am I." She stared off and away into the waterfall, squinting and making a strange face for her mind to focus on some picture that she could see. "A white coat in the waterfall." She rambled, pointing at the reflection that would, most likely, be only taken as nothing but an illusion or some weird side effect of the medicine that wasn't.
if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
WORDS: 202
TAGGED: Yuuka
A/N: n/a
Ookami stood there, by the plants, his eyes fixated on her. On this girl, that should not be here. On this girl, who should not know the name of a cave such as this one. He watched as she came to a realization on her location, how she had wandered here, Ookami would never know.
"Yes." He replied, "You should not be here." His powers wrapped around her, causing Yuuka to levitate off the ground. Her comment about a whitecoat seemed to sound familiar, his eyes immediately darted to the side only to find no such thing in the reflection.
"The medicine." He concluded, "It is causing delusions. Strange, there has never been such a side effect before."
With a quick dismissal, Ookami dropped the thought and stared at her. "I require you to be silent. Until we leave this area." The sound of footsteps caught him off guard, he wasted too much time with his diagnosis. With a mental scolding, Ookami had Yuuka float to a nearby cavern.
With quick stride, he entered the cave after her. It was small, with no exit. This was a dead end cavern that no menders ever tried to enter.
Entire focus shifted to Ookami and his ability as Yuuka was suddenly lifted off the ground. She had seen it done by him before, but hadn't been able to register it in her strangely selective mind until that exact moment.
Not even a second after Ookami had told her to be quiet, she blurted out, "It wasn't like there was a white coat. The reflection of the water-" The thought had been there, but cut off when Yuuka was drifted to the dead end cave and forced to stay in quiet. She pouted, turning invisible as she was left floating in place.
Unlike Ookami, she hadn't heard or noticed the nearby footsteps. However, her earlier known feeling of remaining unnoticed came alive once more as she felt the need to whisper in a quiet, hushed and rapidly said whisper, "You can leave me here and go out. So long as I'm like such, I should be fine." She was urged to mention the fact that Ookami could come back for her in the dead-end cavern whenever he felt the need to, and hesitated for a moment before deciding it was better to just keep her mouth shut then risk it for some reason or another. Though Yuuka was clueless in terms of understanding the situation at hand, she felt some sort of urgency that getting found out there- if that was what was happening- wasn't the best idea.
if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
WORDS: 314
TAGGED: Yuuka
A/N: n/a
After dismissing the whitecoat comment, Ookami considered her suggestion. Leaving her here while he, himself, would leave to distract the other menders.
Unfotunately, there were many factors he could not guarantee. His clanmates were exceptionally curious, if he stepped out this cave with no purpose, they would demand and investigate the area themselves. He doubted Yuuka would remain in her state of invisibility if a stranger were to accost her.
On the other hand, Yuuka had a tendency to space off and forget the situation at hand. If she were to wander outside the cave, distracted, Ookami would have a tough time figuring out what to do and how to get himself away from it.
Could he risk it? Ookami could cause Yuuka to float behind him while he exited. Unfortunately, his ability wrapped the intended object, though in this case person, in a purple hue. That would certainly be noticeable.
Risks were not something he was fond of, on the contrary, there should never be risks around him. This girl was causing more trouble than she was worth.
"Remain in your state of invisibility." He ordered, brisk and short. If this were to fail, Ookami avoided thinking about the consequences. He eschewed thoughts about leader's expression upon finding out he was attempting to sneak a Solarisclan member out of Littoria.
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Follow, close behind."
And with that, Ookami exited the cave, waiting for her to step out as well. After assuming she gained enough time, Ookkami began walking towards the exit with held breath.
He passed the two menders who were causing him to grow early grey hairs, nodded and exited the cave safely. Quickly, to avoid detection, Ookami exited the mountain entirely and now stood outside, near the south end of the cave. No one clan members were ever present there.
Ookami was actually risking himself in a move that would help her, for some reason. Every bit of the small amount of sanity Yuuka contained spoke that it was strange, but to help and quickly escort her out wasn't something she would question or turn down. Besides, she got herself in such a situation, and was lucky at all to come across someone who was willing to help her. Of all people to run into, someone she had met before was the one.
Orders assigned, Yuuka was to maintain her invisible state until the predicament changed for the better. She hoped she could do that. After all, what she had known about her ability to turn invisible was that she needed to stay calm to reappear. Any other feeling would keep her from returning to her normal appearance.
Before she realized it, Ookami had already gone out of the cave. "W-Wait up." She shouted in whisper, running a bit to catch up to him. She ran up behind him and grabbed onto the back of his shirt. She felt prompted by the many distractions around that if she held onto him somehow, she would be able to follow him, and he would know that she was there. She didn't think to hold the shirt in a way that wouldn't be noticeable, but they didn't have any apparent problems as they left the caves and crossed people.
Yuuka had full focus of the situation at hand, for once. Her heart raced at the thought of being found out then and there. At least the two clans had no problem with each other at the moment, but even then? Yuuka had been somewhere she really shouldn't have been. Wasn't fully intentional, even still.
Passing the two menders, Yuuka's hair stood on end. She quickened her speed a bit, but still fell behind Ookami.
Fresh air of the outside. The air tasted different inside Lunarisclan, Yuuka noted as she took in a deep breath. Ookami said the word, and she took a minute to bring her heart rate down and regain visibility.
"Outside? Where? I don't really know much about the territory." Yuuka may have known the Littoria name, but that didn't mean for a second where she was now had any relation to what she could bring up and say. At least they were out, though. Better than being stuck inside the caves where they could have been held up, and Yuuka had no idea about the lasting effect of her invisibility.
if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
WORDS: 339
TAGGED: Yuuka
A/N: n/a
The troubled mender felt the slight tug on his shirt, signaling that she was still there. A notion he was quite relieved about. After escorting the intruder outside the cave, Ookami watched as the mender in front of him eyed the surroundings. Her heard her mention about her lack of knowledge in the area.
That should have been obvious. No clan member should know the exits of another's clan. This mender was quite strange, causing Ookami to frown in frustration. She was causing a lot more trouble than she was worth, Ookami chose to ignore the mental image of his leader, staring down at him in shame for letting a Solarisclan member enter Littoria, one of the most sacred areas of the entire mountain. The mender was there to gather precious herbs to help his clan mate, little did he know the catastrophe that awaited him. If Ookami had known, he would have stayed away and let another find her. He could not care any less than he already did.
Ookami gave a short sigh and began thinking about the medicine he'd given her a week prior. "How is the medicine?" He asked, bending down to her level, "Any recent changes in behavior? Positive and Negative?" His face were several inches from her, but still close nonetheless. Ookami barely registered the fact. He was more interested in looking at her expressions to see any change.
His deep golden eyes stared into hers and darted all around her face for changes. "Well?" The mender grew impatient with her silence. He had things to do and people to treat, a young girl had fallen ill from a common cold. The recent nights had been chilly, cold enough to enduce a bad cough. This was the reason why he had been in Littoria in the first place.
His eyes continued staring into hers, waiting for her response.
Before Yuuka's mind had the time to transition thoughts, Ookami held his face only a few inches from her own. His golden eyes demanded attention, and she couldn't cast her gaze otherwise. Then again, his black hair covered a bit of his eyes. The momentary object of her focus. It pained her mind to stare for so long, nonetheless, she continued to.
Without thinking, she brought her hand up and moved the bit of hair in the way from his eyes. She would have blew on it, but that would have made him only move back, which she didn't exactly feel like being the cause of. What had that reminded her of? The mixture of black hair and golden eyes- it was on the tip of her tongue.
"Ookami Crow-kun." Yuuka smirked, realizing the strange name that she thought to think of. Yes, that was how she was going to remember his name. By the scheme of a crow. Doubt it would make sense to anyone but her.
A question? Yuuka had heard Ookami ask, and she wasn't quite sure of the results, herself. She didn't keep a record, she only took the medicine as she was told to. Then again, what was the changes? Not all to much, but...
"I think I get a few more headaches than usual." She replied, noticing the pain in the back of her skull. Perhaps the pain had been from focus, or nothing at all. She was unsure, but she figured that her reply was the best answer that she could come up with.
if you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
WORDS: 425
TAGGED: Yuuka
A/N: n/a
After several moments of waiting, Ookami lifted a brow and proceeded to forget about the ordeal. That is until a small, frail hand ghosted across his face. She moved a piece of hair from his eyes, a piece that was in fact, bothering him but he did nothing about it. His left brow slowly lifted upwards, in confusion and something else. He wondered why she would even consider touching him in any way. Had they gotten that close?
A few seconds passed before she addressed him. Though he despised nicknames, especially the -kun prefix, at least she left his name intact. It surprised him that the mender before him could connect the two. "I see. The pitch black hair and the golden eyes truly resemble those of a crow. Surprising I never noticed prior to this."
Ookami gave a half laugh, which really sounded more like a sharp exhale. No one would guess otherwise. After she answered his question, the mender gave a sharp nod. "It means the medicine is working." He replied, surprised she hadn't known that. The mixture he'd given her was specific to brain injuries. First would come the headache, then the memories. "I suppose you should have more... The headaches should have formed two days preceding the first dose..." The mender trailed and began mumbling, eyes deep in thought.
He slowly reclined back into a straight position, eyes still in deep thought. Ookami continued mumbling several things, ideas, knowledge and more. He would make her more medicine and see how it would play out. The mender stared at the girl before him and motioned East. "Vendi Druri can be found in that direction." He informed her, staring at the large mass of trees then looked back down at her. "Unless you have any further information, you can head home."
The mender took a few steps back and began walking towards the cave entrance, "I don't suppose you enjoy being on our land anyhow." Ookami stared for a moment and slightly frowned, it felt strange leaving her like that. Leaving her to walk alone seemed odd but the mender refused to do anything about it. It would seem strange, in addition, he didn't care. "Now then, unless you have anything further to say..." Ookami dragged the last bit of words, in anticipation in case she said something.
Their less than fortunate meeting today would soon be over.
As Ookami questioned Yuuka's actions, she never thought otherwise to move the hair from his face. It merely never occurred to her what she was really doing. At least he didn't deny the nickname. There it was, then! She repeated the nickname in her head a few times, actually liking what she had come up with. The strange half-laugh never fully processed through her mind- she just figured he was fine with the nickname.
Not like she hadn't known headaches might have been a sign that the medicine was working, she just wasn't sure if that was what had been the cause or if it was for other side reasons. She was crazy in her own way, after all.
Ookami moved away, and there went the last of Yuuka's focus along with it. Anything he had mumbled went right over her head and way past her.
Directions were given to her, familiar name. The tree house amidst the trees there? Focus gone, she couldn't ask him how he had known the location. Not like she would have asked in the first place, considering she was in an unknown location to her which she randomly found the name to in the first place. Nope, she was not asking, nor did she plan to.
Yuuka shook her head, signaling that she had nothing left there to say. "Feeling fine otherwise. Um..." She thought for a moment, "When do you suppose would be an okay time to get more medicine or anything? I'll probably run out before the next scheduled exchange, and who knows if I'll be the one taking care of doing such a task." She started to turn in the direction pointed out to her as Vendi Druri, knowing that once she receives her answer, she'll be off.
