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CHAPTER 25
The Friday was a weird day at university. Everyone was asking between groups and reunions about the mess of books shared at library from yesterday and the afternoon class was complaining a lot because it’s an absurd, a disrespect and such others words that I don’t like to use. This because that they didn’t have the luck to meet a right Kamaitachi that tried to cut me.
Walking by the halls this is the only subject I hear from them. I didn’t see Mika and Amerix missed the class. I found Kona and he just gave me a look and disguised in the middle of his colleagues. I don’t like him, but I am relieved that he is fulfilling his paper at this story. I just hope that this story doesn’t go far away, mainly if they discover that we were in the middle of mess. It’s very weird to see that this university doesn’t have cameras to record, but thanks God. This is a relief number two.
Ah… Tanuki is in my pocket again.
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Saturday I decided to visit the other side of Sunomono with Tanuki just to meet this crazy world and the people that live there, but before we met Mr. Kegawa that was introducing us his dojo and the students that will come after for the class. He should be a good teacher and fighter; I am just curious if he has abilities like Tanuki and other Yokais. Mr Kegawa just gave me a warning about the people if they react scared or threatened with his presence and hearing him, I just remember when Tanuki said that he would like to challenge me for a duel. I would lose easy against a martial arts master. Second him, Kitsunes never more appeared for them and this can be the apocalypse. I would like to know why they think I am so powerful at point to deal.
Tanuki should know, of course. He should be hiding from me something that I don’t know.
Behind the Kegawa’s dojo I could see the village very traditional with a good air to breathe. Good bye, pollution and concrete! There are trees, gardens and a sea to relieve the ambient. I am just afraid with their reaction and Tanuki was at my side as tourist guide walking forward anxious to enter the village more than me.
– Slow down, Tanuki – I said trying to accompany his steps. – Why do you want to meet the village again?
– I want to introduce you some places that you can enjoy and the people – he turns his head back. – Don’t need to get scared with it. I am providing everything.
– Including my BO?
– I am providing this too.
He doesn’t know what is incident report. I hate him.
Well, the first impression I had meeting the village is that the ambient is completely exotic for actuality, archaic I would say. The street is pure earth with a notable path and we arrived at one part where there is at center a big tree and houses around, a big space as a park to talk and rest. The movement here should be little too. I think beautiful the houses at my front build with woods, clothes to cover as wall and I see a lot of plants and harvest; the movement is peaceful with few people walking, crossing between us. Tanuki took a breath at place that we are and I see three kids playing there and two women talking at one house. Talking about them, I could notice that some eyes are centralized on me and several expressions I notice: fear, curiosity, feeling threatened, an enemy at front, anxiety.
I am who is feeling anxiety with these eyes over me and I don’t have nothing to react or argument. Tanuki is who would speak for me, what I doubt a lot for someone that is just walking and not telling about the village and the people from here.
With my mind concentrated about these theories and doubts, I felt something hits weak on my head side, falling at my side. It was a blue fan. I thought strange a fan close to my paws. Just when I lifted my head, I see one cow kid coming to me without fear with the simple cloth clothes and with a black hair tied with a tiara. I am amazed that she threw the fan and hit me; lucky that this didn’t hurt. I had bended to grab the fan and look the details of material with petals drawn in soft white, a beautiful ornament.
– Excuse me, wolf-sama – the kid approached of me a little shy. – Can you deliver my fan?
– Did you who throw this fan far away? – while I stretch my hand to give her the fan, I try to pull a curiosity about her.
– It was an error of my part. I should throw to hit the bottle, but the wind disturbed – while she grabs the fan, it’s beautiful to see her demonstrating the scene with her hands. – Thank you, wolf-sama. I will try to not hit you again.
When said, she departs returning to her friends with a smile at face. I was watching her running glad that she still has her toy and her friends. I know that I smiled back when she talked to me, even little. It’s just funny that she is confusing me as wolf. Or aren’t there foxes long time at this village? It would explain that she confused me.
I am not this kitsune, but maybe the women at house were looking at me guessing if I was one. One of them should be the kid’s mom.
– Here is good place to meet new neighbors, Master – Tanuki pulled the subject by my side while I lift. I had to look at him amazed with his idea.
– Do you intend to introduce me to these people that fears that I am a demon?
– It’s a good step for your introduction at village, Master – he grabs my hand and pulls until the women. I was trying to stop his action, but I was being dragged with my paws making an earth path. – Don’t forget that I am here to protect you.
– This is the problem: you protecting me.
This didn’t work. He kept pulling me like if he is understanding everything that I am saying. I am afraid what two women talking like all mothers do will think about me, a supposed kitsune and, worst: I am Tanuki’s Master.
The kids see me coming close and they don’t fear, what is good for me, but bad for the women; they looked at us coming closer with Tanuki forward representing my name. One of women is a cow with the same skin than the kid that grabbed the fan while the other is a little white cat with black spots on the face. I heard that Japanese are small and I am proving with my eyes.
– Good morning, villagers – is that the word that Tanuki uses to call the people that live here? “Villagers”? At least, they are hearing. – I am visiting the village at second time and I would like to know where there is a restaurant.
Restaurant? Did I come here to meet the village or to eat?
– Where are you coming from, men? – the cat asked to us. She was carrying a basket with nothing inside. Maybe she would go to grab flowers or fruits. – Takibi knows almost everything from Sunomono village.
– I don’t know if you already heard, but we came from the other side of world – this doesn’t look a good explication that Tanuki gives. I interrupted trying to correct his words.
– We are from Sunomono city, the other side of portal.
– Do you live as futuristic?
The cow who said it and, oh! If they consider me as futuristic man that lives at modernity, I can’t imagine if there is someone from the future coming to visit me. It explains why Tanuki is so afraid from the world that I live, completely different from what he lived.
– Well, he lives – Tanuki points to me smiling. Where is the fun from this I don’t know. – Well, who is Takibi-san?
– It’s me – the own cow greeted bending to us and lifting. – There is one going up the stairs threre and other at this direction – she points to behind us. – Usually is full and there are a lot of samurais and pilgrims wasting time drinking or talking their stories.
– And do they challenge each other for a duel? – I pulled the question because of one fact: duel.
– Yes – she sighs. – These men love to fight to proof who is stronger. Typical from them.
I looked to Tanuki and he was smiling like he always does, liking the idea to visit the tavern; I, of course, am not wishing to put my paws there. If some of them confuses me as a disappeared kitsune, the possibilities to challenge me are immense, the world against me. I didn’t want to go there, but Tanuki doesn’t understand my way to look. He doesn’t understand my words, why not gestures?
Not matter what. Tanuki proceeded the conversation and bended to thank her. While he and Takibi, the cow, greets him, the cat was looking at my eyes and I got a little uncomfortable that she was quiet watching us during the topic. Why should I get good in this situation?
– You have beautiful eyes – the cat commented and made Takibi looks at me to notice what her friend said. I blushed a little with the eyes over me. – What’s your name?
– Thank you. I am Vanz.
– Vanz-san? – the cat repeated the name trying to spell. I know; difficult. – It’s an ugly name coming from the other world.
This she didn’t need to say in loud voice. I even know that this name isn’t the good name for someone to “important” and “powerful” at this story.
Vanderlei. It isn’t a good name to give.
Tanuki was trying to introduce me to them that I am new in this feudal world and explained that we are looking for a tavern – firstly for him – and a temple to talk to a monk if the great Amaterasu can help us with some information that we need in urgency. They are paying attention in our words, at least, but Takibi was more curious; she looked at my eyes while I couldn’t look at other side like I wanted. At first reaction she smiled, after closed the face suspicious. Seconds passed and the exam keeps happening when suddenly she jumped back clumsy and pointed to me.
– Kitsune!
I received it as a shot in my paw, backing off. The cat reacted scared and Tanuki just kept with the eyes open. The kids should be heard this shout and now I am not seeing a good dialogue after this reaction. I just see that the cat tried to hide more inside of home while Takibi grabs something inside of her cloth, taking out a wood spoon. I and Tanuki was trying to understand it, but all the weather and the topic changed brutally when she lifted the spoon until her face and suddenly fire appeared from the object, burning and growing at one size that we got amazed with her manipulation with this element.
I, of course, more scared than amazed, mainly seeing that she is readying to kill me thinking that I am a curse.
Not matter. The fire grew before us and with one rigid movement forward, the fire shot in my direction. If before my life was resumed in being hunted by every type of Yokai, now I will become barbecue in few seconds. My only salvation is that Tanuki jumped forward me and blew at way that was made an invisible shield before us, spreading the fire away while I was squatting and running away. If Tanuki would orders me to run away, he didn’t need this time; I know that I lifted and began to run if I don’t want to become hunt again.
Despair flowing again multiplied by four. I have no idea where I was going and I wanted to see the portal again to escape from this crazy world. Running and stumbling, I was lost in my fear while I see other villagers don’t understanding why I am so worried. I was trying to not look on their eyes, head down. How this is a difficult task! Sometimes I am stumbling on some wood, other times bumping on some men. It’s being very difficult to stop and breathe to relieve my mind and have to think in some plan to get away from there. When I look back, no signal of Tanuki and neither of Takibi. I don’t know if he was fighting against the crazy cow that jumped from the window and tried to burn me alive.
Japanese should be crazies.
After entering an alley, finally I could put my hand on the wall and take a time to breathe. My body was tired sweating, the breath is hard and the situation should get worse if she discovers where I am before that Tanuki saves me. I was very tired from this escape and I wanted only one reason that will compensate my visit to this village. Well, the kid was one until that she is daughter from the crazy cow. It’s when I was hearing buzz of voices talking at some house and I lifted my eyes to see where is coming from. Walking by the alley until the end, the sound of conversation increases until that I find at left a house adorned with four lamps at roof, a red wood in horizontal and two fans. I go closer until the house and there is a board writing in Japanese that I don’t understand. Should be the tavern that Tanuki was looking for. If this is the place, would be a good idea if I wait for him here. I don’t want to enter and provokes another apocalypse inside and make everyone hurt me because of bloodline that I don’t have.
I noticed that close at stair there is a nice drawing of a white wolf with a circle in yellow behind her. The drawing is calling a lot my attention. This white wolf with the yellow behind simulating a Sun or halo as is seen in Catholic arts representing the saints. Who is this wolf? Was anyone important for this place? A hero?
Such doubts to fill more than I have. Better I keep quiet on the alley. I just walked at front of tavern if I see someone inside. The place looks dark to occult the curious eyes outside. I turned back to return to my alley until that I almost bumped over other person.
– Oh, God! Sorry – I tried to apology.
– It’s alright. It happens every time.
I looked down and it’s a little umbrella talking to me with one eye, mouth and one leg on the…
God! I looked at this weird thing looking at me with a smirk and I was feeling the furs ruffling frozen and the soul almost going out from my mouth. Am I talking to an object?
I screamed scared and turned back to get away from this demon, entering at first place at my front. I had opened the door in rough and stopped at center of place, trying to recover from the scare at same time that I look around with every eye looking at me. Everyone is in doubt, others surprised, but the reaction can be the same. Different species, people, objects…
Worst choice in double!
– Kitsune!
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