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Prevented Yuu from moving, her hand going to the the tree behind her "I request a favor Miyu..." she say gently watching as the tree glowed a faint green she smiled hearing her words had been heard "Please move us to a tree by the villiage over there" she say with a love, Yuu would't have seen from her.

The next thing they would know they would be a few paces from the gate "Thank you Miyu" she say happily knowing her friend could hear her for a few moments more. She then allowed herself to be lead into the city "Yuu, perhaps we should find somewhere to stay... I don't think it will be safe outside" her voice showed she was frightened she had never left the comfort of her own home and it's surrounding forest

Yuu flinched, surprised from the sudden change of scenery. He still wasn't quite used to having direct contact with magic, and a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face and landed on his clothes. Yuu rubbed his head, "You're right... This is the time of the day when the tricksters come out to play...or worse.."

Normally people who were closest to the border of their communities were the ones who were easier targets. He had heard about it before, not only from his own kind but from many other species. From his experience, tengu and ogres were the worst ones for humans to encounter. Even though he was a tengu himself, he could only imagine that the other tengu would butcher him if he was trespassing on their territory, which he remembered just recently and now he was scared.

His eyes went around, searching for any sign of a place to stay. It was nothing compared to his village, where people could just see what each building was offering by what items they had in the front. He did see signs, but he never did learn how to read, and somehow he felt defeated because he knew that the lines formed into words that meant something. He pointed at the signs, "Toshi, maybe those things with the...pictures on them might help."

Toshi looked to him when he spoke "Perhaps we should go further in, to be on the safe side... there will be more light and guards" scooting towards one of the signs "You can't read?" she sounded suprised, but then again with the up bringing he had she couldn't be compleatly suprised "Those are for unsavory places" she say looking away from them

walking into further into the city she seen other people out and moved closer to Yuu, some where not wearing what she would have classed as proper clothing as she was use to kimono's "We are near a place that deals with alcohol... we must move away from here" she say her voice showed urgency

Just as she began to move, a drunk group came towards them stagering and lauging about nothing of importance "Wh...at... a... pr...reeeetyyyy giiiirl" she quickly moved behind Yuu and clenched his top

Yuu had experienced this before at dinner parties at his family's place. People getting drunk and not acting like themselves, but he understood that this type of situation would make Toshi feel threatened since the words were directed at her. He had always tolerated such behavior but..with Toshi around, especially when she was hiding, he had to do something, "Yes, she is pretty... But I think we should be going.."

Yuu quickly picked up Toshi and held her close to himself while he ran. He hoped that he wasn't creating too much of a commotion while doing so, because that would be one of the last things he wanted, "I'm sorry Toshi."

Was picked up, a blush coming to her cheeks as he complimented how she looked, he was unsure if it was just because the men had said it of if her really ment it either way it made her feel special. "Thank you Yuu" she say gently, leaning up to kiss his cheek

she began to look around at the signs around them and pointed to one "Jade Leaf Teahouse and Inn" she say happily just enjoying hugging into him "This place should be fine Yuu... and Yuu if you like, I'll teach you to read and write, it's only right of a noble" she say smiling, in the hopes to boost his confidence in himself, to show him he was in fact better than what he had been told he had been

Yuu was too busy running at the moment to listen to all the things Toshi was saying, but he understood the finger pointing and went right into the shop, trying to catch his breath as he set Toshi down. He didn't want to go back outside to see if he had attracted bad people and tugged at Toshi to go deeper into the building together, "This place is good, right?"

Didn't have to be pulled she contently followed behind him, though seeing a woman bowing she would do the same knowing Yuu would follow suit. The woman was in her late fiftys, her long grey hair was tied back in a tight bun with a peach ribbon, she would be wearing a matching single layer kimono "Welcome to the Jade Leaf Teahouse my name is Sasaki Cho. How can I assist you honorable guests" her voice was polite and respectful as one would expect from a buisness woman, her hazle eyes looking to Yuu

Toshi looked at the woman "Please forgive me, but we have travlled a lot this evening. Where we are from, it is the woman's job to handle such matters, not the males" her voice in return was just as polite and respectful. Cho smiled and nodded slightly "Of course" she believed what Toshi had said because it was the truth, toshi came from a time where the woman would tend to such matters

"We would like a two rooms for the evening. My betrothed is called Ichijo Hisoka and I am called Okamoto Fumiko" She say bowing one more as the woman done the same, her eyes twinkled when she heard the last names "Yes, of course... I will give you the best rooms" she say urging them to follow her further into the inn

Toshi followed holding Yuu's hand, she didn't want to use their real names to be on the safe side, but she also knew the names she used where of noble households even in this era.

Cho stopped in front of one door and slid it open "Ichijo Sama" she say allowing Yuu to walk in, it was lavish, with a beautifully ornate writting dest, a bed, covered in silks of a lavished greens and reds, on the walls there would be wall scrolls and hangings "Will this please you?" she asked waiting for a reply

Initially, Yuu was confused about why Toshi had given the lady different names instead of using their real ones, but then he saw just how much the lady lit up right after the names were mentioned. He guessed they were the names of some well known humans, and he tried to play along. When they reached the room, he tried hard not to look so surprised so he wouldn't give them away. He had seen such rooms before, but this would be his first time to actually experience resting in one. "Yes, I think it is perfectly adequate, thank you," he tried to act like they had more than enough experience with such accommodations, but in a normal situation he would have jumped back in shock.

Cho bowed hearing what he said "I am pleased" she say, she hadn't realized that he wasn't use to such things. She then beconed Toshi to the room next door opening it, the room looked much the same as Yuu's "Okamoto Sama" she said, Toshi raised her hand cho fell silent "This room is perfect Sasaki San" she say her voice showing she was use to such lavish surroundings

Cho bowed to Toshi and walked off to deal with another guest, Closing her door she went next door to Yuu's room and walked in sliding the door behind her a smile on her face "What do you think?" she say tilting her head

Yuu collapsed, shaking on his knees, "This is...I...it's so much!" His eyes went around the room like a tourist in a foreign land. He just didn't know where he wanted to start exploring it. Then he stood up and randomly went around touching things with the exposed parts of his fingers, exploring and experiencing the feeling of the luxurious materials. He felt his human eyes weren't doing him much justice in the details of the room, so he shifted to his crow shape and started flying around the room and landed in random areas, tilting his head and moving his eyes across the room. Then he flew and landed on Toshi's shoulder, "They put a lot of effort into this room. It must have been really expensive."

Toshi watched him, he was like a baby seeing the world for the first time. she knelt at the table and followed his movements, but was suprised when he turned crow "Just don't caw" she giggled her hand going to her mouth as was proper

As he landed on her shoulder she looked at him for a seck before stroking his feathers she nodded "Yes, it would have, these rooms are reserved for nobles" she say contently, taking in the room herself, it was beautiful and she admired it as such

"It's nice," Yuu hopped off the shoulder and landed on the table, walking around on top before looking down. The surface was slick and he noticed it was somewhat reflective, noticing his own purple eyes, which he never knew he had. He had never seen anyone before with that color, but he now considered himself fortunate that there weren't as many oddities as there were with the other marked. Of course he looked like he had been roughed up more than the others. He was tempted to caw, but he held it back. Yuu looked up at Toshi, "I really don't feel like sleeping. What about you?"

Looked at him as he jamp onto the table and looked at himself "They really did do some awful things to you didn't they" she say noticing some of the aftermath on his wings "I don't see why... perhaps they where jealous of you" she say stroking his wings once more, she noticed his purple eyes and smiled "I like your eyes" she say gently to him, hearing his question she shook her head "I don't actually need to sleep... I'm dead remember" she say with a smile "It isn't required but now and then it is nice to dream when your waking moments are a nightmare" she say gently sighing

"And how are your injuries?" as far as Yuu knew, Toshi was just as badly injured as he was. He remembered the bruises and the blood from earlier, after the first time Ai had beaten her while he was around. At least he was glad that they wouldn't have to go through that again, where they were beaten for not doing things right or not following orders.

He thought that the outside world was a little strange, more strange than his discovery about his own appearance, and just a little scary especially when the bad people moved around in large groups. While he had a sword, it was definitely in no shape to do a serious battle against them, and even worse if they were experienced fighters since he was never trained in the art of battle. Of course, he'd have to take his tengu shape to be able to access his weapon.

Toshi blinked hearing him asking about her wounds "They still hurt, but i'll live" she said, but giggled right afterwards relizing what she said "I'll live" she giggled "Well as much as a spirit can" she say looking out the window at the sky "Somehow, there doesn't seem to be so many stars" her voice seemed disappointed she always thought there would be more

She went into her bag and brought out some parchment, an ink set and some calligraphy brushes "I'm going to teach you how to read and write" she say begining to make up the ink

"It must be cloudy tonight.." Yuu looked out the window as well. He could remember seeing more stars back at his home, and he could remember he used to be terrified of it because they looked like menacing eyes blazing in the sky to send curses down to those who dared to look back at them. Though he realized he didn't have much to lose and ended up getting used to it as time passed on.

Then he heard the grating sound from Toshi's ink preparation. He turned around and stared at the process in awe. Yuu never really had a use for reading or writing, since he got around well without it for most of his life. But the outside world seemed to make heavy use of it, as he saw as they passed through the place. "You're really going to teach me?" he walked across the table and took a look at the ink building up on the stone, wanting to take a nibble out of it and step on it for fun.