Learning (Hoshiko, Kristen)

[UG-Chan]

Kristen grunted as he pulled the aged wolf demon out of the river. His master had fallen in, slipping on the hill on the opposite bank. The small boy laid his master out in the grass. He put his ear to his chest. "He's not breathing..." he muttered. He sighed, slightly lifting Hoshiko's head. He took a deep breath and put his mouth to his master's breathing air into his lungs before pushing down on his chest.


"Zora..." Hoshiko muttered, holding a woman in his arms. "Zora...I miss you so much...I thought I'd never see you again..."
"You will Hoshiko...Someday..." the woman's voice echoed as darkness fell upon them. She vanished from his arms and stood before him, her white dress blowing in the invisible wind. She looked at him with sad, brown eyes. "But not today...Not for a long time...."
"Zora! No!" He tired to move, but found himself being pulled back by hands that came from the blackness around him. "Zora! Please, don't leave me!"
Zora gently held his head in her hands, tilting her head to kiss him. "Hoshiko, do not throw away your long life because of me. Life is a precious gift."
Tears ran down Hoshiko's cheeks, his golden eyes wide as he watched Zora dissolve into the darkness. "Zora! Zora! Zora!"

[kratos]

The young Mana of light was floating by the river, relaxing on one of her days off. As she floated, she caught sight of the young boy and his master, then quickly went over. "Are you ok? What happened here?"

[UG-Chan]

"He...He fell into the river....I-I did CPR and he isn't waking up," Kristen said, getting worried.
"Zo..." Hoshiko wheezed, practically inaudible.

[kratos]

"I may be able to help," she said, gently floating to the ground and getting on her knees beside him. "I can't promise anything, but I will try." She put her hand over his chest, a bright light eminating from it and surrounding his body in an attempt to heal him since he no longer had water in his lungs.

[UG-Chan]

Kristen watched as he saw his master's limbs twitching.
"Zora..." He muttered, just loud enough for them to hear. "Zora..."

[kratos]

"Zora? What's that? A name?" Eital shook her head. "It seems he's ok, but I don't know what he's talking about."

[UG-Chan]

Kristen started building a fire. "I guess all he needs now is rest." He put up a clothes line. "I should dry his clothes, they're soaked.

[kratos]

"As a nurse, it's against my code to leave a patient before I know that they're completely all right. I'll be staying here until he wakes up."

[UG-Chan]

"Can you help me remove his clothes then?" Kristen asked as the fire started to crackle. He looked through the bag, digging out some clothes pins.

[kratos]

She nodded and began to pull off his sopping wet clothes. "Do you have some blankets?" she asked, handing him the wet clothes.

[UG-Chan]

Kristen nodded. He hung up the clothes then got some of the blankets out. "Wow...For a drunk he sure is toned," he muttered, seeing his master's muscles.

[kratos]

"I won't make any comment on that," Eital said, staring off into the distance. "I was in a committed relationship once. Everything was so nice, but...I don't know what made it turn sour."

[UG-Chan]

"As far as I know, Master's always been a loner," Kristen said, covering Hoshiko's now shivering body. He started taking food out to cook some dinner.

[kratos]

"I've been a loner since my husband kicked me out, but...the longer I'm alone, the more I crave a relationship."

[UG-Chan]

"I've never had one," Kristen said, "The closest I've gotten was to a priestess from Hedgeton back home, but she only saw me as a brother."

[kratos]

"I see. Maybe I shouldn't have entered one myself." She landed and pulled her knees close to her chest.

[UG-Chan]

Kristen cooked, briefly checking on Hoshiko once in a while.
"zora...Zora..." Hoshiko muttered, stirring in his sleep. His eye brows twitched as a fever reared its head.

[kratos]

Eital put her hand to his head. "We've got a fever here. And of all times for me not to have my medicines with me."

[UG-Chan]

Kristen blinked and started looking through the bags. "Darn! He sold all the herbs for booze again!" He shouted, finding the bags empty from the herbs.

[kratos]

"What herbs do you need? I can fly around and see if I can find them." Naturally, she was a little worried.

[UG-Chan]

Kristen listed off the herbs, racking his brain as he tried to remember all his lessons that he had so far.

[kratos]

Eital made a note of them and took off to find the herbs, floating along the ground. It didn't take too long before she returned with all the herbs in tow.

[UG-Chan]

Kristen had finished cooking their meal and was trying to wake his master so he could eat. "Master, Master Hoshiko, please wake up."

[kratos]

Eital prayed that he was ok. She had done everything she could, and if he didn't wake up, it would mean she had failed.

[UG-Chan]

Hoshiko stirred. "Zora...Come back....Take me with you...." He gasped, opening his golden eyes.
"Master!" Kristen shouted in relief. "You're awake!"

[kratos]

Eital sighed her relief. "Thank goodness. I thought I had failed." She felt a wave of extreme relief and satisfaction wash over her.

[UG-Chan]

Hoshiko groaned, sitting up as he held his head. Tears ran down his face, his body shaking violently.
"Master...? Are you alright?"

[kratos]

"You don't seem well. This shaking has me deeply concerned as a medic. Please, allow me to help you."

[UG-Chan]

"Leave me alone..." Hoshiko muttered.
Kristen held up a bowl of soup to his master. "Here, you should eat, you nearly drowned today so I gave you the most."
"Yeah...Right..."

[kratos]

"I'm sorry," Eital said kindly when he said for her to leave him alone. "As a nurse, it'd be morally wrong for me to leave a patient before making sure they were all right."