27 The Jungle (1/2)
Yuuki jumped across the tree branches, chasing the small critter with long pink hair. It was very fast, much faster than her but whenever it almost got out of sight it stopped. This annoyed Yuuki greatly, it was obviously mocking her!
What Yuuki was chasing was a long-haired blossom bat. A strange light pink bat with long fur and large red eyes.
As she almost lost it, it stopped again, turning back to her and opening its mouth to reveal its bare gums and let out a cute whistling sound. Yuuki got mad again but before she could start chasing once more a tall man jumped in and grabbed the creature.
”Are you misbehaving again?” He asked the bat. The bat let out a squeal and tried to flap its wings and fly away.
”I told you not to tease people.” He said, ”It only leads to trouble.”The bat looked at him with its big red eyes, blinking innocently at him and pointing his wing at Yuuki. The man turned to look at her.
”Are you a poacher then?” The man asked fixating his brown eyes on her.
”What? No! I'm not a poacher!” Yuuki said.
”Are you sure? The only people who come in here are poachers and hunters and you don't look like a hunter.” The man said.
”No, I'm a hunter!” Yuuki said taking out her licence and waving it in front of her, ”See!”
”Oh, ” he said examining her licence, ”Ok then. I'm sorry for judging you so fast, you just looked very young. Are you a new hunter?”
”Yep!” Yuuki said, ”I just passed the exam.”
”I thought so. Are you planning on becoming a magical beast hunter?” He asked.
”What? No.” Yuuki said, ”Well, I haven't really decided yet.”
The man looked at her in confusion, ”Why did you come here then? Most hunters who come to this place are looking for new creatures.”
”Well... I couldn't really decide where I wanted to go so I just picked randomly.” Yuuki said.
”Oh.” The man said, ”Ok... Are you going to stay here for a while?”
”Probably,” Yuuki said.
”Do you want me to show you to the village?” He asked.
”There's a village?” Yuuki asked.
The man nodded and pointed. He then whistled to the bat and began to leave in the direction he pointed. The bat stuck out its little tongue at Yuuki before following the man.
Yuuki thought for a while before deciding to follow him through the jungle. After a while they arrived at a small clearing. Huts made of sticks and leaves in a variety of different conditions filled the clearing along with several hand-carved statues of various animals.
Many of the huts seemed abandoned and she could only see three people out in the open. An old man with white hair and a full beard, a muscular man covered in scars and a young woman.
Soon after they arrived, however, a young boy with messy dark hair came running out of one of the huts followed by a little girl with blond hair tied in bushy pigtails.
”Master!” He yelled