Board Thread:Mount Myōboku Logs (World Map extension)/@comment-30269418-20161107183345

Since they were finished their training session, Rena figured that it was time that they talked to the toad sage. She traipsed through the forest, in a good mood. Strangely, she felt a little different; usually, she had no sort of thought tied to any emotion in her head, but she had learned that this was happiness, at most contentment.

Her heart swelled with emotions; it was overwhelming. And even when she thought of Okami, for some reason, rage seemed to be replaced with a unique emotion that she couldn't describe; maybe even a sense of respect? Perhaps if she knew more about emotion, she'd come to realise that this feeling was somewhat respect, but part adoration and awe at his strength. Unfortunately, she did not know this, and she shoved Okami to the back of her mind. She would not know what adoration was for a long time to come, and still intended on seeing Okami hit the ground.

She had never wondered what happened in the village before, so when thoughts of how Ieyasu and O were holding up flooded her mind, she became confused. Why was she thinking of them now? Shortly, though, thoughts of Zwolf & Dog came after. Her mind wandered to their sensei; surely Kano would be fine. He seemed to be strong, although she hadn't seen his skills. Still, there was a nagging feeling in the back of her mind that made her unsure; she hoped she was wrong and that they'd see their sensei safely before them within a short amount of time.

Fear was a stellar emotion; Rena couldn't explain it, but fear made things seem more real, unlike her feelings while she was in the village. Things seemed fake, but were progressively becoming more and more realistic. From the people she had met to the ones that became more apparent and stood out from others, she hoped to see them all another day regardless of battles fought. Her emotions gave her time to think about things like this, things like death.

She, as a shinobi, was not supposed to fear death. It was supposed to be natural. However, if her teammates & sensei were close to death in the battles to come, she'd definetely focus on either fleeing with them or try to power through despite her meager strength compared to most shinobi. Her mind ran through scenarios and different issues; plenty of snakes were poisonous. Their teeth were sharp and piercing; if she were to position herself between one and another, she'd be able to extract the poison from her blood and on top of that if it were done properly the fang would sink into her flesh and beyond but would be unable to hit her vitals if she was positioned properly.

She was more than prepared to take a hit like this; unlike her, Satoshi was most likely not able to eradicate poison quickly. Her blood seemed to almost devour such substances almost hungrily; if the poison was potent, she'd have to manually squeeze it out. She ridiculed herself for thinking ahead of the battles to come; although it was good, right now she had other things that she should be focusing on rather than protecting Satoshi. If she did protect Satoshi, he'd never learn to protect himself. But then again, he wouldn't be able to learn if he died.

She was stuck between these options, but she'd have to see where the battle went first. It was better that she suffered the poison of a snake rather than another. The snakes worried her; the battle worried her. Especially after her spar with Satoshi.

She swore that she wouldn't see anyone die. Not for a long time to come.

As she thought that, she finally reached the Toad Sage. The six hours had passed and she was interested in what he had to say.  