Three weeks later...
Shettsu opened his eyes slowly looking at the roof with blurred vision blinking till he started to see clearly and saw that he was inside a cave. He searched his surroundings and saw some new clothes for him near his head from the right side, some herbs and bandages of torn up cloth, bonfire was near him boiling a pot. He tried to sit and felt his body aching, hardly leaned on his left elbow trying to raise himself from the ground, his arm trembled and he fell on his back again. He sighed angrily then he heard footsteps, someone had entered the cave, he immediately pretended that he was asleep again. Satasha entered carrying a basket that was filled with supplies, she placed it near the herbs and bandages then came closer checking if he was breathing normally, she placed her hand gently on his forehead measuring his temperature while observing his ghostly pale face, then held the blanket that was near his feet and covered him. She sat near the bonfire trying to warm herself, she was completely soaked in rain, it was raining heavily outside and the cold wind blew hardly in the cave making the fire to move roughly from side to side, Satasha was trembling, Shettsu could hear hear teeth clicking,
Satasha bitterly "If only you fell near some house so I could close the door now, but no you had to fall in middle of nowhere, I am Satasha by the way"
Shettsu opened his eyes alarmed, his green eyes reflected the fire that separate between them. She looked at his eyes and saw a beautiful green ocean in them, she could spend eternity just looking at his eyes but his voice broke her long poring at them speaking in a deep voice "You are so young, how did you carry me from where I fell to here?"
Satasha trying to avoid peering at his eyes "I used all of my strength trying to pull you,I really hope that it didn't hurt you"
Shettsu "What do you mean ?!"
Satasha concernedly "Falling from the sky of course, I tried to slow you down but I lost control and you fell hardly on the ground making a hole in it. How do you feel? Can you move?" Satasha glanced at his face and saw that he was just looking sorrowfully at her. Her heart ached feelings uncomfortable at how he looked at her, so she avoided him by searching basket.
Sakata looked at his father and felt that he knew her long enough to fall in love with her, he appeared to never age a bit, his mother on the other hand was feeling unusual, she might had a crush on him from the way she was acting but truthfully she was rather uncomfortable.
Shettsu looked away toward the cave's roof asking "How long have I slept?"
Satasha taking fruits from the basket "Three weeks. Who did this to you?"
Shettsu calmly "I was fighting someone"
Satasha sarcastically "Wow what a useful information"
Shettsu ignoring "Where are we?"
Satasha spoke while chewing apple "Somewhere"
Shettsu annoyed "That is not funny"
Satasha "No it isn't, I know who you are, if you just tell me who did this to you so I can avoid him while asking someone else to help taking you back home"
Shettsu calmly "Don't, once I can walk I will go back myself"
Satasha concernedly "Luckily I had just learned healing skills from someone. If you fell seven months ago you would have died"
Shettsu inquired "Why aren't you in Olympus or the palace? Wondering around is dangerous thing to do"
Satasha ignoring "Do you want something to eat? I didn't know you woke up so I only brought fruits with me"
Shettsu "No thank you "
Satasha glared at him, he closed his eyes trying to rest, pulled his hands from the blanket and placed them near his chest, then noticed something missing, he barked "Where is my ring?"
Satasha startled "It's there on your new clothes, don't worry I stole nothing from you, I only took it off so I could treat you well"
Shettsu looked at his new clothes saw the ring shining above them and immediately wore it, then he lied back on the ground again trying to rest.
Satasha finished eating, pushed the basket away, then lied down, she looked curiously at Shettsu "But you know there is something weird"
Shettsu without opening his eyes "What?"
Satasha "I feel like I saw it before, like it was a part of me when I held it"
Shettsu "Held what?"
Satasha "Your ring" then turned on her side and closed her eyes, she yawned saying "Don't run away you still need some rest"
Shettsu opened his eyes and looked at Satasha through the fire, he kept looking at her for a long time even after she fell asleep, Sakata noticed his look and thought 'Are you from the future like me?' . Sakata examined him for a long time trying to notice anything that can prove his allegations. Shettsu kept looking at Satasha admiring her till he fell asleep.
The next morning Shettsu woke up and saw that Satasha wasn't there, he looked around the cave searching for her but she was gone, he felt worried, he leaned on his left elbow lifting his back gently, swayed his body to the left and placed his right hand on the ground trying to elevate so he could sit, it was so hard to do so but he didn't give up, he took ten minutes to sit leaning his back on the cave's wall huffing out. Satasha came back after a minute looking worryingly at him, she ran toward him to sit to scan chest and abdomen trying to see if any wounds got opened again, she scolded him "What were you thinking? This is dangerous, you can't move until next week otherwise all my efforts for healing you will be in vain" she saw that he was in pain and immediately held his hand while closing her eyes.
Shettsu exclaiming "What are you doing?"
Satasha "Shh!"
Shettsu looked confused at her then he felt something flowing inside him making him to feel relaxed and better, he was no longer feeling any pain, he looked at his other hand and clenched his fist tight asking "What did you do?"
Satasha removed her hand toward his forehead replying "Healing you, your temperature is low now, that's good"
Shettsu removed her hand angrily "I am fine, I only need two days to get better"
Satasha infuriated "Yeah right, and what about your wings? They need more than two days, they were almost completely burned!"
Shettsu looked outside the cave's opening and saw that the rain had stopped, the ground was muddy, the smell was refreshing to him, he liked the rainy days and walking under the rain, for him it felt like the rain washed away all his sins, stress, and depression. Satasha felt that something is odd about him, she inquired "Can I ask you something?"
"Have we met before?"
Shettsu trying not to show his emotions "Yes of course, I met you when you were six years old, why?"
Satasha confusedly "Well this ring of yours is very familiar to me. At first I didn't know why but now I know, I think I made this ring"
Shettsu calmly "What makes you say that?"
Satasha "Well I am not very expert in this but I think it was made from dragons hair and few drops of my blood and something else, am I right ?!"
Shettsu sighed "Yeah you are"
Satasha puzzled "But I neither remember making it nor know how to make it"
She peered at him trying to read his face but she couldn't figure out anything from him, she couldn't read his mind like she did with Yamazaki because he had immunity or something she doesn't know about. Shettsu on the other hand was looking at her thinking about telling her or not, Sakata felt the heavy silence that held many questions. For the first time Sakata heard his father's thoughts, he didn't hear it last night nor before but he did now and he felt his emotions, just like he could hear his mother's thoughts and feel her emotions, Sakata was confused, Shettsu was hesitant.
Shettsu "I cannot tell you a thing so just go with it, can you do it?"
Satasha dramatically "I would die out of curiosity, besides I have a lot of questions for you, like why can't I read your mind? Who you were fighting? Just answer"
Shettsu laughed, Sakata was amazed, it was the first time he see this laughter and it was beautiful, he wished he could see him laughing more often.
Satasha annoyed "Why are you laughing? I am being tortured here because of my curiosity!"
Shettsu smiled "I'll tell you nothing"
Satasha angrily "This is unbearable, I will leave to bring some food"
She rose angrily walking away , Shettsu murmured "You really never changed"
Sakata was still sitting looking at his father even after Satasha had got away, he wasn't dragged forcefully to follow her, like he had a choice, he said "So you are from the future like me, but what future you came from?"
Shettsu alarmed "I know you are here stop hiding and come out"
Some tall man came out from the darkness of the cave wearing a heavy black leather cloak, his hair was very long that it reached his knees, he was letting it down covering his back, his eyes were lizard like with dark yellow irises, his skin was snake like with a caramel tint, his mouth was thin with shark's teeth with small and lifted nose like a snake nose. Once Sakata saw him he had a weird feeling, the man's smile was like crescent that the corner of his almost reached his half closed eyes.
He spoke hissing like a snake talking with his tongue being pronounced every time he said the letter 's' "Don't worry Marvok's son for I have no intentions of hurting you"
Shettsu doubtfully "So why are you here lord Oji?"
Oji "You are sitting here at the door step of my land questioning me about why I am here? You really are impolite, I came here to go to your precious emperor because he had summoned me and I here find what? Some arrogant half breed questioning me at my door steps. How ridiculous!"
Shettsu coldly "Are you done or you have some business with me?"
Oji ominously "Not with you" then he transformed into smoke flying toward the sky. Sakata was amazed but his father was concerned, he took the new clothes dressed them and tried to get up, he hardly stood on his feet forcing himself to balance but failed, hitting the cave's wall and huffed hardly. He didn't surrender to pain but forced himself to walk by leaning on the cave's wall thinking 'Satasha where are you?' He was very worried about her.
He walked toward the cave's opening, stopped there closing his eyes and breathed slowly, Sakata felt that his father was trying to track her down by hearing her heart beat because after a minute he heard his mother's heart beat, he knew that goblins and demons don't have heart so obviously this one belongeds to his mother. Shettsu heard her heart beating, her breathes, and felt emotions. She was talking with someone surrounded by many people smiling, then her smile faded once she sensed that someone was tracking her, she immediately knew who it was saying "Lucifer?" . Shettsu gasped opening his eyes widely, it was very exhausting to use his powers, he huffed sitting on the ground, Sakata was worried about his father's condition, he looked terrible.
...
Satasha was in the west village trying to sell fruits and vegetables to customers to earn some money, to feed herself and Shettsu. She was selling apples when she sensed something and froze looking at the end of the road. She felt that someone was trying to reach her and hear her heart beats, she concernedly called "Lucifer?" She felt that something wrong is happening to him and left the store running toward the cave, it took her two hours of fast running to reach the cave, she didn't take a minute to rest. When she reached there, she saw that Shettsu was sitting outside the cave looking pale and unconscious. She ran toward him, sat saying while slapping his face gently to wake him up "My lord! Lord Lucifer! Lucifer are you alright?! Speak to me !"
Shettsu opened his eyes hardly looking at Satasha with weak vision was, he saw two copies of her swaying slowly from left to right till he saw one Satasha and she looked worried. He hardly spoke "We need to leave this cave now"
Satasha "Impossible, you can't even walk. Let me take you inside okay "
She was about to get up when Shettsu held her arm stopping her, he angrily demanded "Let's leave NOW" .
Satasha saw how determined he was and sighed "I don't know how to make a port gate and you clearly can't walk, but you still insist to leave this place? Do you want me to drag you to where you want to go ?"
Shettsu let go her arm and got up hardly with her aid saying "I will make a port gate, let's just get the hell out of here before he comes back, I cannot protect you when I can barely walk"
Satasha worryingly "Who do you mean?" She immediately thought of Zeus.
Shettsu disgusted "That lizard Oji. Come on let's move"
Satasha recognized his name but she had never met him, then looked around to find something, she left his side and walked toward the woods.
Shettsu "Where are you going?"
Satasha took something from the ground and walked back toward him, she was holding some broken tree branch that fell yesterday because of the heavy rain saying "Here lean on this" Shettsu took the stick "Thanks!" He then put the stick vertically near his right leg and leaned putting all his weight on it and walked. They walked slowly for thirty minutes till they got away abit from the cave, Shettsu stopped and said "Here"
Shettsu hardly gathered his powers and made a port gate, once he made one they walked toward it but he stopped next to it, Satasha did the same, he looked at Satasha saying "No hard feelings, I am only paying back what you did to me. Thank you !"
Satasha confusedly "What?"
Shettsu then smirked and pushed her threw the gate, Satasha fell on a solid ground, she looked angrily up at the gate and saw that he didn't cross it. She yelled "What was that for?" Before she could hear the answer the port gate was closed. Satasha got up panicking, She looked aimlessly around and said "No! Lucifer!"