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A pair of unique blue colored eyes slowly flickered open as a yawned immediately rose up to cover a short yawn, as the body shifted into a more comfortable position. Choosing to nap on tree branches wasn't the smartest idea, though it did enable the lad to escape from everything, even if it was only momentarily. You see, dangling a few feet from the ground in a large oak lay the well known and feared apprentice, Shouji. He wasn't evil nor cruel, though his title of being the manager's sort of right hand man did bring it's disadvantages, such as the lack of companions and trust. All of this was just a nightmare better yet a curse, there were no bright or positive side to this situation to this whatsoever. "I hate summer" were the first words to escape from his thin lips, this season was the least favorite due to the fact that it attracted more customers making running errands and missions for the manager more frequent and longer, not to mention it was hot all the time. Listening the rustling feet, loud conversations, bright lights, and music was all at tad annoying to be quite honest. To make matters worse the Bathhouse was in constant business all night long, all the panicking and complaining was the perfect remedy for a never ending headache. Holding the wooden instrument close to his beating chest the male's dark orbs slowly shifted up to the night sky, if there was one thing Shouji liked about summer it was what it had to offer after the sun set down. During this warm time of the year the moon hung brightly and full, there was a large handful of stars sprinkled every where and the memorizing flight of the groups fireflies. Shouji had spent most of the evening up here, luckily no one had spotted him or even bothered to call him down for something.

It seemed the manager had no use for him today, which could only make the teen more content. The less he had to see and hear from his boss the better, it was cruel how the same sentence was used to pain him each day Have you found out what those initials mean yet Shouji, have you boy? his grip around the violin tightened at the mere thought of it all, it was tiring getting toyed around with and being unable to do anything about it "Funny" he sarcastically sighed to himself, those words always brought a smug look on the manager's face. The fact that Shouji was indebted to him amused the adult. After passing his fingertips over the golden H.H initials on the back Shouji moved into a more upright position. As the apprentice used a few sturdy branches as support and placed his chin upon the smooth surface of the violin as his bow was already in place on the tight stung strings. Preparing to begin he had to admit this soothing environment was inspiring him to start playing a piece, even if it might be short so no attention would directed towards him. Moving the bow to the right, one note was sounded in the night air as something unusual caught his attention "Kasai?" he asked himself out loud, watching the fiery bird makes it's way of the tall tree. What right did the tax collector have leaving his post without any sort of permission ? It must be something truly important for him to be acting so strangely or maybe his job had gotten to his head and he was trying to escape from it all. Not a bad idea, unfortunately it would not work the manager would be furious at such news and would probably make his life miserable and unlivable. As a gentle breeze rustled the leaves and caressed his visage as well as a few stray hairs an odd aroma passed by his nose.

This scent puzzled him, it was something different not of this world "A human?" he whispered. An actual human, what a stupid thought? Well of course it wasn't as if there were different types of humans like there were spirits. No it couldn't be, looking back up it came to his attention that the phoenix had disappeared from sight. Shouji quickly looked down and raised an eyebrow a the scene that was taking place down below, Kasai was offering food to an semi - invisible female. This afternoon, he had heard word of a group of humans disrespecting these grounds and putting the grubby and dirty hands on everything including the food, they slowly turned into the four legged animals known as pigs. So it had indeed turned out to be a fact. The lowest of the low, served them right, though Shouji thought it was only a rumor this sort of situation was rare very rare. A small smirk played unto his lips Interesting he thought obviously amused, ever since he had arrived in this spirit world he hadn't seen another human being. The thought of having something new in the place was rather, what was the word? Exciting. Staring down at the concerned bird and panicking girl was a sight to see. If she doesn't accept those berries soon she just might disappear permanently, how sad? the male pondered leaning a bit forward to catch a better view without revealing his current position, though if someone concentrated enough they'd be able to catch a small glimpse of the curious 16 year old. It would be best to interfere and make his appearance once all of this was done. What a shame if she goes away, she was sort of cute he pondered teasingly agreeing with his rather mean thought while titling his head to the side with shrugged shoulders, acting like his nonchalant self as usual. Living in the Spirit world for so long had made him a bit cold and bitter, fortunately it wasn't a permanent thing just yet. Still the once joyful young boy was driven deep inside him due to all that had happened the last few years.