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Mitsu stayed where she was in the meantime watching Shun rest as he drifted off to sleep. She wasn't put off by his tossing and turning and only tried to sooth him back into a calm state so that he would relax again. When her reaper started to stir she watched him carefully, placing a hand to his forehead. His fever had come down but it was still there. It was troubling because it could easily get worse again.

"How are you feeling?" She asked softly.

As Shun's hand touched her cheek she leaned her head into it, bringing up her hand to place against it to hold it in place. "T..thank you." He seemed rather out of it which was only proven further as he slurred his words.

Letting his hand fall away she watched him carefully, her expression only getting more worried as he looked around for his clothes. "You still need to rest." He was feverish and she was worried about him staying here. The rain had stopped but he was in no condition to keep hiking.

"No...I don't think they are." But he would probably do a little better being dressed. At least in something dry.

Pulling away Mitsu gently rested his head down on the bedroll and reached for his bag and started to rummage for dry clothing. There was nothing too out of the ordinary just....far more protection charms than she ever imagined possible to be in one place. He probably spent a fortune on them....

That aside, she finally dug a bit further and found a pair of clothes and pulled them free. Moving her way back toward her reaper she made an attempt to help him dress. "C-can you sit up s-so you can put some clothes on?"

After helping Shun get dressed Mitsu was in the process of figuring out how she was going to carry him and all their things when he suddenly took off toward the front of the cave. "W..wait." Grabbing up her bag she followed behind him and took hold of his arm to keep him from going any further.

"You aren't hiking any more today," Mitsu said sternly. They weren't going to stay here but she wasn't going to let him exert himself with a fever. "I want you to ride, do you think you can hang on?"

"You don't need to be walking right now. Please." Mitsu set her bag aside as she crouched down on all fours and began her transformation. Bones snapped and cracked as they rearranged to fit her new form until finally there was a large white wolf in her place.

Shaking out to adjust to her new form she reached her head down to grab her bag between her teeth. With it secured she moved toward Shun and lowered herself so that he could climb on.

She was glad he wasn't going to fight her on the matter. He had climbed on and once he was settled Mitsu rose and started walking. His random mutterings had her really concerned but as long as he was hanging on she would hope that they could make it to a town instead. If she remembered correctly the map showed that Howling Crest wasn't too much further, she could only hope it was really there. It would be much closer than Raven's Nest but if it wasn't there then it would only prolong the time Shun was exposed to the elements and keeping him from the care he needed.

"T-thank you." She reached back her head but was barely able to nuzzle him before she turned forward again. "Just try to rest. I will get you somewhere that can help."

She had continued to walk, looking back now and then to make sure Shun was okay but it seemed he had drifted to sleep. Knowing that she was careful of the steps she took trying not to jar him too much as she walked. Even now she could feel the heat his body was giving off. She could only hope he didn't get worse before they found a safe place for the night. There probably wasn't a lot of daylight left.

An hour later into their journey and Mitsu felt the temperature go from cool to completely chilling. The temperature dropped so suddenly that it wasn't long after that it began to snow. She looked back again to check on Shun knowing it was going to be hard to keep him safe and warm in this environment but they were so close to where they needed to be. At least she hoped they were.

She could hear Shun mumbling and tilted her head back just as he began to shift. Mitsu tried to move to compensate for his actions but there wasn't much she could do to prevent him from rolling off her back. Turning around quickly she moved close and nuzzled his face with her nose giving a soft whimper. When he didn't stir she looked up trying to gauge where they were. They couldn't be too far could they?

Nudging Shun again with her nose she pushed him over enough to snag some of his jacket in her teeth and lift him up that way. It probably wasn't the most comfortable way to be carried but hopefully he wouldn't have to deal with it for long.

Once she had him high enough off the ground she started to move at a faster pace, not quite able to run but unwilling to walk. She had to find shelter for Shun fast before he got any worse. It was just a matter of where.

The further she moved in her frantic pace the less and less likely it was she was going to find a safe place for them. The area was mostly flat and covered with snow with small hills peeking up here and there but nothing really able to offer them cover from the cold. White powder continued to fall from the sky quickly obscuring the tracks Mitsu had made. Backtracking was going to be difficult, not only with her bad sense of direction but it was going to be hard to even use her nose in these conditions.

After a long while she was starting to lose hope that there was going to be anything close by. Weren't there supposed to be mountains? It was a mistake to come here and now they were in danger. She had no idea if there was a pumpkin patch nearby and Shun was going to need some warmth or his situation was going to get critical. Setting him down she circled him once to find the best place to lay before she settled down and curled her body around him the best she could. She settled her tail over his legs to cover them from the elements and rested her head lightly against his chest. The thick fur around her neck would likely block a lot of the snow but it was hard to say what she was going to do. It would have been a longer trip but it looked like the better decision would have been taking him back to Raven's Nest and giving up on Howling Crest all together.

With a soft whimper she tilted her head back to lick at his face lightly, hoping he would be alright. It wasn't until she heard a strange noise that her head lifted entirely, turning this way and that trying to determine the origin of the sound. When she heard it again her ears turned completely forward and she looked down realizing the sound was coming from beneath her, it sounded like cracking. That realization came too late, however, and the ground gave way just as she had reached for Shun to try and run for it.

A frightened yelp left her which quickly turned into a scream as she transformed back into her student form and grasped for Shun desperately holding him close. The fall took them down below the snow and ice and when they finally hit something solid they still couldn't manage to stop. They banked off a hill of soft powder and began to slide down a treacherous slope narrowly avoiding sharp rocks in their path. The descent was a long one that sent the pair tumbling end of end until they finally smacked into a snowdrift bringing them to a stop.

Mitsu was the first to rise a sharp pain above her brow making her place her hand over the spot hoping to make the aching stop. She could feel something warm and wet beneath her palm but choose to ignore it as she reached for Shun. "Shun? Shun?"