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"L-look around but its-" Mitsu trailed off as she sat back, actually looking beyond the reaper at the scenery that lay before them. True it was high but...it almost didn't look real. It was so expansive, Mitsu had never been able to see so far before. She felt like she was gazing at a picture. The forest didn't look as dark and gloomy from above, though the looming storm clouds were threatening to fix that. Lightening flashed and thunder boomed in the distance. It was going to be quite the storm. The air had even started to feel heavy with moisture. The rains were coming.

"It's pretty..." Mitsu said still captivated by what she was seeing and not at all focused on the storm clouds. It made her wonder what it would look like if it was clear and the sun was rising and setting. The bursts of color across the sky would no doubt be something to see.

The scenery was almost enough to distract Mitsu from her hands being treated. Almost. She still winced the moment the disinfectant touched her wounds, a light hiss forced out from between her teeth. Her fingers were pretty roughed up but none of the wounds looked too deep. They would probably heal fairly quickly.

"I've..never seen anything like it," Obviously, she had never been so high not to mention she spent the majority of her life in either the city or town. She had hardly been outside in such a highly wooded area.

Finally catching sight of the storm clouds approaching Mitsu could feel the winds picking up around them, howling as it made its way through the trees. Ears folding back she turned to Shun just as he looked away and apologized. "It's okay, you didn't know." Mitsu said softly. "It's...kind of embarrassing so I never said anything. I do my best to pretend it doesn't bother me." Normally she could pass off her moments of vertigo as just being clumsy. She wasn't the most graceful on her feet so no one really questioned it.

"It seems like the rain is coming in fast," Thankfully when Shun helped her to her feet he had taken hold of her arm to pull her up. She held on once she was on her feet looking in the direction he indicated. It was nice to know it was well away from the cliffs.

"Okay, lead the way." Her heart was still calming from the experience but the further and further from the cliff they got the less tense she became. When it was no longer in sight she seemed rather calm despite her sore hands.

The pace had been quick though they didn't have to go far. Once they arrived Mitsu followed Shun inside. The cave was low but she wasn't as burdened to hunker down like Shun was. Ah the advantages of being short.

A little ways inside Shun had taken a seat and Mitsu shifted her pack off her shoulders minding her hands and set it down before taking a seat too. It seemed they had made it inside just in time, the rain started to come down, softly at first speckling the ground with dark spots before all of a sudden it let loose. The down pour was so thick it was almost hard to see passed into the trees.

"We might be here a while." Turning to Shun at his question Mitsu shook her head. "No, I'm okay. My hands don't hurt too badly and I'm not hurt anywhere else." Smiling reassuringly Mitsu continued. "So have you come here regularly? You seem to know the area really well."

"Training," Mitsu nodded. She didn't understand entirely what Shun trained for but she knew of his training and some about his father's treatment. Other than that the life of the reaper outside of school was a mystery and it seemed Shun was going to keep it that way.

"Where I lived there were really no forested areas either. Just lots of buildings and houses. Amity is as close to the forest as I've ever been until now." And she liked it much better. It wasn't as loud, it was peaceful.

Sniffing the air lightly Mitsu couldn't help but pick up a scent over the rain. It was hard to say what it was but it smelled like an animal. Looking around she really didn't see anything though so for the time she dismissed it. It was possible something had wandered into the cave earlier and had left.

"Its hard to say, I'm used to being in the city though I never got a chance to really explore there either," Which might have explained her poor sense of direction. She had never really had to opportunity to exercise her ability and figure out the best way to get around and then back without getting lost. Slowly she was learning but it was taking a while.

"I do like being outside though. Its calm and peaceful and the smells are different." Speaking of smells the scent she had caught before was getting stronger. An odd musky odor she just couldn't place. Her ears twitched as she pick up a noise behind them, a agitated noise coupled with scratching. "W..what is that?"

Mitsu's ears folded back, her eyes a little wide as her gaze shifted back trying to spot whatever was making the noise. There was still nothing at first, only darkness. As soon as Shun summoned his daggers an uneasy feeling settle over her and she moved grabbing for her bag. "M-maybe we should just go. We can find somewhere else to wait out the storm."

That was when it appeared. At first there was nothing more than angry yellow eyes in the shadows as the creature loomed closer, snarling and snapping its jaws. It was indeed not happy for whatever reason its teeth fully bared as it came into view. The lightening that flashed outside illuminated its form in the darkness of the cave, for a moment showing them the badger before everything went dark.

"Shun..." Mitsu had already started to back up, her pack held closely to her chest.