The Village S1 (Rough Draft)

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Vincent crossed his arms and gave a nod. "That's good," the man said as he looked at the young man. He nodded once more and entered the dining area. "The plates are cleaned up and put away. And Jiro was actually a big help, weren't you, Jiro?"

The Turk looked over to the young girl. "Are you ready to add another ring to your collection, Kohana?" he asked her happily. Vincent looked over to Miyo and offered her a warm smile. "I'm ready to go any time you want, my love."

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"Yeah I guess so.." Jiro said standing behind Kikyo. He leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Maybe we could stay here and have some 'fun'??"

Kikyo's eyes widened as her hand came right across Jiro's cheek as she got up. "Man... I was only playing." Jiro said rubbing his cheek. "That slap was hard!"

"You are so... so absurd!" Kikyo cried, blushing a little. "Can we go now Miyo? I think we all need to get out of the house."

"Right after Kohana puts her rings back." Miyo said giving her sister a stern look. "You don't want to lose those rings."

Kohana nodded and went back to her room putting her rings in a safe place then coming back out to everyone again. "Miyo are we going to do orders today too?" Kohana asked. "Maybe, we'll have to see since the festival was a few days ago. If we do then we have to come back here a little early." Miyo replied grabbing a small pouch. "Well if everyone is ready then let's go!!"



After a while of walking and talking, the group made it to the village market circle. The place was full of life as vendors and visitors of all shapes, sizes, and ages were active in the exchange of goods. It looked like the festival but without the decorations as they moved foward deeper into the world merchandise, food, other goods, and entertainment. Jiro looked around and noticed some Fuwa clan men grouped together. "I know why they are here and with them grouped up they plan on starting a contest." the young spy thought turning away from them. "I hope they don't spot me. I'll never hear the end of it!" As the girls walked over to a clothing vendor, Jiro pulled Vincent to the side. He eyed the clan group again then turned to Vincent.

They're here. I suggest that you stay close to Miyo and Kohana." Jiro said in a low tone sighing a little. "From the looks of it they'll be doing another contest. I'll try to distract them a little; they might even end up bring me back to the camp. It's a good thing you blend in with the shirt you're wearing so hopefully they won't bother you."

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Vincent's eyes shifted about and he gave Jiro a nod. "Alright," the man whispered as he started to walk over to the girls. He turned around and looked over to the young man over his shoulder. "Hey, kid, be careful. Don't give them the chance to attack you, alright?" With that, he left the young spy alone to seal his fate.

The man caught up with the women and stood close by them on high guard. "I suppose I should keep quiet," he whispered aloud. "I don't want to worry the girls."

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Jiro walked up to them again, quickly grabbed Kikyo's hand, and pulled her away from Vincent, Miyo and Kohana. "Come with me." he said with a flirtatious smile. "Don't worry I won't play around."

"Hey wait!!" Kohana called out to the two leaving. "Where you two going?"

Jiro looked down at the young girl and smirked. "We'll be back." he replied. "I want to show Kikyo something. Vincent they wear purple and gray."

"Purple and grey?" Kikyo thought to herself, "Just like Oberon and the other were talking about on the night of the festival." She was somewhat startled, but but shurgged it off and began enjoying the moment, then waved bye as Jiro pulled her away as the two disapeared away from the others. "Who are they?" Miyo asked looking up at Vincent. "What did Jiro say to you?"

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Vincent smiled and put an arm around Miyo's waist. "It's nothing, my love," the Turk replied to her softly as he brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "You don't have to worry about a thing, ok? Leave that to me."

The man looked down at Kohana and let out a small laugh. "So, Kohana," Vincent said with a smirk, "are you ready to add a new ring to your collection? I'll pay for it, so you can get whatever you like once we get to that vendor. How does that sound?"

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"Ok!" Kohana said with excitement as she started to smirk a little. "Let's look around first ok? I'll use my bargaining skills to get lots of stuff today."

"Don't go overboard ok Kohana?" Miyo said grinning a little. "You already have enough stuff in your room as it is."

"I won't go overboard Miyoooo!" Kohana replied whinning a bit. "I didn't last time. I want the ring more than anything else."


"Hey you Vincent, Miyo, and Kohana!" a young woman shouted behind them. It was Arnia with a male companion beside her walking up to them. The shine keeper glowed with a smile on her face holding hands with a guy around her age wearing a gray and purple headband smirking a little. "It's been a while hasn't it? I like you to meet a special person of mine."

"It's been a few days." Miyo said with a smile. "Nice to meet you..."

"Yachi. It's Yachi Kiyurashi." The man said looking around before turning back to Miyo. "Nice to meet you as well."

"I met Yachi in the forest close to the shrine. He was injured and I came to aid him." Arnia said looking over to Yachi and smiling. "Ever since then we've been inseparable. You were right all along Vincent. This man right here gave me the courage to come here to the market to visit!"

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"It's an honor to meet you, Yachi," Vincent said as his intense red eyes stared coldly at the man. The Turk quickly shifted his eyes to glance at Arnia and gave her a nod. "I'm glad that you have found someone that you can enjoy your time with and you can share your feelings with."

Suddenly, a wave of thought struck Vincent in the head as he eyed the gray and purple headband that Yachi wore above his brow. "Vincent," he remember Jiro saying a few moments ago, "they wear purple and gray."

The Turk bowed his head in respect and tightened his hold around Miyo's waist. "Please, excuse us," he said politely as he gently reached for Kohana's hand. "We must be going now. It was good to see you again, Arnia. I hope we meet again."

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"Hey now! Why off to a rush?" Arnia said looking puzzled stopping the three from walking away. "I can't hang out with my friends? Yachi has been showing me some jewelry from a good friend of his and I think they look beautiful."

"Yeah, we call her 'Jewels' because he has all different types and styles of jewelry from different parts of the world." Yachi said with a smile. "He brought in some necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and even rings."

"Did I hear you say rings??!?" Kohana said grinning. Yachi gave a smile and nodded to the young girl as she started to get excited. "That's just the thing I'm looking for."

"How about we look around first then come back?" Miyo said noticing that Vincent felt a bit uneasy. She turned to see one of her fruit customers and waved. "We'll meet you two over by Jewels in a little while ok?"

"Miyoooo but I want to go by the rings now!" Kohana whinned. "Vincent can you take me to see Jewels?"

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Vincent looked down at Kohana and frowned a little. "I don't know," the man said softly as he looked up at Miyo. He was worried for her safety; for if the Fuwa clan were to attack her, she would have no protection. The Turk sighed and reluctantly nodded his head. "Ok, Kohana. Let's go."

The man picked up Miyo's hand and lightly kissed it. "Is that alright, my love?" he asked the young woman. "If I take Kohana to see Jewels, will you be alright?"

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Miyo looked at Vincent and saw worry on his face. She gave him her pouch with her money, a light kiss, and a reassuring smile. "Don't worry ok? I'll just get a few orders from some people and come right over to you two."

"Orders?" Arnia asked curiously. "What kind of orders?"

"Well Kohana and I have a garden and we sell some of our flowers, fruits, and vegetables." Miyo replied. "If you want something I can get an order of it now, then you can come by and get them on your way back to the shrine."

"Why not sell them here?" Yachi asked giving a playboy grin. "You'll be able to sell them quickly over here."

"Well because at the time it was just Kohana and I." Miyo answering Yachi's question. "With all the theives here, we can't protect ourselves if we brought them here."

"I see, well if I can help in any way, I'll be happy to."

"That's so sweet of you Yachi." Arnia smiled. "I'll help to when I can, how about we help you get some orders? I want to bring some Physalis back to the shrine. Do you have some?"

"I think I do. I don't usually get orders during the end of the week but today I'll just take a few." Miyo said looking back at Vincent. "You ok?"

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Vincent looked up and offered Miyo a small smile. "I'm fine," he said softly. The man presented the young woman with her pouch of money and placed it back in her hands. His smile widened and he took Kohana by the hand. "You keep the money. I have plenty of my own to spare."

The Turk looked down at the young girl and his face lit up with excitement. "Ready to add a new ring to your collection, Kohana?" Vincent asked her with excitement. "Maybe I could buy you two or more if Miyo doesn't mind."

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"It's all fine by me. You two have fun!" Miyo said smiling. "Jewels must have lots of rings for you Kohana."

"Hey how about I say with Miyo and you show Vincent and Kohana where Jewels is." Yachi asked Arnia. "With a man beside Miyo, it won't be likely that a thief will take your money."

"That's not a bad idea Yachi." Arnia replied with a smirk on her face, "What do you think, Vincent? It's easy for someone to pick-pocket Miyo if she's alone and the same for me too."

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The Turk's eyes widened a bit as his eyes were fixed upon Yachi's purple and gray headband. "Am I really leaving Miyo, the one person I love above everything, alone with this possible Fuwa Clan member?" Vincent thought as he let out a sigh. "I can't risk her well being, but I can't let Kohana down."

As he took a step toward his love, the man gently placed both of his hands on her face and lightly pressed his lips upon hers. "Please, be careful," Vincent whispered to the young woman in a worried tone. "Stay alert and on your guard."

The Turk then reached for Kohana's hand and gave Arnia a nod. "Right, let's go," he said firmly as he took a look at Miyo, and he offered her a small smile. "Take care and stay safe, my love."

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Miyo watched as three left her with Yachi who was grinning from ear to ear. "I knew my plan would work." Yachi or the concealed Fuwa leader, Ryo thought as he walked with Miyo to one of her customers. She looked at her closely as she talked to the person ordering some flowers and studied her body language. "Wow, I can see why that guy cares so much for her. She's beautiful inside and out.... Wait what am I saying? I got no time for this... Ahh... but her smile is contagious...No I can let her get to me..."

Miyo finished talking to the person and looked over to Yachi who was in some sort of daze. "Hello?" Miyo asked waving her hands at the man. Yachi then snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the woman standing in front of him with a puzzled expression. "Are you ok? You look lost in thought."

"I'm ok, it's just that you're really captivating." Yachi replied with a flirtatious smile. Miyo gave a small smile looking around before a small child came up to her asking for some herbs....


Meanwhile, Arnia smiled she grabbed Vincent's hand and pulled him toward a small booth with a woman that seemed to be dipped in a treasure chest full of jewelry. "Ah, so you came back Arnia, and I see you have some new friends." the young woman smirked as she looked down to a young girl. "Hello there."

"Hi." Kohana said with a small hint of shyness. "Arnia and some guy said you have rings here."

"Rings, bracelets, and more." Jewels said loudly with money look in her eyes, "Name your price and we'll be in business."

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The man smiled and placed a hand on Kohana's shoulder. "Go ahead, Kohana," he said gently as bent down to look at the assortment of jewelery. "Pick anything you want and I'll pay for it."

As the young girl's eyes lit up with excitement, Vincent turned his head in Miyo and Yachi's direction and his eyes focused carefully on his love. The Turk's eyes thinned while he watched the man get too close to Miyo and became tempted to approach his beloved. He sighed and held his ground as he lowered his head.

"Arnia," Vincent said softly as he raised his head after a moment, "what do you know about Yachi? Has he told you anything about himself?"

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"Hmm..." Arnia said looking down finding the words to say. In her head she drew a blank and looked over to Miyo writing something, talking to a boy and Yachi looking around nodding. Yachi then looked over to Arnia and nodded to her as well. "Well he did tell me that he got lost with his group in the forest. He told me that they were trying to get away from some Fuwa clan men that were chasing him because he stole something from one of the members."

"Oh I like these!" Kohana said pointing to two rings. "They match too!"

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"I.... see," Vincent said slowly as he glanced over to Miyo once more. He smiled and shifted his eyes over to the two rings the young girl had pointed out. "They're very pretty. And they're a perfect pair! They'd make a wonderful addition to your collection, Kohana. Do you want me to buy them for you?"

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"Will you Vincent!?" Kohana said with her eyes beaming with joy. "But what about you? Don't you want a ring?"

"Well the pair I can give you for a nice price and since you're nice people I'll give you a discount if you buy something else." Jewels said with a smirk. "How about a lovely necklace for your lady here?"

"She's not with Vincent!!" Kohana said with a disgusted look on her face. "MY sister is!!"


Meanwhile Miyo finished writing down what the little boy wanted and sent him on his way as a another stopped by as well. "You must have a lot of people coming to you everyday." Yachi said looking at Miyo's list moving closer to her. "I can see why business works so well for you and your dear sister."

Miyo looked up and was inches away from Yachi's face and her eyes widened and started walking away toward Vincent's direction. "I-I think we should go see Jewels and meet with everyone." Miyo said feeling uneasy and nervous. Yachi grabbed Miyo's hand from behind and drew her in closer to him. "I don't want to alarm you or anything because believe me I'm a good guy." Yachi said calmly touching the side of her face. "You excite my interest with your beauty. I want to see more of you."

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The Turk smiled and pulled out his wallet out of his pocket. "I don't need anything," Vincent said softly to the young girl as he looked at the assortment of jewels once more. "But I think I'll get something for Miyo though. You know her more than anyone, Kohana. Do you think you can help me pick something out?"

The man shifted his eyes, and to his horror, he saw Yachi touching the side of Miyo's face. Vincent's heart sank as he watched the woman that he loved above everything in this world or his own world being touched by another man. "Miyo?" he said in whisper as he watched from afar. "How... how could you?"

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Miyo's eyes widened as she slapped Yachi's hand away from her face and pulled away from him. "There's only one man that I'll ever be with and that man is not you." Miyo shouted trying to grab attention. Inside she was scared that he might do something even worst so to draw attention to herself would let Yachi back off. "Don't ever touch me!"

As Yachi looked around as the people around them stared and then kept moving along. Miyo looked around quickly and felt a little lost as she look for Vincent and the others. "I'll just walk around until I find them. Vincent where are you?" she thought as she started walking. Her nerves began to shatter as she never been in this type of situation before and grew frighten for her life. "I can't stay with Yachi or he'll try something again."

"Wait!" Yachi said running up to Miyo and lightly grabbing her arm and looking around. "You're not safe by yourself."

Instantly Miyo teared up a little and tried to pull away from the man. "Please... I just want to get back to my sister and the man that I love." she said with disconfort. "That's all I want."