"Ah i see." Gotta was indeed relaxed now. Her ears moved every time she heard a noise. As she rapped her arms around her legs. "So you like traveling alone?"

(and why do i fell like i'm playing 20 questions here >.< sorry)

(( XD no problem. and i have that game! i always loose...*sigh* ))
rima sat up more and crossed her legs. "im never alone. im just a call away from my clan wherever i go." she took a drink of water and looked at her, standing up and stretching her limbs from her last battle. "and what about you? have any family that doesnt hate you?"

Gotta laughed big "The only people that don't hate me are my family and that's just dad and grandpa," she stood up and faced the slayer with a wide smile "sad thing about it is i'm okay with that i could care less what people think of what i am." she laughed again "so where ya headed Rima-sama?"

(I have one too ^^' I think we all lose to the game at one point lol)

rima stopped stretching and stared ahead, down the river. "dont know." she pointed in a random direction as another wind blew. "that way i guess." she looked at gotta and smiled again. "want to come with me?" she grabbed her bag from the grass and hooked her sword to the side of her waist. she didnt bother putting on her regular human clothes, since gotta already saw her in her slayer outfit.

Gotta nodded as she hide face again "Yeah why not." She smiled as she pick up her other bag and put it over her shoulder. Her ears full up right and alert to ever sound a round them.

rima nodded. "okay then. off we go." she started down the river and looked to the other side, seeing a small village. not many people were around so she knew it would be the best place to rest for the night. she turned back to gotta and smiled. "good news. tonight we sleep in a bed." she looked back at the river noting some rocks she could travel over and turned to her again. "we have to cross this, can you do it?" she hopped off of the dry land and over onto a large rock near the shore next to her. "i can go get a small raft if you cant, then we could swim."

Gotta nodded "I can Jump it need me to get you a cross faster?" she asked with a smile the added "I may be a half demon But I'm stronger then what people think and look."

rima considered this and nodded. "okay thats fair. but i can get over by myself." she hopped along, rock by rock, until she back-flipped off of the last one and landed onto the other side of the river, in a back-handspring. she landed on two feet and held up her hands in victory. "and she sticks the landing!" she grinned and walked over to the water more. "your turn."

Gotta Jumped a cross in two bonds and landed on her two feet. She laughed "Nice Rima-sama." She said walking up to Rima.

rima shrugged. "thats nothing compared to me when im slaying." she nodded. "you are a lot stronger than you seem." she looked up at the small village in the distance. "well, if we leave now we will get there about twilight." she pursed her lips in thought. "not much time to find a place to stay tonight, but it can be done if we both split up. for now lets just get up there." she started walking up the low hill and looked back at gonna. "you got the plan?"

Gotta frowned "I didn't say 'a lot' now did I?" She Followed Rima "I have no plan."

rima sighed. "well then i guess we will stick together and look." she tugged her along and looked at the crowd of humans in the dirt street. she started down and stopped at a small cart selling cheap necklaces that were supposedly meant to ward off demons. humans were so naive for believing the man. rima looked at gotta again and smiled. "well, who do you want to ask first?" she sighed looking around at the crowd.

Gotta Hid behind Rima not wanting to cause trouble and smiled a bit sadly at her "anyone you want."

rima smiled back at her. "no need to be scared here." she whispered to her. she looked up stopping a man on a horse. he was in slayer gear, so she new he would recognize her the way she was dressed. "sir!" she called out and he stopped, looking back at her. his eyes widened and he dismounted his horse, leaving it where it was. "ma'am." he said gruffly and bowed slightly to her. she bowed back at him. "i am rima of the north. me and my friend, gonna, need a place to stay for the night." the man nodded in thought. "i am hiro of the east." he nodded slowly at gonna and kept his eyes on her, obviously sencing she wasnt fully human. "as for a place to stay, you can come with me. im staying with a nice family on the outskirts of the village." rima turned back to gonna. "does that sound good? or do you want to keep looking?" she whispered.

Gotta's ears flatten her ears in a submissive and frighten way. "fine with me." she bowed to hiro.

rima smiled caringly at her and whispered, "he wont hurt you, i promise." she grabbed her hand and turned back to hiro. "alright. we thank you for the offer and will be delighted to accept." she smiled as hiro nodded and led the way out of the hustle and bustle of the village and into a more quiet region, still part of the village. rima kept hold of gottas hand and reassured her, "its fine, you dont have to be so worried."

Gotta Nodded as she relax a little and smiled at Rima "Yeah okay." She watch hiro's back and then looked at Rima "at lest its a bed right?"

rima smiled. "yeah." hiro stopped near a relativly good sized hut and motioned them inside. rima took off her boots and smiled at him. "this is the place?" she asked him. he nodded and grunted. "tatami matts are in the closet. they will serve as your bed tonight. until then. ladies." he bowed to them both and left the hut. rima smiled at gotta and walked to the closet, pulling the tatami matts out and laying them on the floor. "its better than nothing." she muttered.

Gotta Nodded "Yeah no kidding." she helped Rima lay the tatami matts.

rima sighed, finishing with gotta's help and smiled weakly. "im off to bed then." she yawned and layed down on one, pulling one of the two small sheets over her, and setting her bags and sword next to her head. "good night gotta."

Gotta smiled "Good night Rima-sama." She sit her two bags down and laid down on the other matt and looked at the roof then turned to her side and rolled up in a ball with out the other sheet. She yawned and close her eyes.

rima smiled at her and decided that mayce demons werent always so bad. she closed her eyes and fell asleep shortly after.

Gotta's ears moved as she dreamed. She was a little awaken by footsteps walking passed them, but fell make to sleep fast.

rima woke up when the sunlight reached her eyes that meant the morning had approached them, unable to dream during the night, and yawned while stretching to ease her tensed muscles. as much as she didnt like sleeping on floors, it was better than the grass, so she wasnt about to complain anytime soon. out of the corner of her eyes, she noticed a dark shape dart across the window. she frowned and reached for her sword. she looked to her hand, not finding her sword or her bags. "great..." she whispered and shook gotta. "gotta! pssst! wake up!"

"Its about time you woke you Rima-sama." She whispered as she sat up. "Sword gone?"