Episode 6 Demon Village

After laying Sakura on the bed, Zero came out; right in front of her was Rachel, who came in and then used his calmness to heal Sakura's wounds, resulting in her injuryaround his body disappearing. Still, his insides had not healed, as he could onlyheal external wounds. In her heart, Rachel thought.“(Sakura you are really stupid why do you insist on fighting against me to the fullestI can only heal wounds like this from the outside, but I still have gold energy insideYour white can heal quickly; otherwise, you might have died earlier. I'd better discuss this with Zero.)"Rachel then took Zero outside the cave, where they discussed something important. Meanwhile, Yamato and Takeo are training in the cave."Zero, did you see that white energy earlier?""Yes, of course, I saw it." He said to Rachel"That white energy wasn't what you've been looking for.""Where did you hear that from?" Zero asked Rachel"From your teacher, before he died, he was the one who brought you here," Rachel answered Zero."Master was always most afraid that hatred would take over me. That's why he suggested me"To look for neutral and pure white energy that can neutralize my black energy," said Zero"Yes, but apart from being neutral and pure, Sakura's energy has a bit of color in ityellow packaging," said Rachel"Gold color? Isn't that a rare color that can increase energy and healwithout limits," said Zero"You're right; not all fox clans have it. Usually, only one person in thousands has it," said RachelIf it spreads out, it might become a target for the enemy because Iwant you to look after him. Besides, you tooStarting to be interested in him, right?" said Rachel, who saw the change in Zero."Without you saying, I will also protect him anyway. I want his energy.""(Zero, you say that because you don't want to admit that you like him even thoughYou are not attracted by his energy but by his strong determination and abstinencegiving up is why you started liking him, and because of that, you started to change a little)."Zero looked at Rachel and asked again what her next plan was. Was Rachelwant to look for Silver with him and Sakura, or want to stay here with Takeoand Yamato because Zero himself knew that Rachel had liked Silver for a long time."So, what are your plans next? Do you want to come with me and Sakura to searchSilver or stay here with Takeo and Yamato?" Zero asked Rachel"Of course, I have to come," Rachel answered enthusiastically."Takeo and Yamato, how come you didn't invite them?" said Sakura"Rachel...that..." he answered, confused about whether to invite Takeo and Yamato."Okay, I'll think about it first; tomorrow, I'll tell you.""Yes, tomorrow, you think we will go tomorrow, not now," said ZeroThe next day, Sakura woke up next to her and saw Zero accompanying heruntil you fell asleep. Sakura was having fun and scribbled on Zero's face using the marker she hadbeside his bedside table.Meanwhile, in the middle of the cave,"Leave this cave to us; you can just go, Rachel," said Takeo."Yes, you can just go," said Yamato, who was behind Takeo on the right"It's okay," Rachel asked both of them doubtfully."Yes, don't worry, we have to do something here.""Okay, I'll come, but we'll wait for Sakura to get better tomorrow morning.""(Hehehe I think this is why you are being arrogant)."Because of Sakura's actions, Zero became amused and woke up without realizing his face was covered in streaks."Good morning, Zero, hahaha. What's wrong with your face?" Sakura said while laughing.Rachel came in because she heard Sakura's laughter."What's wrong with my face?" asked Zero, confused as to why Sakura was laughing at him"You'd better see for yourself, hahaha," Rachel replied, showing him the mirror."Sakura...how dare you...here, I'll take revenge.""I can't hehehe," Sakura said teasingly."Oh yeah, what if I tie it up with a binding technique."Zero released energy from his hands so that Sakura couldn't move at allthen he took the marker that Sakura was using in his right hand and scribbled back on his faceworse than his scribbles."Looking in the mirror, his face was full of streaks; he felt annoyed, then he went to the bathroomto clean his face.Sakura walked out of the bathroom with a clean face."That's why you don't play with me, Sakura. If you scribble on my face,I could scratch your face even worse, hahahaha.""Okay, you win Zero, so when can we look for Silver? MeI'm fine now.""Wait a minute; I must also wash my face first."When Zero was washing, he unconsciously thought of Sakura's smiling facemakes him unable to concentrate."(Why have I been thinking about him all this time? It's impossible for me to like him. I must be wrongremember, I'd better go first before anyone else)."He hurried to clean his face, then came out of the bathroom and hurriedwalk out of the cave.""Rachel, I'll go first.""He's walking quickly, Sakura; you immediately follow him and bring this food.""How about you."I changed my mind; I will invite Takeo and Yamato after they do somethingfirst, because I'm curious, later I will follow and seal and hide this caveso no one can find it."Sakura immediately ran out of the cave and followed Zero,Meanwhile, Rachel, Takao, and Yamato earnestly conversed in the cave."I don't want to talk about this," said YamatoJust talk about it if it's important," Rachel answered.Sakura's gold energy has the same ability as her black energyZero, and if it falls into the hands of a wrong person, especially an evil demon, then it can be usedas a weapon of mass destruction whose energy cannot be used up like before, apart from energyThe gold turns out to come from a combination of humans known as demon hunters, namelyNakamura with your sister Laila, who is called the white fox demon"The energy is the whitest and purest," said Takeo, continuing Yamato's words"No wonder Sakura has it because only human stealth hunters have itthe ability to convert white energy partially into gold energy."Then, is there any way we can prevent this, Takeo, Yamato?" Rachel asked"Yes, we have to seal the gold energy," Takeo said"Then we'll also go to the demon village. Sakura and Zero will go there because that's the waytowards the Yakushima forest. But first, we hide the cave where we liveso that no enemy can enter; someday, we will come back here again."Rachel hid in the cave. After that, she went to the stealth village with Takeoand Yamato; meanwhile, Zero and Sakura are on their way to the demon village."Do you know about a nearby road to the Yakushima forest?" asked Sakura"There is a demon village; what if we go there," answered Zero."Do you think it's far?" asked Sakura again"It's not too far, just follow me and I'll get there," said Zero"Okay, I'll follow you. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, what's wrong with your food?are you leaving in a hurry?" Sakura asked while giving him his lunch.""It's nothing, I just want to go faster.""I thought you had a problem, but not, hey, aren't you tired? My feet are already sorehere," he said tiredly"I'm used to it, so for me, this is just practice," said Zero"I see; how about we find a place to rest first.""We are still far from the demon village here where there is accommodation," said Zero"So what should I do?" asked a tired Sakura."Yes, just keep going because, in 5 km, we will arrive at the demon village; let's just say you are"I'm training." Zero asked Sakura."You're right, just think of it as practice," he answered Zero.After walking for some time, they finally arrived at the stealth village."Sakura, we've arrived. Let's see, this is the demon village," said Zero, seeing Sakura tired."Finally arrived, I didn't expect it to be so far away from the village," he saidSakura with exhaustion.""The place is indeed far away, but we finally arrived, right?" said Zero casually."Since we're here, can we rest for a bit?""How about we just stay at that house?" said Zero while pointing at the hutIt's next door, if I'm correct, it's the house of one of my acquaintances. Yes, it's pretty closein the middle of a demon village.""Okay, let's go there anyway; it's just crossing; besides, it's already getting late."They then walked to the right towards their friend Zero's hut; as soon as they arrivedSakura feels like it's not a cottage but like an inn.""Is this a hotel or a cottage? It's huge.""My friend Akane once disguised herself and lived around humans so she could createThings like humans make.""Since when have you had friends here?""Ever since I went looking for the Fox King, I've been here once, and it's a coincidenceI met him.:"Meeting him, how come.""Yeah, he was blocking me from going to the Fox King's place, so I beat himuntil he lets me go.""But why can you be friends?"I told him to help me show the location of the Fox King because he had already lostand coincidentally, he also wanted to go there, so we went together because we had the same goaltogether, we finally worked to defeat several guards thereeventually became friends."Then, did you get to the Fox King's place?"He arrived, but unfortunately, when he came there, the fox king didn't want to tell himnothing but the seal has been released; I have also tried removing itthe seal, but not all the seals are loose.""Then Silver going there is pointless.""As you said, it's useless unless he can break the seal anywayI'm sure that stupid Silver didn't know at all that the Fox King wouldn't tell menothing until the seal is released unless he uses harsh methods.""What do you mean by rude means.""Breaking the seal with the energy he has will all break the sealdestroyed, but it wasn't completely released. Instead, it made him run out of the same energyas I do.""Then why did you invite me, Fox.""Perhaps you can break the seal that way, Fox Kingwant to tell you something.""So it's because of me. That's why Silver went there.""It's not your fault; there's no harm in seeking information through the Fox King."Zero and Sakura approached Akane's house; from the top of the stairs, a woman came downThe beautiful person has long hair and white skin and wears an orange kimono with a striped patternstraight maple leaf."Zero, if you want to come, tell me first.""Next time, I'll give you news.""Zero, she is wonderful to meet you.""Yes, he's an acquaintance we were just talking about.""Let me introduce myself; my name is Akane; I am Zero's friend and the nine-tailed red fox."Sakura Hanami, nice to meet you.""I haven't heard that name Hanami for a long time since I decided to live asideand make peace whether you are Laila's child.""Yeah, you know my mom?""Of course, I know that he and I always played together until one day there was a warbetween humans and foxes.How is Laila?""My mother, she is dead...""I see, even though I want to see him again," said Akane sadly"Let me be your friend in place of my mother," he said, comforting Akane."Thank you. I'm happy to be friends with Laila's daughter. Let's go inside, let's talkJust stay at home," said AkaneIn the living room"Yes, we want to go to the stealth village." Zero saidDemon village? You better not go there yet," Akane said to Zero and Sakura."Why indeed?" asked Sakura, curious"Not long ago, many people passed through that area and died. If I'm not mistaken, it was nightThis is the peak when the demons who live there will hunt humans.only humans; they also attack and capture other demons besides themto be in the group.""We just have to beat it.""It's not that easy. They are all high-level stealth, even skilled huntersStrength alone is not enough to face them.""But I have to find Silver; he went alone to the Yakushima forest. I shouldhe's going through the village.""Silver, huh? I saw it not long ago.""Where is he? Did he go to the demon village too?""Yes, he did go to the stealth village, but after that, I didn't see him again because of the possibility.He entered the village and was arrested by the village owner.""You mean he was captured by their leader.""Yes, actually, I just got information that there is a demon leader in that village"I've caught another demon, but it's not certain whether it's Silver.""Zero, based on what he said, means there is a possibility that Silver hasn't reached the forest yetYakushima but instead was captured by a strong demon. This is all my fault; if only I weren'tadamant about revenge for my mother's death, Silver would not have been forced to leaveto meet the fox king," said Sakura sadly"Don't blame yourself; these are all decisions he made.""I also agree with him," continued Akane, agreeing with Zero"You guys rest here overnight; tomorrow, you can continue your journey to the demon village; even if you are captured, Silver will not be killed; he will only be invited to join their group,Now, let me take you to your room first."They were both taken upstairs to their respective rooms, Sakura on the leftwhile Zero is on the right.As soon as she entered the room, Sakura lay down while Zero talked to Akane."Zero, I see that it's not just Sakura, you are the same, your eyes show hatredthe same as your father and your teacher Nakamura, who is Sakura's father.""What do you mean by Nakamura and my father?" Zero asked Akane"They both agreed to take revenge together, which led to war and because of that, many people died. I hope you and Sakura don't makethe same mistake as your father.""Nakamura, being my teacher, is Sakura's father; this is impossible." He looked surprisedas if he didn't believe it."Yes, if you don't believe it, you can ask Silver when you two meet.""You should just give up; even if we want to stop the woman, she will still go," he saidZero came out of his room"Zero, you're right. If it's like this, it's better if the three of us go," he saidAkane finally gave in