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Katsumi sighed at Shou's words and shook her head, eyelids drooping as she thought of her past. "Mm... I'd say... I'm much luckier. Before him... I never knew happiness. Physically I was alive, but... inside I was... dead. Everyday... it was all about survival. That's it."

Despite all of the sadness and her lament, Haji was her light at the end of the tunnel. She finally reached it, blind to it before, and now Katsumi could be happy. Katsumi loved him so much for that, and was eternally grateful. "So... I couldn't be more grateful for him and... and for everything he's done for me."

Her eyes smiled as she thought of Haji, lids fluttering closed as her bandaged hands moved to her chest, resting over her heart. She remained silent for a minute, thinking of him, and it warmed her. Releasing a slow sigh, Kat opened her eyes and glanced over at Shou. It was so nice to be able to talk to him like this, and she was appreciative of him as well. Maybe... they could meet, perhaps?

Kat's voice was soft as she slowly inquired, "If you have the time, I... well... I'd like to introduce you."

She looked upwards, up at the sky and inhaled deeply. Kat eventually admitted after Shou finished, "It... is hard for me to imagine settling down."

Again, Katsumi sighed again at thinking of Haji, although this time for an entirely different reason. He was just... so sweet and optimistic. Hopeful for things that would never come, and for things that... well, Katsumi wasn't so sure she really wanted.

"I'm not sure... if I really could settle down. Even though... I'm sure Haji-kun would want us to...."

{So sorry this took so long. Been rough for a while. -sigh-}

{Daw thank you. I can't... not be logical. It's so hard. xD Now if only I could get better at writing out fighting. ;-;}

The snake was distracted with eating, and her attack was successful. Fortunately the woman was safe, but there were burns all over her body, and Kat's eyes widened. What in the actual fuck?! As the woman cried, Katsumi inched forward, reaching her hand out. "Ma'm, let me-"

But she didn't get the chance to help with the wounds, because Kat was suddenly headbutted by another snake and flew out the window. "Umph!"] She encircled herself with wind, protecting herself from the wall of the other house. Of course, there would be at least bruises from that attack. She was hoping it wasn't any worse than that.

Slowly bringing herself to the wall, Katsumi's feet touched the exterior of the house and she used a strong gust of wind to almost jump really high in the air.

"I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" exclaimed the woman, removing her bow and readying herself to fire. If it appeared, she would shoot immediately.

Wait. What's a plane? Katsumi wasn't sure why she said that, but just kinda went with it.

Ignoring the weirdness of it all, Katsumi moved forward after taking out the weird turtle-things, heading towards the chest. It wasn't trapped and she opened it with ease. Removing the object within, she saw that it was a minuscule hammer, one that was light and even... cute. She whispered, lips pursing, "It is so... tiny~"

Why were suddenly tiny things associated with cuteness? The serious woman blinked and furrowed her brows. She wasn't entirely sure, but the sudden change in mindset and thoughts was the least weird thing that had happened that night. Equipping the mini-hammer, Katsumi backtracked and moved in the other direction, wherever that was because I forget lulz xD

Katsumi heard Haji's speak out, and continued doing push-ups without looking up.

"I have much to make up for, Haji-kun," she replied shortly, almost mechanically. "Too much wasted time."

At reaching one-hundred-and-seventy-five, the woman stopped and sat up, leaning against a rock while she rested momentarily. She wiped sweat from her brow, eventually covering her eyes from the sun and looking up at Haji.

"We cannot allow all of that idle time time to soften us up. We must always get stronger," said Kat rather matter-of-factly. It was a dog-eat-dog world. If they didn't get stronger, they would be eaten alive. But Kat sighed and, taking a sip of water, added, tone softer this time, "But... I apologize for worrying you, Haji-kun. I... just.. I needed to get out and train."

{ Str: 20 (35) | Dex: 40 (69) | Con: 20 (39) | Wis: 29 (40) | Spr: 27 (40) }

This entire situation was bad. Anxiety welled up within Katsumi upon waking up and finding Haji fatally ill. Upon searching his body, she found a bit that reminded her of a snake, but... it was much to large. When rushing out of their room to gather supplies to heal Haji, she found that Haji was not the only one. It seemed as though most if not all of the village was afflicted. After tending to Haji and getting an idea of what was going on from the mumbling of an afflicted villager, she left the building where Haji was and glared up at the sky, fists clenching at her side.

"Why are you doing this to me? This... it has gone too far," she hissed. To mess with Haji... it infuriated her. She didn't care about gaining more power. Not if it meant endangering her lover.

Katsumi leaped up with her wind onto the roofs of the buildings, searching for the creatures that hurt Haji and the others, bow and spirit at the ready. She wasn't going to let whatever it/they were finish the job or cause any further damage.

"Come out," she lowly growled, wind beginning to whirl around her quickly out of anger and in preparation, acting as a shield of sorts whilst she searched with her keen, dark eyes.

After quite some time recovering from wounds, Katsumi finally was able to walk around and all of the bandages were off. She felt so stiff and out of shape, and this greatly frustrated the woman. To not practice in so long made her feel weak and ashamed, and so Katsumi was at the beach, on a rock doing push-up and other routines. She had been quite antsy before, enjoying the relaxing only for a short time before her busy-body nature began to make Kat feel stir-crazy with all of the idleness. Her rib only hurt a little now, which was good. And so Katsumi worked herself hard, sweat beading down her brow and dripping onto the dark rock, the sleeves of her kimono and pant legs of her hakama rolled up.

The woman was entirely focused, eyes narrowed and limbs and muscles burning. No amount of hours would be enough to make up for all of the lost time from when she was recovering. At least that's how Katsumi felt. And so the archer continued to push herself as much as she possibly could (even though most probably wouldn't recommend this level so soon after recovery.) It wasn't as though this was the first time for her, anyway (nor likely the last)...

"One-hundred-and-fifty.... one-hundred-and-fifty-one..."

(Sorry. My brain is really scattered right now. This sucks, I know. >.<)

{Str: 20 (35) | Dex: 40 (64) | Con: 20 (39) | Wis: 29 (37) | Spr: 27 (40) }

If it weren't for the fact that Haji was fighting this, Katsumi wouldn't have been there, feeling the intense need to protect him and have him by her side. The pay also had a large contributing factor. Quite frankly, the woman donned as a man didn't feel invested in any of it. After living a life primarily out in the wilderness and killing for hire, it never really mattered to her. Katsumi wasn't too aware of what was going on and hadn't really bothered to find out. There were tidbits of information she had heard while walking about, but her mind simply wasn't all that curious about the political state of Japan. She wasn't sure if it ever fully would be.

But it was impossible for even someone like her to not get involved. Glancing upwards, Katsumi could only sigh. It was during times like these that she wished she were taller, having to stick close to Haji's side so as not to get stepped on, or something. One of the men bumped roughly into her, causing the archer to stumble forward, and Kat's eyes narrowed at him.

'Dick...' she internally grumbled after not having been apologized to.

Rubbing her shoulder, Katsumi's side pressed against Haji's and she nodded, saying in a hushed voice, "Yeah, I will, Haji-kun."

She would again go towards where she believed the land to be. Kat was determined they would make it through this, whether it meant collapsing in exhaustion or not.

Damn! They steered out of the way. Katsumi grit her teeth and inhaled deeply, extending her arms and creating gusts to make the cannon balls veer off course. Some of them were really close calls. Too close for comfort.

"Ready the cannons!" exclaimed the woman.

They would fight fire with fire... and wind. Lots and lots of wind. Inhaling deeply, if the cannon fire wouldn't do any good, the woman would create whirlwinds which resulted in waterspouts, and have them crash into the other ships because fuck you, pirates! Dx

Using wind to help move the ship through the water faster, blowing it against the mast, she would redirect them towards the direction she believed to be correct because of the map and compass.

"Please, let's get there soon..."

Was this going to become a regular thing? Thank goodness she was transported with all of her shit and was able to put on her armor. Sadly, at this point, Katsumi felt rather used to being rained on. And with incompetent people needing help, although that was the case even before these trials with this god.

Up in the crows nest to see better (as she had the keenest eyes and apparently the most wit amongst the crew) and with her ability and ranged skills, Katsumi searched out as far as she could see. The storm was too intense to see a lighthouse, but from the map and coordinates, due south seemed to be the correct way to go. South-west. After having the captain turn the ship around, they were heading in what she believed to be the correct way, from what she judged with the map. Now it was a matter of searching for light eventually and protecting the ship.

"Continue forward, Captain!" exclaimed the woman.