Knowledge is love

Part 5: A familiar face

It was night and they made progress to their destination. All though, it was further than she intentionally thought and even with Nemean, it still travels a way. Y/n had a fire going as she leaned against a tree and Nemean was laying on the ground sleeping. She looked up to the sky and spotted the North star. The star that helps with navigation since it is alway true north. But she noticed that it was actually slightly off which made her confused since that was basically impossible. However she realized that could be possible if the earth axis has shifts, which is completely possible since it's been over 3000 years.

"Well would you look at that, not even the axis stayed the same since the petrifaction."

After a while, y/n was walking with Nemean having the supplies on his sides.

"Alright, how about we take a break and eat something," y/n suggested

She reaches into her bag and pulls out raw pieces of meat. She gave it to Nemean as she munched on some grapes she found.

"Oh what I would do for a cola or maybe some Katsudon right now. Or maybe some Ramen."

Y/n looked at Nemean who was licking the bone clean. She playfully smiles as she eats her grapes. She then hears rustling from the bushes. This gets Nemean on the edge as she puts her open palm in front of him. She put her grapes away and pulled out her spear.

From the bushes she sees a girl with blond hair and blue eyes holding a knife. She was wearing a blue dress with some odd white shoes and her blond hair was tied up. She also had a shield on her back as she pointed her knife at y/n.

"Who are you," she asked in a stern way. "Better answer truthfully or else I'll slit your throat."

Her threat made Nemean start to growl.

"Easy boy," y/n said softly. She kept her open palm in front of him so he knew to stay back. She looks at the girl as she holds the spear to her hip. "Look, I don't want any trouble."

"Are you one of the long haired man's underlings?"

"Long haired man," y/n said, confused. "Who are you referring to exactly? I knew like five different guys that fit that description."

"Answer me," the girl said impatiently.

Her tone made Nemean get more hastale

"At ease boy," y/n said. "Look I haven't meant some long-haired man. I've been completely alone since I've been free from petrifaction." She sighs as glare at the girl. "I mean you no harm, so mind dropping the knife."

"No harm? What a load of crap," the girl stated. "You literally have weapons and a freakin beast with you."

"Look I know how this looks but I've been alone for over a year and I just had to go through a fucking storm with no shelter trying to find more humans," y/n stated as she was starting to get annoyed. "And I really didn't want my first impression to be a cold-blooded lioness or something like that. So I'll ask you one more time. Can you put down your weapon?"

It was clear the girl wasn't going to budge and y/n was honestly getting tired with this quickly. She usually had more patience but after over a year of isolation, over 3000 years of petrifaction and the journey she just took to get here, she was at her limit. She sighs as she about to snap her fingers but she stops by a sudden voice.

"Kohaku!"

Both y/n and the girl, who she figured was Kohauku, turned to look at what was behind her.

"Why'd you run off, we have stuff to do and Suika found our culprit in who attacked Gen-"

Y/n's eyes widened when she saw who was behind her. He might be dressed differently and have some cracks in his face like her but she recognizes that green-onion looking hair anywhere.