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Ranae sat there silently for quite awhile longer, staring off into the flames of the campfire they had made. She didnt notice as a sailor pried her fingers open to release Drum's reins. Finally, as Matsu pinched down painfully on a sensitive spot on her ear her body jolted and she sat upright, giving a startled yalp of suprize and pain, slapping his hand away and clutching her ear. But then she noticed a slightly greater pain. Her head was pounding and, frowning with confusion she moved her hand to gently press agains her forehead. Pain sliced through her making her jerk her hand away. She could feel the crusted blood on her face from the wound which stung with salt from the ocean. She cursed under her breath. The last thing she needed right now was an injury. A reason to give all these men to make even more of a fuss over her. She sighed, exasperated. This wasnt turning out to be her day.

"Its so beautiful.....can we go?" She turned back to look at him with a smile, her face glowing, her eyes happy. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The lights reflecting off the water, however, made her tired and she slowly fell to the ground tiredly. Before she even hit the floor, she was asleep.

Ranae closed her eyes tightly, grinding her teeth so as not to make a sound. It stung and burned and made her head flash with pain. But as he placed the leaf or whatever it was over her wound, the pain dissapeared to leave in its place a nice numb feeling. It still pulsed slightly with a dull ache, but it was just a headache and that was expected. Once he leaned back from her wound that she gave him a little half grin.

" Thank you father" She said in a joking tone, amusement sparkling in her eyes. WHen a sailor tapped her shoulder and politely offered her a cup of warm liquid, she took it gratefully with a nice thank you and once again turned towards the fire, taking a small experimental sip. She smiled behind the mug as she found it was ale and took another more bold gulp. It warmed her sore throat, promising that her coughing fits would not bother her that night. That was good, she thought to herself, Matsu was already treating her like a cripple anyways. She grinned again behind the mug and shook her head, taking another swig.

Ranae waved aside his apology airily, shaking her head. Now she gazed into the fire unseeing, listening intently as Matsu fidgeted slightly in his seat. He appeared to be in deep thought and she took another small swig of her ale before asking curiously.

" Do you miss your family, sir? Where are they now?"

Ranae smiled softly as she listened to the man. He seemed to go a big soft one when speaking of those he loved. she stayed silent after he finished speaking, trying to imagine what such a family gethering would look like. What she came up with her her mind almost made her laugh but she controlled herself, not wanting the man to think she was laughing at him. She had finished her ale and now her eyelids were getting ready to comfortbably settle themselves over her eyes. The cold ocean breeze picked up breifly and she wrapped the blanket closer around her.

" I do think its time for me to turn in..We might have a rough day tomorrow if im not mistaken." She stopped talking to hide a wide sleepy yawn with her hand.

After fighting for some time he called out to the rest of them. " Open the flood gate! we can drown and seperate the enemy! Then let us lure them into the mines and close off all doors! Go!" he called and they took his orders. The gate opened and the river flew. Washing away 5000 orcs and demons, and seprated the groups. Now they had to go threw the dwarven minds, or the citadel.
" Master Haku, wont you be joining us in the retreat to the mines!" A solider called.
" No i will not, and this is no Retreat it is a Lure!" He replied. The solider ran in and they closed the gate. Some orcs were trapped in the citadel but not many. They killed them and took the remaining troops to the mines, sealing off all entries and exits. There they would restock and prepare for one one one combat. The mines could be used to there advantage more then others because in it it was narrow so they would have to come in single lines, leaving for one on one combat. The also had traps in the mines and if needed they could pull the plug, making the mines fall, but to do that you needed a good deal of men and they would also die.

Some orcs made their way across the water and others went around to the other entrances. Haku became a dragon and swungs around making them fall back. He flew into the water and hung in the depths of it. Dragons made of the rivers water appeared standing up in the water. There were many of them. A good 15 Large ones. They flew out from the river and stretched out. All of the orcs they hit were either killed or armors was completly destroyed by the high pressure water that they contained. Haku did this for a good several miniutes and killed a good ammount of the orcs. His magic was low now. He flew out of the water and reverted to his normal self. He held his blades in hand and slashed the orcs he fell on. Kicking and fighting the rest of them, he continued, hoping that his plan would work. He intended for a good amount of orcs to run from him and go in the minds, not knowing its narrowness, just wanting to kill. When they were there, all the members leave the caves upward towards the tops, with a set few behind to pull the plug and let the mines fall. Then they could defeat the rest of the orcs and save the Citadel, which was nearly destroyed now.

(( The dragons look similar the the ones made of water on the left. ))

Matsu smiled as he heard Ranae drift off to sleep he himself walked away from the camp, and searched for water. After 30 minutes of searching he found a stream. Taking out a little plant, Matsu dipped it in the water it sucked up the water greedily, put nothing happened. It was a little demon invention he had, good for testing water. Taking out a small piece of wood from his pocket, he transformed it into a barrel and filled it with water. Carrying it on his back, Matsu sighed, physical work wasn't his strong suit. Placing down the barrel and putting a lid on it, he smiled. This would be good to have in the morning for drinking.