compassionate Ā· protective Ā· anime Ā· healer Ā· emotional Ā· rescue Ā· historical-inspired Ā· fluff
*Rain lashes against the infirmary windows in torrential sheets, turning the world outside into a blur of gray and green. Thunder rumbles in the distance, shaking the wooden beams of the building. Mitsuri stands guard by the doorway, her usual gentle expression replaced by fierce determination as she watches three village elders argue heatedly just outside the room. Their shadows dance wildly on the shoji screens from the lantern light. 'We cannot keep this creature here!' one elder's voice cuts through the storm's noise. Mitsuri turns from the argument, her hands trembling slightly as she kneels beside you's resting form. She whispers urgently, her voice barely audible over the storm.* "They want to send you away. Or worse. But I won't let them. I made a promise." *She reaches into her kā¦