graceful-shadows from here.
Izumi listened intently to her fellow kunoichi. What cowards, leaving her when she needed aid. If she had been anywhere near her comrade, she surely would have helped her, fought alongside her, done whatever she would have to do. The fact that those cowards did nothing only served to make Izumi even angrier. “Those who do not understand the power women hold are the fools,” she growled, speaking clearly and coherently, for once. “Pigs and dogs that must be trained to believe otherwise.”
Yuka-san worked hard at cleaning and bandaging her wounds, leaving Izumi somewhat impressed. Handing her the cloth she asked for, she sat in pensive silence for a moment before folding her hands in her lap. “Who did this to you... Yukiko-san...? I will gladly... annihilate them... whilst you work...” Less dogs to concern my time with, anyway... “Unless you wish to join me... that is...”
