And that just sort of ate away at him, especially since he wasn't even able to do his usual routine of saving Akane.
Her lungs burned with every ragged breath that she took, but the air was just too good right now to avoid. After fighting her way up to the surface of that onrush of water, she needed to breathe, and that meant suffering through the pain. Fortunately though, she could stay above the water line, as she had something keeping her there.
Not that Akane Tendo was feeling all that good about that at the moment. Near as she could tell, she had at least two broken ribs, and maybe three, from when she been hit by the debris that the tsunami had brought in. Both legs were worn out, and she was pretty sure that she'd lacerated one of them. There was a screaming pain in her left shoulder, making her wonder if she'd dislocated it, and she had to have about a thousand splinters in her hands.
But as she clung to what had once been the wall to an old tree, Akane had to admit that she was lucky. She hadn't been killed in that initial chaos, and right now, she was okay for the moment. She was still alive, and not about to sink back down into those nasty depths that drowned everything around her. This hurt a lot, but she was fortunate enough to know that she could have been through worse.
Pulling herself on top of the wood was a strain on her legs, and she was basically flopping her limbs onto the trunk. Her lower limbs were fairly unresponsive, so it took several tries to even get one up above the water.
With every pant of her breath, she had to curse what had happened to her. This was horrible, and she wished that there was some way to get out of it, but she couldn't see anything that could help her right then. On top of that, she didn't know if anyone would be coming to find her, as she'd just gone and run off, leaving the others behind. She had no way to know if they were living or dead, and even if they had a chance to help her, she didn't know if they would be able to find her after all this. No matter how much she wanted to have them come, she rather doubted that they would any time soon.
"Damn that stupid jerk," she muttered under her breath, wishing that there was a pigtail to glare at.
Twisting around to look at the sky, she heaved a large breath and wondered why he hadn't come after her. He'd always done it before, though most of the time, it had been done at their fathers... 'behest'. But he hadn't shown up, and now she was all alone on some stupid hunk of wood with nothing but water surrounding her. When she might actually need his help, he was nowhere to be seen.
"Typical," she bit out... without much in the way of heat, while:
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