The infirmary in Avalon hillside was a big building with a modern styled look. It was usually always busy however, today were the worst. Patients who lived near the infirmary were coming in filling every corner of the rooms inside, waiting to be treated by the newly appointed Doctor Hideyo and his small group of nurses.
"DOCTOR we've got another one over here with the same symptoms!" one nurse yelled across the room. Hideyo didn't usually crack under pressure in any sort of situation but this was different the pressure had really built up in him and he felt like he was going to explode.
"SEND ANOTHER PAITENT THROUGH!" Hideyo shouted sweat dripping from his face he knew they were short staffed, but they had to do something to help. They were the only ones qualified to do so.
"YESS DOCTOR WEVE GOT PULSES FALLING OVER HERE!" The nurse screamed. Commander Benkei and a solider passed through the infirmary casually for some medical herbs Hideyo shot up from his seat at the site of the commander.
"Nurses monitor the current patients inform me if anything happens" Hideyo said sternly "YESS SIR" All the 6 nurses said looking nervously at the patients wondering how to treat them.
Commander Benkei looked around with a confused expression on his face why where there so many patients today? and why was nobody greeting him? he thought to himself.
"Commander thank you so much for coming I've sent messengers to the palace all throughout the morning to the afternoon now and haven't gotten any response until you came here" Hideyo proclaimed in relief.
The Commander raised his hand in confusion "I apologise Doctor I came here for my medical herbs I was not informed about any problems" The Commander looked at Hideyo in concern the doctor seemed to be overworked sweat dripping from his face.
Hideyo sighed with annoyance and procced to tell the commander what was happening. "Well, I have some concern and we need to be fast before the whole Western region falls into illness" Hideyo looked at the commander with a stern expression the doctor was not smiling widely as he usually would, he truly was concerned.
"since morning patients have come in here with the same exact symptoms…. roughly around eighty are now in a coma others are about to go to that stage." Hideyo glanced at the ground in sorrow. The Commander continued to listen in shock.
"You see commander when these patients come in here their starter symptoms are banging headaches this continues for around one hour until they get to stage two and that is coughing up blood, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, not feeling pain and more, then the last stage which is most concerning where they fall into a coma their pulse differs their eyes stay wide open and their pupils change into the colour light turquoise." Hideyo fell into silence after explaining.
Commander Benkei stood speechless choking on his own salvia. He grabbed Doctor Hideyo and gripped him tight "YOU SAID THIS STARTED IN THE MORNING!" The commander still in shock remained still.
"What's wrong?..." Hideyo said in confusion. "I've heard stories about those turquoise eyes the species of yokai called Jorogumo have that eye colour they are known to possess people and the way you know is if the victim has turquoise eyes I don't know exactly how they possess them, but I do know that nobody can stop the possessed and that the Jorogumo are a formidable class of Yokai."
The Commander got up swiftly and shouted, "SOLIDER go get as many soldiers as Doctor Hideyo wants to assist him with these patients."
The solider came running into the infirmary the commander grabbed a piece of paper and wrote something down on it "Formally give this to the Emperor himself" The solider took the note asked how many soldiers the doctor wanted and left at once saluting in the process.
"Doctor don't let the patients leave this place we still don't know if this is contagious I've got my own investigation to do if a Jorogumo is in Avalon then I have to find it and take it down IMMEDIALTY" The Commander walked with a serious expression on his face out of the Infirmary.
The Doctor portrayed a worried expression and then left the front entrance "AHHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHH" A scream echoed the infirmary Hideyo ran towards it what had happened he thought.
Meanwhile in the Third section of the Aki Forest
Hissori sat amongst a light-coloured tree a jug of water in his hand. The ginger fox next to him sitting under the tree exhausted. Hissori didn't really take much notice of the fox he didn't even care that it was following him anymore. Hissori hesitated then gave the fox what was left of the water in the jug by passing it on the floor.
The fox waited till Hissori wasn't looking then took the jug of water licking at the water in a swift motion. Hissori got up and looked at the map they were in the third section, but this seemed to be the worst it was harder to walk and it seemed to never end.
Hissori got up and continued walking the fox following behind. "why do you travel" A voice as clear as day made both Hissori and the fox stop and step back instantly. "Does who travel seeking what is not found, will end up perished and bound, beware the shape be it fox or hound, by the king of beasts lying in the last ground".
The voice got closer until Hissori could feel the disgusting warm breath blowing on his face. A short old lady the size of a tree stump stood eye to eye with Hissori. Her big wide eyes brown coloured shaped as round as a circle bellowed into Hissori's eyes looking him up and down. She smiled showing that all her teeth where missing.
Hissori made no expression and trailed around her continuing to walk. The fox growled at the old lady and walked around her still following Hissori.
Suddenly the Old lady appeared in front of him again slapping him hard with the back of her hand "Do manners not gift you Moron!" The Fox showed its laughing face while behind Hissori. Hissori fell to the ground rubbing his check "whyyy, what do you want" Hissori said with a bit of annoyance in his voice. "Help me and I'll help you, you want to get to the last part of the forest right" She explained spitting while saying it.
Hissori looked at her in interest "Ill help you get there faster on one condition go find a man named Kintaro and wake him up tell him I sent you he'll know why" She smiled.
"What's your name?" Hissori asked.
"Hmm.. just say the Yamauba sent you" The old lady said grinning.
Now she looked at the fox with a puzzled expression "You're a human aren't you" The fox didn't look away from the old lady Hissori took interest looking at the old lady. She picked the fox up by its tale wiggled it around and clicked her fingers. "You're welcome" The old lady proclaimed.
The fox fell to the floor its body morphing making cracking sounds it shone a bright orange auraed Sei and eventually turned into a naked women lying on the ground unconscious her hair ginger her body smooth and beautiful her eyes amber coloured and her having the tail of a fox also with spikey teeth of a fox and the ears of a fox.
The old lady covered her with a cloth and danced around on the spot.
Hissori stood there and sighed he thought to himself why the hell did a fox just turn into a fox women.