Adjusting

It's been a few weeks since Umi started staying with the Seinaru family. She, as an actual major in Medicine, helping Mrs. Hīrā with her mini-clinic and giving offerings to Buddha and the Sea Spirit Lang.

Everyone in the village was very kind to her and it gave her a big boost in courage. She still stayed humble, but she was getting better.

The town people give her food and clothes, Mrs. Hīrā gave her back all the things she washed ashore with. Which included: her grandmother's necklace, her other grandma's engagement ring and a pair of black pearl hanging earrings, her clothes, shoes, and her purse.

She put on her jewelry and works hard to help everyone.

And it is unbeknownst to her she had more than one person watching her. Or at least thing. Her grandfather's both watch as she develops and adjusts. While the other thing or things are unknown.

One day, as she walks with Ishi to the shrine for Lang. She notices in the mountain directly next to the sea a cave.

She excuses herself and walks over to it, a steam flowing into the cave. Taking out her flashlight she slowly enters the cave.

[I don't remember this cave being here before, I wonder what's inside.]

Her curiosity drove her to enter and sneak inside. As she follows the stream, she ventures further inside.

Later, she reaches a big, round cavern, with a hole centered in the ceiling letting the only other light in. The cavern is as big as a ballroom and in the center is an odd-looking stone slab.

Umi ventures closer to it and almost falls into the red blood moat surrounding the slab. Unfortunately, the moat is too wide for her to jump acrossed.

Out of nowhere, a pack of wolfs comes in and Umi slips on the wet dirt. Splashing into the Blood moat.

Slowly she lost consciousness and sank to the bottom of the surprisingly deep moat. The red blood particle slowly starts to seeps into her body.

~A few hours later~

As the red particles enter her body, the water around her begins to clear. And her body slowly transforms.

After all the particles are all gone, she awakens and leaps out of the clear moat. Landing safely on the little land with the slab on it.

On the slab are various markings carved into its surface. On top of it are 9 items: A small, hand mirror made with cream pink coral engraved with shell patterns. An old bamboo scroll, wrapped in a silk cloth. A black velvet choker, a coral blue Kanzashi (Hair stick) with shell pieces hanging down from the wider end. 4 steel throwing daggers, with dyed dark green leather holders, that Umi attaches to her belt. And a Kinchaku (Small Bag) made of Seafoam green silk embroidered with a gradient of blue flowers.

Umi tries to pick up the Kinchaku but accidentally scraped her wrist. Getting blood onto it. A moment later, it shimmers a faint light, then the blood gets soaked into it and disappears.

Umi, having gone through a transformation, doesn't seem bothered by this. And just picks up the small drawstring bag. She attached it to her belt also.

Using the Kanzashi, she puts her long hair into a bun. Taking the palm-sized mirror, she looks herself over. Seeing notable differences.

Her once big round eyes turned into narrow, seductive ones. Her not so long hair could now reach her butt. Her once none existent curves are now very defined. Her A/B cups went to a whopping D cups. The lips that were always cracked and dry, were luscious, full and a nice color of red.

The clothes she was wearing, which mind you were indeed soaked, was tight in some areas.

She put the little mirror into the silk bag. An upon retrieving the scroll, loads of information flooded into her mind.

The scroll dissipates into little fragments of light and sunk into her hand. Turning into a small white lotus flower tattoo on the inside of her right wrist.

Now understanding what each of the items do and are capable of. She takes the choker which is an illusion charm to make her look like she used to. She more or less has complete control over her appearance.

After covering her new daggers with her shirt, she places her hand upon the stone slab. The markings start to glow and float into her.

A radiant light shines off of Umi and the whole room is lite up.

When it fades away, all her clothes are dry and in the blink of an eye. She goes flying into the air, gracefully landing on the other side.