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In All But Blood
Dream
A lone wolf runs down a dark forest path. Heavy footsteps followed the wolf's every turn. She reached a cliff and turned to face her mysterious attacker. The person's face was shrouded in shadows, but the wolf could have sworn that the person had red hair. Suddenly the person pulled out a sword made out of sand. She had enough time to howl once before the attacker plunged the sword into her chest.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Saki woke up sweating. She checked her surroundings. A teen's face appeared in the opening of her tent. He had light gray hair and deep purple eyes "Saki-chan, are you OK?" Kioshi asked.
"What the hell! SOME people are trying to get some sleep!" Another guy poked his head in. He had brown hair and piercing gray eyes. "It may be OK for you; you're always staying up all night, but some of us need our sleep!"
"Will you calm down, Torio-kun, I'm sure that Saki-chan didn't mean to wake us up. She just had a bad dream."
"AAAWWW, stuff a sock in it!" replied Torio.
Saki chucked her shoe at his head. It hit dead on. "OWWW! What the fuck! That hurt!"
"Good. It was supposed to." She replied. "Now give me back my shoe."
"No, why should I? You're the one that threw it at me! Go get it yourself!" "Uhh… Torio-kun, that's not how you should treat a lady." Said Kioshi.
"What the fuck do you know about women? You've never even had a girlfriend." "Neither have you, Torio. You shouldn't be talking." Saki said, emerging from her tent. "Hey, where's Ryuu-sensei?" asked Torio. "Oh my god, you are so slow. It took you forever to realize that he was gone." Saki slapped her head in frustration.
"Well, how the hell should I know!" Torio yelled, which was a tad unnecessary.
"I don't know, maybe it's just that Sensei… told us that he was leaving before we fell asleep! There's a thing called paying attention. You might want to try it. It can come in handy sometimes." Replied Saki. She walked past both of them and laid down on the ground, staring up at the stars.
"Hey, Saki-chan, it's almost the full moon." Kioshi said, laying down next to her. Torio groaned.
"What's wrong, Torio-kun?"
"Oh, nothing, it's just that Saki gets even weirder then normal when it's the full moon."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Saki demanded.
"Well, it's true. You're always going off all night and…"
"Like you should be talking about weird. You're the weirdest one of us." She said, punching Torio on the head (again).
"What was that for? Did you hit me with your shoe again!"
"Oh my god! You're denser then you look; which is pretty sad. You can't even tell the difference between a fist and a shoe!"
"So you punched me!"
"Well, what did it fell like, Baka!"
"If I knew, then I wouldn't be asking, now would I!"
With them carrying on like this, it's a wonder we're still alive. Kioshi thought. Wonder where Sensei went. He's probably scouting the area.
"I'm not taking any more abuse. I'm going to get some sleep while it's still quiet! Good night!" Torio stomped back to the boy's tent.
"Good riddance to him, is all I have to say." Saki muttered. She started humming and stared at the moon.
"Saki-chan…"
"Hmmmm?" she interrupted.
"That's a nice melody. Are there any words?" "Yah." Saki replied. She seemed distant, as though she was somewhere else.
"Saki-chan, if you wouldn't mind, um…would you sing it for me?"
"Uh…sure, I guess. I mean, what harm can it do?" Saki snapped out of her trance and started to sing.
"Crescent moon floating on a cloud,
shining over the desert.
Silver gem in a satin crown,
Shining brightly over Suna.
New moon,
Blue moon,
Silver moon,
Shining brightly over Suna."
Kioshi was silent for a few moments after she finished, absorbing the song and thinking. Then he spoke. "All I have to say is, wow, Saki-chan. That song is beautiful. Where did you hear it? And why were you singing about Suna and the desert?"
"…"
"What's wrong, Saki-chan? You don't want to talk about it? I'm sorry; you don't have to if you don't want to."
"It's not that, it's just that it involves… painful memories."
"Saki-chan, if you don't have to..."
Kioshi was going to finish his sentence but then Saki interrupted. "OK, I'm ready."
"Uh, Saki-chan, ready for what?" Kioshi asked, bewildered.
"To answer the questions you asked earlier." Duh. What did he think I was going to do? Oh, wait scratch that, that sounded kinda wrong. This just proves my idea that most, if not all, boys are stupid, oblivious idiots. "Remember, I wasn't born in Hidden Shadow."
"Oh, yeah. Where were you born?"
"In Suna. Duh. Why else do you think I would be singing a song about?"
"Sorry. Who taught you that song?"
"Hoshiko-sama." Saki answered.
"Who?"
"Hoshiko-sama. She took care of me. I think she was my aunt or something, I'm not sure."
"Oh. Then what happened to your parents?" How can you not know that you are related to someone? Kioshi thought, but he didn't mention it so that he didn't get Saki pissed off at him.
"They died. Duh. What else might have happened?" Eek. What, did he think that they abandoned me or something? Geeze,I may have an attitude problem, but I'm not that bad. Am I? I don't think so. I hope not.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did they die? Or do you not know?"
"Well, my mom died during childbirth, and I think my dad died fighting some demon."
"Which demon?"
"I think it's name was Ookami, or something like that."
"Hmmm... Hey, Saki-chan,what was that dream that you had earlier about?"
"Uh,well in it, I'm a wolf, and there's this guy chasing me, and at the end, he stabs me with his sword."
"Oh. Do you have any idea who the person might be?"
"Uh, no. Should I?" Hell yeah, I know! It's Sandy! He's the only person I know with hair that color red. But why him?
"If you don't mind,I'm going to get some sleep. It's a long way back to Hidden Shadow. See you in the morning."Kioshi got up and went into the boy's tent.
Saki fell asleep on the grass, staring up at the heavens.
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