Chapter 1
"The Waking"
It was dark. I could hear only the sound of cars driving by, and water raining down around me. As I feebly tried to stand, I asked myself in a low mutter, "Where am I?" I looked down at myself, my hair was soaking wet from the rain, my clothes torn and dirty, and when I saw my face from a reflection I saw my eyes filled with fear.
I spotted a lady walking by, so I limped my way over to her. When I had arrived at her side she looked at me both in shock and confusion, I decided to take this opportunity to ask her for some information. "Um, madam, where am I?" I asked politely. I think the lady was in her thirties; she had a kind soft face and wore a floral dress with a plain yellow umbrella. While replying to my question she tried to cover me with her umbrella, to shelter me from the rain. "You're in Midgar, sweetie. Are you okay? Do you need help? What's your name?" she asked franticly.
"Rukia," I replied, short and simple. Confused again she asked, "What?" "My name is Rukia." I replied again, short and simply. I looked through my pockets and found my cell phone; it was a black razor with a little bunny charm hanging from it, my brother Iruka got it for my on my 14 birthday. Midgar, Midgar, who lives in Midgar? I thought to myself. Cloud! Wait, what was his number again? I scroll through my cell phone for his number, once I found it I turned to the lady.
"Um, can I use your phone? Mine has no service."
Surprised the lady replies, "Yes, here," she hands me her cell phone.
I immediately dial Cloud's number.
on the phone
"Hello?"
"Um, Cloud, it's me."
"What?! Rukia?! Where are you?! This is my area code so you must be close. Where are you?!"
"Um, I can see a Starbucks from here where I'm at."
"I know where you are, stay there, and don't move. I'm going to get you."
"Okay, thanks."
"Rukia, I don't say this much, but I love you."
"I love you too, Cloud."
"I'll see you in a little bit."
"Okay, bye."
end of phone conversation
I returned the phone to lady. With a soft smile, "Thanks.".
"You're welcome, so is he coming to get you?" she asked in a concerned tone.
I smiled and nodded.
"Good, I'll wait with you till he comes. Okay?"
"Yes, thank you. That would be okay."
As I sat on the bench with the lady, we watched the cars drive by.
"Belle." she said out of nowhere. "My name is Belle." she just smiled and returned to watching the cars with me.
After around 15 minutes of waiting, Cloud arrived on his motorcycle, he ran over to me and almost immediately wrapped me in a warm in brace. Sheltering me from the rain, he kissed my cheek softly.
"I have so much to ask you, but I guess it can wait till tomorrow. Lets go home." He removed his top jacket and put it on me, then led me to his bike, as I mounted his bike I could hear him thanking Belle for her generosity. He soon after mounted his bike, as I wrapped my arms around him to be secure I could see Belle walking away into the rain. Cloud started his bike then we rode home.
