The night was storming, but the moon was shinning brightly. Yuki woke up in a cold sweat, her cloths holding close to her skin, hair matted, and ears listening intently. The lightning was piercing the sky with bright flashes and the thunder was crashing all around her small domicile.
"The storm is crazier than expected," Yuki mentioned as she lay back down to try and sleep. The rain was pounding on her window as she rolled over. Slowly closing her eyes she shifted deeper into her bed sheets, mind seeming withdrawn from reality as she fell back asleep.
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Yuki was running through the trees, gently pushy back branches. She looked to her left and smiled, she was running with a person she didn't know but was still happy none the less. Yuki glanced back ahead and saw a cliff suddenly show up in front of her. She jumped as far as she could make it to the other side, barely. She turned and looked back and there was the person she had left behind jump, and wings spread forth from his back the length of his arms one wing black the other white with flecks of black in it.
The gentleman landed on the other side with a soft rustling of leaves and smiled back at her. "That was a close call" he stated.
Suddenly the room seemed to be so much brighter as Yuki woke up in her room. The light was shining through in streams brushing past her light green curtains onto her floor and foot of her bed. She looked over at her alarm clock and saw the time said 7:03 am. She stretched her arms and ruffled against her ears. she had short brown hair, cats ears coloured blond, a slight brown tuft on the tips of her ears. her tail was about the same shade of blond but ended with a slight curl.
She climbed out of bed and grabbed her cloths she had set out for the day, as she walked towards her shower to get ready for the morning. Removing her night clothing she slowly climbed into her shower, turning the shower onto a warm fall she started thinking about her dream. 'Who was that man in my dreams? Why does it come so often? What's the meaning of this dream? Why does he have wings instead of a tail?' she was thinking as she let her shower rung slowly waking her up, she got herself cleaned up and dressed. She was wearing a blue short sleeved shirt, a black vest, and comfortable blue jeans.
As Yuki walked out the door she saw her friends Hatori and Mika. Hatori was a well build male with a strong glow of red hair and black ears, and a black tail. Mika was a short shallow build girl with high toned silver hair and slightly pink ears, her tail was also slightly pink and was tipped with white. They were standing at the end of her walk each with a bag in hand and a picnic basket in hand. They were going to go out for lunch before Yuki went out for work. As she approached they all raised their hands and called 'Hi' to one another. "So how is everything with work turning out?" Hatori asked. "Could be better they have me going on a leave trip for a few days. Apparently there is a problem in one of the neighbouring cities I have to look at." Yuki replied with a sigh.
As they continued their walk they went by the city gates. The weather seemed to be a lot better but the city gates were still closed. Clouds still hung in the sky, but the sun was shining a lot brighter. "So for my going away we have lunch and go for a walk?" Yuki said with a forlorn expression. Hatori and Mika glanced suspiciously at each other before pulling a present out of the bags they had brought along. As Yuki looked at the presents she smiled softly and hugged both of her friends' closely with a slight blush in her cheeks. she took the presents and carefully unwrapped them, starting with Hatorie's. It was in a blue silk paper wrap and on the inside of the present was a small case with a folder of pictures inside of it. Pictures of the 3 of them from the time they became friends. Mika's present was wrapped in a red silk paper and was a box with an intricate design engraved into it on the inside was a set of rings. Legend stated 'that friends who wore a ring from the same set would always be connected no matter what distance was between them.'
Smiling so much more she wrapped both of her friends in a tight hug. "Guys, I will cherish these gifts for ever, But I will be back in a couple weeks tops." she said still hugging them as tears slowly ran down the side of her face.
Hatori replied back "Yes but with this no matter how good or bad your days, you can always have a smile." "And with the rings if we all wear one, you will always feel connected to us no matter the time." Mika stated with a strong smile and tears.
Yuki let her friends fall from her hug to look at them in the eyes smiling. "Thanks guys I will always keep them close." she passed one of the rings to Hatorie and to Mika. "Hey Mika did you get a special set of rings or were these in the box when you bought it?"
"The rings came with the box. Why?' Mika asked with a hint of curiosity.
"Well there are four rings to this set," Yuki replied as she studied the final ring, it was identical to the one she was wearing on her right hand.
"Let me see that," Mika exclaimed. She held her hand open and looked at the ring carefully. "Yuki did you notice that mine and Hatorie's rings are the same but this ring and yours are different from ours. But your ring and this ring are the same ones"
"Is it true" Yuki questioned as the ring was passed back.
Just then the clouds took on an ominous look and started to rain softly slowly getting harder over time. "We need to go back home it seems." Yuki said as she ducked under a small tree. "Come over to my place with us," Mika said. "No I got to finish packing for my trip" Yuki replied sounding a little sad.
Mika looked at Yuki with a sad smile "All right you go and finish, I want to hear about everything when you get back" she commented as she gave her friend a good bye hug as they started walking home.