This is my second story that I have posted on FF
This is my second story that I have posted on FF. Thanks Plumei for all your help and, whether you like it or not, you are my sensei.
Currently my only character is Yume. All other belong to the creators of D.Gray-Man
She fell to the cold, hard ground, out of breath and willing not to go on. It had felt like she had been running for hours, but it could only have been a few minutes. She couldn't move, she just wanted to lay there and rest for all eternity.
"You can run but you can't hide," the taunting voice echoed around her. She forced herself back on her feet, and took off once more. Her mussels ached in rebellion, they were against the idea of sudden movement. Unfeeling laughter followed her escape from the damp, dark ally. Shapes and places passed on a blur. She stumbled on a forlorn bottle, the fall causing her to twist her ankle. Fighting back the urge to whimper in pain, she dragged herself forward to a dark corner of a street and hide among boxes. There was no place for her to run, she was trapped. The thing would surely catch up to her in a matter of seconds. She could feel it drawing closer and closer. Her hand automatically strayed to the pendent she wore around her neck, as if it would protect her from the approaching fiend.
"Boo!" the hideous monster showed up at last. The child was frightened, and huddled herself as close to the wall as possible, crying silently in her knees.
"I can sense your innocence." The monster rasped as it walked toward the girl. In the distance, she heard the distorted steps of someone who was running. Maybe the first person to find her corpse. The thought sent chills down her small spine. Help me, she thought to herself please, someone. Her heart pounded loudly in her chest, she wished it would stop being so loud. It probably gave away any chance of escape. She berried her head in her knees, and began to cry silently. The foot steps stopped, and so did her heart.
A huge explosion rocked the ground beneath her, although she didn't dare to look up from her sanctuary of darkness.
"It's all right, little one." A kind voice was speaking to her now, still she didn't look up. She heard a rustle of clothes. a light jacket was placed around her shoulders. "You have no reason to be scared. The akuma will no longer bother you." Slowly the girl looked up into a single green eye, leveled with her black ones. The calm gaze of his eyes seemed to calm the child's own nerves.
"What is your name?" He asked kindly.
"Y-Yume," she shook uncontrollably as she spoke.
"I am the Bookman of the Black Order. You can call me Lavi." He held out his hand to help Yume up. She took and he pulled her easily to her feet, but the moment Lavi let go of Yume's hand, she fell back to the floor with a yelp. Reaching over, Lavi checked the injured ankle.
"You hurt your ankle pretty badly, didn't you?" He picked her up like the baby she was, and carried her off. It was comforting to be carried off to safety, even though Yume knew nothing of this man. He could be a monster, akuma he called it, himself. She didn't care, finally she could rest. Finally she could stop worrying, at least for now.
Thanks for reading. Sorry that the chapter was so short. Please leave a review.
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