I cried as I climbed out of the car holding my heavily bleeding arm. Daddy should have been more careful, he told me earlier that he had to be careful driving because people kept crashing there. I looked back in the car but Mommy, Daddy, and Nii-can were sleeping. They were covered in blood and looked like they were hurt. The sight made me want to throw up, but I had to be strong for my family, I had to get help for them. I pushed through the forest surrounding me, panting as I broke out into a run. I winced when the bushes and fallen branches scraped my exposed skin until I was too numb to feel it. I ran faster, panic rising and becoming even more lost. I fell to my knees, my arm painfully throbbing reminding me that it was still bleeding. I gasped for breath and it felt like I couldn't get enough air.

I didn't remember falling asleep, but when I woke I was lying in soft dirt and my arm was covered in bandages. I started to get up but sharp pain shot through me. Then something happened that I would never believe if it didn't happen again and again afterwards, I heard a voice.

"Don't get up, you're still hurt." it told me gently.

I looked around me searching the woods for the source of the voice.

"Where are you?" I asked.

It seemed like the voice was smiling as it said "Nowhere Misaki, I'm just here for you."

"For me?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm here to help you." the voice said.

"Can you help my family?" I asked.

"No," it said sadly " I can't help them anymore, but for them I will do everything to take care of you."

"Can I go see them?" I asked desperate tears forming in my eyes.

"No, not right now. Now you need to rest." it insisted.

"Okay." I sniffed lying down and using my good arm as a pillow until I finally fell asleep.

I woke up to the sun shining brightly in my eyes. It was morning and for the first time I wondered how long it had been since the car crash. It could have been just one day or it could have been two, I really didn't know. I kept thinking about my parents and Nii-chan, I wanted to see them so badly. I was told I couldn't because I was hurt, but I felt a lot better now I should be able to go. I got up and slowly started walking away. I didn't hear the voice telling me to stop so I kept walking, somehow knowing where to go.

Finally I saw our upside-down car, except my family was gone and it was surrounded by a lot of strangers. As I watched them I thought about asking them where my family was. Then the voice that I was beginning to think was a dream spoke.

"Don't let them see you." it warned me.

"Why not?" I whispered so that no one would hear me.

"Those people will take you away from me." it said.

"But they'll take me to my parent." I said.

"No they won't, they can't bring you to your parents anymore." the voice was low and quiet like it was trying to keep from crying.

"Wh-Why not?" I asked suddenly worried.

"They're not here anymore." it said flatly.

I didn't know why but a tear fell down my cheek when he told me that.

I started walking away with tears still rolling down my face. I wasn't going the way I had come from but I let my feet take me where they wanted. As I continued walking I noticed that the forest was thinning out and soon I stepped into an open field.

There were only a few trees and a small pond in the clearing so I could look up and see the clear blue sky above me. I sat down in the cool grass, my legs tired from walking all day, and stared into the cloudless blue.

"You should eat the voice told me and made me notice that I was in fact hungry.

"Eat what?" I asked confused.

A strong wind swept across my face and I heard a thumping sound. I sat up looking in the direction of the noise and saw several apples lying on the ground. I went over and picked up an apple admiring the red shine.

"Are you god?" I asked biting into the apple.

"Why do you ask?" the voice asked.

"Because you can do all of these amazing things," I said "god can do stuff like help me find apples and talk to me in my head."

"No, I'm not god." the voice said.

"Can I still call you Kami-sama?" I asked.

"If you want to." it said.

"Thank you Kami-sama!" I said happily.