Happy
Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Prince of Tennis
You may leave on the night of the coming new moon. You must remember to wait for the second Wind of the First Order. Fly along and when the Wind fades, you will look for the light of Silver Sleeve. Following that light, you will find him. Be careful not to get lost, Sakuno.
"Kyaaaaaa!!!"
Crackcrackcrackcrack…Thud.
"Owww…." She groaned. It wasn't supposed to be like this.
"Ouch…"
Was this him?
But there was no light and she couldn't quite find her arms and hands yet. Oh, she felt a few sticks poking in her wings all right but… wait. What's that moving on her shoulder?
"Hello," said a small voice near her ear. "I'm a worm of the tree you fell on. Will you put me back up before you go, please?"
A flood of apologies was on the tip of her tongue but she could only mouthed stiff silence.
"Ummm…?" The unfortunate worm crawled further.
She dove forward.
"Kyaaaaaa!!! Get it out, get it out, get it out!!! Tomo-chan! Sempai! Help me!"
Frantically struggling and throwing her arms about, she vaguely felt her hand making a resounding smack on something. There was a grunt, or she thought she heard a grunt. And if she had a moment to pause or think, she might have wondered at that something she had hit. Not only it was quite soft, it felt curiously like a face. But that's neither here nor there. A worm just whispered in her ear. A worm! Tomo-chan, Kaa-san, Sempai, someone, help!!!
"Will you stop!"
She froze at the strong exasperation in the new voice. Then, quite belatedly, she realized both her wrists had been caught in firm grasps.
Blinking at the darkness before her, she stared blindly at the person in front of her. At that moment, her brain was very slow to process information her senses had bombarded it with. But she was sure someone was there. Someone must be there and must be very close to her. Otherwise, how could she feel so acutely their mingled, and ragged, breaths?
"Who the hell are you?" asked the voice again. This time it registered that it sounded liked a boy's voice.
Was this him? Was this the one?
"A…Ano…"
"Sakuno! Sakuno, where are you?" called another voice, familiar and full of concern.
"What the---?"
Suddenly there was light. It took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust but when she could see again she saw…
Gold.
Perhaps it was because of the sudden bright light that's why he narrowed his eyes the way he did. It could, of course, very likely be because of the mounting irritation that was practically radiating from him. But this must be him. His face, his expression, everything looked exactly like him. So, this really was him, so…
"I'm Sakuno. I'm an angel in training. I'm here to make you happy, so please help me!"