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He had seen her before; of course it was at a distance and she was a babe. The young circus performer danced around the fire dancers, her body weaving gracefully in and out of the red and orange flames. There were a few differences from the last time he saw her.
Her hair, once followed and twirled gracefully behind with every beautiful motion she made was shorter way short, a boy cut with some strands of hair reaching her chin. Her white clothes, resembling a clown's outfit, rang with her spins. He remembered a time where it had been black as night. A green amulet hung from her neck, radiating, in his senses with innocence.
White ballet slippers rang with bells as she backed hand spring over a bar of fire. Looks just like her mother and sister. He mused as he smiled grimly at the memory of the two deceased Noah's before him. How this girl survived without inheriting any of the Noah genes was beyond him. It's a shame that she has to die. He thought as he stood up and applauded the dancers with the crowd.
His eyes stayed on her as she walked away with the fire dancers dressed in black pants with a red or orange belt, depending on their rank. The Ring Leader announced a break and he followed the crowd out, his top hat staying above the crowd.
The dancer stretched and yawned, her sore muscles wincing slightly as her hand burned with pain that she had not noticed before. She pulled back the long white sleeve from over her hand, looking at the ugly looking burn that marred her slightly tan skin. The dancer blinked slowly, thinking that she must have strayed a little too close to one of the fire dancers during the performance.
She looked around making note of whether or not there were people around her. The camp where she and the other performers stayed at was empty probably enjoying themselves during the break. The same thing she should be doing right now.
Carefully she took the green amulet off her neck, dangling the emerald over her injured hand. "Innocence Activate." She said slowly with practiced ease. The emerald glowed, a calm green and soon the burned faded slowly and the pain subsided.
The dancer grinned. "I am so good!" she squealed quietly, as she walked out from behind her small wagon. With her hands behind her head, the edges of her sleeves slapping smoothly against the small of her back. Bells' shrill shrieks were muffled as they were dragged against the dying grass on the ground.
"I see your back again." A man's voice said from behind her. Startled the dancer turned around, bells momentarily flying an inch off the ground. She gasped in surprise and hugged her best friend.
"You scared me." She pouted, her grey eyes narrowing in annoyance.
"Sorry," The young man said, rubbing the back of his short brown hair. "I just haven't seen you around lately. We all thought you quit but low and behold there she was on schedule."
The dancer gave a nervous giggle. "Sorry but things took longer this time." She said, lifting her arms up off the ground. Bells chanted merrily as they were lifted once again off the ground.
The young man sighed, "One day I'm going to find out what you do." He declared.
The dancer gave a nervous giggle and hid her sad smile behind her sleeve. I really hope it doesn't come to that, one day. She thought but instead said, "Good luck with that."
"Will do," He said before waving goodbye and going back to his task.
"Will do," She repeated slowly before turning around face to face with-
"Master Sarah, Master Sarah." A fourteen year old girl shook her master awake. The old lady opened her eyes, glaring at her young charge.
"Well what?" She asked her patience tiring in the charge's presence.
"Sorry," The young girl squeaked. "But one of the villagers requested your presence right away. I couldn't refuse him!" She said nervously.
"Yeah, yeah," The old woman said, getting up off the straw pallet that was loaned to her from one of the locals. Her back ached. She cursed in her mind. Is this what happened when one gets old? Of course! The old healer knows in her many plus years on this earth searching for a suitable apprentice for teaching the art of healing.
"Master, are you coming?" The fourteen year old asked, slipping a strand of medium length dark brown hair back.
Sarah grabbed her old wooden cane smacking it gently on the top of her apprentice's head. "Give an old woman a chance to move. I don't move as fast as you do now-a-days." Sarah moved a little faster out of the old cottage door and followed the apprentice down the long winding hill surrounded by pastures with faded green grass.
"I heard that in the next town over that a few Exorcists were there. Do you think that we should make a visit to see them, and have them deliver a message to Komui-San?" She inquired.
"No, if he wanted to see us he would do it by now." Sarah said, her gravelly voice sending out notes finality.
"But Master," She whined. "Its Komui-San if he hasn't cleaned out his desk yet then he hasn't gotten the letter we sent him."
The old lady nodded in agreement. "In a few weeks, Katrina will have her baby, after I safely deliver the babe then we will visit them, and only then not before." Sarah said her dull gray eyes nodding in agreement.
"Thank you, Master." The young girl said, "I heard we got a new member. I can't wait to meet him and see the others again! Even if only Kanda-Kun is there." She said excitedly before her voice shrinking an octave lower.
Sara laughed. "Don't get too excited. Komui will probably give us a load of work when we get back."
"I know, but it'll be good to see the others again! I can't wait to come home." The young girl bounded down the hill. Bouncing happily towards a cattle herder's house, "This way Master Sarah," She said before disappearing into the humble home.
The old healer sighed and murmured "Always the energetic one." Before she too, disappeared into the house.
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