Innocence of a cat
A shadow flew by, jumping from tree to tree easily. It stopped a moment, sniffed a bit the air and then began jumping again.
The forest was beautiful. Simple with not too much trees but not too much space between them either.
If you looked good, you would see a flash of light pink flying with the shadow, and trained ears would hear a small giggle.
The shadow smiled happily. It was going to have a new friend.
It finally stopped. It was in a clearing. It revealed itself cautiously.
A head first popped out of the protection of the woods. A girls' about sixteen, seventeen. She had light pink hair that went to the waist with a small ponytail on the side (like Rin s' in Inuyasha). Her emerald green eyes were sparkling with interest and joy. Their iris was just like a cats'.
She was wearing a green piece of cloth that seemed to have been used in years around her upper body; it went down to mid-thigh. It went on one shoulder leaving the other out. She was rather small but not too much. Her figure was thin but a bit muscular from living in the forest.
But what was really surprising with her was that she had two white cat ears on top of her head and a white tail with a black tip that went out from under her cloth.
The tail wagged happily as the owners' eyes spotted an animal.
A horse to be exact.
It was a powerful pure black stallion. He was breathing hardly, and had sweat covering his body with a saddle and a snaffle on.
She approached it slowly, seeing as he was afraid of her, backing away.
She murmured soothing words in a strange thong for you and me.
The horse seemed to understand her and calmed down; she couldn't help but smile big.
She approached him again and this time he let her caress him. She slowly took of the saddle and snaffle without scaring him with brusque gests.
She threw everything away. Slowly and softly she placed her hands on his head and ran them from the neck to the end of his back. He relaxed against her touch and closed a bit his eyes.
She placed her right hand on the neck and pressed a bit with her thumb and little finger on each side of it. The horse slowly bowed his head until he reached the ground.
The girl stopped her massage and looked at the horse before smiling and exclaimed happily:
" Ku…wo…ko! " she said proudly while pointing at him. (Kuroko: child of the black in Japanese)
The horse looked at her with his big blue eyes and pushed her gently with his snout as if agreeing with her.
She smiled again and got on him slowly. When she was totally on him, she urged him to go faster and the horse broke into gallop.
They rode quickly without stopping. The small girl on the horses' back seemed to enjoy it really much. She wasn't holding the man to support herself, arms up high while laughing out, only with her legs around the horse to hold her. The horse suddenly stopped to gait. She stopped fooling around and looked up to see what caused the horse to stop.
There was a figure lying unconscious on the ground.
She hopped down in a feline position and walked slowly on her four members like a cat.
She looked at the person cautiously. It was a female from what she could see. She had black hair, pale skin and was wearing black trousers that clung to her legs with black horse riding boots. She had on a white short-sleeved shirt with a weird symbol on the back of it.
Slowly she shook the woman awake and startled black eyes met green curious ones.
A scream erupted in the forest.
Scared, the woman backed away quickly, bumping in a tree while doing so.
The girl looked at her with such sad eyes she couldn't help but sigh.
She smiled at the girl and got up. That was when she saw the ears and tail and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
" How…wha…oh my…. " Muttered the woman.
She advanced slowly and crouched down beside the teary eyed girl. Gently, she took hold of one of the ears and massaged them a bit.
The girl purred contently.
The woman giggled slightly and stopped.
" Well… they are real…but hon, who are you? " she asked.
" Myu? "
" What's your name? And what are you doing here alone? "
" Myu! " the girl pointed to herself " Sa-ku-wa! " she pointed toward the horse " Ha-rs … -ou? " she asked cutely.
The woman nodded slightly to herself.
" Tell me Sakura… how did you manage to take him with you? "
" Ha-rs … ni-ce! " she said happily, beaming big.
" Oh… " was all the woman said.
" Hwa…. aw… -ou? Myu?" asked carefully Sakura, remembering what the woman said to her.
" Oh dear! I am Uchiha Mikoto! A pleasure to meet you! "Said the woman smiling.