The World Within Us

1. Quiet Evening

The wind blew slowly, rustling the trees, breezing against the grass, and bushes. The trees were barely making sounds. Things were quiet. A flock of birds were scared away.

"Get back here!" Snap! The branch the man was hiding on, snapped. "Ahhhhhh!" He fell from the tree, hitting two more branches as he fell. As he hit the ground, he dropped his guns, and his swords loosened from his waist.

"Oh…god…" He slowly moved his arms, twitching his legs. He could only writhe in pain, as he laid there, helplessly.

"Leon! Leon, say something!" The woman running towards him, was gorgeous. She had long blue hair, merging into dirty blond, as it reached the end. She was around five foot six, and had an amazing body. She was wearing light blue jeans, a red t-shirt, and a long yellow overcoat, with black boots. Her glasses only expressed her radiant blue eyes. They were beautiful, and often changed between blue and green.

She ran to his side, kneeling before she tripped over him. "Ow! Don't touch me right now silver." Leon was barely able to talk.

"But you've got to get up and move. Otherwise I can't get you help out in the forest." Silver was just about his best friend. He had strong, strong feelings for her, and she knew it…but she just didn't love him, like he did her. Even though he had hoped, that maybe one day, she would.

"I can't move woman." Leon had just realized what he had said, when all of the sudden - CRACK!

"What the hell have I told you?" She screamed at him. "When you say woman in that tone, it implies ownership, and you don't own me!" She was a little peeved at this remark, but dismissed it. Maybe this was why they weren't together yet. Aside from the other fact, that he was only 16, and she was soon turning 18.

"I'm sorry. Oh god, I'm so sorry." He was holding his ribs, a slight tear running down his face from the pain. "Ow, damn it hurts so much! I should know better by now, shouldn't I?" He sat up smiling at her. "Hey, sorry I ran off like that." He reached up to hug her.

"It's ok, you know I like to give you a hard time." She hugged him as he sat there, sitting down next to him. "So why'd you run off again?"

"Well-" he said "The same man that took your necklace, took my family photo." He looked at the ground. Because his family had all passed, the portrait was all he had left, to remember them. It was the most sentimental item he had left in his life.

"Huh…" Silver looked up in deep thought. "Why would a random stranger want a necklace, and a family photo, that's not even his own family?" She was very confused at this thought, but discarded it. "Well, if you can walk, we need to get back home. It's going to get dark soon, and I really don't want to be stuck in the dark."

"No…I like the dark. And besides, I've got two guns, and a sword. I don't think very much will happen to us." Leon laughed on the inside at his statement. "Stay here with me, and just enjoy it for a while."

They sat together, watching the sunset. Leon kind of wondered why they weren't together yet. They spent so much time together already, and his feelings were so strong for her. He just didn't know why she didn't feel the same way for him. Maybe it was the constant messing around with each other. They kind of fought like siblings sometimes, but were the closest of friends. He enjoyed every minute he spent with her, and would do anything to spend his entire life with her.

The sun was finally gone. The moon was now high in the sky, with the stars gleaming brightly. The pine trees were lining the path, their bristles reflecting the light, illuminating their path. Leon picked up his guns, putting them away in his back holster. He re-tightened his sword onto his waist. His outfit was ideal for the situations he found himself in. His black boots, were loose fitting, but just the right size to stay on his feet. He wore light blue jeans, with a black muscle shirt. He wore a long overcoat, reaching to his calves. It was black, with a golden border, and a flame design on the bottom. The gloves were of the same sort, black with gold border on the edge. The hood had crosses on both sides, as did the coat on the bottom of the arms, and on the top of the gloves, also on the back of the coat. He stood up, as his hair moved down, his ponytail moving. He had brown wavy hair, about shoulder length, and his glasses excelled the gleam of his hazel eyes. He was muscular, and at the average height of five foot seven inches.

"Leon…Leeeeeeoooooooon." Her voice had knocked him out of his daze. "Say something idiot." She was starting to get annoyed.

"Huh?" He had just realized exactly what was going on. "Oh, yea…the walk home." Man, was he embarrassed. He hadn't spaced out like that, in months. "Right, let's go home."

They started to walk home, enjoying the night light. The walk however, was uncomfortably quiet. Neither of them said much of anything, for the entire walk home. He was kind of embarrassed. He wanted so badly to kiss her, but only two things could come of that. Either she would slap him, and then hate him for the majority of forever. Or she would slap him, hate him for only a little while, then resume their, what would be awkward friendship. So he didn't kiss her, despite his urge to make it as clear as possible, that he wanted to be with her.

As they approached silver's house, they came to a stop. More silence befell them, as the two of them stood there, like dumbfound children.

"Well, I enjoyed spending time with you silver." He was nervous. It wasn't so much the fact, that she didn't feel the same way for him, as he did for her, as it was the fact that he loved her too much for words to tell.

"Me too." she said. "I'll tell you what, I'll see you again either tomorrow, or later this week. After all, I can't let you go too long without seeing your friends." She was smiling now. "We'll get the rest of our friends together, and spend time together later. I'm sure they'd love to come with, next time we go anywhere." She knew this more than anybody. Leon loved spending time with his friends, and if ever he missed an opportunity, it pained him. He couldn't stand not being around them.

"Yea, sure. That'd be fun. See you again soon." They hugged, and she went inside. He stood outside for a moment, then continued to walk home.