Prologue~
Lily rubbed her head softly, hopping to stop the aching that was gripping it. She rubbed her fingers over a rather large, and very painful bump to the left side. Shaking her head, she tried to remember what happened to her.
Only a mere 7 years old, it couldn't have been a hangover, unless it had been a spiked drink, but that still didn't account for the large bump on her noggin. She tried to stand, but found it impossible. She looked down at her feet, her sky blue eyes clearing and she saw she was wrapped in lengthy ropes around her legs and around her waist, though her arms were free.
She wrinkled her brow, extremely confused, ether this person had another plan to go along with this ensemble, or this was the stupidest capture she had ever heard of. She began to get up, but was pulled back only a hair. She quickly stopped and laid back down, knowing that it could just be that "something".
Removing her headband, she used it as a mirror to see what was holding her back. The small girl looked through her make-shift mirror and saw the knot in the ropes, latching her onto a hoop dug into the rock behind her, with an exploding tag on the loose knot.
Oh thank god I didn't get up! She thought relieved. If she had, there would be little Lily bits all over. Instead she got out a kunai and started cutting at the place were the rope met the knot. Soon she was free and she began work on her legs.
As she was running out of the tunnel she thought she heard something else. She looked around and smelled the air.....water,...and salt........tears...
She ran back and whispered for whatever it was to answer back. No one answered back, except for a soft hiss, like moving sand in the wind. She got down on her hands and knees and felt around,...nothing....nothing....WAIT! She thought, feeling something rather small and boney. She felt higher and felt another person there with her. "Are you okay?" she asked softly.
"Mm" this person said. She felt around more, unable to see. He had been crying, and by the dried tears all over his face, for hours.
Within 15 minutes she had unbound him and they were soon quietly talking, walking along, trying to find an entrance...or exit.
"So, do you know what happened to us?" she asked as kinda as she could, trying to keep the fear out of her little voice.
"No" came the reply, shaky and sounded like he was about to cry again.
"Hey, don't cry, it's ok. Your not alone anymore, I'll stay here with you until we get out, ok?"
His nod went unseen, in the dark cavern they were in.
"If you nodded or anything, I can't see it, so just say yes or no" she said, with an uncertain laugh.
"y-yes" he said unsurely.
"So," she said, trying to break some boundaries, "whats your name?"
"G—" he suddenly stopped: every time he said his name, they all started running, then it just ends up badly. He shut him mouth and just sort of sighed and kept quiet.
"What? Can't you say? Im sure it can't be that bad. Come on, just tell me" she asked quietly and sweetly, trying to mimic her mother, when she knew something was wrong.
"No,... you'll just run away.." he said, beginning to cry again.
She took hold oh his hand and stopped walking. She placed in onto hers, atop of her heart. "I promise I wont run. You can even hold my hand and make sure I don't if u wont believe me."
He looked down and sighed. " it's..Subake no...Gaara"
She silently gasped and stood still, recovering herself. She remembered what her mom told her only a few days ago~
"uh, see that boy there? The one on the swing?" a motherly voice said to a young Lily.
"Yea, momma?" she said looking at him.
"That's subake no Gaara" she said sternly, I want you to promise mommy that you'll have nothing to do with that monster ok?"
"But why mommy? He looks so lonely, can I go say hi or something?"
"no sweety,...no you can't..."
"But, why?"
"He's a monster. And he'll kill you if you do." she said, her usually soft eyes hardening, and becoming cold. "Don't go near him. He's a monster"~
Lily blinked and thought to herself. Mommy said that he's a monster, but, he's been so.. Childish and,...normal. I don't think mommy was right when she said that.
Lily sighed again and looked into what she thought was his eyes. "See? I didn't run."
"But you probably want to, right?"
"No. I will honor my promises. I promised you I wouldn't run, and I wont."
He looked back at her, still holding her hand. He stood there a moment and blinked. "R-really?"
"Yup." she said bluntly and smiled. "My name is Lily Kougari. But I just go by Lily. As you just go by Gaara right?"
"uh-...uh huh!" he said smiling for the first time in a long time.
She grabbed his hand and ran twords what they thought was the entrance, smiling and laughing, the both of them, both glad to have finally found a good friend.