"You have such beautiful hair," a voice like rock over water echoed behind me.
I was frozen with the rose in my hand. I stood up slowly and averted my face to the voice location.
I clutched the red rose in my hand with all my might and held it closer to my chest. Blood started to ooze from my wounds but I did not feel the pain. Instead, I felt an aura of pain and sadness … suffering around this young guy. The green beady eyes were penetrating into my soft blue eyes, which unlocked my fear. I wanted to run away from this guy! Run Akari! RUN! But I cannot move my limbs. I was rooted to the ground with fear embedded in my eyes. I wanted to close my eyes, to shut his image away from my memory. I cannot allow something horrible to stay in me. I cannot ….. My eyes became wider with soft white light entering my eyes…
I was seeing his future! A genius ninja that knew nothing about satisfaction, was always hungry for power and within him laid the ultimate evil. He wished to be the 4th Hokage but he failed to do so. With the grudge against his sensei, he left Konoha to seek the ultimate truth of life and to be the ultimate ninja in this world… His life is so in pain…suffering … No… I was seeing his past… No I could not take it any longer….
The pain in my palms started to ease. I realized I was back to reality, however, I was losing blood quickly. The power of seeing one's future or past seems to have eaten most of my chakra. I started seeing three cats jockeying around my head. I'm going to fall …
But I did not. I continued my soft glare at him with my right palm next to my thigh. Blood was dripping to the ground, and suddenly I saw an excitement sparkled in his snake eyes. My fear started to come back and my mind went blank.
"You have beautiful blue eyes too. They are the colour of the ocean, which sparkled like the gentle waves," the young guy added with an invisible sinister smile.
His additional words loosened the fear in me and filled my mind back with thoughts.
I closed my eyes and inhaled for a long time… I lost count of time.
When I opened my eyes, the cold glare had melted and I started to smile at him. "Thank you for your compliments," was all I replied.
We ended up giving each other a big smile on our face. The coldness between us had suddenly disappeared into thin air. But I know the fear would forever linger in me whenever I'm with him, for the blood thirst aura is so very strong for my senses.
"Would you like to pick flowers with me," I asked with a smile.
He nodded, signalling yes.