A young 7 year old girl was running around the town with a piece of bread in her hand. Her little legs carried her to an alley, to hide her from the men running after a little thief. Her little hands shook as they tore a piece off the bread. Her dirty pantaloons and shirt were making her mouth taste salty. Her long hair was stuck in her face. She was named Sakura, but since she was in China, she had a Chinese name. It was Ying Fa. Her name meant Cherry Blossom, but she was not pretty at all, according to her.
This is Ying Fa, a girl without a place to call home. She was homeless, had no place to eat or sleep, just in the alley. Her eyes were pale, but she was not blind. Her parents, she never knew them. She only knew her name, Sakura. She only had the clothes on her back, and she always went into the forest to bathe in a spring. She finally finished the roll of bread.
She looked around seeing if anyone was coming. She walked out of the alleyway and walked through the busy streets. Her face looked up at a huge uproar. She saw a huge snake attacking the town. Her eyes went wide and she ran around looking for shelter. She was then alone in the streets running away from the snake. She tried and make her legs go, but she was scared stiff. Then she saw the snake come at her, to eat her in one bite. She closed her eyes with faith that she would be eaten.
She was surprised when she felt arms around her and air blowing through her hair. She opened one of her eyes and saw a boy, a couple years older than her, taking her to the side of the street to save her. Her cheeks felt warm by being so close to a boy. The boy, who was bald except for a short braid of black hair, smiled at her warmly and set her down.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
She nodded, not being used to talk to people. The boy suddenly ran off to attack the snake and kicked it and punched over and over again. Ying Fa smiled at the boy's strength. The boy was soon joined with another boy with yellow skin. They attacked the snake with kicks over again. The snake soon was knocked out. The uproar of cheers sounded the sky. Ying Fa looked back behind her. She saw the snake had energy left and little snakes slithered over to where the two boys were.
Ying Fa shouted in a meek voice, "Behind you!"
The two boys looked behind them and saw snakes, waving their heads in attack. Ying Fa now got up and ran to help them. The small girl felt heat in her arms flow into her hands. She waved her hands, like throwing a torch, and fire came out and burned the snakes. Her eyes went wide as the fire spread around the snake. She wished for it to stop, it was scaring her.
Her pale eyes faced the Boys' astonished faces. She looked and saw that the snakes had been burned to crisp. Tears came to her eyes. The villagers looked at her in disgust. Her eyes went wide and her instinct told her to run. She saw that the boys' look told her to stay. The boys came in front of her. Her eyes went wide. Nobody dared to protect her.
The boy with usually yellow skin took her hand and led her somewhere.
"Come on, "The boy said, "You have to meet our master, he would really like your talent." Ying Fa's eyes softened. She nodded.
"Besides," the other boy said, "You look like you need a place to stay. Oh, what's your name?"
The girl opened her mouth and quietly said," Ying Fa. But I can be called Sakura in Japanese, from what I heard. I am 7 years of age."
The yellow skinned boy smiled widely, "I'm Dashi and that's Guan. We're both 9." Ying Fa, for the first time, smiled.
"It's a pleasure meeting you, Dashi and Guan."
I remember, that was when I first became a member at the temple.
I opened my eyes and looked at a rock ceiling. I felt a tear leave my face.
That really was Chase. He is probably going to kill me.
The door creaked. I sat up and looked to see a tiger, it looked very familiar.
It was the very same tiger that started all of this.