A Normal Day…

Ookami's eyes slowly opened to the small bit of light coming in through her window. She realized she had fallen asleep on the floor, and her neck ached from it. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, stood up, and stretched. "Great. My first day here and people already don't trust me…" She peeked out the window next to her, the same one she saw the body from. Her insides shuttered as the image flashed through her mind again.

Everyone seemed fine, as if nothing happened. Not creepy, like hypnotized, just, not afraid…Ookami shook off the worry she felt and took a breath. "Everything's fine, nobody is going to immediately blame you, it's just coincidence."

A knock suddenly came from her door, making her jump. She stumbled over to it and peered out. "Temari?" Temari smiled. "Yup. Hurry and get dressed, we're going to get you settled in." "You mean… I can still stay here?" Ookami's voice sheepish. "What do you mean? Of course you can! But we have to get you clothes and food and such, so come on!" "Oh! Okay, hold on a sec."

Ookami got dressed in her second pair of clothes, both of which Temari had generously let her borrow. It was a knee high red dress with matching red slip-ons. She stepped outside.

"Sorry," Temari said. "It's all I had that could fit you…" She blushed. "It's no problem, I like it." Ookami smiled and Temari returned the smile. The two cheery girls headed off for a shopping spree…

Terrified

The day went fast, and it was night before Ookami knew it. She was exhausted and went straight for her bed. She lay there, not really thinking anything, just relaxing.

"Ookami…" A ghostlike voice came from her door.

Ookami's body jerked up. Her eyes locked on her door.

"Ookami…" It arose again.

"Who's there? What do you want?" She kept her voice calm.

"Heh heh. Kurosu… Kurosu…" The voice chuckled.

"Go away! I don't know you! If you don't, I'll call Temari or Kankuro!" Ookami stayed with her eyes glued to the door… but the chilling voice stopped. "Hmph."

She stayed staring at the door a while longer before lying down and drifting to sleep.

(Note: lines like ~ mean the word is being carried out. Example: Aaaaaah! And A~h! Are the same things.)

"Ooka~mi~…" The terrifying voice returned, surrounding Ookami with a cold and scared feeling.

"Please… Go away…" Her voice trembled along with her body. Ookami knew she was dreaming, she knew she had fallen asleep, but she afraid that whatever the voice was coming from, could harm her, even in this imaginary world.

Everything around Ookami was black, she couldn't see anything…

"Kurosu!" The voice sounded as if it were right beside her, she jumped to the side, only to find herself falling. "A~h!" Her screams echoed around her.

Ookami awoke still screaming, but stopped. She fell off of her bed and now was lying next to it on the floor. Her breaths were heavy and she was still scared from her nightmare. She brought her knees to her chest and checked her clock. "It's four in the morning… I've only slept five hours?" Her voice was hoarse…

A tear escape her eye, she was really scared, terrified… but why? 'It was just a nightmare…' She repeated it in her head, but could never believe it.

The Nightmare Won't Leave My Mind

Two knocks came from Ookami's door. "Ookami! You there?" It was Temari again.

Ookami struggled off the floor and to the door. "Temari?" Her voice squeaked.

"Ookami? What's wrong?" Ookami quickly unlocked and opened the door. Temari saw the tears in Ookami's eyes and came straight inside, closing the door behind her. "What happened?" Her voice was full of concern.

"I-I had a nightmare… I don't know why, but it scared me really bad…" Temari noticed the bags under Ookami's eyes then. "How long have you been up?" "Since four, I couldn't sleep." They both sat down on the bed.

"This will probably sound stupid, but this voice kept saying my name… It was a scratchy voice, just plain… creepy… It said something else I didn't understand and made me jump… then I fell… just fell… like I slipped off a cliff or something… That's when I woke up…" Temari looked confused, but understanding. "You know… now that I think about it… before I went to sleep, someone kept calling my name from behind my door…"

"Maybe some kids were playing a prank on you and whispered your name as you slept… You never know…" Temari tried not to sound rude. "You could be right… but I honestly don't think that's what it was… It felt like a warning of something… Maybe we should tell Gaara-sama, just as a precaution." "We can do that, do you want to tell him now? Or would you rather I told him?" "I don't mind telling him… He might have questions about it too, so I'd be better if I just went."

Ookami got dressed and the two left to see Gaara…

About half-way to Gaara's office, four men passed Ookami and Temari carrying something covered by a sheet. Temari shivered and her eyes filled full of sorrow.

"What was that? A… body?" Ookami kept her voice low. Temari nodded as her eyes stayed locked on it, and the men walked out of their sight, she then looked down. "We found him late last night; he had strange claw marks all over him… We figured it was an animal attack, but that's so unlikely here… but things happen…" "Where are they taking him?" "They still need to do an investigation on him, to prove his death…" "Oh…"

They continued to walk up to Gaara's office, not another word spoken.

Broken Relief

Ookami explained to Gaara her dream, and to her surprise, he was glad she told him.

"These last couple nights, two men have, unexpectedly, died. Even the slightest information can be helpful." Gaara spoke from behind his desk. "Uh… I don't mean to be disrespectful, Gaara-sama, but this isn't really information… it's just a weird dream I had…but I'm glad to help." Ookami smiled, hiding the true worry inside of her. Gaara saw through her look. "There's no need to be afraid Ookami, what-or who-ever did this, will be caught. If you'd like, we could have Temari stay with you at your apartment."

Ookami's ears tucked and her tails flopped down. "That's not what I'm worried about…" Gaara looked interested. "They're going to blame me, aren't they?" "Of course not." "I heard what some of them said… they blamed it on me… they said I killed one of those men… but I didn't, Gaara-sama! I swear I didn't!" "Calm down Ookami. If you didn't do it, then you have nothing to worry about, the evidence will prove your innocence." Ookami smiled. "I hope so, thank you Gaara-sama. For both this, and letting me stay here in your village." Ookami bowed her head. "We couldn't just throw you out now could we?" They both smiled once more at each other before Ookami exited and headed downtown.

Once again, the day flew by and the sun set. Ookami still walked around downtown, going wherever the lights lead her. Eventually, all the lights seemed to flicker off as closing time came, and, with the light from the moon, Ookami started off to her home.

"Ookami~…" The voice haunted her again, but this time Ookami wasn't afraid.

"Okay! Whoever that is, you better come out now! I've already told Gaara-sama about you, so you had better stop tormenting me." Ookami darted her eyes back and forth as she continued to walk forward, but there was nobody near her.

She finally came to the cliff that was near her apartment. 'Geez, that seemed to take forever…'

"Kurosu!" The voice, same as before, was suddenly right beside her, scaring her and making her body flinch. She almost jumped in the other direction when she remembered her dream, and the cliff… she pushed her body away from the edge and fell to the ground. She stared out at the cliff, suddenly realizing she was in danger. 'Is someone trying… to kill me?' She thought as she quickly stood and tried to run to her apartment, but something stopped her.

Red Eyes

Two red eyes glared straight at her. They were eye level, and filled with the desire to kill. Ookami tried to scream, shout for help, but the fear caught in her throat, and she couldn't. Her lips only twitched.

"Kurosu." Was the last thing she heard before her vision blurred, and she fainted.

(hope you liked! =D)