I got a name for you, and you might like it. I'm not sure, but I've researched this guy forever and I couldn't find his true name; it might be the name I put in the story, a few researches said that it was this; sorry, but I'm doing the best I can right now. Hope you enjoy part 2! Oh, and for sure this whole story will be in the namekian's point of view, not different every time like my other story, The Legend Of Wolfstar. And I know that this story is going a bit slow at the moment, but I'm trying to pull strings together so we don't rush through it; I've had that problem with my other story in the beginning; and I'm revising it; probably gonna add more detail to it I don't know; but school certainly does get in the way.
Realization
As I open the door, a sour stench hits my nose. I cringe away from it and my gaze lands on Aluan. I don't look forward, I only stare at Aluan's shuddering body. She tears up, and rushes out of my vision. I turn my head quickly, and stand paralyzed at what I see.
There are two bodies, each sitting next to each other, hand in hand, wearing rings on their fingers, possibly signifying some sort of partnership. One body has silky black hair like Aluan's, with a sleek figure, and those same small hands. The other has dark short auburn hair, taller, and slightly built. They're eyes are closed, and they're chests are still, not rising and falling like mine or Aluan's. What is wrong with them…? They won't respond when I see them, they seem to be asleep, like what Aluan does. Except, I spot the pool of blood surrounding them, and they're massacred necks, both sliced across the middle. Aluan is a few feet away, observing the horror scene.
She falls to her knees, and tears form in her eyes. "…Mommy? Daddy?" She whimpers, and crawls to their side. She cuddles with the female, her mother, and puts her hands on her shoulders. "Mommy, why do you have blood all over you? Why don't you wake up?" She starts to shake her in an effort to awaken her, but she doesn't move. "Daddy, what's wrong with mom?" She shuffles over to the other body, her father, and does the same, but no luck at awakening them from their peaceful-looking slumber. Aluan seems to realize something as her eyes widen, and she breaks down into tears, squeezing into the middle of them, wrapping her tiny fragile arms around each of their waists. I decide to speak.
"Why aren't they… waking up?" I ask carefully, and she turns her tear-stained face to mine. She barely mutters the words that escape from her. "They're… dead…" She struggles to say this as her body is racking with sobs. Her whines of anguish continuously ring in my ears. "What does… dead mean?" I ask, and she stops crying, quieting down to soft whimpers. "It's when… someone goes to sleep… and they never wake up again…" She breaks down once more. My heart stops. Dead? Why would her parents be dead? Unless the couple of people we saw from earlier did something to them… Maybe there is an antidote for it? "Is there some sort of medicine we can give them?" I ask, beginning to wonder who the real child is here. Aluan doesn't respond, and I'm beginning to think that something is wrong with her when she finally does. "They go to sleep, and you never talk to them again… there…" She sobs for a straight minute before collecting herself. "… is no antidote for it. When you're gone, you're gone. Death isn't reversible…" She whimpers, and I freeze. Death… those people could've… killed… Aluan… and she would've gone to sleep and… never woken up…
I won't let it happen to her… I come to a realization. I'm her parent now. I must protect her, until the bitter end. I walk over slowly, and kneel down to Aluan's level, ignoring my injured knee screaming in protest. I slowly wrap my arms around her waist, and drag her away. She starts squealing in protest, screaming for her parents right next to my ear, making them ring, but I don't release her. We can't stay here any longer. The 'police' that Scar mentioned about could come any minute, whoever they are.
"Let me see my mom!" She reaches her arm out. "Mommy! Daddy! Wake up, please, you don't have to be dead!" My heart sinks at this. "We made the bad people go away, momma! Please, wake up!" She starts to cry on my shoulder. We go back to her room, and I set her down on a soft flat surface with a covering, almost looking like a cape. She immediately makes a run for the door, but I telekinetically close it shut, and she tries in hopeless efforts to pry it back open.
I wait for her to calm down. Aluan slowly turns around, and sinks to the floor, covering her eyes. No child should've seen what she's seen today, that I know now. And I'll never let her see it again. Not as long as I'm here. When she quiets down, I notice that she goes into a depressed daze. She looks up to me. "Guardian, what do we do now?" She says, her voice still shaky.
"There is nothing… that we can do to save… your parents. We must leave. Now." I say flatly. Her face changes to that of abandonment. I turn to her closet to pick up some clothing for her.
"You won't leave me, will you?"
I flinch at the calmness in her voice, and quickly turn back. She looks at me with tears in her eyes. "You won't leave me here now, will you? I can't be by myself-" I interrupt her by wrapping my arms around her, calming her down in the best way I can, her small body feeling frail and tired. Her small arms wrap around my neck, and I sigh out. "I will never, ever leave you, my little Aluan." She starts to sob more, but this time, they're tears of relief, not of mourning. "I've already thought up of a name for you… green man." I tense up, and she lets go of me. "And what is it, Aluan?"
"Katana. You're my Katana."
"I like that name very much, Aluan. Thank you. What does… it mean?"
"It means guardian angel, for me, at least it does…"
I tighten my hug on her and stroke her silky hair as she sobs into my shoulder, tears running down her face. I feel uncomfortable doing this, but I must let her, otherwise she might not calm down. We sit for what seems like hours, when she finally relaxes, falling asleep. The sight must've taken a lot out of her. Well, now my name is Katana, I guess. I'm her Katana. I gently set her down on her bed, and turn back to her closet, ignoring the blood-stained carpet. Careful to remain in the air, I use my ki to pick out all her clothing, and I materialize them into my memory, along with all of her undergarments, unscathed toys, blankets, pillows, every loose thing except what was on her bed. I spot a picture of Aluan and her parents on her clothing holder, and materialize it into my memory as well. I'll bring them back whenever I want. I've discovered this power long before I realized that I was different from the inhabitants.
I go out into the hallway, and spot a small room with a big white tub-looking thing, and a small hollow chair with a lid. I open a few cabinets and spot small bottles of liquids and pills. There are so many of them. They look like medicines. They could be very useful on our trip. I materialize them into my memory, and float on.
As I pass through a hallway looking for food for Aluan, I spot another picture of her with her parents. This one I decide to leave here, but something doesn't seem right. I pick it up, and stare into it. I know what I must do. I levitate into her parent's room, trying hard not to wrinkle my nose at the stench, and come closer to their bodies. I force myself to kneel on the floor, ignoring the pain, and place the picture of their once happy family in between them. I look in between both of their faces; Aluan looks so much like her mother… And then look down, closing my eyes. "I promise, with my life, my soul, that I will protect you're precious little girl… until the day I die." I get to my feet, and start to limp out the room, when a cold breeze passes through my body, and feel the enormous tension in the room suddenly be filled with a sense of peace.
After gathering the food from the kitchen, I go and pick up Aluan carefully in my arms; and levitate into the air. I must be aware, I think to myself. I can't wake her up. Not yet, anyways.
It's night-time, and we're about a good 100 miles away from her old home. I must put as much distance in between us and that terrible memory as possible…
It's morning, the sun's rays beaming onto Aluan's face, causing her to whine in response as she awakens. "Katana?" I smile at the sound of my new-found name. "It's ok, Aluan. You can rest."
"Have you been flying all night?"
I pause before I give an answer. "Yes. But don't worry, I don't need to sleep as much as you do."
Aluan looks into my eyes questioningly. "Oh, right, because you're my Katana…" She says, expression blank. She doesn't seem to be in any better condition than before. I wonder what is wrong. I haven't ever known my parents, so why would I feel what she does?
I probe through her mind, her deepest thoughts, and all that comes back to me is anguish, a soul-crushing feeling, like you're all alone and will never be found again. I understand now Aluan. I'm so sorry. My strength drained, we land outside a cave, hidden under a small cliff. I gently set her down, and levitate to the back of the cave. As my strength finally gives out, I land on my bad leg, and yell in pain. Aluan rushes to my side. "Katana, are you ok?!" She asks, and she jumps back in shock when she sees my injury. "Oh, Katana…" She says. "You got shot…" I tilt my head to the side, confused.
She seems to get it and continues. "The stick that Scar had was a gun, and he shot a piece of metal into your leg… let me look at it." She says, and shuffles over to my side. I stretch my leg out, and she ushers for me to pull the legging up. I slowly reach over, wincing again , and pull up the pant leg. She gasps at my injury. "Oh, we need to take this pant leg off! It doesn't look good!" How does she know all these things?
"How do you know all of this?"
"My… mama… taught me all about it 5 months before…" Oops. I shouldn't have brought it back up.
"Ok, so what we have to do, is grab a few leaves here, but first, we need to take the bullet out." I tilt my head again, and my eyes widen. That doesn't sound very pleasant. She smiles at me nervously. "I can see it right there… This won't hurt a bit…" She sticks her two tiny fingers into the injury, which causes me to grunt in pain as she pulls it out, holding it up to my face.
"Now we need to cover it up, with a rare herb mixture so it won't get infected…" I suddenly remember some medicines that I've materialized, and conjure up all the bottles in front of her. She jumps back and stares at me in shock. "How in the world did you do that?!" She practically yells, and I cover my ears. "Oh, I'm sorry. But that's amazing!" She says in an indoor voice, pointing at the medicine pile on the floor. I merely shrug it off. "No problem, kid."
She looks through the bottles, one by one, and her eyes rest upon a lone white bottle with a black and orange label. She picks it up, and breathes in through her teeth, making a painful face. "Uh, this may hurt a little bit, but it will clean out your injury for sure, Katana!" She shuffles back to my knee with the bottle in hand, unscrewing the cap, and pours some of the liquid over it.
I wince and grunt in pain as she looks to my face with sympathy, but smiles and giggles happily as the liquid starts to bubble on the wound. I jump, this can't be good, right? "What's going on?!" I ask, and she smiles. "It is a good thing that it's doing that, that means it's working! It's getting rid of the bad germs that make it hurt a whole lot, so you won't get sick! You will be better in no time, Katana!"
Knowing that it's supposed to help me has taken down my nervousness level down a notch, but what about Aluan? She is huddling in a corner with her knees to her chest, holding her face to her hands, crying quietly. Her sounds of mourning are depressing. How can I stop them? I have no clue, so I decide to let her cry in peace. I sit at the entrance to the cave, and about an hour later I hear a tiny shuffle of feet wander up to my side, and my gaze lands on Aluan as she thumps down to the ground next to me.
She looks up to my face, her eyes red and puffy. I don't know what to say that could console her, so I just look back ahead, and close my eyes, diving into my mind.
"What are you doing?" She asks, causing me to jump out of my trance. I look down upon her in annoyance, but I'm careful not to show it, lest she start crying again. I won't be able to take another session of ringing in my ears. "I'm… meditating." I say, and she smiles. "What is that? What does it do?"
"Well, meditation clears the mind… and helps you… focus." I reply, and she smiles again, her eyes turning bright. "Can you show me how to do it? It looks really cool!" I float back down onto the ground on my feet, and put my hand on her head. "I don't know if I can, only a guardian can do this… that I know." Her excitement level doesn't change; she only looks outside the cave at the setting sun. "If I can't do that, then maybe we can take a walk in the woods to look for something to eat?" She says; I debate whether or not to materialize something for her, but this is the one time that she's actually wanted to do something other than cry today, so I nod my head. "Sure kid, where to?"
She points outside the cave to a pool of water close by. "How about there? I could go for a swim." I don't know what a swim is, but I will take her. She pulls on my pant leg, and I gently pick her up, letting her hold onto my neck for dear life. "Just… don't squeeze too hard, ok? I need… to breathe in air, much like you do." My speech is getting better, I'm proud of myself. She nods quickly as I levitate into the air, and drop down. She screams in joy at our speed as we descend; when we hit the ground she's laughing; the last time I heard her really laugh was when we first met, so I'm taking it as a good sign.
As we near the water, I gently let myself float to the ground; my knee stings again, but not as much. I observe the surroundings carefully, making sure that no stray animal will come and attack us beforehand. This place is nice, a small clearing blocked off by a barricade of trees, with rising cliffs all around. A small river comes from a crack in the middle of the rock wall, making a pool for me and Aluan to stay and enjoy freely. I breathe in painfully through my teeth as I sit down, leaning against an old moss-covered rock; it's very soft, so I don't mind. Besides, I'm able to keep Aluan within sight as she splashes around in the water.
She is grinning from ear to ear, almost without a care in the world. She notices me hanging back, and rushes over, with a huge smile on her face. "Come join me, Katana!" She says, and I shake my head from side to side. Her face changes to that of concern. Uh-oh. "You don't smile much, do you?" I hear her small voice say, and I feel my ears twitch with amusement. "No… not really, I… never learned how to. I'm sorry."
"Oh, no it's nothing to be sorry about! It's just… maybe you've never been happy before, that's all. I'm about to change that!" Aluan's tiny hands grasp mine, and her face turns red as she tries to pull me up, but I don't move. She finally lets go and takes a few steps back, trying not to fall on her behind. She steadies herself, and leans forward putting her hands on her knees, breathing loudly. "Are you, ok?" I ask, and she looks back up wearing a mask of seriousness.
"You're heavy."
I feel a warm rush come to my face and the edges of my ears, and she giggles at my predicament. "Aw, I made you blush, Katana! Ha!" She points at me as if I'm a clown. "You're face and ears are pink!" That only makes the sensation intensify, and she rolls backwards onto her back in the dirt. "Ha, now they're purple!" Her laughter echoes on the rock walls, and I find myself rubbing the back of my neck in embarrassment. I pull myself forward, and poke her side with my claw. "Ok, that's enough, Aluan, I'll go swim with you…" She immediately gets to her feet and grabs my hand once more.
"Ok let's go!" She half drags-half pulls me to the edge of the shore; I'm careful to levitate so I don't put any pressure on my left leg, where the injury is. I take off my shoes and cape so they don't get wet. She smiles up to me, and my knee starts stinging as I put weight on it. Aluan calmly tugs on my hand; I look down to her. "If you get into the water, you're knee might feel a little better…!"
She walks beside me, step by step, into the water. Eventually I have to carry her because she is so much shorter than I am. I let out a soft moan of relief as the cool water washes into the wound, and Aluan giggles. "See? Better now, isn't it?" I nod my head, and she struggles to get out of my grasp. "I know how to swim, Katana. Come on, you swim with me!" I feel the strange warm sensation come back.
"I… don't know how… to swim, Aluan." She gasps, and smiles. "Well in that case, I can teach you!" I set her down, and she swims out to the deeper part of the small pool, where I know it is deeper than I am tall. She momentarily shakes one hand, ushering me to join her. "Come on, Katana, you can do it! Just go like this!" She starts swimming back towards me, alternating between one arm and the other, throwing one I front of her and pulling it back under her body, propelling herself forward. With no time at all, Aluan is back in front of me. "Come on, let's go!" She says, now circling her arms under the water, and kicking at the same time to stay afloat. Grunting in an effort not to slip on the moss-covered rocks below my feet, I sink into deeper waters as Aluan beams at me in excitement.
"Yay! You're in the water, Katana! Now just move your arms like I did earlier and you'll be able to move around in water with ease!" I spot a rock that juts out from the wall, and start moving my arms back and forth as fast as I can, gasping at the water coming up to my chin. It's too late to go back to shore now, and I don't want to look stupid in front of Aluan, so I'll just go there. As I make my way across, she dives under the water's surface. I gasp, but don't stop. Instead I take a breath and look under the water, only to see her swimming directly beneath me. She smiles, and I feel my own face start to tug at the corners of my mouth.
My head hits a rock, and I jump back up to the surface, Aluan laughing as she joins me. "I… uh, don't think I should look under… the water anymore, Aluan." I say, rubbing the back of my neck again. My ears are burning wildly, so I now I must look purple, as she told me earlier.
"Race you back!" She quickly states, and she dives under the water once more, moving faster than any fish I've seen. "Oh, no you don't!" I yell after her, and quickly follow above water, in a freestyle, pumping my arms under me, and without realizing I've made it before Aluan. I sit in the shallow end as Aluan pulls her head from the water. "Aw, how did you beat me, Katana? You're getting really good at this swimming stuff!" I nod, and decide to lay back in the water and let it soak into my wound.
I hear a small mischievous giggle, and as I open my eyes, a splash of water runs across my face, causing me to lift my arms up. "Gotcha!" Aluan states triumphantly, and starts to laugh. When I don't respond, she stops, and says, "Hey, you're supposed to splash back, Katana, have you ever been in a splash fight before?" I shake my head no.
"I haven't even known anyone, not before… not before I met you." She gasps again, and sits closer next to me. "Oh, so you haven't ever played in the water before? You go like this-" She splashes me again, but this time in a more friendly manner. I mimic her, and splash her face as she laughs. She does it again, but this time before I follow her movements she dives under the water, swimming to the center. As she pulls her head up, I get an idea. Using my ki, I splash the water again, but this time making it levitate into the air above her. As she looks up, she sees the bubble, and before she can dive again, I release it.
She shrieks and swims back to me. "I'm gonna get you for that, Katana!" She yells, and I feel a tugging sensation at the corners of my lips again. I quickly float about 3 ft above the ground before she catches the edge of my cape and pulls me down, or at least, attempts to pull me down. I go up another foot before I notice, and I hover over the water. Aluan is shaking her head quickly, "No, no, Katana I know what you're thinking!" I bounce up and down in the air quickly, causing her to let go and fall into the water. I can't help it anymore. I feel the inside of my chest begin to feel warm, and I do something that I've never done before- I laugh. I've never felt this sort of emotion before, joy, perhaps? For once, I'm actually happy to be alive, and I feel a stinging sensation behind my eyes.
Katana arises from the water, waving her arms under her to stay afloat. "Are you ok, Katana? You look like you're about to cry…?" I look down upon her, and my lips pull back, showing my teeth to her. She does the same. "You're smiling, Katana! You're smiling, so you must be happy! Yay! I did it, I made Katana happy!" I feel a wetness running down my face from my eyes, but I'm still 'smiling' like she said. I'm happy, but sad at the same time. I've been alone all my life, and now I've found a child to share it with. I've never felt this before. It's a warm feeling, being bathed in the innocence of this child; something that I know that not many share. This must be the emotion of what a guardian feels: a loving protection towards their precious glimmer of life.
Katana looks concerned, and pulls on my foot again. "Are you ok, Katana? You're crying, aren't you happy?" She asks, and I feel the warmth in my chest intensify. I will always protect her. With my life. And no one will ever change it. I let myself fall into the water with her, but it's not as deep even though she has to swim to keep herself up, so my feet touch the bottom, with the water coming up to my waist. I grab Aluan's hand and hoist her onto my shoulders; "Come on, you haven't eaten since we got here." I say, and she smiles again laying her head on mine. I hope she never becomes sad again, and I shall try my hardest to keep her happy. I look to the sky, the setting sun on the horizon, turning the water a soothing orange, giving off a sense of peace that I haven't felt in a long time.
Aluan is my hope, and I am her Katana.
So, what do you think? Am I doing good so far? PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW, I don't know how to emphasize this anymore, so yea. I hope I'm doing good, I haven't spotted another story with Katana in it, so I thought I might as well make this. I will try to keep the stories around a 7-8 page thing per chapter, so it won't be frustrating to see short chapters. Oh, I almost forgot. I'm going to try and emphasize TRY to get a new chapter out on at least one of my stories each weekend; unless I somehow get an awesome inspiration and get 2 chapters out like I did this time! Peace!
WolfstarXPiccolo