"..And there's Mika, shes one of my closest friends, we have so much fun together! Although She was always better at school than me.." Kurakay says, rambling on and on about all the people in her life. Hotaru listened in fascination, and also in jealousy, knowing that he didn't have anything to tell her of his past. Not the names of a mother or father, or even friends. He sighs, wishing he could remember more about himself.
"And theres this amazing market place that always has the freshest apples in stock! And theres so many trees!" Kurakay keeps going, describing every single detail she could possible remember. Just then she stops in the middle of sentence. Hotaru snaps out of his thoughts and sees why she had stopped. A great huge shadow had crossed over them, even though there hadn't been a single cloud in the sky all day. The shadow shifts and morphs, finally changing into something horrific in front of them.
There stood a beast made of shadow and fog, its body shifting and swirling out of control. It had the slight shape of a human being, but it was far from it. It stood ten feet tall and had glowing white eyes that glisten in the afternoon sunlight. They both stood there before the monster, shocked and horrifed, unable to move. The beast smirks withtout showing a glimpse of a mouth and strikes with a swirly arm of energy. Without hesitation, Hotaru graps Kurakay and jumps out of the way, not even thinking.
" Wh-hat is that thing!" Kurakay says, a quiever in her voice. Hotaru looked at the beast closely. He had no idea what it could be, he had never seen anything like it before.
"I'm not sure," He starts, " but we should really get out of here!" He says, grabbing her hand and pulling her away. They start off, but are stopped by the beast, its howling out a shirveling growl and whipping its arm at them. At first it gets nothing, but second time it grabs hold of Kurakays ankle, dragging her away.
"AHHHHH! Hotaru!" she sheriks, reaching her hands out. He reaches out as well but is just a few inches off. The creature drags Kurakay back toward it, holding her close to its shadowy body, growling happily. It then begins to do something strange. It seem to start to drain the life out of her screams, and her kicking and flapping around became less and less frequent. Hotarus child mind couldn't comprehend what it was doing until later on. Something inside Hotaru begin to grow hot and furious when he saw this, like a million flamed daggers were digging at his heart. He loses all common sense and thought and for a few minutes, his mind goes blank with rage. He wasn't sure what he was doing in those few moments but he knew he felt hot anger rushing through his blood stream, and it helped to not be coherient, to just let the rage take over.
Before he knew it he was back, the heat gone, all anger subsided. He looks around for the hazy creature, but all he sees is Kurakay sitting on the ground, her back turned toward him. He rushes toward her side, kneeling beside her. She was clutching her right ankle, the one the creature had dragged her by. It had started to bruise and swell slightly.
"Kurakay, your ankle, are you okay? What happen to the monster?" He says, his mind swirling with a million questions. She turns to him and her face lightens up, although he can tell under that happiness was a layer of pain from the injury.
"Hotaru! Your okay! You were amazing!" She says, swinging her arms around his neck. Hotaru blushes, feeling the heat of it he scrowls, embrassed.
"What do you mean?" He ask, pushing away from the embrace and looking at her. She blinks a few times, unaware that he had blanked out.
"Hotaru, you defeated that bid ole' monster! You were amazing!" She says smiling back at him. His faces burrows into a frown. He defeated it, then why doesn't he remember? He sighs, pushing it to the back of his head. That wasn't the important thing at the moment, Kurakay's injury was.
"We should probably find you a doctor, Kurakay. Your foot looks bad.." He says. He looks around, trying to figure out how they would get to the nearest village. He squats down on his feet, turning his back toward Kurakay, and motioning for her to climb up.
"Wha? Really, Hotaru?" She says, with a look of awe that could have melted any cold heart. He nods.
"This is the only way we can get you to the nearest doctor. Don't worry, just hop on." He says, feeling himselfy blush as she does so. She smiles and giggles, muttering about how sweet he was and humming random tunes.
This is going to be a long piggyback ride, he thinks. He starts to walk off, the blush still plastering his face, and a pout forming.