Gem and the Wolf: Prologue 3
After she finally stopped crying, Crystal tended to her cut. Since she couldn't use her chakra to heal it, Crystal had to tend it the old fashion way. She ripped a portion of clothe from her shirt. She decided to look around the forest to see if there were any rivers so she could clean the cut.
After a couple of minutes, Crystal found a river. Lucky for her, the cut stopped bleeding. The type of cut that she gotten was what she and her mother called a dry slash. It was where even though a cut might have been big, deep, and painful, it wouldn't bleed much. Although, Crystal wouldn't be surprised if it still left a scar.
After cleaning the wound, she placed the clothe tightly around her upper right head section. Blood was starting to slightly stain the already damp cloth, but Crystal didn't have time to worry about that. It was getting dark, and it was the middle of Fall. The night would be cold so she had to find shelter.
She started searching around the forest again to see if she could find a cave. She did have an option of going to the village and someone taking pity for her, but after what happened with her mother & father, she didn't want to get hurt again. Plus, if she did start being cared for, she didn't want to let them get hurt.
After a couple of hours, she found an enormous cave. She wanted to explore the cave a little more than just a little peak, but she was exhausted. Right when she put her head on the softest part of ground that she could find, she fell asleep.
When she woke up, the sun was up. She decided to explore the forest and see if she could find anything to eat.
When she got down to ground level (the cave was located on a small hill) she got a stick and sharpened it. After walking a little she found some apples. They were pretty high up so she used her little spear to get them. She got a direct target. The spear was still in the tree, but was about 3½ feet lower. Crystal climbed the tree in and down in just 7 seconds! She examined the spear and saw that she caught 5 apples.
Crystal gulped down 1 and was about to eat another when she heard a small whimper. It sounded like a baby, but not human. More like, an animal.
Crystal, not being able to resist a whimper, investigated. When she pushed a side two bushes, she found a tiny black & white female wolf. Judging by her size, she seemed about 4 months old. Her left front paw was slightly lifted. Crystal saw that it had huge thorns in it.
"Hey, little girl. Ya need help?" Crystal asked sympathetically.
The wolf was startled, stepped back, and gave a little growl.
Crystal also took a step back and put her spear down, "It's okay, I ain't going to hurt ya. Here let me see that paw, I could get those thorns out if ya want."
The little wolf seemed to understand Crystal, for she stopped growling and took several steps closer to her. When she was right in front of Crystal, she lifted her paw higher and gave a little whimper.
"Alright, now this might pinch just slightly…" Crystal took out the thorns one by one. The wolf gave little winces at each one, but besides the winces she didn't feel any pain. When all of the thorns were out, Crystal tore out more of the clothe of her shirt and wrapped it around the wolf's paw.
"There! That help?" Crystal asked happily. The little wolf smiled and wagged its tail. Ruff, ruff. "Giggle I'll take that as a yes." Crystal then took out two of her apples and offered them to the wolf. "Here," she started, "I know you're a carnivore and everything, but ya look like ya haven't eaten anything in a while."
The little wolf happily took the two apples. Crystal was amazed by how fast a little fluff-ball could eat two apples. When the wolf was done, Crystal stood up and said good-bye to her little friend.
As she was walking, Crystal heard little footsteps following her. She turned around and saw the little wolf following her.
"What's wrong?" she asked while kneeling down. The little wolf rubbed up against Crystal's leg and whimpered. "Do ya want to come with me and live with me? Cuz I live in this forest in a huge cave, and I would be more than happy to have company!"
The little wolf jumped into Crystal's arms and licked her face.
"Okay, you're coming with me and that's final. Maybe ya can teach me how to hunt. Can ya do that for me?" The little wolf smiled, Arf arf!
"Great! Now ya need a name don't ya? Hmm, how about Nasha? Ya like that?" The little wolf, Nasha, licked Crystal's face repeatedly as a sign of agreement.
"Okay, okay! From now on, you will be known as Nasha! You will teach me how to hunt and survive, and I will let you live with me. We will care for each other like a sister would do for a sister." Nasha sat up straight and gave a little salute, "Hehe, you are a weird little puppy."