Me: Hi everyone! We're back! Sorry for taking such a long time to update, I've been grounded.
Kiba: (baring fangs at me) What did you bring me here for?
Me: pretty much just to be my punching bag.
Alex: (as me and Kiba start fighting) Okay…well…um…I guess on with the story(ducks as a chair is thrown at him) enjoy!
"Is she okay?" a hauntingly familiar voice asked.
"She'll be fine, that's about the fifth time you've asked." a woman's voice, the nurse?
I groaned and rolled over. The first thing I saw was the thing I had hoped I had dreamed about. Kiba. He was sitting right in front of me, a worried expression on his face. Ignore it Briar. I thought to myself, It was your imagination, he doesn't sound like the voice you keep hearing. Now get a grip!
"What happened?" I asked groggily, sitting up.
"You fainted." Kiba said, he tried his best to hide it but I could see the smile at the edges of his mouth. Great. I thought, He thinks me doing something totally unnatural, well… unnatural for me, is funny.
I growled and fell back. I hate today. The only good part is that so far I've had no problem with the crazy voice.
I heard Kiba let out an exasperated sigh, I turned my head to look at him. "You know?" he asked me, "You're harder to convince than anyone I've ever known that you're not crazy."
"What?" I asked confused. Okay. Maybe he is.
"I am." he said looking at me, "I am the voice."
I almost faint, again, but I force myself to remain alert. This is not happening, this is not happening…I repeated over and over in my head.
He laughed. "What?" I asked him, my voice getting weaker by the minute. Five seconds later there was a bright red apple right in front of my nose. I almost screamed but he covered my mouth so fast I didn't even see him move.
Relax. he told me in my mind, my body relaxed without any thought. Good. Now don't scream, please. I told you I would bring you an apple didn't I?
I sighed and grabbed the apple from him. He smiled and removed his hand from my mouth. I stuck my tongue out at him and bit into the apple. It was sweet, oddly sweet. I turned to him, eyebrows raised in questioning. He just shrugged. I rolled my eyes at him and took another bite of the apple. This time something happened. I felt as though I had been kicked in the stomach and I coughed. Blood? That was my last thought before I blacked out.
I'm gonna kill him as soon as I can move. I thought, slowly regaining consciousness. I blinked my eyes open, and screamed. Right in front of me was a hunter. I knew because of the clothes, a bright red overcoat, black, close fitting jeans and combat boots. He was smiling at me, a warm comforting smile. I noticed his face for the first time, he had long brown hair and almond colored eyes. He also had pale skin, and a sharp nose. He reached over to me, like he was going to pet me. I flinched away and he laughed.
I screamed again and my eyes, my real ones this time, shot open. What. In. Hell. Just. Happened? I screamed in my mind.
"Are you alright?" an all too familiar voice asked. I growled and Kiba backed away.
What did you do to that apple? I yelled at him.
I didn't do anything. he said, It's just a normal apple I got from a store.
Then why did I have a vision?
I have no clue. What did you see?
I'm going home. You follow me, you die!
I reached over and grabbed my backpack. I stood and ran out of the nurses office. He followed. How exactly am I supposed to loose him if he can read my mind?
Try disconnecting from him. a new voice entered my mind. It was warm, like it wanted to help me.
Great. I thought sarcastically, Who are you?
Relax. the voice told me, I'm here to help. Now just think of your connection to him as strings tying you together. Grab them, and cut them.
I looked behind me. Just like the voice had said, when I used my minds eye I could see hard, black strings. I grabbed them in my fist and cut through. I could almost imagine the scream of rage and fury that Kiba was letting out.
That's not your imagination. the voice told me, He'll try tracking you. You do know how to lose a tracker, right?
Finally. I thought, smiling and altering my course, A reason to cover myself in dirt. I was now in the forest, by the river. I jumped in and swam against the current. The good part about having demon strength is that you can swim upriver. Once I was about a mile from where I had jumped in I climbed out and rolled around in mud. I sniffed, I couldn't even find my own scent now.
Oh, by the way my name's Alex. the voice said, I know a place where you can hide, just promise me you won't freak out first.
Alright. I said, confused, I promise.
Good. Okay turn left. Alex told me. I followed his instructions for about another ten minutes, and I ended up outside of a cave. Just as I was about to enter the cave I began feeling dizzy. Are you okay? Alex asked me. I wasn't even able to answer, I passed out.
Great. I thought, De-ja-vu. I blinked my eyes open and, just like I had thought, there was a hunter sitting in front of me. He was smiling at me, a warm comforting smile. I noticed his face for the first time(outside of my dream), he had long brown hair and almond colored eyes. He also had pale skin, and a sharp nose. He reached over to me, like he was going to pet me. I flinched away and he laughed. He then vanished in a cloud of black smoke.
"Well you took that better than I expected." Alex said from somewhere to my right, "I partially expected you to rip me to shreds when you first woke up." He walked over in front of me and I saw that he looked exactly like the hunter that disappeared.
Oh great. I thought, Clones. I hate clones.
So you know that hunters can make them. Alex said.
"You're annoying, you know that." I mumbled, then I broke out in a fit of coughs.
He smirked and nodded, unclipping a flask from his belt. I tensed and he laughed again. "Relax," he said, "I won't hurt you. Drink this it will help." He handed me the flask and watched as I sniffed it. He sighed and took it from me. He took a sip and swallowed. "See?" he asked, "It's not poisoned or anything."
Exactly what kind of hunter are you? I asked him, taking a drink from the flask, Normal ones would take one look at me and kill me.
"I'm a half-blood." he said, standing up, "I was created to hunt down demons. In other words I was made using a test-tube."
"So what exactly do you want with me?" I asked, moving into a more comfortable position.
"I already told you…" he said, "I want to help you."
Me: That was fun!
Alex: I'm gonna have to tell you my life story aren't I?
Me: Yup!
Kiba: (whispering to Alex) I have an idea for something we can do next time.
Me: I need help continuing the story so please, if you have any ideas, tell me!
Kiba: Don't forget to review.
Alex: Kiba…behind you.
Kiba: Huh? (spins around just in time to see me hit him on the head with a frying pan)
Me: That's for stalking me! Oh also I'd like to send a shout out to all of the people who reviewed.
