Yasha: This is the 4th chappy! R&R!
Sukarae bent down and picked up a lilac. She put it to her nose and took in the intoxicating scent of the flower. "Ah...my favorite flower of all..." she said dreamily to no one in particular.
Naru glanced at her and extends his arm, holding a dandelion of which were growing everywhere. "I like these, Su-chan," he said, grinning.
Sukarae smiled and added it to her small collection in her left hand that included two carnations and a cherry blossom she'd picked from a tree that was nearby. "I don't think that will be good for Kiko's allergy, babe."
Sukarae said standing up.
He continued to grin. "Then I'll just make sure it's not near her," he said putting it in his right hand that had a bright red tulip in it.
"We should head back to Kiko now. She might be getting lonely." Sukarae said jokingly.
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Walking through the forest, Sukarae took another whiff of the lilac, soothing her in a way. She looked up at the sky, always thinking of touching one of those big, fluffy clouds, wondering if they really felt the way
the looked. The breeze suddenly picked up, blowing her long hair back.
"Su-chan..." Naru said, sounding nervous.
Sukarae looked over at the young boy, her dreamy expression faded. "What? What is it?"
"I sense something...bad. Somebody's chakra.."
Sukarae looked ahead of her. She sensed it too. Somebody's chakra she didn't recognize at all. "Let's hurry and get back to Kiko," Sukarae said quickly, picking up her pace.
"Right." Naru said right behind her.
Sukarae and Naru arrived where they had left Kiko to see that she was no longer alone. Sukarae recognized the newcomer immediately and being ways away from the two, Sukarae pulled Naru by his shirt behind a couple of trees.
"Suka-" Naru was cut off as Sukarae clamped her hand over his mouth.
Sukarae's heart began to race, her hands turning sweaty and she clenched the one with the flowers tighter and tighter. 'What..? What's he doing here?! And with her?!'Sukarae wondered frantically.
Naru peered around his tree slightly to see the man in the black cloak with strange looking red clouds on them. Naru had never seen such a cloak before, and he could sense something...unpleasant about the strange man's presence.
Sukarae heard the low mumble of their chatter, but couldn't make out a single word of it. 'What should I do?' She dropped the her freshly picked flowers to her feet and took a quiet, deep breath. She had no clue what to do.
The man wasn't harming Kiko, but for what he did..
Naru pushed Sukarae's hand off his mouth and whispers, "Who is HE?" Naru asked, sounding a little scared and unsure.
Sukarae chews her bottom lip. "I...I..."
"There's no point in trying to conceal yourselves," a man's voice said cutting through Sukarae's. "Sukarae-chan,"
Naru gasped loudly. "He..he knows you?!"
Sukarae suddenly felt dizzy, her legs feeling as if they had turned to jell-o. Nausea overwhelmed her. She'd never felt this way before. There was something about him...
TBC.
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