I jumped swiftly from tree to tree, using each one to make myself faster. Someone was calling me, but who? Or what? I finally stopped, pulling myself to an abrupt stop in the tree. I hardly even noticed that I had gone beyond the walls of the campus.
I sniffed the air. The scent around here, it was familiar.
I crouched low and slid down a few limbs to get a better look around. I only pulled back into the shadows when I heard footsteps.
There were two men, walking side by side, along the nature-made oath.
One of them had dark hair that went to his shoulders. The other had blonde cropped hair and sort of reminded me of Aidou, but with a much more hostile look about him. I couldn't see much else in the darkness.
I had to strain myself to hear their conversation.
"Are you sure she's around here? It's been two years, she's moved on.." The dark haired man said, sounding sad.
"I know she is, she couldn't have gone far. Not with those cuts I gave her" Blondy said with a scoff.
"Why the hell did you do that?!" The dark man demanded, turning to his companion. I noticed he was a bit taller than the other.
"I wasn't trying to, but she fought me. She lost her memory, dumb ass, she doesn't remember anything!" The blonde said loudly, but not too loud.
I couldn't completely connect what they were talking about. I leaned a little more when they got quieter, trying to hear.
"How did that happen?" The dark one asked.
"How should I know? It was probably her way of dealing with what happened. She probably though-" He cut off.
My foot had slipped and I was falling. I landed on my knees, but fell forward onto my face anyway. The two, who I had interrupted, were looking down at me.
"I-is it really you?" The darker one murmured before taking a step forward and reaching towards me.
I scrambled back, trying to get myself up again. I could remember the blonde guy now.
Iron gates, a knife, and rocky paths.
I jumped up, ignoring my protesting knees and hands, and darted forwards. I tripped over my own feet and caught myself with my hands to keep moving. I leapt into the air as high as I could, stopping myself in the tops of the trees. I heard shuffling.
They were chasing me. And I had to lose them.
Then I spotted hope. It was an abandoned broadcasting station, wires everywhere. It looked like a fire had destroyed it, but the wires had survived.
I pushed myself out of the tree and off every tree between the two places. I could hear them behind me, in the trees. When I finally came in range, I pushed as hard as I could and flipped through the empty air. On pure luck, I landed perfectly on a pole with a wire connecting it to the building.
I easily crossed the wire to the opposite side before spinning around to face them.
There they were, one stood on the opposite pole, the other stood on the wire connecting them both.
"Please, stop running..." The dark one begged.
"Why?! Who are you?" I exclaimed, my panic finally getting the best of me.
"Miki..." The same one murmured. I froze in place.
Who is he and why does he know my name?
"I will take you by force if I have to" The blonde growled.
I growled back, enraged that he thought he could force me to do anything.
"What the hell have I done to deserve this?" I hissed, my anger carrying over the distance.
"You can't remember?" The other said, sounding hurt. I was about to answer, but then the blonde ass cut me off.
"Are you going to come willingly?"
I stared at him with hard eyes. "Hell no."
"Then you'll come by force" He said before starting to cross the wires. The other was right behind him, trying to grab for him.
"Like hell you will" I yelled before crouching down and putting both hands on the wire.
"No! Taka, stop!" He yelled, then noticed what I was doing and his eyes widened with horror, "No, Miki..don't do it. You could-"
Before he could finish, I pushed electric waves into the wires as hard as I could. I was forcing the current through their protective cover and through them. I let out a scream of pain at the same time as the two of them as the recoil of the shock hit me. I let go as the power forced me back off the pole.
As my back hit the ground I heard them still both screaming as they were absorbed in my shock. I was trying to get up, but couldn't. I kept falling back on my ass.
"Miki!" I heard a voice. I looked back and there was the darker one. He had escaped my current, though I had no idea how.
"Please..don't go" He rasped, but collapsed back on the ground before he could say anything else.
I stared at him. He had been trying to stop the blonde one. He didn't want to hurt me.
I watched him twitch from the shock still surging through his body, eating him away, before I decided to crawl over to him. I knew the shock wouldn't go away, but I didn't want him to die.
I put my hands on his head and chest and forced the electricity back into myself. It hurt a lot, but I knew I would be alright.
I could hear him breathing evenly and I knew he was asleep, but alright. I still didn't know who he was, and I wanted to know.
I moved over him, trying to turn him over to see his face better, but before I could two arms wrapped around me and pulled me away.
"It's blondy, it has to be. I didn't kill him" I told myself as I thrashed wildly. Eveything was sore and achy, but I had to fight.
"Miki! Miki, stop! It's me!" I heard Aidou say. I stopped struggling and turned around, hugging him tightly as I cried.
"It's alright now, don't cry" He told me as he pet my head.
"I was so afraid. I didn't know what to do" I said as I started to shake.
I could just tell Aidou was smiling as he told me, "You did well. We can go home now."
He picked me up and started carrying me. I could only whisper "Thank you" before I completely blacked out.
