Okay so sorry if this chapter isn't as good because I'm really not thinking well and I'm like incredibly tired right now. BUT I will try. So yeah...well enjoy I guess!
Hikaru woke up with a start. He had had a terrible nightmare and it wasn't going to be easy to get that out of his head. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, he scanned the island, looking for Haruhi. She wasn't next to him when he woke up, and he figured that she had gotten up to do something. It's not like she'd stick around just to wait for him to wake up right? Slowly, he brought himself to stand up. His muscles were screaming with pain still, but at least he wasn't so tired anymore. Beginning to walk in to the dense woodland he looked around wearily. Who knew what was in there? What kind of dangerous or poisonous animals lurking in the shadows? He shook his head. He wasn't going to think about that right now. The shade from the trees cooled him down and eased his nerves. Although he would much rather be at home right now, he knew he would have to adjust and deal with his surroundings and where they were. Suddenly he came to a small clearing and saw Haruhi next to an enormous tree and seemed to be doing something. Hikaru wasn't quite sure what she was doing. From an average person's eye, it would look as if she was trying to build a tree house, but he didn't think she was really into that kind of stuff. "Hey Hikaru!" he heard her call out to him, "Look at this!" He walked over to where she was standing and looked up at the giant tree that hung above him. Far up, he could see the makings of a tree house. Yes, there was no doubt.
"What.." he began, pointing upwards, "is that?" He knew that tree houses didn't just come naturally in nature, but did Haruhi really make that? He didn't even know that she knew how to make stuff like that. And the best part was..it was actually made really good. He shook his head. He knew that he shouldn't be doubting his friend. Haruhi had a lot of skills that he had yet to know about.
"You like it?" he heard her say, "I woke up early and since I wasn't all that tired, I figured that we would need shelter so I came out here and built this." He looked at her impressed. So she did know how to make that stuff. Wow, he thought, I had no idea. He chuckled to himself, I guess there's still a lot to her that I don't know about her.
"Well,"he began, "It looks really good. Sorry that I couldn't help you. You should've woken me." To be honest, he was happy that she hadn't woken him. He still felt really sore from the other day, and wasn't sure if would have had it in him to get up and start building things. Especially when it was that high in the tree. Haruhi must've climbed the tree to get it up that high. It is a good idea. I mean, if there really are dangerous things out here, then we would want to be able to get as far away from them as possible, he thought to himself, and it would help us sleep better too. Help give us a sense of security.
Haruhi gave him a small smile, "Yeah, well you looked so tired. I knew that you had been through a lot, so I didn't want to disturb you. Besides, I woke up really early. No one would want to wake up at that time." Hikaru smiled at his friend, happy about how lucky he was to have her there with him. He looked up again, at the shelter. Were they supposed to climb that? It was so high. If one of them were to fall off, then that would get them severally injured if not killed. He shuddered at the thought but decided not to think about it. "Come on," he heard Haruhi say and watched her begin to climb the tree. Fear that she would fall down still lingered in him, but he started to feel himself climbing the tree as well. Besides, if she did fall down, he would have to be there to catch her. Climbing it though, wasn't as difficult as it had seemed,and he felt himself gliding up the trunk of the tree.
Before he knew it, they were both safely up the tree and Haruhi was leading him into the tree house. When he walked in, he was amazed. You would've thought that it had taken her days to make it. There was walls made on all four sides of them,a floor, and a roof, giving it a house sensation. As he looked at the walls, he could see that the wood was packed down tight, and there seemed to be no gaps whatsoever in the dwelling. He looked over at Haruhi, How had she made this so perfect? he thought. Sure, it seemed like just a bunch of wood brought together, but the way it was fasted together and the fact that there was no errors in the making of it, impressed him. Suppose if there was a storm, then this place would be the best place to be when it happened. Sure, being in a tree wasn't normally the best option when there was a storm, but she hadn't made it too high to where there would really be a threat, but high enough to avoid anything dangerous from below. Also, with the way it was so compacted together, it would trap heat in, and make it warm. At least warm enough. She had even made a door to the tree house! It was perfect. " How did you make all of this?" he asked her. The question was still lingering in his head and was not making any attempt to leave. Smiling, Haruhi responded saying, " When I was in middle school, my dad suggested that I go to a survivor class. The teacher taught us everything about what to do if we ever got stranded in the woods, and taught us how to make tree houses like this. He was a really incredible teacher, really. We were just lucky enough to have landed somewhere where there's tons of trees." Hikaru looked at her amazed. Wow, he thought, there really is more to her than I really is more to her than I know. But shouldn't I know more? I mean Kaoru and I followed her around so much and annoyed her so often, surely we should've known a lot about her. Maybe I need to start paying more attention to her. He was still concerned a little about Kaoru but at least now he could think his name without twitching. Because after all, no matter how much Kaoru may worry about him, he knew that Kaoru was okay.
But Kaoru was not okay. Everyone else seemed to think so, because he had been trying to act more normal around people by smiling and joking around occasionally but he was still as miserable as ever. As we stepped out of the limo to walk into the school, his brother was still on his mind and he wasn't really paying attention to where he was going. Before he knew it, he felt himself bumping into someone else, and looked up to see a girl starting to fall in front of him. Quickly, he reached down to catch her, and right when she was about to hit the ground, he felt her head lay in his arms. The girl had blonde, curly hair that went a little past her shoulders, and her face was short and her eyes were blue and shone brightly and she looked more innocent than anyone at the school. Lifting her up, he helped her gain her balance so she could stand. "I'm really sorry!" he apologized, "I wasn't looking where I was going!" He was expecting some kind of angry response like 'leave me alone' or 'well then maybe you should watch where you're going!' but instead, he just heard the girl laugh, "It's okay!" he comforted him, "I wasn't really paying that much attention either. My name is Sada. How about you?" she asked holding out a hand. Giving the first real smile since his brother's disappearance, he shook her hand and said, "That's a wonderful name! My name's Kaoru." Sada returned the smile, and after departing hands, they talked as they walked into the school together.
Ooo. Looks like Kaoru has a new friend! Who is this new said 'Sada'? and what's going to happen with them? And what's going to happen with Hikaru and Haruhi over on the island? Check in tomorrow to find out. Oh! And if you have any ideas for the story then feel free to give me ideas! I've pretty much gotten through the part I've had planned out for days, so now I'm pretty much just coming up with everything as I write it. I'll try my best to fit your guys' ideas into the story. But of course nothing too crazy. :P Well, I guess I'll leave you to review!