Vladdy dropped Kouta.
"Who are you?" The confidence had not yet returned to her voice.
"Well, I am Kouta, and this is my sister, Kiri," The boy said gesturing to the girl.
"And how do you know Axel?"
"Because," Kiri rolled her eyes, "She spent a long time here. This is basically her home."
Vladdy looked at her feet, "No its not." She murmured.
Kiri rolled her eyes again, "Anyway, Axel was pretty well-known here, she trained a lot. And she told Kouta and I a lot about Konoha, and you. And Gaara. The Nisshoku."
Vladdy glanced up at her, and then Kouta got her attention.
"You're here, to learn that jutsu, right?" he asked.
"Yeah."
Kiri and Kouta looked at each other, almost talking through their eyes. Vladdy felt left out of the conversation.
Kiri suddenly jumped up and started running, she looked at Vladdy, "Don't fall behind."
Vladdy started to follow close to the girl, Kouta behind her. She couldn't see where she was being lead, she could be headed for her death for all she knew; but these kids knew Axel; she had to trust them.
Eventually they were running through the star village itself; but Vladdy did not see anyone on the streets. They kept running, and running, until eventually, they reached a river inside of the woods.
Kiri stopped running. "Were here." She glanced at Vladdy.
"And?" Vladdy was impatient. "How do I find this so called spirit that will reflect me?!"
Kiri rolled her eyes yet again, "She didn't tell you all this?"
Kouta cut in, "You know she wouldn't have Kiri."
Kiri cut her eyes at him, "Alright, bend down at the river."
"What?!" Vladdy said.
"Just do it!"
Vladdy cautiously bent over.
"Now, look at your reflection," Kouta instructed.
Vladdy did so. Starring at her own face. Jeeze she had grown pale lately. I really need to stop wearing black. She was so focused that she didn't even sense four hands touching her back. And suddenly she was in the water. She couldn't catch her breath. She started to swim to the surface, and then realized no matter how much she swam, she wasn't getting any closer to the surface. She continued to struggle, her mind racing as to why they pushed her in. Her lungs couldn't do it anymore. She started to sink; Of all the places, I'm going to die here? As she was falling through the water, her eyes starting to close, a girl suddenly appeared; smiling. She reached her hand out and grabbed Vladdys, and suddenly it was black.
Vladdy's eyes opened to sunlight shinning on her face. She was in a grass field. She looked up to see a girl standing in front of her. The girl had long brown hair; the same shade as hers. The girl looked at her, and Vladdy was shocked to see her own face looking down.
"Nice to see you, Vladdy."
"Who..who are you?"
The girl smiled. "You."