Finally, the real story is about to start.
I don't own bleach~ Haven't said it for a while so thought I'd remind you T.T
Chapter 7 – Under the cover of Darkness
Kimi tossed and turned for what felt like hours that night, and the next night, and the night after that... One minute she was staring at the blank far wall of her room as moonlight hit her face, and the next the sun was replacing it.
She couldn't stop thinking of the things that had happened to her here so far no matter what method of falling to sleep she tried.
One thing that kept her mind racing was that Soul Reaper, Kaien. It had now been a few days since he had vanished from the village for a second time and Kimi wondered how long it would be before he returned. A few months again? A year? Longer perhaps? There were so many things that she wanted to ask when he was gone, but when he was there she was put on the spot and couldn't think of them, and now here she was, struggling to sleep due to her clogged up brain.
You won't disappear so easily next time, Kaien! She thought savagely. He had promised to train with her and show her what was so special about those swords the soul reapers carried around, but again he had gone as quickly as he had appeared.
Kimi felt her eyes close heavily for a moment and she finally felt as though she was drifting off into dream land, that is until there was a loud yell out side of her room.
Her brow twitched as the yelling and loud talking continued. She buried her head underneath her pillow, but that only made it sound like a swarm of angry bees buzzing around her room.
"Oh for crying out loud" she whined loudly, her voice cracking slightly. "Just when I was finally tired!" she flew up out of her bed and stomped over to her door. Surprisingly, she found that there was no one outside of the room, but when she listened more carefully she released that the sound was coming from the road outside of the manor, which was conveniently only a few meters from her paper-thin walls.
Usually the road was quiet, barely noticeable even. It was the road that she and Yuu took into the village and it was one of two ways to leave or enter by horse and carriage. Kimi did occasionally hear the faint clip-clop of horse hoofs as travellers and tradesmen passed by which she didn't mind at all, but this ruckus was ridiculous.
A breeze of cold November air floated down her back, making her shiver so she retreated back into the warmth of her room. The noise didn't quiet down any so she decided to go investigate.
She splashed some water on her face, combed her hair and threw on some clothes:
A long red woolly jumper that was far too big for her, it reached down to her thighs, that was made for her by a woman in the village as a thank you for helping with job. Thick black woolly tights, black pumps, and a black gloves and scarf set that once belonged to Yuu but Kimi conveniently forgot to return them after borrowing them, Yuu seemed not to have noticed or cared so it was fine.
It seemed pointless to stay quiet when leaving her room as she usually would have this early of the morning. Anyone who heard the noise had no chance of sleeping through it, so she left her room and closed the door normally, rather than trying to be silent.
Her garden looked very different at this time of year. Usually the ground and her little pond would be covered with cherry blossom petals, but now what few petals were left were a pale white. The trees branches were covered with frost and the pond was coated with a thin sheet of Ice. Frost also lay on the floor, with patches of ice lying invisibly waiting for some unsuspecting victim to step on and break their neck.
That'll be meKimi thought, Only I would be unlucky enough to go flying on black ice. I think I'll take the safe route.
The sun was only just beginning to rise. The sky was a pale orange in the east and dark everywhere else. Soon enough the sun would rise and make most of the ice melt away, part of her roof was bathing in the low light so she decided to run there where it would be less lethal.
She jumped from the roof onto the wall that divided the manor and the road and looked both ways for the source of the disturbance. Sure enough just a few meters to the left past her bedroom was a large group of people huddled together.
She raised an eyebrow and ran along the wall to go and see what all the fuss was about, hopping down to join the back of the crowd just before the wall ended.
"What's going here?" but her question was ignored. The mumbling was too loud to hear her especially all the way from the back to the front. She tried asking politely a few more times but eventually gave up and just barged her way through to the front.
She was at least a foot shorter than everyone else, and it was a good job she wasn't claustrophobic else she would be panicking right about now. She swam through the crowd, stepping on toes as she went and feeling slightly crushed and pushed around. "Excuse me, coming through, whoops sorry" she finally reached the front and fell out of the front line of people, bumping into someone and regaining her balance instead of falling flat on her face.
Looking up she realised that they were wearing black. Crap, a Soul Reaper! No, four Soul Reapers!
"What the hell kid! Get back in line" the man she had stumbled into shouted. His comrades who were spread out in a line across the road glared at her disgustedly.
"Tsk. I was going to apologize but I changed my mind" Kimi retorted, straightening up and brushing dust off her legs. "What the hell is going on here?" she demanded.
"Who the hell do you think you are? Bumping into me and asking questions" he shouted. This guy seemed like he was already aggravated, probably by all of these villagers, and he was ready for an argument.
"I'm Kimiko Murasaki! You wanna fight over this? Are you really that stupid? It was an accident and I want to know why all of these people woke me up so early, is that a difficult thing to answer?" Kimi too was getting aggravated now, her temper seemed short since those boys had given her trouble.
"Kimi" came a blunt voice from above her.
"What?" she snapped back and whirled around to face them, ready for more trouble. But to her surprise it was Shinsetsu, though he wasn't wearing his usual grin.
"Let me take this from here."
"I- Right... I'm sorry, I was just..." she stuttered under her breath, at first trying to justify her actions but he just moved her aside gently with his arm and stepped forward.
"I'm Shinsetsu Murasaki, leader of this village and Kimiko's father. I too would like to know what is going on here, why are you blocking this route?" he didn't shout at the soul reaper but she would have preferred it if he did. This calm but cold manner was totally different from what she was used to, his bubbly and kind personality seemed to have vanished, Kimi was more scared by that than the prospect of fighting an armed soul reaper while unarmed.
The man stuttered for a moment, and then regained a professional manner. He spoke as if reciting his words for the hundredth time: "The surrounding routes in and out of all villages in districts 1-7 are closed until further notice, no citizens are to leave the village under any circumstances, anyone who is found trying to leave or are found outside of the perimeters will be arrested and taken into the custody of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads."
There was an even louder mumbling from the crowd, some groans, some yells of anger.
"You can't do that to us!"
"We have crops and animals to care for out there!"
"I need to go to the other villages, I need to buy materials!"
Kimi couldn't agree more. She had worked for most of these people and she knew full well how much this village relied on the surrounding areas for fields, farms, orchards and markets. They couldn't survive without them. Maybe for one day yes, but for too long... not a chance.
"Why did you not consult the leader of the village before doing this? I should know about everything that happens in my village even if it is a matter of the 13 court guard squads. I should at least be informed first."
Again, the man showed signs of losing his composure. He wasn't prepared for this. "We are just following orders. This is a private matter of the 13 court guard squads and therefore there is no need for any other organisation to know what is going on. We were commanded to block off the routes in and out of all villages in this area. No one is to know the details of why."
"I disagree. I thought it was common courtesy to inform a leader if you are doing something in his village, I don't mean to ask for my permission, I mean to inform me so I can help if possible and make sure my people are safe. This is my village and I want to know why these people's daily lives are being interrupted by Soul Reapers. I need to know the situation, perhaps I can even help you. Would you please come to my office and explain in privacy?"
The crowd was totally silent now. Their glares were fixed on this one man who was now an involuntary spokesman for the Soul Reapers. His colleagues looked at him, just as unsure as he was then he nodded.
"Fine. But if I get in trouble your name will be mentioned"
"That's fine by me" Shin smiled, his usual personality seemed to be shining back through, though it was probably faked. "Follow me if you will."
The man stepped forward from his line and the other soul reapers closed the gap, resuming to block the path. Kimi watched as the two of them walked past her, the crowd parting to let them pass through. Shinsetsu paused for a moment.
"I'd like for you people to return to your homes for the moment. As soon as this situation is resolved or we come to an agreement I will send news around the village, I promise" and then he continued. The villagers gapped at him angrily but he held his head up high and continued.
Kimi felt slightly sorry for the Soul Reaper, after all he was only following the orders of his superiors which he probably wasn't allowed to question, he wasn't the one calling the shots. He looked a little bit ashamed as he passed the glaring faces, or were they now glaring at Shin's back for agreeing with the Soul Reapers?
You can't please everyone I guess, but that doesn't excuse his rudeness Kimi thought still mad at the man for losing his temper with her.
Kimi realised she had been staring dumbly at their backs as they left. She shook away her thoughts and jogged to catch up with them both, soon having to skip and hop to keep up with their long strides.
"Is this about what I think it is?" Shin was asking the man under his breath.
"There's only one thing it can be about" the man replied. He was about to elaborate when Shin put a hand on his shoulder.
"Not here, wait until we are in my office"
"So, what's happening out there? Another robbery or something? A Murder?" Kimi asked curiously, almost conversationally.
The man was about to answer when Shin interrupted. "Please don't interfere Kimiko."
What the... He never calls me Kimiko any more..."Why can't I ask questions? What's wrong with asking questions?"
"This is a private matter between me and the 13 court guard squads. Private means no one else is to know"
Translation: I'm hiding something from you, go away."But Shin! I might be able to help... I'm not training to become a Soul Reaper for nothing. One day I'll be doing this kind of job the same as these guys"
"And until then you should mind your own business" he snapped. Kimi looked at him, shocked. He had never once spoken to her like that, ever. Shin didn't apologize but carried on walking. When entering the manor, he paused and shook his head, thinking to himself but not voicing it.
"Kimi... go and wake Yuu and tell her the news, she was due to go out of the village on a job today, it's best that she knows early."
Translation: I'm trying to get rid of you, go away. Kimi glared at him, not bothering to hide the fact that she was mad. "Fine." she turned on her heel and walked in the opposite direction.
Convenient how Yuu's room is the opposite side of the manor. You won't be going to your office now, will you Shin? She asked in her mind. She continued walking and gritted her teeth and fists, making a split second decision. I'm not standing for this any longer. They've been hiding something from me ever since I arrived here, I want to know the truth!
Kimi knew they were watching her out of sight so she picked up speed and stormed around the corner.
She hid there for a moment but heard footsteps approaching, sure enough Shin came to see if she was gone. She leaped up onto the roof and out of sight silently just before his head popped around the corner.
He seemed to have decided that Kimi had indeed ran to Yuu's room. He sighed and returned to the Soul Reaper man who was waiting where she had left them.
She lay low on the roof, still able to hear them without them spotting her.
"My apologies for that. Kimiko is the last person on earth I would want to hear this. I know she is mad at me so she will probably avoid me for a while, but just as a precaution we I'll go to a different office." he continued walking, but not in the direction of his own office.
I knew it! I knew I wasn't imagining it! He's going somewhere else to throw me off.
They reached another room, Yoshino's office, Shin slid the door open and allowed the Soul Reaper to enter first. Shin paused to scan around the yard before entering. Kimi re-emerged into sight once the door had closed and sprinted to the roof above them. She lay down and hung her head over the edge again.
She could hear them as though she was in the room with them.
The Soul Reaper let out a deep, troubled sigh. "So you know what's been happening over these past few months?"
"Not exactly but rumours spread fast, we vaguely know but we don't know the details" Shin replied. "I'm disappointed that something terrible has been happening on our door step and the guard squads have had the nerve to invade our village everyday but say nothing about the situation. We don't know what is happening, where or why. We know we are in danger but we have been offered no protection"
The reaper sighed again. "I might as well put your mind at rest then, or maybe not at rest but at least keep you in the know. I won't get in trouble for that if rumours are flying around." he paused again, seemly taking a drink of something. Shin did usually offer guests snacks and wine.
"Over these past months there have been a series of strange... disappearances, for lack of a better word. I guess they could also be called attacks or deaths. At first we thought it was nothing serious, just a coincidence that a number of people had died in the same area and in the same way in quick succession, but over the months they have become more frequent."
Kimi's eyes widened. Deaths? Attacks?
"You say attacks, deaths or disappearances, why are you unsure?" Shin asked.
"Because the only reason we know about this is because people have been reported missing and their clothes have been found discarded soon after. A few days ago there were more reports and we decided to go and investigate properly, so to resolve the problem before it gets out of hand and spreads. We were shocked by what we found"
Kimi listened in even harder, not wanting to miss a single word of this.
"The clothes we found were indeed discarded on the ground, but as though they were still being worn. The owners had not removed them because their shirts were still buttoned, belts tied, socks inside shoes... It's as though they had just disintegrated..."
"Then that means they died, correct?"
"No, not correct. Everything in the Soul Society is made of Reishi, particles of Spirit Energy that combine to create everything from the trees, to the animals, to the food to our bodies. When something dies or is destroyed it returns to its Reishi state and becomes part of the Soul Society; the same goes for people, if a person dies they turn to Reishi, but so do their items of clothing."
Kimi lay there in shock again. She remembered one of the very first questions she had asked Yoshino and Shin when she had first woke up here: "What will happen to me if I die here?"
And now she knew. She would cease to exist, simply disappear into nothingness. Maybe as if she had never existed in the first place?
Once again she felt physically sick but the men continued to talk and she continued to listen in.
"That is odd. So they didn't die, and they didn't undress... so, what happened to them?" Shin asked, baffled.
"We don't know. The reason we have blocked off the villages is keep all citizens contained while an advanced unit and a squad conduct an investigation. They are out on the field looking for clues as we speak, the villagers being safe in their homes makes things easier for those teams and people needn't stumble upon anything they shouldn't witness. Anyone found outside of a village will be taken in as a suspect"
Shin sighed. "And where is this operation taking place?"
"In Fugai of district five. It's only a few miles from here but villagers of Harumachi visit there regularly"
Kimi almost gasped aloud. Fugai? I was there only two days ago with Yuu! So close to home this whole time...
"You should have just come to see me in the first place, we could have avoided all of this fuss. I will of course co-operate and make sure that the villagers stay at home, but in return I hope that you will do whatever you can to make this operation go as quickly and quietly as possible... The longer it takes the more anger and frustration there is, and that will only cause more trouble..."
"There's not much I can do myself sir, I've been put on guard duty only, but if there is any information I, or my colleagues find or any way we can help, we will, I assure you"
"Thank you. Now let us leave and inform the villagers of our decision. Expect a small riot" Shin chuckled. They opened the door and left down the corridor towards the main road again.
Kimi watched on in silence and anger rose up inside of her like flames.
This whole time Kimi had thought that this life was too good to be true... like it was just one big, amazingly realistic dream. But it was more like a nightmare... Kimi was nothing more than particles of spiritual energy that could vaporize into thin air at any moment, and this knowledge had been kept from her for so long.
She stared off into the distances, as though watching something at wasn't actually there.
Shin... how could you do this... you've known for so long and yet you don't care? You know that people are dying and in danger and yet you've kept up this lie for so long, smiling and laughing as though the bigger picture isn't happening on your doorstep... do you have a conscience? How can you act so care-free? People may be in their homes but that doesn't stop a murderer from entering the village...
Kimi was actually shaking now. She feared for her own life, for others' lives.
There has been so many opportunities, so many times where I could have been killed or seriously injured... I could have just disappear on the spot. So many time we have been alone out in the meadows or the woods, or the roads between villages... Fugai... I was at Fugai...
A tear ran down her face.
I thought this life was too perfect to be true! I knew that there was nowhere in the world that could be so peaceful and have no disadvantages, I've been walking around blind folded, completely unaware that at any moment I could disappear from this world without a trace...
Does Yuu know? Is Yuu aware that she was in danger? Does she know what would happen to her if she "Died"? Does that not scare her? ... Yuu was keeping something from me as well... Of course she knew! She was the same as Shin, stopping me from asking questions or changing the subject every time I came close to asking.
Kimi began to properly cry. If they really did care about me as a daughter then they would have told me, prepared me, so that I knew and had a chance of protecting myself, protecting Yuu as well... Maybe they did it on purpose. Maybe they want me dead...maybe they don't care!
If they cared they would have told me so I could protect myself!
Kimi got up, shaking badly and ran over the roofs in the direction of her room.
Enough is enough! If they don't care about me then I don't know why they pretended for so long, but I'm out of here. If the soul reapers don't want to get their asses out there and do more to save people then I'll do it for them, I haven't been training for nothing, I could have saved those people...
She ran into her room and slammed the door shut, pacing around restlessly, still crying and feeling like she was having a panic attack. She kept attempting to settle down or sleep but had to keep moving. Running her hands through her hair, looking out of her door, moving around the room constantly.
She dreaded facing any of the family at the moment, she would probably lose her temper and rage at them, and despite them lying to her like this she was grateful for them taking her in and giving her a roof over her head so she didn't want to cause trouble.
If she was going anywhere or leaving she was going to do it in the dead of night, without a trace, disappearing in thin air like they had probably planned for her.
I need a plan. I need to find a way to escape here without being caught and then make my way to Fugai without being seen.
She picked up a pen and some paper out of her desk and sat there, formulating her ideas onto paper. This made her calm down slightly, it gave her something to focus on and vent her anger on, and it was crucial that she got this right.
She finished making her plan and editing it several times and lay back on her bed. She was finally relatively calm now that she knew what she was going to do.
Her belly gave an unexpected yowl.
Ugh I haven't eaten yet and no chance am I going to go and make food, that would mean bumping into people. If I bump into the, there's a chance I'll lose my temper here're in any escape plans... I'll just have to do without.
She checked her clock. It was only half past eight... Still around seven hours till sunset... seven hours of waiting. I'm not going to get away with not speaking to anyone for long. I'll lie here and pretend to sleep.
Kimi had been exactly right. At about ten o'clock Yuu knocked her door. Luckily enough Kimi was already lying in her bed, so she rolled over towards the wall and pretended to sleep. Yuu entered quietly but left when she released that Kimi was asleep.
She came back again at about one o'clock that afternoon, knocked again and entered after a moment. Kimi was still lying there, deep in thought.
"Kimi?" Yuu asked quietly.
"Uhm?"
"Do you not want food? You haven't eaten yet"
"I'm not hungry" she said bluntly, hoping that her belly wouldn't betray her.
"Aww c'mon, your always hungry!" Yuu giggled. "I know we can't really leave here but can't sleep all day, why don't you get up, I can help you train in the yard if you like?"
"I-I don't want to today, not feeling well." She rushed again, still not turning to Yuu.
"But It's so boring around here, please get up, we can find something to-"
"No Yuu, I don't want to." she snapped back. Yuu fell silent.
"Ok. I'm sorry for disturbing you. Maybe I'll see you at dinner if your feel better, it's at six as usual" and she left, closing the door behind her.
I'll be long gone before six, Yuu.
Kimi didn't really care that she had snapped at her. It was about time that she lost her temper with these people. She was leaving anyway; it would be easier to leave if they were in a bad mood with her.
Kimi fell asleep, and before she knew it nightfall came. A lantern being lit somewhere outside of her room was what woke her up. She stretched and got up out of bed.
She put her shoes back on and replaced her red jumper with an identical black one. She also wore a black woolly hat with her hair down and wrapped her scarf around her face like a mask. Now the only parts of skin that were visible were her pale cheeks.
She checked herself over in the mirror and knew instantly that it would be almost impossible to see her in this outfit as long as she stayed in the shadows.
She walked over to her light and took one last look at the room. Considering she had only been here about seven months and the room wasn't exactly crowded with belongings, but it felt like home and she would miss the place. Even if she had any way of carry things she couldn't think of anything she wanted to take with her, it would be better to travel light for speed anyway.
A tear welled up in the corner of her eye as she turned the light off. "Goodbye room" she smiled, and slipped out of her room closing the door behind her gently.
She rushed around the corner of the building and into the shadows, away from the lantern light before anyone caught sight of her.
"Whoa" she muttered as she stumbled into pitch blackness and suddenly felt blind. She leaned her back against a wall for a few moments to allow her eyes to adjust before continuing.
She came to the end of an alley way between the wall surrounding the manor and one of the buildings. Just ahead of her to the left was a small gate that lead to a path around the outside of the manor wall and out onto the main road, but the last thing she wanted to do was go near the road, she would probably walk right into a soul reaper guard if she did and that would mean being caught and punished.
She could see through the gate's iron bars that the path was bathed in the golden light of a lantern, which probably meant that someone had recently patrolled that area.
She gulped, rushed forward and lay flat against the wall next to the gate, checked down the path and saw no one, then quickly leaped up and over the wall, rather than opening the creaky iron gate, and ran into the dense forest next to the path.
Seconds later, a black robed woman strolled around the corner and peered down the path as if searching for someone. Kimi dropped to the floor and lay low under the bushes, her heart mimicking her and dropping into her stomach.
Did she see me?
Though it seemed to have been a co-incidence. The woman stared around, gripping the handle of the sword at her waist tightly. She did not speak, just looked around, and then seemed to decide she was imagining things, turning around and back onto the main road.
Kimi sighed her relief and rose into a crouching position.
The road to Fugai is to the east, at the other side of the village so I need to pass through or past the village and follow the main road out to the other end... My plan seemed fine in theory but now... I'm not so sure.
She quickly made her decision and set off again. She sprinted as quickly and light footedly as she could along the back manor wall, making her way into the village but keeping to the shadows. She ran into an alley way between two houses and peered into the village centre. Sure enough as she had guessed, it was crowded with soul reapers, all spread out around the town, standing silently as if waiting for something to happen. Kimi retreated back into the shadows and continued to ran behind the houses.
She soon came to the little bridge over the river where she had saved little Ami from the bullies last week and paused to smile at the place. She vividly remembered how she felt at that moment, how rage boiled up like flames inside of her, and the odd feeling of enjoyment at hitting someone for the first time... Was that a bad feeling? Was that wrong, or was it normal?
She smirked and then realised she wasn't exactly in the dark, she could quite easily be spotted here, and leaped up into a high tree above the river and jumped from branch to branch in the direction of the main road.
She saw the road in the distance through the trees, faintly lit by lanterns which were probably held by soul reapers.
I'll follow the path but from up here, I'll be seen on the grou- Kimi let out a sudden loud, high pitched yelp as her foot got caught on a twisted branch and she plummeted towards the ground. Her lapse of concentration had caused her to miss place her foot and fall from the tree.
She hit the ground with a resounding thud and another yelp, which seemed to have alerted people to her presence.
She heard them in the distance as pulled herself up from the floor.
"What was that?"
"I don't know, I'm sure I heard a scream"
"I think it was this way, come on let's check it out"
"Shit, I need to get out of here or I'll be found" she muttered, wincing at the pain in her hip and beginning to run again.
"Over there! Movement at 1 O'clock!" a young man shouted, more people were approaching having heard the racket as well.
"Shit, shit, shit!" Kimi ignored the pain and practically threw herself into a panicked sprint.
They were slowly gaining on her, she kept turning to look at them, seeing glints of shiny metal in the moonlight... Unsheathed swords.
She knew now that she was literally running for her life, weaving in and out of trees, jumping between high and low branches.
She remembered the fact that here, she was made of spirit particles... Doesn't that basically mean I AM like my own spiritual energy? Maybe I AM the energy! In a desperate attempt to run faster she began to send her spiritual energy around her body, using more and more of it with every single foot step and bend of her knee. Just as Kaien explained, this meant made the point of impact stronger, so that she was now launching into the air with every single frantic foot step.
She then sped up for a second time, but regretted it. She hadn't realised how far she had run in just a few minutes but she was now approaching the waterfall and basin at the edge of the district.
She was running far too fast now to step or change course, all she could do was hope that she could clear the huge leap across the basin to the other side of the forest.
She clenched her fisted, closed her eyes for a moment, bent her knees into a crouch for a split millisecond and launched high into the air far above the shimmering water.
The soul reaper crash to a halt at the edge of the trees and stared on almost in awe as Kimi cleared the gap and landed safely on a high tree branch at the other side.
She had opened her eyes as she felt like her jump was ending and saw the approaching branch, landing neatly on it and continuing to run. She checked back behind her and saw that the reapers had stopped following and saw them spread out onto separate far branches at the river bank, watching her back as she left.
She continued to run, so far that it seemed as though she was vanishing and reappearing between steps...
"Flash Step!" She suddenly shouted. It's just as Kaien said!" She grinned and laughed ecstatically as she realised she had achieved her goal of learning to Flash step.
"I did it... I DID IT!"
This was another strange feeling, this time of excitement and adrenaline. The excitement of running for her life and winning the race, the soft moonlight shining down on her, the bitterly freezing winter wind biting at her bare face and blowing her loose hair back, It was exhilarating. She had never felt like this in her life but she knew that she loved every second of it.
"Bring it on Kaien! If I can win them I can win you too!" she cheered, feeling more confident in her own abilities than she had ever done before.
In no time at all she had reached the top of the highest hill in the district. She walked along a cliff side that over looked the village at a distance and peered down at it.
Lights were flickering into existence all over the place. It seemed that people had been woken by her escape and no doubt news would be spreading around the village any moment now. But the chances of them finding her were now rather slim. She was far out of town and even if someone spotted her they didn't stand a chance at catching her.
She jumped up into a tree and sat against the trunk to catch her breath.
She smiled as she made out a few of the buildings in the village.
There was the manor, and there was the tailors shop, that next door would be the physician's and there was what looked like…"The bakery... I should have grabbed some food before leaving, I'm starving..."she mouthed as her belly gave a loud, unhappy rumble.
Her smile disappeared. She would miss this village and its lifestyle. She would miss her family, the jobs she went on to earn money, the amazing food from the bakery, the time she spent with Yuu... She memories she had made there. She would cherish those memories forever even after what they had done to her. They were her first and only memories and she couldn't forget them just they meant nothing.
"So much has happened over these months, I've left behind a life I don't remember and began to live a new one... I'm so grateful to everyone one in the village..." a tear ran down the bridge of her nose. "But can't be certain that I wasn't just a lamb to slaughter... I don't know if this was a lie, or part of a bigger picture... Maybe I'm thinking too much into it but If it wasn't part of a bigger plan why would you hide it from me?... I don't want to live my life not knowing and I don't want to be in danger... I would rather die trying to protect you people down there... If that happens, then that is my thank you" she stopped to wipe away her tears.
"There's no going back now, there's no room for regret, I have to go" she stood up and turned away from the home that she had learned to love.
Run Kimi, run far away and Don't look back~! Q.Q
Hope you're enjoying. Not gonna bother asking for reviews because I don't even think people read this so... xD
