BLONDE HAIR

CHAPTER 9 : ME, HIM AND THE FROGS.

Aoi closed her eyes as she anticipated for the pain to sear through to her body. She waited but the pain didn't came. " You can opened your eyes now. You're safe…," a gentle voice called. Aoi opened her eyes slowly. What she saw in front of her will be imprinted in her heart forever. She was facing a guy. With blonde hair similar to her only brighter and a blue eye almost the same as her azure one. His hair was wild and he had the gentlest look in his eyes she ever saw. And he was smiling to her a very gentle smile. The sunlight that was shining behind him added beauty to the view in front of her. Then she realized she was in the young man's arm. She quickly stood up and straighten herself.

" Thanks for catching me… must be heavy right," she joked as he stood up facing her. He was a few inches taller than her. He shook his head, " No… you were as light as feather…" Aoi smiled and swayed gently on the spot she was standing. The guy's face was filled with concern. " Are you ok," he asked. " Fine. Just need some rest…," she said as she lost her balance and fell into the guy's chest. The guy had his hand around her, supporting her from falling down. He placed her on a rock gently and knelt in front of her. " I'm fine.. you just continue with what you were doing before you save me..," she mumbled as she placed her hands to her temple.

He stood up. " Actually, I was having some fight with that frog…" Aoi looked up to find a very huge frog at the other side of the river. The frog was looking at them with a bored face. " How can I not noticed such a big frog in front of me?...," Aoi mumbled to herself. The guy heard her but made no remark of it. " Never mind, just continue with what you're doing. I'll be here…" The guy left and went to the big frog. " Let's continue.. Ok… if you managed to throw me off your back, I won't be your master," he announced casually. Aoi choked herself. What is this about? Today, I'm surrounded by frogs…. "Frogs," Aoi murmured and tried to remember something. The thought hit her. She laughed nervously and looked up. About 100 feet above her, the little frog was screaming for help but no one noticed. Aoi pretended as if she didn't see him.' I guess I should leave him there for a while to learn his lesson….'

The guy and the frog had started. The frog was jumping here and there wildly but the guy just used one hand to hang on. Aoi watched with no interest. " A guy playing rodeo with a giant frog… Me watching as I'm waiting to get my chakura back. A noisy frog is screaming for help above me. Life couldn't get much better," Aoi grumbled slowly. The guy was laughing and grinning like a hatter. " He'll be out of chakura soon and the frog will crushed him like a fly….," she made a prediction.

After a few hours, Aoi regained back her strength but she decided to rest some more so that she would have enough energy to go straight back. The guy seemed exhausted. So does the little frog for he already stopped screaming hours ago. " Guess he'll fall anytime now… the sun had already set." After she finished her words, the frog landed in front of her. Her hair flew back because of the strong wind and caused the ribbon she used to tie her hair flew too leaving her hair free.

" You managed to hold on. Now you are my master…," the giant frog said. The guy smiled and jumped to the ground. He tried to stand but he used up all of his chakura. Aoi ran to him and helped him to stand up. She had his hand around her shoulders and one of her was holding him at his waist. " I'll leave him to you," the giant fog said as she brought him near the rock and laid him gently on the ground. The guy was chakura depleted. Aoi checked his vital signs. " He's very weak. If it continue like this, he'll die…" Aoi started pumping chakura into him. She too had little chakura but she knew the guy needed it more than she does. " You'll die if you keep on giving him your chakura," the giant frig warned. Aoi ignored him. She kept on pumping chakura until she managed to stabilize his vital signs. She had gave him almost all of her chakura. When she stopped pumping, she slumped, sitting weakly by his side. Her vision was blurry but she was still conscious.

The giant frog saw that both of them were saved so he was preparing to jump and leaved when Aoi called him back. " There's a little frog up there on the cliff. I wonder if he's related to you somehow..," Aoi pointed the little frog's place. The giant frog looked and screamed to the little frog. " What are you doing? We're going back already!." The little frog jumped on the giant frog's back. The little frog was whispering to the giant frog while pointing at Aoi's direction. Aoi made an annoyed face. 'He must be telling him of what I did before. If he decided to attack, me and this guy is dead….'

The giant frog nodded after the little frog finished whispering. " My son said you saved his life?." Aoi was gawking. " Son? You're his fa.. father?." The giant frog nodded. " I owe you two. One for saving my son and the other one for saving my master," the giant announced as he glanced at the guy who was sleeping soundly. Aoi smiled to the frog. " I'll ask for it one day," she screamed as the giant frog leaped and went out of sight.

Aoi smiled and sighed, " What a day…" Her eyes gazed on the unconscious guy lying beside her. After remembering about what happened that day, she smiled. " Maybe it wasn't such a bad day after all…."