Curse of Each Season

Don't Doubt Me

Ritsu gently shut the sliding door to Teto's room.

In a day and a half, he would be traveling again.

It saddened him, the fact that he would be leaving Teto and the others. He would see them again, but he couldn't help but wonder what would happen if something went wrong, and he couldn't make it back. He really did feel guilty, leaving the people who had been his only family for a long time.

He suddenly stopped thinking. He didn't want to recall any more memories, especially the ones from before he met Teto and her family. There was no reason to recall them, anyways.

He moved down the hallway and entered the main room of the house. Sunlight filtered in from somewhere, tinting the room red. Mako sat at the low table, looking off into the distance with a hand placed on the handle of her sword. She shifted her serious gaze to Ritsu.

"It seems everyone has been worrying that you won't come back if you leave." The corners of her mouth turned down.

"Aha, yep, it seems that way, I suppose. I guess they have a right to think that way, though, considering my actions in the past," He paused to sit down at the table across from Mako. "But I will come back this time."

For a moment, the only noise in the room was the wind as it blew against the sides of the house.

Mako looked down, shrouding her face. He hand tightened around the handle of her katana.

"Mako, are you alright?"

In a swift motion, Mako climbed up on the table and swung her sword, stopping it only a paper thin distance from Ritsu's neck.

"If you don't come back, I'm going to find you. And I'm going to slice your head off. Or even better," She gently slid the sword down to Ritsu's chest. "I'll cut out your heart."

Ritsu looked at her calmly. Frowning, he sighed. "Do as you wish."

Pulling her sword away gracefully, she set it on the table and sat down. Placing her hands in her lap, she looked to the ground, hiding her face again.

"I'm going to get some rest, even though it's still pretty early. You should too, Mako. Everyone seems on edge today."

She nodded as Ritsu headed back to his room. He actually chuckled a bit. If he decided to not come back, he would be murdered twice.

Closing the door to his room, he lay down on his futon, covering his eyes with his arm.

A day and a half. When that time passed, he would travel for a bit. Then he would come back, or die.

For some reason, Ritsu figured he wouldn't be able to get much sleep.

X

Momo walked down the dirt path on her way back to Teto's house. In her right hand was a basket of bread and soup, a gift from a friend who lived across the village.

She trekked through the snow. Even though the people of the village had cleared most of it away from the road, a fresh layer had powdered the pathway. It only came up to Momo's ankles, but that was enough for her. Truthfully, she really didn't like snow, but she loved the mountains, so she didn't move to a place with a warmer climate.

Yukiko worked his way through the snow behind her. He was so short that he had to leap through the snow in order to move forward. Still, he yipped happily, trailing closely behind Momo.

"Hey, Yukiko-chan, do you think we'll ever break Teto's curse?"

The creature barked happily in a reply, rolling the end so it sounded like a purr.

Smiling warmly, Momo stopped to bend down and pat Yukiko's head.

Even Momo had been having thoughts that Ritsu might not some back. The little lion dog was very comforting though, and it pushed all of the bad thoughts out of her mind. Yukiko had a very odd soothing effect, but Momo wasn't suspicious like Ritsu was.

The sun was setting quickly, sending orange light bouncing over the snow.

Standing back up, Momo began to walk back home again. Ritsu would come back. She knew he would.

Ah. I just realized now that Yukiko is my OC. In a way, I'm sort of a hypocrite, because I don't really approve of adding OCs into stories. But then again, he's not human, and he actually is going to add something into the plot, soon. Now that I think about it, I added another OC to a different story. What was it? A rooster named Janice? Yes, that was it. But he's not human either.

Anyways, I love this story. I love it so much. It's just so fun to write, and I love the plot, and it's just so much fun! Bah, I'm so in love with myself right now. But everyone should be able to love themselves, right? So let's all be flamboyant now! Bwahaha!

Ahem. Really though, I like this story very much.

So, review! Please! Tell me what you think of this story, how you liked it, what you think is going to happen next, what you ate for breakfast, anything! Tell me it all, I want to listen!

I love you guys. I'm going to go write something nonsensical now, but I hope to update this soon. See you! You're wonderful, so stay that way!~Meimirigu