Gem & the Wolf: Nightmares

Kiba, Crystal, Akamaru, and Nasha woke up the next day. Crystal looked out the cave entrance and saw a couple of dark clouds gathering. "Hmm, it seems to be midday. I'm going to the village and see if there are any eggs to get. Be back in a couple minutes. Nasha, can ya show Kiba & Akamaru around while I'm gone?"

"Yawn Alright. Just be careful. Some of the villagers should be awake, and be fast before the sun is completely blocked. I'll get the rain catcher ready."

"Great, thanks." And with that Crystal left.

"So, what would you like to see first? The rain catcher? The tunnels? The waterfall and training grounds? Or perhaps the…"

"Whoa, whoa, wait. There's a waterfall in this cave?"

"Yep. Sometimes if the fish at the river or lake aren't biting, than we fish at the waterfall, but that's rare. Want to see it?"

"Sure!"

"Okay, follow me." Nasha turned around and headed farther into the cave. Akamaru ran to her side and started to walk (or whatever the animal version of walk is) next to her. Kiba rolled his eyes. 'Looks like someone has a crush'.

Like he had for Crystal, Kiba had questions for Nasha, too. He thought that Nasha could give him more hints on what Crystal was like. "Hey, can I ask ya some things?"

"Sure, ask away."

"Well, last night I woke up in the middle of the night and saw Crystal leaving the cave. When I followed her, I saw her on a hill looking over the lake. She saw me and said that I could sit down next to her. After I sat, I asked her about her past and she told me everything."

"Her mom dying in front of her eyes to the part about dip stick arriving?"

"Yeah. How did you know?"

"Akamaru and I heard movements so we woke up to see you following Crystal out the cave. We also followed and saw and heard you guys talking. I already knew her past, but Akamaru was very surprised."

Ruff, ruff, ruff 'In my defense I thought her past was completely different!'

"Chuckle Whatever. Anyway, once you were down telling your past, we saw you guys sledding down the little 'slide'. And we saw your little 'romance scene'."

"WHAT! Look, we are just friends. ALRIGHT!"

"Like I said to Akamaru, whatever! Now, what was your question?"

Kiba was controlling himself to calm down from the remark. "Well, what do you think her chakra is? Did she show any signs or hints about what it could be?"

"Sigh I know that it has something to do with bloodline. Her father didn't have it, so it was from her mother's side. I also know that it has to do with extreme endurance. Although, endurance doesn't help too much with narrowing down the possibilities. Crystal is strong, and even though she never uses her chakra, I can tell that she is even stronger when she uses it. Though, I don't think that she would like me to reveal too much about her hints of her chakra."

"Why? Will she feel betrayed."

"I think she will feel slightly betrayed, and also slightly guilty. She promised her mother that she would never tell her chakra power, so if I were to ever find out or tell any one too many hints, than Crystal would think she broke her promise."

"Is that the main reason why?"

"No, there is one more. About 5 days after finding the crystals, you know the ones on our necklace, she starting having nightmares. At first, they were just mild; waking up suddenly while panting. But after 3 days of mildness, Crystal started crying in her sleep. I confronted her about it but she just told me that she would be fine. I didn't want to get too nosy, so I trusted her. Finally, after 4 days of crying, she started to cry heavier, gasping for air between each sob. I ran to her side and comforted her. She kept asking me to never betray her, never to ask about what her chakra power was/is, and to always care for her and never hurt her. I was crying myself. The way that Crystal was crying, it sounded like she would die any second due to loss of breath. It was as if she was choking. I told her that I would never hurt her; I would stay by her side no matter what. The nightmares faded away, but I would always be next to Crystal whenever she slept; this let her know that I was always right by her side. I didn't ask her what the nightmares were about due to fear that she would start having them again. Although, I have a little notion of what they were."

"What do you think that they were about?"

"I think that the first dreams, the mild ones, were about her father abandoning her. All of the hurtful things that he said to her made her scared. I think that the crying nightmares were about her mother; the happy memories that the 2 shared together, but then flashbacks to her dying and the knife in her back. The one sobbing nightmare, I think was about me finding out about her secret chakra; she thought that once I found out what it was/is, than I would betray her, abandon her, and hurt her like her father did to her. I found it stupid at how she would think that."

"Why do you think it's stupid?"

"I love her like a younger sister would love her older sister. I never want to see her hurt. Every time I see dip stick whip Crystal, I just want to bite his head off and feed it to the bears. Kiba and Akamaru, I have a request for you 2." Nasha stopped and turned to face them both."

Kiba gave a sly smile, knowing what she was going to ask. "What's the request?"

Nasha smirked, "When you help us get dip stick, make sure to hurt with all of your power and make him cry."

This time, Kiba AND Akamaru smiled, "I was already going to do that." Woof, woof! 'I'll bite down with full force!'