What?!
I do not feel like explaining the title, so I will not. Disclaimer: I only own Kiki, Luna, Shade, Suncry, Sunstorm, and Mooncry. I only wish I owned the other characters.
Kiki was sitting at the table, sipping some tea, eating ramen, and listening to Neji talk about what went on during the day. The mint was calming her nerves, and she had found that she, like a cat, enjoyed the smell and the taste of catnip (she barely put any in her tea, and since she's allergic to alcohol, she had to find something).
"Then, you started to punch at the roof. We were surprised that you didn't break a hole in the ceiling. We didn't know you were even UP there until you nearly broke a window."
"WHAT?!" she shrieked. Her hands froze on the teacup that she was placing on the table.
Neji laughed, "I'm only kidding…mostly."
She picked up her chopsticks again and inhaled the ramen. The bowl was thrown to Shade, who was doing the dishes at the sink. Standing from the table, she refilled her cup of tea, and then descended down the stairs. She opened a door hidden in the shadows of the basement and walked inside. Once she closed the door, she locked it and placed a magical barrier around the room.
She fired up the kiln, grabbed a blob of molten glass onto the blowpipe, and started to spin it as she exhaled into the pipe. Grabbing another breath of air, she blew it steadily down the pipe, her magic flowing through it. The magic made the glass bulge slightly, before it formed a prancing wolf, which rested upon her hands.
He was around a foot long from head to rump, and had another four inches of tail. He sat down next to her, as if asking for a name. Kiki looked at him gently, and whispered, "Hello Wolfmourn." The wolf yipped slightly, as if greeting her, then curled up next to her and fell asleep.
She placed another glass blob onto the pipe, and she blew into it, forming it with her mind, not allowing it to take on its own shape. It formed into a fragile scrying orb, and Kiki stowed it in water to cool, preventing flaws and hardening the glass on impact. She turned the kiln off, cleaned the rod, and removed the vase from the water.
Moonstorm jumped onto her shoulder when she bent down to his height, and held the vase for her as she removed the magical seal, opened the door and climbed up the stairs. Kiki opened the door and walked into the kitchen, grasping the vase in Wolfmourn's mouth.
He released it, and she placed it underneath of the faucet, turning on the cold water. Filling it up halfway, she turned the faucet off, walked outside, and disappeared into the forest. Grasping some wild sage, she placed it in the vase, adding lilies and white roses Scarlet tulips were placed in to accent the white petals, and she padded off, towards the memorial stone.
Once she reached the clearing, she noticed Kakashi standing in front of it, smiling at his former teammate Rin. Kiki stayed where she was beneath a willow tree, and sat down. She placed the vase next to herself, and Wolfmourn curled up on her lap. She stroked the glass pup, rubbing her fingers over his "fur". Kakashi looked towards her, and Rin followed his glance.
Wolfmourn looked at them both sheepishly, and then raced from Kiki's lap over to the two staring ninja. He pranced around at Rin's feet, whining for her to pick him up. She obliged, smiling at him, and placed him on her shoulder. Kiki sighed and stood up, picking up the vase of flowers.
"Hey, it's been a while, hasn't it?" she asked kindly, placing the flowers against the stone. Kakashi looked at her tiredly, but Rin smiled broadly.
"Kiki-chan, it has been a while! When did you get back?"
Kiki rubbed her head, "I'm not quite sure…"
Rin and Kakashi laughed at this, and Wolfmourn jumped over to Kakashi, pulling at his mask. Kakashi pried the curious glass pup from his mask, and let him lay on his arms. Rin looked at Wolfmourn and smirked, noting that the pup was chewing lightly on Kakashi's arm.
"What, may I ask is his name?" she inquired of Kiki.
"When I looked at him, he seemed to be screaming that his name is Wolfmourn."
She stroked the pup softly, "What a graceful name."
"He's a graceful walker too. I've never seen such a delicate stride from a glass wolf," Kiki replied. Wolfmourn looked at her happily before jumping, somersaulting in the air, and landing on Kiki's shoulder, nearly skidding off the back. She grasped him gently and turned him around, "We need to work on your landing, don't we?"
She waved a goodbye, and watched as they left the clearing. Kiki knelt down and smiled at the rock. Wolfmourn sent up a small howl, and she gazed at him with her right eye. He sniffed her cheek, and covered it in kisses, lightning sparking on his tongue. She laughed, pulled him into her arms, and walked to the Inuzukas' house.
She padded through the gate and knocked on the door, hoping that Kiba or his sister was home. Kiba opened the door, looked at what was in her arms, and burst out laughing. He motioned for her to enter, and she walked between Kiba and Akamaru, through the door, and into the room.
Akamaru sniffed her, and then covered her in a gigantic, wet kiss. She giggled lightly, and let Wolfmourn sniff at Akamaru. The glass dog jumped down, sniffed at Akamaru, and walked over to Kiba. Kiki watched him, and smiled as she stroked Akamaru's head absentmindedly.
Hana walked into the doorway to see what the commotion was all about, and smiled as Wolfmourn wobbled over to her and sniffed at her warily. She lowered her hand slowly, and was immediately greeted by the glass pup. He jumped up onto her hand, crawled up her arm, and sat calmly on her shoulder. She rubbed her hand across the top of his head lightly, and looked at Kiki.
"You remember what happened to the last one, don't you?" she asked.
"Yes." Kiki replied solemnly. Myst had reverted to her lifeless form an hour after she had been crafted. Kiki knew that it would happen to Wolfmourn as well. She looked at Wolfmourn sadly. "He's been alive for fifty minutes so far, he won't last to an hour."
"What do you mean by that?" Kiba asked.
"I keep having this weird feeling that he's going to freeze up in less than a minute, and I just…well, I don't know." Kiki sighed, placing one of her hands to her forehead. As soon as she looked at the pup, he took on a protective stance and froze.
Hana's eyes widened, Kiba looked at Kiki, and Kiki gasped in shock. She grasped the dog gingerly, picking Wolfmourn up from out of Hana's arms.
Later
Kiki stretched, walking into her room. She hadn't seen Neji, which struck her as odd. Immediately, her eyes were drawn to a little white envelope on her bed. Opening it, she read the script, her eyes growing cloudy as she reread the short note from Neji.
NO! The little voice in her head screamed. It was happening to her again, she had let her heart be snatched up in the arms of another only to have it dashed to the rocky cliffs in an instant. She jumped out of her room and raced back to the waterfall, her thoughts and her eyes overflowing. At the top of the waterfall, she lunged over the edge, diving into the frothy expanse of water below. The water churned around her, but she was oblivious to it all, her sorrow overwhelming her senses.
Outside of the cave, Itachi and Kisame stared into the frothing expanse of water. Kisame looked at Itachi, "Hey, wasn't that your girlfriend?"
DON'T HATE ME!!!!! I just HAD to stop it there!!! Anyway, please review!!! Oh, and if you get any time, please check out MegumiRaeda or Lunaverserocks. They are my buds who have been encouraging me to write more with this, and they have some pretty AWESOME fics!!!