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├Part Thirty-Four┤
Oh, why now of all times? I am in the middle of nowhere with no one around for miles, probably.
Someone wanted me dead. That had to be it. It was my time to go.
The pain increased and I was forced to stop walking. I managed to sit under a tree. Kazu started to cry.
Maybe a wolf would find him and raise him as her own pup. Maybe I'm getting delirious now.
Suddenly two people jumped in front of me. Oh jeez, not an ambush too…
My vision was slightly blurry, so I couldn't see who it was. The taller one bent down and took Kazu from me, handing him to the shorter one. Then the person picked me up.
How? I don't know. I probably weighed the same as a small whale. This person felt familiar, though I couldn't see who it was.
When looking down at the small form, I just can't think of any way to hate it. I don't care if I didn't want it before, I loved it now.
A girl. A baby girl.
She had tufts of fluffy light hair on her head and her eyes were closed.
I had to think of a name for her, but I didn't want to think right now. I had tried to remember how I got here and who those two people were, but I couldn't. It hurt my head too much.
Where I was?
In a small room. I just knew that a midwife had been here, so maybe this is where she worked.
I drifted off into a very short sleep, because it felt like only minutes later when the door opened.
"She's right in here. You can take her with you, if you need to," the midwife was saying. "But where is the father?"
"At work, I believe," said someone who I had never heard before. He came in, and oh boy was I confused.
He had short black hair, black eyes, had a friendly looking face even though he had no expression, and he was tall. All in all, I had never seen him before.
"Such a nice person you are, bringing her all the way here," the midwife said.
The guy turned to me and said, "Sister, we are leaving."
Now I was totally lost. His sister? Huh?
He walked over to the side of my bed and bent down to pick me up. He tensed up a little, probably ready for me to resist.
But I let him. I don't know why, but I did. Maybe it was because he had helped me. But why tell the midwife that I am his sister?
As he lifted me up, I noticed that his nails were painted. This was really weird. Maybe I was stuck in some messed up dream. Or I could be dead and this is hell; I had done plenty enough stuff to land me there.
When we left the house, he had walked out onto some kind of street. There were a whole bunch people, street venders, and buildings.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"That isn't important right now," he said.
"Where is Kazu?" I asked, suddenly realizing he hadn't been in that room.
He stared at me for a moment. His eyes were the things that looked familiar. I had seen him before, somewhere.
"That baby," he said, "is safe. We will go there soon. Are you feeling hungry?"
"What do you mean, he's safe? Where is he?"
"Are you hungry?" he repeated.
"And how can you be carrying me? I must weigh a ton!"
He stared at me and I saw that his mouth tightened a little. "Your weight is nothing," he said and started to walk to a vendor selling something on a stick. He set me down on a bench and ordered two.
He handed one to me.
"Eat," he commanded. He started to eat the other one.
Feeling rather uncomfortable, I ate. When we were both done, he took me to a fountain to drink, and then we left into the forest. We traveled for a long time until we found a small village. I didn't get the point of this, but whatever.
He walked to a small, shabby looking hut and walked inside. I was amazed at the sight. From the outside, it looked broken down. On the inside, it looked brand new.
The guy set me down on a very comfortable couch in front of a fireplace that wasn't lit. The little baby girl had been asleep the whole time.
"Now," he said and put his hands together, in a seal I had been using a lot lately. "Don't be upset. Michiko, get over here."
The girl in the cloak came out, holding Kazu. She set him on the ground and he started to crawl around.
And then, the guy transformed. I couldn't suppress my gasp and look of horror. Oh dear Lord. Someone definitely wanted me dead.
blahahahaha! Can anyone guess who it is??
-Jen-