Chapter 3: Unheard Of
Chichiri heard about everything that had happened to Sora. It was just like what happened to him when he was about her age. Except her friends had no remorse. The next day went as usual. Sora was cheerful and happy. Like nothing had happened. Thoughts of that man that claimed to be Sora's brother ran through Tasuki's head and hers as well. Her cheerfulness was transparent to the rest of them. It was bothering both Chichiri and Tasuki.
"Sora what is wrong no da? I think if you talked about it you may feel better no da."
"Well there's not much to talk about. I'm a lil' weirded out about that guy who said he was my brother. I don't have a brother! He licked my face.it was gross."
"I don't think that is all that is bothering you. Tasuki told me about what happened to you no da."
"He did? Well I suppose you would have heard it from me sooner or later." She dipped her head down ready to hear someone yell at how stupid she was like what her friends did.
"Sora if it make you feel any better the same thing happened to me when I was your age. My fiancé and best friend were in love and they basically were to run away together. They both felt terrible about what had happened but I was in a jealous rage and killed my best friend. My fiancé died shortly after."
"I'm very sorry Chichiri." Sora gave him a slight hug since it was difficult to do so on a horse. Tasuki cleared his throat.
"Why do you think they would do something like that to you?"
"Well as I see it they think only of themselves. In the old days people were more honest and true but now its everyone for themselves you know?"
"That's not fair no da!"
"Well I give myself a good cry and then I feel better. No point getting way too emotional about it. Although ya kind of have to sometimes ya know hehe." Sora gave a little laugh. Tasuki smiled at her and she gave a grin back. It was very nice of him to try to make her feel better but she felt bad about saying he would betray her too.
Soon enough it was getting dark and they once again had to pitch camp. Sora sat on the ground and tugged at her clothes and hair. This world was being harsh on her. "Damn.I'm gonna be bald before I leave here.no shampoo, no extra clothes, no nail polish.and no freaking make-up!" As usual she complained to herself. She was an only child (supposedly) and very meticulous about her clothes and hair. She continued to tug at her now forming split ends. Tasuki saw her yanking it and was perplexed.
"What the hell are ya doin'?"
"Erg.I don't have any shampoo, clothes and no make-up.erg.what's a girl to do?"
"What don't ask me! I don't know shit about girl stuff."
"Good thing you don't since I'll be damned if you start to cross dress." Sora gave a slight lil' grin and Tasuki just mumbled to himself. Chichiri heard the whole thing. Miaka didn't have a problem.then again she wasn't too picky and she DID bring shampoo. He walked over to Sora and tugged on her hair.
"I think your hair is fine no da. If your that worried we can shave your head no da."
"NO! I DON'T WANNA BE BALD!" Sora panicked a little bit. Sora had always been slightly gullible.
"Sheesh no da. I was kidding no da." Chichiri gave Sora a pat on her head. She gave him a grin and said she wanted to go down to the stream to wash up. Tasuki had a big grin on his face. Sora noticed.
"What are you so happy about?"
"Oh nothing.but you know.if Kouji were here he'd get an eye full.well more like an eye sore haha."
Sora did not appreciate his odd sense of humor. "How would ya know if I was an eye sore if you never had a peek yourself? Keep those pants on tight boy. I don't need guys like you hanging around for a cheap thrill!"
"Oh so admit you're cheap!" Sora took of a shoe and promptly threw it at Tasuki. He gave a slight cry of pain when it hit him square in the balls before crumbling to the ground. Chichiri smiled and place one of his spare masks on Tasuki. If anyone needed to smile he did, after all he was just hit in his nads!
Sora only had to walk for a few minutes before coming upon the stream. She took off her orange leather jacket and laid it on a tree branch. She undid her blouse and unraveled her once braided back hair. She gave a little sigh and thought about what has been happening. 'I don't have a brother.who was that guy? Oh never mind that I guess I should be thinking about what Taitsukun had said. She said I would most likely die.why on earth.? I have to return home soon though. My mom will kill herself with worry.wait.but no time has passed.' She dipped her hands into the water and patted her face. She looked at her reflection in the water. She gazed at it for a moment and something moved. Something in the water.or did it?
"Wha.oh my god." Sora looked at her reflection and it was not quite her own. Eyes dark and barren. Dead eyes. Her now blonde and brown hair. And peering were wings. She blinked and it was gone. "HOLY CRAP!" She yelled. No doubt Tasuki and Chichiri heard and came running. Tasuki was the first to get there.
"WHAT HAPPE.eep." And there was Sora right before his eyes with her hair flowing and in nothing but a bra. Like a thermometer he grew red gradually until he fell over. Chichiri rushed up to Sora and wrapped his cloak around her.
"What happened? Are you ok no da?"
"Um.erg.um.I saw.it was." She stammered. She was half way in between thinking she was insane and smacking Tasuki for seeing too much.
"Sora take a breath and relax then try again no da." She took a deep breath.
"I saw something in the water.it was me.but not me." Tasuki had rubbed off the shock and peered down into the water and threw a stick in. He shook his head as he did not see anything. Chichiri cocked his head to the side in question.
"Not you? What do you mean no da?" Sora lifted back a strand of hair.
"I looked down and I saw me.but I wasn't me.I was different.like I was in a different incarnation.I don't know.I saw wings too.at least I think they were.and my eyes."
"This sounds familiar no da. Your eyes.what was different no da?"
"They were dark.ACK! THIS IS TOO FREAKING WEIRD!" Sora gave a little yell of anger. Chichiri suggested they go back to camp but Sora didn't get to bath but she was kind of reluctant to go back into the water. Tasuki looked at Sora with an annoyed look.
"You wanted to get a bath so badly how about this." He hoisted her up and threw her into the water with her clothes on. He gave a big laugh and Sora gave him a slight glare. Chichiri doubled his mask as too not be heard since he himself had to laugh. Sora trudged out of the water and grabbed his tessen and wacked him on the head. This was to keep him from struggling. She knew he hated water so she dragged him into the lake and began to dunk him.
"Well how does that feel Mr. Flame Boy. Did that put out your fire? HAHAHAHA!" Tasuki just bared it.with an occasional plea to be let go. Chichiri just hucked rocks at Tasuki.
"Beating the crap out of Tasuki is fun no da. No wonder Nuriko did it so often no da hehe."
Chichiri heard about everything that had happened to Sora. It was just like what happened to him when he was about her age. Except her friends had no remorse. The next day went as usual. Sora was cheerful and happy. Like nothing had happened. Thoughts of that man that claimed to be Sora's brother ran through Tasuki's head and hers as well. Her cheerfulness was transparent to the rest of them. It was bothering both Chichiri and Tasuki.
"Sora what is wrong no da? I think if you talked about it you may feel better no da."
"Well there's not much to talk about. I'm a lil' weirded out about that guy who said he was my brother. I don't have a brother! He licked my face.it was gross."
"I don't think that is all that is bothering you. Tasuki told me about what happened to you no da."
"He did? Well I suppose you would have heard it from me sooner or later." She dipped her head down ready to hear someone yell at how stupid she was like what her friends did.
"Sora if it make you feel any better the same thing happened to me when I was your age. My fiancé and best friend were in love and they basically were to run away together. They both felt terrible about what had happened but I was in a jealous rage and killed my best friend. My fiancé died shortly after."
"I'm very sorry Chichiri." Sora gave him a slight hug since it was difficult to do so on a horse. Tasuki cleared his throat.
"Why do you think they would do something like that to you?"
"Well as I see it they think only of themselves. In the old days people were more honest and true but now its everyone for themselves you know?"
"That's not fair no da!"
"Well I give myself a good cry and then I feel better. No point getting way too emotional about it. Although ya kind of have to sometimes ya know hehe." Sora gave a little laugh. Tasuki smiled at her and she gave a grin back. It was very nice of him to try to make her feel better but she felt bad about saying he would betray her too.
Soon enough it was getting dark and they once again had to pitch camp. Sora sat on the ground and tugged at her clothes and hair. This world was being harsh on her. "Damn.I'm gonna be bald before I leave here.no shampoo, no extra clothes, no nail polish.and no freaking make-up!" As usual she complained to herself. She was an only child (supposedly) and very meticulous about her clothes and hair. She continued to tug at her now forming split ends. Tasuki saw her yanking it and was perplexed.
"What the hell are ya doin'?"
"Erg.I don't have any shampoo, clothes and no make-up.erg.what's a girl to do?"
"What don't ask me! I don't know shit about girl stuff."
"Good thing you don't since I'll be damned if you start to cross dress." Sora gave a slight lil' grin and Tasuki just mumbled to himself. Chichiri heard the whole thing. Miaka didn't have a problem.then again she wasn't too picky and she DID bring shampoo. He walked over to Sora and tugged on her hair.
"I think your hair is fine no da. If your that worried we can shave your head no da."
"NO! I DON'T WANNA BE BALD!" Sora panicked a little bit. Sora had always been slightly gullible.
"Sheesh no da. I was kidding no da." Chichiri gave Sora a pat on her head. She gave him a grin and said she wanted to go down to the stream to wash up. Tasuki had a big grin on his face. Sora noticed.
"What are you so happy about?"
"Oh nothing.but you know.if Kouji were here he'd get an eye full.well more like an eye sore haha."
Sora did not appreciate his odd sense of humor. "How would ya know if I was an eye sore if you never had a peek yourself? Keep those pants on tight boy. I don't need guys like you hanging around for a cheap thrill!"
"Oh so admit you're cheap!" Sora took of a shoe and promptly threw it at Tasuki. He gave a slight cry of pain when it hit him square in the balls before crumbling to the ground. Chichiri smiled and place one of his spare masks on Tasuki. If anyone needed to smile he did, after all he was just hit in his nads!
Sora only had to walk for a few minutes before coming upon the stream. She took off her orange leather jacket and laid it on a tree branch. She undid her blouse and unraveled her once braided back hair. She gave a little sigh and thought about what has been happening. 'I don't have a brother.who was that guy? Oh never mind that I guess I should be thinking about what Taitsukun had said. She said I would most likely die.why on earth.? I have to return home soon though. My mom will kill herself with worry.wait.but no time has passed.' She dipped her hands into the water and patted her face. She looked at her reflection in the water. She gazed at it for a moment and something moved. Something in the water.or did it?
"Wha.oh my god." Sora looked at her reflection and it was not quite her own. Eyes dark and barren. Dead eyes. Her now blonde and brown hair. And peering were wings. She blinked and it was gone. "HOLY CRAP!" She yelled. No doubt Tasuki and Chichiri heard and came running. Tasuki was the first to get there.
"WHAT HAPPE.eep." And there was Sora right before his eyes with her hair flowing and in nothing but a bra. Like a thermometer he grew red gradually until he fell over. Chichiri rushed up to Sora and wrapped his cloak around her.
"What happened? Are you ok no da?"
"Um.erg.um.I saw.it was." She stammered. She was half way in between thinking she was insane and smacking Tasuki for seeing too much.
"Sora take a breath and relax then try again no da." She took a deep breath.
"I saw something in the water.it was me.but not me." Tasuki had rubbed off the shock and peered down into the water and threw a stick in. He shook his head as he did not see anything. Chichiri cocked his head to the side in question.
"Not you? What do you mean no da?" Sora lifted back a strand of hair.
"I looked down and I saw me.but I wasn't me.I was different.like I was in a different incarnation.I don't know.I saw wings too.at least I think they were.and my eyes."
"This sounds familiar no da. Your eyes.what was different no da?"
"They were dark.ACK! THIS IS TOO FREAKING WEIRD!" Sora gave a little yell of anger. Chichiri suggested they go back to camp but Sora didn't get to bath but she was kind of reluctant to go back into the water. Tasuki looked at Sora with an annoyed look.
"You wanted to get a bath so badly how about this." He hoisted her up and threw her into the water with her clothes on. He gave a big laugh and Sora gave him a slight glare. Chichiri doubled his mask as too not be heard since he himself had to laugh. Sora trudged out of the water and grabbed his tessen and wacked him on the head. This was to keep him from struggling. She knew he hated water so she dragged him into the lake and began to dunk him.
"Well how does that feel Mr. Flame Boy. Did that put out your fire? HAHAHAHA!" Tasuki just bared it.with an occasional plea to be let go. Chichiri just hucked rocks at Tasuki.
"Beating the crap out of Tasuki is fun no da. No wonder Nuriko did it so often no da hehe."