The Ice's Shadow
By: Kaze Shinju

Chapter 2: The Boy Whom I am Destined to Kill

The sun was completely shining. I am lying on the grass facing the morning sky but then sun was burning my eyes so I tried to turn away from it, but then I can't because my thigh hurts so badly. I touched it, and felt something. It was a cloth wrapping my thigh but then I can see a scarlet spot from it. Now I remember what happened last night. I tried to kill a young, white haired boy. But then why didn't he kill me as revenge?

I can hear water rushing down from a stream and also some splashing sound coming up there. And I am thirsty; but the problem is that I can't stand or move from my place. I sighed and wondered what I'm going to do here.

I can hear something, something coming from the north, footsteps approaching me. I can sense person's aura but I don't know what it is, in a way I can't explain it. I tried to move carefully, even though my thigh hurts so much. I stood up from my place and helped myself by moving my hand and leaning against the trees to support myself… then the last thing I knew I fell on the ground again making my wound to bleed again. I was crying in pain, but then I tried to hold the pain inside me.

"Baka…" I heard a voice coming in front of me… I looked up and saw the boy whom I was destined to kill. I looked up and look at his eyes badly. He knelt down before me and brushing off a tear from my face and smiled. He stood up from his place and gave me a hand. I hesitantly took it and he helped me up I almost fell from my place but then he caught me. But now I have a feeling he would help me in this situation so I kind of trusted him for a while. He carried me towards a nearby tree and he helped me sit beside the tree. He walked in front of me and looked into my eyes deeply. He moved his lips and started to talk… "Who sent you?" he asked me. I almost talked but then I stopped. He sat in front of me, and made his look much more deeper. "Who sent you?" He asked again. His claws started to grow like what happened last night. I looked at his claws and knew it would hurt badly if he would use it onto me. But then I shock my head and tried not to answer. "A ninja is always a ninja…" he sighed. He stood up from his place and started to walk away. "Uh… Wait!" My lips suddenly move but I don't know why. He turned back and looked into my eyes while I looked back. There was something inside me, telling myself to stop him. "anou… ah… erm…" there were no words coming out my from lips but murmurs. I don't know what to say. He approached me… looking into my eyes. I can't believe what I'm seeing he's giving me a helping hand.

He helped me stood up from my place and I put my arms around his shoulders while he put his strong arms around my waist, to support me. Then we started walking out of the forest until we reached the outskirts of Reidoly.

TBC
~patience is a virtue

---Gomen nasai… if it is short… waaa!!! You have to wait again… Gomen nasai….