Hi! Sorry for taking so long to update this fic but I had to rewrite it several times until I was happy with it! I hope that you enjoy it and think that it is worth the wait! *HUGGLES* ~Sarah-chan~
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Running Away
By: FayeValentine00 (Sarah-chan)
Chapter 2
Several hours later, I collapsed against the cool rock wall, gasping for breath. I'd run quite a long way from the Sohma compound and when I looked around my current surrounds I realized that I'd run to the place where Kyo and I had loved to play when we were children. Until this very moment, I'd forgotten that this place had even existed.
Just looking at the small meadow nestled high up in the mountains, it didn't seem like any time had passed between those days filled with childhood innocence and our current lives, yet my heart knew that we'd never be able to go back to what we once had. Back then, we didn't completely realize what it meant to be a Sohma and the true pain of our curses. Now, heartache and tragedy had taken their various tolls on us but, even so, visions of our past began dancing in my mind while I gazed across the field.
*Flashback*
"Kagura?"
I looked down at the younger boy who'd run over to me with tears glistening in the corner of his eyes. His face looked horrified and I immediately became concerned.
"Kyo?! What's wrong?"
"W-Why is everyone afraid of me?"
Although I was only 8 years old, my heart broke when I saw the lone tear make a trail down his cheek. I wanted to deny his question but I couldn't lie to his sweet face. It took me a long time to decide what to say but before I said a word, I wrapped my arms around his tiny frame and held him tightly.
"I'm not afraid of you."
"Really?" He pulled away from me slightly and gazed up at me with wide-eyed surprise. "Do you mean it?"
"I mean it. I'll always be here for you and I'll accept you no matter what." I held out my pinkie finger to him and grinned. "Pinkie swear!"
Kyo giggled a little before wrapping his pinkie around mine. "Okay, you promised! Now we'll always be friends, right?"
"Right!"
Kyo squeezed me tight one more time before we broke apart and looked at each other with a smile.
"Lets go play, Kagura!" He took my hand and began to run, dragging me behind him through the fields, laughing the whole time.
'I'm so sick of you!'
The memories of Kyo's shriek of anger earlier that day shattered my vision of our past and drug my mind back to reality. It was going to be dark soon and I cursed myself for running off foolishly without making any preparations. I was still wearing that short, pale yellow dress that I'd put on to meet Kyo in but now the dress was covered in dirt and tears.
Dark clouds were moving across the sky faster then I would have liked but there was no stopping mother nature. I just knew that I needed to find shelter before the rain began to fall.
I pulled myself to my feet and began walking again, purposely avoiding walking through the meadow that I'd once found so comforting. I still didn't know where I was headed but an unknown destination was better than a place where you're unwanted.
I walked for nearly another hour before I finally found some shelter under some dense trees, right along the edge of a steep slope. The sun had gone down a while earlier but the sprinkling of light rain had only begun just as I was snuggling between the two trees that would hopefully provide shelter from the coming storm. Getting ill would only make things worse.
*Crack*
A noise woke me from my dreams and I immediately knew that something wasn't right. The rain was hammering down against the dirt and grass surrounding my shelter but surprisingly, only a few drops had landed on me. The moisture in the air is what made me uncomfortable though, it chilled me to my very core.
I wrapped my arms around my chest and tried in vain to stay warm. *CRACK* The sound was louder this time but I couldn't figure out what the noise was. I'd thought it was a stick breaking but the sound was too loud for that. This was an earsplitting crack.
I slowly climbed to my feet but remained under the trees. I tried to keep my nerves under control but having never slept outside before by myself made me a little nervous.
*CRACK, SNAP, CRACK*
I felt the ground beneath my feet move and my knees buckled under me in fear. At first I'd thought that it was an earthquake but then I realized that only the ground in my immediate area was moving. Actually, it was sliding. There was going to be a landslide.
I jumped to my feet and tried to run further up the hill but my foot slipped in the wet mud and I landed face first into a large puddle. I was covered head to toe in mud and now soaking wet but I didn't let that stop me. I quickly climbed back to my feet again and tried again to get above the slide that was beginning to pick up momentum.
I could see the place where the land was more solid only 10 feet in front of me but just when I had hope that I would make it, the ground beneath my feet disappeared and my scream was lost in the roar of the slide.
The sensation of falling only lasted a moment before I was swept down the mountain on a wave of mud, rocks and trees. Bushes and other objects scratched my arms and legs as I slid and I quickly realized that if I didn't find a way out of this soon, I'd be in serious trouble.
I saw a tree coming towards me quickly so I reached out as far as I could and grabbed the branch tightly. The mud tore across my legs, trying to engulf me in it's destruction but I fought with all my might to stay in the tree.
The skin on my hands and arms were slipping with all the mud but my death grip kept me glued to my spot for nearly 2 minutes before the roar of the landslide grew quieter and finally faded out all together.
When I finally knew that it was safe, I let go of the tree and fell about 4 feet to the ground. The rain still poured down in buckets but I barely noticed. My heart was pounding in my chest and my whole body felt numb. My adrenaline was at an all time high and it took everything in me not to break down and cry. I'd been swept a long way down the mountain and now had no clue where I was. I was lost.
I started to walk towards a cluster of trees several yards away but when I placed pressure on my right foot, a sharp pain shot through my ankle and I collapsed into a heap. After a quick check I knew that my ankle wasn't broken but it was still twisted pretty bad.
I made a quick prayer to any deity who might be listening for someone to come and rescue me but deep down I knew that it was pointless. Kyo was the only person who knew these mountains inside and out but the chances of him coming to save me were slim. He'd said himself that he didn't want me around so it wouldn't make any sense of him to come and save me.
"SOMEBODY... HELP ME!!!!!!!!!" I screamed out without any real hope of someone hearing me. I was just trying to keep my mind off the pain as I hobbled to the trees for more shelter.
My warm, salty tears mixed in with the rain that ran down my face. The one man that I didn't want to think about every again seemed to be the only thing that I could think of. His face was so clear in my mind. In the past, every time I was upset, all I'd had to do was think of Kyo and that promise of friendship that we'd made so many years ago and then everything would be okay. Today, my thoughts of him just seemed to make everything even more painful.
I was only just realizing that Kyo had become my whole world. People had always tried to tell me that I'd only be hurt if I didn't grown up and move on but I'd ignored them all. Now they were proven right and I looked like the fool. The problem was that I couldn't tell my heart to be smart. I still loved him, even now.
"Kyo..." I whispered his name and buried my face into my hands. "Kyo... please help me." Finally tje choking sob that had been building in my chest escaped my throat and I allowed all my fear and pain out of me.
A cold wind picked up and blew my wet clothes firmly against my skin, making me feel even colder then I had. A soft sneeze came out of me and I sighed in annoyance. I could already feel my cold coming on. This day and night were just seeming to get worse and worse.
"Kyo... I'm so sorry." I spoke to myself, hoping to ease my pain. "Please don't hate me. ... Kyo..." My voice broke off again in tears.
"Kagura?!" The deep voice came to me through the rain and caused me to freeze in shock. I didn't look up. I had to be hallucinating. The voice I heard belonged to Kyo.
"Kagura!" Heavy footsteps ran towards me and stopped right in front of me. The person feel to their knees before me and took my face into their hands. When he tilted my face upwards, I saw Kyo looking down at me with a mixture of confusion and relief.
"Kyo?" I had to blink several times before I really believed what I was seeing.
"Are you okay?"
I nodded with a murmur of agreement before Kyo gave me the biggest surprise of the night.
He wrapped me up in his arms and embraced me firmly. "Thank God I found you."
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Next Chapter - Going home
Was it worth the wait? I hope so!!! ^_^ Please let me know what you think!
Sarah-chan
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Running Away
By: FayeValentine00 (Sarah-chan)
Chapter 2
Several hours later, I collapsed against the cool rock wall, gasping for breath. I'd run quite a long way from the Sohma compound and when I looked around my current surrounds I realized that I'd run to the place where Kyo and I had loved to play when we were children. Until this very moment, I'd forgotten that this place had even existed.
Just looking at the small meadow nestled high up in the mountains, it didn't seem like any time had passed between those days filled with childhood innocence and our current lives, yet my heart knew that we'd never be able to go back to what we once had. Back then, we didn't completely realize what it meant to be a Sohma and the true pain of our curses. Now, heartache and tragedy had taken their various tolls on us but, even so, visions of our past began dancing in my mind while I gazed across the field.
*Flashback*
"Kagura?"
I looked down at the younger boy who'd run over to me with tears glistening in the corner of his eyes. His face looked horrified and I immediately became concerned.
"Kyo?! What's wrong?"
"W-Why is everyone afraid of me?"
Although I was only 8 years old, my heart broke when I saw the lone tear make a trail down his cheek. I wanted to deny his question but I couldn't lie to his sweet face. It took me a long time to decide what to say but before I said a word, I wrapped my arms around his tiny frame and held him tightly.
"I'm not afraid of you."
"Really?" He pulled away from me slightly and gazed up at me with wide-eyed surprise. "Do you mean it?"
"I mean it. I'll always be here for you and I'll accept you no matter what." I held out my pinkie finger to him and grinned. "Pinkie swear!"
Kyo giggled a little before wrapping his pinkie around mine. "Okay, you promised! Now we'll always be friends, right?"
"Right!"
Kyo squeezed me tight one more time before we broke apart and looked at each other with a smile.
"Lets go play, Kagura!" He took my hand and began to run, dragging me behind him through the fields, laughing the whole time.
'I'm so sick of you!'
The memories of Kyo's shriek of anger earlier that day shattered my vision of our past and drug my mind back to reality. It was going to be dark soon and I cursed myself for running off foolishly without making any preparations. I was still wearing that short, pale yellow dress that I'd put on to meet Kyo in but now the dress was covered in dirt and tears.
Dark clouds were moving across the sky faster then I would have liked but there was no stopping mother nature. I just knew that I needed to find shelter before the rain began to fall.
I pulled myself to my feet and began walking again, purposely avoiding walking through the meadow that I'd once found so comforting. I still didn't know where I was headed but an unknown destination was better than a place where you're unwanted.
I walked for nearly another hour before I finally found some shelter under some dense trees, right along the edge of a steep slope. The sun had gone down a while earlier but the sprinkling of light rain had only begun just as I was snuggling between the two trees that would hopefully provide shelter from the coming storm. Getting ill would only make things worse.
*Crack*
A noise woke me from my dreams and I immediately knew that something wasn't right. The rain was hammering down against the dirt and grass surrounding my shelter but surprisingly, only a few drops had landed on me. The moisture in the air is what made me uncomfortable though, it chilled me to my very core.
I wrapped my arms around my chest and tried in vain to stay warm. *CRACK* The sound was louder this time but I couldn't figure out what the noise was. I'd thought it was a stick breaking but the sound was too loud for that. This was an earsplitting crack.
I slowly climbed to my feet but remained under the trees. I tried to keep my nerves under control but having never slept outside before by myself made me a little nervous.
*CRACK, SNAP, CRACK*
I felt the ground beneath my feet move and my knees buckled under me in fear. At first I'd thought that it was an earthquake but then I realized that only the ground in my immediate area was moving. Actually, it was sliding. There was going to be a landslide.
I jumped to my feet and tried to run further up the hill but my foot slipped in the wet mud and I landed face first into a large puddle. I was covered head to toe in mud and now soaking wet but I didn't let that stop me. I quickly climbed back to my feet again and tried again to get above the slide that was beginning to pick up momentum.
I could see the place where the land was more solid only 10 feet in front of me but just when I had hope that I would make it, the ground beneath my feet disappeared and my scream was lost in the roar of the slide.
The sensation of falling only lasted a moment before I was swept down the mountain on a wave of mud, rocks and trees. Bushes and other objects scratched my arms and legs as I slid and I quickly realized that if I didn't find a way out of this soon, I'd be in serious trouble.
I saw a tree coming towards me quickly so I reached out as far as I could and grabbed the branch tightly. The mud tore across my legs, trying to engulf me in it's destruction but I fought with all my might to stay in the tree.
The skin on my hands and arms were slipping with all the mud but my death grip kept me glued to my spot for nearly 2 minutes before the roar of the landslide grew quieter and finally faded out all together.
When I finally knew that it was safe, I let go of the tree and fell about 4 feet to the ground. The rain still poured down in buckets but I barely noticed. My heart was pounding in my chest and my whole body felt numb. My adrenaline was at an all time high and it took everything in me not to break down and cry. I'd been swept a long way down the mountain and now had no clue where I was. I was lost.
I started to walk towards a cluster of trees several yards away but when I placed pressure on my right foot, a sharp pain shot through my ankle and I collapsed into a heap. After a quick check I knew that my ankle wasn't broken but it was still twisted pretty bad.
I made a quick prayer to any deity who might be listening for someone to come and rescue me but deep down I knew that it was pointless. Kyo was the only person who knew these mountains inside and out but the chances of him coming to save me were slim. He'd said himself that he didn't want me around so it wouldn't make any sense of him to come and save me.
"SOMEBODY... HELP ME!!!!!!!!!" I screamed out without any real hope of someone hearing me. I was just trying to keep my mind off the pain as I hobbled to the trees for more shelter.
My warm, salty tears mixed in with the rain that ran down my face. The one man that I didn't want to think about every again seemed to be the only thing that I could think of. His face was so clear in my mind. In the past, every time I was upset, all I'd had to do was think of Kyo and that promise of friendship that we'd made so many years ago and then everything would be okay. Today, my thoughts of him just seemed to make everything even more painful.
I was only just realizing that Kyo had become my whole world. People had always tried to tell me that I'd only be hurt if I didn't grown up and move on but I'd ignored them all. Now they were proven right and I looked like the fool. The problem was that I couldn't tell my heart to be smart. I still loved him, even now.
"Kyo..." I whispered his name and buried my face into my hands. "Kyo... please help me." Finally tje choking sob that had been building in my chest escaped my throat and I allowed all my fear and pain out of me.
A cold wind picked up and blew my wet clothes firmly against my skin, making me feel even colder then I had. A soft sneeze came out of me and I sighed in annoyance. I could already feel my cold coming on. This day and night were just seeming to get worse and worse.
"Kyo... I'm so sorry." I spoke to myself, hoping to ease my pain. "Please don't hate me. ... Kyo..." My voice broke off again in tears.
"Kagura?!" The deep voice came to me through the rain and caused me to freeze in shock. I didn't look up. I had to be hallucinating. The voice I heard belonged to Kyo.
"Kagura!" Heavy footsteps ran towards me and stopped right in front of me. The person feel to their knees before me and took my face into their hands. When he tilted my face upwards, I saw Kyo looking down at me with a mixture of confusion and relief.
"Kyo?" I had to blink several times before I really believed what I was seeing.
"Are you okay?"
I nodded with a murmur of agreement before Kyo gave me the biggest surprise of the night.
He wrapped me up in his arms and embraced me firmly. "Thank God I found you."
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Next Chapter - Going home
Was it worth the wait? I hope so!!! ^_^ Please let me know what you think!
Sarah-chan