ok, chp. 4
A week has passed since I met Tasuki and Koji. I've been living here with the bandits since then. I like it here. Most of the guys here are pretty nice, all except that damn Eiken! Remember when Tasuki told all the guys not to mess with me or theyd answer to him? Most of them have obeyed that, because they know what Tasuki will do, and because they know what I can do to them. Eiken always tries something with me, and I always leave him with a new broken bone. It doesnt require much effort either. Tasuki told me they dont mess with me because I could kick thier ass. He told me despite my size, there was only one person here who could defeat me, that was him. I've gotten really close to Tasuki. Every morning after breakfast I go outside and practice martial arts. I never really had time to do it in my world, I was always busy studying. I loved this, I could do whatever I wanted, and I did. I practiced martial arts all day and came back at dark. I'd have dinner and go to sleep. I sleep in Tasuki's room, to make sure nothin happens to me. He's pretty protective, but he knows if something happened I could handle it. Well its been a week, I wonder what'll happen today......
1.....2......3......4......1......2........3........4......flip. My kung fu exercizes, I'd been practicing since 8:00 am this morning. I was really tired, didnt get much sleep last night because I had a nightmare, I've had the same nightmare the past three days. I refused to think of what it was about, or I'd either break something in rage, or get tears in my eyes. I stopped practing and sat down underneath a big oak tree. The sun beat down on my body and it felt good. My eyelids started to drop, and I fell asleep.
I opened my eyes as fast as I could. That same nightmare........
I had that same nightmare again. In a my rage, I twisted around and furiously punched the tree five times. Now my hands were all cut up and bloody. Stupid! Stupid!That was when I noticed my surroundings. It was dark and it was raining, I must have been asleep for a long time. Tasuki was going to kill me! I stood up, and my vision blurred, but I refocused it. I tried to walk, and with each step, it felt like there were two huge anchors on my feet. I kept on going, all the way to the hideout. I walked in the curtain, and saw Tasuki was waiting right inside.
"Uh-oh....", was all I could say. He grabbed my hand and dragged me into his room, and slid the door shut. He stood there, eyes staring coldly at me.
"And where the hell have you been?!", he asked really agitated at my incompetence.
"ummm....uhhhh.....under the oak tree......", I mumbled softly.
"Doing what?!", he asked.
"Sleeping.....", I mumbled inaudibly.
"And just how the hell can sleeping get your hands all cut up?!", he asked
"...", I didnt respond. I couldnt tell him about my mom.
"Well anyway, don't do it again, hell, you had us all worried sick.", he said, "lets fix your hands up first, though.", he added. Then I followed him into the kitchen, where he poured alcohol on my hands and bandaged them up.
That night at dinner I didnt eat much, just two small pieces of meat, I couldn't even finish my rice! Number one, it really hurt to hold stuff, and number two, I wasnt feeling well. I was getting a few stares from around the table, because I wasnt cussing someone out. When I couldnt eat anymore, I got up and walked off
to my room without a word.
I changed out of my kung fu jacket and into my baggy night shirt and laid down in my bed. I was really cold, but at the same time, I was burning hot. My hands hurt, but despite all of this, I was able to fall asleep.
The screech of car tires. A crash, and then the sound of glass breaking. A white hospital room. A doctor emerges from the room, shaking his head. This image replayed over and over in my head. And it wouldn't stop.
I just shot up in bed, cold sweat pouring down my face, me gasping for breath. Why does this nightmare keep plagueing my mind?
"Noshi, you ok?", someone said from the shadows. It was Tasuki. But why the hell is he here now? I mean this was his room, but he didnt usually come to bed until about 1:30. I looked outside. It must have been about that time.
"You should sleep, you're sick.", he said to me. It took a while for it to click. Im sick?
"What the hell do you mean I'm sick?!", I tried to yell, but it only came out as a whisper.
"When you didnt cuss anyone out at dinner I knew there was somethin wrong. You got a fever", he told me. " You didint seem yourself today.", he said as he walked over and sat on my bed.
That night mare wouldn't ever go away. That was the cause of my problems. Whne would it go away?My heart kept saying 'Tell him! Tell him!, but my mind kept saying No!You dont want anyone to feel sorry for you!', finally my heart won.
I looked at him then stared at my hands. "Before I came to this world........my mom....died...", a lone tear fell down my cheek. "It was my fault......all my fault........if I had been there........she wouldnt h-have...she was the best mom she could be...she gave me everything....she just wanted me to be happy and strong. She wanted me to have a say in things. All I ever wanted was to make her happy. She was the most important thing in the world to me.", I moved from under the cover to sit next to him. "She told me no matter what, she always wanted me to be happy. Even with all my scars, when I got talked bad about, he just wanted me to b-be..", more tears fell down my cheeks. I shut my eyes hard and tried to get them back in, but they just kept coming. He put his hand on the side of my head and leaned it onto his shoulder, but said nothing. The tears just kept coming, but I didnt care, I needed to get this out. One of the only two people I ever trusted was gone, and the other was sitting right here with me. They were the most important people to in the world to me. He pulled me into a hug and told me it was ok. He understood what was happening to me, and he still told me it was ok. As my tears slowed down, I looked up at him and smiled.
I really smiled, a true smile. "Arigato, Tasuki.", was all I said. There were no words for what I wanted to say. I think he understood that. He smiled at me and spoke,
"Tomorrow Im leavin to go down the mountain to get some herbs. 'll be back in about three days. While Im gone, I want you and Koji to make sure nona the bandits try to take my place, ok? But dont do nothin stupid while your sick. Get better before you do anything. ", he smiled at me and wiped my last tear away. I smiled back at him and nodded my head.
"Like hell I'd let anyone take your place.", I said and I meant it for his place in the bandits, and in my heart.
"Well seems your getting better. Get some rest,though."
"Okay, okay."
I turned over in my bed, and closed my eyes. He pulled my blnket back up over me. And walked over to his own bed.
'He really does care about me.' Then I remembered something my mom had told me once, and I never understood it until now: she told me one day I would find someone that I cared for, and cared about me. Someone I loved. That person was Tasuki. That was the first time I ever thought about my mom, and it didnt hurt. All because of him. And I fell asleep thinking about him.
To Be Continued
A/N: So Noshi likes Tasuki huh? Miaka comes in next chapter.
R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R!!!!
-Noshi ^.^
A week has passed since I met Tasuki and Koji. I've been living here with the bandits since then. I like it here. Most of the guys here are pretty nice, all except that damn Eiken! Remember when Tasuki told all the guys not to mess with me or theyd answer to him? Most of them have obeyed that, because they know what Tasuki will do, and because they know what I can do to them. Eiken always tries something with me, and I always leave him with a new broken bone. It doesnt require much effort either. Tasuki told me they dont mess with me because I could kick thier ass. He told me despite my size, there was only one person here who could defeat me, that was him. I've gotten really close to Tasuki. Every morning after breakfast I go outside and practice martial arts. I never really had time to do it in my world, I was always busy studying. I loved this, I could do whatever I wanted, and I did. I practiced martial arts all day and came back at dark. I'd have dinner and go to sleep. I sleep in Tasuki's room, to make sure nothin happens to me. He's pretty protective, but he knows if something happened I could handle it. Well its been a week, I wonder what'll happen today......
1.....2......3......4......1......2........3........4......flip. My kung fu exercizes, I'd been practicing since 8:00 am this morning. I was really tired, didnt get much sleep last night because I had a nightmare, I've had the same nightmare the past three days. I refused to think of what it was about, or I'd either break something in rage, or get tears in my eyes. I stopped practing and sat down underneath a big oak tree. The sun beat down on my body and it felt good. My eyelids started to drop, and I fell asleep.
I opened my eyes as fast as I could. That same nightmare........
I had that same nightmare again. In a my rage, I twisted around and furiously punched the tree five times. Now my hands were all cut up and bloody. Stupid! Stupid!That was when I noticed my surroundings. It was dark and it was raining, I must have been asleep for a long time. Tasuki was going to kill me! I stood up, and my vision blurred, but I refocused it. I tried to walk, and with each step, it felt like there were two huge anchors on my feet. I kept on going, all the way to the hideout. I walked in the curtain, and saw Tasuki was waiting right inside.
"Uh-oh....", was all I could say. He grabbed my hand and dragged me into his room, and slid the door shut. He stood there, eyes staring coldly at me.
"And where the hell have you been?!", he asked really agitated at my incompetence.
"ummm....uhhhh.....under the oak tree......", I mumbled softly.
"Doing what?!", he asked.
"Sleeping.....", I mumbled inaudibly.
"And just how the hell can sleeping get your hands all cut up?!", he asked
"...", I didnt respond. I couldnt tell him about my mom.
"Well anyway, don't do it again, hell, you had us all worried sick.", he said, "lets fix your hands up first, though.", he added. Then I followed him into the kitchen, where he poured alcohol on my hands and bandaged them up.
That night at dinner I didnt eat much, just two small pieces of meat, I couldn't even finish my rice! Number one, it really hurt to hold stuff, and number two, I wasnt feeling well. I was getting a few stares from around the table, because I wasnt cussing someone out. When I couldnt eat anymore, I got up and walked off
to my room without a word.
I changed out of my kung fu jacket and into my baggy night shirt and laid down in my bed. I was really cold, but at the same time, I was burning hot. My hands hurt, but despite all of this, I was able to fall asleep.
The screech of car tires. A crash, and then the sound of glass breaking. A white hospital room. A doctor emerges from the room, shaking his head. This image replayed over and over in my head. And it wouldn't stop.
I just shot up in bed, cold sweat pouring down my face, me gasping for breath. Why does this nightmare keep plagueing my mind?
"Noshi, you ok?", someone said from the shadows. It was Tasuki. But why the hell is he here now? I mean this was his room, but he didnt usually come to bed until about 1:30. I looked outside. It must have been about that time.
"You should sleep, you're sick.", he said to me. It took a while for it to click. Im sick?
"What the hell do you mean I'm sick?!", I tried to yell, but it only came out as a whisper.
"When you didnt cuss anyone out at dinner I knew there was somethin wrong. You got a fever", he told me. " You didint seem yourself today.", he said as he walked over and sat on my bed.
That night mare wouldn't ever go away. That was the cause of my problems. Whne would it go away?My heart kept saying 'Tell him! Tell him!, but my mind kept saying No!You dont want anyone to feel sorry for you!', finally my heart won.
I looked at him then stared at my hands. "Before I came to this world........my mom....died...", a lone tear fell down my cheek. "It was my fault......all my fault........if I had been there........she wouldnt h-have...she was the best mom she could be...she gave me everything....she just wanted me to be happy and strong. She wanted me to have a say in things. All I ever wanted was to make her happy. She was the most important thing in the world to me.", I moved from under the cover to sit next to him. "She told me no matter what, she always wanted me to be happy. Even with all my scars, when I got talked bad about, he just wanted me to b-be..", more tears fell down my cheeks. I shut my eyes hard and tried to get them back in, but they just kept coming. He put his hand on the side of my head and leaned it onto his shoulder, but said nothing. The tears just kept coming, but I didnt care, I needed to get this out. One of the only two people I ever trusted was gone, and the other was sitting right here with me. They were the most important people to in the world to me. He pulled me into a hug and told me it was ok. He understood what was happening to me, and he still told me it was ok. As my tears slowed down, I looked up at him and smiled.
I really smiled, a true smile. "Arigato, Tasuki.", was all I said. There were no words for what I wanted to say. I think he understood that. He smiled at me and spoke,
"Tomorrow Im leavin to go down the mountain to get some herbs. 'll be back in about three days. While Im gone, I want you and Koji to make sure nona the bandits try to take my place, ok? But dont do nothin stupid while your sick. Get better before you do anything. ", he smiled at me and wiped my last tear away. I smiled back at him and nodded my head.
"Like hell I'd let anyone take your place.", I said and I meant it for his place in the bandits, and in my heart.
"Well seems your getting better. Get some rest,though."
"Okay, okay."
I turned over in my bed, and closed my eyes. He pulled my blnket back up over me. And walked over to his own bed.
'He really does care about me.' Then I remembered something my mom had told me once, and I never understood it until now: she told me one day I would find someone that I cared for, and cared about me. Someone I loved. That person was Tasuki. That was the first time I ever thought about my mom, and it didnt hurt. All because of him. And I fell asleep thinking about him.
To Be Continued
A/N: So Noshi likes Tasuki huh? Miaka comes in next chapter.
R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R!!!!
-Noshi ^.^