Chapter 6: Fourteen Years Old
I stumbled up a steep red dusted hill. For the last two weeks I was stuck in the wilderness. This is wilderness training. We weren't supposed to fly, just walk, run, whatever. All alone in the middle of the Getakð Desert I was. This desert stretched more than 1,130 miles in diameter. In the mornings it could be a blistering 125° F then suddenly drop to a chilling 10° F. I had traveled about 1,001,866 miles already.
My food supply was running short. My water was gone and I was weak from exhaustion and heat. Unfortunately, all three of our suns were out at the same time. I kept going though. I kept on breathing. My shirt and pants were torn and red dirt covered my face. I knew I could make it. I just had to beat that record, which was two days away. I could sense ki, growing as is shuffled onwards.
There was no shade, but I stopped to take a breather on a boulder. My chapped lips were longing for the coolness of ice cold water. I licked my lips and swallowed hard.
I lifted myself to my feet. I just kept walking. I had walked about nine hours when I saw a figure that looked like a building. I ran towards it. I was desperate for shelter and shade. Then, all of the sudden I walked right through it.
I looked back. It was gone.
"Must've been a mirage," I said.
I turned back to my walking. I kept licking my parched lips and swallowing to keep my mouth moist.
I walked nine more hours and saw another figure that looked like a person. I walked up to him.
"Hey, General," I said groggily. I might as well have fun with this mirage.
"Good job, Kotaishi. You have just beaten the record. You are now relieved of wilderness survival training."
Oh, you know I really wish you were here, but I have to get back to my walking now. Personally I have no idea why I have to do this, but I am. Oh, look at the little twinkling stars," I said swaying back and forth.
I fainted. I could hear them, but was too tired to call out. The next thing I knew I was sleeping in my sidoko bed. I sat up. There was food and water on the little nightstand. I groped selfishly at the food, not letting a crumb escape my mouth.
I was too busy eating to notice, but I accidentally let a small piece of paper fall to the floor.
I thought about my toran and Leilani. I hoped they were all right. Hoping was all I could do. So I went on hoping a little longer.
I stumbled up a steep red dusted hill. For the last two weeks I was stuck in the wilderness. This is wilderness training. We weren't supposed to fly, just walk, run, whatever. All alone in the middle of the Getakð Desert I was. This desert stretched more than 1,130 miles in diameter. In the mornings it could be a blistering 125° F then suddenly drop to a chilling 10° F. I had traveled about 1,001,866 miles already.
My food supply was running short. My water was gone and I was weak from exhaustion and heat. Unfortunately, all three of our suns were out at the same time. I kept going though. I kept on breathing. My shirt and pants were torn and red dirt covered my face. I knew I could make it. I just had to beat that record, which was two days away. I could sense ki, growing as is shuffled onwards.
There was no shade, but I stopped to take a breather on a boulder. My chapped lips were longing for the coolness of ice cold water. I licked my lips and swallowed hard.
I lifted myself to my feet. I just kept walking. I had walked about nine hours when I saw a figure that looked like a building. I ran towards it. I was desperate for shelter and shade. Then, all of the sudden I walked right through it.
I looked back. It was gone.
"Must've been a mirage," I said.
I turned back to my walking. I kept licking my parched lips and swallowing to keep my mouth moist.
I walked nine more hours and saw another figure that looked like a person. I walked up to him.
"Hey, General," I said groggily. I might as well have fun with this mirage.
"Good job, Kotaishi. You have just beaten the record. You are now relieved of wilderness survival training."
Oh, you know I really wish you were here, but I have to get back to my walking now. Personally I have no idea why I have to do this, but I am. Oh, look at the little twinkling stars," I said swaying back and forth.
I fainted. I could hear them, but was too tired to call out. The next thing I knew I was sleeping in my sidoko bed. I sat up. There was food and water on the little nightstand. I groped selfishly at the food, not letting a crumb escape my mouth.
I was too busy eating to notice, but I accidentally let a small piece of paper fall to the floor.
I thought about my toran and Leilani. I hoped they were all right. Hoping was all I could do. So I went on hoping a little longer.