Chapter 3: In Fu-Ma No Sato
Talim had taken a bus to visit her friend, Taki. When she got to Taki's house, she knocked on the door three times.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
No answer. Hmmmm Talim thought, maybe she went to go get dinner. Or maybe...shes thinks I'm still at the bus stop because she never saw me get off the bus. Although I never said to come pick me up. Talim walked back to the bus stop which was only two blocks away from Taki's house. But when Talim got there, no Taki was in sight, not even someone who looked remotely close to how Taki looked. Talim walked back to Taki's house and decided to wait on the doorstep. If she's not back in a half hour, I'm calling her cell. No need to call her if she's busy. She may have needed to stay a little later at work for a meeting or something.
Ten minutes later though, Taki showed up. Talim had almost dozed off waiting for her to come home and the only reason Talim knew Taki was there was because she could she an outline of a person through her half closed eyes.
"Taki, is that you?" Talim asked.
"Yes, silly. Now get up. I brought dinner. Sleeping on my doorstep, what a funny thing to do." She chuckled to herself than went to the kitchen to put the food on plates so that they could eat.
"What did you bring? It smells really good..."
"I brought some pizza. It's pepperoni so if you don't like it, you can find something in my cupboards, okay?"
"No, no. I'll eat the pizza. It's been so long. All we ever have is fish now."
"Mmmmm..." Taki mumbled as she thought of fryed fish. It's been so long since she has had fish. Not enough money and around here fish was really costly. "You're sooo lucky" she said to Talim.
She laid out the pizza on the coffee table. "Dig in!"
After dinner they talked about how life has been. It was like a children's sleepover. They giggled as they talked about old boyfriends (manly Taki's), and did make-up. None of it looked good though..red eyeshadow with blue lipstick. Bad combination. They spread out blankets and sleeping bags in the living room instead of Taki sleeping in her room and Talim in the guest room.
They told scary stories from their past. Like the ones about when Nightmare ruled over pretty much the whole world with his soul-sucking sword, Soul Edge. He had killed so many people and hurt so many others. A half demon with a thirst for souls. At least the sword was destroyed. The sword had taken over Nightmare's soul, memories, and decided his life for him. When Heishiro came along and destroyed him they figured that was end because the sword was destroyed. But Nightmare had lived. Whether good or bad, though, no one knew, and no one planned to find out.
Scary stories slowly turned into snores and light breathing. Taki fell into a sleep full of dreams, some good, some bad, some lost memories of when she and Talim were younger and used to play together all the time. She was 21 and like a big sister to Talim.
Talim fell into a dreamless sleep. They slept cuddled together like they used to do. Best friends forever.
Morning came and so did night. Again they acted like sisters, telling stories and applying make-up to each others faces.
A few days later they decided to have a match against each other to see how good they were. Talim started with a first attack. A flying kick. It hit Taki in the arm. "Ouch!" Taki came up with a series of swings from her swords. She used Rekki Maru & Mekki Maru, 2 small ninja swords. Talim got a small gash in her upper leg. "Ow! But it's not bleeding too bad." They kept fighting until they were out of breath, neither better than the other.
"I still have to train..."