Road of two shadows

First proof of tenth chapter Chapter 10

-Messed up again-

Angrily he had left the village leaving them all behind. The day had nearly fallen down as he was going on again. Twelve hours ago he had brought Ayame back. Hours passing he had watched her recover Not as quickly as he had hoped, but that would have been another miracle. Fifteen minutes ago he had turned his back to his Lord.

With out any kind of permission he had left. He hadn't even bothered to tell anyone that he was leaving. Looking back to the village's bright lights he felt discussed. To live and to serve… and what do you get?

He kept going up the hill. What did you get, Ayame? … To be treated like a piece of paper by someone you honour… I can not just let Gohda do this to you!

His travelling was slow. Weather was just like in autumn; cold and moist. He felt his fingers growing numb when he grabbed a hold of the next rock ahead of him. Pointless journey over the rocks? Where was he going? For path this was very bad choice in this time of the year. North wind blowing coldly, ice slippery rocks and deep cracks.

He came at the peak. Looking once more back, he didn't feel discus. It was his home. All his happy memories were in that place. And now even Ayame were there. She was so different now; helpless and unsure of herself. How could I have taken advantage at the situation?!

He rose up from the cliff lifting his neckerchief. Kissing her, well almost kissing her. What may she think of me now? I suppose to be her master and quide her… Or was it her…who kissed me? No. That would be too good to be true? I should not be taking advantage of her weakness.

Determent to help the most important person in his life he turned his back to the village and started to walk. Running down of the peak's long gentle slope, he knew that he wouldn't be coming back empty handed. The best way I can help you, my dear Ayame, is this… I'll let you be for awhile, to get better. Also something that I need… Please, don't worry…

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Slowly was the snow floating down from the icy sky. There were no stars to look upon. Maybe there weren't stars anymore. Leaves shuffled every other minute bring more whiteness in the ground.

Something moved in the forest. It was looking around, sniffing the air. Circling trees like it had lost its path. Again it stopped and turned its head. Some leaves in the ground rattled in its legs and it bended down to look them more carefully.

White stars falling down were staining its dark fur in snow. Shaking its form, it looked in the sky. Moon gave a look back peaking behind the cloud wall.

Light cut the darkness like a warm steal to an ice. The four legged being watched down and right in front of it another pair of green eyes meat it's. It saw a boy resting under a big bamboo tree and he saw a wolf standing few feet away from his resting place.

The wolf sat down and yawned. It had found what it was looking for.

He rose up to sit. Not that he would have been intimidated by the wolf. It didn't seem to be hungry. He put a note that the wolf had bizarre, green eyes. Probably it was the moon that gave the twinkle to its eyes.

He didn't know how long had they sat there; the boy and the wolf. His mind was so messed up that he would spend again many sleepless nights. He took some of his food and tossed it to the wolf. Maybe i0t would dare to come closer so he could see it better.

First it didn't move. But then like only for politeness it took the piece of meat at ground. He couldn't still see its eye's clear enough so he handed it another piece. This time he didn't trob it to the ground. Showing that it trusted him, the wolf came to him walking naturally. It even let him pleas it's head. But quickly the wolf takes the distance back. Before he had time to see its soul. For some weird reason this beast was remembering him for his own bet; Semimaru. It had been deceits long time ago.

This place remembered him something else too.

The wolf was still sitting there. He game in that conclusion that it would be better not to fall a sleep when the wolf was keeping an eye on you. Not that him falling a sleep would have been likely.

When he had rose up and put his backed his stuff he turned around to see what was the wolf doing. But it wasn't there. He was stunned for the way it had left. When he looked in the ground he saw no dints in the snow. He did not feel its Ki nor did he see it anywhere around him. Was he loosing his mind, he asked for himself.

Then he raised his look and asked the moon the same question. I'm standing middle of the forest… talking to the moon above me… thinking my past life…and questioning my self… If that wolf was a creation of my mind… am I loosing it?

A near by hill a wolf bayed at the moon. It was the same wolf he could tell. The way its eyes glittered even by far, there was no doubt about that it wouldn't be the same.

Where was he going, he questioned him self. He had no precise destination, only a hint in his mind. And his mind was trying to tell him something.

The wolf looked the boy. It had gotten his attention, now it only had to make him follow. It tipped its head to its right side, like asking and begging in the same time.

He walked closer the hills bottom. The wolf looked at its back and then again the boy beneath. It yelped softly to him and started to walk away.

He waited hearing its steps moving away. Would he dare to follow the wolf? Suddenly the wind blew. When it settled he didn't hear the steps anymore. He thought that he should continue his own path. Why should he fallow the wolf? Because it told him to do so?

It was gone. He had felt small limps of its Ki, when it had appeared. Now there wasn't even a smaller hint about another living thing in the forest. Guess there weren't even prints upper the hill. He didn't bother to check.

He turned to go back to his rote when he heard one more yelp. He felt the familiar Ki only a feet away him self. He turned to see that the wolf had come back. It was standing in the snow waving its tale.

He made a note that there weren't tracks behind the wolf were it had came. It yelped again, turning to walk away.

"Fine… I'll follow you." He said.

The wolf let him watch in its strange green eyes, before it started claming the hill, the boy following him.