A New Life: My Last Breath
Chapter Seven
Runaway
Me: Okay guys, heres' another chapter as promised ) AGG I'm so happy! I got the manga for Inuyasha, Chobits and Ranma 1/2! I also got Shohen Jump which has Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu Yu Hakusho, Shaman King, Hikaru no Go, One Piece, Dragonball Z, and Naruto; well enjoy :P
Naomi opened her eyes. It was dark. That was right, she had fallen sleep in this horrible place. It was the middle of the night time with the moon shining through the cracks of the wood.
She uttered a curse under her breath when she spotted Sesshomaru, sleeping in the corner. She tried to get up, but the pain held her down.
My body is still vulnerable from those thorns. She thought bitterly. It had been days. It was slowly progessing, but it still hurt a lot. It was better than when she had first arrived in this hell hole. But she wanted out so badly....
I refuse to stay in a place like this.
She widened her eyes. She could hear Sesshomaru getting up and moving towards her. She winced as he kneeled down beside her, and she saw the moonlight being blocked from her view.
"Why you take me here." she asked. It wasn't really a question. She kept her voice low, trying not to reveal any fear.
"To ask you." he said cooly.
"What?" she snapped. Oops, maybe I overdid it.
"Why did you save me."
What? He dragged her in to ask her that? What kind of BS was this?
She opened her mouth to talk, but nothing came out.
Wait a second. Why did I save him anyways?
Was it just because she felt pity for him? Or for that child, Rin? Or did she not hate him as much as she thought she did.
Sesshomaru stood up. "You may leave once you answered the question." he turned around, but he took once glance at Naomi. "In the meanwhile, think wisely about you answer." then he started to walk out of the hut.
Naomi punched the wall, she could hear the hut trembling, but she didn't care. She didn't want to stay here. But she was too weak and injured to move.
Screw that. She thought angrily.
I'll find my way out sooner or later.
Naomi woke up the next morning. She had more of a relaxing sleep that she thought she would have. She looked around. It was her alone, besides the small child named Rin.
She winced and held her stomach. One big thorn had gone through her, but it figured that Sesshomaru would have tightened the bandages alot, he was supposed to be powerful.
She tried to get up, but gasped and fell back. Rin stirred and opened her eyes and let out a high pitched yawn.
"Ohiyou onee-chan!" she called out smiling.
Naomi smiled. She was a cute kid. She watched as Rin started to skip towards her and plopped down beside her.
"Where is that bast......." Naomi paused and slapped her forehead. "Where is Sesshomaru?" she asked, a punch in her tone when she said his name.
"Sesshomaru-sama and Jaken-sama are going to find food and firewood!" Rin said lightly. Naomi sighed.
"At least it gives me time to myself.." she whispered to herself.
"Naomi no onee-chan." Rin said softly. Naomi looked up.
"Hai? Rin?"
"Why is it you don't liek Sesshomaru-sama?" she asked innocently.
Why do you think? She thought bitterly. She really didn't want to explain her hatred to a kid.
Instead she just shrugged. "Because he's not nice to me." she whispered quietly.
"If he is not nice to you then why did you save him?" she asked. Naomi paused and shrugged.
"Sesshomaru-sama seems not nice, but that's because he doesn't have a lot of fun." Rin explained. "Rin got to know him very good and likes him."
Naomi glanced at Rin with her large pleading eyes. And sighed.
"Well I just don't want to get to know him." she whispered hoarsly.
Rin stood up. " If you don't want to know him, then you'll never see his true colours." and she went back to the corner of the room and started singing to herself.
Naomi listened to the soothing flow of her voice. She shook her head.
Bull shit, that's what it is. This whole thing has been a joke. Sesshomaru could never have a good side. No one with a good side could have done something so cruel....
She shot a look at Rin, but she didn't glance back.
Today.
She stood up and went for the door.
"Onee-chan! Where are you going?" asked Rin as she hopped towards her.
Naomi gave a fake smile. "I believe your words Rin-chan. I will go and find Sesshomaru and make up with him."
Rin smiled. "Rin wants to come too!"
Naomi shook her head. "You better stay here, if Sesshomaru gets back before I do, then he wouldn't want to see you missing."
Rin nodded. "Hai!"
Naomi made her way out. She breathed in some fresh air.
I'll be starting a journy. She thought. I don't know where I am headed for, but anywhere is better than here.
And she started her walk, falling a few times, but she was determained not to give up.
She walked for about an hour, then decided that it was a good time to take a break.
I've gotten farther than I'd think. Naomi thought, satifyed with herself. He'll never find me here.
She was so drowsy. She could feel her eyelids grow heavy, then eventually closed them.
"Time for a nap." she murmured, resting her head against a tree. She fell into unconciousness right after.
When she awoke, she could hear the slight sound of growling. She opened her eyes and gasped so hard her throat was sucked dry.
She looked ahead and saw a giant bear the size of an apartment building standing in front of her. It's eyes glowing red.
It's not a regular bear. She thought to herself. It's a bear youkai. The strenth of a bear is nothing compared to this.....this could kill me in a matter of seconds.
She remembered a trick when she was a kid that her camp counsiler had taught her. When running from a bear, always run downhill because the bears front paws are shorter, so it will end up tumbling.
But that couldn't help her at all.
She gulped and back away, but her back slammed right into the tree. She was speechless as she bear approached, its tounge hanging out like a sick dog. Naomi could only imagine what that meant.
It was hungry.
And what better food for it to eat than her.
Naomi closed her eyes as the bear leapt towards her, and she let out an ear piercing scream.
She winced as she could feel blood splash onto her skin, then realized she was not wounded. She opened her eyes and saw a big gap in the bears back as it tumbled back. Then the sound of a sword swaying through the air.
She widened her eyes.
Sesshomaru.
He landed on the ground, with his sword in his hand. He gave a sharp look in Naomi's direction, then faced back at the bear.
The bear let out a loud growl of fury as it took a swipe at Sesshomaru, but he dodged it like lightning and landed on the bears shoulder and swung his sword at him, making a gash in the bears cheek.
The youkai snarled as Sesshomaru jumped in front of it for the final blow, but the bear swung a paw in Sesshomaru's direction, sending him flying back, but he landed on his feet.
The bear looked over at Naomi and shot its paw out and picked her up.
She tried to struggled out of the bears grip, but she was too weak. The bear stared down at her with anxiousness in its eyes. It gave a toothy grin and hot drool started to ooze down from the side of its mouth.
Naomi gasped as the bear squeezed tighter, and her body went limp in its paws.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes as he sheathed his sword and drew out his whips at the end of his fingers. He jumped in the air and raised his hands, but the bear summoned its sharp claws and stratched at him, sending his flying back.
He ignored the blood dripping on the ground, the dirt soaking up the blood. He jumped up again and used his whips the blind the bear. It let out a loud growl as its other paw loosened and the unconcious Naomi fell onto the ground with a soft thud.
Sesshomaru unsheated Tokijin and sent a wave at the bear, damanging it, but before it could die, it went on its four legs and crushed him under.
He narrowed his eyes as he chopped the bear into pieces, starting with its head. There was a howl in the background as the pieces dicinigrated into nothing.
"So she's safe." he whispered to himself as he felt his legs give away and blacked out on the spot.
Me: A double chapter! One more after this.....but please review! Sorry about the long wait! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!