You should kno everything i put here by now. It is the third chapter. Have fun!

So i left for the west again, something Yuna and the rest of the town was used to, i was always off on some trip. I was hoping to pass through another town that i kno, where my friends Bell and Hiroko live. it was very far away, and i haven't seen either of them for 2 years.

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"Whoa," said Hakkai, "Jeep? you okay?"

"Brrrr" chirped Jeep hapily.

"He seems fine, leave it alone," said Gojyo. Hakkai said nothing.

We drove on for quite a ways, waiting for a sign of the next town. Goku and i were asleep next to Gojyo who was talking with Hakkai and Sanzo. We'd hit a few bumps now and then, but nothing really exciting.

I started to think a little bit about my past, just about the people i've met along the way and such. These four were the best thing to ever happen to me. I was wondering if this is what the Gods wanted them to do. I know that Sanzo had quite a connection with them. Then i thought about my parents and how they left mein such a hurry.

I was only 12, and they just left me. They said they were going away on a weeks vacation and left me with the master of a local dojo who was a friend of the family. He started teaching me how to use the halberd, and soon i became top in the dojo, even agains the greatest swordsman our town had ever seen.

I had realized a few days after my parents were supposed to have come home that they were never coming back. When they left, they told me that they loved me and that they'd be home soon, so i talked to my sensei. He told me the truth. He sighed and said, "Raharu, your parents loved you very much, you know that, right?" i just nodded, tears in my eyes. He explained to me that this happens to a lot of kids, and i just shook my head and i ran. To where, i wasn't sure.

I ran to the first place i could think of, which was the bridge that my friend and i always went to. His name, he told me, wasShigekazu, but i heard his mom call him something differnet sometimes. I ran to the bridge and sat with my head in my hands, silently letting the tears stream down my face, not making a sound. It must have been a few hours later that i was laying on my stomach, letting my hands dangle in the water, occasinaly pushing back a loose strand of hair. It was dark, and i heard a voice.

"Y'kno, your sensei is very worried." I looked up to see Shigekazu's silhouette outlined in the sunset.

"So? Why should he be" i said defensivley. I sat up and he sat down next to me. I just looked down, ashamed, because i knew that now was not a good time to have run away. I just looked up at him, and he finally spoke after a few tense minutes.

"It's late. Are you going to go home?"

"I suppose i have no choice." He stood and held out his hand, and i took it and stood up, but instead of letting go he took my other hand. He looked into my eyes and said to me, "Raharu, i love you." Then he leaned in and...

CRASH!

"...Hnn? What? What happened?" i said, waking up, drifting back to reality. My thoughts were once again interrupted by something.

"it sounded like trees cracking or something." Goku said tiredly. Hakkai stopped Jeep and we all got out, facing the direction of the noise.

For a minute, it was quiet, the wind blowing through the trees, and i could see loose crimson strands of Gojyo's hair blowing across his face out of the corner of my eyes. I looked towards the direction of the noise, but it was silent.

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The wind was blowing through the trees, not something abnormal. Silent as the grave, as they say. It was sickly tense, and so quiet it was almost loud. Something was not right.

crunch, crunch, crunch,

It came from directly ahead. It sounded likea fewpeople, quietly whispering and walking.

Then it stopped.

Tense and quiet.

More silent whispers

Then, crunch, crunch, crunch.

They were walking faster, whoever they were.

The wind was blowing a little faster, kicking up dust, making us squint and turn away.

When it finally cleared, there were 4 figures standing in front of us.

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