This is my latest story, Soratobu. It's quite different from my usual stories, anyways, I hope you enjoy it!

'blah' Thinking

"blah" Speaking

Sora bowed her head and tried to push her hoodless coat so it would cover her head but she had no success. The bus stop had no cover and the bench was dripping wet so it would have done her no good. For the last few days it had been late, later than usual. Her friends weren't going to come around in their fancy new car and rescue her from the cold.

No, it wasn't going to happen but she would get home in one piece –at least if the bus came in the next ten minutes she could. Her mother had strict rules, if the bus didn't arrive by 4:00 she would have to walk home, through his territory.

He was Dinh, a boy two years her senior and had a thing for beating up kids that he thought were too smart for their own good, like Sora, a straight A student. Her parents had always been proud of her amazing grades but they didn't make a difference.

Her parents, they weren't necessarily something to be proud of; though they were hard working they were poor and just had enough money to scrape by. It just proved life was unfair...

Sora checked her watch -4:00- the bus was late and she had to get beaten up again. She doddled around a corner, her red hair soaking wet and greasy as she went to the street corner where Dinh's crew hung out as they smoked their cigarettes while sitting on cardboard boxes.

If she got lucky they wouldn't be there but that wasn't the case; "Hey Dinh, there's that brainy girl again, what should we do to 'er this time?" His voice sounded slurred, then she noticed the beer bottle in his hand.

'Geez, bartenders will give alcohol to anyone these days.'

"The dogs o' course, she'll do 'em some good, they haven't been fed for weeks."

Sora paled, 'the dogs' were huge pitbulls they used to make sure the Egyptians got what he thought they deserved. A few of his goons grabbed the pitbulls and dragged them a few feet in front of her and said one word; "Meat."

The dogs unlatched themselves from the boys grip and pounced on her, luckily she ran out of the way just in time. She sprinted past the dogs as they drooled hungrily. She jumped the wire fence and landed on two feet, running again to get home to her family's small apartment.

Sora gritted her teeth as the dogs caught up with her, she could feel the sweat on her back, the pounding of her heart. Her soccer skills weren't going to help now, the dogs were too close, now she knew she wasn't going to make it.

Drool enveloped her feet in a goo that made it hard for her to move. No… She could make it, only a few blocks to the entrance of her apartment building. If she could just reach the doors,

'Maybe…' she thought, 'I can make it. It's not so far, all I have to do is run a little farther, a little farther, a little farther…'

The dogs pounced, showing no mercy the red-headed 15 year-old. Sora Takenouchi knew this was the end, this was the day she would die.

It all happened in slow motion, the dogs fell onto her, their mouths wet with thick drool, their claws sharp and uncut, she closed her eyes and asked,

"Help…"

Then she saw a figure before her, tall; she could tell, 'Maybe he'll help…' she thought.

He was the last thing on her mind before she blacked out…

Author's Note: Cliffhanger! Tee hee, you'll have to wait 'till next chapter to find out who the mystery person is.

I know this is a short chapter but I was too lazy to continue. Press the purple button to make me very, very happy!