Trying to Live

Chapter two

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It's been a week and one fall in a river since I left Alexandria. Now I'm outside the village of Dali. Umm, yeah, about that river thing.. Well, there was a monster chasing me, and since I don't have a weapon, I had to run. Unfortunately, I wasn't looking at where I was going and fell in the river. And nearly drowned. Heh heh, I'm not a very good swimmer... Luckily for me there was a fisherman nearby and he yanked me out by the tail. When I came out hacking, he said, "Girl, have you got any brains? Running around out here like some kind of hooligan! Without a weapon, too! Well, lucky for you I have a few on me. Take a look." It was then that I bought my first weapon, called the 'Bandit's Blade.' It's kind of like a scythe, just with a shorter blade. Kinda cool... Anyway, I felt I had to repay the old man, so I gave him one of my necklaces. It's pretty valuable, but it wasn't one of my favorites, so I didn't have any trouble letting it go.

I took a deep breath and entered the village. To my dismay, the same boy from Alexandria was sitting inside the inn. Is he, like, stalking me or something! I carefully snuck past the inn and broke out in a run. Again, my lack of common sense kept me from looking ahead and I ran into someone.

"Whoa! ...hey, you okay?" I looked up and saw a boy, a little older than me I believe, with his hand outstretched. I gratefully took it and dusted myself off.

"Hmm, purple tube top, baggy black pants... Hey, you're that Monkey girl all the guys from Alexandria are talking about!" he said, kind of loudly. I glared.

"Call me Monkey Girl again and I'll maim you." I spat. He put his hands in front of him, as if saying 'Don't look at me.'

"Well, anyway," he started. I looked at him. You know, he's kinda cute... He had shaggy brown hair and and chocolate brown eyes. And a nice body, too...AAUGH! STOP THINKING!

"my name's Kashinoko." he finished, hand, again, outstretched. I took it once more and shook his hand.

"Lily." I answered. "And I think I'll call you Kashi." I added, chuckling. Kashi laughed.

"Okay then." he replied cheerfully. "See you around, Lily." He called while walking. I smiled to myself. I think I finally have a friend...

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It was around 10:00 at night when I started heading back to the inn. Since I have a weapon now, I decided to look around the surrounding area. All grassland, though. Nothing special. I was about to walk up to the innkeeper when I heard a chilling laugh from behind me. I stiffened. Them again? Crap... Hey wait! I can fight back now! Let 'em bring it on! I just ignored them and asked if a room was available. Apparently, they didn't like me ignoring them. When the innkeeper left the room, the 'leader' whipped me around.

"Aww, Monkey Girl just couldn't get enough of ol' Rai, huh?" he mocked. I glared.

"Are you bastards stalking me or something?" I snapped. Rai started laughing.

"Ohhh, Monkey Girl need to watch her tongue, eh boys?" His little gang started laughing along with him. That's it. I whipped out my blade and got into Rai's face.

"Outside. NOW." I practically shouted. He just laughed again.

"Is that a challenge?" he asked, a spark in his eyes. I just gave him a wicked smile.

"No, it's a demand."

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Ooh, showdown time! And a semi-cliffie! Yay torture! Heh heh, now ya'll have to wait!

MGX2