Hurting
By: Kiara Adachi
Chapter 4: Broken
OK, I am going to be skipping around a little bit in this chapter. Well, I'm gonna speed up time a few times, but not that much.
And thanks to my good friend Eskin for helping me think of this chapter...
Three days later...
It was now a week today since Kiara had shown up at Haku's door needing his help. By now, the wound on her leg had healed enough for her to be able to walk around. Slow, but she could walk. But she still hadn't left the house, and it was starting to get annoying...
"Haku, I'm bored!" she whined, leaning back on the couch. The bandage on her leg was gone, and there was a small cut left, but nothing serious enough to have to wrap up. The rest on the old cut, has turned into a scar. She looked over at Haku, who was cleaning everything up from their last meal.
Haku sighed, and finished what he was doing, then plopped down beside her on the couch.
"I guess..." he said. "That you're well enough to leave... want to take a walk or something?"
"Finally!" she exclaimed, standing up, "Lets go then!"
Haku nodded and stood up too. And within a few minutes, they had left...
About ten minutes later...
Kiara sighed and stretched her good arm up into the air. The other arm was now in a sling, for it has still not healed very well, and still hurt if it was moved. Her and Haku were on one of the many forest paths that twisted and turned through the dense forest.
"Haku, do you think that we could maybe go into town?"
"I don't see why not." he answered.
She smiled, and grabbed his hand, leading him through the paths that she knew so well, untill they finally reached the outer gate of the town. The guards at the gates, who knew both of them fairly well, waved as they went through. They both waved back, and entered the village of Kiri, and began to walk down the main road that went through the town. There were stores of all kinds lining the streets. Haku stopped, and turned towards one of the food stores.
"I think I'll buy some stuff for us to eat." he said. "We're running low. You gonna come?"
Kiara thought, but shook her head. "No, you go ahead, I'll wait out here. I want to enjoy being outside while I still can."
Haku hesitated for a second, but nodded, and went into the store, the door closing behind him
Kiara leaned against the wall of the store, but soon got bored, and wondered over to a little stand down the street, where someone was selling jewelry and other hand-made objects. She began to look around, wondering farther and farther away from the store Haku was in. Untill she could no longer even see it.
There was a loud noise from her right, and Kiara flinched, turning to see a bar. But it wasn't just that; it was the same bar her father always went into. And she swore she heard his voice yelling inside. He was probably in another fight. And then, as if on cue, the doors flew open and two very large men tossed her father out. He landed with a "thump" on the street, and then, still with the sake bottle in is hand, he stood up and looked at the door.
"Fine." he said wobbly, obiously drunk. "I'll go somewhere else." He hiccuped and turned around. His eyes wondering the streets, and falling right on Kiara.
She hoped with all her heart that he was too drunk to reconize her. But that wasn't the case. His eyes glazed over, and she could tell that he reconized her. He began to step towards her. Two other men, that Kiara knew were his friends came out of the bar too.
"Look who it is.." one of them said, smirking at Kiara.
"I guess she didn't die." her dad said, as all three of them began to walk towards her. She looked at them frightened, like a deer stuck in headlights, but didn't move. Soon they were standing next to her. Her dad in the front, and the other two behind him.
"What are you doing here girl?" he asked. "You thought that you could just get away from me, didn't you." An evil smile crossed his lips.
Kiara didn't respond. Her eyes darted around, and she realized she was too far away from the store... Haku probably didn't even know she had left. She looked around quickly. There was nothing behind her, but with her leg... would she be able to outrun them? She thought only but a second and decided she'd have to try. She took a step back, and with a quick motion, she began to run.
Thankfully, the men were all drunk, and could barely chase after her. But with her leg hurt as bad as it was, they were still catching up to her. She stopped and turned down an alley, hoping to lose them, but sadly found herself at a dead end. She gasped and swung around to see her father and his friends coming towards her. She could see the burning rage in her father's eyes.
Her father motioned for his friends to stop following, and they froze, but he kept walking towards her, holding the sake bottle in his hand. He lifted it up as he came, and Kiara slid down the wall unto the ground, staring in fear at him. Soon he stood right in front of her. The bottle held above his head.
"Girl, I'm sick of you messing with me." he said. "Bye-bye."
Kiara snapped her eyes shut, and waited for the pain to come. Suddenly she felt a breeze, as if something had rushed by. She felt as if something grabbed her. The crash she was waiting for came, but she felt no pain. She opened her eyes, an saw someone else there. It was... Haku.
He had rushed in just in time, and only had enough time to act as a shield for Kiara. The bottle had hit him right on the crown of his head, and blood was running from the cuts that the bottle had made. His face was turned toward her, and her eyes were closed. He opened them, and then looked down at Kiara.
"Sorry I was late." he said softly. Then he moaned and then his eyes closed again, then his body fell limp and fell beside Kiara.
"Saved by your little boyfriend." Her dad said mockingly. He began to laugh drunkly. Kiara looked up at him, and began to stand up.
"Dad..." she said. "You can do whatever you need to do to me, but now." she looked down at Haku, bleeding and badly hurt. "Now, you have gone too far!"
