Chapter 2
A Warm Welcome
"Can you stand up alright?" Jet said, slowly setting her down as they reached the tree house. She stood up, wobbled a little and found her balance.
"Uh… Yeah," she hesitated a bit, "So where is this tree house?" she looked up and a thin rope shot down.
"Here," Jet held out his hand, "it's not the easiest to hang onto." She allowed him to grab her waist and they shot up into the air. Once they reached the landing, she held her head in pain.
"Oh… My head!" She moaned and almost fell over. Jet caught her and said:
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it."
" No no. It's not that. That pervert hit me on the back of the head," she brought her hand back and looked at it. It was covered in blood.
"Aw man!" she moaned. Jet examined the wound and was just as shocked.
"Woooa…" his eyes widened.
"I think I'm gonna heave," She wobbled around a little and her vision blurred and then total blackness.
When the girl awoke, five children from 7-9 years of age surrounded her.
"She's awake! She's awake!" one of them exclaimed. Jet walked through the doorway.
"So, I guess you're feeling better?" he smiled.
"Yeah… Sorry about that…." She blushed.
"No problem. I think you monsters should wait outside and give our guest some room for now, ok?" they all giggled and tripped their way out of the room.
"They're adorable… Are they your family?" the girl asked.
"Well, they are now. Kinds from all over come here when they have nowhere else to go. Me and the older guys take care of them." He explained. Jet sat on the bed next to her and pulled some bandages from his pocket.
"He really burned your hands. Geeze," they both looked at her blistering hands, "Can I…"
"Oh… Yeah sure," she held out her hands and he began to wrap them. After a short pause, Jet said:
"I still don't know your name…" he looked up and smiled. Both teens blushed
"Kohana… Well actually it's my middle name…" she looked back down at her hands, letting her long reddish-brown braid fall over her shoulder.
"Well what your first name?" Jet asked.
"…Kasui…"
"It's beautiful. Why do you go by your middle name?"
"Thanks. It's kinda a long story… My name just… It brings back bad memories," Kohana realized that Jet probably didn't want her to have to explain the whole thing if it brought back memories, so he stayed quiet.
"Well, I'm Jet," they sat in silence until Jet finished bandaging her hands.
"So…. Do you want to meet everybody?" He finally broke the silence.
"Uh… Sure, sounds good," they both got up and left the room.
A/N: Sorry, still pretty short.. the chapters may get longer in the future but i will make no promises k hope ya like it NOW LET ME SEE YOUR GRILLz!