Chapter 7 Fire!
A week had passed since Kreb had taken Uzuri as his bride, Kreb violently assaulted Uzuri for any reason that he deemed fit. The abuse ranged from beatings to trying to consummate a heir, without her permission, but every chance she got she retreated back to the cove. "Oh my god what did he do to you?" Kiu said as she entered the cove.
"He tried to force himself upon me again so I fought him off for the moment, why is it that bad?" Uzuri turned her gaze to the reflecting pool. Her eyes were so bloodshot that they was a solid shade of red surrounding her orange corneas, her fur was matted with blood and sand, and she was deathly skinny.
"We need to get out of here the Coastlands are too dangerous." Uzuri said as thoughts of all the abuse that she had endured at Kreb's paw.
Flashback...
Kreb smacked Uzuri in the back of her head sending her into a mound of sand, where he proceeded to pin her head down. "No!" Kreb only continued to try and force himself on her. "I said NO!" Uzuri bit down on the paw that was holding her down.
He released her "Fine!" he hissed as he limped away to lick his wounds.
End of Flashback...
"Kreb will follow us till the day we die." Kiu said bringing Uzuri's mind back into focus.
"Or he…" she said as a plan formed in her head.
"What are you planning?" he asked, "Uzuri you are starting to worry me."
"Nevermind." she said leaving the sandy cove, "Just stay hidden." Kiu nodded clearly annoyed by her physical state.
"Uzuri I love you!" He said before she left the cove.
"I love you too." She said kissing him before she left.
Uzuri rushed back to the cave and as she thought the cave was still covered by the dried grass, "At least he doesn't do his chores."
Kreb was unconscious from the binge he was on. Uzuri backed out of the cave so Kreb didn't wake up. "Fire, Fire, Firewood I need some Firewood." she said scouring the territory. She found some old dried out driftwood on the beach. "This will work perfectly, now how am I suppose to light it?"
As if on cue thunder could be heard off in the distance. 'A tree' she thought they always get struck. Uzuri rushed to the remains of an acacia tree that always gets struck. She quickly scaled the skeleton of the old tree and positioned the driftwood so that it would act like a lightning rod. Sure enough the driftwood burst into a brilliant flame. Uzuri swiped up the burning chunk and sprinted as quickly as she could to the cave. "Good riddance!" she shouted as she light the dried grass covering the caves entrance. They erupted into flames, she could hear some shouting coming from inside the inferno. Then it hit her "Kiu!"
Uzuri crashed into the cave through the blaze to find Kiu locked in combat with Kreb, They were completely oblivious to the raging inferno. Kiu was winning to Uzuri's surprise Kiu was positioning himself in front of his bad paw and attacking his weak paw, "Kiu we need to get out of here!"
He struck Kreb in the face leaving him with deep gashes, Kiu turned to flee but Kreb caught him with a blind swipe. A gash was clearly visible on his right eye, he roared in pain as he clinched his eyes shut. Uzuri swiped at Kreb hitting him in the jaw causing it to shatter as she turned to grab the impaired Kiu, "We need to leave follow me." With Kiu's one good eye he followed Uzuri through the inferno.
"Aghhh!" Kiu was shouting as he left the blaze, his hind leg was burnt to a crisp. When they finally got to the beach where the flames couldn't reach them, Uzuri stopped in horror. The tide was glowing red and the fields were ablaze, as the smoke warped to look like the remains of Uzuri's family.
"The vision it was a prophecy." Uzuri said in shock as she watched her beautiful home disintegrate right before her eyes. She felt a sudden weight on her shoulder, she looked to see Kiu was limp at her side. "Kiu?!"
AN: I just got accepted to college and I have a chance to play football too! So I have had a good week so far you can make it better by reviewing and I would really appricate any tips for my writting, especially in action scenes.