Chapter 2
"Far away"
By
Crystal
Miles flow far away from the Pacific Ocean upon a new sunrise meeting a land known as Japan. The wind flows thoroughly into the lands this time of year bringing things to fall. Miles to the east lay a green hill and on top of it lays a wooden shrine walking along side a path with cherry blossoms on either side falling peacefully down to the ground making it look like a pink winter snow.
A woman appears under one of the trees as her long smooth dark hair dances some with the wind with her eyes closed she was listening to the wind. Her Kimono shimmers in the sun as in the shade its colors glow.
Suddenly a fast moving man rushes up the stairs and up to the shrine carrying a letter. It appears to be of some importance as he rushes calling out her name.
"Ashinami! Ashinami Meiyo! Where are you?!" The messenger calls out as he finally makes it up the last step and takes a look around searching.
Meanwhile the young girl finally opens up her eyes slowly as though she was still in a peaceful trance and looks up to the sound of someone calling her name. She did not move as she felt non-threatening. She calls out to whoever may be looking for her, "I'm over here." She looks up at the tree and another pink blossom fell along side of her.
The messenger stopped and noticed Ashinami underneath a tree as he slowly walked closer to her and bows down to greet her.
"Ashinami a letter from your father" the messenger set aside the letter next to Ashinami as she glances down at it "A letter from my father? But isn't he busy traveling?"
"That is true; last I heard he was visiting the homeland of the United States. He told me that it was urgent that you get this letter and as my duty I had to come find you." The messenger said as he took a step back and bowed again and waited for Ashinami's response.
Resting her hand on the letter and taking it into her hands to open it up she opens up the letter and begins to read it to her self.
"Dear daughter Ashinami,
Today is my last stop in the United States to do my final business in helping others. However there is one duty that only you can help out. In New York City there is a killer who kills innocent lives and each victim turns out awful. This killer could be the very same killer back in our past that killed your mother and your sister. You must go and help find this killer and bring him down on his knees. I shall be coming home soon and for that you shall be going away. Take in good care my sweet daughter. I love you."
Love,
Your father
Ashinami then finds a sudden pain pierced through her chest as she looks down and notices her blood on her hands and on the letter. She coughs up blood and slowly glances behind her and looks up to see the messenger smiling wickedly as his rough hands holding the sword that have pierced her through her back. Her eyes wide in fear.
"This, this was all just a set up to kill me? Why? Why?!" Her words grew harder to come out of her mouth as her head felt dizzy. The cherry blossoms became rain of blood as she was surrounded by pools of blood everywhere she screams but no one hears her she couldn't move what was happening to her?
The alarm beeps loudly as she jerks awake panting and feeling her body for any blood on her. Her breathing becomes normal again as she realizes it was all just a dream. She looks up at the time and notices time to get up for work. Ashinami rests one hand on her forehead as if a brutal headache formed up. "What a dream."