Panting and sweating, I woke up in my bed. Oh, it was all a dream. What a relief. I put my school clothes on, and headed to the kitchen to get some breakfast. On my way, I saw f tall dark figure on my couch. Oh, crap. Was that a dream, or did I just have some freaky premonition or something?
Anyway, I totally forgot about breakfast when Ikuto asked if he could walk me to school today. I said yes. Well, it was either that or be embarrassed in public again. When we left the house, I took a running jump over the fence and cleared it with a good metre or two between me and the fence.
Ikuto was looking up at me, watching my every move, seemingly mesmerized by my performance. My style and ease was accompanied by a soft and graceful landing, making it the perfect leap. When we were only a few blocks away from the school, Ikuto turned to me and stopped me. Did I mention that he was following me? No? Well, now I did.
He said "I'll be waiting for you after school. Don't make it unnecessarily hard for yourself." Then he turned and walked away. Within moments, he was out of sight. I eventually got to school. But I wasn't able to concentrate for the rest of the afternoon.
~~After school~~
"Oh, crap." I said to myself, facing some weirdo towering above me. Damn. Just as I was about to leave the room, too. "Who the hell are you?" I asked him.
"You didn't come after school. Ikuto sent me to get you." The stranger rumbled. I wondered what that was all about. "Is this about that Tai Kwon Do club he wants me to join?" I said, wasting no time and getting straight to the point. I couldn't believe he had sent someone to get me! The least he could've done was come up here himself.
"Yes. Now, come with me if you want no trouble." Hey, trouble sounded fun! I think I'll just wait and see what happens. I kicked him in the stomach and made a break for it. But there were others waiting for me. One by one, I took them all out and kept on running.
I jumped up into a tree and onto the roof. Let's see them get me up here! But I saw something tiny hurtling towards me and I rolled over. I carefully picked it up and examined it. It looked like a tranquilizer dart. Huh were they trying to shoot me? Hmm... Food for thought, eh?
I quickly jumped down and landed lightly on my feet. A second later I heard footsteps chasing after me, and I ran too. Then I came face-to-face with a brick wall. A dead end. It was too high for me to jump and too smooth to climb. And now a different guy was closing in on me. He stopped a few feet away and pulled out a gun.
I was wide-eyed with fear. His first shot was at my head, but I ducked and caught it mid-air. Woo! Super-fast reflexes to the rescue! But as I lacked concentration, he shot at me again, this time catching me in the shoulder.