Dear Ikko, Day 18
Getting back on the road again was hard, but I will be diligent and complete this mission set out for me.
I've tried chewing the herbs and that seemed to work better than the tea. But they are still disgusting. They make me cringe just to think about them.
Lately I've been hunting. Before, I didn't have much luck. But now I've caught all sorts of things. That might be why my traveling pace is picking up, even though it was hard at first.
Have you ever wondered how easy it is for the mind to fool itself? For the past few mornings I keep thinking that I'll wake up…and there they'll be, Sora and Yuri, standing over me ready to play another game of hide-and-seek. Or I'll feel Kisho-sensei's playful kick in my side, telling me to get out of bed. You don't know how badly I miss them. But, I know I must move on. I keep telling myself that, but…I feel so torn inside. A great ninja once said—"Life is only life when you live it without distractions or bias or elderly sins." It makes perfect sense. Life isn't life if it's revolving around old regrets and painful memories. If that is so true, than why can't I stop thinking about them?
-Ippiki Ookami