Deadly Meetings
Kyo was quiet at dinner. Kazuma didn't even pretend to not know why. "Don't worry about her." He said calmly. Kyo looked up and sighed into his rice. "Who's worrying?" He asked, slightly annoyed. "She'll be back by morning." Kyo looked at Kazuma with a look of utmost bewilderment. "I can't tell you why she left, it's a bit of a secret, and we know about secrets, don't we?" He said quietly. "Yeah." Kyo said and glanced down with a sigh.Kyo looked to the sky that night, watching a full moon rise above the mountains in the distance. A soft, mournful howl echoed from the forest below. Kyo glanced at the dense trees. There he sat and fell into a light daze. A second howl broke him of it. This howl seemed distantly like a groan. This stirred his to wonder. An image of Sora flashed in his mind but it didn't seem like the same person Kyo had met only hours before. It seemed strangely animal-like, black fur encircled eyes that glittered gold. Kyo shook his head in annoyance. 'What if… no that could be possible…'
He leapt down from the roof and onto the damp ground with a soft thud, then disappeared into the woods.
The forest around him was dense; the ancient trees towered above him. He guessed it was because he was a cat that he never faltered over the thick underbrush. As he passed, he noticed telltale signs that the forest had been disturbed: patches of crushed grass, broken limbs, and some spots in the brush were red with blood. He came upon a clearing in the trees and his stomach squirmed with nausea. Blood coated the moss below him like a sheet; tufts of grass were ripped from the ground. In the corner, he spotted what looked like a giant dun mass, he soon found out to be a deer, ripped to shreds. He stared sadly at the ruins. What made him feel this way? That little voice in his head answered him. 'It came to such a horrid end.' Another howl broke his moment of silence.