"They won't find me…they can't…its impossible…"

Yumi said as she ran at an incredible speed through Sei-an's commoners quarters. She was then tripped by a seemingly invisible object and she then heard the dreaded words she didn't want to hear. "You're it!!!"

Abe said. He then added in a serious tone, "You thought you could escape from me, ha tough luck."

and he started walking when suddenly he too was tripped. The last thing he saw was Yumi running towards the city gate. She then turned and shouted, "You're it hahahaha!!!!"

Abe then shouted back, "Hey, that's cheating!!!"

But of course she didn't hear him for she was running full speed.

Yumi was just running off the stone dock a little ways off from Sei-an's gates, her long brown hair waving in response to the breeze off the coast while the strong sun made it shine brilliantly. Her gray-blue eyes scanned the area with confidence in response to her success at winning the game of tag. Then something caught her eye, in a patch of grass lay a boy about her age. He seemed at peace, as if he were sleeping in the shade of the tree while enjoying the warmth of the sun. As she ran towards the boy she gave a gasp, imp demons were surrounding the boy. She hurriedly prepared for battle then launched her attack on the first imp…

………

"…I wish I had a bouquet of flowers to present to you at this farewell. But alas I must part with you empty-handed, please forgive me. Farewell good sir, and good luck…"

With that said, the demonic being then ceased glowing and fell to the ground, its form shown to be no more than a slip of paper.

"Tobi…"a green bouncing sprite said, "It was more than a petty little race."

And with the farewell over, the green sprite left on the back of a majestic white wolf…

It felt as if he had been in the brink of nothingness for an eternity or longer. His soul seemed as if floating in the black abyss forever but suddenly a glimmer of light shown. It moved closer and closer until it consumed him in, light.

He felt warmth on what seemed to be skin he couldn't see, had he been saved from the dark? He felt warm yet cold to the very marrow of his bones or worse, he felt alone. He dared to open his eyes but did not do so, he waited. Once he felt himself courageous enough he finally opened his eyes. He was met by a blinding light and a shadow above him. He blinked several times to clear his vision and identified the shadow as a girl and the light was the sun that had warmed his skin. The girl then turned around when she heard the rustle of grass and held out a hand to help him up.

………

As she stared at this boy she thanked the gods for guiding her to the coast for if she hadn't arrived, who knows what they would have done to him. She pushed that thought aside as she kept staring at him for the longest time, as if time itself had stopped. He had the most peculiar eyes, a mixture of a sunset colored orange mixed with a crimson red, a much stronger color than her cool colored eyes. Yumi snapped herself out of her dazed state and I a cheery tone she said, "Hiya, my names Yumi. You know being out here and taking a nap at a time like this could be dangerous, you know. By the way I didn't catch your name."

Very coolly he replied "My name is Tobi and it's a pleasure to meet a new friend. I'm glad to meet you Yumi."