"Yoshi!" the call came from up stairs. "What are you doing?" my mother's head poked out the door.
"I'm singing." I blushed. What if I was too loud?
"Why are you doing it in the basement?" her questions were getting annoying again. I felt my temper rise quickly.
"Because I feel like it! Now will you leave me alone?" I realized what I said a moment too late.
Her cold glare felt like a slap to my mind. "Young lady what did you just say."
"Nothing," my fear rose slightly.
Her glare intensified, "your father will whip you for sure for that." She turned and went back up the stairs. I waited for a few minutes before I crumpled to the floor. Another beating, I winced at the thought. I ran to my room. This is it, I'm running. I don't care what they all said. I gathered the few clothes that I had and blankets. I waited until my mother was in her room to run to the garage and grabbed the best bike. As I rode I realized how childish I was being. Where will I go? Sara's mom would call my parents then I'd get the worst beating of my life. I clutched the necklace, maybe I could find that priestess and that meadow. I figured that was my best bet.
I groaned as I felt almost every bump on the hard ground underneath me. I stretched when I heard a soft giggle and sat up.
"Why are you always sleeping?" the priestess was sitting next to me in the meadow. I laid back down and put both hands behind my head and closed my eyes. My answer was strange even to my own ears
"When I'm asleep I go to a world completely different from our own. No one there treats me as dirt or dust in the way, I'm respected there." I sighed as I thought of my dream.
"Is it called Jenova?" her question startled me. Her face was serious and made me a little confused.
"Ye-yeah, how'd you know?" I sat up again to look at her better. She ignored my question and stood up. She offered her hand to help me stand.
"Do you want to go there for real?" I to her hand and stood. "We can never come back." Her warning gave me chills.
"Yes," I nodded, "I want to go." She frowned slightly but didn't argue
"Close your eyes." I did as she said. My heart was pounding against my rib cage. Suddenly I felt dizzy and my head felt as if it would explode. My legs gave out underneath me, I felt the darkness overwhelm me and I lost consciousness.
The light burned my eyes and I closed them. My hand reached up to rub them. I opened them again and the light wasn't as painful.
"Yoshi? Are you awake?" the voice was unmistakable.
"Oh!" I sat up too fast and felt dizzy as the blood flowed down. I shook off the dizziness and looked around.
"Are you okay, Sakura said you fainted." Kadaj was sitting next to me leaning on the bed I was on. I groaned as I fell back against the pillows. "What's wrong?" his voice was anxious.
"It didn't work I'm still dreaming. When I wake up I'm going to be cold and probably wet. I'm gonna get a beating when I get home and won't be able to move for the rest of the day." I sighed and cringed as I thought of what was going to happen.
Kadaj frowned, "you're not asleep. You're here to stay, I hope."
"Really, prove it." I watched as Kadaj thought for a minute. "See you can't" I looked at him and he smirked.
"Fine, if you want it like that. I guess your going to miss your training with Yazoo." His smirk grew as my face showed my horror. "You're late already." He stood up. "Your clothes are in that closet over there." He pointed to a door at the opposite side of the room. He turned and left the room closing the door behind him. I scrambled to the closet and found the most amazing clothes. There was a huge selection, from dresses to simple yet elegant shirts to amazingly comfortable pants. I grabbed a simple t-shirt and jeans. I grabbed the holster and gun on the nightstand, strapping it to my thigh. I ran out the door, I skidded to a stop and ran back I grabbed some leather gloves and strapped on some shoes. I ran out the door again. 'Everything is just like in my dream!' I thought as I ran down the path. I waved to the daycare children and their caretakers. I arrived out of breath and with a huge smile on my face. Yazoo was preparing targets on the other side of a large field. I was given a bear hug by someone behind me. I flipped them over onto their back. Loz laid there looking dazed.
"Oh crap, I'm sorry Loz!" I knelt down to help him. He stood up and smiled.
"You've gotten better Yoshiryu!" he hugged me again, I smiled into his chest.
"Alright enough flirting, Yoshi you got fast moving ones today." Yazoo took out his gun and test fired the targets, which were moving very quickly. The targets he fired at had holes through the bull's-eye. I groaned, I loaded my gun, walking up to the stand in front of the targets. I raised my gun and fired, I was almost on all the bull's-eyes. I growled and reloaded. The targets were replaced and I fired again. They had hardly moved.
"Urgg, damn it!" I took a few deep breaths.
"Maybe we should slow them down." Yazoo suggested.
"No, one more time." I relaxed and started to sing in my head.
bara no kubiwa tsunagete gin no kusari kuwaete
koyoi mo hitori hateru anata ga nikurashii
hizamazuite onameyo nigai ai no shizuku wo
tenshi ni hodokosu aoi DORESA-JYU
jibun to iu hitsugi no naka kokoro wa mata ugoiteru
chigireta hane wa gekkou ni ikikaeri urumu wa
Yami yori mo kowai no wa kodoku.
I fired; they were exactly in the middle. I smirked and smacked Loz on my way out.
A/N: i don't own anything except my characters. this song is kinjirareta asobi from ali project. here's the translation:
Put on the collar of roses, and bite upon the silver chain
Another one will die tonight--you are despicable
Kneel down and lick the bitter drops of love
A blue dressage performed for the Angels
Within the casket called Myself, my soul yet moves
Torn wings revive in the moonlight and grow wet
More than darkness solitude is to be feared