The bloody moon
A/N I'll try and make this chapter longer. Thanks to those who reviewed. To those who didn't please review.
Three figures were crouched around a campfire. It was dawn; the sun's rays were just beginning to peek over the horizon, covering everything in a blood red light. They were camped by the side of a dust track; the brown dust was picked up and shaken around before the wind dropped it, just to pick up some more. The trees surrounding them were waving appearing to welcome the blood eyed figure and the smaller figure tagging along trying to keep up, he was almost running, but Kyo wouldn't slow the pace.
Two of the figures jumped up at his approach. Akari pounced onto Kyo throwing her arms round his neck. He just looked pissed.
"Hotaru, we're moving get Bontenmaru up."
"Of course Kyo"
"Where have you been? I missed you."
"I was having fun." Kyo replied with his trademark smirk.
" Does it have something to do with that kid following you"?
Meanwhile Hotaru kicked Bontenmaru in the back of the head, drawing a squeak out of the elder samurai, before he jumped up drawing his wooden sword (I've forgot if it has a proper name.)
"You two quit it" came an annoyed voice before they could start fighting.
"I'm going now, come or stay here on your own."
Kyo then began to walk away, Akari, Hotaru, and Bontenmaru followed him. Akira followed them trying as hard as he could to keep up, but he' d been following Kyo for what felt like forever (in reality it was only an hour) He was falling behind, but he was going as fast as he could.
" Kyo, you do know that there's a kid of about ten following us?" Bontenmaru enquired.
"Of course, baka"
"Fine"
They continued walking through the barren wasteland that the lush forest had become, the lush greens giving way to dusty browns. Until they came to a cliff face.
"You expect a girl like me to climb that?"
"You can stay here if you want" Bontenmaru suggested. For his efforts he got hit in the face.
"Ouch, what was that for?"
" I'd have to leave Kyo and you know how I'd hate that."
"Well you'd better start climbing, then." Hotaru added.
Kyo ignoring the others had begun climbing the cliff leaving them.
"I hate it when he does that" Bontenmaru said with a sigh. The three of them then began scaling the cliff.
Meanwhile Akira was desperately trying to catch up, but all his hurrying was in vain he still couldn't keep up. He collapsed at the bottom of the cliff, and in sheer despair he looked up watching Kyo and the others getting further and further away from him. Tears began to flow freely from his eyes, he was never going to reach him, and he had to reach the blood-eyed samurai, his saviour. Still thinking along these lines, the blond hair child Cry out "No" he wasn't going to let some cliff stop him no matter how big it was. He was going to catch that samurai and show him he was worthy of joining him. Thinking this Akira jumped up filled with new resolve and began scaling the cliff.
A/N Sorry about the changing front size the computer was playing up. If it's too short, tough. Please review and thank you for reading.