Kirian was inside of me, sleeping as soundly as a spirit could, but I was still awake. I wanted to swim. That lake was just so addicting. It's water was so refreshing. It's cool feel the energized my skin and made me feel better. I got up and slowly walked toward the lake. I dived in, not caring about my not wet clothes. I swam around. Something seemed to be pulling me, daring me to swim to the bottom. I swam up took a big breath and swam down toward the bottom, a bubbly feeling at this action.
"What?" Kirian asked groggily, as he woke up. "Saiyami what are you doing?"
'Swimming. I can't sleep.' I snapped.
"Well, you shouldn't be swimming in a lake at night. What if something happens? What if you don't see something and you get hurt?"
"Stop worrying so much." I said dismissively.
"Fine." He didn't get out of my body, but he stayed in the black room. I reached the bottom and swam around above the mess of twigs, trees and vines.
Something made me want to go in and look around. Like there might be something there. I moved my hand forward. "Saiyami don't. That's not smart. You'll get stuck and I can't get you out."
"I won't get stuck."
"Go back to the surface."
"No."
"Please, for me."
I hesitated. "No." I thought slowly.
"Whatever, just be careful." He warned. I nodded and grabbed a branch, pulling myself into the maze of trees. Only when I got inside, and realized how much air I had left, did I feel stupid. I tried to shoot up out of it, but my foot was caught in a vine.
"Already?" I thought to myself. I coughed, my lungs squeezing.
"Saiyami don't tell me you're stuck."
"Okay I won't." He sighed, and I had my hands fumble around the knot. I pulled on it roughly, but that only tightened it. I scratched at it desperately, as my lungs got tighter and tighter, trying to squeeze more oxygen out of me.
"Saiyami!" Kirian snapped.
"Help! Help! I need air!"
"I told you not to go under!"
"I know! Please help!"
"I can't." He said sadly.
"Why not?" I cried.
"I would just float to the top of the lake. I don't have the needed mass to stay under water."
I coughed again, the last of my air escaping. Kirian growled, not liking this situation at all. I mean why would he? I held a hand to my throat and my mouth opened sucking in water, as it longed for air. I squirmed, making muffled sounds as I tried to break away from the vine. It sure was strong for being dead.
I looked at all of the bubbles going up as I chomped and spit out water. I wanted to scream. I kicked and waved my hands around, trying to swim up. My body desperately clawed at the water above me, begging it to drain, and for air to fill my lungs, but that didn't happen.
I felt my lungs shut down slowly and my eyes sight started to blur. My heart heart and black spots dotted my vision. Soon it was all black.
Third Peron
A boy with dark brown hair walked out of the forest. He had on a simple light brown robe and his hair was down. Two bangs covered the sides of his face, making his look older for his age.
He could feel some one's chakara, but he could see anyone. It was early in the morning, just second before the sun would rise, but he walked gracefully, sleep not being a bother.
He looked around and then and his eyes landed on the middle of the lake. The one where he had placed his trap. The place he saw that red headed girl swimming. He looked to the other side of the lake, barely seeing the faint outline of a blanket and a small pack, but no girl. He could sense the chakara around here.
Golden and pink rays sprinkled the lake with breath taking beauty. He smirked at the sight. It was the sight he saw every morning since last year.
The rays also showed the water disturbance and faint bubbles. His eyes looked over to where he had planted his trees. The roots were growing, and the person's chakara was fading. How long had they been under there?
He walked calmly over to the tree and placed a hand on the root, and it instantly died. He furrowed his eye brows when the root recoiled and dragged out a girl.
The red headed girl.
Her clothes were soaking wet and her hair was mopped over her face. but the thing he noticed was that she wasn't breathing, but chakara lingered.
He placed his fingered on her neck to check for a pulse, and he didn't get one. He frowned, and lied her flat on her back. He placed the heel of his hand in the center of her chest and pushed down hard, and did it in a rhythmic patter, like his mother had shown him.
He stopped after a moment and put his ear to her chest to listen for a heart beat. When he got none he quickly, and gently clenched her nose and tilted her head back. He leaned down and blew a few breaths of air into her and then placed his ear over her chest again. He scowled when her hear still didn't beat.
Guilt slapped him in the face, and stabbed his heart, but he didn't give up.
He placed the heel of his hand in the center of her chest and pushed down hard again, and again, and again, and again, and again, again. He was going to do it another time, but the red head spat up water, and tried to sit up immediately.
He helped her into a sitting position, and patted her back, trying to get the water out. She wheezed and coughed, and seemed to choke on air. Just seeing her alive made him feel better.
She glanced at him and scoot away. He sighed mentally at this, thinking that she would be grateful that he saved her life.
"Are you okay?" He asked. The girl gave him a look.
"Does it look like I am okay?" The girl wheezed.
The boy instantly felt stupid for asking and let an awkward silence fall of the two. The red head licked her lips, a strange express flashed on her face, but was gone in a blink of an eye.
"Who are you?" The boy asked. The girl glanced over.
"Saiyami." She answered in a breath.
"I'm Hashirama, it's nice to meet you."
"I can't say the same. Any other time, yes, but right now, I think I am going to faint." Saiyami said seriously, a far away look in her blue and green eyes. He mentally smiled at her mismatched eyes. They were odd, but look nice. He put on a worried expression, and furrowed his eyebrows.
"Well, what do you need?"
She breathed in heavy. "Space." She breathed nodding. Hashirama looked down at how close he was and scooted back about a foot. "Thank you."
He nodded in response.
"So what are you doing here?" Hashirama asked.
"Me and my friend travel." Se replied calmly, her breathing getting more in control.
"This is Senju territory."
"That side isn't."
"Yes, but you're on this side."
"You're the one who dragged me here."
"Yes, well why were you swimming where I set my trap? I have to rebuild it again."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to do that, it's just I was curious why there were so many dead trees, and twigs, and vines down there."
"As you can now probably tell, there are no dead things down there. I have created that to catch fish, and snakes that come down there. I didn't expect a girl." The boy said a like laughter in his voice.
The girl didn't respond and sucked the lame joke dry and left it hanging in the air.
"I died, didn't I?" The girl asked.
The boy shrugged. "You drown."
"But was I dead?"
The boy didn't respond for a moment.
"Yes." The girl bit her lip.
"So now I am the living dead?" The girl asked, a little dry humor in her words.
The boy chuckled a little. "Yes, I guess so." The boy gracefully stood, offering a hand to the girl.
"I guess since it's my fault that you drown, I should treat you to a meal."
Saiyami smiled and accepted his hand.
"Thank you."
"Would you like to get your stuff on the other side of the lake?" Saiyami glance over at her pack and other things.
"I'll do it, go eat." Kirian's voice rang mentally in her ear.
Hashirama watched the girl closely as she thought over the decision. She turned back to face him, both eyes were blue. His eyebrow rose.
"What?" The girl asked.
"Both eyes are blue."
"Yes, my eyes are blue."
"But they were just green and blue." The girl gave him a confused look.
'I guess it was because the lack of oxygen.' Hashirama reasoned mentally, even though that didn't make sense to him. He just compromised with that.
"Well, the meal is at home. Would you like so dry clothes as well?" Saiyami nodded.
"Thank you very much Hashirama-kun." Saiyami said politely. Hashirama smiled kindly.
"No problem." He replied, a little chuckle in his words.
Saiyami smiled and laughed as Hashirama led the way to his decent size home.