A/m: Hello minna! Here it is, chapter two of Yuki's New Life! I really appreciated the reviews I've
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Classes started on Monday, and for that I was glad. When I was doing school work, when I focused on my studying; I didn't long so much for the forest. It was always there, though, in the back of my mind. And the only person I could confide in, talk to, was ignoring me. Souhei hadn't even looked my way since the day I yelled at him, and I just know he finally got fed up with my hot-temper.
Friday afternoon, I sat in front of my desk, a pencil in hand as I practiced my kanji. Shino had went to hang out with some of our friends, and knowing I was in 'a mood.' she didn't even ask me to join. I sighed softly as I struggled with a word and finally gave up. Throwing my pencil at the wooden desk, I stood suddenly and walked to the window, looking out. My blood felt like fire running through my veins, as the want to change became dominant. "Get it together, Yuki," I whispered to myself and pressed my forehead against the window pane. Brown hues studied the courtyard, with the groups of kids milling around. One group in particular caught my interest, and I stood up straighter to get a better look. There, sitting by a tree, was Shino. She was laughing and holding hands with... Souhei!
I felt as if my heart had sunk into my stomach, and tears of rejection and betrayal stung my eyes. For being only twelve, I had a wise spirit, and I knew what it meant, why Shino didn't ask me to join her, and why Souhei had been ignoring me. They both abandoned me, for each other. A growl ripped it's way out of my throat, and my eyes widened as I stepped back away from the window. The change was taking over me without my consent, and my only hope was to get away from everyone.
I turned on my heel and ran barefoot from my room, pushing people out of the way as I sprinted out of the dormitories and into the fresh late-summer air. My hands were already beginning to transform, and I ran in the opposite direction of the courtyard, towards the trees that were across the road from the campus. I heard a teacher yell my name as I stepped off of the school's perimeter and onto the sidewalk, but I ignored him and only sped up as I galloped across the road and into the forest.
I was completely transformed not long after I was hidden by the dense trees and foliage, but I didn't stop running. My paws felt like they were stepping on air as I trekked through the woodland, lost in a world of green. I barely paid attention to where I was going, and with the wind striking my face along with the blurred tears stinging my eyes, it was hard to see. I didn't notice that the ground sloped downwards dangerously, after a recent landslide, until it was too late. After that, everything happened so fast. I went tumbling down, yelping when my front left leg smacked against a rock, the bones snapping loudly. Black spots danced across my vision as I tried to curl into a ball.
I hit the bottom ravine with such impact, my breath was knocked from my lungs. Sometime during the fall, I had transformed back into my human form, but barely noticed. I laid there, bloody and half-naked, panting as I tried to move my left arm to no avail. The world seemed to be spinning overhead, although I was laying still, and the sun's light pulsed over me as I was fighting to stay conscious. It was as my eyes were closing did I see him standing over me. "Ame," I tried to say, but all that came out was a gurgled groan of pain. His wet snout pressed against my cheek, and his eyes were the last thing I seen before darkness crashed over me.