Ok I know I haven't updated in a few months… terribly sorry, I've been so busy with school and other stuff that I forget about WR.

23.

They waited until the sounds in the distance quieted and made their way out of the sewers, disguised as humans. Chills ran up and down their spines, feeling as if the eyes of the devil humans raping their souls. They didn't make a sound as they ran through the sewers. Before long they heard the river that ran along about 2 miles from the castle. They hid in the shadow of a rock in the barren land.

"Where to, Tsuki?" Toboe plopped down on the ground shaking off his rings from the slime of the sewers.

Tsuki opened up the book and fell into the trance as she read the lines. The others watched in silence as she read the ancient words. After a few minutes she gasped and blinked.

"What is it?" Kiba looked at her curiously, his bright eyes looked tired.

"There's a page missing all I saw was this water fall then it blanked and there wasn't anything left."

Everyone sighed. They knew it was hopeless.
"What were the other signs?" Cyan asked. She was the only one not worried.

"Well, we follow this well beaten trail made by hooves, which I think were horses. We'll end up by the river and it will take down into a canyon, there's a waterfall and that's it," Tsuki closed her eyes picturing it.

Kiba nodded, "let's run before they catch us."

With that Kiba sprinted across the barren land, Tsuki tucked the book within a book bag she'd found in the depths of the sewers. The others followed as they left dust behind them.

After a few minutes they stopped. Kiba sniffed the ground searching for clues, the others helped him. Tsuki starred off into the distance as she sat on top of a hill. Hana looked up at her and walked up to her sitting down next to her.

"Tsuki?"

Tsuki blinked and turned to look at her friend, "sorry, I was just thinking".

"About what?" Hana put a hand on her shoulder.

"Just… what's going to happen to us when we reach Paradise?"

Hana tilted her head, she never has thought of that. She opened her mouth to speak.

"I found it!" Hige yelled as he found the hidden trail below a few meters ahead of them. Kiba sprinted after him. Tsuki jumped up and ran, Hana followed her down the hill as they ran to keep up with Kiba.

Tsuki still had that thought in her mind; she remembered reading something in the ancient book. There was a page showing death and rebirth. She figured nothing of it until now, however she felt like she should tell the others. She'll wait until the right moment, unless it wasn't necessary.