Sunrunner's Fire ~ Chapter Five ~ Attacked
Ty stirred sleepily the next morning. Blinking slowly she sighed as she recalled the previous day's evens. She had some freedom now at least... But at a cost she didn't find worth it.
Jiro... Brother. I would trade my soul and all my power to have you back Ty thought as she squeezed her eyes shut and curled up on her bed. Not only had she lost her brother, but the chakra beasts her father had sealed within her.
They were family too.
The sudden urge to get out and roam finally got the best of Ty as she threw off her blankets. Moving swiftly and silently to her clothes chest she pulled out a pair of knee length shorts and a tank top along with underwear. Dressed Ty opened her window and jumped.
The fall lasted for nearly eight stories although Ty forced chakra into her feet to cushion her landing. Then she was off running through the surrounding forest, heading for the one place she hadn't ever shown to any one.
Even Jiro and Taokishi.
It took Ty nearly thirty minutes of running to reach her destination: A cave entrance. Ty paused in the trees just out of sight of the cave and closed her eyes as she used her other senses to check to see if she had been fallowed. A sigh of relief was issued as Ty opened her eyes. She had the forest to herself.
Jumping from her tree she entered the cave and slowed to a walk. The cool air was comforting and Ty felt herself relaxing as she walked along through the growing darkness. She walked along for perhaps five minutes before re-emerging into what appeared to be a hole in the middle of solid rock.
Trees and grass even grew in the rock clearing, clustered around a small pond with crystal clear water. Ty sighed and closed her eyes as she jumped into a low branch in the tree and let her feet dangle over the water.
Relaxed. Peace. Quiet. Solitude. Ty sighed again as the corners of her lips curled up in a smile.
Completely unknown to Ty was the fact that she had been fallowed. Stalked might be a better word. As her follower wasn't human.
A feline who heavily resembled a mountain lion crouched in the shadows, slowly making her way forward. Silently she climbed the tree next to the relaxing human. The feline made her way to a branch that was high enough that she could drop down on the unsuspecting Tyrin.
And did.
The feline gave a fierce snarl as she dropped, causing Tyrin to jerk out of her relaxing state and react. Barely. The feline didn't get the grip she wanted, but instead managed to sink her claws into the top of Tyrin's right shoulder.
Ty jerked away with a cry of pain as the feline's claws stayed in a ripped diagonally down Ty's back to exit just above Ty's left knee as she kicked off of the branch. The feline managed to pull herself onto the branch in Ty's place and snarled as the human girl jumped into the small pond, disappearing in a splash of water.
The feline remained on the branch for a long moment growling while glaring at the shadow Tyrin formed in the water as she sank. She snarled after a moment before turning to leap away and disappear into one of the many caves surrounding the rock clearing.
Ty let herself sink to the bottom of the pond staring up at the light on the surface of the water. The water numbed the pain that would eventually wake for the moment, It would be so easy... So easy not to swim back up. Just to sink into oblivion and to never worry about Tao, father, or any thing any more...
Ty thought as she settled onto the bottom of the pond, watching bubbles trail to the surface, But I can't!
Ty inhaled water as she kicked off from the bottom and surged towards the surface, I can't let Jiro down! I refuse to roll over and play dead just because some one says I should!
Anger gave her strength as Ty broke the surface and gasped. Swimming to the shore she coughed up the water she had swallowed violently. Instantly her back roared with pain, causing Ty to gasp.
She had to get back. Had to get to the hospital floor in the Tower...
In a daze, almost on autopilot Tyrin got up and took off at a dead run. She made it back to the Tower in half the time it had taken her to get to the pond. Breathing heavily with her back soaked though with her own blood she some how made it up the three flights of stair and staggered into the infirmary to a series of gasps.
"H-He-Help... Please" Ty stuttered then breathed out the last as she collapsed in the door way. Strong hands lifted her and she felt healing chakra going to work on her back.
Wrynstra... If only... If only you were here. Healing this would be a piece of cake for you Tyrin thought as she began to drift in and out of consciousness.
"It's no use. I can't heal them any more than half way..." Ty heard one of the medics saying.
"They must be from one of the Master's rogue beasts then" Another replied with disdain heavy in her voice.
"Hush!" A third snapped with authority, "Then half is all she'll be healed. Our Tyrin's a tough one. She'll manage. Take her to her room and get the mess she made cleaned up. At least she'll have an excuse when she goes back to the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
Murmurs answered as Ty faded completely from consciousness.
I'm sorry...