A/N: the between life and death POV will for now on replace all the authour notes and to areopause i hope that this one has better grammer than the last I spent the three days reviewing it.
Chapter 3
Allies
Everyone has heard that a broom is stronger than a straw but what people don't think is if you tried to separate the straw that make up the brooms end even a baby could spread them before being able to pluck them individually. However if you try to separate them where they are more closely held then you would fail.
(Red fox in between life and death POV)
So only one person actually said something huh?
That's right foxy only one but that's still more than none!
Who the hell are you! What happened to the grim reaper?
I'm the writer and for the most part. I AM the grim reaper well for your story anyways.
That's great so i'm nothing but a pawn in you sick game.
You know i can just kill you now and end the story!
Um ok so can i ask you a question?
Sure what is it?
Where are we headed?
To more childhood memories so everyone can see what happened before well… this.
Any way we can skip it?
No.
Why?
Because the reviewer wants to know you so we'll see just what makes you, you. mainly since parents died at age four and you get to almost die a few hours later i take it.
You know, i miss the grim reaper.
Why do you miss him?
Because at least i could see him.
Anything else before I start with your background story?
Yeah, can we just go to the fighting?
Not every story is action upon action people need explainations to understand the reason for the fights.
I'll take that as a 'no'
And now four year old in 3... 2... 1...
(the four year old's POV)
I could hear voices from somewhere but I couldn't tell what they were saying. Everything was still black. I couldn't see, couldn't feel, couldn't move. All I could tell was that I survived an arrow in my chest. Either that or there never was a heaven or a hell to speak of just darkness. Through what was probably thirty minutes or so of nothingness I started to hear someone only this person was clearer then before.
"hold on!"
Hold on? To what, life? If their was any left in my body to begin with.
"We aren't going to lose another soul this day! Please come back to us!"
Out of sheer announce I just spoke. Asking this voice where to go, why is it dark, and why should I care if I live or die.
"Because child there is someone here that would like to see you alive again. And as for where to go you must figure that on your own"
Once more I spoke to this voice. "Who's there? Everyone that I care for is dead."
After a moment the unknown voice spoke up. "She says her name is Sarah and that the two of you known each other since before the massacre in your village earlier."
At once the darkness was broken as what I figured was my eye lids slowly opened up. I saw that I was in a hut of some kind that had a very brown and boring interior. It had traditional stuff like a fire place stone carved pots and a door and window with a perfect view of the night sky. As I looked around for either Sarah or the person that helped me awake up. As expected the man or woman that helped me from that state of unconsciousness. She was a roe deer, looking about five feet tall with reddish, grey fur. At the moment she was wearing a normal white dress with no added features what so ever that only defined her face all the more. As her look of worry had me wondering what to say now. Seeing that stupid look that I get when I get nervous she decided to break this silence that we had somehow established.
"Well I see that someone's at a lose for words." Her voice was sweet and kind like that of a gentle teacher comforting a crying student. "So how about we start with a name. I'm Samantha but most people call me Sam and you are…"
I looked away unhappy at the events that took place hours ago. "I'd rather not say."
"Why?"
"Because my name was supposed to mean guardian but I seem to have failed before I was even trained. Let me ask how can one be a guardian of nothing?"
"When the guardian stops grieving over the past and realizes the reason why he is among the living again." her voice was showing just how disappointed she with me for trying to talk my way out of my name. I let out a defeated sigh.
"Alright so where is Sarah? I would have thought that she would be hugging my." for the first time I actually looked to observe the wound or lack there of. "Speaking of me why didn't I die and why am I not covered in bandages?"
"In the same order little fox; nature decided to give Sarah a call, the arrow that pierced your chest landed in between your heart and lung without touching either one, and I'm a healer if a wound can heal itself then I can speed it up to mere moments where it would take weeks to heal." Around the time she was finished the curtain door to the single room hut opened to reveal a wolf that I thought was dead. The bed being right across the room from the allowed for her to see me as fast as I saw her. We both just stayed in our respective areas just gazing at each other in disbelief that the creature we were looking at was alive. She was now wearing a brown furred loin cloth over her body covering what they were designed to cover not a thing more, revealing the slender three year old body she had. Her eyes were still those honey colored wells of compassion with her fur silky smooth and a soft grey shade in contrast to the straight black hair laying on her shoulders. Even though we were three and four years old we just knew that we were destined to be with one another.
After what seemed like years of us looking at each other Sam spoke up, "Well Sarah, since this fox doesn't want to give a name perhaps you can allow me an identity?"
The sudden question knocked her out of our little dream "Well, his name's Porrocha. But I doubt that he'll want that name since the village thing." I showed them my distaste of what happened with my ears dropping and a slight growl. "well we need to get caught up with each other, could you leave us for a while?"
With an understanding face she left them out the way Sarah entered. Trying to be nice I started with "Ladies first."
Sarah chuckled at my act of chivalry before speaking her side of what happened. "Well," she sarted as she found a seat, "I learned of the attack on our village beforehand and needed to get away. The bigger problem was that I learned of it an hour before it happened. So if I did left a note to tell you what was happening then the people that found I wasn't there would wait for you."
"Well, if that's your side then here come mine." I retold her what happened to moment I black out with an arrow in my chest. Needless to say she was worried about the ordeal and whether I was alive or dead.
"Since you don't want to be called Porrocha any more what should your new name be?"
"I have no idea. I just don't want a name that I don't deserve."
"Well in any case as far as I know everyone else is dead or worse."
"Worse? How?"
"That little worm that ensnared you with the vines. What if it could control more than a decaying treant?"
"Like wha… oh fuck." thinking of a things that controlling just dead trees was one thing but what if it could control other dead stuff as well. That would spell disaster for the world. "I guess your right." I slowly got up from the bed of leafs to go after those things. Sarah stopped me from even leaving the bed.
"I know you don't want the name anymore but porrocha your not going to try and hunt them down are you?"
"And if I am?"
"Then your not going without any extra training! You almost died once I don't want to see your body lifeless again!"
"Where would I find a person qualified to train me?" I asked with my head lowered. "My father was the best warrior in a village that is now destroyed."
"First since it's night time why don't you get to sleep and talk to the elder tomorrow morning. Second I think he can find a suitable teacher for you in this or another village provided what happened to ours didn't spread."
"Alright, one question though. Where are you sleeping tonight?"
Sarah was a little unsure since the whole ordeal happened hours ago. "Um I don't think I've asked Sam that so can I sleep with you"
"Sure, I guess." I glanced back to my bed to see if it had the extra space. I then realized that it was a fucken king sized bed of leafs after which we both walked the short distance to it as we climbed onto the leaves figuring out how soft it they were. being a village in the rain forest gave us little need for covers as there wasn't even any to speak of. As we both slowly went to sleep my mind was still replaying the mess that happened over and over again insuring a nightmare or two. Great.
(The next morning)
I awoke with a cold sweat not surprising considering the dream. Sarah was still sleeping so I tried to wait for her to wake up. First I decided to study what may be my new home a little better. It was just a room carved into a tree judging from the wooden walls, floor and ceiling a wooden drawer was to the left of the bed with a night stand to the right. In the circular room the bed seemed to be at 12 o'clock and then a closet at 3 o'clock followed by a hole at 5 and second at 7 that gave views of the village and sky at 6 was the door way and that was all there was to my new 'house.' I then went over to see what was in the closet. Upon opening the wood doors I found my zanbotu in it laying on it's side. It still has the shine from when I got it yesterday.
Apparently time can fly when your just looking around your room as Sarah was slowly waking up. yawn "have a nice night?" she managed to ask.
"I'm surprised at how dead you were when I was screaming four times last night."
"Why were yo-"
"When you have a sense of failing like I do then you'll understand the nightmares."
"You always take everything too seriously. Even if you stayed you would have died in little more then a second."
"True. But running away just gives me a horrible taste in my mouth."
"Well in any case, I'll see what I can get for breakfast over at Sammy's place why don't you see the elder and get a new teacher."
With a sigh I walked out to look for the elder's home only to realize that I didn't even know what the name of this village was. I turned back to Sarah as she just getting out of the bed "hey Sarah how about I go with you? since I don't know where anything is."
She chuckled before leading the way to the healer's house. We went south into the village landing in the market area where everyone was more giving the produce away rather than haggling or selling it for money. After a quick look around as we walk down the paths of merchants I notice a slight problem for two carnivores like us. There's no meat!
I leaned in to her to ask if she knew of a place that had animal flesh but she only shook her head. "You do know a wolf and fox eat primarily meat right?"
She just blankly looked at me while we turned right heading back to the huts and away from the market. "Yeah"
I look at her wondering if she knew we basically needed meat to grow properly as canines but I put the thought aside as we reach the healer's home. it was just as plain on the outside as all the other save for the words 'Healer Samantha Whitetail' carved in to the area above the doorway as we walked in we found that she was beginning her breakfast. "Hey Samantha, can we join you for breakfast?"
She looked at us as she was chopping up some vegetables for a soup. "Alright, but I'll need more fruit and vegetables from the market. Think you can get some?"
"Sure, um…what fruits and vegetables?"
"Oh, um... strawberries, blueberries, oranges, and uh pineapples for fruits. As for vegetables celery, carrots, potatoes, and broccoli."
"And I won't need any money?"
"A villager only thing."
"Huh?"
"We only get money to use in exchanges with other villages. Here we all tribute to the village's growth."
"Um ok. Hey Sarah, I'll just be a minute could stay here?"
"Okay," she replied
I got to the bazaar in little to no time to find an appropriate stand giving out both fruits and vegetables being handled by an elephant. He was an adult with grey ashy skin, two tusks that appereared about three feet long his trunk reached below the mammoth's belly over a blue shirt, After I got a hand woven basket that I think were meant for anyone that needed them, I went to grab the list of edibles that I came for. After I started to walk away the elephant stopped me. Well more like lifted me up and held above the food stand. he spoke in a demanding voice that showed his years at the job very clearly. "That will be 100 pieces boy. Only villagers walk away free!"
I was a little worried as what he could do to me. "Mister, I AM a villager here"
"Not one I've seen," he snapped back
"Because I uh, 'moved' here yesterday"
"Well I uh, don't believe you" the mammoth mocked. "You look no more than 5 years old what are you doing trying to steal good food from an honest farmer?"
"I'm not stealing," I almost shouted back "I was sent to get these for Samantha Whitetail!"
He believed in the name but not my story. "Alright if the healer did send you I'll find out myself from her." he turned towards the stand. "Hey Eric," a smaller elephant showed up behind the rows of fruits and vegetables. "Hold down the fort while him gone."
"Yes dad," he replied quickly.
After that he went to Sam's house with me still in the air. Unhappy to say the least about this turn of events but we arrived to her home shortly so she got to explain it. "Oh, so the lad's lost his family, village and most of his friends?"
"Yeah." the healer replied, "Sarah explained what happened after I left. apparently he plans on fighting them after everything that they did. But he and Sarah both want him to get better training before he sets out. So after they eat they will go to the temple and ask the elder for a teacher as well as any possible adoptive families for Sarah."
"Oh and speaking of which, may I see her?"
"Why not? Sarah can you come to the doorway?"
A short moment later sarah was at the doorway before she even said hello she found me still in the air "um. why is he in the air?" they finally think that I would like to be on solid ground again as the elephant gently placed me on my feet.
I hiss, "Thanks mister."
"Well, I was going to say 'sorry' but it seems that someone needs to learn some discipline. Haven't you-"
"D-d-don't bring up loved one please," Sam quickly interjected, "He's still a little sore on that." It didn't matter I was already sobbing at the idea of my parents. "Hey, hey, it's alright." she spoke as she pulled me in to a soft embrace. I just began to cry in her arms as I did she asked the elephant to go finish up the breakfast that she was making. After about two minutes I hear Sarah crying as well so I pushed Samantha away a little to make room for her in our hug which she excepted and we both cried in the arms of the doe.
(Red fox between life and death POV)
... In what langauge did that come from?
Porrocha? well provided that i heard the translation right (it sounded like orrocha but didn't want a knock off Orochemaru) Korean. But don't worry, after probably one more self loathing scene we'll get to the fun parts and a new name that should be good enough for you.
What is it?
that is where i have the biggest problem. I SUCK at naming things. so if your reading this please review it with a possible name. was thinking Bane but after extra research reason why vanished