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Not Supposed To Be Here but Here Anyway

CHAPTER SEVEN

I awoke to the feeling of something or someone shaking me.

Opening my eyes I looked at H'ko, who had just stood up when my eyes opened. He had his mask back on and looked ready to leave.

Looking past him to the cave opening I realized it was early morning. I groaned as I sat up, "Time to go huh?" I asked moving my hair out of my face.

H'ko nodded waiting for me to get up impatiently.

As I stood on shaky legs, I started walking in the opposite direction of the cave opening.

His bark stopped me, i sighed, "I have to use the bathroom, and I won't go far. Guard the door," and with that I went behind a big rock to do my business…..

As we crept out of the small cave, I realized that we where near a mountain of some sort, the river out of sight.

H'ko watched the trees intently as we hide behind a bolder, checking to see if we where clear to leave.

Making a soft clicking, H'ko stood then started walking to the tree line. I quickly got up to follow him having to run when my stupid foot had to step in a stupid hole and I fell, on one of the boulders.

Not my worst fall but it still skinned my hands a little and knee while making my ankle hurt again. H'ko had apparently not noticed me falling behind.

"Um H'ko wait up!" I said getting to my feet and walking after him.

He had stopped near a small stream that I didn't know was there and was growling something to him self when I came beside him.

I grinned at him, "Thanks for waiting,"

He huffed and continued walking to the forest. As we reached the tree line H'ko motioned for me to step where he steps and don't touch anything.

Alright, I can do that.

Easier said than done.

I had to jump on his foot prints every time I moved because his stride was so much bigger than mine, my ankle had stopped hurting for now and for that I was thankful…..but I had this feeling it would hurt like hell later.

I almost ran into his back when he stopped suddenly, his head tilted to the side like he was listening for something….or someone.

I started to listen intently as well and soon I could hear a sound too. A growling sound that reminded me of a hog.

"Oh shit," I whispered as I realized what was coming.

One of those things…..or more.

"N'ritja," H'ko growled getting in front of me and handing me a long dagger that he happened to have on his person.

Did I mention he had a few weapons on him? This really surprised me though since he was originally tied to a pole captured. But now that I think of it I thought he grabbed more than his mask off the ground.

He brandished his own big dagger and got into a fighting stance, his muscles relaxed.

He activated this gun thing on his shoulder and purred as one of those hog things charged us from out of the bushes.

H'ko hissed as he too charged, and with the grace of a gymnast at the Olympic finals he did a forward flip and landed on the hog's back with his dagger pointing downward the wait of him caused the 'animal' to collapse as H'ko drove his dagger into it's neck then jerking it sideways, breaking the spine and killing the hog instantly.

I gawked at him As he stood, inspecting the skull, before a sound caught his attention.

His head jerked to the right where he heard something and I tensed, holding my dagger like a sword.

I never knew those hog things to run around without back up….. I heard a sound coming at me and gasped, not knowing really what to do besides run; and run I did right to a tree…..but not before one of those things jumped on me.

I screamed as the incredible wait pinned me to the ground, I held off it's tusks with my dagger the best I could to keep the hog from ripping out my throat. As my arms started to weaken I screamed again, I was going to die!

But suddenly the creature went still. And I watched with strange fascination as its four dark eyes turned blank.

I heard the sound of metal ripping through flesh then the hog was lifted off me and thrown to the side.

H'ko stood, not a scratch on him, and held his hand out for me to grasp.

I coughed, grasping his hand and groaned when he pulled me up.

I almost fell when he let go of me though.

He let loose a variety of clicking sounds before he spoke my name and something else. "Gkei'moun N'ritja," he stared at me through his mask with a smug look about him.

I looked around and found five hogs dead not including the one that almost killed me.

I gawked at him some more, then let loose a scowl, "You killed all five of these hogs in only a few minutes but yet you wait like ten minutes before you got that thing off me! That's messed up H'ko,"

He let out a small sound like a cricket on steroids and shook his head before going over to one of the hogs and slicing open its stomach…..I about puked….

"Ewwww" I said looking away as he continued skinning the thing.

He looked at me with his head tilted in a exasperated manner before pointing to the hog and acted as if he was eating something with his hands.

I got the picture quickly, "No, H'ko, no. there's no way I'm going to eat that…stuff,"

He ignored me, clicking to himself again as he continued skinning the animal. I was hungry but I was NOT going to eat a thing that just tried to eat me!

…..A few minutes later…..H'ko's Point of view

I had just finished skinning the animal and slicing parts of it up when I looked over at N'ritja.

She was leaning against a tree nursing some minor wounds on her arms. I was lucky when I saved her, to allow the dog to kill her would be a terrible mistake.

She saved my life, and it was in my honor to keep her safe. I was in dept to the small Ooman female.

She set me free from the rival clan members. I was being hunted now as she was, my life threatened…..and why?

Because I was a stupid Young blood who was hot headed enough to think I could have the honor of participating in the Kainde Amedha Chiva before my fellow students by killing a blooded warrior of the rival clan…I was so foolish.

But I was going to get off this planet alive…with my skull.

I would be severely punished by the clan's High Elder, and would have to train longer and harder before I could prove worthy of partaking in the Kainde Amedha Chiva. But I would live and improve.

I looked back over to N'ritja, she was looking at the meat before me with disdain.

I laughed lightly to myself. She was like a pup.

I took off my mask which caught her attention, picking up a chunk of meat I ate some of it then offered it to her.

She made a face which I found strange and for a moment I though she would refuse my offer.

But instead she gave a low growl and made her way to set beside me taking the meat in her hands and biting a chunk off it.

Her eyes widened as she began eating more and I couldn't help but laugh more at her. She was quite funny.

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