Friends
Akira walked close along the sides of the canyon. Her mission was not hard, but boring. It's simply recon, Vincent told her.
Akira huffed, why did Vincent get all the interesting missions like guarding Hojo and his wife, when she was doing "simply recon"?
A set of foot prints caught her eyes. The prints seemed to stop at the wall, but she knew better then that. She was a Turk after all.
Akira walked up to the wall and felt around for something out of the ordinary.
Apparently it was just a wall.
Looking up, however, she saw the prints continue upwards and began climbing.
After pulling herself up, Akira looked around. An opening to a cave stood before her and beckoned her to walk in, and that's what she did. The cave was dark and dry. In the back of the cave sat a young cub. Akira couldn't tell if it was a lion or a wolf, "Hello?"
The cub looked at her, "You're not mommy."
"No, 'fraid not."
The cub stepped back, Akira noticed and crouched down, "I won't hurt you…"
"I don't know you."
Akira smiled, "My name is Akira Blackhart Valentine. You?"
"Nanaki. You have a long name…"
"Yeah, I know. It's mostly my last names though…"
"Last names?"
"Yeah, like a family name."
"Oh."
Akira smiled at the cub. Slowly, Nanaki walked up to her. Akira reached out her hand and stroked his red orange fur. A purr like sound came from the small beast. The sound make Akira giggle. Nanaki looked up at the black haired woman, "Will you be my friend?"
"Of course, Nanaki."
Nanaki grinned, he had made his very first friend.