Mud covered my legs, mixed with cold sweat, and warm blood. I panted and ran more and more, my heart exploding in terror.1
I ran down the hallway, desperately fighting the urge to scream. Loud footsteps echoed behind me at a slow pace, almost teasingly. He knew I'd eventually run out of energy, and then he'd have me trapped. I couldn't run. He knew my weakness.2
I gasped as my air supply began to shorten. The water beneath me splashed on my bare feet and I slipped, tumbling forward onto the muddy brick below. A long, dark shadow grew on the wall to my left and I looked up. I heard a deep voice say, "There you are."3
I turned my head and to my horror, there he stood in all his psychotic glory, a silver knife glinting in his hand.4
"Please... What do you want..?" I squeaked out desprately. My wounds bled and warm blood ran down my face. I mixed them with tears, as I could no longer be brave.5
He said nothing, only coming closer, the silverish knife representing the coldness of this place. The short strides of his legs hit the puddles before me and echoed down the long place. My heart beat faster than I had ever felt. Why was he coming to kill me? I didn't do anything. They took me away from the only place I called home...now they will take my heartbeat.6
I didn't want to die. I was afraid to. Afraid of blood, afraid of hurt. Afraid of seeing wound erupt with blood and force me to no longer breath. Afraid of losing the ability of inhaling every few seconds, only to see Hell a moment later.7
I screamed all I could, waiting to feel the pain of the silver knife, waiting to feel it pierce through my throat.8
But nothing happened.9
The pain never came.10
I looked up, only to stammer and ask, "Who... Are you?"11
I then noticed the figure had pierced a dark kunai inside of the man who'd wanted to kill me. Blood seeped from the sides of the figure, as suddenly he collapsed on the ground.12
Haze prevented me to see the figures face, as I nearly choked on my own saliva as my tears entered my mouth. "Who are you...?" I repeated again in a bit of a raspy tone.13
Again, he said nothing, only stood there, a staid figure, covered in tainted ink.14
"Who are you...?! Answer me!" I shouted one last time.15
Silently he turned around, his dark marroon eyes staring at me with a tint of hatred and disgust.16
I sat there, in a puddle of my own blood, staring at him for what it seemed like eternity. But suddenly, my vision went blurry and I only saw blackness. Crimson liquid escaped my mouth again as I coughed heavily, hitting the ground with a light thud.17
Why did this have to happen to me? I was like an outcast to everyone. And now... I have to die because of it.18
"... I..." Although I could not see, I still had some willpower left inside of me... "I want you... I want you to stay..."19
Rain then poured again, as the hazy mist surrounded my immobile body. The staid figure stillstood there, with a triumphant, yet emotionless face. 20
I barely managed to force my body to reach my pocket. I then pulled out a soft, callous cherry blossom. I smiled zestfully, only to watch it fly from my tainted palm leisurely past the figure.21
"Rest, Kanata."22
Silently my eyes closed as I whispered, "Mukou wa donna tokoro nanda roune...?"
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My eyes shot open and I breathed heavily. Beads of sweat trickled down my face as I looked around my room. The sunlight glimmered through the shades in my room, quietly hitting my face.24
"Was it all a dream...?" I whispered to myself, pushing the covers away from me.25
I stared at the floor for a long moment, onlyto then put my feet into my light blue slippers. I opened the shades, blinking a bit as the sun rays hit me directly in the eyes. "Ah..."26
Suddenly there was a knock at my door, and I froze. I started to breathe heavily a bit, brushing my dark brown hair with my fingers. "Y-Yes...?" I stammered.27
"Kaori-chan!"28
I recognized that voice from anywhere. I then started to bawl in tears, opening the door and hugging the figure.29
"Good morning to you, too, Kaori-chan," the figure said sweetly.30
I hugged him tighter, bawling my eyes out. I didn't want to let him go,I wanted to stay with him forever. "Lee-koi..."31
Lee blinked and blushed slightly, only to glance over and see more figures walk up the hollow staircases.32
"What's wrong with... Kaori-chan...?" a girl figure asked, slowly stopping herself from walking.33
"I don't know...!" Lee looked confused. "I have no clue what's going on, Hoshiko!"34
Hoshiko quickly walked over to both Lee and Kaori, wiping Kaori's tears from streaming down her cheeks.35
"Kaori-chan... What's wrong...?" Hoshiko smiled softly, rubbing Kaori's back repeatedly.36
"I... I don't know what's wrong with me!" Kaori's tears continued to stream dow her face. "I just want it to stop!" 37
"We're right here for you, Kaori..." Hoshiko said softly. 38
Lee nodded as Kaori stopped to cry temporarily, breathing shortly after everything she started to say, "T-Thanks... H-Hoshi... ko..."39
Lee hugged Kaori as she smiledsoftly and buried her head into his chest. Hoshiko smiled and looked back.40
"Neji-dono, would you like to be a part of this...?" Hoshiko smiled shyly and blushed.41
Neji stared at the others. "Hell no."
Author notes
Personally, I took a small part of the song, "It's Not My Time":
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
It's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
I think these lyrics decipher this ending part in the story.
A contest entry
- Pretty Much Anything!! For Everyone to join!! by Sha Wujing.
400 points, ended November 30, 2008, 6 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
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Wow, this is really good! I luffles this story and that song! Great job!
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NICE
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I loved it... The descriptions were wonderful. You had me looking at the computer screen like this o.o to this 0.0 in the beginning.
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The beginning was kinda scawy sissy!!!!!
Who's Kaori....? Lee is supposed to be goin out with Sakura. -
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The pairing Rock Lee and Haruno Sakura makes no sense whatsoever. In the actual manga, no one should be paired up with anyone. However, it has developed over time of so many yaoi and yuri pairings.
Many people like Naruto and Hinata, Naruto and Sakura, Sakura and Sasuke, Neji and Tenten, Shikamaru and Temari, etc. But they'll never come to be. Just an obvious, yet evil idea.
My character, Hoshiko, likes Neji, as do many other Naruto OCs. Kaori-Chan's character is Kaori, who likes Lee.
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OH!!! SO IT WAS THAT FWIEND YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT!!
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Yes, my former friend Kaori.
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Neji's cruel -_-
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Haha, I didn't even intend to put Hoshiko or Neji in it, mainly a Lee and Kaori thing.
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What the heck is with the beginning...??
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Nightmare.
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Who's the random murderer guy?
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JINSEI! No, some random dude.
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Even Jinsei's not that cold. -_-
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I know, but it's just some random person. I was going to make it into Reijii, but I decided not to.
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I thought so. The person kinda reminded me of Reiji anyway..
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Wow, if you've noticed, we've made about eight comments referring to my contest entry.
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Actually, more than 8. I've already read all of the other entries so far.
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Oh really? You didn't read the Death Note entry. :3
And good luck in judging for the contest. Twelve comments! w00t!
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