My feet hit the ground slowly; perfectly in sync with my little companions own footsteps.
My left hand rested upon his furry little head, rubbing the fur back and forth between my long pale fingers.
We both walked around a small cluster of trees surrounding many clearings, walking simply to walk.
“And then, when I was five and a half, I broke my finger when I fell off a high tree branch.” I muttered, continuing my stream of ranting that had transpired over the past hour.
"And once, I broke my foot....and I also cut my ankle too!"
Hai Bei simply nodded his head as we continued walking, puffing stale air out of his mouth, and onto the grass.
His shoulders rubbed against my thighs, tickling my skin softly.
Guru Pathik was right, talking to someone who couldn’t talk back, was so much more helpful than just not talking about whatever to anyone at all…
“I’ve told you everything about me, little one….but where did you come from? How did you die?” I asked, my feet slowing, looking into the little panda’s eyes.
Hai Bei suddenly stopped walking, and sat down. He hung his head, and closed his big black eyes.
My heart felt like dying, completely transfixed by the sudden stop of his movement.
Why would he just stop like that?
Stopping myself, I turned, and knelt next to him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, I blew in his ear, making it flick back and forth. His eyes brightened.
Within only four hours of being together, we’ve grown closer then close.
I closed my eyes, and waited for him. One minute passed…then two….then eight….then thirty….and then an hour.
My knees screamed to let them go of their bounds of cartilage, clawing at my mind. Pain surged through my legs, and my stiff back.
I sighed, and tilted my head, trying to make it obvious that I didn’t want to sit here all day.
I yelped suddenly, falling backward onto the grassy covered ground, my shoulders and head smacking against the ground within the time span of a few split seconds.
A presence, subdued my mind, resting itself in my walls. Rubbing around, clawing and messing with my memories like a worm eating away at dirt.
“You’re a weakling, no older than a decade.” I strange, smooth and almost cold voice said within my mind, turning my insides ice cold.
“Weaklings….maybe….stronger…..then you….think…” I murmured, pain elapsing my words.
Opening my wet eyes, I looked around at the clearing, trying to find the source of my discomfort. I found none.
Everything was as I had seen it before, clam and clear.
I lay in a clearing, thick forests of clustered trees surrounding it like a barbwire fence.
Sunlight, eerie and comforting, spilled through the cracks between the thin tree branches, casting shadows and small dark patches across the Spirit World ground.
Huge boulders lay across the clearing, like dotted shells across the sea shore. Their gray surfaces were splashed against with green and yellow light, dry leaves landing upon their curves and outlines.
“WEAKLING! RESPOND!” The voice sounded off again, expect this time, the source revealed itself.
A dark figure jumped from a tree branch, flipping in the air, and landed softly on the tip of a boulder. It stood to about five foot six, only an inch taller then I was.
A long black cape rested at his shoulders, and hung down to his ankles, flowing in perfect proportion.
He wore black boots, thick, and made of hearty leather; much like mine.
His face was tan, almost a dark brown, and filled to the rim with determination. An odd looking sword, colored green and what seemed to be shinning, was grasped by his hand.
I slowly stood up, reaching for my own sword. If he came to fight me, I would fight back.
“State your business here. I can tell you are not of the Spirit World. There is life in your veins.” I shouted across the clearing, starring deep into his eyes.
I felt Hai Bei leap to his feet with silent urgency.
Jumping to my own feet, my right hand grasping my long red sword, I slowly walked toward my sudden opponent.
“My business here—is you.” He replied, jolting off the boulder and standing inches away from my face within seconds.
My hair flew backward from the force of his movement, my eyes blinked, but stayed focused on his.
His face was only two inches away from mine, though he was an inch taller; It made me feel uncomfortable….and vunerable.
Our eyes locked for eight agonizing seconds. Just having him star into my eyes….was something I couldn’t prolong any farther.
He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when someone else’s voice cut his own off.
“Did you find her, yet, Dax?”
Dax’s head turned slightly, looking behind the boulder from which he had just came. His brown-ish green eyes rolled, annoyed at the source of the voice.
Leaning slightly over I peered over his shoulder to see who else was coming.
A tall woman, around five seven or so, hopped onto the boulder Dax had previously been on, and stood there catching her breath.
She looked more revealing than her counterpart, and a little less haunting.
Her long, wavy, blonde hair flowed to one side, bits of leaves were weaved into three of her thick braids.
A turquoise shirt, long sleeved and shoulder cut, was plastered flat to her bodes. Its brilliant color was matched with two brown leather belts tied across her chest in an X shape.
The shirt and it’s wide sleeves flowed to the left along side the wind, obeying to the will of nature.
A pair of tight brown leggings were wrapped around her muscular long legs, and bunched up around her tall brown leather boots.
A small smile was painted upon her face, her blue eyes flashing.
Hopping off the boulder just as fast as Dax had, she ran toward me.
Panic and fear rose from me stomach, driving me to move backward.
Within seconds, Dax was behind me, his strange sword pressed to my neck, a hand grasping my waist, making sure I wasn't going anywhere.
My sword instantly rose to match his, both of them pressing down on each other. The sword began to rub against my neck, cutting it slightly.
Sweet and sticky blood ran down my neck and chest, dripping onto the soft ground as the skin sliced from the force of his sword.
Hai Bei yelped, running toward me like a rabid dog. Rage and worry lapsed in his irises, passion burned around his pupil.
Running toward me within and instant was all it took for this woman to react. Raising her hand, her fingers stretched out, her face turned cold.
Seconds later, Hai Bei rose into the air, completely frozen. Three feet off the ground, he stayed there, breathing harder and faster than ever.
Fear grasped my throat; from the loss of blood, and from seeing Hai Bei suspended from some kind of Spirit Magic.
“Don’t do anything rash, Dax.” The woman cooed, looking straight through me at Dax.
“Neither you, E.” He replied, digging his sword deeper into the throat.
I wanted to scream, the pain was so intense. More blood dripped down my neck, down my hand and then down my chest, soaking my clothes into a deeper red.
“Dax, we came to capture her, not kill her.” E warned, moving closer…..and closer…..and closer.
Dax moved backward a little, pulling me with him.
My sword dug deeper against his, sliding upward until it rested against his hand. I pushed, slicing his right hand.
Blood poured out, from both of our wounds.
I struggled against his grasp, pulling and pushing away from him.
What did they want with me? Why were they hurting us?
Pain began to engulf me, I was almost to the point of collapsing; I had lost so much blood. Desperate, I looked downward.
Lifting my leg, I kicked backward, not caring where my foot struck. A groan and a yelp screeched from behind me.
Dax let his sword drop, falling to the soft ground with a thump. E’s eyes widened, stunned at my action.
I rushed forward, falling on my hands and knees.
Scrambling to my feet before anything else could happen, I ran toward Hai Bei. Just in time too, for E’s grasp withered away to nothing, and the little panda cub fell into my arms.
One hand grasping my sword, the other grasping Hai Bei (now covered in drops of blood), I looked toward my two enemies.
“Who are you,” I said firmly, watching as Dax stood up from his knees.
“And what do you want.”
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