I was running, barefoot...and I still had the the night dress nanny gave me to wear for the night. I was running, fast, I looked back to see what was it that was chasing me...I didn’t saw a thing, it was too dark to see. While I was running:
“Nanny!...” I tried to scream...but nothing, somebody had to hear me. “Higashi?...someone?...” still nothing, I was still running. I can feel the tears falling down my cheek, such a cold feeling. “Daddy?...father?...PAPA!! help me!...I am afraid...”
I looked back again to see if I can distinguish something in the darkness, but still nothing, it was just darkness everywhere I looked...I didn’t know to where I was going, it was too dark to see...again I felt those cold tears flowing down my face...and now falling down my night dress...I should have known they weren’t only tears...it was raining...now my white night dress is soaking wet...
Although I was barefoot I couldn’t feel the ground nor see it, if it was solid or liquid...was it soft? or sand like? or muddy?...I have to continue running. What if I should stop running?...No! that is foolish, what if that thing...that presence that is chasing me wants to...kill me, I mean wants to break this body of mine...I don’t want to lose this body, it has too many memories...RUN! I must continue running. I began to pant...pant...pant, I can feel how I’m losing my breath from time to time...but I must keep running...
I can feel a breeze coming from somewhere in front of me and the ground became numb, I don’t know for sure, but...I could feel like I was running on something very thin...now...I...am falling?! NO! I tried to scream but I had no voice...
“Aaaaaa!!!!!!!!......” I woke up, I was sweating... I saw the baldachin from my bed...I could hear the tick of the clock...it was just a stupid dream...
“Ojo-san, are you alright?” said nanny from the door, for how long she was standing there?
“Yes...” I said trying to get a hold of myself, “I think I had, humans would call it a dream but it was a terrible dream...darkness everywhere and I fell...
“A nightmare...” she said to be more specific of my describing.
“A what?” I asked
“You had a nightmare atashi no ojosan...a bad dream.” Tried nanny to explain, “that’s how we humans call it.”
“Yes...a nightmare...” I tried not to think about it, “what time is it?”
“4:30 in the morning.” said nanny.
“I can not sleep anymore, is someone off duty right now?” I asked.
“Yes, ojosan, only Kita” she replied
“Call him here, please.”
“Right away, ojosan.”
Kita came and knocked...
“Yes miss...did you sent for me?” asked Kita.
“Yes..I had a bad dream.”
“A nightmare?”
“Yes and I don’t know what it means, I think it’s a warning or something...”
“Can you tell me what was it about?” he asked
“Let me show you.” He approached and sat on the edge of my bed, with my right hand I touched his head and we closed our eyes...in 3 seconds he lived everything I felt in the dream...he winced...
“That was...interns...” he said
“What does it mean...am I being watched?”
“Do you have the feeling of being watched, miss?”
“No...”
“When I talked to Higashi, he said everything was ok, nothing out of the ordinary.” Kita said.
“He watches me too much and less what surrounds me.” I said sarcastically.
“Understand him miss, he is just trying to protect you in every way he can.” said Kita
“Yes, but sometimes he exaggerates...”
“Yes, I know miss...” said Kita, “Kanaka bring miss a glass of warm milk.”
“Yes...” said nanny and left my bedroom.
Then Kita said.
“Your body is very tired miss.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“I mean you haven’t slept in 4 days miss, you just stood and observed the events of the past few days...that is not healthy for this body you know.” he said “and now when you’ve finally got time to sleep for 3 hours, but the body is to agitated to rest...and your mind too...”
“Too bad sleeping pills doesn’t work on me, the could have been quite handy in this kind of situations.”
Nanny just entered my bedroom.
“Here is your milk ojosan.”
“Arigato nanny.” I drank my milk and then asked “Kita how long a human body can live without sleeping?”
“For 10 day to be exact, that is the limit, but in your condition I should say 7 days or less...”
“I promise I’ll rest more in the future..” I said to make the both of them not worry so much. “Now live...I wanna get dressed and go for a walk.”
“Where?” asked Kita.
“In the park near by.” I replied
“Want to escort you?” he asked
“No...I want to be alone, I need time to think...and chill down.”
When I arrived in the park it was still dark...I sat on the first bench I saw...”what to do? am I being followed...I should be more careful, although I think it’s just the tiredness that’s doing it’s job...”
“meow...meow...”
I winced...”What was that sound...am I imagining thing now, I really should take a break...”
When I turned my head towards the bushes all I can see was two green eyes...
“meow...meow...” the eyes said.
“Hello to you too...” then the eyes moved and the air around them began to get a shape...a black shape...with ears and tail ^^
“A cat...hey kitty, are you alone here? I just be nuts, talking to a cat...
“meow...meow...meow...”
“Nice explanation...who would live a cat abandoned in a park in January?” I asked myself
“meow...meow...”
“Yup...an idiot exactly...” I laugh. “Wanna come home with me? It’s nice and warm, has food and a soft bed which I don’t sleep much in it...”
“meow....”
I’ll take that as a yes.” I pat it on the head and took it in my arms, when I was about to get up the sun was coming up, and it’s fist rays ran into my eyes...”This is gonna be a bright day.”
When I entered the hall way of my home Lasuto has just arrived home...I turned around towards her.
“Okeri nasai Lasuto.” I said
“Tadai...ma? madam...” her eyes saw the cat in my arms “A cat miss! She is so cute” she said very happy “You’ll keep it?”
“Yes, I think I will.”
“You are too kind for this world, did I ever told you that madam?” Lust asked.
“Yes...” I laughed.
When we entered the living room everybody was there to give their reports.
“Ohayo gozaimasu, minna!” I said to them all. “Nanny?...do we have some fish or something to feed my furry friend here?...and some milk too...
“Yes, right away, ojosan” nanny replied.
I put the cat on the sofa and she looked at me.
“meow meow...meow...meow...”
“She talks a lot” said Minami “What’s your name kid?”
“meow”
“That is kind of hard to pronounce.” he said.
“I don’t know how to name it...”
“Where did you found her madam?” asked Lasuto
“In the park.” I said
“You should name it after the place you found it or something like that...” Minami said.
“Well koen is not a nice name for it...” I said disappointed
“In some tribes newborns were named after an event that happen in that moment...if an eagle flew, they named the newborn “Eagle” or “Black-Eagle”...said Minami...
“Well when I took it in my arms the sun just came up...” while I was watching the cat...”Higashi how do you say nice feeling, or ray, or Sun or...light...?”
“Ii Kimochi, Rei, Taiyo...Hikari...” said Higashi pissed when he heard the last word of mine.
“No..no...it’s a she, how about bright like asahi? I said “Asahi is nice, what do you think Asahi?”
“Meow” said the cat pleased more by the food then by the name, I think...
“Then it’s settled, Asahi welcome to the family!” I said happy, “Now I was thinking a lot this morning and I think it’s time to take the cat out of the bag and I don’t mean you Asahi...”
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Sorry for the long post, but I don't post to much...so when I post it is a very long post, from now on J.J is gonna interfere more with the other characters...^^
If you wanna see J.J's outfits from this post check put my Fan Art ^^
