Fan Fiction ❯ Destinys Call ❯ Runaway ( Chapter 2 )

Running.

All Kasumi knew was that she had to keep running.The scenery she'd been admiring previously
became nothing but a blur, a myraid of color,the red, gold, and brown .Her feet barely graced
the ground as she ran,her long copper colored hair trailed out behind her like a fan. The
yellow ribbon holding it in its high ponytail fluttering behind. She could feel the sweat gathering in the bodice of her powder blue outfit even as she made a conscious effort to keep her
breathing even she wondered for the first time since her ordeal as a runaway began how much
longer she could keep this up.



As always they had come out of nowhere shattering whatever tranquility her memories had been
providing her. Thier stealthy movements most would consider inaudible ringing in her ears and
triggering the now instinctive reaction required for her survival.She'd lept from the tree,
tanto drawn almost without thought moving it across one and then the other side of her body
shattering several shuriken* as they passed her before her feet even hit the forest floor.
Unable to take even a seconds pause she'd begun running, returning her tanto to its sheath at
her back.


She had no way of telling how long she'd been running now but it seemed so much longer than
the others. They were always relentless in thier pursual of her but this night seemed to be an
exception to even that. She had managed to fell a few of them with the poisoned shuriken she
had thrown but it seemed that for every one she disabled two would appear. It seemed they had
been trained well, and she was not without the irony that she had probably trained several of
the men that sought to end her life now.


Briefly the thought touched her mind of what would happen to the men she had hit with her
weapons. Although they sought to end her life they did so to honor thier code a code that until
before the second tournament she herself had sought to honor. The poison she had used was not a
fatal one although it did cause severe illness. She had never truly wanted to kill anyone that
had once been one of her own people but if they wanted her she would not go easy.


She felt something graze her arm suddenly and had no reason to wonder what it was even as she
felt something warm trickling down her arm in a thin stream. All too soon she passed the tree
the weapon had made its final destination. She cursed her nature softly as a dull throbbing
pain was making its way through her legs now as the exhursion she'd placed upon her body began
to take its toll. Still she could hearher would be assasins trailing her making hesitating
for even one moment an impossiblity. She could feel her heart speeding up in her chest at the
mere thought that this may be the time she couldn't make it out...


Her highly honed sence of hearing picked up the sound of the air being cut near her and she
dodged several more of the small throwing weapons before realizing that not only were they
coming from behind her there were several coming from in front of her although she could see no one. Using what felt like the last of the strength in her legs she forced herself up into a flip
feeling the air around her body making way for the weapons beneath her barely missing them with
her perfectly timed manuver.


She now faced her persuers. There were more of them than she had previously believed but they
were also farther back from her then they had seemed. The forest was becoming more dence behind her and she knew her way around this terrain and would have the advantage if she could make it just a small distance further...


Kasumi drew her tanto once more about to turn,She heard a brief sound but was unable to do
anything before she felt an arm wrap around her from behind and begin pulling her back behind a
nearby tree even as the other arm wrapped around her from the opposite direction crisscrossing
over her chest. Her reaction was immediate as she drove her small sword straight back into her
captors upper leg. This did not have the desired effect as he simply tightened his arms around
her,he drew a sharp breath at the wound,pulling her tighter against a muscled chest...




It was then that something spoke up from within her. Something she had pushed back when she had begun running the feeling that she knew this presence that was behind her..her hand that
had been gripping the hilt of her weapon tightly began to tremble slightly as she realized what she had just done.......




Authors note: This is the very first action scene I have written EVER so please try be kind as
you review.It was kind of hard for me I rewrote it three times before I came up with this. I may
rewrite it again later and repost the chapter but for now this will have to do.I hope it doesn't
scare anyone away from the story lol ^__~ Its also my first attempt at having some sort of a
cliffhanger although I'm sure my abilities atgenerating suspence arent the greatest I will try
and have chapter three up soon.


other than that I don't own these characters *sniff* so don't sue me. Questions? Comments?
Creative Death Threats? e- mail them to me at teesa57@hotmail.com Please read and review!