Unwanted Silence

Kotori’s muscles tensed up in surprise when sound finally happened despite all he’d been listening for it.  Brush was being trampled through and it was heading quickly in his direction.  Kotori turned his head towards the noise and as the pup burst forth from the brush he fully turned around.  Kotori’s eyes flicked between the pup and the direction it had come from as he crouched lower waiting for whatever beast was causing the ruckus.

The kid’s armor was torn.  Clearly the damage had been bad as any part of the armor that could have been used for defending must have already been torn off.  The silky material still on her was most certainly useless.   “It’s fi-“ Kotori had started to respond about her being chased but the glowing caught him off guard.

She had to be making it up.  Normally he’d be sure she was making it up as things don’t glow.  The strange feel of the night made Kotori perhaps a bit more spooked by tall-tale ghost stories though.  It wasn’t a long wait before the moon played tricks on his eyes and indeed it seemed like the creature was glowing as it came forth.

A – something!! It looked like a boar but it really seemed to be glowing!  What the hell had he ate last?  Oh well, glowing or not glowing it was certainly angry. The boar wasn’t charging Kotori right away though.  It had been chasing a smaller leaner pup before and now it was facing a completely different opponent.  Kotori firmly decided he wasn’t eating it even if he did kill it.  Maybe it was sick?  Maybe it was his own eyes?  

“Hey, kid?” Kotori questioned the pup as he kept his gaze locked on what would probably make a tasty meal if not for the glowiness.  Kotori knew it had to just be how crazy bright the moon was and light bouncing from snow but it was still kinda freakish.  “If you can’t handle a boar what are you doing out here alone?”  Kotori didn’t consider himself a kid, he was a prince and a warrior.  The girl certainly had good breeding to her by her refined appearance. “You want some fighting tips?” Surely ever kid wants to learn how to fight?  Now that Kotori was here wouldn’t it want to get some free tips?

Kotori Fatalis