She awoke to a blinding light. She could feel water running over her body, her right arm sprawled above her head and her right leg curled under her body, it was well and truly broken. What had happened?
Now she remembered falling and crashing into the stream.
Suzume heard birds chirping, the stream trickling beneath her broken body, hear the leaves rustling and see cherry blossoms fly everywhere. It was truly beautiful. Suzume couldn't move, she was in too much pain. But all that aside, for once she felt free, she felt at peace. She had been a bird locked in a cage for so long, the only freedom she had ever received was the small breath of wind against her face under her beloved cherry blossom tree in the spring. Shell miss that tree dearly but she had to find her farther and the killer of her mother and most of all. What she is.
The water was cool, she turned her head to the side and gulped up large mouth fulls of it, I tasted wonderful. Unlike that rotten tap water she had to live with.
Suddenly it went silent, the birds flew off, the wind stopped blowing and she could hear crunching foot steps, in the corner of her eye she could see black, if she risked a glance it would send shock waves down her spine and if he hadnt seen her already he might see her if she moved.
Who was it? She didnt care. She had to get away. Now. They might drag her back into the cage she shad been so eager to escape, they would clip her wings a second time.
Her eyes widen as she saw the mans face, he was holding a katana.it was hanate. What would he do to her. The sword.
Would he kill her?
He smiled. "I see youve gotten yourself into a bit of trouble"
Nope just came to taunt her
"Oh shut up" she snapped at him as he knelt down and gently lifted her out of the stream and carried her away from school.
