Within The Light

One Day

Ruri's POV

I could see my reflection in the middle of the darkness that surrounded me. Pale grey eyes staring back at me. Same long, brown hair and and pink lips.

It was me, but at the same time it wasn't. I tilted my head, and so would my reflection. I raised my hand, and it would too. Feeling a strange enticement, I began to reach out, until our palms met. A rare smile began to subconsciously form on my face, I didn't know why.

A sudden warmth began to take over my hand, arm, then heart. I adverted my eyes from my hand to my face, to see that it was morphing. My hair was becoming shorter and slowly turning black, eyes still remaining the same pale grey.

It was then that my vision became foggy and everything around me was gradually going away. I didn't wanted it to go away, I wanted to see what my reflection was turning into. Or, who. I knew who, but I wanted to see with my very own eyes. I wanted to smile at the person who the world had stolen from me a long time ago. To smile at them, and embrace them like I used to do. I wanted to be able to see them again. Even if it was for just a spilt second.

I didn't get what I want. And that made me feel so desperate and filled with sorrow.

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I shot up from my bed, my heart no longer feeling that same warmth. It was all a dream, but it felt so real. I kept trying so hard to feel what I felt, to be back in the same place I was. When I realized none of it was real, all I could feel was pain.

"Ruri?" I slightly jumped, just now noticing Gaara standing by the doorway. My bedroom door was always left open, ever since that day with Nozomi, I no longer felt secure in my own room. For a time I would sleep in front of Gaara's door. I always woke up in the morning in his bed, Gaara himself on the floor."What's the matter? You seem stressed."

"Just a weird dream." I answered, half of me still stuck in my thoughts.

"Nightmare?" He rose a brow, concern written in his eyes.

"No." I shook my head,"It was a good dream, just a bit odd."

A pebble was soon heard and our heads snapped towards the window immediately."Better not keep Yoshi waiting before he breaks all of our windows."

I sighed, getting up. Gaara smiled at me,"Well, I'll see you later, Rue." Then he left, mostly likely going to work. Sometimes it was hard not to worry about him because he worked so much. I never did know how he did it. Maybe I should ask him some time.

Then another pebble hit my window, causing me to hurry up and get ready.

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"What do you think he's gonna make us do?" Yoshi asked in excitement as we all stood in the training grounds, waiting for Tadashi Sensei."Maybe fight to exhaustion, or take bells from him!"

"Bells?" Sora tilted his head to the side in confusion."What kind of teacher would do that?"

"You're right, that's so stupid. Who would even think of doing something like that." Yoshi nodded in agreement. He then turned to me,"You've been awfully quiet. You haven't even told me to shut up yet."

"Shut up." I said, shrugging."Better?"

"Much." He rolled his eyes.

"You little beans sure are amusing." We looked up to see Tadashi, smiling down at us.

"Would you stop calling us that?!" Yoshi barked, Hishiro yipped along with him. They both never knew when to shut up.

"Silence, pup." He placed a mocking hand on top of the blone boy."Alright so here's your task..."

Yoshi pushed Tadash's hand off his head inquired,"What are you waiting for, tell us!"

"He never shuts up, does he?" Sora and I nodded in response to Tadashi's question."Anyways, I want you guys to use those senses of yours and read me. Your observation can be simple, or complicated but they have to lead to my animal. You must work as a team in order to do that. One day."

"One day?" Yoshi repeated.

"One day to figure out my animal." He replied.

"And if we fail to do so?" Sora inquired.

"You don't want to know." He chuckled darkly.

"Bluff." I said.

"I wouldn't be too confident about that, whiskers." He warned me, his cat name irritating me.

"Like I said." He smirked."One day."

Then he poofed away leaving us all in both confusion and slight suprise.

So I've finally been able to updated, which feels so refreshing. I'm trying my hardest to keep up and update, even if it is just a small chapter. Just went through a writer's block, where I deleted everything I wrote. Anyways, hope you guys liked it and I can't wait to update more.

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