Wild

Chapter 5

I pulled at the chain uselessly. Sitting down on the ground nervously, I tried to recall what happened before.

I was kidnapped... They had weapons.... They.... were going to kill me?

But... before they could they got knocked back by... something... What was it?

I was so engrossed in my own thoughts. I didn't notice the footsteps of a person until the click of the door opening echoed throughout the cell.

I immediately looked up; my heart pounded through my chest.

"Oh~? You're awake usagi [rabbit]-chan?"

This voice...

"You're... the person who was at the hall..."

"Mhm~ Nice memory there~"

The person took off his mask. He was a male with red brown hair and venomous green eyes.

My senses immediately skyrocketed.

A snake...?!

"Are you a part of the snake clan?" I asked him cautiously.

"Snake clan...?" He thought about it slowly.

"Oh~ Clams. Right. Forgot about that term~" He laughed.

"What's so funny...?"

"Sorry, sorry. That stupid war is still going on huh?"

What... does he not know...?

"But no. I'm not a snake." He smiled and bent down. "I'm a sparrow."

"Sparrow...?"

"Yup. My name is Mitsuhara Subaru."

"...Aren't you exploiting too much of yourself...?"

"Well, I guess huh~ But it's okay just don't forget, if you tell the wrong people... Who know's what would happen to you."

I shivered.

This man... is dangerous...

"Well, usagi-chan~ Let's go?" He uncuffed my hands and smiled.

"Go..... go where...."

He smiled. "Well, since you escaped death; obviously, you need to fit into our lifestyle right?"

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Mitsuhara showed me around the underground tunnels and explained how there were traps and such. My hands and feet were completely free; I could run wherever I chose to, but I had a feeling if I did, I would die.

We got to a huge door where two masked people stood guard.

Mitsuharu raised his hand and waved at them, like a nice gesture. The guards didn't budge an inch, but the door opened and we walked through; I felt their gazes piercing through my very being as we did so.

I shivered. I'm not welcome here...

But going across the door's threshold, all my anxiety washed away.

We were standing on a cliff and below, laid a large thick forest with a sparkling lake.

There were large holes above us, letting light through.

"Amazing..." I breathed.

"Right?" Mitsuhara said. "Well, let's go usagi-chan~"

"Go...? Go where?!" I looked around for any stairs or walkways.