Voraciously

Hitchhike

(Naruto's P.O.V)

Once Iruka tucked me in bed, it felt like I was brought back in time when I was still 10 years old. I woke up from a heavy nightmare about a mass forest fire that ended up destroying our home and killing Iruka. It felt so real. The sharp scent of burning wood stuck my nose. It shook me to the core so bad, I jolted awake with a cold sweat. Iruka had rushed into my room and wrapped his arms around me, rocking back and forth. In that moment, I realized I was screaming from terror. To lose the closest thing I had to a family, it scared me to death. The next thing I know, I'm drifting back into slumber and Iruka was tucking me in.

Iruka turned around to leave after tucking me in, I didn't want him to leave yet. I felt so alone, so scared. I reached out and grabbed his shirt. 

"What's wrong with me, Iruka?" I looked up deep into his eyes, expecting something to soothe my conscience.

"We will talk about that in the morning. You need to sleep." Iruka kissed my forehead and walked out. I reached out again, but he was already too far away. Was I becoming a monster? Would Iruka not want me anymore?! 

I threw the covers over my head. It almost made me giggle, it was ironic. Most children hid under the covers to hide away from the scary monsters in the dark, but I was the monster. I didn't need to hid under the covers. 

I squeezed my eyelids closed trying to drift off to sleep, but my body didn't agree with my command. It felt restless. My heart was pounding so hard I could hear it. I tossed around to the other side trying to get comfortable, but no sleep captivated me. How could I sleep, with the lack of knowledge I delivered to Iruka, with the immense headache that was forming and the stress I was feeling. Nothing made sense to me, or it made perfect sense to me and I was so in denial I couldn't process it. 

I knew nothing about me, besides what I was. A siren/Incubus hybrid, but I had very little knowledge of their species. Only fairy-tales conceived by humans to keep me adrift, but nothing much else. I was torn apart. It was silly to think I could overcome such stereotypes. Sirens and Incubus' are both considered the most reclusive creatures, if they didn't want to be messed with they could hide for centuries. Sirens lived in the mass ocean waters, where 90% of life have yet to explore, making it nearly impossible to find one. Incubus', the mischievous type, were know as strong illusionist, they could shape-shift into any man or woman they wanted. Incubus weren't known to kill their victims, just draining their energy. Once they were done feeding they would whip their memory from ever happening and would be half cross Asia the next day. This, made it hard to find them when they didn't leave a trail of evidence behind them. 

Iruka's been searching for years to find more information to help me figure out who I am, how I can control my 'abilities' or instincts. Nothing has come out. It was so frustrating. Stirring in bed was just making me angrier. I flipped the covers off me and got up. I opened closet and pulled out some jeans and a grey hoodie. I slipped my sneakers on and opened the window. I listened for noise, in case Iruka stirred awake. Nothing. I slipped out the window and climbed the roof and jumped off into the bushes. I've sneaked out so much when I was little, that has become an art. Iruka hasn't caught me yet, at least I think so. 

I stepped out into the bushes and proceeded into the forest.

I nearly tripped over a giant root coming from the ground, it was getting dark and I couldn't see well into the dark. I know Incubus have the capability to see in the dark, but without knowledge of how to activate such an ability, would remain news to me. I sighed and decided to sit down under a tree. I looked up into the sky full of starts, it felt so memorizing to watch such beauty. To acknowledge the vast world of space and questioning the existence of life beyond our own world. People tend to forget how small our world actually is when they no longer look up into the sky. I could feel wetness run down my cheek. I used the sleeve of my hoodie to rub of the rain from my eyes, but it just kept coming.