~:I Just Wanna {{F.A.L.L. & L.O.S.E.}} Myself:~

[konoka]

{{Laughing So [H_A_R_D] It Hurts Like [H_E_L_L]..

Her hair was gently taken by the wind as the golden brown strains seemed to sway softly. Her eyes glittered a beautiful emerald. Her skin was pale like the moonlight that covered her so calmly. The light caught her shimmering lip gloss sending an array of sparkles across the clearing.

She crouched down toward the water looking curiously at her features. It wasn't something she often did. A turn of the head revealed a large cut across her cheek dripping with blood. Another turn revealed her normal features. They were beautiful features truly for a girl of only seventeen.

Her fingertips danced on the water for a moment before she washed the blood from her face with it. Her eyes looked back at the water to the reflection that was now blurred with ripples from the movements she had made.

Who am I.. She wondered silently looking at the reflection as it became clear one more. Am I Yumi Takami..or someone else.. She thought deeply about the questions of whom she truly was. She often found her thoughts drifting to the subject, but only because of her visions. The ones of a girl who shared her features, but lived a different life, then visions of another whom shared her life but not her face.

"Yumi Lance Takami..is that really me? Am I really her? Is she me?" She said seeming to repeat herself, but instead she questioned herself then the other female with her face and closed with the other female without her features. It was so difficult to obtain answers when she knew so little about herself.

Her eyes locked onto a sound emanating from the trees behind her. She quickly rose to her feet and hurried forward to find a small puppy. Her eyes lit up at the creature as she reached her hand down petting it. She was curious as it panted with its small red tongue looking at her with large black eyes.

"You've been abandoned too, right?" She asked petting the animal as she knelt down looking into its eyes. A bark broke from the animal's chest as she fell backward. Suddenly it was over her licking her face and yelping happily, this animal had startled her, and at the same time made her feel wanted. She was surprised by the sound that came from her lips.

A laugh? No. A chuckle? No. A snicker? No. A giggle? Yes. It was a giggle. The giggling voice of a child. The voice scared her compared to her other voice or the voices inside. She looked toward the dog and smiled brightly. "Do you have a name?" She waited for him to reply then sighed. "I guess not. Then I will call you, Akuma." She cheered. The dog seemed to like the name, but this wasn't a dog. It was a wolf, and it may not even be a real wolf. Maybe a summoned creature?

..Forget About [E_V_E_R_Y_T_H_I_N_G & R_U_N_A_W_A_Y], Yeah}}

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[Zhou]

((I felt the need to post))

Vinny walked out of the clearing, legs only moving out of pure force of his brain, which wasn't entirely working either. His body was spilling blood from his chest so badly that if somebody wanted to follow, they'd find him. His lips and cheeks bled as well but only a few drips at a time. His hands and legs also were dripping with the warm fluid at a rapid pace. The only perfectly untouched part of his body was the right side of his face covered up by a white mask. He laughed a bit watching Yumi play with the small wolf, but he stopped because of the pressure it placed on his lungs and the blood that would come from his mouth because of it. He stopped by the edge of the water and laid down, spread eagle style, letting the fluids stain the grass a sickly red. He laid there with a small smile on his face despite the fact he could die at any moment.
"Hey...d...do you...kn...know any med...medic...medical...jutsu?" He asked, "Pl...please...say...yo...you do." Vinny turned his face to look at the girl Wow...I can almost recognize this girl...but something about her is unfamiliar. He thought with an attempted chuckle. With another forced sigh, he turned his head back to the stars, "The...sta...stars are...very beautiful aren't they?" He asked with another smile.
"Here...please remove this mask or give me your hand if you'd b...be so kind."

[konoka]

Yumi was shivering at the sight of the bleeding man. Her eyes were wide showing her extreme fear of males in general. She clinched her fist as the pond crystallized into ice that shot up in slight spikes. The entered the air and began streaming toward him.

Blood was in the air. The scent was horrible and it dripped down toward the boy. "H-hey," A voice whispered looking down at him. Cuts covered her pale skin in various places. The ice spikes had began to simply melt from their places in her back. She smiled with the blood running down her lips. She had just fought a war but had moved to find her friend.

This devoted female was none other than Konoka. Her eyes showed a beautiful sea green. "Vincent, w-where d-does it hurt." She demanded, but there was a layer of concern covering her words as she lifted her hand that was glowing with a medical jutsu covering it.

Her eyes glanced toward the female much younger than herself cowering in the bushes. "Nice shot." She muttered to the girl. The sea green eyes rested once more on Vinny as she lowered her hand to the obvious blood stains. Her hands were clearly stained with blood. Her clothes were ripped in many places across her chest and stomach showing some skin and her under shirt, but the worst part was the broken look in her eyes.

Konoka was dying with each war. She had seen too much death. Her best friend. Her lover. Parents. Clan. Everyone was leaving her, but now looking down at Vincent, she longed to be the one near death.

Yumi had hurried away leaving the two alone.

((I hope you don't mind?))

[Zhou]

((Nice save))

[glow=black,2,300]"Heh...don't get mad at the girl...It's my fault really...effin demon, forced this mask on me...and I got carried away and all...but you know me..." Vinny chuckled already feeling a little better, "Yeah, I guess I owe you own huh Konoka?" He continued to smile as the bleeding around his lungs started to stop. He laughed a better laugh while looking up into Konoka's broken eyes, "Aw...please don't cry...your gonna make me cry too...You saved me...thank you..." He said through a smile as he touched her left cheek, brushing a lock of her hair back behind her ear with the back of his hand.[/glow]

[konoka]

Konoka nodded slowly with the tears beginning to pour. Just his touch alone, made her fears seem real. "You're cold," She whispered looking at him as she forced more chakra through her fingertips trying to heal his wounds quicker. She couldn't- no, she wouldn't lose someone again.

"I'm not crying," She whispered softly with her normal smile that screamed she was trying to be brave. The ninja girl was afraid of seeing Vincent die. "Things are going to be alright, and I know that." Her lips allowed the words to flow gently off the tip of her tongue as she looked toward at the wounds.

Don't die. Please, just don't leave me. I don't want to be alone. She thought with a swirl of panic taking her in like a whirlpool. Konoka wanted the be brave. She wanted to be strong. She never wanted to stand over the body of a dear friend trying her damnedest to save them.

It wasn't fair, but life wasn't fair, and no one cared.

"Don't leave me alone," The words passed her lips and the blood near them so quickly she didn't have the time to take them back. She just let the tears run down her cheeks in steady rows. "I don't want to be alone again." Her eyes were showing such emotion within them, it was sad.

[Zhou]

"Awww...please don't..." Vinny stopped, feeling the wet salt water roll down his own face. "Please don't cry...I promise I won't leave...not yet..." He said trying to force a smile. His hand touched her face again wiping away the tears that rolled down her face. "Life is beautiful...cherish it...I know I do..." He whispered looking away from her wishing his life had been as good as he had wanted it to be.

((Not quite as impressive as yours...but still))

[konoka]

(No one but Raku or Kyky can ever top my post, at least not in romance.)

Konoka couldn't speak. She knew that the words were locked in behind her pursed lips. She was afraid to let anymore words slip through and find their way to him. Her head simply nodded as she looked at him with those large tearful eyes.

Her lips parted finally as she whispered softly, "Life wouldn't be the same without you." She took one hand from a wound she had finished healing and took his hand into hers that still glowed with healing power as she fixed the cut on his hand then gripped it waiting for warmth. Her fingers were the ones that help a strange chill now.

The Chill of Death.

"There would be nothing to cherish," She said with tears flowing down once more. They were warm even if her body was cold. She knew that she wouldn't stop crying even once he was healed fully. "I'm almost finished." She said softly releasing his hand down by his side as she set her healing hand against another wound.

Her own wounds were nothing to her at the moment. The blood dripping down her back from the ice spikes was meaningless. The cuts that scattered her body were still nothing. The wounds to her ribs were like a fly to her, annoying yet easily ignored. The crimson liquid dripping from her cut lip or even from her mouth didn't effect her much. She cared only of the pain harming Vincent. The man whom had made her smile again.

[Zhou]

[glow=black,2,300]

"Thank you..." Vinny replied taking Konoka's hands off of his body, "You need to rest, c'mon...the village is not far...let's go...or would you rather me treat them?" He said with a small grin laying into a sitting position next to her. "Now...now...please stop crying." He said hugging her ever so gently. He stared into her eyes with that cute stare he never really had to use, all the while stroking her hair. He smiled at how beautiful she had gotten over the dragged out years. He hadn't seen her except for a passing glance because of the war.
"You know...you saved me from an everlasting pain, I'm kinda happy that I stalked you 12 years ago." He said offering to carry her to the village. His smile stayed as luminant as it had always been 12 years ago...he was still that same old kid who played in trees.

[/glow]

[konoka]

Konoka's large multicolored eyes looked at him as she lifted her hand about to wipe her eyes, but realized the blood covering them. Then she felt it happen ever so quickly, she felt Vincent wrap his arms around her so gently it made her want to cry even more. She let her arms fall beside her afraid to hug him back as she spoke, "I'll get blood on your clothes."

She tried to stay calm but broke. Her arms wrap around him as she let the sobs tremble through her body. "I Am S-So S-sorry, Vi-Vinc-ent. Fo-forgive m-me." She cried with tears flowing down her face. She tried not to talk much because the pain was starting to intensify against her with the passing moment.

She looked into his eyes and then spoke gently, "Yeah, st-stalking." She used part of her arm to wipe her tears away as she smiled. "Let's go."

[Zhou]

Vinny nodded with another of his unecessary smiles. He lifted Konoka into his arms and started a slight jog toward the village.
"You still ok there hmm?" he said looking down. His pace sped up. He didn't stop again for the rest of the way.