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The breeze was silent but cool. It sent a few shivers down Melody's spine. Her blue eyes stared at the blood red sky. The sun was setting at it's usual slow pace, and the moon would soon swoop in with the night sky behind it. She wanted to change and feel the sweet crunch of the spine, but she was new to these woods. If she were to run in her true form, she had no idea who lived here, and what they would do if they saw a wolf-like creature running about the forest. Depsite her emotional protest, Melody knew all to well that tonight would have to be spent as a human.

A sigh escaped her thin lips as she shifted grip with her guitar. It had been almost eleven months since she had run away, and almost two years since her father had died. "I wonder how they are..." she mused as she thought of her Mother, William, and the rest. She then shook her thoughts away. "Hmph. Don't think about them anymore." She scolded herself as she hugged her legs against her chest. Her chin rested on her knees as she sighed once more.

The sky, a bit darker than it had been a few minutes ago, was still bleeding red. She looked at her surroundings once more, then foccussed her troubled eyes on the sky. Sleeping would keep away the urge to change. Melody comforted herself as she rested her head on her knees. She hung her guitar on a branch beside her head, and began to close her eyes. Nothing would happen while she slept. Nothing ever happens...She thought once more, before she closed her eyes and drifted into a silent slumber.

It had been a long time since Neko had seen anything but sand, dust and the desert sun. She walked into the cool forest as the sun was setting. Out in front of her, she could see a lake that reflected the pinks and reds of the sky. She sighed. At long last, she could refill her canteen. She ran over and, dropping to her knees, dunked her head in. It was cold and she began to drink, not caring what had pooped, peed or done anything of the sort in it.

She raised her head and smiled as she lay back and stared at the sky.

After a while, her eyes began to droop. She curled up and was just letting herself close her eyes when, off in the distance, she heard a faint scream.

"What the hell?" She said as she got up and, picking up her bat, began walking towards the noise for she was very curious. It was in her nature.

"I just hope it's not bad."

'One squirrel... two squirrels...' Yurina counted them one by one, smiling all the way at how happy they looked. Jumping from tree to tree with grace and confidence. The blue-haired girl kept on walking. She was on a hunt. A hunt to find a place to dance within this sacred forest. The dancer had been stuck in this forest for a good several hours. Not even stopping once to rest her delicate feet due to her determination. The wind picked up, gradually swaying the trees around her in a rhymic movement when her sapphire eyes caught something dropping from one tree.

With her quick movement of her wrists, she pulled out one silver dagger that reflected the remaining sunlight and threw it across her towards the dropping item before it falls to the ground. The weapon was stuck fast into the tree's trunk as the girl walked over to it and gave a sigh.

"Only an acorn..." Yurina muttered, "Why am I being so alertive~?" she asked herself as she giggled softly, pulling out her dagger with ease and placed it back into its original place. Then, the sound of water caught to her ears. She turned to the side to see a pond. The pond with crystal clear water was a simple to behold. With a smile on her face, she made her way there only to be caught in the water's ryhmn. Her feet froze at that right moment as it gave one long sweep to the side.

"I can hear it..." Yurina murmured as her other feet began to do its wonder. "The water's song~" the blue-haired dancer smiled as her hands rose up to join. She danced. She was dancing a slow movement of hands and legs combined to become one clearly relaxing dance where she slowly forgot her aching feet. Shutting her eyes, she continued to dance, near the water's edge. Her mind was to fully focused on her dancing that she did not hear the scream that echoed through the forest.

Yurina kept on dancing. Unknown to her that a young man was watching her in the distance. Her hands reached down and slowly undid the cloth around her waist, holding at one edge of the blue cloth, she twirled it around obiviously dancing with it. A smile was placed on her supple lips as her eyes were still kept shut. The wind slowly picked up, magically blowing the dried leaves into the air, making them dance along with the blue-haired girl. As the wind blew the leaves upwards, Yurina's feet underneath seemed to be floating, her wrists flicking to the hidden rhymn in her head.

"Kaze no uta...(Wind's Song)" she mummured, her voice soft as the wind then died softly causing them to fall back to the ground where they belong. Then with one foot, she unnoticely stepped on a bunch of dried leaves. They crackled, making Yurina suddenly snap from her dancing gaze and lose her balance. Her other foot wanted to find a firm place to steady herself when she felt none. Her sapphire eyes grew wide open as she found herself slowly falling into the water.

Yurina opened her eyes underneath the water. She gave a slight pout at how silly she was to fall into the pond. With a few kicks of her delicate legs, she swam to the surface. Then Yurina squinted her eyes. Is that a figure she see by the water's edge? She was curious at that but the lack of oxsigen was making her head slightly dizzy. Quickly she swam upwards with all her might and reached it. Swinging her hair in a relieved motion, she gasped for air. A few deep breaths were taken when she calmed down and remembered the figure. The dancer turned and was shocked to see a hand extended out towards her.

Yurina blinked when she heard hims speak quite arkwardly. The blue-haired girl, being a calm person she is, gradually grabbed his hand gently. With a smile and her head head tilted to one side, she replied, "Thank you~" her voice soft and angelic. Her eyes scanned his face, 'He doesn't like one of threat...' she thought, glad at that fact.

Yurina was pulled out of the water gently. She was glad that she was out of the cold pond but she sulked inwardly due to her wet clothes. Goodness one could see through them. The dancer blushed as she gingerly smiled and replied at his introduction, "Nice to meet you Kutsu, I'm Yurina." she finished off with a smile and a slight shiver.