In a small book store near her grandfather's apartment a small auburn haired girl in a lovely lavender dress trimmed with white lace sat at a table with a stack of books of varying topics. One book was open in front of her titled The Chakra Coil and its Purpose and she was leaned over it, reading it intently. Her ever present, brass colored, clockwork rabbit was sitting beside the stack of books. The only sounds in the small store were the pages of books turning and the soft ticking of Kay's pet as the gears inside it turned. Ever since her grandfather had convinced her to join the ninja academy here in Sunagakure, Kay had decided to dedicate herself and learn as much as she could to make her grandfather proud. So far she had learned much about how the Chakra Coil inside her body worked, though she hadn't put much effort into trying to use it yet, it was still a foreign idea to her.
Leaning back in the creaky wooden chair she sighed, turning her ice blue eyes to look at her pet and smiled and in a strange way it seemed to smile back. "Let's go Usagi, I wonder what Oji-san has for lunch!" Her voice was quiet, with a definite sadness to its tone. Standing up, Kay stretched a little before smoothing out her dress and brushing her auburn hair away from her shoulders. Gently, she lifted her pet from the table and set it on the ground beside her. As she made her way to the front of the store the clockwork rabbit followed her, somehow maneuvering easily around stray piles of books. At the front of the store, Kay stopped at the counter with a small smile for the elderly woman that owned the store.
"Did you find what you needed Kay-chan?"
"Mmm," was her only reply. Kay wasn't much for talking to people, though she was grateful to the old woman for allowing her to read in the shop without buying anything.
Stepping out into the dim roadway she held the door a moment for her rabbit to come through the door before letting it shut, a quiet chime of the bell that hung from the inside of the door sounding. This particular street was fairly empty, but even so she looked around cautiously before heading off toward her grandfather's apartment.
She hadn't made it far when she noticed a group of teenagers running down the road and she stepped to the side to get out of the way but Usagi wasn't fast enough and the girl that was running didn't see the small creation on the ground. Her foot fell on the clockwork rabbit and Kay heard the crunch.
At the sound Kay's breath caught in her throat - the rabbit was her only friend here in this new city - and as she turned her blue eyes down to the ground to look at the broken heap of brass her eyes began to water and a sob escaped her mouth. "U...sa...gi..." she whispered, tears streaming down the small girl's face as she knelt on the ground to pick up the pieces of her friend.
Leaning back in the creaky wooden chair she sighed, turning her ice blue eyes to look at her pet and smiled and in a strange way it seemed to smile back. "Let's go Usagi, I wonder what Oji-san has for lunch!" Her voice was quiet, with a definite sadness to its tone. Standing up, Kay stretched a little before smoothing out her dress and brushing her auburn hair away from her shoulders. Gently, she lifted her pet from the table and set it on the ground beside her. As she made her way to the front of the store the clockwork rabbit followed her, somehow maneuvering easily around stray piles of books. At the front of the store, Kay stopped at the counter with a small smile for the elderly woman that owned the store.
"Did you find what you needed Kay-chan?"
"Mmm," was her only reply. Kay wasn't much for talking to people, though she was grateful to the old woman for allowing her to read in the shop without buying anything.
Stepping out into the dim roadway she held the door a moment for her rabbit to come through the door before letting it shut, a quiet chime of the bell that hung from the inside of the door sounding. This particular street was fairly empty, but even so she looked around cautiously before heading off toward her grandfather's apartment.
She hadn't made it far when she noticed a group of teenagers running down the road and she stepped to the side to get out of the way but Usagi wasn't fast enough and the girl that was running didn't see the small creation on the ground. Her foot fell on the clockwork rabbit and Kay heard the crunch.
At the sound Kay's breath caught in her throat - the rabbit was her only friend here in this new city - and as she turned her blue eyes down to the ground to look at the broken heap of brass her eyes began to water and a sob escaped her mouth. "U...sa...gi..." she whispered, tears streaming down the small girl's face as she knelt on the ground to pick up the pieces of her friend.