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Chapter 7 - Run or suffer

[Jains go in a cycle of birth, death and rebirth with no end. Jainism believe in reincarnation and go through that cycle until they get rid of their karma. The old karma is added on the new one that they get. Once they completed their goal, they can reach Nirvana (heaven).]

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"Ohhhh!" Jun had his mouth wide open as if he found out something. "A dog snake! Who did the experiment? Is that why you have purple eyes? Your tongue isn't the one of a snake. Plus where are your scales? There is that… thing that has it. He looks more like a human snake and I would believe him if he said he was but you… No way" He had a weird but funny laugh.

"Like I said, there is that kid that my master has... His eyes look a lot more like a snake. He's feet are just a tail and he has a lot of scales all over his body. Even if he's weird for not crying, I have to say he's kinda cute. Even if his giggles looks like he's mocking me. I'm sure that he would break if only a light tap..." No longer paralyzed, Yui sat down.

"My master said that she'll stop helping me and only look at the kid. My master is so legendary… but she never took so much care of me as she is doing with that snake. He truly is a snake. Stealing my only master." He stopped talking for a second and daydreamed about being stronger than his master and helping her to become stronger instead. "Right! She's also an elf. Her name is Arry. You really shouldn't forget that." Jun chuckled.

'Why does he talk so much... Shouldn't have talked in the first place. He was taking a little less before. Oh god, someone save me. My ears hurt.' This time Jun didn't hear what Yui said cause he was so obsessed with talking about his master. Yui quickly lost interest and stopped listening. She was covering her ears with her paws to stop the noise from coming in without success.

Jun didn't even see that she walked away and began playing with a small rabbit. It looked so much smaller than the big and fat one she was hunting before. She played with him until it died.

Looking at the dead body she had an idea on how to make Jun shut up. With some luck, it may land in his mouth. Yui grabbed the rabbit with her mouth and tried to aim at Jun. If she would be in her snake form it would be so easy to throw it with her tail.

Luck was still on her side. Perhaps, bad luck. When she threw the rabbit it landed straight in his face. More like on his forehead.

The rabbit slowly slipped on his face until it landed on the ground. Yui's eyes were following the rabbits movement. It looked neat. When Jun felt the impact he stopped talking and he closed his mouth. At that moment Yui was feeling happy and waving her tail. Her ears could finally have some peace.

Sadly for her, now it would be her eyes that would bleed. Jun's face, covered in blood was a monstrous sight. He looked like the devil himself. For some minutes, he just glared at Yui with his sharp eyes. Those minutes were so tense that she was reprimanding herself for doing that. If eyes could kill, she would be dead.

In the end, Jun shrugged as if didn't mind it anymore. Usually, when killing a big beast, he's covered in blood. So, that was nothing for him. He took his shirt and awkwardly wiped the blood off his face. He stained some parts of his hair but did nothing to it. What he forgot is that his shirt was dirty. He wore it for all those weeks. Poor Yui saw something even more frightening when the muddy and bloody Jun smiled. How could she not smell anything bad? Did she slowly get used to the bad smell or it's so strong that it broke her sense of smell. Now she thinks that the food she eats smells like nothing.

Yui wanted to run away again but because of the magic, she just looked away. Jun looked at her amused. For a beast she looked really clean. He wondered how she did that when he could clean himself with his little magic power. These kinds of beasts shouldn't be able to use magic. Cleaner than him. Her reaction was telling him that she didn't like to be dirty or something like that. He didn't even think that the second reason was because of his now scary face.

He slowly approached her and buried his face in her fur. "You're so fluffy... I'm sure you won't mind getting a little dirty." She slightly jumped.

"Grr!" "Fine, fine." He stopped rubbing his face on her but it was already too late for Yui. She didn't like that some stranger touched her, yet alone made her dirty. Jun had a victorious smile. "Cause you're such a nice doggy, I'll prepare this delicious rabbit for you."

She so wanted to kill him. If she ever has the chance, she would torture him before killing him. Not like she didn't do that before. Each time he would sleep she would put her paw on her nose, making him unable to breath and wake him up. Every night and every time she would wake up before him. With food she'll stop thinking of killing him and enjoy the peaceful moment.

"Oi! doggy!" He called for her. She wouldn't have looked at him if he didn't say that annoying word. If only her glare could kill him he would be dead a long time ago. 'What about the peaceful meal time?'

"Do you want to eat, take a bath or go directly look at your status?" He was good at giving nicknames that others didn't like. For being a muscle brain, he was good at annoying people. He hoped she wouldn't want to eat the rabbit, he felt like he would soon be hungry but if she was to say eat first he would probably just take a bite and give the rest to her. He'll keep his word.

'Whatever.' Of course she would have preferred to take a bath then eat but she saw how he eyed her little rabbit. She didn't care about what that status thing is. She swallowed the rabbit in a second leaving Jun with his mouth opened.

As if he knew she would say that he added. "If you're too slow to run as quick as me you'll suffocate at... 50 matters away from me" With that said he started running in some direction.

Seeing that she wasn't going to be carried, she had a mixed feeling. She was glad that she could have some kind of freedom but was too lazy to run. She got used to looking at her surroundings and taking a nap. Even though his shoulders were like rocks.

With fear of what would happen to her, she didn't wait another minute and ran after him. In no time, she ran beside him.

Seeing this new challenge, Jun used all his speed to run up to a town. With his monthly luck used, he was able to be close enough to the town he searched. In truth, he accidentally saw it while running and changed direction towards it. Letting the accumulated energy out wasn't so bad for Yui after all. At the same time, she wouldn't have to face the consequences of being too far away from the elf.

This time she didn't try to run beside him for fear that he would go even faster. After all, Yui was almost at her speed limit. Sad for winning that easily, Jun slowed down the race.

Yui couldn't know how much time she ran but she was sure that it has been a long time since she ran this much. She was breathing heavily and even stopped running. Of course she begged Jun to not let her suffocate.

"Right, right. I shall help this lazy dog-snake." With a sight he put her on his shoulder. "If you continue like this you'll be a pig-dog-snake." He then had an idea which is rare and said with a smile. "If you become a pig, I'll eat you, doggy~"

Yui didn't know what to say and just loudly gulped. She won't be lazy after what he said... or at least she'll try not to.