On his way, he saw a little fox hiding in fear in the bushes. Compared to him the fox was less than a ant. It should be around one or two weeks old.
Should he just kill it and then eat the fox as snack?
He raised his claw to cut through it, but shortly before piercing it he changed his mind. This little fox cub won't give him any energy and it would just be a useless kill.
Killing without the need isn't necessary. Ryu didn't like killing others, but it was also vital for live.
He returned his claw on the ground and continued his way back to his new companion.
Back by the meeting point, Ryu already saw Zhu smiling toward him. To his surprise she had nothing to eat besides her. Maybe she hasn't gotten something, but with her strength it should be easy to hunt prey in a forest full of beasts.
"Where is your prey. Didn't you find something?", Ryu asked her in a surprised tone.
"No, I just ate it right after hunting it. Did you find enough to eat? I can go again hunting for you if you want."she asked, but Ryu denied her offer. His stomach was filled enough for the day.
Zhu made a campfire and sat down near it.
Ryu joined her and sat down quietly.
It was a long time silent till Ryu made his move."where do you actually cone from?"
"My home is a bit far away, but I should be back soon. It is a little town hidden inside a forest, so unwanted visitors can't find it. Where do you come from?", Zhu replied.
"I can't really tell you where I was born, because I don't know the name and the exact place.", Ryu honestly answered.
At the warm campfire sitting, they talked about the forest and the beasts inside it. Ryu also mentioned that he fought today an huge ice snake and Zhu also told him what she hunted today.
It was a boar with three horns on his head, but she did not tell him how she killed it.
When the sky was completely dark, Zhu went to sleep and Ryu did the same on the other side of the campfire.
Ryu hoped to dream again about the mysterious fox. He couldn't get this fox out of his mind. Allthrough it was just a dream it felt real.
This time he was again in his old world. It was Ryu's old room, where he lived. He went out and stood in the floor of their small house.
Ryu called his brother and father, but nobody answered his calls. Maybe they were somewhere else and haven't told him it.
The living room and entire house were empty, as if their family never lived here. The rooms were empty, no clothes in the closet and dust was all over the furniture.
From the dust he could tell that nobody was here fir more than a month. Full of concern and curiosity Ryu ran out of the house on the street.
All was like in his memory, but it was somehow dilent and abandoned.
Ryu's heart beat like creazy. All here was so familiar but strange. He ran forward and heard a loud honk from a truck. Ryu turned around his head and a huge truck hit him. He flew a few meters through the air and and rolled over the street.
Most of his bones were shattered his arms and knees were totally twistet unable to move.
All Ryu could fell was the unbearable pain. He gasped for air and found himself back by the campfire and Zhu.
Ryu wasn't hurt at all, but he still felt the pain in his head. After a few minutes he calmed down his breath and the pain slowly disappeared out of his mind.
It was still night and the moon was shining upon them. Ryu couldn't sleep after this nightmare, he feared to get into such a dream again.
Ryu looked towards Zhu. She was lying on the other side of the campfire. Her slender figure looked so fragile. She was covered in the white robe and her head was covered with a white hood. Ryu wanted to see her full face under the hood. She never lifted it all the time and Ryu could just see a tiny part of her beautiful face, because the hood covered the rest.
Maybe this was the chance to see her full face, wasn't he taking advantage of her?
Although she just met him two days ago, Zhu did trust him, that he wouldn't attack her at sleep.
What should happen if he takes a short look at her full face and then returns to his place on the campfire.
With tiny steps Ryu walked forward. He tried to not make any sound which was very difficult for him in his huge size with his sharp claws.
Ryu took just one foot in the air at the time by walking. This method was very slow but Ryu didn't know any other way to move this silent.
When he reached Zhu, he stretched out his claw very cautious and tried to lift her hood. This was actually very difficult because Ryu did not want to slice through the hood or wake her up.
It took a bit of time, but Ryu managed to lift the hood completely, but when he looked on Zhu he was breathless.
She was so beautiful and emitted a sweet smell in the air. The strange thing was that she had two soft animal ears on her head instead of human kind ears.
The ears reminded him of cat ears but they were more pointy.
What is Zhu? Her appearance is human kind and she also walkes on two legs, but dies humans have beast ears?
Right when Ryu gently touched her ears, Zhu turned herself to the left side. Out of fear to wake her up, he hastily took his claw back.
After getting do much information Ryu slowly walked back carefully and layed back down to continue his sleep.
What Ryu didn't know that Zhu was awake all the time and just pretended to sleep by slowing down her breath and other senses. But she couldn't control herself, when Ryu touched her sensitive ears and rolled to the left.