had been out of the dojo for a few weeks before I had met Fei Rin. It was strange to be pulled through the streets with a blindfold on your head. I heard some girls talking on the street. The next thing I knew was I had pulled the blindfold off and let go of Fei Rin’s hand. The girls looked at me in confusion but I am sure of what I heard. They had been talking about Fei Rin, but calling her Fei. I remember she told me all of her friends called her Fei, but they were not good friends they were making fun of her! That’s when I realized Fei Rin was more like me than I knew. Every time we walk by someone they would call her Fei Rin and not Fei.


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I’m a drifter. Or so ive been told. I am nothing, just something that wastes space. Would anyone care if I were to die? Vanish? If someone snapped their fingers and I disappeared? I’m sure Fei Rin wont mind. But I’ve got to stop thinking about her, she hates me now. But back to the story of that ‘special’ place of hers. If there is such a feeling in this wretched place…
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We came to a halt after I heard the girls talking. Scratch that, I came to a halt. I started screaming, “HEY! YOU DON’T KNOW HER! STOP DECEIVING PEOPLE!” Even though I was still blindfolded I could feel peoples eyes with a heavy stare at me.
I heard heavy breathing and felt Fei Rin start to pull at my hand she didnt stop for a long time and eventually said,"You can take it off now. We're here." She had brought me to a dried up river. I felt bad saying something bad about it because she said it was "special".
"This used to be the best part of town, it was famous for its hot springs.....I just wish i couldve seen it before it dried up..." she gazed out to the dirt where the river had been.
"Close your eyes....." I concentrated hard and placed my hands together. The reason everyone had disowned me was because i had the ability to control water. I felt it flow from my hands, and within seconds the river was full again."ok you can open them now...."
She looked in amazement at the now full river,"idk how u did it but thank you!" She hugged me. She showed me that i could trust and love again.
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The past few days were great. Fei and i took walks down to the river because no one went there so it was like a secret spot. I had saved up some money so i could"buy" fei for the night. Not to "use" her but so noone else would. I wasnt going to let anyone hamr the thing that meant the most to me. As i walked into the house there was a guy screaming at the owner.
"SO WHAT IF A GUY RESERVED HER! I WAS HERE FIRST! LEMME GET HER!" and so forth...on and on...
"Fei is not a thing, dont treat her like an object that you can buy"
The man glared as he saw me walk out with Fei realizing that I had ""bought" her in advance.We walked out to the river as quickyl as we could not wanting to be seen. She looked even more beautiful in the moonlight, but it was hard to see her face with all the geisha make-up on. i was thankfull when she wiped it off with her kimono sleeve.
"soo....should we st--Fei?...whats wrong?" i looked at her and she a horrified look on her face. I turned around and saw the guy who i yelled at in the geisha house. There were tow other guys with him as well, he had a gun and the other two had swords.
"Leave Fei Rin out of this, she did nothing!" i glared at them and reached for my sword.
"Ok!" he nodded at the two men.They walked to Fei Rin and tied her up.
"STOP!" i screamed but the guy had already tied my hands up. All i could do was watch in horror as the two guys held Fei Rin screaming and i could do nothing but watch. I heard a bang and watched Fei Rin fall to the ground as the men dropped her. We were only standing a couple feet away so when the man shot her she flew over on the ground jerking. I ran over to her because the man was laughing so hard he had let me go. I ran and grabbed her head and held her until she stopped twitching.
"I...dont go!....please....." i felt tears streaming down my cheeks.
"Naphtali...thank you....i love....you....." she said this as she satrted coughing up blood. Then she started to sing "Just let a smile be your umbrella on a sad and rainy day" those were the last words i heard her say.
"Damn you bastards!" I charged at them with my sword and killed them all and ran back to Fei Rin crying. I couldnt bear to see her beautiful face all pale and white with cold lips and half opened eyes. I ran off into the forest like the coward that i was- the thing my mother believed i was and everyone else did too.

Those words haunted me until my death...Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Sad And Rainy Day............