I've woken up to find that I'm much bigger than I was yesterday.

As my thoughts start to wander off a bit, I suddenly feel a piercing pain in my stomach.

{Kira}: ! ...graaaakk!!?

Ignoring the sound I just made, I start shrink into a small white furball as I hold onto my stomach. After a while of tear inducing pain, I start to hear movement, I look around to see that some if the others are waking up. But soon after, I see that they also start to whimper and growl then keel over in pain.

I look to my siblings and see something different about a few of them from a moment ago, some of them stand up as if nothing's wrong. But I soon start to feel something that I'm all too familiar with, fear.

They stand there, silent, but after a while I hear growling. I stare at them, almost completely forgetting about the pain in my stomach, as I see the others start to run away, I try to join them but something grabs my arm. I turn to see a brown coloured rabbit, drooling like mad and eyes full of bloodlust.

<.........oh god. ..........I'm going to be killed!>

I try to shake it off, but it's claws start to dig into my arm as it growls even louder, ...but I swear that I can see it smiling despite lacking lips.

<..............I don't want to die.>

As I come to this realisation, I feel as if my life is about to end even though it just started.

I try to shake it off still, then I see its eyes, I feel the same way I do now than I did when I was being tortured and abused.

<.......My life going to end before it even started...>

I start to think the end has come, and on the second day of my new life, I close my eyes and ready myself for the pain.

<.........................what?>

I open my eyes to see the rabbit is distracted and looking somewhere else. I look in the same direction that it is, and what I see is the adults going on a rampage.

I see them fighting each other, as well as, .........killing and eating several kits that are trying to run away. (Note: kit or kitten mean baby rabbit...)

The kit that was holding my arm has long since released my arm and started to run. But while I have the chance to run, I can only stand there and remember what I had read about rabbits and this situation.

<*Cannibalism of the young may occur due to accident, inexperience (first time does), or in response to environmental pressures such as over-crowding. Cannibalism may occur by other female rabbits, reverting to their natural survival instincts to cannibalise kits that do not belong to them, to ensure survival of their own line.* 

I remember it word for word, because I cared for Oosa that much. Well, not that it matters much now. And besides, I don't know how this is going to help me right now!>

I click back from my thoughts, to find that in such short time, the kits are either hiding or have been mutilated by the adults or other kits who were suffering from hunger.

As I find that I've been left alone for now, I turn for my chance to get away, when then my arm is grabbed again. I panic as I turn to see another kit has grabbed me. But, this kit is different, it doesn't have the bloodlust that I saw from the other kit.

{???}: 'Come on! Let's get away!'

It kind of sounds a bit like a young boys voice.

{???}: 'Hurry up! You have to come with me!'

As I hear the voice again, the kit is tugging at my arm.

{???}: 'Do I have to tug at your arm until it falls off? Hurry up!'

<.................The voice is matching the kits actions, is it talking to me!?>

<......S-Should I try to talk back?>

As I'm thinking this, I feel the tugging turn to a full pull as I stumble and see that the kit is now dragging me away.

{??? > kit???}: 'You won't listen, so I'll take you to safety even if I have to drag you!'

{Kira}: 'W-Wait, what are you doing!?'

The kit drags me behind a tree, looks back, then looks directly in eyes.

{kit???}: '....Why wouldn't you come with me right away! Even though you saw what was happening!?'

{Kira}: 'What? I-I don't know?>

The kit sits down after checking a for danger again, then looks me in the eyes again.

{kit???}: 'It looks like we're safe. But what were you doing back there!? You just stood there! If I had come any later you might be dead right now!'

<...Why DID he help me? And why is he worried about me?>

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{Kira}: 'Why did you help me?'

{kit???}: '.........well, I don't know myself, but I felt like you were probably one of my siblings... and I didn't want to be alone... But enough of that, I heard you say earlier asking about how we were talking? Well, to answer, I don't know either as I was born a day before you, but, maybe it's how we communicate? ...*mumbles* this is all Gods fault, picking me at random just after I found peace...'

{Kira}: '................Wait, what?'

{kit???}: '! Oh, was I thinking that out loud?'

{Kira}: 'You mentioned God? You mean Big Brother?'

The kit just looks at me with what I would think is a look of shock.

{kit???}: '.......Are you saying you're one of the people picked at random to reincarnated!? I didn't think I'd actually meet one of them so soon!'

{Kira}: '...Yeah. Not to mention, we were born so close and we're the same species!'

{kit???}: '...It's kinda unbelievable. This changes everything. Okay, umm, so introduce ourselves?'

{Kira}: 'You first, and please don't leave anything out.'

The kit looks at me, then... sighs?

{kit??? > Kuro}: 'Well, my name is Kuro, I'm fifteen years old. And, my death, was, ...suicide by hanging, because I suffered constant bullying.'

{Kira}: 'My name is Kira. I am eight years old. Death was.......... I killed myself, too, but I did it after the murder of my family... I will tell you more about it when I know you better.'

As I sit there, calm, I can see Kuro stiffen and halt his breath, and go wide eyed. But hey, as far as our expressions can go with this face, I can clearly see the shock in his face.

{Kuro}: 'Y-Your eight?'

I nod.

{Kira}: 'But, you do not need to look at me like that, I went through something similar to bullying, except it was abuse from my mother and three sisters. And now I absolutely loath females, ...but mostly only if they are human females...'

{Kuro}: 'I don't know what to say.'

{Kira}: 'You do not need to say anything, in fact it would be preferred if we did not speak about this until a better time.'

{Kuro}: '......okay. But, just so you know, now that I know how old you really are, I've been having this feeling inside, it kinda feels like I want to... protect you?'

He puts his hand to his chest and closes his eyes. Suddenly I feel a sharp pain my stomach.

{Kira}: 'huu................Why would you want to protect me? I would probably just be a burden. I might speak formally since we have introduced ourselves, and I might have slightly more mature thoughts and personality most of the time, but all that might change in an instant sometimes, then I will be a normal bratty eight year old. So in times like those, you might think that it would have been better to just leave me behind right here.'

{Kuro}: '....I did realise that you spoke more formally, and that your character doesn't match your age. But that's exactly why I think I want to protect you, because even though you're mature, you're still only eight years old... Also, fate might have brought us together so soon despite being just born.

But might I also add that I'm still older than you in this world, even by just one day. So it's my... responsibility? ...We both know almost nothing about this world, so we should stick together.'

I go wide eyed as he says these things.

<.......................Argh! Don't cry, Kira! Hold 'em in! ....................!!!!!!!!!!!!>

{Kira}: Raawrhh!!!!

I collapse to the ground and cry out in pain.

{Kuro}: !! 'W-What's wrong!?'

{Kira}: '~I-It hurts!! My tummy hurts!!' ..........RAARAAAWWWHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Kuro gets up and kneels by my side.

{Kuro}: 'Don't worry, you're just hungry! Stay here! I'll go get something!'

Kuro starts to get up to leave when I grab his shoulder, then gives me a confused and panicked expression.

{Kira}: ....... '....Please don't leave me, I'm scared. Am I going to die?'

I can feel tears welling up in my eyes. When Kuro is looking at me now, he's seeing a baby 'rabbit' lying on the ground, dirt covering its white fur, and in pain.

{Kuro}: '...You don't have to worry, I'll be back in a few minutes, if not sooner even! So please just stay here and don't move.'

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