The girl huffed and puffed. She felt inclined to keep running, but she was too tired to move, and soon, she realized, whatever was after her had gone quiet now. Chiru turned around and looked for the door of which she came through, of which had now dissapeared. She did not bother to wonder why it was gone, but it simply caused her to grin.
"Take that!" she exclaimed to the nothingness, her feeling quite accomplished of herself. She giggled and fell over onto the grass, partially from exhaustion, but partially out of glee. The young-appeared girl grinned and giggled as if what had just been happening to her, never happened. She had little memory of how scared she felt, or why she was exhausted, only that she was being chased by something and had now bested it by bravely chickening off. Surely, Chiru was the strongest.
After rolling around on the ground, wallowing in her victory, she noticed something. She didn't care to wonder where she was, this darker place, but a certain grand centerpiece made her curious. A tree, a glowing tree, one she felt rather attracted to. She stood up and was slowly pulled toward it, her bare feet moving without her realizing it, her eyes accepting the spectacle to their full capacity. It felt very, earthly, homely, dare she thought, friendly. Without her realizing it, she was no more than a few feet from it, it's glow the only thing she could see, with the exception of one thing.
A human, or so Chiru assumed at first, a human boy, was simply standing in front of it. He seemed to be at peace and within his own world. Of course, Chiru had to speak with him. Approaching him, her toes supporting her entire body on the stone ground, her smile grew brighter and brighter, untill she was right up to him. She reached up and tugged on his jacket. "Hel-lo~," she chimed, "What's your name~?