Transience
Part I ~ The Plunge
"You seem to be very talented, boy," Sakura murmurs as she claws the boy's face, not batting an eyelid as the onmyouji struggles to free himself from her iron-clad grip.
He flails and kicks her - luckily for him in her shin - and she drops him onto the stony floor of Sutoku's hideout.
He groans.
"Play him as you will, Sakura. Just leave him alive. His talent will prove useful to me."
Emperor Sutoku's voice resonated clearly across the chasm, echoing softly as he ended his sentence.
Sakura, having recovered from the small jolt of pain, turned back to Hajime, eying his unconscious companions, namely Tatsuta-hime, Saho-hime, and the three Guardians of the Kyoto Shrines. She knew he had more daemons tamed, and stronger ones. Such as Shuten-Doji, and the divine blade Dojigiri, which he had used to slay her enraged form.
With a wave of her arm, she let him drift into the same state of vulnerability as his daemons.
And with that, she sinks into her memories.
A/N: I'm thinking of doing short and fast updates, due to my crazy schedule. Thoughts?
And be warned - this will be a bumpy ride.