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Okay, I reread my chapters, and found out they really suck. So I'm going to rewrite all of them! So enjoy the new and improved chapter!
Chapter 1: Cherry Blossoms and Birthmarks
A 9 year-old girl sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the glimmering lake below her. She sighed as she inhaled the crisp, morning breeze and closed her eyes to try and savor the moment of total serenity. Something fluttered by her cheek.
'I guess it's that time of the year again.' The girl thought as she watched the cherry blossoms fly off from the trees around her. She heard a door creak from behind her, and turned around to find her mother slip out of the house and start her morning chores. The girl stared at her mother's face, as she turned around to get some water from the edge of the creek.
'She always looks so sad when the cherry blossoms start to fall.' The girl saw that her mother hadn't even noticed her yet, to deep in her own thoughts. The girl got up and walked down the hill to meet her mother.
"Good morning, Mom"
" Oh. Good morning, Sonnet. What are you doing up so early?" Sonnet noted that she hadn't even noticed her walking up on her, something completely unlike her during any other time.
"Just wanting to get some fresh air. You know, before anybody else wakes up."
"That's nice." She said absent mindedly, turning around as she continued walking toward the lake.
Sonnet just stared. 'Yep, the same thing every year.'
She had started to notice her mom becoming very distance and silent during the same time every year, when the cherry blossoms began to fall. At first she thought it was something she had done, that she did something to make her mad. But soon she learned it was something far from anything SHE could have done.
No, it wasn't her at all.
Sonnet walked toward the village, toward the blacksmith shop that her and her mom owned. Her mom had once been, still is, a great demon exterminator who knew how to do anything. Now, after a bit of traveling, they had settled down and opened their own school, teaching the villagers how to fight and make weapons. Sonnet herself was probably the second best fighter, next to her mother, mainly because her mother had been really forceful in making her learn everything about fighting demons. But that was ok. She liked being able to protect herself.
By now the village had began to wake up, and people were already trotting millering around. She walked up her blacksmith, only to find someone already waiting outside.
"Lyn! Hi! What are you doing out here so early?"
The little girl let out a giggle. " I just couldn't wait to get my chains! This is so exciting! Are they ready yet!? Are they!? Are they!? Are they!?" The girl was jumping all over the place.
Sonnet smiled. This girl reminded Sonnet of when she was a little girl, getting her first weapon. She had begged mom for weeks that she was ready to get her daggers, the weapon she had chosen. Her mom hadn't wanted to give them to her. She didn't seem to think she was ready for them, but she finally persuaded her. She had stayed up all night making sure her mother was doing it exactly right. She acted exactly like Lyn was.
"Let's go and see." Sonnet opened the door and let her in. Lyn squealed and rushed in after her.
Sonnet walked to the very back of the room while Lyn hopped on the stool in the middle of the room.
"Hmm." Sonnet walked out of the room holding some long, heavy looking chains. "Everything seems in order. The hide is in place, and it seems to have cooled enough. Yep, I think they're ready to be taken home."
"YESSS!!! I'm going to try them out right now!!" Lyn grabbed the chains and ran out as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Be careful!" Sonnet shouted as the door closed behind Lyn. 'Oh great. I'm acting like Mom now.' She silently thought, as she picked up her daggers, and walked out to the training grounds behind the blacksmith shop.
She set up the training dummy, and walked about a hundred yards away. She held one of her daggers over her head, and threw it. It nailed the dummy strait in the heart.
'Not bad' thought Sonnet. She climbed up the tree next to her, until she got a pretty good length off the ground. Screaming her battle cry, she jumped off and did a forward flip, and threw her other dagger.
The dagger flew, and grazed the dummy's far left shoulder.
'Damn' muttered Sonnet, dusting herself off. 'I can never get that one.'
"Nice try." A voice from behind her said. Sonnet turned around to find a rather pretty looking young woman. "Your seem to be concentrating less then usual, I see." She said, looking over Sonnet.
"Oh, hi Yuri" Sonnet said, walking over to retrieve her dagger. " I just can never hit the target when I'm like that." Yuri was very beautiful. With her long, dark hair, and large, piecing eyes that looked almost black, she was easily considered one of the prettier ladys in the village. Next to her mother, of course. She would have had suitors up to her neck, if she weren't Lyn's mother. She was a widow, and that was mainly the only reason why she was still alone. No man wanted to take a woman with a child already, not when they could have one new and untouched. Sonnet had thought numerous times that her mother's situation was quite a lot like Yuri's.
"You're getting better. Just try concentrating more." She said, walking over to get some poles.
"A lot easier said than done." Sonnet muttered, sounding angrier than she meant to be.
Yuri was silent. Her large eyes darted from Sonnet, to the trees she had just jumped from, and back to Sonnet.
"The cherry blossoms are falling again." Yuri said, her eyes resting in Sonnet's face.
"I noticed." Sonnet stared at the ground
"You know, you could just ask her about it." Yuri walked over to Sonnet.
Sonnet looked up, angry. "Is it like the law for you to know everything about me?"
Yuri laughed, softly. " No, but people's emotions are right on their face. You just have to look for them. In your case, you're an easy read."
"I thought so." Sonnet picked up the other pole, and stood in battle stance. Yuri did the same.
"Did you see Lyn out there?" Sonnet asked, hoping to avoid the last topic.
Yuri took a strike with her pole, clumsily. "Yeah. She looks very happy. Thank you for making those chains for her."
Sonnet easily blocked the attack, and went in for an easy attack to her stomach. "No sweat." She light poked her stick into Yuri's stomach.
Yuri continued battling. "I passed your mother on the way over here. She didn't even notice me." Yuri tried to attack to the shoulder.
Sonnet gritted her teeth as she blocked the attack. " Yeah, well, she's had a lot on her mind lately."
"I bet." Yuri said, trying again for the shoulder. "If you just talk to her, ow!" she cried as Sonnet hit her quite hard in the ribs, " If you just talk to her, I'm sure she'll tell you what's been troubling her."
"Why should I bother? I already know what it is." Sonnet aimed her attack to Yuri's leg.
"Oh?" Yuri stood up." What is it, then?"
Sonnet sighed, and sank to the grass. " This is the time when 'that man' left her"
Yuri raised an eyebrow. For as long as she had known Sonnet, she had never referred to her dad as 'father' or vise versa. Whenever the subject came up, it was always 'that man' this, or 'that man' that. And always in a disgusted tone.
"So, you think it has something to do with your father?"
"Of course it has something to do with him." Sonnet glared at Yuri when she said 'him'. She sighed again, and fingered with a blade of grass. "He left her during this time."
"How do you know he didn't die during this time? I thought your mother never told you anything about you father."
"She didn't tell me anything. I just know he's not dead." 'Unfortunately' she silently added.
Yuri studied Sonnet's face. 'Like mother, like daughter.' She thought.
For as long as she could remember, Sonnet had always had some sort of hatred toward her father, even though she had never even met him. This town had lost a lot of men from youaki attacks, and while other girls thought of their fathers as white princes on shining horses, Sonnet was just the opposite. To her, her father was the devil himself, the man who left her mother pregnant, knowing exactly how it would ruin her life. Their life.
"Oh well." Sonnet said, getting up. "Mom's having training in the woods today. I better get going."
"Okay, I'll stay here and put together some new blades. Try to watch over Lyn for me." Yuri gathered the poles and waved as she headed to the blacksmith.
After Lyn's father died against a youaki attack, Sonnet and her mom had offered her their help. Surprisingly, she had taken it, unlike so many others who thought starving would be better than taking help from a women who fought demons. Sonnet's mother had taught Yuri how to make weapons, and gave her a few lessons in self-defense. She also trained Lyn in demon extermination. Yuri and Lyn would have staved if it hadn't been for her, so they had stayed close friends after that. To Sonnet, Yuri was like an older sister.
Sonnet walked on, and found Lyn on the ground, exhausted from training to fast with her new weapon.
"Come on Lyn. Let's go we you get to burned out. I was going to grab a quick breakfast, and then head over to train. Care to join me?" Sonnet asked, lending her hand.
"Okay!" The girl said cheerfully. Sonnet pulled her up, and started to let go when the young girl stopped her.
"Sonnet, what's this?" Lyn was pointing at the palm of her right hand.
"Oh, this" Sonnet stared at the small, white circle that was right in the middle of her palm. The circle was much whiter than the rest of her skin, and Sonnet found it rather annoying. She remembered a long time ago asking her mother about it.
~~~~~ FLASHBACK~~~~~~~
Mommy, mommy! What's this white thing in the middle of my hand?" A young Sonnet asked, running to her mother.
"Well, let's just take a look at it." The young lady took Sonnet on her lap. Her faced paled, and she frowned.
"Mommy?" Sonnet began to wonder if she made her mom sad again.
The lady took Sonnet in a fierce hug. "Be very glad it's just a white circle. I couldn't stand to lose you that way."
Sonnet just stood there, confused as her mother hugged her for a really long time. "Uh, what way?" She dared to ask.
Her mother just looked into her eyes, as if seeing a whole nother person inside.
"Nothing, dear. It's nothing."
Sonnet decided not to mention the white circle again.
~~~~~END FALSHBACK~~~~~
Sonnet knew she had inherited this ugly thing from 'that man'. But she didn't need this sweet, naïve little girl worried with things she didn't need to know.
"It's just a little birthmark." She finally replied.
"Oh." Lyn looked thoughtful. " It looks neat. I wish I had one." She smiled brightly.
Sonnet returned the smile, only sadder.
"No you don't, Lyn. No you don't."
End of first Chapter
In case you were wondering, Sango is Sonnet's mother, and Miroku is the father. Thus explains the birthmark.
Next chapter includes:
Sango name is mentioned Miroku makes his apperance.
Thanks for reading, and don't forget to review!
~Zephor~
Okay, I reread my chapters, and found out they really suck. So I'm going to rewrite all of them! So enjoy the new and improved chapter!
Chapter 1: Cherry Blossoms and Birthmarks
A 9 year-old girl sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the glimmering lake below her. She sighed as she inhaled the crisp, morning breeze and closed her eyes to try and savor the moment of total serenity. Something fluttered by her cheek.
'I guess it's that time of the year again.' The girl thought as she watched the cherry blossoms fly off from the trees around her. She heard a door creak from behind her, and turned around to find her mother slip out of the house and start her morning chores. The girl stared at her mother's face, as she turned around to get some water from the edge of the creek.
'She always looks so sad when the cherry blossoms start to fall.' The girl saw that her mother hadn't even noticed her yet, to deep in her own thoughts. The girl got up and walked down the hill to meet her mother.
"Good morning, Mom"
" Oh. Good morning, Sonnet. What are you doing up so early?" Sonnet noted that she hadn't even noticed her walking up on her, something completely unlike her during any other time.
"Just wanting to get some fresh air. You know, before anybody else wakes up."
"That's nice." She said absent mindedly, turning around as she continued walking toward the lake.
Sonnet just stared. 'Yep, the same thing every year.'
She had started to notice her mom becoming very distance and silent during the same time every year, when the cherry blossoms began to fall. At first she thought it was something she had done, that she did something to make her mad. But soon she learned it was something far from anything SHE could have done.
No, it wasn't her at all.
Sonnet walked toward the village, toward the blacksmith shop that her and her mom owned. Her mom had once been, still is, a great demon exterminator who knew how to do anything. Now, after a bit of traveling, they had settled down and opened their own school, teaching the villagers how to fight and make weapons. Sonnet herself was probably the second best fighter, next to her mother, mainly because her mother had been really forceful in making her learn everything about fighting demons. But that was ok. She liked being able to protect herself.
By now the village had began to wake up, and people were already trotting millering around. She walked up her blacksmith, only to find someone already waiting outside.
"Lyn! Hi! What are you doing out here so early?"
The little girl let out a giggle. " I just couldn't wait to get my chains! This is so exciting! Are they ready yet!? Are they!? Are they!? Are they!?" The girl was jumping all over the place.
Sonnet smiled. This girl reminded Sonnet of when she was a little girl, getting her first weapon. She had begged mom for weeks that she was ready to get her daggers, the weapon she had chosen. Her mom hadn't wanted to give them to her. She didn't seem to think she was ready for them, but she finally persuaded her. She had stayed up all night making sure her mother was doing it exactly right. She acted exactly like Lyn was.
"Let's go and see." Sonnet opened the door and let her in. Lyn squealed and rushed in after her.
Sonnet walked to the very back of the room while Lyn hopped on the stool in the middle of the room.
"Hmm." Sonnet walked out of the room holding some long, heavy looking chains. "Everything seems in order. The hide is in place, and it seems to have cooled enough. Yep, I think they're ready to be taken home."
"YESSS!!! I'm going to try them out right now!!" Lyn grabbed the chains and ran out as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Be careful!" Sonnet shouted as the door closed behind Lyn. 'Oh great. I'm acting like Mom now.' She silently thought, as she picked up her daggers, and walked out to the training grounds behind the blacksmith shop.
She set up the training dummy, and walked about a hundred yards away. She held one of her daggers over her head, and threw it. It nailed the dummy strait in the heart.
'Not bad' thought Sonnet. She climbed up the tree next to her, until she got a pretty good length off the ground. Screaming her battle cry, she jumped off and did a forward flip, and threw her other dagger.
The dagger flew, and grazed the dummy's far left shoulder.
'Damn' muttered Sonnet, dusting herself off. 'I can never get that one.'
"Nice try." A voice from behind her said. Sonnet turned around to find a rather pretty looking young woman. "Your seem to be concentrating less then usual, I see." She said, looking over Sonnet.
"Oh, hi Yuri" Sonnet said, walking over to retrieve her dagger. " I just can never hit the target when I'm like that." Yuri was very beautiful. With her long, dark hair, and large, piecing eyes that looked almost black, she was easily considered one of the prettier ladys in the village. Next to her mother, of course. She would have had suitors up to her neck, if she weren't Lyn's mother. She was a widow, and that was mainly the only reason why she was still alone. No man wanted to take a woman with a child already, not when they could have one new and untouched. Sonnet had thought numerous times that her mother's situation was quite a lot like Yuri's.
"You're getting better. Just try concentrating more." She said, walking over to get some poles.
"A lot easier said than done." Sonnet muttered, sounding angrier than she meant to be.
Yuri was silent. Her large eyes darted from Sonnet, to the trees she had just jumped from, and back to Sonnet.
"The cherry blossoms are falling again." Yuri said, her eyes resting in Sonnet's face.
"I noticed." Sonnet stared at the ground
"You know, you could just ask her about it." Yuri walked over to Sonnet.
Sonnet looked up, angry. "Is it like the law for you to know everything about me?"
Yuri laughed, softly. " No, but people's emotions are right on their face. You just have to look for them. In your case, you're an easy read."
"I thought so." Sonnet picked up the other pole, and stood in battle stance. Yuri did the same.
"Did you see Lyn out there?" Sonnet asked, hoping to avoid the last topic.
Yuri took a strike with her pole, clumsily. "Yeah. She looks very happy. Thank you for making those chains for her."
Sonnet easily blocked the attack, and went in for an easy attack to her stomach. "No sweat." She light poked her stick into Yuri's stomach.
Yuri continued battling. "I passed your mother on the way over here. She didn't even notice me." Yuri tried to attack to the shoulder.
Sonnet gritted her teeth as she blocked the attack. " Yeah, well, she's had a lot on her mind lately."
"I bet." Yuri said, trying again for the shoulder. "If you just talk to her, ow!" she cried as Sonnet hit her quite hard in the ribs, " If you just talk to her, I'm sure she'll tell you what's been troubling her."
"Why should I bother? I already know what it is." Sonnet aimed her attack to Yuri's leg.
"Oh?" Yuri stood up." What is it, then?"
Sonnet sighed, and sank to the grass. " This is the time when 'that man' left her"
Yuri raised an eyebrow. For as long as she had known Sonnet, she had never referred to her dad as 'father' or vise versa. Whenever the subject came up, it was always 'that man' this, or 'that man' that. And always in a disgusted tone.
"So, you think it has something to do with your father?"
"Of course it has something to do with him." Sonnet glared at Yuri when she said 'him'. She sighed again, and fingered with a blade of grass. "He left her during this time."
"How do you know he didn't die during this time? I thought your mother never told you anything about you father."
"She didn't tell me anything. I just know he's not dead." 'Unfortunately' she silently added.
Yuri studied Sonnet's face. 'Like mother, like daughter.' She thought.
For as long as she could remember, Sonnet had always had some sort of hatred toward her father, even though she had never even met him. This town had lost a lot of men from youaki attacks, and while other girls thought of their fathers as white princes on shining horses, Sonnet was just the opposite. To her, her father was the devil himself, the man who left her mother pregnant, knowing exactly how it would ruin her life. Their life.
"Oh well." Sonnet said, getting up. "Mom's having training in the woods today. I better get going."
"Okay, I'll stay here and put together some new blades. Try to watch over Lyn for me." Yuri gathered the poles and waved as she headed to the blacksmith.
After Lyn's father died against a youaki attack, Sonnet and her mom had offered her their help. Surprisingly, she had taken it, unlike so many others who thought starving would be better than taking help from a women who fought demons. Sonnet's mother had taught Yuri how to make weapons, and gave her a few lessons in self-defense. She also trained Lyn in demon extermination. Yuri and Lyn would have staved if it hadn't been for her, so they had stayed close friends after that. To Sonnet, Yuri was like an older sister.
Sonnet walked on, and found Lyn on the ground, exhausted from training to fast with her new weapon.
"Come on Lyn. Let's go we you get to burned out. I was going to grab a quick breakfast, and then head over to train. Care to join me?" Sonnet asked, lending her hand.
"Okay!" The girl said cheerfully. Sonnet pulled her up, and started to let go when the young girl stopped her.
"Sonnet, what's this?" Lyn was pointing at the palm of her right hand.
"Oh, this" Sonnet stared at the small, white circle that was right in the middle of her palm. The circle was much whiter than the rest of her skin, and Sonnet found it rather annoying. She remembered a long time ago asking her mother about it.
~~~~~ FLASHBACK~~~~~~~
Mommy, mommy! What's this white thing in the middle of my hand?" A young Sonnet asked, running to her mother.
"Well, let's just take a look at it." The young lady took Sonnet on her lap. Her faced paled, and she frowned.
"Mommy?" Sonnet began to wonder if she made her mom sad again.
The lady took Sonnet in a fierce hug. "Be very glad it's just a white circle. I couldn't stand to lose you that way."
Sonnet just stood there, confused as her mother hugged her for a really long time. "Uh, what way?" She dared to ask.
Her mother just looked into her eyes, as if seeing a whole nother person inside.
"Nothing, dear. It's nothing."
Sonnet decided not to mention the white circle again.
~~~~~END FALSHBACK~~~~~
Sonnet knew she had inherited this ugly thing from 'that man'. But she didn't need this sweet, naïve little girl worried with things she didn't need to know.
"It's just a little birthmark." She finally replied.
"Oh." Lyn looked thoughtful. " It looks neat. I wish I had one." She smiled brightly.
Sonnet returned the smile, only sadder.
"No you don't, Lyn. No you don't."
End of first Chapter
In case you were wondering, Sango is Sonnet's mother, and Miroku is the father. Thus explains the birthmark.
Next chapter includes:
Sango name is mentioned Miroku makes his apperance.
Thanks for reading, and don't forget to review!
~Zephor~