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Chapter 1.
Orange hues light up the horizon as the night sky begins to blanket above in the evening. Stars appear so bright and beautifully while Kaida sits serenely on a boulder at the edge of a cliff. The wind blows gently through the late summer air, pushing her long dark hair behind her. Kaida loves nights like this. It's the one time she is completely at peace of mind and truly feels free. Birds fly overhead across the darkening sky, cawing and taking turns in formation.
"Oh, what I would give to spread my wings and fly like a bird," Kaida sighs heavily.
Just then, she heard something flapping down from behind her. She turns around and sees that it is a large bird with glossy black feathers that shimmers rainbows.
"A raven?" she inquires.
The raven starts toward her, walking with purpose. He leans forward, flaring his feathers and clicking his beak.
"Huh?" Kaida watches as the raven continues doing this to her three more times. It's trying to communicate to her but she couldn't understand what he is trying to tell her.
Suddenly, the raven flies away, over the cliff into the direction of the village she had been staying at for the last few months. Thick black smoke rises from the houses and fields, along with the bright glow of a large fire. Her temporary home is being attacked.
Kaida jumps up off the large bolder and runs down the side of the mountain to get to the village as fast as she can. Although she doesn't have any friends there, the people were nice enough to let her stay there when she had nowhere else to go. She just couldn't let them to be attacked and not do anything about it.
When she gets to the base of the mountain, she can see men with swords and torches charging into the village. Families escaping from their homes in an attempt to get to safety are getting slaughtered. Men, women, and children, executed for no apparent reason.
Kaida stops and hides behind a tree, looking around for something to use for protection. A low, deep caw cuts through the screams and cries coming from the village, calling for her. It's that raven again. This time he is circling above something; below him, a bow and a quiver of arrows. She runs quickly to the weapon, gathering the scattered arrows from the ground, adding to what is already inside the quiver, and grabs the bow.
The raven soars passed Kaida, swiftly, casting over one of the bandits who is marching towards her with a malicious expression on his face. Kaida readies her bow and aims at his heart. Closing one eye, she releases the arrow. It shoots with enough force that the arrow whistles through the air and strikes the man in the chest, pushing him back.
More bandits begin to charge after her. She quickly draws more arrows and shoots them, hitting every target with great precision. Because there were so many men, she ends up running out of arrows.
"Damn it," Kaida growls under her breath. She scans the surrounding area quickly. Over to the west, deep in the forest, there is a river she could use to lure the bandits away and make her escape.
"You there, woman! I'll have your head!" One of the men yells out.
Kaida smirks, "You'll have to catch me first." She darts for the trees and the men begin chasing after her. There is at least thirty of them in pursuit of her, but she manages to lose the majority by mazing through the trees, most likely leaving the men to be devoured by the creatures of the forest. But when she tries to leap over a fallen tree, a large blue demon with no limbs pops up from the other side, colliding into Kaida and snatching away more bandits in its path, leaving only three left. The impact from Kaida and the demon had knocked her to the ground and right at her pursuers' feet.
"Hmph. You can't run now, wench," a man with a red bandana and short dark hair laughs.
"Yeah, now we'll pay you back for trying to escape from us." The second man from the group who has a yellow rag over his right eye grins with hunger as he picks Kaida up off the ground by a handful of long, raven black hair. She winces in pain but refuses to let her demeanor alter.
The man in green sticks his disgusting face into Kaida's as she is being held up by her hair and the man in the bandana grabs a hold of one of her arms with a tight grip to keep her in place. "Don't worry, princess. We'll torture you nice and slow." He takes his knife and pricks the point of the blade just under her collarbone, slitting her cream kimono and into the skin. Then he draws the cold, sharp steel out towards her shoulder, making the fabric slack and fall just over her right breast. The men laugh as she winces in pain, stifling a yelp. The man with the knife grins wildly, "Come on, woman. It's not any fun if you don't scream for me."
"I take it you're the leader," Kaida states.
"Indeed," he replies. He looks her up and down with sick, lustful eyes. "My, you are a beauty. And such unique eyes for a human.
"What's it to you?!" Kaida spats.
"Quiet!" the one eyed man barks, yanking her hair up, causing her to yelp involuntarily.
She is face to face with the leader again and he whispers menacingly, "Such deep violet eyes. I want them. I think when I'm done with you, I'll carve them out and keep them for myself."
The sound of water comes from ahead and Kaida remembers that she still has the bow in her free hand and can try to escape. Her hand tightens on the grip of the bow. Now is my chance, she thinks to herself. She swings the bow in front of her and strikes the leader and then elbows the man who has hold of her hair. The other bandit with the red bandana yanks on the girl's arm, trying to shove her to the ground. But his efforts are in vain because all she did is stumble a little and is back to her feet. In a struggle to get away, the men manage to slash at her body and clothing with their swords and knives they have on hand. One of the men end up breaking the bow she was using as a weapon. With a quick impulse, she takes the two pieces of the bow and thrusts them into two of the men's legs. They yell in pain and stop attacking her and in that short second, she runs off to get out of the woods and to the river.
The river is rushing downstream to a nearby waterfall. If she can just make it to the waterfall before the men catch up to her, she can hide under the falling waters where a cave is concealed. She begins following the stream when she hears the men only seconds behind her.
"Come on, body. Don't fail me. It's just a few scratches," Kaida groans. Her legs are feeling heavy and weak as blood runs down her body from the wounds inflicted by the crazed men. Something isn't right about these people; they are too blood thirsty. But she doesn't have time to worry about that right now. She has to get away.
"There she is!" the men shout once they make it out of the forest.
Kaida forces herself to run for the waterfall and when she makes it to the edge, she quickly stops herself before continuing off the cliff face. In that moment, a string of bright light flies across the air above her. She hears screams from the men behind her as the sound of a whip echoes through the air. Turning around cautiously, she sees the bodies of the men laying awkwardly on the ground covered in blood. A man stands before them wearing a white kimono under a spiked silver chest plate. His hair is long and silver, strange markings on his face and eyes so golden and calm. He is handsome but not human.
"Why?" Kaida asks softly as her body becomes numb and gives out underneath her. She begins to fall and quickly realizes that she is too close to the cliff that she is actually going over the edge. "Is this the end?" she whispers to herself, closing her eyes and letting everything go black.
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. Author Notes:
Thank you guys so much for reading my story. Please let me know what you think so far and any predictions that may be coursing through your mind. Those are always fun to read. ^_^ More chapters are on their way.
I'd also like to thank Eclipse89 for helping me proofread and reviewing my story. She has been a great help! You guys should also check out her story Through The Looking Glass. It's also a SesshomaruXOC fanfic. I know I enjoyed reading it! Until next time! ~Gibbous1992