First chap of my first story! Hope you like it!
Fates Intertwined
Chapter-1
The girl and the Demon whistle
A delicate maiden, of about 18, breathed heavily as she stretched herself in her bed. The alarm sound was getting unbearable now. She slowly moved over to the side and pressed the red button on her alarm clock. It stopped as she breathed in relief. She sighed and stared at the celing for a while, replaying last night's events in her mind.
"Sayuri, promise me you will agree to my decision," an old man's voice rang through her head and his eyes bore through her. She nodded cautiously.
"You are going to get married to Akira…..soon," he replied as her eyes widened. Sayuri opened her mouth to refuse but he willed her to keep her silence. She urged herself to fight the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. She hated Akira. He was so obnoxious and dominating! She couldn't even bear the thought of spending the rest of her life with Akira!
"Our company and your Dad's profession is about to fall apart," he looked at her, "Akira's family is our only hope. We can only retrieve our fame and wealth with all its glories if they agree to help us. When we negotiated with his family, this was their suggestion, their only demand."
"So now I am some kind of object to you? It isn't my fault that the company fell apart. It isn't my fault that we have to leave everything behind! I never had a say in any of your matters and now you want me to suffer for your irresponsibility? Why don't you accept your failures and start again instead of sacrificing my life?" She almost screamed. Sayuri could no longer hold it in. Tears flowed down her face as she fell onto her knees.
"My Dad would never allow this. He would never go against my wishes," she sobbed as she tried to gain control.
"Your Dad! He is responsible for all of this! He spoiled you! If he brought you up according to my wishes-
"I would have killed myself a long time ago!" She concluded for him.
He stared at her dangerously.
"If you want to stop your Dad from doing what you just said, agree to this proposal," he stared down at her, rendering her speechless.
"But why me? Why me Grandpa? It's not like I am the only girl in the family. Besides Yumi-nii really likes Akira!" she replied as the thought struck her. Why, Yumi-nii was crazy about Akira!
She heard him sigh as he knelt down beside her and place his palm on her head.
"You were the one Akira desired, my child," his voice softened, "You are our only hope. Please Sayuri, for us, for your family, please marry him."
With that he was gone, leaving her in the dust.
She closed her eyes for a second and allowed the tears to streak down her face. So that was it, she had to agree. All her hopes and dreams about being in love were torn away from her…by her own family. She suddenly remembered what her Dad told her once.
"You would marry a guy who would give his life for you. He would love you and treat you as his most precious treasure."
Why had he lied to her like that? Did he mean Akira? She highly doubted whether he would even be humane to her let alone consider her as his precious treasure…
The wedding was due tomorrow morning making today her last day of freedom. 'Well I'd better not waste this day," she thought as she hurried off to get ready.
"KOENMA-SIR!" Botan screamed on top of her lungs as she rushed to his office. Soon enough, the gigantic door was thrown open, revealing the frightened blue haired deity.
"What is it Botan," the toddler asked her impatiently, eyeing all his paperwork that due tomorrow.
"Sir! I lost the demon whistle!" She wailed while panting.
"So what? Ask George to get a new one!" He replied while flipping through his paperwork. Oh Lord! How was he going to finish all this by tomorrow…?
"No! I lost E-E-Enma's demon whistle!" Botan continued wailing.
Koenma dropped the papers and turned to her immediately.
"My Dad's demon…..Oh Botan! You have any idea what you just did? That demon whistle can uncover and stimulate the darkest demons in that entire town even if the wielder does not possess any spirit energy. If some human blows it then their whole town would be in danger! Which idiot gave you that?" Despite her shock Botan almost giggled.
"Sir it was you who told me to deliver it to Yusuke!"
"Ah crap! All this paper work must be really getting into me. Sent troops to find it Botan! We can't afford it to cause much havoc in the human world," he ordered.
" Yes Sir and I have already informed Hinagiku and Yusuke to search for it!"
Sayuri walked out of her room slowly, closing the door behind her. The mansion was still. Maybe no one has woken up yet; after all it was just six thirty. Taking a deep breath she tiptoed to the entrance door.
She opened it only to see four guards standing in front of her. She flashed a smile and felt delighted to receive one in return. To think she'd have to leave the people she knew all life behind…
She shook herself to avoid those thoughts and waved at them, signaling that she won't cause any trouble, and started out for her ordinary morning walk.
Somewhere in the clouds Hinagiku smiled to herself. 'Botan must be worried right now,' she thought as she eyed the well carved specimen in her palm, 'But what luck! To think she dropped it right next to the shrine!' Hina twirled on her oar happily as she raced towards the spirit world.
'I'd better keep it in my pocket or I might lose it!' she reminded herself as she placed it in her pocket and gave it a small pat.
"Stay there till Hina-chan reaches Spirit world sweetie!"
Little did she know it would have stayed there if she hadn't forgotten to mend that noticeable large hole in her pocket….
Sayuri smiled to herself as she skipped along the familiar path that she had known for years, stopping here and there to look at random things. 'I wonder if they would take me away from Japan after marriage," she thought to herself. Oh how she hated that obnoxious Akira! But as time passed maybe she would grew to love him…her soon-to be-husband. It was not even a possibility….. She even wondered if Yumi-nii would be broken hearted at having lost the oppourtunity to be with Akira. She quickly disposed that thought from her mind. In her current position, guilt was the last feeling that she wanted to add to her list. If only she could run away! She prayed to Lord to help her.
"Itai!" she flinched as something bounced off her head. She bent down to pick up the glittery piece of gold as she rubbed her head.
"Now, now, what do we have here?" She wondered out loud, inspecting the golden whistle in her palm. Why, the little thing looked so pretty! She twirled it in her palm, noticing the small deeply engraved symbols before bringing it to her lips and blowing…hard.
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