Amaya's wide emerald eyes looked up at the thick, dark gray clouds that filled the sky above her. Rain fell and crashed into the ground. A bolt of lightening flashed down piercing the ground causing the inside of the dark, damp cave to shake. The powerful fairy flinched and began to tremble at the sound of the violent rumble of the aftershock. Her shaky arms remained outstretched in front of her summoning every last ounce of magic she had in her to sustain the barrier that glowed in front of the mouth of the cave keeping the three, soon to be four of them safe from the countless demons waiting on the other side of the barrier.
Amaya's transparent, monarch shaped wings beat against the slender back of her four foot tall frame every few seconds, speeding up and slowing down with her heart rate. She turned her head to look over her shoulder, resting her chin. She watched Lord Tetsuko, the white haired dog demon of the Eastern lands; use the sleeve of his kimono to wipe away the sticky sweat from the laboring Lady Soshi's brow.
Soshi's pinned up red locks of hair were falling into a damp mess of waves, some clinging to her face the rest spilling down into Tetsuko's lap. She had been in labor for hours now, her breath was shaky the only sounds she made were grunts when the pain was at its highest level. When the pain reduced back down to exhaustion, her body went slack back onto Tetsuko's lap.
"It will be soon." Amaya said nervously watching liquid flow from between Soshi's legs making a damp trail down the dirt floor of the cave. She remembered this as a sign that the baby would come quickly now.
Amaya closed her eyes trying to calm herself. Out of the three, Amaya was the only one with any child birth experience-she had seen it done once. Tetsuko, being a male, had no experience at all; he completely relied on Amaya to tell him what had to be done. She felt helpless that she couldn't physically assist in the birth, she could only shout orders
Tetsuko's tense, worried eyes met Ayama's. He gave her a slight nod then focused his attention back to his mate, whose white knuckles were clenched onto his kimono, another contraction surged through her exhausted body. He leaned down close to Soshi's face locking his sky blue eyes with her Blue and yellow eyes.
"It shouldn't be much longer." He tried to comfort her. He cupped her cheek and cradled her head to his chest wishing he could somehow transfer her pain to himself.
She tried her best to give him a reassuring smile but the smile left almost quicker than it had come. Shoshi's body suddenly snapped back up, startling Tetsuko in the process. His wide eyes watched her body rise mostly off his lap and out of his hands. Her chin was tucked down toward her chest; instinct took over her body while it worked to push the baby out.
Panic surged through Amaya's body. "This is it my lord. You have to help her and pull the baby out." The Fairy glanced back toward the barrier, her panic growing stronger. The demons were beginning to smell the scents of the blood and the fluids of the impending birth. The scent filled their senses and they began to swarm in front of the barrier.
Tsuno, the two-horned demon straight from the netherworld stood among his alliance, all of them prepared to kill this newborn Inuyoukai. A pointed finger from their leader was all that was needed and they were rewarded with the command. "Break down the barrier. Kill them all!" His blood red eyes watched the frenzy that obeyed his command. Drool dripped from his long pointy teeth and onto his grey, cracked lips that were curved into a smile at the site that was before him. He was going to be successful. This Inu child was not going to defeat him, he laughed to himself.
Amaya's wings fluttered quickly keeping her in the center of the barrier. Her spine stiffened when she heard Tsuno growl his command.
Just as his command had finished, another lightening bolt streaked its way to the wet ground. Her eyes followed it, watching the thin light pierce a demon on the ground that happened to be in its way. Just as her gaze flew up, her mouth opened in a gasp. She was greeted by a serpent demon crashing head first into her barrier. Her head instinctively ducked down, closing her eyes while she was forced back from the impact waves.
"Amaya!" Tetsuko yelled, his voice echoing off the drippy cave walls. He unsheathed the sword from his side tightening his grip on Soshi with his other hand.
Amaya's eyes opened into a glare. Her chest heaved watching the serpent demon still trying to push through the barrier.
Her courage had swiftly returned with fire. Her bent elbows straightened as she flew back to reclaim her position. Amaya gritted her teeth and the barrier began to crackle sending the demon to the ground convulsing.
Tsuno pointed a grey, clawed finger again in the direction of the barrier. "Go!" He growled out his second command. More demons obeyed, hurling their bodies into the purple glow only to be sent hurling backward to the ground, bleeding, meeting the same fate as those before them. The grey demons voice spat the same command over and over again as soon as the demons bodies that had failed him hit the wet grass and mud puddles that waited below them.
Rage built with every failure. Tsuno raised his long, muscular grey arm into the air and growled the command. "Enough!" The attackers obeyed as they were told. They all turned, facing their master awaiting further instruction.
The silence that followed was disturbing. The only sound that could be heard was the pelting rain continuing to soak the muddy earth and the now distant sound of thunder rumbling.
Amaya waited nervously for the next move from the hell demon. She continued fluttering in the center of the barrier, its strongest point. Her eyes searched among the army just below her. Her search ended when she came upon two glowing red eyes. Eyes that seemed to glow a brighter red by the second and they were staring directly back at her, challenging her.
Tsuno locked his red eyes with the white haired fairy's emerald ones through the purple glow. His mouth opened slowly into a snarl, his stare growing even more intense. He brought his grey, clawed hands out to his sides clenching his fists so that his own claws dug into his fleshy palms; blood streamed down dripping from his knuckles to the ground. Keeping his eyes locked with Amaya's the entire time. He then took a step forward, jutting his face forward baring his teeth; he let out a growl that could be compared to the sound of violent rumbling thunder.
Amaya's spine stiffened but she did not break from his gaze, she continued to stare back. She was not going to let the hopeless feeling enter her mind. The Inuyoukai would be safe even if it would cost her own life.
The eerie silence came to an end with the sound of Soshi finally letting herself cry out when the baby's head emerged from her body. Small gurgling whimpers turned into stronger, louder cries that echoed off the cave walls and in Amaya's pointy ears.
Ok well thats the first chapter. Let me know what you think. I should have the second chapter posted in a week or so.