Falling Apart
"Kore! You bastard!" My voice cracking at the sheer amount of power raging from those words. This man, my enemy, escaped from prison and started a calamity I'm afraid I can't fix. Terror tore at me as our would began to fall apart, literally. His laughter echoed, throbbing against my eardrum as trees and rocks began to flow up to the sky. Those chocolate brown eyes bore the rage and anger I had brought upon the world.
High above the town lay a sphere of galaxies, most likely a black hole or wormhole, whichever I did not know and had a gut wrenching feeling that I would soon figure out. I let out a grumbling snort of frustration. Was Kore this insane to get rid of me?
"C'mon Ali! You're just standing there!" All I could do was bare my teeth and growl as he mocked me.
"Bastard! What are you trying to accomplish by destroying the world!?" Again, he laughed. That hysterical maniacal laugh where he had fallen over the edge and could never return. I don't know what I can do, despite having supernatural powers that this man forced upon not only myself but dozens of children and teenagers.
I gazed around, watching as my beautiful home tore apart. The nearby houses began to fall apart, board by board and shingle by shingle. My heart dropped, fear and agony ripping apart every fiber of my being. Hot salty tears began to stream down my pale skin as I realized that there was nothing for me to do. Familiar aura's tingled my senses as two close people strode up to where I stood.
My eyes met with theirs, red and swollen from crying. Natalie with her vivid yellow eyes and hair, motioned for the contraption Kore stood on to which I understood. With a leap of faith, I rushed to him, grabbing the sides of his odd machine. We locked eyes, Kore and I, while I jammed my clawed hand into the mainframe pulling out metal, wires, and plastic. Unfortunately, that wasn't the result we had hoped for.
The rip in space opened wider and became far more violent. Kore's machine, now without power, just fell into the vacuum and began to fly towards the tear. I let go pushing away from him. Sadness overpowered me as the tears streamed once more. My eyes opened one last time to see Natalie and Kaylie flying her way. The world as I knew it, fell apart in chunks with nothing to spare. Everything blacked.
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The river swept gently down it's course. It's cool touch caressed my skin, cooing me out of my slumber. It was serene with the birds chirping their song and stream gurgling. Every part of my body felt like led, heavy and dense. When I tried to open my eyes, the sun glared viciously causing me to groan. The best I could do was to roll over, sheltering my sight with an arm draped over. Slowly I got my eyes to flutter open gazing at a small bank in a quaint river. There was only one thing missing...my spirit partner, Snowfleet.
A bright blue wolf with wings who had been born in me as chemicals and science. For these last two years, she had always been by my side. I tried keeping her safe by not letting her out during my fight with Kore. Now though, I feel nothing. My powers are all still there, the ice, the strength, and the super senses but Snowfleet's presence I could not feel. Not even a twinge. For now, I couldn't be sad. I was in unfamiliar territory and had to move.
I had been awake long enough for my body to respond properly allowing myself to sit up and take in the surroundings. Lush green fields that went on for miles graced my sight along with mountains looming in the distance. Gathering myself, I finally stood, water dripping down my bright blue trench coat. The scents and sounds felt so different...felt so...old. I was curious of this place. My feet moved on their own, guiding me to God knows where.
This wide open field made me feel so alone. I was tiny compared to everything else, though it felt strange. Nature felt untouched, clean...pure. Breathing in the air itself was cleansing. How beautiful. I don't know how long I had been wandering but my absentmindedness brought me to a large cliff edge. The sight before me was gorgeous; rolling landscape and a quaint little village below. This village though piqued my interest.
There were fields around it full of water. I sniffed, trying to catch the scent. Was it...rice? Rice paddy fields? I could see some people moving around, getting their daily business done. Men carried hoes and various other tools garbed in what looked to be kimono's and hakama's. It dawned on me...perhaps in trying to destroy me, Kore's wormhole, or whatever it was, sent me back in time? Even another dimension...
I turned away and headed off from the cliff. In my current state I would stand out like a sore thumb, whether if I concealed my brightly colored hair or not. My clothes were not of this time or place and would draw unnecessary attention. So without another thought, I wandered this wide open world. Alone.
It was fun, watching the sun slowly inch down to the horizon, laying down for the day to let the moon out and dimly light the path. In a creepy kind of way, I found it beautiful. The stars shone so brilliantly without the city lights blocking their way and the chorus of the night beasts put me at ease. I wasn't completely alone. Even if they were to attack, I could protect myself.
A patch of forest came up and I took my opportunity to sit down for a spell. I took the largest tree around and leapt up into the branches. My feet throbbed with light aching; it honestly surprised me as I removed my boot and rubbed the sore appendage. I guess I had never traveled that far in one day before...on foot anyway. Usually I would just grow my wings and fly around. Though, with this world being unfamiliar I really wanted to keep a low profile. Who knows who managed to survive over into this world from my own, that and I don't know who rules these plains.
With the silence and lack of company, I leaned up against the trunk and gazed inwards to my soul. My spirit partner, Snowfleet, should be somewhere in there. This whole day has been awfully lonely and dare I say it, but scary without her. There was this missing piece now, a hole that I was terrified of never being able to fill. That fear exponentially grew as I dug deeper into my being and not finding a trace of her.
Her warmth, her comfort, her voice...all gone. What had happened to my partner? If she was gone, shouldn't I not be able to do anything that I am now? My hair is still a vividly bright blue, cyan if one were to get technical, and my eyes resonated with that same brilliant color. Cautiously I grabbed my shoulder length hair and held it before my eyes...just to make sure. It was.
I was still an overpowered experiment of a human. Without my spirit. My thoughts traveled to my friends. If they had survived, I couldn't feel their auras anywhere nearby, did they lose their spirits? Did Natalie and Kaylie still have Kuro and Kassho? There was a headache coming, I could tell, from the cluster lightly throbbing behind my right eye. I rubbed it and groaned in frustration. Why? For the love of all that I had done to save my home, why did this happen? I gritted my teeth in sheer anger.
Kaiman...you traitorous half-dragon...My thoughts wandered back home, to the little subdivision I had lived in for the last ten years of my life. I had just turned eighteen, starting my Senior year of high school and researching what I could specialize in during college. My war with Kore had been over for about a year, Kaiman and I had been dating for scant of that year and suddenly...he went back to the professor. Helped the psycho break out of federal prison and in the long run, destroy our life.
I wanted to cry, really I did. Everything was gone. My family, my friends, and my home. Everything that we had worked so hard to save and rebuild, all down the drain. Nothing from now on would be the same.
For the first time in the last two years, I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep alone.
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The sun, despite being early in the morning, filtered through the leaves and managed a ray right on my eye. My back was terribly in pain from sleeping in a sitting position. I stretched, outreaching my arms above my head and loosing a few extremely satisfying pops. Out of habit I looked around for a clock only to be harshly reminded that no such technology was around. Another obstacle I would have to get over was going to the bathroom. The call of nature began to scream loudly and I was becoming desperate to pee.
Hopping down, I landed mildly ungracefully to bolt off behind a bush. Glancing around the area, I felt nor saw anyone which gave me the all clear to unbutton my pants and slide them down. Awkwardly I squatted and relieved myself. I felt so exposed like this, it made my skin crawl. Once more I was faced with the situation of being without modern commodities. I needed toilet paper. My hand plucked a leaf from the bush I hid behind. It wasn't the same but it worked.
"And it's only going to get worse from here on out..." I grumbled to myself standing back up and zipping my black jeans. For the time, I continued on, unsure of what my next move should be.
Naturally I followed the dirt path through the woods. It was uneventful and peaceful. I don't know how long it had been since I started this morning, but now the woods began to thin and I could see the green fields outside. It was here when I began to feel a strange aura...it was dark and hateful. There was even an odor my nose could whiff out which stunk horribly.
I passed the last trees, coming out into the open. Before I could really take in the scenery I had to leap out of the way as a huge fist slammed into the ground below. Chunks of dirt and gravel flew and dust lingered about. Landing gracefully I gazed over to whatever tried to just kill me. Red eyes glowed from the dust and this odd growl sounded. It almost sounded echoic or demonic. I waited patiently for the next attack or for the dust to settle.
The latter happened first as a giant beast appeared before me. It's skin color a faded maroon with horns protruding the side of its head curving in towards one another. The beast wore a loincloth and a fur that took shape of a vest. Sure enough, this was the smell and aura I noticed earlier. It frowned at me, probably annoyed that I dodged it's attack.
"A mere mortal avoided my attack? Impossible! You look more demon than human!" Was that thing referring to my hair and eyes? Dumb beast. I yawned, infuriating the creature even more. "How dare you yawn in my presence! You wont be so bored when I gobble you up!" Without another word, the beast launched it's fist at me. With ease, I jumped to land right back on his arm sprinting up the limb. He began uttering nonsense that I silenced out. This monsters words meant nothing and would always be that way.
Extending my claws, I slashed through the thick muscly neck. My arm went nearly elbow deep and I could feel the muscle give way and the spine severed and crushed. I met with the ground once more listening to the monster slam down. The ground beneath shook and the smell of decay was already upon the monster. I turned to the scene and watched in surprise as the beast began to disintegrate into the air leaving only the skeleton.
It was creepy, I'll admit. I was just about to leave when something glimmered amongst the disappearing flesh. Turning back I sauntered over to the corpse and picked up a little purple shard. It shimmered in the mid day sun and oddly I could feel a sort of power from this piece of crystal. My hand twisted in different angles to gaze upon this interesting piece. I didn't think much of it but just placed it in my pants pocket. With that, I left the scene.
The sun slowly crept along the sky. Still I was alone and it began to unsettle me. I needed company. Another scent wafted to my nose. This time it was two and two auras. One strong and one...not so much. These auras were similar to the beast I had just slain. So more to kill? I would hope not. Off in the distance I could make out two figures, to which I'm guessing belonged to what I had just picked up. The closer I got, the better I could make them out.
There was a tall slender man with white hair and another smaller figure. The smaller one seemed to be green in color. Of the two of them, the taller one caught my eye with the white hair. This person didn't look like one of my people nor could I recognize the scent. I could make out now that it was a man and he was nice and easy on my eyes. He was also the stronger of the two.
Since I didn't know the two, I kept my eye contact to nothing as we got closer to one another. I moved aside to not run into them. The blood on my arm also was becoming a nuisance with the stench and stickiness. My next goal was to find a river. Soon enough I began to pass by the two, though I didn't expect the little one to start speaking.
"You, woman!" Was that thing talking to me? "Woman! I am speaking to you!" Pausing momentarily I turned enough to gaze at the little imp creature. I gave it an uninterested look which seemed to anger it even more. "Were you the one that disturbed the demon of the forest!?" I gazed past him and back to where I came from and gazed back down to it. Without a word I held out my right sleeve, which still was drenched in blood, and my hand that had dried blood cracking all across it. The little imp gasped.
"Does that answer your question?" It grunted in anger. This little imp had a temper.
"You impudent woman! You're just a lowly demon! Show more respect!" I tilted my head to his words.
"Demon? I haven't been referred to that in a while." The little imp blinked at me in confusion. "Use your head. I'm human. I smell nothing like either of you." So that's what they were. Demons. That's what that thing back near the forest was. Was I in a world of demons?
"Don't be ridiculous! Do you -"
"Jaken." Both this little demon and I gazed over the the fair haired man. "She speaks the truth." His golden eyes gazed to me. My cyan eyes never wavered despite the flutters in my stomach. This one was strong...really strong and I didn't want to test his strength.
"But my Lord...her hair and eyes aren't of a mortal! How can she be human?" His bright golden eyes bore deep into me. I fought back hard, giving him the same gaze. It was terrifying. Everything lately seems terrifying. Finally I turned away continuing my unknown path.
"Listen to your master, little demon. I am not a demon, nor have any relations with them. And I'm not someone to push around." There was a grunt of displeasure before I heard him say something about a staff. Intense heat came at me from the back to which I skillfully twisted my body swinging my right arm at the flames.
The fire dissipated into nothing as I watched with satisfaction behind the last few embers at Jaken's face. When every flame disappeared I let my hand drop, locking my eyes with his round yellow ones. I conveyed my message clearly to the little demon. Without another word I continued on leaving the two behind.
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Hello my readers and welcome to an Inuyasha fanfic! I've been binge watching it...so yeah. This is why Cyan SOLDIER has been on hold. That and I'm stuck with it right now. So...yeah. Enjoy!
