The Ancient Claymore...
Rating: M for gore, blood, language, and death
Author: Soul Teller
A/N: A ClaymoreXMulticross featuring characters from Naruto, and Inuyasha any other anime's I want to cross I'll put up when I have an idea.
Summary: His job was to protect, the best way to do that was to hide, now with another claymore and a human he must reveal himself.
The man looked up and saw a bird,
The bird looked at him then said,
"Little man, little man despair awaits you,"
and with that the man fell dead
By Soul Teller
Chapter 1
The Claymore
In a small forest that held sanctuary to bandits and caravaner's alike a monstrous creature, with yellow slitted, and fangs roared as it charged at a lightly armored warrior. That roar would be it's last breath as within the blink of an eye the warrior was behind the creature an enormous sword raised high. The creature's head fell and from the stump of whatever neck it had purple blood gushed forward. The warrior flicked the sword to the side sending the blood splattering against the forest floor. In the brief light of the moon the warrior was revealed to be a woman, with pale skin, and pale blond hair. When she turned her eye's were a slitted yellow.
In a small village people were gathering in the center of town. For, in the center, a small boy lay there blood splattered on the spot where he lay.
"It's the 6th one already..." A villager said.
"Dammit... The last one was only 3 day's ago!"
"What are we going to do? If this goes on, we will..." there was silence at this statement then a man turned to another.
"A monster must be in this village," he said the other nodded.
"It's going going to be disastrous if we don't do something," the other said agreeing. With that said they all went to the village leaders house in order to address this problematic situation.
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"Village leader! It's the 6th victim! What do we do!?" A man shouted, others began shouting their concerns and anger.
"Do we just sit here and wait to become the monsters dinner!?"
"We definitely can't let them hide among humans and eat us all alive!" A man slammed down his hand on the leaders desk. The man in question was tall with a youthful and fierce face. His eye's burned with a type of prideful passion.
"That's why we have to think of something!" He shouted. "If those monsters transform so they resemble humans, there is no way we can tell them apart with the naked eye! Or are we just going to pick out all the suspicious looking guys!?" It was then at this moment the village leader, a balding old man, decided to speak.
"Calm down, Zaki." he said, the man known as Zaki turned to look at the village leader. The village leader placed two fingers on a slip of paper on his desk drawing the attention of the crowd onto it, most were looking confused. "A letter received a few days ago," he said as if that explained what the paper was. "One will most likely be come to our village..." he said. This was received with confusion and suspicion. Sensing this he looked at them all his eye's grave and serious and spoke one word.
"Claymore" The effect was instantaneous the room was filled with cries of mild alarm and silence.
"Claymore...?"
"Rea...Really?"
"Help from those guys..." It was quite clear from their words that the Claymores were well-known but not loved.
"It can't be helped," the village leader said, "the truth is the truth, only they can distinguish a human from a monster." he said. It was quite evident that he didn't like the Claymores anymore than these people did. It was then that Zaki stood forward.
"But village leader... I..." he began.
"Even if you object. We'll have to take out a large sum of money... if this keeps up, it's going to endanger the lives of the people in this village." He said, looking up at Zaki. "The number of people living in fear here is rising it's best that we take action now." With that statement the meeting with the elder village leader was over. As everyone left they began to speak of times they had seen these beings known as Claymores. Zaki walked out as well a troubled look on his face.
"Nii-chan," Zaki turned to the voice, a boy who looked more a less a much smaller and younger of himself with a faint scar over his left was speaking to him. Next to the boy was an orange furred fox with an unusual gold tip instead of the usual black, it was sitting on it's rear end and was observing Zaki with piercing blue eye's. "The Claymore you talk about... What is it?" the boy asked. The fox cocked it's head to the side looking at Zaki, and opened it's mouth panting slightly like a dog.
"Raki... so you've heard..." Zaki said to the boy, Raki was Zaki's little brother. Raki looked puzzled then he brightened.
"Oh, it's just a coincidence, I was just outside the window." he said brightly. Zaki who was beginning to walk away stopped and turned to look at his younger brother.
"You didn't purposely stay outside the window to listen, right?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It's the truth! I was playing behind the leader's house when I heard, everyone was too loud." He said, the fox gave a yelp as if to confirm this story. "Let's not talk about that, this Claymore you were talking about, are they the guys that are going to take care of this monster?" Raki asked. Zaki snorted slightly, when Raki became interested in something it was practically impossible to stop him from finding out. Sighing he beckoned Raki to walk with him, when Raki was walking with him he began to explain what he knew.
"That's right, Claymore is an organization to protect humans from monsters, and also the name given to the people from that place... They are contracted to kill monsters and make money this way as a living. They are the only humans in this world that can deal with monsters." He finished.
"Whoa... They are so cool!" Raki said admiration in his voice. The fox sneezed as he said this however neither the two humans paid any mind.
"No..." Zaki said suddenly, "People are cautious when dealing with them..." Raki blinked at him looking confused. "Those guys..." Zaki said, clenching his fist. "They mix the monsters' blood and flesh into their own bodies, becoming half-man and half-monster. That is the only reason why they can take on monsters.
"What?" Raki said aghast, the fox gave an angry yip as it nearly collided with Raki's leg. "H... How is that?" he asked stunned.
"I've also heard, that after countless experiments, only women can become half-man and half-monster, all the male experiments lost their lives." Raki gaped at what his brother was telling him. "They all possess silver eye's that can distinguish nearby monsters, it is said that when they are about to kill a monster, their eyes will sparkle a beast-like silver color... much like Naruto..." Zaki said pointing to the fox which was currently looking up at them. "Because of this, they are called 'Silver-eyed Witches,' 'Silver-eyed Killers,' and names like that" Zaki said. Raki still gaped at him in awe of the information he just recieved. Then they heard it.
"They're here!"
"Claymore!!
"Silver-eyed Witches!" Raki hearing this ran after them to see this warrior the fox following as well while Zaki called out for them. Standing in front of the entrance, a small cape billowing against the wind was... A Claymore. She had short pale blond hair, and eye's of light silver. Her beauty was incomparable, had she been an ordinary woman many men would've fallen for her. However none were enticed by her beauty, none... except for Raki. Whispers were flying all over the place.
"Is this really all right?"
"She is half-monster..."
"The lead had to call such beings here..." Even with these words Raki still was entranced by her.
"Can't be helped only monsters can find and fight monsters..." a villager said. The Claymore stepped forward and looked at the man speaking to his companion. Silence, then everybody parted, she stepped forward not even glancing back. When she was out of ear shot a villager grabbed the man who was speaking and shook him slightly.
"Id-Idiot! Don't you understand if you make her angry! She'll bring her wrath down on us and kill us all." However Raki continued to stare at the back of the Claymore.
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The Claymore was currently inside the village leaders home.
"Please... could you hold on a sec..." the village leader said the Claymore, however, didn't respond. "Ahh... yes immediately," He turned to a woman that was passing by, probably his wife or daughter due to her rather youthful appearance. "Hey, you there..." he said the woman turned.
"Ah yes...?" she questioned then saw the Claymore, and retreated to a open door. When she reappeared it was with a bag the clinked and jingled. The village leader took the bag and rested on his desk.
"This... this is the contract fee, it's all in here... Please count..."
"No need." The Claymore stated in a soft tone(1).
"Huh?"
"If the mission is complete, then a collector will come for the money if that time comes, give it to him. If I fail and die... You won't need to pay." She stated flatly.
"Ah... Yes... is... is that so..." Her bluntness and lack of emotion was obviously unnerving the man but he did not falter. "Then... How soon can you do it? Can you start right away?" He asked standing now as if to regain any face he had lost.
"The target is set, but if it's experienced and can control the release of it's powers, then it's going to be more difficult to find." She then turned, and looked back. "But don't worry, I will find it sooner or later, either my dead body or the monsters will be lying on the ground." And with that said she left. As soon as the door was closed the village leader's legs buckled and he sunk to the ground.
"Leader!" The woman cried and rushed to his side. The village leader let out a sigh.
"My life just got shorter" He said his body shaking.
"Are you all right?" The woman asked.
"It's worse than I thought. I originally thought she would be more human..." He said. "I can feel that she is closer to a monster." He said staring at where the Claymore had been, the memory now burned into his skull for all eternity.
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The Claymore stepped into the center of town. When the villagers saw her they instantly retreated into their homes. She had expected this, her people were not loved nor did they wish to be loved. She in particular didn't care for love for inside her burned a desire. Her eye's burned gold became beast-like as she pulled out her large sword whipping around and holding the sword inches away from a boy's face.
"Whoa... Wha.." was the most he could get from being startled so suddenly. "Wha... what are you doing? I wasn't going to do anything! Just to follow you for a while." It was then that a low growling sound emerged from the boy's foot. She looked to see a fox looking at her it's teeth bared. "Ah Naruto! Calm down!" the boy said reaching down to the fox. It looked at the boy with it's blue eye's then slowly hesitantly it relaxed but it didn't stop glaring at her. She didn't know why but she felt slightly unnerved by those eye's. However she stuck her sword back into it's slot and turned and began to walk forward. To her surprise the boy followed and the fox followed as well. "Nee... Nee-chan!! Onee-chan is one of those from Claymore right?" She might as well entertain the boy.
"No,"
"Huh?"
"Our Organization doesn't have a name that's just what people call us on their own." She stated.
"Ah... Really..." he said he the placed his hands behind his head and smiled. "I really got scared, but you look like a normal girl, and I thought you were going to be uglier, or even scarier." he said. This was by far a first for her.
"You're not afraid of me?" she asked. The boy looked at her confused.
"Hmm? What's there to be afraid of? You're just another normal Onee-chan no, actually compared to the girls here, I think your prettier than them." he said blushing slightly. She observed him quietly then continued her path. "Ah! Nee... Nee-chan wait a sec." And the boy with fox in tow ran after girl.
Soon the lightly armored warrior came to a slightly more rougher part of town. She continued to walk but the boy had caught up with her. "Where are you going that's the village exit!" The boy said, the warrior stopped walked, then turned and looked at the boy.
"The villages boundary is that small?" The boy nodded then shifted slightly to the side.
"Hmm, beyond there is the coal mines." he said. The claymore turned her head to look at the path. Then in a movement that was faster than the human eye could perceive, she had stabbed her large sword into the ground, and sat against it. This movement was so fast that it startled the boy.
"I need to rest... I've been traveling nonstop for the past 3 days." the boy looked at her, then he shifted his head from side to side as if he was searching for something. He walked off, the warrior watched him then closed her eye's, she opened her eye's when she heard a yip and something being stuck in the dirt. The boy was now sitting against a wooden stick looking quite pleased with himself as if he had defeated a monster himself. The fox however was looking at the boy with a look of displeasure. The warrior could watch this boy confused by his interest in her.
"Why... are you so interested in me?" she asked. He looked at her as if she was asking a stupid question.
"That's because Onee-chan is a Claymore," The warrior would've given a frustrated growl if she wasn't trained to ignore her emotions instead she chose to respond calmly.
"I already told you, that's a name you gave us." she said.
"Oh is that so?" he shrugged his shoulders. The fox walked over to the boy and rested it's head on the boy's lap. He looked at it then he began to stroke it's head it made a type of cooing sound and closed it's eye's. "Well as long as Onee-chan slays the monster, if thats so then you will be the one able to fulfill my wish." The warrior took note of this statement. The boy looked at the fox as if he was lost in thought. "In this village the first one to be killed by the monster were my parents," the warrior watched him silently. "At that time, I was right there, but I couldn't do anything... when I woke up all that was left was my blood soaked body and my brother," He clenched his teeth and held up a clenched fist. "If only I had some power, then I could have taken care of my parents killer... but... That's why Onee-chan has become the person to avenge them in my place, to kill that bastard."
"I'm only because I was asked to, not to kill your enemy." The warrior stated. The fox which was watching her with one eye looked up at Raki and pulled on his shirt with it's mouth. It was then that bells began to toll.
"Ah crap!" The boy jumped up, and turned to the warrior. "Sorry it's time to go home and prepare dinner we're living in my uncles house now. What a shame." He turned to run off then he seemed to remember something. " Oh right my name is Raki tell me your too, Onee-chan!" The warrior didn't respond for a while then.
"There's no need to tell you, it's going to be a forgotten name soon anyway..." Raki looked at her, puzzled then the bell rang again and he dashed off. The fox however stayed behind and kept it's gaze on the warrior. She glared back at it then she closed her eye's. The fox snorted then it headed outside probably toward the mines.
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Raki ran through the door his apology figured. "So-Sorry! I'll prepare dinner right away! Please wai..." he couldn't finish do to the horrible scene in front of him. Raki's uncle was lying on the floor, blood splattered on wood giving it a gruesome red tinge. "Un... Uncle...?" Raki asked, stunned.
"Your home huh Raki?" a voice said from behind. Raki spun around.
"Nii-chan! Something bad happened to Uncle Ed! He..." However what he saw and what would happen next would change his life forever...
(1) Is it just me or are Claymore like ghosts or something? Watch the anime and you'll understand what I mean...
That was unusually hard to write... but oh well I did it... See you in the next chapter... Soul Teller the Corrupt Soul Weaver...