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Forgotten Past, Renewed Future

By: killingblade

* *= Scenes //= Thought

*There are dead demon bodies everywhere. Blood is splattered 2/3 all of the north side of the hill. The hill has a nearby village or Kaede's village*

" AAAAAAHHHHH!!" a little girl screams from the eerie silence. She was picking up flowers when a dragon demon appears out of nowhere. The dragon has sparkling green scales shimmering in the sunlight. The little girl who is now running for her life while the dragon gracefully slithers after her. At the very end of the hill is a forest. Near the forest is a girl who is covered in blood. Her long black hair flows freely with the wind. The girl seems to have scratches everywhere, her clothes tattered, and deep cuts on her legs and on her left arm. Her brown eyes gaze to the scene of the little girl and the dragon.

// I thought I finished all of them except Yegar. // The girl soon dashes toward the dragon, ignoring the enormous pain on her legs. Drawing her sword, she jumps and cuts off the dragon's head with one quick and clean swipe. She then turns around to see if the little girl was all right. " Get out of here. This is not a safe place to pick up flowers especially when there are demons around." The elder girl said to the little girl without a trace of emotions. The little girl soon starts to walk off in the direction of the forest.

There was an energy blast at the elder girl. She jumps and gracefully lands as the wave hits the surface. There is a loud explosion. " Kukuku, Lily, it seems that you still can fight. Though it seems that you are too injured to do anything right now. How about I end your misery right now." The floating demon above Lily dives at her with a long sword, prepared to attack. // Yegar, today will be the last day that we will fight each other. // Lily soon got into a sword stance. When Yegar was in striking distance, Lily released the energy that was strong enough to disintegrate Yegar, but not to do a lot of damage.

// I did it. I actually did an energy wave! // Smiling to herself, she soon fell unconscious from the extreme loss of energy. Little did she know that someone caught her before she hit the ground.

Lily soon regained conscious; she heard a fire roaring in the house. // Where am I? // She didn't feel familiar with the place though. Deciding that it was time to wake up, she slowly opened her eyes. Before her was the fire crackling in the fireplace and a table that had her clothes and sword neatly fold and placed. // If my clothes are there, then what am I wearing? // She looked down and saw a white kimono with pink cherry blossom designs. Deciding that she should check outside, she tried to stand. There was a sharp pain when she tried to stand. Breathing heavily, she slowly walked toward the table and strapped her swords on.

She soon got out of the door. Looking around to see if the place was familiar but none. // Might as well tour around. // She slowly and painfully walked around the entire village, until she stopped before a shrine. // This is Kikyo's shrine. That means I'm in Kaede's village. // From that thought she turned right. Right in front of her was a house, somewhat larger than the one that she woke up from. Without a single thought, Lily knocked the door lightly. Waiting for a while, she decided to leave until the door opened and a girl about Lily's age showed up. The girl's eyes were huge. Lily realizing what she just did was about to run off and stopped cause the girl was hugging her and screaming her name. "LILY!!!"

Trying to break free from the girl that was giving her a death hug. Lily hoarsely said, " Ashley, I can't breathe." Ashley then released Lily from the death hug. Catching her breath from the hug she just smiled back. Behind Ashley was a little girl that wore a kimono that had orange and white patterns. // She looks similar to the girl that I saved from the dragon demon. "Come inside Lily. It's been a while." Ashley interrupted Lily in her thoughts. Ashley went inside and Lily followed her inside.

What Lily saw surprised her. There was a demon inside the house. She got her sword ready to attack and said in a monotone voice, " Ashley come over here now." Knowing what Lily was thinking Ashley quickly said, " Lily don't do it! That person was the one who brung you in the village when you were really hurt!" Lily released her sword and said, " You were the one who brung me into the village?"

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