HI EVERYONE! This is my first fanfic in a LONG..long time and my first one EVER being posted on here. I was inspired by my best friend to pick back up on writing these and I thought I'd post here to share it! When I wrote this, I had COMPLETELY forgotten all about the Ayame of the Wolf Demon Tribe, so this character Ayame is not affiliated with her whatsoever. She doesn't exist in this story (lol sorry!). Also, the original romance "pitches" aren't really typical either. I wanted to try something different for a change and I can only hope that you like it or at least find it interesting. So, happy reading! :)
I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA NOR THE ORIGINAL STORY LINE. THIS CONCEPT IS MY OWN BUT I DO, HOWEVER OWN "Sakura and Ayame Tsuyotomi", "Shinobu and Akira Tsuyotomi" AND ALL OF THE MONSTERS/DEMONS/EXTRAS ARE PURELY FROM MY IMAGINATION :)
CHAPTER ONE
Sakura
"I'll kill you, you wench!"
I laughed at the disgusting monster in front of me with his hands shielding his face. I childishly threw dirt into his eyes when I had the chance. I purposely let him catch me and think he had the upper hand of our battle. Little did he know, I was one of the strongest demons walking the earth; past, present and future. Today was just boring and my sister Ayame and I were stopped by some village people asking for help.
A large minotaur-looking demon showed up and started to tear up their poor land. Ayame and I jumped at the chance to help them…Well, more me than her since I was the one looking for excitement. He would've been done for as soon as I laid eyes on him but I wanted to have a little fun, so I toyed with him for a while.
"Gotta catch me first!" I yelled, running right by Ayame and some village men who were in awe at my not being afraid of the demon. The monster paid them no mind as he too bypassed them and headed for me.
"Sakura, would you stop playing around already?" Ayame spoke low and annoyed but I still heard her over the monster's heavy footsteps.
"This is fun! You should join us!"
Ayame shook her head. "No, thanks." She crossed her arms and sighed, following me with her eyes.
Ayame was more reserved than I was. I only acted like her when it was really time to get serious or I wanted time alone and she would act like me when she had absolutely no worries in the world. I was older than her by two years, but she was mentally the oldest. I looked up to Ayame more than anyone else in the world. She's always by my side and there when I need her. I trusted her with my life. We were inseparable.
I stopped flying at my low distance to the ground and stood on it and stared at her. A river separated us. I put my hands on my hips and stuck my tongue out at her.
"Scardie-cat."
Before I knew it, I was flying into the river, face first. The monster was in such a rush to attack me, he swiped at me too early and the wind from his hand caught me off guard and knocked me off my feet.
I swam up to the surface and gasped for air and watched as Ayame bent over laughing, holding her stomach in the process.
"Really?" I asked, dryly.
"That's what you get!" She emphasized. "Watch out." She pointed behind me, bringing her hysterical laughing down to a level of giggling.
I turned around to see the monsters foot coming down on top of me. I dove under the water and swam to my left, just missing being stepped on. I flew out of the river and floated eye-level with him.
"Hey! How dare you try to step on me!" I punched him, sending him falling backwards. When he hit the ground, I held my right hand out in front of me and focused on the energy surrounding me. Not a moment later, a blast of golden light shot from my hand, obliterating the monster. I didn't appreciate him trying to squash me like I was some type of bug, so I decided that playtime was over.
I flew back towards the ground with a long face and shook my head, sending water flying everywhere. "Great! I'm soaking wet!"
"Now I am too! Go shake dry somewhere else!" Ayame complained after me.
The villagers that stood by her dropped to the ground in a bowing position. "We are gratefully in your dept. We will bring you clothes and food and have beds to where you may rest tonight." One of the men said.
"The food and clothes are fine, but we won't be needing beds." Ayame bowed to them. "We will be traveling tonight."
"Well, let me take you to get fresh clothing." A woman stood and tugged on my arm and I grabbed Ayame's.
She took us to what I assumed was her own hut and gave us both fresh kimono to wear. Mine was red and Ayame's was white. We changed and she took our wet clothes and hung them by a fire to dry them out.
"Thank you, kind woman." Ayame smiled at her.
I pulled my hair up into a wild bun and Ayame redid her neat ponytail. "Ahh, I feel much better." I said cheerily. "Except…" I looked down at the long kimono the woman provided me with. I wasn't used to wearing such a traditional robe like Ayame was. I always liked to wear gi's or present day clothing from present day Japan; thanks to the magic of time travel with help from my deceased parents.
"Is there a seamstress around anywhere?" I asked the kind woman.
"I am the village seamstress. What is the matter?" She seemed eager to help and I was glad.
"Could you take this up for me a little? And make the pocket sleeves shorter?" I measured how far up my legs I wanted the robe to be and did the same with the sleeves.
"Why, yes. You can wear this until I am through." She handed me a medium shirt with short sleeves that actually looked decent on me. It was peach and the waist tie was black. It was very comfortable.
A little after midday, Ayame and I were preparing to leave. The seamstress was finally finished with my kimono alterations and it came out perfectly. I decided to keep on the shirt she gave me and wear my new kimono over it. I rolled the bottom up to my waist and tucked it neatly into my waist tie. The end of it hung to the middle of my thighs and showed about an inch of the peach shirt underneath. The pocket sleeves hung just low enough for me to hid my hands inside as I held them down at my sides. I grabbed some sandals from my backpack and placed my sturdy black leather suede boots inside of it. I strapped my sandals up and grabbed my bag, heading out of the hut to meet Ayame.
I took a deep breath of fresh air and looked around the village. The villagers all walked aroundin sorrow at the damage the monster had done. I felt bad for them. Houses were knocked down, horses and mules were killed and their crops and gardens were destroyed.
"We can't leave them like this." Sympathy filled my voice and I had the strong urge to help them.
"I know. Maybe we could stay the night." Ayame said exactly what was on my mind.
We gave the seamstress our regrets and asked if we could have beds for the night. She wasted no time at all instructing some children to show us where we would be sleeping.
All day and night, Ayame and I helped rebuild the village and bury the animals and some people that were killed. We went in search and bought them more animals to replace the others.
We fixed up demolished huts and built brand new ones to go the extra mile for the humans. The gardens were better than ever and by night time it looked as if there was never any trouble. Everyone would sleep peacefully knowing that they would be protected by the Tsuyotomi sisters, even for just one night.