Chapter 1: A New Journey

I'm a loner, a loner that kills evil spirits to have the world and all of mankind. I belong to nobody and I planned that from the start.

Deserted towns…the only place that I can find evil spirits and demons of many kinds. I, and only I was in the town at that time. My sword scathed at the ground as I walked in the center of town, my guns were just below my armpits and my shotgun strapped to my back along with the sword. There was no one in sight as I looked at the wooden planks on the ground where the town used to stand.

"Hmmm…this town must have moved away," I said to myself.

A piece of wood near me began to rise. I turned and drew my guns at the unknown object below the wooden plank. I stepped closer, my movements almost like nothing, watching for any more movements that were around me. A human hand rose out from under the wooden plank and began digging at the dirt. I kicked over the board, my guns still drawn I looked down and saw a human girl. She was all shaken up and looked very afraid like she'd seen a ghost.

"Don't hurt me please," said the red haired girl.

I stood up and placed my guns back into their sling. I looked back down at her with my deep blue eyes.

"Come with me…" I answered the girl, holding out my hand for her to take.

An unknown object flew at me and together I trampled to the ground with this animal. The jaws were mighty powerful and the claws digging into my flesh making blood absorb into my clothes. The animal looked at me than at the young girl, its eyes glowed at the girl as it began getting off me slowly. I turned my head and took a glance at the girl.

"Run…Get out of here now," I said trying to reach for my guns.

"No, I won't leave you," the girl replied back to me.

The animal ripped away from my flesh making the skin rip off, it charged at the girl, its paws hitting the ground like a rock slide and within that moment I drew my guns and shot the animal multiple times, blood splitting out of the body of the beast and onto the ground. I fell on the ground lifeless; blood oozing out from its wounds. The girl stood there wondering and scared about what just happened.

"How did you…I mean, what the hell just happened?" the girl asked.

I stood up slowly from the ground and walked past her. My black boots hitting the ground with an amazing force.

"Where are you going now? You just walk off after you save my life? Some man you ought to be," said the girl walking beside me.

I kept walking; I didn't want to hear her complaining or anything.

"Hello? Answer me, will you?" she asked pressing her hands against my chest to make me stop dead in my tracks.

"I don't want you following me," I answered pulling her hands away from me.

"Than what am I supposed to do?" she asked once again.

"Go on with life…" I replied walking out of the town and leaving her behind in the dust.

"You bastard! You're not fucking leaving me here! I'm coming with you!" she answered running up beside me.

I turned and looked at her, "What the hell do you want?"

"I want to be safe and the only way to do it is to stay with you," she replied back to me.

"No ones safe with me, you almost died if I didn't save you," I answered back.

"I'm staying with you weather you like it or not," she replied back to me.

I turned away from the girl and began walking again. I want no one, but I saved this woman's life. What should I do?

"Come with me," I spoke up just enough for her to hear me.

She ran up to me and walked on my left side watching as we past the ruins of the shaken up town.

"What's your name?" she asked still looking at the road than at the forest coming up.

"Isshin," I replied walking along with her.

"I'm Meg," she said looking up at me with those sparking emerald green eyes.

Together we walked into the forest not looking back and onto the road that awaits us. Meg and I walked silently into this unknown forest, not knowing what's ahead of us.

"Why are we going in here?" asked Meg looking up at me.

I kept walking, listening to all the sounds around me, all the sudden a large thump hits the ground. I withdrew my guns and pointed them ahead of me.

"Isshin…" said Meg moving closer to me.

"Go hide, I'll find you," I replied listening if the thump would come again.

Meg ran off trying to find a place to hide, I took small steps trying not to scare the creature that was in the forest. The loud thump came again but only it was louder, it was getting closer and closer. I threw myself against a tree reloading my guns, but by that time a large hand grabbed me by the waist and began squeezing the life out of me. My guns it the ground like a small thump of a boulder, and I still clasped in the hands of a demon. The bushes ruffled below me and out came Meg.

"Isshin! Isshin, can you hear me?" yelled Meg from the ground below me.

I couldn't speak or else I'd die. My head fell forward onto the forefinger of the demon that held me. My limp body, with no movement, no emotions. Meg ran over to where my guns had fallen and lifted them off the ground; a little too heavy for her to handle.

"Isshin! I'm going to help you, if you can hear me!" yelled Meg pointing the guns up at the demon.

The demon smiled and awaited the attack of my guns. They wouldn't fore for some reason, she pulled back the trigger many times but it never fired.

"Stupid guns," said Meg pulling the trigger a couple more times making and annoying clicking noise.

"P-Pull the g-glock back…" I said looking down at her with my eyes beginning to roll back.

"Isshin!" Meg screamed pulling the glock back and firing at the demon.

Slowly the grip of the demons hand loosened, and I fell to the ground; my body limp as a twig. The demon fell down breaking down most of the forest in front of us. Footsteps came running at me and someone calling my name like they needed me.

"Isshin! Isshin! Please wake up…I-I need you," Meg said with a tear running down the slope of her cheek.

My eyes faintly opened, but not all the way. I saw her, her tear was very clear to me that she cared, cared so much about me.

"Oh, you're awake," said Meg wiping her eyes from the tears she cried.

"Why were you crying?" I asked looking up at her from the ground.

"Oh, I-I'm just glad you're all right," Meg replied getting up from the ground. "Do you want some help?"

"There's no need to cry for me…" I said getting up from the ground without her help.

Meg moved away from me as we came face to face. I smiled to myself as I grabbed my guns away from her.

"So, where to now?" asked Meg looking at me.

"Moving on. We have to get past this forest and reach this castle," I replied putting my guns back.

"How long will it take for us to get to that castle?" asked Meg walking up to me.

"A few days, maybe even a few weeks if we don't start right now," I replied walking past her.

She ran up beside me and smiled. Her smile looked beautiful and went good with her beautiful face. I shook the image of her smile out of my mind and kept walking. A few miles after we got out of the forest I spotted a lake where she can clean off the dirt and blood off her face.

"Do you want to stop for a drink or wash up?" I asked walking toward the lake.

"Um…sure," replied Meg walking up to the lake next to me.

She knelt down at the edge of the lake and scooped up a hand full of water. She splashed it on her face and rubbed away the smudges of dirt and some of the blood marks. I walked up silently to her and looked down at my reflection; I also had smudges on my face.

"Hehe, you're dirty too," said Meg looking down at my reflection.

I smirked and replied, "Yeah, I am too."

I splashed my whole head into the water and wiped away all of the dirt and blood. I heard Meg laughing right when I did it and came back to the surface soon afterwards. My short brown/ blonde hair was painted to my forehead and the sides of my face, I looked up and Meg smiled at me once again.

This woman is no other that I've met before. I'm afraid if I say something to her, she'll end up laughing or smiling again. I don't understand women, from what I've heard from Dante is not to trust or fall in love with any woman I meet…but…I don't think I could do it…