Chapter One: A Broken Chain
Ever since the beginning, every living thing was bounded by purpose. Demons stir humans into retaliation and fear. Their constant clash creates an unbreakable circle of fate that predicts the movements of anything that has breath. However nothing is without fault for there is a slight crack on the ring of a chain. That crack is caused by "emotion."
Every monster and demon has the ability to sense the presence of any living thing. It for their survival because they are ignorant of their fate set by humans. However there was a small fault, a Succubus. The purpose of a Succubus is to allure and seduce men to their doom. However there was one Succubus who never fulfilled that purpose. She was born of a man and demon and was granted an ability not found by other demons, "understanding." She was different to other Succubi, not only by her appearance (she had long dark hair, different from the regular fair hair, emerald eyes instead of red, and much shorter wing span) but with her thoughts. Condemned by the other demons of Geffenia, she sets off to find "reason."
However, the beginning of her journey was when the ring severed. Her eyes glanced upon a body, clawed and bleeding however, still breathing. Dead or injured bodies were not very rare for a Succubus to see, especially in the realm of the demons. But when the black haired Succubus approached the human, she heard his heart beat. They say the body will refuse to die until it purpose is fulfilled, to the demon, this human was not an exception.
That was when the black-haired Succubus took out her healing hand and placed it on the human's side. But the pulsing warmness and the curative sting awoke the man. He peeked through his long hair to catch a glimpse of the demon. He sat up and pushed her arm away from him. They both stared intensely at each other as if the other confessed.
"Who are you?" the human asked.
The Succubus just looked down.
Offended by the silence he began to stand up. Then suddenly a jolt of pain ran down his spine and into the open wounds. Apparently he forgotten that his wounds gasp for relief.
The demon then spoke, "What or who I am should not matter to you. Right now you're bleeding and I want to help."
Her chilling voice froze him in place and force him down. The demon then resumed to tend to his wounds.
It took a while but he was soon he was all patched up. He stood up and tried to balance himself for a bit. It was then that the demon noticed the human's formidable size compared to her. He brushed his blueish hair away from his yellow eyes and gave a good look at her. He then asked, "You're a succubus, aren't you?"
The Succubus thought to herself, Awfully rude, not even a thank you. "Yes I am," she said.
"Aren't the other Succubi blonde and red-eyed?" the human asked.
The demon looked down holding back anger and tears. Being constantly reminded that she can't be compared to any other being dragged down her spirit. This human is being completely rude, she thought again.
The human realized what he said. "Sorry," he replied, "I had no idea-"
"I understand," she said, "you didn't know."
"You have a name?" he asked
"None, we monsters don't have a name to go by," she said crossly.
"Well then, I'm Kyouri or Kyo for short," he replied as he held his hand out.
"What is your reason for introducing yourself to me?" she asked bluntly.
"The same reason why you helped me," he answered.
She had no reason to help the human in the first place. But she was baffled why she did. After all, humans gasping for relief was a far too common sight for a demon in Geffenia.
She then replied, "So then, what do you think my reason was for helping you in the first place?"
"Like I said before, the same reason why I told you my name," Kyouri said.
"No please tell me specifically," she implored.
"Well then," he replied, "when you were walking down the path, you saw an attractive manly but injured sniper and -"
She slapped him. It was so painful that Kyo fell to his knees and dropped his bow. "Don't flatter yourself," she smirked.
"-anyways," he continued, "I told you my name because when I looked at your beauti-"
She gave a second slap and the same place. Her hand was imprinted on his cheek. "You are such a rude jerk ya' know," she replied resentfully.
I have never met anyone so shallow, she thought to herself, this human looks like he doesn't have any manners at all!
The human stood back up, rubbing his cheek in pain. "I was just teasing!" he complained.
She completely ignored his words and vanished into the denser part of the forest. The sniper let out a sigh and walked down the path way opposite from her direction. He really was just teasing but the demon was serious as cancer, its not everyday a monster half-ling leaves his or her home to find an answer. Especially her, being shunned by both sides like that.
Night began to cover the lands. During this time, it started to get dangerous especially for a monster. In the grove, where the demon vanished into, swords were heard clashing. Blood of orcs and men stain the pathway the demon was crossing but she did not even twitch. She was used to such a picture where blood was as abundant as water. All she could do is just hide between trees and avoid the voices. Suddenly, her senses sparked. Cloaked assassin cross, she examined. Then there were cries of orcs screaming for help.
Slash slash slash! Then there was silence...
The green-eyed Succubus pressed her back on a tree and realized it finally. She was a monster, nothing will prevent her from her death. Her underdeveloped demon senses felt the assassin cross dashing towards her like the wind. It came closer and closer until, her blood grew cold. She saw the white of its eyes and started to grow weary. Poison. It rendered her numb and faint. The walking shadow took form only to be covered in shadows herself. The last thing she saw was her demon blood flowing beneath her left breast. Born of a human but still a demon she cursed herself. And then her sight left her.
A drop of light. That's what it only took to revive the dead. Countless hours past when the veil was lifted from her eyes. As she awoke, a small flame greeted her eyes and she noticed her body didn't even move the slightest bit. Alive, she thought to herself. She moved her heavy arm under her left breast. Someone patched up my wound, she thought again, but my body feels heavy. She tried to stand up but was forced back down by the seemingly heavier gravity. That's when a familiar voice was heard from across the clearing.
"An assassin cross's deadly poison. It has serious side effects to everyone, human or monster."
She looked into the direction of the voice. She saw a familiar face. "Kyouri," she called out subtly.
The sniper revealed himself and gave her a grin. She returned a small smile of her own but then asked, "Why?"
Kyo explained, "The same reason why you helped me beforehand."
She sighed, I know where this is going so I'll stop asking questions.
Kyouri looked at her wound and said, "Lucky for you my herbs worked on monsters also."
The Succubus stood up and leaned on the tree, "Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not a full monster."
The sniper's eyes grew.
"As you can see, I'm not like the other Succubi. My mother was a Succubus but my father was a human."
There was an awkward pause.
Suddenly, the green-eyed Succubus started to move more freely again. Kyo smiled and said, "So the effects of the poison are starting to wear off."
She jumped from the tree and gave the sniper a short embrace, "Thanks Kyouri."
The sniper blushed and rubbed his arm awkwardly his arm "Heh heh, no problem." But then suddenly, he lost balance. He fell face first onto the tree like a hammer on hot steel. From the tree petals fell and showered both of them. The demon ran up to his body in horror. She felt his pulse starting to slow like a river freezing over. Freed from death herself only to ensnare another.
The weakened Kyouri explained, "I'm alright. Apparently the effects of my poison didn't wear off."
There was an awkward silence.
Kyo in her arms. It was such a sight. The both looked at each other in the eye and blushed as red as a fully bloomed rose in the snow. It was a picturesque sight especially as the pink petals petals fall in the background. Kyouri opened his mouth and asked, "Wha...what do you want me to call you?"
She looked around and saw the petals falling to the ground. "Kohana, after the flowers that drew us together."Kyouri grinned and said, "Kohana... I really like that name."
Author's Note: First fanfic T-T. I'm not really that creative or skilled and I still need practice. However, I always wanted a human and demon pairing especially with a Succubus. Anyways, I hope to continue this at a regular pace.