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YAY I figured this thing out finally!
Anyways please review peoples! This is basically based on another one of mine that failed but…hopefully this one wont. Enjoy!!
On the night of the full moon, a breath of air stole the silence of the deep green forest.
Leaves and twigs rustled as they flew, dancing in the air. And then the silence overtook the land again, silence, except for that of the beating of a broken heart…
"That's it, I quit. This is to depressing at this hour." said the weary writer who was sitting at an old desk. Rubbing her sore temples, she stood up, flicking off the desk lamp, killing the only source of light from her one room apartment in Tokyo, Japan.
Walking silently in the dark, the person went to her tiny mini red refrigerator looked inside to the contents, and grabbed a root beer.
The light from the small appliance showed her features in sharp contrast, her copper hair that was short and layered, dark at the bottom and light near the top. Her green eyes were glazed over with sheer boredom, though still a deep emerald color. Going to her old and marred red leather couch she searched with hand and eyes for the remote.
Finding said object with a squeal of glee, she switched on the TV, clicking through the channels until she found Dr. Phil.
Losing interest quickly, she looked through her locked window. Lights polluted the night sky in the busy streets of Japan. Not many girls her age were inside sulking on a Friday night.
"So this is what has become of Shalimar Sparrow, writer of books, player of men and checkers." She paused, looking at her reflection through the window reflectively "On a Friday night I sit home alone watching Dr. Phil. Oh I just can't wait until the Golden Years. Though I suppose I could always spice life up and watch porn instead." She mused.
Shalimar Sparrow, author, friend, sister and daughter and general busybody. She was going to turn 22 soon, still a baby in any form, but she didn't see anything new in her life…everything was the same. No husband, no babies, no boyfriend…and no happily ever after.
The biggest part of her life, Shawn, had left her for a black haired whore two months ago. She had wasted three years of her life with him, because she thought that he could bring her happiness. She still couldn't forget him though, couldn't forget his smile or his sense of humor, or when they had…
'No bad, don't go there. He's not yours anymore.' And yet at the same time she thought this, another worry was niggling its way into the crevices of her mind. 'But what did I do wrong?'
"Nothing…I didn't do anything wrong. I'm just…different." She said to herself.
Shalimar was slightly different from the normal 21st century woman. She was slightly taller than most, with exotic features. Not many people in Japan had red hair. Not naturally red anyway. And she was smart too, quick witted, quick on her feet. Other men saw her as being too good, in their point of view she was either on steroids or an alien.
"Talking to your self again huh?" a voice from the apartment door filtered in, startling Shalimar.
"Katie, don't scare me like that!" Shalimar admonished.
Katie Turner, Shalimar's best friend, was standing in the doorway. Almost as tall as Shalimar, with brown straight hair that reached her back with many blonde highlights was also known as a horror in a size 8 sneaker (1).
High heels clacking on the plain wood floor she walked over to the light switch, casting some light over the dark apartment.
"Sulking, talking to your self and staring aimlessly at a wall. Yes, I would say you need the help of Katie – Sama." smiling at her friends self appointed title, Shalimar got up to give her friend a hug.
Parting from the friendly embrace, Katie flashed her teeth in a smile before shoving Shalimar into her small bathroom.
"Shower, shave, blow dry and dress sexy my dear, we're going clubbing."
"If you've set me up on a date again…" Shalimar said, popping her head out of the bathroom door to give Katie a frown.
"No date, just some clubs to hop." Katie said, slamming the door shut and going over to Shalimar's 'bedroom' which consisted of a curtain for privacy, dressers and a mirror and of course a mattress.
Changing into her 'I-want-a-second-date' outfit, this consisted of a tight red dress. The top was halter top style, and a sharp V in the front. The bottom flared out from her hips and just barely reached her knees. Red heels and some jewelry were put in place, before Katie went over to check Shalimar.
Shalimar let Katie in, still blow-drying her wet hair. She had her clothes on too; a black pleated mini skirt, with a light blue sheer strapless top, with a very small V. She had on tall brown boots, fitting up just underneath her knee, fitting onto her leg like a second skin. She also had on a small white mini denim jacket on, the bottom just below her chest, with the arms reaching to her wrists.
"Ooh looking' good. So are you looking for a one night stand or a two week-er?" Katie asked, squeezing in so she could fix her makeup.
Shalimar blushed before shoving Katie out the door.
"Shut up, you know I'm not like that."
"I know, it's just so fun to make you blush."
After finishing up with makeup and hair, they left, locking up the door.
"Oh wait a second…" Katie said, turning to look at Shalimar. "Lose the ears honey."
Shalimar blushed as she touched the top of her head, sure enough; her red fox ears were there. They did that a lot when she was excited.
Shalimar was a demon…or something not human, she wasn't quite sure. Her mother hadn't really explained before she had passed away during Shalimar's child hood. Her twin sister was the same way, they were identical, both with fox ears and tails, and their true form was a rather cute little fox.
Shalimar concentrated on her power for a second, changing back into her full human form.
Katie was the only one, the only friend she had that she was comfortable enough with to show her true form.
At the Myou Tenshi Club
Shalimar and Katie were outside the club glass doors. They had been in there for hours, dancing and drinking. After awhile they had agreed to get some fresh air. Mainly because Shalimar and Katie didn't want to get so drunk that they did something that they would regret later.
"Well this is fun." Katie said happily "did you see that blonde? He was so hot. I wonder if he has a good body underneath that shirt…"
Shalimar hit her friend in the head with her hand.
"Don't go there you pervert."
"I am not a pervert…I am just saying it would be fun to see…"
"You really are a pervert."
"Hey I don't see you complaining when that guy that you were dancing with took his shirt off."
"Hey that isn't the sa-"Shalimar paused, something…she had sensed…or smelled something. Not an ordinary smell…or sense it was that feeling she got whenever her sister was near but at the same time it wasn't her sister.
"What is it?" Katie asked.
"Um…nothing, just a sec I need to go do something. Stay here."
"…Ok then, actually I might just go back inside…you OK?"
"Ya…ya I'm fine."
Katie went back inside the club while Shalimar went in search of the strange aura that was nearby.
A she ran, Shalimar let her minds eye find the strange sense in the air…like it was pulsing, and when she got closer the pulse got stronger…
Finally when it felt like the air was throbbing, Shalimar stopped, and opened her eyes. The throbbing died down as she went back to using her human senses, such as her eyes. Searching the dark corridor of the streets that her inner being that had lead her too, Shalimar saw a shot of red going past a corner. Releasing a bit of her power so she could keep up with this new demon, as that is what she had figured it to be.
Stalking the strange girl with the long white hair and the gaudy red outfit, she saw her go over to the Myou Tenshi Club. She was inside for a second, and then came out dragging a girl with black hair that was only a little bit shorter than her own. They seemed to be having an argument about something. Something about the girl with the black hair wanting to have some fun for awhile. The other girl wanted her to come back with her…Finally the girl with the white hair won out, with a furious threat about a sitting or something, and a stomping of feet from the other girl.
'well this is weird…'
Shalimar thought, following the two girls as the one jumped onto the white-haired girls back and they jumped off, landing on rooftops and traveling over them.
Shalimar followed, having fun letting her powers seep out for a while. She got sort of itchy when she couldn't tap them for a while.
Following them all the way to a shrine of some sort, Shalimar saw both of them go inside a little quaint house for a while, and then the girl with the black hair apparently changed into an old school uniform, green and white. Finally they went to an old shed, opened the door, there was a well inside. And then they jumped into the well, disappearing into a bluish light.
Shalimar's curiosity piqued. Jumping down from a near bye roof she went to look at the well. Nothing special…but still...
Hiding her ears once more, since they had popped up along with her tail when she had been stalking the two girls, she jumped into the well, hoping that she could travel through the well as the other two had done.
Finding that she had not hit the bottom, Shalimar opened her eyes the blue looked like she was in water, but she wasn't wet. All of a sudden, she was in the bottom of a well. It was dark out but no lights came from the house like before.
Climbing out Shalimar looked around. She definitely wasn't in Tokyo anymore.
Looking around she saw she was in a forest; it was dark, and green. She voices from her left, there looked to be some kind of light too. Walking over to where the voices were heard, she saw a group of 5, one man, a child with really bushy hair, and three women
. All were garbed in traditional clothing from the feudal era, except for the girl with the black hair.
Deciding on impulse to stay in her human form, she walked out into the camp, ignoring stares from the others, she walked to the girl that looked slightly alienated from the others and said:
"Did she kidnap you?" she asked, pointing at the now standing white-haired girl.
The girl started laughing, falling off of her 'chair' which was an old washed up tree that had probably been blown down in a storm.
Looking confusedly at the girl Shalimar turned to look at the rest of the group. The white-haired girl looked pissed. A sword that Shalimar had not seen before was unsheathed, and grew bigger unexplainably.
"Wait InuYasha stop…please…she didn't mean it…" said the collapsed girl through a fit of giggles.
"Kagome who is this…?" asked the man and the brown haired girl. A kitten with two tails jumped into the woman's lap, giving a little meow.
Kagome sat up and brushed her self of, trying to disguise her throaty chuckles but not doing a very good job of it.
"Stop it InuYasha." She said, her voice still echoing her laughter.
"Fine, but you had better explain to this mortal that I am not a...a woman."
"What?" I said before whipping around to look at the so called InuYasha's face.
"HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA." It was my turn to laugh hysterically. With the long hair I had just assumed…and to be dressed in such a dressy looking thing…
"You're a man…HAHA." I giggled.
About this time everyone fell down in laughter.
After the amazingly LONG giggle fest of 6 random people
Shalimar Kagome and Sango had filled her on their adventures. It was exciting but one could only take so much.
"Well I had better be heading back, thanks for the fun guys. And keep the pervert away from my backside. Yes Miroku I know you are behind me." The slight rustle of clothing stopped, and footsteps were heard walking away.
"Bye guys!!" I waved to them as I headed to the well, swinging over the rim with ease I jumped, expecting a nice soft blue landing. Instead I hit the hard wood bottom of the well. No blue…no soft whooshing sound.
I was stuck.
"Oh crap."
(1) Sorry Ashley…I couldn't resist (yes I stole that from my friend, the shame)
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