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:: Sanctus ::
Chapter 1
The skies rained for three days after the deaths of our beloved Sages
for it was them and only them that brought peace upon this world.
- Book V of the Three Sages
You don't really know how messed up life is until you're backed into a corner holding a branch surrounded by three ugly monsters. The girl in that unfortunate corner really, really hates her life at this very moment. There is absolutely no way her life could get worse. Absolutely not.
"Back off!" She squeaks and blindly waves her thin branch.
"Oh, Gama, Gema, look. she thinks she's scary holding that piece of wood." The purple monster with way too many horns coming out of the sides of his head chuckles loudly.
"Just let us eat you, I promise it won't hurt." The green one, known as Gama, to his right grins and reveals at least fifty razor sharp teeth.
"Yeah right." The girl snorts despite being scared out of her mind and waves her branch once more when they try to take a step closer.
"We're not giving you a choice little girl." The biggest one with red skin, most likely Gema, snarls and lashes out, breaking her branch with his jagged nails.
The girl whimpers as her poor, unsuspecting branch is cut in half. She grimaces and takes a step back only for her back to touch a tree. The girl can only shake in fear as they get closer and lick their lips in anticipation for their next human meal. She screams when they all jump at her at once, sharp claws ready to tear her to shreds.
"Stop it!"
She holds out her hand and a bright pink light bursts from her palm. Her eyes are shut tight as she hears the screams of agony from the three monsters before her.
A small old woman with pink hair enjoying her tea two miles away freezes when she sees her cup crack considerably. It however does not break and she can only stare as her tea slowly spills through the crack. She frowns and turns her head toward the forest that resides next to her temple. Whoever messes with her afternoon tea is going to die. She disappears in a matter of seconds into the dark forest.
When the cup finally is empty of its tea, it breaks in half.
The girl back in the forest is rather shocked to find herself alone. The only indication that the monsters had been there are the black ashes that are by her feet. She looks disgusted when she kicks away the ashes and scrambles upright. She looks around, picking up her broken branch in the hopes of using them like two knives. Having absolutely no idea how she got here, she begins her trek in whatever direction she thinks is safe. Which really isn't a lot of options.
She can only guess she has been walking aimlessly for ten minutes before a loud voice echoes through the trees.
"Who dare trespasses my forest?"
She stumbles in shock and tries not to fall over. The string of curses that tumble out of the girl's mouth are rather graphic and not for the ears of children. When she thought her life couldn't get worse, she sure did put her foot in her mouth.
"Who's there?" She stutters, looking around fearfully for anymore monsters.
"I am the King of the Forest! The destroyer, the conqueror, the savage."
The voice's volume even makes her bones shake. She grits her teeth and tries to think of a plan where she would make it out alive.
"Um, King sir. I, uh, just want to leave." Is all she can come up with.
"Leave? Well why didn't you say so?" A small figure jumps out of the trees and lands right in front of the girl.
She shuts her eyes while screeching and throws her branches high in the air while stepping back. When nothing happens for several seconds the girl opens one eye and peeks at the figure in front of her.
"Only an idiot would dare enter—why are you laughing?" The small figure who turns out to be the old woman with pink hair frowns when she sees the girl in front of her snort and begin laughing into her hand.
"King of the Forest?" The girl wheezes. "You're the most tiniest old lady I've ever seen!"
"Shut up you dimwit!" The old lady clenches her fist in irritation. "I can leave you here, I don't care whether you make it out alive."
That immediately sobers the girl up and she shakes her head repeatedly while falling to her knees in front of the old lady.
"No, no I'm really sorry. Really sorry."
After a moment of silence the old lady hums and stares at the girl, "What is your name?"
"Yuna." Yuna tries not to laugh at the fact that they can barely make eye contact with her even on her knees.
"Dimwit is a better name for you." The old lady cleans her ear with her pinky. "Follow me closely if you want to make it out alive."
"Whoa wait!"
Yuna scrambles to her feet when the pink haired granny already starts walking away with her hands clasped behind her back.
"What?" The old woman calls out over her shoulder and glares.
"You didn't tell me your name." Yuna considerably shrinks under the piercing stare.
"Genkai." She grunts and resumes walking.
Yuna slowly repeats the name to her herself before smiling happily and following after her savior. She is finally getting out of this nightmare of a forest.
After twenty minutes of silence, Genkai surprisingly starts the conversation.
"How did you even end up in my forest?"
Her voice reveals her age and Yuna can't help but wonder how she managed to climb trees and jump down from them. She must be taking some booster or something. Great, Yuna thought sourly, she went from three monsters to a crazy, old druggy.
"Beats me." Yuna shrugs, pulling a fallen leaf out of her black hair. "Last thing I remember is going to bed."
Genkai simply grunts in response, her eyes never straying. The more she thinks about the young girl behind her, the more questions fill her head. She looks no older than fifteen, with shoulder length black hair and amber eyes. Her tan skin holds no scars or bruises. She has a strangely placed beauty mark in between her eyebrows. Nothing looks out of the ordinary, but when Genkai studied her closely from the trees, she sensed the massive but untapped spirit energy within her. Almost as if it is being covered by a thick blanket.
Yuna squeals happily when they make it out of the forest unhindered. She refrains from falling to the ground and kissing the grass that shimmers beneath the sun.
"Ready to go home dimwit? The bus is beyond the stairs." Genkai climbs the wooden steps to her temple and briefly glances at the broken tea cup.
"Right, home." Yuna grins happily before freezing mid step.
Genkai raises an eyebrow in question, wondering what the hold up was. The faster Yuna left her presence, the faster she could make another batch of tea.
"I don't know where home is."
The face palm that echoes in the clearing causes several birds to fly out of the nearby trees.
"What do you mean you don't know?!" Genkai grits her teeth.
"I can't remember where I live." Yuna picks at the seams of her shirt, feeling like the biggest idiot on the planet.
"You said you remember going to bed." The old woman sighs loudly and soothes the oncoming headache.
"Yeah, that's it."
Yuna yelps when she sees the broken tea cup hurled at her with no mercy. She quickly dodges but from the way it shatters on the ground, it was most likely aimed to kill. She could see Genkai's eyebrow twitching in irritation from where she's standing and holds her breath waiting for the other piece of the tea cup of death. After five seconds of awkward silence, the old woman cleans her ear again with her pinky and sighs.
"Looks like you have to stay here until you remember. I usually don't take in strays so consider yourself lucky." Genkai frowns deeply, clearly not liking this arrangement.
It however meant that she could continue to study the spirit energy the girl possesses.
"Oh thank you—"
"But you're in charge of cleaning, cooking, and shutting up."
Genkai turns and opens the sliding door, then enters the temple, and shuts it forcefully behind her. Yuna can only gape and wince at the loud noise it makes. She pouts and crosses her arms, staring down at the ground in annoyance.
"Instead of standing there like an idiot, start cleaning the broken cup and the puddle of tea!" Genkai's voice is loud and clear as it echoes out of the temple.
Yuna grumbles and wonders if going back into the forest is still an option.
