"Now it's a simple story -- stop me if you've heard it. I have found and truly believe that there's nothing so bad it cannot be made better with a story. And this one's got a happy ending. There once was a woman, and she was foul, like all women. For Adam's rib was dirty, just like Adam himself, for what was he but human? But this woman, she was filled... with darkness, despair, and why? Because she did not know. She could not see. She didn't know the good news, the glory that was coming. That'd be you. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours. Now and forever. You show up, they'll get in line. Because they followed her, now all they have to do is take one more step, and I'll kill them all. See? I told you it had a happy ending" Caleb- Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Chapter One

The storm poured down hard, pounding down on the dirt floor of a forest. The grass would soon drown in this vicious storm, thunder rumbled throughout the sky. Her feet splashed through the wet grass as she ran through the forest with rapid speed. Her heart pounded against her chest sharply which caused her to gasp, she felt a loss of breath as she gasped and she crashed to the ground. Panting, she laid down on the wet ground shivering and clutching her chest tightly.

Da-Damn…! I've been running for a while now. She thought gasping for breath and felt her clothes become soaked with water. Her chest pains began to subside after a few minutes, but her legs shook violently from her icy cold clothes. Running was her only option; even if it was in wet clothes, she only prayed her backpack wasn't that wet.

The girl picked herself up off the ground shivering and gazed around with uncertainty of where she was. She frowned and searched her vague memory bank to gain any kind of idea of where she could possibly be. The thunder rolled in the air and lighting struck a tree and her eardrums exploded and she jumped in fright.

The thunder and lighting. She could feel the two mixed together in her mind and in her blood.

"Raiden-sama…" She muttered in her namesake as she gazed up into the sky at the black clouds. Raidon bit her lip.

Shutting her eyes again, she inhaled the air and sensed around. Nothing, that was a relief to her. She clutched the handle of her sword tightly. Maybe I could rest for a while…She walked forward still and tried to look for a shelter. There has to be a cave nearby somewhere. Raidon gazed around with a frown.

"Ameratasu-sama and Tsukuyomi-sama…" She choked out her God's names in a silent prayer as she began to cough violently into the air.

Her body was growing weaker with illness.

As she stumbled around I the dark and damp night, Raidon kept sensing around for those who hunted her tonight. Two people, a man and a woman from the same organization were hunting her down. They wanted her dead. Raidon, at first, never understood why they wanted her dead, but she understood now. Cathrina, they wanted her dead because of the goddess that rocked and pounded inside of Raidon.

Cathrina was also the reason her parents were dead. Someone had left her all alone. Raidon lost her best friend, Edward, to demons and vampires; they cut him into pieces and burned his remains. She was left in horrible grief and dove herself fully into her work ignoring everything else around. The Goddess released a heavy and exhausted sigh watching her host heave on the path for shelter. Raidon ignored the Goddess's approaching presence in her mind.

A cave came into view and Raidon's eyes grew big in shock and smiled in relief. She limped into the cave quietly and shook violently, her teeth chattered in her mouth. Raidon brushed her dirt blond hair out of her face as she leaned against the cave's walls, she shivered touching a gooey mixture.

"Eww…" She muttered wiping the substance on her torn dark blue jeans. Then she sat down panting softly laying head against the cave wall.

Her icy darkish blue eyes blinked in the darkness of the cave staring out in the rain. She kept control over herself and stayed ready by clutching her sword tightly.

A brilliant light shined down at the little girl stared up at the light bulb on the ceiling of her bedroom. Outside, there was ran water pounding against the wooden flooring of the hallway of her home, other than the rain, there was no other sound outside. The little girl rubbed her eyes tiredly, but she didn't want to go to sleep.

She clutched her dark red, pink, and purple furred and brown eyed teddy bear tightly in her small arms which staring at the ceiling. Then she jumped up in shock as she heard thunder crash in the air. The light bulb flickered several times before it shorted out completely. The girl whimpered in the dark. 'Maybe I should go and check on Mommy and Daddy…' She thought gazing to the entrance of her room. 'Or maybe they're asleep and I shouldn't bother them.'

She was torn by her decision and laid back down on her bed tiredly and shut her eyes tightly. The little girl bit her lip trying to fall asleep, but the thunder kept her awake. With a groan, she got up and walked slowly to her sliding door holding the bear.

"Mommy?" The girl called out while rubbing her eyes.

There was a flash in the sky and she jumped again holding her bear. She spoke to the bear with a low voice. "Its okay Willow…I'm sure Okasan and Otosan are asleep and they'll allow me to sleep in the middle of them…"

"Little one? What are you doing outside so late?" The little girl looked over her shoulder to come face-to-face with a boy.

His black eyes gazed at her with concern as he approached her. She looked up at him with tired eyes.

"I- wanted to go sleep in Mommy and Daddy's room. I got scared when my light went out." The girl told the boy as he kneeled down beside her.

The boy smiled slightly. "I understand little one." He reached out and ruffled the girl's dirt blond hair. She felt safe in the boy's presence.

The boy took a hold her free hand with soft smile and walked her toward her parent's room. The little girl rested her head against the boy's arm with a loving smile and shut her eyes. Suddenly, her nostrils inhaled a strong smell of split flesh and her blue eyes flew open in surprise. The boy sensed something was amidst too and frowned. His voice drowned out as he spoke to the girl then released her hand and ran in the direction of the room. All other sounds drowned out, all she heard was the rain as it crashed the ground violently.

The girl stood watching the boy with huge eyes trying to determine the foreign scent in her nose, All was cold and quiet now, it seemed to go on forever for the little girl as she stared ahead.

"Itoko will come back soon Willow. It's probably nothing." She told the teddy bear and she shivered a little.

She waited until she heard footsteps linger toward her from behind. The little girl smiled and turned. "Itoko…!"

She froze mid sentence and stared right up at a tall man with her eyes wide. The girl couldn't see his head very well, but she saw his eyes perfectly for he was staring right down at her.

They were purple rings and she stepped back as red overtook her own eyes while staring up at him and she let out a whimper.

The strange smell of flesh was on him too. She felt sick now. The man raised a red-glowing dagger and lunged it at her.

Raidon woke up in a cold sweat and gasped out in shock while jolting up. Her vision was bleary and her body felt numb from the cold air. She assumed that she would throw up, her stomach was churning nervously. She wanted to throw up.

It was still dark outside despite her vision being crappy at the moment. Hopefully, she'd lost her predators in the storm and they'd be wandering around for days trying to recover her presence. But, it was unlikely she'd survived out in the world alone. Surrendering isn't an option for me. Raidon thought bravely. I won't let them catch me. Raidon wasn't the type to give up easily.

Something reached out and grabbed a hold of her chin and jerked her forward to look upon them. Her senses jumped in panic, they were here and they had found her. Her luck was out. Raidon let out a quiet groan in ache feeling her body numb and her stomach acids in her stomach flipped and flopped nervously.

Though her unclear vision, she saw a strange shade of orange and Raidon bit her lip. This was the man.

"She doesn't look very well, Pein…" The woman.

"She is soaked yes. The girl has a cold and her body in numb." The man stated stoically and Raidon felt his hand gently released her chin and his hand touched her cheek.

The woman's wrist pressed against Raidon's forehead and then took her wrist off of Raidon's forehead moments later. "We can't leave her like this. We could use her powers instead of killing her Pein."

The man remained silent and appeared to be watching Raidon, searching for something. Raidon squinted slightly trying to catch a better look at the orange-haired man, but her eyelids began to tremble from tiredness. The man sighed.

"Alright, we'll take her with us." Raidon felt what she thought was a warm blanket and there a soft, leather clothe that wrapped around her, her eyes began to blind her.

Her body was lifted up and Raidon felt herself drift off into darkness.