(Going nowhere)

The winds that ran through Sakura's short, black locks weren't enough to soothe her pain and misery. Losing her village was bad enough as it was, losing her family and villagers was worse; but now it had started to rain.

It was thunder and lightening that she had such passionate hatred towards. Of course, she had always thought that it was soothing to the soul; but now she wasn't so sure of it anymore.

It was thunder and lightening that had brought her despair. It had come with a dark aura of menace and had left with her village, her fellow villagers' lives and her childhood memories.

In fact, the only thing that it hadn't whisked away was the shikon jewel shard that her sister used to protect. The warmness of it was the only thing that brought her calmness, for she couldn't stop thinking;

'Why me? Why now? What did I do to the gods to receive such misery?'

Even through all this, it would have been astonishing for anyone that Sakura never shed a tear. The last time she had cried was when her brother was killed in the war and his body came back wrapped in linens.

His perfect complexion of tanned skin, muscular body and his long, raven braided hair that the village girls swooned over; was all burnt and hideously traumatized.

Her mother had cried.

Her brother's fiance had wept and then ended her sadness with a dagger.

Her? A blank emptiness took over her sorrow. For a while she had sat there in front of the ash jar that contained her brother's ashes after the cremation.

"Are you dead?" she had whispered. "Are you my brother who had loved everyone so much, now here lifeless? Burnt to ashes? Please...I miss you..."

That was when sadness took its place in her soul and she had wept. Other than that, she had never cried; Even when her village was burnt.

What was the use of crying?

Was her crying going to bring them back to life?

Even so, would life be the same again?

No.

That was her thoughts; all in all, Sakura was a cold person.

"Hiten an-chan," the reptilian demon bellowed while walking alongside his brother. "Is something bothering you? You look very depressed even after our hunt."

Throwing down a wild boar that they had caught at the last minute, the elder thunder brother stripped himself of his bloody armor and put on a grim expression. Flashing his crimson eyes he called to Manten.

"I'm still not satisfied." He said. "And it's not because of the measly hunt that bothers me."

"Do you want me to capture a maiden for you, an-chan?" Manten quickly said, realizing too quickly his brother's needs and wants. "If you wish, I could capture a human female for you right at this moment."

Saying nothing, Hiten scowled and stomped into his room. Before seeing Manten leaving he told him quietly,

"Get a girl that's somewhat amusing to you, Manten." He said. "It can be quite boring with the same kinds that lounge about."

"Aye." Manten said and hurried out the house.

Something wasn't right about Hiten today, Manten pondered to himself.

If it's not the leek patties that he screwed up on making for that day's breakfast, then it was either the hunt wasn't satisfying; or that his brother needed a girl to screw around with again.

Usually, it was a girl that he needed to screw around with. Then after the screwing around was finished, the girl would serve as a special delicacy that filled them both.

But this time his an-chan wanted something special, something that was different as the other women; and Manten wondered what.

Just then, he picked up a scent of a young girl and rushed over to the spot.

Tracing the veins of the blood red leaf that was in her hand, Sakura slowly started to rip it apart with her fingers.

Two weeks had passed since she had been traveling, and her bare feet were bloody and roughed up. Her extra pair of shoes were worn out from all the travelling and she couldn't afford to buy new ones. The smoothness of her feet were gone, but a strange texture had replaced it.

Yet she didn't complain even to herself.

A gust of wind was what made her look up into the heavens. Sakura spotted a faint outline of a grey cloud floating above and wondered why such a grey cloud was wandering about on such a peaceful day.

"Who goes there?" she heard a deep voice bellow. "A fair maiden, is it not?"

"What the..." Sakura muttered, but she never got to finish what she was saying. She looked up at the cloud in horror and saw a demon, one of those in which made villagers running for their lives.

This was no ordinary demon, though; this was a thunder demon. It was then she dared to yell back.

"Who the hell are you?" The demon merely snickered and introduced himself.

"Why, I am Manten; the younger of the two thunder brothers, woman." He said in his usual monotone voice. "My elder is in need of a female acquaintance, and you shall serve well as I see you are fully matured."

Sakura glared at him and grabbed tightly onto her little baggage. If this was a thief, she had nothing to give other than the small riceballs, her extra set of clothes, and her sword. But this demon didn't want that, he wanted her.

"I'm not going with you." She blankly said out loud.

"But yet you are, fair maiden." Manten said. "I will drag you with me if I have to."

And that was just what he tried to do. He whooshed past Sakura and clutched her by his side, and ascended into the skies soon after.

Taking a glimpse of the small, now miniature scenery the girl screamed as loud as she could; Manten glared at her with his little beady eyes as if he wanted to strangle her instead of carrying her safe and out of harm's way, but he knew Hiten would be furious with him if he did so.

So carry her back to their lair he did.

Okay, it's either I'm really high on sugar today or I'm just sane and I'm trying to write a good Hiten story. I just love that thunder boy, he's so rebellious! Ahh!! And he cares about his brother, too...and that's just so sweet!

Yes, I'm working on two major stories; this one and my other Rin x Sesshomaru story.

No, I haven't abandoned it...What are you people thinking? I'll update both stories when the time comes. And you 'Drowning petals' fans, if I don't update as quickly now please forgive me...In the moment, you can read this one; I don't know if it'll be good enough or not, but just tell me what you think...OK?

Love you all, Muah!!