Chapter 1: A burned down village
Ashley
"Ashley, my feet hurt!" Haly complained.
"So do mine! Can we please stop, Ash?" Allie asked.
"We've only been walking for an hour!" I said.
"Please!" they whined.
"No! Now shut up and keep walking! We've got to find a village before night fall!" I said.
"Why?" Allie asked.
"I don't know about you two but I don't want to be eaten by some random demon!" I explained. I looked back to see that they were no longer lagging behind but were hurrying to catch up.
That's what I thought.
We kept walking in the woods for another hour. Then I started to see a yellow-ish light.
"Hey! Is that the exit?" Haley yelled. They both ran towards the light and I slowly followed.
"Ashley! Look!" They yelled and pointed ahead. When I got to them, I looked at what they were pointing at.
"Oh my God!" I gasped. Ahead of us was a village. A burned down village to be exact. There were some buildings that were totally black, some looked like burned giant rocks sticking up from the ground, and the rest were just huge piles of ashes. All in all, it looked like a ghost town.
"What do you think happened?" Allie asked.
"No idea," Haley and I answered.
After a few minutes I started to walk towards it.
"Are you sure you want to go in there?" they asked.
"Sure, why not? If we're lucky, we can find some food and a stable shelter for the night," I said. They exchanged looks.
"What? You two aren't afraid of ghosts, are you?" I asked, teasing them.
"No!"
"Of coarse not!"
"Then come on!" I said. I wlaked towards the burned down village again. This time, I heard them following me. It look us a few minutes but we finally got there.
"Ew!" Haley yelled. At first I thought Allie had cracked her knuckles. Then I looked back and saw that they were both holding their hands over their noses.
"What?" I asked. Self-conciously, I smelled myself thinking it was me.
"The air. It stinks!" Haley said.
"Yeah, it smells like something's rotting!" Allie said.
"Really?" I asked as I walked further into the village.
"Hello? Anyone here?" I yelled.
No response.
Allie went in to one of the houses and Haley went to explore the rest of the village. I walked on until I saw a church-like building. I walked up the steps. When I got to the top, I heard someone mumbling.
"Hello? Is someone in here?" I asked.
No answer.
"Hello?" I asked a little louder. Suddenly I felt a gust of wind and heard the door slam.
"What the hell?"
HaleyHaley was just walking around town to see if anyone was still alive. After a few minutes, she started to hear shuffling in house she was passing.
"I wonder if anyone's in there?" she asked herself. She walked up the few steps and opened the door.
"Hello? Is anyone in here?" The shuffling stopped.
"I'm not going to hurt you. My friends and I are just trying to see if anyone's still alive," Haley said. She looked around to try to find the person. Something started laughing. It sounded like a girl.
"Hello?" Haley said.
"You're a bit too late, little girl. All the villagers are dead," the woman said. Haley turned around to see a woman with a multi-colored kimono on, black hair, and two feathers sticking out of her hair.
"The name's Kagura. Tell me, who are you and your friends?" Kagura asked.
"Why should I tell you? Are you going to harm my friends?"
"No, I will not harm your friends."
"Very well, my name's Haley. My friend's names are Ashley and Allie."
"Interesting. Do you know where these two are?" Kagura asked.
"I think Allie went into some house to look to see if anyone was still alive and I believe Ashley went into the church," Haley said.
""Well thanks for the information, kid. I'm sure Naraku will be somewhat pleased that we've finally found that girl," Kagura said.
"Wait, what?"
"Naraku will be taking this Allie girl off your hands. Don't worry, once we capture her, she will not be harmed in any way," Kagura reassured.
"You two will never take Allie away from us. We won't let you!" Haley yelled.
"Heh. I'd love to see you try and stop us!" Kagura said as she pulled out a fan.
"I'll make you eat those words!" Haley said. Then she ran at Kagura.
"You fool!" Kagura yelled. She opened her fan and swung it down.
"Dancing Blades!"
AllieAllie had walked into a house after getting the feeling that someone was watching her.
"Hello?" Allie said after she went inside.
No answer.
"Is anyone in here?" she asked a little louder. She saw something purple in the corner of her eye. She turned around to see a demon that looked like a baboon. Or at least its face did. It was standing in the middle of a purple orb.
"Who are you?" Allie asked. It chuckled. Allie waited for a few moments.
It still didn't answer.
"Well…have you seen anyone who has survived? It looks like a fire took place here," Allie asked.
The thing chuckled even more.
"Okay. If you're not going to answer then I guess I'll just leave," she said as she made her way for the door. She then slammed into something as she tried to get through the doorway.
"What the hell is this?" Allie asked as she put her hands on the invisible wall.
"What's your name, little girl?" the demon asked. It had a deepish voice.
"Huh, so you finally decide to speak. Well, my name's Allie, and yours?" Allie said.
"Naraku. I've heard about you, Miss Allie," Naraku said.