"I'm going to catch you! There is no point in running!" He screamed as he ran after me. Whoever he was, he definitely had some speed in order to still be on my tail. "Spirit gun!" is all that could be heard before an energy blast was sent after me. I just jumped high in the air and over the energy blast onto the next tree to avoid it, just like the few times he tried this before.
He has no idea that I can tear him apart, but lucky for him I have a goal. And killing this human would certainly just get in the way.
As I jumped from tree to tree through the canopy of the forest I could hear his loud crashing footsteps on the floor, breaking branches as he went. "Turn around and fight like a man you coward!"
Kid thinks I'm a man. Ha! He is getting annoying real fast. It is time to really lose him. This chase is wasting my time.
I stopped on the branch I was on and turned to face the direction in which he was running after me. He did not expect me to stop so he almost passed me by in attempts to stop running. "About time you gave up." I could see him raising his index finger again. The blue energy accumulating at the tip readying for the attack he would attempt to shoot at me next.
"Ha, I honestly have no time to waste on you." I looked at him a brief second; he couldn't have been more than 18 years old, his blue jeans dirty from the mud he has been running through, and his jacket had been torn in many places due to all the branches and thorns. I raised my right arm in the air and quickly snatched a leaf off the tree. As I threw it down and jumped high off the branch I yelled "Rain of a Thousand Leaves!" The one leaf then exploded into thousands of leafs and each one did the same until visibility was reduced to nothing.
I took that as my chance to escape."So long kid!" I yelled down to him as I was going higher in the air another energy blast was sent through after me, it barely caught the edge of my shirt as I dodged it and jumped away and quickened my pace from tree to tree. My leafy cover was good and I sped off in a new direction.
As I neared the edge of the forest I decided that I needed to change my appearance. This guy who was after me had no doubt seen what I looked like so in case he saw me again, I didn't want another confrontation with him. He seems much stronger than he let on.
As I jumped down from the last tree my hair turned darker, going from the long light brown it had previously been to a short bobbed black cut, my eyes turned from hazel to green, and to make myself even less distinguishable my height went from 5 foot 7 inches to a much shorter stature of just 5 feet. I then walked away from the forest and toward the city.
This is one hell of a welcoming committee, and I have a feeling he won't be the last one who might want to give me such a warm greeting.
Hours later I was walking through the city trying to find any signs of where I was. I could not believe that I had come all this way just to get lost when I was so close to the end. All I knew was that the place I had been searching for was somewhere around here I had no idea what city I was even in. But there wouldn't be such strong fighters anywhere else, if this wasn't close to my destination.
I am not going to let the last few months be a waste of my time. I need to find this place by nightfall.
My mind was completely engulfed in my own little world but that smell brought me straight out of my thoughts. Demon. I smelled my own kind somewhere. I was near the other edge of the city near another forest and a train track no humans seemed to be around. I was alert and ready for another fight. Getting into a ready stance I tried hard to feel the other demons energy so I knew where to attack before I got attacked fist. Above! I looked up and saw him coming down his katana striking at me, I moved barely in time to avoid a painful slice through the middle of my head. He had however managed to cut a few strands of hair off.
"I'll forgive you this time. You're lucky hair grows back." I growled at him. I stared at him for a second analyzing my foe. He was considerably shorter than the last one who was after me. Not to mention their approaches to apprehend me were completely different. For one this individual had a weapon and he was a demon.
We were about 10 feet apart and he was staring me down as if trying to guess if I was going to retaliate with an attack of my own. "Hn. Next time I'll be sure not to miss." With that he was back in his fighting stance and lunged at me with more speed than before with his katana ready to deliver a devastating blow. I was ready this time and I successfully sidestepped the attacked and then jumped into a nearby tree in case he countered my evasion. I wasn't expecting another attack so soon, when he kept leaping for me I was knocked off balance from the tree and fell into a nearby bush.
I quickly rose to my feet dodging more of his fast paced assaults. He was obviously the one in control here and all I could do was back up till I formulated my own offensive. I could not let his speed be my downfall. As we went jumping around I managed to grab a handful of grass as I ducked to avoid another collision with his katana. I turned to face the demon while still jumping out of the way of his weapon. I put the grass in the palm of my hand and brought them near my face. There was confusion in his eyes as I blew the grass his way. As my breath made contact with the blades of grass they promptly turned into little spikes and went flying toward the demon. As soon as he realized what had happened he went on the defensive and began trying to deflect the grass spikes with his katana.
He had managed to deflect most of the grass spikes but the ones who made contact with their intended target had done some damage. His black cloak had been torn to shreds. His arms and face had thin likes of red blood in various places. He stripped the cloak off and was now shirtless which revealed lines of dripping blood all over his muscular torso as well. He got back into his stance.
"We can keep this up all day. I'm not even breaking a sweat here." I said as I jumped into the nearby tree. I grabbed a leaf and prepared to make my second great escape of the day.
"Hn, I'll make sure you are going to be breaking more than just your sweat." If the ice in voice could be physically felt, we would definitely be in tundra.
"Little demon, I would probably take that threat seriously if I thought you could possibly catch me. But as for now, that is laughable." I threw the leaf down while the words 'Rain of a Thousand Leaves' could be heard ringing out all around us as the leaves multiplied thousands at a time and created the cover that I needed. I turned and jumped off the tree in the direction of the train tracks I had seen earlier.
Then I heard him behind me, my guard was down so I wasn't able to completely avoid his attack. His katana sliced down my back. I felt blood flooding out of the wound.
Damn! Damn this idiot demon! How was he able to find me? My leaves were the perfect cover!
As the leaves stopped multiplying and all gathered on the ground in huge piles I turned to look at him. He had taken off the white headband around his forehead which now revealed a third eye.
I guess this explains it. That eye must be what allowed him to see me through my leaves. I will definitely not be giving him another chance. My guard will not be let down again.
"That was a surprise. I am not used to anyone being able to get to me through that. But I assure you, I will not give you another chance because my guard is not going down again." I stared at him from a few feet away trying to come up with a plan of action. I needed to get away, not to kill him. Time seemed to be speeding by I could see the sun would be setting in a couple hours and I needed to get there before nightfall.
"Hn. You're going to be finished either way, guard up or down." He ran for me again. With my back damaged and blood dripping at every move it was harder to avoid him.
While attempting to steer clear of his hits I bent down to get a handful of grass. This time I wasn't just going to merely give him a few little scratches.
I will make sure he won't be able to get back up and go after me with this one.
I quickly took a flower petal I kept in my back pocket and turned it into a liquid and laced the blades of grass with it, all while still avoiding the blade of the demons Katana.
I let him get closer. I started jumping to shorter distances allowing as little distance as possible between me and him without getting hit. "You're slowing. Don't tell me you are going to back down now?" he said mockingly to me as he thought he had the upper hand.
Once he was only a few feet from me and in between attacks, I blew the blades of grass at him once more. All of them hit their target and most stuck to his skin.
Yes. Now try to get up after that demon.
I jumped far away at that moment to avoid his katana. He missed me and watched me perched up in a tree nearby. "I suggest you don't try to attack me again and just be prepared for a nice little nap."
"What did you do?" he said sounding concerned and brushing off all the stuck blades of grass that covered his body. He began to wobble in place. It had started. In a few minutes he would be out cold and wouldn't even be able to come after me. I jumped off the tree and walked towards the fallen demon.
"I laced my grass blades with a liquid form of a nice little flower. It's supposed to help you sleep. Oh and also it's a sedative." I explained it and squatted down next to him. My blood dripping from my back forming a little puddle under me and he also had blood pooling around him from the hundreds of little scratches my grass had made all over his body. I heard him growl from the ground. "Don't try to resist it. You will be fine tomorrow morning after a nice well deserved sleep." His eyes tried to focus on me as I talked but they were getting drowsy.
"You will pay." He tried to threaten me weakly from the ground.
"I haven't been hit in a very long time. You should consider yourself lucky to have been able to slice me." His eyes began to close. "Goodnight little demon."
I jumped back, running toward the train tracks and began making my way up toward the mountain. Never had I needed to resort to putting my enemy to sleep in order to purely escape.
Who was I dealing with? Who were these fighters? No matter, I will find the place I am searching for before I try to find out who they are. The small demon with the katana, his speed was definitely not something to be underestimated; I felt a great energy coming from him and I'm glad I got him when I did. And the young man from earlier with those 'spirit gun' energy blasts I know he had more than he was giving off then, I'm glad I lost him when I did. Both of these fighters are so strong. I had never faced foes with this kind of ability and strength. They must have been holding back. Both could have easily killed me and yet they didn't. Why?
I came across a valley near the mountains only an hour later. I was going at a much slower speed due to the injury I have attained from the previous fight with the little demon. I was getting weak. A lot of blood has been lost and walking was becoming harder.
I was getting so weak that I couldn't keep my appearance up and I started shifting back into my true form. I grew back to my natural 5 foot 10 height; my hair grew back to its mid back length and changed to its usual silvery white. Doubts flooded my mind of possibly finding it. I could barely keep walking.
I won't be able to make it… I am losing too much blood to be able to get there in time… why are my legs getting so weak? Why can't I move my leg?
Looking down I realized a little vine was snaking its way up my left leg. It has already rendered it immobile. "Damn!" I screamed as I bended over trying to pull the vine off even though I knew it was completely useless. It was making its way around my right leg now and up both my thighs. "Who is doing this? Show yourself!" I started looking around frantically. I couldn't think straight. The blood lose was great and made me so light headed I had no way of getting out of this one. I could see a red haired guy walking toward me from across the field.
That must be the demon responsible for these vines. Looks like third time's the charm huh boys?
By the time he got to me the vines had already tied me up completely. I wasn't able to move at all my arms were tied down to the rest of my body and the only reason I still stood was because the plant kept me supported. The closer he got the easier it was to see that he was much taller than the demon I had just faced and his face was much less menacing. "Who are you and what is your intention of coming here?" I could barely hear him speak. My eyes began closing shortly after his question.
The sun is setting… I am not making it tonight. They got me.
"Kurama!" is that last thing I heard in the distance before I fell unconscious and my mind drifted off into a dreamless sleep.