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Chapter 1

The girl's wretched screams echoed over the barren land as the silver dragon dug its large claws into her shoulders, holding her down ruthlessly. She screamed louder as she felt the talons dig deeper and deeper, forcing horrendous streams of crimson blood to gush onto the white snow. Her stormy gray eyes widened as the pain registered and threatened to shatter the remains of her sanity. She shut them in an attempt to erase the blood from her vision. Red on white, her pain on pure snow tore at her soul.

The dragon itself was watching through its pure silver eyes as the blood gushed out onto the snow. He would love to simply sit and bleed the girl dry with sadistic pleasure, but the accursed demon was shouting to continue. 'Really, does this common mortal expect to be able to control me? How disgusting,' he thought with a scowl only a dragon can muster. He sighed and whipped his thick, powerful tail with an impatient air. The demon screamed again for the ritual to continue and Fukigen decided that he was just too annoying; he looked at the girl once more. He flexed his jaws and ran his icy blue tongue over his dozens of sharp teeth. He could almost taste the blood and the flesh.

With a quick, graceful movement, Fukigen bit deeply into the girl's back and growled in satisfaction as the blood poured into his mouth. The girl screamed again. The demon let out the breath he was holding unaware. He smirked at the sight and knew his plan has worked. Fukigen felt his power flow through the gashes in the young girl's back as the ritual began. He closed his beautiful silver eyes and enjoyed his last meal as a free dragon. After a few minutes, his entire body was engulfed in a silver glow and penetrated the girl's skin. The absorption was complete.

The demon ambled forward, ignorant of the fact that under the wine-red hair that shadowed her face, the girl's eyes glowed silver. She heard a deep hiss in the back of her mind and words flew from an unknown being inside her skull. 'See what he has done to me?' the voice hissed again, 'Kill him, do not let him have me, or you. You are the one I chose.' The girl stood up and listened to the voice, unaware of the demon slowly coming closer. 'With my help, you can thrive. You can avenge your brother and live without fear.' The demon came closer and Yuumei looked at him through her blurred vision. She smiled calmly.

"You're the one?" she asked with a slight wince at the screaming inside her head. 'You fool. You must kill him. Kill him, now!' Yuumei decided that she has had enough. She raised her hand and bid the demon to come closer. As he did, she quickly grabbed his neck and twisted it sharply to the left. A bone snapped loudly, creating an echo on the barren land. She released the body and said aloud, "I do not want you controlling me."

'As you wish, girl, but I will not allow you to kill me.'

"Agreed, you can take control if you feel that you are endangered, but only then."

'You are quite unrelenting. I find that amusing.'

"I'm glad someone is amused by this," Yuumei muttered with a smirk.

Meanwhile, a girl with silky blue hair and gorgeous silver eyes yelled at the demons surrounding her.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

The demons ignored her shouts and moved closer to her, trapping her on the cliff. Fay looked down at the churning waters of the black sea. She saw several sharp, hard, and most likely painful rocks in the water as well. 'Oh, great, this is perfect. I can either be captured or I can jump and skewer myself.' She looked back at the demons and made her decision.

She knelt and, with a surprising amount of grace, flipped backwards off the cliff. She fell through the air upright and crossed her arms across her chest. 'Talk about a long fall.' When she at last hit the water, she felt a shocking pain in her head as it collided with a rock. She felt her lungs release the only breathing air she could get and closed her eyes, accepting her fate. Then, she heard it. It was like a gentle song, the shifting of the waters. She opened her eyes to slits and saw the outline of a giant creature heading her way. She watched it gracefully weave through the rocks at an amazing speed and stop in front of her. The gentle blue eyes glittered with gentleness and pity a mother could emit. Fay felt the serpent-like body wrap around her waist and watched with curiosity as the face of the beast aligned with hers.

Seisui gazed at the girl she caught for a long time. She felt her insides churn like the surface waters when she though of eating this creature. She decided against it. She gazed thoughtfully at the waters over the girl's shoulder. 'This place is so dangerous. Maybe it's time to leave the ocean.' Seisui focused on the girl again and looked at the girl's chest before turning into a form of water and plunging deeply into her skin.

Fay felt the sudden pain and started to squirm in the water. She felt the dragon digging deeper into her soul and mind. She regained enough sense to try to swim to the surface with what little life she had. Fay almost got to the surface when she felt the darkness of unconsciousness pull her back into the water. She reached up to maybe find something.

She felt something grab her hand in a strong grip. Fay was pulled up onto a small beach beside the cliff and rolled on her back. She breathed in deeply then coughed up the water in her lungs. She felt her body live again as she breathed the oxygen in the air. Something stood above her, blocking the sun and Fay noticed gray eyes.

"Drink this," the being demanded throwing a bottle filled with green liquid on Fay's stomach. Fay grabbed the bottle and drank the contents. Her vision sharpened and she felt energy pulse through every part of her body. "Now, get up."

Fay did as instructed and looked down slightly at the girl. She was only an inch shorter than Fay, probably about five feet. "Yuumei," the girl said as she held out her hand in greeting. Fay blinked and shook hands with the demon girl. "Fay," she replied.

The girls heard the screams of a gang of demons, though only Fay recognized them. She crossed her arms and pouted. "Why don't they ever leave me alone?"

Yuumei smirked slightly at the comment; then, she turned to the demons with a scowl. "What do you want?"

The demons pointed at Fay and moved to grab her, but a large leathery wing blocked them. "Leave us be," Yuumei commanded with a flap of her wings to emphasize her point, "or else."

The demons looked at each other and moved forward anyway. Yuumei sighed; people are so difficult to deal with these days. She quickly unsheathed her sword and sliced through the first row of demons. The rest fled. Yuumei chuckled loudly.

"I doubt they'll bug us again." Fay started to laugh along with Yuumei and the pair eventually collapsed with laughter. Fay heard a giggle in the back of her mind and laughed even harder. 'Now I'm really going insane.' Yuumei, meanwhile, heard Fukigen's dark chuckle and smirked.

A couple years later, Yuumei and Fay walked down the street filled with humans and ate their respective ice-cream cones. Yuumei enjoyed the dark chocolate ice-cream that was only available at the one particular store they always go to. Fukigen growled in joy at the treat. Fay ate through her vanilla cone with zeal. Seisui giggled at the brain-freeze she was going to get. Over the years, Fay grew a couple inches, now she was at 5' 4"; Yuumei grew only two inches throughout this time.

The summer sun was glaring down at the girls, making Fay's various tattoos glint. The small crystal, icicle-shaped hair ornaments clanked together as Yuumei walked.

"It's nice to not have to worry about anything," Fay said while she held a hand to her head to ease the pain.

"Yes, it is nice to only have to worry about what you eat and how fast you eat it." Yuumei continued eating her cone. She stopped suddenly, her tongue still licking the chocolate treat. Fay looked over at her with a raise brow. "What is it? And can you please not do that?"

Yuumei ignored her request. "Someone is following us," she said, biting her tongue in the process. "Ouch."

Fay laughed and Fukigen whimpered from embarrassment. If he had a body, he would probably blush. Yuumei silenced Fay with a glare and signaled her to follow. The girls walked at their previous pace, but turned into, what they knew, an alley that lead to a labyrinth of alleys. They heard footsteps behind them. The pair weaved in and out of alleys and ended up at a dead end. The footsteps behind them stopped.

"Hey, girls, stop. We need you to come with us." Yuumei and Fay turned to see three boys in their teen years waiting a couple feet behind them. The one with long red hair stepped forward and requested, "Please, all we need is for you to see someone."

Yuumei and Fay shared a look and turned fully towards the boys. All of them were tall and seemingly out of patience. One had brown eyes and black hair that was pulled back and anchored with hair gel. One was big, buff and watched the girls though black eyes. He had orange hair. The last had long, bright red hair and wise, clever emerald-green eyes. Fay examined each with a cold, ruthless gaze. Yuumei turned her attention to the surrounding area. Something was off. 'Someone is hiding their energy, Darkened Heart.' Yuumei knew that Fukigen knew more than her on such matters so she raised her guard. Fay did the same. The boy with black hair stepped forward threateningly.

"You will come with us, now. You got that?" Yuumei sighed.

"We're not pea-brains like you three." Fay's rude retort escaped her mouth almost of its own will. Yuumei shot her a glare. The boy with red hair decided to try his luck. "We mean you no harm, we simply would like to show you to someone impor-"

Yuumei cut him off. "We do not need to see anyone. We are causing no trouble; in fact, we should turn you in," she pointed at the group accusingly with a pale finger, "for disturbing our peace and stalking us for two blocks."

"I'm sorry; we didn't want to walk into a conversation or something similar to that."

Yuumei glanced at Fay and rolled her eyes up. Fay understood the signal and knelt down as if to defend herself. Yuumei followed soon after.

"Now, girls, we don't need to fight." This time the last of the boys, the tallest, spoke. But Yuumei and Fay had other things on their minds. Fay's stunning silver wings emerged and she flapped them once to settle the feathers. Yuumei's own white leathery wings formed. As the sun reflected off their surface, the familiar trace of icy blue on the wings stood out. The pair pushed off from the ground and, with the powerful wings, shot upward. The demon that Yuumei sensed standing behind them moved quickly. Zipping from wall to wall, almost gliding in the space between the two buildings, he was hard to spot, such was his speed.

Yuumei flapped her wings and grabbed Fay's shoulder to speed her up. Yuumei had no idea why she was feeling this terrified. There was something about this demon that spiked all her senses into panic. Something like a whisper echoed through her mind. 'He wields great power. He will destroy you without mercy, without thought.' Yuumei couldn't look back, she had to get out. He would reach them, he would destroy them. Fay started to fly faster and Yuumei pulled harder. 'He will not blink at your death. He wants to kill you. His power is too great,' the whisper continued. Yuumei saw the sunlight that marked the end of the buildings. Their freedom was right there, and yet, it seemed like such a long distance. Yuumei felt as though they were standing still and he was getting closer with every second. He was almost upon them. She heard his quick steps as he flitted here, then there, as if trying to confuse her, to make her look back. To stop her and kill her. Her vision started to blur and she strived to fly faster. She heard the demon jump and almost felt his presence upon them. Yuumei was being overwhelmed by the despair, the total helplessness. She couldn't fly anymore, but she had to. She had to escape. Her instincts came alive, but he almost reached her. She felt him not two inches from her body. The freedom, so far. They can't make it.

Fay and Yuumei shot out from between the buildings, into the summer sky. They turned and Fay tried to regain her breath. Yuumei risked a glance back at the gap between the buildings. Her gray eyes met a glowing red and her panic was renewed. She fought to conceal it as she followed Fay through the slowly darkening sky. The whisper was renewed, with almost a burning intensity. 'He will hunt you. You have no chance. You are now a pawn in his game. And his being is out for your blood. There's no escape. No escape.' Yuumei's mind started to crash from the strain to contain the pain, the anguish. She looked back again.

A single black being was perched on the tallest peak of a building. 'A pawn in his game.' She caught a glint of red eyes. Murderous red eyes.

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