The Sliver Of A Neverending Moon
Chapter One
Sliver Of Withholding
By Inuyashas Youkai
Important disclosure alert: I don't own anything involving Inu Yasha etc. Thereof.
Summary:
The Sliver Of A Never ending Moon-Thus the night has never ended, carrying with it all of it's secrets untold within a simple sliver of shattered glass, held within the grasp of the lost, unknown of its cause, for all has been forgotten, even of and within those who once shared the same glimpsing misguided fragments over time displayed in disorganized placements from the original path, but the single thing urging them to continue to rediscover it , is the desire to be closer to the pure light,deceptively hidden underneath the glowing paler hue of the never ending moon.
The heavy stroke of night , by its unceasing brush , painted once again of a portrait, a poetic depiction of the skies consistent dark spreading across the horizons. Settling down , as it was decided that enough time was spent lingering around in the search for anything that was , but then coming up with the nothing that was found. Eyes flickering closed , while leaning against that of a broad trunk of a chosen tree, and a tightened fist enclosed itself around the only thing left in possibly discovering what it was kept unknown , ignoring the sharp pain from the object piercing through calloused flesh of the hand unknowingly offering to ensure its protection, and without even knowing as to what the object was. It wasn't long after with the sound of the crickets lightly giving a subtle caress in a soft serenade, and the billowing gusts of winds came to and fro, as it seemed to offer up a longing comfort to the one , who hadn't known it was sorely needed, then sleep took over the lost , unbeknownst left without.
Leaves followed its destined course traveling in the invisible trails , as the combinations of polar opposites ; wild flames , and fridgid ice took their toll , blowing around breaths of air in their unknown , but erratic trees had strongly made its position on the matter known in the desires to stay in its chosen place on the earth , as they stood against the flowing bursts of air coming upon them in strong periodic pushes upon their sturdy , but pliable forms when bending with mother earth's pleads to bring rain upon its neglected soils. Delicate blades of grass upon their deceivingly sharpened ends had been tossed , and turned with the natural force being placed upon them as it seemingly seemed to curl around its particular nearby object , stronger than itself to prevent themselves being pulled asunder by their roots.
The liquid readying itself to answer the call to empty itself upon the earth , as the clouded fluffiness loaded down in its willing weight to hold becoming no longer able to carry. Its first droplet began to fall into its predestined depths below , as the known to follow second , third , and fourth then plummeted down afterwards creating a slowly starting but rapidly increasing downpour. With its showering came the comings of its occupy -able companion with its pair-able component of thunder , followed by the signs of its path , lightening. The speed of the delivering rain created a blurring wall , misting up towards the awaiting fog covering to encompass of all surroundings.
Tired eyes opened broadly upon feeling the first arrival of moisture upon the supple flesh of ones cheek, then jumping to stand upright upon both feet, and rushed through the elements in the task of finding adequate shelter. Soaken to the bone , as the rain had plummeted its source upon the worn simple cloth by the one whose will carried over all else to find someplace dry nearby, in the end after much time had past, such place found . Although it wasn't the most wished for destination , but the place was dry, and somewhat pleasant with the warmth to chase away the chill, if one could ignore the abundance of dust.
The shelter found was that of a hidden room built off a bottom depth of what appeared to be a now unused water well , and one that in the beginning was littered with odd bones sunken into the end of where the opening of the well led, into the presently hardened soil. At first the initial jump into the well's mouth had a definite pull against the one failing , until the feeling was ignored for the concern of a even greater worry , as to where it will end , and what will be there waiting once arrived at the bottom, but nothing could prepare the one accompanying its densely sparse space for what their eyes were greeted with. Although it wasn't anything special , but without the missing presence of the water , even with the falling rain was a oddly strange discovery , and in it finding a place to stay for a bit.
The lone form then shook off the drenched clothes , and laying it against what appeared to be peculiarly placed wooden steps once finding after climbing a frayed rope dangling down the well's pit . Finding some slightly used candles, a worn blanket , and a enclosed specially sealed crate of some kind filled with dried meats, it was soon that with the new additions claimed in the prolonged search , more items were added into the limited inventory of what was had, and these had definitely created more for comfort. Eventually making a way back towards a healing slumber , the being curled within the inviting warmth , then once again fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to the one sleeping deeply , had they known of the ignored pull from earlier , or the fading tingle slowly leaving their exhausted form behind, for the reasons as to why it had , or what caused it spoke of disastrous endings if one discovered as to the consequences to the actions already set in motions , predictably poised to miss, but only when the dawning fell upon the oblivious , speaking of exactly what was left behind , and when one passed through the hidden magic within the waterless well, for the last time, at least for great lengths of it passing them unawares. Alas , it was even with a tightly grasped hold over the mysteriously evading sliver that spoke without words of its dire waring , unheard of its silent words, but as the one fell deeper , descending into the awaiting dark , and without knowing , as to what remained a secret , the stranger's hand wrapped its hand further around it , while the other formed around itself..
TBC..