Summary: Longing for excitment in Kaoru's young life, she stumbles across a strange looking guy walking on the sidewalks of Tokyo one morning on the way to school. Suspicious of this guy, Kaoru follows him until she finds herself alone at an old shrine. Searching the mini shrine for where he could have gone, she comes across a life size Budda at the end of it. As she gets closer to the Budda, she finds also a life size mirror, her height, being held by the statue. For some reason she is drawn to the mirror and can't help but feel a force within it. She becomes lifeless and falls into the mirror! Here comes Feudal Japan! What will happen when she finds where and why she is able to transport to this time?
Chapter 1-The Beginning
The sun began to rise and light up the city of Tokyo. The city was filled with buildings, skyscrapers, stores, and anything you can possibly think of. The sun shone behind the great mountain that partly gave Tokyo its significant existence. It was called Mount Fuji, a long lasting mountain that's been standing tall for centuries. The stars that seized the sky when the sun had gone down for the night, began to fade away as light took over the dark sky once again and to become a baby blue blanket with white shaped clouds. As the moon faded also, the darkness dissipated and sun shine seeped through people's windows. On the corner of Rumiko Avenue, a house occupied it. It was a shrine like house, that was only a one floor apartment, with a red buggy in the drive way and a van beside it. The sun shone through the window and was deflected by its curtain, and little light seeped through. The room belonged to a fifteen year old girl, who was free spirited. Her name was Kaoru Himari. She was slim, nice, intelligent, humble, natured, and a stubborn teenager.
Every minute that passed, the sun entered Kaoru's room as much as it could and sort of slithered to her bed. Strips of light decorated her room. One strip went right over her eyes and only lit that part of her skin.
It was 6:00 AM, and a beeping sound began to go off nosily. It continued in a pattern and it went on and on. The girl in the bed turned over to face the bright strip from the window's curtain. Her eye lashes fluttered and then they completely lifted for her to see. She squinted a little and then sat up slowly, while she yawned continually. Her legs swung off the edge of the bed and her feet settled on the carpet below her and the bed. She crimpled her toes and then sprawled them as far as they could stretch. Her legs went on a slant, leaning on one another, and her arms rose in the air for her to stretch. She smiled sweetly and got up to turn off the noise maker. She laid her hand on the top button of the alarm clock and the continuous beeping sound stopped instantly. She moved over to where her window should be and slid the curtain over to completely let the light from the bright yellow sun to fill her bedroom. Her head lowered a little and her eyes closed shut from the blinding light and then she swung the door like window open. Two birds swept down from a tree in the front yard and made a whistling sound as they soared on by. She laughed at their play and twirled around to get ready for the day.
School would start in an hour and a half and she mustn't be late. She walked over to her draw and began to pull out all sorts of clothing onto her bed. It took her a minute to figure out and outfit and she came to a final decision. A black tank top was picked out right away but the type of jeans took her the most time to decide on. She was puzzled and then she just settled with a dark blue jean skirt that came half way down her thighs, and white ankle socks. She threw it on real quick and rushed to the bathroom to start on her hair and make-up. She settled on a pony tail and only wore dark blue eye liner. She smiled at her reflection after she got finished and went over to the sink to brush her teeth. A familiar humming tone came from the hall way and a female figure appeared in the door way of the bathroom. It was Mani Himari, Kaoru's seventeen year old sister. Mani was also slim, she was a mixture of a selfish and caring person and was a major flirt. She had black long hair that was always in a pony tail and had dark brown eyes. Kaoru and Mani would get into both verbal and fist to fist fighting but they always looked out for one another. Mani waltzed in casually and bumped her hip to her sister's hip as play and Kaoru laughed. Both of them were ready and they headed down the hallway into the kitchen to meet up with their mother for breakfast.
A humble house maiden, forty year old Tamyoi Himari, kept busy in a small enclosure kitchen. She wore a pink apron over her red flowered dress. Her hair was kept in a bun and a smile always captured her appearance. She was a widow with two teenaged girls and didn't mind the least of being an only parent. She hummed a humble melody as she prepared a healthy breakfast for her and the girls. Eggs boiling in a pot, rice in another, sausage sizzling on a frying pan, and ramen in another cooking pot. The smoke from all areas of the stove escaped through the window in front of it and out of the house. Three place mats were set on the kitchen table and the two daughters of the widow took their places and waited patiently for their food. Kaoru rested her crossed arms on the table and placed her head down on them. She huffed and looked up at her sister. Mani smiled and then her attention was caught on their mother's clumsiness. Tamyoi dropped a glass and she rushed over to the closet and grabbed the broom. Kaoru picked up her head and got the dust pan and helped her mother sweep up the broken glass. The sun's raise shone down on the glass and it sparkled in the light. It looked like tiny shards or some kind of diamonds. The sight of this held Kaoru in a trance as she continued to stare into the sparkling light from the tiny shards being swept away. Mani's right eye brow rose and shook her head.
After that was taken care of, breakfast was served and they ate for a full fifteen minutes, leaving five minutes to leave the house for school. They got on their shoes and grabbed their book bags and ran off down the street. School was a couple blocks from the house so they walked or sort of ran to get there. The sky was bright and small shadows covered the ground from the clouds. Streets were crowded by cars, trucks, buses, and people. Stop signs were at every corner, traffic lights changed every step of the way, and airlines passed on by in the sky beyond. Skyscrapers stood still and the windows harvest the light from the greatest star in the universe. Reflections of other buildings and such were also found on the windows. People walked on by on the side walks and the two sisters rushed through the crowds. Mani was of course ahead of Kaoru and she resented that. She pouted and then on the corner of her eye, a certain stranger caught her attention. Kaoru stopped walking and stood still, watching the stranger in the strange clothing walk on the other side of the street. He wore his hair in a pony tail and his clothing was strange. It was a black colored kimono bagged up pants, and the torso was tight and completely white. Her strange hazel eyes only moved with him and then her body completely turned around. She didn't know why but she had to follow him. It was like she had no control over her meek body and her legs carried her. Mani looked behind her and found her sister gone. She began to panic and ran right into a crowd of people, she couldn't get through or around it.
Kaoru's legs continued forward and she felt breathless. She wanted to look behind her shoulder but she kept herself in one direction. The direction of the mysterious stranger. She didn't know why or how she felt the need to follow him. She could have just went right to school and just mind her own business. Her heart skipped a beat when she found herself walking down an unfamiliar street and block. In minutes she found the stranger walking towards an abandoned shrine. She wanted to call out to him but she couldn't come up with enough courage to do so. It was like her voice box was paralyzed or something. He slid the shrine's door open, went inside, and closed it behind him, making it screech in horror. She opened the gate and on each side of her, the grass stood tall and weeds were everywhere. She followed the little path to the shrine and walked up the few steps leading to the deck. When she reached to the same level, the wood creaked with agony and her hand stretched right in front of her, hoping to touch the door a little and to slide it quietly. Her heart picked up speed and then she summed up some of her courage and opened the door. Her eyes were shut tight and when she opened them, all she could see was darkness beyond her sight. She reached in her pocket and grabbed a mini flash light attached to her key chain. It produced little light but just enough to see at least in the back of the room. Kaoru's voice started out low and then got louder when her curiosity became stronger. There was no one there. He was gone. He vanished. She checked every wall, and plank on the ground for a door or escape root. There was nothing. There wasn't even a window to be seen. It was strange and how could one person go in and then just disappear with out a clue?
She tripped over a wrinkled mat and her hand had touched something so cold, she shivered so fast and sat up so straight. Her flashlight traveled where she had touched the cold object and found it to be a life size Buddha statue. She took in a breather and regained her heat. Upon the large life size statue, a mirror was being held in it's ruff chipped hands. The mirror was almost as tall as the statue and sure taller than Kaoru. The small circle of light beamed into the mirror and reflected at her. It was dusty and Kaoru automatically rubbed the dust off with her handkerchief. She could see the outside world in the reflection and herself. The fifteen year old stood up and began to walk out until something began to trouble her. Still she could not figure out how the stranger in the strange clothes could just disappear in this mini shrine. She swung herself around and the mirror sparkled, showing some meaning to it. Was there maybe a door behind the mirror? Was that how he got out?
She dropped her bag and ran over to the mirror, this time missing the mat and standing shrugged over the large mirror. She pulled and pulled until her strength was all used up. Her eyes glared at the mirror and then something began to hypnotize her. She began to feel a pulse move through her veins and it connected with the image upon her. The vibes gave her goose bumps and she wanted to move away but she couldn't. She felt as if she was being sucked right into the mirror but she wasn't. Her eyes lost its sparkle and she became a zombie, losing all consciousness, her body was weakening, and then she fell forward right into the mirror! The mirror glowed brightly and she was being sucked into a world that no one could imagine. It looked as if she was being pulled down deeper under water and then she became conscious. She cried out for her sister and mother but all she could hear back was her own echo. She was trembling slightly and then she saw another mirror up ahead. It lit up and she was heading straight for it. She became eager until she got to the mirror. She looked in and then a force pushed her right in and came out the other end.
She tumbled on a grassy plain and the smell of wood began to suffocate her. She stopped rolling and she laid on her back. The sun was beating on her face and she rolled on her side to see where she was. The mirror was stuck inside of a tree trunk and it looked as if it was there for ages. The wind blew against her face and her hair slithered along with it. Her fingers intertwined with the grass and then Kaoru stood up and brushed the dirt from her outfit. She went straight into the forest to see where she would end up. The forest flourished with green leaves and the sweet smell of springs and flowers consumed the air. The trees became thicker and then thinned out as she got closer to the end of where she had came in. A small water fall was discovered hovering the side of the cliff. It fell down straight into a big puddle of water that seemed to never grow. The water trickled along and mist consumed some of the area. She moved closer and found a flat rock to sit on, that was sitting right in the puddle. She hunched over and stared at her reflection for the longest time and then it was ruined as soon as a bug had touched the
calm water. The reflection swiveled and she dipped her hand right into it. The water was cool and she pulled her wet hand back up to the surface and the cool water dripped from it little by little. She dipped it again and moved her hand in a wave motion as she kept bringing it up and place it back down. She laughed at her nonsense and then she was knocked right into the water. She went face in and she was totally in. Few seconds past and she broke out of the water violently, she had her mouth open for air, she was breathing heavily and her arms flapped inward and outward in the water. Her eyes were heavy with her eye lashes soaked with the water.
Everything was blurry and a weak vision of a man had appeared on her rock. She wiped her eyes quickly and then he was gone. She went in a circle in the water and she kept twirling around, trying to figure out where that man had gone. She looked up to the cliffs and there was nothing but trees and bushes. She swam to her rock and laid down to dry in the sun. She knew she wasn't home. Actually she had no idea where she was. So far she wasn't in civilization for sure. Kaoru gathered up some fire wood and built a fire. She tied two long branches with the tall grass to at least help support it a couple of feet away where she was lighting the fire. Then she made another two long branches but connected them by laying another branch across and then stripped to her underwear clothing. She hung her tank top and skirt over the branch across the others and they were starting to drip dry. She sat on a rock that she stole from the falls and sat by the warm fire. She shivered and wept till she fell asleep. Hours passed and Kaoru stayed lying on the ground sleeping in only her underwear and bra. The sun was disappearing behind the trees and the mountains.
In the background, teenaged boys watched over Kaoru as she slept.
"Who is that?" a boy in the trees asked his younger brother, who occupied another tree next to him.
"I've seen her before I think" the younger brother replied.
"Wait. She looks like she's from that future period you are always going to" the boy insisted and he scratched his head.
"She is. She was following me but I thought only us demons and the daughter of King Sukouro through the mirror" he smiled at Kaoru with desire.
"Is she dead? I mean I kind of knocked her in the water below the water fall" the boy jumped down and began to walk over to her.
"Hey!" Rukk, the boy's brother, cried out, trying to stop him from getting any closer to Kaoru.
Rukk is a sixteen year old wolf demon, but appears human with some wolf features. The only wolf features he ever received was his pointy ears, fangs, his senses one hundred times stronger then a mere human, sharp nails, and speed. He has blackish brownish hair with blue eyes to match. He's a stubborn, kind, hero like person. Rukk was born into a demon wolf tribe and was chosen to find something or someone who could save the world from destruction. Numorakoru, Rukk's older brother, was different from Rukk and also was chosen. Numorakoru was a dangerous, skillful, risk-taker, wolf demon known in the tribe. Everyone called him Rakoru for short, since his name was long.
"Rakoru! Get away from her! She's a human!" Rukk jumped at his brother and held him back.
"Get the hell off me Rukk! I'll do what ever I damn please little brother" Rakoru tugged away and stood right over Kaoru's sleeping body.
Rukk walked over quietly and leaned over her. He looked straight at her face and smiled. He scanned the rest of her. Rakoru's hand headed straight for her waist and Rukk knocked it off course. He knew his older brother was going to take her and run off. Kaoru's eyes moved inside her eye lids and then she opened them up. She saw Rukk and then saw Rakoru behind her. She sat up fast and covered her chest with her arms, crossing them over her. Rukk fell backward and Rakoru stepped back. She crawled to her clothes and the first thing she grabbed was her shirt and then her skirt. They had dried and she quickly put them on. Rukk stood next to his brother and whispered constantly to him before Kaoru questioned them.
"Who are you?" Kaoru asked as soon as she was done getting redressed.
"Who are we? You were following me" Rukk replied.
"Oh, you're that stranger boy I spotted across the street on my way to school" Kaoru recognized him instantly and blushed.
"You look so familiar girl" Rukk stepped forward and then stopped.
"She does? She's from that only human period. How could she look familiar?" Rakoru walked over to Kaoru and place his arm around her shoulder.
"Get your damn hands off me" Kaoru swarmed herself away and then grabbed a spare branch and swung it over her head, ready to hit someone.
"Sorry. My brother is a ladies man. I think" Rukk laughed and then pulled his brother by the back of his kimono top.
"These guys don't even look all that human! What should I do?" Kaoru stood puzzling over this until she came up with something. "Should I run? I think I should before they do something" she turned her feet a little so when the right time came, she could dart into the forest.
To be continued...
