Wooohooooooo!!!!!!!! I'm back! *yay!* I know it took me long enough and I
know most of my first time readers are and should be very upset and I don't
blame em at all. I had a little fall a while back and it hurt like hell,
emotionally that is. And unfortunately it took something painful to wake me
up. And some ass kickin by some of my readers. But I deserved nothing less.
And for the small pats on the back I thank you all and of course for your
glorious ability to have patience, so blah blah, sorry, blah blah, I'm
back, blah blah enough!
I edited the whole story again and made minor changes on every chapter for the best I hope. So as I had explained before I will be uploading the story again chapter by chapter until I get to the end which turned out nothing like I had imagined but I hope it'll please you. I put in a small prologue if ya didn't notice :P
Now! I promise I'm done talking, without further adew(sp?!) "The Life Before!" once again and for the last time!
*parenthesis* for those of you first time readers forget my gibberish above and enjoy! And yes... I am insane *sweet smile*
The Life Before
Prologue
It had been almost two weeks. He didn't really expect to take that long. The job itself was quite simple. But he loved to wander and there had been so many interesting towns on the way. He had always loved to travel but was certainly glad to be back home. After the second day of journey he got a funny feeling at the bottom of his stomach, which made the whole trip a bit uneasy. Actually he would have been out on the road a little longer if that feeling hadn't come up. Approaching the large gates of the fortress surrounding his home he felt his stomach clench.
Half of it was destroyed. He looked in disbelief to where he had left a vivid colorful town. Burned or broken, it was now left discovered and unprotected. Gripping his weapon tightly he dropped his souvenirs hearing them clink on the floor before he ran up to what used to be the entrance of the best guarded fort in the territory.
"Yumi..." he whispered jumping over the fallen logs.
Blue eyes widened in shock. He didn't even feel himself land as he looked over a sight that had to be impossible.
The buildings and houses he grew up amongst were now reduced to piles of ashes and debris. Hordes of monsters mutilated and slashed lay spattered in too much blood to be just their own. It was brown and flaky, dirt had settled amongst everything. This battle had happened a while back. Weapons, some familiar, some new, as abundant as the monsters lay upon the paths, houses and monsters everywhere.
"Na-ni...?" clutching black hair in one hand and his weapon in the other, he took a step back, finding it suddenly very hard to breath.
This couldn't be happening. It had to be some sort of sick nightmare. He couldn't be seeing this. It made no sense!
"No!!" He ran into the village towards his home. He would get there to be received by his mother, who would no doubt scold him for taking so long. Yumi would come out of the kitchen with her usual smile greeting him cheerfully. Right?
Turning the 'familiar' corner of his street he rushed towards the ruins of his house. It was half gone. The smell of burnt wood and flesh still lingered lightly as he kicked away the debris of his front door.
"Okaa-san?!" he yelled at the silence
"Yumi!"
It was hopeless. Some part of his mind already knew what he wasn't willing to except. This didn't stop him however from rummaging through the ruins trying to find the least sign of life. Nothing but the corpse of a snake youkai lay over the kitchen floor covered in drying blood.
Where was everyone?! He ran out of the house again looking toward his next destination, the leader's house at the very top of the hill. Was this some sick joke? Nothing but destruction and massacre surrounded him as he ran with glossy eyes across the town he once loved. But it didn't go unnoticed that he had not seen a single human body.
The dirt under his feet was lifted by the streak of his sudden stop.
He couldn't breath.
His weapon made a small thunk as it hit the ground. There, on the southern boundary of his town, where the things he had been dreading to see since he saw the gate half destroyed.
Graves. Endless graves that went on till he dare see. Dropping to his knees he could do nothing but stare at cross after cross after cross. Images passed before his eyes. His mother scolding him for something. Yumi laughing cheerfully.
Brown eyes came to his mind. Timid and kind brown eyes accompanied by a shy smile and long chocolate locks.
"Sango..." he barely whispered as a lone tear made its way down his cheek
"I hope you see her again when you die."
The adrenaline in his body acted up at once as he quickly reached for his weapon and turned to face the voice that had spoken such words. This person had to know what had happened. Maybe was even responsible for it! Yet he turned to find nothing but the silence of death all around him.
"Fool."
Before he could so much as turn to the source, a blinding pain in his back pushed him forward sending him crashing against a destroyed home. He let out a scream trying to recover from both the impact and the searing pain that spread all over his back. Reaching through the rummage of the house he came across the handle of his weapon.
What the hell was all of this?! Why did this happen? Who caused it? Unfortunately, all he would do would be grip his weapon tightly before another endless wave of pain blocked his senses leaving him unconscious under the pile of the remaining house.
'This... can't be right...' his mind cursed before being swallowed by darkness
"So much fun is yet to come!" the voice taughnted disappearing into nothing once again.
~~*°*~~
Heh! Don't worry although most of you new time readers didn't understand, this nameless character will be in the first chapter, be patient. And for my veterans, if ya don't know who it is I'll kill myself!
Ma! Hope you enjoyed Review please! No flames ne?
I edited the whole story again and made minor changes on every chapter for the best I hope. So as I had explained before I will be uploading the story again chapter by chapter until I get to the end which turned out nothing like I had imagined but I hope it'll please you. I put in a small prologue if ya didn't notice :P
Now! I promise I'm done talking, without further adew(sp?!) "The Life Before!" once again and for the last time!
*parenthesis* for those of you first time readers forget my gibberish above and enjoy! And yes... I am insane *sweet smile*
The Life Before
Prologue
It had been almost two weeks. He didn't really expect to take that long. The job itself was quite simple. But he loved to wander and there had been so many interesting towns on the way. He had always loved to travel but was certainly glad to be back home. After the second day of journey he got a funny feeling at the bottom of his stomach, which made the whole trip a bit uneasy. Actually he would have been out on the road a little longer if that feeling hadn't come up. Approaching the large gates of the fortress surrounding his home he felt his stomach clench.
Half of it was destroyed. He looked in disbelief to where he had left a vivid colorful town. Burned or broken, it was now left discovered and unprotected. Gripping his weapon tightly he dropped his souvenirs hearing them clink on the floor before he ran up to what used to be the entrance of the best guarded fort in the territory.
"Yumi..." he whispered jumping over the fallen logs.
Blue eyes widened in shock. He didn't even feel himself land as he looked over a sight that had to be impossible.
The buildings and houses he grew up amongst were now reduced to piles of ashes and debris. Hordes of monsters mutilated and slashed lay spattered in too much blood to be just their own. It was brown and flaky, dirt had settled amongst everything. This battle had happened a while back. Weapons, some familiar, some new, as abundant as the monsters lay upon the paths, houses and monsters everywhere.
"Na-ni...?" clutching black hair in one hand and his weapon in the other, he took a step back, finding it suddenly very hard to breath.
This couldn't be happening. It had to be some sort of sick nightmare. He couldn't be seeing this. It made no sense!
"No!!" He ran into the village towards his home. He would get there to be received by his mother, who would no doubt scold him for taking so long. Yumi would come out of the kitchen with her usual smile greeting him cheerfully. Right?
Turning the 'familiar' corner of his street he rushed towards the ruins of his house. It was half gone. The smell of burnt wood and flesh still lingered lightly as he kicked away the debris of his front door.
"Okaa-san?!" he yelled at the silence
"Yumi!"
It was hopeless. Some part of his mind already knew what he wasn't willing to except. This didn't stop him however from rummaging through the ruins trying to find the least sign of life. Nothing but the corpse of a snake youkai lay over the kitchen floor covered in drying blood.
Where was everyone?! He ran out of the house again looking toward his next destination, the leader's house at the very top of the hill. Was this some sick joke? Nothing but destruction and massacre surrounded him as he ran with glossy eyes across the town he once loved. But it didn't go unnoticed that he had not seen a single human body.
The dirt under his feet was lifted by the streak of his sudden stop.
He couldn't breath.
His weapon made a small thunk as it hit the ground. There, on the southern boundary of his town, where the things he had been dreading to see since he saw the gate half destroyed.
Graves. Endless graves that went on till he dare see. Dropping to his knees he could do nothing but stare at cross after cross after cross. Images passed before his eyes. His mother scolding him for something. Yumi laughing cheerfully.
Brown eyes came to his mind. Timid and kind brown eyes accompanied by a shy smile and long chocolate locks.
"Sango..." he barely whispered as a lone tear made its way down his cheek
"I hope you see her again when you die."
The adrenaline in his body acted up at once as he quickly reached for his weapon and turned to face the voice that had spoken such words. This person had to know what had happened. Maybe was even responsible for it! Yet he turned to find nothing but the silence of death all around him.
"Fool."
Before he could so much as turn to the source, a blinding pain in his back pushed him forward sending him crashing against a destroyed home. He let out a scream trying to recover from both the impact and the searing pain that spread all over his back. Reaching through the rummage of the house he came across the handle of his weapon.
What the hell was all of this?! Why did this happen? Who caused it? Unfortunately, all he would do would be grip his weapon tightly before another endless wave of pain blocked his senses leaving him unconscious under the pile of the remaining house.
'This... can't be right...' his mind cursed before being swallowed by darkness
"So much fun is yet to come!" the voice taughnted disappearing into nothing once again.
~~*°*~~
Heh! Don't worry although most of you new time readers didn't understand, this nameless character will be in the first chapter, be patient. And for my veterans, if ya don't know who it is I'll kill myself!
Ma! Hope you enjoyed Review please! No flames ne?