Chapter 1
"Why, why do you have to go? Why don't you let me help? Why don't you let anyone help you? Why do you think you can do this on your own? WHY CANT I COME," I said. "Because I don't, I don't want." That was the last thing he said to me before he disappeared. I haven't seen him since that night and it's been five years. I still remember that night like it was yesterday. It was a crescent moon; he wore his usual kimono with the red flowers. He also wore his armor and his fur. The moon glistened off his face and he looked so handsome. He had a sad look in his eyes, which was unusual because he rarely shows any emotion. It was like his eyes were saying goodbye to me for the last time. It looked as though he thought he would not come back to me, and that he was just not very good at saying goodbye.
I was wearing my usual kimono as well it had many flowers on it with beautiful streaks of colors. It was the kimono that he gave me. We were standing on a hill near a village that was to become my new home. This was another sign that he wouldn't come back because usually he left me in the woods with Ahun. Master Jaken was standing off to the side with Ahun. After he said those few words to me a bright light flashed away which was him and master Jaken followed him on Ahun. I remember that day like I remember every day I spent with him.
It all started when I was eight. I was alone in the world there was no one to care for me and I had no one to care about. Everyone in the village treated me poorly. I had to work for my own food, and my home was an old rundown shack. It was falling apart and there were no good bowls or anything of value in it. I didn't even have a proper door.
I was alone because my mother was killed by a demon in front of me when I was four. And my brother and father were sent to war when I was five, and they were some of the ones that never came back. No one knew how I felt. Everyone in the village thought I was over exaggerating everything, because ever since my brother and father left I became speechless. I lost every will to speak.
Everyday I ran in fear from the people who wanted to hurt me or the kids taunting me. I was sad and I was alone for three years and I was ready for things to change. And then that night came when everything did change.