Disclaimer: Clamp's not mine
AN: I thought id do a character portrait of Arashi
The dirt and grime clung to her skin as cold eyes of fear stared into the face of the woman. Her gaze was returned with a soft smile and a clean hand.
Kishuu Arashi had been brought up by no-one. She had survived the elements when her parents had abandoned her and left her on the street to die at a mere seven years of age.
One year later, on her birthday, Arashi sees the first signs of meat in a year. Her hair matted with grass and pieces of garbage lay limp and lifeless around her shoulders. Her eyes glinted with a fiery passion to stay alive. Her small round face was greyed and scuffed with mud dirt and sand of the roads that she had voluntarily swept for a clean place to sleep.
She looked down at her small hands, seemingly frail until she pulls a glittering dagger from her palm. It was all she had to protect herself during cold nights on the street.
Her feet were bleeding from walking hot days and cold nights with no small shoes to protect a small girls small white feet. The days she had rummaged through garbage bins and refuge sites had made their mark on the soles of her feet, her arms and her legs.
"What are you thinking?"
"Is it worth eating with the vermin in the garbage just to stay alive?"
She looked into the eyes of the woman. She seemed kind, sympathetic and sincere. There was surprise at hat young Kishuu had just said.
"You are destined for greater things Arashi chan"
"A…ra…shi" she looked at the woman again.
It had been a long time since she had heard her name spoken in such a level and gentle tone.
"You have skills... you will use them in the battle of the apocalypse"
As the blade emerged from Arashi's palm, she showed the woman the dagger.
"These skills?" She threatened. Who was this woman that thought Arashi would trust her so easily. Although Arashi was the one with the dagger, she was still afraid.
The woman shook her head and offered her hand.
Arashi took it, feeling the security if the woman's faith in her as they walked away from what would have been that night's meal.
-----------At the Ise shrine---------
The sun lit the room with the warm mid-afternoon sun as Arashi had tea with the woman.
"You are destined to fight with six others to decide the fate of the Earth. After I have trained you until you are as powerful as you can be, you will go to meet a dream seer in Tokyo. Her name is Hinoto and she is the one who will be rallying you and the others. This may be a lot to take at the moment but….these are the things you need to know. I am sorry".
The woman smiled her warm smile again, trying to lighten the heavy news she had just given the young girl. Arashi did not return the smile. It was the same smile that her parents had given her before they departed from her life.
She remained business like as she asked:
"Why me?"
The woman looked at her fondly as she said:
"You don't need to know all that just yet. For now, I will be training you. You will be very powerful you know? And that dagger will become a sword as you grow".
After they finished their tea, the woman led Arashi around the temple.
Arashi bathed and then the woman sat her down and combed Arashi's flowing black hair into a silky shadow of darkness.
AN:Please review
There will be more
AN: I thought id do a character portrait of Arashi
The dirt and grime clung to her skin as cold eyes of fear stared into the face of the woman. Her gaze was returned with a soft smile and a clean hand.
Kishuu Arashi had been brought up by no-one. She had survived the elements when her parents had abandoned her and left her on the street to die at a mere seven years of age.
One year later, on her birthday, Arashi sees the first signs of meat in a year. Her hair matted with grass and pieces of garbage lay limp and lifeless around her shoulders. Her eyes glinted with a fiery passion to stay alive. Her small round face was greyed and scuffed with mud dirt and sand of the roads that she had voluntarily swept for a clean place to sleep.
She looked down at her small hands, seemingly frail until she pulls a glittering dagger from her palm. It was all she had to protect herself during cold nights on the street.
Her feet were bleeding from walking hot days and cold nights with no small shoes to protect a small girls small white feet. The days she had rummaged through garbage bins and refuge sites had made their mark on the soles of her feet, her arms and her legs.
"What are you thinking?"
"Is it worth eating with the vermin in the garbage just to stay alive?"
She looked into the eyes of the woman. She seemed kind, sympathetic and sincere. There was surprise at hat young Kishuu had just said.
"You are destined for greater things Arashi chan"
"A…ra…shi" she looked at the woman again.
It had been a long time since she had heard her name spoken in such a level and gentle tone.
"You have skills... you will use them in the battle of the apocalypse"
As the blade emerged from Arashi's palm, she showed the woman the dagger.
"These skills?" She threatened. Who was this woman that thought Arashi would trust her so easily. Although Arashi was the one with the dagger, she was still afraid.
The woman shook her head and offered her hand.
Arashi took it, feeling the security if the woman's faith in her as they walked away from what would have been that night's meal.
-----------At the Ise shrine---------
The sun lit the room with the warm mid-afternoon sun as Arashi had tea with the woman.
"You are destined to fight with six others to decide the fate of the Earth. After I have trained you until you are as powerful as you can be, you will go to meet a dream seer in Tokyo. Her name is Hinoto and she is the one who will be rallying you and the others. This may be a lot to take at the moment but….these are the things you need to know. I am sorry".
The woman smiled her warm smile again, trying to lighten the heavy news she had just given the young girl. Arashi did not return the smile. It was the same smile that her parents had given her before they departed from her life.
She remained business like as she asked:
"Why me?"
The woman looked at her fondly as she said:
"You don't need to know all that just yet. For now, I will be training you. You will be very powerful you know? And that dagger will become a sword as you grow".
After they finished their tea, the woman led Arashi around the temple.
Arashi bathed and then the woman sat her down and combed Arashi's flowing black hair into a silky shadow of darkness.
AN:Please review
There will be more