Disclaimer: I will never own Claymore despite how much I want to.
AN: And here is the story that I've been working on. I know that not a lot of people are going to read this, but I'm hoping that at least a few of them will leave reviews :) I've written the first six chapters already and I'll be posting a new one every four days :) Hope you enjoy :)
For anyone who hasn't seen or read Claymore before I've included a small glossary of the most important terms, which won't be included in later chapters. Hope it helps :)
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Did you hear about the lonely ones,
who spend their days hid from the sun,
where the spotlight never shone,
where no one's eyes ever will fall or rest upon?
So we feed them their dreams
between the lines upon the screens.
Just a lonely boy in a lonely home.
he's the lonely one, not the only one.
Just a broken boy, in a broken home,
he's the broken one, the unspoken one.
Just a broken girl, living in a broken world,
she's the broken one, not the only one.
~The Lonely Ones, Evermore
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Riful gave a sigh. "Dauf! Be careful! I don't want you ruining my new home, you know?"
The enormous Awakened being turned to the little girl, a little bit of guilt showing on his face. "Sorry, Riful. It's kinda hard to not smash it all."
The seemingly little girl shook her head, causing her straight brown hair to fly around her face, exasperated by the other's huge strength. The two were in the middle of the western mountain ranges, a few miles from the nearest town.
Dauf was currently hammering at a huge stone door, set into the mountain side. Riful had seen it and instantly her curiosity had been aroused. The Abyssal One had decided that the inside of the mountain would make a splendid home. Now if only they could get in without her moron of a man bringing the whole mass down on their heads.
The was an massive crashing noise as Dauf punched a hole straight through the door. The center of the doors had been weakened gradually, allowing the Awakened being to break through the door and not damage the mountain. Too much.
Riful clapped her hands, terribly excited by the prospect of a new home, "Let's see what's inside."
There was a sickening crunching noise as Dauf returned to his human form, shrinking down to a fraction of his former size. There was a sudden deep green blur, and the two of them were gone, the only sign that they had been there at all was an errant tendril or two, disappearing through the hole in the door.
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The two of them walked for a few minutes before Riful paused, her delicate features marred by a confused frown. The muscle bound man in front of her turned to face her, "Riful . . .?"
The little girl looked at him, "There's someone else here . . . down below us." Dauf didn't even try and extend his senses. His ability to sense yoki was almost non-existent, a fact that Riful, thankfully, didn't hold against him.
Riful frowned again, deeper this time, "Whatever it is, when I sensed it . . . it disappeared. I can't even sense it now, you know?"
Dauf was beginning to get nervous. Something that could hide from Riful so easily was dangerous. While Riful was an offensive type, she'd worked on her yoki sensing abilities until she was able to sense even the smallest amount of yoki for several miles. While there were many Claymores and Awakened beings that could sense further and more accurately, Riful was still more than competent enough to give a fairly accurate estimation of someone's power if they were in her range.
The seconds rolled by as Riful tried to locate the mysterious yoki aura. Dauf shifted nervously, fighting the temptation to shift into his awakened form. There wasn't enough room to shift in the corridor, and he didn't want Riful to be mad at him for ruining their new home.
Dauf spun around, convinced that he heard something moving in the shadows. Riful turned as well, although the little girl moved at a much calmer speed than her large companion.
The male Awakened being reached up to his shoulder, generating a slim pointed rod and tearing it out. It made him far more comfortable to be holding the weapon in his hands.
There was the sound of rushing wind, and suddenly Dauf was sent flying through the air, crashing through the lower part of the door. There was an ominous cracking noise, and the rest of the ancient door came crashing down, made unstable by the two holes torn through it.
Dauf heard Riful land beside him as he was pulling himself to his feet, shaking off the pain. He stood up, and seeing that they were outside, shifted into his Awakened form. There wasn't any reason to stay in his human form now that they weren't in the tunnel any more.
Both of them turned to look at the entrance to the mountain, waiting for the dust to settle and reveal the mysterious attacker.
The dust clouds dissipated, drifting away from the pile of rubble. Standing on the rocks, was a single figure. It was a boy, looking like he was barely into of his teens.
He had pale white skin, and wavy hair that was longer in the front than the back, reaching his chin. The boy's hair was a milky green colour, eerily reminiscent of a plant that hadn't gotten enough sunlight. The colour of his hair was mirrored by his eyes, which were framed by a slim, delicate looking face.
In fact, everything about the boy looked delicate. He was slim and short, appearing to be only a few inches taller than Riful.
The three of them stood there, each side observing the other. Finally, Dauf couldn't take it any more, "Who the hell are you? And what are you doing here?"
The boy tilted his head slightly, "I am former Number One, Noah. And this is my home that you're damaging."
Riful and Dauf were stunned, although Riful shook it off much faster than her subordinate, "How can you be an Abyssal One? I've never even heard of you!"
Noah blinked slowly, "I was promoted to Number One after the unfortunate Mass Awakening of the first generation. Due to the rapid changes in the ranks afterwards, my awakening was largely unnoticed," The boy smiled slightly, something that put Riful on edge, "I can assure you that I earned my Number One status with hard work and skill."
Dauf's next words made Riful consider keeping her relationship with the former Number Three at all, "Yeah, but this is gonna be Riful's home now, so clear out!"
The green haired boy smile grew, "Is that so?"
"Dauf! Shut up! Or I'll break up with you." Riful hissed at the Awakened being towering over her. Ignoring his stuttering excuses, Riful turned back to Noah. If his story was true, then he was older than herself, and equally deserving of the title of Abyssal One. If she could get him on her side . . .
She pointed towards the boy, "If you can beat Dauf, I'll let you become my ally." Noah looked slightly amused at this as he considered it.
"Fine." Noah stepped forward off the pile of stone that used to be a door, flexing his hands as he did so.
Riful turned towards her upset subordinate, "You better try your best, Dauf." She jumped backwards, moving out of the way for Dauf and Noah.
The Awakened being made the first move, opening up his mouth. A thick metal rod appeared, and the former Number Three launched it. The rod flew surprisingly fast, plunging into the ground with ease. Dauf was about to gloat when he noticed that Noah was standing next to the rod, having not moved from his original position.
"Ehh?" Dauf opened his mouth again, firing several rods this time. The impact of the metal missiles kicked up dust and chunks of dirt, obscuring the mouth of the tunnel again. Dauf gave out a short laugh, confident that he had managed to hit the little boy this time.
His laugh was cut short when the dust settled and Noah was revealed, sitting calmly on one of the metal rods. He raised a pale green eye brow, as if to say, 'that's the best you can do?'
Dauf growled and stretched out his arms, generating smaller rods that pushed out of his fingertips, "Eat this!" He started to launch the rods, continuously generating and launching new ones.
Noah jumped to the ground, milliseconds before the tall rod that he had been sitting on was knocked to the ground. He walked forward, rods sinking into the ground around him, none of them hitting him as Noah moved.
Riful watched all of this, focusing almost all of her attention on the male Abyssal One. The little girl was sitting on a tree stump, feet dangling over the edge and chin perched on her hands. She said nothing as Dauf grew more and more frustrated with his inability to hit Noah.
Finally, Noah was standing in front of the enormous awakened being, staring up at him. Dauf grinned stupidly, "I got you now!"
The Awakened being raised up his hands and clenched them together into a fist. He brought them down, smashing them into the ground, making a huge crater in the earth. Dauf smiled at Riful, "I won!"
An amused male voice rang out "No, you didn't."
Dauf turned around and roared in frustration. The male Abyssal One was standing a foot in front of the former Number Three's clenched fists. The tiny little boy that he thought he'd crushed was still alive! He raised his hands again and brought them down, trying to hit the small boy.
Riful sighed and shook her head. Dauf was much too slow to hit Noah, and she still hadn't learnt much apart from the fact that the male Abyssal One was a manipulator and a sensor, most likely a defensive type as well. Any one could learn to be a sensor, but some Claymore's were naturally talented at it. Offensive types couldn't learn to be manipulators unfortunately, or Riful would have learnt it years ago
She watched as the two continued their cat and mouse game, with Dauf still unable to land a hit on the other boy.
Finally, it seemed like Noah had grown tired of the constant dodging. The Abyssal One's yoki suddenly surged, he stretched out his hand and his fingers lengthened, lashing out at Dauf, and cutting through his wrists like a hot knife through butter.
The massive Awakened One gave a yell of pain, and tears welled up in his eyes and started to drip down onto his face as his severed hands hit the ground with a crash. Noah's extended finger-tendrils coiled around him, before they darted out again, aiming straight for Dauf's head.
Dauf was saved by the timely intervention of Riful, who blocked Noah's attack with a mass of her own tendrils. She didn't wince as his tendrils cut through some of her own. The male Abyssal One turned to her, a slight smile on his face again.
Riful was still sitting down, her right arm shifted into its awakened state. Noah withdrew his own tendrils and said nothing as Riful's ribbon like tendrils picked up Dauf's severed hands and held them against his wrists for him to reattach. The female Abyssal One idly noted that the boy's yoki was fully suppressed again, so well that she couldn't even sense it at this range.
"I think you've proven yourself, and Dauf is my man, so I can't let you go and kill him. You know?" She smiled innocently, "You're pretty good, good enough to become my ally." She didn't want to seem too desperate, even though she did really need his allegiance.
Noah stood still and considered the offer, "I'll become your ally, but don't delude yourself into thinking that you're my superior." He ignored Dauf's pained sobbing as the Awakened being tried to reattach his hands.
Riful smiled joyfully, having not expected anything else. She beckoned him to sit beside her, "I think I should tell you more about what we'll be up against."
Noah dashed over to her and sat beside the girl, which made Riful wonder how fast he really was if he wasn't even using any yoki. Noah spoke up, "I've been inside that mountain ever since I Awakened, so forgive me if I don't know much about the current state of the world."
Riful beamed at him, withdrawing her tendrils and shifting her arm back into its human form. Dauf had managed to reattach his hands sufficiently enough so that Riful wouldn't need to hold them there any longer. "I'll be happy to explain it all to you! I'm former Number One, Riful, now known as Riful of the West, and this is my man, former Number Three, Dauf. My territory is the entire western part of the continent. There are two other Abyssal ones, Isley of the North-"
Noah interrupted her, "I know of Isley, Rigardo and Dauf. They were in the generation before mine, in the disastrous Mass Awakening."
Riful continued on as if she hadn't been interrupted, and Noah gave her an apologetic smile. "And Luciela of the South. Luciela awakened around thirty-something generations after I did, and my Awakening was in the first generation with no male warriors, a dozen generations after Isley Awakened."
She paused as Noah turned to her with a slightly confused look, "They don't use male warriors anymore?"
Riful shook her head, "You guys awaken too easily and too quickly to be very efficient, you know? In comparison, females can go for years without awakening while males rarely last over a year."
Noah gave a soft, "Ohhh," and motioned for Riful to continue.
"Luciela has no allies, aside from a small army of Awakened beings, none of which are single digits. Isley is the more dangerous Abyssal One by far. Aside from being the oldest and more experienced out of the four of us, Isley has the largest army and the most powerful subordinates."
Noah had all of his attention trained on Riful now. She continued on, "Rigardo follows Isley and commands his army, which, again, contains no single digits. However, recently he's acquired some one far more dangerous. A few months ago, a newly Awakened being started a rampage up in the north. Rigardo was sent out to destroy her, and was easily defeated. He would have been killed if Isley hadn't interfered. Isley and the Awakened being battled, and eventually he won, and he took her as his lover and his subordinate."
Noah tilted his head, "What's so dangerous about her?"
"She's known as the One Horned woman, and something isn't right about the story. Besides that, if she's powerful enough to defeat Rigardo and fight against Isley, then we should be cautious of her, you know?"
Riful grimaced slightly, Isley had two extremely strong subordinates, and an army, while she only had Dauf. The grimace was replaced with a slight smirk, but now she had the upper hand. With another Abyssal One as her ally, Isley would think twice about even stepping foot into her territory.
She stood up off the stump seeing Dauf shift into his human form. Noah stood up after her, waiting for the female Abyssal One to speak.
"I think it's time that we started to build our own army."
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Yoki: The energy that all Yoma, Claymores and Awakened beings have. It is used to increase the strength and speed of all three types of beings. The bigger the amount of Yoki someone has generally explains how powerful they are.
Yoma: Brown skinned demons that have the same general shape as a human, but look demonic. Yoma feed on human guts and are stronger and faster than any human. Some rare Yoma have wings and can fly. As Yoma grow older they grow more powerful as well.
Claymore: A Claymore is a half-human, half-Yoma hybrid, designed to hunt and kill Yoma. Claymores have silver eyes, blonde hair, and serve the Organisation. They are ranked Number One to Number Forty Seven, with Number One being the most powerful and Number Forty Seven the weakest. Using their yoki causes a number of effects to appear. 10% causes their eyes to turn gold with a slit pupil, 30% the face contorts and the teeth turn into fangs, 50% muscles bulge and veins pop out all over, 80% the Claymore loses control and begins to Awaken. Claymores are called as such because of the huge swords they wield.
Awakened being: When a Claymore Awakens, they become a monster. Usually a dozen times bigger than their original form, an Awakened being is a former Claymore who has become a kind of mega Yoma. Awakened beings normally take a hunting party of four Claymores to kill. Awakened beings come in all shapes and sizes, with no two being the same.
Abyssal One: An Abyssal One is an Awakened being who was a former Number One. Nothing can compare to the power of an Abyssal one.
The Organisation: A mysterious organisation that creates and commands the Claymores, their motives are unknown.
Please review and tell me what you think :) Also apart from the pairings mentioned in my profile, I don't think I'll add any others until the Timeskip Arc, which I will be writing, and it will be almost completely different from canon.
Phoenix