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Superior
prologue
- The queen of the snakes -
Ever since I was a child I could remember being surrounded by war. I've seen a lot of things happen around here that would probably make the gods cry. It all started before I was born. Twenty years ago I believe. I can still recall my mother telling me stories of a better time. I just thought they were stupid fairytales she made up to comfort me. To give me some kind of hope.
To be honest. I worked. I always believed there would come an end to this war. Not a war between people. But a war between us humans and monsters from another world. I don't know how they came here and I don't care either.
As I look around I see little children practise the way of the sword. I even see children with guns. It makes my stomach turn and want to kill those parents. But I know better. The moment they can't protect themselves anymore they'll die. Currently I'm living in a small town far away from the big cities which have already turned to dust. Once a week we get to deal with some sort of monster who attacks our town.
I am one of the few who's able to slay them. There a not many warriors around here. Most of them died a long time ago. My father was one of the warriors first to die when this war started. I was too young to remember.
''Haruka!'' I hear a voice coming from beside me. I look aside and am welcomed by a warm smile. This small blonde girl is my sister. Her name is Hitomi. She turned ten last week. We got to celebrate is just a little before our town got decorated with blood. Not the monster's blood but our own. We lost five more people that day. ''Are you alright, are you nervous?'' My sister asks me and I shake my head.
To be honest, I'm not afraid at all. I actually feel relieved to be out of this town soon. ''I think you're really cool,'' Hitomi starts and hugs my arm. ''You're going to kill the demon queen for us. We'll finally live in the world our mama promised.''
I nod and pat her head. ''Yes, we'll finally be free.''
In front of us I see a man gesture me to come to him. Slowly I push Hitomi away and tell her I have to go somewhere for a couple of moments. With that said I walk towards him with a nervous feeling in my heart. ''What's up, Satoshi?''
Satoshi is sort of the leader of our town. When this all started twenty years ago he immidiately took control of the situation. He has led our people to countless victories. ''I just want to make sure you're doing alright. I'm sorry if we've placed a too heavy burden on you, Haruka.'' He bows his head a little. I can clearly see he's avinf a rough time too.
''I don't mind,'' I tell him. ''I want to mean something in this war. If you believe I can stop all of this then I'll go and stand wherever I have to. But I am afraid Satoshi. Not for myself. But for my family and everyone in this town. If something happens while I'm away I'd never forgive mys...'' He cuts me off my placing his hand on my mouth.
''Don't think like that. If you leave to kill the demon queen with doubt in your heart you'll lose.'' He says. I ofcourse agree. ''Everyone will be fine. We've got enough men protecting this town. We can hold those creatures off long enough for you to kill that filthy demon queen.''
The demon queen is known to be the strongest of them all. She's the one controlling all the demons and monsters on the continent. It's said that if you kill her the rest of them will disappear as well. It's probably not true but it's the only hope we've got. When our king and queen got murdered humanrace didn't disappear either. But even if her death has no consequences we atleast made some sort of point. We'd never give up our world without a fight.
I hate killing people and even those monsters I would not kill. But her, I'd kill without any hesitation. She alone has killed over a thousand humans. She's ruthless and has no feelings at all. The only thing she cares about it spreading pain and death.
''Get some sleep, Haruka.'' Satoshi tells me. ''Tomorrow morning you'll leave. The demon queen is hiding in her palace in a far country from here. You'll need the rest.'' I thank him and leave. Hitomi isn't waiting anymore. She now seems to be holding a sword and moving it around as if she was fighting invisible creatures. I can't stand to see her like this.
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An aqua haired girl was sitting on the roof of a high building, leaning over the egde as she looked down on the people below her. They looked like tiny insects from up there. It had been a long time since she had been outside.
''Michiru,'' A voice sounded. ''What are you doing up here? It's dangerous. You might fall.''
The aqua haired girl turned around to face a silver haired girl with emerald eyes. ''I like the wind.'' She replied. ''What's wrong Yaten?''
''A demon is attacking. A woman.'' Yaten answered. She looked slightly embarrassed to be here.
''Anything I need to know?'' The aqua haired girl wanted to know. ''You're here because you want me to kill it, right?''
''The soldiers tried to fight it. But she turned them into stone. She was looking for you. She said her name was Medusa.'' Yaten put a hand through her hair. She was too afraid to admit that she was afraid of turning into stone as well.
Michiru giggled. ''Don't be afraid Yaten. It's only...'' Before she could even finish her sentence the wall which led to the stairs blew up. Blowing both Michiru as Yaten away. Yaten landed on the ground with a loud thump while Michiru was blown off of the building.
She was falling down with an incredible speed. ''Aaaaah!'' She yelled as she tried to reach for something to hold onto. She knew she would hit the ground soon if she didn't do anything. Michiru took a deep breath before closing her eyes. 'I hate ruining my clothes.'
With that thought on her mind she suddenly spred her black devil-like wings which seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and flew back up. Soundlessly she landed on the rooftop again just in time to see a green woman with snakes on her head walk up towards an unconscious Yaten.
The snake lady seemed to be rather shocked by Michiru's appearance. She seemed to have completely forgotten about Yaten already and turned to face Michiru. She blinked a couple of times before smiling. ''I'd love to make a statue out of you.''
''Me too.'' Michiru replied. An evil smirk appeared on her lips. ''You must be Medusa. I hear you can change people into stone by just looking at them. Or is that because you're so ugly? Then again, I also hear being bitten by one of those snakes can turn one into stone. So, which one is true?''
Meduse shrugged. ''Want to find out, princess?''
Michiru didn't reply. Instead she run up towards Meduse with an incredible speed, knocking the demon down. The snake lady quickly tried to get up only to be pushed down by Michiru's foot. She tried to move away but the aqua haired girl seemed to be too strong. Then, without any warning just before Michiru could attack she made one of the snakes on her head bite Michiru's leg.
''Killing me won't undo it!'' Medusa laughed. She knew she had won. Most people who got close to killing her were too afraid she was telling the truth, and had to let her live in the hope she'd cure them. Ofcourse there was no cure. Even killing her wouldn't change her victims back into their original form. They were doomed to be statues forever.
The other girl just snorted. ''Then it won't matter if I kill you or let you live.'' With that said she put more force into her leg, eventually pushing it right through the demon's body. Blue blood covering the ground. ''Idiot.''
Michiru took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second. She was too afraid to look down at her leg which had started to feel rather heavy all of a sudden. ''I hate snakes.''
To Be Continued...
So, we know Haruka is our hero. But who's Michiru? Friend or foe?
