Chapter One: The Boy and the Claymore
In a small village everyone was gathering around the streets and seeing a trail of blood on the streets and they look with horror as they saw a body lying bloodied in the streets as well, one of the villagers even said in horror "another victim".
A large crowd of men gathered inside the village elder's house to discuss about what had happen, one in particular was showed to be more upset about this it was a young teen he was tall he had brown hair and wore a tank-top, harem pants and boots. The young teen then walks towards the elder chiefs table and slammed his hand on it to get everyone's attention.
"It's obvious isn't it there's a yoma hiding inside our village." The young teen said to the chief in a serious tone.
"So what's the plan then, once a yoma has disguised itself as human there's no way of telling them apart." One of the villagers stated.
"Maybe we should start rounding up people who look suspicious to us." One of them suggested
"Who do you have in mind?" the man questioned.
"Well don't take this the wrong way." The young man said not looking at the man
I watched my wife get eaten by one of those things so you better watch your mouth." The man said angrily. The man screamed as he grab the young man by his shirt.
"I didn't mean it like that." The young man said trying to defend himself
"The kids got a point." One of the villagers said agreeing with the kid "look at Kenneth who was killed this morning you to live next door to each other."
"Damn you." the man said in anger as he let go of the young man and went to confront the villager, as they were about to fight when the young teen got in the middle and try to break it up. "Enough of the accusation we need to stick together here." The young teen said trying to calm down the two men, however it wasn't long to some of the villagers started to argue as well some even started to panic about how they didn't want to die and were terrified that a yoma would eat their insides while they were still alive.
"Quiet." The chief said in a stern voice which then made everyone go quiet instantly, "I received a reply this morning they willing send someone to our village." He explained.
"Well whose coming?" One of the villagers asks.
A Claymore." was the chief`s answer, after he said that everyone began to mutter to themselves about a Claymore coming to the village, some began to ask the chief if this was a joke one even said they didn't need those bastards help.
"We have no other choice, I sit on my hands any longer the entire village could be wiped out" the chief said, seriously
"But Chief their yoma themselves." The young man said in worried tone.
"I know." the chief said, obviously aware of what the Claymores are, "But remember there the only ones who can spot a yoma in human form they`re only hope." He added.
After that everyone left the chiefs house and began doing whatever they were doing before going to the chiefs house, however the teen was still thinking about the news he just heard from the chief however his thoughts were cut off when he notices his younger brother Sora who was running to him, Sora look just like him as he had the same clothes as him which was a tank-top, harem pants and puttees, he also had the same hair colour as him which was brown but he had his hair spiky and he also had blue eyes while his brother had brown and he also had a blue star-shaped necklace on him.
"Zaki" his brother exclaimed.
"Hey Sora." Zaki replied
"How did the meeting go"? Sora asked his brother.
"Alright the chief has hired a Claymore to visit us" Zaki replied as he began to walk.
"A Claymore?" Sora said sounding confuse, he then started to follow his brother.
"Yeah, everyone's a little shaken up about it, but Claymores are the only ones that are capable of defeating yomas." Zaki said in a serious tone.
"So their like superhuman?" Sora asked his brother, and to which his brother replied "Not exactly they`re far from what you would call human their half human and half yoma."
"Half human and half yoma." Sora said still sounding surprised. He then notices a large of group of people gathering by the entrance, he then started to head to the crowd, "Wait Sora hold on." Zaki shouted but Sora continued heading to the crowd.
Sora then runs up to the large group of people gathering at the town entrance. He struggle his way through the crowd and made his way to the front. When he reached his destination, he looked up to see a figure shadowed by the sun. As the person came closer he could see it was a young woman approaching the village. She had light blonde hair done in a pageboy-styled, she also was wearing armor which consists of a light grey two-piece suit, with a mock-neck dickie, Over top of this, several pieces of plate armor are worn shin-high, slightly heeled metal boots, large wrist-guards, shoulder pieces, a partial skirt and finally a short gray cape and she also was carrying a large sword on her back.
"Hey it's a woman." Sora said sounding quite surprised.
Hearing this one of the villagers replied "What you didn't know about that, you have to be a woman to be a claymore." Sora then continued looking at the Claymore did he notice that her eyes were completely silver.
"Look her eyes are silver." Sora stated once again the villager heard Sora and replied once again "Yeah why do you think there called silver eye witches? Apparently their eyes turn gold when they spot a yoma."
As the Claymore got to the village the crowd started to separate, not wanting to get to close to the Claymore, as she started to walk through the village some of the villagers started to whisper among themselves.
"Let's hope she doesn't go after us I don't understand why the chief would send for someone like that?" one of the villagers questioned, the man standing next to him heard what he said and commented "He had to it just goes to show you it takes a monster to kill a monster."
Then the claymore stopped walking and looked at the men, the crowd gasped and the man cowered in fear, but the Claymore continued to walk on into the village.
"Idiot, watch your mouth what if her yoma side got the best of her and turned her mad she could have killed you and me." The man warned the other man, "s...sorry" the man could only say still in shock from the claymore.
The Claymore was now in the chief's home, the chief then placed a large bag on the table which could be assumed to be the payment for the Claymore.
"Here`s the payment for your service please check it's all there." The chief said nervously.
"No, once the job is complete a representative will come by and collect it, I can't accept payment myself." She explained.
"Okay whatever you say." The chief said.
"It means if fail you and die in the process you are not obligated to pay any money." She said in her cold tone, the chief then saw her cold sliver eyes and was completely shocked by this.
"Oh I understand, so what do you think will you be able to find the yoma today maybe tomorrow?" The chief asked nervously hoping that she get rids of the yoma as quickly as possible.
"Of course that will depend on the yoma, if it's taking extra care to hides its yoki then it could prove difficult." The Claymore explained. She then started to walk towards the door but then turned to look at the chief, "either its corpse or my own will turn up in the streets of your village thats your only certainty." She stated as she then exited out of the chief house. The moment she left the house the chief suddenly collapsed to his knees, the woman who had been with him the entire time when the claymore showed up quickly rush to his side to see if he was alright.
"That's my first claymore." He said to the woman while trying to stay calm, "I was expecting her to be more human like but she looked like a … like a monster."
As the claymore began walking through the village everyone who saw her began to run to their homes shutting their doors and windows. Along the way, she senses a presence behind her. Her eyes glow gold and she goes to slice off her pursuer's head only stopping inches away from Sora's face, she then put her sword away.
"What I do? I was only walking behind you." Sora asked after all he only wanted to talk to her. Then the Claymore started to continue to walk, Sora then started to catch up with here.
"Wait up a sec, you're a Claymore right?" Sora asked hoping to start a conversation with her.
"No." the Claymore replied in a cold tone.
"What." Sora said sounding confused as he thought that's what she was after all, all the villagers and his brother said that's what they are called.
"Claymore is the name we were given, given by you people our organisation actually has no name." The Claymore stated as she kept on walking while Sora still kept up with her.
"Still I am surprised, I mean you look no different from a normal girl, I guess I just expected you would be a lot more scary looking." Sora said smiling at her as he put his hands behind his head.
Then the Claymore stopped walking which also made Sora stop as well, then the Claymore turned to look at Sora, You're very strange, do you not fear me boy?" she asked.
"Well why should I? You're no different than one of us." Sora replied, the Claymore just stared at him for a moment and then she continued walking, "Hey wait for me." Sora said as he tried to keep up with the Claymore. They keep on walking till they came across a large bridge tunnel.
"You know you're about to exit the village" Sora told her.
"So this is the border?" the Claymore asked Sora, "that's right, the only things you`ll find up here are the old mines." He replied
The Claymore then placed her sword in the ground and started to lean against it, Sora then slowly walked towards her "What are you doing?" he asked.
"Sleeping" the Claymore replied without even opening her eyes. "I have been walking for 70 hours straight." Sora then looked around, he then found a large stick a plant it in the ground and lean against it just like the claymore was doing with her sword, the Claymore couldn't help but open her eyes and at the boy who was smiling at her.
"Why don't you tell me why you have taken an interest in me?" The Claymore asked.
"Because you're a Claymore." Sora replied.
"I already told you, that`s just a name you people have given us." The Claymore corrected him.
"Oh right I'm sorry." Sora apologised "Anyway you're gonna kill that yoma for us aren't yeah." He asked but the Claymore remained silent, he then turned away from the Claymore and began remembering the yoma.
"My parents were the first victims of the yoma" Sora said in a sad tone, remembering seeing his parents get eaten by a yoma. While he and Zaki were hiding behind the table trying their best to be quiet so the yoma wouldn't hear them but suddenly the yoma turns his attention to him and Zaki and began to roar at them, this leaving them speechless and all he could do is scream in fear and everything went a blank to him.
"When I woke, only my big brother Zaki and I were still alive." Sora said still in a sad tone, I was right there but there was nothing I could do, if I was strong enough, I could avenge them" he said but this time in a more angry tone, he then turned to the Claymore with a determined look, "but that's why you're here to avenge the death of my parents in my place."
The Claymore turned her head to face Sora, "don't misunderstand I came here because I was assign to do so, I have no intention of exacting revenge for you." The Claymore said in her cold tone, Sora then turned away from Claymore at first he was upset to hear that but then he remembered that she was here to help them get rid of the yoma in their village.
"I know that." Sora said in a cheerier mood, "Your here to do a job and that's good enough for me."
Then suddenly Sora heard the Towns bell going off and realised it was getting late. "I forgot to get dinner ready." Sora said as he got up, "We are staying at my Uncles house so I like to help out since he took me in, and you may be surprised but I'm really good at cooking now I could cook you some food later, we'll see yeah." Sora then started to run back to village but he then stopped and turned to look at the claymore one more time, "Wait, what is your name?" Sora asks her.
"There's no point in telling you." She said in her cold tone, not even looking at him, "it's a name that will be soon forgotten." Sora then looked at her with a sad expression on his face, and then he began to head back to the village.
By the time Sora got to his uncles house it was already getting dark, Sora shut the door, "Sorry Uncle I`ll get dinner on the stove right away." He said as he made his to the kitchen but as he opened the door he looked in horror, there was his uncle lying bloodied on the floor with his guts torn out of his body.
Sora then walked slowly back out of the kitchen, he then heard a voice behind him saying "Your home Sora." Sora knew that voice it was his brother voice he quickly turn to face him, "Did you see this? Sora asked his brother hoping he would know what happened to their uncle "Uncle is dead."
But to his surprise he saw Zaki's body becoming taller and muscular, his face was distorted, his skin was changing color, his eyes were now golden and his mouth was covered blood. Zaki began to chuckle "I should know since I killed him he was quite delicious." He said, his voice sounding more demon like.
"Zaki, no!" was the only thing Sora could say, as he was still in shock that his brother was the yoma that had killed his parents.
"Come on what you never noticed?" the yoma said sounding annoyed, "when I took over your brother's brain, stole his body as my own." The yoma began to explain while his body was changing to its true form, "Ever since then I`ve been able to replicate his speech patterns and had control all of his thoughts and memories, this why you humans aren't capable of spotting us, I had planned to stay much longer in your little village but you just had to send that little silver eye witch."He screamed now in his true form.
"So instead I'll make you my last meal." The yoma said to Sora who was still in shock, "you have no idea how hard it's been for me to hold back from devouring that frail body of yours." His last sentence his voice suddenly changes to Zaki's and Sora then notices that the yoma was crying.
The yoma noticed it as well, "Aw I'm crying, there's still bits of your brothers memories fighting for life isn't brotherly love touching?" the Yoma said sounding amusedwhile his voice keep changing from his own to Zaki's. The yoma began to laugh as he saw Sora getting angry and upset about this, "What's wrong little Brother, is dinner ready?"the yoma taunted inZaki'svoice.
This caused Sora to get angrier, he didn't like the yoma mocking his brother. He then charged at the yoma but the yoma knocked him into a pile of crates, "What a fool." The yoma commenting on Sora`s foolishness, "We've been feeding on you humans for centuries." The yoma continued as he walks towards him, "even though you like to think otherwise." He then picks up Sora by the head, "We are at the top of the food chain, you're my prey so there's no use inresisting." Sora still looks at the yoma with anger and tries to move his arm to stop the yoma.
Suddenly the ceiling exploded. Through the smoke and dust, the Claymore from earlier comes flying down toward the yoma and Sora. The yoma didn't have time to move and the Claymore slices off the Yoma's arm that had Sora with her weapon, the yoma begins to scream in pain as his blood splattered to the ground while Sora was dropped to the ground harshly.
The yoma began to look at his bleeding stump and grabbing it with his other arm, "You goddamn Witch." The yoma screamed. The Claymore stood up and simply stared at the yoma, "I could smell your yoma scent on the boy, you unwillingly lead me to your own death." She said in her cold tone.
Sora slowly got back up when he saw the Claymore he smiled but then he notices her eyes were now golden which surprised him, "DIE YOU BITCH." The yoma shouted as he charged to attack the claymore, but shequickly dodges the attack and appears behind him and slices his other arm off leaving him completely defenceless the yoma begins to scream in pain.
The yoma turned to the Claymore "Please have mercy on me." The yoma pleaded to her. Suddenly the Claymore`s muscles grew and veins appeared on her face, this even surprised Sora.
"Please I beg you I have mer..." The yoma began pleaded one more however before he got a chance to finish his sentence, the claymore splits him in half from head-to-toe. Sora stared in horror as the split body fell to the floor, splattering blood went everywhere.
Sora turned his gaze to the half-yoma before him. She had turned back to normal and swung her claymore sword to get rid of the purple blood on it. After that she placed her sword on her back, she then looked at the boy, Sora flinched at her silver gaze. The Claymore just stared at the boy and saw his eyes the same eyes he had that looked at her with wonder but now he looked at her with fear, just like everyone else.
She then began to leave the house, leaving Sora on his own he looked at the blood before him. He then pulled his knees up to his chest and curled into a ball and he then started to cry about what had happen to him.