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Chapter 2: Harumi and the darkness within

Koga was by himself tonight searching for Naraku on his own. It was quiet and peaceful tonight. Just the way he liked it after a run in with Inuyasha. He was walking around not wanting to stop for the night for he feared he would lose the trail. But he heard someone whispering.

"Hey." He heard a soft female voice whisper and he turned to find a beautiful young women lock in a small prison "Yeah you. Help me please." He walked over to the thing that held her prisoner and easily got the door open without waking the men around the fire. The young woman stood 5'5" with her golden hair in a messy braid that fell to her waist. She was thin with wide hips. She had high cheek bones and lovely grey eyes.

"Now what is the name of my savior?" she asked and he noticed her wicked smile. Oh man what did I get myself into, was his only thought before he spoke. "Koga" was all he said and her smile grew wider at his name like she was planning something. "Koga I need you to help me. See those women. They are from my village these men destroyed. I need you to help me free them. Please." She asked and by the look on her face she had no innocence in that statement. She was planning something but she was doing it for what was left of her village. She's loyal, I like that, he thought to himself.

He went to the women quietly not to wake the men around the still burning fire. When the women saw him they started to freak-out at the sight of a demon. "No calm down girls. He's here to save us." She said and the girl came to the door of the cage. "Lady Harumi. Is that you?" One of the women asked in a whisper and the woman beside him who he just figured out is Harumi smiled at the girl. "Yes it's me. Now let's get you out of there." She said and Koga broke the lock keeping the women in and they escaped.

"Oh thank you demon. Thank you Lady Harumi." They whispered and they snuck away from the men. "If that's all you needed I will be going now." Koga said and Harumi nodded. He then left the camp site but he then heard what sounded like the men screaming bloody murder before he was out of ears shot. He shrugged it off not thinking anything of it. There was something about that woman that rubbed him the wrong way.

Though there was also something about her he liked. He kept walking and pushed his thought about the previous events to the back of his mind and focused on finding the shards to defeat Naraku. He found his trail and ran toward his destination until he lost the scent but until then he just kept going. All night he would see glimpses of the young women. He didn't know if they were a figment of him imagination or she was actually there.

After the wolf prince left she made sure her people were as far way to where they couldn't hear a thing. She snuck a knife away from one of the thugs and made sure it was sharp enough for her to use. Then she slit the throat of one of the men but not before he let out a scream. The other men woke up and grabbed their weapons to attack the miko but when they saw her crazed look they dropped their weapons in fear. She felt the darkness and hatred in her heart burn for revenge for what they did to her and her village.

She let out an evil laugh as she started towards the men. "You damn bastards will pay for what you have done." She said and they back away in fear of what they created. She ran toward the men now as they scattered to get away. But it was nothing but bloodshed as she killed the men one by one loving their cries for help knowing it will never come. "You scream for help but no one will come like I did. You run feeling helpless like I couldn't but I will end your horror." She said as the darkness of her heart took over.

She slaughtered the men one by one until the boss was the only one left. "What are you?" he asked terrified by the women standing before him soaked with the blood of the thugs. "Your worst nightmare" She said and laughed again thinking of many ways to make the man that stole her innocence suffer more than his men. He screamed in horror as she slowly and painfully took his life. When he drew his last breath she mocked him.

She laughed at the pain, suffering, and death she has caused here tonight as she ran through the dark mysterious woods of the night. She was still going on the rush of what she had done and the blood that socked her torn kimono. She didn't know where she was going or where she would end up but one thing was clear. She was not the pure miko she once was but she would have been able to fight the darkness if she had not done the act she had not even an hour ago. Harumi will forever be known as the tainted priestess throughout all of Japan.