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"Families are like brownies-sweet with a few nuts."
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I do not own Inu Yasha or his family or anyone else's family. But I do own my own family, plus I own Shio, and his big beautiful family! ^__^
This was supposed to be the sequel to "Inu Sensai!" but I don't care anymore! ^_^ -
Chapter 1: Shin'yo
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There was a small village of demons that lived peacefully deep in the Giver's Forest. Where demons didn't yearn to fight or kill, but lived in splendid harmony healing the sick and creating the new. Green as emeralds was the grass, clear as crystal was the sky, cool and sweet was the breeze, and simple and happy were the inhabitants.
Could a place of such Utopia and communism really exist? Or is it there so that it will soon be destroyed?
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"Like this, Sashimi!"
A little girl in a white kimono with red hexagons and flowers in them stood next to her father and watched him throw his sword at an invisible opponent. She was about ten years old, but she was already a great dog demon child, skilled in swordplay and other self defenses. She had short but spiky white hair and big blue eyes.
Her father, a tall silver haired dog demon in spiked armor showed her the proper way to bring down an opponent. When he was done, he slung his sword over his shoulder and smiled down at her young and inquisitive expression. He had such a beautiful face and a kind expression. "Sashimi," he said. "Do you know why learn to fight so, when we have so much peace?"
She shook her head as she had no clue.
He chuckled and kneeled down to her level. "We don't learn to fight to hurt people, we learn it to protect and teach them. I hope that you will rarely ever have to use a sword in your life Sashimi, for fighting is not the answer, rather, I'd like you to be prepared in case there is ever a situation that you only can fight. Remember this my daughter," He set a kind parental hand on her fluffy head, "Love is the best sword." She gazed up at him in wonder.
On the other side of the village inside a round little house made of sticks, a strong woman worked to help demons and humans alike. She sat on the floor, wearing a kimono of silk the color of light chlorophyll. Pictures of leaves in chains lined the outside each sleeve. She had long, soft, reddish brown hair that was shiny like the silk she wore. She sat grinding plants with a mortar and pestle, her head bowed in concentration.
All of a sudden, a young boy about six years old came running into the hut. She looked up at him with large green eyes with long red eyelashes and smiled at him. He stood in front of her with his arms full of one type of herb that he was sent to get. He was young, with a short light green kimono with dark leaf decorations. He had short reddish brown hair and big innocent green eyes. He asked her, "Is this the Tania, Ma?"
She nodded. "Yes, Shio. That's exactly what I needed."
He smiled and set them down. Then he pulled other types of leaves out of his kimono. "And look at this!" he said. "Hibiscus, Juppi, and Cypican! Perfect for those older folks!"
She laughed lightly and scratched one of his wolfy little red ears. "Thank you, Shio! You're becoming a very intelligent child when it comes to healing!"
He giggled. His ears were VERY ticklish!
All of a sudden, an old man was led in by his granddaughter. "Lady Shin'yo! Please heal my grandfather!" she pleaded.
Shin'yo looked at the old man, studying his symptoms; she turned to her son, "Shio! Go get me the Hito leaves!" she said.
He scrambled over to her cabinet and started to go through cups of medicine, looking and sniffing what was there. While he searched, Shin'yo and the granddaughter helped the old man lay down.
"He'll be alright, won't he?" the little girl asked. She looked up at her worriedly. The old man coughed and said, "It's-okay, Tsuyu." He smiled even though he was in pain. "Lady Shin'yo is a great healer."
"Found it!" Shio jumped up and ran over to her with a jar of leaves. Shin'yo took the jar and pulled out two long, thin leaves. She put them on his shirt just over where his heart would be. Then she put her hands over the leaves and started to chant under her breath. Shio watched her and could smell her magic floating around her, he watched as a green light seeped through her closed fingers. Then all of a sudden, she threw her weight onto her hands and the old man's body jumped.
The little girl jumped back in shock and looked on at what was happening in suspense. Shin'yo sat on her legs and put her hands on her lap. The old man sat up and looked around slightly dazed. He was just fine.
His granddaughter squealed with joy and jumped into his arms. "Grandfather! She did it!" he laughed and hugged her back. They smiled thankfully at the healer, "Lady Shin'yo, I couldn't even begin to thank you enough for what you've done! You've saved my life!"
She smiled modestly and said, "It's okay, Sir! It's my job!"
Saving lives was her job after all.
After they left, Shin'yo turned to Shio. "Let's go see how you're father and sister are doing, shall we?"
They began to walk through the woods toward the spot that Shin'yo's husband and Shio's father, Aka Shicho trained his students. He was the top dog of dog demons, and that was a very high title. Being top dog meant that he was the strongest, smartest, fastest dog demon in Japan that displayed everything it took to be the greatest of the canine demon species. He would only teach students whom he knew had the potential to be even greater then himself; that was how all of the top dogs before him operated.
Shio held his mother's hand as they walked. He had been thinking about something for a while, and he thought now was the time to tell his mother. "Ma?" he asked, looking up at her.
She looked down at him and asked, "What is it, my son?"
Shio took a deep breath and said, "I know what I want to be when I grow up."
She smiled at him with interest, "Oh?"
"Yes'm I do!" he said smiling excitedly. "Someday, I will be a great priest!"
"That's wonderful, Shio!" Shin'yo looked down at him proudly. "And what will you do as a priest?"
"I'm going to help peoples and heal them like you! I'll make sutras and purify things and eat granola!" he said.
She laughed lightly as they approached their final destination.
Shicho and Sashimi were in the middle of a close combat sword fight when they got there. The two kitsune demons could hear the clashing of their swords from fifty feet away, where Sashimi saw them first.
"Mommy!" she stopped the fight to go run to her. Even though Sashimi was only her step daughter she treated her like her she was her own. The same went for Sashimi, she understood that Shin'yo wasn't her real mother, but her real mother had died a long time ago and had accepted Shin'yo ever so gracefully for a child.
Shin'yo and Shicho kissed and she smiled up at him. He was a super strong dog demon ("6'3"), she was a healer kitsune ("5'0"), but they were very happy together and very proud of their two children. Shin'yo rubbed her stomach where there was a three months and running surprise inside. They had two children-soon to be three.
"How about lunch, then?" Shicho asked.
"Yeah!" Shio and Sashimi cheered.
They started to walk home, Shio and Sashimi raced ahead while their parents walked slowly behind. Shicho slipped his hand into Shin'yo's. "How have you been, my love?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "Just fine."
"How is the baby?"
"These are the months where most of the development takes place. He or She is doing just fine." She said reassuringly.
He smiled ahead at his first two children. "I wonder what Shio and Sashimi will say when we tell them."
Shin'yo smiled confidently ahead at them. "They will love the new one, just as we love them."
Shicho let out a long sigh. "I hope so. There's enough sibling rivalry between the two of them as it is."
She looked at him surprised. "What are you talking about? They get along just fine."
"Ow!"
Sashimi pushed Shio down and ran ahead of him.
"HEY!" he shouted after her.
"Ha ha! Can't catch me!" she laughed and ran faster.
"Oh yeah?! I'll show you, dog girl!" he jumped up and ran after her with dirty knees.
"I'm older! I'm faster!" she cheered herself on and screamed with laughter. All of a sudden, she was tackled from behind by her supposedly slow little brother. They laughed as they rolled down a hill and landed at the bottom. Sashimi rolled on top of Shio and pinned him. "One, two, three! I win!"
Shio groaned in aggravation and Sashimi laughed with her victory. Then she looked up and her laughter faded. Shio watched as she raised her head and her jaw dropped. All of the color drained from her face and he could smell her fear around her. "What? What is it?" he tilted his head back trying to see and his heart froze in fear at what was there.
A giant spider demon loomed over them. Long hairy eight legs stretched out and crushed what shrubbery and other bushes it stood on. Eight beady black eyes stared straight at them with a hungry gleam in them. It snapped its jaws at them, showing a mouth of long sharp spider teeth dripping with poisonous goo.
Shin'yo and Shicho heard their children's screams echo through the forest and ran to go save them. The children were trying to run back to the village. They might have been quick demon children, but how could they outrun a giant spider like that.
They ran toward the village using all of the energy in their bodies to gain speed and not lose breath. They could hear the spider knocking over tree with it's long mighty legs and big monstrous body, it was all the motivation they needed to make it all the way back into town. The humans and demons of the village saw the spider coming and began to fear for their lives.
This was great for the spider though, the children had led him straight to the larger food source and he was gonna have himself a feast. Shio and Sashimi ran into the shed by their house and climbed into a big pile of hay in the corner. They could hear the screams of the village's people outside and the crashing of wood and destruction of their village.
Then with one of his large and powerful legs, the spider demon ripped open the roof of the shed. Shio and Sashimi screamed again. The spider looked down at them crying in fear. Then it said in a creepy, sneaky voice that only a spider demon could use. "Give me the light!"
Shio clung to Sashimi and she squeezed him to her. He cried into her shirt and she looked up at the spider shrieking in horror. "Your souls.........give me the light!" It raised its leg again.
SHING! SHING! SHING!
The spider reeled screaming in pain. A large gash dripping with dark blood marred its face.
Sashimi looked up and pointed for Shio. "Look! It's father!"
He looked up too and saw their father's graceful form land on the ground holding a double bladed sword. He looked back at his children and shouted, "Hurry! Run to your mother!"
Shio was too stunned to move. Sashimi got up and lifted him onto her back where he clung to her kimono. She started to run into the forest, but stopped hesitantly and looked worriedly back at Shicho. "Father!" she called.
He looked back at her, his eyes full of seriousness and fear for their safety, "Go!" he shouted and knocked the spider back before it lunged again. Sashimi ran through the forest and her vision blurred with tears. She tried not to run into anything because of her strong feelings and tried not to drop Shio, though if she did let go of him, it probably wouldn't have mattered. He was clinging to her with such a grip she thought he was trying to fuse into her back. They found their mother helping the wounded surviving villagers.
"Mother!" Sashimi ran up to her and she hugged them both.
"Are you two alright? Where's your father?" she asked worriedly.
"He's back there! Fighting the spider!" Sashimi said.
Shin'yo stood up and looked in that direction.
"The spider said something about light. It said it want the light!" Sashimi cried.
Shin'yo took a few steps and stood silently in deep thought.
"Mother?" Sashimi looked up at her. She hugged Shio and he was starting to come out of his shock, but not his fear.
"Sashimi," Shin'yo said in a serious voice.
The two children looked up at her listening intently.
She turned around and looked at them with eyes filled his sorrow and emotion. "Take your brother to the pass that crosses the mountains and wait there for your father."
Sashimi looked up at her not understanding what was happening in the least bit.
Then their mother smiled and came over to them. "Don't be afraid, my children. You are pure and good, and nothing can hurt you any more." They stood up and she closed their eyes. "Think of your love and never let it go." She took up her staff of leaves and light brown wood and an orb of pure bright light glowed brightly inside of it. She tapped Shio lightly on the forehead with the tip and for a second, his skin glowed with the magic of the wand's light then it disappeared as if it were never there.
Then Shin'yo leaned over Sashimi and kissed each of her eyelids.
Shio opened his eyes looking up at his mother in wonder. Sashimi opened her eyes that were lit with glowing stars of light.
Shin'yo then looked at them with a look as unhappy as their father's expression. "Now go! Go to the pass, and don't look back!" So they ran. They had no other choice but to follow their mother's orders.
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"Give me the light!" the spider said as it knocked Shicho into a building. "I will not rest until I have the light of all of your souls!"
Shicho climbed out of the rubble and stood holding his sword, poised to attack again. Then all of a sudden, Shin'yo appeared next to him, staff in hand.
"Shin'yo!" he said.
She looked at him seriously. "Go to the children, Shicho." She said.
In her eyes, he could see what she was planning to do and the consequences of what it would cause. He ran away following Shio and Sashimi's scent. This was it. He knew that this had to be done to protect the children.
Shi'yo stood in front of the giant spider. When it sensed her, it went crazy. "You! You have the light! Give me the light!"
She glared at the spider with fires of rage in her eyes, her nostrils flared in anger and disgust for this evil being. "You shall never have the light! And I will never forgive you for what you've done to this village and my children!"
The spider charged her uncaring for her warning.
Shin'yo held up the staff and her magic energy blew the lose silk of her kimono around violently. "You shall never have this light!" The glowing orb grew in the staffs tip and buzzed with power. She brought the staff down and struck the tip against the earth. The ground shook, the earth rocked, a giant ripple of light energy erupted and the village was engulfed in light.
From where they were, Shicho, Sashimi and Shio stood looking at the amazing release of magic and the mushroom cloud that was left over. Shio's heart sunk as he looked out at the rising smoke. Somehow he knew, that when his mother destroyed the spider with her light, she also destroyed herself.
His emerald green eyes filled his tears and his stomach lurched in pain and fear. Then he screamed, "MOTHER!!!!!" he tried to run toward the village, but his father took his in his arms holding him from attempting to return.
"NO! MOTHER! NO!" Shio screamed and cried and struggled to free himself from his father's hold, but soon the flailing and fight wore down and he could do nothing but cry. Sashimi sobbed into her hands. Shicho hugged them both and started to lead them away from a place that just a little while ago, was a beautiful happy place where they had always lived, their home sweet home where everything was perfect, a lovely Utopia, now a memory in the Giver's Forest.
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Wow, did this hit home or what? *sniff*
I expect good things from this story and I want reviews telling me if I'm improving or not, because I seriously think my writing style is getting better!
And there will be a happy ending to this, you know there will. When have I ever not written a story with a happy ending? Even if it does turn out sad, there's usually a hint of hope at the end!! ^_~
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"Families are like brownies-sweet with a few nuts."
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^_^
I do not own Inu Yasha or his family or anyone else's family. But I do own my own family, plus I own Shio, and his big beautiful family! ^__^
This was supposed to be the sequel to "Inu Sensai!" but I don't care anymore! ^_^ -
Chapter 1: Shin'yo
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There was a small village of demons that lived peacefully deep in the Giver's Forest. Where demons didn't yearn to fight or kill, but lived in splendid harmony healing the sick and creating the new. Green as emeralds was the grass, clear as crystal was the sky, cool and sweet was the breeze, and simple and happy were the inhabitants.
Could a place of such Utopia and communism really exist? Or is it there so that it will soon be destroyed?
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"Like this, Sashimi!"
A little girl in a white kimono with red hexagons and flowers in them stood next to her father and watched him throw his sword at an invisible opponent. She was about ten years old, but she was already a great dog demon child, skilled in swordplay and other self defenses. She had short but spiky white hair and big blue eyes.
Her father, a tall silver haired dog demon in spiked armor showed her the proper way to bring down an opponent. When he was done, he slung his sword over his shoulder and smiled down at her young and inquisitive expression. He had such a beautiful face and a kind expression. "Sashimi," he said. "Do you know why learn to fight so, when we have so much peace?"
She shook her head as she had no clue.
He chuckled and kneeled down to her level. "We don't learn to fight to hurt people, we learn it to protect and teach them. I hope that you will rarely ever have to use a sword in your life Sashimi, for fighting is not the answer, rather, I'd like you to be prepared in case there is ever a situation that you only can fight. Remember this my daughter," He set a kind parental hand on her fluffy head, "Love is the best sword." She gazed up at him in wonder.
On the other side of the village inside a round little house made of sticks, a strong woman worked to help demons and humans alike. She sat on the floor, wearing a kimono of silk the color of light chlorophyll. Pictures of leaves in chains lined the outside each sleeve. She had long, soft, reddish brown hair that was shiny like the silk she wore. She sat grinding plants with a mortar and pestle, her head bowed in concentration.
All of a sudden, a young boy about six years old came running into the hut. She looked up at him with large green eyes with long red eyelashes and smiled at him. He stood in front of her with his arms full of one type of herb that he was sent to get. He was young, with a short light green kimono with dark leaf decorations. He had short reddish brown hair and big innocent green eyes. He asked her, "Is this the Tania, Ma?"
She nodded. "Yes, Shio. That's exactly what I needed."
He smiled and set them down. Then he pulled other types of leaves out of his kimono. "And look at this!" he said. "Hibiscus, Juppi, and Cypican! Perfect for those older folks!"
She laughed lightly and scratched one of his wolfy little red ears. "Thank you, Shio! You're becoming a very intelligent child when it comes to healing!"
He giggled. His ears were VERY ticklish!
All of a sudden, an old man was led in by his granddaughter. "Lady Shin'yo! Please heal my grandfather!" she pleaded.
Shin'yo looked at the old man, studying his symptoms; she turned to her son, "Shio! Go get me the Hito leaves!" she said.
He scrambled over to her cabinet and started to go through cups of medicine, looking and sniffing what was there. While he searched, Shin'yo and the granddaughter helped the old man lay down.
"He'll be alright, won't he?" the little girl asked. She looked up at her worriedly. The old man coughed and said, "It's-okay, Tsuyu." He smiled even though he was in pain. "Lady Shin'yo is a great healer."
"Found it!" Shio jumped up and ran over to her with a jar of leaves. Shin'yo took the jar and pulled out two long, thin leaves. She put them on his shirt just over where his heart would be. Then she put her hands over the leaves and started to chant under her breath. Shio watched her and could smell her magic floating around her, he watched as a green light seeped through her closed fingers. Then all of a sudden, she threw her weight onto her hands and the old man's body jumped.
The little girl jumped back in shock and looked on at what was happening in suspense. Shin'yo sat on her legs and put her hands on her lap. The old man sat up and looked around slightly dazed. He was just fine.
His granddaughter squealed with joy and jumped into his arms. "Grandfather! She did it!" he laughed and hugged her back. They smiled thankfully at the healer, "Lady Shin'yo, I couldn't even begin to thank you enough for what you've done! You've saved my life!"
She smiled modestly and said, "It's okay, Sir! It's my job!"
Saving lives was her job after all.
After they left, Shin'yo turned to Shio. "Let's go see how you're father and sister are doing, shall we?"
They began to walk through the woods toward the spot that Shin'yo's husband and Shio's father, Aka Shicho trained his students. He was the top dog of dog demons, and that was a very high title. Being top dog meant that he was the strongest, smartest, fastest dog demon in Japan that displayed everything it took to be the greatest of the canine demon species. He would only teach students whom he knew had the potential to be even greater then himself; that was how all of the top dogs before him operated.
Shio held his mother's hand as they walked. He had been thinking about something for a while, and he thought now was the time to tell his mother. "Ma?" he asked, looking up at her.
She looked down at him and asked, "What is it, my son?"
Shio took a deep breath and said, "I know what I want to be when I grow up."
She smiled at him with interest, "Oh?"
"Yes'm I do!" he said smiling excitedly. "Someday, I will be a great priest!"
"That's wonderful, Shio!" Shin'yo looked down at him proudly. "And what will you do as a priest?"
"I'm going to help peoples and heal them like you! I'll make sutras and purify things and eat granola!" he said.
She laughed lightly as they approached their final destination.
Shicho and Sashimi were in the middle of a close combat sword fight when they got there. The two kitsune demons could hear the clashing of their swords from fifty feet away, where Sashimi saw them first.
"Mommy!" she stopped the fight to go run to her. Even though Sashimi was only her step daughter she treated her like her she was her own. The same went for Sashimi, she understood that Shin'yo wasn't her real mother, but her real mother had died a long time ago and had accepted Shin'yo ever so gracefully for a child.
Shin'yo and Shicho kissed and she smiled up at him. He was a super strong dog demon ("6'3"), she was a healer kitsune ("5'0"), but they were very happy together and very proud of their two children. Shin'yo rubbed her stomach where there was a three months and running surprise inside. They had two children-soon to be three.
"How about lunch, then?" Shicho asked.
"Yeah!" Shio and Sashimi cheered.
They started to walk home, Shio and Sashimi raced ahead while their parents walked slowly behind. Shicho slipped his hand into Shin'yo's. "How have you been, my love?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "Just fine."
"How is the baby?"
"These are the months where most of the development takes place. He or She is doing just fine." She said reassuringly.
He smiled ahead at his first two children. "I wonder what Shio and Sashimi will say when we tell them."
Shin'yo smiled confidently ahead at them. "They will love the new one, just as we love them."
Shicho let out a long sigh. "I hope so. There's enough sibling rivalry between the two of them as it is."
She looked at him surprised. "What are you talking about? They get along just fine."
"Ow!"
Sashimi pushed Shio down and ran ahead of him.
"HEY!" he shouted after her.
"Ha ha! Can't catch me!" she laughed and ran faster.
"Oh yeah?! I'll show you, dog girl!" he jumped up and ran after her with dirty knees.
"I'm older! I'm faster!" she cheered herself on and screamed with laughter. All of a sudden, she was tackled from behind by her supposedly slow little brother. They laughed as they rolled down a hill and landed at the bottom. Sashimi rolled on top of Shio and pinned him. "One, two, three! I win!"
Shio groaned in aggravation and Sashimi laughed with her victory. Then she looked up and her laughter faded. Shio watched as she raised her head and her jaw dropped. All of the color drained from her face and he could smell her fear around her. "What? What is it?" he tilted his head back trying to see and his heart froze in fear at what was there.
A giant spider demon loomed over them. Long hairy eight legs stretched out and crushed what shrubbery and other bushes it stood on. Eight beady black eyes stared straight at them with a hungry gleam in them. It snapped its jaws at them, showing a mouth of long sharp spider teeth dripping with poisonous goo.
Shin'yo and Shicho heard their children's screams echo through the forest and ran to go save them. The children were trying to run back to the village. They might have been quick demon children, but how could they outrun a giant spider like that.
They ran toward the village using all of the energy in their bodies to gain speed and not lose breath. They could hear the spider knocking over tree with it's long mighty legs and big monstrous body, it was all the motivation they needed to make it all the way back into town. The humans and demons of the village saw the spider coming and began to fear for their lives.
This was great for the spider though, the children had led him straight to the larger food source and he was gonna have himself a feast. Shio and Sashimi ran into the shed by their house and climbed into a big pile of hay in the corner. They could hear the screams of the village's people outside and the crashing of wood and destruction of their village.
Then with one of his large and powerful legs, the spider demon ripped open the roof of the shed. Shio and Sashimi screamed again. The spider looked down at them crying in fear. Then it said in a creepy, sneaky voice that only a spider demon could use. "Give me the light!"
Shio clung to Sashimi and she squeezed him to her. He cried into her shirt and she looked up at the spider shrieking in horror. "Your souls.........give me the light!" It raised its leg again.
SHING! SHING! SHING!
The spider reeled screaming in pain. A large gash dripping with dark blood marred its face.
Sashimi looked up and pointed for Shio. "Look! It's father!"
He looked up too and saw their father's graceful form land on the ground holding a double bladed sword. He looked back at his children and shouted, "Hurry! Run to your mother!"
Shio was too stunned to move. Sashimi got up and lifted him onto her back where he clung to her kimono. She started to run into the forest, but stopped hesitantly and looked worriedly back at Shicho. "Father!" she called.
He looked back at her, his eyes full of seriousness and fear for their safety, "Go!" he shouted and knocked the spider back before it lunged again. Sashimi ran through the forest and her vision blurred with tears. She tried not to run into anything because of her strong feelings and tried not to drop Shio, though if she did let go of him, it probably wouldn't have mattered. He was clinging to her with such a grip she thought he was trying to fuse into her back. They found their mother helping the wounded surviving villagers.
"Mother!" Sashimi ran up to her and she hugged them both.
"Are you two alright? Where's your father?" she asked worriedly.
"He's back there! Fighting the spider!" Sashimi said.
Shin'yo stood up and looked in that direction.
"The spider said something about light. It said it want the light!" Sashimi cried.
Shin'yo took a few steps and stood silently in deep thought.
"Mother?" Sashimi looked up at her. She hugged Shio and he was starting to come out of his shock, but not his fear.
"Sashimi," Shin'yo said in a serious voice.
The two children looked up at her listening intently.
She turned around and looked at them with eyes filled his sorrow and emotion. "Take your brother to the pass that crosses the mountains and wait there for your father."
Sashimi looked up at her not understanding what was happening in the least bit.
Then their mother smiled and came over to them. "Don't be afraid, my children. You are pure and good, and nothing can hurt you any more." They stood up and she closed their eyes. "Think of your love and never let it go." She took up her staff of leaves and light brown wood and an orb of pure bright light glowed brightly inside of it. She tapped Shio lightly on the forehead with the tip and for a second, his skin glowed with the magic of the wand's light then it disappeared as if it were never there.
Then Shin'yo leaned over Sashimi and kissed each of her eyelids.
Shio opened his eyes looking up at his mother in wonder. Sashimi opened her eyes that were lit with glowing stars of light.
Shin'yo then looked at them with a look as unhappy as their father's expression. "Now go! Go to the pass, and don't look back!" So they ran. They had no other choice but to follow their mother's orders.
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"Give me the light!" the spider said as it knocked Shicho into a building. "I will not rest until I have the light of all of your souls!"
Shicho climbed out of the rubble and stood holding his sword, poised to attack again. Then all of a sudden, Shin'yo appeared next to him, staff in hand.
"Shin'yo!" he said.
She looked at him seriously. "Go to the children, Shicho." She said.
In her eyes, he could see what she was planning to do and the consequences of what it would cause. He ran away following Shio and Sashimi's scent. This was it. He knew that this had to be done to protect the children.
Shi'yo stood in front of the giant spider. When it sensed her, it went crazy. "You! You have the light! Give me the light!"
She glared at the spider with fires of rage in her eyes, her nostrils flared in anger and disgust for this evil being. "You shall never have the light! And I will never forgive you for what you've done to this village and my children!"
The spider charged her uncaring for her warning.
Shin'yo held up the staff and her magic energy blew the lose silk of her kimono around violently. "You shall never have this light!" The glowing orb grew in the staffs tip and buzzed with power. She brought the staff down and struck the tip against the earth. The ground shook, the earth rocked, a giant ripple of light energy erupted and the village was engulfed in light.
From where they were, Shicho, Sashimi and Shio stood looking at the amazing release of magic and the mushroom cloud that was left over. Shio's heart sunk as he looked out at the rising smoke. Somehow he knew, that when his mother destroyed the spider with her light, she also destroyed herself.
His emerald green eyes filled his tears and his stomach lurched in pain and fear. Then he screamed, "MOTHER!!!!!" he tried to run toward the village, but his father took his in his arms holding him from attempting to return.
"NO! MOTHER! NO!" Shio screamed and cried and struggled to free himself from his father's hold, but soon the flailing and fight wore down and he could do nothing but cry. Sashimi sobbed into her hands. Shicho hugged them both and started to lead them away from a place that just a little while ago, was a beautiful happy place where they had always lived, their home sweet home where everything was perfect, a lovely Utopia, now a memory in the Giver's Forest.
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Wow, did this hit home or what? *sniff*
I expect good things from this story and I want reviews telling me if I'm improving or not, because I seriously think my writing style is getting better!
And there will be a happy ending to this, you know there will. When have I ever not written a story with a happy ending? Even if it does turn out sad, there's usually a hint of hope at the end!! ^_~