Chapter Three: In The Beginning
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Written by- Aoihyou
Posted- 1/10/03
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Fate is inevitable...
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In the Beginning, Demons rose from ashes of a former time. A time forgotten and unimportant. A time that, with its civilization, had fallen.
These Demons, the children of death, were the Elements.
Animal, Earth, Water, Wind, Shadow, Sun, Fire, and Ice. All were siblings, though none had anything in common.
Animal was agreeable and, though driven by hunger and greed, reasonable. It valued Life.
Earth was calm and passive. It was the base of all and shared, not minding as long as it wasn't harmed. It valued Loyalty.
Water was calm. It was always changing, refusing to dwell on the past. It forgave and moved on. It valued Cycles.
Shadow was elusive. It was wise, probably witty enough to overthrow most of the others. But it was secretive and had no desire for power. It valued Seclusion.
Sun was broad and flashy. It shone on all, brightening days, and punished those who were untruthful with it's blinding rays. It valued Truth.
Wind was moody. It could be whipping and merciless one moment, then, suddenly change to gentle caresses the next. It valued Change, or Cycles, as Water did.
Fire was rebellious; it refused to agree with anything but complete domination. It was aggressive and murderous, holding no mercy. Pride was it's highest priority.
And the last, Ice, was solitary. It abhorred the others and placed itself above them. It was mocking and insulting, cutting edge and biting. It valued Itself and only Itself. Vanity.
From the Beginning, many Elements did not get along with others. Animal and Earth hated one another. Animal needed to keep Life by killing, but Earth accused it of betraying it's own kind in doing so.
Water and Wind refused to go together. Though they both prized Cycles, they disagreed on what kind of cycles. The calm Water was enraged by Wind's rambunctious ways.
Shadow hated Sun. It claimed the Sun tried to take all privacy away, while Sun accused it of cowardice. It argued that there was no reason to hide if not guilty.
Though they hated one another, the Elements mostly kept their affairs dormant. Their powers were balanced delicately and they tried to keep the scale balanced, for they feared one Element gaining more power than the rest. It was like a dispute between human siblings, they grudgingly lived beside one despite their hatred. They were stuck in a stale mate.
Except for one pair.
Fire, who prized Pride, would not stand for Ice's mockery and disrespect.
And so, not long after the Beginning, the two met and hit like opposing waves on shore.
For decades and centuries, maybe even millenniums, the two clashed. They threw insults and physical hatred for one another.
But one day, Ice went too far.
It seized one of Fire's Children (Gods) and killed it shamefully in public. Fire's hate for Ice grew and Ice knew nothing but the thrill of mockery.
And so, enraged, Fire proclaimed to Ice:
//"You cowardice Fool, you kill my Children for you have no power to face me yourself! I shall claim revenge, Sister, you may be sure of that!
I shall shame you as you have done me! You shall bear me a child and he will destroy you and all of your pitiful Children!
Fear me, Sister, for you have angered me and I shall have no mercy towards you!
My single child shall destroy all of your pathetic kind and I will laugh in your face, Sister, and mock you as you do now! What irony, that you shall seal your own fate by bearing that child!"//
And with that, Fire placed a curse on Ice. A curse that promised his words to come true.
Ice was horrified. It feared it's Brother's words for the first time, wishing it had heeded his warnings sooner. But what was done was done. It tried madly to reverse the curse. It went to the wise Shadow and begged for advice.
Shadow took pity on the Foolish Sister and told her:
//"There is no doubt the child shall be born. We cannot stop that for His power is too great. But if you kill the Child once born, the fate shall be altered."//
Ice was wary and asked:
//"But what if I cannot kill it? What if his words were true and the Child does destroy me?"//
Shadow saw how pitiful it's Sister was and spoke once again:
//"Then find the Child's weakness, Dear Sister."//
//"A weakness?"// She questioned.
//"If you hold the Child's weakness, you can kill it."// Shadow replied wistfully. Ice threw her head back and laughed once she thought of it. It thanked Shadow immensely and left.
//"How simple! To find the weakness of a mere Child!"// It cried happily. And with that, it waited for the time to come.
Years passed.
Years turned to decades.
Decades turned to centuries.
Centuries turned to millenniums.
And so, as time went on, Ice grew suspicious, wondering if Fire had bluffed.
Then, the Elements started to slumber.
They became dormant, leaving their powers to their Children.
Eventually, Ice took to sleep also. It left Shadow's words to its children, the Koorime, and disappeared.
And still, years went by. The Koorime were cautious and set a rule for breeding. They banned mating and only bore female children, for Fire had said the Forbidden Child was a 'He'.
After a while, they became paranoid and called on a fortuneteller. They demanded the seer to tell them when the child was coming.
They were met by horrible news.
They were told one of their Children would bear a Fire Demon soon. That they would try to kill him, but the child would live. It told them they were doomed.
But the Osa[1] thought different. It had been told Shadow's words and immediately set out for the child's weakness.
And so, the Osa went to another seer and demanded he told her. The seer looked into the matter and refused her, saying that no mortal was to meddle with Fate. The seer was, though, betrayed by his emotions. It fell in love with the 'weakness' he had witnessed.
And in a dangerous gamble, the Osa offered the seer something it couldn't resist. And took it. The seer told her:
"The child's weakness is a Fox. A child of Inari. He is a silver Youko that goes by the name Youko Kurama."
The ice maiden was confused and demanded:
"I know of this Youko you speak of, but he is Inari's closest descendent! A child that has more years than me! How can the heartless thief be a Fire Demon's weakness?"
The seer replied:
"He shall meet death, but evade it. He will be born to another body and, like that, meet the cursed child. His currently frozen heart will have melted under care of humans and he will teach the Child to love. They shall fall in love and the Child's weakness will be born."
The Osa demanded to know the weakness of the Kitsune but even seers had limits. They could not tell all. She glared at the seer and started to stalk off.
"Maiden, what of my pay?"
The seer demanded. The Osa sneered down at the seer.
"Fool! Do you honestly think I would keep my word to a pathetic seer as you? You have told me what I need, now you may die!"
She killed the seer for she knew the price she'd promised to pay was ludicrous.
She soon forgot of the seer and sent its clan in search for the Youko.
They were horrified when all came with the same result.
"He has no weakness, Osa! A heart of ice! No companions, no love, no physical weakness! We are doomed!" One screamed. The Osa was flustered.
"You cannot find the weakness to one fox?" She demanded.
"He has nothing on him, Osa, he is guarded strictly by Inari and immense power dwells within him!! What are we to do?" The informant wailed, fearing its life.
The Osa suddenly smirked and replied:
"Then we shall make a weakness, Child... a weakness for our Dear, Dear Youko..."
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"My name is Kuronue."
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Little did the foolish Osa know that the seer had survived. He had managed to be reincarnated as he knew Kurama would be.
The dark seer swore to himself that he would get the prize the Osa had promised...
"My Youko... My sweet Youko..."
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End Chapter Three
Blah... Yes. I know that was short x.X It was just an explanation thing. That's my own 'why Koorime breed like that' theory. *Feels nerdy* o.O
Key-
[1]- Osa; Head of a pack or group. (Ex: Osa of Ice Maidens is the Head or the Koorime)
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