-a few years later-
Rin was playing outside with a few other kids from the village while Satori was cooking dinner. Shijo was with Namida, who was visiting a friend, due to be back soon. Rin was now 4 years old and Shijo was 3.
"Rin, dear, time for dinner!" called Satori.
"All right, mommy, one minute!" Rin called back. "I gotta go."she said to the other kids, before running to her house where her mommy was waiting with dinner.
Satori had cooked the fish that Namida had caught from the river running through the town the previous night.
"Mommy, isn't Daddy and Shijo coming home for dinner too?" Rin asked, wondering where they were.
"Yes, they should be home soon, dear. They must come soon, or else we're going to eat all the fish!"
Rin laughed, taking another bite of the river fish before her.
A sound came from the entry of the house, and Namida and Shijo entered the house.
"Hello. Have a nice day?" Satori asked her husband.
"Yeah! We had lotsa fun!" Shijo replied, smiling.
"You're lucky you came now, or we woulda eaten all the yummy fish!" Rin said, taking another bite.
Satori laughed, and Namida and Shijo sat at the table to eat.
* * *
Rin slept peacefully in her bed, Shijo, Satori, and Namida not too far away. Rin slept in the shadowed corner, her favorite spot in the bedroom. Light didn't reach there too easily; therefore she slept well, unawakedend by the early light of morning.
It must have been around midnight, the darkest time, that they came.
Rin's eyes snapped open when she heard something enter the house, footsteps coming closer to the room. Faint whispers were barely audible; all she could hear was their murmurs. Rin covered herself in the blankets, hiding her small figure in shadows. She left a small part visible so she could see what was happening. Shijo soon awoke too, then awakening their parents.
"Shh!" Satori scolded, she too heard them coming near to their room.
Namida picked something up; it looked like a plank of wood, to defend them.
"Oh, look! They are all waiting for us," Said one of the scroungy men, as he moved the cloth door to the bedroom so that all 3 men could see the scared family.
"Yeah? Well, this'll make it easier!" said a second.
Namida stood, wood plank in hand, and spoke, shakily, "Leave my home at once! You will NOT harm my family!" His words were weak, and clearly showed how much fear controlled his body.
"Oh yeah? Well guess what? How can you protect them if you're all ready dead?" spoke the first man.
Rin's eyes widened as she turned away, catching the silhouette of her father falling, a concealed sword slicing open his neck and breaking the wooden plank before he even had a chance to react.
"NAMIDA!!!" Satori cried out, and she fell to her knees beside her fallen husband. "Please," she cried, "Spare my children, I'll do anything!"
Tears came to Rin's eyes as she looked at the bloodied body of her father and the shaking figure of her crying mother.
Shijo came out of under a blanket when he heard this. "Mommy? Wha-"
"Shijo, no!" Satori flung her arm in front of her son, protecting him from certain death. The thieves laughed at her feeble attempt of protection. Shijo looked at the men, frozen in fear, eyes wide.
"Maybe I should just take the boy?"
"No, he'd be a burden, just kill 'em already!"
"Yeah, you're right."
"No! Please, don't kill my son!"
"Shut up ye hag!" The thief slapped Satori across the face, sending her to the floor.
Shijo's lip quivered and a sparkling tear fell from his cheek as he saw the shine of the thief's blade come to meet his small body.
Satori recovered the slap to see her son collapse onto her lap.
"My.son." Satori held his lifeless body to hers, hugging him tightly, tears washing away blood spattered on his face.
Satori looked to the men, tears streaming down her face.
"Come on, Yukito, put the bitch outta her misery already!"
"Yer right," the man with the blade looked Satori in the eye, and brought the blade upon her. "Lets get outta here. Nothing good." Yukito turned his back on his doings and they left the room.
You like? Took a turn for darkness, but yeah, it was sad writing this. -wipes tear away from eye- Review please!!!!!! I want to know how I'm doing with this!!!
Rin was playing outside with a few other kids from the village while Satori was cooking dinner. Shijo was with Namida, who was visiting a friend, due to be back soon. Rin was now 4 years old and Shijo was 3.
"Rin, dear, time for dinner!" called Satori.
"All right, mommy, one minute!" Rin called back. "I gotta go."she said to the other kids, before running to her house where her mommy was waiting with dinner.
Satori had cooked the fish that Namida had caught from the river running through the town the previous night.
"Mommy, isn't Daddy and Shijo coming home for dinner too?" Rin asked, wondering where they were.
"Yes, they should be home soon, dear. They must come soon, or else we're going to eat all the fish!"
Rin laughed, taking another bite of the river fish before her.
A sound came from the entry of the house, and Namida and Shijo entered the house.
"Hello. Have a nice day?" Satori asked her husband.
"Yeah! We had lotsa fun!" Shijo replied, smiling.
"You're lucky you came now, or we woulda eaten all the yummy fish!" Rin said, taking another bite.
Satori laughed, and Namida and Shijo sat at the table to eat.
* * *
Rin slept peacefully in her bed, Shijo, Satori, and Namida not too far away. Rin slept in the shadowed corner, her favorite spot in the bedroom. Light didn't reach there too easily; therefore she slept well, unawakedend by the early light of morning.
It must have been around midnight, the darkest time, that they came.
Rin's eyes snapped open when she heard something enter the house, footsteps coming closer to the room. Faint whispers were barely audible; all she could hear was their murmurs. Rin covered herself in the blankets, hiding her small figure in shadows. She left a small part visible so she could see what was happening. Shijo soon awoke too, then awakening their parents.
"Shh!" Satori scolded, she too heard them coming near to their room.
Namida picked something up; it looked like a plank of wood, to defend them.
"Oh, look! They are all waiting for us," Said one of the scroungy men, as he moved the cloth door to the bedroom so that all 3 men could see the scared family.
"Yeah? Well, this'll make it easier!" said a second.
Namida stood, wood plank in hand, and spoke, shakily, "Leave my home at once! You will NOT harm my family!" His words were weak, and clearly showed how much fear controlled his body.
"Oh yeah? Well guess what? How can you protect them if you're all ready dead?" spoke the first man.
Rin's eyes widened as she turned away, catching the silhouette of her father falling, a concealed sword slicing open his neck and breaking the wooden plank before he even had a chance to react.
"NAMIDA!!!" Satori cried out, and she fell to her knees beside her fallen husband. "Please," she cried, "Spare my children, I'll do anything!"
Tears came to Rin's eyes as she looked at the bloodied body of her father and the shaking figure of her crying mother.
Shijo came out of under a blanket when he heard this. "Mommy? Wha-"
"Shijo, no!" Satori flung her arm in front of her son, protecting him from certain death. The thieves laughed at her feeble attempt of protection. Shijo looked at the men, frozen in fear, eyes wide.
"Maybe I should just take the boy?"
"No, he'd be a burden, just kill 'em already!"
"Yeah, you're right."
"No! Please, don't kill my son!"
"Shut up ye hag!" The thief slapped Satori across the face, sending her to the floor.
Shijo's lip quivered and a sparkling tear fell from his cheek as he saw the shine of the thief's blade come to meet his small body.
Satori recovered the slap to see her son collapse onto her lap.
"My.son." Satori held his lifeless body to hers, hugging him tightly, tears washing away blood spattered on his face.
Satori looked to the men, tears streaming down her face.
"Come on, Yukito, put the bitch outta her misery already!"
"Yer right," the man with the blade looked Satori in the eye, and brought the blade upon her. "Lets get outta here. Nothing good." Yukito turned his back on his doings and they left the room.
You like? Took a turn for darkness, but yeah, it was sad writing this. -wipes tear away from eye- Review please!!!!!! I want to know how I'm doing with this!!!