Chapter 1
'Disgusting! It makes me sick, the smell of human flesh. But I have to get this errand done' thought a young woman, walking down a road in a small village.
To any person who looked at her she looked like a regular young woman, but get close enough to her and you can feel what she is. A dark aura hung around her, like a thick black cloud.
A Demon that's what she was.
She had long silver hair, in an unusual style. She had her hair up in two buns on either side of her head, and the rest of her hair just fell loosely, blowing in the wind. She had eyes as red as blood, that held anger, coldness, but most of all hatred.
She wore a black shirt, with a Ying Yang symbol on the back. She wore white pants, and black shoes. Around her waste was a red cloth tied around her to carry her sword.
And I lied when I said earlier that by looking at her she looked normal, only from a distance does she look normal. What looked like long fingernails, were actually claws. And her ears were pointy. Not to mention she gave off a strong aura of strictly controlled power.
As she passed through the small village she appeared deep in thought. Her eyes were staring into the distance and had a glazed look over them.
Many humans, upon seeing her ran out of the way and hid praying she hadn't seen them.
But she didn't come after them she just kept on walking and eventually walked right out of their village and didn't stop till she had reached a large tree.
Looking up at the moon, which was now surrounded by stars to help bright up the night sky, she thought, 'I will finish this tomorrow, that bastard can wait another day'.
Then she jumped up to one of the tree branches, faster than you could blink. She then settled herself on the branch, and after she was comfortable she drifted off into a sleep.
Though most of her kind did not usually dream, she often had nightmares of different things.
But she unfortunately had a rude awakening, which only added to the plus of nightmares.
A few hours later she was awakened by the fresh scent of human blood.
She hopped a little higher into the tree, and saw that the village she had recently passed through was now up in rage of flames.
"Must be another demon. Might as well check it out," she said out loud to no one.
The she jumped high into the air and it seemed like she was almost flying as she glided down slowly, just to do it again after jumping off another tree.
After five minutes of doing this, she finally arrived at the village.
There she saw unconscious and dead humans. And in the middle of the street was a huge demon, munching on a human man.
"Hey you! What are you doing?" she asked.
The gigantic demon slowly turned around after hearing her voice.
He was extremely ugly with warts and scars all over his body. His teeth were covered in human blood. His skin was gray and smooth. This demon kind of looked like a toad.
"Who are you?" he asked.
The young woman took a deep breath, trying to get used to this demon's revolting odor.
'Ugh, sometimes it sucks having a sense of smell better than a bloodhound' she thought.
"My name is Serenity. But you haven't answered my question yet. What are you doing?" she said.
"Feh, isn't it obvious I'm having dinner, and I prefer to dine alone" he said grumpily.
"You're the swamp demon of Jungin Lake, I presume. I must thank you for helping me to locate you. Seeing as I've been sent to kill you," Serenity said evilly. A devilish grin had now appeared on her face.
"Oh really, we'll have to see about that, Now won't we?' he yelled. He started to stand up, and as he did the ground around them rumbled, causing a house to fall down, but it didn't even effect Serenity.
The toad demon opened his mouth and all of a sudden a fireball came out of his mouth.
Serenity quickly dodged the fireball and the ones after that.
Then after getting annoyed from playing with this toad, she leaped into the air, and drew her sword and yelled, "Ryo Hageshii Ikari!"
Within a split second she disappeared from the air and reappeared behind the demon.
She placed her sword back into its sheath, and turned to face the demon.
He instantly started laughing, until his arm slid off and the soon all that was left of him was a puddle of blood and his scattered body parts.
'Well that takes care of that' she thought, before she left that town.
A few days later........................................
"Very well done Serenity. Here is your payment," said a man in the shadows as he tossed a bag filled with money to Serenity.
"Always a pleasure Shonin" she said twirling the bag of money by the handle and then left.
Serenity continued to walk until she reached a small river, and laid down listening to the sound of water running.
It was soothing, the repetitive sound of water hitting rocks and then continuing down its path.
Without realizing it she drifted off into a light sleep.
Only to be awakened by someone kicking her in the side.
Anyone who had met her previously, and lived to tell of it, knew just how murderous she could be after being woken up.
Serenity looked up to see the person who had woken her up and after having gotten little sleep last night grumpily grabbed his leg and pulled him down beside her.
Standing up she got a good look at the man who had woken her up. She noted he was a human from the smell of his blood. She also noted how handsome he was, and after realizing her thoughts and having a mental fight with herself she told him, "You know some people should be wary of those they wake from sleep".
"Yes well in these times a beautiful young girl like yourself should be wary of falling asleep alone" the man said before adding, "But from how you handled me I can see I didn't need to worry".
'He hasn't realized I'm a demon! What an idiot' she thought, while giving the man her famous, or rather infamous to her victims, evil smirk.
The man had short ebony hair and midnight blue eyes, which gave him a dangerous, yet sexy look. He wore red shirt and white pants and black shoes like her own. His shirt was held closed by a white cloth around his waste. And a sword sheath was hung over his shoulder.
She watched him lift himself off the ground and stand up to face her.
"Anyway that's not why I woke you up. Are You Serenity? The hired assassin I've heard so little about" he asked.
"Yes, but if you've heard so little about me why are you even here? Shouldn't you go find a well known assassin?" she asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"You're right but the less known about an assassin the better they are" he answered her.
She had her evil smile again, and said, "You're not as dumb as you look. So what is you want me to do? Or should I say kill?"
"I need a demon killed. All I know about him is that he has a scar across his face and bright yellow eyes that look like a cats, and white hair" he said.
"Alright, I charge on how much fun I have in the fight, but the minimum is always 10,000 yen," Serenity said after hearing the description of her next job.
She turned to leave, but the man said, "Wait! I would like to come along in this mission. I want this thing dead for revenge on my sister's death, and would like to see this creatures death".
"I can move faster on my own. And since you are the key to my paycheck, I would have to hold back in the fight to protect you" she said, after a small sigh of annoyance.
"I can take care of myself so don't worry about that. And I'll pay you with in advance with 1,000,000 yen even if you don't enjoy the fight" he said.
Serenity pondered this for a second and said, "Try to keep up, otherwise I will leave you behind, and I expect the payment when we find where this demon of yours is".
With that they both walked deep into the forest they were in, unaware of the world of danger they were about to become part of.
Hey, as always I hoped you liked this chapter. I also hope to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. I couldn't think of what Darien's outfit should be I hope it's ok, but if anyone has any better ideas they'd be helpful. But I kinda like it. This story takes place like around Inuyasha's time, if you've ever seen that show. R&R
'Disgusting! It makes me sick, the smell of human flesh. But I have to get this errand done' thought a young woman, walking down a road in a small village.
To any person who looked at her she looked like a regular young woman, but get close enough to her and you can feel what she is. A dark aura hung around her, like a thick black cloud.
A Demon that's what she was.
She had long silver hair, in an unusual style. She had her hair up in two buns on either side of her head, and the rest of her hair just fell loosely, blowing in the wind. She had eyes as red as blood, that held anger, coldness, but most of all hatred.
She wore a black shirt, with a Ying Yang symbol on the back. She wore white pants, and black shoes. Around her waste was a red cloth tied around her to carry her sword.
And I lied when I said earlier that by looking at her she looked normal, only from a distance does she look normal. What looked like long fingernails, were actually claws. And her ears were pointy. Not to mention she gave off a strong aura of strictly controlled power.
As she passed through the small village she appeared deep in thought. Her eyes were staring into the distance and had a glazed look over them.
Many humans, upon seeing her ran out of the way and hid praying she hadn't seen them.
But she didn't come after them she just kept on walking and eventually walked right out of their village and didn't stop till she had reached a large tree.
Looking up at the moon, which was now surrounded by stars to help bright up the night sky, she thought, 'I will finish this tomorrow, that bastard can wait another day'.
Then she jumped up to one of the tree branches, faster than you could blink. She then settled herself on the branch, and after she was comfortable she drifted off into a sleep.
Though most of her kind did not usually dream, she often had nightmares of different things.
But she unfortunately had a rude awakening, which only added to the plus of nightmares.
A few hours later she was awakened by the fresh scent of human blood.
She hopped a little higher into the tree, and saw that the village she had recently passed through was now up in rage of flames.
"Must be another demon. Might as well check it out," she said out loud to no one.
The she jumped high into the air and it seemed like she was almost flying as she glided down slowly, just to do it again after jumping off another tree.
After five minutes of doing this, she finally arrived at the village.
There she saw unconscious and dead humans. And in the middle of the street was a huge demon, munching on a human man.
"Hey you! What are you doing?" she asked.
The gigantic demon slowly turned around after hearing her voice.
He was extremely ugly with warts and scars all over his body. His teeth were covered in human blood. His skin was gray and smooth. This demon kind of looked like a toad.
"Who are you?" he asked.
The young woman took a deep breath, trying to get used to this demon's revolting odor.
'Ugh, sometimes it sucks having a sense of smell better than a bloodhound' she thought.
"My name is Serenity. But you haven't answered my question yet. What are you doing?" she said.
"Feh, isn't it obvious I'm having dinner, and I prefer to dine alone" he said grumpily.
"You're the swamp demon of Jungin Lake, I presume. I must thank you for helping me to locate you. Seeing as I've been sent to kill you," Serenity said evilly. A devilish grin had now appeared on her face.
"Oh really, we'll have to see about that, Now won't we?' he yelled. He started to stand up, and as he did the ground around them rumbled, causing a house to fall down, but it didn't even effect Serenity.
The toad demon opened his mouth and all of a sudden a fireball came out of his mouth.
Serenity quickly dodged the fireball and the ones after that.
Then after getting annoyed from playing with this toad, she leaped into the air, and drew her sword and yelled, "Ryo Hageshii Ikari!"
Within a split second she disappeared from the air and reappeared behind the demon.
She placed her sword back into its sheath, and turned to face the demon.
He instantly started laughing, until his arm slid off and the soon all that was left of him was a puddle of blood and his scattered body parts.
'Well that takes care of that' she thought, before she left that town.
A few days later........................................
"Very well done Serenity. Here is your payment," said a man in the shadows as he tossed a bag filled with money to Serenity.
"Always a pleasure Shonin" she said twirling the bag of money by the handle and then left.
Serenity continued to walk until she reached a small river, and laid down listening to the sound of water running.
It was soothing, the repetitive sound of water hitting rocks and then continuing down its path.
Without realizing it she drifted off into a light sleep.
Only to be awakened by someone kicking her in the side.
Anyone who had met her previously, and lived to tell of it, knew just how murderous she could be after being woken up.
Serenity looked up to see the person who had woken her up and after having gotten little sleep last night grumpily grabbed his leg and pulled him down beside her.
Standing up she got a good look at the man who had woken her up. She noted he was a human from the smell of his blood. She also noted how handsome he was, and after realizing her thoughts and having a mental fight with herself she told him, "You know some people should be wary of those they wake from sleep".
"Yes well in these times a beautiful young girl like yourself should be wary of falling asleep alone" the man said before adding, "But from how you handled me I can see I didn't need to worry".
'He hasn't realized I'm a demon! What an idiot' she thought, while giving the man her famous, or rather infamous to her victims, evil smirk.
The man had short ebony hair and midnight blue eyes, which gave him a dangerous, yet sexy look. He wore red shirt and white pants and black shoes like her own. His shirt was held closed by a white cloth around his waste. And a sword sheath was hung over his shoulder.
She watched him lift himself off the ground and stand up to face her.
"Anyway that's not why I woke you up. Are You Serenity? The hired assassin I've heard so little about" he asked.
"Yes, but if you've heard so little about me why are you even here? Shouldn't you go find a well known assassin?" she asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"You're right but the less known about an assassin the better they are" he answered her.
She had her evil smile again, and said, "You're not as dumb as you look. So what is you want me to do? Or should I say kill?"
"I need a demon killed. All I know about him is that he has a scar across his face and bright yellow eyes that look like a cats, and white hair" he said.
"Alright, I charge on how much fun I have in the fight, but the minimum is always 10,000 yen," Serenity said after hearing the description of her next job.
She turned to leave, but the man said, "Wait! I would like to come along in this mission. I want this thing dead for revenge on my sister's death, and would like to see this creatures death".
"I can move faster on my own. And since you are the key to my paycheck, I would have to hold back in the fight to protect you" she said, after a small sigh of annoyance.
"I can take care of myself so don't worry about that. And I'll pay you with in advance with 1,000,000 yen even if you don't enjoy the fight" he said.
Serenity pondered this for a second and said, "Try to keep up, otherwise I will leave you behind, and I expect the payment when we find where this demon of yours is".
With that they both walked deep into the forest they were in, unaware of the world of danger they were about to become part of.
Hey, as always I hoped you liked this chapter. I also hope to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. I couldn't think of what Darien's outfit should be I hope it's ok, but if anyone has any better ideas they'd be helpful. But I kinda like it. This story takes place like around Inuyasha's time, if you've ever seen that show. R&R