Dropping Her Off
The Mysterious Castle
"What is this? A little girl...hmmm. Hakuko will seem to like her." He said picking the baby girl up and cradling her in his arms. "I could have some use for her when she's older." He looked at the basket. There was a note attached...
Dear Whoever,
This is my daughter Mayuko. I can't take care of her, so if you would please raise her for me. When she is older and asks who her birth mother and father were, just tell her that the father is Kumiro and the mother is to be kept classified. I thank you so much for doing this.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
He reread the letter over and over. "So this girl is Kumiro's daughter. How convenient for me." He smirked. 'Well, all and all, she does need to eat.' He thought opening the doors and walking into the castle. Rakagu came out of her room and stood looking over the railing, watching the two.
"Lord Kunara, who is that little brat you have there?" Rakagu asked, giving Mayuko a weird look. "She looks familiar, yet not." She pondered about who this little girl remarked so well. "Lord Kunara, do you by chance know who she belongs to?"
"This Kagura is Mayuko, Kumiro's daughter. Her mother abandoned her here for god knows what reason. Well, now Hakuko has someone to look after, and he can stop playing around all the time." Kunara said walking up the winding staircase. "When she gets old enough, I'll raise her to be a jewel thief like you three: Nakan, Hakuko, and you."
Rakagu rolled her eyes. "Like that little goody goody will ever be evil. Her heart is way too big for that Lord Kunara." She stated. It was the truth, and it was very rare that Rakagu ever told the truth to somebody like Kunara.
"Rakagu, don't you have someone that you should be spying on right about now? Like maybe that half-breed or this girl's father. We will wait until later to put Mayuko up for ransom." Kunara smirked. "But until that time, we will keep her birth father's name a secret. Got that?"
"Yes M'Lord. I'll be going now." Rakagu said walking towards the doors. 'Stupid, evil, jerk. I feel sorry for Mayuko. She's going to have to live through what Kanna and I did, only for even longer.' She thought.
Forest
Kituko watched as the man in a baboon suit took her daughter into home. She smiled and jumped off, back towards her lair. On the way back she was shedding a few tears. "Now she'll have someone to take care of her until she's a teen." She quietly said.
'It's a dog youkai.' {full demon} A demon thought. 'She looks delicious.' He licked his lips. He squirmed his head around a tree and watched Kituko wander off. He quietly walked out from behind a tree and followed her. Kituko sniffed the air, and smelt the aroma of a demon. She unleashed her kitana.
"What do you want? I have nothing here for you" Kituko exclaimed in fear. "Don't come any closer or I'll cut you down!" she warned, yet knew that it wasn't going to help any bit. The demon was going to attack her no matter what, so she just gave up with trying to reason with him.
"I haven't come for your stuff... I have come for you!" the demon said charging at her claws out and flexed. Kituko dodged the attack and sliced one of the demon's arms.
'Man, he's fast. I don't know how long I can hold him off.' Kituko thought. The demon smirked and charged again. He ran behind her and disappeared. 'Where did he go?' she asked herself. "Hahahahaha..." a voice came from out of nowhere. "You shall pay for your insolence dog!" the voice screamed, as the demon reappeared out of oblivion and stuck his whole arm in her gut.
"AHHHHHH!!" Kituko screamed falling to the ground. "I-I'm sorry to everyone..." were her final words before the demon slit her throat. There was a satisfied smirk on the demon's face as he killed Kituko, and he hopped off into the horizon glad that there was one less demon to compete with.
Meadow
Kumiro's face was still red from the slap he had received earlier that day, Hainuya was still pissed, and Poship was still giggling a little bit. The girls were the only sane ones there. "Setsuna it's quiet. Too quiet." Mekago finally said.
"Shut up Mekago!" Hainuya screamed at her. He snarled and put his arms behind his head. His nose started to catch the scent of blood. "Hold up guys. Blood has been spilled. We better check it out." Hainuya insisted.
Mekago and Setsuna nodded, while Kumiro said a prayer for the fallen soul. They followed Hainuya towards the forest and saw blood spots everywhere. All of them followed the spots and reached a pool of blood. "Oh my gosh!" Mekago worriedly said, putting her hand over her mouth. "That poor lady." She said finally seeing the body. Kumiro looked over at the lady and closed his eyes.
"Kumiro, what's wrong?" Setsuna asked with worry. She walked over to him and looked him in the eye. "Did you know her or something?" Setsuna's face went blank and she sweat dropped as she saw Kumiro turn to her.
"This my friends, is Kituko. She was where I was last night." Kumiro admitted. "Poor thing, she was so sweet. Setsuna, will you help me revenge her death?" he politely asked. Setsuna was a little mad at him for lying to her, but she nodded anyway. He smiled and gave her a hug. "Thank you very much Setsuna."
She started blushing and semi smiling. "Um... no problem. What are friends for?" she nervously laughed and gently hugged him back. Of course neither of them objected.
Mekago's eyes lit up as she saw them hugging. "Awww... it's a Kodak moment and I think this is a momentous occasion." The other four: Poship, Hainuya, Kumiro, and Setsuna, all gave her a weird look and sweat dropped.
"A what moment?" Hainuya asked, scratching his head. He definitely wasn't the braniac in the group, but Mekago didn't fret. She was using words from her own origin so she sighed.
Mekago rolled her eyes and smiled. "Never mind, don't ask." She laughed. After seeing the recently killed Kituko, it changed Hainuya's view on life. He forgot about the 'sit' and apologized to Mekago for calling her an idiot. Poship was on Mekago's shoulders, looking down at the carcass.
"That's sad Mekago. Let's give her a proper burial." Poship insisted. Kumiro nodded and picked Kituko up. They all searched for the best place to bury her. There was an open field ahead and Hainuya and Kumiro dug the grave. Kumiro said the sweetest ulidgy and he went silent after reciting it.
Mekago and Setsuna were crying. "That was beautiful Kumiro." Mekago sniffled. They were the only ones crying, but that was probably because girls normally always cry at funerals. As Hainuya and Kumiro lowered Kituko's body into the grave they dug, everything went silent.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever Mekago. Now that that's over with, I have a feeling Kunara is close by." Hainuya stated, looking and sniffing around. "I can smell him, come on you guys!"
