Mayuko's Life: 13 years Later
13 years later
Kunara's Castle
"Lord Kunara, I'm going out for awhile!" Mayuko screamed from out of her room. She grabbed her already packed bags and threw them out the window. She started to climb out the window, when a hand grasped her shoulder and pulled her back. "Lo-Lord Kunara."
"Dear Mayuko, why do you want to leave me so badly?" Kunara asked. "I've only raised you your whole life, I consider you a part of this family and my daughter."
Mayuko pushed his hand off of her shoulder. "I told you already, my real dad is out there, not in here!" she exclaimed plopping on her bed. Kunara rolled his eyes and slapped her.
"You will not talk to me in that tone of voice again you hear me?" Kunara demanded. Mayuko started whimpering and a tear fell from her face. That lone tear gave Kunara the joy he was hoping for. He liked to play with people's emotions and making people suffer was what he was best at.
'Please stop. I don't want to go through this again.' Mayuko thought. She had put up with the abuse all her life, or ever since the day she turned 13. One day, she couldn't take the abuse anymore, and she ran away. Once she had run away, she ran into this dog hanyou, {half dog demon} two humans, a kitsune {fox demon}, and a monk who wore the same type of clothes she did.
Flashback
Mayuko was breathing deeply as she started sneaking out of the castle. She spotted the guards, and they had spotted her. Her eyes widened as she ran with all of her might to get away. The guards gave up, for she was too fast. 'Thank god.' Mayuko thought. What she didn't know, was that Kunara was watching her the whole time from his bedroom window.
"Tisk, tisk, tisk. Oh well, she will discover heartbreaking misery soon enough." Kunara said while sitting on the floor. "That or she'll come back sometime soon. She never leaves her friends alone for too long." he smirked. And of course he was right about that.
Mayuko was walking around the forest, lost in other words, when this group of about three or four demons ambushed her. "What a dilectible treat, don't you think so Goshin, Hatai?" the group leader asked while smirking. Mayuko gulped and remembered what Kunara had once told her. 'If you believe you are strong, you are strong. If you believe they are weak, they are weak. Don't let someone's appearance fool you.' She smirked at the youkais and pulled her sword from its sheath. The leader of the group rolled his eyes and flexed his rather large claws. "I'm not sure who you are, but nobody has ever defeated me or my companions. Especially not a weakling like you!"
"Sh-shutup! If I must fight you, then pay attention to my sword because it's going to split your skull." Mayuko threatened. She was getting really pissed off. Sure she had been called a weakling before, but it was getting really annoying. Her lip started twitching as she turned towards Goshin first. "Boy, you better just give up now." She warned, before aiming her sword towards him.
"Me, give up. You must be kidding. A little puppy such as yourself should be the one giving up." Goshin laughed. He crossed his arms, threw his head back, and laughed a maniacal laugh. Mayuko's lip snarled and her eyes narrowed. "You're going to wish that you had never challenged me!" she yelled, charging towards Goshin at full speed. The other few demons sat back and were watching the battle erupt.
'This will be good. I wonder how Goshin will be able to handle that hanyou girl. Her spirit energy has way increased since we first met her. He might not want to make her anymore mad or she will be unstoppable.' Hatai thought to himself, not wanting to tip Mayuko off to any useful information. "Well, we will see how this battle ends up."
