It wouldn't be very hard to see the connection. Despite the fact that I had
let loose my souls and told myself I wouldn't use the mirror, I still had
it. I tried to break it, but couldn't bring myself to, not yet. My all
white appearance would be a dead give away. In the castle there had been
nothing I could wear. I'd have to go to a village and get clothes.
* * * * * *
I already knew where the village was. Why else would I be standing outside its gates, pondering the wisdom of my choice. I remembered the ;last time I had been here. Would they remember me? Would they run from me like they had before? Should I even dare to enter the village? I knew Kagura wouldn't be there, just like I knew that I should find her.
"HELP!!!" a shriek came from inside. My eyes widened.
"Nothing can save you now." A voice answered. There was silence followed by a chorus of screams. I knew I had to do something, they were being attacked.
I rushed inside and surveyed the damage. A sudden cold feeling came over me, a feeling of detachment, the only thing that mattered was saving the village. I knew this feeling from when I was still Naraku's slave.
The village was in total chaos. Buildings were on fire, children were screaming, and in the middle of the village I saw what I wanted. On horseback was a bunch of bandits, grinning and laughing. I was disgusted. I set my mirror in ready position and headed over to where they were. I deliberately added weight to my steps, making sure they heard my approach. I wanted them to see who killed them.
A villager screamed, pointing at me. Earlier I had worried they would remember me, now it worked to my advantage.
"THE WHITE DEMON!" the villager shouted. The leader of the bandits turned to me. Seeing me he grinned, and started to laugh.
"A little girl? You think that will stop me." The other bandits laughed. I grinned, how stupid could they get? I stepped forward and turned on my mirror. It glowed and surged with its power. I raised it up.
"Look into my mirror." I whispered. They stared and froze. I smiled demonically as their souls flowed into my mirror. It a small part of my brain I knew that this was wrong, but hadn't they deserved it, killing the village off the way they did? They slumped down on their horses, and I turned my mirror off.
"The White Demon saved us?" circled around me as the surviving villagers looked at me.
"I'll leave if you feel uncomfortable with me around." I said softly. Then a small child came up to me. Slightly scared I looked into the child's deep brown eyes so full of trust.
"Mommy won't get up, can you help her?" the child said, her voice soft and inquiring. I felt the tears well up inside me. How could they kill such a young child's mother?
"Why don't you take me to her." I said using the soft voice parents use, though I looked little more then a child myself. The child nodded and lead me to her mother.
Just as I suspected the woman was dead. I placed my hand over her heart, to see if she breathed, but there was no movement. It didn't seem as if she had died painfully. An arrow prodded out from where her heart was, but the child was probably too young to know that. I grabbed the child's hand and took her back to where the rest of the village stood in shock.
"Will anyone take care of her?" I asked loudly. Everyone stared at me, no one stepped forward. I sighed, then leaned towards the child.
"Little one, I think you'll be coming with me, is that okay?" I asked.
"Isn't Mommy going to come back?"
"No, Little one, but I'll take care of you okay." The child nodded, and retook my hand. I looked back at the village, they too sickened me now. Oh well, the child would be happy now. I led the child away from the village, down another road, one I wasn't familiar with. Perhaps there I could do something about my appearance. Then I remembered something.
"Little one, what's your name?" I questioned. She looked up at me and smiled, revealing two missing front teeth.
"Kohana, and you?"
"Kanna."
A/N: Don't own anything, there disclaimer done.
Thank You WolfbanesHybrid for the wonderful review.
* * * * * *
I already knew where the village was. Why else would I be standing outside its gates, pondering the wisdom of my choice. I remembered the ;last time I had been here. Would they remember me? Would they run from me like they had before? Should I even dare to enter the village? I knew Kagura wouldn't be there, just like I knew that I should find her.
"HELP!!!" a shriek came from inside. My eyes widened.
"Nothing can save you now." A voice answered. There was silence followed by a chorus of screams. I knew I had to do something, they were being attacked.
I rushed inside and surveyed the damage. A sudden cold feeling came over me, a feeling of detachment, the only thing that mattered was saving the village. I knew this feeling from when I was still Naraku's slave.
The village was in total chaos. Buildings were on fire, children were screaming, and in the middle of the village I saw what I wanted. On horseback was a bunch of bandits, grinning and laughing. I was disgusted. I set my mirror in ready position and headed over to where they were. I deliberately added weight to my steps, making sure they heard my approach. I wanted them to see who killed them.
A villager screamed, pointing at me. Earlier I had worried they would remember me, now it worked to my advantage.
"THE WHITE DEMON!" the villager shouted. The leader of the bandits turned to me. Seeing me he grinned, and started to laugh.
"A little girl? You think that will stop me." The other bandits laughed. I grinned, how stupid could they get? I stepped forward and turned on my mirror. It glowed and surged with its power. I raised it up.
"Look into my mirror." I whispered. They stared and froze. I smiled demonically as their souls flowed into my mirror. It a small part of my brain I knew that this was wrong, but hadn't they deserved it, killing the village off the way they did? They slumped down on their horses, and I turned my mirror off.
"The White Demon saved us?" circled around me as the surviving villagers looked at me.
"I'll leave if you feel uncomfortable with me around." I said softly. Then a small child came up to me. Slightly scared I looked into the child's deep brown eyes so full of trust.
"Mommy won't get up, can you help her?" the child said, her voice soft and inquiring. I felt the tears well up inside me. How could they kill such a young child's mother?
"Why don't you take me to her." I said using the soft voice parents use, though I looked little more then a child myself. The child nodded and lead me to her mother.
Just as I suspected the woman was dead. I placed my hand over her heart, to see if she breathed, but there was no movement. It didn't seem as if she had died painfully. An arrow prodded out from where her heart was, but the child was probably too young to know that. I grabbed the child's hand and took her back to where the rest of the village stood in shock.
"Will anyone take care of her?" I asked loudly. Everyone stared at me, no one stepped forward. I sighed, then leaned towards the child.
"Little one, I think you'll be coming with me, is that okay?" I asked.
"Isn't Mommy going to come back?"
"No, Little one, but I'll take care of you okay." The child nodded, and retook my hand. I looked back at the village, they too sickened me now. Oh well, the child would be happy now. I led the child away from the village, down another road, one I wasn't familiar with. Perhaps there I could do something about my appearance. Then I remembered something.
"Little one, what's your name?" I questioned. She looked up at me and smiled, revealing two missing front teeth.
"Kohana, and you?"
"Kanna."
A/N: Don't own anything, there disclaimer done.
Thank You WolfbanesHybrid for the wonderful review.