Disclamer: I don't own anything, nothing... *cries*
Authors note: Ok! This is my first fic... actually I must say that I'm terrified of what you'll think... I don't think I'll continue writing this fic if no one reviews... or gives a sign that they have read this.
Well... here goes... first chapter is about Aki... but don't worry, I'll add the rest of the gang in the next few chapters with their POVs
Looking Back
A young woman, probably in her late teen years of seventeen or eighteen, slumped on the edge of an old forgotten dry well. Her careful features hid most of any emotion that would under any other circumstance illuminate her face, the only tell tale sign of her sorrow was expressed through her peculiar eyes. These were no ordinary eyes, the color alone was a rarity in the world, and the pupils also seemed to vary from the regular round form. The pupils were slits, much like a cats, and the iris surrounding were a violent shade of violet. She was of an average height with a muscular build, she was not slender, and not stocky, yet more or less something in between the two. Other than that, she was pretty average, keeping her raven black hair slightly longer than her shoulders. In truth, she looked quite normal, if you did happen to miss her entrancing eyes.
"Damn," she muttered, mostly to herself as she held back her tears, "how the hell could this have happened? Stupid..." she let her voice trail away, and hiccupped. "Get a hold of yourself Aki..." Akiko sighed at the sudden realisation that she was talking to herself, the universal sign of insanity. However, without so much of a shrug of recognision to her whisperings, Akiko continued to stare down the well, as if expecting an answer to her grief, she wanted nothing more than to change her recent past. To bring them back...
'Them' are her parents, and even though they had survived countless battles in the feudal era, nothing could change the fact that they are- were mortals. "It was an accident," she thought, "I didn't mean to..." and as if on cue her tears began to flow uncontrollably, and staining her face and they slithered their way to eventually fall through the well. "Through the well..." Akiko's eyes widened suddenly, and she grinned, there was still hope to fix it all. Standing up, with such speed that would make her father proud and give any normal human a whip lash, she ran out of the hut concealing the dry well and ran to her home away from home, a shrine. In fact it was actually her uncles, inherited to him from her great grandfather who once kept it. And although her parents would take their family back often, treating the shrine like a second home, they preferred the country life. To be away from the constant hustle and bustle, to inquisitive eyes and the constant hum of city life.
Akiko ran onwards into her mothers old bedroom that was now reserved for her. Her suitcase was still full and practically untouched, except for the few clothes and bathroom supplies she had needed during her week there... She swiftly grabbed the bag and pulled it open, practically destroying the zipper with her force. Inside she took out a smaller school bag and, with practiced agility, filled it with some clothes to last a few days, "Just in case", she thought, then her hair brush, and toothbrush... She grabbed a little box on the very bottom of her luggage and grinned, inside she took out a bracelet that she had devised a few years earlier to mask her scent when she didn't want her father to find her, it was a hand woven braid of a few strands of her own hair with a small enchantment fixated to it, and, although the scent it gave off was not strong enough to be detected by humans, it was just enough to fool her fathers nose and to alter her own scent as the spices, boiled into the hair, worked and mixed with her own essence. She grinned, although she had only been able to use it a few times before her father had learnt of the scheme, where she was going no one would know about what she should smell like... In fact they wouldn't know her at all and wouldn't question her at all.
Aki was suddenly filled with so much joy, that it couldn't be kept at bay and soon the bubbly feeling began to illuminate her features, making her the very image of her mother. "This is going to work!" she giggled suddenly, "I just know it!" and soon she was prancing about, with some skill that would make anyone jealous, making her way down to the kitchen with gear in hand. Her own exitement made her become rather careless as she made a grab for the cupboard... and with a sudden resonating crack, the door found itself dislodged from its hinges. Aki swallowed, and looked guiltily at her hand, she fell into a crouch and looked, for all the world, like a puppy, with big glassy eyes, even her human ears seemed to droop slightly.
"Feh," Aki's face hardened, in a sudden stubborn stupor. "Dumb door." And as if it were nothing at all she gracefully tossed it over her shoulder into the dust bin. Sighing slightly, a habit adopted from her uncle, (well, technically he was a friend of her parents, a monk), she began to raid the contents of the cupboard.
"Hmmm... RAMEN! One should be enough... naw... can't separate them... the other packets might miss their friend... better take them all..." she mumbled to herself as she made a grab for the rest of the dozen ramen packets and shoved them into her already over floading pack. "Oh, it has to fit!" she grouched, looking at her abused bag, the ramen packets just simply would not fit. Grudgingly, Aki began to empty her pack... she really didn't need an alarm clock... or her hair dryer... eventually, with every ramen packed tucked in snuggly, she deemed herself almost ready... there was just enough room for a few more snacks.
With one final raid in the kitchen, grabbing any snack to take along, she left towards the well. Only after a second thought of her uncle she quickly scribbled a note. Just in case her plan did work... no... it will work, at this moment there was no doubt in her mind that her plan was sheer genius. Uncle, going back to the past, be back soon. k? Aki. With that she sped back to the dry well and jumped up on the rim, only pausing momentarily to say, "Listen well, I don't want to end up back after the feudal era, where people know about me. Take me back to before my parents hooked up." then without another glance around her she hopped down the well, only to disappear into a flash of light, just as she hit the bottom.
Authors note: Guess that's it for now... What happened? What is she trying to fix? hmmm... R&R
Authors note: Ok! This is my first fic... actually I must say that I'm terrified of what you'll think... I don't think I'll continue writing this fic if no one reviews... or gives a sign that they have read this.
Well... here goes... first chapter is about Aki... but don't worry, I'll add the rest of the gang in the next few chapters with their POVs
Looking Back
A young woman, probably in her late teen years of seventeen or eighteen, slumped on the edge of an old forgotten dry well. Her careful features hid most of any emotion that would under any other circumstance illuminate her face, the only tell tale sign of her sorrow was expressed through her peculiar eyes. These were no ordinary eyes, the color alone was a rarity in the world, and the pupils also seemed to vary from the regular round form. The pupils were slits, much like a cats, and the iris surrounding were a violent shade of violet. She was of an average height with a muscular build, she was not slender, and not stocky, yet more or less something in between the two. Other than that, she was pretty average, keeping her raven black hair slightly longer than her shoulders. In truth, she looked quite normal, if you did happen to miss her entrancing eyes.
"Damn," she muttered, mostly to herself as she held back her tears, "how the hell could this have happened? Stupid..." she let her voice trail away, and hiccupped. "Get a hold of yourself Aki..." Akiko sighed at the sudden realisation that she was talking to herself, the universal sign of insanity. However, without so much of a shrug of recognision to her whisperings, Akiko continued to stare down the well, as if expecting an answer to her grief, she wanted nothing more than to change her recent past. To bring them back...
'Them' are her parents, and even though they had survived countless battles in the feudal era, nothing could change the fact that they are- were mortals. "It was an accident," she thought, "I didn't mean to..." and as if on cue her tears began to flow uncontrollably, and staining her face and they slithered their way to eventually fall through the well. "Through the well..." Akiko's eyes widened suddenly, and she grinned, there was still hope to fix it all. Standing up, with such speed that would make her father proud and give any normal human a whip lash, she ran out of the hut concealing the dry well and ran to her home away from home, a shrine. In fact it was actually her uncles, inherited to him from her great grandfather who once kept it. And although her parents would take their family back often, treating the shrine like a second home, they preferred the country life. To be away from the constant hustle and bustle, to inquisitive eyes and the constant hum of city life.
Akiko ran onwards into her mothers old bedroom that was now reserved for her. Her suitcase was still full and practically untouched, except for the few clothes and bathroom supplies she had needed during her week there... She swiftly grabbed the bag and pulled it open, practically destroying the zipper with her force. Inside she took out a smaller school bag and, with practiced agility, filled it with some clothes to last a few days, "Just in case", she thought, then her hair brush, and toothbrush... She grabbed a little box on the very bottom of her luggage and grinned, inside she took out a bracelet that she had devised a few years earlier to mask her scent when she didn't want her father to find her, it was a hand woven braid of a few strands of her own hair with a small enchantment fixated to it, and, although the scent it gave off was not strong enough to be detected by humans, it was just enough to fool her fathers nose and to alter her own scent as the spices, boiled into the hair, worked and mixed with her own essence. She grinned, although she had only been able to use it a few times before her father had learnt of the scheme, where she was going no one would know about what she should smell like... In fact they wouldn't know her at all and wouldn't question her at all.
Aki was suddenly filled with so much joy, that it couldn't be kept at bay and soon the bubbly feeling began to illuminate her features, making her the very image of her mother. "This is going to work!" she giggled suddenly, "I just know it!" and soon she was prancing about, with some skill that would make anyone jealous, making her way down to the kitchen with gear in hand. Her own exitement made her become rather careless as she made a grab for the cupboard... and with a sudden resonating crack, the door found itself dislodged from its hinges. Aki swallowed, and looked guiltily at her hand, she fell into a crouch and looked, for all the world, like a puppy, with big glassy eyes, even her human ears seemed to droop slightly.
"Feh," Aki's face hardened, in a sudden stubborn stupor. "Dumb door." And as if it were nothing at all she gracefully tossed it over her shoulder into the dust bin. Sighing slightly, a habit adopted from her uncle, (well, technically he was a friend of her parents, a monk), she began to raid the contents of the cupboard.
"Hmmm... RAMEN! One should be enough... naw... can't separate them... the other packets might miss their friend... better take them all..." she mumbled to herself as she made a grab for the rest of the dozen ramen packets and shoved them into her already over floading pack. "Oh, it has to fit!" she grouched, looking at her abused bag, the ramen packets just simply would not fit. Grudgingly, Aki began to empty her pack... she really didn't need an alarm clock... or her hair dryer... eventually, with every ramen packed tucked in snuggly, she deemed herself almost ready... there was just enough room for a few more snacks.
With one final raid in the kitchen, grabbing any snack to take along, she left towards the well. Only after a second thought of her uncle she quickly scribbled a note. Just in case her plan did work... no... it will work, at this moment there was no doubt in her mind that her plan was sheer genius. Uncle, going back to the past, be back soon. k? Aki. With that she sped back to the dry well and jumped up on the rim, only pausing momentarily to say, "Listen well, I don't want to end up back after the feudal era, where people know about me. Take me back to before my parents hooked up." then without another glance around her she hopped down the well, only to disappear into a flash of light, just as she hit the bottom.
Authors note: Guess that's it for now... What happened? What is she trying to fix? hmmm... R&R