I've decided to begin a new project. I know I've not been very good with keeping up with my other fictions, but what can I say? The reason is not so much laziness as it is...a dislike to those stories at the moment. I wanted to start something heading in a brand new direction.
I wanna thank my friend Sessha for reading this for me. A thousand hugs.
This is the prologue to my fanfic. Hopefully, someone will want me to continue, and I won't feel as if I'm boring the life out of everyone.
It being the prologue, it is much shorter than what the rest of the chapters should be..so don't hate me.
Warning: Somewhat OOC traits involved. Sort of AU, but not really. Read and review, if it pleases you.
"You Don't Know My Name" --Prologue
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The sun was dull, but yellow in the sky as it's rays dropped down over the city of Tokyo, blanketing the bustling town with heat. Not a cloud in the sky to shield them, two women found refuge under the shelter of a private home, a few trees scattering the beams of light around, creating a rather heavenly oasis.
And with all female conversation, there was of course talk about....
"And did you hear about him? I hear he's quite the ladies man..." A soft, drawn out tone was accented with giggles coming from both ladies sitting on the wooden porch of the once famous Kamiya dojo, which was now just a home for the master's daughter, the master having passed on years ago.
....Men, of course.
"Oh, Tae-san, you know I don't care about silly things like that," Another voice replied to the first, sounding younger, though with more of a no-nonsense attitude. "Really, now, I'm not looking for a man who's been with a hundred other women from one week to the next. That gives me no kind of stability."
"Kaoru-chan, I don't want you to grow up to be some kind of lonely woman with no man in her life...Honestly, you know as well as I that you're not as busy as you used to be. Don't you want children? A husband? Some kind of life?!" The one known as Tae placed her teacup on the deck, placing both of her hands on the younger girl's shoulders. "I'm really just looking out for you, is all."
"Tae, I understand that, but really, you're rushing things a bit too fast..."
"You're eighteen!"
"Err...Yes." Kaoru seemed a bit annoyed when she proved Tae right on that account.
"I'm just telling you, maybe it's not too early to start looking for--"
"I know very well what you mean." The pair stood up, Kaoru collecting the used cups and saucers, and Tae brushing her skirt off.
"Anyways, thanks so much for the tea, Kaoru-chan, but I think I should be getting back to the Akabeko."
"I figured as much, too...." Kaoru said, trailing off as she heard a rustle in the bushes near her property.
"I'm just saying, try getting out once in a while...." Tae smiled, widely.
"Mhm, yes, yes, I will do that..." Kaoru retorted, nodding, a blank expression lining her features.
"Alright.." Tae said, not particularly liking the look on Kaoru's face. "I'll be going...no need to see me to the gate," Tae added, as Kaoru was about to take a mindless step forward.
"If you're sure," Kaoru said politely, but it was evident that her attentions were drawn elsewhere.
"Yes...oh, look..I'm way past due to be back! Bye!" With that, she took a few fast steps, and had left the dojo grounds. 'I do hope she's alright...' She mused, as she pushed back the curtained doors which led to her place of business. Within a moment of being busy, however, she forgot completely about her friend's welfare, dismissing it easily.
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And then the foliage shook again, causing Kaoru to spring to attention, and cast a weary glance around. Not finding a thing, however, she merely shook her head and shrugged it off as just her pro-active imagination.
The sun was waning, preparing to drop past the horizon in leu of the night to come, and Kaoru found herself as miserable as she had been before Tae came over: bored as all get out. Living alone had it's strong points, but it seemed as if for every positive point, there was a bottomless pit of negative reactions that came with being your own company. The loneliness, the despair, the images running rampant in your mind, and no one to calm you...no one to be there for you.
Could it be Tae was right? That maybe it was time for her to settle down with someone..but could she? She knew she was almost an outcast sometimes: what self respecting woman taught kendo?
Could she settle down, though? Would her pride allow her to be dependant on one man for the rest of her life? In some ways, it seemed like a blessing; others, a curse.
With those thoughts she let her mind settle, dressing into a yukata, and letting herself slide into the folds of her futon, to find some simple solace in a dream scape, to take her from where she was living..and make her happy. It wouldn't take much, but it was something she needed that she could not identify. She had friends, good food, decent living quarters..what more could she ask for?
The moon was naked in the sky above her, the pale iridescence shining into the rice paper doors like a welcome nightlight, to wrap around her sleeping form and tell her everything would be okay. That someone, somewhere felt the same as she did...And someone would rescue her from her self dug grave.
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An hour passed, and dreams had indeed stolen her away to somewhere unknown, her face as placid as it could be, peace enveloping her in it's selective embrace.
But she was not alone.
The glint of red shone like the lifeblood in her veins, and the careful caresses on her wrist were like the sweetest sin....And yet the beauty had not awoken from her slumber, and she would remain as such until the other had placed her hand to his lips, gently kissing it as a prince would to his princess...
And only then did she startle awake, her deep pools of aquamarine taking in a sight before her in nothing less than shock, her mouth opening in a sign of epiphany.
"Who...are you?" She whispered, fearfully. And on any other occasion, a stranger in her room would have caused her to lash out and scream. But something told her that maybe this was right, that this was what she needed.
"I am your savior. You're no longer alone."
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End of Prologue