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Chapter 2) A new friendship

The Next Morning

Fiona woke up to the sun coming down through her shut eyelids. She got up and tried to stand on her broken leg. 'Wow,' she thought, 'Van really knows what he is doing with medicine and stuff. My leg feels brand new! By the way where is he?' Fiona heard a crash through the trees, and she instantly became alert there was another crash and Van fell and stumbled out of the woods. Looking rather beet up. Van are you okay"she asked as she limped over. Van got up he had a couple of scratches on him but other than that he seamed okay. "Oh, hey Fiona." He said rather casually. "Are you feeling better this morning"

"Yea... by the way where were you"

"Out getting some more supplies. I filled up your canteen up with some fresh water. I hope you don't mind."

"No not at all." She replied as she took back her flask.

"Well lets break camp."

"Aye, might as well."

"So what is this Demon Exterminator Fort like any way" Asked Van.

"It's a really nice place we all live high in the Mountain. Every morning you can go out and see the sun rise between the hills. and when it rises you can see the sun coming through the leaves. And it almost makes it look like there are emeralds lying on the ground."

"Wow" said Van "it sounds really cool."

"Yeah, it really is."

"So what are the mountains like anyway"

"What do you mean"what are the mountains like""

"Well, to tell you the truth, I have never been in the mountains. I have always lived on the shore near the sea."

"Really? I've only been to the sea once. I thought it was an awesome place. But I think I prefer the mountains better because they have less demons."

They packed up the rest of there belongings and headed off.

"So what happened to your parents" asked Van later that morning.

"They were killed by a demon." Said Fiona.

"Oh, sorry..." replied Van

"Don't be. There is nothing you or anyone else in the world can do to bring them back." She said, a tone of bitterness in her voice. They walked along in a piercing silence for a few moments, Van seeing the faint sadness in her eyes.

'It must hurt having her parents dead,' thought Van.

"It was thirteen years ago" Fiona began "we were going to the Demon Slayer Fort and had stopped at the beach for a day. It was sunny day just like today and we were supposed to meet Moonbay and Irvine, two other demon slayers, but we had set up camp just before sunset. We had just finished dinner when it happened... A huge Demon came out of no where. My father yelled at my mother to get her and myself out of the demon's way but it was too late for my mother. The demon slammed its claws in to my mother's back... she was dead before she knew what happened. My father went the same way and he managed to rip a gash in the Demons arm but he was also killed by the demon. I ran for it but I was the lucky one. The demon slashed me in the back, so that I was seriously wounded. I fell unconscious for the rest of the night. When I woke up, I had no idea where I was. I saw Moonbay and Irvine standing over me. They told me what had happened and also told me that my parents were dead and that they had buried them at the Fort. I sat there, at the fort, all winter and all spring. There were a lot of times where I thought I would die but there was some inner flame keeping me alive. When I was strong enough, I promised to avenge my parents. I became a demon slayer so that one day I could go and find that demon and kill it so that I could avenge my family. However, I have never found it. But even though I have never found the demon that killed my family, I am always hoping that by traveling I can find that demon and hunt it down for my family. And so that's the story about what happened to me all those years ago..." She finished as tears streamed down her cheeks.

Van looked at Fiona as she told her story, rubbing his arm where an old scar that he had gotten thirteen years ago still lingered.

"Fi... I.. I'm.."

"What, Van" Fiona looked at Van, wondering what was going on

Van sighed "I...I was... I'm s... just forget it."

Fiona looked at Van wondering what Van was going to say. 'Maybe he will tell me later.' she thought to herself.

"Thanks Van."

"For what"

"Thanks for listening to my story. That really means a lot to me." She said with tears still streaming down her face.

Van smiled. "You are welcome, Foina ." he said quietly as he looked up at the sky dark grey clouds blocked out the sky and some ware in the distance thunder called out a warning. "Looks like it's going to rain."

Fiona also looked up. "I hope not a storm out hear could be deadly."

"Really ?"

Fiona nodded "The rivers often overflow, and thunder blasts down trees and starts fires."

Van looked rather startled. "Well It looks like we should find some shelter."

"There a quite a few caves around here we could stay there."

"Okay then lets go find some shelter."Van said with a triumphant smile ( A/N T.G.T.G.B Which made him look really stupid.)

"You don't have to go look, Van there is a cave right there"

"Oh... I knew that I...Uh...I was just testing to uh see if you were still alive or not..."

Fiona laughed under her breath. "Well let's check it out." They were within two feet of the cave when they herd a deep rumbling growl.

"Uh Fi that wasn't you now...was it? Because I know that wasn't me." Fiona shook her head and they both looked around to see a huge bear demon charging at them. With It's teeth and claws bared looking ready to start a fight.

Sorry this chapter is so short I have BIG writers block so if you could give me some Ideas that would be really great any way thanks for reading my story and PLEASE

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25/1/05 - Moshi Want Cookie says: I AM NOW THE GRUNTY THAT GOES BEEP'S OFFICIAL EDITOR! MUWA! MUWA! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!