Chapter 1: Wakening and Meetings

The moon shone brightly down into Runa's golden-yellow eyes and across the across the deep forest.

How did I get here? she thought blearily. What was I even doing before I was here?

Runa blinked slowly and looked at her hand. There was an odd marking on her right hand that looked like a small red circle with designs in it. Since when did I have this...thing...on my hand?

"Why can't I remember anything!" She shouted, angry at herself. She sighed exasperately.

Suddenly, she heard a rustle in the forest. Runa shot her head from her trance and twitched her ears and nose. She smelled a mortal and something else she couldn't identify.

"Whos there?" She asked, piercing the nights silence. Runa looked around quickly for a weapon. She notices a sheath on her other side and hilt sticking out.

Suprised, she pulled out an extra-long katana. "Oh, cool, I get a katana!" Runa said, waving it around.

The noises grew louder. Runa narrowed her eyes and readied the katana.

The noises stopped. Runa slowly put her arms at her side.

"Whos there?" She asked monotonlessly, calling out into the darkness. no reply.

Runa walked slowly over to the area where the noise came from. She peered in to a bush. There was a guy no older than 21 with blond hair and off glowing eyes (I wanna poke 'em!) and a purplish-black attire.

"Who are you and why were you spying on me?" Runa demanded, "and why are your clothes so weird?" She pointed her katana at the guy.

The guy carefully stood up, avoiding contact with the katana. "The real question is why are you here and why are you dressed so weird?" he questioned back, pulling out a HUGE SWORD and readied it.

Runa widend her eyes. "Oh, crud," She said breathlessly.

Oh, God, gotta think fast...a stupid mortal can't kill me...can he? She rapidly thought."I'm not going to hurt you," She said finally, putting here katana into the sheath.

The guy narrowed his eyes, "Why should I trust someone that wears dog ears and lies around in a forest?" He asked.

Runa shifted her weight and said, "Haven't you ever seen a dog hanyou before?"

The guy formed a quizical look on his face. He set his HUGE SWORD (buster sword) down to his side. There was an awkward silence as the words went into the guys thick head. Runa crossed her arms, annoyed, waiting for an answer.

"I've heard tales, but none of them are true. You can't be a demon, muchless , half of a demon. The don't exist!" He said, trying to prove himslef right.

"I'm standing right here and I exist. I'm a demon." She stated softly, slowly squeezing the truth into the guy.

"Yeah, right," the guy moved toward Runa, reached out and began pulling on her ears. "See? They come off..." he trailed off and just stood, frozen in shock.

Runa had an annoyed and bored look on her face, "Let go of me, will you?" The guys let go of her ears, and still stood there in fascination.

"You don't look like a demon..." he said, trying to sound smart.

Runa sighed, "I'm a highclass demon. They look very much like baka ningens like you."

"Okay. If you are a hanyou, you wouldn't be afraid to give your name would you?" he said (slightly) slyly.

Runa raised an eyebrow, " No, I don't, but you don't need my name, do you? Because if you don't shut up, you'll end up dying in this forest."

"I'm not going to die," The guy said confidently.

"Rigght. If your so confident then why is there fear in your eyes?" Runa asked, wondering why he hasn't run away in fear yet.

"I'm not afraid."

"Oh, I know your afraid."

The bickering continued for the next 15 minutes. Eventually, Runa finds out that the guys name is Cloud(and vice versa), and he's wearing 'normal clothes.'

Cloud decides to follow Runa, which seriously bugs her. But, Runa doesn't think she should kill him. She doesn't know why, she just doesn't.