Chapter 1: Odd Start

By Crimsondrop7

"I shall have your head!" The demon yelled as he charged. Rhena panicked and looked to her right for anything she could use as a block.

All she saw was a duck waddling by. 'Duck? Duck!' Rhena thought as she ducked a punch thrown by the demon. His fist embedded in the tree behind Rhena. He tried to pull his fist out of the tree, cursing his rotten luck. It took longer than he wanted.

He turned around only to find her gone. He became infuriated.

"You're not getting away, wench!" he roared, "When I find you, you'll regret running away from me!" He flitted down the same path Rhena had taken not long ago.

'Gotta run, gotta run, just gotta keep on running!' She thought as she dodged trees in her path, 'Should I hide behind a tree? No! Too risky! Just keep running!'

Rhena was starting to tire and slowed her pace until a tug at the back of her mind told her to keep going. Rhena pushed herself harder, out of fear and wondered.

'Who is this guy chasing me anyway? What'd I do wrong? All I did was magically "poof" out of the air. Then he jumped out of nowhere and accused me for trespassing! What right does he have claiming it as his land? I didn't see any paper proof!'

She sighed. This was not her day. She squeaked as she almost ran into a tree.

'Gotta keep focus, I've already crashed into too many trees for my liking. I think it might have done some damage...'

Her face twisted into a sour look. An enraged roar tore through the forest, scaring Rhena out of her mind.

'Yipes!' she frantically thought, 'He's gotten closer than before!'

She burst out of the forest and found herself in a clearing. She was about to take off again when the demon burst out of the forest much like she had done.

"Now you're head is mine, wench!" Flames of promised torture burned in his eyes.

She was about to retort when he surprised her in a burst of speed. He appeared directly in front of her. A black glow surrounding his fist, he punched her square in the stomach, sending her flying backwards. He smirked at his accomplishment; satisfied he'd landed a punch.

He tracked the trail she flew, but was disappointed to see her still very alive.

Rhena felt a flying sensation after the hard punch. But it didn't last long. She crashed into a tree, one after another, never seeming to stop. She felt her body slowing and cringed for another impact.

It wasn't as hard as she had expected. In fact, it was cold and wet!

"Holy cow! That's cold!" Rhena squeaked as she sprang from the water so fast, as if she'd been burned.

Jumping on a flat rock nearby, she looked down at herself and frowned. Her clothes were soaking wet and clung to her like a second skin. Her jet-black hair was out of its ponytail, sticking to her face and back. Not to mention, she was COLD!

The whole shebang, accusing her, hurting, getting her wet, AND ruining her favorite shirt, angered Rhena.

'He's going regret it BIG TIME when I'm through with him!' she thought heatedly.

"Come on out here, you coward!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, "I know you're in there! Just wait until I kick your sorry butt! Then you'll be sorry for ruining my favorite shirt!"

The demon waltzed out of the forest like nothing had happened.

"I thought you were dead, too bad. Why should I care about your shirt? Not to say that it doesn't fit you..." He eyed her like a piece of prized meat.

That was it! He'd just pressed the wrong button. First he wants to kill her; then turns perverted! Who does he think he is? Rhena won't allow him get away with that comment.

'Ohh…bad move buddy! That's going to cost you more pain than you'll ever wish!'

Rhena clenched her fists into balls and yelled as loud as she could. "I AM GOING TO WRING YOUR SCRAWNY NECK!"

A few birds scattered in the forest at the volume of her voice.

He smirked at her response. "Perhaps you'll be more entertaining than I thought. Maybe I shouldn't kill you."

That was the last straw; any thoughts to leave him living were gone now.

"Come on! Bring it! Give me all ya got, cause it ain't gonna be enough! Never and when I say never I MEAN IT; NEVER RUIN A GIRL'S FAVORITE SHIRT! It means ultimate death otherwise! Got it! And by the way, my name's NOT wench, bitch, woman, girl or any other inappropriate names you can think of! The name is Rhena! KNOW IT, USE IT FEAR IT!"

Rhena was short of breath after her outburst. She turned her flames of death to the demon that had made her furious.

The demon's smirk turned into a frown as he started to sense great power radiating off the girl. This was abnormal. He'd never encountered something like this before.

With no warning, the demon charged. Rhena took the same suit, teeth steeled together.

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I just revised this chapter, so I hope you liked it! Please READ and REVIEW!