Chapter 2

When Miroku finally found Carolyn sitting on a large rock in the shade of a large tree, she was rummaging through her backpack. Carolyn heard someone's footsteps but she paid no heed to whom they might belong to. When she looked up her tear stained face with her red eyes looked upon the concerned face of Miroku.

"So what do you want?" Carolyn said icily. She knew that he was just a flirt that cared nothing about her. He just wanted to find someone to bear his children. She looked back down at her backpack trying to hold back more of her injured tears.

"I thought it was dangerous that you went off on your own without any protection." Miroku said, surprised by the coldness in her usually warm and cheery voice. He took a step closer but stopped when she looked back up at him.

"Oh is that why? Or is it because you just want me to bear your children because Brittney wouldn't?" Carolyn sardonically stated. She was suppressing a great amount of fury at the one that she had thought liked her.

"Yes, there has been quite a few demons lurking around the woods lately." Miroku declared purposely ignoring the note of sarcasm in her voice. All he wanted to do was keep her safe and see her safely back to the village before someone or something got to her first.

"Oh, I didn't know that. We should get back before we see one, but if we do I know you'll protect me." Carolyn said with confidence in the one who had hurt her. She knew that she always believed what any guy told her, and she got crushes easily. This never stopped her from finding love. She knew someone was out there and she was bound to find him no matter how many times her heart got smashed in the process. Her heart was the only thing sustaining her and when that finally failed she would know that she would only be an empty shell of a human being so her search would continue.

There were some rustling noises coming from a nearby bush, but Miroku ignored them thinking it was only a forest creature. He was so overjoyed that Carolyn was coming with him, he was getting what he wanted for once. As they walked back to the village a large demon almost as if on queue jumped from behind a large oak tree.

"Carolyn, quickly! Get behind me!" Miroku shouted. She agreed and hid behind him. Even though she did not like cowering behind him she knew this was a battle that she had to stay out of. All of a sudden the large demon who had black skin with long slender spikes, red eyes, and piercingly white blood dripping fangs let out a bloodcurdling screech. Then the demon thundered up to Miroku and with a mighty swing of his oversized fist Miroku went flying towards a tree. He landed in a slump at the base of the tree leaving Carolyn to defend herself. It looked as if Miroku had suffered a bad injury to the head, but from her frenzied state Carolyn could not be sure. She had no powers and she had to rely on Miroku, but he was knocked out cold and it didn't look like he was going to wake up anytime soon. She had nowhere to turn to, during the battle the demon had cornered Miroku and Carolyn into a clearing that had tightly wound trees that led into dark passages into the forest. The forest which once sounded with lively calls between the small animal creatures was now deadly silent. The silence pounded in Carolyn's ears as the demon came ever closer to Miroku to finish him off.

"Oh no what am I going to do now? Miroku is unconscious and I'm defenseless!" Carolyn cried out in fear. The terror that she was facing seemed unimaginable when she was safe in her own time, why did she come to this place? How could she survive?

"Ha ha pathetic human, I'm going to tear apart your flesh and feast upon your succulent bones!" The demon said maliciously as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation for the meal he was supposedly going to get. He stomped up to Carolyn with his mouth watering. His saliva dripped to the ground and made the surrounding pure and live grass die. He was almost closing in on her when he raised his large fist to knock her unconscious by tossing her against the tree that supported the knocked-out Miroku.

"Oh no! I don't want to die! I'm too young to die now, I have too much to live for! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Carolyn screamed as she panicked. From all the terror that she faced she fainted.