Well, here is the actual chapter one of Fragment of Life II. Sorry for not updating this sooner, I've just ran out of ideas on finding a proper beginning to this fanfic. Sorry if this is a little choppy, I've been trying to flesh this out as much as I could and I think I found what I wanted.
Well, here is chapter one of Fragment of Life II. Enjoy!
Japanese Dictionary
Sempai- A endearment term.
Ai shiteru – I love you
Youkai- demon
Raijuu- Thunder
Fragment of Life II
Chapter 1: Plague
She held the shards in her hand, the two fragments were glowing; radiating with warmth. The red head looked at the shards, a small gleam of sadness in her eyes for the one she's lost. His memory still lives in her heart, that face that she just couldn't forget. Those blood red eyes, the slightly tanned complexion, that long silken, raven black braid that hung like a long rope about him.
The youkai that captured her heart.
The angelic thunder youkai.
Hiten.
She looked up at the cold desolate sky as a sharp wind blew past, disheveling the red silken hair which hung around her face. The lonely maiden took a hand and gently moved the stay hairs from her face.
The many months that she'd been apart from him, Akina had lived in loneliness and despair.
Through the many years of existence, the lack of any kind of contact or love made her grow a bit colder. She could not return to the village, they would not accept a killer of any kind. Since she decided to take the side of the malicious Raijuu Brothers, she knew she could never return.
Taking their side was like killing them.
Akina walked across the barren lands, the winds blowing a bit stronger then before. There were no trees around to block it, so the red haired woman had to hold on to everything she could to keep from getting blown away.
'The winds seem so cold now.'
The red haired woman stood there for a while, letting the wind dishevel her hair and clothing, and feeling a lonely tear trail down her cheek and blow away in the wind, only to disappear across the barren wasteland.
'Everything seems so cold now…without you.'
Akina glanced up at the sky once again, and then her gaze traveled to the ground.
"You always told me, that you'd see me in hell…and I can't wait to join you." The red head smiled to herself.
"But not now." She replied further, not talking to anyone really. Only the hollow sounding wind could hear her. "I have to keep on living, for you. I'm going to go to Kagome, I have to find her and give her these shards."
The red haired girl walked for what seemed like an eternity before coming across a wide field with a single river stretching out as far as the eye could see. Akina made her way alongside of the river. After walking for a while, she stopped to see her reflection in the water's edge.
As she peered over the corner she could see the form of a red headed girl, whose skin was pale and garments were tattered. Her hair was messed up, chunks and strands going every which way. She had a gleam of sadness and loneliness in her eyes that seemed too far gone to be helped.
The red haired maiden bent down and cupped some water into her hands, splashing it on her dusty face. The noise of the water splashing on the river below blurred and distorted her reflection, turning it into a twisted, grotesque figure in the clear liquid.
She sat there for a moment, on her knees, looking at her hands.
Those hands that were once used to kill.
Her hands that once held her beloved Thunder youkai.
'I once had everything, and now I have nothing. I know that I have the mansion of the Thunder family, but material possessions are nothing over those which are emotional.'
The flashbacks began to run through her mind once more, as they had always done since his demise.
'Why would you cry for them? They are just a bunch of filthy humans who didn't care about you.'
'Yes, the sun sinking down, letting darkness take over, just as the storm clouds block the suns rays as they come fourth and consume the land in a whirl of rain, lightning and thunder.'
"Darkness that consumes everything, even one's life." Akina said sadly, staring mechanically down at the water, her eyes seeming devoid of all emotion.
"Could you ever love me in return?"
"Strangely enough, I think I can."
"Even someone as strong as you."
"Akina...I don't give a damn about any of that anymore. I accept your love, though I don't feel as strongly as you. I have to say, I've never felt this way about any human, or woman before in my life. I don't even know why I have spared you this long. Something just tells me I want to be with you."
She felt her hands trembling.
"Oh Hiten…Why?"
"Oh Hiten. Never leave me..."
"Never. I promise."
"But you did leave me…"
She felt tears brim her eyes.
"You did, though I don't blame you…I tried to save you…I tried so hard…" She saw a few of her own tears descend towards the ground, eventually hitting the green grass below, forming tiny dark spots on the ground.
' Ai shiteru, Akina-sempai. I'll never regret any moment I've lived with you. You taught this cold hearted killer that there was something to appreciate in life, and that all humans didn't hate the youkai race. You taught me how to love, not lust…'
'Don't cry…Akina. Crying is for the weak."
"But…"
Akina took a shaky hand from her face.
"But I miss you."
' Domo arigato for saving me. I couldn't have done it without you. Looks like you're going to have to get revenge on Inuyasha all by yourself. Guess I'll see you in hell, right? '
"I'll wait for you…my sempai." Akina replied.
The girl clutched the Shikon no Tama fragments in her hand tightly, seeking their warmth for comfort, as she had sough Hiten's for so long.
Was she that used to the thunder youkai though they had known each other for only two months?
Suddenly, everything seemed to be in a motion blur, and she felt her head spinning. The fiery maiden held her hand to her forehead and swayed back and fourth before finally hitting the ground.
She landed on the soft grass below, still clutching the Shikon shards.
Her fatigue and anxiety took over, throwing her into a fitful sleep.
She lay there for a long time, and suddenly a band of figures loomed above her.
"Who is that?" The shortest figure asked, looming just over her head. She could feel the small warm breaths the figure took hitting her face.
"Excuse me, are you all right, miss?" She heard a deep voice ask, just before slipping into unconsioness yet again.
Everything turned black as the outside noises were consumed by a silent dark abyss.
Well, that's the end of chapter 1. Sorry that it's going kind of slow here, but a lot is happening to Akina during this point in the story. I know the flashbacks are kind of tiresome, but she's not over Hiten.
So for this chapter, Hiten is only there in her memory, but don't worry, he'll be in the next chapter. For now, I'd like everyone to read, review and I hope you enjoyed.