Well everyone, welcome to Chapter 2! You know, I was listening to my American Idiot CD and I realized that Whatshername is like the exact same thing as this story! I mean, it may not seem like it now but I have the whole story planned out in my head so it sounds exactly the same to me - lol. Hope you guys like this chapter and be sure to comment!
Chapter 2
She stepped out of the shrine slowly, still baffled. Instead of where her house should be, there was a dirt path. On the outskirts of the path were small huts that were falling apart. Not knowing what to do about this dilemma, Kachie continued walking down the road, kicking the ball each step. 'What am I going to do? I have no idea where the hell I am or how I got here.' She thought as she kicked up the ball and started juggling with it. "Maybe there are some people around who can help me…" Kachie said to herself, looking through each of the large holes in the small huts in search on human inhabitance. But there was no prevail in finding a single person, absolutely no sign of life for miles. The loneliness seemed to go on and on.
After a few minutes of aimlessly wandering around, she came upon a huge building, which looked to be some kind of temple. She walked up the steps and was about to open the doors when she heard a murmur from behind her. Startled, she turned to see a man dressed in rags. "Umm…could you please help me, I'm sort of lo-" She was interrupted when the man hurriedly ran over and covered her mouth. "Shh! Are you crazy? Going in there could cost you your life!" The man said in a whisper, shaking uncontrollably. "My life? Why?" Kachie asked in utter confusion. "Don't you know? The great demon lives in there!" He explained. "Demon? What are you talking about?" Kachie screeched. "Shh! Be quiet, he might wake up!…We can't talk here. Follow me." The man led Kachie to a small hideout, just outside of the village.
"50 years ago, this village was full and prosperous. But all that was halted when a demon attacked. The demon was strong and destroyed many homes and livestock. Lucky for us, a female warrior was passing by and defeated the demon for us." The man stated. "Then why don't you just get that warrior to defeat this demon for you?" The man's expression turned to a gloomy look. "During the battle, she was killed." Kachie frowned. "I'm so sorry…" "Its alright, but that's not all that happened. You see, after the demon was killed, its corpse still contained power from something every demon desires: a shard of the Shikon no Tama. Our emperor was a greedy man and yearned for more power. He soon offered himself to that demon and absorbed his power along with the shard. After that he grew and grew into the demon we know now in the temple. He makes all the villagers work and do his bidding. If they refuse, they are killed on the spot. We have sent many messengers on the search for someone to help us, but none have returned with the hope of freedom." The man finished and looked towards the ground. "Is there anything I can do to help out?" Kachie said. The man looked up at her. "I wish you could, but the demon is just too powerful." "There has to be something we can do about it!" Kachie said as she stormed out of the hideout, but was stalled when she bumped into something. "Wha-?" She looked up in awe and terror as she stared face to face with the demon.