Juudai Joufuto Karasu
By 0kitten0lemonade0
Long ago, in medieval Japan, there was a demon. But she was only a half demon. Her mother was a mortal woman who was raped by a terrible demon, Tetsuretsu. And because of the unusual conception, the woman Arika gave birth to an egg. The egg hatched, and a large raven chick was born to the mortal. This raven hated all of mankind, because the people of her mother's village killed her because she gave birth to a demon and because of their stupid pride and selfishness. She hated demons because of her wicked father. Most of all, she hated herself, for being a raven that had the thoughts and consciousness of a demon or human. She wished she had never been born.
One day, while hunting for food outside a small village, she found a strange man, standing all alone in the forest. He had a woven hat that cast his entire face into shadow. As she flew silently overhead, he looked up at her, and attacked her using some fire magic. The raven dodged, but not swiftly enough. The burn on her left wing stung painfully as she wobbled down to a tree limb behind the man. She turned and cawed angrily at him. He grinned and pointed his palm up at her, and a huge, purple flame shot towards her. She closed her eyes, and before she was lost to the flames, she thought to herself, Well, he just saved me a whole lot of trouble…
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"Why, oh WHY do you want to go look for that…flashy thingy?" Dobutsu groaned loudly. "I bet just a demon eating something…why do I have to come!"
"Because," Saibo answered slowly, "you don't know the way back."
"I do so."
"Then go." His no nonsense tone had a hint of humor in it. He looked at his long-time companion.
"Y-you don't think I-I'd leave you all alone out here d-do you?" He ruffled the back of his hair nervously.
Saibo just snorted. He could see straight through the shorter teen. "Whatever, Dobu-kun." He turned back to the bushes he was fighting with. He thought they were getting close to the source of the light he had seen. Dobu was about to start complaining again when he was hushed, and waved forward by Sai's hand. He peeked through the leaves next to the tanned boy, and started to blush at the scene that greeted him.
A beautiful young lady was sprawled out in the middle of a clearing facing the ground. Her arm seemed to have a burn wound on it, and by the awkward placement of her limbs, she must have been thrown to the ground. She also happened to be naked, and causing the redness on Dobutsu's face.
"Must be a foreigner," Saibo whispered next to Dobutsu's ear. "Let's take her into the village. If she's alive that is. Must have been robbed and…" he stopped. He didn't have to say the rest. The bandits around their village had been getting very bold lately, jumping any and all that seemed easy picking. Or perhaps this girl was a prostitute that had been dumped by her master. Either way, the two boys wanted to help this strange girl, it was the honorable thing to do.
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The raven felt very strange as consciousness ebbed in on her. She kept her eyes closed as she tried to remember what had happened. She tried to grasp all the brief glimpses of yesterday that swam in her head. She shot straight up as she remembered the man who attacked her with his flames. Then she realized what she had just done. Sitting up was not something ravens do. It's something humans do. She tried to stretch out her wings, but found only long, pale human arms that were feather-less. She awkwardly moved her arms until she could see the hands and fingers at the end. Ten fingers. She wiggled them, still in shock. Trembling, she moved the blankets off her body, only to find long legs that were wrapped up in a cream yukata. Ten toes, each wiggled in turn. She still couldn't believe it. She rolled off the futon and crawled across the bamboo floor to the wooden wall.
As she stood there, clasping the wall for dear life, the paper door to her right slid open, and a young man with green eyes looked from the messy futon to the violet eyed girl clinging to the wall.
"Er, hi?"
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Hiya! This is my third TT fanny, though I've only posted two. I have another Juudai Joufu idea, it'll be a prequel, so, if anyone likes this one, I'll post the one about the kitsune.
Quick translation note: Juudai Joufu means teenage warrior, which is the closest thing to Teen Titans as my secret source got. If anyone reviews in the next few chapters, I'll tell ya'll my source.
Rereading, the first couple of paragraphs sound really simple, but they're supposed to be like traditional oral folk tale-style, so...PHHT!
Bye for now!