FIRE TO ICE
Chapter 3
Demon rising
By Firey Chan
Beams of sunlight softly touched a sleeping figure in a rotten wooden bed through the metal barred window. A small thin blanket wrapped around the figure was torn and ragged.
Slowly lifting herself up, Sakura's cat green eyes searched the room she was trapped in. She was in a small warm stone chamber with bars blocking half of the room off from the door, which was barred off completely too. She closed her eyes and yawned. She stretched her lightly tanned arms and spread her long slender nails apart. Her arms burned with pain as she stretched but she was used to this. She then noticed dried blood on the skin of her hand. She narrowed her eyes sadly.
"Oh no... Not another one." she closed her eyes and tears silently dripped down her cheek. " How many more innocent people will be killed by her... with my body!"
Wiping the tears from her cat eyes she looked down. " It doesn't matter anymore... I asked for revenge and this is what I get... Too much revenge. It's my fault."
She looked back up at the room. " I'm surprised that they didn't put us in a dungeon or kill us even.... Though at least then we would both banished away for ever." Her tuned long sleek cat ears heard the sound of distant birds chirping. Getting up on her knees she peered over the tiny window with thick vertical bars trapping her from escaping. Instead of frowning, she smiled with such admiration.
She could see the entire village. It really was beautiful. " This is for the better." She murmured out loud again. "Now you can't make me hurt any more innocent lives."
Her long light brown panther tail swished around playfully. Events of last night played back in her mind.
A strong young stoic hunter with unruly chestnut brown hair and deep amber eyes that could penetrated any demon. He was sorcerer too. He was kind enough to spare my life. She thought and smiled. A small blush crept up to her cheeks. " He was a really handsome fella." She giggled and licked her top lip with her small pink cat tongue.
Sakura fell back on the not-so-soft bed. It beat sleeping in trees and having ants crawling up your pants. She purred and smiled wider. " I hope I see him again." She blushed. The tip of her tail swished, the smell of fresh meat caught her senses. Immediately she covered her nose and threw her ragged blanket over the bloodied meat.
"NO! I won't let you come out." She hissed.
Sakura picked up the plate and threw it between two of the bars. Panting she realized she couldn't smell in that much anymore. She looked down again noticing a bowl of milk and large slice of bread. Sakura rolled her eyes. " Milk in a bowl? You'd think I was a type of domestic kitten! I can drink like normal person!" She looked at it again. " Well.... It beats polluted water any day."
After greedily slurping down the cool milk she started to munch on the soft bread.
A blue bird flew down on the barred windowsill. Sakura smiled and picked a small piece of bread for the bird. She threw it to the bird. The bird chirped and pecked at the at the bread piece.
"Life is such a wonderful thing... If only... I had the chance to experience it." She smiled sadly.
Her ears perked up as he heard footsteps coming nearer to the chamber. Sakura chose to ignore it and went back watching the little blue bird.
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Syaoran walked towards the demon's chambers holding more meat. " I wonder if she tore apart the chamber yet?" he whispered.
As he unlocked all ten locks bolted on the doors the door finally creaked open. " How is my ravenous bundle of joy-?!" Syaoran stood nearly dumb struck. He was looking at the exact opposite of what he fought last night.
Syaoran felt his heart skip a beat as he stood perplexed, staring at the most beautiful looking thing he had ever witnessed to live and look at. Women were not his 'thing'.
She was sitting on her slightly tanned knees looking the window with both of her beautiful slender hands on the windowsill. A soft breeze blew in the chamber blowing her soft brown hair graciously around her face. Her eyes glowed like an emerald gem held up to the sunlight, brightening everything around her. They were filled with such happiness as instead of glowing with blood thirst and pleasure. Syaoran's gaze fell on her cherry pink lips. He started to feel a little dizzy. He looked at her slightly tanned skin and noticed on its soft looking surface, there were many scars.
Her cat ears flickered and then she turned her head to face the young warrior. Her emerald eyes locked with his dazed amber eyes.
Syaoran shook his head. " Wha? You...You can't be the same creature I caught last night! The same creature that nearly decapitated me!" he croaked with disbelief as he pointed accusingly at her.
She narrowed her eyes in a playful manner and a small smirk appeared on her face. Her tail swished about as she stared intently into his eyes.
"Looks can be deceiving ne?" she purred. Her ears suddenly then fell and her face was downcast. " Sorry for the trouble she has caused, and the...mess she made."
Syaoran blinked perplexed. "What?"
The blue bird on the windowsill flew in the chamber. It jumped onto Sakura's hop continuously chirping. She giggled and threw a little more bread to the little creature. She stroked the little bird's belly as it hopped into her small hands.
"Greedy little thing aren't you. Don't eat to much, you'll get too plump and fat!" She smiled.
Syaoran's eyes narrowed for he was expecting for her to pop that little sweet bird into the demon's mouth. But no! Instead it chirped and flew around her begging for more food.
His jaw nearly hit the floor as she kissed the little bird's head. Then his mind started to play. 'I wish I were that bird right now- HEY WAIT! WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM!' Syaoran mentally kicked himself.
The blue bird chirped then flew out the window. Sakura looked over to hunter on the other side of the bars. She popped the last piece of bread into her mouth. Syaoran then just realized something...
...She was naked. Oh...crap! My hormones are crying for joy while my brain is going ' NO!!!"
'Just don't look at her. That's all I have to do!"
'Shit.'
"How can I take my eyes off her when my own eyes are goggled and glued on her."
'ARGH! Brain must communicate to hormones'
'Ah... Thank god for baggy pants! Or can she see it? Oh no. Why can't I move? Ahaha! That's it! This is her spell. That's how she trances people... or is it just me?'
'...Its just me.'
Sakura raised an eyebrow then her eyes began to worry. " Are you alright?"
Syaoran snapped out his mind fight. "I er... am... fine" He noticed the meat in his hand. " I er... brought you er... some more er... meat!" He stuttered. His mind quoted on his behavior.
'Way to go asshole!'
" I don't like meat! Keep it far from me as much as you can!" a voice broke in. Syaoran looked at the meat. " You don't like meat? But... HOW?"
"If I eat it she'll come out... and I don't want to hurt you..." her voice quivered.
Syaoran glared with annoyance. " Ok. Quit talking in third person its frustrating!"
Sakura glared. " I'm not talking in third person you moron!" She hissed. Sakura immediately covered her mouth. She clenched her eyes shut. Her face drained from its color and her body began to shake uncontrollably. She started yelling.
"I WON'T LET YOU COME OUT!" she screamed. She opened her eyes and they were black. Syaoran stepped back.
"I won't let you out you hear me! You will not get want you want! I will not let you hurt him! No one anymore."
Her eyes changed into a blood-red hue and she hissed. " You incompetent fool. I am you. You need what I need. Kill the bastard and get the pain over a done with... like when we first met!"
"NO! I WON'T! YOU CAN'T HURT HIM! WHEN I SAW HIM LAST NIGHT HE MADE ME REMEMBER WHO I TRULEY WAS! NOT A BLOODTHIRSTY DEMON. IF ANYONE I'D KILL, IT WOULD YOU!"
"You called for me that night! The night that the black shadow welcomed you! You asked for revenge and this is what you get! You stupid child. You think I would just leave? After all the deaths we made-"
"You MADE! YOU USED MY BODY!"
"Shut up you little brat. I'm going to get what I want!" The demon that Syaoran caught last night was back and she stared at him with such hunger. The demon lunged at the bars nearly breaking them. But then the demon grabbed the milk bowl and threw against the wall with such force that it shattered. A small pentagram appeared on her arm. The demon fell back.
"DON'T YOU DARE!"
"I will!" The normal Sakura returned and she grabbed one of the pieces and stabbed the pentagram mark. "I vow! I vow to never hurt him! I will be there to stop you matter what!"
Sakura arched her body upwards and screamed. Blood splattered on the ground. Her body landed in the blood with a thud. Her eyes went back to black staring into open space.
Syaoran stared dazed and completely shocked at what happen. He didn't know if he should go in there to help her. But his insides cried to him, telling him to help.
At that moment Eriol slammed open the door. " What the hell is going on in here? Did she hurt you?"
Syaoran didn't answer. He just stared at the body on the other side of the bars.
Eriol looked over. " Jeez what did you do? Is she dead?"
"I didn't do any thing and no... She's not dead."
Syaoran walked over and unlocked the bars. Eriol freaked. " WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
Syaoran bent down and cover her eyes with his hand. He whispered something in Cantonese. His hand glowed then he whispered. " Close." As he pulled away, Sakura's eyes were closed.
Eriol squirmed as if he pissed in his pants. "Are you deaf? I said, what the hell are you doing? She could kill you any second."
Syaoran picked up her limp body. " I very much doubt that."
"Really why."
"Because she's not a demon."
"Oh ya right and I'm Lady Meiling!"
"Eriol. There's a demon inside of her only controlling her dark emotions. Other times she is as gentle as angel."
"Like I said, ya right. You're just falling for her looks. Any man thinks that when they're looking at a naked women!"
"No. Listen. Whenever she fears or gets angry or hates the demon comes out taking control of her body. But not completely. She still has the power to fight back against the demon. Eriol, she stabbed her own body just to stop the demon from killing me. She then vowed to never hurt me."
Syaoran started to walk out of the chamber and down the hall. Eriol ran up besides him. " Where are you taking her?" Syaoran looked down on the young women's face. She really did look like an angel. " To my room to be treated."
"ARE YOU NUTS?"
Syaoran smiled "maybe I am...but somehow I feel that she was speaking the truth."
Sakura's eyes fluttered open revealing her emerald green color again. Syaoran looked down on her. " Don't worry everything will be fine. I believe you. Tell me... what's you name?"
Sakura smiled a true smile of happiness. She suddenly thought that her life had meaning after all. Even though of what was inside her, she didn't care. She had demon hunter to take of her. She closed her eyes with her smile still on her beautiful face.
"Sakura. Sakura Kinomoto." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ YAY! First I updated Legend of Akurik and now this yay! I'm on a roll. Rollin' 'Rollin' Rollin' keep those chapters flowin' Wai! I just got a new tarot card set. 'The druid animal oracle." They are so cool. Now with my altar and all of my candles I can finally meditate. I tell you to you writers out there, if you feel you are on a writer's block, meditate then sleep on it. The next morning your mind will be free from stress and new ideas will magically come to mind. I do it all the time. It works like a charm. I am Wiccan and hear me roar! ^^
Well more reviews I get the faster I update! WEE!.... My firebelly newt is staring at me. Chii! Stop that. Turn your cute little head around and stare at Nirgit or Draggy or Fu even, just stop staring. Ahh!
My newts are giving me the heebie jeebies. Well so long for now! JA
Firey chan Cerridwen Firestorm
Chapter 3
Demon rising
By Firey Chan
Beams of sunlight softly touched a sleeping figure in a rotten wooden bed through the metal barred window. A small thin blanket wrapped around the figure was torn and ragged.
Slowly lifting herself up, Sakura's cat green eyes searched the room she was trapped in. She was in a small warm stone chamber with bars blocking half of the room off from the door, which was barred off completely too. She closed her eyes and yawned. She stretched her lightly tanned arms and spread her long slender nails apart. Her arms burned with pain as she stretched but she was used to this. She then noticed dried blood on the skin of her hand. She narrowed her eyes sadly.
"Oh no... Not another one." she closed her eyes and tears silently dripped down her cheek. " How many more innocent people will be killed by her... with my body!"
Wiping the tears from her cat eyes she looked down. " It doesn't matter anymore... I asked for revenge and this is what I get... Too much revenge. It's my fault."
She looked back up at the room. " I'm surprised that they didn't put us in a dungeon or kill us even.... Though at least then we would both banished away for ever." Her tuned long sleek cat ears heard the sound of distant birds chirping. Getting up on her knees she peered over the tiny window with thick vertical bars trapping her from escaping. Instead of frowning, she smiled with such admiration.
She could see the entire village. It really was beautiful. " This is for the better." She murmured out loud again. "Now you can't make me hurt any more innocent lives."
Her long light brown panther tail swished around playfully. Events of last night played back in her mind.
A strong young stoic hunter with unruly chestnut brown hair and deep amber eyes that could penetrated any demon. He was sorcerer too. He was kind enough to spare my life. She thought and smiled. A small blush crept up to her cheeks. " He was a really handsome fella." She giggled and licked her top lip with her small pink cat tongue.
Sakura fell back on the not-so-soft bed. It beat sleeping in trees and having ants crawling up your pants. She purred and smiled wider. " I hope I see him again." She blushed. The tip of her tail swished, the smell of fresh meat caught her senses. Immediately she covered her nose and threw her ragged blanket over the bloodied meat.
"NO! I won't let you come out." She hissed.
Sakura picked up the plate and threw it between two of the bars. Panting she realized she couldn't smell in that much anymore. She looked down again noticing a bowl of milk and large slice of bread. Sakura rolled her eyes. " Milk in a bowl? You'd think I was a type of domestic kitten! I can drink like normal person!" She looked at it again. " Well.... It beats polluted water any day."
After greedily slurping down the cool milk she started to munch on the soft bread.
A blue bird flew down on the barred windowsill. Sakura smiled and picked a small piece of bread for the bird. She threw it to the bird. The bird chirped and pecked at the at the bread piece.
"Life is such a wonderful thing... If only... I had the chance to experience it." She smiled sadly.
Her ears perked up as he heard footsteps coming nearer to the chamber. Sakura chose to ignore it and went back watching the little blue bird.
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Syaoran walked towards the demon's chambers holding more meat. " I wonder if she tore apart the chamber yet?" he whispered.
As he unlocked all ten locks bolted on the doors the door finally creaked open. " How is my ravenous bundle of joy-?!" Syaoran stood nearly dumb struck. He was looking at the exact opposite of what he fought last night.
Syaoran felt his heart skip a beat as he stood perplexed, staring at the most beautiful looking thing he had ever witnessed to live and look at. Women were not his 'thing'.
She was sitting on her slightly tanned knees looking the window with both of her beautiful slender hands on the windowsill. A soft breeze blew in the chamber blowing her soft brown hair graciously around her face. Her eyes glowed like an emerald gem held up to the sunlight, brightening everything around her. They were filled with such happiness as instead of glowing with blood thirst and pleasure. Syaoran's gaze fell on her cherry pink lips. He started to feel a little dizzy. He looked at her slightly tanned skin and noticed on its soft looking surface, there were many scars.
Her cat ears flickered and then she turned her head to face the young warrior. Her emerald eyes locked with his dazed amber eyes.
Syaoran shook his head. " Wha? You...You can't be the same creature I caught last night! The same creature that nearly decapitated me!" he croaked with disbelief as he pointed accusingly at her.
She narrowed her eyes in a playful manner and a small smirk appeared on her face. Her tail swished about as she stared intently into his eyes.
"Looks can be deceiving ne?" she purred. Her ears suddenly then fell and her face was downcast. " Sorry for the trouble she has caused, and the...mess she made."
Syaoran blinked perplexed. "What?"
The blue bird on the windowsill flew in the chamber. It jumped onto Sakura's hop continuously chirping. She giggled and threw a little more bread to the little creature. She stroked the little bird's belly as it hopped into her small hands.
"Greedy little thing aren't you. Don't eat to much, you'll get too plump and fat!" She smiled.
Syaoran's eyes narrowed for he was expecting for her to pop that little sweet bird into the demon's mouth. But no! Instead it chirped and flew around her begging for more food.
His jaw nearly hit the floor as she kissed the little bird's head. Then his mind started to play. 'I wish I were that bird right now- HEY WAIT! WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM!' Syaoran mentally kicked himself.
The blue bird chirped then flew out the window. Sakura looked over to hunter on the other side of the bars. She popped the last piece of bread into her mouth. Syaoran then just realized something...
...She was naked. Oh...crap! My hormones are crying for joy while my brain is going ' NO!!!"
'Just don't look at her. That's all I have to do!"
'Shit.'
"How can I take my eyes off her when my own eyes are goggled and glued on her."
'ARGH! Brain must communicate to hormones'
'Ah... Thank god for baggy pants! Or can she see it? Oh no. Why can't I move? Ahaha! That's it! This is her spell. That's how she trances people... or is it just me?'
'...Its just me.'
Sakura raised an eyebrow then her eyes began to worry. " Are you alright?"
Syaoran snapped out his mind fight. "I er... am... fine" He noticed the meat in his hand. " I er... brought you er... some more er... meat!" He stuttered. His mind quoted on his behavior.
'Way to go asshole!'
" I don't like meat! Keep it far from me as much as you can!" a voice broke in. Syaoran looked at the meat. " You don't like meat? But... HOW?"
"If I eat it she'll come out... and I don't want to hurt you..." her voice quivered.
Syaoran glared with annoyance. " Ok. Quit talking in third person its frustrating!"
Sakura glared. " I'm not talking in third person you moron!" She hissed. Sakura immediately covered her mouth. She clenched her eyes shut. Her face drained from its color and her body began to shake uncontrollably. She started yelling.
"I WON'T LET YOU COME OUT!" she screamed. She opened her eyes and they were black. Syaoran stepped back.
"I won't let you out you hear me! You will not get want you want! I will not let you hurt him! No one anymore."
Her eyes changed into a blood-red hue and she hissed. " You incompetent fool. I am you. You need what I need. Kill the bastard and get the pain over a done with... like when we first met!"
"NO! I WON'T! YOU CAN'T HURT HIM! WHEN I SAW HIM LAST NIGHT HE MADE ME REMEMBER WHO I TRULEY WAS! NOT A BLOODTHIRSTY DEMON. IF ANYONE I'D KILL, IT WOULD YOU!"
"You called for me that night! The night that the black shadow welcomed you! You asked for revenge and this is what you get! You stupid child. You think I would just leave? After all the deaths we made-"
"You MADE! YOU USED MY BODY!"
"Shut up you little brat. I'm going to get what I want!" The demon that Syaoran caught last night was back and she stared at him with such hunger. The demon lunged at the bars nearly breaking them. But then the demon grabbed the milk bowl and threw against the wall with such force that it shattered. A small pentagram appeared on her arm. The demon fell back.
"DON'T YOU DARE!"
"I will!" The normal Sakura returned and she grabbed one of the pieces and stabbed the pentagram mark. "I vow! I vow to never hurt him! I will be there to stop you matter what!"
Sakura arched her body upwards and screamed. Blood splattered on the ground. Her body landed in the blood with a thud. Her eyes went back to black staring into open space.
Syaoran stared dazed and completely shocked at what happen. He didn't know if he should go in there to help her. But his insides cried to him, telling him to help.
At that moment Eriol slammed open the door. " What the hell is going on in here? Did she hurt you?"
Syaoran didn't answer. He just stared at the body on the other side of the bars.
Eriol looked over. " Jeez what did you do? Is she dead?"
"I didn't do any thing and no... She's not dead."
Syaoran walked over and unlocked the bars. Eriol freaked. " WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
Syaoran bent down and cover her eyes with his hand. He whispered something in Cantonese. His hand glowed then he whispered. " Close." As he pulled away, Sakura's eyes were closed.
Eriol squirmed as if he pissed in his pants. "Are you deaf? I said, what the hell are you doing? She could kill you any second."
Syaoran picked up her limp body. " I very much doubt that."
"Really why."
"Because she's not a demon."
"Oh ya right and I'm Lady Meiling!"
"Eriol. There's a demon inside of her only controlling her dark emotions. Other times she is as gentle as angel."
"Like I said, ya right. You're just falling for her looks. Any man thinks that when they're looking at a naked women!"
"No. Listen. Whenever she fears or gets angry or hates the demon comes out taking control of her body. But not completely. She still has the power to fight back against the demon. Eriol, she stabbed her own body just to stop the demon from killing me. She then vowed to never hurt me."
Syaoran started to walk out of the chamber and down the hall. Eriol ran up besides him. " Where are you taking her?" Syaoran looked down on the young women's face. She really did look like an angel. " To my room to be treated."
"ARE YOU NUTS?"
Syaoran smiled "maybe I am...but somehow I feel that she was speaking the truth."
Sakura's eyes fluttered open revealing her emerald green color again. Syaoran looked down on her. " Don't worry everything will be fine. I believe you. Tell me... what's you name?"
Sakura smiled a true smile of happiness. She suddenly thought that her life had meaning after all. Even though of what was inside her, she didn't care. She had demon hunter to take of her. She closed her eyes with her smile still on her beautiful face.
"Sakura. Sakura Kinomoto." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ YAY! First I updated Legend of Akurik and now this yay! I'm on a roll. Rollin' 'Rollin' Rollin' keep those chapters flowin' Wai! I just got a new tarot card set. 'The druid animal oracle." They are so cool. Now with my altar and all of my candles I can finally meditate. I tell you to you writers out there, if you feel you are on a writer's block, meditate then sleep on it. The next morning your mind will be free from stress and new ideas will magically come to mind. I do it all the time. It works like a charm. I am Wiccan and hear me roar! ^^
Well more reviews I get the faster I update! WEE!.... My firebelly newt is staring at me. Chii! Stop that. Turn your cute little head around and stare at Nirgit or Draggy or Fu even, just stop staring. Ahh!
My newts are giving me the heebie jeebies. Well so long for now! JA
Firey chan Cerridwen Firestorm