author's note: Thanks for the reviews! Oh and you're not imagining things Cheetara... and the fifth god, what animal... actually hasn't thought about that I've been thinking more in an abstract sense for now... I'm glad everyone likes the story! Keep reading!
Chapter Four
Meanwhile… inside the book…
A silver haired woman paced back and forth across the floor of her very dark, very empty room. "Those damn seishi..." She continued pacing after muttering this. Her armor shifted as she moved. The breast plate and shoulder guards were heavy, but she had grown used to them. She wouldn't part with them for the world. Her moonlight-colored hair fell straight down the back to her waist, her one point of vanity. Her eyes, dark gray, seemed forever to be filled with anger and dissatisfaction. They certainly were now as she felt the impatience that had grown very intense in the past few weeks.
All of her life thus far had involved waiting... waiting and being patient. She was just about out of patience. She wanted to strike back, to right the wrongs that had been committed. A crack of lightning brightened the room for a moment, seeming to reflect her inner turmoil and highlighting the dusty, dank furnishings. A lumpy mattress on the floor and a small wardrobe that held more armor were the highlights of the room. Typical feminine things were no where to be found. She spent her hard-earned money on more important things, infinitely more important things.
She abruptly stopped pacing. Something strange was going on. She could feel it.Sooneverything would change...it had to be soon, the waiting was just about over.
The woman's thoughts abruptly changed as strange sensation coursed its way through her. Was it time? Was it finally time? Thena voice spoke inside her head, a voice she had been hearing since she was a child, the voice of the great Shinigami...
"Indeed it is time. She has come; our priestess has arrived. I trust you to find her and convert her to our way of thinking," the deep sinuous voice whispered. The woman's lips curved as she heard this. It was time. She would soon be free to do as she chose.
She stopped pacing and moved to the window to look out at the darkness."I will find her, she will soon be one of us and ready to search for the others..." the womanpromised aloud to the voice.
"I leave it to you, do your duty..." the voice died away leaving the armor-clad female alone in her chamber.
"Finally, I will get revenge on the seiryuu and susaku..." Maosi spoke aloud as she thought of her plans. A smile curved her lips once more as she closed her eyes and began to laugh. They would pay. They would all pay.