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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 20:30:36 GMT -5
The morning light filled the Newly Destroyed Village Haru laid in the middle of it stareing up at the sky. She new she shouldnt have done what she did but the humans had it coming to them. She kept thinking back to the night before her so called adoptive mother said something that didnt sit with her well something that ended up pushing the dog demon to the point of killing her. She glared at a bird that passed over head sitting up, and looking around the village. It wasnt big so it was easy for her to get rid of them all even if she really didnt mean to. " I-im so dead", she said to herself, rising to her feet. She walked through the village rubbing her head. " But... She had no right to say that", she growled.
She looked around at all the people who laid either dead or dying in the streets. Though a part of her felt awful never thinking she would actually go through with getting rid of all the humans in the village, Yet another part of her was glad it was over with finally . these conflicting feelings were confusing her even more.
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 20:57:51 GMT -5
"She had no right to say what?"
A light couple of taps as two feet landed a couple yards away from Haru. The sudden question did kind of come out of no where, but Ryu really was curious. Who was 'she'? What did she say? Was she the reason the demon flipped out and killed everything? Ryu was a curious one.
Grimacing, he looked at the dead villagers, giving a sigh. He often protected humans, just because they were so weak and fragile. He felt it was his duty to repay humanity for it's mercy on him when he was an infant. Ryu was a demon, not a distinct one, but was definitely a demon. He was dressed in his usual grey kimono with the black trim, a kunai with chain at his hip. He always carried a variety of weapons. He had a short attention span when it came to spars.
"You know. I'm sure you didn't have to kill 'em all. It's not like they could overpower you, from the looks of this place. Distasteful. "
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 21:15:12 GMT -5
Haru Jumped at the sound of another's voice. She turned and Looked at Ryu Glaring at him for asking. " It doesn't mater now does it?", she looked him over and knew right away he was a demon, even if he looked like a human she wasn't slow enough to think other wise. Her gaze soon dropped the the ground and she turned her back to him. she winced at what he said next, her heart sinking in her chest. She began to look back at him but stopped herself. " They had it coming to them, you dont know anything about this place, These people. "
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 21:25:43 GMT -5
"Just because a few of 'em treated you badly is a good enough reason to slaughter them all?" He gave a small smirk. "I assume that you lived around these humans for some time, you must have noticed that humans don't take kindly to change. Accepting demons isn't going to be done by humans for a long time, and even longer if impulsive demons like you keep killing them at a whim. "
Ryu turned over the body of one of the female villager's. Looking at the blood pooled around the body. "Such a waste.." He looked back at Haru, unsure if he should terminate her or not. For some demons, this was a simple question if they felt like killing something, but for Ryu. He had to think if this demon had any good left in her, or any potential for redeeming herself for her evil deeds.
" After all this killing, and I can bet you don't feel much better. Sure there's that satisfaction that they're gone. However.. you've done something you can't take back, and you'll never be the same again. "
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 22:01:52 GMT -5
Haru Turned to look at Ryu again now watching him her eyes had a glazed look to them caught up in his words now watching his every move as if expecting him to hurt her. She looked back to the ground now and shook her head a little. " I would never do anything like this if they didnt wrong me first", she said barely over a whisper. His words were like Murder to her the truth behind it all was something hard to accept. She knew what she did was wrong and looking back at it now the real aftermath of it all was worse than what she went through when they were alive. Guilt set over her as she tried not to look at what she had done fixing her eyes on the ground.
She didn't say anything in response to what he said about not being able to take it back and how she would never be the same. She couldnt stand the thoughts of it all. she bit down on her lip thinking again. Should she have really let them keep treating her like a pet, a animal? She didn't think so but then again she only had two choices in the mater she could have been treated like a dog or she could fight back which she chose to do, thinking its what her parents would have wanted her to do.
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 22:16:00 GMT -5
Ryu watched her reactions. Judging by them, he could see she was confused more than anything else. She undergone some abuse in one form or another and retaliated, however.. It shouldn't have been so brutal. He figured her killing the person wronging her should have sated her revenge, but then again, this was a demon, and a young one at that.
He'd have mercy upon her for her evil doings, some was her fault, some wasn't. Ryu walked towards her, smiling slightly. " Follow me, inu youkai. " It was a trusting smile, but the way he commandingly told her to follow, gave light to the fact that he wasn't going to take no for and answer. Violence concealed in his words. The kunai dangled at his waist, held firm by how it was coiled around his belt by the chain. Ryu would have to come back to the town later, to lay them to rest.
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 22:31:24 GMT -5
Haru watched as he walked toward her taking a step or two back. Seeing him smile even a little didnt make her feel any better about following him but she was afraid not to. She was hesitant at first but soon began to follow him. She eyed the kunai around his waist wondering what he was planning, but soon her thoughts were diverted back to the village and what she had done. Still thinking if what she had done was right or not.
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 22:37:37 GMT -5
He let her follow him to a small creek just outside the village. He looked at her, and spoke. "Clean that blood off and stay here. Your actions had repercussions. "
Turning away, the demon walked back towards the village, on the other side of the village was a small band of men coming to investigate the village. It seemed someone had seen the village getting slaughtered by a demon, and had ran for help. Ryu stood in the center of the village, the men approaching him, and surrounding him in a semi-circle. One grunted at him. "Yer not the one who killed these villagers... the boy said it was a woman who did all of th-" One of the other men interrupted, pointing past Ryu. "There she is! Right there! " Ryu must not have placed her far away enough.
Frowning, Ryu narrowed his eyes. Last thing the girl needed was to be shedding more blood. Blocking the men's path, Ryu spoke. "You were misinformed, go back to your homes now." But.. the men didn't leave.
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 22:51:46 GMT -5
She followed him to the Creek looking down at the water before nodding to him. " ok..", was all she said to him. She sat on the ground dipping her hands in the water and bringing her hands to her arm scrubbing the dried blood from her arms. She watched as he walked away glancing behind her thinking of running. she soon turned her attention back to the village watching Ryu with the other men. She rose to her feet when she seen them pointing in her direction.
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 23:00:12 GMT -5
One of the men unsheathed their sword, brandishing it Ryu, before saying to him. "Move aside, demon, or you'll suffer the same fate as her!" The man moved to shove past Ryu. Ryu moved quick, grabbing the man's wrist and twisting his arm, before disarming him, and planting his foot on one of the man's feet, and slinging him to the ground. Still holding onto his wrist, Ryu moved the man's arm behind his back, pressing him into the ground, and moving the arm slightly, a light popping sound as the arm came close to breaking.
Ryu said nothing before he released the man, and kicked the sword away. Looking at the other men, he spoke in a calm voice still. " Leave now or you'll get more than a sore arm." Ryu's way of dealing with aggressive humans was thus: Speak softly and carry a big stick. However calmly he spoke, it wouldn't make him appear any less threatening when he had a weapon in his hands. The man with the sore arm grunted, leaving his sword behind as he told the other men. "Let's go. We'll get her some other time." The men began to walk off, leaving with a battered pride.
Ryu gave a sight, and he scrounges through the destroyed village, finding himself a spade, and beginning to dig holes. He didn't pay any attention to Haru, apparently willing to let her just walk off. But, he didn't figure she'd do that. Ryu felt sure her guilty conscience wouldn't just let her leave.
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 23:16:30 GMT -5
Haru watched as Ryu handled the Humans. Talking at first before moving quickly to keep them from advancing. She winced and rubbed at her own arm when she seen what he was doing. " Who is this guy", she asked herself. Once the men were gone she looked away from the village contemplating whether of not to leave. But just as he thought her guilt wouldn't let her. instead of walking off she began walking back to the village wondering why Ryu had kept her from the men why not just give her up and let her suffer her own fate instead of condemning himself along with her. She kept her distance from him and watched him dig holes before she spoke up. " Why didn't you just hand me over? would have been alot easier that way"
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 23:37:32 GMT -5
"No.. I never understood why humans think they can justify death with only more death. The 'eye for an eye' ideal is a nasty one. And I'm sure you wouldn't just let them kill you. I was saving them more than I was saving you. " He usually went about digging one row of holes, before placing the bodies inside and burying them. He'd then move onto the next row until having buried all the bodies. He still had to lay markers upon the graves, so no one tread over the graves of the dead. Ryu saw it as disrespectful.
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Post by kitten on Aug 25, 2007 23:46:58 GMT -5
" So things aren't suppose to be all happy and friend ship in the world things like this will always happen because one or another will do something to screw up", she sighed. Looking him over again she tilted her head to the side, though she still felt bad about what she did she couldnt help but wonder more about man. She walked a little closer to where he was but still kept her distance she still wasn't about to trust someone after what she had done. " For a demon you don't act much like one", she said even if before all this she acted just the same as he did but that was because she had grown up around them.
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Post by Ryu on Aug 25, 2007 23:55:08 GMT -5
" Demons aren't born evil anymore these days, though, humans aren't keen to believe that. I don't act like a demon because I don't go around mindlessly killing things. How much of a demon are you after slaughtering a village?" He looked at her, his golden hued eyes piercing. He finished placing rocks at the heads of the graves, before he sighed and sat down near the graves, tossing the spade away. "Where will you go now, girl? Wander the forests until the men find you? Go destroy a village?" He didn't sound like he cared much, but if he didn't care, then why had he gone through so much trouble with Haru instead of just slayin' her?
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Post by kitten on Aug 26, 2007 0:07:59 GMT -5
Haru looked away from him after hearing what he had said, lost for words. taking his words into thought, was she really evil now because she had killed the humans? her head dropped a little just at the thought. soon she looked up at him his gaze was on her now and it felt as if he was burning a hole in her face just from the look but she didn't look away not this time. " im not going to kill.... anyone", she said in a whisper. she couldnt keep looking at him any longer and soon her eyes dropped to the ground. How could she look at him she knew she shouldn't have done what she had done maybe it was just guilt.
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