InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demonium ❯ Nightmare or Memory? ( Prologue )

Written by: Zanzo

A/N: I was reading and writing, as well as watching Inuyasha when a sudden thought struck me, among all the characters used in the fics, there is one who no one has used… I won't say who, you'll have to read and see, he will be an OC for now but when a certain event happens you'll understand who he is… man, you're in for a surprise of a life time!

Oh yes, I will keep writing "Demon Crest" but this is just something that keeps burning in my head and I need to get it out!

Enjoy, the title has nothing to do with the story by the way.

"Talking"

`Thinking'

=You'll see what this is for, you'll be surprised=

*Switch in place/time

{Flashback or phrases that are suddenly remembered}

If this was a TV series:

Opening: Okino Shuntaro - Cloud age symphony (TV size)

Ending: Namie Amuro - Come

Demonium

Prologue: Nightmare or Memory?

A gigantic figure was running towards a smaller one, the smaller one was in midair and coming towards him fast with it's claws stretched and it's eyes red with bloodlust…

The area around them was filled with the scent of fresh blood and death, there were no bodies but death was reeking heavily in the air… this only served to fuel both the gigantic figures as well as the smaller ones desire to kill one another…

The gigantic figure was missing an arm, which was on the ground after being slashed of by the smaller figures tiny yet sharp claws… the pain was non-existent since the rage filled the gigantic ones body and mind, making it immune to the pain, all it wanted was to kill this dirty little shit and then eat him…

The gigantic figure roared with an in-human voice filled with rage as it ran towards the smaller one, attempting to catch it in midair: "You bastard! I'll rip you to pieces!!" The smaller one only responded with a cold, killer's voice: "The Youkai blood that flows in me… is totally different from yours!!" and that was the last thing, the other figure heard, since the next feeling it got was the tiny figures claws cutting through it's insides, bones, flesh and organs, ripping them apart as if they were made of hollow, rotten wood… the pain was quick, almost instant and yet, it felt like a 100 years worth of pain in one second… the gigantic figure could even see it's own intestines spilling all over the ground while the pain was blinding it's senses… then, nothing… only emptiness… coldness… pain… memories… regret…

Screams were everywhere, screams of pain, terror, fear, panic and death… but only two things penetrated all this: Laughter and feeling of satisfaction… evil laughter, as if enjoying all the screams of pain and terror… feeling of sadistic satisfaction for causing all this pain, death and suffering… then, all of a sudden, there was a massive feeling of nausea and pain… the laughter turned into a howl of insane pain and the feeling turned into a piercing like feeling in the pits of one's stomach… then, lastly, there was so much light it made your eyes hurt, as if burned them by it's touch… one voice said four things, four things… "Dream… feel…love…and live…" Then a sudden, almost unbearable feeling and sound was heard: a heartbeat… slow, agonizing heartbeat… then, more burning light…

*Unknown place, unknown time*

A man jerked himself up, hearing and feeling his heartbeat in his ears, as if it had moved from his chest into his brain… his arms grabbed his own chest, right where the heart was and kept squeezing it, as if fearing it would disappear at any moment… his eyes darted everywhere, trying to make out his surroundings… it was a hut, a small hut meant for a small group of people, in the middle was the fire place with the cattle (spell check?) and the wooden thing holding it… to his right was the shelf, where lot's of different ingredients and all sorts of other things… all in all, it was a small, cosy hut… he slowly felt his breathing slowing down to a regular pace and also felt his body sweating like crazy… he shook his head while feeling something warm slide down from his chest to his waistline… a straw blanket… his first thought after his mind began to settle down was: `Again… that… nightmare again… `

He settled back down on his back, pulling the straw blanket back up level with his throat after he rolled to his side with his face facing the wall and the window above his eye sight, his eyes were slightly unfocused but his other senses were working… the hut smelled of herbs and such, anyone could smell them but he was used to them, having lived here for… 2 years… yeah, that was how long it had been…

The man kept thinking: `What is that nightmare? Is it something that my mind makes up… or, is it a memory? Something I saw…? Or… something i… did? What is it…? Damn it… I hate this shit…' Then he heard the door (Yes, a real door, not like one of those things at Kaede's hut) to the hut opening and he rolled to face the door, his eyes meeting the sunlight and it was blinding for a moment, as he heard the door close his eyes got they're focus back and a warm but a bit scolding female voice said: "Still sleeping you lazy bum? Get up, it's morning already!" He groaned a bit and got up, feeling his head throbbing but as soon as he was sitting, the woman was at his side, feeling his forehead with her hand… he couldn't help but feel embarrassed and wanted to jerk that arm away but he knew better by now that to even try it… less he was eager for an early scolding…

The woman said with a concerned voice: "You're body temperature is high and you're sweating… not to mention you're heart is beating like crazy… it was that dream again, right?" He looked away from her and said with a sigh: "It's nothing… don't worry about it…" He realised that he had just made a mistake by saying that… as soon as those words left his lips the woman took a firm hold of his chin and turned his face to her direction and said with a frustrated voice: "Damn it, Genji! (His name) Why don't you say anything about?! You've been having that dream for over 4 months now! Even if it comes at random, it is not normal to see a same dream/nightmare every time you see it! Talk to me, please…"

Genji answered while grabbing her wrist and pulled her arm away and with an agitated voice: "I said it's nothing Nina! It's just a damn dream! It doesn't mean anything so drop it, okay?!" He kept staring intently into her eyes, those normally gentle and warm, forest green eyes were now slightly frightened… he normally did not lash out or sound angry like this but whenever he did… it always made anyone who saw and heard it feel frightened… the staring continued until she pulled her hand away and stared into the ground while he stared at the window to his left…

The silence was hard on both of them, he hated to be like this… confused and angry at the same time, not knowing what was happening and not being able to understand anything… he broke the silence by saying: "Nina… I'm… (hesitates a bit)… sorry, about that, I didn't mean to… be angry like that…" He turned his head slowly and they're gazes locked again, this time, he slowly reached one hand behind her head and placed his forehead onto hers and said while looking at her eye to eye: "Nina, I know you want to help me but… I'm just too frustrated and confused to talk about it… I feel like… I'm just about to grasp it but then it slips away again… as if I can't reach it…"

Nina looked into Genji's grey, un-usually glassy eyes… they were always like that, looked as if he was blind but his vision was fine, it did make him look weird but there was nothing un-natural about them, they were just rare… as she kept looking at them, she could see the confusion floating in them and also slight amount of fear was mixed into them… so she slowly put her hand onto his cheek and said with a tender voice: "Brother… I'm sorry, it's just that… it worries me to sometimes find you like this, all sweaty and hot, as if you're sick… ever since grandma passed away a year ago, you're all I have left and…" He pulled back from her fore head and placed a finger on her lip and said with a small smile: "I know… I miss her too… and I understand you're concern for my well being but… Don't worry, okay? It's just something I have to figure out on my own but if it gets more serious… I'll tell you, so don't worry anymore, okay?" and with that, he put both arms around her and pulled her into a warm hug and held her tenderly.

Nina responded to the hug almost instantly and held tightly onto him, they comforted one another like brother and sister… the she said with a happy sigh: "I love you brother… i'll try not to worry so much… just don't keep me out about these things you're going through, okay?" Genji nodded and said: "Thanks, I won't keep you out of them… that I promise… and, I love you too sister…" (Not in that kind of way you sick bastards, LOL) After a while they let go of one another and she said with bit more cheerier voice: "Well, get dressed you bum, we have a busy day… not to mention a very busy week ahead of us!" He nodded and while he got up, her sister went to make breakfast and started humming a small song they're grandma had taught her.

As he was getting dressed into regular peasant clothing, starting with his pants, (sorry but I don't know the Japanese names for they're clothing so…) then he started to use his hands to straighten his midnight black, neck long hair out of it's ruffled state, the sunlight that creped from the window hit his naturally tanned skin and made his glassy eyes shine a bit. From the corner of his eye, he saw Nina staring at his back from her kneeling position in front of the fire place in the middle of the room, she smiled so sweetly at him and he couldn't help but feel his cheeks heat up… no matter who it was, if someone stared at him like that he felt embarrassed, even when grandma had stared at him with a motherly look he had felt embarrassed… especially since his back and chest were still bare…

Nina was his sister but even if she was, he still found her beautiful… not in any kind of sick way but he just did… she was 16 but would turn 17 in a 2 months, he himself was about… 22, he thought that way at least, give or take a year… he honestly wasn't sure… in the whole village they both lived in, there were very few who could rival her in the field of beauty, her hair was neck long like his and was red haired, her red hair would look so stunning in the light of the sunset… he was sure that almost every man who saw her at those times would fall for her at that instant, it always made him chuckle when thinking about it… then her skin was also milky white, almost snow like… lastly left were her forest green eyes, so natural looking, like nature itself… those eyes were warm, happy and lively but sometimes they would be sad or frightened… he was glad to be there for her during those times…

After a small moment of silence, Genji asked her with an embarrassed voice: "What are you staring at sis? You know I hate it when someone's staring…" Nina just giggled and said with a sigh: "I was just staring at that big mark on your back, it's barely visible but if you look carefully you can see it… I always wonder how you got it?" Genji tried to look over his shoulder but could only see a small part of it, yet he knew what it looked like, he said with a shrug: "I don't know, it's always been there… I don't know how or when I got it but… sometimes… I feel like… it's, `connected' to someone…" At her sisters confused look he just laughed and said: "Nah, don't mind that, it makes no sense to me either…" His sister shrugged too and then they settled to eat something, since the day would be hard work, just like all the other days would be.

During the breakfast Genji thought: `Those nightmares and the mark on my back… are they connected somehow? Why do I feel that something dramatic will happen soon? Something that will change everything…? Nah, I'm getting too jumpy, that nightmare is just messing with my nerves… though, that mark keeps bugging me, how and when did I get it? Also, it's shape… whoever I got it from had really bad taste, I mean really, a mark that looks like a… what was it called? Oh yeah… now I remember what it was called… it was a…'

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To be continued…

A/N: Okay, hope that caught your interest, if you wish to guess who this character is feel free to guess… I'm more than curious to see who people think it is, like I said, he is NOT an OC, he is one for now but you'll see eventually who he is… oh yes, sorry if i did not include much details, past or anything… but this is a prologue, the answer will come in further chapters… for now, review if you will.

- Zanzo