InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Night ❯ A Shard of Hope ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2

 

Akara, confused and scared, ran through the clearing and through the woods blindly. Kagura started to follow her but Kan'na spoke. “No, let her go. We shall see her soon enough.” The girl whispered, her mirror glowing eerily in the moonlight.

 

Akara closed her eyes as she ran, for the branches were snapping in front of her and blinding her. She ran until she couldn't feel the ground underneath her bleeding feet. Opening her eyes the slightest amount, she could see the jagged rocks below race upwards to meet her.

 

She lost consciousness before she hit the ground.

 

The sound of the water lapping the sea's edge and the birds calling eachother in the morning's light woke Akara.

 

She opened her eyes slowly, blinking into the sunlight. She rubbed her head and felt the blood on her head.

 

“Please…Lay back down..” a gentle male voice said, as a hand pushed her back softly.

 

She looked toward the voice and the hand that had softly ushered her to lie down and saw a handsome man tending to her wounds.

 

“Wh..Who are you?” she asked groggily, attempting to move the hair from her eyes.

 

The young man smiled. “I am Hitomi Kagewaki, the lord of the village not far from here.”

 

Akara looked into the man's face, and seeing his warm smile, felt at ease.

 

“Milord…Why…Why are you here?” Akara asked weakly, trying to move.

 

“I heard screams of terror and pain last night and I came to check what I had heard and,” he added with a smile,“ I found a beautiful maiden.”

 

Akara could feel her cheeks grow hot. The young lord knelt over her, a shimmering shard in his hand.

 

“What is that?”

 

“This?” he asked, moving the shard so that it caught the morning light and shimmered more.

 

“Why, this is a shard of the Sacred Jewel of Four Souls. It will increase your strength and is very dangerous in the hands on demons.” He explained.

 

Akara lay there for a second, motionless.

 

“May I use this shard…There is something I must do.” she said, her eyes closed.

 

 

The man smiled evilly.

 

And with this shard, I will be able to control you and make you obey my every command. he thought, the evil smirk still on his face.

 

The shard he held pulsated twice and the pure aura that pulsated tuned a tainted black color as he placed the shard near her neck.

 

“You may feel a slight prick.” He said in a kind, soft voice. Akara braced herself as she felt the shard being forced into her neck. Akara held back the urge to scream and push the man back. She felt the pain and than it disappeared as the whole world went black.