InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Taming the unruly ❯ Prologue ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

The hot sun blazed upon the dark-skinned female as she dragged her tired feet over the hot asphalt to her next destination, the Higurashi shrine. Anastasia really didn’t want to be in Japan but her father insisted, telling her that she needed to learn “manners”, “discipline” and “respect”, three words she thought were worse than poison, especially coming from him. He may have others fooled by his everyday demeanor at the office, but she knew better. “I want to shove some respect up his ass!” she thought as she willed her sweaty body to the steps of the shrine. “Aww hell nah!” she yelled when saw the number of steps leading to the actual building. “Nope! I’m not doing this! He has no right to force me here in the first place. I hate him so much!” she all but screamed. She could still hear his parting words :

“Anastasia, if you don’t stay in Japan and do as you are told, I will leave you there with no way of returning to America.”

She shook her head at the memory and let out a frustrated groan. His orders were precise. She was to spend her summer with the wife of a man he befriended years ago on a business trip. As if she hadn’t had enough of his business associates already. She rolled her eyes and made her way up to the never ending stairs.

Out of breath and feeling as if a piece of her soul got eaten away, she plopped down on the top of the stairs. “I swear if this is what I have to do every day I will die of exhaustion,” she said as she rubbed her blistering feet. A passing airplane caused her to looked up from her massage “Woooow!” she gasped softly, while looking at the city below and it’s tall buildings. The sunlight reflected off the glass structures causing them to look like stars. The honking cars reminded her of America, but the honking seemed a lot more pleasant and less aggressive. Even the air smelt a tad fresher to her, although it caused her throat to feel really dry, now that she took the time to observe her surroundings. “Now this is a view I can get used to,” she said, pushing herself from the step and placing her feet back into her flats.

“Better get going.” She hoisted her backpack on her shoulders, passing the tori gate towards the house. She knocked on the door, calling for anyone who may be home. She repeated the process several times only to get the same response. She sighed and left the house, deciding it would be best to find some sort of shelter. Sweat trickled down her face, plastering a few strands of loose hair against her forehead. The gradual rise in temperature was affecting her health causing her to cough violently while grabbing her chest. She continued to look around until she spotted an old tree. She cringed slightly when she noticed the air was simmering underneath it just like everywhere else. She almost came to terms with the fact that she would be boiled alive before the Higurashi family returned when she notices a small shack with the door slightly open. Cautiously, she opened the door and peered into the darkness. A cool breeze passed across her skin, causing her to shiver in delight. Thinking it would be best to stay there in the shade she pushed the door completely open, revealing a battered well.

Upon seeing the well a strange feeling engulfed the girl and without her actually realizing it something stirred within her.

The woman opened her eyes slowly as if awakening from a deep slumber, although she had not slept; not since she had put up residence within the girl, who was now sitting on the edge of the ancient well. “Now this is a surprise.” the woman thought as the pull towards the well got stronger. She had had every intention of persuading the girl to go to Japan when she was a bit older to find the young lord, but her plans were pushed forwards when she learned that the girl would be spending the summer there. The thought of possibly traveling back in time never crossed her mind, leaving her with too many options, both good and bad, which she needed to weigh carefully.

She thought about whether sending her back would be the right thing and if there would be a problem should others found out she had a shard within her. There would most likely be a priestess there that could protect her, but she had to take into account that her presence could cause more harm than good. She tried to shake of the feeling she got from the well. Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to send her. There were, after all, a lot more demons in that time than this one and she could be killed, but maybe he can protect her? No, that wasn’t the problem, the problem was whether or not he would accept her. She was, after all a woman who was vastly different from him in both color and status. The young lord of this time seemed to be more mature and was rather open to other cultures. But unfortunately it seemed that grief and isolation had taken a toll on the dethroned demon lord. Maybe going back in time would prove to be useful? As far as she can remember his father did say he was a bit stubborn in his youth. She shook her head. She will be the perfect person for such an arrogant man. She chuckled. She knew Ana, herself, didn’t do too well with people bossing her around and it would be very interesting to see how he would react towards her. She frowned when she realized her thoughts. Being what she was, she wouldn’t want a human to be mated with a demon, but she made a promise and she would be damned if she broke it.

 

Her musing came to a sudden stop when Ana gasped loudly as she tried to reach forward, grabbing nothing but air as a soft blue light engulfed her. Unable to do anything about the situation she cursed the cat that had startled the girl just before she heard a small thud then saw nothing but darkness.