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Dancing Leaves Chapter 2

Grave site after the council meeting.
"Hello." Despra walked up and sat down in front of a grave. "Here. Taia says hi and that the class picked these for you." She then laid a small bouquet of daisies in front of a gravestone that read Hiroki Muko. "I brought some of that tea you like." She pulled out two cups and poured Pong-Tao tea into each of them. "Hiroki, what we feared has come true. It's taken 2 more people last night. Frankly for once I don't know what to do. I've fought, strengthened the shield, but it's getting into the village somehow. Which is leading me to believe it's in the village and I think I know where it is. Hiroki what should I do?"
Silence.
"Heh, that's what I thought you'd say." Despra then put the two now empty cups back in her bag and walked back to the village.

Park in village a few minutes later
"Come on, Darku, say something..." Taia begged, watching the little boy play will a broken hair clip, which she had recognized was Despra's. In two whole months, that boy hadn't said a word. Not even a squeak. He just sat there and played or slept. The two were sitting against a tree where they often went whenever there was a council meeting since Taia ditched them all. The only reason they had demoted her was because of both her sister and brother. Don't get her wrong, she doesn't use that as an excuse, it’s just true. Her siblings are these great leaders and she’s just in charge of raising the children. Preferably, though, her sister can stay leader forever. It was so much more fun not inheriting villages. All that work!

Taia sighed as the blonde boy ignored her. Suddenly, her ears perked up and she found the sound of familiar footprints; Despra. Quickly, Taia shot up, picking up the boy, and looking in the direction of the sound. She heaved a sigh, setting off to catch up with her sister. This meant the meeting was over, it was safe to go back home. "Despraaaaa~!" Taia called, catching sight of her sister.

Despra heard a loud yell, which Taia knew perfectly well that it hurt Despra's ears. Finally she had found her little sister and as usual she was with Darku.
"Do you know how hard it is to find you?" Even though it only took Despra about a minute to sense her sister's location and to get there. "Let me guess Mr. Silence you're holding still isn't talking and it's driving you coo coo."
Taia just stared at her sister. "Very funny."
"Well if you want to know how the meeting went I got chewed up, spat back out, and then eaten again. Somehow me depleting all my power every night to fight this thing and to strengthen the shield, which thanks to you seems to be expanding every day, isn't enough. *Sigh* Then again it took two more people last night so I guess it's not."
Despra then walked away back towards town. That's when Taia noticed that Despra was looking even more pale than usual. Despera then stopped and glanced back at the now worried Taia. "Oh and if I remember right you promised Yumiko that you'd show her around at noon today."
"You think I don't know that." Taia answered.
"Nope. I know you know that. What you don't know is that it's three thirty."
The next thing that happened was that Taia turned from a wolf demon into a blur as she rushed back to the village.
"Heh. Poor kid. *Yawn* Maybe I can just crawl in a corner and go to sleep without being attacked by very angry and very loud villagers."

Dancing Leaves Chapter One

Dancing Leaves
Chapter One
-Despera
-Various Villagers
The village(Jutomo) Hall
"Shadows now form where light once stood. Every full moon these shadows attack, somehow getting through the sheild. They have already taken 10 people. These shadows are becoming too costly we have to do something."
"You think I don't relize this. I've been maning the sheild every night since the first attack and I can't stop them. I can't even feel them coming through."
"Wait, doesn't that mean that they're already inside the shield!"
"So then they're one of us!
The whole hall turned into a worried mess. The villagers almost got out of control. Almost.
*grumble* "For heavens sake. People settle down."
Nothing.
"PEOPLE SETTLE DOWN NOW!!!!"
Everyone froze.
"If the shadows were in the village they would have been delt with already. Look we are all tired and frustrated so we'll come back in about a week. In that time I will try best to put an end to this."
"So you expect us to just sit here and..."
"I said, WE WILL COME BACK IN A WEEK."
"R-r-right, a-a-a week was it?" He then quickly ran out of the room with the rest of the villigers close behind.
Despra then started to bang her head against the podium when she was alone. "*groan*'I want you to take the head of the village when I'm gone.' I'll get you for this Hiroki."

Dancing Leaves Prolgue

Dancing Leaves
Prolgue
-Hiroki Muko
-Despra Muko
-Taia Muko
The High Kingdom Gates
Hiroki Muko was one of the greatest and most honorable warriors of The Order. But even he tires of battle. Which is why he is walking himself to the High Kingdom Gates to disapear.
"WAAAAAIIIIIIITTTT!!!!"
Hiroki grimanced at the loud shout knowing excatly who it was and hoped no one heard her as his youngest sister, Taia, came running up to him.
"Could you have yelled any louder? I don't think the whole city heard you."
"*Huff* *Huff* Sorry, *Huff* I didn't want you to leave without me."
"How did you even know I was leaving?"
"I sort of, kind of over heard you talking to your friends about leaving." Taia shyly said while pushing her index fingers togther and looking at the ground.
"And what makes you think I'd take you along with me?"
"Becwase I'm your wittlest siser." That's when she folded her hands and put on a puppy face.
"*Grumble*" Hiroki muttered.
"Are you really suprised she's asking."
Hiroki stiffened and turned to see his second younger sister, Despra, jumping down from the top of the gate. "Wonderfull I have one sister begging me take her with me and the other trying to convince me to stay. And by convince I mean threaten to tell father of my leaving."
"I don't recall me convincing or threatening anyone. And what makes you think that's why I'm here?" Despra stated.
"You mean your not here to stop us." Taia then peeks out from behind her brother revealing her little hiding place.
"Us?" Hiroki looked down at Taia exasperated.
"For your information I'm here to ask to come along." Despra said, clearly becoming irratated.
"And by ask you demand."
"Yep."
"And by any chance if I say no are you going to tell father that I'm leaving."
"You know me so well." At this point Despra had a little smirk on her face.
"Alright I'll give you guys a few minutes to..."
"Ready." The two sisters said simotanously while pulling their bags from what seemed like nowhere.
"*sigh* Okay let's head out before I aquire any more traveling companions."
And with that the three sibilings set out into the night never to be seen agian in the High Kingdom.

Fallen Gods

*The video with this is what inspired this story. I made the AMV.*
Fallen Gods
Prolgue
At the beginning nothing existed except for paradise. Paradise was where the gods lived. They all loved living there but eventually found it boring eventually. A group of ten gods felt the boredom most of all. So the ten gods decided to create another world. They proposed the idea to the three virtues(The three oldest gods). They agreed to it and since it was their idea they were the ones to create it.
So they spent ten days create the new world the they called Earth. They made plants, they made animals, they even made beings that were like them seleves. The mortals were dubbed the name humans.
They went to their new creation to admire it. When the other gods heard of Earth they too visited the planet. The humans awed the Gods and worshiped them and the ten gods that created earth were from then on called The Ten Defreces. As time went on the gods would teach the humans more and more of what they knew. This is how the different races and cultures came to be.
As the humans grew smarter they started to create inventions. With their growing knowledge came ignorance and they got cocky. Soon they got so cocky that they attack a goddess. It wasn't just one of the goddesses, it was one of the Ten Defreces.
Poor Paixia...she was the first to go.
And when the goddess of peace died, so did peace.

Guidence

This a series I came up with a couple years back. I'm ust now putting it into writting nd hope to put it into a manga some timesoon. Momiji is based on one of my best friends.

Guidence
Chapter 1 p.1
Crash!
Bang!
Clash!
The sounds of a battle ring out across the Taigaa forest. Unfortunately for Aiko no one is around to hear it.
Grrrrrr. "Die you son of *censored*!" Aiko lashed out at the traitor. He dodged her attack and moved behind her.
"Heh. Seems you're not as good as I thought you were." Sorit had a smugg little grin on his face now.
"Oh really?" Aiko had now adopted her own little smug look. She quickly twisted around and threw one of her daggers at him.
Sorit barely was able to dodge the dagger and is severly wounded in the side and is fored to kneel down.
"Heh, heh, heh. Very nicely done Aiko. This battle has gone on long enough though. Don't you agree?" His eyes then turned red and he smiled to reveal menacing fangs and a forked tounge. Then in a flash he was gone and reappeared behind Aiko.
Gasp. She quickly turned aroud to defend herself. She was fast enough to face him but not to defend herself. He drove his hand into her chest and tightly gripped her heart. Aiko gasps for air and her eyes widen. Then when Sorit pulls his hand he pulls Aiko's heart out as well. She collaspes to the ground and he admires his prize.
"Hmmm. Sorry Aiko but don't it's for a very good cause. MuhahaHAHAHA!" He then turns and retreats to the shadows.
As Aiko bleeds out all the light in her eyes slowly faded away.
"Hmmmmm. That coward how dare he walk away from me... uuunnnn." She then sat up and looked in horror her dead body. "No. No." She looked at her hands saw her body threw them. "No, this isn't real, it isn't real. No, sobno, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Momiji. Momiji. MOMIJI HATAKA!"
"Die...oh du du."
"Miss Hataka perhaps you might get more from this lesson if you were AWAKE."
"Ahem. Sorry Mrs. Orweige."
"Just try to stay awake the remaining two minutes."
"Okay." Momiji sheepishly sinked into her seat as the rest of the class laughed away.
"Heh, hard to believe she Master Zhoomto's daughter." a boy sitting a couple rows over whispered to his friend.
"I know she's so stupid." The two boys began giggle to each other.
"Mr. Orko and Mr. Norg, would you like to share your conversation with the rest of the class?"
"No not really." Gonl Orko and Dae Norg said sheepishly and in unison.
"Alright then so if any one else wants keep this class from moving lets get back to..." BBBBBRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGG! The end of the day bell had just rung and Mrs. Orweige did not look happy. "...subject."