A Princess's Lost Memmories and A Pirate by deAth to Ko0Kie
Chapter One
Chapter one
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The pale moon shone through the clouds, deep within the western lands. The wind howled, trees swayed from left to right, rain started to fall... With it, a story from the past, of a man and a woman who loved one another, yet could not... And so our story begins.
Long ago a child, no less than five years old, watched her father pace back and forth within his study. A grim expression plastered upon his features. Timidly the girl spoke, "Papa? Why are you so angry?"
"I am not angry my little Kagome," his voice was soft as he spoke to her, "I...It's just there's a war and I don't know what to do about it."
"I can help, papa, watch!" Kagome spoke with much enthusiasm as she held out here right hand. Closing her eyes, bright blue sparks stated to form, until a glowing orb floated above her hand. She opened her eyes and it vanished.
"Did you see it papa, did you see it!" She cried, joy evident in her voice. At her father's smile and nod, she giggled and ran forward to hug him, his arms open as he kneeled down. But when she reached him all she grabbed was air.
"PAPA!" A young woman screamed into the night. She looked about herself, she was still in the dark, damp, and dank orphanage she grew up in. The dream was like a nightmare that wouldn't go away. She hated that dream for as long as shecould remember, it was the last time she ever saw her father.
When her father had disappeared without a trace she ran away, abandoning her family and all that she loved . She was found by an elderly woman while scrimmaging through a fruit vender's rotten stash, one might say.The old womanasked her if she had any family,Kagome undeniably said no, that's when the woman took her to an old run down orphanage with no name. And as of today she was now on her own, she was sixteen.
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The wind blew though a young man's hair as he stood on the deck of the feared ship, Silver Moon. He was a very handsome young man, no older than nineteen at the least. He stood tall and proud, long silver hair flew freely about him, amber eyes that cold freeze the warmest of hearts. His stoic demeanor made him intimidating, for he truly was not one to be reckoned with.
"Captain! We our approaching land! What are you order's sir!" A lanky man called from the crow's nest.
"Port, then go in search of supplies, bring them back, then do what you will. We will leave by dawn tomorrow." Spoke the captain, never letting his cool façade slip.
"Aye aye captain!" The crew shouted with rejoice. They would be on land for the first time in eight weeks. They would be able to restock, have a couple drinks at the nearest tavern, and maybe spend the night in a brothel. Little did they know what was in store for them when they hit port.
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"Bye everybody! I'll miss you!" A young woman shouted on the opposite side of a tattered wooden fence.
"Bye Kagome! We'll miss you too!" Shouted many young children from a few broken windows on the first floor of the worn down building. Kagome smiled as she left, she was free of that place, but she for some unknown reason she didn't want to leave. She mentally shook it off as she walked away from that place she had known for the last ten years.
FLASHBACK
She was rummaging through a rotten fruit basket a fruit vendor had thrown away, when a shadow loomed over her. She looked up to see what it was when she saw a kind looking old woman with sad eyes looking down upon her.
"Child, what is it that ye are doing? Don't ye have a family to go home to?" Said the old woman. Kagome's mind went blank for a moment, she then shook her head no.
"Well child, ye best come with me, I can give you a home until ye are able to make it on your own." The old woman sighed. Kagome looked at the woman for a moment and walked forward.
She had nowhere to go to anymore, she had abandoned her family a year ago after her father had disappeared. So she followed the old woman to her new home, where she would live for the next ten years.
END FLASHBACK
A tear slid down her cheek as she numbly walked away from the orphanage. She was sixteen years old now, she should forget her past and move on; and she did just that.
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Ja Ne, ko0Kie-san