Who are you?

Part 10

Shiori held the bars in her hands in an offensive position, yet still waiting for her to make the first move. She looked furious. Glaring daggers. Looking for an opening to attack.

What Shiori didn't expect was for her to throw her head back and laugh. "Oh my. What a smart little girl you are. Over three hundred years, and you are the first to get this close to the truth."

"As a courtesy, I will tell you the full story. Then you will meet your fate." She said as she let out another laugh.

"You see, long ago, there was a clan. Quite a special one. A clan of women. However, they were not normal women by any means. Their blood was quite special. It gave them various abilities."

"Their blood had a potent healing effect. So much so that it erased all effects of aging once they reached adulthood since it would only become more potent with age."

"Their bodies healed at accelerated so much so that even a scar wouldn't remain. Their genes were so strong that They also only bore female children, so soon enough the clan only consisted of women who all looked like one another."

"However, there was a drawback to their ability. The iron in their blood, which caused its potency and granted their abilities, was deadly to them outside their body. It burned their skin when they came into contact with it, and if they were wounded with iron, they would immediately die even from a scratch."

"The brutish clan next to them discovered this secret, and with their ability to control metals, they forged weapons to control them. They hunted them down and made a camp to confine them. Once in a while, they would take one of the women, bring her to their own camp, and use her blood to heal their wounds after battles. It also kept them young and healthy."

"Once the woman was dead they would take another. They would regularly force themselves on the woman to keep their population up to their liking. This went on for many years until something unexpected happened."

"One of their men betrayed them. he fell in love with one of the women, and they had a child. He took the child away in order to save her. She grew up with a small clan of genjutsu specialists."

"Her father would often visit her and tell her stories. Once the girl was old enough, she learned the truth. She wanted nothing more than to help her people. She was young and naive. Believing too much in her own abilities."

"It was not unexpected after all. She grew up not seeing the war and always getting praised for her abilities. She made a plan and attacked. She planned on killing the man who controlled her clan and free her people."

"She knew how to mind control people with genjutsu. She sneaked in at night putting the closest guards in a genjutsu. But she was heard by a man who was too strong for her and broke out of the genjutsu. alarms were sounded and the girl ran into the village to escape those following her."

"They couldn't distinguish her from others, and they started attacking everyone. Their prisoners were now fighting for their lives. It was a slaughter. The stupid girl hid in a well, praying not to be found."

"The next morning, she came out to find all her people dead. And it was all her fault. She was foolishly lingering around looking for survivors when she was found by a guard remaining behind for the same purpose. To get rid of the survivors."

"The guard overpowered her easily and decided to have a little fun with her before finishing her. He forced himself on the girl who was doing her best to fight back. The man took his time. Going on and on until he was tired."

"Just for a second, his grip loosened, and the girl bit him. The rush of blood in her mouth was a new experience. An exhilarating one. The man was frozen in place while she drank his blood dry."