The Demon of the Night (Akura-ou x OC)

Wonder who that might be?

Here i am. Ever since i started living in this village, there were a lot of people who were very uncomfortable with my presence here, so most of the time i spend outside the village gates. Here in this area, there were not much demons here, since not far away from here was a center of demon slayers training grounds. My name is Akane Mori. The name Akane was given to be by the villagers, due to the color of my hair. It was deep red. That was pretty much the reason why everyone from here tryed to deny my existence. People called me by names such as "A child of a demon!" or "A witch!", and stuff like that thought i was a mere human just like everyone. It was probably their fear which they held against the demons all over the world that was the reason for them to hate me so much, because there was a lot of rumors going on about me being a bait for demon creatures.

"Akane!"

"Oh, Miyo..."

Miyo was my sister...well...not really. When i was small, around seven years old, i was the only child in my family. One day, the whole village where i, along with my parents lived got burn down by the demons. Only few people survived, and i was one of those luckers, but not my parents. After some time travelling, i finaly found a new family, when a gentle woman picked me up. She was gorgeous and had a beautiful daughter and kind husband. She offered me help and in the end it turned out she took me as her daughter. That was the first time i got here, in this village. I am very grateful to my mother, she really takes a good care of me, and Miyo as well. The tree people were always kind to me, not like all of the others.

"Come on, it's about time to get home! Did you know? Today, the men from the hunt will return back from their expedition. I wanna go and take a look at them. I heart there are some new men among them, and most of them are good looking getlemen. Will you come with me, please?"

Yeah, that's Miyo for you! She can get carried away pretty easily. But it's a good thing sometimes, because when she is upset, it gets only a little effort to make her forget all her trouble or bad memoryes and make her smile again. That is why she is always so cheerfull. 'This girl...' I sighed, thought i was happy she asked me. Somehow she came to depend on me too much. She asked me about every little thing and every time she had to do something, or wanted to do something, she always came to me, asking if i will join her. It was obvious she was uncomfortable without my presence. 'I am glad that i am so important for her. It makes me extremely happy.'

"If you want me to go, i will gladly join you."

Of course i couldn't turn her kind offer down. I knew how much she wanted to go, but without me she would of staied at home. She's just to silly, even that she is not any young kid. The both of us are seventeen years old village females.

...

It was slowly getting dark outside, and me, along with Miyo were heading back home. We agreeded that after eating some rice for dinner, we shall go and see the demon hunters from our village.

"Say Akane, which should i wear?"

Miyo was trying out two of her most gorgeous kimonos. 'She is really looking forward to it.' I helped her pick a kimono, do her hair and we headed outside to the gates. It didn't take long for a big group of many people to head to us. They were finaly back after five days outside the gates. A lot of young women were here as well, all of them trying their best to look as good as they can. 'Is it because of the new men that are suppose to come back as well?' BANG! Someone shoved Miya, who i managed to whap my arms around just before we both fell on the ground. Thankfully, my kimono was just a plain one, not special or expensive. I fell first, making sure my sister won't get hurt or dirty.

"Are you alright?! You are not hurt, are you? Oh no, your clothes are all dirty now, and your arm is scratched. We have to take care of the injuri, now!"

'Ididot! It's nothing serious, and you really wanted to be here, so no going home now!' That's what i wanted to say, but i just didn't want to make her even more upset about me, so i just caressed her hair gently and looked at her with kind smile forming on my face.

"Don't worry, and look! They are already here."

Yeah, the men got here when the two of us were getting up and caring about each other. At first, my sister was againts us staying, but i persuaded her.

...

"Please, please, ladies...We are all honored that such beauties are here to greet us and welcome us, but there is something we have to do immediately."

The leader of the group was a man with many scars across his chest. Thought he was not so handsome as some of the other members of the group, thanks to his power and money lots of women wanted him for themselfs. Happily, my sister was not into him. She never even once talked to him or anything. Actually, she kind of disliked him for being a player who tricked women easily, leaving them in the morning after a night spend with them. A disgusting man with no pride.

"Look, look!"

Miyo whispred into my ear, inconspicuously pointing her finger on a man with long red hair, golden eyes and handsome face. He was tall, but scary looking. With handcuffs on him, he stayed silent as three men were making sure he won't do anything unnecessary like trying to fight them.

"wonder who that might be..."

I whispered back. He seemed to, for some reason, enjoy himself. Chuckling quietly, but loudly enough for the people who were close enough to hear, he studied every single person present. When his stare landed on me, i froze on a place. It was so cold, piercing my body like a sharp katana. It hurt so much, but there was no blood, nor wound. When moving on from me to another women, i sighed deeply with relief.

"Well then, ladies...Who wants to have a drink? I am paying!"

'That man...!' Again, the group leader. I REALLY am glad my sis is not interested in him. So glad i can't express it with words. 'Ouch!' That pain again! Was HE looking at me again? I turned around, seeing his cold smile. Just as i thought, he gazed at me, more intensively than before. 'Why the hell?' The chills went thought my whole body.