Warrior Cats: The Four Clans

Night smiled at me, or did something that looked like a smile, so, I smiled back. The cat demon jumped into my arms, making the same, half purr, half growl sound from a moment ago. It was time to get going. I looked at where I had come from, and I turned my back to that direction, and began to walk south-southeast. That was the way to Nagasaki, and Id make it there with Night.

We walked- more as I walked, with Night in my arms- a short distance before we met our first threatening demon challenger. Then, Night did something unexpected. She began to release a light blue fire from her wrists, ankles, and a bit from her tail. It looked pretty cool, but it seemed more for the fight than for looks. I got my Kusari-gama ready for the fight as well.

The demon wed be fighting in a number of seconds was a thin-legged, tall, preacher demon. It wore a white dress-like cape, and it had a necklace of sacred beads around its neck. I decided Id take the necklace for my own and sell it once weve defeated it. Its hands were blades, so Id have to watch out for those.

I quickly threw the chain end to wrap around the demons legs to make a quick kill. Perfect aim. The demon fell after its legs were bound so close, and it lashed its arms around. I tried to cut off its legs, but the skin was thick, like armor, and it was lashing around still. It'd melt, though, so Night came over and sent a light blue flame from her mouth and melted the demons legs off, along with part of its torso. The melted metal-like skin kept the demon from bleeding, but it was dead anyway.

I carefully pulled the large necklace off of the demons head, and I stuffed it into my bag after a moment of examining it. Perfect condition diamonds, large enough to earn about ten thousand Yen per bead. There were nine beads, so, itd total up to ninety thousand Yen. I smiled, as this was enough to finish the journey on if I spent it wisely, even though I also thought that I was a spoiled money spender.

I didnt worry, though, because preacher demons were common, but preacher demons with diamond beads were a bit more rare. I looked in my bag real quick. Because I remembered that I had a demon catalog, with the abilities and weaknesses of each known demon, and what items that they sometimes hold. Preacher demon, page 4. Abilities: Armor Skin; hard to cut skin, can only be cut by diamond blades and fire. Hold items; they always hold one necklace of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, graphite, or other types of gems or rocks. Weaknesses; fire or diamond blades. I decided that when I decided where wed spend the night, I'd spend some time putting some diamond powder on my blade in case we ran into another preacher demon. I tried to figure out what the cloth it was wearing was made of, and it looked just like cotton. Not valuable.

Night transformed back to her normal self, and she walked beside me when I began to walk away form the demon, towards our destination. I was shivering with excitement. Killing demons and traveling was fun. It was about nine AM, so we just kept walking. I wasnt in a rush, because of my new love of travel. "Hey, Night," I broke the silence, even though Night couldnt speak back.

She just kept walking, and looked up at me. She made a curious whimper sound. "Are you hungry?" I asked.

She mewed, which I took as a yes, so I decided to make an early lunch. I gathered sticks, nearby berries and parsley, and some small flame-making rocks. After setting up a fire, I lit it with the rocks by hitting them together until they sparked on a small, dried twig. Then I used that twig to set the rest of the wood on fire. Using the berries and parsley, with some nearby water, I created a broth. Letting it cook, I pulled the demon catalog out of my bag again and began to educate myself on demons that lived on the roads that I'd be traveling on.

Soon the broth was ready. I found some rocks with indents in them, and with other nearby rocks, I managed to make bowls out of them. I washed them out with water from a nearby stream. When I made it back to the fire, Night was laying there, watching my belongings. I sat down next to her, and scooped some of the broth into each of the bowls. After I placed it in front of her, Night mewed, and started to eat. It sounded to me as if she were complementing my cooking, even though she hadn't eaten any when she mewed. Maybe she was just saying that it smelled good. I smiled, and began to eat my own. It was good, and I didnt even know how to cook that well. The parsley I had added gave it a little spice, but not too much.

After about twenty more minutes, we finished eating. Night took a nap while I was left to clean up. I threw sand over the ashes, so that they wouldnt light again until the next traveler uncovered the twigs and sticks, then I packed the newly made rock bowls into my bag after washing them. When I was done it was about ten AM, and we resumed walking again. Night padded along, right beside me. Then, we heard a crash. "More demons?!"

I looked ahead, where the crash came from, and ran towards it. It turned out that a large fox demon was responsible for the crash. The fox was about the size of a house, and it was obviously a lava fox demon, which was stronger than my fire cat demon, so Night wouldnt be of any help. I located my Kusari-gama, and threw the scythe end at the fox.

It hit, because the fox was so large. But, it didnt hit where I had aimed. I aimed at its neck, but I hit its shoulder instead. It still did some pretty good damage, as its blood splattered the ground in front of me. Night hid in a nearby box that was halfway overturned. Luckily, the scythe was still stuck in the foxs shoulder. I pulled it hard, and ripped down the leg of the fox. More blood spilled, and a pool of black demon blood leaked onto the ground. After pulling my Kusari-gama back, the fox collapsed. I took several of its fangs to create a sword, or maybe some arrowheads. Many people of the town gathered around me, thanking me and offering gifts.

After telling the townsfolk to keep their belongings, and return to rebuild their fallen homes, a knight on a horse rode up to me. "Shadow Slayer, I presume?" the knight asked.

"Yeah. What of it?"

"The king wishes to thank you personally."

"Whatever. Lets make this quick."

I climbed onto the knights black horse, and sat behind him. Night jumped up and sat behind me, on the horses rump. He took us to the largest place in the town. There was a long hall, and at the end, the king- a fat man, with a white beard and moustache. "Oh, ho, ho, ho. The girl who saved the town?" the king asked.

"Yeah. So?" I responded.

"C'mon, lassie. Brighten up. I am willing to give you something of value as a thank you gift for saving my people."

"I already got some of the foxs teeth. I dont need anything else."

"What of this..?" the king asked, holding up a sapphire, that was cut very carefully, and glowed magnificently.

"I'll take it, I guess." I said, when the king took my hand and placed the gem in it.

The sharp bottom of the sapphire poked my hand. I turned around, held up a hand, waving goodbye, and walked back out with Night. I tossed the sapphire, and caught it in midair. "Score. This outta sell for a lot."

Night mewed. I looked down at the small, knee-high cat demon. She looked back at me, with a curious look on her face. "What? I just said that this thing would sell for a good bit of Yen."