The clouds were twinkling with rain, slowly building up to the point where rain might as well be a weapon of choice. The thunderclouds boomed along the ocean as the lightning erupted at one of the islands nearby. Hidehara was at one of the islands, he was fighting one of the demons that had been after him for awhile. If one wondered, Hidehara is a Baku....and no he is not a beast with an elephant trunk, oxtail, tiger claws, and some sort of weird body. You could say Hidehara was another generation of Bakus who are disguised as humans. Well, Hidehara is the second generation, so he is kind of new to the whole thing. If one wonders what Bakus are, they are demons that feed off of dreams and nightmares from whoever they desire. They get that power from the dream or nightmare and change the dream to their will.
Back to the story, though: Hidehara had been followed by a specific demon for many months, more specifically a Bakuneko.
"You just won't go away would you?!" He spoke in a thick Japanese accent as the Bakeneko hissed and proceeded to attack. Hidehara hissed and used his 'tiger' claw to swipe at the creature, it was easy as the demon only wanted his power. Some sort of weird rumor that if one consumed the Baku spirit, they will have their power...or some...stupid thing like that. So once his claws swiped at the bakuneko, it seemed very easy but it seemed like the demon had a 'fail-safe' move. With a swipe of a tail, Hidehara had been dragged out of the hill to fall toward the water. But with one hand, he grabbed one of the edges and watched the demon fall. Hidehara then started laughing.
"THAT...was your plan?! You're pathetic!" But when he turned his head, he saw a darkened figure up above him.
"No....you are." The man then kicked his head making him fall into the water and go unconscious.
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It didn't take long for the man to wake up on wet grounds. He could barely see where he was but it knew he somehow got into lands alive and somehow didn't drown.
"Ow...what happened?" He mumbled as he got up and felt his head. Nothing was coming out, which he was thankful that it was just going to be a headache. His red eyes wandered around the area to see that there was no sign of life. He turned his body to see what he thought was the ocean, but it ended being a lake, a large lake.
"Where...Am I?" He whispered as he walked away from the lake to keep on walking. But he is suddenly stopped when a huge moving object passed by him. He blinked, frozen in place as his head turned to the object, seeing that all it had was four feet shaped like a wheel and it was moving...all by itself!
"What IS THAT?!" He gasped as there was no human or horse dragging the huge object and it caused him to be more puzzled.
"Maybe I am dreaming...ow." He sat down on the ground, a few feet away from the weird, grey-colored, rocky yet paved walkway as he shook his head.
"Once this headache goes away, I will figure out where I am and how to get back to Kururugi Village."
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