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Prologue
Explanations and Preparations
When Maya Kitajima was 14 years-old her world was completely changed. Not just changed, but shattered, it was something that was terrifying even to think about if you were normal – it was something that had forever changed her. Before that night, the night that changed everything, Maya had a wonderful life – well sort of.
Let us explain things a little and give you some information about the young woman you are about to read about!
This is only the precursor of an overarching series that will slowly get released. There may be one shot pieces for it, there may not. Who knows! This is an experiment, I have an overall story, developmental points I plan on touching on – as well as fun things I plan on sharing. Within this you will find a combination of a variety of topics, this story is about the journey one must overcome the traumas of your past while also seeking your own personal truth to how you will achieve the future you desire. It is about choice; it is about understanding that sometimes – following the rules will bring more harm than good. This is a story about breaking boundaries, of finding the places where reality and fantasy blend in a way where the stories that unfold will tell a multitude of tales.
Maya Kitajima was born to her parents, the two had met in Highschool and ended up marrying shortly after leaving school. Maya was born to them, and much to her parents’ disappointment she was born a girl, her father had been hoping for a boy – but they decided to raise her anyways. While she may not be a boy, she was their child, and they loved her – in their own way. Unfortunately for Maya Kitajima, her parents and their inability to cope with the oddity that their daughter became – dissolved the family slowly but surely. Maya’s obsession with topics tied to the Unknown; Supernatural, Youkai, Angels, Spirits, Aliens, if it was ‘extra’ over human beliefs… She loved it.
This was unfortunately something her father was not pleased with, and he was very averse to as he was against anything that reminded him of the life he had come from. He did not want his child to have anything to do with his family, or what they had come from, and he wanted a normal life. His wife and him worked very hard to give themselves a normal life – but the constant reminder of their daughter’s oddness was a constant concern and complaint of the couple. Maya’s Mother had a friend by the name of Shiori – who had married the childhood friend of Maya’s father, their son – Shuuichi – would end up becoming Maya’s childhood friend. They were raised practically around each other as much as their Mother figures would spend time around each other. Though slowly it was Maya being left with Shuuichi and Shiori, and slowly but surely Maya’s parents making their distance from their daughter known.
Maya’s childhood was filled with playdates with Shuuichi, going to her Grandparents Shrine and Dojo, Their home on the outskirts of the City. To train in martial arts or train to be the Miko of the Inari Shrine under her Grandmother’s tutelage – and then Grandfather as well- had cared for as long as the Kitajima family had been in this area. Then again, many people did not know the secrets that were under the Masks worn by this young woman
Training was because her grandparents – funny enough – had been Demon Hunters in the Old days. Her grandmother, and grandfather, had met while hunting the same Demon – and had bonded over it – they eventually married, and her Grandfather took Sachiko’s family name. Her grandfather had been a Hunter, her Grandmother a Miko, and together they had done many great things. Things Maya had never been able to speak about, but Maya was already bullied by the other children in school – so she never spoke of any of this – it would only do more harm than good. She was already considered strange, and since she had Shuuichi as her friend – she needed little else to be happy.
She was not really a true Psychic, or even a Miko, not, but she was still learning and growing. That all changed the fateful day that she had confessed to the one she had loved for so long. What had started as admiration, blossomed into a crush, a crush he had never seen – and she was not exactly the most forward of girls when it came to her feelings. From there it blossomed into a love, her first love – a powerful love. For the bloodlines she came from, Love was a powerful weapon – it could make you stronger in the most important of times. The events that transpired afterwards are well known, to those of you that know the story of Maya and Kurama, and the Kidnapping that was perpetrated by the Demon Yatsude.
That was the day Maya had been kidnapped, taken prisoner by the Demon Yatsude, as his lacky had noticed her with ‘Shuuichi’; she was taken as a tool – nothing more than a pawn in demon games. Nothing more than an item to be thrown away when it was no longer useful. She had been passed out for a large portion of the kidnap; but what many do not know is that the kidnap itself – the trauma of dealing with a demon like Yatsude – had left a permanent mark on her powers… the Awakening that had begun with Kurama in her life – his closeness, his Youki – had allowed her to see without her eyes, what happened when she was captured by him.
It was her first out of body experience, it would not be her last.
The truth was, that Maya’s grandparents had already suspected much of the boy their granddaughter had become attached to, but they said nothing – and hid much. They had been from the times when Genkai and the Toguro Brothers worked for the Spirit World, Sachiko – Maya’s Grandmother – had crossed paths with the trio many times before she had even met Koichi – the Demon Hunter - that would become her future husband.
Maya’s life was forever changed by the interaction with Yatsude, and her entire life course was forever shattered. Everything she knew, everything she cherished, crumbled like dust in her hands – floating away into the winds like memories scattered by the Pollen of the Mugen Blossom.
The very same Mugen Blossom that Shuichi- now Kurama - used on Maya to remove her memories of everything that had happened.
That, my dear readers, is where our trouble truly begins.