Yusou Touhou Dzuki Ikioi by yokoshima sama

chapter 1

Yusou Touhou Dzuki Ikioi

" Life is but a day in the vast eternity of the soul"

-lady of sesshoumaru

He was wondering, going nowhere in particular. Wondering to clear his head when a scent hit his nose. Cherries and lilacs mixed with tears and death. He recognized the scent and followed it to find the source. He entered a clearing where the scent was the strongest and there she was.

She lay there peacefully, undisturbed by everything around her. Her eyes, wide as they gazed into nothingness. Her arms, clasped to her chest. An arrow and sword wound inflicted in her heart. She lay there unmoving, as the world passed her by.

He stepped closer, to see her chest was unmoving. Proving she was dead. She had died recently by her scent and appearance. He also noted that someone had put her in this position, perhaps, the one who inflicted her fatal wounds.

She lay there, her hair tucked under her head. Her hands, clasped together in the middle of her chest. Her legs straight, propped up by stones. At first glance, she appeared to be sleeping but her eyes told you other wise.

He looked at her eyes, they were hazed and had a distant look in them. He looked harder to see emotions locked in time, sadness, betrayal, confusion, hate, love and acceptance. He pondered over it for a moment. He then knelled down next to her to see the lines her tears had made and the tears that were about to fall when she died.

// How can you see into my eyes

Like open doors

Leading you down into my core

Where I've become so numb//

He stared at her for a moment before he noticed another familiar scent, tree bark and sweat. He also smelled dirt, decay and burnt bones. Those scents were all around him, interconnecting with the scent of the women before him. They were also all over her, he also smelled metal and bone from her sword wound. This confused him.

" I'll revive her..." with that said he lifted the dead girl bridle style and left the clearing.

When he returned to his home, he laid the girl on a bed and attempted to revive her but failed. " How?" he asked himself every time it didn't work. Finally after his tenth try he stopped and sat on the floor next to her. " Maybe she has been dead to long..." But he knew she wasn't, her scent suggested a couple of hours. " or maybe she has been reincarnated." That answer seemed more reasonable. But how would he find her reincarnated soul.

Elsewhere...

A happy couple returned to the camp to join their comrades. They didn't tell them of the events that had taken place while they were away, they merely sat down together by the campfire. As they sat there, memories from earlier played through his mind.

(He had been with her when he smelt it, cherries and lilacs. " Kill her, for me..." said the woman in his arms. He just stared at her when the other woman entered the clearing. She began to cry.

He let go of his lover and turned to her copy and said " sorry... but she comes first." The copy shook her head no and began to sob. " No!" she shouted as she backed away from them.

He pulled out his sword just as his lover spoke. " We don't need you around, you see I can do everything you can do but better and besides, your nothing but my copy, a third leg in this relationship so you need to be taken care of." She launched her arrow hitting her copy in the heart.

Soon after that, he drove his sword through her heart as well. She fell to the ground in one swift movement. He then put her in a burial position and left with his lover.)

He regretted killing her but knew it was best. But still, he wished it hadn't come to that.

// With out a soul

My spirit is sleeping

Somewhere cold

Till you find it there

And lead it back home//

He searched his library for anything that could locate the girls soul but he wasn't have much luck. Then he came across an old, burnt and torn up scroll. He took it out and read a portion of it. " Resurrection spells" he rolled it back up and dashed back to her room.

He opened the door to reveal her laying there just as he left her. He walked over to the desk and began reading. It contained spells and enchantments for reviving the dead, stealing souls of the living and everything in between. He couldn't find anything about locating reincarnated souls.

He soon grew frustrated and discontinued his search for the night. He went over to her and placed a freezing spell on her body so it wouldn't rot anymore than it already had. He then retreated to his room, for some well-deserved rest.