"Sighh"-a warm breath was heard in that snowy winter night!


    Inside the Blood cave you could view all kinds of artifacts that made you think that death might as well be living there!


    Bones and clothes of the past warriors that had tried to prove their bravery and save the world,adorned the floor of the cave.


    Just moments before, a fierce battle had occurred,between a couple, a male and a female,and the great spirit Hatsumomo, the main resident of the blood shrine.The casualty had been the male fighter!


    But the tall figure of the woman could still be seen standing at the entrance of the cave, the corpse,was lying beside her.


    The woman in view was dressed in a long ocean blue colored silk kimono,her long black hair covering her back but for some reason her face was a dark void.


    "You have some courage trying to enter the shrine of death"-said a tall shadow dressed in a white kimono, maybe the whitest shade that the woman had seen.


    "Could the great Hatsumomo grace me with her presence again, so that I could slit and seal her pretty neck"-said the woman holding a black coloured katana.


    "The clans have tried before, what makes you think that a timid creature like you, could achieve what they didn''t,what your husband didn''t"-Hatsumomo said in a devilish grin.


    "You took everything from me, I will destroy you and vanish you from our world,even if it means having to give my own life"-the woman said as she started to run towards the cave.


    But what she didn''t seem to notice was that Hatsumomo was already in the move.


    Her long shadow hands had been extended, and just as the woman was about to make her move and slice Hatsumomo in half with her sword, the shadows had gotten ahold of her.


    Hatsumomo began her chants and the woman was floating in the air, her eyes had turned white and it seemed like her soul was being sucked out of her mouth.


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    "I told you, timid creatures like you are not destined for the greatness of destroying spirits"-and just as she said the last word, Hatsumomo was running towards the woman ready to devour her!


    .....


    A loud gasp was heard across the room!


    Her big eyes awakened and cold sweats were covering her face.This was the same vision that Ayumi had had for the past 4 days.


    She was starting to doubt if this was only a bad dream or something more ominous!


    But the thing that bothered her the most was the fact that she was not able to see the face of the woman with the black katana.Her face always was a black void,but her voice was the most familiar.


    "It happened again"-Ayumi thought , trying to calm herself, but still an eerie feeling was present.


    She could feel something lurking in the dark!


    "I''m just imagining again,i need to get back to sleep"


    And when Ayumi turned to the other side of the bed,two blood red eyes were staring at her.Her body went numb as the eyes seemed to be getting closer and closer.


    Ayumi closed her own eyes thinking that perhaps her nightmare hadn''t ended and maybe she was inside her dream again.


    And when she opened her eyes again, the shadow wasn''t there anymore.But just as she thought that she finally had awakened, a raspy voice started speaking to her ear, the shadow was right behind her chanting in her ear.


    "We''re coming!"-the shadow whispered in Ayumi''s ear-"Hatsumomo will have her revenge"-said the voice,and then a blood curling scream covered her ears,and everything went pitch black!