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Unknown... the story, Part 9 |
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[Review: So Kioshi, Rem, Taronis, Aergan, Zaira, Sotaru and Kai are sent to the Human World to deal with some "Demon Activity". There, they added Takara, Jack, & Luichen to their group. Right now, Zaira & Sotaru are training. Takara, Jack, & Taronis are hanging out at the beach. Kioshi, Rem, Aergan, Kai, & Luichen are stuck on the roller coaster on the Boardwalk.]
Zaira stared absently as a seagull screeched above her. Its pure white & grey wings were spread to their full length as it glided on the salty wind currents. She turned her head to look over the dock edge she was leaning on. A large crab emerged from the crashing waves & latched onto the barnicle-covered support beam.
"ZAIRA!!!"
The shinobi jumped out of her skin & immediatly stood at attnetion. "Hai!"
Sotaru glowered down at her from on top of a post. "Have you memorized that scroll, yet?" he snapped.
"Yep!" Zaira said with her voice full of pride. She tossed the scroll to him. The ninja caught it with ease. "I can even do some tricks."
To prove her point, Zaira clasped her hands together, as if in prayer, & closed her eyes. Sotaru watched in stern and patient silence. His eyes hovered over everything around her as he crossed his arms like a strick and expectant teacher.
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The hotel was near the boardwalk. The eighth story window gave a breath-taking view of the crashing ocean, the starkling white beach, and the crowded boardwalk. The drawl hum of the newscastor sounded in the background of the dark room. Not even the light from the window, where a lone silhuette looked out from, penetrated the darkness.
The figure lifted its head as the door clicked open & shut. The sound of squecking leather boots sounded behind it.
"'The store owner said a group of 'funny dressed and weird looking young people' entered her store and started the fire. She said they destroyed the tape by hurling iceballs into the securty cameras. Ones that, presumably, came out of nowhere. The lady was instantly sent to a mental institution for treatment.'"
The TV image disappeared as the person who just entered the room turned it off. The being at the window smirked.
"They aren't too discreet, are they?" It was a woman's voice. It sounded like the hum of the sirens, beautiful yet deadly.
"They don't need to be. They are powerful enough." The gruffness told that this one was a man.
"Oh?" The woman turned to look at him, her voice now full of interest. As she moved, her long red hair swept along the floor. The dark room only revealed a shadow of the man's well-toned figure.
The man nodded. "They need to be taken care of quickly. They're a tight-knit group and each member is extremely strong. Even the humans."
The woman's face heart-shaped face pinched up as if she was extremely insulted. Her lavender eyes glared at him before turning back to the window. After a few seconds of deep silence, the man took that as a sign to leave. He made his way to the door, the boots squecking crudely at each step he took.
"What should I do? There is only so much I can do in this world without bringing the whole damn Comittee here."
The man stopped at the sharpness of her voice. "...Take them home. We'll deal with them there." And he walked out.
The woman continued to sit tall and ridged like a statue on her hotel chiar. Her thin frame contrasting against the light of the window. An ominous grey aura rose around her form like an eerie mist.
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Sotaru sweatdropped at Zaira's little water creation. "Cute..." he said darkly.
Zaira hugged the squishy, chibi-faced blob with all her might. The water-blob bubbled with glee and grinned cutely. Sotaru was tempted to eat the poison-death pill that resided undered his tongue.
WHAM!! A considerable force slammed into the support beams of the pier. Zaira jumped and lost her concentration. Her creation splattered into a puddle on the wood. Sotaru nearly did swallow the pill as the thing almost threw him off his post. He quickly regained his footing.
"Please tell me that was you." he said.
"I wish I could..." Zaira answered as she peered over the dock. She had a bad feeling about this. Red flags shot up like mexican jumping beans in her mind.
A huge bulge of water, towering over six feet, was shooting from under the pier. It looked as if something big was skimming just under the water's surface.
"What is that?" Zaira asked absently. She couldn't see an outline of anything that could be creating the buldge. An invisible force. She looked over at Sotaru with uncertainty. "Magic?"
The ninja suddenly stiffened. "Mage." He answered shortly before disappearing.
Zaira stared at the spot he once occupied before turning to look at what made the ninja act that way. Her eyes found the traveling buldge. She looked up to see where it was heading & felt her face drain of color. It was headed straight for Jack, Takara, & Taronis.
 onime · Tue Jan 02, 2007 @ 02:49am · 7 Comments |
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