Ch 1: Hi, Nice to Meet You
I, Kukiko Tamasai, am finally returning to Karasumori, "I wonder if it's changed much since I left." I wonder as I walk through the gates of Karasumori. Its night time, maybe 10:00 p.m. and I really wish that Satu was here with me now, she'd love this place.
Then I remember why my grandmother sent me here, I am to find the two Kekkaishi that protect this site. I can sense them near along with another aura that appears to be half ayakashi and half human. As I walk through the trees I come to a clearing, but then I am suddenly forced backwards and land on my bottom. I look up to see a very unpleasant face; it's a boy's face, with s deep scowl that looks almost permanent. He has brown hair and dark skin and his eyes seem like glowing slits. '…he looks just like…'
He dragged me up and pulled me into the clearing where there were two others standing accompanied by dogs that looked much like Satu, oh how I miss her.
"Hey, Gen, who's that?" The other boy asked, he had brown hair too, but much more unruly. He had lighter skin and was wearing a blue and white Kekkaishi uniform. 'Gen? Hmm.. he even has the same name..'
"I don't know," he said as he let me fall to the ground with a loud 'thump' and an 'oww'.
The girl who was there kneeled next to me. "Be carful, Tokine." The boy in the blue Kekkaishi uniform told her.
"Don't worry, I don't sense any demon energy." The girl, Tokine said. She wore a white, pink and purple Kekkaishi uniform.
"Oh! I'm not an ayakashi. How rude of me, I haven't introduced myself yet." I said quickly standing and slightly bowing. "My name is Kukiko Tamasai"
"Yeah, and what are you doing here?" the Kekkaishi boy asked me, sounding very impatient.
"I was sent here to find you by my grand mother, "I started, "to assist you with your ongoing trouble." I handed Tokine the message from my grandmother.
She carefully unfolded the letter and began reading and almost immediately her eyes went wide and said hastily, "I need to get you to Grandma right away." She led me towards the exit of the school.
"Hey, Tokine, what did the letter say!" the boy in blue called after Tokine.
"I'll tell you when I get back, Yoshimori!" she tossed over her shoulder and continued to lead me. Then we were walking down the streets until we were in front of a huge house. We entered and came through the door and took off our shoes. "I'm home!" Tokine called into the house.
"Oh, dear, you're home so early, are you alright?"
"Yes Grandma, I'm fine." Tokine then motioned to me, "this is Kukiko Tamasai."
"Oh, hello there, what brings you here so late at night?"
But before I can answer, Tokine steps in and saves me from explaining my whole predicament, "here's a letter from her grandmother explaining everything." Tokine handed her grandmother the letter. She scanned over it and turned to me and said, "why don't we move to a more private room to talk about this."
I followed and Tokine told her grandmother, "Well, I'm heading back, bye!"
"Goodbye, Dear!" her grandmother called back as she continued to lead me through their rather large home. We stopped when we were in front of a door which led to a conference room. We sat down across from each other. "So, you say that you are a Kekkaishi too?"
"Yes m'am, I am."
"Well that's very hard to believe since there are only two Kekkaishi clans. Please, explain."
"Well, the clan I come from only sends a third Kekkaishi when we are needed most by the two other clans. You see, bad is going to happen, although I'm not sure when or what, but it should happen sometime soon."
"Hmm, that's not good… before we continue would you show me your Kekkaishi powers?"
"Oh, right, of course."