The Ring of Light
One cool, cloudy, normal fall day Aya Mikage, an average, modern-day sixteen year old
girl, a freshman attending Moruba High School, with waist length blonde dyed hair and blue
eyes, is dressed in her school uniform, as all school goers in Japan would be. She is wearing
pleated, knee high, black and green plaid skirt, a white dress shirt with a green vest buttoned over
it and a neat, black, waist length button up coat over that. She has on knee high socks and plain
black dress shoes, she is carrying her briefcase full of school papers, pens, her lunch of rice, fish,
and pickled vegetables, and anything else school requires. She is heading down a long, bush lined
trail surrounded by pine and Japanese cedar trees, from her house to the road, so she can catch a
public bus and ride to school. "Why is it so quiet, there are usually quail and rabbits around here?
I don't hear a thing." She thinks to herself and continues walking feeling like she is being
watched. A rabbit jumps out of the bushes, making noise behind Aya. She trips, drops her
briefcase, and stumbles through the bushes lining the trail and down a hill.
She lays motionless at the bottom of the hill for a few seconds, then pushes herself into a
sitting position. She puts her hands behind her on the ground. Her fingers touch something cold.
Aya turns around and brushes some dirt around to find a silver ring engraved with old looking
symbols. She takes the ring and puts it on her thumb, it seems to shrink to fit her finger. Aya
admires the ring then realizes. "School! I am going to be so late." She dashes up the hill she fell
down and bursts through the bushes she halts right in front of a strange, pale, red eyed, black
haired man, dressed in black. "Excuse me. I'm so sorry." She apologizes, and bows to the man
she almost plowed over. She sidesteps to move around the stranger. "I'm sorry, but I really have
to get to school." She starts to walk away, but feels a hand grip around her wrist. She turns to see
the strange man holding her wrist. "What are you doing? Let go of me, I said I was sorry!" She
tries to pull her hand away. "You cannot prevent the inevitable." He rasps as he pulls Aya closer
and forms a fist with his free hand. Aya closes her eyes and braces herself.
She feels a gust of wind blow past her and hears a thud as the man lets go of her wrist.
"What happened?" She thinks. She slowly opens her eyes to see a young red-haired guy, in her
school colors, crouched in a fighting position in front of her attacker. The mysterious guy turns
around, to reveal striking blue eyes. "Are you okay?" He asks. Aya blushes. "Did he save me?"
She asks herself. The strange man takes this chance to run off into the woods. The guy that
apparently saved Aya, turns around and chases after the attacker. Aya calls after him. "Wait!" "I
didn't get a chance to thank him." She thinks. She then looks at the ground she sees her briefcase
covered in dust on the trail. She picks it up and dusts it off. "Oh no! I'm going to be late for
sure!" She squeaks as she turns and runs down the trail toward the road.
Aya bursts into her class very late and out of breath. Her teacher Mrs. Taymu looks up
and glares at her. "Nice of you to join us, Miss Mikage. You will be accompanying me in
detention this afternoon, but don't worry you won't be the only one there, Toya will also be
attending. Now take your seat Aya, so I can continue with the lesson." Aya quickly sits in her
seat, beside her best friend, a pale haired girl with dark eyes. The girl whispers to her as the
teacher reads out of a text book. "Late again? Your mom is going to freak." "Nice to see you too,
Ryoko . . . Hey, who is Toya?" Aya asks. Ryoko raises an eyebrow. "You don't know who Toya
is?" She says unbelieving. Aya shakes her head. "He is only one of the cutest and most popular
guys in school! And you have detention with him." Ryoko explains as she looks at her friend
jealously. Aya looks around the class for Toya. "He sits in the back corner over there." Ryoko
points across the room. "I don't know why he is so popular, he's always been kinda' mysterious
if you ask me."She whispers, think aloud to herself. Aya cranes her head and sees the red-haired
guy who rescued her that morning. "Ryoko does he have red hair?" she asks. Ryoko nods. "Yes,
did you see him?" Aya nods and puts her head on the desk. "Are you okay, Aya?" Ryoko asks.
Aya replies. "I'm fine, just tired." "Okay, whatever you say. . . Anyway, would you like to come
to the shrine tomorrow? We're selling really cool charms at the shop." Ryoko says. Aya nods.
"Ahem! Would you like to accompany Miss Mikage in detention Miss Hirogo?" Mrs. Taymu
says from the front of the class. "No, no thank you Mrs. Taymu. I am sorry for disturbing class,
continue."Ryoko pleads. Mrs. Taymu returns her attention to the textbook. Aya thinks to herself.
"Today started out strangely, I hope everything is normal from now on." "Man. She's out of it."
Ryoko thinks as she listens to the teachers droning voice. The bell rings and the class is excused.
Aya says good bye to Ryoko and walks to the locker rooms. Her next class is P.E..
Aya walks into the locker room hardly paying attention to where she is going, she and a
girl with bright red eyes and flaming red hair tied back in a singular braid, bump into each other.
The redhead says. "Ouch! Watch where your going, won't you?" Aya apologizes. "Oh, I'm sorry,
but you ran into me." The redhead jumps up, and rubs her head. "What?! You ran into me!" she
yells. A girl in a group of friends passing into the gym says. "There she goes again. She's always
yelling about something." The redhead turns on the girl. "What did you say?" The girl with her
friends cowers and says. "Oh, nothing Hikaru." Her and her friends run into the gym. Hikaru
turns back to Aya. "Hey you're that Fencing girl, Aya, aren't you?" She asks. Aya nods. Hikaru
reaches out to Aya to help her up. Aya takes her hand. "I'm Hikaru. You know, you're really
good at Fencing." Aya says. "Thanks. How long have you been in this class?" Hikaru gives Aya a
puzzled look. "I've been in this class just as long as you have." She says. "Really? I don't
remember seeing her before."Aya thinks. "We should get to the gym. We're playing volleyball
today, and I have to get that girl back! You'd better go get dressed." Hikaru says, then enters into
the gym. "This day keeps getting weirder." Aya says aloud as she walks to her locker.
In detention Mrs. Taymu is called away and Aya and her rescuer, Toya, are left alone.
Aya brings herself to ask Toya a question. "Um, excuse me, Toya." Toya looks over. "Yes?" "I
was wondering what you were doing at the trail this morning."She asks. Toya nods. "I thought
you would ask about that. I was following the guy who attacked you. And he was looking for a
ring, but you found it before he did." Toya points to the ring on Aya's thumb. Aya looks at the
ring. "So then he attacked me for this ring?" Toya nods again. Aya utterly confused asks.
"Why?" "Are you sure you want to know?" He asks. Aya replies. "Of coarse I do." Toya stands
up. "Okay then, you better listen up . . . I am part of a group who have rings that contain strong
powers. We use these powers to fight the minions of our enemy who plans on taking over the
world. The enemy is known to her minions as Queen Ultimecia, I found that out this morning
from the one I chased through the woods."He smiles proudly at this. "Ultimecia plans on taking
over the world with the power of your ring, and probably others, she sends her henchmen to
retrieve the rings she wants." Toya pauses to catch his breath. "You are welcome to join our
group, if you like." Toya finishes. Aya blinks trying to sort out all that has been said and what
part she would have. "Why would something like this happen in Osaka? I need to think." She
walks to the window and looks out. She sees a guy in a red overcoat leaning against a tree and
looking right at the window. She takes a cautious step away from the window. Toya asks. "What
is it?" He walks up beside Aya and looks out the window. He sees the cloaked figure..
"Kusinagi."He says under his breath and pulls Aya away from the window, out of the classroom,
and toward the closest exit of the school. "What are you doing? We'll get more detention if they
find us missing!" Aya protests. Toya takes Aya to his car. "Get in." "Why?"She inquires. "Just
get in and I'll explain." He says. They get in the car and drive away.
One cool, cloudy, normal fall day Aya Mikage, an average, modern-day sixteen year old
girl, a freshman attending Moruba High School, with waist length blonde dyed hair and blue
eyes, is dressed in her school uniform, as all school goers in Japan would be. She is wearing
pleated, knee high, black and green plaid skirt, a white dress shirt with a green vest buttoned over
it and a neat, black, waist length button up coat over that. She has on knee high socks and plain
black dress shoes, she is carrying her briefcase full of school papers, pens, her lunch of rice, fish,
and pickled vegetables, and anything else school requires. She is heading down a long, bush lined
trail surrounded by pine and Japanese cedar trees, from her house to the road, so she can catch a
public bus and ride to school. "Why is it so quiet, there are usually quail and rabbits around here?
I don't hear a thing." She thinks to herself and continues walking feeling like she is being
watched. A rabbit jumps out of the bushes, making noise behind Aya. She trips, drops her
briefcase, and stumbles through the bushes lining the trail and down a hill.
She lays motionless at the bottom of the hill for a few seconds, then pushes herself into a
sitting position. She puts her hands behind her on the ground. Her fingers touch something cold.
Aya turns around and brushes some dirt around to find a silver ring engraved with old looking
symbols. She takes the ring and puts it on her thumb, it seems to shrink to fit her finger. Aya
admires the ring then realizes. "School! I am going to be so late." She dashes up the hill she fell
down and bursts through the bushes she halts right in front of a strange, pale, red eyed, black
haired man, dressed in black. "Excuse me. I'm so sorry." She apologizes, and bows to the man
she almost plowed over. She sidesteps to move around the stranger. "I'm sorry, but I really have
to get to school." She starts to walk away, but feels a hand grip around her wrist. She turns to see
the strange man holding her wrist. "What are you doing? Let go of me, I said I was sorry!" She
tries to pull her hand away. "You cannot prevent the inevitable." He rasps as he pulls Aya closer
and forms a fist with his free hand. Aya closes her eyes and braces herself.
She feels a gust of wind blow past her and hears a thud as the man lets go of her wrist.
"What happened?" She thinks. She slowly opens her eyes to see a young red-haired guy, in her
school colors, crouched in a fighting position in front of her attacker. The mysterious guy turns
around, to reveal striking blue eyes. "Are you okay?" He asks. Aya blushes. "Did he save me?"
She asks herself. The strange man takes this chance to run off into the woods. The guy that
apparently saved Aya, turns around and chases after the attacker. Aya calls after him. "Wait!" "I
didn't get a chance to thank him." She thinks. She then looks at the ground she sees her briefcase
covered in dust on the trail. She picks it up and dusts it off. "Oh no! I'm going to be late for
sure!" She squeaks as she turns and runs down the trail toward the road.
Aya bursts into her class very late and out of breath. Her teacher Mrs. Taymu looks up
and glares at her. "Nice of you to join us, Miss Mikage. You will be accompanying me in
detention this afternoon, but don't worry you won't be the only one there, Toya will also be
attending. Now take your seat Aya, so I can continue with the lesson." Aya quickly sits in her
seat, beside her best friend, a pale haired girl with dark eyes. The girl whispers to her as the
teacher reads out of a text book. "Late again? Your mom is going to freak." "Nice to see you too,
Ryoko . . . Hey, who is Toya?" Aya asks. Ryoko raises an eyebrow. "You don't know who Toya
is?" She says unbelieving. Aya shakes her head. "He is only one of the cutest and most popular
guys in school! And you have detention with him." Ryoko explains as she looks at her friend
jealously. Aya looks around the class for Toya. "He sits in the back corner over there." Ryoko
points across the room. "I don't know why he is so popular, he's always been kinda' mysterious
if you ask me."She whispers, think aloud to herself. Aya cranes her head and sees the red-haired
guy who rescued her that morning. "Ryoko does he have red hair?" she asks. Ryoko nods. "Yes,
did you see him?" Aya nods and puts her head on the desk. "Are you okay, Aya?" Ryoko asks.
Aya replies. "I'm fine, just tired." "Okay, whatever you say. . . Anyway, would you like to come
to the shrine tomorrow? We're selling really cool charms at the shop." Ryoko says. Aya nods.
"Ahem! Would you like to accompany Miss Mikage in detention Miss Hirogo?" Mrs. Taymu
says from the front of the class. "No, no thank you Mrs. Taymu. I am sorry for disturbing class,
continue."Ryoko pleads. Mrs. Taymu returns her attention to the textbook. Aya thinks to herself.
"Today started out strangely, I hope everything is normal from now on." "Man. She's out of it."
Ryoko thinks as she listens to the teachers droning voice. The bell rings and the class is excused.
Aya says good bye to Ryoko and walks to the locker rooms. Her next class is P.E..
Aya walks into the locker room hardly paying attention to where she is going, she and a
girl with bright red eyes and flaming red hair tied back in a singular braid, bump into each other.
The redhead says. "Ouch! Watch where your going, won't you?" Aya apologizes. "Oh, I'm sorry,
but you ran into me." The redhead jumps up, and rubs her head. "What?! You ran into me!" she
yells. A girl in a group of friends passing into the gym says. "There she goes again. She's always
yelling about something." The redhead turns on the girl. "What did you say?" The girl with her
friends cowers and says. "Oh, nothing Hikaru." Her and her friends run into the gym. Hikaru
turns back to Aya. "Hey you're that Fencing girl, Aya, aren't you?" She asks. Aya nods. Hikaru
reaches out to Aya to help her up. Aya takes her hand. "I'm Hikaru. You know, you're really
good at Fencing." Aya says. "Thanks. How long have you been in this class?" Hikaru gives Aya a
puzzled look. "I've been in this class just as long as you have." She says. "Really? I don't
remember seeing her before."Aya thinks. "We should get to the gym. We're playing volleyball
today, and I have to get that girl back! You'd better go get dressed." Hikaru says, then enters into
the gym. "This day keeps getting weirder." Aya says aloud as she walks to her locker.
In detention Mrs. Taymu is called away and Aya and her rescuer, Toya, are left alone.
Aya brings herself to ask Toya a question. "Um, excuse me, Toya." Toya looks over. "Yes?" "I
was wondering what you were doing at the trail this morning."She asks. Toya nods. "I thought
you would ask about that. I was following the guy who attacked you. And he was looking for a
ring, but you found it before he did." Toya points to the ring on Aya's thumb. Aya looks at the
ring. "So then he attacked me for this ring?" Toya nods again. Aya utterly confused asks.
"Why?" "Are you sure you want to know?" He asks. Aya replies. "Of coarse I do." Toya stands
up. "Okay then, you better listen up . . . I am part of a group who have rings that contain strong
powers. We use these powers to fight the minions of our enemy who plans on taking over the
world. The enemy is known to her minions as Queen Ultimecia, I found that out this morning
from the one I chased through the woods."He smiles proudly at this. "Ultimecia plans on taking
over the world with the power of your ring, and probably others, she sends her henchmen to
retrieve the rings she wants." Toya pauses to catch his breath. "You are welcome to join our
group, if you like." Toya finishes. Aya blinks trying to sort out all that has been said and what
part she would have. "Why would something like this happen in Osaka? I need to think." She
walks to the window and looks out. She sees a guy in a red overcoat leaning against a tree and
looking right at the window. She takes a cautious step away from the window. Toya asks. "What
is it?" He walks up beside Aya and looks out the window. He sees the cloaked figure..
"Kusinagi."He says under his breath and pulls Aya away from the window, out of the classroom,
and toward the closest exit of the school. "What are you doing? We'll get more detention if they
find us missing!" Aya protests. Toya takes Aya to his car. "Get in." "Why?"She inquires. "Just
get in and I'll explain." He says. They get in the car and drive away.