"Mizuki! You're going to be late!" mother called. I ran around the corner of the dojo with my school bag to my new motorcycle. A new 2008 Suzuki GSX-R1000. Although I was dying to get my hands on the Hayabusa since it is the fastest bike, it was sadly too expensive so my father bought me the 2008 Suzuki. It was beautifully decked out with chrome metal piping and gold and black covering the sides and seats. At least it looked cool enough to ride.
I was wearing my school uniform which consisted of a black blazer with the school crest on it, a red bow tied around the collar of my white button up shirt, a burgundy plaid skirt, and black slip on shoes with big loose socks. My father taught various forms of martial arts at the dojo I live at while my mother goes and practices her Zen with her yoga group more than half the time. I went to a semi private school because the standards for who can get in are very high but the cost is cheap. Of course this school was in Tokyo and our dojo was on the other side of Tokyo so I had to have a form of transportation and my father didn't trust the subway system although he used it to get to work, so he bought me my bike.
I opened the compartment for storage and placed my obento and school bag inside. I placed the key in the ignition, the motorcycle purred to life and I 'revved the engine. I took off down Tokyo taking all the back streets I knew to avoid traffic. I made it to the school parking lot in record time to day. I had about five minutes to spare so I headed to my first period. My two best friends were already sitting in their desks gossiping over the latest. I took my seat in the back by the window near them.
"Did you hear Kazu's going out with Yuki!" Hikari exclaimed.
"What?! He's going out with that girl?! I hate her!" Nanami said.
"Hi guys!" I said as I sat down.
"Hi Mizu-chan! Happy birthday!" both said simultaneously, forgetting about guys and relationships for a moment.
"Thanks guys!"
"Mizu… Have you heard? Rai dumped Aika. He said it wasn't working out between them." Hikari told.
"Really? I thought it was going so great between them." I said.
"Now you can go get him, Mizu-chan! You two would make a cuter couple then Aika." Nanami said deviously.
"No way! And besides I want him to ask me not the other way around. It would be so much cuter that way!" I exclaimed.
"You're going to lose him if you don't ask him…" Hikari warned. I disregarded her warning and the bell signaled the beginning of class. The day went flawlessly for it being my 17th birthday and all. People would shout happy birthday down the hall and I would always find bunches of roses on my desk from some guy. I had pretty long black hair that reached past my ass and electric red brown eyes with flawless creamy skin to match. I was constantly asked out on dates and events by guys but most of them I didn't even know. After school I taught martial arts to students because I was highly skilled and learned martial arts at a very young age. I was often challenged by younger overconfident students who think they can take me on. Rumors started among the boys that if anyone that can take me down will be allowed to date her, but so far no one has succeed.
Among my students was Rai but whether he believed in those rumors or not he spared pretty hard with me. I still was able to take him down fairly easy but I could tell he was really trying his hardest. After training I changed outta my sweaty clothes and back into my uniform.
As I walked out to my bike I saw a cat sitting on my bike like it was waiting for me. It meowed at me like it wanted me to follow it. The cat had a shiny black coat that was silky to the touch. She circled around my feet then walked across the street and sat there waiting for me. I knew it was crazy to follow a cat but I did it any ways. The black cat led me down several blocks before going in a narrow alley. She jumped up on the ledge of a low window and used it to jump up on to a roof top. You would think a normal person wouldn't be able to do that but I could do it because of my training. I ran at the window ledge and use it to propel myself up to the roof top. The cat led me over several roof tops before jumping off a low roof and on to the ground. The cat went into a small shop I could smell the incenses even from the outside. I looked around the small shop and found small unique items and trinkets. I was almost scared shitless when some old lady tapped my shoulder. I hadn't even felt or heard her behind me.
"Can I help you?" the old lady questioned.
"Ummmm I'm just looking…your cat led me here." I said kind of dumbly.
"She must see something special in you to bring you here." The old lady said as she looked down to see her cat sitting right next to her.
"I can't be that special. I mean it is my birthday and all but other than that I don't think I'm all too special today." I said to her.
"Close your eyes and hold out your hands." The old lady commanded. I gave her a weird look before doing what she said.
"It seems this item has chosen itself for you my dear. The Book Locket of Kurokami. She was a very beautiful woman back a hundred thousand years ago. She is said to be a powerful sorcerer and was very knowledgeable because of her vast collection of books." The old lady told me as she placed a locket in my hands. I stared at the book shaped locket. It had a worn out gold look to it and hung on a gold chain.
"This is my gift to you child. Now put it on" the old lady insisted. Her old aged brown eyes stared me down until I put on the locket. I started to feel the weirdest sensation in my right eye and left palm. Then it started to burn hotter and hotter till it felt like I was on fire but I wasn't. The burning slowly changed to a soft cooling feeling that soothed the burning feeling. Then all at once the sensations left.
"What the hell was that?!" I screamed at the old lady.
"Calm down my dear. The locket has chosen to give you its powers." She told me. Either I was dreaming or I was with some crazy old lady but I had to get away. I ran outta there shop like the devil was at my heels. I sprinted nonstop till I reached my bike at the school and from there I sped home.
When I got home I could finally relax. No one was home though because mom was at work late again and dad was at some martial arts competition for the week with his students. I turned on the TV and started heating up my dinner that my mother made for me earlier. I sat down on the couch and ate dinner while watching TV and after watching mindless hours of it I went up to do my homework. I got halfway through when I remembered I was still wearing the locket. The metal was warm from my skin and was very smooth to the touch. What I didn't notice was that my hand was burned and it was no ordinary burn mark. It had a thin line down the middle with a small crescent with their backs facing each other on both sides and a dot above the crescents. Below the crescents were something like two triangles without a third side and the corner is thicker than the rest of it.
If my hand was burned I could only wonder what happened to my eye. I stared in the mirror as the color had changed to a crimson red and two crescents were stamped on opposite sides of my iris. Staring at it was hypnotizing and hard to look away from but I eventually tore myself away from the mirror. I touched the locket with my burned palm and flinched away from what felt like a shock. I touched it again and held on to it this time. I wasn't being shocked but my whole body felt electrified like I was a battery being charged. I started to feel compelled to grab a book and start reading. I felt like something was going to happen if I did. I scanned through my manga collection and picked out my favorite series, Ranma ½. I opened up chapter 10 of the Ranma ½ series where Ryoga Hibiki is introduced. He is one of my favorite characters.
The burning feeling started coming back as I started reading the chapter. Towards the end of the chapter it really started to burn bad. I closed my eyes and through my eyelids it looked like everything was getting bright. I couldn't feel the floor beneath me anymore as I opened my eyes. I was surrounded in a bright white light then like a snap of a finger I was in pitch darkness. I could hear voices outside my head.
