"Arising Shadows"
Chapter 2: Meetings...
By Kitty, Jallana, and Sifirela
November 19th, 12:15 p.m.
"Hey! Slow down, Katie! Before you get us killed!" Christine shouted above the honking of the horns that blasted as Katie rushed through the interstate that took them towards their destination. Christine looked apprehensive when the speedometer went up to ninety miles per hour.
"Hey, don't tell me what to do! I'm the one driving and I'm the one who is going to get us there on time! So, back off!" Katie screamed back, not taking her eyes off the road as she slowed a bit, making Christine a little less distressed. Katie veered the jeep, they borrowed from Mia, to the right lane, seeing where she had to get off.
"Do you know where you're going, Katie?" Christine asked as she looked around to see the exits fly passed them, like a myriad of colors gleaming through the red jeep windowpanes. Even though they weren't properly attained to drive, they still begged Mia to at least use her jeep to get to the Japanese International Airline Airport before the plane that was to arrive at twelve thirty landed.
"Yes," Katie snapped as she finally found what exit to take. "I need to take the off-ramp of exit 67. Then, I go straight, which by the way is eight miles, coming to a second road that turns left. It goes down a small city that I really don't care to access or to even know, bringing us in the beautiful metropolitan verandas of Tokyo."
"Did Rhianne give you those directions?"
"No, but there is such a thing as a map." Katie said sarcastically as she came to the off ramp and signaled to a right turn. She veered off the interstate upon the off-ramp and started on the long eight-mile journey. Christine rolled her eyes as she flicked the switch on the radio of the jeep and put it on an alternative rock station. Katie didn't really care for the band that was playing on but soon relaxed as one of her favorites, came on.
Katie tapped the steering wheel as she put her foot on the brake to slow down after a while of traveling. She put her signal on to turn left and then waited for a car to pass. After the car passed, she turned the wheel and soon was traveling through a small town after a few more acres of land were passed. What seemed like forever, they finally entered the big city of Tokyo, the master and key city to the economy of Japan.
Christine looked abroad and smirked as they finally entered the corp. limits of Tokyo.
"Wow, you actually did know how to get here."
Katie glared at her, but soon they averted back to the road. Christine pointed out the airport and in a matter of seconds both were running in the building when they heard the announcement.
"FLIGHT 139 PASSENGERS ARE EXITING IN GATE 14, REPEAT, FLIGHT 139 PASSENGERS ARE EXITING IN GATE 14!"
Katie and Christine looked at each other after they ran towards the gate they heard were unloading their friend and waited...
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The airplane soon landed and the passengers loaded off. Callista had trouble getting her bag out of the compartment over her seat. Rhianne helped her blonde friend get her things from the compartment. She pulled on the bag along with Callista until it gave way and both teenagers fell into the seat behind them.
"Well, if I don't have poor unfashionable girls running into me then I'm falling into seats as I'm trying to get my things out!" Callista yelled angrily as she climbed back to her feet.
"Must you always complain?" Rhianne asked as she grabbed her things and went the way Kiara had gone. Callista followed behind her.
Soon both girls had gotten off the plane and were then heading in the direction of the luggage, meeting Kiara there as she tried to find her stuff. All three girls finally found their things and then started to look for whom they were supposed to be meeting.
"You're going to be meeting Amaya, right, Kiara?" Rhianne asked the blue haired girl next to her.
"Yea, she's supposed to be here. You're going to be meeting Katie and her friend Christine, right?" Kiara asked as she eyed the very large airport with a lot of people hurriedly running to where they were supposed to be.
"Yep, Callista and me." Rhianne answered as she too, searched for her company.
"AHH!" Callista screamed, making Rhianne and Kiara stop and look at her along with a few other people. Callista held up one fingernail that seemed to have become shorter than the others did. "I broke a nail!" She wailed.
Kiara shook her head and continued to walk as Rhianne slapped her forehead.
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"You think we missed them?" Christine asked her friend.
"No, we jus have to find them." Katie answered as she continued to look through the crowd of people.
"I feel like an idiot holding this sign." Christine said as she smiled at a few people passing by.
Katie smirked some and looked at her friend, "Maybe you feel like one because you are one, Chris."
"Oh, you're jus hilarious, Kate." Christine said, sounding very annoyed with her friend.
"Hold the sign up higher and stop complaining. That's all you ever do, you remind of some old lady." Katie said as she threw her friend an annoyed glare.
"Yes mother," Christine answered and held the sign up higher. Katie glared at her and Christine stuck her tongue out at her.
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"You see them anywhere, Callista" Rhianne asked as she looked over at her blonde friend. Callista was having a terrible time trying to carry her bag and keep from falling in her high heels. She sighed and looked around, spying a sign that said Callista and her names on it. "Come on Callista! I found them!"
Kiara took one look at Callista and tried not to laugh as she followed her new friend. Callista hurriedly tried to follow them without breaking her ankle or worse, falling again in front of everyone.
Rhianne walked up to Katie and Christine with a smile, "Hiya! You're Katie and Christine?"
Katie smiled and looked up at the girl who had just walked up to them. She had dark brown hair that seemed to have been tipped red at the ends. Her green eyes seemed to twinkle, "Yea, and you must be Rhianne?"
Rhianne nodded as she looked at the brown haired, blue eyed girl in front of her, "Yea that would be me."
"Hey chica!" Katie shouted as she embraced her in a big hug.
"Hey!" Rhianne replied as she pulled back from her hug. "You must be Christine." She inquired as she looked at the black haired, green-eyed girl.
"Yea, that would be me." Christine said as she too, hugged Rhianne.
"Ahh..." Kiara said as she looked sheepishly at the two new girls.
"Oh how stupid of me. This is my new friend Kiara Jennings. She's staying with Amaya Ume." Rhianne said.
"Hiya chica! I'm Katie Sanada." Katie said cheerfully as she extended a hand for the blue haired, pink-eyed girl to take.
"Like wise." Kiara said as she took her hand.
"Ahem." Christine said as she crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently, raising an eyebrow at Katie.
"Heh, sorry. This is my best friend in the whole wide world, Christine Martz." Katie said and smiled sheepishly.
"Obviously not that good of a friend. It's nice to meet you." Christine replied with a smile.
Kiara smiled back, "Likewise."
Rhianne looked around, starting to become worried. "Ahh.... Have you seen Callista anywhere?"
Kiara looked around and stopped when she spotted the blonde, "I think I found her." She said and pointed at the blonde who was just now coming up to them.
"Ya know, you could've at least waited for me. I had no idea where you two had gone off to." Callista said as she dropped her stuff on the floor next to her. "A person could get lost in here and now my hair is a mess and my makeup is all screwed up. I mean look at me, I'm a wreck!"
"Callista this is Katie Sanada and Christine Martz." Rhianne said, ignoring her protests.
"Hola." Katie said as she extended her hand to her to the distressed blonde.
Callista looked at her hand and then looked over Katie and what she was wearing, a dark blue T-shirt with baggy trash-bag shorts. "Ya know..." She said, completely ignoring Katie's extended hand. "With a little bit of a fashion make over you could be very pretty. Well, not as beautiful as me, but you could be pretty."
"Oh no, here we go." Christine said as she put a hand on her forehead and looked away from her now fuming friend.
"Is that so." Katie said as she tried to keep a lid on her temper. "¿y quien usted piensa usted es?"
"Ahh.." Callista said as she blinked confusedly at her. "I don't speak espanol. Do you speak a any English?" She said and laughed seeming to think she was funny.
Katie growled and clenched her hands into fists at her sides. Christine saw this and grabbed her friend before she could hit the blonde. Rhianne looked at her blonde friend and crossed her arms, not seeming to be amused by her. Kiara shook her head at the whole situation.
"Well, it was really nice to meet you all and I hope to see ya at school. I think I'd better go and find Amaya." Kiara said.
"Kiara Jennings?" A voice from behind her asked.
Kiara turned around to see a short girl with dark brown hair and slanted brown eyes. She looked to be of Japanese descent. "Amaya Ume?" She asked.
The Japanese girl nodded her head with a smile, "Hai, I heard my name and decided to see who it was that had said it."
"Well, I guess I won't have to go looking for ya now." Kiara said brightly. "Oh yea, Rhianne Dawns and Callista Sanders are also here. We kinda met up."
"So I can see. Ah, I'm sorry I don't think I know who you two are though." Amaya said sheepishly.
"I'm Christine Martz and this seething friend of mine is Katie Sanada." Christine said cheerfully. Katie forced a smile at her.
"Well it's very nice to meet you all." Amaya said as she bowed slightly to them. "My mom's waiting out in the car. Ah, we had better get going. You guys still have to unpack and I think some sleep would be needed too."
The three girls nodded at Amaya, showing they understood what she had said. Callista had made herself busy with checking over her hair and fixing up her make up, totally oblivious to the conversation going on around her.
"Well, since you guys have to go so fast why don't you guys come over to our house tomorrow or something?" Christine asked her new friends.
"That's a great idea. Don't you think so, Callista?" Rhianne said as she grabbed the blonde's elbow sharply gaining her attention.
"Oh yea, great idea. What are we talking about again?" Callista asked.
Kiara rolled her pink eyes at the blonde, "That would be a great idea. We can hang out and get to know each other more."
"Yea, and we can meet your brother and his friends while we're there too." Rhianne added with a smile.
Callista perked up at the mention of men, "Brother?"
Katie laid a very angry glare on her, "Yea and if you even THINK about going for him, I swear you will regret it."
Christine sweat dropped and placed a hand over her friend's mouth. "Yes, well we would love for you guys to come over."
"Great." Amaya said with a small smile.
All five girls then proceeded to walk towards there waiting cars. Christine gave them Mia's address and welcomed them over again. Rhianne apologized for Callista's behavior to Katie who just shrugged it off and told her not to apologize. The girls all waved and said their good byes. Katie forcing a very not so happy looking smile at Callista as Christine pinched her arm.
Amaya, Kiara, Rhianne and Callista all got into Amaya's mom's car and drove off with a honk from the horn leaving Katie and Christine alone.
"I can't believe that aire cabeza!" Katie said, as she was about to go for the driver's side.
"Not so fast their, sis!" Christine shouted as she grabbed the car keys from Katie. "I'm going to drive. I would like to arrive in one piece if you don't mind."
Katie glared at her as she got into the passenger side. Christine started the car and they drove off for home at a slower speed then that of when they had been on their way there.
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The dark, virulent sky seemed to take an edge to the lower northwestern kingdom of earth. Chicago's city lights poured out up into the sky as the clouds hung in mid-flow. An eerie jingling of a bell seemed to emanate through the atmosphere that brought her green eyes up to find nothing there. She walked into the misty alleyway that seemed darker every step. The lights seemed to dim as she stepped further into the darkness, making her feel blinded by the powerfulness the blackness seemed to flow.
"Mother? Father? Where are you? Where did you go?" She blindly roamed for a step more as she tried to find her bearings in the awful surroundings. She again heard a bell jingling, this time behind her. She turned around to see flowing sakura petals searing through the deep black gaping hole. She wondered where the blossoms came from and walked up to them in curiosity.
They seemed to have a fascinating effect on them as they grew bright like a shining light and came together. She gasped and stepped back as the white light intensified.
"What's happening!" She shouted as the light began to surround her body, making her breath shorten.
"Do not be afraid, my child, for I am nothing of a threat to you." A ghostly voice echoed through the massive surrounding light.
"Huh?" The girl looked around the swirling light to see nothing but its blinding aura. "Who are you?"
"I cannot reveal that just yet, I am afraid..." the voice hesitated, "I am afraid for you..."
"A-afraid? What's the matter, why are you even here! And why can't you answer my first question."
"In due time, shall you hear my calling, in due time, you shall hear my beckoning. For all those who have the medallion, everything is going to be in horror. You must flee from this place and never return..."
"What place!" The girl asked, trying to figure out what the voice was saying. "What the hell are you talking about! Leave me alone!"
"I am sorry, my child, but I cannot. You will know me, and you will hear my beckon and call for new evil shines to threat this world once again."
"Evil?"
"Yes, now wake up and be careful. You must go back home where you belong!"
After the voice told her that, the light disappeared leaving the girl once more in the darkness.
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"AHH!" Rhianne woke with a start. She put her head in her hands as she wondered what that dream was about. "That voice...it seems so familiar...but where did I hear it?" She wondered as she took the covers off of over herself and got up to go to the bathroom.
"Rhianne? What's the matter? Why are you out of bed?" Kiara asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She flicked on the lamp and looked at the clock and saw that it was two in the morning. "You can't sleep?"
"No, I guess I'm not use to the time difference from America to Japan." Rhianne smiled a bit. Kiara was about to say something but the look in Rhianne's face made her think twice.
"Well, all I can say is that if you two don't shut up and let me have my beauty sleep, then I'll be cranky in the morning." Callista's mumbled voice came from the third bed that was settled by the window. Kiara rolled her eyes and Rhianne just shrugged.
"It seems to me that you are always cranky, Callista, why should you be getting your beauty sleep? It can't make you anymore uglier!" Kiara simply stated...
Callista sat up, taking the cucumbers from her face. "I beg your pardon! But I happen to be the queen at my school and have been fashionably stated in the fashion name! I also appeared in magazines!" Callista rudely replied as she glared daggers at Kiara, who was sitting in her bed.
"Oh whatever, just go back to primping and all that!" Kiara wasn't bothered by the fact that Callista's eyes were now burning with fury. "I'm going back to bed."
"Okay, I'll be back in a minute. I need the bathroom."
Callista went back to her primping while Rhianne went to the bathroom. Kiara waited until Rhianne got back to her bed before speaking again.
"Rhianne?"
"Yeah?"
"How did you ever get to be friends with Callista?" Kiara asked curiously. Rhianne smiled as she sat in her bed, pressing her body against the cool surface of her sheet.
"Well, to tell you the truth, I have no idea. Callista comes from a prestigious family that runs a major business in fashion, well mostly ran by her mom who used to be a full time model until she became pregnant with Callista."
"Oh, so that kinda explains the little primping procedure, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, unfortunately...her father has a big oil company that is entitled to half of Beverly Hills."
"Wow, it must be good to be rich."
"It must be good to talk about me at two in the morning and not let me have my sleep!" Callista's voice rang out.
Kiara glared at Callista's lying form, but said nothing as she said her goodnight to Rhianne who in return said the same. But something bothered Rhianne that wouldn't let her get any sleep. About thirty minutes of trying and knowing that Callista and Kiara were asleep by the way Callista had snored and Kiara's breathing was smooth, she got out of bed quickly but stealthily and walked out of the room. She walked through the corridor of the two-story house and finally went down the stairs to the front door.
Rhianne unlocked the front door with a snap, stopping for a moment to see if she woke anybody up.
The night air was heavily scented with backwoods. The pine and oak seemed to have a kind and gentle scent as the breeze captured her hair. She brushed her fingertips upon her face to get the loose strands to tuck in the back of her ears.
She walked out onto the deck and sat down on the steps, her cotton nightgown stoutly hanging over her small legs. Rhianne couldn't get her mind to quit reverting back to the strange dream that jolted her awake. *I don't know what to do! Do I listen to the dream and get outta here or just pass it off as a stupid dream? *
Rhianne got a chill and looked up in the sky, holding something that was around her neck and tucked safely under her nightgown's top. Unbeknownst to Rhianne, a faint golden light shone through the nightgown and a pair of dark eyes were watching as this took place.
*She is unaware of it! How great! I'm so happy I've found the first one! Now to find the other four and be on my way. Till we meet again, my dear. * The voice laughed as it disappeared without a trace.
After a while, Rhianne went back in and closed the door behind her, going to bed afterwards.