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Chapter 1

"Come on, Angel!" Tammy shouted, grabbing my arm and dragging me off.

"I'm not coming with you," I said, shaking my head as I yanked my arm from her grasp. "I'm going home today after school."

Tammy scoffed. "To watch Kaze no Stigma again, huh?"

I grinned at her. "You know me so well," I said, and Tammy glared at me.

"So we're not hanging out today?" she asked, and I shook my head.

"Kazuma is calling to me; I can't ignore him," I joked, and Tammy shook her head, chuckling quietly.

"Whatever." Tammy walked off, waving to me over her shoulder. "See ya."

"Bye," I whispered, turning the opposite direction and beginning to walk home.

"Eyes as blue as the azure sky, that is the symbol of the Contractor. Entrusted by the Spirit King of the Wind with the powers of his domain, I bear this mark. The stigma of the wind."

I sang along with the opening theme of the anime at the top of my lungs, finding myself grateful that no one in my family was home.

"Enriha, come forth!" Ayano shouted, clapping her hands together before drawing them apart.

Suddenly, I made a wish: "I wish that I could be a part of the anime and be the soul-mate of Kazuma Yagami."

At that moment, I passed out.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" someone asked, sounding as though their voice was being filtered through some sort of curtain.

Echoing in my ears was the sound of beeping; it began to annoy me and I attempted to silence the noise by batting it, only to have my hand caught.

"Oh, yeah," another voice replied. "Judging by the way she was trying to shut the heart thing up, I'm assuming she'll be just fine."

A voice that I recognized as Yukari's from Kaze no Stigma sighed in relief. "I'm glad. I would feel awful if we hadn't gotten there in time."

I forced my eyes open, curious as to what had happened to me. Upon opening my eyes, I was blinded by the light; I scrunched my eyes shut and peeled them apart again. This time, I could actually see, and I investigated my surroundings. Surrounding me were three very familiar girls: Ayano, Yukari, and Nanasae. I blinked.

"Oh, you're awake!" Yukari exclaimed happily, and I winced at the loud volume her voice was at.

"Shh, Yukari," Ayano said at a normal volume, glaring at her friend. "You're too loud."

Yukari pouted. "You're so mean, Ayano."

"Wh-what happened to me?" I finally managed to croak out, and the three girls' attention returned to me.

"You don't remember?" asked the cool-headed Nanasae.

"No," I replied. "I don't remember anything."

Which was a lie; I remembered everything from the world where Kaze no Stigma is just an anime, but hey! If I told them that they were just a show and that I was from another world, they'd probably send me to an asylum. Then I wouldn't be able to meet Kazuma.

Ayano's cool expression softened. "You really don't remember anything? You have amnesia?"

I nodded, ignoring the pain that was sent down my spine at the movement.

"The doctors warned us this might happen; they did say you hit your head pretty hard when you fell." I arched an eyebrow, and Ayano continued. "Well, my friends, Yukari and Nanasae, and I were walking down by the beach, and all of a sudden, Nanasae spotted something off in the distance, way above our heads and over the ocean, but not too far. As it continued to fall, we identified it as a girl, you," she explained. "My friends and I swam out after you had fallen into the water and we saved you from drowning and took you here."

I smiled at her. "Thank you."

Ayano and the other two smiled back at me. "You're welcome," they chorused.

And they sat in the chairs near my hospital bed and we talked for hours until Ayano had to leave because of her curfew.

Weeks passed, and I was discharged from the hospital and Jugo adopted me as his own child. Ayano now had an older sister, one that was the same age as Kazuma. I also discovered that I had the power to manipulate all of the elements. The only ones who knew were my sister, Ayano, and my adopted father, Jugo - oh, and Yukari and Nanasae; I couldn't keep anything from them.

It turns out there was another sword in the family saved for one who ". . . would fall from the sky and join the family not by blood but by ties", as Jugo said. It was part of a whole prophecy and such. I thought it was pretty damn cool. The sword is made of emeralds and diamonds with a ruby studded in the middle of the handle and called Ichimi, which means wind; it's gorgeous and I can use any element with it. It's amazing.

Ayano and I took a step forward and she clapped her hands together.

"Enriha, come forth!" she shouted, and her sword appeared in a burst of flame.

"Lend me your power, Ichimi!" I called and crossed my arm over my chest. My own sword appeared in my outstretched hand in a spurt of God's Fire.

Ayano was not shocked by my casual use of the God's Fire; she was used to my showing off by now.

The doors to the little temple opened and a stream of spider web shot out. Ayano bent down and I ran at her, using her back as a springboard to create a shield of God's Fire to burn the web away. I landed on my feet gracefully and Ayano darted around me to block another shot of web. The spider suddenly burst out of the temple, destroying it completely, and I stepped forward so that I was by Ayano's side. We created a shield of fire, mixing regular fire and the God's Fire together.

The web melted away, and Ayano charged at the beast before us. Suddenly, she stumbled over her feet and I took off, shooting a blast of fire at the web connecting my sister to the spider. Ayano, recognizing my intentions, turned around and bent down, cupping her hands together. I put one of my feet into her hands and she flung me into the air. I created a huge burst of flame by swirling Ichimi around for a few seconds and it seared the spider to a crisp.

Ayano laughed giddily, and she and I high-fived.

"Hm, I guess he just couldn't stand the heat," I remarked as Ayano dismissed Enriha. I tossed Ichimi into the air and clicked my fingers. The sword shattered into a thousand pieces, and Ayano sweat-dropped at me.

"You just can't stand to just dismiss Ichimi in a normal way, can you?" she asked, and I laughed.

"Ha! No, it's like asking you not to hate the wind," I said, and Ayano shrugged.

We took off down the pathway, heading back to Yukari and Nanasae.

"Hey, guys!" I called once I could see my sister and I's friends. "We didn't mean to keep you waiting."

"That didn't take long, Angel!" Yukari said as she and Nanasae raced for us.

"Did everything go okay?" Nanasae asked, and my sister and I linked arms as I winked, holding up a peace sign.

"Yup. There's just a little less evil in the world now, thanks to us," I said, and Ayano grinned at me.

"The Legendary Duo," Nanasae murmured, and I laughed, disentangling my arm from my sister's as I reached over to ruffle her blue hair.

"You know it!" I exclaimed, and everyone laughed.

"Great! Why don't we go celebrate with some karaoke?" Yukari suggested, and Nanasae looked at the blonde with a grin.

"Again, Yukari? You're obsessed," she said, and Yukari rolled her eyes.

"Look who's talking, Nanasae," she shot back, and I laughed, throwing my arms over both of their shoulders.

"Well, it is fun and all," Nanasae admitted, "but we're so close to the beach. Let's enjoy the ocean wind!"

"Yeah!" Yukari exclaimed. "That sounds like an awesome idea!"

"Then we'll go karaoke after that, 'kay?" Nanasae said, and Yukari nodded.

"The ocean wind, huh?" Ayano murmured, and I smiled warmly at her.

A huge gust of wind suddenly blew up and we all had to hold our skirts down to hide our panties. Ayano looked pissed.

"Oh. Yeah. Give me a break," she said. "I HATE THE WIND!"

I looked off into the distance while my friends laughed. "He's here," I murmured, and Ayano and the others looked at me strangely.

"Who's here, Angel?" Ayano asked gently, and I turned to look at her over my shoulder, smirking.

"You'll see," I said mysteriously, tapping my finger against my lips.

A/N: Okay, what did you think of that ending? I know it's a cliffy, but hey! I'm really good at those. I hope you're enjoying the story. I'm having a lot of fun writing it. I just hope you know how much of a pain in the ass it is, though, to keep playing and pausing the anime so that I can get the dialogue just right for all of my fans. You guys are lucky I love you, otherwise I wouldn't go to all of this trouble. What do you think of Angel so far? Can you tell who she's based off of yet? I bet you can't. *winks* It'll probably come to a surprise to most of you when you do figure it out.

Well, that's all for now. Ta-ta! 3