A/N: Like the chapter name suggests, this chapter will introduce Vstriker's OCs, Vincent and CJ. This chapter is way longer than the first one, with a battle! Enjoy!

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"I hate school days," Soren muttered, pacing around the apartment. "Riley can't be around, and he doesn't live with anyone…No one for me to talk to but myself. School's almost over, but…Argh!"

She slumped against the window, her blue eyes looking out, when she noticed a boy and a…hamster? No, it looked slightly different…A gerbil? Soren shook her head. It looked familiar, she saw a picture of one once and forced Riley to tell her what it was. A gu…gui… Her eyes trailed to what the boy was holding. A dark brown book. Soren's eyes then widened in surprise. A demon book! She looked around for the demon, when she noticed the animal. No, that's not it…I have to tell Riley! She thought, and she ran from the window to the desk where her light blue book lay. The girl grabbed it and ran out the door, making sure to lock it after past scoldings from Riley.

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Riley checked his bag, making sure all his books were in it, when he realized that the blue book wasn't there. "Ah! I might've left it on the desk back at the apartment. I should go check to make sure everything's all right…"

"Riley!"

The boy turned to look at the door, where Soren stood, holding the book. Good thing school was over. "Soren, what are you-"

"No time to talk! Human! Book! No clue where the demon is! NOW!" She ran over to her partner and dragged him out of the classroom.

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"There!" Soren pointed, at the brown book the boy was holding. It took them half an hour to find him, but he was holding the book, and at the park. "And his animal!"

"A guinea pig…" Riley sighed.

"I knew it wasn't a hamster or a gerbil! Hah!"

The boy turned to look at them, his eyes first noticing the book in Soren's hand. His messy hair was black, he wore glasses and a brown jersey. He wore jeans, and he didn't wear shoes. "Hey, CJ. Look, it's a demon!" He said, pointing his finger. The guinea pig known as CJ's ears perked up, and jumped off the boy's head, where he was laying.

"Mmhm." Soren nodded her head. "Where's your demon?"

"My demon?" The boy asked. "CJ is my demon!" He brought the brown book in front of him. "Where else could he be, playing on the swings?"

"Grr…" Soren growled. "Are you implying that I'm not smart?"

"In a way, yes." He smirked.

"Riley!" The demon shouted. "We're going to beat him into a pulp…" She slowly brought her voice to a whisper.

"But Soren," Riley started. "He didn't do anything to us."

"Yes, he did! He said I was an idiot!"

"Not directly, I just implied it." The boy smirked from across the park. Riley took the book from Soren's hand and opened it. "I guess we're going to fight. But first, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Vincent, and this is my demon, CJ."

"I'm Riley, and this is Soren." Vincent kept the smile on his face, also bringing out his book.

"Fogar!" Vincent shouted as CJ's fur turned into fire, and Soren's anger immediately vanished.

"Oh, cool!"

"Soren!" Riley shouted in disbelief. "Wingfor!" Soren put her hands in front of her and they glowed blue for a second, when she brought them both back at swiftly in front of her again, sending out a blue wisp. It went for CJ, and it hit, blowing the flaming guinea pig back a bit, and extinguishing some of the flames.

"Wind, eh?" Vincent said. "Let's see you dodge this!" CJ's fire died down, revealing his brown fur again. "Fokai!" The guinea pig's fur turned into lightning, and he then raised his back, sending the lightning bolts at the two of them.

"Shiar!" Riley cried. A shield made entirely of wind appeared, absorbing the lightning and shooting it back, only straight at the ground.

"Some reflection. You didn't even get anywhere close to me!"

"Actually, since the wind keeps moving, where it reflects back is random. It could go up in the sky, straight at you, or, like you just saw, straight at the ground."

"Hmm. Foku!" Vincent shouted as CJ's fur began to turn into stone, putting up a tough defense. "I doubt you could break through CJ's shield."

"Maybe not, but you're unprotected!" Soren shouted, throwing her hands back.

"Wingfor!"

Soren then shot another wind attack, this time heading straight for Vincent. She didn't expect the guinea pig to jump up and take the attack head on, barely causing a scratch. "W-what?"

"Heh. Nice try." CJ's armor began to turn back into fur. "Fogoken!" His fur pointed straight up, and sharp fur then started to speed towards them, like needles.

"Gah!" Riley cried. "Shiar!" The shield appeared again, and the needles went in all sorts of directions. Up, down, left, right, back where it came from. CJ didn't hold back, however.

"Come on! How many spells do you have?" Soren shouted.

"Nine." Vincent smiled.

"Nine?!" The girl shrieked. "We only have three!"

"How come you haven't used that last spell yet?"

"It's not a attack or a defense spell…" Riley sighed. "We only use it if we really need to and have no hope of winning."

"Like now?" The needles slowed down, and the wind shield slowly died away. "Fereuken!" The animal's fur then began to turn into a metal armor, with blades on top and sides, with two guns on each blade.

"…You've got to be kidding me." Riley moaned.

"Because it's dangerous?" Soren asked.

"No, because I've never think I'd ever see a guinea pig with guns before." The blue book began to glow brighter, and Soren glared at him.

"Who cares?! We can't let them win this battle! Think of what would happen if that thing became king!"

"Hey! Don't talk about CJ like he isn't here!" Vincent shouted from across the park.

"Be quiet! I wasn't talking to you!" Soren picked up a nearby rock and threw it at him. "What I'm saying is," she turned back to Riley. "If that book burns, then I'm gone! And you'd be living alone again! Think of all the spark I've added to your life!"

"What spar-" He noticed the glare from the nine year old. "Okay, okay. Maybe we should just use the third spell…"

"Fine! Just don't let that book get burnt!" When she didn't hear a reply, she turned to look at her partner again. "Riley!"

"Hey, I think we've got a new spell!" Riley said, smiling.

"What are you waiting for?! Try it out!"

"Hey, CJ," Vincent said. "You hear that? They've got a new spell. Let's see what it does!" CJ nodded his small head and turned back to normal, not even using the previous spell.

"Ra Koron Serudo!" Riley looked over at Soren, who's hands were back behind her again. Above them was a large phoenix looking thing, made entirely of wind and glowing blue. "…This is not like our other spells…" Soren then hurled the phoenix at Vincent and CJ.

"Foshield!" Vincent cried before the phoenix hit. Smoke was everywhere, and Riley fell to his knees. No, that definitely was not like their other spells. It took a lot out of him, and it was huge.

When the smoke cleared, there was a giant fur thing where Vincent and CJ once were. The fur then began to grow smaller as it turned back into CJ, whose paws stretched out in front of him.

"Some spell," Vincent said, serious. "But you'll have to do more than that if you want to break Foshield. But we'll battle again another day."

"Truce?" Soren said, already next to CJ, holding her small hand out to the guinea pig, who placed his paw in her hand as reply.

"That was awesome!" Vincent said. "Come on, CJ. I'm tired. Let's go home." CJ got up and ran up Vincent's shoulder. "As for you two, I'm sure we'll see each other sometime soon."

"Yeah, of course! I'm the only one who will burn your book!" Soren said, piping up.

"Yup. Oh, I forgot. I have extra tickets to a magic show. Wanna come?" Vincent asked, holding out two tickets he had in his pocket.

"Sure, we'd love to." Riley said as Soren grabbed the tickets from Vincent's hand. "When is it?"

"Tomorrow, three in the afternoon, at the mall. Or in front of it, more likely. Second row seats."

"How'd you get them?"

"I have my ways." Vincent smiled and walked off, his demon on his shoulder.

"Come on, Riley! Let's go home! I can't wait for the show tomorrow!" Soren said, tugging his arm. Riley paid no attention to her and looked at the ticket Soren had given to him seconds before.

"'Demi's Magical Surprise...'" He read.