Kikumaru's Beam

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Chapter 3: Kikumaru's Beam


Eiji's POV

I don't know why I listened to a ghost I just met. For all I know, she could be lying. She could be planning to do the same thing that the other demon tried to do with me. Maybe I listened because I was afraid of someone getting hurt. Violence never solves anything, or so I keep telling myself but...

"Guardian Position Hope!"

The pendant I had, opened and all I saw was a bright light and crosses surrounding by body. The light removed my clothes and replaced it with something uncomfortable. It made me feel light and I don't mean in the head, nya! The light covered me completely as the pendant attached to my chest.

The light went away as I wondered to myself, "What the hell am I wearing?!"

Azmaria was laughing at me. It ticked me off when I realized that I was wearing a cat costume, nya!

"It looks good on you," Azmaria commented while trying to keep in her giggles.

"That's mean, nya!"

There's nothing wrong with me wearing a cat costume. I mean I act like a cat almost all the time. The way I talk is like a cat, but wearing a cat costume felt weird.

The cat costume looks more like a dress. At least it wasn't pink. The costume was red, but what Azmaria was laughing at was the two cat ears on my head and the tail with a bell on it attached to my ass.

"I think guys will like you in that costume just as much as girls."

"SO MEAN!" I shouted as I complained more about the costume until I said, "Shouldn't we be where the demon is now?!"

"That's right! Come on!"

Azmaria went through the window. I just watched her wondering what to do. She came back when she realized that I wasn't following her.

"Come on, Eiji! Just jump! You're like a cat, so you'll be fine."

Azmaria went through the window again as I followed her.

"JUMP, EIJI!"

I followed my instincts and jumped, and surprisingly landed on my feet.

"That was too easy. Azmaria, where's the demon?" I asked her.

Azmaria searched for the demon's aura and told me, "The demon and the ninja are at the abandon construction site two miles away."

"Hoi-Hoi, we aren't going to make it in time if the demon is strong enough to make earthquakes."

"Again, you're a cat. You have all the strengths and weakness of a cat, so you can land safely, find your way back home, have a good sense of hearing and eyesight, and of course run very fast. We can get there in ninety seconds. Come on!"

Azmaria took off in the direction where the construction site was. I pursued her even though the ground was still shaking.


We finally reached the construction site, but I guess we were too late. O-chibi was brutally injured from the demon as Kaede was scarred all over. The demon was still there ready to attack Kaede again when Azmaria fired a blast of light from the her index finger which sent the demon backwards. I ran over to Kaede and asked her, "What happened?"

"I didn't make it on time," she began to explain weakly, "and Ryoma-bozu was taken by the demon and brutally injured from its sharp claws. I tried to fight back, but each time I found its weak spot, the demon would use Ryoma-bozu as a shield which prevented me from attacking it. Every time that happened, I was hit. Sorry Eiji, I'm just not strong enough as I was in my world."

Before she could say anymore she collapsed because of all the injuries.

"Kaede!"

Azmaria continued to fire blasts of light to keep the demon at bay, "Kaede should be okay, Eiji. She's a strong one from Mahora, so she'll live. The problem now is getting Ryoma away from that thing."

How does she know about Mahora? Kaede never told anyone but me, Fujiko and O-chibi.

"Here's the plan," she began, "You distract the demon while I get Ryoma out of its clutches."

"WHAT?! Why do I have to be the bait?"

"You are a Guardian, Eiji. It's time to see if you're ready for the evasion technique. If you can't even dodge this demon's attack, which are very sluggish, then I was wrong for choosing you as the eighth Guardian."

I couldn't care less about the whole Guardian thing and I REALLY didn't want to distract the demon...but O-chibi is in danger, so I agreed to it.

With that Azmaria gave the signal after she shot another beam of light at the demon. I zoomed past it waiting for it to strike. The demon started to lash its claws at me. I just kept running like she told me to do as the demon slashed everything in its way.

Crap! If that thing hits me I'm done for! I screamed in my head, "How many more minutes do I have to stall it?"

"Two minutes!"

I don't think I'll survive that long.

I continued to evade the attacks until...

The demon hit the tracker which blew up. I was caught in the explosion as it sent me flying in the air and back down with a big bang.

"Ouch!"

"Eiji! Are you okay?"

"I twisted my ankle when I landed. Of course I'm not okay, nya!"

Azmaria was quiet as she warned me to watch out. Too late for that as the demon was about to raise its claws against me. I thought I was dead when a light surrounded me protecting me from the attack. The force was so strong that the claws of the demons broke off. The demon backed off as I asked myself, What just happened?

"I'm done!"

I glanced at Azmaria to see that she set five crosses in the formation of a star around the construction site.

"BE GONE DEMON!"

The crosses activated and the demon was embedded in the light which gave Azmaria the time to grab O-chibi from its clutches. She landed perfectly with O-chibi in hands as the demon was tortured by the light. The only problem was that it wasn't killing it.

"Why isn't it working?" she asked out loud, but didn't get the answer as the demon charged at her with full force.

"Azmaria, look out!"

Dammit, what am I going to do? I have a twisted ankle and O-chibi and Azmaria are going to get hit. I need something to attack with!

When I thought of that, I felt a tennis racket (and tennis ball) come into my hands.

"This is the one I use for practice! How did it get here when I left it at the hospital? Oh well, nya! I hope I don't miss...Kikumaru Beam!"

I threw the ball in the air and hit it with my racket the way the way when I use the Kikumaru beam technique. What surprised me when the ball flew toward the demon is that the ball was surrounded in a light that made it look like a flying meteor. When the ball hit the demon in the neck, its head fell off. Blood gushed out of it's neck as its head fell to the ground unmoving.

"That worked. Thanks Eiji!"

"...Your welcome? God do I hate blood!"


"I'm tired!" Azmaria complained as we walked back to Seishun. I don't know why we had to go back to school. I mean, it's already 2:00 PM and schools almost over, so why did I have to go back? It was because of after school practice. I shouldn't even go to practice if Tezuka-buchou is going to force me to run laps for quote 'skipping school' unquote.

After I killed the demon, Azmaria told me that she could use magic to heal people, but it has been weakening over time. She used her magic to heal O-chibi and Kaede and my twisted ankle, but she stated that this might be the last time that she could someone's injuries. She also said to have deleted O-chibi's memories about the demon attacking him, but left Kaede's alone because she knew about magic and demons. I finally came to the conclusion that Kaede is a real ninja from another world. Since Azmaria used the last of her healing magic, she nearly passed out. I had to drag her as well as carry Kaede on my back and O-chibi in my arms. My cat costume went away after I started walking toward the school. The pendant stayed around my neck with the jewel glowing brightly though

"You're not helping Azmaria! Aren't you suppose to be a ghost?" I asked her in an irritated tone.

"I use energy too since I'm your guardian!"

"More excuses..."


We finally got to the school when I collapsed. "Azmaria, you're not helping!" I yelled.

"I'm too tired to move..."

Normal POV

School finally ended as Shuichiro Oishi headed toward the tennis court. The earthquake resulted in some students getting injured and others disappearing for no apparent reason. Oishi thought Eiji was one of them. He didn't show up at school at all today while he witnessed Kaede cut class with a suspicious Ryoma. Within two hours though that huge earthquake hit. Luckily no one was killed.

Oishi was about almost to the tennis court when he saw his doubles partner on the ground along with the first year prodigy and ninja girl.

"Hey, what happened Eiji?!"

Oishi ran over to the collapsed trio. He did not see Azmaria because she was transparent to people who didn't have magic powers.

"Eiji! Eiji! What happened? EIJI!"


Eiji's POV

It hurts...

What?

Someone help!

Whose calling?

Please someone help!

Tell me your name before I can help you!

HELP! IT HURTS SO MUCH! PLEASE!...I....don't...want to be...alone...again...

WAIT!

I woke up in sweat. What was that just now? A dream, a nightmare, or a vision of someone getting tortured?

"Eiji!"

I turned my head to see my double partner Oishi next to me.

"W-Where am I and what happened?"

"You're at my house because tennis lessons were canceled. You were unconscious along with Echizen and Nagase at the front of the school. You three looked really beat up. Was it because of the earthquake?"

"O-chibi! Kaede! Where are they?"

"Momo took Echizen back to his house. Fuji carried Nagase back to his house."

"The scene was so romantic! You should have seen it," Azmaria commented with hearts in her eyes. She seemed to have regained her energy back.

"Be quiet! The reason I collapsed is because you gave me extra weight to carry!"

"It's not my fault!" Azmaria whined before she looked at Oishi and frowned, "Your double partner is looking at you like you're crazy because he thinks that you are talking to yourself."

"You're the one who started it!"

"Eiji?" Oishi interrupted.

"Yeah?"

"Do you have a fever or something?"

"NO! HE'S ON CRACK!" Azmaria screamed. Too bad he couldn't hear her.

I ignored her this time as I told Oishi that I was fine.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Nya!"

I thought that was enough to get Oishi to stop asking me questions because once he starts asking if you're okay, he won't stop until he absolutely knows that you are okay or if you give up and tell him what's wrong. That time where O-chibi injured his eye, Oishi being the mother of Seigaku tried to persuade O-chibi to quit the match, but eventually gave up when everyone including Tezuka-buchou persuaded him to continue.

Azmaria's POV

I hate being ignored by Eiji! I'm a part of him from now on, so why won't he talk to me? Is it because of that guy Oishi is his double partner.

Then the unexpected happened from my POV. Oishi put his hand on Eiji's forehead to make sure that he didn't have a fever. For a second I thought I saw Eiji blushing. It was cute.

"O-Oishi-"

"Just checking to make sure you weren't lying," Oishi told him.

Eiji's POV

What is wrong with me? Why is my heart beating so fast? His hand is just on my forehead, so why?

"You're fine Eiji, but I think it's better if you stay at my house tonight."

"What? Why?"

"It's raining outside, and if you tried to walk home, you really would get a fever."

I was quiet as I heard thunder noises outside. Azmaria clinged to me at the sound of the thunder. I sighed. If Azmaria hates thunder and lighting she wouldn't go outside until its over. At least I believed that.

"Okay."

"That's the Eiji I know."

My heart was beating faster again. Why is this happening? He just said that I was back to normal, so why?

"Because I think you're in love with him," Azmaria declared.

I don't know what you're talking about, nya!


Normal POV

Azmaria observed Eiji's reaction to what Oishi was doing after she told him that he was in love with his double partner. The truth was that she was only assuming that, but after what Eiji told her, it made it clear to her that he liked Oishi but did he like-like him?

Time passed and the two Seigaku members fell asleep as Eiji slept in Oishi's bed, and Oishi slept in a sleeping bag on the floor. Azmaria couldn't go to sleep because she was a ghost from now on. She also had to watch them, so she could warn Eiji when a demon attacked.

Azmaria was lost in thought about what happened three years ago in her world. After the four legendary heroes defeated Aion for good, Rosette and Chrono decided to stay as Summoners (highly trained mages) even though they know that they are already dead. When the legendary heroes left someone from another world (this world) attack them and everyone died except her and another friend who was suppose to be dead called Satella. The two girls turned into Guardians waiting for a Guardian to appear and use them to save the universe again. Azmaria hid at the bottom of the lake waiting for eighty years. The reason she still looks twelve instead of sixteen or eighty-six is because the person who attacked her in her world put a curse on her where she would forever be young and immortal. She would grant the powers of immortality to whoever was the final Guardian. Satella was meant to die.

"That person is in this world" Azmaria began, "He will come after Eiji. I have to protect him no matter what...I just hope that someone else will help me..."


Outside the Oishi residents, two mysterious figures stood on top of the tallest building in the thunder storm. You couldn't see them that well, but they were both in Sukka from like Eiji was this afternoon. One had bat wings and black hair that was spiked while the other was a brunette that looked like a normal teenage boy.

"It's cold Jun! When can we go inside?" ask the brunette.

"Shut up Judai! Go back to what you were doing!" the raven haired teen told the brunette.

"Fine! Is that house with the red haired boy and ghost the final Guardian that our guardians told us about?" he asked innocently.

"Yes, the eighth Guardian that Alviss told us about: Eiji Kikumaru and his Guardian Azmaria Hendric."

"Tomorrow, do we get to meet them?"

"Yes. When we do, don't do anything stupid that would give us away."

"Quit worrying Jun-Jun. I won't get caught."

"Either call me Jun or we will go back to Manjoume Sanda!"

With that a lighting bolt clashed near the raven haired brunette to match what he just said.

The brunette sweatdropped, "Okay Jun. Eiji Kikumaru The last Guardian...I wonder what he's like. Hope he's not like Jun."


Me: TBC with 3210 words.

Yohko: This is where the chapters increase in length.

Me: Not a lot of things were changed. I won't even give any spoilers for the KH story I'm working on. Anyway, please review. Ja ne!