After what seemed like an hour of walking the trio stopped in the middle of the forest.
"Um, no offence but I was hoping that there would be a better reason for walking all this way, just to get hopelessly lost!" Ichigo cried.
"We're not lost, we're here." Ryou said.
"Yeah, but what is here? There's nothing out here!" Ichigo complained.
Completely ignoring the ranting and complaining girl, Ryou took out a charm from his pocket and waved it in the air and cried "Al-loobrioa!"
The next thing that Ichigo saw was a bright light that came from the charm, as the charm's light grew brighter she was forced to shield her eyes from the blinding light.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now." Ryou said.
Ichigo lowered her arms to see that right in front of her was a portal!
"W-Wh-Wah! T-That wasn't here before!" Ichigo cried as she pointed at the portal.
"That's because I just opened it, you baka. Now let's go inside."
"But I can't go in there, my mother she-"
"You want to go back to the lady who's treated you like a piece of garbage since you were only a little kid?" Ryou asked plainly.
Ichigo looked at him in surprise, how did Ryou know about her mother?
"I'm sorry to rush you Ichigo, but we have no time to waist, I know you just met us, but you must trust us." Keiichiro said putting his hands on her shoulders.
With that Ichigo summoned her courage and walked into the portal with the two mysterious men.
When Ichigo was on the other side of the portal, what she saw greatly surprised her. It looked like a small café, there were round tables, chairs, desserts, and cute candy decorations all over the place. (If it's easier 4 u readers, let's say it looked like a gingerbread house on the inside.)
"So…did we come here to have a snack or something?" Ichigo asked.
"No, this is actually our secret headquarters." Keiichiro said.
Ichigo couldn't help but giggle.
"You mean this place is…"she tried to hold back a laugh. "It's very manly you guys!" and that's when Ichigo started laughing.
Ryou sighed, he didn't like her attitude. "You know I was the one who designed this place." (I'm not suggesting he's gay, just so u know)
This only made Ichigo laugh even harder.
"We needed it to look like this so no one would suspect us."
"Suspect you of what? Holding a bake off?" Ichigo was still laughing.
"No, actually it was so we could have a secret location to fight back against the evil king Deep Blue.", Keiichiro simply said.
That is what stopped Ichigo's laughter. "King Deep Blue? Who's he?" she asked.
Ryou snapped his fingers and in front of there eyes came a sort of magic image.
"King Deep Blue is an evil ruler who wants to take over the universe, but in order to do so he needs an unlimited supply of power. He almost got many years ago when he destroyed the kingdom of Mysticallia." Ryou explained.
"Mysticallia?" Ichigo asked.
"It was a very powerful kingom where all the lands were at peace and every magical creature lived in harmony with one another." Keiichiro also explained.
"When Deep Blue came he destroyed the kingdom and everything in it." Ryou exclaimed sadly. "Even my parents…"
"Oh." Ichigo said feeling sorry for him. "I'm sorry."
"I don't want any sympathy, what we do need however is your help." Ryou said.
"Well what can I do? Until today I didn't know anything about magic, I mean, I always dreamed about going some where far away and discovering far off lands, and maybe battling some cool ferocious creatures, but-" Ichigo was interrupted by Ryou.
"So getting to the point you're crazy." he joked.
"WHAT I AM NOT CRAZY!" Ichigo shouted.
"Now, now you two settle down." Keiichiro said calmly.
"And by the way, why am I the only freaky magic using freak here?" Ichigo asked.
"First off your not a freak, you're what we call a mew, a sort of person who's not only part animal, but can use special magic. You had your cat ears since birth, right?" Ryou asked.
Ichigo nodded.
"Well that's part of the reason for your magic, each of the chosen girls not only have animal parts, but will know different types of magic as well."
"And how do I find these chosen girls?", Ichigo asked.
"I don't know."
Sinence for about three seconds and….
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON"T KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"I just don't, see the chosen girls are all located in different lands and realms, you were the easiest to find because you and your mother are the only ones who lived in that realm." Ryou calmly exclaimed. " The other girls however will come with a challenge, because not only are their more people in their kingdoms, but most of the people there are also part animal usually, or are magical creatures in general."
"Oh, man." Ichigo said a bit nervously.
"But the good news is that, we do however know where to find the girls, or which realms you need to look in however." Keiichiro said.
Ryou then waved his hand and the magic image changed to look like a sort of map of the universe and the many realms.
"We know for a fact the other girls we're looking for are these lands:
Cloud Kingdom,
Mermaidia (u can laugh if u wish, it was the first thing that came to mind)
Jungalon
Arabius
Talliania
And Icelia
"Each of the lands are located in rather interesting places. Cloud Kingdom, like it's name suggests is in the sky. Mermaidia is an underwater realm. Jungalon is a sort of jungle realm full of trees and wild plants. Arabius is a desert realm. Talliania is a realm of peace and love, that's all we know so far anyway. And lastly is Icelia, an icy wilderness."
"Your mission is very simple Ichigo, you must find the other six chosen ones, and help protect the heir to the throne, Prince Ryou." Keiichiro said with a bow.
"Prince, Ryou?" Ichigo asked in disbelief.
"Deep Blue wanted the royal heir's power in order to gain the ultimate power and rule over everything, I was only just lucky to escape with the prince before the kingdom was destroyed."
" So you're asking me to save a magical universe I had no idea existed until now, and you also want me to protect Ryou? No way forget it, I can't do it, I-"
"Ichigo, I know your scared, it's only natural to feel that way, but we need you to save the universe. Do your best, that's all we ask." Keiichiro then kissed her hand.
After standing there for about a few minutes, Ichigo decides to take the quest.
"But of course, along with trying your best, we also expect you not to miss up." Ryou then walks up to Ichigo and flicks her on the nose.
"HEY!" Ichigo cried.
"So don't mess up, little hero. Now get some rest, by tomorrow, we're going to send you to Cloud Kingdom." Ryou said walking away.
He stopped. "There is one more thing you need to know though." Ryou said with his back still turned to Ichigo.
"What is it?" she asked.
"You aren't the only one looking for the other girls."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Laughter could be heard all over as a shadowy figure flew through the sky.
" The master will be very pleased with me, I'll find the first girl and kill her with my bare hands. And then the stuck up prince Deep Blue wants will be next!" with that, the voice continued in unending laughter.
So what do u guys think, I worked on 2 stories in one day! WOW!
Anyway please, review.