One mind, one heart
Saving Amber, journeying in to Fukumaden
Daichi was back at the shrine with Riku and Kogenta. He was looking for his stone dagger that he had dropped last time he was here after the battle with the dog. That body had some how disappeared over night.
"Tell me again why we're looking for some stupid piece of stone?" asked Kogenta as he looks over at Daichi who was on his hands and knees.
"I told you before and I'll say it again" Daichi said with a sigh as he stood up on to his feet. "My father gave me that dagger for a special gift that he gave me for my birthday, and it's the only thing that lets me remember my family. But what I don't get is how it changed into that sword when I stabbed it into that monster dog."
"Whatever kid" Kogenta said with his hands on his hips. "I still say that it's nothing but a stupid rock and that we're wasting our time searching for it."
That got Daichi anger and was soon face to face with the white tiger.
"Alright then mister superior answer me this question, how would you feel if I take that sword of yours and have it as my own?"
"You wouldn't dare?!" shouted Kogenta as he touched his nose against Daichi as he glares at the boy.
"I can and I…" "I found it!" called Riku as he held up the stone dagger.
The two tigers broke away from each other with a huff. Daichi walks up to Riku with a smile as he took the stone dagger from Riku while being careful not to prick him with his claws.
"Thanks Riku" Daichi said as he ties the dagger necklace around his neck again.
"Now that we found Daichi's stupid rock"-Daichi glares at the white tiger again-"We can get back to training."
"Aye, aye captain" Daichi said in a dull sarcastic voice as he salutes.
Just then Daichi's ears twitched as he heard a scream some where near by, with feet running towards them.
"Someone is coming" Daichi said as he looks towards the entrants of the shrine.
The foot steps got louder as the person got closer. Daichi stood ready to fight but his look turned into surprise as the person that came out in front of them was none other then Amber. Amber stopped as she saw people in front of her but quickly ran over to Daichi and threw her arms around his waist.
Daichi sensed her fear and sadness as she clung to him.
"Amber, what's wrong?" he asked as he looks down at her and strokes her head.
Amber looks up to him with tears flowing down from her eyes. "Some men are chasing me!" she cried as she hid behind him.
"What?" asked Daichi before looking back at the entrants than soon got into defense as he saw the same men that had captured him four days ago. "You guy's again, what do you want?!"
"Ah experiment 275." one of the men said as he saw Daichi "The one that transformed into a Daikojin and killed many people that day."
When hearing what the man said he froze with shock and fear. The sick feeling of what he did came into his stomach. No matter how hard he denied it in his head, his heart knew that it was true.
"Now if you would so kindly give us that child that is behind you?" asked the man as he points to Amber who was hiding behind Daichi.
Daichi keeps Amber behind him as he glares at the men. "And what will you do to her if I do give her to you?" he asked as he was getting ready to pounce on the men and rip them apart.
"We're going to make her into a stronger Shikigami than all the other's put together." The second man said as he walks towards them "Along with your other little friend that's with the other tiger."
When Kogenta heard what the men were about to do to his Toujinshi he quickly stood in front of Riku and growled. Daichi felt the same rage spread through him again as he saw how close these men were come near them.
"You take people and children away from their home's and families and change them into freaks?" asked Daichi as his eyes flashed red with anger. "You people sicken me, and there's no way I'm giving Amber to you, no way in HELL!"
Without warning Daichi balls his left paw hand into a fist and pulls it back Daichi then slams his fist into the ground "Sure-kill, Earth Claw Attack!"
The ground shook for a few moments before needle like stones started bursting out of the ground. The stone needles pierced the two men in the skin. Soon the men had to escape the stone needles before they wind up dead.
Daichi was breathing hard but soon calms down as he saw that the men were gone and sighs with relief. Daichi was taken off guard when he felt Amber wrap her arms around his neck. Daichi smiles as he looks at her over his shoulders.
"Everything is alright now Amber" Daichi said with a smile, as he touches the girl's small arm. "Don't worry."
"Hey" Kogenta said as he walks up to Daichi and Amber. "Do you know her or something?"
"Yeah I do" Daichi said as he looks up at Kogenta. "I found her in the forest where she was almost attacked by a cougar. Now that those men are gone I have to get her back to her parents now and…"
"No!" shouted Amber as her grip tightened around Daichi's neck.
Daichi was surprised and confused at how Amber had reacted to what he just said about, 'getting her back to her parents'.
"Don't send me back to my parents, please?!" begged Amber as she started sobbing.
"Why, what's wrong?" asked Daichi in a calm voice as he took Amber's arms off his neck and turns to look at her.
"I don't want to go back to them." Amber sniffed as she looks up at Daichi. "For you see, they were the one's that ordered those men to take me away."
"What?!" asked Daichi in disbelief, and anger.
"Please don't send me back there, please?" asked Amber again as tears flowed down her face.
Daichi wipes the tears off of Amber's face and soon pulls her into his arms. "Don't worry I won't, that's a promise."
"Don't make promises you can't keep" Kogenta said as he waved a finger at Daichi.
A blood vain appeared on top of Daichi's head and he quickly jumps up onto his feet.
"When I make a promise, I keep a promise, is that good enough for you?!" Daichi yelled as his eye narrowed into slits and his fur started spiking up.
"Oh, really" Kogenta said in a dull voice, as he look at Daichi with a bored look on his face.
Before a fight could break out Amber got in between Daichi and Kogenta "No fighting, please!?" cried Amber as she looks at the two tiger boys.
"Sorry Amber, but this between me and smart-mouth here" Daichi said as he lightly pushes Amber aside.
Amber had a worried look on her face as she watches the two tiger's glare at one another. Riku puts his right hand on her shoulder and that made Amber look at him.
"Don't, worry Kogenta maybe tough but he won't hurt Daichi too much." Riku said with encouragement in his voice to reassure Amber that everything is going to be okay.
Daichi growls at Kogenta as he cracks his knuckles and flexes his claws. Kogenta got in fighting position as he saw the determent look on Daichi's face.
"Looks like we're finally getting some training down" Kogenta said with a smirk on his face.
"Let's do this!" shouted Daichi as he runs at Kogenta.
Daichi brings his right claw hand back, and slashed out at Kogenta. Kogenta countered it with his own right claw hand. Daichi and Kogenta countered each other's claws with every slash they tried to get at one another.
Daichi jumps back to get more distance from Kogenta and soon jumps into the air. Daichi pulls his left fist back then soon rockets down towards Kogenta, with his fist glowing in a dark blue light.
Kogenta jumps out of the way with Daichi's fist colliding into the ground. Daichi's fist breaks the dirt with small cracks appearing under his fist. Daichi pulls his fist out of the ground and soon stood up with no pain showing on his face.
Kogenta was ten meters away from Daichi. Kogenta and Daichi glared at one another, than the two of them ran at each other with their right and left fist pulled back. Amber covered her eyes, for she couldn't bear to see what would happen next.
The two fists collided with Daichi and Kogenta hitting each other on the cheeks. Daichi and Kogenta pulled back from one another with Daichi stumbling backwards.
"What's this? Are you finished already kid?" asked Kogenta in a disbelief tone.
Daichi's tail helps balance him by pushing off the ground and organize his footing again. "What are you saying?" questioned Daichi with a glare "This fighting has only just begun!"
With that said Daichi and Kogenta continued to fight one another until the sun started going down.
Scene change
The sunset was disappearing over the horizon where Kogenta and Daichi were still standing. The two of them had bruises all over their bodies. Daichi was panting long and hard as he glares at Kogenta, he took a step forward and that made him crumble to the ground in pain on one knee.
Amber gasped on the side lines and soon ran over to him to see if he was okay.
"Daichi" Amber said in a quiet voice as she touches his shoulder. "Are you okay?"
Daichi looks over at her and nodded his head yes. "These wounds are nothing."
Kogenta walks up to him with a smirk on his face. "I have to hand it to you kid, you sure know how to make a guy run for his money. The way you fight was a little stiff though."
Daichi looks up at Kogenta with a confused look on his face. "Well to tell you the truth, I never really fought before, except with the bullies at my school. Even when I fight them I still lose."
"Than you need to know how to fight" Kogenta said as he crosses his arms. "For in a Shikigami battle you can't lose to the enemy that you're fighting. When your life is on the line you have to fight until the very end."
Daichi nodded his head in understanding to Kogenta's words, for he knew that if he loses then that would mean he'll lose his life.
Scene change
Daichi was sitting in his room that night while thinking about what he had gotten himself into.
'Ever since that doctor put that DNA sample of the tiger in me, I started to become more different then I ever was before.' He thought as he closed his eyes and leans against the wall of his bed room. 'But now I know the truth on what I did to those people at the lab. I was the one who killed them, but I only did it in my-what was it that guy said again, Daikojin, yeah that's what it was called-and now I have to learn how to fight to protect myself from people that try to hurt me, and Riku and Amber for that matter. I just wish I knew why I was captured and change into a Shikigami.'
With that thought in mind he started to doze off into his dream world, with the nightmare of what he did at the lab running though his mind.
Scene change
Daichi woke up that morning with the smell of breakfast in the air, and walks down stairs. He saw Riku, Nazuna, Souma, and Amber sitting at a small table while eating breakfast.
Daichi took a seat down by Amber's side and soon go his portion of the food. He soon started eating his food but would sometimes look at the group around him.
"So what are you guys doing today?" he asked as he swallowed his food.
"Well, Nazuna is temporally heading back to Kyoto" Riku said as he answers Daichi's question. "And I have to go to school today, do you think you could watch Amber and Souma?"
"Souma isn't going to be a problem, and neither will Amber, right?"
"Right" Amber said with a smile on her face.
Daichi looks over at Souma and shook his head as he saw that the boy wasn't holding his chopsticks right. Daichi's ears flicked when he heard Nazuna say that Riku was spoiling the boy.
"This is quite a little family we got here" Daichi thought out loud to himself.
"What's this?" a voice said from above Daichi and the gang.
Daichi looks up and saw Kogenta flouting along with two other Shikigami. One of the Shikigami was a rabbit wearing priestess clothing. The other was a falcon wearing a yellow pant's, a white and orange shirt with an orange scarf around his neck, along with a blue vest over the white shirt.
"It looks like their getting along, like a chummy family" Kogenta said a he looks at the group of people at the table.
"I wouldn't say 'chummy' just yet" the Falcon said as he glares at Kogenta.
Kogenta snaps his head towards the Falcon with a glare, as a blood-vessel appeared on the side of his head.
"Come, come" the rabbit said between the two. "We're all comrades here right?"
The two only huffed as they turned their heads away from each other. Daichi held back a laugh as he saw just how childish it was to see two Shikigami bicker at one another.
After everyone had finished their breakfast Nazuna and Riku started to get ready. Daichi walks outside first and took a breath of fresh air.
"Ah! What a glorious day." He said with a smirk on his face as his tail flicked once.
"Well Riku" Nazuna said as she looks at the group. "I take my temporary leave."
"Take care" Daichi said with a wave.
"Wait" Riku said as he slips his shoe on. "The train station is right near my school, I'll walk you there."
Riku then turns to Daichi, Amber, and Souma. "Okay, Daichi, you and Souma watch the house."
"Sure thing" Daichi said with a nod of his head.
"Make sure you do a good job studying." Souma said as he bid farewell to Riku.
Daichi looks down at Amber with a confused look. "I have a question Amber, do you have school?"
"No" Amber said with a shake of her head. "My parents would always home school me."
"Huh?" Daichi said with an even more confused look on his face.
'Now that I think about it, my family had also home schooled me as well. Just what in the world is going on here?'
"Now that I think about" Nazuna said as she looks around the yard. "When I first came here I slightly felt if…This house had a powerful concealing barrier."
Daichi looks at Nazuna for a moment then looks around the house as well. Now that Nazuna mentioned it he too felt a strange power coming from around the house. This power really made his fur stand on end.
"Really?" asked Riku as he looks at Nazuna.
"Yes, But just who…!? It couldn't be, a Chi-Ryuu member wouldn't be capable of a feat like this." Nazuna said as she had a confused look on her face.
Nazuna turns to Souma, who glares at her.
"Listen, no Chi-Ryuu must, never be allowed to enter the Fukumaden." She said as she glares at the red head boy.
"You are so annoying!" growled Souma as he glares at Nazuna. "I already told you that I've entered it already! It's obvious that I would be much more useful than you!"
"Yes, yes" Nazuna said as she started to walk away. "I take my leave then."
"Well…we're off." Riku said as he looks at the others with a smile.
"See you" Daichi said then looks over at Souma.
"How dare you mock me!" growled Souma in anger "Just you wait!"
"C'mon Souma" Daichi said with a frown. "Don't let what she said get to you."
"I would be angry too if I was him." Amber said as she looks up at Daichi. "But I have a question, what's a 'Fukumaden'?"
"Beats me" Daichi said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"The Fukumaden is a place where demons live." Souma said as he answered Amber's question. "It's also where it holds the Toujin stone."
"Toujin stone?" asked Daichi as he looks at Souma with a confused look on his face.
"It's a very powerful stone that powers up Shikigami." Souma said as he answered Daichi's.
Daichi thought of what a Toujin stone would look like, but couldn't think of it would look like. Daichi shrugged it off and walks back inside the house, along with Amber and Souma.
Daichi took a set in the corner of the room as Souma started tutoring Amber.
"I'm impressed Souma." Daichi said with as he watched the two kids studied on some math work. "You could actually be a teacher when you grow up."
"I'll think about that" Souma said with a smile on his face.
"And not to seem rude or anything, but aren't you suppose to go to school as well?" asked Daichi as he scratches the back of his head.
"Already graduated" Souma said as he took out a card and past it over to Daichi.
Daichi took the card and looks at it. Without warning Daichi did an anime faint as he saw what the card was, and quickly sat up again. "You actually graduated from collage!?"
"Riku was also surprised when he saw that as well." Souma said with a smirk on his face.
Daichi blinks his eyes but soon smirk back at Souma. "Will wonders never cease."
"Daichi-San you are really funny." Laughed Amber as she saw what happened to the tiger boy.
Soon the little group started to laugh without knowing why.
Chi-Ryuu headquarters
In a dark a figure sat alone. No one can tell what the figure looked liked in the dark. A door opened as the person stepped into the room. The dark figure stood up and turned to the person.
"What do you want?!" the dark figure asked as he glares at the person.
"I need you're assistants in finding the Toujin stone." A female voice said from the door way.
The figure's eyes flashed red for a moment in the dark. "What about my teacher, Rangetsu?" he asked in a low voice.
"It will take time for Rangetsu to heal." The female replied to the figures question.
"I see" the dark figure said with a sigh.
"Please Taichi? We need your power on this mission." The female said.
"Very well." The Dark figure, now known as Taichi, said. "If you need my power this badly then I shall assisted you."
Riku's house
Daichi was sitting outside on the porch as he looks at the sunlit sky. Amber was resting against him as she slept.
'I don't understand.' He thought as he puts one arm around Amber. 'Why would Amber's family want to give her to people that want to changer into one of the Shikigami? And that comes to another question that's passing through my head, did my parents sent those men after me as well?'
"Hey! Daichi." A voice said from behind him.
Daichi shook himself out of his thoughts, and looks to see Souma and Riku standing before him.
"Hey guy's, what's up?" he asked as he looks at the people he started to grow to like.
"We're going to the Fukumaden, and we were wondering if you want to come with us." Souma said as he held up a bored of some kind, and a small white stone that looked like a crescent moon.
"Sure." Daichi said with a nod of his head. "But let me take Amber up to bed before we go."
"Okay" Riku said with a nod of his head.
Daichi gathers Amber up in his arms and took her to her bed room. Daichi places Amber on the futon with the blanket over her body.
"See you soon, Amber." He said as he pats her head with claw hand gently.
Daichi stood up and walks to the door. He was about to turn off the light when he heard Amber's voice.
"See you soon, Daichi-nii-chan." Amber said in her sleep as she turns over on her bed.
Daichi smiles as he turns off the light and lightly shuts the Shoji door behind him. Daichi meets up with Riku and Souma in the front yard.
"What took ya?" asked Kogenta with a glare at Daichi.
"I just had to take Amber to bed." Daichi said in a growl, then huffs. "Now come on, we're wasting time."
With that said Daichi started forward with Riku and Souma following right behind him. Daichi lets Riku take the lead, for he knew where they had to go. Along the way Souma started talking to Daichi.
"Daichi, do you have any parents?" he asked the tiger boy.
"Yeah" Daichi said with a small smile on his face. "But I can't go back to them now, not like this but also…I can't go back to them because they think I'm dead."
"Sorry" Souma said in a sympathetic voice.
Daichi shook his head at Souma. "It okay, you were just asking. Besides I have you guys now, and that kind of makes me feel a little better. Because, to tell you the truth, I never really made any friends; I was completely alone my whole life. Even though my parents were always there for me they could never really fill the void in my heart."
"But you have us now" Souma said with a smile. "So you're not alone any more."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Daichi said with a smile of his own.
They soon came to the shrine. Daichi pauses for a moment as he looks around the area. When he was sure that no was around he followed Riku and Souma in to the shrine.
"It was like this." Riku said as he places the stone on the ground "Now all we do is wait; some how it's related to the wax and wan of the moon."
"What is that stone any ways?" asked Daichi as he sat down on the ground near Souma and Riku.
"It's called the Crescent moon jewel." Riku said as he answers Daichi's question. "It lets us travel to the Fukumaden."
"I see" Daichi said with a nod of his head. "And as you said before, we wait."
"Hey Riku" Souma said in a small voice. "Do you doubt me like that girl, Nazuna, does? Like, do you think that I'm a Chi-Ryuu spy?"
"Not at all" Riku said with a smile on his face.
"But what if I was!?" Souma said as he looks at Riku. "You can never tell when people's feelings change. Like my brother for instants, he didn't use to be that way, but right no…."
"Big brother…" Riku said in a quiet voice.
"You can never tell when a person's heart will go bad." Souma said as he looks down at the ground. "A person's heart…"
Daichi puts his claw hand on Souma's shoulder for reassures.
Riku looks at the ground for a moment before looking over at Souma. "Souma-Kun actually, in Kyoto, with your big brother…"
But before he could finish a bright glow emanated from the jewel. Daichi looks down at the floor as he saw that they were in a blue light. Souma looks over at Riku as he heard what he said.
"Um…nothing" Riku said as he looks at the ground. "I'm sorry."
Daichi and Souma looked at Riku with a confused look on their faces. Suddenly Daichi felt something pass through his body as they were engulfed in the blue light.
Daichi soon saw that they were on some kind of elevator with shoji flying around every where.
"Is this the Fukumaden?" he asked as he looks left to right.
"Not quite" Riku said as he answered Daichi's question.
"Any Toujinshi or Shikigami would know that." Kogenta said as he appeared at Riku's side.
Daichi glares at the white tiger. "If you have forgotten, Kogenta-Sama, I'm not human any more and I do not accept myself as one of you Shikigami ether!"
"Temperamental aren't we?" The falcon boy said as he appeared next to Souma's side.
Daichi looks at the falcon with a curious look on his face. "And…you are?"
"Fusanoshin" the falcon said. "I'm Souma's partner Shikigami."
"Pleasure" Daichi said with a dull look on his face. "And just to let you know, I'm not temperamental."
"Whatever kid" Kogenta said with a wave of his paw. "Just try not to get lost in the Fukumaden, okay?"
Daichi hissed at Kogenta before huffing as he snaps his head away from the tiger. They soon came to one of shoji that opened before them. Riku jumps through first with Souma right behind him, and Daichi bringing up the rear.
They soon came to a place where the ground was literally made of metal. Daichi taps his right paw foot on the ground in confusion.
"Never seen ground like this before." He said as he raised his eyebrow.
"The Fukumaden is a lot different than earth." Souma said as he saw the confused look on Daichi's face.
"I see" Daichi said as he as he scratches the back of his head. "At least, I think I do."
"Stupid" Kogenta said with a smirk.
"Shut up, Kogenta!" shouted Daichi as his tail frizzed in anger.
"Ready to go look for the Toujin stone?" asked Riku as he held the bored in his hands.
"Yeah but, how are we going to find them?" asked Daichi as his tail twitched in anger.
"We use this Onmyou Divination bored." Riku said as he shows Daichi the bored in his hands "It show's use where the Toujin stones are."
"Sort of like a compass, right?" Daichi said as he looks at the bored.
"Right" Riku said with a nod of his head.
"Alright lets go" Daichi said as he started walking ahead.
Riku and Souma ran to catch up with him. Daichi looks around at the scene of the field. "It looks like this place is made of metal."
"It must be a metal field." Souma said as he looks around at the field as well. "This is my first time coming here."
"Really?" asked Riku as he looks over at Souma. "Last time me and Nazuna came here it was a swamp field."
"I'm guessing that this Fukumaden place has lots of different types of fields, right Souma?" asked Daichi as he looks down at the boy that was at his side.
"Yeah" Souma said with a nod of his head.
"So Riku, what does our trusty compass say on where we should go?" asked Daichi as he looks at the Onmyouji bored in Riku's hands.
Daichi saw the tiles at the bottom of the circle move, with the slit pointing to the right.
"Looks like the Onmyou Divination bored, is pointing that way." Riku said as he looks to where the compass was pointing.
"What Riku, you can read where the Onmyou Divination bored points to?" asked Souma as he was amazed at how Riku can read it.
Riku looks over at Souma and scratches the back of his head. "Well I learned how to after I watched how Nazuna used it."
"Wow" Daichi said in amazement. "Maybe I can get her to teach me how to use one of these things."
"The Onmyou Divination bored can't really be used by ordinary people, only the head of the Ten-Ryuu only." Souma said as he told Daichi about it.
"Oh" Daichi said as a sweat drop appeared on the side of his head.
"Really?" asked Riku then shrugs his shoulders. "Oh well, let's go look for the Toujin stone."
"Hey Riku" Souma said as Riku turns to look at him. "You were saying something about Kyoto earlier?"
Riku flinched at Souma's question. "Uh…yeah, what was it again?" he said with a nerves smile before turning his back at Daichi and Souma.
Daichi blinks his eyes then looks at Souma. "I wonder what he was going to say to you."
Souma shrugs his shoulder in an I-don't-know way. The two of them soon walk after Riku. Daichi suddenly felt his tail twitch once in a while, and he looks at it in anger. He suddenly grabs it in his right claw hand and glares at it.
"Stupid tail" he mumbles as he watches it struggle in his grip, as if it were a snake.
Just then he felt a chill go up and down his back. Daichi let's go of his tail as he shook his body.
'What the hell was that?' he thought as he blinks his eyes several times.
Just then he saw a shrine gate standing before them. But that wasn't what caught Daichi was two women standing at a base of a bolder. The other two figure he saw were a Jellyfish woman and, to his surprise, a tiger man.
The tiger was a lot bigger then a human. The tiger's fur was a grayish blue with white under his muzzle and arms. The stripes of the tiger's fur were a crimson red, as if blood was smeared into the fur. His eyes were a bright gold with tints of brown in it. Unlike Daichi's ears the tiger's ears were round like a normal tigers would. The tiger was bare-chested with only a black pendent around his neck. His lower arms were wrapped with three leather belts, on his claw hands were two knuckle guards. He was wearing baggy blue jeans and his paw feet were bare.
"Some one's there" Riku said as he saw the people as well.
"Chi-Ryuu!" shouted Daichi as he saw the black and red patterns on the people's vests.
"Ten-Ryuu!" shouted the blue tiger as he glares at Daichi and the group.
"Souma!" a woman with dark blue hair said as she saw the younger Toujinshi.
"Mizuki!" shouted Souma as he recognizes the woman.
"You!" a woman with blonde hair said as she saw Riku.
"You!" shouted Riku as he saw the woman.
Without warning the blue tiger jumped towards Daichi. Daichi quickly jumps out of the way from the tiger; soon the two of them were circling each other.
"My I ask who you are?" asked Daichi as he growls at the tiger.
"I'm experiment 23, but my real name is Taichi." The blue tiger said with a growl of his own.
"You were human once too huh?" asked Daichi as he raised an eyebrow. "Did you get captured and turned in a freak as well?"
"Actually young one, I made the decision myself." Taichi said with a smirk on his face. "It is because I wanted to be stronger, and I have a strong teacher to prove it. Now it's time that I tested my skills out on you!"
Without warning Taichi slashes his right claw had at Daichi, but Daichi quickly jumps away from him. He couldn't believe what he just heard. This Taichi guy had chose to become a freak out of power. That sickened Daichi as he lands back into his group with a growl.
"Then I'll stop you!" growled Daichi as he bares his fangs.
"Shikigami!" shouted both the girl and Riku as they pointed their Drives at one another. "God Descend!"
"Byakko no Kogenta!" he shouted as he punches his right fist in front of him "Has Descended!"
"Shusui no Elektere!" an eel said as it appeared in front of Daichi and the other "Has Descended!"
"Oh! I thought he looked familiar" Kogenta said as he saw Elektere. "If it isn't the electric eel that ran away from the last time we met!"
"You can take Sea snake or jelly woman." Daichi said as he flexes his claw hands. "But that blue tiger is my prey!"
"Souma what's wrong?" asked Riku as he saw that Souma hadn't called forth his Shikigami.
"Riku…" Souma said as he stares at the woman with the blue hair. "That Kanro user is Mizuki, Yuuma's fiancé."
"What?!" shouted Daichi in disbelief as he looks at Souma. "You can't be serious?!"
"Souma-kun" Mizuki said as she stares at the red haired boy.
"What? You two know each other or something?" the blonde said as she looks at her partner.
"That boy is Yuuma's little brother, Souma." Mizuki said without looking at her partner.
"For real!" the blonde said with a worried look on her face.
"So it's true that you sided with the Ten-ryuu Souma?" asked Mizuki.
"I can never forget what Mikazuchi did!" shouted Souma in anger as he glares at Mizuki. "It was because of him and you that my family is in ruins!"
"Calm down Souma!" shouted Mizuki as she looks at Souma. "The Ten-ryuu Byakko user is Yuuma's begrudged enemy!"
"Huh?" asked Daichi as he looks over at Riku then Souma.
"What do you mean?" asked Souma as he looks at Mizuki confused.
"Yuuma and Rangetsu were defeated by that Ten-ryuu Byakko." Mizuki said.
"Rangetsu?" whispered Daichi in confused tone.
Souma had a shocked look on his face when he heard what Mizuki said. "It can't be…then that means…"
"Don't worry" Mizuki said as she smiles at him. "I saved them so Yuuma I still a Toujinshi."
Souma sighs with relief after he heard the news.
Riku looks at Souma with a sad look. "I'm sorry Souma."
Daichi looks over at Souma and saw tears in his eyes. He soon glares at the Chi-ryuu women in anger as he thought of something.
"Tell me now before we fight one another!" growled Daichi "Was it the Chi-ryuu that decided to pay for the scientist, and make them turn us human kids into these forms?!"
"Yes it was." Taichi said with a smirk on his face.
Soon anger started to overwhelm Daichi's senses as he heard what that blue tiger said. His eyes flashed red a few seconds and he bared his fangs even more, until his gums were seen.
"That's what he gets" Daichi quickly turns towards Souma with a confused look on his face.
"Souma?" asked Daichi.
"I can never forgive what my brother did!" shouted Souma in anger as he glares at Mizuki.
"Souma-kun you…" Mizuki was surprised to hear what came out of Souma's mouth.
"Riku is my friend, and so is Daichi!" shouted Souma again "Riku…Riku said the same words that father did!"
"Souma-kun" Riku was shocked at what he heard as well.
"So your just going to abandon your family?!" shouted Mizuki in anger.
"If that's his choice!" shouted Daichi with a smirk as he looks over at the Chi-ryuu.
"Shikigami!" shouted Souma as he pulls out his Drive as he summons his partner. "God descend!"
"Ikazuchi no Fusanoshin!" he shouted as he appeared in front of Souma "Has descended!"
"Ikazuchi, you may have strong voltage, but I'm more powerful then you!" shouted the electric eel as he got excited to fight.
"Elektere!" shouted the blonde to her Shikigami. "Show them you fighting spirit!"
"Kanna" Mizuki said as she looks over at her partner. "You take the Ikazuchi, while I take on the Byakko Ten-ryuu."
"You got it" the blonde, Kanna, said as she gave her partner the thumbs up.
"Kuradayuu" Mizuki said as she looks over at her Shikigami. "Let us avenge Yuuma-kun."
"Byakko, prepare to disappear from existents." Kuradayuu said as she flew strait at Kogenta.
"What!?" growled Kogenta as he heard what Kuradayuu said.
"Riku, I don't want to fight Mizuki" Souma said as he ran off into his own battle.
"I understand" Riku said with a nod of his head.
"We'll take care of the one that slipped through you fingers!" shouted Fusanoshin as flew up and pushes Kogenta to the ground a little in mid-flight.
"Bastard, you better watch out for me after!" shouted Kogenta in anger as he glares at the hawk.
"Watch out!" shouted Daichi in warning.
Both Kogenta and Daichi dogged the staff that was trusted at them. Daichi had to dodge again when he saw the blue claw hand of Taichi. He landed ten meter away from the blue tiger and glares at him.
"Now it's just you and me kid!" growled Taichi as he smirks at Daichi.
"Come and get me than." Daichi said as he lifts his index claw up in a mocking way.
Taichi growls and soon ran at him. Daichi dodges under one of the blue tiger's attack, but was soon kicked in the jaw by Taichi's left knee. Daichi stumbles back for a moment as he rubs his sore spot under the chin.
"Why you!" growled Daichi as he runs at the blue tiger.
Daichi soon gave Taichi a right hock punch in the face, and that made him stumble back. Taichi glares at Daichi and soon slashes his claws at Daichi, who countered with his claws. They kept countering each other's attacks until they both got a blow from each other. They jumped away from each other before they shot towards each other. This time, no showing mercy as they when at each other's throats; Daichi was throwing all his anger at the tiger in front of him as they're eyes glared at one another. Taichi had to admit that this kid was good, but not good enough to defeat him.
Daichi was soon back handed by Taichi and slams into a rock wall. Daichi slides down the rock wall, and lands down on his stomach and face. The pain Daichi felt in his body was intense, but one thing went trough his head. He will not lose to the likes of this guy.
Taichi saw how Daichi slowly came up onto his hands and knees. "Just give up kid" he said with a smirk. "You can never be stronger than me, for I have been trained by the best of the Byakko. While you're stuck with a weak Byakko like that Kogenta guy that is had allied himself into the weak, pathetic, worthless Ten-ryuu Toujinshi I have ever seen.
"Why you're with the Ten-ryuu is beyond me. The Ten-ryuu does not work as a group, they are separated from each other and you know what happened to them. Their Shikigami have been eliminated and the people that were once Toujinshi have forgotten. The Chi-ryuu are stronger then the Ten-ryuu, why not join us instead of hanging with these weaklings.
"You can become stronger, and you can never worry about what people will think of you. They can fear you and obey you're every command."
Daichi let the word of Taichi sink into him, but the words did not taint his mind. Slowly he stood up and placed his left hand on the rock-face.
"Side with you and the Chi-ryuu, I rather die to join your pathetic group." He said without looking at Taichi. "Riku and the others have let me stayed with them, and Kogenta-Sama…even though he and I don't get along, he the one that helps me with my fighting.
"But I can never forgive the people that had tried to make Amber turn into one of us Shikigami. I have regretted what I did when I became my Daikojin, and killed the people that have turned me into the Shikigami I am now. I had thought that now one would accept me as I saw myself as a monster. But Riku saw past my difference, and welcomed me as one of his friends.
"And no matter what you say, I will never join the Chi-ryuu!"
Slowly Daichi grabs his stone dagger from his neck. Soon the dagger started to glowed, and without warning the dagger grew into a large sword. The sword looked more like a fang with blue tints in it, the guard lined with dark gray fur and the hilt was a dark brown. (WH: The Sword looks like Inuyasha's sword).
Daichi was surprised that his Dagger turned into this sword.
"Hump" snorted Taichi as he saw the sword. "Nice tooth pick."
Taichi puts out his right hand in front of him. "Come forth, Hakko!"
A shoji opened up at Taichi's side and they opened. What came out of the shoji's doors was a pure white sword with blue stripes on it. The handle of the sword was a dark black color.
Taichi grabs it and in one swift movement he slashes his sword at Daichi. Daichi block the slash with his sword, which didn't feel heavy at all to him. Daichi felt the knowledge of wielding the sword in his hands flow through him. He soon did a quick back-turn-slash which was blocked by Taichi. They were soon hacking at each other, but no matter how hard they tried they just couldn't strike a blow from each other. They were now locked eye to eye with one another as they pushed their sword at each other.
'I won't lose to him' thought Daichi as he presses hard against Taichi's sword.
Just then the ground underneath Daichi's and Taichi's feet started to shake. They quickly jumped away from each other as a huge crack started to appear.
"W-what the?!" shouted Daichi in a confused voice.
"The Fukumaden is collapsing!" growled Taichi in anger.
"Daichi, Mizuki we got the Toujin-stone!" shouted Kanna as she created a Shoji door back to their base.
Taichi glares at Daichi for a moment then turns away "Until another day."
Daichi watches where he stood as the Chi-ryuu disappeared into the Shoji. He quickly snaps out of his trance as he jumps off the rock that he was standing on. The whole place was coming down and they need to get out of here fast!
"Daichi, move you're tail!" shouted Kogenta as he grabs Riku and ran towards the Shoji that would lead them home.
"I'm moving!" shouted Daichi as he ran towards the shoji as well.
Daichi soon made it to solid ground and quickly turns to see Kogenta and Riku falling.
"Riku! Kogenta-Sama!" he shouted as he watched them fall, but sighs a relief as Fusanoshin had caught them.
Daichi had to hold back his laughter as he saw the Fusanoshin had caught Kogenta by his hair.
"Fusanoshin, Daichi!" shouted Souma as he ran to the open shoji door. "Hurry up and lets go!"
"You got it!" shouted Daichi as he ran after Souma with Fusanoshin and the other right behind.
Ten-ryuu shrine
Daichi and the other made it back to the shrine safe and sound. Daichi was putting his Dagger necklace back on his neck with a quiet look on his face. He couldn't stop thinking about what that Taichi guy said. That blue tiger scum had chose to become Shikigami out of power. That sickened Daichi all the way down to his stomach.
"I hate that guy!" he growled quietly as he squeezed his eyes shut in anger.
"Daichi?" he shot his head up after he heard his name.
He looks at Kogenta and Fusanoshin with a confused look on his face.
"What is it?" he asked as he looks at the two Shikigami.
"We over heard what you and that blue tiger were talking about." Fusanoshin said as he looks at Daichi with a concerned look on his face.
"I can't forgive the Chi-ryuu on what they are doing to us kids. We're not some science project of lab rats." Daichi said as he balls his right hand into a fist.
"Just be glad that you found you're weapon." Kogenta said with a smirk. "Or else you would have been chopped liver."
Daichi looks at Kogenta and slowly he started to giggle, along with Kogenta and Fusanoshin. Their giggle soon turned into a full out laughter.
"Man it's funny you know, the Chi-ryuu getting the stone and running away!" Kogenta said in between his laughter, he then looks over at Fusanoshin. "But I complement you on saving me."
"Well this is funny" Fusanoshin said with a smirk. "If I hadn't saved you guys, then you might have been lost in the Fukumaden forever!"
"You're right about that!" laughed Daichi.
Soon all three of them started laughing together again, and Daichi was thankful that he had made friends with the people that saw past his difference. He was also thankful that he was not like that Taichi guy, and that he started to feel like he had a family with these guys.
To be continued