Chapter Three: Shopping Spree and Strange Ability
"So where should we start first?" Suzuno asked as she, Chiho, Emi, and Kinaka walked through the Grandberry Mall to get a certain blond more clothes than what she was already wearing(Kinaka is wearing what she wore in the first chapter). It took a while to get there, after assuring a certain peach haired girl that a certain blond was her crush's neighbor and not a secret girlfriend while the certain blond likes someone else which caused some confusion to the blond, they grabbed the train to the mall's monorail and are where they are now.
"So, you don't have a family?" Emi asked as they stopped at a food court and ordered from NuggetQueen then found a table and sat there to eat their lunch. "If I do then I don't remember them," Kinaka answered as she stared at her mild spicy nuggets forlornly. "I can't remember anything before the day I arrived." That caused some confusion around the table. "The day you arrived?" Suzuno asked curiously, unsure of wanting to know.
Flashback
BOOM!
A sudden earthquake shook the town slightly as two police cars drove to the site of where they saw a whitish-purple beam of light touch the ground. On the way there, they called the station to let them know that they were on it and would call for backup if needed. They drove faster and arrived to the site in little to no minutes and the officers got out of their cars to move the crowds to the sides to see the damage.
Nothing could prepare them for what they saw after they cleared the crowds.
One officer instantly noticed her. It was a girl, around eighteen years old, with waist-length creamy golden hair wearing a strange outfit that looked similar to when he first found Maou and Ashiya but there was one difference: she was lying face-first on the ground. "Are you okay?" He asked as he shook her awake and gently helped her up. "Where am I?" She asked as she opened her eyes to reveal ruby red orbs and looked around in a daze.
"What it your name?" He asked as he helped steady her. "I don't know," She said as she looked around in scared confusion. "I can't remember anything." The officer looked at her in pity as the other officer approached them. "Is this your cat?" He asked as he held a cream-colored cat with few black stripes and red eyes. "Yeah, he's my cat." She said as she gently took the cat from the officer.
"Let's get her to Town Hall."
A couple of paperwork, bank account making, and house hunting later led to her having a temporary new identity until she could completely remember. The officer that woke her thought of giving her the name 'Kin' but she wanted to choose her own name, and in the end she chose 'Kin' with an added 'aka' to make it longer and chose Hikari as her last name. She gave her cat the name of Yukan'na but was still unsure if he was a boy or a girl. Thus Kinaka Hikari was born.
Flashback ends
"Oh.." Was what the others had said as she went back into her silent staring.
The silence was getting unbearable even though there was a lot of noise around them. No one dared to speak up and cause anymore pain for her but someone had the guts to speak about something else. "Anyone ready to get Kinaka more clothes?" Emi asked, cautiously breaking the silence. The others nodded and they all finished their food before going to Bull's-Eye to find some clothes for the blond.
"No way am I wearing that!" Kinaka shouted as she stared at what Emi was holding. It was a dark blue-gray V-necked dress with short sleeves, it wasn't the design that threw her off... it was the length. The dress reached mid-thigh and gave little room to the imagination. "I think you would look cute in it!" "Well find it in a longer length! I am not wearing one that is above my knees!" She yelled as Emi finished speaking. The pinkette pouted a bit before putting it back on the rack and looked for the one in the length she wanted.
They had already bought a couple of shirts, three pairs of pants, two pairs of sweatpants, and five pairs of girl necessities but there was one thing that they didn't buy.
Flashback
"Try this one!" Emi said as she tossed a purple bra in the blond's direction. "I don't think so." Kinaka said as she held it in her hands. "Why not?" Suzuno asked as she and Chiho looked at her curiously. "I'm flat-chested." Kinaka replied as she gestured to her chest, where no indication of breasts were shown.
"Oh," Emi said as she noticed... then she took the bra back to put back on the hanger. "Never mind."
Flashback Ends
Just as she was pulled out of her thoughts, a peach-colored blur grabbed her and dragged her from the others. "Chiho!" She shouted as the peach haired girl stopped in front of a karaoke machine. "C'mon one song! Please?!" Chiho pleaded and had that puppy-dog look in her eyes which gave Kinaka ten seconds before caving in. "Fine." She said before going up to the stage and choosing a song by random.
The song title was "Zero!"
Get out of the gate
True sky
Kono shunkan, kono basho ga SUTAATO
IMEEJI shite miyou nani ga dekiru no kana
Shinjirarenai dekigoto datte aru
Motto… koete yukeru ne
She danced around for a bit as the three girls watched her and she slowly drew a crowd because of one thing: she was sounding exactly like the original singer. There also was something about her that Emi noticed but decided against the idea to bring it up. "Is it just me or is there something off about her?" Suzuno asked as they looked at Kinaka closer and noticed the difference.
Power of dream ZERO kara umareru subete
Kagayaite fly ano sora he
Light blue wind omoikiri, habatakitai
Saikou no SUMAIRU de warai nagara saa, yukou!
Michi no sekai he to ima tobidasou yo
Mirai wo erabi, kimeru no wa jibun
Yume wo oikakete yukou naku hi mo aru
Sore wa daiji na negai, kienaide
Kitto aeru kara asu no kimi he…
Her eyes changed from red to silver. And her hair was slowly getting shorter and turning darker to become a lightish orange.
Kimi to iru to tanoshiku nareru yo
Donna toki datte issho ni itai'n da
Tsutaerarenai kotoba, dakishimete
Sotto… omoi tobashita
Power of love doko kara umarete kuru no…?
Fushigi da ne sign kidzuitara
Jewelry heart tsukamaete, hanasanaide
Saikyou no deai da ne dare yori mo massugu ni
Her hair turned a bit spikier and her eyes turned sharper but no one else noticed the difference, except for the three of them. "She's not from Ente Isla is she?!" Emi asked quietly as they watched their friend and noticed that her voice echoed throughout the mall but were unaware of someone recording the whole thing. "She might be," Suzuno answered after a bit but still looked unsure. "But she also looks like she's from somewhere else too."
Tatoe sekai no subete kawattatte
Shinjitsu dake wa kawarazu ni aru yo
Ue wo mezashite yukou! Wasurenaide…
Seiza ga shimesu michi ga kumotte mo
ZERO no jibun he to kaereba ii
Kimi dake ni dekiru koto mitsukerareru
Hikari no saki he… genkai nante nai no
Michi no sekai he to ima tobidasou yo
Mirai wo erabi, kimeru no wa jibun
Yume wo oikakete yukou naku hi mo aru
Sore wa daiji na negai, kienai de
Kitto aeru kara asu no kimi he…
Just as she finished, her hair and eyes went back to the normal wavy creamy golden hair and unsharpened ruby red eyes.
"How was your 'Girls' Day Out'?" Maou asked as the girls came back to the building but Kinaka wanted to visit Maou and the others who were watching Yukan'na while they went out. "There was some complications." Was Kinaka's only answer as she busied herself by petting her cat. "What 'complications'?" Ashiya asked curiously as he turned from the sink while still washing dishes. "Something about me not liking Maou in a romantic way and that I liked someone else," She answered as the other girls looked embarrassed. "I have no idea what they meant."
"Holy shit!" Urushihara suddenly shouted in shock. "Guys! Come look at this!" They all tried to crowd around the laptop and find a good spot to sit before watching the video he found. "It's me!" Kinaka shouted in shock as she watched herself and her slow transformation. "Wha..?" The diamond around her neck glowed for a few seconds before stopping but no one noticed it except for Yukan'na.
It's starting. A voice said throughout the room but no one noticed it or the cat leave her, his, owner's lap to stare at the darkening sky. It's almost time. Soon her true power will be revealed, but will you want that to happen Kaji? Will you and Hikari allow your daughter to reveal her true self as Yama Kaji? No matter what, I promise I will protect her from Fiolane. I won't let that witch kill her like she did to you two.
Flashback
"Mommy!" A five-year old Kinaka with slightly spiky lightish orange hair and sharp silver eyes with fox ears and tail shouted as she ran through a forest towards a clearing where a woman with waist-length creamy golden hair and ruby red eyes was in the middle of fishing. "Over here Yama!" She shouted as the youngster ran straight at her legs and knocked her down, along with bringing the net which was full of fish on land. They shared a brief laugh before pulling the net and started a fire nearby so they could cook their catch.
"I miss Daddy..." 'Yama' muttered as she started eating a fish on a stick she found. Her mother just looked at her before eating her own fish. One day, one day she'll tell her daughter about her father.
Time Skip
"It's nice to meet you Hikari Mystic." Maou, who back then was Satan, said to the same creamy golden haired woman. "It's also nice to meet you Satan Jacob and your generals." Hikari was a Mystic Mage, the only mage in existence that can control any element that she touches, but now there was another Mystic Mage. This Mystic Mage was different from the rest because she wasn't pure Entelia Islan, she was half Ente Isla so she was half-kitsune.
Lucifer rolled his eyes before walking around and noticed a balcony nearby. He walked outside and turned slightly, only to be shocked and surprised at what he saw: a fourteen-year old girl with slightly spiky lightish orange hair and sharp silver eyes was standing on the railing while staring at the moon. "Are you insane?!" He shouted but the girl just ignored him. "Okay... um... what are you doing up there?" He instantly knew that she would never answer-
"Trying to fly." She suddenly answered, making him look at her in surprise. "Why are you trying to fly?" He asked curiously as he looked at her with slightly narrowed eyes. "My mother is able to fly because a Mystic Mage is able to fly," She answered as she turned from the starry sky with the still-setting sun to look at him. "And I should be able to but I am half-kitsune so it's undetermined that I am able to fly."
So it was determination to see if she could fly like her mother, but what about her father?
"Where's your father?" He asked but didn't expect what she said next. "Kaji has been dead for fourteen years," She answered solemnly with a blank look. "He died protecting my mother so in my father's honor, I have been named after him." He gaped at her in shock as he comprehended what she said. His High Commander has been dead for fourteen years but the thing that shocked him the most was that his High Commander had a half Entelia Islan Mystic Mage and half Ente Isla kitsune.
"I can help you." After he said that, she looked at him in shock as he had a shocked expression himself. Where did that come from?! "Just close your eyes and imagine you're floating." He said and instantly wanted to beat himself up as he looked at the ground still in shock. He slowly looked up to see that she was indeed floating. "Now slowly open your eyes when I say so and don't let go of your thought." She slowly opened her eyes after he said she could and she looked down a bit but no expression was shown. "I'm flying." You could hear the comfort in her voice as he slowly smiled. "Now just imagine yourself going through the sky and feel the wind rushing past you." He spread his wings and flew a bit, but when he turned around...
She was gone.
He looked around curiously before hearing a yell and turned around for an orange blur to go past him. "WHOOHOO!" She shouted as he followed her around the nearby forest and instantly noticed the smile on her face. "I'm flying! I can fly!" She shouted as she turned around to see him - before slamming harshly into a tree. "YAMA KAJI!" He shouted as he raced to her and grabbed her before she fell to the ground.
"AhHh...AahhUhh..." She had a dazed look on her face but she was still smiling. He quietly laughed and rolled his eyes before flying back to the building and waiting on the balcony for her to wake up... unfortunately Hikari decided to get a breath of fresh air and instantly saw the Fallen Angel General holding her out-cold daughter. "What happened to her?!" She shouted as she grabbed her daughter from the General's arms.
He explained what happened and afterwards a smile appeared on her face. "She has been trying for four years," She said as she stared at her daughter, who still had the sleepy smile on her face. "But I guess she needed some help with it, even I was starting to doubt that she could fly."
A week later...
"Sorry about leaving abruptly," Satan said as he opened a portal to Ente Isla and turned to talk to Hikari. "But there seems to be something important back at the castle. Right Alciel?" The platinum blond demon nodded and Lucifer just looked around bored as if he was waiting for something to happen. "Come back anytime." She said with a kind smile on her face. He nodded and turned to go through the portal until something stopped him.
"WAIT!" A voice shouted to make all of them turn around to see an exhausted Yama Kaji who held up a hand as she catched her breath. When she straightened herself, she instantly glared at Lucifer. "You were suppose to help me with my flying today!" Lucifer looked at Satan, who nodded, and then wlked towards the half-kitsune. "We have to go back home." After he said that, a sad look appeared on her face. "You'll come back right?" She asked with a pleading look on her face. "Say you'll come back."
He couldn't help but hold her close to him as she started to tear up. "One day I will come back," He said as he put his head on top of hers. "I promise."