The Fire Within

By Mischievous Dragon

Chapter 3

Iru: Flames, Passion

Brittany and Alice had made it to Australia and where now looking for Asha and Toya. It seemed hard to find them, they knew that Asha and Toya where in Sidney but they didn't even know if they knew Alice and Brittany knew they were coming! Luckily they had been contacted by Frey, and had arrived to greet Alice and Brittany. Asha had long black hair and Toya had short red hair.

"Hello my name is Asha and this my boyfriend Toya. You must be the lotis masters that Frey talked to us over the phone about Alice and Brittany right?" Asha said extending her hand to shake Alice's. Toya had shook Brittany's and then they all switched shaking each other's hands. "We have heard so much about you and Kyo, Alice you two are legends back in the lotis world. You uncovered the lost words that's a big deal!" Asha continued.

"We haven't heard much about you Brittany, but we know it's because you are just a newly found Lotis master. Frey said to expect great things from you though." Toya smiled at Brittany and so did Asha. Brittany didn't even think that they had even heard of her. They knew there was a crisis in Canada though they did not know that Brittany's sister had been completely swallowed by the Darva.

"So how did you guys become Lotis masters?" Brittany asked eager to learn. Asha smiled "Toya was the one who found me. He was a lotis master long before I was but I am sure he'll explain how he became one later on. You see a year ago or so I was living by myself and had just moved to Sydney. I had a new job and new friends but for some reason I felt like an empty shell."

"Then one night I was walking through the park and I happened to meet up with Toya, when I saw him it was love at first sight. I don't know why something about him just made my heart flutter. I had caught him using one of the lotus words to start a fire. That night I learned my first lotus word..." Asha held out her hand and spoke "Iru: Flames and Passion." A ball of fire was now floating 10cm above her hand.

Brittany who had only learned one of the Lotus words before was amazed at the fire and tried the word for herself. "Iru!" she spoke and as with Asha their was a fireball floating in midair above her hand. Asha smiled "The best way to learn how to use it is with a little target practice!" Asha had grabbed Britt's hand and brought her at the back of the airport to shoot at some empty boxes.

Asha and Britt had practiced for about a good hour or two when the others decided to go and find a hotel to sleep in. Once the had found a hotel they rented out two rooms one for Alice and Brittany, the other for Asha and her boyfriend. Alice was sitting on her bed and Brittany noticed Alice had an expression of worry over her face. "Are you okay Alice?" Britt asked. Alice smiled "I'm fine just worried about the baby and Kyo and Frey too, I mean what if there's to many of them for them to handle?"

"Don't worry Alice, they'll be okay. If something does come up- they'd call us over before anything bad happened right?" "Yeah, I guess your right. Thanks Britt." Alice fell asleep soon later. Alice had had another dream with Nyozeka, it wasn't as clear a message as the others had been. Mayura was in the dream, in it a big cloud of black smoke was headed towards someone Alice couldn't tell but Mayura put out her hand and then Brittany held out her hand and the smoke had completely disappeared .

Instead there were demons they floated out of human bodies, but Mayura was to weak to continue so behind Brittany Alice could see a million Lotus masters standing behind her. She was beside Brittany standing with Billy, Frey, Kyo, Asha, Toya and Pai Mei Lin. among them were four new faces Alice had never seem before. One was a Chinese man-he looked in his early twenties, and two North American looking girls.

She looked in the front again and their were no more demons except for one leaning over the body of a crying naked girl. Alice knew who the one demon leaning over the girl was-Darva. She also had an idea that the girl was Brittany's older sister. "Alice!" Someone was calling her name. "Alice!" it was Brittany, Alice had slowly woken up from her dream. "Are you awake yet Alice?" Britt asked. "Yeah, I'm fine it was only just a dre-" Alice said munching on a riceball she had packed on her trip when she felt it come up.

She rushed to the bathroom where she threw up what she had just eaten. "God I hate morning sickness!" Alice said after wiping her mouth and flushing the rest of her riceball down the toilet. "Britt, I had another dream last night. Nyozeka didn't speak to me this time but she was in it. I think we'll need my sister's help! We need to get Mayura!"

"But how? We just left Japan, in your condition you shouldn't be doing as much travelling as you are already!" Britt proclaimed. "Yes I know but we need Mayura!" Alice tried to get through to Brittany and she did so Brittany spoke. "Fine, you go with Kyo and the others while I'll go back to Japan to meet up with her okay? We'll just have to wait until Kyo and Frey get back."

Alice smiled, Brittany was pretty smart for her age but Alice would not hear of her going off alone to Japan especially with the Darva on the loose again. She would tell Brittany that once Frey and Kyo arrived if they ever did. It had been a week since they'd been in Sydney and finally Kyo and Frey had arrived.

Brittany and Alice had explained why and what there plan was for getting Mayura. "I'll go with her" Frey spoke. "We can meet up with you guys in North America. We'll go back to Japan to get her while you four get your butts to China to find Pai Mei Lin!". "Alice knew Brittany would be safe with Frey. Kyo kissed Alice, she was three months pregnant now and you could tell because she was beginning to show. Neither her parents nor Mayura knew about the baby yet.

Mayura would be the first to know in her family. Kyo's family didn't even know yet, they had a set of two year old twins since the last adventure Kyo and Alice had together. Alice and Kyo had their own place right next to his uncle's so they could help out the restaurant whenever they were needed, they also babysat the twins for them sometimes as well. Alice had begun working there when she started college but because she was needed to defeat Darva again and her pregnancy she had dropped out.

Alice hopped she wouldn't have to come back from the adventure with the baby born. She didn't want to tell her parents on the phone or by mail. It was all that Alice could think about while on the plane to Beijing. She hoped that Billy would be able to save Jodi just like she had saved Mayura. Billy wasn't a procrastinator so Alice wondered why Billy had never agreed on a wedding date with Jodi.

It made her wonder if Kyo would ever ask her to marry him. She didn't want to have him bonded to her just because she was having her child, but because he loved her. It was then that Kyo looked at her and said "Alice if we have time before the war against Darva begins do you want to get married?" Alice was in shock, she was a little angry that he was asking her now that she had put on some weight because of the pregnancy. But she smiled and said "How is it, you know almost everything I'm thinking before I even tell you? Kyo wrapped his arms around Alice's waist and kissed her. "So I guess that's a yes?" "Of course it is Kyo!".