Note that at first the girls doesn't know how to fight so don't think I'm trying to make them look weak or lame, they're like all humans who'll be afraid surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves (werewolves). Other than that, enjoy

Chapter 2: The Light Village

Normal POV:

The girls backed up against the cliff as the werewolves drew nearer to them, the wolves came from all directions so there's no escape.

"When I get my hands on the b*tch I'll really make her pay," Yuko muttered.

"Okay but let's first save our own lives before we worry about her," Miyako squeaked as she hid behind Yuko, some tears ran down her cheeks.

"Go on, fight them," the girl said, she was laying on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the frightened group. "If you don't make the first move the werewolves will."

"Are you out of your mind, we cannot fight!" Momoko screamed.

"Huh?" the girl propped herself onto her elbows as her eyes widened. "You don't know how to fight?"

"Of course we–"

Before Kaoru could finish one of the wolf leaped at them.

Momoko gasped but her whole body was shaking with fear. The werewolf targeted Kaoru who was the closest to them, she fell with the creature on top of her. The girls were too shocked to scream or even turn away.

Kaoru yelled as the werewolf clawed at her arms she held up to protect her head.

A werewolf appeared at Belle's side in a flash.

"No Belle!" Momoko cried as it lunged.

The girls didn't know what happened but there was a flash of brown and the wolf had struck a tree, sliding down the bark onto the floor.

The girls stared in shock at the pair of brown wings unfolded behind Belle's back. Seems like Belle had roundhouse kicked the wolf away with some of the karate skill that she'd learned.

There was a roar and Kaoru had managed to throw the werewolf off her. The werewolf stood up onto its hind legs and stared at his stomach in shock; blood dripped onto the ground from a long cut across its belly.

"Kaoru, what did you do?" Yuko whispered.

Kaoru scrambled to her feet and stared at her hand that's covered in blood. "I….don't know."

The girl on the cliff leaned forward over the cliff with a smile, her eyes glittered with interest as she stared at Belle and Kaoru. "Excellent," she whispered.

The bleeding werewolf Kaoru wounded looked up with a glare, it roared as three werewolves shot forward in union.

The girls all backed up into the cliff.

There was suddenly a loud buzz as an enormous orange-and-black bumble bee, the size of an elephant, crashed out from one side of the forest surrounding us. It stabbed its stinger right through the three werewolves trying to attack us. The wolves howled in pain before all three went limp.

The bee flung them aside and turned to the rest of the pack, it hovered in front of us protectively. The rest of the wolves whimpered and backed away. The bee gave them one last loud buzz that sent them fleeing away before turning to the girls.

It stared at the girls with its red non-pupil eyes and buzzed softly.

The reddish-brown haired girl on the cliff leaped to her feet, her tail lashed with anger as she glared down at the enormous bee. "Orange-Flash, what are you doing?!"

The bee gave an angry buzz.

"I should be the one asking that, Cheetah." A new voice said from the shadows.

The girls turned to see a good-looking boy stepping out into the sunlight. He has messy reddish-brown hair in a low ponytail and dark blue eyes; he wore a plain orange tank top, black pants and shoes.

The girl named Cheetah gasped. "Leo?! What are you doing here?"

The boy named Leo grinned and crossed his arms. The big bumble bee suddenly disappeared into a white portal that appeared behind Leo.

Momoko gasped and her eyes turned into heart shapes.

"Kyaaaaa! Belle look, he's so handsome!" She squealed as she shook her cousin by her shoulder who was standing next to her, her eyes never left the reddish-brown haired boy. Belle just giggled.

The boy turned to the girls, he bowed deeply. "I apologize greatly for my sister."

"Sister?" Kaoru raised an eyebrow.

"Yes," Leo looked up with a smile. "She's my sister, Cheetah," he said as the girl jumped down from the cliff and landed next to him. "We mean you no harm, Cheetah just doesn't think before she does things."

"You should be ready for that!" Cheetah wailed, striding closer to the girls, "Aren't you the chosen girls?!"

"What chosen girls?!" Kaoru snapped, stepping forward so that she was in front of her friends. "We are like all the other ordinary girls, we know some self-defence moves but that's it. Compared to us, you are the freaky one." She pointed at Cheetah's black spotted yellow tail. "Is that a real tail?!"

"Of course it's real!" Cheetah flicked her tail in front of Kaoru's face before pointing at Belle. "Her wings are real too!"

"Belle, when the hell did you get these?!" Yuko butted in as she tugged at Belle's brown wings, suddenly she plucked a feather off.

"Ow Bree!" Belle pulled her wings away. "That hurts," she whimpered.

"That's impossible!" Kaoru glared at Cheetah. "What did you do to her? She was fine minutes ago!"

"That's normal," Cheetah growled, "Have you no idea we can turn into animals?"

"Back off Cheetah!" Leo suddenly pulled his sister behind him. "They are humans after all; they don't know anything about us Beast-Spirits, stop confusing them!"

"What Beast-Spirits?" the girls all asked in union.

"Well…" Leo turned back to the girls. "Beast-Spirit is just a word to describe the human in our world, like us. But we can turn into animals too that's why we're called Beast-Spirits."

"Why not Animal-Spirit?" Miyako giggled.

"Animal-Spirit is a word to describe the animal body part that comes out only when you're in the human form," Leo explained and pointed at Cheetah's tail. "Like that, Animal-Spirit most of the time is just a tail, ears, wings, fangs or claws."

New words:
Beast-Spirit = another word for 'human' that can turn into animals in the Beast-Spirit world
Animal-Spirit = the animal body part that comes out only even though they are still in human form (like a tail, animal ears, wings, fangs, claws or even fins for Beast-Spirits that is a fish)

"But that doesn't explain why Belle is also turning into a Beast-Spirit…if I'm correct," Momoko rested a hand on her cousin's shoulder.

"Don't worry, all of you are turning into Beast-Spirits," Cheetah beamed.

"What?!" the girls all gasped in union once again expect Belle.

Suddenly the nearby bush rustled. "Jeez, who is making this much noise?" a voice muttered as a boy stepped out into the clearing.

"Wolf!" Cheetah gulped. "What are you doing here?"

The boy named Wolf narrowed his eyes. "Since you took so long to bring back the chosen girls, I came myself. Sending Leo after you didn't seem much help either."

"Oh my word!" Momoko squealed with hearts in her eyes once again. "Another handsome guy!"

Wolf had dark blue spiky hair that's spiking slightly backwards and unusual bright yellow eyes (his pupils are slightly yellow too). He wore a plain white long sleeved button-up shirt, dark blue pants and black boots. His silver dog-tag on his chest that hung around his neck glittered in the sunlight.

"Excuse me?" Wolf turned to Momoko. "Did you say something?"

Kaoru and Yuko smacked their hands over Momoko's mouth before she could say anything. "Nothing, nothing at all," they said together.

"Okay," Wolf turned towards the direction he came from and beckoned us with a wave of his hand, "Come, I'll take you to meet our General Commander, Black. He'll explain everything to you, you already agreed to help us with our leader Hinarin, correct?"

"Yes," Momoko replied for her group.

"Good." Wolf's stony eyes stared at the girls for a second before he started walking off as the gang followed.

Kaoru's POV:

We followed the boy that's so called 'Wolf' as he led us into the forest. Leo and his annoying sister brought up the rear.

'As if we would run away.' I thought with a snort. I still don't like that Cheetah girl.

"Where are we going?" Miyako asked Leo.

"To the Light Village," Leo replied with a smile, "That's where we live."

As far as I know, Leo is the most polite one out of the three strangers we just met. Wolf seems like an arrogant person while Cheetah needs more common sense.

"So I guess you are still confused by our new world to you?" Wolf suddenly spoke.

"Ah…y-yes!" Momoko who was the closest to him replied. "I talked to him!" she then squealed softly to herself but I managed to hear it.

I rolled my eyes. Momoko's boy-crazy side is getting the better of her. I admit, Leo and Wolf are good-looking but Momoko is overreacting a bit….no, actually she's just being herself, cannot blame her.

"We're grateful you agreed to help," Wolf looked over his shoulder at us. "The Legendary Crystals selected you six to be the 'chosen girls', I don't know what will happen if any of you refused to come to our world."

"Then this world will be toasted like an overcooked pie!" Belle giggled – not really meaning it.

"Pretty much," Wolf smiled at the brunette.

Ok, seems like he's not that bad after all.

Wolf turned back to face the front. "Lightslayer might set the world on fire if he gets more power than what he already has."

"Is there really such thing as magic here?" Yuko frowned.

"Yes!" Cheetah suddenly bounced to the front, making us all stop. "Look at this!" Cheetah suddenly clapped her hands together, a faint light glowed between her hands, she then pulled her hands apart, and a flow of electric current could be seen drifting from one palm to the other. "It's element, not magic. Magic is another power here, not a lot of people know how to use it though."

"Ok, Cheetah," Wolf said pushing pass her, "You can show off your element later, not now."

"You're no fun!" Cheetah wailed as she went back to her place at the back of the group. "Just like your brother!"

Wolf snorted as he continued leading us through the trees.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Momoko asked. "There aren't any paths."

Right after she said that we suddenly stepped out into another clearing.

My eyes widened when I saw the village up ahead. The so called village was fenced up by large walls that are at least ten storeys tall, we could only see the village through the magnificent double door in the middle. (Sort of like Konohagakure in Naruto, except Konoha's walls are only seven and a half storeys high, I don't like uneven numbers so I used ten)

Two men stood on neither side of the large doors.

"Hey Wolf," one of the men called as we approached. "Are those the girls?"

"Yes," Wolf replied curtly as he walked into the village.

"Hi there!" the other man waved as we walked pass.

"Hi!" Momoko waved back before whispered to Miyako. "They are also quite cute!"

I rolled my eyes again, but little did I know that it's not the end of Momoko's squeals and giggles.

The deeper we walking into the village the more I want to lock Momoko in a soundproof box.

"Look at that boy, he's totally hot! Oh my word, look at that boy's eyes, they're so dreamy. Miyako, doesn't that boy look like Takaaki? And that–"

"Momoko, control yourself!" I hissed, hoping that the Wolf, Leo and Cheetah won't hear. Unfortunately Cheetah did.

Cheetah fell in pace next to me. "Didn't your friend ever see nice looking boys before?" she asked.

"Not all boys are good looking in our school," I muttered a reply – the fact that I don't like her still hasn't changed.

Cheetah snickered. "Then she'll really enjoy it here. All the boys here are handsome!" the reddish-brown haired girl squealed the last part before bouncing off next to Momoko and started chatting with her.

I pulled a face as I watched the two boy-crazy girls squeal and giggle – probably talking about boys.

I looked around, truth to be told: the boys here are really very attractive. Teen or young adult, all good looking, while older adults look tough and strong. Even all the females are beautiful; some are even prettier than Miyako who's the most popular girl in our school.

My eyes widened. But there's one thing I noticed, all the villagers look well-built and fit, I couldn't spot one fat person.

Then I heard a giggle next to me.

"Cousin Blossy found her wonderland~" Belle giggled but her head suddenly snapped to one side, her nose twitched. "Cupie, do you smell that?"

"Smell what?" I sniffed the air. "I can't smell anything out of ordinary."

"Lookie there!" one of her arm slipped around my neck as she made me turn to the direction she's pointing with her other hand. "Those pies!"

I squinted at the freshly baked pies that were set out on a table in front of the bakery shop. "What wrong with those pies?"

"They are not only blueberry pies, there are more flavours. *sniffs* There's raspberry with orange; watermelon with strawberry; peach, pears with grapes!" Belle's eyes twinkled as she suddenly gasped, "There's also Pumpkin pie! But the aroma is different somehow…I have to ask what it is!"

"No Belle!" Yuko overhearing our conversation managed to grab onto Belle before she could run off to the bakery.

I rolled my eyes. 'How can those two cousins be so different?' I thought as I made my way next to Kenero. 'OK, I talking nonsense now, Kenero and I are very different too.'

Did I mention Kenero was my cousin? If I didn't then you know now. But I actually only met her a few months ago so we're really not that close but somehow I feel we are close, I don't know what she thinks but she really hardly ever talks so I still don't really quite know her personality. My aunty never told me about her and seems like they live apart. And I would have never known about her if it wasn't for Kenero's older brother, Tsume. One day he just suddenly brought her over and introduced her to us, apparently my mom really took a liking of her.

Let me tell you more about 'my group'. My friends are all kind of strange. (That includes her but she's not saying)

I met Momoko and Miyako four years ago when we were twelve. At first I didn't really like them since they are far too girly for my liking, but since we were in the same class and sit at the back together, they insisted that I was their friend even though I totally didn't say that. But surprisingly I started enjoying their company and really started being their friend.

As you all know Momoko is very boy-crazy and has a really wild imagination that comes from all the comics and anime she watches or maybe that's how her brain already is. Boys tend to keep away from her and she can be really hyper, not to mention she loves sweet/sugary things. Others think she's childish, the fact that she keeps her hair in a high ponytail with a big red bow isn't helping, but I really don't care how she looks, those gossipers just need to mind their own business so I usually send them running with just a glare of mine.

Let's get onto Miyako, she's the sweetest and prettiest out of us, others tend to think she's an angel fallen from heaven *shivers* I still get the creeps remembering the boy who said that. Not saying that Miyako is ugly, it's the boys that stalk her I'm talking about; yes, she's the beauty queen of our school with those beautiful golden locks and light blue eyes of hers and she has secret stalkers which she didn't notice so I always have to look out for her keeping my guard up all the time, but thankfully Kenero is here now, she's the one who keeps her guard up now so that I could rest. Miyako always dresses in nice fashionable way; I think I've never seen her wear pants. But sometimes…..just sometimes…I envy her beauty.

Four months later – after I met Momoko and Miyako – Belle and Yuko came into the picture. Belle moved in to live with her cousin, Momoko, something happened to her family so. Yuko was Belle's trusted friend, being the good friend she is Yuko and her grandmother moved into the city too.

The only thing I can compare Belle with her cousin (Momoko) is that they are both very hyper, just that Belle is crazier. But what I noticed is that Belle is actually very intelligent despite her craziness. Like Momoko, Belle likes sweets, but not 'eating' them, 'making' them. It turns out Belle doesn't just like making snakes, she's an amazing cook too, name any food or drink and she'll be able to make it, but she still have her hobby: inventing new recipes. See what I mean by Momoko and Belle being different?

Next I'm talking about is Yuko…..Yuko huh? Yuko Oshima, I fight – argue – with her very so often, she just gets on my nerves. Like me she has a short temper, that's why we're at each other's throat over little things, usually it's Belle who breaks up our argument. (You don't want to mess with Belle, she can think up the most evil punishments). But other than Yuko's short-temper, she can actually be a nice person; she gets along with Momoko and Miyako quite well. And if you ask about Yuko and my relation? Well….I cannot really use the word 'enemy' to describe her…..since…..since….. *cough* *cough *cough* she's still my friend *cough*….so maybe the best word is that we're 'rivals'.

And then three years later, the last person joined our group who is (you know) Kenero, so she's still quite a…outsider….ya know what I mean, since we only met her a few months ago. We are still trying to figure out what kind of person she is, as I told you she really doesn't talk much so that's not helping. BUT! I don't know why Belle is the only who understands her! You see Kenero only speak one or two words and most of the time she just uses body language (like narrowing her eyes, a nod, a small scowl, a frown), and surprisingly somehow Belle understands her. Most strangers really thought she cannot talk, me myself also thought so when I first met her.

But anyways, I can figure my cousin out later. I am Kaoru, the tomboy of the group, the most athlete one and I never wear skirts or dresses. Most people mistake me as a boy because of my hairstyle and the way I dress (like a boy). And somehow *slacks a hand over my face* I got myself a fan club back in our human world, the members of the fan club has both boy and girls, seriously…..some girls thought I was a boy. 'Not surprising' is what Momoko would say. 'You should dress up more and wear skirts' is what Miyako will say. NO! I hate skirts and dresses, my underwear will be too revealed, they are not there for the world to see! Okay….deep breath….deep breath….I should go back to the real world…

I walked next to Kenero near the back of the group, just in front of Leo. A comfortable silent settled down on us; yeah, comfortable…somehow it's not awkward if you don't talk to Kenero, it's simply natural.

The gang suddenly came to a stop. I looked through a gap between Belle and Momoko to see Wolf talking to a girl, I pricked up my hearing to hear what they are saying.

"Have you seen Black?" Wolf asked the girl.

"Leo," I looked at the boy behind us. "Is Black nice?"

Leo smiled. "He's a good General Commander that's all I have to say."

I let out a 'oh' as we started moving again.

No sooner Wolf led us to a sort of medium sized building at the centre of the village; the wooden double door was open so we just walked in.

On the inside, the big room wasn't really bright, and there were no windows in the room. But I could still see what's in the room from the dim light of the lanterns on the walls. A single table sat in the middle of the room; on the table a lantern was placed on one corner, a Daiyuexuan set and two sack of paper sat neatly on the table. On the far side of the room, opposite the entrance a wide map was pinned to the wall behind the table. A single wooden door – that's opened – could be seen next to the map, leading to the backroom. Bookshelves full of books and papers surrounded us against all the walls except the part where the map is pinned and the door.

"Is this some kind of study room?" I asked Leo.

He shook his head lightly. "It's Black's personal workroom."

I raised my eyebrow. "Wow."

Leo nodded and placed a finger on his lips, signalling me to be quiet.

I frowned and turned back to look at the room. Then I noticed two shadows moving in the backroom. After a few second the two figures came out.

"So it's decided," the younger boy asked as he followed the taller man out of the backroom, closing the door behind him.

"Yes," the older man smiled.

"Thanks," the younger boy nodded.

The younger boy looks familiar. He has unusual icy blue eyes; his pupils are slightly blue too. It was dark so I couldn'treally see his hair colour but I'm sure it's a blackish colour, his hair is spiky and spiking slightly backwards.

I blinked and looked at Wolf. They had the same hairstyle.

But I noticed Wolf glaring daggers at the younger boy.

The older man was tall, buff and muscled, he looks very strong and good leader. His hair is short and brown, he also had beard.

Suddenly the older man noticed us. "Oh Wolf, you're back. A bit late than I expected."

Wolf stepped forward and bowed lightly. "Sorry, Cheetah was holding the girls back, she thought they could fight so tried to test them out with some werewolves."

"Hey!" Cheetah hissed Wolf

The younger boy with blackish hair frowned lightly as the older man erupted into a warm laugh.

'At least the General Commander looks nice.' I thought as the older man wiped a few tears from the corner of his eyes.

"Well, that's Cheetah for you," the older man grinned, "You can't blame her, I'm also curious how strong are they."

"Yeah!" Cheetah rested her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest. "Croog is right! Tell that wolf boy *pointing at Wolf* he's just trying to get me into trouble."

"Croog?" I leaned closer to Leo who is standing next to me now. "Who's Croog?"

"The man," Leo whispered back, "The one with the beard."

"What?" I gasped, "Isn't that Black?"

Leo shook his head and gave me a funny look. "Black is the younger one."

My eyes widened as I stared at the blackish-haired boy who looked on with his icy blue eyes as Cheetah argue with Wolf.

"I was expecting the General Commander to be older," I hissed.

Leo smiled. "Well, Black is the record of the youngest General Commander in this world. He's eighteen this year."

"That's only two years older than me," I whispered.

The longer I stare at Black the more I could see the aura of a leader, a fighter. His eyes are focused and gave nothing away. His lips were pulled into a tight line, forming an emotionless expression like what Kenero always does. His blackish hair made him look darker, his icy blue eyes looks freezing which made him look like a soulless person. The aura he's giving off made it as if the blood in his veins is cold, turning the atmosphere around him chilly.

I gulped.

Not really many people could make me nervous but this Black actually looks scary.

Suddenly Black turned his head; his cold icy blue eyes met my emerald ones.

I straightened my back and narrowed my eyes, hiding my fear perfectly.

Black's expression gave nothing away as he turned back to watch Cheetah.

"Stupid Wolf!" Cheetah stuck out her tongue at the blue-haired boy.

"Cheetah," the single word left Black's mouth, his voice was monotone but you could hear the iciness in it.

Cheetah froze up for a few second before turning to the 'Commander'.

"That's enough."

Cheetah huffed and crossed her arms.

Black turned the older man next to him. "Croog, you may go now."

"Very well young man," Croog patted Black's shoulder as he walked pass. "Good luck with the girls!" he called as he walked out the room.

Black turned to face us.

"So you are the Chosen Girls."

Damn! My school is starting! Good bye sweet holiday!

I hope you all have a good year! I just hope my second year in high school will be nice.

So let's see if you're good at understanding the characters. What kind of personalities do Black, Wolf, Leo and Cheetah have? You'll need to Prologue for Black and Wolf.

My other stories:

'Memories: Karuna Kenero's past'

'Secret Around the Corner'

'The Living Ghost'

'Two Masked Life'

'My Guardian Angel'