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The Black RavenChapter 4
At Yoh's house, Horohoro was being Horohoro and bothering the heck out of Ren. Yoh came up to Ren. "Hey Ren, has that Raven girl tried attacking you yet?"
"Uh, yeah, the other day."
"The other day?" said Horohoro listening in on the conversation. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"It was not that big of a deal. I won anyway."
"You won? What did you do to her?" asked Yoh.
"I just fought her, got to see what she looks like, and I got to see what one of her spirits looks like."
"Huh?" said Yoh. "She has two spirits?"
"Three."
"What are the other two?" Asked Horohoro.
"I don't know."
"What does the spirit that you saw look like?"
"It's a little tiger cub named Zolo."
"Oh. Did she fight with this Zolo?" asked Yoh.
"No, she used the Raven spirit."
"Is that what it's called?"
"I don't know."
"What did she look like?" asked Ryu.
"She has long white hair and blue-white eyes."
"White hair? Is she old?" asked Horohoro.
"No you idiot! She's probably around 15 or 16.
Then all of a sudden, Manta ran into the room. "Yoh! Yoh!" he yelled. "Guess what I found!"
"What?" asked Yoh.
"I was doing research in the library and found an old book!"
"Big whoop." Horohoro said.
"It's what's in the book that counts!"
"What did you find?" asked Yoh.
"It's about the Legend of the Raven! I saw it and picked it up to check it out, and the librarian said that there was no record of that book being there. So they gave it to me since they had no record of it and I am a regular customer."
"Let's see it." Said Ren. Manta opened the book and inside, the text was all in Chinese.
"What?! On the cover it's Japanese! Now it's Chinese inside!"
"Look at the cover again." Said Ren. "Look, it's Chinese now."
"Scary!" Ryu and Horohoro said together.
"Well Ren, I guess you're the only one able to read it." Yoh said.
"What's it say Ren?" Horohoro asked.
"It just tells about their history and the killings."
"What's new about that?" asked Ryu. "We already know about that."
Ren read ahead ignoring Ryu's comment. Then his eyes got big at a picture.
"What's that picture?" yelled Horohoro. "Look at all those dead bodies! They look so realistic! All the blood!"
Anna yelled at Horohoro to shut up. Everyone was wondering what the picture was about. In the picture, there was a tiger and a black raven. The raven was in the air holding a blue crystal ball. The tiger was at the bottom on some rocks with a dead mutilated body and blood everywhere and Chinese mountains and bamboo here and there. It was very graphic.
"What does that picture mean?" Asked Yoh. Anna came in and was in shock too.
"Ren! Ren!" yelled Horohoro. "What's with that picture? Did that tiger kill those people? Man, my head hurts."
"That's probably you're brain comprehending your stupidity." Said Ren.
"Ha ha, very funny. What's the picture mean?"
Ren did not say anything for a moment. He was studying the picture and reading some more while everyone was waiting for his answer. "It's a memory of a past event."
"Past event?" inquired Manta.
"Yes, and the bird and the tiger represent the Raven."
"What's that mean?" asked Ryu.
"Apparently, the Raven represent how silently and cautiously the Raven appears and the tiger represents how fiercely and unmercifully it kills."
"What's the blue ball thing represent?" asked Manta.
"I don't know." answered Ren. "But apparently this memory is important for some reason." He paused for a moment with a slightly disgusted look on his face.
"What's with that look?" Horohoro asked.
Ren seemed to be in his own little world and Horohoro clapped his hands and yelled, "REN!"
Ren jumped a bit coming back into reality. "Nothing. It's nothing." He shut the book and went to his room thinking about what he did not tell his friends.
They don't need to know that yet. He thought was he fell asleep.
Finally! After a long time it's finished!
Yup yup.
Copyright 2006 Jai Akari and Momo-chan