I didn't really like this chapter, but here it is. Hope you like it!
When you find out that you're going to die, people have different reactions to the news. Omi for instance, started screaming and running around the room, as in up and down the walls, across the ceiling. Raimundo had an expression like he had been hit over the head. Kimiko's grey eyes had filled with tears and she started to cry,holding herself to try and keep calm. Deyna, however, turned around and began hammering the wall like it had done her some great personal wrong.
"No! I'm not gonna die like this! I would rather have my heart ripped out and watch it eaten by raccoons than unravel like a sweater! Doomblood didn't save me for this! I did not run through the mountains heart to die like this!" Deyna screamed. No one, however, understood a word she was saying. It sounded like she was barking and growling.
"Hey, girl..." Clay said faintly," You okay?"
"Stupid question! Do i look okay to you!?" She demanded, shoving her face in his, bearing her teeth. Her canines were vampish, long and pointed, as were her ears. They now resembled elf ears. Deyna was having trouble keeping her human form normal. Clay shook his head,and she shrank back.
"Are, are you sure we're going to, die?" Kimiko asked. Tears were not just in her eyes, but in her voice, her hair, in her. The tears became her, Kimiko seemed to be made of tears.
"Actually," Clay began, " I read somethin' about his summoner banishing him with some spell and reversing the affects, but..." He trailed off with a shrug. Deyna burst and shoved him against a wall.
"You knew that and you didn't think it was useful! That's a way to save us, you diluted hick! Why didn't you tell us that earlier!?" Rai lunged forward and somehow managed to wrap his arms around her waist, despite the wings, and drag her off Clay.
"I didn't think it was that important!" Clay bellowed, dusting himself off. Meanwhile Omi had grabbed the book and began reading.
"The summoner is the one who needs to send him away, correct?" Asked Omi, his little voice seeming to teem with doubt.
"Uh, yeah, that's what it says," Clay nodded. "Why?"
"Becuase, Hannibal was summoned over fifteen hundred years ago. His summoner would have been dead for a most long time," Omi said, instantly deflating the others. They hung their heads, lost in thought. How could they stop this?
"Hmmmmm, are there any other books on demons here?" Kimiko asked, scratching her chin.
"Uh, girl, news flash, you're blind! How can a book help you if you can't see it!?" Raimundo yelled, throwing his hands in the air. Kimiko snapped her head around, walked over and punched him in the nose, knocking him to the ground. "God! What the hell did you do that for!" He yelled, his voice high and nasaly, nose dripping blood.
"How do you think i knew where you were? I can see you right now." Everyone looked at her like she had gone insane. "I can see your body heat," Kimiko said.
"Okay, raise your hand if your confused,"said Deyna . Omi, Clay and Dojo all raised their hands. Kimiko gave a small sigh and explained.
"Everything has thermal energy. Thermal energy is heat, like from a fire. When i got merged with the star hanabi it blinded me. I guess when i lost my regular sight i gained the ability to see thermal energy, well at least i think that's what i'm seeing." Raimundo had staggered to his feet and was giving her a sideways look, unsure if he should believe her or not.
"Okay... so you can see us. Can you "see" anything else?" He asked, crossing his arms across his chest, over top of his medalion. To everyone's surprise, Kimiko nodded.
"Yup,sure can. See, everything above the temperature of absolute zero has thermal energy. Even that table," she said, pointing. "I can see it like a thermo-graph, like i can see the blood on your nose clearly because it's hotter than your skin right now. That's how i found my way over here this morning, i could see the walls." Everyone was amazed.
"So then, how did you mix your coffee up with that bottle of ink earlier? If you could see it, then you should have been able to tell the difference." Clay observed. Kimiko merely shrugged her shoulders.
"Well then, if you can see thermal energy, then you should be able to see me when i do this!" Raimundo exclaimed. He screwed up his face and for a moment nothing happened. But the, right when Deyna was going to make a crack at him, he vanished. Deyna stiffened, listning to hear where he was. It wasn't working. He must have used his element to make himself silent. Clay, Omi and Dojo were also looking around, uncertain as to where he had gone. Kimiko was looking rather put out.
"Hhhhh... NO, i can't see you Rai. Where are you?" She asked, still looking around.
"Right here," came his voice. Kimiko whirled around to find him standing right behind her. "Well, enough fun," Raimundo smiled," let's, once again, save our skins."
A very long time later...
"I have found it my friends!" Cried Omi hefting a large tome into the air in triumph. Everyone looked up from what they were doing. Plates mingled with the scrolls and books, a reminder of lunch.
"Found what?" Asked Raimundo, stretching as he walked. They had been sitting down for who knows how long, and were very stiff.
"I have found the name of the person who summoned Hannibal. His name was Se-Fu."
"SE-fu? Like "sea food?" Kimiko asked. The other monks giggled.
"No, Se-fu. He was one of the most powerful summoners of all time. When he died, he was buried somewhere called, Stone Henge. If we go there, perhaps we cold find some answers." Omi smiled up at his friends, beaming.
"Sure thing, Omi. We'll get changed and then we'll head out, OK?" Asked Kimiko. The young monk gave a quick nod and the others took of, Deyna actually remebering to furl her wings. Omi and Dojo met Raimundo, Clay, Kimiko and Deyna outside, ready to go. Without a word the hopped on and took off, hurtling off toward England and, hopefully, some answers.
