chapter 8: pure
"pull him out of there now!" i felt a rushing sensation as all of the air was knocked out of me. i breathed heavily and looked around. "what the..." i was back in the real world. "you did well jake. you got rid of one virus" i looked at jean but saw chel blocking my vision. "ARGH! WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?!" i looked at jean and she laughed. "the virus's are real people. its affecting the system and creating an unstable rip in space-time. thats the first virus gone. we should be good to get the last one out so you can go and get some rest" i nodded and chel opened her eyes slowly. "jake..." she was talking to herself in her sleep. she closed her eyes again and i sighed. i pushed her gently off me onto a stretcher that was being held beside the moulded chair. "that was easy for a world threatening mission" i said to jean blankly. jean nodded and sighed. "your an exceptional agent jake. i've decided to let you go on vacation. i heard that rukia was up on snowdon. before you go, find her and then take our private jet too america with her. i want you too enjoy yourself!" she smiled and i felt my heart skip a beat. "i still owe you that dinner though. how about tonight?" i smiled at her and she blushed. "i forgot. tonight seems cool" she smiled at me shyly and i laughed. "alright. its only seven in the morning so i'll go and see if i can get rukia out and then be back for our date" i winked at her and ran from the room, knowing that jean was probably blushing right now.
"so this is snowdon" i was standing at the top of the mountain looking for the dragon temple. "it just looks empty" i said as i peered around again. i looked at the platform i was standing on and saw the welsh dragon engraved into the stone. "oh! its in the mountain" i pressed my hand against the dragon and it shone with bright energy. soon i was standing next to a large, black hole. "well. this is peachy" i stared down into the blackness and sighed. "im going to need a torch" i filed through the numerous pouches on my belt and finally found a black torch. i shone it down the hole and saw large cobwebs and spiders. i shuddered and muttered "i hate spiders" i shone the torch everywhere and saw the whole temple was inhabited by spiders. the largest spider was on a clump of thick webs that where covering "the amber!" i saw through a small slit in the webs was a beautiful golden amber. i could see rukia sitting in the amber with a sad look on her face. she looked through the small hole and saw me. her face changed from sadness too shock. she pointed behind me and looked as though she was shouting something. i mimed cupping my ear and she mouthed "spider?" i looked behind me and saw a gigantic spider towering over me. i pulled my pistols from the holsters and shot the spider in the mouth. its head exploded and green blood splattered everywhere. "i told you i hate spiders" i looked back down the hole and saw the largest spider turned to the amber. it tore a small hole in the webs and a sort of gas seeped into the hollow amber. rukia's eyes started to close and soon she was unconsious. "shit! i need to save her!" i jumped into the hole without thinking and landed in the middle of a large web. at least twenty spiders started advancing towards me, fangs drawn back in a long threatening hiss. i fired a shot in the direction of one of the spiders but the bullets flew over it without doing any harm. "damn! i didnt know the recoil was that bad!" i aimed for the spiders legs and the bullets flew into its head. i smiled and started running along the web away from the other spiders. i dropped down onto a second web and started towards the amber. the largest spider was as big as a fighter jet. maybe bigger. i ran towards it but got a blast of the gas it had knocked rukia out with. i felt my head get heavy and my eyes started feeling like lead. "crap...not now" i fell forwards onto the clump of webs as my consiousness drifted away.
"uhh...its always the head" i opened my eyes and saw webs around me. i looked around and saw i was tied to the wall in a web cacoon. "fuck" i said blankly. i tried to move but i was tied so tightly, it was almost impossible. i turned my head to my wrist and saw it was twelve on the dot. "i need to get out of here fast!" i felt the webs on me vibrate as something moved across the webs. i froze as the largest spider moved into my vision. i looked into its eyes and a booming voice rang out through the small chamber i was in. "you are foolish enough too challenge me? i would have expected more from a lycan" the voice chuckled as i sighed. "lycan? whats that?" i asked. the spider turned to me and laughed. "you see? you are so much a fool you dont even know your own kind!" it laughed deeply and i felt myself get angry. "look! i didnt know what a lycan was because rukia never told me! whats your game anyway? knocking a god out like that?" i tried to escape but the webs where still tight. they where loosening though. "you see. have you heard of arachne? she is my sister. i am her brother corcunus" the red eyes of the gigantic spider narrowed in malice. "i hated her. she was always mentioned while i was stuck down here to stop rukia from reawakening. you are her quest bearer?" i nodded and the fangs of the spider widened as though it was smiling. "well. i shall leave you to die then" he turned away from me but i smiled. "i dont think thats a good idea" corcunus turned to me again and i smiled wider. "made you look" i pulled my arms free and aimed both my pistols at his head. "looks like your the one who's going to die" i pulled the triggers and corcunus's head exploded. i heard shreeks of pain as all the spiders and webs dissolved into dark energy. i dropped to the floor and looked at the temple. it was beautiful. underneath all the webs and spiders was a stone temple. a dragon statue stood at the very back and on it chest was the amber. i looked up at it and saw rukia unconsious. she was naked ,yet again. i climbed up the side of the dragons wing until i was level with its chest. i jumped over and landed on the top of the amber. i looked down at rukia and just took her in. she was just like in my dreams. perfect body, fox coloured hair. i tapped on the amber loudly but she was still unconsious. i pulled one of the desert eagles from the holster and aimed it at the amber, away from rukia. i pulled the trigger and the top of the amber shattered. i fell into the amber and the top sealed over once again. "what the...?" i felt something soft under my palm. i squeezed slightly and rukia moaned. i looked down and saw i had my hand on one of her breasts. "oh god!" i took it away quickly and sat down on the opposite side of the amber. "how do we get out of her now?" i asked myself. i looked at rukia again and sighed. "why does she have to be so cute?" i crawled over to her and started trying to wake her up. "rukia...i have a sleeping bag here!" i took off my jacket and put it over her. she still wouldnt wake up. "hey! wake up!" i yelled in her face. she didnt even move. i poked her cheek but she didnt do anything. "dont tell me i have to..." i looked down at her exposed privates and blushed. "no! thats not it! it would be more dignified that that...wouldnt it?" i sighed and put my head in my hands. "why wont she wake up?" i looked at her and something flashed into my mind. "a kiss" i looked at her lips and saw they where parted slightly. i crawled over to her again and kissed her. i felt as though i was being electrocuted by millions of volts while i was kissing her. as i moved away, her eyes opened slightly. "so you did come. i thought you would have forgotten about me" she looked at me and a tear fell into her lap. "im so happy" she lunged forward and hugged me around the neck. i hugged her back and smiled. "any idea of how to get out of this amber because shooting it dosent work. i smiled sheepishly at her and she nodded. "the only way out of here now is that way" she pointed to the back of the amber where a tunnel extended into the earth. "alright then. lets get going" the back of the amber opened like a camera lense and we both started walking down the tunnel. "its really weird in here" rukia whispered. i nodded and saw she had dropped my jacket. "where did you put my jacket?" i asked. she looked at me and raised a hand to her mouth. "im sorry! i left it in the amber!" i sighed and said "wait here. i have all my stuff in that jacket so if i loose it im skrewed" i ran back to the amber and picked up my jacket. i looked if anything had dropped out but nothing had. as i walked back too rukia i heard something. as i saw rukia come into sight i waved. she didnt wave back. i peered through the darkness and saw what was wrong. vine's had shot down from the ceiling and floor to tie rukia across the tunnel, spread eagled. four where on her amrs and les while the other was wrapped around her neck tightly. "rukia!" i ran to her and saw she was in pain. i pulled my combat knife from its sheath and tried to cut the vines. all that happened was my knife slid off the vine. "jake...help me" rukia gasped. i nodded and pulled one of my pistols from the holsters. i aimed at the vine and fired. it snapped in two but connected back together a few seconds later. i looked at rukia and tried to think of a way to get her down. i put my hand on the vine and ventus appereared on my shoulder. "ready?" i said to him. he nodded and jumped up next to rukia. my hand sparked with energy and ventus slashed at the vines. all five vines fell from rukia's body and she collapsed forwards. i caught her and found her unconsious. "not again!" i shouted. i ran along the corridors with rukia on my back until we reached another chamber. "this is the chamber from that dream" i mumbled. ventus climbed into my pocket and hid. i looked across the long bridge and saw a different sword in the stone. i walked forwards but no water figures appeared. i took off my jacket after setting rukia down and put it over her. i walked over to the sword and circled it. "im not sure i trust it" i said to ventus. he nodded from my shoulder. i crouched down by the sword and poked it. i jumped backwards and waited for something bad too happen. silence. "hmm. weird" i walked back to it and examined it. the simple sword consisted of a leather wrapped hilt, an amber pommel, a silver, rectangular guard and a black blade that sank into the stone. the guard had a circular peice in its centre with an itntricate yellow lightning bolt was emblazoned. "you know what, skrew it. lets just get this over with" i grabbed the sword hilt and pulled it out. sparks exploded from the blade and ventus scurried away quickly in fear. i looked at the blade and felt its weight. it seemed way heavier than it appeared. i turned it over in my hands and sighed. "well. that was weird" i looked at the black blade and ran two fingers across it. as my fingers reached the end, a few sparks flickered off the end. i shrugged my shoulders and walked back over to rukia. "rukia? rukia! get up!" i poked her in the side of the face and her eyes fluttered open. "whats up jake? is that..." she pointed at the sword and i nodded. "thats the sword that was in the stone" i sat down next to her and she looked shocked. "but...i thought only a lightning user could draw the sword out" she looked at me and i smiled. "yours truly" rukia gasped and exclaimed "i picked a good quest bearer and the lightning user!? thats amazing!" she sighed and looked at the jacket on her. "this is really warm. do you mind if i borrow it for the rest of the journey?" i nodded and said "i'l see if i can get us air lifted out of here because i am exausted!" i sighed and looked at the blade again. it glowed yellow and it got lighter and lighter until it only weighed a few kilo's. when the glow had stopped, i was looking at a yellow crystal that had a lightning bolt inside. "so you really are a lightning user!" rukia smiled at me as i put the crystal in my pocket. "lets go. i want to get out of here before it gets past 4. i have a date with jean" rukia frowned and ran after me as i started walking down a corridor.
"told you i'd get back" i smiled at jean, who was dressed in a simple red dress. i was wearing a smoky grey shirt and a pair of jeans. "i thought i was going to have to skip because you where gone so long" she smiled at me as i got in the waiting line for the restaurant. "so did i. at least i got rukia out of that amber. you have no idea how big those spiders where" i shuddered and jean laughed from behind her hand. we where lead to our table and soon we where looking through the menu. "jake. i dont know a lot about you. do you mind if you tell me your life story?" jean looked nervous and i smiled at her. "no problem. well...i was born on the 24th of febuary 1998. my mom would always take care of me while my godfather was working" i wasnt going to tell jean he worked for C.O.R.R.U.P.T. that was my problem. "when i was eight my mom died in a car crash. i dont know how but supposedly a rich guy was going over the speed limit on the motor way and crashed into her. when i was at the funeral my dad actually smiled when he was there. truth is, my godfather hated my mom. i didnt know what i could do so i vowed that i would keep my sisters safe. we had a good life for a few years but when i was about to turn twelve, my sister got a disease. it infected her eyes so she couldnt be in direct light. it just got worse and worse then. soon she wasnt able to go into any light. the best we could do was keep the disease neutral. i thought my life couldnt get any worse but when my sister collapsed on a school trip and had to have an operation on her nerves then i just knew i had just got to the worsed but...thats when i met rei. it was when i came into year eight that she moved to my school. she was one of those kids that liked to keep to herself. whenever i tried to talk to her she would just walk off as though i wasnt there. when i first got into the second term of year eight i saw rei getting bullied by some of the older guys" i remembered that day as though it was only a few weeks ago.
it was a spring day and i was boiling. "god i hate hot weather!" i moaned. as i was walking out of the gates i saw a group of guys harassing a girl. i could hear them sneering at her. "so rei. what you gonna do now? you going to hit us? or are you just going to ignore us like you usually do?" i stood behind a wall and listened in on the conversation. "j...just leave me alone" she said timidly. i sighed and walked around from the wall. "hey guys. how's james doing nowadays?" i smiled at them and they looked at me. i heard them whisper to each other but all i could catch was "was that the guy that beat up james?" the guy nodded and they all backed off. "sorry. we didnt know she was with you" they ran off and i laughed. "you ok?" i asked. the girl turned and looked up at me. "did you really beat up james?" she asked. i laughed and said "nope" the girl looked puzzled and i held out a hand. "jake. jake smith" i smiled at her and she shook it. "rei blake" i nodded and said "did they do anything to you?" rei shook her head and sobbed. "why did you help me? any other boy in this school would have joined in" i put a hand on her head and replied "im not like the guys in this school" i smiled at her as she started crying.
i came out of the memory and looked at jean. "thats how we became friends. everything from then was pretty normal...until...you know. when i found ventus i was a bit freaked but it was pretty cool. that was the night that my sister was cured of her disease by a white dragon. i havent seen it in a while actually" i sighed and jean looked at me. "i didnt know you had such a hard life jake. if you want to drop out of E.L.E.M.E.N.T then i wont stop you" she smiled simpathetically at me but i just smiled and shook my head. "im not dropping out. my job has basically become part of my life and just dropping out would be like tearing out part of my soul" i looked at the pizza in front of me and started eating it happily. "i want to ask. do you know because rukia and jane a part wolf, do they go on heat like a dog or a wolf would?" i choked loudly on my pizza and laughed. "thats a good question. if they do then can i get a lock on my door? i dont want a repeat of what happened with jane" i shuddered and finished the last piece of my pizza. "you ate that fast! what the hell are you? part pig as well?" i stared at her and she laughed. "that was a joke" i nodded and said simply "i like pizza" i sighed and finished the last of my coke. i looked at the win bottle in the ice filled bucket and saw it was empty. "did you...?" i looked at her and saw she was completely wasted. "erm...could we have the bill please?" i asked the waiter. he nodded and came back with a card machine. "that will be 147 pounds" i gulped and looked in jeans purse. "will this cover it?" i showed him her card and he nodded. as he ran it through the scanner his eyes widenened. "so your with them are you? your meal is free" the waiter handed me the card and i sighed. "come on jean. we need to get you home" i picked her up out of the chair and led her out the door. "jake...where are we?" jean asked drunkly. i gagged when i smelt the alchohol on her breath. "im taking you home" i picked her drunk body up on my back and started walking back to HQ. when we finally got there i had to manouver my way through the razor wire and climb down the metal spiral staircase. when i opened up the curators office door i saw it had been redone. it was now a whole lot bigger and a bed was at the back. a desk was in front of the bed. the new room was a lot brighter and i think it may be as big as the main pavilion (which was about as big as a football pitch) i walked across the room and lay jean down on the bed. when i sat down on the side of the bed to catch my breath i saw my file on the desk. i opened it up and looked through it. it has all my personal info in it. what my favorite food was, weapon of choice. even my efficiancy in missions. i looked through it and sighed when i had finished. "seems like im pretty good" i walked out of the room and when i got to my room i collapsed on my bed and fell asleep.
"jake" i heard somebody say in a lilting voice. "what? im trying to sleep" i rolled over and curled up under my bed covers. "jake. what are these?" i opened my eyes and rolled over. rukia was holding the com-doms from the bin. "ARGH! you dont need to know that yet!" i grabbed them and shoved them in my pocket. "are you feeling ok? you seem a bit pale" rukia put her hand on my cheek and i sighed. "im fine. just a bit worn out from yesterday" i lay down on my bed and sighed. "i wonder if jeans ok?" i could just imagine her waking up with a massive hangover. "two girls said they wanted to see you" she opened the door and i saw my sisters standing there. "hey. you guys doing ok here?" i sat up again and crossed my legs. "yea. i didnt know that this place was so big. i think i almost got lost at one time" charl laughed and i nodded. "how's lisanna" i asked. lisanna smiled and said happily "i really like it here. its fun!" she laughed and i nodded. "im just glad that dad didnt do anything perminant. that guy was a bastard from the start" i sighed and fell backwards on the bed. "i just hope i dont get killed one one of the missions because you guys probably wouldnt forgive me" i smiled at them and they nodded seriously. "so what do you want to do? i probably only have a few days until my next mission so i may as well do something with you guys" i smiled but stopped when jean walked into my room. "we have another mission and its a big one" i sighed and said "what is it?" jean frowned and replied. "an island just appeared off the coast of japan. we need you to investigate it. rukia will be accompanying you" i nodded and asked "where is aria? ive not seen her in a while" i stood up from the bed and picked up my uniform. "can we put that mission on hold? i've got school today" i walked into the bathroom and pulled on my school uniform. "see you guys later and rukia, dont mess with those things i had in my bin. there not useful yet"
anna and me where sitting at the back of the class talking to each other. "what!? you went up against massive spiders and saved a god! thats so cool!" she smiled at me and i nodded. "it wasnt fun. you know how much i hate spiders" i shuddered at the image of corcunus. "alright class! we have a new student in today. please make her feel welcome!" i looked up from the desk and my blood froze. the girl up at the front of the class was rukia. "hi! im rukia! nice to meet you" she smiled and i just stared at her. "ok then rukia. there's a seat empty next to jake and anna. jake! i want you to make rukia welcome!" i nodded slowly as rukia walked up the row of seats and sat down next to me. "but...but...what are you..." rukia put a hand over my mouth and hissed in my ear "say a word and i will kill you!" i nodded fearfully and she sighed. "jake. do you know this girl?" anna asked. i nodded and said "seeming as though you've seen me in my real life then i can tell you. this is rukia. the god of wolves" i put my head on the desk and rukia smiled at anna. "wow! your a god!? thats so cool!" i could tell these two where going to be best friends. they chatted through the whole of the first two classes and when the bell rang for break i was thankful. while i walked out to break, rukia walked up beside me. "why are you here rukia?" i looked at her and she shrugged. "i want to learn about this time culture" she said simply. i sighed and dumped my bag off in the main hall. "before you do anything stupid, let me explain the rules" i sat down on one of the chairs around a circular table and rukia sat opposite me. i explained how we couldnt talk in class but how nobody paid any attention to it and how if you did anything overly bad then you get a detention. "ok then" rukia said happily. "i can respect that" she looked around and pointed to a group of guys who where smirking at her. "why are they looking at me?" i looked at them and they smirks vanished. "there trying to think of a way to hit on you. there the gang of guys who think there tough" i looked at them again and one of them stuck a finger up at me. they walked over and sat around our table. "so rukia. why are you hanging around with this dork?" rukia looked nervous as a guy put his arm around her. "w...well...i've known him for a while so he was just...helping me out" she smiled nervously and i nodded at her. the guy looked at me and smirked. "so she's a friend of you wolf boy?" i shrugged and said "yea. she's a very close friend" i winked at rukia and she smiled. "your speaking to me like that! you are going to get it!" he walked closer to me with his fist raised. i smiled and said "i wouldnt come any closer if you dont want to get shot" i lifted the corner of my blazer up, revealing my holsters. the guy backed off and said fearfully "now hang on there! we didnt mean any of it. we'll just leave you alone" all of the guys backed away and ran off down the hallway. "thanks jake" rukia said. i nodded and looked at my time table. "we've got PE now. you got any kit?" rukia nodded and showed me a pink bag. we went over the rules one more time until the bell rang for the next two lessons. we walked across the yard to the sports hall. in our school, it used to be an all male but quite recently they mixed an all girls school into our main building. our school is called mosslands school. they havent made a girls changing room so we have a mixed one for now. i hung my beige blazer on one of the hooks and started unbuttoning my shirt. i pulled a beige rugby shirt over my head and looked over at rukia. my mouth fell open. "rukia...why arent you wearing a bra?!" the guys from before wolf whistled at her and all the guys from the class gawked at rukia. she shrugged and pulled her rugby shirt over her head. "sorry. i couldnt find one" she smiled at me and i sighed. "just remember one for next time ok" i pulled on my shorts and pulled my trainers on. i walked into the main sports hall and picked up a bottle of water for the run we where doing today. i drank a mouthful of it and sighed. "rukia seems popular" i mumbled. i turned to the front door of the sports hall and spat my water out in a spray. rukia was walking towards me. she must have got a shirt size to small because it was tight against her body, showing how perfect her figure was. she leaned against the wall next to me and shifted nervously. "these clothes are a bit revealing" she whispered. the shorts where too short for her as well. "you'll be fine. its a hot day out and where going to be walking behind the group anyway" i smiled at her reasuringly and she nodded. "what happened to your usual attitude? its not like you to be nervous" i smirked at her and she punched me lightly in the arm. "shut up. i've never been to school before so im afraid of embarrasing myself" she smiled nervously and i laughed. "dont be! nobody really gives a damn about reputation in this school nowadays!" rukia nodded slightly and mr bret walked into the sports hall. "alright! i've heard we have a new student! who is it?" he looked across the sports hall and i pointed to rukia. she looked terrified as sir walked aver to her. "are you any good at sports?" he asked her. she nodded and sir smiled at her warmly. "is there anybody you know at this school?" rukia nodded and pointed at me. "right then. jake! your going to be looking out for her!" i nodded and put an arm around her. "sounds cool". sir nodded and walked to the middle of the sports hall again. "right! get a move on you guys! your running twenty miles in four lessons! come on!" he pointed to the door forcefully and all of people in the hall ran out. me and rukia followed slowly. um...jake? remember when i...kissed you?" her face went red and i nodded. "well..." she stopped as i put a hand on her shoulder. "same" i turned her towards me and kissed her. "alright you two. you can do that in your spare time" i pulled away and saw mr bret walking down the path with a smirk on his face. "uh...yes sir" rukia looked at me and her face turned crimson. she turned the opposite way and i smiled. "whats up? i told you i wouldnt mind doing it again" i smiled at her and she turned towards me. "y...yea...i just wasnt expecting it" she smiled nervously and i sighed. "cheer up! just act like you normaly would...just not as god like" i laughed as we turned around a corner. "ok" she clenched her fist and smiled confidently at me. "do you still have that crystal you got at the temple?" i nodded and pulled it from my shorts pocket. "i remember it used to be a sword" i spun it in my hand but nothing happened. "dont expect anything to happen. that sword you found was just a premonition. you have to find the real sword and put the crystal where the pommel should be" she crossed her arms and sighed. "ok. any hints as where to find this sword?" rukia smirked and shook her head. "you have to find it yourself. you know where it is but it just has to be reactivated in your mind so until then just live your normal life" i looked at rukia blankly and said "i wouldnt call my life normal" she shrugged as we walked past a group of the lazier kids in our school. they where talking about video games and other 'nerdy' things. i shuddered as i thought how i used to be like that in primary school. now...i guess you could say im a chilled guy. i dont know really. "whats up jake?" i looked at rukia and saw her ears blowing freely in the wind. "rukia! hide your ears!" i pressed my hands down on her head so her ears went under her hair but she batted my hands away. "you'll have to catch me!" she sprinted off down the path and i sighed. "im going to have to arent i?" i ran after her and soon we where catching up to the main group. rukia soon got tired and stopped in the midst of the more active people in my PE class. i caught up with her and sighed when people gasped about her having ears and a tail like me. "jake...im to tired to walk..." she stopped and sat down on the grass close to the fence that ran around the field. "whats up with you now? wasted all your energy on that little escapade of yours?" i smiled at her and she just panted. "shut up" she said past her exaustion. i sighed and picked her up on my back, despite all of the weird looks we where getting from my other classmates. "uh...when we get back to your room jake...i think im going to sleep for a week. im not used to being in this body yet" she panted loudly as i started passing the people that had worn themselfs out sprinting the start of the walk. it was the end of the day when we reached the school again. "your the first one's back. good work guys, just try not to do anything to rash while your at home" sir winked at us and i rolled my eyes. "what does he mean by that? im not familiar with this times jokes yet" i sighed and put a hand on my face. "i'll tell you later" i said as i felt the blazing sun beating on my back.
