Chapter 20: Thrilling look into the future!
A/N: SPOILER for you all! There will probably be four books! If not, then there will definitely be good shit!
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Akiri, after jumping up, ran over to the newly reborn Ichibi. "You okay?" She asked.
Ichibi opened her eyes. "Y-yeah-" she was cut off when there was an unexpected flash. All eyes froze on the thing that appeared.
"S-soothsayer..." Akiri gawped at the old man.
He lifted his hand high. "There has been a vision!" He called.
Soon, everone was gathered in the living room, staring at a massive crystal ball. The soothsayer, introduced as Frank, scurried around the ball, chanting and looking stupid.
The ball flashed and images started to form...
Relaxing in the living room of the rather large castle as always, Akiri stuck her feet up on the brand new and tenth coffee table that was just recently bought. Everyone else was out to find something to chow and watch. Umbra was upstairs, what he was doing is unknown.
Just a week ago, the other anime characters were sent back to their world. Naruto was reluctant to leave and Kisame was begging Akiri if he could stay. The the war wasn't that huge, just a day or two of fighting and a whole three years of preparing for it.
Its a shame that Ichibi died, again, for the seventh time. They were out of options to bring the girl back and if she stayed dead long enough, she could become a shinigami.
"I die again?! How many times do I die?!" Ichibi cried.
"Shhh!" Frank grumbled.
Akiri sighed, relishing the sound of silence. After huge dunken parties with friends, anime characters, unicorns and fairies, mad experiments, fighting, training and avoiding being raped several times by several different anime dudes, Akiri really enjoyed being free of problems.
"I don't understand, whatta hell happened to her?!" Umbra barked, pointing at the image of Akiri.
"Shh!" Frank hissed.
Sighing again, Akiri stood up and went up to her room to shower. She opened her door, saw Umbra busy with his experiments in the corner, ignored and went to the bathroom. There, she stared at naked form in the mirror. Over her left eye was a scar, a tribal dragon tattoo on her right shoulder, a few scars here and there all over her body. Her eyes were different too. Not the usual dark brown that it always was. It was turning red. Her hair was longer too, and darker, almost black.
Back to her face again, four scars across her right cheek, one below the other. One of the scars barely touched the scar from her left eye. She had also gotten fit. Her arm and leg muscles were thicker. A light scar on her chest caught her eye just as she turned to turn the tap on. Akiri stared at it for a moment. It was a pentagram, carved into her chest just above her heart.
Umbra sighed and stood up, apparently unable to complete the concoction of strange potions that could bring Ichibi back to life again. "Kiki, I'm going to need some lavender and thyme to complete this." He called.
"Right." Akiri replied.
Akuto parked the subaru in the garage that they extended onto the castle. The garage was able to hold three cars and two bikes. Sebastian got out of the car and shut the door, carrying two bags of fast food. Next, everyone else followed. Momo, Akuto, Luna, Karo, Wolfey and Sebastian made their way through the garage, through the living room and to the kitchen. Sebastian set the bags down on the counter and sauntered upstairs.
Akiri turned the shower off and dressed herself. Clothed, hair combed, she stepped out of the bathroom and went downstairs. Wolfey popped into view. "Hey, Kiki, we're back!" She squeaked. Akiri smiled at Wolfey and then followed her to the kitchen.
Umbra was already seated at the table. He had grown off of the habit to stick to Akiri like a fly. Akiri stared at him for a few moments. Umbra's eyes were brighter, he was more masculine after all the training and the fighting.
As well, he wore brighter clothing, not just black. That day he wore a blue fishnet shirt, showing his sculpted chest and a few battle scars.
"What?! Is that... UMBRA?!" Sebastian bellowed, staring in disbelief at the crystal ball.
"SHH!" Frank hissed again, getting frustrated.
Akiri watched everyone else. They were as happy as ever. Everyone carried their own scars and training rewards. Akuto's red hair was cut short and spiky, Momo's hair was dyed dark purple and hung low on her waist, Luna had added a few darker blonde highlights to her hair, her hair cut shoulder length. Wolfey's eyes had turned green and she now sported a liking for pink as she added bright pink highlights to her purple and black hair. Karo's normal dark brown eyes had turned yellow and her hair hung to her waist, tied into a ponytail.
Sebastian was covered in scars from head to foot. He beat them though. His hair was still the same colour, his eyes were emerald green.
"So what did you guys get us to watch?" Akiri asked, smiling as she took a chip from the packet and bit off a piece.
Karo giggled. "Maleficent and," she giggled more.
"What?" Akiri raised her eyebrow.
"The Three Stooges." Wolfey giggled along.
Akiri grinned. "Not bad. We need a little slapstick humour around here."
"We've been having that for a while..." Momo sighed and glared at Akuto.
Luna rolled her eyes. "That's yous guys' problem." She mocked.
"Not to mention Luna and Karo's brawling about." Sebastian grinned. Luna glared at Sebastian.
"Enough." Akiri called. "After we're done eating, Umbra, what did you say you wanted?" She asked, turning to Umbra.
Umbra swallowed what food he had in his mouth. "Lavender and thyme." He replied before taking another bite of his burger.
"Right," Akiri turned to Akuto. "You have to go out and buy thyme and find some lavender."
"Why?" Akuto looked confused.
"Ichibi..." Momo, Karo and Akiri rolled their eyes.
"Oh that fuck." Akuto nodded.
Sebastian snorted. "I thought you 'loved' her." He sniggered.
Akuto glared at him. "Don't get me started on you and Dante, baka." Sebastian blushed.
Umbra rolled his eyes. "Anything else?" Akiri asked, glancing around the table.
A few moments of silence. "A storm is rolling in." Luna said, staring off again. Luna, of course, has the ability to sense weather changes and control nature at will.
Wolfey jumped up. "Fuck!" She ducked out of the kitchen. "The clothes!" She barked before dissapearing.
"It doesn't look like a normal storm." Luna added, looking confused.
Akiri turned her attention to Luna. "What do you mean?" She questioned.
Luna jumped up. "Its moving fast, and looking dangerous." She said.
"Dragons?" Momo asked.
"Can't be." Akuto responded. "The dragons are up north, they're not supposed to return till winter."
Momo nodded in understanding. Wolfey burst in, dripping wet, carrying clothes. "Fucking raining out there!" She cried.
"Tornado?" Akuto wondered.
Akiri shook her head. "There hasn't been any tornados in South Africa. Can't be a tsunami either because we're far from the coast."
Luna screamed and gripped her head. Akiri jumped up, ready to help. Everyone was on edge. "I-i-i..." Luna tried to speak.
"What?" Akiri questioned.
"ITS BLUE!" Luna howled in pain, still gripping her head.
"GET OUT OF THERE, LUNA!" Akiri shouted.
Akuto and Momo pinned Luna down when the nature controller didn't respond. Akiri pinched her eyes shut and slammed her fist down on Luna's back.
Luna huffed and passed out.
Everyone stared at her. "What the hell was that?" Sebastian questioned.
Akiri kept quiet as she turned around and walked over to the window. "Somethin's coming..." She trailed off. "Something that I think we're quite familiar with."
Karo's eyes widened and she jumped up. "You can't mean?!"
"Yes." Akiri sighed. "Prepare yourselves!"
The crystal ball died of images. "What the?!" Wolfey jumped up.
"Is that all?!" Momo cried.
Frank nodded. "The rest still has to be found." He said. The crystal ball dissapeared. "And I must leave." With a pop, the soothsayer dissapeared.
"We'll forget this soon enough." Akiri said, standing up. She turned to everyone else. "Let's get training!"
And so, thanks to my brilliant imagination, chapter 20 is complete!
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