Ok, I've been nice so far, but after my b-day, I got to thinking...I need standards...
So, here's the thing. The next chapter shall only come if you provide 5 reviews.
...Another thought. Would that be considered bribery?...well, it's a fanfic, so I can't get arrested for bribing people I don't know, right?...I'm so confusezled!!! (Chibi Black Cat sighes)
Chapter 21: True Nature
"..." Tysa was quiet as she floated behind Ying Hua noticed and turned her head around.
"What's wrong, Zukes?" Tysa looked up, confused.
"What did you just call me?" she asked, at first glaring with intensity but soon remembered Ying Hua's warning about their difference in skill level.
"Zukes." Ying Hua replied. "Short for 'Mizuki'. Get it?" Tysa nodded.
"But...don't call me that. It's—"
"I know: Mother's name for you." Ying Hua stated in a bored tone, making Tysa annoyed. "But, y'know, you can't hide behind 'Tysa' all your life. Try loosening up a little." Tysa 'hmph'ed and turned her head.
"I'll do what I want."
"Whatever." Ying Hua stated. I never could get that part out of her too...Tysa sighed, making Ying Hua jump, making her think she could hear her thoughts. Then she remembered that Tysa's powers didn't involve mind-reading. At least, not at this stage. "What is it?"
"Well...we met Tyson and Max already...what about Ray and Kai?"
"Georgia on My Mind..." Ying Hua muttered.
"Eh?"
"It's a song...look, forget about that." Ying Hua said. "I mean...forget about the song. We may meet them, cuz we have to meet someone on the way there."
"Who?" Tysa's reply was a small smile-like smirk. "Eh?"
"Let's just say...if we do this right you'll know him for all his life." That sentence did not make Tysa feel comfortable. "Ok, we're here." Tysa looked into a room much like the other two, except empty with a swirling black vortex.
"What's that?" Tysa asked.
"It's a vortex to a basic dimension." Ying Hua replied. "It's relatively harmless, and it looks small and blank, so he must of created it."
"He?" Tysa asked, then heard sounds as if far away, but Tysa could recongize them. "What?" She floated over to the vortex. "Ray...? Kai...?"
"Wait, Tysa!" Ying Hua stated, although she knew what Tysa's personality would make her do.
"If Ray and Kai are in this 'thing', then I have to help them!" Tysa dove inside, leaving an irritated Shugorei.
"Dammit...Now I need to go find him..."
"Ray, Kai!" Tysa cried, floating throughout the black space. "Answer me!"
"...didn't attack!"
"...you...idiotic...that!" Tysa narrowed her eyes.
Those idiots fight everywhere don't they? She thought, following the yelling. She then came to two spirits—one yellow and angry, and one red and angry. She watched them argue for a bit.
"Ray? Kai?" The two spirits stopped arguing and turned the new arrival. Enter moment of silence.
"Tysa!" the yellow spirit floated over to her before the red one. "Are you ok?"
"Why do you look more like a girl?" the red one asked. Tysa glared.
"Maybe I should leave you dead." Tysa replied coldly.
"You came to rescue us?" the yellow one asked. Tysa smiled at it.
"Of course, Ray." Tempted, she rubbed the yellow one's head, causing it to happily close its eyes and move with the petting. I think he's more of a cat than we think... Jealously in his eyes, the red one glared at Spirit Ray, getting more and more annoyed from the lack of affection he was getting (spirits have feelings too, y'know! Even normally cold ones!). Tysa noticed and gave the red one a scolding look. "Maybe if you weren't so mean, I would be petting you too, Kai." Gee, never thought I'd say that sentence...
"I-I don't want to be petted!" Spirit Kai yelled, turning it's 'head' (specifically, the eyes moved as if a head was turning), then floating over to Tysa. "...please?" Tysa smiled a bit and petted Spirit Kai as well.
I'll give him a break for once... Tysa thought, then soon finished petting. Spirit Kai growled a bit at the fact Spirit Ray got more attention than he did total. Aren't we jealous...
"So, how are we going to leave?" Spirit Ray asked. Tysa opened her mouth to speak, then looked around. Everything in the dimension looked the same!
"Um..." Tysa became slowly nervous. Spirit Ray blinked.
"You do know how to get us out, right?" he asked, urging her.
"Uh..."
"She doesn't know." Spirit Kai stated, earning the top of his spiritness—the wispy part—to get pulled. "Owowow!"
"Shuddup, will you?!" Tysa yelled, ignoring Spirit Kai's yelps of pain.
"Ah, there you are!" Tysa looked up and saw Ying Hua and one other person—one with blue hair. Instead of seeming grateful that they might be rescued, the spirit sent angry looking looks to the blue-haired one.
"Ying Hua!" Tysa greeted at the two floating over. "Who's your friend?"
"The one who trapped us here." Spirit Ray stated.
"Huh?" Tysa asked, going from up to down. Ying Hua sighed.
"What a nice job you did, Shui. Overly convincing if you ask me."
"...oops..." The boy sounded younger than the spirits were expecting, like the boy was eight or so. "Um...I'm sorry about that, you guys. I had to put you here to make sure nothing would happen to you. Really." Tysa was a little surprised.
Can this kid make dimensions or something? That would make him... Ying Hua floated near Tysa.
"He's not even a Shugorei, if that's what you're thinking." Ying Hua said softly.
"But, what else can make dimensions?" Tysa asked. Ying Hua smiled a bit.
"Here. I'll get you out now." Shui stated, turning around and holding a hand out to make a new portal. It showed the room that Tysa had left from.
"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Spirit Kai asked. Tysa thought about that.
He's right, but...Ying Hua trusts him and she said she'd help me so...and also...she said I'd know him...
"Come on, Kai, quit fussing." She said, grabbing him by the wispy area, causing him to feel pain once again. Spirit Ray, being passive (if the fact he likes her isn't enough), followed her to the portal. When they appeared back in the room, the portal back disappeared. Ying Hua rolled her shoulders back.
"Ok, Shui. You stay here and make sure they don't cause trouble. We'll be back for you soon." Ying Hua commanded. Shui nodded and smiled happily.
"Ok!"
"Like we're safe with him." Spirit Kai muttered.
"You're just saying that because you're the troublesome one..." Spirit Ray replied.
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"You said something!"
"Prove it, ashes-for-brains!" With that they started fighting again. The other three blinked. Shui turned to the girls.
"Are they always like this?" he asked innocently. The two nodded. Tysa smiled a bit.
They haven't changed.
Ying Hua floated up the staircase. Tysa looked up at her.
"Hey, Ying Hua..."
"Yeah?"
"They said Shui trapped them there. They probably have a reason for saying so, but...Shui seems so nice. Why would he do that? He's not really evil, is he?"
"No. He's quite nice, actually. But he asked for the help of the one you call 'Dev'." Ying Hua replied, the gulped a bit.
"Wait, so he knows Dev?" Tysa asked. "Does he come from this dimension, or is he like me and—"
"Rrrrgh...enough!" Ying Hua snapped, annoyed. "If you want answers, you'll talk to him later!"
"Why later?" Tysa asked. Ying Hua turned to her and smirked a bit.
"First you have to finish the finale."
Tysa watched as the last of Ariake vanished. Her face was expressionless, but she knew what she had to do.
"See ya around, Ariake..." he muttered again, then turned to go to the machine. When she got there, everything seemed like second nature to her. "And...start." she pressed the final button and everything around her enveloped a white glow. She then could feel her body fading into to the white—in the nothingness, and let out an expressionless sigh. Then, she felt a hand grab her wrist.
"Tysa!"
Hmmm...well, well, well. This is where I left off in Tyson's Twin, now wasn't it? I bet you all want to know what happens after that, but like I said. Next chapter equals 5 or more reviews. Nice to know we all had this talk. (sips a Green Tea Latte from Borders)
Mizuki Sakura