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Chapter 04 – Kira Miyami

Oh brother, I thought to myself as I watched Taiki wading into the sea.

Knowing I had to do something, I dropped my Digi-Egg beside the one that was frantically rolling around the sand like a disaster was about to happen. I ran into the sea just as Taiki's head bobbed under water. There was a moment where I splashed through the water, swimming towards Taiki as he sank deeper and deeper.

I kicked and powered myself through the water, feeling far less drag than I would in normal seas or swimming pools. It didn't take long to catch up to him. I grabbed his arm and pulled him up towards the surface. My lungs were screaming for air as I broke out above the water, gasping.

"Come on Taiki," I urged. A small thought in the back of my mind told me to leave this guy – I didn't know him but I knew I had to do something.

"Let go of him, water child!" a woman called out to me.

When I saw her, a few feet away from me, I recoiled. She looked far worse up close. Her skin looked like it had been dragged downwards, sagging from her bones. Bits of flesh hung from her face exposing the interior underneath. Her eyes were so tired and bloodshot that it made her look as though she had just stepped out of the makeup trailer for a zombie film.

The urgency of the situation made me pull Taiki towards the beach, but he was fighting against me.

"Quit it, Taiki!" I spluttered, coughing from the constant splashing.

Taiki's body went limp and heavy in my arms by the time I had dragged him to the shallows. His body jerked forwards as Sirenamon grabbed his leg, digging her jagged nails into the denim of his jeans.

"Oh come on Kira, come and play with me and Taiki."

"How about no?" I lifted one leg and kicked Sirenamon square in the face.

The way her head snapped back. made my stomach turn. Gross!

I struggled with Taiki, dragging him onto the sand to the point where I dropped him roughly. With water dripping from my clothes and wet hands, I tried to shake Taiki for some kind of response. As I knelt beside him, I didn't even realise that Sirenamon was dragging herself up onto the sand. Her hand shot out and gripped my boot.

"No, I don't think so…" I warned her angrily, feeling the aggression building.

The same jet of lightning I had seen before flashed again and Sirenamon screamed out.

I covered my eyes, bending towards Taiki's body. When I opened them again, the Sirenamon was gone. The adrenaline kicked in and I retched onto the sand, coughing and spluttering. For a moment, I decided to wait for Taiki to wake up, but after only five seconds of waiting, I forced myself to perform CPR. Whilst I was already tired, I knew that we weren't safe out int the open.

After remembering my first aid course from summer camp and carrying it out systematically, Taiki jerked into action. I rolled him away from me as he spouted out water onto the grainy sand.

"Why, hey there. It's not every day that a girl as pretty as you throws herself at me like you did," Taiki smirked at me, propping himself up on one elbow.

Slap! I swung my hand through the air and his face jerked to the left side.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that. I just saved your life there!" I snapped, I couldn't stand it when people behaved inappropriately towards me. Especially strangers. And this guy certainly fell into those categories. I stormed away from Taiki, scooping up my digi egg. I heard Taiki's scuffing his feet over the sand. "No Taiki, leave me alone."

"I don't think so, Kari. There's no way I'm going to let you wander off on your own."

"It's Kira!" I shouted angrily. "And I don't need your protection."

"Look. I'm sorry I got your name wrong, I mean, I only met you this morning so can you blame me for getting it wrong?"

"I expect you to get it right, Taiki Satzumi." I laughed obnoxiously. "See, I know your name and we've known each other since this morning."

His mouth dropped open, clearly bacause he wasn't expecting such a fiery response. "Hang on, back up a minute. Have you seen my twin sister?"

"No. I haven't seen her. I've only seen you. And I don't know where Eiji is either… In a way, I guess you could say he's like my brother." I continued walking away, trying to ignore Taiki.

"Well I'm sorry missy, but I am no help there."

"My name is Kira, not missy. And that's really funny, Taiki. I even think my sides are splitting from the hilarity of that joke," I said sarcastically.

"Well I'm glad that you found it so funny." He swung around in front of me, forcing me to stop walking. In his arms he held out my Digi-Egg.

"That's mine!" I exclaimed, snatching it from his hands and ignoring the fact that I had nearly just left the egg on the sand.

Taiki shook his head, restyling his hair slightly. "You know Sirenamon called me the child of the sun, sounds pretty hot, right?" His eyebrows raised a little and smiled, he had one of the nicest smiles I had ever seen. Utterly charming, but I wasn't going to fall for it.

"And I was called the child of the water so there. See, not everything is about being bigger and better." I trudged through the sand, stroking my Digi-Egg.

Some boys are just so idiotic, I don't know why my friends all want boyfriends so badly, I thought to myself.

"We should stick together rather than separate. That way we'll find Eiji, your boyfriend Eiji." He nudged me with the sharp point of his elbow.

"Ouch Taiki. And Eiji is not my boyfriend." I couldn't tell if this was Taiki's way of trying to see if I was going out with Eiji or not, so I opted to indulge him in his prying for information. "And Eiji won't ever be either. Our families just live in the same apartment block on the same floor. And he has since I can remember. Now will you stop trying to flirt with me and just hurry up? We have to get moving!" I shouted as I climbed over some rock rocks that continued around the coast.

Taiki shoved his Digi-Egg into the hood of his hoodie and zipped past me, vaulting up onto the ledge with ease. When I was stuck clinging to my Digi-Egg with one hand, I knew I was never going to be able to climb up by myself. The determination in me made me try to do it by myself. I clambered across the large gaps between the rocks and struggled a lot when I reached a high ledge that I wanted to climb up onto. I tried to scramble up it, but with just one hand free, it was totally useless.

"Oh come on," I muttered.

Taiki appeared at the top of the ledge, leaning over with a smug smile on his face. He extended his hand out to me. "Come on, just take my hand Kira Miyami, and I'll pull you up. No jokes, I promise."

Instead of taking his hand directly, I deposited the egg into it and took a running jump to throw myself up the rock face and up onto the ledge.

"Thanks," I murmured taking the Digi-Egg back and carrying on walking along the coast holding my head high.

Thoughts from AspiringWriterGirl = Now we know where Taiki, Kira and Moriko are, so what about Eiji?