Sarah: After a three month hiatus, and the fact that almost no one responded to my Role Play request, we are back in action.
Hiei: Much to my dismay, let me assure you.
Kaira: Sarah, if you don't, I will…
Sarah: *smacks Hiei upside the head* There- actual "Hiei Bashing." On with the fic!
Yusuke was whipped. After picking up Yukina, he'd taken five extra minutes to drop Kurama, Kuwawbara and Hiei off at their respective houses, before taking Yukina back home to hopefully heal me... and then he was damn near mauled by his mother when he walked through the door.
"Yusuke," she cried, wrapping her arms around him. "Yusuke, they're gone- both of them are gone!"
"Calm down, Mom," he said, annoyed. "Who's gone?"
"Kaira! Her and that little cat... bear... thing. They're gone!" Yusuke went pale, then turned to Yukina.
"There something you're not telling us?"
"Where am I? What the hell is going on?!" I'm the type of person who likes waking up in the same place I fell asleep. So, you can imagine my surprise when I fell asleep in my room and woke somewhere else. Imean, the somewhere else wasn't all that bad- soft bed, brightly colored walls, a fish tank filled with oceanic life... but it definately wasn't my room.
"Calm yourself, Kaira Urameshi." I looked towards the voice and was greatly surprised what I saw.
"It's you!" I cried. "You're the woman from my dream!" It was really her- same gray streaked black hair, same soft blue eyes. "Hey, what's going here? I am so lost." The woman smiled, then walked over at sat next to me on the bed.
"Do not worry, Kaira," she replied. "I brought you here in order to protect you- from what I've seen of you, you can handle yourself, but I want to be sure." I blinked. A few times. I was still lost. "Allow me to introduce myself- I am Kaira Sonique. My job is to train you- the Kori Guardian of Powers." I gave her another set of blinks.
"I'm the who of what?" She began to chuckle.
"This maybe a bit harder then I thought... but here goes nothing." In the next ten to twenty minutes I learned the entire history of the Kori Guardian- the fact they've always been named Kaira, the powers they have, etc. "But, my time here is getting short, Kaira- and you're time here is just beginning. And your powers are growing, which is why I brought you here. Malak has already tried to get his hands on the rest of the Guardians- if he gets to you before your powers have developed fully, he can take them easily..."
"Whoa, you lost me again!" I said. "Who is Malak?"
"Malak was one of the choices for the Okibi Guardian of Powers. When he failed the tests of the Guardians, the position was given to Zani. He became furious and started attacking guardians. He's killed two as it is, and I don't want to make it three."
"So we're banning together to keep you safe and hopefully stop him."
Again, I found myself looking towards the voice I'd just heard. Standing in the doorway were three people. The first, a guy, was definately a demon- fiery red hair, green eyes, pointy ears, parachute pants and no shirt. By the way, he was floating about a foot off the ground... okay, and he was kinda cute, in a demonish sort of way. But he was nowhere close to Kurama. Either way, he said nothing more- just gave a acknowledgeing nod.
The second, another guy, had both feet on the ground and was about my height. He had blonde hair and a bright, cocky smile. He was fully clothed, wearing a set of tight black jeans, blue t-shirt, red sneakers and light orange sunglasses over his blue eyes.
"I'm Fox Mason," he said, his North American Yankee accent showing clearly. "The Daichi Guardian." I nodded, then turned my attention to the third. Yet another guy, he reminded me of a Phoenix- bright orange hair, hightlighted red at the tips, one blue eye and one green eye, and clothed in black.
"Laxor Hughes," he said with a strong British accent. "Raikou Guardian of Powers." I gave another nod and went to the last person- she made me stop and go wow. Literally.
"Wow," I said. "I love your hair!" Like mine, it was short and black, but hers had this awesome tint to it- it looked golden and it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. And her clothes- it was almost like looking into a mirror. Blue jeans, white sneakers with a red stripe, a black t-shirt, reading "Of Course I'm An Angel- Just Don't Piss Me Off," under a green jacket. She ran her fingers through her hair and smiled.
"Thanks, Kori," she said- I detected no accent, meaning she was Japanese. "I can fix yours like it, except I think silver would look so much cooler on you." I smiled, then got up and walked over to her. I stuck out my hand.
"Urameshi," I told her. "You probably know my first name." She smiled and took my hand, giving it a firm shake.
"Zani Love- Guardian of the Okibi Powers. And yeah, I know you- I brought you and that animal thing here." My eyes widened.
"Oh my gosh, Mimi! Is she all right?" Suddenly, I felt something rub up against my leg.
"Mimi?" I looked down and there she was. I chuckled.
"Get up here you silly thing!" Mimi gave a nod and lifted her tails. Seconds later, they began to spin around and she lifted into the air like a helicopter. She flew up to my open arms and rested peacefully in them, giving me her low happy growl. "I've been worried about you, with me being so sick and all... wait- why am I not sick?!" Kaira Sonique began to laugh, as did Zani.
"Again, Kaira Urameshi, you must calm..."
"And why do you call me that?" I asked. "I go by "Kaira" or "Urameshi" only, not both in the same sentence." Kaira Sonique laughed again.
"You are a fiesty one, Kaira," she replied. "But you shall be just Kaira from now on... and to avoid confusion, I shall be Sonique." I smiled and gave a nod. "As for your illness, usually, we use the sickness as a test, to see if our Guardian Elects have the will their job requires. But after seeing you survive your encounter with Hitukeri Batosei, we decided to cancel that test, under the reasoning that you had been through enough."
"But I still got sick- how's that work?"
"We believe it was Malak's doing," the red haired, pointed eared guy told me. "By the way, I'm Jin the Wind Master/Ichijin Guardian. Your cousin is a good friend of mine."
"Yeah, he told me about you and the Dark Tournament- when's the next one? I can't wait."
"That will come in time, Kaira," said Sonique. "The Guardians don't usually bring a team to the Dark Tournament, but with you as a Spirit Detective I can't imagine you not participating... but back to the illness. As far as we know, Malak knows your name and nothing else- therefore, he didn't believe you could survive such a task." I chuckled.
"He don't know me very well, do he?" Zani let out a laugh, making my smile widen. I genuinely liked her- she was my kind of person. "So you brought me here to keep me out of trouble?"
"They brought you here," said Jin. "I tried to convince them that you were perfectly fine with Urameshi, which I know you would be."
"My cousin is a living guardian angel for me," I told him. Then, I suddenly silenced, my eyes widening once again.
"What's wrong, Kori?" Zani asked me. "You look like you're gonna pass out or something." I shook my head.
"Dear God, he's going to be worried sick."