Chapter Five
~*~
Miaka stretched her arms above her head. "I'm glad school's over. I can't wait to get home."
"I'd
be tired too with the day you've had. I
cannot believe you tackled Kou Shunu."
Yui shook her head.
"Kou-san
was a jerk and deserved to be tackled.
I just want to go home and eat."
Yui
laughed, "So how did you like drama club?"
"It
was great! I'm going to join it for
sure. And Hahm-sensei was really
nice. She's one of my favorite
teachers."
Chatting,
the two girls didn't notice they had grown extra shadows until they turned down
a side street.
"Give
us your money," a voice demanded from behind. Spinning, the girls belatedly saw the bullies. When the girls hesitated in confusion, one
of them grabbed Yui.
"Yui,"
Miaka cried out as she heard her friend scream. To late she noticed they had circled the girls. "Let Yui go!" Miaka demanded.
The gang
leader smiled, "Not until you pay us." Miaka frowned in worry; her mother never gave her much extra cash
from Miaka's tendency to spend it on food right away. Just as a gang member broke the circle to grab Miaka…a voice cut
through the spell of fear the gang had cast.
"Picking
on girls? And you call yourselves men." Miaka turned around to see Sou Kishuku
leaning nonchalantly against a wall. A
murmur ran through the group and on a silent command from their leader, the
gang moved as one to attack Kishuku.
Kishuku stopped leaning on the wall and got into an attack stance. "Let's go." Alas, moving as one did little to help the
gang. A quick punch to the nose to one
member, a side kick to the solar plexus of another, a back hand to the back of
the skull, and a hook-heel kick to the back of the neck and they were all
down. Miaka looked at the man still
holding Yui saw he was slowly choking her to death. With a battle cry she ran at the man in a football tackle style
and slammed into his open side. Letting
Yui go, he fell to the floor while rolled over him and landed on a dizzy heap
on the sidewalk.
"Miaka,
Miaka. Daijoubu?" Yui asked concerned as she helped Miaka to
her feet. Miaka looked at Kishuku as he
walked over to them.
"Arigato,"
she said with a smile, "that's the third time you've helped me."
"If
you're so thankful," he began seriously, "you should pay
me!" He grinned widely. Both girls blinked uncomprehending.
"Huh?"
they asked at the same time.
Kishuku
scowled, "By 'huh' I take it you don't have any money." He sighed, "I hate poor people. Ja ne."
"Matte
kudasai," Yui called out. But it
was too late and Kishuku rounded the corner leaving Yui to stare after him in
disbelief. Miaka, who had been
rummaging in her pocket, finally held up 500 yen in triumph.
"Here,"
she called out, "I found some money."
"Don't
bother," Yui said turning back around, "he's already left. I can't believe he wanted us to pay
him."
"I'm
sure he had a good reason for needing that money," Miaka put in
diplomatically.
Yui smiled,
"Perhaps. Right now we should
probably get going before these guys wake up." With a quick "Hai" from Miaka, the two girls continued
on their way.
~*~
"Ja
mata," Yui waved good-bye at the place where she had to turn to go the
library.
"Ja ne
Yui," Miaka waved good-bye too before she crossed the street that was on
her way home. Turning around, Yui
continued on her way. After a block,
Yui winced and started to rub her temples.
'Oh no,'
she thought, 'I can feel a headache coming on.' The pressure in Yui's head kept rising and rising and rising…
"Awaken."
Yui
dropped her school bag in shock at the sound of a voice inside her head.
"Awaken
Seiryuu no miko!"
The
pounding in her head increased. Yui
fell to her knees, clutching her head in pain.
"AWAKEN!!"
Blue light
surrounded the kneeling figure on the pavement. When she rose, the girl expressed no sign of any earlier
discomfort. Her blue eyes glowed
slightly. Her clothes had also
changed. Now she wore Chinese outfit
with a black rose pinned on. (picture here ) The girl smiled coldly, she was no longer
Yui Hongou. Walking out into the middle
of the strangely deserted street, she began to make symbols with her
hands. Blue magic shimmered in the air
where the Seiryuu no miko had made the signs.
Finishing, the girl stepped back and admired the glowing design. It was an excellent summoning portal if she
did say so her self. (And she did say it-out loud, to the empty air, several
times, and then she laughed insanely)
"Seiryuu's
serpent, minion of the dragon god. Come
to me, come to his miko, come to his portal and pass into his new domain. Come and do his bidding, come and reek havoc
on this world!" The girl spread
her arms wide and the portal blazed brilliantly. Coming through the portal was a snout, then a mouth, then eyes. The portal widened and proportioned itself
to serpent as it crawled into the streets of Tokyo. Finally it was fully out.
The miko shut the portal and looked at the serpent that was taking in
its new surroundings and hissing softly.
The serpent was long like a snake, though it did have four short legs
that ended in powerful claws. It used
the claws for just climbing and grabbing it seemed, for it also moved like a
snake. While it was around one-story
tall slithering, it could rise up onto it's feet and become three-stories
tall. The serpent was almost as long as
a city block and it's thrashing tale was destroying the buildings on either
side of it. All in all, the perfect
welcoming gift to Tokyo.