Elements:: Chapter 3 :: Mysterious Souls
Andy slowly opened the door and peeked in; "Whoa…check it out…" he then pushed the door then wide open, revealing a large interior. In the very center of the temple was a small and simple marble podium with an Asian dragon design around its edges, popping up at the back and sides of the podium top's slanting towards the door. Further back into the temple were six other podiums similar to the main one though without the slanting and the design didn't pop out.
"The interior is a lot different from the exterior, ne?" noted Naomi as she looked around.
"Yeah," said Greg, "The outside is all ancient looking while the inside is really modern with a tint of a China's works."
"That is so weird," mumbled Lily, her voice changed to a sarcastic tone, "Oh wait, EVERYTHING here is weird." She grunted.
"Andy ran over to the main podium, placing his hands on the side designs that popped out. His shoulders hunched as he looked down at the podium top with a 'confused but still thinking' expression, "Hey look, there are inscriptions or whatever you call them."
"Hm?" Greg became interested and jogged over to Andy, he glanced over at the engraved inscriptions that bordered the sides recognizing it instantly, "It's…," He turned to the group, "Hey Kris! You go to Chinese School, right? Can you come over here?"
Kris' eyes became alert, "Yeah, but I'm not very good. In fact…I'm really bad." She heard Lily asking, "No way, are you serious? There are Chinese Schools in Japan?"
Ryan replied, "Yeah. I think usually when there is enough of the Chinese population in Japan, there is probably Chinese Schools; like in America too."
"What's wrong with Ryan reading this?" asked Andy.
Greg replied, "I'm just trying to get her talk," he turned to the rest of the group, "considering she never talks."
Andy snickered, he nudged him "Aww, how cute."
Greg blinked, "Wha…?" he then got the idea, pulling out his book and chucking it at Andy, "You ass! I'm just trying to help her!!"
"um…right, ok." Kris strolled over to the two boys, shuffling her feet as she went. She stopped shuffling and as she got over to the podium. Greg stepped to the side of the marble block as she scooted it noticing the engravings, "…mmm…um…well it's something about 'hands' 'cause that word," she pointed to one of the more simple words of the inscription, "means 'hand.' That's about as much as I know." She had water pouring down from her eyes like a waterfall.
"That's sad," Greg mumbled, he had a distressed expression about his face.
"Yeah."
"WHY DON'T YA LET ME TRY, HEY?" Ryan yelled, which made an echo sound, though not an echo. He had over heard them talking, and trotted over to them.
Ryan studied the inscriptions as he adjusted his glasses, he mumbled something in Chinese, "Xing ming de shou…"
"Huh? What?" Andy said blankly. He blinked.
"I said, 'Hands of Life,' that's what it says…I think," replied Ryan, "in like old Chinese writing, or something."
Kris mumbled, "Ryan, why are you learning old Chinese?"
Ryan laughed, "We had extra time in class!"
Andy mumbled, "I was sort of hoping for some instructions on what to do.
"Well what ever it means, someone put one of their hands there," said Greg.
"You know if you think about it, it's sort of obvious," said Kris, "It's just like the video games and TV shows."
"Yeah I know," mentioned Andy.
"Well why didn't you just say that?" asked Greg.
"'Cause you people were too busy figuring out the engravings."
"Well at least you're certain what to do," Lily suddenly popped in. The rest of the group had decided to come closer to the podiums.
"Well let's just give it a try, ne?" said Andy.
"Maybe Andy should go because he is the leader. It's gotta work for at least one of us," said Lily, "Right?"
"Why am I the leader?" Andy murmured.
"Just shut up."
Andy grunted.
He placed his hand carefully onto the platform; a light breeze had begun; he felt a sudden power in his hand that reached his entire arm, and slowly his body, as he came to feel very warm inside. A mixed light rainbow color began to shine under his hand, spreading among the inside of the temple, inscriptions all over began to show. The dragons on the edge of the podiums turned reddish as the six platforms started to light up from a rainbow color to a brightly colored light as a different monster emerged from each one, although, all of them were tied up in chains.
Andy gazed up at the scene as well as the rest, "They're tied up!"
"Huh?? That means we can't summon them!" said Lon.
"What!? You're kidding right?" asked Lily frantically. Her fingers were stiffly moving with annoyance.
"A dark spirit must've been here before and chained them while they were sleeping…!"
"Urrgg! You mean we came here for nothing?! I just want to go home!"
Suddenly the ground began to shake. Andy let go of his hand which had activated the temple. There was a beating at the wall in the back. Small bits of rock began to tumble down as a demon burst in, then another on one side and another on the other.
"AcK! How come whenever we are so close to getting the answer, there is always a flaw?!" shouted Greg, he blocked his face with his arm.
"Yeah, your right," Andy shouted back, "By the way, what are those?!" mentioning the three youkai.
"Nomedra demons (author note: pronounced: No- Meh-Dra, not Nome-dra)! They always attack in a colony. They have a powerful poison attack, but aren't very good at defense and dodging, and don't have much aim; thank goodness," noted Lon, "Hai!" He then sprinted and leaped onto the first demon, digging his teeth into the skin of the monster, as it tried shaking and swinging him off, which eventually he did, though Lon had landed on his feet first fortunately with a growl, as the Nomedra began its attack, "Black Poison!" Black liquid squirted out, while Lon dodged.
"Lon! You ok?!" asked Andy. His face then became serious and concentrated as he shouted, stretching out his arm to the side, and opening up his hand, "Spirit…summon…!" But nothing had happened. "EHHHH?!"
Lon then shouted, "Bouncing…Rice Balls!" Millions of balls of rice came shooting out at unnatural speed, slamming into the demon number one as well as another as they had both lunged at him. Lon then kicked the first monster to the ceiling; it yelped as it felt a burning feeling, slowly melting away.
"EYEAH!" shouted Ryan cheerfully, "Critical Hit!"
Greg noted, "The walls of the temple burn away the demons if they touch it."
"Some one else has to fight, Lon can't do this alone," said Naomi.
"Yeah sure, but who?" Andy turned around as he asked.
Lily smiled, "I know! 'How about Greg?"
"HUH???!" Greg's eyes had become incredibly wide as his body became stiff, "What do you mean, 'How about Greg?!'"
"Well you take martial arts right?"
"...I…might," Greg corrected dully.
"Whoa! Like Pailong?" said Ryan. (author note: Pailong, also known as Pyron, is originally from Shaman King.). He began punching mid-air.
"No, not like Pailong. I suck."
"Don't put yourself down so much," said Naomi.
"Well you know what, this is what happens when we're desperate," joked Ryan.
"KILL ME?????"
"Kidding, kidding. You don't have to."
Greg sighed, feeling bad that he really wasn't much help, he decided to risk his life. He walked up a few paces in front of the entire fight between
Bits of sweat began to form from Greg forehead, 'I can't believe I'm even doing this…" he gulped, watching saliva of the monsters drip to the floor, 'but now's not the time to complain…" as one of the demons attacked Greg, he swiftly jumped to the ground, swiping his leg around, kicking the monster.
It didn't even flinch.
"Ahh..aha...oh boy," noted Greg, so freaked out, he froze in his position.
"His kick, didn't hurt?!" said Lily franticly.
The Nomedra rasied it's arm, it then swiftly attempted to slash.
He barely slipped out of the attack as it grazed his cheek and ripped a bit of his clothing. He clenched his teeth, finding his stance to the ground, 'How am I going to get this through with?! I can't even put a scratch on this guy.'
The demon spurted a black liquid that seemed like tar.
Greg jumped once again dodging everything the demon attempted, "But, I can't stop…not just yet…" Leaping, he thought to himself, "This energy…how…?" He then put his two hands together in a fist, raising it.
"S…Spirit…Summon!" Suddenly a jagged sword made of lighting emerged from his fist. He then pulled it down, slicing the nomedra in half.
Greg reached the ground as the demon split in half, as bits of blood spurted out. Both parts instantly burst into bits of dust as the red liquid disintegrated into the floor.
"No…way…" Greg lifted himself back up, seeming blank, his hand was placed atop the wound on his arm, "Did I...just do that…?"
"Amazing! Another power summoning from the spirit world!!" said Lon cheerfully. He had defeated the other Nomedra a long while ago.
"Ah?" Greg turned around and blinked, "Oh." He moved his fingers around temporarily as he stared at them, "Ah,te,te,te...!" muttered Greg, grimacing at his wounded arm. He doubled up his body a bit, rubbing the cut.
"Hey, Greg!" said Lon.
"Huh?" Greg looked up.
"Touch the wall with both of your hands."
Greg muttered, "What good will that do?"
"Ok, FINE DON'T listen to little dragon then! Jeez, talk about—"
"Alright, Alright, Alright!" He walked over to the wall; he touched it with great caution, suddenly feeling a warm sensation. Automatically, his wounds healed.
"He touched his face, not feeling any wetness from the blood, "It's…!"
"The wall can heal because, you know, it's the Temple of LIFE and all."
"mmm…Ah darn, I wish those Elemental monsters weren't so chained up. But why couldn't we unchain them?" asked Naomi, changing the subject.
"They're bodies were sleeping in the spirit world. We wouldn't be able to unchain them because we're in Game," said Lon.
"Oh…"
"I guess we'll have to go on without them then," said Andy.
Only some of them nodded, but all agreed.
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"Kuroi, I've lost them, I can't sense them anywhere," muttered Darku, looking as if he had a headache, "My head is throbbing from that teleportation. Getting into Unknown wasn't easy, after all I've only been there once. It was hard to visualize."
"Aw that's ok!" Kuroi patted him on the head casually as Darku looked as if he just gave up on putting sense into her.
"Kuroi! This isn't good! We have to find 'em soon."
"But they just disappeared out of nowhere, I mean one minute they are there, and the next…Ah!" Her eyes widened, "Darku! I think they found the Temple already!"
"What? What do you mean?"
"The Temple of Life! What else?!"
"But it's not possible, how is it so easy for them?"
"I don't know," mumbled Kuroi, she hesitated and spoke, "Maybe it's because they are them."
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"AHHHHHHHHG!!!!!!!!!!" was heard from the throat of Lily, "Oh my GOD!" Her hands began to slide down her cheeks.
"What is it?" Andy turned his head gazed over to the outside, for he was standing peacefully, leaning on the wall of the Temple inside, "Huh?! Ah..! What the—"
Lily started to stutter, "Wh…wh… were flying!!!" All she could see were a bird's eye view of Game and a few clouds, "The Temple FLOATS!!!!" Lily looked as if she was about to have a major break down. Ryan touched her shoulder to look over towards the sky, gesturing Lily to shriek for a short period of time.
"Don't touch me!" she said brushing off Ryan's cooties from her shoulder.
"Huh?" Ryan blinked and suddenly burst out laughing as Lily turned red, gritting her teeth together.
"IDIOT!!!" She punched him in the face, sending him to the other side of the temple, and out from where the first Nomedra burst through. (Gomen nasai Minna-san ^__^;;; I just watch the entire Love Hina anime XD!)
"AcK! Lily, you just punched Ryan out of the Temple!" said Greg, his eyes were very wide.
"Ah…Uh oh…that's not good since we are in the sky," mentioned Kris.
"Oh jeez…!" mumbled Andy, he ran over to the other side as well as the rest of the group, except for Sean who watched them from far behind.
"Do you think he's ok?" asked Lily.
"How should I know, you murderer?" asked Andy sarcastically.
"Hey! I didn't mean it to be like this!"
'What idiots…' thought Sean, his eyebrow twitching.
"It doesn't matter. All we can do is hope that he is alive," said Greg, he then added on, "Or dead. It depends whether you like him or not."
"Greg!" snapped Naomi.
"Hey, I'm just saying!" He then noticed something.
"EH…what the—" Greg couldn't believe his eyes, he blinked a few times; a smile then began to spread across his face.
Ryan was sitting on a purple cloud, cross-legged, and happy as can be, with his fingers shaped to the victory sign, "Hey! Lily! You've got quite a punch there!" He laughed, his hand was placed on his cheek where the hit took the most effect.
"It's Ryan!" Andy grinned.
"Huh? Ah! Good, he's alive," said Lily, relieved.
"He's on a…purple cloud!" mentioned Naomi, wide eyed.
Everyone's sweat-dropped at the scene.
Kris laughed doubtfully, "We should have known something like this would happen!"
"Che…!" laughed Andy, "Yeah."
Ryan then said, "Someone jump on with me!"
Everyone had already decided, "Lily, go!" They pushed her out, "Eek!"
"Cloud 9, catch her!" said Ryan enthusiastically. The cloud swiftly caught Lily, who became very dizzy, "uhh…"
Ryan patted her on the back, roughly "It's oh-kay!" he turned back to the rest of the group, come on you guys get on!"
Andy asked, "Are you sure we're all going to fit?"
"The cloud expands when it needs to."
"Ok…You two go first," said Andy meaning, Kris and Greg.
"Huh?" Greg pointed to himself, though very faintly, "Alright."
"Mm…" Kris swallowed his pride and jumped, "Hai!" she closed her eyes, suddenly feeling a soft fluffy feeling underneath her, she opened her eyes and noticed she was sitting on the cloud, "Wow, that felt weird …!" she said with enthusiasm.
Greg then jumped, his eyes squinting, and his arms blocking his face, "Ah!"
The cloud expanded again as Greg peacefully plopped on to it, "This is really neat."
"Sean come on, it's your turn," said Andy.
Sean ignored him.
"Hey!"
"I'd rather die."
"Huh? Are you afraid of heights or something?"
"Sean…?" mumbled Naomi.
Sean seemed disgusted, though obliged, stepping up, he murmured, "Ladies first."
Andy's eyes widened as Sean pushed him out the door, grabbing onto the edge of the temple's floors, "Damn it Sean! What's wrong with you!?"
"Sean! Calm down! Please calm down!" shouted Naomi.
The four children down below them watched in disbelief.
"What??" Lily's eye's widened.
Sean mumbled, "...I'm afraid of a lot of things," he stepped on Andy's hand, who winced, "But then again, I'm not scared."
The look in his eyes made all of them wonder what he is thinking.
Andy had a sudden flash back. He saw man around the age eighteen.
The man smiled.
Andy then let go and fell to the fluffy cloud.
"Hey are you ok, Andy?" asked Greg.
"What happened?" said Lily.
He looked towards them, smiling, "It's ok. Really."
Naomi stared at Sean in disbelief.
"What?" Sean eyed her.
Naomi opened her mouth though instead of what she said in her mind, she spoke, "It's nothing." Her eyes softened.
"Then go."
She jumped down as he followed her.
"All aboard! Ok Cloud 9!" shouted Ryan, "take us down somewhere safe. And not empty!"
"Don't be so picky!" said Lily.
"You shouldn't be talking Lily!"
"You wanna die?!"
He laughed.
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"Cloud 9 says it's up ahead, we're almost there," said Ryan.
"Whoa…!" exclaimed Kris.
"I know, isn't it cool?" mumbled Greg looking out and forwards.
"Yes! What a wonderful breeze!" remarked Lily.
The white clouds parted and cleared out of the way.
"Hey check it out!" shouted Ryan, leaning over a bit, "There it is!"
A glass palace had parted a green kelp-like forest, as it shone in the light.
"It's…it's beautiful!" commented Naomi, glancing over, grinning.
Andy smiled as the wind brushed his cheek, "Yeah…"
"Um..." mumbled Greg, "Why are the trees, kelp?!" His mouth dropped at the scene as he stared down.
The kelp trees waved in the light breeze as if magic dust was poured on them, sparkling. Each of them very tall, reaching almost to the purple cloud that the kids were riding on, as it lowered them to the ground, among the trees of the sea; with Lon flapping behind in the air, on his own.
"Ah!" grunted Ryan as he jumped off the cloud along with the rest of them, "Thank you Cloud 9, hope to see you again!" he waved.
The purple fluff shuffled itself and floated back to the sky.
"That thing was like the most comfortable thing I have ever sat on, man," cheered Andy, resting his hands on the back of his head, watching it float away.
"Yeah, tell me about it," replied Naomi doubtfully; she stroked her hair to the side like she was sweating. She sighed, letting her hand go, and said, "So come on, let's go, ne?"
"Right," Andy nodded, "To the palace?"
She hesitated, "…To the palace."
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The seven walked over to the front gate, which look as if it was one hundred feet tall.
Andy shaded his face by cupping his hand on his forehead, "So how the heck are we supposed to get in, ne?"
Kris broke out of her daze, "Hm? Ah…" she glanced around the gate, until she had found something that would give them a step forward, "Hey…check it out, a doorbell." She pointed
Greg walked over to the doorbell. He reached over his arm attempting quite slowly to push it. As he was about to press it, someone had drawn out a sword, making a clashing sound; it instantly hovered over Greg's finger as if it was about to chop it in half. Greg jumped back in fright, "WAah! What the—"He clumsily fell over, "Jeez!!" He blinked as he noticed the person behind the sword. The young man pulled back his wooden sword, sliding it through his belt. He turned his back on them.
The group stared at him in a questioning manner as the gate opened. Lily glanced around with stars in her eyes as she strolled in with the rest of the group, "Wow…! This is so beautiful!" she exclaimed, certainly delighted. She began to overly admire the scenery, switching from one place to another as they went along. As they continued to follow the boy, they came across a door almost as big as the gate. The boy brought up two fists, first clenching then opening up his hands notifying the door to open.
"Whoa…" a few had noted when the doors had opened to the humungous interior. The walls of the foyer were all mirrors, which faced one another, while the floor was a glass aquarium.
"Sir…ah…?" murmured Lon, "May I ask who are you?"
The boy then turned, and slowly began to fade away.
"Huh? What is…?!" Greg blinked. He couldn't believe his eyes.
"You must be the Elements, am I correct?" said a voice.
A young man dressed elaborately with Asian silks appeared among the stairs, sitting on the railing, arms crossed, looking down at them.
Andy winced and grunted, deciding to not trust this person. As he began to lift one of his hands, the man interrupted and said dully, "Well, make yourself at home, hmm?" He got up and strolled away, beyond the lobby.irs.
Andy blanked out for a second and then shouted, "Hey, wait a minute!" He started to run after him, a little annoyed, "What's up with that, hey, hey?!!"
"Hold on Andy!" said Naomi, she grabbed onto his vest hood, causing him to stop.
"Waii…! This place is beautiful! It's so…so modern…but medieval-ish…" mumbled Lily clearly.
"Yeah," said Greg, "It's great."
"No, really?" Ryan said sarcastically out of nowhere, elbowing Greg in the head.
"Doo'h…" Greg murmured.
Kris crouched down to admire the floor aquarium; suddenly a humongous whale like fish swam under her. Her eyes bulged, as she ran and decided to stand, instead of sit, somewhere else.
"Let's explore around this place, ne?" asked Lily pointing down the hall.
"There is something not right about this place." The children turned around to find Sean not moving staring off to who-knows-where.
"Well, there's nothing feeling right around a place we've never been to," said Andy casually, eyeing Sean, "Let's just go, ok?" He turned around, and suddenly bumped into something, "Ah!" Pulling his hands out of his pockets, they rested on someone's shoulders, finding it to be a young girl about ten years old, hearing her small, cry, of "Eeek!"
Andy blinked, "Oh, hello," he took his hands off her shoulders as she slightly blushed.
Her mind blanked out for a second, just staring. She caught herself, and bowed "I'm sorry…my name is Mei."
Ryan blinked, "Mei…?"
Mei nodded, staring at the floor, "I'm Shuilon's sister."
"Shuilon? That boy?"
She nodded, "Although there are many boys here at the Palace of Land and Sea, and yet there are none."
"What?" Greg blinked innocently then looked doubtful, "Wait…how's that possible?"
Mei looked to the side, "Well you see, all of the boys and girls here except for my brother and I, are spirits."
"…spirits…?!" they exclaimed.
Mei smiled, "In our garden, brother had made a passage way from the Spirit World to Game; leading to having spirits roam around our palace."
Andy seemed interested at first, being serious, though it did not last long as he grinned, saying, "I see."
Mei blushed, "Um, so are you planning to stay for a while?"
Lily brightened, "Are you serious?! Really, we're allowed?"
"Yup!"
"Wai! Cool! Let's stay ok?"
Greg's sweat dropped, "Eh….do we have a choice?"
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"…and this is the boy's quarters," said Mei, who was showing where they would sleep. The room consisted about fifty beds with the area of one-hundred, "Sorry, it is a bit small."
"SMALL????" Three out of the four boys exclaimed.
Ryan said, "Are you nuts!? Tell me what a big room to you is, then! This is amazing already!!"
Andy pointed a thumb at Lon behind him, "What about him, though?"
"He can mind as well stay with you guys, "she put her finger to her mouth, "But don't tell Shuilon, okay?"
Lon said instantly, "oh! Ok!" He nodded.
Andy sighed, "Aiee, what a weird girl," he walked into the room casually with the rest of the boys.
Greg walked over and leaned against the window, "Ah…you know, we have been really lucky throughout the time at Game."
Andy asked, "Hm…? What do you mean?"
"It's that the usually, people stuck in a place no where to be found are hopeless. But we've been able to find food and shelter, easily."
"I guess you could say that."
Greg adjusted his comfort and peered out the window, noticing the beautiful garden down below. Interested in the scenery, resting his hand on the transparent material, "This is…!"
Ryan looked over. He shoved Greg's head into the glass, "Ahh! Don't be so conceited Greg! You don't need to stare at yourself so much!"
"Ahhg! OW JEEZ!" Greg shouted, with the white bandage on his head, and a vein of annoyance popping, "What was that for!?"
Ryan laughed, "Its ok, Greg!"
"I wasn't staring at myself!" His voiced calmed, "Just take look outside." Greg pointed.
Andy was suddenly interested, "Why, what's over there?" He peered out the window. His eyes widened, "What—?!" He noticed hundreds of spirits among the garden, "Spirits!! Jeez, that girl really wasn't kidding!" His eyes darted around the scene; he then noticed a boy who was about nineteen years of age sitting peacefully under a tree that had given much shadow. The red cap that the teenager wore covered his eyes, unable to identify him.
He looked up.
Andy's eyes brightened a bit. He suddenly ran out the door and into the hallway, just as Naomi came by.
"Andy?" she questioned.
He ignored the thought, focusing his mind on only one thing at the time, though he heard his friends calling his name in question.
Naomi wondered for a moment and then came running after him, "Hey…Andy?!"
Andy continued his way; he then came across the young man again, accidentally running into his shoulder, causing both of them to stop,
"Oof! Eh!?" As Andy clumsily got a hold of his stance, he turned around, still a bit unstable. He blinked questionably as well as Naomi.
Shuilon glared at Andy, though not directly, almost like he could see him at the back of his eyes, "And where do you believe you're going?"
Andy winced.
Naomi interrupted, "Andy, what are you doing?"
"Huh…?" He looked around Shuilon, to Naomi curiously as Shuilon darted his eyes over to her.
She held up a hand to balance with her words, "Lunch."
-And so…-
An entire banquet sat amongst the table.
"Waii…" said Lily, she then smiled at Shuilon and Mei, "Thank you so much!"
Andy asked, "Hey, did you make all of this yourself, or…you have a maid or cook of some sort, right?"
Mei looked had a sheepish look among her face, "Not exactly…"
Greg was astonished, he put his hands on the table and leaned forward, "You people did this all yourself?! That's great!"
"I have people help me," she continued, "Well…dead people at least."
"WHAT???" the group exclaimed, almost falling over in shock. Sean just stood there looking at her like she was crazy, with one of his eyebrows twitching. Lon's sweat dropped.
They came back to their normal stance, as Kris pointed out, "Oh, spirits…right?"
"Yep!" she replied, as Shuilon nodded in agreement. Shuilon then said, "The spirits seem to enjoy doing things that they had done before, and I guess a great deal of them like to cook."
Mei added, "They also help clean, feed the aquarium animals, and lots and lots of other stuff!" She threw her hands up in the air as Lily took a seat.
Greg sweatdropped, "So don't you have any servants, I mean…alive ones?"
"Uh…not that I know of, we never were really that rich."
"To you, or us?"
"Huh?"
Naomi said, "How much is poor for you?"
Shuilon muttered blandly, "zero."
Lily fell off her chair in shock, "Oi." Everyone turned to her. She then said, "I'm ok!" And raised a hand to notify she wasn't dead. They turned back to Shuilon and Mei.
Andy then noted, "Then how did you pay for this palace…like the taxes—"
Shuilon suddenly pulled out his sword, and pointed at Andy, whom held up his arms for protection from his face, looking as if he was about to run, "How dare you use foreign words we do not understand!!!!" Everyone stared at the sword and him, like he was a crazy madman; their eyes buldging.
"Eh..heh…eh…" mumbled Andy.
"Waii!! Shuilon!!!!! Hey!!!" shouted Mei, tugging on Shuilon, her sweat dropped, "Come on, Shuilon, the food's getting cold anyways…" Shuilon put down his sword, and they all sighed in relief.
-Thirty minutes later-
"Ah…that was good!" said Ryan, cheerfully, holding his stomach. He leaned back on the chair.
Kris took a sip of her drink, "The milk tastes like grape—"
Shuilon shoved in, "Are you making fun of my juice!!!!!???" He pointed his sword, this time at Kris. The sword's blade swished past Greg and Ryan.
Kris seemed startled, staring at the sword pointing directly at her.
"GYAH!!!! Would you stop that!!!!??? She hasn't even finished what she was going to say!!!" Shouted Greg, quickly standing up from his chair; he blinked, "Juice?"
Mei then said, "It's Baisui juice," as Ryan shouted, slamming a fist against the table, "Are you making fun of my milk!!!??"
Lily dropped her head on the table, "How random was that…?!"
Ryan got a hold of the table and pushed himself up and onto the chair.
Naomi then said to Kris, and asked with a doubtful smile, "Hey, are you ok?"
There was sweat drop rolling down Kris' head, "Yeah..." She loosened her tenseness.
Shuilon glared at Greg; he then took a glance at Andy, suspiciously. He noticed that his attention was not at the scene, but out at their Elysian gardens.
Shuilon's eyes narrowed.
Naomi blinked and tapped Andy on the shoulder, "Andy?"
Andy snapped out of his daze, "Huh? Uh…Hi Naomi," he rubbed his forehead and grinned sleepily. He stretched by clamping onto the back of the seat.
"Is something wrong…?"
Andy let go of the chair and lifted himself out, "No, why?"
"You keep looking out to their backyard, I've noticed."
Andy flushed, "Ah…don't worry, it doesn't matter. It's nothing to concern you really."
"We're friends right?"
"Yeah…"
Naomi grinned, "Then it is my concern."
Andy was somehow bewildered, walking away from the table.
Naomi watched him walk away from the table. She then noticed Sean chewing on his chopsticks, gazing at the wall, his eyes soft and thoughtful. Those same eyes darted at her, slightly turning her way.
Naomi tensed up, but said nothing.
Sean hands reached up to Naomi's face, as he pushed her hair so it was behind her ear on one side, slowly putting his arm back to his side.
Naomi loosened her body. When Sean was younger, he would always put her hair behind her ears, saying she was really pretty when it was like that. She grinned, knowing that her childhood friend was still her friend, "Thank you."
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"Hey, Kris, what time is it?" asked Lily, she plopped onto her chosen bed.
Kris took a glance at her watch, which turned out to be more than a glance, "Um…I think my watch is broken…" she blinked, noticing that even the seconds hand was completely still, "It's not moving one bit…" She tapped the glass a few times and looked back up to hear Lily, this time asking, "Naomi?"
"Mine isn't working either."
Lily sighed, "It's just that…what are we suppose to do here?" She puffed out her cheeks.
"Just be happy we're even permitted to stay here. Really," mumbled Kris.
"Hey, Kris?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to be able to Spirit Summon?"
"Hmmm…" Kris eyes softened as they glanced away, "Sort of. I just don't know how to..."
"I don't know how to either," said Naomi, "We'll just have to wait and see, until it happens."
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Andy strode along the hallways again, staring out the window. His fingers began to twitch, trying to feel the grip of his Spirit Summon, though there was nothing there. Andy stopped in place, doing and saying nothing.
He then mouthed two words that were incomprehensible.
He then whispered two words, still incomprehensible.
He whispered a little louder, "Spirit Summon…"
The sword slowly flashed into his hand, as he could feel its grip, holding it tightly.
He raised it slowly, placing his other hand on the weapon. Then, taking a large swing—
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Naomi heard a large bang and crash as she jerked her head up, listening intently to hear the sound again. Lily shouted, "GAh!!!" as she too heard the sounds.
The other three boys, who were lounging in their assigned room, also wondered what was going on.
"What…was that?" asked Kris.
And two rooms down, Greg mumbled, "Looks like Andy's started trouble again."Hey, wait a minute!"
The six children lifted themselves hastily up, and out of their rooms, speeding towards this happening.
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Author: So what did you think? It's not the best, but oh well. I'm creating a Digimon Version of Elements as well as an Original Elements. This chapter (actually chapter 3 in the original one) is actually part of the Original one. But since I haven't written chapter 2 or 1 yet, I'm keeping it here for now. Please R/R!