Katie: Are my chapters too short? Tell me! By the way, I don't own
anything. I've been forgetting to put a disclaimer.. O.O;; Anyway, I DO NOT
OWN ANYTHING! Down, lawyers, down!
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Sora braced himself as he landed right on his butt, coming out of the tunnel. He saw that they were on a small hill. Reiko and Tanechigai were lying down on the grass a few feet away from him. They were awake, and were staring at something up in the sky. Sora tilted his head up so he could see, and was surprised. It was day, wherever they were, but there were thousands of bright red and orange stars.
"Aren't they pretty, Tanechigai? They don't have these at home."
Tanechigai: *rib bit* (Translation: I also think they are quite nice, oneesan.)
At that very moment, Aki and Yuji came out of the tunnel, landing promptly on top of Sora. Motoko popped out a few seconds later. Sora coolly shoved them of, and motioned for Reiko to stand up. She held Tanechigai with cupped hands, and a few seconds later, Kilana popped out and landed on her feet.
"Ok! Follow me to the village!"
Kilana jumped down the hill and slid down as if she was on a skateboard.
"Well, isn't she chipper." Aki commented. "Whatever. Let's go!" Sora directed.
The five, (and Tanechigai, too) hopped down the mountain to follow Kilana. As they reached the bottom of the hill, the four saw Kilana stop in front of a large, white marble gate. Yuji walked up to it, and touched one of the bars and was shocked by a small blue spark.
"Ouch! Why I ought a...."
"As I was going to say, don't touch it. If you don't have a drop of angel or elf blood in your veins, you'll get shocked." Kilana explained.
Reiko looked past the bars. She could see a large flower field and then another small gate. The flowers were yellow, white or pink. The sweet aroma engulfed Reiko. Tanechigai raised his nose to smell what Reiko did. He fainted at the smell. Reiko giggled and looked once more beyond the gates. There were a few elves in the fields, some young girls and small children. They had pointy ears, and blue skin. Reiko stepped back to look once again at the gate. She pushed it open with a small flick of her wrist. Amazed at what she had just done, she stared at her wrist and then though, 'Oh yeah, my mother was an angel.' Kilana, Yuji and Aki started at her.
"B-but you're not an angel! All of you are demons!!!" Kilana yelled angrily.
"Not true. Reiko's mother," Sora spoke with a sigh. "was an angel. She is no longer living, however."
"Oh. I'm sorry." Kilana calmly apologized.
"S'ok. I never got the chance to meet her anyway." Reiko said dully. "Let's go."
They walked down the path through the flower field. Every elf there, big and small, stared at them. When Sora, Yuji or Aki looked at them, they looked away. Reiko, with Tanechigai on her shoulder, looked at some of the elves, waved and smiled. Some of the smaller elves waved back at her. All the elves looked kind of sad. Kilana walked next to Reiko.
"You know, they'll be happier if you sing. Can you sing?" She asked.
"I think I can. Let me try." Reiko responded.
She walked a bit ahead of the group, not standing in front of them, though. Reiko tried to remember a song... then remembered one a woman with black hair used to sing. The only thing she remembered of the woman really was her voice and her hair, not her face.
"I remember it now!" She happily said. ((A/N: The song is from the book, Holes, so yeah, I dun own that either.))
Reiko silently cleared her throat and began to sing.
"'If only, if only,' the woodpecker sighs, 'The bark on the tree was a little bit softer.' While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moon, 'If only, if only.'"
She sang with great sincerity, as if she'd done it before. Reiko had an above average voice, and the elves did perk up a bit when their large ears caught the sound of her lovely voice. Reiko went into second verse, with Tanechigai hopping down by her ankles.
"If only, if only, the moon speaks to reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only."
At the moment she finished the second verse, some of the smaller elves walked up to Reiko and handed her flowers and asked her for her name and to come play with them. The elves small hands grasped her large one as they pulled her aside from her companions. She laughed as they introduced her to some of the older elves. Sora had a confused look for a second, but then returned to his usual neutral look.
"Let's go. We can catch up later. Besides, these are her people."
So, the group, minus Reiko and Tanechigai, headed for the second pair of white marble gates. Kilana pushed the gates open to the quaint village, and they all walked in. There were many small cottages with large trees in the front. (A/N: Think Lord of the Rings: The Shire) There was a large house at the top of a flower-covered hill. It was dilapidated, probably where the jewels were stolen. An old-looking elf woman walked up to the group.
"Are you the Reikai Tantei promised to us by Lord Koenma?"
"Well, most of them. One of us is playing with the smaller elves." Kilana answered.
The old elf smiled and chuckled. She put her hands behind her back.
"Ah, you mean the half-breed, Reiko? I know of her. Things spread quickly in this small village."
Sora stepped up. "Do you know anything about this Kei character?"
"Aye, but not much. Come with me."
Back in the flower fields, Reiko was telling the small elf girls fables she had heard of before. Currently, she was telling the story of Ceres and Proserpina.
".and Proserpina ran into the woods and picked the white blossom. At the very moment, the ground split and Mercury, one of Hades' servants, came and snatched Proserpina away from her mother!"
Reiko held out her hand, and quickly snatched it back, making the girls shoot back. Then, they all giggled.
"Say, Ms. Reiko, what race are you? You're not an elf, that's for sure." One of the girls asked. Reiko was a bit uneasy with this question.
"Well, my mother was an angel, and that's all I know. She's dead." Reiko lied.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The girls said. After Reiko finished telling her story, "... and that's how the seasons were made!" she spotted a young elf guy not to far away, looking at her. He flashed a grin and waved. Reiko smiled back and waved. One of the girls laughed.
"That's Evan. He's the most popular guy with the older girls." One girl piped up.
"If he grinned at you, you must be pretty, well, pretty to him!" Another said.
"Oh really? Well, I don't get it. I'm not an elf. How could he think I'm beautiful?" Reiko asked herself out loud. She stood up. "I'll see you guys later. I have to meet someone in the village. Bye!" she bowed and left. Her spirits were still high, for she never really was able to play with other little girls when she was on herself. Reiko headed merrily down the path, with the scent of a flower one of the girls put in her hair in the air. She reached the marble gate. Reiko thrust her arm forward to open the door, but it had already opened. She looked to her right and saw Evan.
"Thank you!" She said.
"My pleasure, for such a lovely lady like yourself." Evan commented as they walked in the gate. From inside the old elves house, Sora saw Reiko talking to Evan. He clenched his fist in jealously and rage as she laughed at something he said. He stood up and walked outside.
"Excuse me, hands of the merchandise."
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What will Sora do to Evan? I'll write it next time!!!
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Sora braced himself as he landed right on his butt, coming out of the tunnel. He saw that they were on a small hill. Reiko and Tanechigai were lying down on the grass a few feet away from him. They were awake, and were staring at something up in the sky. Sora tilted his head up so he could see, and was surprised. It was day, wherever they were, but there were thousands of bright red and orange stars.
"Aren't they pretty, Tanechigai? They don't have these at home."
Tanechigai: *rib bit* (Translation: I also think they are quite nice, oneesan.)
At that very moment, Aki and Yuji came out of the tunnel, landing promptly on top of Sora. Motoko popped out a few seconds later. Sora coolly shoved them of, and motioned for Reiko to stand up. She held Tanechigai with cupped hands, and a few seconds later, Kilana popped out and landed on her feet.
"Ok! Follow me to the village!"
Kilana jumped down the hill and slid down as if she was on a skateboard.
"Well, isn't she chipper." Aki commented. "Whatever. Let's go!" Sora directed.
The five, (and Tanechigai, too) hopped down the mountain to follow Kilana. As they reached the bottom of the hill, the four saw Kilana stop in front of a large, white marble gate. Yuji walked up to it, and touched one of the bars and was shocked by a small blue spark.
"Ouch! Why I ought a...."
"As I was going to say, don't touch it. If you don't have a drop of angel or elf blood in your veins, you'll get shocked." Kilana explained.
Reiko looked past the bars. She could see a large flower field and then another small gate. The flowers were yellow, white or pink. The sweet aroma engulfed Reiko. Tanechigai raised his nose to smell what Reiko did. He fainted at the smell. Reiko giggled and looked once more beyond the gates. There were a few elves in the fields, some young girls and small children. They had pointy ears, and blue skin. Reiko stepped back to look once again at the gate. She pushed it open with a small flick of her wrist. Amazed at what she had just done, she stared at her wrist and then though, 'Oh yeah, my mother was an angel.' Kilana, Yuji and Aki started at her.
"B-but you're not an angel! All of you are demons!!!" Kilana yelled angrily.
"Not true. Reiko's mother," Sora spoke with a sigh. "was an angel. She is no longer living, however."
"Oh. I'm sorry." Kilana calmly apologized.
"S'ok. I never got the chance to meet her anyway." Reiko said dully. "Let's go."
They walked down the path through the flower field. Every elf there, big and small, stared at them. When Sora, Yuji or Aki looked at them, they looked away. Reiko, with Tanechigai on her shoulder, looked at some of the elves, waved and smiled. Some of the smaller elves waved back at her. All the elves looked kind of sad. Kilana walked next to Reiko.
"You know, they'll be happier if you sing. Can you sing?" She asked.
"I think I can. Let me try." Reiko responded.
She walked a bit ahead of the group, not standing in front of them, though. Reiko tried to remember a song... then remembered one a woman with black hair used to sing. The only thing she remembered of the woman really was her voice and her hair, not her face.
"I remember it now!" She happily said. ((A/N: The song is from the book, Holes, so yeah, I dun own that either.))
Reiko silently cleared her throat and began to sing.
"'If only, if only,' the woodpecker sighs, 'The bark on the tree was a little bit softer.' While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moon, 'If only, if only.'"
She sang with great sincerity, as if she'd done it before. Reiko had an above average voice, and the elves did perk up a bit when their large ears caught the sound of her lovely voice. Reiko went into second verse, with Tanechigai hopping down by her ankles.
"If only, if only, the moon speaks to reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only."
At the moment she finished the second verse, some of the smaller elves walked up to Reiko and handed her flowers and asked her for her name and to come play with them. The elves small hands grasped her large one as they pulled her aside from her companions. She laughed as they introduced her to some of the older elves. Sora had a confused look for a second, but then returned to his usual neutral look.
"Let's go. We can catch up later. Besides, these are her people."
So, the group, minus Reiko and Tanechigai, headed for the second pair of white marble gates. Kilana pushed the gates open to the quaint village, and they all walked in. There were many small cottages with large trees in the front. (A/N: Think Lord of the Rings: The Shire) There was a large house at the top of a flower-covered hill. It was dilapidated, probably where the jewels were stolen. An old-looking elf woman walked up to the group.
"Are you the Reikai Tantei promised to us by Lord Koenma?"
"Well, most of them. One of us is playing with the smaller elves." Kilana answered.
The old elf smiled and chuckled. She put her hands behind her back.
"Ah, you mean the half-breed, Reiko? I know of her. Things spread quickly in this small village."
Sora stepped up. "Do you know anything about this Kei character?"
"Aye, but not much. Come with me."
Back in the flower fields, Reiko was telling the small elf girls fables she had heard of before. Currently, she was telling the story of Ceres and Proserpina.
".and Proserpina ran into the woods and picked the white blossom. At the very moment, the ground split and Mercury, one of Hades' servants, came and snatched Proserpina away from her mother!"
Reiko held out her hand, and quickly snatched it back, making the girls shoot back. Then, they all giggled.
"Say, Ms. Reiko, what race are you? You're not an elf, that's for sure." One of the girls asked. Reiko was a bit uneasy with this question.
"Well, my mother was an angel, and that's all I know. She's dead." Reiko lied.
"Oh, I'm sorry." The girls said. After Reiko finished telling her story, "... and that's how the seasons were made!" she spotted a young elf guy not to far away, looking at her. He flashed a grin and waved. Reiko smiled back and waved. One of the girls laughed.
"That's Evan. He's the most popular guy with the older girls." One girl piped up.
"If he grinned at you, you must be pretty, well, pretty to him!" Another said.
"Oh really? Well, I don't get it. I'm not an elf. How could he think I'm beautiful?" Reiko asked herself out loud. She stood up. "I'll see you guys later. I have to meet someone in the village. Bye!" she bowed and left. Her spirits were still high, for she never really was able to play with other little girls when she was on herself. Reiko headed merrily down the path, with the scent of a flower one of the girls put in her hair in the air. She reached the marble gate. Reiko thrust her arm forward to open the door, but it had already opened. She looked to her right and saw Evan.
"Thank you!" She said.
"My pleasure, for such a lovely lady like yourself." Evan commented as they walked in the gate. From inside the old elves house, Sora saw Reiko talking to Evan. He clenched his fist in jealously and rage as she laughed at something he said. He stood up and walked outside.
"Excuse me, hands of the merchandise."
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What will Sora do to Evan? I'll write it next time!!!