Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Ari opened her eyes. She was lying in some type of weird room. There were odd contraptions all over the floor and a tiny "door" to the sunny outside. "Where… am I?" muttered the girl. The screen door slid open and Anna stood with everyone behind her.
"So you're awake," Anna said, her penetrating eyes studying Ari. "Lets start this slowly. What's your name?" Ari hesitated before she answered.
"My name is Ari Kitsune. Who are all of you?" asked Ari. Everyone introduced themselves casually except for Horohoro who was blushing, and Ren who had an odd look on his face. "Why is that door so tiny?" Ari pointed to the window, "Does it lead to the outside?"
"It's called a window," said Manta. 'Kitsune…' he thought. He suddenly remembered the story he read yesterday to Yoh and Horohoro. "Where are you from?" Manta asked curiously.
"The last time I remember, I was at Kyoto…" said Ari. "Oh no! The spell!" Everyone stared at her.
"What spell?" inquired Manta. A thought hit him. "Wait, you must be, but it's impossible… Are you Shiro Kitsune's daughter?" Everyone's head turned to Manta.
"If she is Shiro's daughter then she must be at least 2,000 years old!" exclaimed Yoh. "Fill us in here."
Ari looked out the window. "That night, long ago…" she whispered…
-Flashback-"Ari, quickly, take this and read the spell," whispered a blond haired woman with bright blue eyes." She shoved Ari into the room and closed the door. Several men dressed in black confronted the mother.
"Mother!" yelled Ari. She couldn't get the door open. Ari opened the book and read, holding a glowing green necklace above the book…
Earth of the lizard open the portal,
Fire of the dragon release the soul,
Wind of the phoenix unlock the gate,
Water of the serpent carry me through…
She blacked out…
-End of flashback-
"So that's why you don't know about windows," Horohoro joked.
"I must go back…" said Ari.
"But why? Going back only means that they will chase you again," Yoh said. "Why don't you stay here for a while?"
"You don't understand anything do you Yoh?" Ren snapped. "That is an old spelled used by shamans of the past in order to pass through time. However the shaman can only stay in another time period instead her own for a little less than a month or else…"
"Or else what?" everyone yelled at the same time.
"Or else she will die and her soul will be devoured…"
"Okay, then we'll help you get back? How's that sound," Yoh said cheerfully.
"It's not that easy," Ren said again, sounding a little more annoyed than usual. "In order to return, you must find the item that was glowing while you were reading the spell. It should be at the place you left, which was in Kyoto. Then you must return to the place you landed and recite the spell again. That will be the graveyard."
"So we have to go on foot to Kyoto to pick up a necklace and come back in less than two weeks. Lets go!" Horohoro and Yoh yelled. They raced out the door.
"Not so fast!" yelled Anna as they stopped and fell down the stairs. "You seem to be forgetting to pack. We leave tomorrow." She turned to Ari. "Even if we are on a schedule, you need to rest. One day won't mean a thing."
Ari nodded and smiled, "Thank you…"