Destiny's Magic
ch 16
"Is it just me, or was last night just a bit intense?" Rowen asked, looking around the room at the others as they waited for the two sleeping Rei Fauns.
"You're not kidding Rowen, but what bothers me the most is that why do I have a feeling that we've barely seen anything yet?" Cye asked, frowning slightly.
"Cye, just take it easy alright, if something does come up, then we'll take care of it. We always have before, so I don't see why now is any different." Sage replied trying to reassure him. Cye nodded but he wasn't exactly totally at ease with Sage's words. "Hey, where are Kento and Kaye? Shouldn't they be down here?"
"They're still sleeping Sage, last night took a lot out of them. I'm sure that they'll be down when they're ready." Ryo said, looking towards him.
Upstairs, the two Rei Fauns were finally starting to wake up. "Morning." Kaye greeted, looking into Kento's eyes.
"Morning." Kento replied back with a tired smile. "Are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah, I'm just a little tired still, but it'll pass. What about you, are you alright?" Kaye asked, sitting up on the bed.
"I'm ok, I'm just glad that Hikaru is finally out of my head." Kento replied, getting up. "But something is bothering me."
Kaye looked up at him with a slight confused frown. "What's that?"
"We've over slept, and missed breakfast, I'm starving." Kento replied with his goofy smile. Kaye gave a slight annoyed look, and then threw her pillow at his face. Kento was caught off guard as the pillow hit him. "Ok, now you're going to get it."
"Oh, oh. Ah, bye." Kaye said, getting up quickly and taking off into the hall.
Kento chased after her, "don't think you're going to get away from me!"
"Yeah right, like you could catch me Kento!" Kaye called back laughing as she was running. A mischievous twinkle went off in his eyes as he leaped and summer salted over her head, cutting her off. In surprise Kaye slid right into his waiting arms. Kento smirked while he wrapped his arms around her. She looked up at him, before she knew it, they were in a kiss.
Kento broke it and then smirked while he was still holding her, "I told you that you were going to get it." Snickering could be heard from behind them. They both turned around and saw that their friends now laughing. Kaye blushed and Kento rolled his eyes at them.
"I'm going to change, be right back." Kaye said to Kento as she got out of his hold and went upstairs.
"What was all of that about?" Cye asked with amusement.
"You'll understand someday Cye," Kento replied with a smirk while looking for something to eat. "When you're married." Cye had a look of shock, the others busted out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Kaye asked coming down the stairs.
"Nothing much, just Kento giving Cye a bad time." Rowen replied trying to get his composure back under control.
"Ah, ok." Kaye said while shaking her head.
Outside a man and a woman were watching them. "Do you think that it's wise to show ourselves? It's too soon, they're not ready yet." the woman asked.
"Time is running short, we know that they're the ones." the man replied looking at her. "Don't look at me like that, I know what you're thinking, but it has to be this way, and you know it." The woman sighed, of course she knew, they both did, but neither of them were feeling right about it. Every century, they went through this, destiny demanded this from them. Time and time again, they would go and search for the two people that would be able to fulfill their destiny. The last time they had to go out, it didn't work out so well, and their home was totally destroyed. Everyone that they knew, gone forever, but they knew that this time, things would be different, or so they hoped.
A knock on the door suddenly started them. "What the heck? Who could that be?" Kento asked getting up from his chair.
"Kento, hold on, don't answer the door." Ryo said quickly standing up with a stern look.
"Ryo, what?" Kento asked taken back.
"It could be a demon." Ryo replied getting in front of him.
"If it was a demon, then why didn't the alarm go off?" Kento asked getting slightly annoyed with him now.
"I don't know, maybe the demon can mask its power or something." Ryo replied his eyes softening just a little.
"Hello, Meih, are you home?" a woman's voice called through the door.
"Look Ryo, I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it, but does she sound like a demon?" Kento asked pushing him aside. Ryo was about to object, but he knew that it was going to be impossible since his friend is so hard headed. The others stood up while Kento went to the door. Before he got there, Lightning was right by his side. Kento looked down in surprise, but dismissed it as he looked out. "I'm sorry, but my aunt passed away last night, I'm just here to get things in order."
The man and woman looked at each other with a sad glance. Of course they knew that Meih was gone, but they still played along anyway. "Oh, I'm sorry. You must be her nephew Kento, am I correct?" the woman asked knowing full well of who he was.
"How did you know?" Kento asked taken back in surprise.
"Your aunt talked about you a lot when we visited each other on many occasions." the woman replied with a small smile.
"Kento, who is it?" Kaye asked coming to his side and ushering Lightning out of the way.
"I'm sorry, we've been rude, my name is Jia Li, and this is my husband, Shen." Jia Li greeted with a smile. "As I was going to say, we were friends of his aunt."
About this time, the others were at the door as well. "I don't remember my aunt saying anything about knowing you." Kento replied now getting suspicious.
"It has been a while since we've seen Meih, I guess she being so busy with everything, and it probably just slipped her mind." Shen explained finally saying something.
"Right, I'm sorry, but my friends and I are very busy..." Kento started to say.
"Of course, we're sorry that we came at a bad time. It seems like we've always done that. Come on Jia Li, it's time to go anyway, we have an appointment to keep." Shen said while guiding his wife away from the door. Jia Li nodded and the two left the grounds. Just before Kento shut the door, Lightning ran outside.
'Lightning, where are you going? Lightning!' Kaye asked him telepathically. The tiger didn't answer as he ran out of sight. Kaye frowned, "why does he keep doing that?"
"Doing what?" Sage asked as they were going into the living room.
"Running off to who knows where." Kaye replied in slight annoyance.
"I'm sure that he'll be fine Kaye. Besides, he can take care of himself, and if he gets into trouble, he can always teleport out of it." Cye said in a reassuring way. Kaye just nodded, but still felt uneasy about it.
When they were far enough, Jia Li and Shen looked around to see if anyone was around. Not a soul in sight, "we've made our presence known, but do you think that they'll catch on?" Jia Li asked looking over at him.
"I hope that they do. But I have a feeling that it'll be too late before they realize it." Shen replied with a sadden look.
"So then, in the meantime, we just sit back and wait? Shen…" Jai Li said in a sad tone.
Shen looked at his wife, "I know Jai Li, but it has to be like this, you know it, and so do I."
"It's not fair to them, they're so young…" Jai Li argued while looking into his eyes.
"Do you think it was fair when it was us that went through it?" Shen asked as his hand went up to her face. Jai Li shook her head as she put her hand on top of his. "I know it's going to be hard for everyone, but it has to be done."
"I know Shen, I know." Jai Li replied quietly, their aura glowed around them and they disappeared.
ch 16
"Is it just me, or was last night just a bit intense?" Rowen asked, looking around the room at the others as they waited for the two sleeping Rei Fauns.
"You're not kidding Rowen, but what bothers me the most is that why do I have a feeling that we've barely seen anything yet?" Cye asked, frowning slightly.
"Cye, just take it easy alright, if something does come up, then we'll take care of it. We always have before, so I don't see why now is any different." Sage replied trying to reassure him. Cye nodded but he wasn't exactly totally at ease with Sage's words. "Hey, where are Kento and Kaye? Shouldn't they be down here?"
"They're still sleeping Sage, last night took a lot out of them. I'm sure that they'll be down when they're ready." Ryo said, looking towards him.
Upstairs, the two Rei Fauns were finally starting to wake up. "Morning." Kaye greeted, looking into Kento's eyes.
"Morning." Kento replied back with a tired smile. "Are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah, I'm just a little tired still, but it'll pass. What about you, are you alright?" Kaye asked, sitting up on the bed.
"I'm ok, I'm just glad that Hikaru is finally out of my head." Kento replied, getting up. "But something is bothering me."
Kaye looked up at him with a slight confused frown. "What's that?"
"We've over slept, and missed breakfast, I'm starving." Kento replied with his goofy smile. Kaye gave a slight annoyed look, and then threw her pillow at his face. Kento was caught off guard as the pillow hit him. "Ok, now you're going to get it."
"Oh, oh. Ah, bye." Kaye said, getting up quickly and taking off into the hall.
Kento chased after her, "don't think you're going to get away from me!"
"Yeah right, like you could catch me Kento!" Kaye called back laughing as she was running. A mischievous twinkle went off in his eyes as he leaped and summer salted over her head, cutting her off. In surprise Kaye slid right into his waiting arms. Kento smirked while he wrapped his arms around her. She looked up at him, before she knew it, they were in a kiss.
Kento broke it and then smirked while he was still holding her, "I told you that you were going to get it." Snickering could be heard from behind them. They both turned around and saw that their friends now laughing. Kaye blushed and Kento rolled his eyes at them.
"I'm going to change, be right back." Kaye said to Kento as she got out of his hold and went upstairs.
"What was all of that about?" Cye asked with amusement.
"You'll understand someday Cye," Kento replied with a smirk while looking for something to eat. "When you're married." Cye had a look of shock, the others busted out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Kaye asked coming down the stairs.
"Nothing much, just Kento giving Cye a bad time." Rowen replied trying to get his composure back under control.
"Ah, ok." Kaye said while shaking her head.
Outside a man and a woman were watching them. "Do you think that it's wise to show ourselves? It's too soon, they're not ready yet." the woman asked.
"Time is running short, we know that they're the ones." the man replied looking at her. "Don't look at me like that, I know what you're thinking, but it has to be this way, and you know it." The woman sighed, of course she knew, they both did, but neither of them were feeling right about it. Every century, they went through this, destiny demanded this from them. Time and time again, they would go and search for the two people that would be able to fulfill their destiny. The last time they had to go out, it didn't work out so well, and their home was totally destroyed. Everyone that they knew, gone forever, but they knew that this time, things would be different, or so they hoped.
A knock on the door suddenly started them. "What the heck? Who could that be?" Kento asked getting up from his chair.
"Kento, hold on, don't answer the door." Ryo said quickly standing up with a stern look.
"Ryo, what?" Kento asked taken back.
"It could be a demon." Ryo replied getting in front of him.
"If it was a demon, then why didn't the alarm go off?" Kento asked getting slightly annoyed with him now.
"I don't know, maybe the demon can mask its power or something." Ryo replied his eyes softening just a little.
"Hello, Meih, are you home?" a woman's voice called through the door.
"Look Ryo, I know what you're trying to do, and I appreciate it, but does she sound like a demon?" Kento asked pushing him aside. Ryo was about to object, but he knew that it was going to be impossible since his friend is so hard headed. The others stood up while Kento went to the door. Before he got there, Lightning was right by his side. Kento looked down in surprise, but dismissed it as he looked out. "I'm sorry, but my aunt passed away last night, I'm just here to get things in order."
The man and woman looked at each other with a sad glance. Of course they knew that Meih was gone, but they still played along anyway. "Oh, I'm sorry. You must be her nephew Kento, am I correct?" the woman asked knowing full well of who he was.
"How did you know?" Kento asked taken back in surprise.
"Your aunt talked about you a lot when we visited each other on many occasions." the woman replied with a small smile.
"Kento, who is it?" Kaye asked coming to his side and ushering Lightning out of the way.
"I'm sorry, we've been rude, my name is Jia Li, and this is my husband, Shen." Jia Li greeted with a smile. "As I was going to say, we were friends of his aunt."
About this time, the others were at the door as well. "I don't remember my aunt saying anything about knowing you." Kento replied now getting suspicious.
"It has been a while since we've seen Meih, I guess she being so busy with everything, and it probably just slipped her mind." Shen explained finally saying something.
"Right, I'm sorry, but my friends and I are very busy..." Kento started to say.
"Of course, we're sorry that we came at a bad time. It seems like we've always done that. Come on Jia Li, it's time to go anyway, we have an appointment to keep." Shen said while guiding his wife away from the door. Jia Li nodded and the two left the grounds. Just before Kento shut the door, Lightning ran outside.
'Lightning, where are you going? Lightning!' Kaye asked him telepathically. The tiger didn't answer as he ran out of sight. Kaye frowned, "why does he keep doing that?"
"Doing what?" Sage asked as they were going into the living room.
"Running off to who knows where." Kaye replied in slight annoyance.
"I'm sure that he'll be fine Kaye. Besides, he can take care of himself, and if he gets into trouble, he can always teleport out of it." Cye said in a reassuring way. Kaye just nodded, but still felt uneasy about it.
When they were far enough, Jia Li and Shen looked around to see if anyone was around. Not a soul in sight, "we've made our presence known, but do you think that they'll catch on?" Jia Li asked looking over at him.
"I hope that they do. But I have a feeling that it'll be too late before they realize it." Shen replied with a sadden look.
"So then, in the meantime, we just sit back and wait? Shen…" Jai Li said in a sad tone.
Shen looked at his wife, "I know Jai Li, but it has to be like this, you know it, and so do I."
"It's not fair to them, they're so young…" Jai Li argued while looking into his eyes.
"Do you think it was fair when it was us that went through it?" Shen asked as his hand went up to her face. Jai Li shook her head as she put her hand on top of his. "I know it's going to be hard for everyone, but it has to be done."
"I know Shen, I know." Jai Li replied quietly, their aura glowed around them and they disappeared.