The Mysterious Man

Chapter 5

Mokona yawned. She and Chihiro were sitting in the back of the hay wagon. Nina was up front driving the oxen on. Mokona yawned again, showing her sharp teeth to Chihiro. She stretched out her hands, revealing claw-like nails. Chihiro hoped she would never have to battle Mokona.

"So, you got any weapons or anything that you can defend yourself with?" Mokona asked.

Chihiro nodded her head no.

"Hmm...You should probably get some sort of weapon, like a big stick to hike with and defend yourself. Hey Nina! Let's get her some sort of defense weapon, ok?"

Nina nodded her head, and started to head toward a town. They arrived in an hour, and went to a general store and bought a staff. It was a nice height, sturdy, and looked very difficult to break. And it wasn't too heavy either, another plus.

"Um, ok, so now where are we headed?" Nina asked.

"Uh, heh heh, that's a good question. I don't exactly know where Haku is, or where I'm going." Chihiro said.

*Nina and Mokona fall anime style*

"CHIHIRO!!! You're supposed to know this kind of stuff!!! Didn't he like give you a name or at least a hint?!" Mokona asked.

"Oh come on, Mokona. She hasn't been here that long, she couldn't know what the exactly she was getting herself into." Nina assured.

Mokona sighed. "All right. But we should probably go somewhere to get some information. It would help us get going to someplace...by the way, I'm starving! Can we eat somewhere?"

"Sure. I saw a place down the street from here, it looked pretty good." Nina mentioned.

"Ok, lets go." Chihiro replied.

The three girls went into the restaurant and had their lunch, and while finishing up their drinks they heard some men mumble something about some demon attack down the road.

"We should probably check it out, it might lead to the Shoto gang." Mokona said. The two other girls nodded their heads in agreement, and were off in a few minutes.

As they traveled down the road (the left the wagon and ox at the town behind them), they noticed it getting a little colder and the air a little harder to breath, and stinky.

It was a familiar smell to Chihiro, of car exhaust and other types of smoke.

"This stuff stinks." Mokona said while covering her mouth in disgust. Nina agreed, and covered her mouth as well.

"It smells like home to me." Chihiro replied.

"Oh yeah, the real world probably smells like this all over the place, huh? Don't you guys know any other ways to get around other than those pollution-factory cars?" Mokona asked.

"No, it's the main transportation, and even if we did find a new way, it would still take a long time for it to be accepted, and used widely over the world. It'd take at least 20 years, maybe even more. But I do agree, it would definitely help the environment."

A second later Nina started coughing.

"Nina!!" they both yelled, springing to her side. But before they even got within a foot of her, she disappeared.

They heard an evil cackle and looked up into a creepy, bare black tree. Before them stood hunched a human-like figure, but his body black with purple smoke coming from it, tiny red eyes, and poisonous claws.

Mokona growled at the demon and bared her teeth at him, her claws extended, ready to attack any second.

"Let go of her, you filthy demon!" Mokona screamed at the demon.

"Let her go!" Chihiro yelled, readying her staff.

The demon grinned wickedly, baring his teeth at them, purple saliva dripping from his mouth. Mokona began to advance. Suddenly, he wasn't grinning anymore, and had more of a surprised look on his face, and falling off the tree. They saw Nina disappear then reappear on the ground, being let down gently by a young man, who looked to be no older than 17.

More demons appeared, and Mokona and Chihiro went back to back. "It looks like there's a lot of them!!!" Chihiro screamed.

"I can handle most of them. You gonna be all right?" Mokona asked.

"I think I can do this." Chihiro answered, feeling the adrenaline rush. "Let's do this!" Mokona yelled as she sprung towards an enemy, slashing away. Chihiro swung her staff wildly, but managed to get a few good hits on one demon. She beat the living daylights out of another, and was beginning to advance on another when a burst of white light flashed, blinding everyone. They were several heart-stopping screams, then silence as the light faded.

Nina sat at the base of a tree, clutching her heart. A few feet away from her was the young man, with a serene look on his face as the light subsided into his hand. Mokona got up from the ground, rubbing her eyes.

"What the hell was that?" Mokona groaned.

"Who is that guy?" Chihiro asked Mokona, as they watched him help a terrified Nina up. They advanced towards him.

"Who are you?" Chihiro asked, as Nina went by Mokona's side.

"I am Drake. Who are you?" He said. He was incredibly tall, and towered over them all. He had jet-black hair, with steely gray-blue eyes, and black clothing.

"I'm Chihiro, and this is Mokona, and you saved Nina."

"Thank you very much." Nina said and bowed deeply.

Drake smiled a sweet smile that made all of the girls' hearts skip a beat. "It was no problem."

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Ok, I know, it's been almost two months since I last updated...I'm really sorry about that...but all my school work has been keeping me busy, and I have BAD procrastination habits...and I also sort of had writers block, because I didn't know how to get this new guy introduced, and I'm also having another story in mind, it will be at fictionpress, so my head has been thinking of that particular story. But I'm first going to finish this one and my other story before I even start the other one.

Anyways, hope the chapter was good, I hope some are still reading this, and if you are, would you please review? It would be so helpful, because I believe right now I'm getting into a new writing style, so it would really help to have some constructive criticism now.