CH.2

The second day of school was the same as yesterday. The first week of school was said to be really boring because it was the time when the teachers learned about the students and when the students got used to the routine of coming back to school.

The teacher was discussing Algebra on the chalkboard when a sudden flash of black from his peripheral vision caught Kira's attention. He stopped writing the notes from the board and glanced out the window to his left.

What was that? Kira didn't see anything in the trees or bushes outside. Passing it off as a figure of his imagination, he went back to writing down the notes.

But that wasn't the only time he supposedly 'imagined'. During lunch the next day, he thought he saw a figure up in a tree beside him when he saw another black flash from the corner of his eye. On the fourth day, he had become cautious, looking everywhere when he walked outside and out the windows when he walked in the hallway.

Paying attention to the windows instead of where he was going, soon led to the meeting of Tammy Jose, one of the most popular girls in school. He had been walking down the hall on Friday, staring out the windows as usual, when he suddenly came in contact with someone else, knocking the other person to the floor and causing himself to drop his bag.

"Oh...I'm terribly sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." One of the most beautiful girls Kira had ever seen was knelt on the floor, picking up her books frantically. She had long brown, wavy hair pulled half back in a white ivory clip with semi long bangs in the front, covering her forehead.

"No. It's my fault." Kira knelt down, picking up his bag and a couple of the books. He held the two course subjects in one hand and helped the girl up with his other. "I was to busy looking out the window, and wasn't paying attention to where I was going."

Kira met up with the girls soft green eyes, mesmerized. People as they passed stared at the situation.

"My name's Tammy Jose." She smiled, taking her hand from his and placing it under the two books in her hands.

"Kira Toushi. I believe these are yours." He handed her the books belonging to her and pulled the strap to his bag higher on his arm.

"Thanks."

"I'm sorry about that."

"That's ok."

"See ya around." Kira nodded and walked around her, making his way to his next class. Tammy watched him walk off and her friends began to whisper behind her, blushing and giggling.

"Kill him and capture that spirit! I want that spirit!" Where the world was dark and fire roared all around, the master of the place demanded the soul of Avalyn.

"Yes my Sire." A woman, hidden by the shadows, bowed. She backing up till she was no longer in sight.

"Soon, you're soul will belong to me. Just give it time." An evil laugh echoed and the fire raged as a black magical orb floated above a black, claw shaped stand, the reflection of Kira illuminating inside.

School came to and end and Kira said goodbye to his friends as he headed down the street, his sister by his side.

"Is something the matter?" Celest looked up to her brother. He hadn't said a word since they began their trek home. He was to busy scanning the area as they walked on. "Kira...KIRA!"

"Huh...what?"

"What's wrong? You've been dazed out since we started home."

"Nothing's wrong. I'm fine. Just thinking about what to do this weekend is all." Kira put on a smile. There was no way that he was going to tell his sister that he felt like they were followed. The week had gone by fairly quick, but needless to say, the next couple months were going to go by slow, at least for him that is.

It was finally Saturday, and Kira and Celest sat at their small kitchen table as they ate the eggs and bacon that Celest had prepared for their breakfast.

"So what do you want to do today?" Celest was so anxious to get out and have fun. She wore a pair of jean shorts overalls with a yellow tank top underneath and tenashoes.

"Why don't we go to the city later and look around, maybe see a movie." Kira forked some eggs in his mouth.

"That would be great." Celest looked at her empty plate then at her brothers half eaten plate. "You do know you're a slow eater right?"

"If it bugs you so much, go outside. Explore the forest behind us or do whatever makes you happy. I'll come get you when I'm done."

"Ok." Celest stood up and went outside.

She's so jittery. She can never just sit down and relax.

Once Kira had finished eating, he stacked the dishes in the sink to be cleaned, but that never happened. The loud scream of his sister sent him running out the door.

"KIRA!!!!!" Celest, frightened, skidded back on the ground behind a tree where she fell.

"Don't be afraid little girl I wont hurt you." Celest did not move from her spot. "I'm here to see your brother. You couldn't by any chance call to him again now could you?"

"Celest!" The voice of her brother brought her comfort and faint smile stretched across her face as she noticed her brother running towards her, ducking under low branches and shoving vines out of his way.

"Speak of the devil."

Come on. You can do it. Celest gathered the last of her courage and made a run for Kira, but her luck failed.

Kira watched in horror as an oversized green bird shaped like a human snatched up his sister as she ran to him.

"Celest!"

"Kira!" his younger sister cried out as he frantically picked up the closest stone he could find, straight at bird, bashing the creature square in its long pointed beak.

Squawking, the giant bird released the girl and she fell a total of three feet before grabbing onto a large tree branch in front of her.

"Celest! Are you alright?" Kira ran to the tree and stared at his sister dangling by her arms on a branch about 15 feet from the ground.

"Look out!" Kira whirled around at his sister's warning, but had no time to react. He felt the claws of the beast dig into his shoulders as his feet lifted off the ground.

"Who the heck are you, and what do you want?"

"My name's Bai jing. And I was sent here to capture your soul."

"My what?" Kira was caught off guard. What did this oversized bird want with his soul?

"Your soul."

"Sorry, but I'm still using it."

"That can easily be remedied." The creature flew high into the sky, way above the canopy.

"There's no way you're getting me that easily."

Celest dropped down and landed on her feet, falling to her knees before quickly pushing herself back up just in time to watch her brother swing his body upwards, kicking the thing in the middle of its chest.

Bai jing squawked in pain, letting go of Kira.

"KIRA!!!"

Shoot. Didn't think about this. Kira was falling head first, his arms spread out and his eyes full of fear as he watched the gap between him and Earth closing fast.

Regaining from the sudden shock and pain that shot through his chest, Bai jing flapped his wings to regain his balance before diving straight for Kira. Tucking his wings beside him, Bai jing narrowed his eyes, focusing on its closing target.

Celest was panicking; tears' flowing from her eyes as she watched what she thought was going to be the death of her only brother. But then, an unexpected thing happened.

A black figure shot up from the canopy, grabbed Kira just as the creature was within a few feet of him, then shoot downwards, back through the trees.

Celest stared wide-eyed when the strange figure walked out from the shadows, Kira beside him, shaking his head to clear his vision.

"Kira!" Celest, who had stopped crying and was now smiling, ran up to him, and grabbed him in a bear hug.

The stranger looked up at the green bird and gave it an evil glare. Squawking loudly in frustration, it flew off empty handed.

After clearing his thoughts, Kira looked to the strange man, still trapped in Celests embrace.

"Who are you?"

Next Time: Kira is not very happy about this strange creature that takes his sister. Not only that, but some weird man shows up out of nowhere and Kira is quite ticked off, which can only mean trouble.

Stay Tuned!