Chapter 2

The next moment it felt as though Amber was being thrown out of the seat of a speeding vehicle. She rolled onto the ground and hit the base of a huge plant. Looking back she found it was a tree. She gazed in awe not having seen one in four years. It was beautiful. It was still night out and she looked in front of her. Roko stood a smirk plastered on his face. Amber stuttered.

"I, s, saw you fall!"

"I have tricks that not even the strongest demon would no, hidden up my sleeves my dear Ember."

Amber puzzled.

Why is he acting so nicely toward me?

"I will ask you now a question. Do you know why I kidnapped you four years ago?" Roko asked.

Amber shook her head eyes facing toward the ground. Roko reached out and cupped her chin, making her face him. "You were different from those pathetic nigens. You had powers beyond a demons imagination. You've grown so much and so loyal since-"

"I don't have powers," she spat.

Roko snarled and slapped her. "It seems you haven't taken upon manners."

Amber brought her hand to her cheek and stood in shock. Sure she had been hit but it was a shock to think she, of all people had powers. Was he lying?

"Yes, you have powers, hidden inside. You must wonder why I inform you of this lest you rise against me for instance. Even if you did gain the powers I could easily overpower you. I can control you, and I demand of you to participate in the destruction, of the ones who call themselves spirit detectives. If you destroy them you will gain your freedom and a powerful ally."

A spark of hope hit her and she inwardly grinned. But fear also settled deep inside her mind. She was almost positive she had no "powers." Amber felt anger replace fear at that moment. She hated all demons, even Roko. Yet, she would be pummeled or worse if she went against him.

"Are they demons?"

Roko cocked his head. "Yes," he said.

"How will I find them?"

"Use your brain my dear Ember!"

"Please don't call me-"

She was cut off by another slap and stopped.

"Now, now, there will be no more bickering; your name is Ember, not Amber. Must I repeat myself?"

"No," Ember said quickly.

"Good girl, now go."

"But what if-"

She stopped because in a flash he was gone. "I need help," she finished. Then from out of nowhere she was hit bodily with a great wave of pain. Ember could feel the energy coursing through her body and fell into a dark abyss.

The first thought that came to her mind was:

Where am I?

Blinking she sat up and rubbed her temple. Tall trees stood all around her, shading her eyes from the sunlight. She hadn't seen sunlight in ages and even the shaded light burned her eyes. Taking a long time she made her eyes used to the light and was fine even in the direct sunlight. She took in the beauty of the forest slowly and looked around, a small smile on her face. Ember smiled even wider, not having even smiled in at least a year. Well she had inwardly but not openly. Ember was back in her home world and now she had a job to do. She was going to fight for her freedom and destroy these demons. She was going to strive in a world of peace once more. Tears of joy slid down her cheeks and she wiped her face with an old sleeve.

Ember traveled all day and explored hoping to find civilization. A weird feeling coursed through her body and she looked at her palms. They were glowing bright blue! She stopped befuddled and amazed. The powers, the ones Roko had told her about, they were true! She stopped and tried to gather energy in her palm. And before her eye there was a small power ball of blue fire. It blazed lighting the area but she was not blinded. The bright blue light somehow comforted her. She gazed in awe and it disappeared as suddenly as it appeared. She felt light headed and leaned against a tree. Feeling better a few minutes later Ember walked on.

A tall hill rose in front of her and she trekked her way to top slipping few times. At the top she gasped. She was standing over a huge city. It expanded beyond her vision or was covered with a thick layer of fog. She felt energized suddenly and slid down the hill doing a flip at the bottom and landing. She puzzled at her new ability to flip but shrugged it off. Continuing Ember walked into the city. All around her nigens thrived without a real worry in the world. Kids weaved to a fro through the crowds and she was given not a glance. Either that or she saw no one watching her. It wasn't too friendly but it wasn't dangerous roaming the streets.

Ember turned and walked down another street. She saw a school looking building ahead and took another turn into an alleyway. Humming to herself a song she once knew comforted her and she didn't notice the two come up behind her. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she spun around.

"Hm?"

It was two strong looking guys. "You are in our alley and we bet, you of all people no what happens when you trespass."

"I wasn't trespassing! I was taking a shortcut!"

One of the boys rolled up his sleeve. "How do you want to go down?"

One gripped her shoulder and held up a fist. She tugged trying to get away panic rising. "Please, I will leave, I won't come back, I promise!"

He raised his eyebrows and proceeded to punch her. She cried out and strangely enough he did the same. He released his grip and stumbled back terrified. Ember looked down terrified and found her arm glowing blue. It was cool to the touch but the boys hand seemed burned severely. Turning on heels she ran out of the alley and emerged onto the grounds of the school she had seen. She didn't stop until she reached the other side of the school. Leaning against a tree she watched students eye her nervously and some sitting around the trees hadn't noticed her at all. They were too into their work to care about an adolescent. A small breeze ruffled her hair and she sunk down against the base of the tree. What had happened back there? She had stricken out of fear and defense. It wasn't really planned. She had no idea she could protect herself like that and meant no harm even though they meant to instill harm upon her.

A loud voice reached her ears and she cringed. Usually whenever she heard a raised voice she was in trouble. Ember had to remind herself though that she was not in the horrid place in that other dimension.

"Did you hear? I can't go do that right now!" cried a boy in green to his wrist. A boy dressed in blue was scowling into a screen and poked at it. "I don't see him Yurimeshi, I still don't have my," he lowered his voice and she didn't hear a few mumbled words, "back yet."

"He wants me to meet him in the forest; we better go and get Suichi."

He turned to walk back but he saw Ember sitting at the base of the tree. In a flash the boy was in front of her. "I have never seen you here, are you new? I can help you around come on!" he said dragging her up. She cringed not wanting to burn the nigen.

"Wait!" she said.

"Stupid me! I forgot to introduce myself, I am Kuzuma Kuabara."

"Kuabara!" cried a voice angrily.

They both peered over and found the boy in green named Yuske standing, arms crossed over his chest. He walked over and pulled Kuabara off giving a small smile. He extended a hand, "I am Yuske Yurimeshi, who are you?"

"Am-" ,she was about to say Amber but something inside her told her not to.

"I am Ember."

"Nice to meet you, sorry about my friend here, he has a bit of a problem." Yuske finished at a whisper.

"Hey! I heard that!" cried Kuabara angrily.

Ember brushed a lock of hair out of her face and looked nervously around.

"Are you new here?" asked Yuske.

"Yeah, you could say that," said Ember nervously eying the ground.

"Ok well come on, let us show you around!" he said.

Before Ember knew it she was given a tour of the whole school. As they passed others she was given odd looks. Finally they came to a classroom from which inside they heard a lot of female voices. Kuabara wrenched the door open. A group of girls sat in the back conversing quietly but loud enough for the boy in the front row to hear. A boy was seated in the front row and he was starring intently at his books. He had long red hair and looked up as they came in as did the other girls. The group gathered their books and walked out the room bidding good bye to the boy. Yuske led her up to the desk and the boy stood up.

"Suichi this is Ember, she is new here," Yuske said.

The boy smiled and she caught a glimpse of his deep green eyes. He extended a hand which she reached out and shook. "I am Suichi Minamino as I am sure you now no."

Suichi picked up his books and they walked out onto the grounds. "So Ember," Kuabara said, "Where do you live?"

Ember gulped. "I don't want to talk about it please."

A silence drifted over them and they came to the edge of the grounds. "Well, I am afraid we must go," Suichi said.

"Ok, well good bye then," she said turning around.

A warm hand was placed upon her shoulder. She turned and found Suichi. "Would you like to possibly come to my house tomorrow for a visit? We could all come and you can meet some other students that go here."

Ember blushed. "That'd be great," she said smiling.

Suichi handed her a piece of paper with a house number on it. Ember tucked it in her pocket and bid them goodbye. It felt so good to have friends again. That night she spent the night in a local pub. She had fallen asleep in a booth and awoke with an uneasy feeling. Opening her eyes she looked up. There sat Roko. He smiled at her and uneasiness stirred deep inside of her.

"How did you get here?" she mumbled.

He laughed. "I am the one and only, I can do anything."

Ember inwardly rolled her eyes. "So am I going to live on the streets?"

"It is not my concern; my only priority is killing the spirit detectives."

"Ok, why are you here?"

"To check up on you my dear, why else?"

She sighed and laid her head down once more, drifting into a light sleep.

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