Hello. Hey. 'ello. 'lo. Hola. And all those types of greetings. Chapter three... noice. hmm.. not much to say.. But what do you expect?! I'm working on three stories. Yes, three. Another one popped into my head so I desided to work on it. HAHA! Anyway... "Once upon a time..."
"Grandma!" Edinkira rushed to her grandmother, giving her a hug. Kagome and her mother chuckled.
"So good to see you again, Edinkira!" She smiled at Edinkira like it had been decades.
Kagome looked towards Raiden, "Arn't you going to say 'Hi' to your grandma?" she smirked.
Reluctantly, Raiden gave the old lady a hug. She smirked, "My, my, Raiden. You're taller than me now. And your as handsom as ever." Raiden blushed lightly and looked down with a small smile, embarassed.
That sent the girls laughing and Raiden rolled his eyes. Kagome's mother smiled after calming down, "It's really good to see you all again." She began to head towards the kitchen, and Kagome followed her, "Tea, anyone?"
"No thanks." Edinkira and Raiden said in unison.
Edinkira got a small smirk on her lips as she looked towards her mother and grandmother, "Mom? Grandma? Can I look around the shrine for a while?"
Raiden cocked an eyebrow at his sister as both the women nodded thier heads. Kagome held out the umbrella to Edinkira, "Be sure you take that with you. You don't want it to start raining on you." She smiled sweetly. Kagome and her mother turned and went to the kitchen, chatting like they haven't talked in years. Edinkira nodded and began to walk out the door before Raiden grabbed her arm.
"Edi, I don't think you should go." He said with slight concern showing through his almost blank gaze.
Edinkira tileted her head at him, "Why not?.. Why do you look so.. serious about it?" She chuckled and shook free of his loose grip and opened the door and stood there, looking at Raiden, "I'll be fine."
He sighed and walked out the door Edinkira was holding open, "I'm going with you then."
"Fine, Mr. Silent." Edinkira wallked out behind him, shutting the door and swinging the umbrella in her right hand.
Edinkira admired the ancient shrine like she had never seen it before, but, infact, she and Raiden had been there many times as younger children. Raiden felt uneasy and looked around with caution. The girl gasped as she found a small hut and ran up the few steps to the deck of it and looked around it. "Raiden! Look at this!.. It must've been here for ages."
Still looking around, Raiden followed her up the short steps, "What's in here, though?" He chuckled, trying to lighten his own mood.
"I guess we're going to find out." Edinkira smirked and pulled open the creaky door and walked in the dark hut.
Raiden followed her in and sneezed, "It's really dusty in here.."
"You're one to talk." She looked around, walking on the elevated planks around the inside of the hut.
"What do you mean by that?!" Raiden snapped back at Edinkira with a smir after a small pause of silence, startling the girl which caused her to fall off the planks and land on the dirt.
She groaned and lifted herself off the ground to face Raiden, already standing beside her. "You jerk." She glared at him, but he beamed.
Edinkira picked up the umbrella and turned and looked in the center of the hut. There stood an old wooden well. Both Raiden and Edinkira walked slowly towards it, as if being pulled. "What's down there?" Raiden pondered outloud.
"Why don't you go down and look?" Edinkira smirked, giving Raiden a small shove against the well.
He smirked back to her, "Ladies first."
Raiden picked his sister up with ease which made her scream, "IF I GET HURT, I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" She flailed around for a second, then latched herself onto Raiden.
"What's wrong? Too scared to go down the well? This isn't the brave little sister I've known. She's always up for an adventure.." Raiden taunted Edinkira as he put her back to the ground.
"First off," Edinkira began, "I'm not that much younger. Two minutes isn't enough to count. Secondly," She smirked and put both hands on the edge of the well, "I'm a lot braver than you."
With that, Edinkira hoisted herself over the edge and dropped into the well. Raiden instantly looked down to watch her. "Edi, be careful!" He called out.
Edinkira waited to hit the bottom of the well, but something seemed amiss. 'What the hell? Where's the bottom of this thing?!' She thought as a purple veil took over the black shadows in the well.
With a bit of concern, Raiden called to his sister, "Edi? Edi, are you alright?!" He listened for a responce, but didn't hear one. 'Edi.. what have you gotten yourself into..' He thought and lifted himself over the edge of the well and crawled down the side of the well the best he could, but slipped and fell backwards. "AAHH..!!" He yelled as he fell.
The fall seemed to last forever before they both hit dirt, Edinkira first. She landed on her feet, gracefully, as if she was carried down by an angel. "Wow.. long drop.." She looked up and saw clear sky. "What in the.."
Raiden seemed to appear by her side, catching his breath. "What just happened? I was supposed to fall on my back.." He looked at Edinkira who was already crawling up the side of the well. He groaned and followed her up.
He gasped as he sat on the edge of the well, looking around, "Edi.. where are we?"
"I.. don't know.." She looked around, spinning in a slow circle. The land was green of beautiful trees and lush grasses. The sky was clear and free of clouds, unlike when they were walking to the shrine. The air was different, too. The smell of nature filled their lungs' with a deep breath. They couldn't be in Tokyo anymore, it was far to different. Then sound hit them. It was extremly peaceful as a few different species of bird chirped their songs lightly to add to the magnificance.
"Wow. It's amazing..." Raiden said in a whisper as if not wanting to disturb the beauty around them. He was now standing on the opposite side of the well of his twin, looking in the opposite direction.
Edinkira began walking, slowly, towards the surrounding forest. Raiden turned to her and followed by a distance, feeling out of place from all the vibrant colors in his dark clothing. As the trees surrounded the two, the shadows gave off an eerie feeling. The feeling of being watched. Soon, the sunlight barely touched the ground.
"Hey.. Raiden..." Edinkira pointed through a hole in the canopy to the top of a large tree a distance away, "That looks like the one at grandma's shrine!"
"But.. we should be in the shrine. How's this possible, girl?" Raiden tilted his head, walking a few steps ahead of her. A sudden sensation came to him. Two points on his head felt painful, though no harm was being done to him and his hand isntantly felt his head. Edinkira looked towards Raiden oddly, then the same sensation hit her a few seconds later.
Moving his hand across where the feeling was coming from, Raiden felt two bumps. "What the.." He felt the side of his head. His ears were gone.. human ears, that is.
Edinkira was staring at Raiden in shock; she could barely move. "Rai...Raiden.. You have.. d-dog.. ears...!" She managed as Raiden held the black ears at the top of his head with both his hands.
He then looked to Edinkira, who now also seemed to change and a set of light blonde, almost white ears were on her. Raiden pointed catiously and Edikira's hands shot up. "OH MY GOD! WHAT'S GOING ON?!" She looked as if she was about to panic.
Their eye's shot around instantly. They heard quiet footsteps, like a small animal.. or one with small feet. Silence grasped the forest as the twins locked eyes with the first living thing they've seen since they came to the new place.
Fox features showed on this creature that also looked human. Human arms, face, and body. But pointed ears, a long tail, claws, and legs of a fox claimed that he wasn't human. They were all still to the stranger or strangers in their path. The same thought passed through Raiden and Edinkira, institaniously, '...This is bad... really bad.'
So, y'know where the twins are? If you don't, you need serious help. And who's that other figure that ran into them? If you don't know that one, either, you're unearthy idiotic. Anyway, C'ya next chapter.