Okay! Here's the second chapter! Hate to tell you people this but romance will come in WAY later, same thing goes with adventure! Some of you are asking how Aoshi, Sano, Megumi, and Misao got their powers? Well…that's also going to be revealed in the future! Anyways…READ and REVIEW! Enjoy!
Chapter 2: The Abandoned Temple
Previous Chapter
Kaoru, Sano, Megumi, and Aoshi carrying Misao ran all the way and stopped in front of the dark abandoned temple.
"I think it's safe enough to use your powers now Aoshi…" Megumi murmured to the stoic man. Aoshi nodded and puts Misao down as Megumi began to inspect her. Kaoru stood and looked at the old temple. Soon her legs began to move towards the front step of the long staircase, her heart began to ache with fear.
'What's going on? I can't stop! It's as if the temple is beckoning me to it' she thought alarmingly to herself.
Kaoru legs headed up the stairs and soon she was at the front porch. She tried to pull her legs back but no progress was made. Her body stopped in front of the wide locked doors and she looked up to notice that the temple was a tall tower reaching high in the sky.
Her shivering hands moved to the lock and it immediately snapped open.
"It opened…I thought that the city locked it up…" Kaoru said to herself as her hands removed the lock on the doors. Kaoru looked around and was about to open the door until she was interrupted.
"STAY OUT OF THERE!" Aoshi shouted as he teleported in front of her, "We can't turn our backs from you for one second before knowing that you've wander off, and how many times have I told you to stay away from this temple!?"
Kaoru immediately felt control over her body once more and collapsed on the floor in fear.
"I'm sorry Aoshi…it's just that there's something about this temple that makes me so uncomfortable…it's like I can't keep my body away from it each time I see this temple," Kaoru said silently.
Aoshi's eyes immediately soften as he held her body around him and teleported to the Lotus Temple.
"Aoshi is coming back with Kaoru, Misao so don't worry…" Sano said to the worried Misao and Megumi.
A few seconds later Aoshi appeared with Kaoru in his arms, Misao got up and ran to Kaoru.
"Are you hurt Kaoru?" Misao asked with a worried tone, "We saw you a while ago and then the next minute you disappeared! We were so worried!" After saying that Misao gave a Kaoru a suffocating hug.
"Sorry—everyone—but I'm fine now. Did Megumi heal you yet?" Kaoru asked Misao.
"Oh yeah…I forgot about that…"
"The small weasel was too worried about the wandering raccoon so she refused to be healed until she knows that you're safe." Megumi said, "Now can I heal you?"
"OKAY!" Misao said happily as she approached Megumi.
Megumi puts her right hand above Misao's back and a bright glow emerged from her hands. The bloody back that Misao had earlier disappeared. Misao let's out a sigh of relief and glare at Sano.
"Jeez I'm sorry okay?" Sano glared back at the small girl.
"Okay!" Misao said cheerfully and chattered about what to do during summer.
Kaoru glanced around the room and noticed that there were no furniture's whatsoever. There was only a huge fire sitting in the middle of the empty room along with incense and charms, but that was all. Kaoru stared at the fire and a question sprung in her mind.
"Um—if you don't mind my asking I'm wondering what's wrong with the abandoned temple…if that okay everyone." Kaoru asked with curiosity.
The room immediately remained quiet. Everyone's face went dull and Kaoru wondered if she asked the wrong question.
"The "temple" that you're referring to is known as the Dark Tower. There's something hidden in there…" Sano began slowly but was interrupted.
"Then why don't you guys inspect it?" asked Kaoru.
"We can't…" Megumi replied.
"That's because there's a strong barrier around it. However, the barrier around isn't a negative barrier or a good barrier. But whatever barrier that is protecting the tower we can't break through it." Misao replied unhappily.
"Oh…" was all Kaoru answer.
"Hundreds of years ago a princess was to be take over the royal power of the world. One day she was assassinated and the whole world was thrown into chaos. A new dark wizard emerged and threatened to kill the queen just as the wizard did to the princess. Her royal guards fought against the wizard but failed miserably and all were killed. The queen had no choice but to sacrifice her life and seal everything in this world and send it to the future within the Dark Tower. Just when we thought chaos would never come again I guess we're wrong." Aoshi said through him impassive face.
"Why?" asked Kaoru.
"Just last month some kind of evil has been released. We think it might be related to the Dark Tower but it's too soon to tell. Because of that we've been having these meetings and left you out. We're sorry, Kaoru." Misao said unhappily.
"But now I know your secret! So that means that I can stay with you guys and your meetings right?" Kaoru asked excitedly.
"No…" Megumi replied.
"Why?" whined Kaoru.
"You don't have the right to belong here! Non-magical beings shouldn't be with us!" Megumi snapped back. Sano immediately came up and puts his hand over Megumi's mouth while she struggled against him.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Kaoru asked Misao who was holding Megumi back.
"It…" Misao began but was interrupted by a really harsh voice.
"It means that normal people like you don't have the right to be with us. You have the right to know us but you don't have the right to get into the business. Don't be stupid enough to think that. You don't belong here." Aoshi replied harshly.
Kaoru's left eye twitched from pain. Tears stained her eyes and she ran off crying.
"How could you say that Aoshi?" Misao asked with anger. As if on cue Sano let go of Megumi.
"She wouldn't give up if we keep on letting her in with this stuff. From the beginning we only allowed her to be friends with us, later she discovered our powers and yet we accepted it, now she's asking to be IN the meetings we have, I will not allow it." Megumi replied with a cold voice.
"Judging by missy's spirit I doubt it that she'll give up. She'll be back don't worry, we should do our meeting right now…" Sano replied trying to ease the tension that was filling the room.
Kaoru ran just out the Lotus Temple and her tears subsided. .
'Why am I crying? I knew I didn't fit in…' Kaoru thought to herself, 'Never from the beginnning...I've been so selfish...'
"Well...guess I guess I'll have to apologize..." Kaoru said ruefully and ran back to the temple.
She approached the temple and went up the steps. Kaoru then heard chattering noises, curiously she tip toed to the door silently and leaned over to the door. 'I can't hear anything…' she thought to herself and leaned her head more furthur in.
"If you're going to listen missy then you just might as well give up!" Sano shouted from inside, making Kaoru jump in fear. The door opened and Megumi stood in front.
"Come in, Kaoru…we need to talk to you…" Megumi snapped.
"I know, I know...it's what I did earlier..." Kaoru replied, "I'm sorry guys...curiosity really kills the cat..."
"Shouldn't it be raccoon?" Sano remarked from inside. Megumi shot Sano a dirty look and shook her head. "Just come in...we were in the middle of the meeting..."
'What's up with the change in personalities all the sudden?' Kaoru wondered as she head into the temples room.
"Kaoru…I'm sorry…We're sorry about the way we treated you earlier…" Megumi said with guilt clinging on her, "It's just that we don't want you to get hurt so we had to make you get away from us as much as possible."
"I understand…" Kaoru replied, "Sorry for running off…that was really inappropriate of me. I received so much from you guys…I'm just asking for more…I'm so spoiled! You guys should've told me that!"
Everyone in the room laughed including Kaoru.
"Glad we got that settled. Now we all feel better… we need to do our continue meeting right now. Kaoru would you leave now?" Aoshi asked with gentleness and faced to Kaoru only to find out she wasn't there.
"She's at the door…Aoshi…" Misao whispered in his ear.
"I'll gladly leave! Bye guys!" Kaoru said as she exit the door.
"Kaoru , come back in here!" Aoshi commanded. A while later Kaoru's head popped back in and Aoshi teleported in front of her.
"Don't think about going near the tower." He warned while looking into her eyes. Kaoru nodded and headed out. Aoshi closed the door.
30 minutes has passed since that last warning was passed to Kaoru. Everyone left in the room waited patiently, finally Misao's head shot up.
"We got something Aoshi!" Misao shouted while looking in the fire.
"What is it?" he replied.
Kaoru walked down the long staircase to the road humming only to be disturbed by voices. She saw a group of men walking up the stairs, one big man with a beard was talking to a bunch of other ugly men.
"Hey Gohei…what are we doing here?" ask a thin, toothless man.
"To eliminate a few people…" the huge man replied.
'Oh NO! They're after Misao, Sano, Megumi, and Aoshi! I can't let that happen!' Kaoru thought immediately. She saw a rock on the floor, picked it jump, and threw in at the thin, toothless man on the head knocking him off the staircase. The whole group of men containing about 5 other people looked up to see Kaoru.
'Ohhhhh shit…' Kaoru thought to herself as she saw the other men approaching her. Without any second thoughts Kaoru jumped down the stairs and landed on two other men knocking them unconscious. She continued running down the street.
'Why can't I have powers!? I'd be able to knock those guys out any minute!' she thought angrily as she ran.
Kaoru heard footsteps directly behind and her lungs burned as if it was about to burst. She headed down the street and saw the Dark Tower.
"Forgive me Aoshi…everyone…but I have to break this promise," Kaoru gasped out and ran up the steps. She finally reached to the top breathless and hesitated before opening the door.
"Get that bitch!" the huge man named Gohei pointed.
Kaoru saw the two men head towards her and she immediately went inside the house. The two men stopped dead in their tracks.
"Gohei…you don't expect us to enter that place, right?" they both asked while shivering from fear.
"Of course you have to!" he shouted angrily, "GO NOW!!!"
With hesitation both the men went in and Gohei left.
"They're goners…I'm going back to the headquarters," he said to himself while cackling.
Kaoru looked up to see that the tower was high, it only had one long staircase that reached to one room and that room is at the top.
"Not much time…I'll have to do it…" Kaoru said and ran up the endless spiral staircase.
She reached the top and kicked the door open; dust flew from throughout the room making her cough violently. Kaoru began to look around the room, there was only one window, in the corner sat a brown blanket covering something. Kaoru slowly made way to the blanket and lifted it away. Her eyes shot open as she let out a blood-curling scream.
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