Chapter twenty three: Preparation.

Isis sat by the campfire. Her eyes closed as she assembled herself in lotus position. Trying to clear her mind for the important match she had been training for months for, or at least the beginning of them.

"Hinuatru... Bariatu... Canuitru..." She murmured under her breath. (A/N, this is what I do when meditate by the way. Though technically she isn't meditating k?)

"Tyson. What the hell is Isis doing?" Mariam asked from the other side of the camp.

Everyone was watching her with interest. Unused to the usually hyperactively feisty girl sitting down quietly, not moving a muscle or making sound.

"It's part of her before match ritual." He explained to them quietly. "First she harnesses her emotional power and stores it in Dragweena, then she sings her heart out surrounded by a load trees and plants and things."

"Isis has such an amazing voice it is soo unfair." Hilary chortled inaudibly.

"Really? Cool." Max said with out thinking, earning a dark look from Mariam which he noticed. "Hey! I just said cool! Heh..." He trailed off, making his eyes all innocent.

"Darn you Max you know I can't resist." She giggled and he kissed her on the nose innocently.

Hilary and Tyson were about to roll their eyes when Isis opened her eyes suddenly. Everyone nearly fell over themselves as they crept after her. It seemed only Kai wasn't that bothered by what they were doing. He was just expecting yells from her telling them to piss off.

Suddenly following them seemed a lot more appealing.

Isis knew they were following her, hell, she had noticed Max's hair and Hilary's pink top. She laughed quietly at them, pretending she didn't notice them.

"I wish I share.. All the love that's in my heart.. Remove all the bounds.. That keep us apart.." Her voice grew more steadily powerful. "I wish I could say all the things that I should say, say them loud.. Say them clear.. For the whole wide to hear, say them loud, say them clear, for the whole wide world to hear!"

She finally started climbing a tree. She had spied it whilst training with Kai that afternoon. She settled herself down on one of the top most branches.

"What's wrong with the world mamma? People living like they got no mamma. I think the whole world is addicted to the drama; only attracted to things that bring you trauma. Over seas yeah we're trying to stop terrorism; but we still got terrorism liv'in, in the USA the big CIA, the blood and the crimps and the KKK. But if you only have love for your own race; leaves you only space to discriminate..."

The rest of the group barring Kai sat down in a small huddle. Trying to listen to Isis who was singing an English song.

"What song is that?" Joseph asked, trying to interpret it.

"Where is the Love? From the Black Eyed Peas." Hilary said promptly. "It's on her 'world' CD."

Ozuma, Joseph and Dunga gave her a funny look before nodding.

"Kay... So we've heard her sing. What else do yeh want to do?"

"Er, well normally she doesn't finish for like two hours." Tyson shrugged.

Everyone almost fell over.

"Two hours? What the hell does she sing?"

"Dunno; she never lets me listen." He admitted.

"Seriously?" Mariah said, surprised.

"Well yeah, even when we were little."

"Whoa..."

Isis noticed them all start to shuffle, she laughed slightly with her eyes though made sure her voice didn't waver, otherwise she'd have to begin again.


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