KoisBaka: Okay then. The last time I left off, Dia was unconscious in a big magic tower, and there was the requisite 'old guy who knows more than he should and gives cryptic advice' standing in a doorway, right?

Ryu-Kun: Uh-huh.

Kira: That sounds right.

Zarabalg: Old grandpa man in doorway.

KoisBaka: Soooo... Let's get on with the story

Ryu-kun: erm.... M-chan, you still have to do the disclaimer.

KoisBaka: ... no I don't. I did it last chapter.

Ryu-Kun: It's still better if you do.

KoisBaka: I don't wanna.... T.T.... I know!! ::snaps fingers and Kagome appears::

Kagome: Inuyasha the manga/anime belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. However, Inuyasha the hanyou belongs to me. Not Kikyou, Not Takahashi-san, me. He's MINE. ::disappears::

Ryu-Kun: Ok, fine, on with the damn fic.

KoisBaka: Jeez, okay okay, I'm starting...

((Inuyasha-tachi point of view))

'...Elder...who?' Kagome asked.

'Elder Silrath. May I have your names?' The short bald man said.

'Ehm...I'm Kagome, this is Dia, the guy in red is Inuyasha, the monk is Miroku, the other girl with us is Sango, and that's Shippou and Kirara.' Kagome said.' By the way, Silrath-san... your name sounds very strange, it's not Japanese is it?'

The man tugged on his long beard. 'No... It's more.... well, European, I suppose.'

This made Kagome curious. 'Why do you have a European name? '

Silrath sweatdropped. 'Eh...well, that is.... you see... we're sort of an imported guild. Our main base is actually near England.'

After a couple more minutes of talking, Elder Silrath decided that letting Dia stay passed out on the floor wasn't really the best of ideas. The whole group was escorted up to the visitor's floor, and given a meal (which Dia tragically missed out on, being all unconscious and everything) and rooms, for free.

The next day, Dia woke up with a slight headache, major hunger pains, and mild disorientation. She looked around the room, trying to get her bearings. It's a very nice room. Plush dark blue carpet, a big four-poster bed with a canopy , a dark mahogany desk and chair, big stained glass windows leading out to a balcony, which overlooked a small magically grown garden, and a mahogany wardrobe in the corner.

While she was still trying to make sense of where she was and how she'd gotten there, something bright and VERY noisy suddenly popped up in front of her face.

It looked like a very small person. A very small female person. She was an orangey red color, and her hair seemed to be made entirely of flames. She also had pretty, iridescent, dragonfly-like wings. Before Dia could even react, this very pretty, but very weird creature said; 'About time you woke up! Stop being so lazy!'

Dia was too shocked to do much more than stare. Elder Silrath took that moment to enter her room.

'Ah, I see you're finally awake.' He said.

For a few seconds, all she could do was gawk at him. Then...

'WHO THE HELL ARE YOU, AND WHAT'S GOING ON??'

Apparently, he had forgotten Dia had been out cold when introductions were made. Her yelling attracted the attention of Kagome and the others, who were just on their way to see her. After a few minutes of calming Dia down, Miroku spoke.

'Dia this is Elder Silrath...He's the leader of this mage tower.' Miroku explained.

'He says you've got magic!' Shippou said from his perch on Kagome's shoulder.

'...Huh?' Dia said intelligently.

'What are you talking about? What d'ya mean I've got magic?' she was confused and dazed (which seemed to be a constant state for her recently), and none of this was making any sense to her at all.

'Duh! What do you think it means, genius?' Came a silvery little voice.

All eyes turned to the small fiery looking thing that now floated next to Dia's head.

'Take a picture, it'll last longer.' The little fiery creature said.

'What.... is it?' Kagome asked.

'I'm not an 'it,' I'm a Pixie! And my name's Kaida.'

((NOTE Kaida is a girls name that means 'little dragon'.))

She flitted up over top of Dia and perched on her head.

'Ummm...that's nice and all, but can you please explain what you're doing standing on my head?' Dia asked, as what little patience she had started to fray.

The little pixie fluttered down in front of her and raised one miniature eyebrow, arms crossed.

'You're really clueless, aren't you? Do you remember the magic circle? That was me talking to you.'

Despite her general rudeness, Dia couldn't help but like the little Pixie. She reminded her of herself. Dia blinked and let the mild insult roll off with only slight irritation.

'I think I should probably do some explaining...' Elder Silrath said.

((Oh yes, explain away. I think I more than deserve a little clarity.)) Dia thought to herself.

He ordered breakfast be brought up here, so they could all concentrate on something other than their grumbling stomachs, and motioned for the rest of the group to sit down. Over the course of an hour or so, he explained the basics of what's happened

'Alright. First I think I should explain about Kaida here....' Elder Silrath said, motioning to the petite fire pixie perched atop your head.

'Explain away jii-san!' Kaida chirped in her melodious little voice.

'J...jii-san?! ...ahem... right. Well, as you can see, Kaida is a Pixie. To be more specific, she is a fire elemental pixie.'

At this point Sango broke in. 'Okay, but where did she come from?'

((That's a good question.)) Dia thought silently.

'Eh...well, you see, The Order of the Blue Flame, this guild, has a sort of...well, conscience system. When a new mage comes into her power, she also gets a familiar. This serves several purposes. One; the familiar acts as a conscience to keep the new mages from turning to darker arts, two; we can keep tabs on the new mage in case they DO start dabbling in forbidden magic, and three; the familiar also acts as a magic amplifier.' The old mage explained.

When Elder Silrath paused to catch his breath, Dia decided to ask a question that had occurred to her.

'Soooo...How long will it take for me to learn.....umm....attacks and whatnot?' She asked, not sure what to expect.

'Three months.' he said.

'WHAT??' She yelled.

'You mean she has too stay here for three months?' Kagome said incredulously.

'We don't have the time to wait around for her.' Inuyasha growled.

'But she needs trained!!' Kaida butted in.

The group looked at the tiny fire pixie, which was now hovering in front of Dia with a concerned expression on her face.

'And why can't she just wing it? I managed just fine with my Tetsusaiga.' Inuyasha said angrily.

'Because she can't that's why! Now that her power has awakened, even though she doesn't know any spells, she could still blow someone or something up if she got mad enough!! She needs to learn how to control her magic!'

Elder Silrath nodded gravely. 'That is true. Without proper instruction, she could end up losing control of her power if she gets angry, and she wouldn't be able to stop it.'

((Great.... So it's either three months with gramps here, or I blow somebody up on accident. I can just imagine THAT. 'Oh gee, sorry about blowing your husband up, I didn't really mean it.')) Dia sighed. This was not something she had been expecting. Of course, she hadn't been expecting ANY of this.

Inuyasha and Elder Silrath continued to argue in this vein for another five minutes. Dia tuned them out and mulled over the new information.

(This sucks....) she thought. (There's no way I'm gonna stay here that long....)

Kaida, who had settled on the edge of the bed, stared up at her with a thoughtful expression. Suddenly, she flew up off the bed with a cry of 'I've got it!'

Everybody's attention focused on Kaida. ((That seems to happen really often...))

'I can teach her how to control her powers! All I need is a book of basic spells!' She was flitting about excitedly as she said this.

'That's right...Kaida is a magical creature...she would know how to teach Dia the necessary control...' Elder Silrath mused out loud.

KoisBaka: Aaaaand I'm done.

Ryu-Kun: Wait, that's it? You're just stopping right in the middle?

Kira: NOT DONE!! DO MORE!!!

Zarabalg: MORE MORE!!

KoisBaka: -.- I'm tired of typing. I don't want to do anymore today. Besides, it's long enough as it is. And my fingers hurt.

Ryu-Kun: Slacker.

Kira: DO MORE!!!

Zarabalg: MORE MORE!!

KoisBaka: o'.'O SHUT UP!! I'm not typing anymore in this chapter!!

Ryu-kun: O.O

Kira: O.O

Zarabalg: O.O

KoisBaka: ....::grumbles incoherently and stomps away::

All but KB: ....psycho....

KoisBaka: I HEARD THAT!! ::Slams bedroom door...violently::

Ryu-Kun: ....Kira, did you by chance change her coffee to de-caf?

Kira: er...uh....em...no?

Zarabalg: DE-CAF IS EVIL INCARNATE!! KIRA STOLE AUTHORESS'S CANDY!!

Ryu-Kun: -.- Kira.... Did you take M-chan's candy?

Kira: You can't prove anything.

Ryu-Kun: ::Sighs:: Uh-huh... right... Since M-chan is currently up in her room plotting terrible, horrible, painful revenge on us, I guess I'll have to do the closing stuff.

Zarabalg: Me do!! ME DO!!

Kira: SHUT UP POOGLE!! ::Chases Zarabalg around with a mallet::

Ryu-Kun -.-' ((why me....)) Please review and stay tuned for the next chapter, coming soon.... I hope....