Council of the heavens (Someone's kitchen)
"Aloha Oi…" the little girl sings. Her simple dress sways side by side as she makes a couple of sandwiches. Her freckles give the impression of her innocence.
"Ei, Hikari chan, packing for a trip?" One of her older sisters ask.
She nods gleefully and waves. She couldn't wait to see her friends. She did promise to catch up with them.
She neatly stuffs the snack in her Lilo and Stitch backpack and ran outside of their little apartment looking for her bike.
She smiles looking at her sisters who bid her goodbye. "I'll be back soon guys." She knows she has too, or who'll cook dinner, for them later on.
Closing her eyes, she mounts her black silver bike and whispers, "mouche comme le vent mon ami."
Translations "fly like the wind my friend."
And without further adieu she disappears into the night sky.
Kyoto
The car stops into a halt as the four sluggishly jumps out of the car and rests into a nearby inn.
"It looks… so old." Says Shinji, pouting as some girls' waves at him. Pervs
"It'll do," says Fuyutsuki who heads to the registration booth followed by Rei who seems to be in deep contemplation.
Wuffles stares at him, it made him smile a little, picking the little pet, knowing that it all it wants is to be carried around like a stuff toy.
The dog jumps out of his arms and makes a run for the back of the inn.
"Shit." He cusses, making the other two look at him with their eyebrows raised.
Shinji shrugs "Come back here you stupid dog." And runs after the mutt.
Rei looks at the professor who nods, she didn't want to take her eyes off the other child and follows him.
"HELP!" Shinji cries
Apparently there was something waiting for him, some sort of… being.
Startled the professor runs at their direction. Ayanami stood in an athletic position, Wuffles barking like crazy and Shinji on his butt, backing from the sight before him. It was something they were not meant to understand.
It had the head of a man, body of a lion, tail of a snake and wings of an eagle.
It growled. Fixing its eyes on Shinji.
Rei stood between them fixing her eyes on the beast.
"Mon dieu, pourquoi le thee protègent-ils l'ennemi thy?" the beast says in a large gruff voice, crouching, slowly walking towards Rei.
Translation "My god, why do thee protect thy enemy?"
Rei didn't budge; at the same time she didn't understand what the beast was trying to say.
"Get away," she shouts at Shinji, slowly backing before the monster.
Wuffles growled and lunged at the beast. It simply tapped it with its front paw and sent the poor dog running back at the professor.
"It's the Sphinx." Says the professor.
Rei nodded, "But this isn't one of those I'll ask you a riddle ones, but the I'll kill you and ask questions later."
Shinji nodded, running behind the professor besides Wuffles.
The Sphinx growls with all of it's might and lunges at Shinji's direction. But was deflected by Rei's kick.
The monster fell backwards, puzzled.
"Mon Dieu pourquoi protégez l'accusateur thy?" It growls at Rei
Translations "My God why protect thy accuser?"
Rei didn't budge, standing between the monster and her friends. For all she knew, she has to protect them.
The professor picks up some rocks and throws it at the Sphinx, which didn't really have any effect, except maybe a little annoyance.
Rei still didn't falter, making her stand, Shinji now stood beside her.
"Stay back." She says.
Shinji tapped Rei's hand.
"My turn." He laughs as if half jokingly playing a wrestling match.
Something was different, though. Shinji looked more fearful than ever. Something within him was set a blaze.
The beast grins and jumps at the boy.
Shinji falls back at the pounce of the behemoth.
It's fangs deeply etched in his shoulders.
Rei tried to kick the Sphinx but was swatted away, knocking her towards the professor who slips as he catches her. Save
Shinji laughs…
"La mort à vous mon plus cher," he whispers to the beast.
Translation "Death to you my dearest."
And as if time stood still, he vanished and reappeared beside the beast and on his hand a blazing inferno appears, and slowly he touches his palms into the beast's forehead.
The Sphinx screamed, a foul smell came from it, and an eerie glow began to illuminate from its eyes.
Then it explodes.
Leaving Rei speechless, as she sees the child in from of her smiling, and scratching his head.
"Sorry for the mess. Um, what room are we in again?"
To be continued