Hey people! Yay! I'm glad you liked last chapter! This one's a bit short, but the next one will be updated earlier than usual, so I hope it'll balance out.
To Moonbeam the great goddess of night: I'm really glad you like my story, and thanx 4 the suggestions. Yeah, as you'll see in this chapter, the initiation will be sort of like one of the ones you suggested. Thx for reviewing!
Disclaimer- The only thing that doesn't belong to me in this CH is the word FURYOKU, but since it's a Shaman king fic, I have to say it... I don't own it.
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TABITHA
I felt Kigali sag beside me. She dropped on top of Zoe with a deep sigh of exhaustion. The crowd was still going wild. This wouldn't do at all. I did not take well to chaos. I put two fingers in my mouth and whistled loudly.
"I am aware of your festive feelings, but we can't celebrate here! There is a banquet prepared in the Kovu Dining Hall, we will rejoice there!" Everyone cheered again and headed off in a not-so-orderly fashion. I turned to my aides and started pointing out tasks.
"You, you, and you, make sure everything's ready in the dining hall. You, take care of Kigali's dog sled team, yeah sure. Hey you! Blondie, pay attention! Will someone get this annoying bird out of my way!? Sure, whatever, I don't care. You send this message to Kinaki. The rest of you go keep everything under control in the village. YES, NOW! Well I trained you for a reason, young man! Go all of you! What on earth are you waiting for???!!!" They scrambled away as fast as they could, putting as much space possible between themselves and me. I turned to my niece, who was lying unconscious on the floor, with her spirit nosing her every now and then. The Anka, too, looked at her in worry.
"So our goddess is back." I turned around to find an old lady with one blue mark featured in her right cheek.
"Kinaki." She was the female Chief of the Kovu Tribe, and the only one in the village with more power than me. I nodded. "It amazes me, how much she is like Tala—" I shushed her as Zoe immediately pricked up her ears in rapt attention. Kinaki got the message and called forwards one of my assistants.
"Please take Lady Kigali to the infirmary. We will be there shortly." He nodded and carried off the young girl, with a growling Zoe on his tail. The Anka leaped to the air and disappeared into the clouds. I turned to Kinaki once again.
"I got the message from the priestesses of the two other tribes. The other goddesses have also been discovered."
"Excellent."
"They shall be reunited in six years, the year before the Shaman Tournament, in the Leppa Tribe."
"Yes, of course. Meanwhile, we have plans do we not?" We walked back slowly to the village. The Fifth Moon prophecy had come through for me. My niece was the new goddess. I looked at the twilight moon. Tala would be so proud.
ZOE
They laid Kigali down in a soft feather bed in the infirmary and cared for her wounds, but she didn't even stir once. Her Furyoku had been drained and it would take some time to replace. Many people came to see her that night, but wouldn't be let into the room. At midnight, someone DID enter the room. It was Tabitha, accompanied by the old lady we had almost trampled the other day. Both looked very grave. Tabitha shook Kigali gently.
"Kigali, wake up."
"Huh?" She uttered weakly.
"It is time for the initiation." Spoke the old lady for the first time. Tabitha led the half-asleep Kigali out of the infirmary. I hid behind Kigali's hair as a tiny snow mouse as we crossed the center of the village and entered a big house at the other end. Kigali, who was now more awake, blinked in the dim light. A thousand soft candles lighted the inside of the cabin. It was stiflingly warm in the room, due to a scarlet fire burning in the middle of the cabin. I coughed lightly, and Kigali joined me. The air was filled with a strong scent of incense. There were twelve shadowy shapes were sitting in a semicircle around the fire, they were quietly talking among themselves. The old lady sat down in the center seat right in front of the fire.
"We thank Gaea! For our goddess has returned to us!" Started the old lady. "Like the Fifth Moon Prophecy stated, she has come back to put a rest to the sleepless soul of the God of Fire and save the world from the clutch of destruction by becoming the Shaman Queen! She will put balance back into nature! To be born with water, cultivated through wind, be respectful to fire, and returned to the earth!"
"We the elders of the Kovu Tribe welcome the Goddess Kigali Twilight Song and her Sacred Spirit Kazura Storm Chaser!" They chanted. I wagged my tail at the mention of my spirit name. Storm Chaser. How cool is that? But the old lady—I mean, 'elder', wasn't done yet.
"I am aware, as we all are, that our goddess is still a child. But wind will cultivate her like the tiny seed that grows into the mighty redwood! When seven winters are past, and destruction threatens our planet, we will have salvation! And all in the small hands of this child, for great things come in small packages! So we shall start the initiation! Come," She signaled to a hooded assistant, "Bring me the goblet." He obeyed wordlessly, bringing a crystal goblet encrusted with glittering sapphires.
It was filled with some sort of liquid. The elder held the cup in one hand as another of the elders passed her an ivory container. It contained a strange sort of powder, she poured half of it into the cup, and then sprinkled the other half into the fire. The reaction was immediate. The fire turned a deep aqua blue and flared up to impossible heights. The elder turned to Tabitha and signaled her to send Kigali. Tabitha pushed her lightly on the back.
"Through the fire." She said. My hair stood on end, but Kigali was too sleepy to do anything but obey. I grasped onto her shoulder as we stepped into the blue flames, but we didn't get burned, in fact, it sort of ticked. Kigali giggled dreamily. We crossed the fire and knelt before the major elder. She handed the cup to Kigali, who drank the liquid hesitantly, chocking every now and then. When the swallowed the last drop, the fire suddenly returned to its normal, scarlet color. Kigali swayed a bit and collapsed in the ground, unconscious.
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So how was that? Lol, yeah it was short.
Is it just me or does Tabitha act a bit like Anna? Idunno, I didn't mean for it to turn out that way... huh, that's sorta funny.
Anyway, hang with me! Next chapter will be pretty interesting, lol.
Next Chapter- My Fiancé the Northern Shaman
