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"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaali." She was being shaken. Violet eyes opened to glare at the person doing the shaking.
"What?" Kali asked sharply, not happy at being brought out of meditation.
"Geez louise," Dylanne muttered, offended. "Just thought you might want to know that we're here."
"Oh." Kali rubbed a hand across her eyes. "Already?"
"Yes," came a sour voice. "The hours slipped away while you stared into thin air like an freak." Kali sprang to her feet and was about to say something very rude to Rajani when Ink suddenly cut in.
"The same could be said of you, Raj," he reminded. The belligerent ninja crossed her arms.
"Really?" she shot back, her voice filled with venom, just daring him to respond. Ink nodded.
"Yep. You stared out the window almost the entire time. Now come on." He picked up his book, and, without a backward glance, strode out of the compartment. Kali and Rajani glared daggers at each other for another moment, then stormed out after Ink. Dylanne followed, shaking her head.
They were met by Finn and Gabriel when they got off the train, and the six of them walked out of the station together. Once they were outside, they glanced around for a moment before they heard,
"Hey, Ira." Six pairs of eyes turned toward the voice. There, leaning on a pillar, was a woman with long red and sunglasses. Her skin, strangely, was an orangey color. She and Ira hugged.
"Hey, Mar'i. How's it goin'?" The woman shrugged.
"Fine, I guess. Maxx's been active lately. C'mon. Let's get on our way."
"At last," Kali heard Rajani mutter. "I thought they'd blab forever."
"Just shut up, would ya?" Kali hissed, following Mar'i, Ira, and the others.
"Make me, shorty," the older girl shot back.
"I don't have the recipe," Kali retorted.
It continued this way, even while they discreetly crossed through the barrier that kept The Sanctuary hidden and normal people out. It was in an old part of New York that many people thought had been totally decimated years ago.
"Shove off, Witch!" Rajani growled as the entered the building, pushing Kali hard into a wall. Kali let out an indignant yell and stormed back over to Rajani.
"You wanna go!" she snarled up at the older girl, who towered over her.
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Kali's eyes widened when she saw Rajani pull out a wakizashi (AN: it's a short sword, kind of like a dagger, used in close combat by samurai, or in this case, a ninja) she had concealed, but the fourteen-year-old soon snapped into battle mode.
"Advoco!" she whispered, and a dagger appeared in her hand. It was the one she used in close combat when she did not have time to perform a spell. Rajani snorted.
"You think you're going to beat me with that?"
"Hell yes!" Kali sent her power pulsing through the blade, awakening its magical potential. Sigils and runes carved into the blade began to glow.
"Enough!" A starbolt crashed into each Rajani and Kali, knocking them away from each other. Surprised, they looked up into the livid face of Mar'i. "Settle your disputes while you spar on the practice courts, but not here, where you could seriously harm an innocent!" the half-Tameranian roared, making both Kali and Rajani gulp. "Do you understand me?" They nodded, wide-eyed, neither wanting to make Mar'i any angrier. The orange-skinned woman extinguished her starbolts, scowling. "Good."
Kali and Rajani simultaneously put away their blades, mumbling apologies to Mar'i.
She shook her head.
"You two are acting like children, and are both old enough to know better." She and Ink then turned and walked away. Rajani scrambled to her feet and stalked off, the visible part of her face scarlet. Kali took Dylanne's offered hand, and, as her friend pulled her to her feet, glanced around at everyone's bewildered faces.
"What?" she wanted to know.
"If you get this wound up during an argument," Gabriel said in awe, "I'd hate to see you in a rage!" Finn and Dylanne nodded in agreement, speechless.
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"She started it!" Kali fumed to her boyfriend. "I don't know what it is about her, but she INFURIATES me!" Ruben, who had been listening to Kali's rant with crossed arms for the last twenty minutes, came up behind her and put his arms around his cross girlfriend. She relaxed in his arms, her tense muscles loosening up and her fierce glower diminishing into a pout.
"'Ey, there," he soothed. "Somethin' bugs everybody. But hey. I think I've got something that will cheer you up."
"Really?" Kali asked, surprise melting her frown into a look of curiosity.
"Yep." Ruben reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a box. Her handed it to her. "Here." Kali looked questioningly at him before removing the box's lid. It's contents made her gasp. Inside was a slightly domed circular pendant on a delicate chain. In the center was a Celtic triad within a circle, and upon the rest of the surface were intricate Celtic designs. The entire thing was made purely of diamond.
"Oh my god!" she breathed. She looked up at Ruben, wonder on her face. "This is gorgeous! Where on the world did you get it?" Ruben shrugged, smiling, suddenly self-conscious.
"I…I made it. You know with my-" he twiddled his fingers, "powers." Kali gaped at him for a second, then threw her arms around him.
"Ru, this is this best work you've ever done! Thank you so much!"
"W-want me to-?" Ruben stammered.
"If you don't mind." She lifted her hair and turned around.
"Not at all." Ruben took the necklace and fastened it around Kali's neck. "I know you like triads, so I just thought you might like-" Kali turned back toward him and kissed Ruben on the lips, halting his explanation.
"Thanks," she said, breaking from the kiss.
"You're welcome," he replied. They embraced, and, later, kissed again.
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Another chapter, finally! Had a busy week. Writer's block, too. I'm glad to write for Messenger again. I missed it. FYI, Ruben can turn anything around him into diamond, including air, so it looks like it appears out of nowhere. He can also manipulate it to his will. Well, I think that's it. Peace and Oreos, Onyx