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We Did It Wrong
Chapter 5
Anger
Hikaru woke to darkness. Her eyes adjusted quickly. Rubbing her eyes, she wondered around, trying to find Naheka. She found her room after bumbling around for fifteen minutes and walked in. She had created a pool in the middle and was in liquid form, resting in the pool. Hikaru summoned a small fire in her hand and waved it over the puddle to wake her up. After Naheka seemed awake and was in solid form, Hikaru asked, yawning, "How long was I out?" Naheka giggled as she watched Hikaru try to suppress another yawn while rubbing her eyes.
"Two days. We were going to leave yesterday, but you were just so out, so I told them we'd catch up. Hikaru, what did we do wrong to screw everything up?"
"Huh? Oh, him. We were supposed to switch places. If Odei had slammed his power into me, then you would still have been awake and you could have changed into serpent form and carry him, while Himura carried me. I wasn't able to figure it out until Odei knocked me out. We can fix it later, but we'll have to try to push him to change his mind about me until then. You know, he's just like you: Stubborn as bricks."
"Look who's talking." They giggled. "So, do you want to catch up with them now, or wait?" Hikaru's eyes looked into the distance.
"Their fire is still burning, and there's a river next to their campsite. I say go now and surprise them in the morning, when they find us." They giggled and left, Naheka in water, Hikaru by fire.
Morning
Kaoru stirred and woke up, Kenshin beside her. He had insisted on being next to her, so she finally agreed. She decided to surprise the group by gathering water and starting breakfast. Picking up a pail, she walked down to the river silently. After she filled it with water, she was about to go back when she saw the water do something funny. She bent down to look at it.
"BOO!" Naheka came out of the water, making Kaoru scream before covering her mouth with her hands, spilling water all over her. Naheka was laughing. "Oh, I've wanted to do that for the longest time!" Kenshin was running over to see what was wrong, and Naheka doubled over in laughter.
"That wasn't funny! You scared me to death!" Kaoru had recovered and was angry, but she couldn't help laughing at Kenshin's face when he came over.
"Fish!" Naheka fell back into the water, becoming liquid again as she chased after some fish. Kaoru and Kenshin walked back to camp with water to find their companions angry, and Hikaru a few feet away, doubled over.
"What happened?" Kenshin asked, but he already knew. It was hard for the two to hold in smiles as the group simultaneously pointed at Hikaru.
"SHE happened. I was sleeping, having a nice dream, when I hear this roaring and think that SHE was going to eat me alive! It wasn't funny!" Sanosuke was fuming when Kenshin and Kaoru finally couldn't hold it anymore. Hikaru had calmed down enough to sit down without laughing. She was still giggling at their expressions. Then Naheka came back with a bunch of fish in a water-net, then looking at everyone before Hikaru, the two burst out laughing again, and Naheka had to run off. When they had finally calmed down, Naheka came back with the fish.
"That was the BEST joke ever!" Naheka helped Kaoru prepare the fish while Hikaru lay down in the grass, not too far from the fire. She closed her eyes and appeared to be dozing before her eyes snapped open and her body pulsed. She suddenly looked pissed off.
"I'll be right back." She disappeared in a ball of flames. Naheka's eyes glazed over, her face calm, but scary.
"Damn. I can't see anything. Not even smoke. I wonder . . ." Before she could finish, Hikaru was back, sword against a man that was at least twice her height, but he was kneeling, and whimpering because her sword was against his neck. The sharp end was on his neck.
"So, you have a challenge to issue? Then speak up!" He whimpered some more, looking around. He looked scared enough seeing Shinomori, then Sasuke, even Kenshin, but looked like he was ready to faint when he saw Naheka's murderous look.
"The Dojo master of Tokyo forbids women from entering the dojo. Any that enter with the wish of facing him, or joining the school, will be killed on the spot."
"That's very brave of you. Now, here's a message for him: We'd like to see him try. We'll be there next week, and he will face my apprentice. You know, the one keeping you down? Give him a good description of her, that way he has some time to think about how he can defeat her. Hikaru." Naheka nodded, and Hikaru disappeared with the man. "How brave, issuing such a challenge. At least it saves us from having to issue the challenge ourselves." Naheka looked angry.
"Why are you going to challenge the Dojo Master?" Kenshin asked. Naheka looked up at him.
"We would challenge the three of you." She stated, startling the three warriors. "but you need your strength. Besides, you're not the enemy. Odei is, and it's obvious the only place we can train without attracting attention is at a Dojo." Hikaru came back.
"He's worth the challenge. It won't be an easy victory, but it won't be as hard as my father." She sat down, still boiling angry. The fire, of course, reflected her mood.
"Can't the two of you face each other?" Sano was sulking.
"Do you remember the morning before we went to the temple?" Hikaru snapped. "That's why. We're not close enough to Odei's level of swordsmanship or magic, and fighting each other doesn't make us any stronger. We need to fight others. So far, you're sensei was the only person worth fighting."
"You fought Sensei!" Kenshin was surprised. (Just so you know, I don't know his name. I don't know a lot, so bear with me.)
"It was an interesting battle. He seems to be stronger after he's had sake." Naheka reflected.
"The only worthwhile battle. He was still a little too slow. I think, after the Tokyo dojo, we should make a few puppets of Odei."
"Maybe. But, we'll need something of his." Naheka pointed out.
"Puppets? Are you talking about a copy of someone?" Kaoru asked. Hikaru nodded.
"We do have something of his; me. We can use my blood. I can isolate the genes he passed on to me and leave out anything that is mine or Mother's. We can make a good puppet, but it obviously won't be as strong as the real Odei, because when I was conceived, he wasn't that powerful yet." Hikaru explained.
"You know, that might work. It would probably be easier if we were at Temple, but he's probably just waiting for us to go there."
"Ok, what is 'Temple'! I've heard it a billion times, but nobody says anything except it's name!" Sanosuke was angry.
"It's a sanctuary. The place where the Spirits of the Elements of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth are said to reside." Kenshin cited.
Naheka nodded. "It's a place no human can reach. You have to have some power to be able to walk the Path, both physically and spiritually. Actually, a human could reach it, but humans need both the guidance of the Eye of the Elements and their acceptance. We could take a human through the Fire and the Water chambers, but the Eye, which now holds the other two Spirits, would have to act as guide. It's up to Rin and Kazeka who can go through their Paths. It's too taxing of a journey for any ordinary human to go through."
"But Odei tried. I could have kept him there for eternity, but I only went by spirit, and left my body empty. Any longer, and I would have become a part of the Eye. Then, we'd just be reincarnated again." Hikaru was shaking out of anger. So was Naheka. "I will kill Odei. I will. And then, everything will be on the right Path."
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