Scroll Two: Dark Illness

Author's Note:

Oh! I almost forgot about Chiko! Thanks for reminding me, Lydia King! Chiko will be helping out with the battles, and, if he was to be played by an actor, it would be Ikue Ootani. You might know her for playing as Pikachu from Pokemon. She is really good with animal voices! So, here's Scroll Two: Dark Illness! Scroll Three: Darkness will be up soon. Sorry for taking so long! Also, this will be a fairly short chapter. Enjoy and review please! No flames allowed as usual! See ya! ;-)

-CelestialTime93

"Possible-san, what in the world are you doing?" Yori exclaimed.

Kim stopped practicing her cheerleading moves and smiled sheepishly when she saw Yori at the door of their dorm.

"Ah, something that us american females do." Kim explained, "Cheerleading. Takes a long time to master. With all those flips and stuff."

"Oh, I see." Yori said, realising what it was, "You are very good at it. For a minute there, I thought you were doing Tai-Chi the wrong way!"

"Arf! Arf!"

"Oh no..." Kim frowned.

"Down, Chiko!" Yori exclaimed, signaling the beagle to calm down, "Asuari, Chiko! Asuari!"

Chiko replied quickly, and sat down calmly, panting and wagging his tail.

"Good boy." Yori smiled, handing him a doggy treat. Chiko happily accepted it and began munching on it.

"Remind me again what 'asuari' means." Kim said to Yori.

"It means 'sit' in Japanese." Yori replied, "Only, I have to say it twice just to make Chiko listen. He does not really respond to english. Although, I try to make him more used to it. It is not easy."

"I understand." Kim replied, "It took me a while to get used to your language."

"Have you tried writing it?" Yori asked.

"Not really." Kim answered, petting Chiko's head, "Although, I'm helping Master Sensai make talismans for my arrows. You should make your own for your fan. Ron doesn't use talismans."

"So, it is just the females?" Yori asked.

"Yep." Kim answered, "Just us girls."

Chiko began to bark wildly.

"Asuari, Chiko." the two girls said.

Chiko responded. Yori handed another doggy biscuit to Chiko.

"Why not go n-ow!" Kim crouched in pain.

"Possible-san, what's wrong?" Yori asked worriedly, falling to Kim's aid.

"Darkness..." Kim replied, straining in pain, "He's realeased early! Darkness cast a curse on Miriam when he was released. So I took her place after she fell unconcious. Oh..."

"Possible-san!" Yori exclaimed. It was too late. Kim fell to the ground unconcious.

"Stoppable-san!" Yori called, "Possible-san is ill!"

"WHAT?" Ron crashed in the Lotus Guardians' dorm and stumbled out hurriedly, with Rufus hanging on for life on his shoulder. He dropped down to Ron's pocket as Ron bent down to Kim's aid.

"She said that Darkness was released early." Yori explained.

Ron checked his watch as Chiko whined worriedly, nudging Kim's limp body. "Early is right, we had about 12 more hours! It's way too early!"

"We must bring her to Master Sensai." Yori said.

"On it." Ron replied. He scooped up Kim's limp body and ran to the First Aid shrine.

"Master Sensai!" Ron cried, "We have a problem!"

"Darkness is indeed released early." Master Sensai said darkly. Chiko cocked his head confused.

"Do not worry, Chiko!" Master Sensai said lightly, "You will not have to worry about the battle. But, you, Lotus Guardians, must. This is the first task of the Lotus Legend. The first of three trials. According to this one, you must defeat Darkness. But, in order to do so, you must find the Light of Yamanouchi. His spirit will rest within a selected male. It could be anyone, so search wisely. For now, you must fight Darkness, until he is weak enough to retreat long enough to find the Light of Yamanouchi until your next encounter. Remember, only the light, can relinquish the dark."

"But what about Kim and Miriam?" Kiara asked, entering the room.

"Kiara!" Ron exclaimed.

"You think I'd miss this when Kim's ill?" Kiara furrowed, "No way!"

"Kiara, you have seen the Light of Yamanouchi before, haven't you?" Master Sensai asked.

"Oh yeah, maaaaany, many, many, years ago. I think about...uh...5000 years ago, when the first Lotus Guardians were created." Kiara replied.

"Then you would remember the scent of one." Master Sensai said.

"Oh, yeah." Kiara answered, "In fact," - Kiara sniffed the air - "His spirit's somewhere in the school. Unfourtunatly, I can't tell exactly where he is. If the scent gets any stronger, that means we're getting close. Right now, it's pretty strong, but I don't think strong enough."

"That will help soon." Master Sensai said. Chiko barked in agreement.

Kim stirred in her sleep, then woke up. "Where...where am I?" Kim wondered out loud, sitting upstraight in her bed.

"You're in the First Aid shrine, Kim." Ron answered, "You fainted outside because of Darkness' curse. We're going to have to chase after it. You up for it?"

Kim's tired expression turned into a excited one. "You bet! Wish us luck, Master Sensai!"

Kim got out of bed, bowed to her master, and ran out of the shrine and into the Lotus Shrine's dorm.