Chapter 4: Observation

A girl, a spell, with a past, as well…and the boy who just wants her to say his name…

Run. Keep running. Faster. She's waiting...

I can't believe...I left her alone like that...so long...

I threw open my door and ran to my bedside not even stopping to take off my shoes at the door like I normally did. "Rini!!!"

"Goshujin (Master)!" she cried flying off of the flower she was resting on.

Rini Tamayoshi, my guardian, who's almost 4 inches tall.

You see the water sprites in my village all need guardian pixies to watch out for them. In a way we look out for each other. They help us by allowing us the gift of flight, and we protect them, since well you know pixies aren't all that strong.

Hehe...anyways Rini and I have become really close friends, she wasn't born a pixie though. You see Rini-kun was a fairy, but when she and I were traveling this witch cursed her and well...now let's just say...if it weren't for her height and her magic, Rini'd look like a human.

"Goshujin-sama?" she asked again tapping her foot on my shoulder.

"Rini-kun, how many times do I have to tell you? You can call me by my name, we are friends ne?" I asked turning my head slightly to meet her gaze. I watched her face turn a little pink and she turned away.

"Ano--"

Before she had time to respond I heard a series of angry screams, and a few frightened yelps from the other's rooms.

"Maa...Rini-kun hide yourself in my pocket so we can go see what's going on..." I said holding open the left side pocket on my cargo pants.

"Hai Goshujin!" she squeaked and hopped down into the pocket. Without waiting another second I ran down stairs to where I saw Takao and Kyoko-san screaming at each other—nothing wrong there...umm...Brook's giving Kao-ri-san some strange looks...maybe I should tell somebody—

I swallowed hard at seeing his piercing turquoise eyes glaring at me. It's not that I'm afraid of Brook...it's just that I'm not strong enough to stand up to him yet that's all.

Right...umm...let's see what else...Tala and Shura are yelling at each other as well. It doesn't look like that'll end well. Enrique's just staring off into space...I hope everything's ok with him.

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP RIGHT NOW!!!!!!" yelled Loretta-san.

"Don't tell me what to do human!!! You may have had some authority back in your world, but this is where my type lives! So you're nothing here but a waste of life!!!" hissed Tala.

The room grew silent at this. Some of the guys had smug looks on their faces; others...like myself...had a disapproving look. Tala may be a prince...but he's not god.

"Take that back..." I almost shivered at the tone of Naoko-san.

"Tala...if you do say something like that to the girls again I will send you home..." Everyone turned to the entrance of the castle to see none other than Thannelly-sensei herself. "I've come to collect you all, the girls from the school across the lake are arriving here today...we've already sent Ian, Claude, Aaron, Dunga, Rick, Eddy, Joseph, and Gao over there this morning. Now...where are Mika-san's boys?"

"How the hell should we know?" grumbled Bryan. Thannelly-sensei cast a harsh glare then looked beyond Bryan to down the connecting hallway where Mika-sensei's guys' castle was.

You see, the castle dorms have one other castle dorm attached to them through a hallway. Ours...is attached to Mika-sensei's guys' castle. But really only Kinomiya-sensei watches over all of us.

Suddenly a red and gray streak was running towards us, down the hall. And then it stopped at the end...only a few seconds later. Only...it wasn't so much an 'it' anymore.

Ozuma Kourin, the youngest guy at the school, now stood before us, flashing a pert grin. "You called Nora-sensei?" he asked leaning back against the wall.

"The transfers are here..." Another voice said from behind the speed demon.

"Mystel...so nice of you to join us...now...where are the others?" Thannelly-sensei seems like she's losing her patience. Heh I guess this is why Hitoshi-sensei's room is on our side of the castle and not theirs.

"They're coming relax," replied the Egyptian psychic.

Mystel is one of the odd cases here, one of those who are human but are still one of us in a way. Only about like what, ten percent? Yeah ten percent of the school is made of kids like him. Most of them are looked down upon. But Mystel isn't...just because he could crush them...without even lifting a finger. But that's only because his powers don't need movement at all to be activated.

Another figure was running down the hall, but this time...he was shooting magic blasts at another person that was flying down the hall.

"SPENCER YOU ASSHOLE GIVE ME BACK MY SPELL BOOK!!!" Ohhh...so that's who's flying...

The two made it to the end of the hall on our side. And stopped for a minute composing themselves. The black-robed wizard turned to the other who was still floating...on a rock...yeah...

"Book...now..." the wizard said in a deadly tone.

The floating guy...otherwise known as Spencer, sighed and tossed something to the wizard. He must be a new guy...otherwise I would know his name.

"Ok...so that's Ozuma, Mystel, Spencer, and Garland.... Four are still not here..." Thannelly-sensei grumbled loudly.

I glanced at the two boys who had recently joined us. Spencer...he's one of those ten percent I was talkin' about. He's human but he can control the earth...rocks and stuff you know...

And then there's Garland...yup never met the guy before...Ehehe...-sweat drop-

The lights in the castle flickered a bit before they slowly turned off.

"AH TALA!!! YOU HENTAI!!!"

-sweat drop-

"Kyo...that's you standing behind me right?"

"Um...Kao-chan…I'm over here..."

"Oh.....................shit……"

"Goshujin-sama..." Rini's small voice squeaked. I could feel her trembling nervously in my pocket.

"Shh…it's ok Rini-kun..." I assured her.

The lights flashed and then turned back on.

"...Gomen ne minna-san..."

I stared at the hall near Ozuma, where Kai's friend Wyatt now stood.

You see Wyatt's family is pretty wealthy...actually...they're drop dead rich...but that's not the only reason he goes to this school. The primary reason is that, Wyatt can't exactly control his powers so well...so almost everywhere he goes he absorbs the electricity from the room. Which is also why there are a lot of windows in the main castle.

"It's alright Wyatt, just try harder to control it next time..." Thannelly-sensei spoke.

"Though it's not really a problem for us who can see in the dark..." a smooth cat-like voice spoke. But it wasn't Rei's.

Rai Wong. Probably Rei's best friend...but also his greatest rival, was now standing not two feet away from our tiger demon himself.

"I knew I smelt another scent enter the room..." Rei's eyes flashed playfully "even if you were invisible I'd still find you old friend..."

"Yeah...same here Rei..." the lion demon answered back.

"Ok so that's 6 out of 8...where are Kane and Oliver?" Thannelly-sensei must really have the patience of a saint.

"Oliver's in art class...Kane's in Defense...but it's their last class of the day..." Wyatt answered.

"Alright then...they'll just have to meet the transfers another time. Come along boys...and girls...."

I watched as the group slowly cleared out of the room.

"Goshujin-sama...we should go too..." Rini said looking towards the exit.

"I told you Rini...call me by my name..."

Max Mizuhara...