Kokoro No Hantai

Chapter Four: "I have an announcement"

Fic Dedicated to Shimmering Solitude, my first reviewer and now my Beta reader.

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As they made their way down the hall to the secondary office, everyone kept sneaking a glance back at Krad, who was normally the leader of the group.

Krad was becoming fed up with it, he was sure he wasn't looking in the best of sorts, he could feel the slight flush as it seeped across his face. He was sure he looked paler than normal, but, honestly, did they have to keep glancing back like that? And then when he caught their eye, they€™d turned around quickly, muttering an apology as if he was like some sort of convicted criminal. 'Ah, perfect, let's use the little Niwa as an example€™ Krad thought, as the young redhead glanced back for what he could have sworn, under oath, the thousandth time. He was summoning the mizu(1) element and the attack magic that he would need to throw an energy ball at the young fire adept, when a jolt of yami(2) magic rushed through his arm, causing him to yelp in pain and surprise, falling down on the hard stoneware ground, on his knees, panting slightly.

Shouts of "Aniki!", and "Krad!", were heard in unison as books clattered to the ground, echoing oddly in the abandoned hallway as the trio rushed to the blondes' aide.

"Aniki? What the hell were you trying to do?a€ Dark barked at his elder brother, earning a pair of bewildered stares from both Daisuke and Satoshi.

"Nothing.", He lied, unfortunately for him though, Dark was adept at discerning the truth from lies, he crossed his arms and tapped his foot impatiently, leaning slightly back against the wall, waiting for the truth to come.

"Fine...Fine...You win...I was about to attack the younger adept...But my summoning went wrong...instead of mizu I ended up with yami majkku(3)...and it well...so to say...'backfired'..." Krad offered up as his explanation.

"So...Krad-kun...you were about to attack Niwa-kun, and instead of the water element, you received dark magic and it backfired on you? But how could that happen if you two are 'elemental masters'?" Satoshi broke in, wondering aloud.

Dark seized the opportunity to play sensei, "Well, we're not exactly 'masters', that's just the term the sensei's use so they don't have to go through a very long lecture, and they'll understand better. But, really, we're called that because when we took our initiation tests, you do all remember those of course," He paused here to survey their reactions, Daisuke's and Satoshi's faces were screwed up with the memory of the grueling tasks and dangerous obstacle courses they had tom take to determine their master element. "Yeah, well anyway," He continued, "Well, we were both on our opposite elements' fields, well, aniki was, the Light Master's position was vacant, but aniki was up against the Dark Master, and while he tried to conjure up his own element it just kind of went haywire on him and he passed out. So that's why he wasn't here for the first week.", Dark concluded, looking at Daisuke's awed gaze, Satoshi's impassive one, and Krad's pissed one. Dark gulped, his brother needed no words to describe how much he wanted to strangle Dark at the moment, and he knew that if he wasn't so low on energy he would have. Dark thanked the powers for that one, Krad's strangling felt like burning ice.

The staring contest between brothers was interrupted by a frantic yelp from none other than Azalea Kisei, followed by an anxious Kita, who was still scared of the blonde from their last encounter, "OHMYGOD! Krad-Chan!â€ She tore over from across the hall in less than a millisecond to the wall that he was supporting himself on.
Daisuke and Satoshi just watched, amused, as a very flustered Azalea inspected a very flushed, dazed and embarrassed Krad, and then yelling at a wide-eyed Dark, who was still shocked at how quickly she had found them and wasn't paying any attention. Then, Az's attention turned to Daisuke and Satoshi, "Well, you four. You missed the announcement, but I'm going to tell you here. You four have been chosen to fight for Balance(4)."

Translations for the Japanese:

Mizu(1):A water

Yami(2): dark

Majikku(3): magic

Story Notes:

Balance(4) is the name of the war, the war is for balance between the elements, seeing as the light vanished a long time ago and this battle's been going on for centuries to determine who gets their place in the universe.

Ck's notes:

Sorry for the delay. And for the shortness, but I've been working on my other fic 132 Feathers, on Kittenoftime's name.

Shimmering Solitudes notes:

Wow... me a beta hehe...I do hope I did this chapter alright...Hehe oh well review, as CK would really enjoy it...ok off to do something...lol...I don't know what yet though...

Frozenmagicfires' notes:

Hi all! hey Shimmering Solitude / Shay! You got to be ChrnosKitty's Beta too! Yay! We can beta it together, ty to chrnoskitty for letting me be her other beta! And it's a good thing your other beta is shay, XD lol, Dark have logic...snicker(personal jkz) lol, ty chrnoskitty! Now I have to go back to listening to my J-pop and work on my story... . ...didn't update for pretty long now...some readers might be sorta mad...(readers glare at her evilly..) I'm not the best beta there is, Staryday is in the process of helping me edit my own stories, but I'll try my best!

REveiwer replies:

PureMindedNot
2005-05-31
ch 3, signed

Your story is awesome I enjoyed it alot WoW Couldn't stop readin it update soon okay XD...

Ck: THANK YOU! YOUR STORIES ARE GREAT Too! And is this soon enough?

frozenmagicfire
2005-05-20
ch 3, signed

hi!
wow, great story! i like the idea of Dark and Krad being brothers. i don't think anyone has ever thought of it...anyways! if you want a beta-reader, i wouldn't mind. i check my emails everyday, so i'll notice when you send me an email, and i'm a really good proof reader! i can catch mistakes like they're, their, there...etc...and i always have free time, since i finish my homewokrk at school...and pplz borrow it overnight...anyways! plz think about it! you can go to my bio to find my email. or review, i think i have a story that you would like. lady samurai and neko-nya seem to like it(they're in my c2 staff, if you would like to join, plz tell me!)...hi lady samurai! hi neko-nya! i'm just blabbing on right now...so
ja ne!
jessica!

Ck: I like that Ideawhere can I help? And thank you sooooooooo much for betaaing!

Les Scribbles
2005-05-02
ch 3, signed

Your prose is rather nice. There are still errors, but I'm sure that'll go once you get a beta yes? More interesting things, like the memories, Krad was so cute! It was a tad disorienting to read, but still, good.

Ck: thank you! I LOVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY REVIEW THIS...even though it sucks...but ...THANKS!

Shimmer of an Angel
2005-05-01
ch 3, signed

Wow... I'm confusefed... I understood the firs two chapters but this one was confusing... Could you explain it really quickly in the next chappy? By the way, great work and keep it up, I epect to see another great work of art soon!

Ck: THis isn't going to live up to your expectations, but hopefully the next chapter will be LONG. Which means a LONG WAIT. And I dunno how to explain it..

Lady Samurai
2005-05-01
ch 3, signed

Awesome chapter. Can't wait to see what happens next.

CK: Neither can I.

Shimmering Solitude(not logged
2005-05-01
ch 3, anon.

I like i like! Continue! oh and if ur stio looking i'll beta for you...if ur interested u can email me continue!

Ck: My first application! You're in ! I love your writing and all! And here's the continuation!