Chapter 3 Flame Haze and school

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I need to take some ideas from the anime because it is the only way of explaining to readers and to Amikai

Amikai asked immediately for his mind was filled with questions. "A replacement but how?" The girl continued speaking, "If an existence disappeared immediately then the world balance would destroyed wouldn't it? Therefore a replacement is needed but it is only temporary." Amikai looked at himself and he saw a flame burning inside of him.

Amikai thought to himself, "what am I?" "wait, can you tell me what are the creatures that attacked us?" The dark silver haired girl replied with a lack of emotion. "Those are Rinne, slaves of Denizens of the Crimson world. They are also known as Guze no Tomogara. Do you still have anymore questions before I leave?"

Amikai had a lot of questions to ask her but he decided to ask her an important question. "I saw a person disappear, what will happen to me then?" The girl looked at Amikai and said, "You will disappear like them. End of explanation." She turned away to continue walking in another direction. Amikai was still following her and she knows that she is being followed.

While Amikai sat down on a bench, the girl went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered a plate of Sushi. Amikai looked at her with an awkward expression. The girl slowly finished her meal and left, noticing that Amikai is still following, she decided to explain more so that the teen will go away. "This will clear things up, you see that group of kids right? Then you will see what I mean." A group of kids were playing in the playground, Amikai noticed 3 kids with a very faint flame. The flames vanished and the kids were all devoured by a giant blue flame and disappeared. The parents just got up and left for home.

Amikai was just speechless and his eyes widened in shock while the girl just looked at playground with an emotionless look, it seemed that she already saw this and gotten used to this sight. Amikai asked, "What happened, why didn't their parents notice? They disappeared right in front of them!" The girl turned to look at Amikai, "That is why we place a Torch because when an existence disappeared, the world balance will be destroyed, would it?" The necklace spoke to Amikai directly, "Do you understand? Here's an example: if the bank you are walking on disappeared, then you'll receive a shock but if we change the ground to ice and melt it then the shock will slowly disappear." Amikai is finally getting the message and wondered about 1 thing so he asked his question to the girl, "Are you a human?" The girl replied, "I am a Flame Haze." Amikai attempted to figure out what that is, but he didn't succeed. "What is a Flame Haze?" "A Flame Haze is one that hunts Tomogara and their Rinne slaves." The girl walked around the corner and Amikai just walked home.

Meanwhile

The shadowy being took his paintings, sculptures and placed them into an orderly manner on the shelf. "One of my sculptures is destroyed, which one should I pick?" He pointed to the painting of a demon and it came to life. "To strengthen you, I will give you this." The being gave the demon a strangely shaped ring. The demon gave its leave and left the building.

On the roofs of one of the houses…

The silver haired Flame Haze stood on the roof and pulled out her gun from her holster. She reached into her other pocket and pulled out a blade attachment. The girl attached the blade to the gun and smiled at her new weapon. The necklace spoke to the Flame Haze, "The master of the Rinne is still in the city, we need to be extra cautious." The girl just nodded , "Yes I agree, the Tomogara wouldn't be afraid of us."

Back at Amikai's home in the morning…

Amikai woke up at 6:37 am; he can't sleep well after what he had heard about Torches and what will happen to them. The teen dug into his fridge and ate a left over piece of cake. The parents said good morning to Amikai and they all ate breakfast. Amikai walked out of the house and saw a familiar sight that he didn't expect to see so soon. In front of him is the dark silver haired Flame Haze wearing the exactly same garments. "What are doing here?" The Flame haze replied that she needed to keep an eye on him because he is a special Torch and that the Tomogara will surely attempt to get him. Amikai just remembered something, "That Rinne called me a Mistes, what is that?" The girl answered, "A Mistes is a Torch that carries powers that are made by the Guze no Tomogara, another name for that power is Hougu."

At school…

Amikai and Samuel were in the same class and they were discussing about a new arcade game. They both agreed that they will both go the arcade after school. Samuel brought along twenty dollars while Amikai brought fifteen. The two vowed to each other that the other would lose. The Flame Haze is still watching Amikai from the roof of a building and continued her watch.

After school

The teens both went the arcade while the girl followed them from a reasonable distance. They approached the arcade when Amikai felt a weird presence closeby and decided to ignore it. After several minutes, Samuel had beaten Amikai at the new Arcade game and rubbed it in his face. The Flame Haze entered in and lightly elbowed Amikai and pointed outside. Amikai and the Flame Haze walked out. The girl said, "it's here," when a Fuzetsu engulfed the whole city block.

A voice spoke from the dark, "Now, it's my time to rule! With all these torches, my master will be pleased." The demon rose up from the ground and lifted up his hands, all of the people were transformed into flame. "I'm sorry, but you're going to die." The girl pulled out her long sword and the demon made a sword made of fire and both slashed together.

To be Continued

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