Flame of the Guardian's Soul
Chapter Two
The Trip over the Sea
Part One.
Ranka had decided it would be best to take a ship to Europe rather
then a plain. She was a bit irritated when Ichiro whined that he didn't
like the water, and Sen-Jui pointed out that a plain would take up less
time, but fortunately she had Nagi and Shiina on her side. "The boat will
be better than the plane for a few reasons. One is we can keep an eye out
for Strays and Shi who try to leave by boat, two is the fact that no one
here's ever really been on a Cruse Liner, and three, we'll need to take a
boat to find them anyways." Nagi pointed this out with more of his old
voice that, from the look of Sen-Jui's face, he had not done that in a
while.
Ranka had been given the job of going with Sen-Jui to gets tickets
for a trip to Europe. They had both decided to blend in and put human
cloths on, Sen-Jui had on a pair of black pant with black shoes and a dark
blue t-shirt with a dragon imprinted on it; Ranka had put on a midnight
blue shirt and wore black sandals against the Autumn weather and she topped
it all off with a white long sleeved shirt.
When they arrived at the ticket booth the guy behind it discussed Ranka
when she took note of the magazine he was reading, hentai was supposed to
be illegal when on the job. Sen-Jui looked as discussed as she did, but he
cleared his throat and said, "um excuse me, can you put that away and help
us?" The man seemed angry that they had bothered him, but he did put the
magazine down.
"What can I do for?" He asked in a voice that suggested he was smoking
three packs a day.
"We'd like five tickets for the Mermaid Angel Liner set to go to Europe
tomorrow," Sen-Jui replied as he took a wallet out, "how much will they
be?"
"You look a bit young to be buying tickets their sonny."
"I'm 20 sir, and my fiancé is 19 if that seems young then you are really
way to indulged in that hentai magazine of yours." Ranka blinked when Sen-
Jui referred to her as his fiancé but the man had bought it, apparently he
didn't want to dwell on that topic since Sen-Jui had caught him in the act
of being a pervert.
"That'll be $125.00 for the tickets and you'll need to arrive with your
company in the morning to fill out your passports," the guy said, that was
more that Sen-Jui had originally thought, but he handed the man the money
just the same.
They took the tickets and started back to the lake. Everything around them
now seemed too different, it was either because many of the stores had
changed or the fact that neither one of them had been around humans for 16
years. Perhaps it was both. One way or another everything seemed so strange
and off balance.
When they got back to the lake they informed Nagi, Ichiro, and Shiina of
the plans. "You mean we have to get up witch the fuckin' chickens to go to
Europe?!" Ichiro groaned.
"Yes, Ichiro, we do. But how we get you and Shiina on bored without saying
you're pets is beyond me," Sen-Jui said. Sen-Jui, Ranka and Nagi could
easily pass for human, Ichiro and Shiina that was another story. Shiina did
not possess the power to change his form into anything at all, and Ichiro's
ears gave him away as something other than human at first glance. How where
they going to pull this one off?
"Maybe I can find a really big hat that'll cover my ears?" Ichiro
suggested.
"Yeah...winter's not that far off." Nagi told him.
"What about me?" Shiina said, looking at all of them. "I can't turn into a
human, and I'm NOT going to be a damn stuffed animal."
"Then you'll just have to be a pet, we can save this last ticket for Larva
when we find him." Ranka said confidently.
Shiina didn't find this very amusing but he agreed non-the-less. Sen-Jui
suggested that he get everyone some food and they all agreed that it was
time to eat, then Ranka was going to the third layer to make sure Reiha
would not follow them, no matter what that took. After that they would all
settle down for a good night sleep. Sen-Jui got the food, now it was time
to make sure Reiha would not follow them.
Ranka was skeptical about whether or not Reiha would catch on, Reiha was
not stupid and she seemed to know when things where being hidden from her.
Ranka said a silent prayer to any god that might listen. When Ranka reached
the place where Reiha had been staying lately, she was greeted with a cold
wind and Reiha glaring.
Ranka grew angry and obviously Reiha could tell because she stopped then
giggled, "Why are you here Ranka? If it's about Miyu and Yui I already
know."
"How could you know?" Ranka's anger was slowly growing.
"You mean you cannot feel it?" Another giggle, "All the Shinma Layers have
had tense energy flowing in the air the past few days. Everyone knows
something is going to happen soon, but none of them know what. Non except
me."
"Reiha I want you to stay here in Japan. You must not follow us, you shall
screw everything up once again!"
This time Reiha's anger showed, "Screw up everything? Really, everything?!
Ranka I can easily inform what's left of the Bird Shinma that they failed
and the new Guardian will be killed in only a few days! 16 years ago I only
told them I knew the Guardian, I've no idea how they found Miyu or Yui for
that matter!" Her angry face suddenly had a smirk across it, one that Ranka
wanted to slap off. "Besides Ranka, I was there when Miyu's powers awoke, I
saw her and Larva exchange blood, I will meet this new Guardian and you
cannot stop me."
"Reiha you where never able to kill Miyu, you never had the courage to do
so. You where scared of her, and you had a right to be. No matter what you
say you are you are still just another Shinma. Stray or not, you are a
Shinma." Ranka felt particularly bold in saying this because she too was a
Shinma. Reiha and herself where not Stray's but they where still Shinma and
would have to rest one day in the Dark with all the others.
Reiha glared and disappeared in a storm of ice. Ranka smiled to herself,
she had done what others had found so hard to do. She hurt Reiha's pride.
----
When Ranka returned to the lake, everyone but Nagi had fallen asleep, Ranka
looked at him as the campfire light his face. He was tired that was plane,
he hadn't eaten much, and his eyes that had once shown protection and
kindness now showed nothing but sadness.
"You think I'm weak don't you?" Nagi looked at Ranka like she had always
been standing there.
She shook her head, "No Nagi, you are not week. You are simply a man who's
heart was broken and now see's a small amount of hope to repay your duty to
Yui," she walked over to him and sat beside him, the fire-light still
dancing on his face. "You loved Yui, I'd think you where cold hearted if
you did not miss her."
"Thank you Ranka, I really needed to hear that." He smiled sadly and stood
up, walked over to a small pile of leaves and fell asleep.
Chapter Two
The Trip over the Sea
Part One.
Ranka had decided it would be best to take a ship to Europe rather
then a plain. She was a bit irritated when Ichiro whined that he didn't
like the water, and Sen-Jui pointed out that a plain would take up less
time, but fortunately she had Nagi and Shiina on her side. "The boat will
be better than the plane for a few reasons. One is we can keep an eye out
for Strays and Shi who try to leave by boat, two is the fact that no one
here's ever really been on a Cruse Liner, and three, we'll need to take a
boat to find them anyways." Nagi pointed this out with more of his old
voice that, from the look of Sen-Jui's face, he had not done that in a
while.
Ranka had been given the job of going with Sen-Jui to gets tickets
for a trip to Europe. They had both decided to blend in and put human
cloths on, Sen-Jui had on a pair of black pant with black shoes and a dark
blue t-shirt with a dragon imprinted on it; Ranka had put on a midnight
blue shirt and wore black sandals against the Autumn weather and she topped
it all off with a white long sleeved shirt.
When they arrived at the ticket booth the guy behind it discussed Ranka
when she took note of the magazine he was reading, hentai was supposed to
be illegal when on the job. Sen-Jui looked as discussed as she did, but he
cleared his throat and said, "um excuse me, can you put that away and help
us?" The man seemed angry that they had bothered him, but he did put the
magazine down.
"What can I do for?" He asked in a voice that suggested he was smoking
three packs a day.
"We'd like five tickets for the Mermaid Angel Liner set to go to Europe
tomorrow," Sen-Jui replied as he took a wallet out, "how much will they
be?"
"You look a bit young to be buying tickets their sonny."
"I'm 20 sir, and my fiancé is 19 if that seems young then you are really
way to indulged in that hentai magazine of yours." Ranka blinked when Sen-
Jui referred to her as his fiancé but the man had bought it, apparently he
didn't want to dwell on that topic since Sen-Jui had caught him in the act
of being a pervert.
"That'll be $125.00 for the tickets and you'll need to arrive with your
company in the morning to fill out your passports," the guy said, that was
more that Sen-Jui had originally thought, but he handed the man the money
just the same.
They took the tickets and started back to the lake. Everything around them
now seemed too different, it was either because many of the stores had
changed or the fact that neither one of them had been around humans for 16
years. Perhaps it was both. One way or another everything seemed so strange
and off balance.
When they got back to the lake they informed Nagi, Ichiro, and Shiina of
the plans. "You mean we have to get up witch the fuckin' chickens to go to
Europe?!" Ichiro groaned.
"Yes, Ichiro, we do. But how we get you and Shiina on bored without saying
you're pets is beyond me," Sen-Jui said. Sen-Jui, Ranka and Nagi could
easily pass for human, Ichiro and Shiina that was another story. Shiina did
not possess the power to change his form into anything at all, and Ichiro's
ears gave him away as something other than human at first glance. How where
they going to pull this one off?
"Maybe I can find a really big hat that'll cover my ears?" Ichiro
suggested.
"Yeah...winter's not that far off." Nagi told him.
"What about me?" Shiina said, looking at all of them. "I can't turn into a
human, and I'm NOT going to be a damn stuffed animal."
"Then you'll just have to be a pet, we can save this last ticket for Larva
when we find him." Ranka said confidently.
Shiina didn't find this very amusing but he agreed non-the-less. Sen-Jui
suggested that he get everyone some food and they all agreed that it was
time to eat, then Ranka was going to the third layer to make sure Reiha
would not follow them, no matter what that took. After that they would all
settle down for a good night sleep. Sen-Jui got the food, now it was time
to make sure Reiha would not follow them.
Ranka was skeptical about whether or not Reiha would catch on, Reiha was
not stupid and she seemed to know when things where being hidden from her.
Ranka said a silent prayer to any god that might listen. When Ranka reached
the place where Reiha had been staying lately, she was greeted with a cold
wind and Reiha glaring.
Ranka grew angry and obviously Reiha could tell because she stopped then
giggled, "Why are you here Ranka? If it's about Miyu and Yui I already
know."
"How could you know?" Ranka's anger was slowly growing.
"You mean you cannot feel it?" Another giggle, "All the Shinma Layers have
had tense energy flowing in the air the past few days. Everyone knows
something is going to happen soon, but none of them know what. Non except
me."
"Reiha I want you to stay here in Japan. You must not follow us, you shall
screw everything up once again!"
This time Reiha's anger showed, "Screw up everything? Really, everything?!
Ranka I can easily inform what's left of the Bird Shinma that they failed
and the new Guardian will be killed in only a few days! 16 years ago I only
told them I knew the Guardian, I've no idea how they found Miyu or Yui for
that matter!" Her angry face suddenly had a smirk across it, one that Ranka
wanted to slap off. "Besides Ranka, I was there when Miyu's powers awoke, I
saw her and Larva exchange blood, I will meet this new Guardian and you
cannot stop me."
"Reiha you where never able to kill Miyu, you never had the courage to do
so. You where scared of her, and you had a right to be. No matter what you
say you are you are still just another Shinma. Stray or not, you are a
Shinma." Ranka felt particularly bold in saying this because she too was a
Shinma. Reiha and herself where not Stray's but they where still Shinma and
would have to rest one day in the Dark with all the others.
Reiha glared and disappeared in a storm of ice. Ranka smiled to herself,
she had done what others had found so hard to do. She hurt Reiha's pride.
----
When Ranka returned to the lake, everyone but Nagi had fallen asleep, Ranka
looked at him as the campfire light his face. He was tired that was plane,
he hadn't eaten much, and his eyes that had once shown protection and
kindness now showed nothing but sadness.
"You think I'm weak don't you?" Nagi looked at Ranka like she had always
been standing there.
She shook her head, "No Nagi, you are not week. You are simply a man who's
heart was broken and now see's a small amount of hope to repay your duty to
Yui," she walked over to him and sat beside him, the fire-light still
dancing on his face. "You loved Yui, I'd think you where cold hearted if
you did not miss her."
"Thank you Ranka, I really needed to hear that." He smiled sadly and stood
up, walked over to a small pile of leaves and fell asleep.