Chapter 4: A new beginning
When Silva finished, he carefully placed Kikki on the floor. He reached inside his pocket and drew out a small vial filled with clear colored liquid.
"Stop! You mustn't do it!" screamed Tamara.
Everyone looked at her questioningly. She blushed deeply and shouted again, "You can't, Silva. You just can't."
"Why not?"
"Why don't you try reasoning with her instead? Anything would be better than erasing her memory!"
"What?" All the occupants of the room yelled in unison, with the exception of Silva and Tamara.
"I already tried reason but she won't listen. This is the only way, Tamara. She will thank me in the future." He paused. "That is, if she even remembers." He unscrewed the vial's top, and positioned it above his younger sibling's head.
"Stop!" Tamara grabbed his hand. "Memory potions can be very dangerous in the wrong hands." She argued.
"Are you saying you don't trust Silva, Tammy?" Anna retorted.
"No, of course I trust him Ms. Anna. It's just that I have been told that memory potions often backfire a lot."
"I understand your concerns, Tamara, but rest assured that I know how to handle these kind of situations." With that Silva poured the contents of the vial onto Kikki's forehead. He pressed his palm on her head and began chanting. "Fire, Water, Earth and Wind; Erase thou memory and conceal thou wrath; Casting thou mind into shadow; Obscure thou past but keepest thou heart; Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind; Erase thou memory and conceal thou wrath; Casting thou mind into shadow; Obscure thou past but keepest thou heart." Silva sat up us Kikki slowly opened her soft brown eyes. She blinked a couple of times and looked around the room with a confused look. "Onii-san?"
Silva smiled at her. "Yes, Kikki?"
"I-I." She took a deep breath. "I-"
"Well spit it out already!" yelled Trey.
Kikki appeared to be on the brink of tears. "I'M BORED!" She shouted.
Everyone sweat dropped at her response.
"Kikki, let me introduce you to some of friends of mine. This is Anna, Tamara, Trey, Len, Ryo, Morty, and Jocko." Silva pointed to each person as he said his or her name.
"Hiya! I'm Kikki." She grinned broadly. "Wait a minute. You!" She pointed at Yoh.
Silva froze. 'It can't be, that she has mistaken Yoh for Zeek!'
He raised his eyebrow at her. "Me, what?"
"What's your name?" She leaned close to Yoh's face, who was sitting across the table.
"I'm Yoh Asakura."
"Wanna play outside?"
Yoh smiled. "Sure." He got up and lead Kikki towards the backyard.
Silva sighed in relief. "Unpredictable as always."
