Someone Different
Chapter 3
Katana bumped into Goh after wandering aimlessly about the estate for quite a while. And as usual he stared at her hair. Katana sighed and thought, Well, they might as well get used to it if they are going to accept me. Goh blinked at her sigh and smiled apologetically, saying, "You must get that stare a lot, huh?" Katana nodded, smiling back. Then looking at Goh's own hair, grinned, "And I think that you would too."
"Have you seen three kids---" Goh was cut off abruptly by a "Hey!" from the bushes. Mannen, Hajime, and Shin came out, Mannen glaring daggers at Goh. "I'm not a kid!" he stated vehemently. Katana laughed and said, "I seem to be laughing a lot today. First Himeno and Hayate---"
"You know them?" Hajime cut her off. She nodded, saying, "I work for Himeno's father. What? Something the matter?" she looked concerned. Goh jumped in quickly, "No, nothing at all." He glared at Hajime, who cowered behind the Knight of Ice. Katana laughed again and said, "Well, I better go find you sleeping quarters! Bye!" She waved back at them as she jogged off.
"Wait, did she say that she was sleeping the Awayuki residence!"
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Katana got comfortable in her bed when she heard a thumping noise from upstairs. More specifically, the room right above hers. "I wonder what's going on," she muttered as she put on some slippers and a robe.
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Mannen jumped from the bed and landed on the ground with a loud thump. That was before Goh glared daggers at him and told him to sit still on the floor. Kei continued with his lecture. "I have looked over the entire city and I haven't felt the pull of the talisman that all Knights should have." At this statement, Sasame shifted guiltily in his seat. Himeno piped up, "Can all Knights feel the talisman?" Kei nodded, saying, "All Knights can feel the talisman of any Knight but only if they are looking for it. If they aren't, a person with a talisman can go by unnoticed."
Goh tried tuning into the talismans of his fellow Knights. He felt the seven talismans in the room clearly. Then, suddenly, there came an eighth pull. That talisman was right outside the door. Goh nearly fell off his seat in astonishment. Himeno looked concerned, "Goh, are you alright?" she asked. The Knight of Fire nodded and put a finger to his lips. He crossed silently to the door and quickly yanked them open.
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Katana leaned against the door she had her ear pressed to. The noise inside had ceased suddenly and she strained to hear more. All of a sudden the doors were thrown open, and she tumbled into the room. She immediately changed into her Knight's uniform and twisted so that she would hit her back and not her front.
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The other occupants in the room watching in utter astonishment as Goh looked down at the Knight on the floor. She wore a mental breastplate with shoulder protectors. Her left forearm had a metal protector on it, covering the whole forearm. Her left calf had a similar protecting. On her right forearm, she had a metal band round the wrist and on her right ankle was a similar band. She wore gauntlets on both hands, ending at the knuckles. She wore a skin tight grey shirt that didn't have a left arm and grey skin tight pants. Her left pant leg was shorter than the right so that it ended at the end of the metal covering. She wore heelless grey leather shoes and a sash around her middle. The sash was a different grey than the rest of her garb. It was the same slivery grey as her hair, which was in a high pony-tail. It was kept in place with a metal band. Her bangs were kept up and out of her face with a band with carvings on it.
Surprisingly, with all the metal on her, she didn't make a sound when she landed on the floor. She looked up at Goh and sighed. Without getting up she said, "I think that some of you know me already."