The Love of Two Magicians
Hello! Contrary to popular belief, I have not abandoned this story! Not ye, not evert!
Chapter 5
When Yuko entered her store, all was quiet. Yuko sat down and sighed. The bell she kept above her entrance rang. When she looked up, the boy from a few days ago stood at the door.
"Ah, you're back. You have a wish, don't you?" Yuko inspected the boy. He was five six and had an aristocratic look to him. His eyes were empty, but it looked like he hadn't slept for days.
"There are… things following me. Can you get rid of them?" The boy looked desperate, on the verge of tears.
"For a price."
"Anything," the boy responded without hesitation. Yuko nodded.
"I will see what I can do."
The boy bowed politely to her and left her store.
Yuko went into her storage room and extracted a paper umbrella.
"I'm heading out." She said to no one and proceeded to leave. She walked past the walls of her humble abode and was hit with rays of sun. She opened her umbrella and headed in the direction the boy went earlier.
She could tell when the boy stopped, for there was a dark cloud that was growing bigger with each step she took.
She turned a corner, expecting to see the boy again, but standing there was not the boy. Instead, there were two girls. One had long blue hair, the other, short pink. The pink haired one was against the wall and the blue haired one was trying to protect her from something; something that only they could see.
When the blue haired one saw Yuko, she pleaded, "Help me, please! I need to protect my sister."
When Yuko looked over again, she saw it. It was the boy from earlier, but he was consumed. He too looked over at Yuko.
"Help me. They are following me, get rid of them. I will pay with anything."
Yuko said nothing at first; she just looked from the girls, to the boy. When Yuko didn't move, the boy turned his attention back to the girls.
"If you won't help me, I'll get rid of them my self."
"Please, help us!" Yuko watched as the boy advanced on the girls. The blue haired girl waited until he was in their face before shoving the pink haired on away.
"Run!" The pink haired one could only watch in horror as her sister's soul was consumed by the demon. Yuko looked away, to ease the pain.
"Sister!" The pink haired girl ran over to her sister and held her in her arms. "Sister..." She started crying.
The boy had no mercy and took her soul too. The pink haired girl slumped lifelessly on top of her sister.
Yuko stood tall and closed her umbrella. She pointed it at the boy. "You've done enough here." Yuko looked remorseful as the umbrella opened and consumed the boy's spirit along with the twins'.
Yuko stepped over to the girls, not once shedding a tear. "I'm sorry." Yuko took some stones out of her pocket and placed on in each girl's mouth.
The rocks dissolved in their mouth and they woke up, their eyes a bit empty.
"Hello, who are you?' The pink haired one questioned.
"Who am I?" The blue haired one got up.
Yuko got up and sighed. "My name is Yuko. Your names are… um… Maru-dashi and Moro-dashi."
"How do you know us?" The pink haired girl looked puzzled.
"I'm… I'm your manager and you work for me." Yuko lied through her teeth.
"Alright! Where do we work and live?"
"You work at my store and you live there too. I'll take you there now."
The two girls followed Yuko, looking around at all the different sites that were so unfamiliar to them.
They reached Yuko's store and the girl ran around the small front lawn.
"What do we do here, mistress?" Maru-dashi asked.
"You help me with whatever I need help with. I have to go out now. Just don't break anything." The two girls nodded.
When Yuko got out onto the street again, she sighed.
She walked down the street and didn't mind the shadow that followed her.
Yuko walked around town as if it was a normal day. She picked up some sweets and some sake for the shop.
'If I'm going to have a horrible day, can they hurry up with it?' Yuko thought, slowly munching on a crepe. The street was empty and there was a slight breeze that rustled the trees.
Once the thought was out, a loud boom was heard behind her. Yuko slowly turned.
"Hello, Fei-Wang Reed." Yuko licked the crumbs off from around her lips.
"Yuko," The man bowed. "And how are you?"
"I'm well… Fei-Wang."
"And my descendent?"
"Clow? He is also well. But what do I owe this pleasure?"
"Can't I just visit another skilled witch? Is it such a crime?" drawled Fei-Wang with a grin.
Yuko scowled. "What is your real reason for coming?"
"Skeptical as always, but always on the mark," Fei-Wang's grin widened, "I'm here for one reason only. That reason is to destroy you."
Yuko's eyes narrowed at this threat. "Really?"
Notes: The end of this chapter! I have more coming, so don't you worry. So, Maru and Moro dashi? Hm… I'll expect more of them in the future.
It's Fai-Wang! I wonder what he's playing at. I will not abandon this story, you remember that! I might make the chapters longer though… Hmmm.
LWB