Whoo! This chapter is going so slow! whines I know what I want to say…but it's really hard to make it come out like I want! You'll get to hear some more from Rika in this and probably the next few chapters…Then I think we'll be off to make sure Aya hasn't killed Tokaki in our absence…Sometimes my characters take it into their heads to do things I'd never have thought of! " But you'll see! Rika kinda surprised me and did some stuff that I thought was way out of character. But what can I say? They are no longer 'my' characters. They're people now with their own personalities. And apparently Rika's feeling the stress! Heehee! So please don't tell me HOW TERRIBLY OOC this was. I know. So yes…on to the RR's….
YG: Once again…O.O you astound me… I love it! Mwahahahaha! On with the hyperness! fends off YG with a spork No! No eat me! Eat the dummy clowns! Wahahaha! chases clowns for awhile gets bored stops Yes! Urumiya is very cute! And suspicious! But he's a playa man! He can't help himself! He's like…a smoother version of Tokaki. Or at least he is in my story. Ya'll have to understand that from this point on, most of the Genbu and Byakko seishi are based on my best guesses from what I've read online. - not the most reliable of sources…So yes…I am luckily at home LMAO…catches cashew and eats it God bless softball skills…
Lolinia84: I'm seriously gonna shorten your name. I have everyone else's. So from now on you shall be known as 'L84'. Sorry but I'm lazy! Yes…Rika is free of the ring of slavery. eyes gleam Or is she? Lol yeah…the ending to Alice 19th sucked butt. I wanted to know more about what happened to Nyozeka….T-T Anyway…hope you like this chapter! Keep reviewing!
Silver: What exactly is so funny with Urumiya liking alcohol? glare lol you should have read about that in his bio on the Charie Page…but I don't ANYONE read that far down the list….too bad for ya'll! sticks out tongue And no…Naia is going to be important later but not as a seishi. Good guess tho. Thought about that for awhile. Then decided it was too cliché!
Emarista the Torturer: Like L84 your name shall have to be shortened. In honor of my fav. movie….i dub thee ET..snicker yeah…I can tell you love it…NO! You don't sound like a suck up! If it's a really good chapter just tell me. If it really sucks….tell me in a nice way…" But yeah…and Urumiya's really cute…I like him a lot! Heehee…if it's Hikitsu you like send me a profile and I'm sure we can work you in!
Maeleana: Shortening your name too! To Mae…there…that wasn't so bad…Yes…scene shifts are kinda tough. But I just write till I run out of things to say on that particular subject. Then I find some ambiguous ending and…well…end it! And if ANYONE is like Rika….I feel very sorry for them…Rika is a psycho….yes…I might be killed now…but know that I love you all anyway…T-T Enjoy the chapter!
Rika looked around her one last time, "Hey, did you see where my friend went?"
Urumiya shrugged, "No, but really, Rika, we must go. Like now."
"Why?" Rika asked irritated that he didn't seem to care. "Why do we need to go now? We have to find Naia!"
"If Naia is gone, better for her," Urumiya grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the alley entrance. "We're kinda going to be in a lot of trouble in a few minutes…"
"And how would you know this!" Rika dug in her heels and refused to budge.
Urumiya let out a sigh of frustration and whirled around. "Because I had another vision right before we officially met! And it said that we are going to be attacked―"
"They're over here!" a deep voice sounded somewhere ahead of them. Four or five men suddenly appeared around the corner.
"―right about now…" Urumiya sent her a resentful look before turning to face the men. "And now I shall have to fight our way out of here."
"Um, excuse me?" Rika moved to stand beside him with a loose board in her hand. "Who said that you were doing this alone?"
Urumiya glanced at her, shocked. A grin split his face, "Then, Priestess, I'd have to say don't pull your punches and don't get killed."
"And I'd have to say stop calling me that!" Rika finished her sentence in a shout as she let the first man rushing up have it flush on the face. His nose broke with a sickening crunch, and Rika felt her stomach heave. No! I can't get weak now! Besides…Yuko wouldn't forgive me if I let a chance to kick some ass pass me by.
Urumiya, it seemed, was having no trouble what so ever dodging the blows of his three assailants. "Hmm…Rika?"
"Yes, dear?" she answered sarcastically as she ducked under a fist meant for her face.
"Did you happen to see any water around?"
Rika growled under her breath and put a little extra force into the kick that sent the second man tumbling. "Why, yes, actually, I have. I believe it was somewhere OVER THERE BY THE OCEAN!"
"Ah!" Urumiya ducked again and sent a dazzling smile her way. "I had forgotten this was a port. Thank you kindly."
"Thank you kindly," Rika mocked under her breath. "What in the world does it matter if―"
The sound of low chanting interrupted Rika's commentary. The thugs left standing hesitated, unsure of what to make of Urumiya. Rika herself was fairly confused. A dull roar made her shake her head. What in the world was that? Did I get hit in the head?
Urumiya suddenly appeared at her elbow. "Now would be a good time to view the stars from the rooftop." He lifted her into his arms and jumped atop a stack of crates. Judging by the smell of them they held a rather old shipment of fish. From there he proceeded straight to the roof of the nearest building.
"Get another one of those visions?" Rika asked as she struggled from his embrace.
"No," he smiled and refused to let her go. "I just happen to be the cause of what's about to happen."
Rika then noticed that the dull roar had grown to become a loud roar. The men in the alley were glaring up at them. The one whose nose Rika had broken was just now getting up. From her vantage point atop the building, Rika could see what was coming. And it scared her.
A solid wall of water careened down the streets of the small port town. Is it a tsunami! Rika looked toward the ocean in terror. But other than being a little lower, there was no difference. It was as calm and unmoving as always. Another thing she noticed amid her sea of panic was that the water rushed through the streets at blinding speeds….but left not so much as a puddle behind it.
A wild idea seized Rika, and she glanced at Urumiya. A strange symbol was glowing in black letters on his forehead. Danger… He glanced over, and she saw that his eyes laughed at her. Probably the look of mingled horror and surprise on her face. Turning quickly to watch the wall of water once more, Rika saw the exact moment when the men down below realized their danger. Those that were left conscious, of course. They tried to climb up the same stack of crates Urumiya had so effortlessly jumped but couldn't seem to quite make it. The wall of water came closer. By now, they couldn't have gotten out of the alley if they'd tried. Several were praying to their gods. I don't think that's going to work.
Rika watched the men drown there in the alley, caught in the solid block of water held there by Urumiya's strange powers. When the last one floated still and unmoving, the water leaked silently back down the streets until it reached the ocean again.
"Well," Urumiya's voice had lost some of its cheerfulness. "Now that that's done, I suppose we can be moving on."
"What just happened?" Rika asked in a quiet but firm voice. "I want to know what you just did."
Urumiya sighed and he set Rika back on her feet. "It is my powers as a seishi of Genbu. You noticed that I was able to dodge those blows?"
Rika nodded and said nothing.
"Well, I have the powers of water magic and precognition. I can sense danger, which is how I was able to avoid the blows. I also receive visions as a part of my precognition. That's how I knew you'd be here!" he smiled.
"And your water magic was the cause of ― that?"
Urumiya nodded. "Yes…that's why I asked you if you knew where I could find some water. I can use my life force to control it and give it commands."
Rika glanced once more over the bodies of their assailants. "Well, they were attacking us. I can't fault you for…what you did. Let's go." She turned and started walking along the roof of the building.
"Um…Rika?"
"Yes?" she muttered distractedly.
"How do you propose to get down?"
Rika started and looked over the edge of the building. For the first time, she realized how high up she was. "Oh, my god! How did you get up here! No wonder those guys couldn't climb those crates!"
Urumiya grinned mischievously as he swept her once again into his arms. "We seishi are the best of the best. We are perfect male ― and female I suppose ― specimens. In every way…" he winked down at her.
Rika blushed and glared up at him. "So you can jump high. Good for you."
"Oh, Rika! You have no idea of the wonderful things I can achieve!"
"And I'd just as soon leave it that way."
"But I could show you some cool tricks…"
"Get a grip you perve!"
Rika's shout echoed across the town. Equally as loud was Urumiya's laugh as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop.
