Forming a Promise

Kohari: Yes, I am well aware of how late you all think I am. Deal with it! I updated! (And since the line separator thingy isn't working in the Document Manager right now, I gotta improvise...)

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"I'll find out what it's called," the Chief promised, typing viciously on the keyboard. They waited for what seemed like hours, though, in reality, it was only couple of moments. Then, letters scrolled across the screen - brightly colored letters in orange and pink that stood out against the black background.

ARCHANGEL

They didn't have much time to stand in awe. At that same time, Hilary's cell phone began to ring again, and Tyson and Kai entered the dojo. Hilary searched herself for the source of the high-pitched ringing as the words on the screen caught the boys' gaze.

Hilary finally found the phone and pressed it to her ear after extending the antennae. "Hello?"

After a few moments of confused silence, Hilary took the phone away from her ear and looked at it curiously.

"Who was it?" Tyson asked the standard question.

"I dunno," she confessed. "They hung up."

Suddenly, the letters on the computer began to scramble all around the computer, slowly at first, and then faster, and faster, and then suddenly, like an explosion, disappeared in a brilliant flash of light, and there was total darkness on Dizzi's monitor.

Kai picked up Hilary's beyblade and turned it over and over in his hand, examining it very closely. The others understood his need for concentration and kept quiet during the investigation. The bit piece was very strange. In the center was a shimmering huntress, a woman dressed in gold with matching hair, grasping a bow and arrow pointed slightly upward ready to attack. In its background was a fox, so light you could barely see it. A golden fox baring its teeth with nine tails frozen as they swished in different directions.

"A shapeshifter," Kai observed. "These are very powerful," he told her as he gave the possession back to its owner, "so use it wisely." Then he left, closing the dojo door behind him.

"What's with him?" Tyson asked stupidly. The others exchanged puzzled looks.

"A shapeshifter, huh? I've heard of them," Kenny informed them. "They're super-rare. I've never even seen one. And, like Kai said, super-powerful."

"Wow," Tyson commented in awe.

Hilary said nothing, but stared at her new partner. Was everything about to change? How much? And what was going to happen now?

"Hilary?" Kenny attempting to break through. "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" She snapped out of it. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just..."

Sensing the tension in the room, Tyson suggested going back to training.

"Good idea," Kenny complimented him. "Hey, this would be a great opportunity to test out your 'new' blade!"

"I guess..." Hilary admitted.

The boys went outside, but Hilary stayed behind for a moment. Things were definitely about to change. The question was, did she really want it to? Her life had been fine before, so why?

She sighed, resigning herself to reality, and followed her teammates to give her new partner, Archangel, a test drive.

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Kohari: Yes, I know. Short. But we've had shorter chapters before, so...I'll try to get an update really soon. And I think it's way more than y'all deserve, seeing as nobody reviewed chapter four! Anyways, I'll try to get an update soon, but in the meantime, y'all, please review.