Chapter #2: Jinn

On the way home from the hospital, Hiro couldn't stop thinking about what Tadashi said about being what's called a "soul keeper."

Past conversation:

"What exactly is a soul keeper?" Hiro's eyes were locked on the glowing pendant he held in his hands, his legs still hung over the side of the hospital bed. Tadashi was looking out the window, but spun around on the ball of his foot to face Hiro.

It kind of reminded Hiro of a soldier.

"Well." Tadashi began. "If a human does accept a spirit's soul key, than he or she now has the ability to see spirits."

"That's it?" Hiro interrupted. "No super cool powers?" Hiro said as he punched the air in front of him.

Tadashi laughed. "Don't be so stingy, little bro. At least you can see us."

Hiro's smile slowly turned into a sad look.

"What happens when you finish being my brother?" Hiro asked looking at Tadashi, trying not to cry.

Tadashi and Hiro now wore a similar expression.

"I'll never finish being your brother, but in order for a spirit to stay, they have to become the familiar of the human soul keeper. A soul keeper attracts demons."

End of past conversation.

Hiro opened the door to his house and almost immediately Aunt Cass had him in her arms.

"I came to visit you at the hospital while you were asleep, but once I found out you were going to be okay, I left to take care of the café . We need the money to pay for the hospital bill." She said it so fast that Hiro almost didn't understand what she had said. Aunt Cass pulled Hiro away and held him by his shoulders, her face stained with tears.

"It's just you and me now, kiddo. I'm going to miss Tadashi." She said with a sniffle

Hiro thought that it probably wouldn't have been as sad for her to say that if Tadashi hadn't been standing right there. Tadashi looked down at his feet and pretended not to notice what was going on right in front of him.

"Well, Hiro, you've had a long day. Why don't you go upstairs and rest a while, I'll put you back to work tomorrow." She said as she winked and let go of Hiro's shoulders.

Hiro and Tadashi made their way upstairs and Hiro flopped on his bed.

Tadashi sat on the bed next to him.

"So… what now?" Hiro asked as he propped himself up on one elbow.

"Come here." Tadashi said as he grabbed onto Hiro's arm. "There's something I want to show you." Hiro nearly tripped as Tadashi pulled him from the bed.

Tadashi took Hiro to the window. Hiro was looking out of the window for anything special, but it was as it always had been. Children were out in their front yard, a woman going on her afternoon jog; life went on.

"What did you want to show me?" Hiro said impatiently, now looking up at Tadashi.

"Look closer." Tadashi said as he smiled and pointed out the window. Hiro had to darn near squint to see what Tadashi had been talking about. He could see it. It was a world that Hiro didn't even know existed. There were clouds Made up of stars and creatures that Hiro had never seen before floating 50 feet off of the ground. Humans that were transparent walking down the street that would just randomly start floating. It was amazing. Hiro thought that he had a pretty cool power after all.

Just as he was taking it all in, he heard Tadashi yell to him.

"HIRO, LOOK OUT!" Tadashi pushed Hiro out of the way of a ball of green light that blew up the place where Hiro had been standing. Hiro and Tadashi landed on the floor with a loud crash and Hiro could feel the pain in his head come back. Hiro frantically looked around to find out where the odd green ball of light came from.

"Stay quiet, it's a jinn." Tadashi whispered as he stepped in front of Hiro. Hiro slowly scanned the room for this so called "jinn." They sat in silence for what seemed to be forever. The only thing that Hiro could hear was the sound of Tadashi breathing.

"What are you doing up there, Hiro? You sound like a heard of elephants." Aunt Cass yelled. Hiro looked over at Tadashi to make sure it was okay to respond to her. Tadashi gave the look of permission, which was pretty much a glare and a grunt.

"I just dropped something!" Was the first thing that popped into Hiro's head.

"Okay, I thin…" Tadashi started to stand up, but was interrupted by a green ball of light. The ball of light flew through the air and smashed into Tadashi, sending him flying through the wall (Flying through the wall like a ghost). Tadashi smashed onto the sidewalk and rolled a couple of times before finally catching his balance. Hiro quickly ran out of the room and down the stairs, passing Aunt Cass.

"I'm going for a walk!" he said as he flung the door open and ran to Tadashi.

The jinn threw itself at Tadashi with its claws out.

Tadashi didn't move, he just closed his eyes and waited. The creature was just about to reach him when Tadashi seemed to start glowing. He started glowing like the fire that Hiro saw the night he watched his brother run into the burning building.

A blast wave emanated from Tadashi and burned the creature to ash.

Hiro, the innocent bystander, looked around to see if anyone else saw what just happened, but they didn't.

Hiro ran over to Tadashi who still had his eyes closed.

"That was so cool!" Hiro said reaching for his brother's shoulder.

Tadashi opened his eyes and turned toward Hiro. Tadashi's eyes were not the brown they usually were; instead they were a vibrant, but beautiful orange.

Hiro starred as they slowly faded back to brown.

Tadashi got a look of concern on his face. "Is there something on my face?!" Tadashi started frantically rubbing his face. Hiro laughed. "You're good bro. I was just thinking that I have the coolest older brother in the world." Hiro said as he held out his fist for a fist bump. Just as Tadashi raised his fist, a strange voice came from the roof. "Hey, That jinn was mine." It was a girl with black hair chewing a piece of gum. She blew a bubble and jumped from the roof, landing a couple feet from Hiro and Tadashi. "Nice to meet you." She held out her hand as she walked toward them. "You can just call me GoGo."

To be continued…

I want to apologize fro the first chapter being so confusing to read. Some of the spaces were all kronked up, But I'm almost 50% sure that the spacing for this is better. If you've read this I want to thank you so much for taking the time to read it. :D if you have any questions, concerns and/ or complaints just tell me. The characters are not mine, however the story is. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. :D