Level 4. The Ceremony
Kazuha then led Shinichi to the gorgeous, white chapel at the north of Beika village. "Wow, this chapel is gorgeous!" said Shinichi loudly, and the people there stared at him immediately.
"Shhhhh!" Kazuha told Shinichi to lower his voice, "people are praying here, be quiet!"
"Oh, sorry," Shinichi apologized immediately, "when can I meet Ran?"
"You can't see her now, she must be busy preparing for the ceremony," explained Kazuha, "this ceremony is celebrating Ran for becoming a real summoner! She recently has summoned her first summon! She will be a great summoner in the future!"
"I've heard that she's the daughter of the High Priest, she must be very popular here."
"Of course, she was borned to be a summoner, her mother is a great summoner also," answered Kazuha. While they were talking, people were already gathering at the square outside the chapel. "The ceremony starts now!"
Ran was wearing a white dress with a blue scarf around her shoulder, and everyone in the square remained quiet once Ran entered. She then soon started dancing and singing, it was the same song and dance that Shinichi saw when they first met. 'I see. She must be practicing for the ceremony back then,' thought Shinichi.
Ran soon finished her dance and a man with a moustache entered, and Ran bowed to him solemnly. "Ran, you've done a great job."
"Thank you, father," answered Ran. The man with moustache was the High Priest, Kogoro, and he was also Ran's father.
"You're a summoner now, and you need to start your own journey to find the lengendary summon."
"Yes father," said Ran. "I'll try my best to be a great summoner."
"You need someone to protect you during your journey," said Kogoro, "who would like to be Ran's guardian?"
"I want to be Ran's guardian!" Kazuha immediately ran to Ran, "I'll protect you!"
"Thank you, Kazuha," replied Ran.
"It's too dangerous to have ladies only in the journey," said a handsome blond-haired young man, "I'll join you two."
"Hakuba," said Ran. "Thank you so much. It'll be a great help for both of us to have such a good combat fighter joining us."
"Can I be your guardian?" Shinichi went to Ran at once, and she was quite surprised to see him again, especially under this circumstance.
Ran was too shocked that she need a while before she could find her voice again, "um...we met again."
"Who are you? You're not from our village," asked Kogoro.
"Forget to introduce myself, I'm Shinichi, a warrior wondering around," answered Shinichi. The villagers already started whispering around, they did not like the idea that an outsider to be the guardian of their great summoner.
"Father," said Ran, "he'd protected me once in the forest last time, when Araide can't come on time. He's great fighting skill, and I think that he would be a good guardian for me."
"Yes, High Priest," said Kazuha, "he'd saved me also!"
"Um… you seem to be a good fighter," said Kogoro, observing Shinichi carefully, "okay, you could be Ran's guardian only if you can win Hakuba."
"Father, but..."said Ran immediately, "Hakuba is our best combat fighter here."
"What's the point to allow him be your guardian if he can't even win Hakuba," said Kogoro strictly.
"Okay, I'll fight," said Shinichi, he then turned to Ran and whispered in her ears, "trust me."
"I haven't met a good rival for a long time," said Hakuba, "hope that you wouldn't disappoint me."
"I'll try my best," said Shinichi. He then picked up his sword, and started attacking Hakuba. At first, Hakuba was still at advantage, but Shinichi had soon taken control. At last, Shinichi had his sword on Hakuba's neck.
"I lose," said Hakuba. "You're great!"
"Thank you," said Shinichi, and he turned to Ran and Kogoro immediately, "I'm so happy to be your guardian."
To be continued……
Oh well, it's been awhile since last update…too busy……Do you like this chapter? Please Read and Review! I hope that I can make this fanfic up to level 99 ; Next level Heiji finally appeared! More on Ran and Shinichi! And also the secret behind Ran's parents!