Kouji, Izumi and a kid?
Chapter 2
This power?
Kouji suddenly found himself all alone. This light that surrounded him was neither hot nor cold; there was no sense of warmth or air. Just when Kouji considered what had happened to his friends he shut his eyes tightly, stopping the images from entering his mind. But when the image of Izumi, mauled to death entered his mind, tears sprung to his eyes and he yelled out her name again at the top of his lungs.
"Fear not Kouji, time has been stopped. You have a chance to save Izumi and everyone else you care about, but first, you must make a contract with me" said a female voice. Kouji looked up, searching for the voice, and that's when a lady with long black hair appeared. Her black hair reached her knees and her eyes slowly opened to reveal emerald irises. Kouji felt mesmerised by her beauty and he had to blink to make sure she was real.
"Kouji... I can grant you the power of light, but in return, you must protect me. I am in danger, and I need the warriors to protect me from those who seek my power" she stated and Kouji raised a brow slightly.
"Protect you? I haven't even met you, so how can I protect you if you're not around for me to protect?" he questioned and she simply closed her eyes, smiling and shook her head.
"You will know what I mean when your journey is done. For now, you must simply accept the power of light and you will know the answer at the end" she stated, confusing him even more, but then Kouji considered what would happen if he didn't accept the power of light. She held a hand forward to him and Kouji threw his hand towards it as he was enveloped in light again.
"Be brave, be very brave!" she yelled as the light faded and Kouji was suddenly holding his light sabres. He tightened his grip on them and dashed forward at the wolf, knocking it away. The wolf bounced back up then froze, looking surprised at him. It then slowly walked forward, sniffing him over. He froze, waiting for it to start attacking again, but it didn't. It then sniffed Izumi, and then gently rubbed it's head on her leg as if it were an apology.
"I apologise for frightening and attacking you both. You see, it is my sworn duty to protect that child. Now it is yours as well Kouji. I didn't recognise you both at first, but now I realise your scents are the same" stated the wolf, which made Izumi, Kouji, Kouichi and Takuya freeze in shock.
"Y-you can talk?" exclaimed Takuya as he crept closer to the wolf.
"Yes I can Takuya Kanbara. My name is Raphael, I am little Naomi's wolf spirit protector. I was awakened from my sleep to protect her because of how much danger she is in" answered the wolf and Takuya almost freaked.
"You know my name!" he asked, feeling slightly suspicious.
"Yes, I know all of your names. There is not a person in this world I do not know, the only names I do not know are the ones of the future" answered Raphael. Kouichi edged forward, patting Raphael slightly on the head and he saw him smile slightly at him.
"Izumi, because you are with Naomi, I must be with her at all times. For your protection and for hers. I am sorry if this becomes a burden on you" he stated and Izumi raised a brow.
"I can't have a wolf walk along side me in the street, people will freak!" she exclaimed as Naomi squeaked in laughter.
"No need to worry, I am a spirit protector, I can chose who I am visible to and not. But I must warn you, Naomi's powers may be even too powerful for you to handle" Raphael said and Izumi nodded, not quite understanding but accepted it nonetheless.
"So we should get these baby things I guess, if Izumi's taking care of little Naomi" stated Takuya as he nudged Kouji, snapping him out of his trance. The light sabres disappeared in a burst of light and they began walking to the shopping centre with Raphael behind them.
Things just seemed to go from bad to worse. Izumi held Naomi close to her body as they walked through the baby department, buying formula, bottles, dummies, nappies, wipes, blankets and a steam cleaner for the bottles. The boys carried the shopping home for her and they went into the house, up to Izumi's room and placed the shopping inside. Izumi sat down with Naomi, then felt something crunch in her pocket.
She debated over giving it to Kouji or not, then decided against it. He had enough to worry about, with his karate test coming up soon and everything, but his father and step-mother were expecting another child soon. It was going to turn his world upside down if he read that letter. Takuya and Kouichi bid their farewells and left after making sure Izumi was okay, then Kouji sat down next to her, looking over her shoulder at Naomi. Naomi squeaked in acknowledgement at him, and then began repeating 'da'. Kouji raised a brow then began chuckling.
"So how'd you find this little one?" he asked her and she turned to look at him. She sighed in defeat, and then held Naomi closer to her.
"I saw sitting by the river when someone came past. I didn't turn to look at the person, but when I did, I found this box, and inside the box was her. According to the letter it said her name was Naomi, and whoever found her had to take good care of her until they could come back for her" she half lied as she explained what had happened. Kouji seemed to be in shock slightly, and then reached forward to Naomi and her hand closed around his finger tightly, a smile on her face. Kouji smiled hesitantly, not quite used to babies, but when he smiled, that caused a smile to form on Izumi's face.
A sudden slam of the door caused Izumi to jump though. She quickly handed Naomi to Kouji, rushing to the door. Kouji nearly dropped her due to shock but managed to stabilise himself, holding onto Naomi properly, then raised a brow at the door that Izumi had left open behind her.
Izumi rushed down stairs to come face to face with her mother. Her blonde hair was tied up behind her in a bun style and her face looked very tired. Her clothes were a dark blue jacket, white shirt, dark blue skirt and black high heels. Her blue eyes locked onto Izumi sternly.
"Dear, I'm so sorry, I have to go to work again for about an hour at 9 o'clock. Will you be alright? Your father won't be back till midnight he says, but knowing him he'll be back at 3am..." she stated, sighing into her hand as she turned and sat on the couch, lifting her feet on the table. She sighed in pleasure, feeling the pressure released from her aching feet and Izumi put a smile on her face. She sat next to her mother, her face one of worry. Her mother and father had been fighting so much lately, and most of it was revolved around her. Her mother worked as a business manager at a company, which was highly renowned throughout the world and earned millions of dollars a year. Her father was CEO of another company and was second in command to it. It ran the electricity for the entire state and he was always working on managing it seen as the leader was on leave for a year for vacation.
"I'll be alright mum, you know me! Independent Izumi!" she stated, pulling a pose while smiling and winking. Her mother giggled slightly, and then sighed again.
"I know, and that's what worries me. We're stuck leaving you alone so much, that I'm afraid we don't even know each other very well. Tell you what! I'll organise with your father this weekend, even if it's only a few hours, we'll go to the shops and hang for a while" she stated, smiling slightly and Izumi smiled back, but secretly felt dread, knowing this would start more arguments between them.
Izumi had changed during the past 5 years since they went to the digital world at age 11. She'd grown her hair to a little above her waist, and had purple streaks in it now. She wore lots of purple and black, instead of white, and was thinking of taking up smoking due to her problems. Her friends knew nothing about it because the change had been gradual, so they thought nothing of it. Now she listened to rock and heavy metal and her nails were black. Many people could consider her emo or Goth, but she liked to think of herself as a rebel.
Kouji had changed a little. He still wore his bandana, and still wore lots of blue, but he was more open and friendly, but he still liked to play cool every now and then, and was really popular with the girls in school. He had grown a foot taller than Izumi and his hair was a little longer. He was still doing karate and kendo, but he'd also taken up soccer with Takuya. Takuya and him were attackers while Kouichi was the goalie in their team.
Takuya was still the same as ever. He still wore the cap and goggles, he still played soccer, his little brother still annoyed him. The only thing different was he looked a little older and was just a little shorter than Kouji.
Kouichi had taken up art classes as well soccer and his hair was still about the same. He was just as tall as Kouji and still acted the same, consoling people all the time and acting as a big brother to everyone. Kouichi had taken one art class one day and came back, shocking everyone with what he had produced.
Tommy had grown a lot taller; he was about a foot shorter than Izumi. He still wore the big hat, and it sometimes got him picked on, but he was able to stand up for himself now. He had taken an interest in footy, and was now the star player in the team.
JP had lost a bit of weight during the years and had taken up art and design. He now was designing different things like models and clothes and boats, etc. He was now pretty well known in the school and people came along asking him to draw things for them, like tattoo designs and presents for siblings.
Izumi sat there, thinking to herself when she heard light snoring. She turned and saw her mother had fallen asleep. She smiled slightly then walked off, grabbing the alarm clock and setting it for 9pm. She put it on the table for it to wake her mother when she needed to go. She then walked back upstairs to Kouji.
"Sorry about that, my mum got home" she apologised, sitting back on the bed again and looked at Naomi who was fast asleep in Kouji's arms.
"I'll make her a bottle when she wakes up, but you can put her in that basinet when you want to leave" she stated and Kouji nodded, standing. He gently placed Naomi in the basinet and turned to look at Izumi. She smiled slightly at him and he frowned. Was she really going to be alright on her own?
"Do you mind if I stay the night?" he asked, noticing Raphael curled up beside the door, sleeping. Izumi's eyes widened slightly, and then she shook her head.
"You can stay if you want, the other mattress is in the cupboard there, and the phone's right there" she said, issuing for him to call his parents to see if it was alright. He did so and his step mother said alright. He grabbed the mattress and placed it beside Izumi's, getting blankets and pillows for himself.
Once they were all settled for the night, Naomi began crying. Kouji picked her up and began calming her down while Izumi grabbed a bottle and some formula, making a bottle for her, then brought it back up, giving it to Kouji and he fed it to Naomi. Once she was done he handed her to Izumi and put the bottle on the table. Izumi grabbed the nappies and wipes, then changed her diaper. She put Naomi's jumpsuit back on and put her in the basinet.
Izumi checked the time and saw it was 10pm. Her mother had left for work and her father still wasn't back. Suddenly the bedroom door burst open and Raphael's head shot up, his fangs showing as he growled. Izumi half shrieked, pulling her night gown down so it didn't blow up due to the strong wind blowing through the door.
Naomi began crying and Kouji reached for a pole of some sorts. He jumped on Izumi's bed, taking off the curtains and took the curtain off the pole, then used it as a weapon. Izumi rushed to Naomi, picking her up and dashed to the other side of the room.
A dark mist formed, and then it gradually grew, shaping itself into the form of a woman. A smirk could be seen, but its identity couldn't be recognised. Izumi gasped, watching as she lifted her hand and an object flew up, and then launched itself at Kouji. He whacked the object away, then dashed at the mist form, attempting to hit it but he went straight through it, and fell down the stairs to the first floor. Izumi shrieked out to him, standing and attempting to run to him, but the mist woman blasted her back against the window with a gust of air.
Izumi hit the window hard and grit her teeth. She looked up, glaring at the woman. Why was everyone after this baby? Why was she so powerful? Izumi pondered over these to herself while glaring at her. She also then realised she was jealous. She was jealous of the woman being able to use air to her advantage. Suddenly Izumi broke out of her trance to see the woman had lifted another object.
This one was piano. The piano Izumi used to play a few years back yet had never sold. Izumi gasped and turned, opening the window quickly. The woman sent the piano flying towards her and she shrieked, ducking and the piano crashed into the wall, hitting the floor. She dashed back to the window again, hoisting a leg over the edge, then realised just how high she was. There was no way she could survive a fall that high, or at least be uninjured and with Naomi safely.
She heard Kouji yell her name loudly and she turned to see the woman had lifted another object. The woman shot it towards her as she realised it was a DVD player. Izumi shrieked, attempting to dodge but fell out the window, screaming as she began falling to her death headfirst. Kouji shouted her name loudly as Naomi screamed. This was it for Izumi, she just knew it.
Sorry, another cliff hanger. But enjoy!