Chapter 2: The Reason Why.
(Ayano's POV)
"Atmo here is a-" He was cut off when Atmo ran up and whispered something in his ear. There was some mumbling, then he sat back down. "Atmo is a magic user like us Ayano." My father continued." He will be staying with us for a while, so I expect you to treat him with respect, Ayano." "Yes father..." I said begrudgingly. Just then, the door opened and in walked Kazuma. Atmo stood up and said, "So this is where you've been! Kazuma!"
I didn't know what to think. Atmo looked so angry and so...calm? "You've been hiding away for four years Kazuma! Four years!" Atmo yells furiously. Kazuma looked dumbfounded. "Is that you Atmo? The last time I saw you you were a little pipsqueak!" "Don't call me a pipsqueak... I'm not that short...anymore..."(What the hell! Do those two already know each other? I just met Atmo yesterday, so how does Kazuma already know him?) "Okay okay...can someone please tell me what's going on here!" I said in an irritated way. Kazuma walked and took a seat between me and Atmo. "Atmo and I have known each other for four years." Kazuma told me. "Okay, so how did you two meet then?" "I was in London, England, and my job required me to have partners to help me. I asked my friends if they knew anyone that could help me. Most of them didn't know anyone that could except for...Tsui-Ling..." Kazuma cringed a bit when he said her name. (I guess he still has feelings for her...) I thought to myself. "She told me about a girl and her younger brother. Apparently those two were the best magic users from the states that you could find in Europe, so of course I had to see if it was true." Kazuma said. (Um... I don't know why I'm thinking to myself but... I think that Atmo is pretty satisfied with his title.) I don't know why I thought that to myself..." It turns out that it's true. I met up with Atmo's older sister, Katie, and she brought this little brat here with her." "Hey! I'm not a brat!." (Just keep telling yourself that...) "Anyways they took on the job with me and in the end they're kind of the reason why I accidentally made Big Ben lean to one side." " Hey, you were the one that went overboard during the fight!" "Maybe so, but who put the tower back the way it was?" "You..." Atmo said. "So you two have known each other for quite a while huh?" I asked nicely. "Well?" (…..Damn those two! They're completely ignoring me! They're just in their own little world!) "So Atmo why are you here?" Asked Kazuma. Atmo had a serious look on his face after he asked. "I'm here to stop an uprising. You know that demon that you two defeated two months ago? Well it was only the beginning of something much worse..." "What do you mean worse?" I inquired. "Before I tell you I need to know, do you know about the sub-elements?" (The sub-elements what in the world is he talking about?) "Hmm... I can see that you don't." (Wait did he just read my mind?) "Yes. I did." "What the hell! How can you read my mind!" I asked furiously. "I'll explain that later, but first let me tell you about the sub-elements. As you may know magic today is based around the for basic elements being fire, water, earth, and wind. But what you don't know is there used to be a fifth element along with many sub-elements. The fifth element was lightning, but that one is all but forgotten. The other ones are light, shadow, ice, nature, magnet, and psi. There used to be many people that were able to use these types of magic, but most of them are gone now. There's only a handful of them left. As you know the uprising started about two months ago after you two saved the world, but what you didn't know was that a similar thing was happening in France. The giant demon, Deadraeon, emerged from his eternal prison. He may be powerful, but right now he is weak. He needed a host body in order to stay alive, so he used the closest living thing...a shadow magic user. He entered his body, and the host was instantly filled with tremendous power. He felt that he had to share this power with his shadow brethren, so he did. He infused them with the same kind of power that he now posses. He wanted more power, more subjects to do his bidding. So he persuaded the ice magic users to join him and his cult. They agreed on one condition, that he gives them power too. Now that he has the ice magic users on his side, he sent them out to capture and bring the most powerful magic users that they could find. So obviously, they're coming after you Ayano. They want to infect you with demonic power to increase their numbers. That's the reason why I'm here Ayano, to protect the magic users here in this city. As long as the Kannagi's are still around, then there is still hope for the world."
I didn't know what to think. He just told me this outrageous story that's probably completely made up! But... I believe him. "So that's why you've come here Atmo." My father said. "We thank you for coming here and telling us about the events that are about to unfold. And I ask you to stay here and keep an eye on Ayano and Ren. Those two are still fairly inexperienced and will need someone with the patience to train them. Can you take this job?" My father asked. "It would be my pleasure. I'll train them so well that not even a contractor will be able to defeat them." Atmo said confidently. "Well now that that's settled why don't we have some tea?"
I would like to thank the people who have read this, for reading it. Thank you.