Two years passed after I first met Tokine and Yoshimori, and every day, after their time at school was over, my brother Solaris and I would come and pick them up and give them a ride home. Tokine would ride me (because I was faster than Solaris), and Yoshimori rode my brother.
Every night, however, I would sneak out of my cabin, and go help the two Kekkaishi with their nightly duties in fighting Ayakashi and other kinds of monsters.
One day, in the middle of summer, I went to go check out the Shadow Organization, which was under command of Yoshimori's older brother, Masamori.
There was a sign-up on a pole just outside of their headquarters. Thinking for a moment, I thought that if I signed up to be a part of the Night Troops, I could learn how to control my powers, and so, I wrote my signature under a boy's name: Gen Shishio, who, by the looks of it, had just recently joined.
About four seconds after I set the pen back down, a voice off to my right suddenly startled me. "Ah, you must be Serena Winters, the wolf girl that my younger brother talks about, am I not right?" I looked up, and there was a man about seventeen years old. I could sense right away that it was Masamori Sumimura.
"Yes, you are correct, and you must Masamori Sumimura, the chief of the Night Troops," I guessed.
"And you are correct on that," Masamori said with a nod. He began to turned away as he added, "Come with me, Serena. I will show you around." He started walking and I followed him, through the front doors and down the halls.
During the walk, Masamori began asking me questions. "So, Serena, why did you sign up to join our squadron?" was his first question.
"It was so I could learn how to fight properly, sir," I answered. "My father believes I'm too young to be trained yet, but I'm in my double digits now; I'm ten years old. I should be training, so that's why I came to you for help: how to control my powers."
Masamori smiled a bit. "Then you will be treated here with great care, and be taught the most amazing powers you will ever have imagined. Allow me to show you your quarters, young one," he said.
I blushed slightly at the gentleness in Masamori's tone. The eldest son of the Sumimura family was actually willing to help me fight like a real warrior.
It wasn't long before we made it to a room at the end of the hill. "Wait here a moment, Serena. I'm going to let your roommate know that you're sharing the same quarters as him," Masamori said.
I blushed madly, my face a deep crimson red. Roommate? I thought, quite embarrassed. I'm sharing my quarters with a boy? I calmed down as Masamori went inside, and I listened through the door as he spoke to my roommate.
"Gen, listen," I heard Masamori say, "she can help you with learning how to control your powers. Just trust me on this."
"Alright, whatever," the voice, sounding like Gen, said.
"Serena," Masamori called. "You can come in now." I did not hesitate at his command, and walked into the room slowly and steadily, extremely careful not to disturb anyone nearby.
When Gen first saw me, his eyes went wide with surprise, but then they went cold again. "So you're my new roommate, eh?" he scoffed, looking to the right.
"I am, and you must be Gen Shishio," I said.
"What's it to you?" Gen asked, rolling his brown eyes.
"It's nothing of my concern, but watch out, smarty, I have telepathy," I said, quite proud of myself after I said those words.
I caught a glimpse of Masamori blinking in surprise at my words, and Gen flinched in shock. I can tell that they were both afraid of trying to best me, even at talking.
That is how I met my best friend, Gen, and became his first real friend not long after. Meeting him for the first time is how this grand legend of mine began, and as time progressed throughout my training at the Shadow Organization, I could feel that a time of darkness would soon dawn upon us.