A/N- Thanks for the reviews, Tainted Lullaby and Serpents Kiss!
Disclaimer- :F It a vampire.
"Oh, Jin!" Yuuki cried, hugging me tightly. "I was so worried! Don't you ever run off like that again!"
Fight off perverted thoughts, fight off perverted thoughts... can't... try... any... more...
WOOT! I got a beautiful, younger girl hugging me! That rocks my socks! And her chest is right up against me! Ugoahds!! I could feel every little curve of her body up against my own, her cute little hands clutching the back of my shirt... ughtya...
"Get those thoughts out of your mind, Jin," Larka said absently.
I blushed as Yuuki pushed me away, her eyes glowing from anger. "You disgusting pervert, you! You are such a freak of nature!"
"I'm sorry!" I cried. "I'm fifteen! What do you expect out of me?"
"Something less sick," she replied easily.
I sighed and pushed my hair out of my eyes. My life had been interesting before. Now it was just annoying. Why couldn't I have just been a regular kid, not the flippin' God of Time? Ah, being normal sounded like paradise right now.
"So, dork number two," Larka said, turning to Yuuki, who scowled. "Dork number one got a new power."
Yuuki looked curiously at me. "You got a new power?"
"Yup," I answered proudly. "I can turn into a wolf now. It's sweet."
"Uh huh..." She replied dubiously.
"It's true. I saw Mr. Macho in action," Larka said sarcastically. "Guess what, though? He doesn't know how to talk."
"Would you shut up!?" I snapped at her.
"Children, calm down. Now, we need to get you to my village so we can protect it from those vile demons," Oki stated, folding his arms.
"Whatev," Larka muttered and began walking in front of us.
I sighed and frowned, glancing at myself. I was still in my school uniform... even after all this time. It might be harder to identify me as the God of Time if I wear something from this time. And not my button-up black and white uniform. I always did feel silly in it.
"Hey, Jin," Oki muttered, glancing at me.
"Er... yeah?" I asked, slightly fearful. Oki is the sort of guy you expect to kill you whenever he feels like it.
"No matter what, I'll protect my village. Even if it means killing you, Larka, or even Yuuki," Oki muttered, walking a bit quicker.
I stopped walking, my jaw hanging waaayyy down. Was that a threat? Could I not even trust my own freaking allies?! What was up with my idiotic life?!
"Oi, I'll take you down to heck in a hand-basket if you do anything or even think anything, Oki," Larka growled. "Remember? I can read miinnnddsss! And I'm a goddess! I'll kick your little butt from here all the way to San Fransisco!"
"If this is ancient Japan, then is San Fran even made yet?" I asked.
"Nope," Larka replied easily.
Oki merely grunted as a response, playing with one of his strands of hair. I watched him go, a slight frown on my face. So far, I didn't like this guy.
"Don't worry about Oki," Larka said, falling back to me. "He's just a dork who cares a little bit too much about his village."
Larka gave me a slight smile, and I felt my ears turn slightly red. She was... cute. Why hadn't I noticed this fact before? And why did I care? She's rude and dragged me here against my will and... and... yeah... she was still cute.
"What the crap..." I mumbled, walking a bit faster.
"I agree!" Larka called. "I tried reading your mind 'cause you looked embarrassed, but I couldn't hear nothin'!"
"Wha?" I asked blankly.
"I couldn't hear nothin', you dork!" She shouted in my ear. "Can't you understand Japanese?!"
Forget cute.
"YEAH, I CAN!!" I shouted back. "I WAS WONDERING WHAT IN THE LIVIN' HECK YOU MEANT!"
Larka blinked, her face turning red. She was obviously shocked by the fact that I had gotten angry with her. After all... I wasn't usually this aggressive. Even I was a little confused as to why I was acting so annoyed with her. I didn't usually just snap like that.
"If you two are finished, could we please just hurry up?" Oki asked in a growling tone.
I nodded sullenly, pouting. Anger was just swirling around my mind at the moment. Maybe it was just hormones, but I was super pissed at the moment. At Larka for dragging me here and being a freaking biotch, at Yuuki for being a whining little brat, and at Oki for being a stubborn a-hole.
As I passed a tree, I slammed my fist into the side of it, feeling splinters make their way into my skin. It felt oddly nice, though. The whole tree trembled from the intense blow that I had done to it, and bright red blood slowly oozed out of my hand.
"U-um, Jin?" Larka asked, grabbing my arm. "Are you... okay?"
I glared at her with a dead look. Larka--the girl who wasn't afraid of anything besides bugs--took a step back, her eyes wide with fear. My blood was boiling from the sudden, fierce anger that I was feeling towards my comrades. It was as though they were my worst enemies.
"You took me here..." I growled, grabbing the front of Larka's shirt and pulling her close to my face. "This is all your fault, isn't it?!"
"Jin, what are you doing?!" Yuuki demanded, grabbing my arm and trying to pull me off Larka. I merely pushed her back, onto the ground.
"This is between two Gods," I answered, glaring at the stupid girl who dared defy me. "Not between a foolish mortal as yourself. I promise to kill Larka, the Goddess of the Moon, no matter at what cost there happens to be. She... will... die..."
"It's nice to see you, Demon King," Larka answered calmly.
"What?!" I demanded, but, before I could ask anything else, Larka punched me in the stomach, then touched several pressure points around my body. My entire body crumpled up, and I felt to the ground, totally immobilized.
"Planting a Dark Sapling into Jin?" Larka asked loudly into the sky. "Not a good idea. Planting one into me? Fine. Yuuki? I think that we all would have already been dead if ya planted one into her. Oki. That's a maybe. The guy don't show much emotion. Jin, though? Were ya cruisin' for a bruisin' or just tryin' to fill some time?"
"Just trying to make a grand entrance," a voice that I knew all too well said.
My mind tried to tell me that it was wrong, that there was no way in heck that HE could be here... he was at home, stealing Miuri's lunch... or even kisses from her. There was no way that he could be here, a thousand or more years in the past. It was impossible.
"Looks like Jin fell down on the job," Riku's voice purred.
"Ah... General Riku. So, we meet for the first time," Larka said, glaring. "I heard you went to spy on Jin when I was only five, so this is our first meeting."
I closed my eyes, unwilling... no, unable to hear Riku's voice. He couldn't be here... and from what I had just heard, it sounded like he was on the other team. What could I do? What WOULD I do? I... I couldn't fight Riku! He was my friend...
Riku knelt down beside me and opened my eyes for me, a slight smirk on his face. "Oh? Are you surprised? Things will never be the same, Jinny. I'm here, and your old friend Riku is gone. My number one object in life currently: To kill you for my master. My King. Whether you like it or not."
I wanted my life to end right there.
Miuri yawned, stretching. She sleepily brushed her hands through her hair, wondering if it would do any good to her hair, anyway. After all, it was two in the morning. It wasn't as though she needed to be anywhere important at the moment... or anywhere until seven, that is.
"What is this stupid indirect proof?" Miuri grumbled. "Stupid idiotic stupid indirect proof... gawsh, I hate indirect proofs. They're friggin' annoying."
Miuri glanced around her room in disinterest. Right now, her mind wasn't really focusing on Geometry or her hair. She was thinking more about the odd things that had happened to her two best friends. Two days ago, Riku disappeared, and five days ago Jin disappeared. She wondered if she was next.
"GAH!" She cried. "I shouldn't think these sorts of things! I ought to just work on my homework! Jin and Riku wouldn't want me fall behind... well, maybe Riku wouldn't care, but I know that Jin would want me to keep up my good grades."
Miuri tried to keep looking at her homework, but worry kept eating away at her like an angry termite near a wooden door. The only thing that even kept her from from falling asleep crying during the night was the fact that she had to keep being happy-go-lucky for everyone. Her family... her other friends... her peers... her teachers... everyone.
Her cell phone started ringing the Tokyo Mew Mew theme song, so she quickly answered it. "Ello? This is Miuri-chan speaking."
"Hello, Miuri-san. This is Light. Detective Light from the United States. Perhaps you have heard of me?"
Miuri gasped and covered her mouth. Detective Light was, like, the most famous guy in all detective work. Riku had, like, twenty million books of his. They were, in fact, the only books that he would read... that, and certain cycling magazines.
"Of course I have! One of my best friends is practically in love with you! He has-"
"Exactly fifty-four books on me or somewhat about me, yes, I know," Detective Light murmured, his voice changed from something he did to it... like a voice-changer or something. "I need to ask you if you know anything about what happened to your friends... Riku and Jin."
"Wh... what do you mean?" Miuri asked, sitting down, her eyes large and more than a little bit fearful.
She hadn't been given too many details, but she knew that whatever happened to them wasn't good. She slowly walked to her bed and sat upon it, pushing her hair nervously back. She was scared for both of them, and if Detective Light was calling her, then...
"You might be in danger as well," Light said, confirming her fears.
"Bu... but why would somebody kidnap me?!" Miuri demanded. "I mean, I'm just a kid who can't even figure out the square root of one-hundred!"
"That doesn't matter, does-" Detective Light began, but was suddenly cut off.
Miuri blinked, confused. Just before she could ask what the f was going on, the room began to shake. Her light flickered, and a huge rumble went throughout the room that sounded like a plane was crashing into her house. Miuri tried to stand up, but then fell back down due to the great force of the, she now supposed, earthquake.
She covered her head, eyes squeezed shut. She couldn't remember a time when she had been so scared. Her chest was coiled up and she couldn't breath because she was so frightened of the earthquake. She almost wished she would die.
Finally, after what seemed like hours but was really only seventeen-point-eight seconds long, the rumbling, shaking, and shivering finally came to a halt. Miuri slowly uncovered her head and opened one of her eyes. When she did, it seemed like she was in another world.
Obviously she wasn't in her room. Miuri slowly came up to her knees and looked around the cold, gray room. It was almost like she was in the middle of the gray, gray sky, just floating there. It was slightly cold inside, but not cold enough to really bother her very much.
"We've called you here today to help save the world," a soft voice whispered from her left.
Miuri looked to her left and blinked as she saw a small, yellow-bodied child. Its eyes were a deep red, but not the kind that made you think of blood. Its hair was white and in a pony tail; it also wore a black headband. It wore all black that looked like it was ripped cloth strung together. Its skin was a very pale shade of yellow, almost sickly looking.
"Who the heck're you?!" Miuri demanded, putting her arm in front of her face as though to protect herself from it.
The thing sat down next to her and sighed, closing its eyes. "I... My name is Kyoufu. I'm a demon of sorts, I guess..."
Miuri's eyes widened, then she put her hands over her mouth, trying not to giggle. Although she was certain that she was going insane, she also knew that Kyoufu meant fear, which was something that the little creature was not. It was different, certainly, but not frightening.
"Yeah, yeah," the creature complained. "I'm not scary, I'm kinda cute, blah blah friggin' blah. I get the point already."
"Are you seriously a demon?" Miuri asked. "You just look like a kid with a heck of a lot of make-up on and some colored contacts in. Where'd ya get the costume, anyway?"
Kyoufu frowned at her. "Yeah, I am. Seriously, what is up with these stupid humans from the future? If I'd walked through ancient Japan I'd be dead before sundown, but here I can walk anywhere and everyone thinks I'm a little kid who likes pretending to be a stupid demon. For the Gods' sake, I'm nearly three-hundred years old!"
Miuri stared at the Kyoufu blankly. He was a grumpy little boy... girl... thing, wasn't he? Or she... it... whatever.
"Uh huh..." Miuri answered.
"Anyway, I'm the Chief of Alliances in the D. A. K. L. S.," he stated. Miuri stared blankly at him until he answered. "The Demons Against King Lee Society. It's something that I'm in. Sort of like a club that happens to do a lot of mutiny against demons and such..."
"So... you're the C. A. D. A. K. L. S.?" Miuri asked in confusion.
"Sure, why not!" Kyoufu growled. "I don't care by this point! I just need your help! That's why I took you to this alternate in-between dimension!"
"Okay..." Miuri said slowly, deciding to just go with it for now. "So, what do you need my help with?"
"You're friends with the God of Time," Kyoufu answered simply. "You could be helpful to us in our war against King Lee."
"Who's King Lee?"
"He's the king of demons... or, in this case, most of Nippon. He's ruling ancient Japan, and we need the God of Time's help. If we can get you to join our society, then we have a much higher chance of getting the God of Time's help, which would mean that we have a higher chance of winning this war against the filthy pig King Lee."
"Hm..." Miuri muttered. "There's a kid in my class named Lee. Only sometimes he's not here."
"Is he Chinese?" Kyoufu demanded.
"The same," Miuri answered, slightly fearful.
"Damn him!" Kyoufu snapped. "Lee caught on. He'll already have sent one of his cronies... tell me where General Riku is!"
Miuri blinked. "General... Riku? What do you mean? I mean, I know Riku because he's one of my best buddies, but I don't know any "General Earth*" or something like that!"
"All right, all right," Kyoufu muttered. "Sorry I asked. We'll know later. Also, are you going to join or not?"
"Pushy, pushy..." Miuri said, sticking out her tongue at the tiny demon.
"Shut up!" he growled. "I need your help or your world as you know it will be shrouded in eternal darkness and everyone will feel the burning fires of hell! Would you like that girl?! Would you like to always be burning and always feel pain?! Would you like the great Amaterasu to disappear from the whole earth, leaving merely death and despair to rein upon the planet!?"
Miuri stared at him. And stared at him. And stared at him. What was she getting mixed up in?
"I... I don't understand," Miuri said slowly. "So... Jin is the God of Time? And Riku is an evil general? And Lee is the demon king? So... what exactly mean about me? Am I some sort of dragon or something? Or a chicken? I mean, how am I supposed to believe something as ridiculous as this?"
"How d'ya explain me?!" Kyoufu demanded. "I'm a two-foot tall thing with red eyes and an overly pissed tone at you! Stupid!"
"... okay..." Miuri mumbled. "I hit my head... on... I mean, during that earthquake... this is all just a dream, 'kay? I mean, I'll wake up and have a serious migraine/concussion. Oh, and I'll be in the hospital with an IV in me and blood coming out of me in places."
Kyoufu stared at her in disgust. "What the heck is wrong with you!?"
"I have the strangest imagination! That's what Jin always told me, but why couldn't I just not have one... oh, good heavens, what am I supposed to do with myself?" Miuri continued on as though Kyoufu weren't there. "I would really like to wake up now and see what Mom's making for breakfast... oh, yes just wake up, Miuri, just wake-"
"Be quiet!" Kyoufu suddenly cried. "Shh!"
"And why should I?!" Miuri shouted. "Huh?! Gimme-"
Before the fourteen-year-old girl could continue, Kyoufu quickly climbed up her body, sat on her shoulder, and completely covered her mouth, obvious fear in his eyes. Miuri glanced at him and tried to rip his hands away from her mouth in anger. Just before she could keep going, something came that made her blood run chill.
A black beast came from nowhere. It had four long legs that it walked on and it had very greasy black hair that fell all over its body. Around its neck, it had orange glowing triangles. Fearsome yellow fangs dripped with foam and blood-red eyes seeped out from underneath the hair. Its tail was skinny and was patched with hair. Wounds could be seen on it and gray blood dripped from its tail. It was huge, much taller than Miuri. Probably about as tall as a refrigerator.
Miuri screamed as loud as she was able to and the beast turned to look at her. Kyoufu swore a few times before muttering to her, "That's a level six demon, you idiot! It doesn't have good hearing or sight, but it can smell almost anything! By screaming, you just let out air! Now, I have to fight..."
Miuri screamed again as the beast began charging at her. Kyoufu jumped off her, removing his headband. He rushed to the other demon, whose mouth was open wide as though awaiting Kyoufu to run in, then jumped upon its snout. The instant the small demon did so, the larger began thrashing around crazily.
Kyoufu took his headband and wrapped it around the angry demon's snout, which made it thrash about even more. Kyoufu deftly tied it, then quickly made its way to its underbelly. Miuri heard him cuss a few more times about her ancestors before she heard a sickening crunch.
The demon let out a screech that would put a banshee to shame. Its small red eyes suddenly turned huge and its legs seemed so much wobblier. Miuri watched in shock as its eyes glazed over and its dark gray blood spilt as though from a fountain from its chest. It slowly stopped screaming and fell over to its side, obviously dead.
Kyoufu came out from underneath the demon, eyes dark. "Do you see what I mean? This could happen at any time. The only reason why we won is because I am an experienced demon-slayer. We need your help. We need the God of Time's help. Please."
Miuri hesitated, looking down. What would happen to her life? What would she do? How could she help? What was...
No. Miuri had to help. She didn't know what she could do to help, but she didn't want anybody to get hurt. She was athletic. She was semi-smart. She had to find some way to be able to help. Also, this could help her find Jin and Riku. Her friends.
"Okay," she said firmly. "I know that I might die and that I'm just a regular human, but... I don't care. I don't. I want to be able to help these people. I want to find Jin and Riku. I... I'll come with you and get Jin to help. I swear it."
Kyoufu softly smiled in relief. "I'm... happy, Miuri. Thank you."
A/N- OoO" I did it!! I wroted a chapter! After, like, two months or so, I finally got it done! HOORAY!! I finally got that out of the way... whew...
