His body gliding smoothly through the water, Ilywd swam into the Dark Ocean, gliding up to a small house on the outskirts of the village. Glancing around, he came to the conclusion that no one had noticed him and opened the door, walking inside. Shutting it behind him, he called out, "Michal? Rihito?"
A silver haired human-looking boy poked his head out of the kitchen of the house. "Ilywd?" he asked, surprised.
"Yeah." Ilywd nodded.
A blur ran over and pounced on him, hugging him.
Ilywd laughed, hugging the girl, "Hey, Michal."
"I missed you, jerk!" Michal shouted, "Don't disappear like that again!"
"Sorry." Ilywd frowned, patting the girl on the head.
Michal pouted.
"I said I was sorry." Ilywd said, putting his arms up, "I was busy! Orfio's been really picky lately." He frowned, "He's sending me out to do all his errands since he has to be in hiding so that Jeredeau can't find him."
Rihito frowned, "Oh, right. How is Orfio, by the way?"
"He's normal." Ilywd said, "Still as much of an asshole as usual."
"Hey! Language!" Michal said, stomping on Ilywd's foot.
"Oww!" Ilywd winced, "Fine, fine!"
Rihito chuckled, "Ten years younger and Michal can still kick your butt, Ilywd."
"Shut it." Ilywd scowled.
"Come on. I was just finishing up making dinner. You can eat with us." Rihito said.
Michal, who was apparently not mad anymore, grinned and grabbed Ilywd's hand, "Come on!"
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Coco sat up slowly, looking around the room that she was laying in. Light was streaming in through the window. "Light…" Coco muttered, carefully getting out of bed and walking over clumsily, not used to having legs after such a long time. She laid her hand on the window. "I'm really out…"
"Coco?!" Madison's voice asked, surprised, and there was a crash. Madison had been holding a glass of water, and upon seeing Coco, had dropped it. "Ah, shit." Madison cursed as her fin replaced her legs and she fell to the ground due to the water from the broken glass splashing on her.
Coco hurried over, "Madison!" she said, surprised, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Madison said, "I'm so glad you're okay, though. Are you sure you should be up so soon?"
"I'm okay." Coco smiled a little, "Thank you for saving me. Thank you so much."
"You're my friend, Coco. What did you expect?" Madison beamed.
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"Is the pie war done?" Kiri poked her head into her apartment building, only to find the place spotless. Raising an eyebrow, she walked in. "Well, this is… weird."
"What is?" Lexia asked from the couch.
"I could have sworn there was a pie fight going on when I tried to walk in here last time." Kiri said, walking into the living room.
"There was." Lexia nodded, "Your point is…?"
"It's clean." Kiri said, her eyes widening, "You never clean!"
Lexia shrugged.
Kiri's eyes narrowed, "What did you do?"
"Why do you assume I did something?!" Lexia asked, laughing.
"Because I know you, Lex." Kiri scowled, "What. Did. You. Do?"
"Called a maid service. Geez." Lexia rolled her eyes.
"And whose money did you use?" Kiri asked.
"Yours. Which means Elik's."
Kiri sighed. "At least I didn't have to clean it. You're dismissed."
"Dismissed? What is this, a military base?" Lexia chuckled, going back to watching TV as Kiri left the living room and walked through the double doors to the kitchen. She sat down at the counter, sighing.
"Ilywd…" she muttered, softly, fingering her necklace. She'd only seen him once, and yet she found herself really wanting to see him again- to find out more about him.
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"Edur?" Miriella asked, surprised, "You haven't called me in my dreams in a few days." She said.
"That's because there's been no reason to." Edur said, "Now there's a reason."
"You don't just wanna see me?" Miriella asked.
Edur ignored her, "Miriella, this is serious."
"Fine, fine." Miriella said, "Y'old stiff. What's up?"
Edur scowled, "I am not an old stiff."
"You're like 200."
"I am not!"
Miriella stared at him.
"Really. I'm 152."
"Oldddddd!"
"Stop it!"
A moment later, the two of them were both laughing hysterically.
Once they'd calmed down, Miriella spoke up, "Now that I've gotten you to loosen up a bit, why did you call me?"
"Right." Edur said, "Jeredeau has taken control of one of the air children."
"A harpie?" Miriella asked, trying to remember what Edur had stuffed into her brain, "What does this mean?"
"Yes, a harpie, but one of the guardians of the power of Air." Edur explained, "Like you are a guardian of water."
"Oh." Miriella frowned, "So…"
"She has full control over this harpie, and can use her to corrupt the others of the air element. If she gets all of them under her control, she'll be able to take Aria's power over fully like she's done mine." Edur said.
"Aria is…"
"The air spirit." Edur said.
"So, that's a bad thing, right?" Miriella clarified.
"Yes."
"Damn. So what do we do about it?"
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Milli was standing on top of a telephone pole, eyes shut, concentrating, when suddenly a voice sneered, "Found you," from behind her.
Milli's eyes snapped open and she flew into the air, turning in the process. "Jeredeau." She growled.
The woman smirked, "Miss me, Milli?"
"Of course not." Milli snapped, "How could anyone miss someone as bitchy and ignorant as you?!"
Jeredeau growled, disappearing and reappearing behind Milli, grabbing her arms and twisting them behind her. "Do not talk to me that way."
Milli screamed as Jeredeau started to absorb her power. "L-let go of me!"
"Why should I?" Jeredeau sneered in her ear.
"Let go of her!" Noel shouted, a baseball bat cleaving her over the head. Jeredeau, surprised, let go of Milli. The lightning spirit tumbled towards the ground, landing on the sidewalk sharply. "Milli!" Noel shouted, worried.
"Don't worry about her, water child." Jeredeau growled, "Worry about me first!"
Noel's eyes widened. She'd been hoping the baseball bat to the head would have knocked the spirit out, but Jeredeau was still very much awake, and currently charging for her. Noel started to fly away, Jeredeau giving chase.
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"Oh no." Edur muttered.
"What is it?" Miriella asked.
"I'm going to wake you up. You have to get to the edge of Tokyo, fast." Edur said.
"Why?!" Miriella asked- already fading.
"One of your fellow water children is in trouble- it's Jeredeau. Hurry!"
Miriella woke up in her bedroom.
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Noel darted around buildings and over trees, hoping to lose Jeredeau, but the spirit was far too good at keeping up.
"Stop running, water child! It will get you nowhere!" Jeredeau called. Noel increased her speed, but she was starting to run low on power.
"Hyah!" A slash of energy hit Jeredeau, sending the spirit flying backwards. Noel stopped and turned to see Miriella floating a little above her, holding a red axe. "You know, I really don't like you." She told Jeredeau.
"The feeling is mutual." Jeredeau growled at her, reorienting herself and charging up a blast that sent Miriella flying into Noel. The two went flying through the window of an apartment building, knocking into the couch of the living room of the apartment that they'd landed in.
"Get out of here." Miriella hissed to Noel, "Hurry. I'll take care of Jeredeau."
"But-" Noel stammered.
"Go!" Miriella shouted, flying out of the window. Noel hurried out the other side of the building, and back towards where she'd left Milli.
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"Back so soon?" Jeredeau asked Miriella as she flew back over.
"I won't be beaten that easily." Miriella said, "And I'm angry now."
"Hm." Jeredeau vanished, reappearing below Miriella and grabbing her legs.
"Hey, let go!" Miriella shouted, surprised, before screaming as Jeredeau did the same to her that she'd done to Milli earlier.
A moment later, Jeredeau dropped the now-unconscious Miriella to the ground and flew away.
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Wheeeeee! I finished it! More Ilywd information, Rihito and Michal (who, by the way, do live underwater, yes. That will be explained, I promise.) and Jeredeau's back! Yay for plot!
So, I'll try and have the next one out sooner than this one, I'm just SUPER BUSY lately because of my stupid senior paper. But once that's over I'll be in super-update mode, promise. And it's due next week.
Review please!