"Gahhhhhhhh!" Kiri took broken pencil number five and threw it at the wall, narrowly missing Rayza's head. Rayza was on the phone with someone, trying to get someone to come somewhere- Kiri didn't know details.
"Watch it!" the emerald warrior snapped, pulling the pencil out of where it was now embedded in the wall and tossing it at Kiri. Kiri sighed and grabbed another pencil to continue working on her list.
Her "list" was a list of everyone she knew what could help fight Jeredeau. It started with her friends, the other warrior mermaids that she knew, continued to the idols, then to Jay, Moiyu and Rilene. From there, Rayza had listed off the names of her friends that were planning on helping, and then the elements.
It was, all in the all, a rather even list. Kiri hoped it would be enough to stop Jeredeau.
"Avira, you're the absolute best." Kiri finally heard Rayza say, snapping her out of her not-quite-a-daydream. Rayza hung up and turned to Kiri, "Avira and a few harpies will be here tomorrow. Two are, apparently, already here. Unfortunately one of their force has gone missing and two are out of touch looking for her. All of the others will be here tomorrow."
Kiri grinned, "Awesome!" She made a mark on her list and then put her pencil down, "Okay, I have to get out of the this house." She smiled at Rayza, "I'm gonna go run."
"Kay." Rayza nodded, drifting off as she dialed another number, "Hey, Pyrois?"
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Kiri made her way down the street, jogging slowly. She needed to clear her head- Elik, Ilywd, and all this crap with Jeredeau- it was too much for a brain to handle.
She told herself that for the ten minutes she'd spend jogging that she wasn't going to think about any of it.
It didn't work.
"Kiri!" Orfio appeared, making Kiri stop suddenly and fall backwards.
"Did you HAVE to?!" Kiri shouted, glad the street was empty and taking his offered hand of help, "What?"
"We found Rina." Orfio said.
Kiri's eyes widened, "Is she okay?!"
Orfio nodded, "Milli's going to bring her over."
"Wait." Kiri turned to Orfio, "I thought it was too dangerous for you to leave your realm? And you called me Kiri!" Kiri's eyes widened.
Orfio's mouth turned to a smirk, "You're too smart, bitch."
His hair elongated and turned white, his eyes faded to a light blue and his features turned feminine.
"Jeredeau!" Kiri shouted as the spirit grabbed her arms.
"Shh," Jeredeau said, holding Kiri still, "Sleep."
Kiri struggled, but slowly drifted to sleep. Jeredeau swung the warrior over her shoulder and vanished.
Noel, who had been standing down the street, cursed loudly, "We're in trouble."
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Aryl peered out the window of Kiri's bedroom. Caren was laying on the bed and Miriella was pacing.
"They had to have found Rina by now!" Miriella said, stopping and growling with annoyance.
"If we knew how to get in touch with them, we should, Miriella." Caren frowned.
Aryl walked over to Miriella, "I'm sure she's fine, Miri."
"Why aren't they back yet?" Miriella asked, obviously upset.
Aryl threw a worried glance at Caren as she hugged Miriella. Caren snuck out of the room and headed to the living room where Lexia was sitting. 'Hey."
Lexia looked up, "Oh, hey."
"Any word from Orfio or Milli about Rina?" Caren asked.
Lexia shook her head, "Nothing. How's Miriella?"
"Worried." Caren sighed, "Maybe one of us should go look?"
Lexia shook her head, "Too dangerous. We'll go once we've got our whole army here."
Caren sighed and nodded, "So, what are you working on?"
"Schoolwork." Lexia grumbled, "With the snow gone, classes start up again in a week."
Caren grimaced. "Oh."
"Yep." Lexia sighed.
"I'll let you get to it, then." Caren waved and left, heading towards the guest room, but she was stopped by Rayza.
"Have you seen Kiri?" Rayza asked, frowning.
Caren shook her head.
Rayza cursed, "She left to go jogging awhile ago and she hasn't come back yet."
Caren's eyes widened, "I'll get Aryl and we'll go look for her."
"Be careful." Rayza frowned.
Caren nodded, "We will. Aryl!" she ran down the hall.
Aryl poked her head out of Kiri's room, "Hmm?"
"We have to go look for Kiri. Transform, c'mon." Caren said.
Aryl's bracelet began to glow and she nodded, "Sure!"
Caren nodded as well, and Miriella walked out, her bracelet pulsing with light.
Rayza practically read the girl's mind, "No, Miriella, you're not going."
"I'm not sitting around here anymore." Miriella said sternly, "I'm completely recovered and I want to go."
Rayza frowned.
"It's okay." Aryl said, "Miri should come. Come on."
Miriella grinned at her friend. The three transformed and hurried out the door to look for Kiri.
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Noel wasn't sure what to do. First, she had no idea where Lycoris could be, but had a sinking suspicion something similar had happened to her as what had happened to Kiri. Second, Jeredeau was loose and had kidnapped at least one mermaid, likely more. Third, she needed to get in touch with the real Orfio and wasn't sure how, beyond yelling at the sky and hoping he heard.
Suddenly she noticed movement about her and looked up. Two warrior mermaids and an idol were flying overhead, scanning the ground. Noel's eyes widened and she moved swiftly under an overhang so they wouldn't notice her and watched them carefully.
Sure enough, yes, that purple haired idol was her sister. Great.
Nothing against Caren, of course, but while Noel had been hiding out with Milli, she'd neglected to get in touch. Caren probably hated her.
Noel waited until they were gone, then transformed herself, taking to the air. It was time to find Orfio, even if she did have to look like an idiot while shouting obscenities to the sky.
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"Mistress?"
Jeredeau looked up from what she was doing, "Yes, dear?"
"Orfio's here to see you." She bowed.
"Thank you." Jeredeau nodded.
Orfio strode in, "Hello." He said calmly.
"Ah, my dear counterpart." Jeredeau stood up, her long skirt swishing around her ankles.
"Have you given any thought to what I asked you?" Orfio asked, walking to the large window and looking out at her realm.
"Of course I have." Jeredeau came up beside him, "But I don't see a reason to."
"If you don't choose one now, someone random will get your powers when you die." Orfio said.
"I've been around a long time, Orfio." Jeredeau said, "I'm not dying anytime soon."
"Edur's 22 and even he's chosen who gets his powers." Orfio spoke, still calm, but seeming to be losing it.
"Edur's young and had you as a father." Jeredeau spoke as if it was an insult.
Orfio lost it, slamming his hand down on the windowsill, "Damn it, Jeredeau! Haven't you learned yet that we're not invincible?! You SAW how Jas died!"
"Jasvinder was a fool. Not only did he fall in love with a human, he got himself killed because of her." Jeredeau said.
Orfio walked away from the window, clenching a hand.
"What?" Jeredeau asked him, crossing her arms.
"You're beyond help."
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Katiya shut her eyes as she stood on top of a roof in downtown Tokyo. After an alert by a friend of hers she'd high tailed (no pun intended) to Tokyo and was now watching for signs of trouble.
She had no idea that the trouble she was keeping an eye out for was about to appear right in front of her face. A trio of mermaids were flying straight toward what could only be described as a portal, but they didn't seem to see it.
"Watch out!" Katiya shouted, taking to the air and swooping down, slamming into Caren, and then effectively into Aryl and Miriella, knocking them off course. They all flew up, obviously either angry or annoyed, ready to attack. Katiya crossed her arms, "I'm not trying to hurt you. You were about to fly into an element's realm."
The three mermaids blinked.
"We were?" Aryl asked, confused.
Katiya nodded, "Light, by the looks of it."
"Shit! She almost tricked us!" Caren cursed.
Jeredeau flew out of the portal, "Yes, and if this meddler hadn't been in the way, I would have!" she sent a bolt of energy at Katiya, and the opal princess had to drop towards the ground to avoid it. Aryl and Miriella stared at Katiya in shock- they hadn't even been aware of an opal princess in the first place. Katiya's bracelet, which had a small opal in the middle and was made of pearls, began to glow and she was surrounded in a pale white light. When it cleared, she was in an upgraded version of a warrior mermaid costume, with a twin swallow tails coming off the back, wearing gauntlets and holding a microphone in one hand.
Miriella's eyes widened, "No way…!"
"I'm going to get the others." Caren said, flying at top speed back towards the apartment. Aryl pointed her gun at Jeredeau, and another white-in-color princess flew over, quickly recognized by Aryl as Anayis from the way that Lexia had described her.
"Katiya!" Anayis shouted. She was wearing a long white dress with sleeveless top and a low neck, and in her hands was a bow and arrow. She also had a microphone, though it was clipped onto her belt.
"Two?!" Miriella shouted.
"Two WHAT?" Aryl asked her, so caught up with the battle that she had no idea what was going on.
"Two princesses that were thought to be DEAD!" Miriella shouted, "They vanished before our powers were split!" she pointed, "Look! They're both idols and warriors!"
Aryl looked and noticed that YES, Miriella WAS right. "Holy shit."
The two were so distracted that they were caught off guard by a light blast, flying backwards.
"Crap!" Anayis cursed.
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I know that's a horrible place to stop the chapter. The next chapter will be the battle with Jeredeau. Sorry this took so long.
Katiya belongs to Awesome Rapidash with a few alterations by me. I hope she's okay, Rapid-chan!
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