Finally Some Good News
Michael crept through the room, taking his time as he examined the room for any signs of life or movement. His eyes were locked on the dark spots of the room desperately trying to find the location of the intruder. The sound of another glass breaking rang out in the room. Michael twisted around to face the sound...still nothing. He slowly started to pick up his feet and head off in the direction. He stopped out in front of the kitchen, there was some quiet mumbling coming from inside. Michael was breathing heavily...he was up a creek without a paddle and in a war without a weapon.
He made a quick spin and looked into the room, just barely putting his head beyond it and into the room. It was way too dark, he could barely make out a figure and the broken shards of plates splattered about on the floor. Michael quickly dodged back into the room and looked around for something to attract the intruder's attention with. His eyes locked onto the light switch on the other end of the room. He slowly tiptoed to the other side of the room. The light switch was right next to the door to her bedroom. He flipped the switch and dodged straight into the bedroom as the light flicked on.
Another plate dropped and broke as the intruder noticed the light coming on. There was more muttering that was made intelligible due to the distance and the walls in-between them. Michael listened in closely as there was some quiet footsteps as the intruder walked into the room, checking the place out. Michael lifted and examined his only line of defense, an old lamp. Michael prepared to swing it the instant the intruder entered the room. As soon as the Kishin's head entered the room he would bring the lamp smashing into his face.
The voice of the intruder slowly became more and more clear as he crept through the house. Michael held his breath as the intruder spoke, "who turned the light on?". It was a girl...that was the first thing Michael put together about the voice, but it wasn't May. Michael and his lamp remained at the ready. Kishins can be girls, too...for some reason they didn't seem to be quite as common as male Kishins, but there was still some girl Kishins. Michael breathed deeply keeping his eye on the door for the head to pop which should be coming up soon...she'd noticed the light switch and put two and two together.
"I wonder where May is?" stated the girl's voice once more. Michael's shoulder slumped for a few seconds, but they quickly sprang back up as he readied another swing...just because they mentioned May doesn't mean they care about her or even know about her. They could just be trying to trick him...he kept his eyes trained on the door next to him. Swing first, ask questions later. That is best way to approach war and anyone who might be an enemy.
He paused as he saw the head pop in the door. Michael didn't even pause to check the head out, he swung the large end of the lamp around bringing it into the intruder's face and knocking her back. Michael breathed deeply as he waited a few more seconds for a response, "ow...did someone just swing a lamp at me?" Michael sighed as he walked out of the room with the lamp still in his hand. He looked down at the poor girl who he just knocked down.
"Elena?" asked Michael as he reached out and pulled her up to her feet. The girl was Elena. She had a slender frame and a heart-like face. Her reddish-brown hair was wrapped in braid and slung over her shoulders. Her eyes were a vivid color that was a mix of green and gray. She was probably here due to her friendship with May. Michael rarely hung out with her personally, but he knew May hung out with her. "I'm sorry about that I came here looking for May..."
"So, you can hit her lamp?" asked Elena, not quite understanding Michael's reasoning. "I saw May come in here by herself. I was going to come out and join her, but had to do some things first. When I finally made my way over here the door had been bitten open and the like, I came in here for some clues and I was checking out the kitchen to see if she where she went...I was hoping I could team up with her and, you know, she could defeat the Kishins for me."
Michael nodded as he remembered that May told him about Elena's rather lazy habits. "Do you have any idea about where May could've went? Did you see where she went?" Michael looked around the room, "or for that matter where your partner is?" Michael backed up and looked around for him. He couldn't seem to remember the name of her partner, it wasn't all too surprising as he probably only met him once outside of class, it was pretty close to a fluke that he managed to remember Elena's.
Elena shrugged. "I figured once I found May and her friends...I'd be safe with or without my partner." Elena yawned as stepped back into the kitchen and began scrambling through the cupboards. She didn't even bother turning on the light, "you want to know something I don't understand? What the heck happened to the door? I mean, I thought as soon as a Kishin steps into the city there would be a loud siren alerting the students...I have yet to hear a siren."
Michael tapped his foot as he thought about that. The lack of siren is true, especially since the two Kishins attacked him and Ash. He highly doubted that they would hold back at all and chances are they are wrecking the city as the speak. With the destruction of the city and all the crap that they causing, the sirens had to sense that Kishin and now probably the Kishin that just attacked May...Michael sighed, "what weapon are you?"
"I'm a katana," stated Elena as she looked up at Michael. Michael let out small groan. He was definitely not used to using close-ranged weapon. A gun, another bow, heck he could even make do with a gauntlet or a yo-yo from sparring with Melody and Ash. He couldn't do anything with a sword. "Are we going to go and meet up with May, now?" asked Elena.
"We so are going to try," said Michael as he started out for the door and opened it, holding it open and watched Elena slump forward and drag herself out of there, muttering something about how things weren't going according to her plan. Michael ignored and marched out the door with her, determined to meet back up with Shi, Melody, Ash, and Xander as soon as possible. If possible meet back-up with Elena's meister would be helpful as well. The more, the merrier. Michael backed up and closed the door as the two set off towards Melody's and Shi's place.
(-Meanwhile with Ash and Xander-)
"I'm dirty!" cried out Ash as he quickly stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled out a couple of wet wipes from his pocket and began desperately wiping his clothes clean with it, trying to get rid of the dirt that had been thrown at him from his kishin attacker's technique. The Kishin tossed its weapon at Ash once more. The sharp sickle neared Ash's head, the sharp blade closing in as Ash ignored it, too consumed with the small problem of the dirt that was sticking to his shirt and pants.
"ASH!" shouted Xander as he transformed back into a human and pulled the neurotic Ash out of the weapon's path and to the ground out the sickle's trajectory. Luckily, when Xander became a human again the tight wrapping of the chain around the gauntlet came loose and Ash was freed. Unluckily, however, when Xander pulled Ash out of the weapon's path he brought Ash down into the ground once more, causing another dust cloud raised up around him clouding his eyes and dirtying him further. Ash complained as he tried to bring himself up to his feet, but he couldn't stop thinking about the dirt even as he watched the Kishin prepare for another swing with its chain sickle. "You need to focus on the Kishin not on the dirt! The dirt's not trying to kill you!"
"Dirt contains germs, germs can cause numerous infections and diseases, and some of those diseases result in death, painful symptoms and other problems," complained Ash, "to conclude other people get into trouble more and more often due to this. We are supposed to put our best foot forward and its impossible to do that when we are dirty! So, therefore dirt is completely bad and should be avoided, so therefore I try to avoid its not my fault other people cannot see the problems with that!" Ash was still trying to cleanse his arms of the dirt and other crap with his small wet wipes, but it didn't seem to be accomplishing anything.
The heavy weight came swinging through the air next. The weight came smashing at Ash. Xander pulled Ash out of the way of the weapon. The Kishin rushed in at an incredible speed forcing his entire body onto Ash and knocking him down. "Don't even think that you are getting out of this fight uninjured! I'm going to crush your ass without even trying! I'll bury you within that dirt you hate so much!" The Kishin brought the weight back around and at Ash.
Xander quickly grabbed onto Ash and reshaped his body into the gauntlet. Ash knocked the weight out of the way with a simple swing of the gauntlet before refocusing on the dirt that covered him thoroughly. Xander's reflection was incredibly annoyed as he could only watch as Ash panicked about the dirt on his shirt. "We need a new strategy or at the very least something about how to get you ready to fight him again...as much as I'd hate to say it, I think...I...think...the best idea is to...re-retreeeee-retreat..." Xander said stumbling over the word, he hated to say. His own personality would normally not allow him to even think those words, saying them killed a small part of him.
Ash paused as he listened to Xander say that. Xander was normally strong-headed and arrogant, if he would be willing to sacrifice that idea of his, that bull-headed stand of his, Ash could handle being dirty...for a few seconds. "Sounds like someone is chicken of a little Kishin like this? I can't wait to tell May and Melody about this..."Ash did a half step forward preparing to fight with the Kishin. Xander's reflection looked at Ash and shook his head as the two of them prepared for the incoming Kishin.
The heavy weight came sailing at them. Ash drove to the side avoiding the weight and closing in. He tried to keep his thoughts trained on the Kishin, but he couldn't seem to stop thinking about the blasted dirt on his shirt. He just needed to get in close as possible and hope that he can finish it off with one punch as quickly as possible. A highly unlikely possibility...but it was his best bet. The weapon was indeed as troublesome as he had thought it would be. The Kishin was becoming more troublesome then the witch was.
Ash charged in covering the ground quickly. "Ash! Duck!" shouted Xander, Ash did so without a thought. The Kishin had pulled back bringing the sickle back aiming for the back of Ash's neck, if it wasn't for Xander keeping an eye out for any sneak attack that blow would've been the end. Two pairs of eyes was definitely helpful. One kept their eye on their opponent, like Ash, the second one for any unseen sneak attacks. Ash had closed the distance quickly, he was finally within striking distance of the Kishin. He brought his fist forward and at the Kishin's face, no chain mail there.
The Kishin brought the chain up and used it to buffer the blow, barely blocking it. The gauntlet's blade slipped into one of the chain links. Xander smiled his weapon began to glow transforming back into the human, Xander flipped over the Kishin's body and to the other side, bringing the chain back with him. The Kishin's arms were stretched backwards, completely obliterating his guard. Ash brought his bare knuckles forwards and into the Kishin's face, repeatedly beating the crap out of him with just a flurry of punches.
The Kishin was forced backwards and he twisted backwards, falling over Xander and onto the ground. His face was disfigured and badly damaged. He finally passed out, his head hitting the ground hard. Xander grabbed onto Ash's hand, returning to the gauntlet form. Ash sighed as he brought the blade downwards and into the Kishin's face, breaking it into pieces and into the small red Kishin egg.
"We did it," huffed Xander exhausted from the fight. He looked over his shoulder at Ash. Ash had collapsed onto the ground, twitching with fear as he was still covered in mud and dirt from the fight.
Elena Foxx is a character designed and submitted by DOK 93.
Looks like some good news has finally struck. Ash won and Michael found an ally rather than an enemy. We can only hope that this streak continues.