Episoodo 3: Riaru za Kyuuseishu? Fukakai bakyaku?
{Episode 3: The Real Savior? Mystery Revealed?}

Authors Note: Heeere's another chapter. Wow it took a long time but with finals and all...it's been tough. Hey it's a pretty long chapter though! Well...There's not too much to say here actually. Shocker huh? Um lets...duh property of Laney Sanchez...umm..oh yeah. This chapter goes out to my friend Nikkie. For signing the guestbook! I luv ya Nikkie :D
Okay on with the show.
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      "...Enzeru"

      Ira's voice seemed like an endless whisper on the wind.

      Haru giggled and clapped her hands together in delight. "This is just too perfect!!" she squealed, then suddenly stopped, as her emotion turned to one of pure surprise. "Hmm? What's this?!"

      Haru took a step back and suddenly the wind and the petals ceased. Ira's body fell to a crumpled heap.

      Haru glanced around suspiciously. "I sense...a new ... power level. AAAAH!!" she shook her head in frustration. "So this ISN'T the Kyuuseishu..." she moaned with a tint of disappoint to her voice. Haru then straightened up and glared. "Okay...then...COME OUT! I know you're here"

      "What? ...Hey there. What's SHE doing here?" a girl with dark brown hair and misty gray eyes inquired, stepping onto the scene.

      "H-hana...chan...l-leave" Ira whispered, her voice cracking as she struggled to get up.

      Haru smirked. "Aha... I gotcha!! I'm gunna make my handsome Ouji proud!!" Haru exclaimed and held out her hand to Hana. "To think this silly girl almost fooled me...must be the Kyuuseishu's kanshisha..."

      Hana glared defiantly and crossed her arms. "Now who in the HELL do you think you're talking to, huh?!" she demanded, giving the girl a smug, superior look. "WEITO!...who're you calling' 'kanshisha'?!"

      Haru simply giggled. "Silly Kyuuseishu...You're going to be quiet and come with me now!"

      Suddenly a bolt of pink light fired from Haru's hand. It sparkled and flew directly at Hana. It twisted and spiraled as it got closer. "HANA-CHAN!!!!!" a voice screamed, roughly jumping in front of her.

      The light hit, as a cloud of dust flew up around Hana and the mystery figure. There was a dim fading pink light, then as suddenly as it was thrown the pink light bounced back and hit Haru head on.

      Haru screamed, her childlike wail echoing in Ira and Hana's ears. Haru flew back into a tree and landed with a brief squeak of pain. She shook her head slowly. Her eyes slowly opened as she winced. Her eyes looked scared, like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar. She abruptly glared and held her arm. "Maro! ...bachigaataru!" she swore at Hana. "Maro...Maro...BUSU!"

      "Naniwoiutennen!?" Hana shot back, enraged. She stepped forward and threatened Haru with her fist. Haru seemed to scramble back for a moment then stopped and glared. "Busu...busu...BUSU!!" she threw back at Hana, much like a little child would.

      "Kokode itto!!!!!! Yokumo maro! Maro chiisai ikeike!!" Hana cursed verbally and lunged at Haru. Haru winced at the cold names and suddenly gasped, and threw her arms up to shield herself, curling into a little ball.

      "Hana-Chan NO!!!!!" the figure screamed, jumping away from the fallen body of Ira. It grabbed her as at the same time a figure appeared in front of Haru.

      The wind turned bitter and the tree Haru was against, turned brown and crisp gold. The leaves flew at Hana and the figure.

      Hana looked over at who was holding her. "KORA- ..e-enzeru-Kun?!"

      Enzeru glared harshly at the figure before him who was shielding Haru.

      Haru slowly lowered her arms. "Huh?" Upon reconization she shouted "Aki-sama!"
and immediately stood to her feet.

      "Aki-sama?" Enzeru said, his glare softening for a moment. It was replaced with a look of confusion. "What the hell kind of name is that?" he said, wrinkling his brow in confusion.

      "Gomen Aki-sama, I just-" Haru began before Aki held out his hand to silence her. "Nomide!" he said, not tearing his glare from Enzeru. "You've failed Haru-Chan. Return" he said sternly, not even giving her a look. Haru winced "But Aki-sama-"

      "I SAID RETURN!" he snapped, finally turning to yell at Haru. Haru's eyes darkened in sadness and she found she could only nod. Her chest rose and fell sharply as though she was holding back from crying. With that Haru meekly chanted something and disappeared in a flash of vibrant pink light.

      Aki then turned back to attention. "We WILL find the Kyuuseishu...and when we do...one of you will be returning with us. I have a good feeling it's YOU Enzeru-sama. Ja ne" Aki said with a short bow.

      "What are- " Enzeru began, but just as he had begun to ask, Aki murmured something and a pale golden light enveloped him and he disappeared, just as Haru had.

      "Enzeru-Kun...what was that?" Hana asked, stepping forward, finally looking a little worried. "What's all this...Kyuuseishu business...?" she probed further.
Enzeru only stared at where Aki had been.
"Enzeru-Kun answer me!" Hana shrieked, her voice not seeming to reach Enzeru.

      Ira finally looked up, groggy and still very much injured. "...Enzeru..."

***

      "Doushita maro noyouni!?" Fuyu screamed, grabbing Haru by her collar. "There is only one Kyuuseishu!!! What do you MEAN you sensed a second power?!!!!"  she demanded, shaking Haru fiercely. "How can you be confused?! Maro ahou shimatta!"

      Haru cried and wailed. "Nanitozo! Nanitozo chara ware!!" Haru cried. Fuyu tossed her harshly to the floor and glared darkly. "You're a mistake!"

      Haru began to promptly cry at Fuyu's verbal lashing. She had tried her best and it WAS her first time hunting ANYTHING. She didn't understand why Fuyu was being so harsh on her.

      "She'll do better next time Fuyu-sama" Kyuuka interjected. Fuyu never turned her icy glare from Haru. "There won't be a next time for this little mistake!" Fuyu spat. "She's too young! We can't-"

      Haru glared and stood up defiantly. "I TRIED! I HAD the Kyuuseishu!" she said, tears brimming in her vibrant blue-green eyes. Fuyu only sneered and turned away. "HAD chiisai Haru-chan...HAD. HAD isn't going to save us. HAD isn't good enough. Do you get it!?"
Each time Fuyu said that, Haru felt ripped apart. Beneath it all she was right. Haru just hadn't done GOOD enough.

      "That's it-"

      "That isn't it. It was her first time. She'll have another chance" Aki spoke up, sitting in a red velvet chair with his elbow rested on his leg. His hand was massaging his temples. Fuyu glared. "Since when do you give the orders?" Aki was caught off guard by that question and only shot her a sharp glare in response.
"Or do you forget you don't have the qualities of a leader?" she added with a cold smirk. Kyuuka furrowed her brow, worriedly. Fuyu had always been this way. It was in fact what made her their leader. Fuyu was not only cold and willing to do anything it took to survive, she was brave. Fuyu didn't even answer to Debiru-Sama, their Ouji. That fact alone worried Kyuuka. If they lost Fuyu, there would be no leader. Sure, Aki maybe, but despite how much Kyuuka loved his good hearted nature, he lacked certain leadership qualities. Though he tried to remain as cold surfaced as Fuyu was, deep inside he was no where near as cold as the Joou no Aisu.

      Kyuuka looked at Aki and frowned. "That's enough Fuyu."
Fuyu shot her a look then sighed disgustedly. "With people like you, we'll be back to our former states in no time" she muttered and walked into the next room.

Kyuuka approached Aki and laid a hand on his shoulder. "Oh...Aki-sama...don't worry about Fuyu-san. It is only the beginning..."
Aki looked over at her and smiled warmly. He placed his hand atop of hers and nodded. "Hai, Kyuuka-san...but as it is time is of the essence...we have little to loose..."
Kyuuka gave him a genuinely worried glance. "So...who is next to go?"
He looked away and his hand gave hers a little squeeze. "I don't know..."


***

      Ira opened her eyes ever so slowly, almost to the point of painfully. The room she was in was dimly lit, as if someone sensed her condition. Ira felt something cool against her head. Someone leaned over her.

      "Enzeru..."

      "It's about time you wake up!" he said with a little grin, though she could tell in his eyes he's was unsure. Even possibly worried for her.

      "What happened to me?" she asked, her eyes searching his face. "Some stupid little brat...went berserk and her daddy showed up, threatening me..." Enzeru said, wrinkling his features as though the thought itself was stupid. Ira suppressed a snicker. He made it sound so...normal.

      "...Well, I don't ask this usually, but are you okay? " he asked, watching her seriously. She wanted to nod but her head hurt. Hell, her whole body hurt. She felt like her body had been beaten twenty-thousand times, then beaten thirty-thousand times more. She didn't even know how she was alive.

      "Yes,...I'm fine..." she said. Ira had been replaying the events in her head. The cute little girl gone wrong, getting all cut up, then calling out Enzeru's name...then...
"Where's Hana-chan!?" she said at once, sitting up too fast. Her head throbbed in response and she laid back down. Enzeru laughed.
"You're dumb..." he said with a grin. "You're hurt, just rest." Ira smiled but then quickly nodded no, granted she did it slowly. "Where IS Hana-chan?"

      "I told her to go away" Enzeru said, shrugging off the question. "Imaimashii ikeike..."
"Enzeru-" but Ira stopped in her defense of Hana. Why did Hana deserve defending? It was true...she was imaimashii...

      "...Enzeru...will you just stay with me for now?"
Enzeru grinned, sneakily. "Ohhh you want me to stay with you..." he said playfully. Ira smiled, already feeling better.

***

      "Haru-San failed..." Prince Debiru mused. He looked down at the large maroon jewel at the collar of his shirt. He studied it, moving the light back and forth over it, not that there was much in this place.

      "Hai...but it was only the first attempt. Besides mai Shukun...she did turn up a bit of interesting information" the woman mused beside him. She waved her hand and an orb, the size of perhaps a TV came up from the floor. Above it, it projected an image of the earlier battle between Haru and the girl. The one, who seemed to be called Hana, indeed did emit a powerful aura. But only the true savior could have deflected Haru's energy. It was simply too strong.

      "Mai Shukun...there were two possible beings there who could've deflected that blast. One is a boy another is a girl. Haru screwed up in attacking the wrong one to begin with..." the woman said, finally tearing her eyes away to look at her prince.

      The prince nodded slowly. "Well, done Daaku. Give my orders to capture this girl. This one called 'Hana'..."

      Daaku stepped back and nodded. "Hai... Mai Shukun..." and with that disappeared.

***

      "I'll show them. I'll get this job done right this time..." Fuyu whispered and stepped back into the crest, etched into the floor.

      Fuyu glared, her icy stare never faltering. "I'll show them...They'll eat their words..." she muttered sourly then touched the icy blue jewel, embedded in her neck.


      "Crest of the four seasons, transport me to earth. Take me now to the power of the REAL Kyuuseishu!"

***

      "Fuyu-san?!" Aki yelled, searching for her. Aki pulled the curtain back just in time to see the soft, dim glow of blue leave the crest.

      "Shimatta!!!!!" Aki cursed. Suddenly Kyuuka ran over. "Aki-sama! Daaku-sama comes!" Aki cursed some more under his breath and walked out beside Kyuuka. Almost out of nowhere, Daaku phased in.

      "I have news..." Daaku said. She eyed Aki and Kyuuka sternly. Kyuuka tried her best to repress a shudder. Something about how Daaku always looked at her. It gave her the creeps. Kyuuka held her stance, ready to respond, but Aki interjected.

      "Hai...so do I Mai Kifujin" Aki said curtly. Daaku only raised an eyebrow. "Well, what is it?"

      Aki cleared his throat. He wanted to spit out Fuyu's disobedience as fast as he could. Aki knew something like this would happen. He had just KNOWN. Fuyu had never took Debiru Ouji seriously. She definitely did not find him worthy of orders either.
"Fuyu-San has went on her own, without discussion, to retrieve whom she believes to be the Kyuuseishu..." Aki said, hanging his head. He felt embarrassed to even mention her name.

      Daaku felt a brief anger well up inside her. She had known from day one that Fuyu was trouble. Now she only believed it more. However...if Fuyu failed she knew she could perhaps convince the prince into her execution. Indeed Daaku would relish it.

      For now Daaku merely nodded. Daaku didn't fail to catch the glimmer of surpass in Kyuuka and Aki's eyes, however she noticed Aki quickly masked it. "We'll see how she does, ne?" Daaku said with a smirk, and with that disappeared as quickly as she came.

      Kyuuka looked to Aki, questioningly. Once Daaku had retreated Aki let his worry shine through. "This cannot be good..."

Episoodo 4: Za Fusokufuri Bondo wa Burookun...Ira wa Kizutsukeru
{Episode 4: The Bond is Broken...Ira is Hurt}