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[Itena]

ooc: I'm actually a veteran wolf roleplayer, and I've really been wanting to rp MKR for a while. I may have a different roleplaying style than everyone else, so please bear with me.

Also, I'm not too sure of the rules here; so if you find an error, please correct me.

(based on an idea for a fanfiction I have ;P)


Tall gray buildings seemed to ascend forever to the heavens in the gray city that was Tokyo. The few trees that were there did little to help from receiving the constant exposure to the strong UV rays; which seemed to come in violent waves of heat, despite the fact that it was morning; slowing everyone down considerably.

Hikaru Shidou walked slowly towards her school; a grim look on her face as she remembered once again her recent test score that she had received the other day.

"59%..."

She had never received such an incredibly low mark, and it wasn't like she got a hundred percent on everything; but she always was a hard-working student. Hikaru didn't get why her mark had dropped so bad. Of course; there was the fact that her second great mission in Cephiro made her forget everything she had studied. This was a problem.



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As she walked slowly towards the middle school; her negative thoughts swirling through her mind, a familiar warning chill suddenly raced throughout Hikaru's body. Without thinking, her body jumped high in the air, did a forward flip, then landed gracefully a few meters forward on the pavement; a cloud of dust and pebbles accompanying a sliding sound of Hikaru skidding to a stop. Eyes wide with adrenaline and surprise, she looked at disbelief at what was in front of her.

A great monster, in the flesh, was standing before her; a growl being emitted from deep in it's stomach.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Today the street wasn't any busier than normal and it also wasn't unusual for Umi Ryuuzaki to be in a hurry to get to one place or another, so she was quite adept at weaving and bobbing amongst the numerous pedestrians going about their business. This time however Umi wasn't sure if it was her unusual sense of urgency, her grim warrior's visage, the awful smell of the slowly crusting blood of the creature she had just slain, or the fact that she was carrying a very long, very sharp sword, but Umi was certainly gathering much more than her usual amount of gasps, "What the ...?"s, and "Eeek!"s than she normally did.

"Hang on Hikaru, I'm on my way!" Umi thought to herself almost as if she were trying to send a message to Hikaru via telepathy. No logic or rational thought guided her to her friend, only the closeness of Umi's heart with Hikaru's told her that she was growing steadily closer to her friend in distress. Then unexpectedly as Umi was waiting to cross an intersection, a great roar was heard over the din of traffic and bustle of the street. It came from down a side street immediately to Umi's right. No one else seemed to notice or care, but Umi turned and went down the street to investigate. About two blocks from the busy main street, Umi found a large amount of still smoldering ashes spread all over the sidewalk.

"This sure looks like Hikaru's handiwork, so she must still be close by" Umi surmised and started to look around. She held her sword up just in case any new enemies appeared, but none showed. In fact Umi was alone on the desolate backstreet, but she noticed that there were several service alleyways that led off the street in regular intervals. There was even one right at the place where the ashes lay, so Umi went into the dark alleyway to investigate. At first she didn't see anything unusual, but towards the end Umi saw what looked like a half empty plastic garbage bag carelessly tossed on the pavement. A closer look revealed however ...

"Hikaru!" Umi gasped with fright. The sight of her dear friend laying there brought a sharp twinge to Umi's chest, banishing the now dull pains of her other injuries. Quickly, she put her sword away and ran and knelt beside Hikaru. "Oh please no ..." Umi whispered as tears began to well up in her eyes. She gently placed her fingers on Hikaru's neck and when she felt the pulse a great wave of relief washed over Umi. "Thanks goodness you're alive Hikaru and ... well I'm sorry to have doubted your strength. You'd never die that easily" Umi reassured herself and wiped the tears from her face.

Opening her school bag, Umi reached in and retrieved her cel phone and just as she was about to dial 911, Umi realized the circumstances. While fighting strange mythical beasts was old hat for her and Hikaru, Umi knew that there would be a great deal of questions asked of her at the hospital. And if word of strange monsters in the city got into the news media it could cause a general panic in the city. This all made Umi hesitate "uggh ... what do I do?" she thought nervously. "Oh why did Fuu have to go on that foreign exchange? We could really use you right now Fuu!" Umi lamented and looked at poor Hikaru again.

"If I know you Hikaru, you're probably not badly injured. By now Mom has gone out for the day and Daddy won't be back until this weekend so there is no one at my house right now. Let's go there and I'll get you cleaned up." Once the dilemma was resolved Umi awkwardly shifted the unconscious Hikaru up onto her back and began to carry her to her home. Despite her fashion plate appearance and aristocratic family, Umi was physically very strong for a high school teenager and Hikaru's small size made her easy for Umi to carry. The pain of Umi's shoulder bruises returned but she ignored it. "Maybe not for anyone else, but for you Hikaru, there's no question."

Rather than take the busy main roads, Umi carried Hikaru through numerous lightly traveled backstreets to avoid the crowds. The distance was a bit longer, but since there weren't any crowds of people to navigate Umi was able to get home faster this way and avoid a lot of unwanted attention in the process. As she had surmised, the house was empty so she immediately took Hikaru upstairs to the bathroom. Umi's house was a large, spacious Meiji Era mansion, so there was plenty of room to lie Hikaru down on some towels on the bathroom floor. Then Umi immediately undressed to rid herself of her noxiously stained clothes. Then after she had washed her hands and donned a bathrobe, Umi began to undress Hikaru too. Like Umi's clothes, Hikaru's were also hopelessly stained, but with her own blood rather than Hikaru's enemy's. Using the family first aid kit, Umi carefully cleaned and dressed all of Hikaru's many cuts and injuries. Hikaru also had a large bruise on her stomach, but unfortunately Umi couldn't do very much for that.

"So many cuts Hikaru ... what could have done this to you?" and then Umi remembered her own battle with the monster earlier in the day. "Something strange is going on, something bad. These events have all the markings of it. We must not get caught with our guard down again Hikaru." Umi whispered to the unconscious Hikaru as she finished dressing her wounds. "There, that should help a little Hikaru, but you've lost a lot of blood. You'll need a lot of rest for your recovery" she told her friend and gently picked her up off of the floor. Carrying Hikaru in her arms, Umi brought Hikaru into her own bedroom and laid her on her own bed. Hikaru seemed to stir slightly as Umi covered her up in the blankets, but Umi was careful not to let Hikaru wake.

"Okies, rest easy for now Hikaru because I don't think we'll get many opportunities in the near future. Troubled times await us I'm afraid" she acknowledged and closed the bedroom door. Then out in the hall, Umi realized "Eeek! Trouble indeed if mom finds all of this mess!" And with that Umi ran off to do laundry and take her second shower of the day.