Thursday, August 12, 2004

Chapter Three is here!
Chapter Three
Aishiteru's First Challenge

"Finally school's over and soccer is here!" Aishiteru exclaimed. She hurried, not wanting to be late to practice. She couldn't be anyway, she was the captain of the team. She began to jog towards the soccer field. It was the day after she had met Taikichi (he said that everyone called him Tai.)
She was walking into the locker room when Tai jumped in front of her. She let out a tiny yelp of surprise.
"What do you want?" Aishiteru groaned. "What are you doing? We don't have time for games! We have to start catching the demons as soon as we can. You haven't tried! Have you even tried to practice with the Anima Complector?" Tai quizzed. "What does Anima Complector mean?" Aishiteru asked, changing the subject. "It means 'Soul Compass'," Tai replied. "Anyway, have you tried practicing?" Tai still persisted. "I've got to go to practice! I'm late!" Aishiteru stated, running inside the locker room. 'At least he can't follow me in the girls' locker room', Aishiteru thought.
All of a sudden, Tai pushed inside. "What are you doing?" she demanded, shoving him out. "This is the girls' changing room! You're lucky all of them are already gone." "Oops. Where I'm from, we don't have changing rooms," Tai explained. "Where are you from?" Aishiteru questioned, interested. "Well, I guess you've got to go to your practice. Farewell," Tai conversed, nervously. Before she could stop him, he was gone. She wanted to see what he was hiding, but she was late enough.
Aishiteru walzted over to her locker and extracted her soccer uniform. As she changed, Aishiteru felt stupid for not telling Tai the truth. 'I have been practicing. Just last night, I sat with the AniCom (her new nickname for the Anima Complector) in my lap for an hour. It felt weird. I felt calmer with it. I even heard a faint beeping noise in the background. Who knows what I was going through?' Aishiteru pondered.
When Aishiteru finshied dressing, she snatched her ball and raced out to the field.
"Where have you been?" Coach Higuraima inquired as soon as Aishiteru became visible. "I'm sorry I'm late," Aishiteru apologized. Yes, it wasn't entirely her fault, but why blame Tai. She might as well take it like a woman.
During practice, Aishiteru tried to make up for lost time of being late. She worked extra hard and afterwards, the coach was so impressed, she forgot all about Aishiteru being late.
Together, the whole team walked back to the locker rooms. Chie was on the swim team who got out only minutes before soccer. She had just begun to change when Aishiteru entered.
"Hi Teru-chan," Chie greeted. Aishiteru grinned in response, preoccupied. "You're daydreaming," Chie stated. "What about?" Aishiteru shook her head. "A boy?" Chie asked. Aishiteru turned to her friend and glared slightly. "You have been acting a little different lately. It must be a boy. You're always thinking about something," Chie pointed out. "It is a boy. His name is Tai. It isn't that I feel anything, but he's got me thinking," Aishiteru responded. She didn't feel like explaining her whole ordeal to Chie just yet. "He's got you thinking all right," Chie giggled with a wink. Aishiteru punched her lightly on the arm.
Soon, the two were finished talking and they began to trek home together. The whole time Chie had Aishiteru laughing. Mid-way, Aishiteru felt a strong pull from her left. She stopped her chuckling and looked over. At first glance, Aishiteru thought she saw a guy with miniscule horns and sharp fangs. He was standing talking with a group of regular-looking men. She rubbed her eyes to see the same guy without the strange features. He caught her staring and smiled timidly. He seemed only a little older than herself and probably thought she was checking him out. He nervously ran his fingers through his blonde hair. Aishiteru smiled back, embarrassed. She cleared him from her thoughts as soon as Chie began to chat again.
When the two arrived at Aishiteru's house, Aishiteru groaned to see that Tai was awaiting her arrival. "Who's this?" Chie questioned with her seductive grin. "This is the Tai I was talking about," Aishiteru replied. "I'm not surprised you like him. He's cute. Look at his gorgeous violet eyes," Chie remarked. "Too bad he's already yours. He's waiting at your house and everything. Introduce us." "Maybe later. Right now. I'm more interested about what he's doing at my house," Aishiteru retorted. Chie srugged before waving. Aishiteru waved after her and trudged up to Tai.
"What?" Aishiteru demanded. "If you aren't going to practice by yourself than I'm going to have to make you," Tai nagged. "Fine. Come in. I just hope my dad won't get mad," Aishiteru told him. She unlocked the door and let him in. They slipped off their shoes and put on some sandals. Aishiteru called out, but it seemed that none of her family was home yet for some reason. They usually were.
Aishiteru led Tai into the living room. "You make yourself comfortable and I'm going to get the AniCom," Aishiteru stated. "The what?" Tai asked. "That's what I call the it," Aishiteru informed. "Well, that's not correct," Tai told her. "And I care because..." Aishiteru replied with an attitude. "You know, you're not my mother. You don't have to correct me all of the time." Aishiteru jerked around and stamped her way upstairs to retrieve her AniCom.
When she came back down, Tai was inspecting the room. "The design of your house is way different from where I'm from," Tai voiced. "Where is this strange place you're from?" Aishiteru quizzed. "That's not important right now. What is important is you mastering the Anima Complector," Tai changed the subject. He sat on their couch and she plopped down next to him.
"Do you have any clue how to get the Anima Complector to work?" Tai questioned. Aishiteru showed him what she knew. She closed her eyes and her mind cleared. She could hear a faint beeping just like the night before. Last night, her sister had come to ask her something and claimed to not have heard a thing. Aishiteru assumed that Tai couldn't hear it either.
"That beeping!" Tai exclaimed. "You can hear it?" she inquired. "It means that a demon is nearby. Let's go!" Tai instructed. "Are you sure I'm ready? Maybe you should go alone while I practice," Aishiteru suggested. "Only you can get it to signal. I need you. We'll train later," Tai replied. He grasped her wrist and began to tug her outside. They follow the signal. It becomes louder and faster with each passing step. Soon, it is really strong, but they are in a huge crowd of people. "How r we supposed to know who it is?" Aishiteru asked. "I can't tell," Tai admitted. "Finally, we're both clueless," Aishiteru commented.
Both began to search around. Then, Aishiteru spotted the same guy from earilier. For a second she saw the horns again. Then, they were gone. She smiled at him.
"Do you know how these demons look?" Aishiteru asked. "They can look like anybody. People, animals, u name it," he told her. "They should still have some demon in them though." "So that guy must be..." Aishiteru started. She glimpsed around for him. He was slinking away.
"Oh no you don't," Aishiteru growled. She tucked the AniCom under her arm and began to chase after him. "Wait Teru-sama!" Tai called. 'No time. I've got to catch this guy. I've got to prove that I'm taking this seriously. It is my fault', Ashiteru thought, running. She was catching up on the demon. It turned into an alley. There was a dead end.
"It seems you're trapped, demon," Aishiteru snapped. "It seems to me that you've got it backwards," the demon snarled. The guys that the demon had been chatting with earlier stepped out from the shadows. They now had horns, fangs, and claws too. "I should've used more energy to mask my true from like my buddies. I guessed that no one in this city could be aware enough to c me. Oh well. Now we have to kill you," the blonde-haired demon stated. They inched towards her. 'What to do? I may be athletic, but I can't fight against them by myself' Aishiteru brooded nervously. As one of the demons lungde at her, Tai appeared. He pulled out a kendo stick and blocked the demon's claws with it. "Men!" he cried, whacking the demon on the head. It stumbled backwards. The other 3 raced towards Tai all at once. Aishiteru watched with amazement as Tai beat each demon on at a time.
Soon, all of the demons were unconscious. "There. Now time to seal these demons up," Tai stated. With his back turned, Tai couldn't see the blonde-haired demon come up to him. Aishiteru jumped up and swung hard. This knocked it unconscious. "Thanks," Tai conversed. "Now, seal them away." "I don't know how," Aishiteru admitted. "Just point the AniCom towards the hole and it'll do the rest," Tai informed. Aishiteur did as she told and a purple light shhot down from the hole. She then instinctively pointed to the demons. The purple light engulfed them and shot back into the hole.
"Now that's that," Tai remarked. "Hey! Did you just call the Anima Complector, the AniCom?" Aishiteru realized. "It rolls of the tongue doesn't it?" Tai replied. "But isn't it incorrect?" Aishiteru asked. "And I care because..." Tai joked, immitating Aishiteru . She giggled. It seemed that the two were finally seeing eye-to-eye.

That's all for now. Tomorrow I'll put up chapter four! I think this chapter was the longest. I'm not sure though!

P.S. the Yu-Gi-Oh movie is out! yeah! too bad i wont be able to c it. at 1st i'd thought i'd look immature going to c it, but people way older than me r going. everyones going. i feel so left out! i never got to c how the marik thing ended. i'd go if i had a ride. Oh well, Happy Friday the 13th!

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