Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Chapter 17 Ice is nice and trees are mean
It was two days after the mess at the school with Mino. The thing is unlike Jonuku she didn’t drop out of school. Though she did get transferred out of our class. Tomorrow was the day of the anime contention at school. And the big question was what to go as. “Well should we go as a group, or separate?” I asked. We were in the lunch room at school. “I vote separate,” Marco said. “This way we can support our own favorite anime or videogame,” he said. “I say we go as a group so they know we mean business,” Kira said. “I second that motion,” Kagome said. “Well I think we should go separate,” Meia piped in. “I mean we don’t all like the same stuff so we shouldn’t make the others go through the process of choosing just one,” Meia added. She had a good point.” What do you think Kimari?” I asked. “Leave me out of this one. You five make the chose,” he said. “Alright we’ll settle this once and for all. Draw straws. Long straw chooses,” I said. I held out my hand. Kira, Meia, Marco, and Kagome all drew. They were all short straws. My unfortunate lot in life. “Ok I choose……….separate,” I said. “Oh alright. If you say so, Sano-chan,” Kira said. “Good then its decided,” Marco said. We all went to class in time for math. After school ended. The rest of the day we all prepared our costumes for the convention. It took me all night but I got it done. The others finished in time to.


The next day was the convention. I walked into school looking like Cloud from “Final Fantasy VII Advent Children”. And just like cloud I had a rather large sword on my back. I walked around for a while wondering where the others were. Then I heard a familiar voice. “Shinku Hadoken!!” Then a sudden burst of light came at me. I dodged it and prepped my sword looking around. “Sano-chan!” The voice called out. It was Kira. She was dressed as Sakura from Street fighter. “Did I surprise you Sano-chan?” she asked. “Yeah actually. When could you use the Hadoken, especially in the Shinku form?” I asked. “Well I mimicked the game till I learned to focus my ‘Chi’,” she said. “OK, where are the others?” I asked. “Come with me and I’ll show you,” she said. We walked for about 10 minutes. Then I heard,” Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!!” then a large stream of fire came streaming at us. I pushed Kira to the side and used flame manipulation to divert the flames into the sky. “Aw man. I thought I was sure to hit you with that, Sano-kun,” she said. Out came Kagome dressed as Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto. “Ok now I’m confused. Who’s the Phoenix of fire here?” I asked her. “Don’t worry it was just a matter of energy. Besides you ought to see who Marco came as,” Kagome said. “Who?” I asked. SLAP!!! I heard someone clap then a strict of lightning rolled pass my feet. Then the ground beneath my feet turned to mud. Then a boy wearing black leather pants, a black jacket, and a metal arm came rushing at me. I drew my sword and blocked the attack. “Can’t win this one Sano-kun. Your out numbered and out animed,” Marco said. “You can’t win,” Kimari said. “WIND SCARRRR!!!!!!” I saw the fabled wind scar from Inuyasha come at me. I got my legs free and dodged it. I jumped into the air. Then I saw a girl with wings, a school uniform and a long sword come at me. It was Meia. She was dressed like Setsuna from Mahoro Sensei Negi. I once again blocked the attack. Then I remembered my attack. I held my sword out and it broke into 6 different ones. They all positioned themselves around my friends. The first one was behind Kira. I moved at light speed and grabbed it. She turned to block but it was too late. I hit her hard. One by one this process repeated. Till the only one left was Meia. The last sword was above her. I once again grabbed it and struck her. I fell to the ground fast. The 6 swords falling to the ground around me. Each of my friends dropped. When Meia fell from the sky I caught her in my arms. “What was that?” everyone asked. “Omni-slash,” I said.


After the quick tussle it was time for the costume contest. We all entered the contest. After the judges saw every costume they voted for their favorite. They said to wait about an hour so we all left to the nearest burger stand. Once there we ate for a while. Then it got really cold. I mean REALLY cold. Like someone left the a/c on. “You think?” Marco said looking at me. “Yeah. The next dragon,” I said. Then I saw Uzimaki in the corner booth. “Uzimaki-san you better get out of here. Something bad is coming,” I warned. “Oh really?” he said. “Ok. I’ll leave.” He got up and walked out. “I don’t like this. Let’s go,” Kimari said. We were at the door but it wouldn’t open. “Hmm that’s weird. Maybe I can melt it. Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!!” Kagome launched a giant fire ball at the door. But it didn’t work. “Hey isn’t that Uzimaki-kun?” Kira pointed out. “Yeah what’s he doing?” I asked. He had his hands stretched out. And a strange light was coming from them. That’s when I saw it. Since he was wearing the garments of Zabuza of Naruto his arms were exposed. On his left shoulder I saw the kanji of Ice. I realized then that he was the dragon of ice. “Guys, suit up,” I said. “But why it’s not like he’s the dragon,” Kira said. “Take a good look at his arm,” I said. The others look and sure enough they saw it. “All right then. Let’s get him,” she said. “Let’s Go. Fenikkusu kaihen!!!” To those who don’t know what Kimari and Meia look like when they transform I’ll describe it. Kimari’s entire body was coated in a black mist. The mist became a blob and attached itself to him. The blob then detached and fell to the ground and became a lance. He closed his eyes and re-opened them. They were reversed. For Meia her body was engulfed in a bright light. Slowly changing her. We all finished our transformations and broke through the door. We stared down Uzimaki. “These odds aren’t fair. Guys!” He called. Then a pillar rose from the ground and a fog covered the area. As the fog lifted we saw our opponents. Mino and Jonuku. “We have to take these guys out this time. So no screw ups. Got it?” Jonuku asked. “Got it,” Mino said. “All right,” Uzimaki said. “Can I have some fun too?” A voice called out. “No problem boss lady,” Jonuku said. Then a large tree shoots out of the ground. Its branches bore the strongest of the Dragons. A girl was seated on a branch. “So these guys are the Phoenix? And you keep losing to them?” she said. “Unfortunately yeah,” Mino said. “Well then. I think its time I stepped in,” she said. She jumped down and landed in front of us. “What’s up? I’m Ruki, Dragon of wood.”

End of chapter 17

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