• Chapter 6
    Luring the gifted

    Hero continued to cough up dust from the dust tornado.
    “Okay last week I ran into a hot spell casting female. Now a wind using chick magnet. . . Damn this school year is getting weirder.” He coughed clearing his throat. The dust was clearing up, everyone was shaken and getting up.
    “Is everyone alright?” Shouted Acqua as the area became visible.
    “I’ve been in better condition, and to add gas to the fire . . . My hair’s ruined!” Airisu huffed, blowing her hair out of her face.
    “I’m alright, a little congested, but none the less,” Hero sniffled. “ . . . Wait, has anybody seen Yume? She disappeared after the dust tornado,” he asked. Everyone shrugged as the wind blew again. Hero’s eye opened wide giving a low growl.
    “He’s come back for more,” He thought as a rather large weighed paper crane swooped down out of no where.
    “What the Hell”, Shouted Hero before he was taken out.

    Yume’s eyes opened wearily, and then became alert. She didn’t know where she was or what time of day it happened to be. Looking around, she tried to get up only to be tied down. The last thing she remembered was Seirgei’s dust tornado and that was it. The room was dark with only a few lights lit pointing in her direction.
    “Finally awake are you”, Asked Seirgei, walking into the light. She looked up at him snarling.
    “I know your secret, Yume the fox demon” he stated walking closer to her. She closed her eyes a glow formed around her. As the glow disappeared around her, a different appearance was taken upon. Her hair was now turned from a reddish color to a bright white, her ears pointed and a red fox tail poked out through her skirt. She bared her fangs at him.
    “Try as you wish, you cannot hurt me. I’ve set up a barrier restricting your demonic powers, you cannot escape.” He explained letting out a deep dark laugh. He turned to walk away.
    “You’re not going to get away with kidnapping me,” she yelled at him. He stopped and laughed again.
    “Oh getting away is not what my goal is at all . . . my plan is falling into place as we speak.” He mentioned as the turned on a screen displaying a knocked out Hero being rushed home.
    “Just sit and watch it unfold,” he laughed once again.
    “We’ll just see how well it does,” Yume growled.

    Hero awoke in bed his head pounding. “Careful now Hun, your friends told me you took a pretty big hit.” Ms. Aiyami spoke gently in a soothing tone.
    “Yeah they brought a huge crane over here as well saying ‘He’ll need all the luck he can get’ or something to that extent.” Diana added to her mothers’ comment, eating some pocky. Hero sat up looking around the room.
    “Where are they now?” he asked.
    “Back at school there’s still ten minutes of the last class left,” Diana informed him walking off, back to her business. He got out of bed.
    “Thanks Di, Mom I’ll handle myself from here,” he grunted.
    “Okay sweetie, you just be more careful now, wouldn’t want you going into a permanent coma” She giggled and kissed his forehead before she left his room. He closed his door and dropped out his schools uniform. He grabbed the clothing that was cleaned, which was a red kimono that his father used to wear, or so his mother said. He tossed it on and exited his room not bothering to even wear socks. Hero slid on the rail to downstairs seeing the crane.
    “I should maybe take a look at that” He thought landing on the hardwood floor. Walking toward it he noticed that it was a lot smaller then when it hit him. He reached for it then the phone rang. Hero picked up the phone, “Aiyami residence may I ask who’s calling?” He spoke into the machine
    “May I ask whose calling?” Again he asked, eyeing the crane.
    “Hero, its Acqua, Just doing a double check on your condition.” She replied on the other end.
    “Well I answered the phone so I must be doing alright. I’m surprised you did a double check.” He spoke sarcastically.
    “Um, uh, I-I didn’t want to but Airisu convinced me to”, Replied a flustered Acqua. “I did not!” Shouted Airisu from the background, Hero laughed, he was about to speak when the other line beeped in.
    “Acqua, can you hold on?” He asked.
    “Sure . . .” She hesitantly replied.
    He clicked over to hear a recently familiar voice. “Hero Aiyami if you want to see Yume again comes to Warehouse twenty-three by the harbor in an hour. And bring your spell casting friend too.” Spoke Seirgei on the other end.
    “I’ll be there!” Hero snarled before clicking back over.
    “Acqua, I’ve got to get to the harbor in an hour and with that woman I met at the back too!” He spoke before hanging up.
    “Mom, Di, I’m going out!” he shouted.
    “Be careful twerp!” Diana replied. He dashed out the door, ignoring the crane

    “What was that all about?” Airisu asked Acqua, noticing her locket burning.
    “He sounded rushed and worried. He said he was off to the harbor and looking for the girl he met at the bank,” she answered.
    “I’m off.” Airisu spoke waving later; she knew what she had to do.
    “Okay . . .” Acqua blinked.
    “Well I’m not going to be left out of this one.” She stated. She left her house and headed for the harbor. Seirgei’s plan had fallen in place and the thunder of the wind roared.

    End chapter 6
    luring the gifted