Will of Fire

Akari just looked up at Rei. "Nope... not a thing..." she said and gave her playful grin again.

Becky winced a little as she felt a seering pain on her neck, but she knew it was healing. What's red magic...? Becky wondered, watching Dai.

Akito got sick of being in the net and finally let out a yell, pretending that he had just been caught. He just wanted Akari to scold him and be done with it.

Akari heard the yell and sat up. Akito... how did you screw it up this time...? she thought.

 

Rei shook his head. That idiot. He ignored Akari's lame answer. "Shouldn't you go help your little lacky?"

"You seem like a smart girl. What happened to get you hurt so badly?" Grandma asked, almost finished healing.

Dai jumped when a small, furry creature jumped out of the bush. ((see avvy ^^ [it's not a bunny like most people think -_-'])) She squated by the creature. "Hey little guy..." She reached out her hand. "I won't hurt you.... You're okay..." She crooned.

The creature sniffed Dai's hand cautiously. "Kyuu!!" It bit her index finger.

Dai winced but didn't pull back. She looked the creature in the eyes kindly.

The creature released Dai's finger and backed away. It looked apologetically at Dai. "Kyuu..."

"That's okay. I know you were scared." Dai kept her voice soft. "You don't have a home do you?"

The creature shook its head. "Kyuu kyuu."

"Then you can stay with me." Dai smiled.

"Kyuu?!" The creature smiled and jumped up and down. Tiny, red fireworks eploded above its head.

"Woah!" Dai fell backwards onto her butt. "You were the one helping me weren't you? You're sweet. I'll call you Wizard."

"Kyuu!" Wizard jumped onto Dai's lap. He looked up at her, his tongue sticking out of his mouth cutely.

"I've got one rule though." Dai couldn't help but smile. Wizard was just too cute! "... You cn't be seen by anyone accept my grandma and Becky-chan. Okay?"

"Kyuu kyuu." Wizard saluted Dai to say that he understood.

 

OOC- aww... it ish soooo cute! :3

Becky rubbed the back of her head. "Well... I kind of got into a fight with an old friend of mine..." she said. "I made him a really important promise a few years ago... and I didn't keep it... so now he's out for "revenge" you could say..." she explained, looking down.

Akari stood up. "yeah, I guess..." she said. "He's worthless, though... he can't do anything right..."

 

''You're in quite a fix." Grandma let the pink magic fade and pulled her hand back. "Good as new."

Dai came back inside, Wizard sitting on her head. "I think he was the one who was helping us."

"Kyuu!" Wizard waved at Becky and Dai's grandma.

"Oh ho! Dai-chan, you've found yourself a familiar. That little one won't leave you until it's dead." Grandma said. "Have you named him?"

"Yeah. He made fireworks right when I met him so I'm gonna call him Wizard." Dai smiled.

Wizard posed like a super hero. "Kyuu kyuu."

 

"Yeah..." Becky said and rubbed the back of her head. "Thanks..." She smiled and then looked up at Dai as she came in. She looked at the tiny creature. "Nice to meet you, Wizard..." she said and smiled.

 

Wizard jumped off Dai's head and landed right on Becky's lap. "Kyuu." He held out his paw.

"Seems he likes you as well." Grandma laughed.

Dai smiled. Things are going nicely for once.

OOC: gtg. i'll see ya tomorrow ^^ (i'll try to be on sooner ^^';)

 

Becky laughed and shook his paw. "well you seem like a playful little fella'" she said, smiling.

Akari walked over and jumped through the window, seeing Akito in the net. "Geez..." she muttered and cut him down, watching as he fell to the ground. "You can't do anything right..."

Akito rubbed his backside. "At least I tried..." he said. "I wasn't the one unconcious now, was I?" he asked and grinned.

 

Wizard's ears perked up and let go of Becky's hand. He looked over at Dai. "Kyuu!" He shook his head.

"Are you saying I'm wrong?" Dai folded her arms. She's figured that Wizard could read her thoughts due to the help he'd been giving her.

Wizard nodded. "Kyuu..." He yawned and curled up in Becky's lap.

"Seems he's tired from helping you." Grandma smiled. "You two make yourselves at home. I've got to go shopping."

Dai escorted her grandma out and shut the door. She flopped onto the chair opposite the couch and sighed. She looked over at Wizard and smiled when she saw he was sleeping.

 

Becky looked down at Wizard and smiled, stroking him gently. He looks so cute when he's sleeping... she thought.

 

Wizard snored and rolled over for Becky to rub his stomach. His tongue was sticking out happily.

"That must be great. To just sleep, have nothing to worry about, and be loved." Dai muttered. "I envy you, Wiz..."

 

Becky giggled and rubbed his stomach. Then she looked up at Dai. "Well... you're away from Megumi... you don't need to worry about anything right now..." she said, trying to make her mood a little happier.

Akari grit her teeth. "You wouldn't have been able to avoid it if you were in my position, either..." she said and walked up to him, lifting him up from the ground by the collar of his shirt. "And it might be best to think before you speak..." she added, glaring at him.

Akito smirked. "Heh... I don't have anything to worry about, anyways..." he said. "Do what you want... I'm a dead man walking..."

 

Dai smiled a bit. "Yeah." She sighed. "What's it like? Having a normal life?"

Wizard's foot twitched. He was dreaming of lots of yummy treats.

 

"You can hardly call my life normal..." Becky said.

Akari scowled and then punched him across the face, making im fall to the ground. "You have no right to talk to me that way! You better do as I say or else my next hit will be much worse than that!" she said, now furious.

Akito touched his cheek gently and winced. "It's only true..." he muttered and stood. "Whatever..." he said to her.

 

"What do you do that's not normal? Besides be an Ayume." Dai didn't think that Becky's life was as unnormal as her own.

 

"Well... I look after Rei and Kairuto every day... practically like being their bodyguards instead of their sister... and I always have to be careful for your family... and these strange powers I just recently got..." she said and laughed. "It doesn't seem to normal to me..." She looked down at Wizard.

Akari just rolled her eyes. "Come on..." she said and jumped back out of the window.

Akito followed her, a bruise now forming on his cheek. That chick can punch hard... he thought.

 

Rei sighed and flew upwards quickly just as Akari and Akito came outside. They better not want another fight.

"Rei-san...." Dai felt a smile play at her lips at the thought of him. "What's he like?"

 

Becky rubbed the back of her head. "Well... the only word I can think of to describe him is sarcastic..." she said and laughed. She then smiled. "You like Rei... don't you...?" she asked, finding it kind of obvious by the way she smiled at the mention of his name.

Akito stopped walking. "Akari... I can't do this anymore..." he said and stared at her. "I can't work for someone like you..."

Akari immideately turned around and walked towards him, stopping when she got near him. "Are you... quitting...?" she asked, a look of compassion on her face, but her eyes made her seem furious.

 

Dai blushed. "I- I didn't say anything about that! I was just... wondering. He's my enemy and for all you know I could be trying to get inside information on him!" She tried to cover, but her cheeks were still red.

OOC: i'll be right back. dog walkies ^.^

 

Becky smiled. "I trust that you wouldn't try something sneaky like that on me..." she said. "Besides... it's obvious that you like Rei... wht's so wrong about admitting it...?" she asked. "And you're not exactly his enemy... it seems to me like you're going against your family... not mine..."

Akito looked her straight in the eyes. "Yeah..." he said and then closed his eyes, knowing that she was going to hit him.

But Akari didn't hit him. I can't let him leave... he's been too big of a help... she thought and then walked up to him, kissing him gently on the lips.

Akito's eyes shot open in complete shock. What the hell?! he thought.

OOC- okay... going to a friend's house soon, though... I'll be home almost all day tomorrow, though XP

 

Wizard rolled off Becky's lap and onto the floor. "Kyuu?!" He rubbed his head.

Dai took Wizard's fall as distraction. She got off the chair and picked up Wizard. She rocked him like a baby. "...Alright... I do..." She said quietly. "But it's not like anything can happen between us."

Wizard wriggled out of Dai's arms and started running around the room, sniffing everything he could get his nose into.