• As Suichi walked home with Kiera by his side, Leiko came running up to talk to him

    “Suichi…I have to talk to you” Leiko smiled widely as she pushed her glasses farther up her nose again

    “Oh, is this about the tutoring?” Suichi replied, glancing down at Kiera who had fallen silent and was panting like a normal dog would do, Leiko shook her head and pulled out Biru, her chinchilla.

    “Oh…a Chinchilla! It’s so cute” Suichi smiled as he pet the chinchilla lightly

    “My lady Kiera!” Biru exclaimed as he bowed in his little chinchilla body

    “Oh Biru, you have found your master! I’m glad to see you, how have you been?” Kiera replied happily, Suichi and Leiko stared at the two of them surprised

    “Wait…you know him?” Suichi exclaimed pointing at Biru, Kiera nodded

    “Yes, this is Biru…he is one of us” Kiera smiled as she licked Biru affectionately

    “Hey, quit that…you’re a commanding officer Kiera!” Biru giggled, Kiera shook her head

    “That was a long time ago…we are Spirit guides now, I’m so glad to see you!” Kiera exclaimed

    “Wait…explanations please” Leiko exclaimed as she stomped her foot, Biru looked up at her

    “Kiera was my commanding officer when the Spirit guides went into battle against the Darkness a long time ago…but now we have become Spirit guides for you two, the new chosen ones” Biru explained, Kiera nodded in agreement

    “So you mean there are more?” Leiko asked, Suichi smiled at this

    “HEY GUYS!” Kouji exclaimed as he came running up the sidewalk, his eyes came upon the chinchilla and the husky standing between them

    “Hey…cool pets, I wish I had a pet…” Kouji said sadly as the sky fell dark

    “Ok…you two can’t tell me you don’t see this” Kouji exclaimed pointing up at the blacked out sky

    “There’s no use hiding it from him, if he is active when the Darkness attacks then he is one of us” Biru exclaimed

    “WHOA…YOUR CHINCHILLA TALKS?! THAT IS SO COOL!” Kouji screamed as he picked up Biru to check for batteries

    “Put me down you brute…we’re being attacked!” Biru exclaimed as shadow beasts jumped out of nowhere, they were completely black and looked like shadows except they had sharp fangs that could cut through metal and glowing red eyes

    “Shadow Demons…the Dark Master is under-estimating them Biru!” Kiera exclaimed, Suichi turned to Kiera

    “Hurry!” Kiera exclaimed as Suichi transformed her into his Tai Chi Sword once again

    “SWORD, EEKE!” Suichi exclaimed as he grabbed the sword and deflected a claw attack from one of the Shadow Demons

    “Leiko…quickly, transform me into your Soul Weapon!” Biru exclaimed at the hysterical girl

    “I don’t know how!” Leiko screamed out of fear, Biru directed her as Kiera had for Suichi

    “Ok…” Leiko said as she closed her eyes and held out her hand towards Biru

    “SHURIKEN…EEKE!” Leiko exclaimed as Biru transformed into a large Japanese boomerang weapon in the shape of a cross with sharp ends at each point of the cross.

    “AWESOME!” Kouji exclaimed as he looked around at the fight

    “Kouji, stay behind Leiko and I, You don’t have a Spirit Guide yet…so you can’t help!” Suichi shouted as he stabbed a Shadow Demon and it vanished in a fury of dark energy

    “The hell I can’t!” Kouji yelled punching one of the Shadow Demons that got too close to him, Leiko flung the Shuriken and it sliced through two Shadow Demons at the same time then flew back into Leiko’s hands

    “Amazing!” Leiko squealed as she blocked an attack from one of the Demons with her Shuriken like a shield, Suichi jumped up and stabbed the Demon

    “When this is over you have some explaining to do Biru” Leiko said angrily to her Shuriken, Leiko then threw the Shuriken which sliced through another Demon before flying back to her hand

    “There are too many of them…I don’t know if I can keep this up” Kouji exclaimed as he punched another Demon down into the cement, panting.

    “Agr…” Suichi was cut off by a vision playing like a movie in his head; Suichi saw himself muttering some inaudible words and raining icicles down from the sky to kill all the demons.

    “I know what to do…but I don’t know the wor…” Suichi started but raised his sword to the sky

    “FROZEN RAIN!” Suichi exclaimed, dark clouds appeared in the sky that opened up and rained sharp icicles down on the Demons, they all vanished in a wave of dark energy taking the Darkness with them.

    “How did you do that?” Leiko and Kouji exclaimed together as Kiera and Biru transformed back

    “It is Suichi’s gift…Suijin gave him power over water, as you all progress and become stronger you will be able to do that and more” Kiera said as she shook her fur out again, Biru nodded as he cleaned off his face

    “It feels good to be back” Biru smiled as he stretched his little arms towards the now clear sky.

    Suichi invited Kouji and Leiko over to his empty house, his parents were always gone doing their field research

    “they are hardly home…” Suichi said sadly as he closed the door behind them,

    “ok Biru…explain everything!” Leiko demanded as Suichi placed some sodas in front of them all

    “Alright, the Dark Master is trying to take over the world…so Amaterasu, goddess of the Sun has sent the chosen ones their Spirit Guides so that you all can band together to fight, Kiera is a disciple of Suijin the god of Water; that is why Suichi was blessed by Suijin” Biru smiled indicating Kiera sitting obediently at Suichi’s side

    “So what about you Biru…who’s disciple are you?” Leiko exclaimed excitedly, Biru smiled at her

    “I am a disciple of Kajin, Amaterasu’s son, the god of Fire…” Biru put toe in the air stating a fact, Leiko cheered loudly

    “but what about me…you said that I get a Spirit Guide too? Where is he?” Kouji asked looking around, half expecting his Guide to jump out from behind the couch and scream ‘BOO!’

    “I don’t understand, from what Suichi said…you’ve been experiencing the Darkness for a while now, your Guide might still be looking for you” Biru rubbed the fur under his tiny chin

    “AWW…COME ON!” Kouji exclaimed then crossed his arms frustrated

    “She will come when she is ready…” Kiera smiled at Kouji

    “She?” Kouji looked at Kier confused, Kiera nodded

    “Spirit Guides are always the opposite of their Masters, hence why Suichi is a boy and I am a girl…” Kiera stated then went on to start grooming her beautiful white fur.

    The next morning the three of them walked to school together

    “How will I know what my spirit guide looks like?” Kouji asked as he glanced at each animal walked by them, Biru answered from inside Leiko’s backpack

    “She will know you…” said a muffled Biru, Leiko elbowed her backpack to shut him up

    “Quiet Biru…I don’t want people to hear you” Leiko whispered to him, Kiera followed them acting like a real dog should

    “Do you two have to be with them at all times?” Kouji asked looking down at Kiera, who nodded

    “If the Darkness attacks and they aren’t…we would be in big trouble” Leiko said as the three of them entered school grounds, Kiera once again went off to wait at the playground nearby

    “LEIKO! I’ve been looking for you, come with me” Yuki exclaimed as she grabbed Leiko by the arm and dragged her off into the school

    “What was that all about?” Suichi asked staring after them

    “Girl stuff I guess, well hey Swim Team try outs are next week…what do you think about joining my team?” Kouji smiled as a taller blonde haired boy walked by and bumped Kouji

    “Oh…hey have you seen my sister?” said the boy looking down at Kouji

    “Who’s your sister?” Suichi asked the boy

    “Leiko…I’m Sota her older brother, she left her lunch at home and I came to bring it to her” Sota smiled, his hair was spiked up and he had golden eyes like Leiko, he was handsome looking and many of the girls swooned at him as soon as he stepped on campus

    “She just walked off with Yuki into the school” Kouji said pointing off towards the school entrance, Sota nodded in thanks and walked off to find his sister.

    “What did I tell you about Suichi?” Yuki said angrily as her two cronies came up and stood behind her, Leiko shrugged as she slowly entered the combination to her locker

    “I said to stay away from him, no you had better listen…or you’ll regret it” Yuki sassed back as Leiko opened her locked and wet, raw sushi fell on top of her head

    “You had better listen, or smelling like raw fish all day won’t be your only problem…” Yuki exclaimed as she walked off pushing Leiko into the lockers as she strolled by, Leiko looked down at her fish juice soaked uniform and her eyes started to tear up.

    Kinoko walked up and looked Leiko up and down

    “Yuki again?” Kinoko retorted sarcastically, Leiko nodded as she silently started crying and pulling an extra uniform out of her locker and Leiko noticed that her extra underwear had ketchup spayed on the front of them, and the actual uniform was covered in fish guts; Yuki had rigger her locker

    “What does she have against me…it isn’t my fault that Suichi and I spend so much time together, I’m tutoring him…” Leiko cried as her older brother walked up carrying a large brown paper bag, he looked his sister up and down again

    “I’m too late…aren’t I?” Sota said sadly as he looked as both of his sister’s uniforms, Kinoko nodded as Leiko cried silently next to them

    “Do you want me to take you home Leiko?” Sota asked as he handed her the paper bag which contained her lunch and to Leiko’s surprise another uniform

    “no…thank you Sota…” Leiko smiled as she pulled out the freshly washed uniform and hugged her brother, Sota winked at her and headed for home

    “Your brother is so dreamy, Leiko” Kinoko said love struck as the eighteen year old Sota walked out the front gates of the school

    “eww…but he is an amazing guy…” Leiko smiled as she headed for the bathroom to change.