Chapter 2 - Red and Blue Fire

2 months later

Kia woke up to a bright sunny morning, stretched, then sat up. She looked over at Chris, who had traveled with her for the past two months. They were both on the run from Majia, the warlord that was not from this world. Kia could remember the day that they had actually seen Majia; the day that she had first realized of her extraordinary powers.

Æ

Red fire roared through her head when she first saw Majia. “Majia…Majia,” Kia gasped, “No, you can’t be…”
“Yes, Kira Majia is my heir,” the warlord laughed mirthlessly.
“You and that boy will remain here now. You see, Kia Asakura, the power that you have is something I want…and I will get it,” Majia started forming something with his hands.
“NO!!!” Kia shouted.
Red fire lanced through her fingertips. Her eyes were alight with battle fire, and her silvery-black hair lifted, and hung there. Beside her, Chris was chanting beneath his breath, and when they looked at each other, Kia saw a blue fire, a powerful magic just like hers. They nodded, grasped each others hands, and shouted one word, “Dumalia!”
The power that was flung at Majia was blinding and powerful. The two teens were flung back at the force.

Æ
Kia came back to reality with a start. She shook her head. Majia had attacked them periodically for two months now, and each time, she and Chris managed to escape Majia. But this peace would not last for long.
She went over to wake Chris, so that they could get moving again. Suddenly, her body stiffened, and she felt a flicker of red fire inside her. “Chris, Majia’s coming!” she shouted.
“Wha…What?” he said, falling out of his bedroll.
“Majia’s coming, come on, lets go!” Kia yelled over her shoulder.
Kia straightened up, her pack in her hand. Chris was ready soon, and they set off. When Chris looked over at Kia, he noticed that her hands were shaking. “Hey, what’s wrong?” he asked her quietly.
“I’m afraid that my power will come back. I’m afraid, because…because I can’t control it, what happens if someone gets seriously hurt next time!” Kia stopped talking, and tears started forming in her eyes. “What if…what if, one of us gets hurt?”
“Come on, neither of us can control our powers. We’ll just have to learn how to control them,” Chris said, looking at her.
Kia nodded, and looked up into his eyes. They continued walking, and Kia asked, “How far is the next town?”
“Pretty far. About 3-4 miles, I think it’s about a two days walk,” Chris replied.
They continued to walk in silence, and Chris moved his hand, so it ‘accidentally’ brushed against Kia’s. She looked up in surprise, and her face burned, as did Chris’s. Kia blushed a brighter red, and ‘accidentally’ moved her hand, until she and Chris were holding hands, and walking along still.
“Um, uhhh, Chris, can I ask you something?” Kia blushed a bright crimson red.
“Yeah, sure,” Chris said, looking curiously at her.
Kia mumbled. She couldn’t go through with what she was going to ask. “Never mind. Come on, I’ll race you!” she said, breaking into a run.
“Hey! You got a head start!” Chris complained, racing after her.
Chris caught up to her and tackled her to the ground. “Let me go!” Kia shrieked with laughter.
“Hey what’s that?” Chris suddenly said, letting Kia up, and pointing to something on the ground.
Kia sat up and looked to where Chris was pointing. There was nothing there. “What are you talking about?” Kia asked.
“I could have sworn there was something there,” Chris said, squinting his eyes.
He got up, and Kia said, “Help me up,” sticking out her hand.
Chris pulled her to her feet, a little too hard. She banged into Chris, and looked up at him. “Hey, not so hard,” she said.
“Oops, sor…” Kia interrupted him by putting her hand up.
Chris looked at her curiously. Kia slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Chris looked surprised, but didn’t pull away. Kia was the one to pull away, and her face burned. She then turned and ran. She ran until she could run no more. “Why? Why me?” she shouted at the empty sky.
Kia took off her headband and threw it on the ground. On her head were two cat-like ears. Kia had worn the headband so that no one would see that she was not human. Kia thought back to several years before.

Æ

She was walking home in the rain from school. She had a smile on her face, because she had won something at her school. An award of some kind. Kia was walking up the stairs to her apartment, when she heard someone come up the stairs behind her.
She turned swiftly, and saw a pair of icy-blue eyes staring at her. “Yes…can I help…,” she gulped, “you?”
“Yes, perhaps you can,” he said smoothly, “I’m looking for a young girl named Kia Asakura. Do you know who, or where, she is?” the eyes glinted evilly, but Kia didn’t notice.
“I am her. What do you want with me?” Kia asked nervously.
“I want you, my dear. You don’t realize it, but you have extraordinary powers inside of you.”
Kia was shaking so hard now, that her headband fell off. Her two cat ears popped up, and she screamed. The icy-blue eyes lit up with a…

Æ

Kia came back to reality with a start. She was crying her eyes out at the realization of what she truly was. She didn’t belong here; in this world, she was…she was different. “It’s time to go to my world. But how?” she wondered, thinking about it.
Suddenly, she hit on an idea. “My powers, maybe they could help me.”
Kia tried to make the red fire come to life, but had no luck. “Oh my @#&%$ god! What does it take to make my powers, the red fire, to come to life?!”
She looked up at the sky, as if the answers lay there. Twenty minutes passed, and Kia still didn’t know what to do. Finally, she made up her mind. “It’s too dangerous for Chris to travel with me. I’ll find and kill Majia, by myself. I’ll travel on from now alone.”
2 months later

Kia woke up to a bright sunny morning, stretched, then sat up. She looked over at Chris, who had traveled with her for the past two months. They were both on the run from Majia, the warlord that was not from this world. Kia could remember the day that they had actually seen Majia; the day that she had first realized of her extraordinary powers.

Æ

Red fire roared through her head when she first saw Majia. “Majia…Majia,” Kia gasped, “No, you can’t be…”
“Yes, Kira Majia is my heir,” the warlord laughed mirthlessly.
“You and that boy will remain here now. You see, Kia Asakura, the power that you have is something I want…and I will get it,” Majia started forming something with his hands.
“NO!!!” Kia shouted.
Red fire lanced through her fingertips. Her eyes were alight with battle fire, and her silvery-black hair lifted, and hung there. Beside her, Chris was chanting beneath his breath, and when they looked at each other, Kia saw a blue fire, a powerful magic just like hers. They nodded, grasped each others hands, and shouted one word, “Dumalia!”
The power that was flung at Majia was blinding and powerful. The two teens were flung back at the force.

Æ
Kia came back to reality with a start. She shook her head. Majia had attacked them periodically for two months now, and each time, she and Chris managed to escape Majia. But this peace would not last for long.
She went over to wake Chris, so that they could get moving again. Suddenly, her body stiffened, and she felt a flicker of red fire inside her. “Chris, Majia’s coming!” she shouted.
“Wha…What?” he said, falling out of his bedroll.
“Majia’s coming, come on, lets go!” Kia yelled over her shoulder.
Kia straightened up, her pack in her hand. Chris was ready soon, and they set off. When Chris looked over at Kia, he noticed that her hands were shaking. “Hey, what’s wrong?” he asked her quietly.
“I’m afraid that my power will come back. I’m afraid, because…because I can’t control it, what happens if someone gets seriously hurt next time!” Kia stopped talking, and tears started forming in her eyes. “What if…what if, one of us gets hurt?”
“Come on, neither of us can control our powers. We’ll just have to learn how to control them,” Chris said, looking at her.
Kia nodded, and looked up into his eyes. They continued walking, and Kia asked, “How far is the next town?”
“Pretty far. About 3-4 miles, I think it’s about a two days walk,” Chris replied.
They continued to walk in silence, and Chris moved his hand, so it ‘accidentally’ brushed against Kia’s. She looked up in surprise, and her face burned, as did Chris’s. Kia blushed a brighter red, and ‘accidentally’ moved her hand, until she and Chris were holding hands, and walking along still.
“Um, uhhh, Chris, can I ask you something?” Kia blushed a bright crimson red.
“Yeah, sure,” Chris said, looking curiously at her.
Kia mumbled. She couldn’t go through with what she was going to ask. “Never mind. Come on, I’ll race you!” she said, breaking into a run.
“Hey! You got a head start!” Chris complained, racing after her.
Chris caught up to her and tackled her to the ground. “Let me go!” Kia shrieked with laughter.
“Hey what’s that?” Chris suddenly said, letting Kia up, and pointing to something on the ground.
Kia sat up and looked to where Chris was pointing. There was nothing there. “What are you talking about?” Kia asked.
“I could have sworn there was something there,” Chris said, squinting his eyes.
He got up, and Kia said, “Help me up,” sticking out her hand.
Chris pulled her to her feet, a little too hard. She banged into Chris, and looked up at him. “Hey, not so hard,” she said.
“Oops, sor…” Kia interrupted him by putting her hand up.
Chris looked at her curiously. Kia slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him. Chris looked surprised, but didn’t pull away. Kia was the one to pull away, and her face burned. She then turned and ran. She ran until she could run no more. “Why? Why me?” she shouted at the empty sky.
Kia took off her headband and threw it on the ground. On her head were two cat-like ears. Kia had worn the headband so that no one would see that she was not human. Kia thought back to several years before.

Æ

She was walking home in the rain from school. She had a smile on her face, because she had won something at her school. An award of some kind. Kia was walking up the stairs to her apartment, when she heard someone come up the stairs behind her.
She turned swiftly, and saw a pair of icy-blue eyes staring at her. “Yes…can I help…,” she gulped, “you?”
“Yes, perhaps you can,” he said smoothly, “I’m looking for a young girl named Kia Asakura. Do you know who, or where, she is?” the eyes glinted evilly, but Kia didn’t notice.
“I am her. What do you want with me?” Kia asked nervously.
“I want you, my dear. You don’t realize it, but you have extraordinary powers inside of you.”
Kia was shaking so hard now, that her headband fell off. Her two cat ears popped up, and she screamed. The icy-blue eyes lit up with a…

Æ

Kia came back to reality with a start. She was crying her eyes out at the realization of what she truly was. She didn’t belong here; in this world, she was…she was different. “It’s time to go to my world. But how?” she wondered, thinking about it.
Suddenly, she hit on an idea. “My powers, maybe they could help me.”
Kia tried to make the red fire come to life, but had no luck. “Oh my @#&%$ god! What does it take to make my powers, the red fire, to come to life?!”
She looked up at the sky, as if the answers lay there. Twenty minutes passed, and Kia still didn’t know what to do. Finally, she made up her mind. “It’s too dangerous for Chris to travel with me. I’ll find and kill Majia, by myself. I’ll travel on from now alone.”

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