• Kouji and Leiko wandered around the city, in and out of shops looking for any sign of Suichi

    “Where else could he be?” Leiko asked as she followed Kouji into a flower shop

    “Good afternoon younguns” the old woman heaved out, she was sitting at the back of the store on a stool and breathing very heavily, she looked as if she were on her deathbed

    “Are you alright ma’am? Should we call someone for you?” Kouji asked looking at her worried, the woman shook her head slowly

    “No dear, Miss Minako is coming back with some pain relievers for me” the old woman replied with a weak smile, Kouji frowned sadly as the bell sounded signaling that someone had just entered the store

    “Who are you two?” asked the blonde woman in a angry voice

    “We just came in here looking for our friend and we met this old woman, is she a friend of yours?” Leiko asked eyeing the blonde woman suspiciously

    “I am Minako and I’m taking care of her” Minako replied annoyed, Kouji nodded his head

    “Ohh…sorry, she just doesn’t look well enough to be managing a store all by herself like this…someone could come in and take advantage of that” Kouji retorted, Minako rolled her eyes as the old woman shuddered taking in her last breath and passing away before their eyes; in front of their eyes Minako immediately started to look a little younger, the wrinkles on her forehead vanished and her eyes looked less aged and her skin had a brighter glow

    “What the hell” Kouji exclaimed watching the girl as a peacock came out from it’s hiding place behind a bouquet of flowers

    “Who are you?” Leiko glared at Minako as Minako smiled maniacally

    “I am Minako, Pride of the Deadly Seven!” Minako exclaimed as she transformed her peacock into a large fan that looked like peacock feathers, she waved the fan and sent blades flying at them in all directions, they cut deep into their skin, uniforms and backpacks.

    Biru and Chip scrambled out of the backpacks and to their masters, Kouji and Leiko immediately transformed them into their weapons and brandished them in Minako’s direction as Minako stood laughing maniacally in front of the only exit.

    “So you two have Spirit Guides just like that boy I have captured” Minako exclaimed as she continued to laugh at them

    “You have Suichi?!” Leiko exclaimed angrily, Minako nodded slowly with a evil smile plastered across the plastic face of hers.

    “If you mean the boy with the white mutt” Minako shouted back, Leiko and Kouji looked at each other

    “You two are so youthful and cute too, I think I’m going to turn you both into a nose job, my nose is so manly..” Minako frowned as she felt for her nose against her translucent skin

    “Where is he?!” Kouji exclaimed pointing hiss spear directly at her, Minako shook her finger from side to side

    “No no no, you will be joining him soon and the Dark Master will be pleased with me that I killed three of you pests…” Minako smiled happily as she started to jump up and down, Leiko glared at her

    “Doesn’t matter how much you change yourself, your still ugly on the inside!” Leiko shot back, Minako rolled her eyes

    “Spoken like a true hero…” Minako replied sarcastically as she waved her fan again sending blades flying at them again but the two of them were ready

    “Phoenix Fire!”

    “Deadly Gale!” the two of them called out as Kouji’s wind fueled Leiko’s fire attack making the flames bigger as they engulfed the blades and the flowers turning them into dust before their very eyes, the flames that were burning the flowers engulfed the store

    “Oh, looks like I should make my dramatic exit” Minako exclaimed as she looked at the flames engulfing the store; she swung her fan around in a circle and peacock feathers exploded from her fan and Minako took off running down the street

    “Wow, that was lame” Kouji murmured to himself as the two of them took off after him.

    Minako ran up the drive to her home and threw open the door and barreled inside bolting the door closed, Leiko and Kouji stood on her lawn staring at the small house

    “Can I burn it down…please?” Leiko asked Kouji, Kouji shook his head

    “Suichis still inside…” Kouji said sadly, Leiko stomped her foot against the door angrily; accidentally knocking the door open

    “Wow, her locks suck…” Kouji laughed as the two of them ran inside.

    They found Suichi unconscious lying on the floor of a cage in the corner of what was supposed to be a bedroom

    “He’s still breathing, but where is Barbie?” Leiko asked sarcastically looking around, half expecting her to pop out in a bikini or something.

    Minako turned the corner and helf her large peacock fan in front of her half naked body, she was wearing a skimpy bikini top and what was supposed to be the bottoms but they were both leather, she also wore leather boots, the entire outfit was trimmed in feathers

    “Wow that’s tacky…” Kouji whispered to Leiko sitting next to him, Minako smiled at them

    “Love your outfit” Leiko said, her every word dripping with distain

    “I KNOW RIGHT?! I GOT IT FOR HALF OFF TOO, wait…shut up pest…I’m going to kill all three of you” Minako composed herself and pulled out her compact

    “Is this really the time to check your makeup?” Leiko asked annoyed, Minako glared at her as she opened it

    “D…don..t…let…her…do..I…t” Suichi whimpered from the cage, he had regained consciousness as his face decided that it wanted to melt from his bones and his hair started turning a ghostly white color.

    “oh no you don’t!” Leiko exclaimed as she threw her shuriken and it missed and flew directly passed Minako’s face

    “Haha…you missed!” Minako exclaimed as she took in a breath to release her life-force stealing toxin into the air as Leiko’s shuriken recoiled and hit her in the back of the head, sending her compact sliding across the carpet.

    Kouji immediately jabbed his spear through the middle of the compact and as the mirror cracked a maroon colored liquid started to soak the carpet

    “NO!” Minako exclaimed as all her youth slowly vanished form her face and she slowly turned into dust and blew away on the light breeze coming from the sunny day outside

    “Wow…drama…” Kouji exclaimed as they hauled Suichi from the house and to the grass outside

    “Leiko…I…love you” Suichi smiled weakly as he handed her the red tulip that he had been harboring from Minako, Leiko smiled and nodded

    “He seems to be ok” Leiko replied as they helped her get home safely, as Leiko grabbed her things and started to leave

    “Hey Suichi, let’s not buy anymore presents until this whole thing is over, ‘kay?” Leiko giggled and Suichi nodded tiredly

    “Deal…” Suichi replied as he rolled over and fell asleep as Leiko headed home.