8New Dimension – Chapter 1
Disclaimer : Do I LOOK like I own either Prince of Tennis or Naruto? Oh, wait. I forgot you can't see me. My bad.
Author's Note : I got a little stuck on my other story and had a minor writers' block when a new idea popped into my head.
A gunshot rang loud in the once silent night. Screams were heard in the air…
"Who's screaming…?" wondered Rika as she awoke from her sweet dreams, and clutched her jacket in fear. *BANG* the door of her room banged open and the sight of her distraught kaa-san, oyaji and nii-chan Reito (Ryoga changed his name when he got adopted by the Echizens to get rid of bad memories) shook any lingering sense of sleepiness from her body.
"Rika, honey…" started her kaa-san, "there are some bad people out there that want you for something you have... ever since you were born…" here, her voice was broken by a few sobs.
Rika caught a look of sadness from her oyaji that was directed at her kaa-san, before he pulled her quickly into a embrace for a few moments and pulled her aside. He nodded at Reito, who quickly pulled out an ink brush and some ink and started drawing on the floor. At this point Rika was bewildered and was about to start asking some questions when her oyaji hugged Rika tightly and told her, "Shojo… When you meet him… Tell him to bring you back to the other dimension, alright? When you meet him, you might be afraid of how he looks at first but he will be your best friend in times to come, OK?"
Then, he used one of his hands to rustle in his right sleeve (lol. O.O such huge sleeves) and pulled out a baby blue colored envelope before placing it in her hands.
"Here, Rika-chan. Read this after you arrive. It will answer some of your questions. All your other questions, ask him, OK?"
The family pulled together for what might seem to be their last hug, when Reito pulled her into the circle of what he had been drawing. It looked like a seal of sorts, complicated and detailed. Rika screamed, "No… Kaa-san…! Oyaji…! Nii-chan! Don't leave me!"
The three looked at her sadly, and crouched down on three different sides of the seal, before it glowed a white light. While the world started to descend into darkness, she faintly heard someone say, "Chibi… Remember that we all love you…"
*drip, drip, drip* the sound of continuous dripping was heard before Rika opened her eyes, which she did in a moment.
As she lay there, she remembered what happened before she fell asleep, she panicked, and bolted upright into a sitting position.
Looking around, she saw a dark cave, and she whimpered, "Kaa-san… Nii-chan… Oyaji… where are you? Please don't leave me alone…"
A deep booming voice made way into her ears, echoing on the walls of the cave, "Hello, little one. Your family is not here. We are currently in your mind, and as you have been placed in danger, and your family saw fit that you should not be around such dangerous people. Such as, I believe that your tou-san told you something to tell me…?"
Rika looked up and what she saw indeed frightened her. There was a 10 story high figure, dressed in black and carried a scythe as tall as himself. His face was covered by a hood and beneath that, was, well… nothing, as you couldn't see because the hood did it's job well and blocked all people from seeing inside.
Sensing that she had begun to get frightened, the figure somehow shrunk itself until it was a little taller than her nii-chan (I'm making Reito slightly taller than Nanjiroh). He then pulled off the hood and beneath was blonde hair with silver streaks that fell past his shoulders. His eyes were a beautiful green that showed his emotions when he talked. He had a nicely chiseled face. Had Rika not been so afraid, she might have thought he was handsome.
"Well?"
"A-ano… Tou-san asked you to bring me to the other dimension… also… who are you?"
"Not many people know I exist. Most think I'm a legend, but I have actually been protecting certain people that have caught my eye for many centuries. You are by one of the brightest and purest souls that I have come across.
In the legends I am known as the 10th guardian. Most people think that the strongest Demons are the 1 – 9 tails, but they do not know that there is a 10th guardian, that is me. I am used by parents to frighten their children who do not sleep." At this, Rika sweat dropped and giggled.
The '10th guardian' pouted and said, "It's true! I am known as the Death Reaper, though I do not look so intimidating when I do not wear the hood, I can still scare people.
Rika looked unconvinced, and the 'Death Reaper' huffed, "Fine. I don't care if you don't believe me." Inwardly, he was sobbing that he could scare everyone out of their wits, all but one 4 year- old child. Even worse, the child was an innocent looking girl!
He then continued, "You can call me Rae. Now, on to the explanation.
The Demons were once guardians of Hell and each Demon guarded a level. The lower the number, the weaker they are. Although logically the one tail is the weakest, it is by no means weak, and almost no one except other Demons or jinchuurikis, who are humans with a Demon sealed in them, can defeat. Also, each Demon has a special ability, or a certain element they best control. A hanyou is a half-demon half-human who is either created through wedlock or a Demon merging with their jailer. Most Demons are only sealed in their jailer because of some reason or another, usually being someone wanting power or in some rare cases their village was attacked.
I, however, am more powerful than all the other 9 and they have to obey my orders. I am not forcibly sealed into a human, and never will be, as I choose to help certain humans whom I deem fit, otherwise, if I cannot find one, I will stay in the 10th level of Hell, which no one knows about, and wait for someone to come. The reason I chose you is because… well, I'm not going to tell you just yet.
To help the ones I deem fit reach their true potential, I approach the human's parents and ask their permission to reside in their child's body while they are still a baby. If the parents accept, then a mark will appear somewhere on the said child's body. Yours is on your shoulder blades. (Same as where Sasuke's cursed seal is) The mark is always the same for each child, the picture of a scythe. (think something like Alice of Pandora Hearts' Scythe)
Now that I have explained most of everything to you, I am going to send you to the other dimension."
At this, Rika's face looked a little surprised, but she took in everything that Rae said, and believed it. Ever since she was small, she had the ability to tell if a person was lying or not. No one had gotten away with lying to her yet, and she could tell that everything that he had said so far was true. Even though she was only 4 at the time being, she already had an insanely high IQ that was above 200. (this was one of the points that Rae had made sure the one he would help had. She or he had to be smart with at least an IQ of 180 and above.)
Then, Rae bent down and tapped her on the forehead, making the world go dark again.