Sakura

Chapter 7

"You're welcome for saving your life!" Jinx yelled, her bright red braids were more frayed than usual. There were smears of grease, blood and dirt covering her clothes and face. "I barely got out of that death trap with my life!"

 "No one asked for your help!" Nami shouted back, her arms going up in exasperation.

 The pair were surrounded by Star Guardians, some Nami didn't recognize at all, but all were in uniform and looking in different states of grim solemnity.

 "This was you," Nami leveled an accusatory finger towards Lux. The venom in Nami's words had reached a point that made Lux wince. "You tell me go here, take out the Golden Demon, achieve greatness, the stars will notice." Nami's features were boiling over. Within an instant, unknowingly Nami had summoned her Tidecaller staff and was turning the classroom they were in into a wet, windy mess.

 Before anyone could react, Nami's human form disappeared and Jinx was in the air, trapped within a sphere of swirling, angry sea water.

 "Nami!" Lux screamed and the haze of black-red anger dissipated slightly from Nami's field of vision.

 "Humans!" She yelled and waved her staff, releasing Jinx onto the ground with a giant splash of water. Everyone was now staring at Nami as though she were mad. "You're all the same," the siren spat and her staff disappeared.

 "Enough," came a small squeak and Lulu was standing in front of Lux whose chest was heaving in a pant of fear and anger. "Nami," Lulu said calmly, the most serious that the siren had ever seen, "tell us what happened with the Golden Demon."

 "Why should I?" Nami said, her rage deflating towards the yordle girl. "I will never be one of you."

 Beginning to walk away, Lulu snapped a finger and Nami froze, unable to move further.

 "Tidecaller," the small yordle's voice boomed in the room and Nami looked over her shoulder, feeling a prickle of fear scatter across her skin. The image of the Golden Demon's eyes flashed to the forefront of Nami's mind. Lulu had risen in the air, her normally bright blue eyes now a brilliant red. The tone of the yordle girl took on an otherworldly tone and Nami knew Lulu was not here. "You will not abandon your duties as Star Guardian," snapping her fingers again Nami was turned to face everyone to the front and pulled forward against her will, "your destiny is to be filled with pain, stars and darkness."

  Lux laid a hand on Lulu's shoulder and the girl reacted briefly and the hold on Nami disappeared.

 "You will find the golden light in the end and meet your destiny," Lulu's voice finished before taking a sharp breath, her small form lowering to the ground and her eyes returning to their normal bright blue.

 "Lux-," the yordle girl took a staggered step as her feet touched the ground and tenderly Lux reached for her, holding the small yordle to her protectively. "Nami," Lulu said quietly and Nami took a concerned step forward.

 "Yes, Lulu?" Nami asked, her features a mask of worry. What had just happened to her? Was Nami's mind the only one spinning with question after question?

 "Will- you-" The yordle girl said in dramatic gasps, her eyes fluttering as she reached skyward. Lux began to make a face, her eyes starting to roll but Nami took little notice.

 "Yes? What is it?" Nami had moved closer, her magic turning her back to her human form as she kneeled down.

 "Take me.. To- to- ....buy something to eat?" Lulu said, her eyes going wide as a huge smile split her features. "I'm positively famished."