Flames of Destruction

Part four: Old Friends

Listening to the clock is slowly driving me insane... Every day I wake up still not strong enough to walk yet, and I have to listen to the ticking of the clock. I hate listening to it, so I lay back down and try to go back to sleep.

My nap is cut short by the door flying open as Trisha walks in from another day of school. I never got why humans need to know all the stuff in their schools, I'm the same age as her and she does not seem to know how to fight with many types of weapons... Maybe humans are just different.

"Jira! I think I finally have something to help you walk again!" Trisha said excitedly.

"You do now, do you? And this is the fifteenth time you've said something like that." I said, in a slightly harsh tone.

"I decided to just take you to a doctor today and see what they can do for you" Trisha says as she walks into the hallway and pulls in a wheelchair, rushing me to get on it.

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Before I knew it, the doctor checked me with an x-ray machine and told me there's not much he can do for a stab through the spine.

On the way out of the hospital I started to hear a bell ringing, a very familiar bell... l scan the area around us trying to locate where the ringing is coming from. I stop at a building where I see that familiar red hair I grew up with. "So are you going to just keep watching me, or are you going to come here?" I say to the person watching me

Trisha looks at me "Who are you talking to? There's nobo-" her words are cut short by the person landing in front of us.

She looks just the same as the last time I saw her. Red hair, cut a bit higher than her shoulders, golden eyes, that same short sleeved white shirt and light red unzipped jacket, a golden bell around her neck, a light pink beanie, black pants with a light red short skirt and black boots.

"Its good to see you, Mali" I said slightly smiling.

"...You two know each other?" Trisha asked.

"Yeah, that's my brother. I've been looking everywhere for you after 1 said you died on that mission... I did not believe him for a second" Mali explained to the both of us.

"Twin brother, to be exact" I added in "Even though we don't look like each other"

I can tell by the look on Trisha's face that she has many questions.

"Twins?! You have a sister, Jira?? And where did she even come from? It's like she just fell right in front of us..." Trisha says, obviously confused.

"Oh, that's easy!" Mali says "You see, we work for the organization of demons known as 'The Order' and I'm one of their five flames, a group of five fire users. I'm their third strongest so I'm called 3 sometimes. Oh and I'm also a demon, and here Jira, this should fix your back" Mali says quickly as she hands me a vial filled with a pinkish red liquid.

"Demons...?" Though it looks like she wants to say more, Trisha is only able to say that one word.

I chug down the contents of the vile and look at Mali "You know things like that are supposed to be kept secret, Mali. But I guess there's no reason to hide it anymore" I started getting up from the wheelchair "But it was 1 who attacked me. I have a small base where we can lay low, while I regain all my strength. Now let's get back to base"