Yin and Yang

Chapter 4

Kimiko

Kimiko looked around. "Okay so the bed is here and the mask is over there... Where's Jing?" She says. How in the world did the Bookkeeper do that? She, then, began to question reality itself. Why did he take the necklace from her? Was it that bad that he had to hide it from her? She only met this girl who she had just met and found out that she is her sister today before hearing a soft bark.

Looking around, something fell into her lap or more like some tiny being that had wings. He looked up at her and barked once again. He wore only black clothing as well as his ears and tail was that of a dog. His shaggy midnight hair looked rather familiar and fluffy. "Um...Master are we home? Is this your room Master? Are we still at that place?" He looked around carefully before nodding off. "We are home, Master. Is it safe that I can be your size now? Or should I wait until the witch you argue with is asleep?" She stared at the open door, perplexed at the door and why her mother had not come in, before turning her attention back to the small person. Well more like busting in the conversation they may have and shouting that the food is ready. "Who exactly are you?"

"My name is Jing. The same Jing you had as we went to the place." She tilted her head before looking up as if she had an idea. "Did you sneak in here?" Jing shook his head. "Your father was supposed to give me to you at 10 but he never came. Do you know what happened to him?" All she had to do was nod her head and he patted her arm. "I understand Master. In the meanwhile, he wanted to give you this as well."

He flew, yes literally flew to her closet, opened the door and took out a box. Trying to carry the box over to her, he tried his best to make sure it's in good condition. She held her hands out to catch the box to make it easier for him when he was close enough to her. Turns out, she had received a music player. "He visited me in a dream to give this to you. He said that you deserved it for the truth that I will tell you Master but don't worry about the place seem off. The time has stopped here." Jing went to her room door and shut it with just one push of his hands.

A white cloud appeared as well as the poof made a small Jing into a regular human Jing. He looked the same as when he was smaller but with ancient markings along his cheeks and feathers in the left side of his hair. His wings opened and closed before vanishing into thin air. "Master, your father did his best to protect you and he says that it's time for the truth. The way you fight Master is very unique but he said that you used to hear things no one except that person should know: their thoughts. You used to write them down as you heard them because he asked you to write down anything you thought was strange. He had discovered that you hummed or listened to songs in order for you to focus and those were the days you didn't write anything. Master.... you kept many songs in your head to help you get through the day haven't you?"

Kimiko looked down and mouthed a yes. This was the first that she had ever heard of it. She remembered writing down in her journal things so she walked to the journal near the nightstand and opened it. "She is always around my man. She never leaves his side to do anything. How pathetic she is, thinking that she is all high and mighty with him, making him do her biddings. One day, I will give her all of the pain that happened to me just to shake her up in just one shot." Kimiko wrote the name after that entry and she froze. What did she do to make Shika be like that when she was younger?

"You would sing them mentally because of that day. You listened to song to calm you down so already the songs you loved are naturally on the music player but just please please don't say anything to the witch. She's mean as it is already." He whimpered but then he felt a hand on his head as if it was petting it knowing it only came from Kimiko.

Looking back at this Jing, she could only tilt her head. "You will have to be a dog soon I guess to be safe." She looked around the room as Jing changed back into the fluffy ball of fur she knew. "I guess she returned to her home." In an instant, her mom ran to her room door and laughed a certain way. It wasn't like a maniac but more of an obsessive type of laugh before truly looking around the room, seeing that her guest was gone.