We stop after walking for an hour and settle down again but this time we don't start a fire. I take watch since I've already had enough sleep.
Once the others have fallen asleep I draw a 5 pointed star and write the words earth, air, water, fire and spirit on each point. I then sit in the middle and sit in the lotus position and go into spirit form. I take a look at my small body before walking away not leaving a single footprint.
I skip and twirl with magic flowing through my body. My magic lake has overflowed with magic since I haven't used it for some time.
"Senior" Junior's voice comes from above. I look up and see him looking down with a tired expression.
"Been working hard, I see." I say looking forward.
"Edith has been giving me extra work since one of my subordinates said I went to see you" Junior says floating beside me.
I simply just nod and continue walking.
"Why are in spirit form?" Junior asks full of curiosity.
"Gun shots were fired so I'm going to check out who died" I answer.
Junior makes a disappointed 'oh' but continues to follow. We walk/float in silence.
"Can you go back to your original form?" Junior asks out of the blue. I look over at him to see that he'se serious. "He's just I'm still not used to you looking like Junior Brother Orion" Junior explains.
"It's okay. Truthfully I'm not used to it either" I smile and change back to my original appearance.
My long, vibrant red hair has gotten even longer that it now trails on the ground and it has even gotten messier. I clear my bangs which are up to my chin out of the way so that I can see. My purple eyes goes to back to being multi-colored (red, green and purple).
"What the-?!" Junior exclaims looking at my hair.
"What?" I ask feeling scared.
"You have a black streak" Junior answers pointing to my hair.
"What!?" I summon a mirror and see that there is a black streak through my hair. "Ah!" I wail squatting down.
"Can't you change it?" Junior asks.
"No. I've already changed back. I swear that I'm not doing this" I wail holding my head.
Not my hair, why my hair!!!!????
Junior tries to think of an explanation for my hair changing colour. "You haven't changed your hair back for a few months so it may have mistaken it for your real hair."
"Will it go away?" I ask.
"Probably but then again magic can be unpredictable." Junior says not helping.
"Argh!" I groan. It's not that I hate having this streak but Mika always loved my full red hair.
WHY THE HAIR? You could've changed the eyes but you had to do the hair.
"Weren't you going to check out the gun shots?" Junior asks trying to put my mind at ease.
"That's right. I'll worry about this later but I have to check who's dead" I stand up and stomp my way towards where the gun shots were fired.
***
"OMG" Junior and I gasp.
Hanging from the trees are 5 of the Shonaru High students. And surprise, surprise they're all dead.
"What the f*ck?" I curse.
"Exactly. Not even you are this pathetic to hang them from the tree" Junior says floating closer to the students.
"Why you?" I raise my hand about to hit him. "Wait" I call out to Junior.
"What is it?" Junior asks.
"Where's the 6th student?" I ask.
"Huh?" Junior nods his head and looks around. "He's not here."
I look at the students bodies to find the lanky one missing.
'What was the lanky one named?' I ask Astrid.
[Toshio Ikeda] Astrid rolls her eyes before falling alseep which she has been lately.
"Junior keep an eye out for the game" I tell Junior before teleporting back to camp. I come out of spirit form and start to take watching seriously. The 6th student is the first suspect.
"Something on your mind?"
"WHAT THE TOAD, DANIEL?!!!!?" I shout surprised.
"Something on your mind?" Daniel repeats.
"5 of Shonaru High students are dead while one is missing. The killer wanted them to die slowly so he shot them but nowhere they just drop dead. No it was mainly the limbs but he wanted them to die slowly and painfully" I report.
"Who's missing?"
"Toshio Ikeda. The lanky one."
"Oh."
"We have to be more careful now that there's a killer on the loose. I don't want my 3 years free pass to die" I say glancing at Ren who's in a deep sleep.
"You and your food, girl. Lorenzo is a chef just make him cook for you" Daniel shakes his head.
"He is a good cook but I've already had enough of his food for a lifetime and anyway I like tasting different types of food in both the way of cooking and culture" I smile thinking about different food.
Steak and veggies! Korean bulgogi pork! Indian eggplant curry! Chinese chilli! Japanese dumplings! An american cheese burger! Malaysian sambal chicken! Damper bread! Italian tiramisu! Spainish Paellla!
My mouth starts to water thinking about all the food I will have once I return to Mura castle. But of course I still have two months to go until the halfway point and then I'll finally get to see the rest. YAY!
"Night" Daniel voice snaps me out of my thoughts.
"Huh? Oh goodnight" I say back with a smile.
Daniel glances at me before closing his eyes.
"Don't worry I was just thinking about food" I reassure him.
"That's the problem. I swear if the Yukimura's weren't rich you wouldn't be able to eat as much as you do" Daniel sighs.
"Well luckily they're rich and don't just keep the money to theirselves."
"What are you going to do with your payment?"
"What I always do" I answer.
"Still providing for the poor and unfortunate." Daniel says going quiet for a while before a soft snore comes out of his mouth.
"Pfft" I cover my mouth with my hand to stop me from laughing. I shake my head. "I can't believe that you would've been my Eldest Brother-in-law if Mika was still around."
. . . . . . . . . .
"Don't there's a-. Aish Ren listen to what I say before you go running head first" I scold Ren. I look down at where he's stuck in a snow filled hole.
"Finally there's somone shorter than Adira" Daniel jokes.
"Aunt Lumi's shorter than me!" I sulk.
It's about 8 o'clock in the morning and we've been walking for 3 hours since we want to make up groud and get this stupid game over with. We also have to find food since I kinda ate it all when on watch last night.