Reaching for the faraway place, Blade then pulled the two of them towards it and when the fire receded, they were in the middle of a cavern. The cavern was lined with floating torches and it was impossible to tell which they had come from, but at this moment, their attention was drawn towards the floating girl in front of them. She looked to be young, younger maybe than even Blade, but it was difficult to tell especially with her eccentric fashion. She wore the same thing Blade had always seen her wear, mainly because as a spirit she had no need to change clothes.
"Kei..." started Blade with a smile, but was cut off when the spirit raised a transparent hand.
"I told you to call me nee-chan," said the spirit sternly. "Well?"
"Uh..." said Blade nervously. The notion of calling a spirit nee-chan who was centuries older than him yet looked to be younger than him was strange. "Right, Kei-neechan..."
"Good," said the spirit with a soft smile before whirling over to the boy and pulling him into a solid embrace. "Ahh, you should really show your face around here more often!"
"I only left about a week ago," complained Blade, trying to pull out of the embrace, but Kei's grip was tight and she began cackling and messing with his hair. "Wait, nee-chan, you remember why I'm here right??"
The spirit finally released poor Blade who's hair was now completely disheveled and his cheeks red from being suffocated. As he coughed and tried to regain his composure, Kei wafted over to Mike and began inspecting him from all sides, moving through and over him until she was completely satisfied.
"Oh, so this is the Blue Pegasus brother you were telling me all about," said Kei thoughtfully before drifting back to Blade's side. "Well he's not half bad, I suppose, but whatever, introduce me."
"Kei-neechan, this is Mike," said Blade, seeming to have already given up trying to tame her and was just following her flow. "Mike-nii, this is Kei, but..."
"Call be Eriold," said Kei sternly to Mike.
"Sorry, she was like that to me to," said Blade apologetically. "But at least you didn't have to call her Miss Eriold."
"Oh, don't dwell on the past so much, Blade," said Kei gleefully before pulling him into another solid and suffocating embrace. "Now...what was it you guys wanted again? I forgot after seeing my cute little brother." |