You'll go far, Kid! [Rajah/Closed][Finished]

[Uindo Margret]

[This takes place right after Training Day]

Maggie stood near the river with out her training clothing on and now with more conformable clothing on.



"That's better..." she said as Maggie sat down near the rocks that laid there. It was calming being out in the outdoors. there was no oil, no bugs to work out, just the warmth of the sun and singing of the birds. She closed her eyes and focused on the sounds around her and she soon felt relaxed.

She started to think of the events that just happen and she could only think of the tiger that saved her life and kicked major ass with out killing someone.

"That's someone we need on our side..." she thought out loud, "...and who knows, Maybe Shadow will tell me that I passed the test and I can become the new seat."

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Whenever Rajah was able to pick up Maggie's sent, the wind always blew it from under his nose. He didn't want to rely on his spirit magic to find her; he already relied on that too much already. It may have taken him more time than usual to locate her and the riverbed in question, but the Tora-jin finally did it.

Rajah saw Maggie sitting down near the rocks of the riverbed. All Rajah could do was smile. She looked so peaceful, as if she was just getting used to the wonders of nature around her. He almost found it cute in a way. To imagine a world without the wonders of nature would be nothing but sheer madness.

Rajah smiled and peered over her, making sure that his gentle and smiling face was in eye contact with hers.

"Hello, Maggie," he said to her.

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie opened her eyes to the sound of Rajah voice. It was calming like the river that flowed down stream and it was just as enjoyable as well.

She looked at him a smile.

"There are some things that I would like for us to talk about. I want to learn a little more about you for there may be an chance for you to do some good for people that need help with our, how do I say it....gifts. Please, sit."

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah's eyes widened and a smile appeared on his face when Maggie implied that there was a possibility for him to help others using his abilities over the spirit and the earth. He was so excited over that idea alone that he almost forgot that she first wanted to learn a bit about himself first.

Maggie asked him to sit down rather politely. Rajah immediately took the suggestion to heart, sitting immediately next to her with an eagerness that would parallel that of a cub. Folding his legs as he would usually do during his meditation times, Rajah rested his arms on his legs, clasping his paws together and twiddling his opposable thumbs. He looked at Maggie, trying his best not to let his nervousness show.

"So..." he said somewhat shyly. "What would you like to know?"

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie giggled a bit as she saw how shy the tiger acted. Normally, she was the nervous one when she was near anyone. This was change a pace for her. Clearing her throat, thought of what to ask first. It wasn't a problem to what to ask but which question to choose from. There were so many questions that she wanted to ask and she didn't want to force feed them down the Tora-jin's throat.

I guess I'll start with the easiest one...

"Where did you come from, I mean, where did live before coming here?"

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah stared into his lap, thinking about the question rather deeply. He didn't know whether to tell her inch by inch, saying that the first thing he remembered as a cub was being taken to a Tibetian monastery, or to actually answer her question as far as she detailed it and say that he used to live in the country of India before trekking as far as he has.

The Tora-jin swallowed as he came up with an answer to Maggie's question. He blinked a few times before looking at her with his eyes their normal shade of brown.

"I'm..." he tried to finish the sentence, but once again, his tongue was tied. This time, however, it wasn't because of his shyness toward the girl. It was toward his own judgment, trying to decide whether or not it was safe enough for him to allow everything to be said about himself. Rajah had never felt this way before; he was so open about everything. But for some strange reason, this time was different.

He turned away from her, trying to figure out everything in his head. But while he was sorting out things, he saw his reflection in the water below him. He took his paws, retracted of their claws and felt his furred face. He saw the brightness his eyes; the happiness on his face. He smiled as he once again looked at Maggie, this time without a head filled with confusion.

"I don't know where I came from," he told her. "I was brought up by a Tibetian monestary until I learned to stand upright, when they threw me out. I traveled alone only with the knowledge that my surname was Nagoyaka until I arrived in India, where they accepted me with open arms. I lived the remainder of my cubhood and the beginning of my adult years there."

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie sat in silence as she soaked in all the words that the Tora-Jin said. She went through every word, every sentince, just to understand what this person was about.

It must have been rough being kicked out of your home... she thought. She herself never really was forced from her home, she ran out. But she did know how it felt to be alone in the big world beyond where you lived with the people you love.

Maggie looked at the Tora-jin again but cleared her throat again, feeling the verge of tears coming from remembering her home.

"So you were looking for family? That explains here, but tell me this; how do have the type of power that I seen you use?"

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah looked in front of him, still keeping his smile somewhat.

"I was trained under a very noble man to learn the ways of the earth during my visitation to China," he told her. "I spent more than three months to master the ability. My spirit magic however, I believe I was born with it."

Rajah swallowed, preparing to speak on the subject.

"I learned the technique of Tai Chi during my stay with the monks in Tibet as a cub," Rajah said. "A lot of their teachings I still take to heart, but the most important one I practiced was Tai Chi. It always helped me find my center; get in touch with my inner being and with the nature around me. What I didn't know was that every time I practiced my Tai Chi, I was enhancing my spiritual abilities. I didn't know I had them until I arrived in India.

"I could see the spirit of a man leaving his body," Rajah reminisced. "I-It was almost like it was programmed, but I actually used my abilities for the first time to bind his spirit back within his body. His family was indeed grateful; just the idea of reuniting a father with their children was enough for me. I can use my spirit abilities without the usage of Tai Chi, but I still practice it; it takes me everywhere I want to go. The good places..."

He looked at Maggie, a bit less shy now than he was before.

"Have you been to any good places lately, Maggie?"

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie just stared at the water that flowed in front of her as she hear Rajah story. It was rather odd at first to hear his say that he help save a man's life with not only himself but his family just by placing the soul back. But then again, working for the Devil Saints was odd in it's self.

That's when she heard Rajah ask her something that made the strange thought vanish like a child's attention when you wave candy in front of him.

"Have you been to any good places lately, Maggie?" she heard him say.

She smiled.

"Yes," she started as she smiled some more at the the Tora-Jin, "Yes, I have. I work at this place where we help people. We help people protect, we help people get back what theirs. We just help people."

She got up and walked over to a near-by tree. Laying against it, she continued.

"Before I left training with my master, he told me about a group of people that lived in Japan that did just that. He told me that my new found gifts would aid them for now I was part of a world that most people think is just rubbish. And with that in mind, and 20 days full of walking and riding in cars, I found them. At first, they were not letting anyone in, and who blamed them, right? They were secret, hush hush, that sorta thing."

Looking up in the air, she saw a cloud pass and smiled again. "They let me in after I showed them a few of the things that I made along the way...but listen to me ramble on. I want you to know that you can help people by joining these people, Rajah," she stopped to move some hair away from her eyes and to look at the Tora-Jin, "Rajah, how about joining the Devil Saints?"

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah listened whole-heartedly to Maggie's story, rather interested in what situations she would talk about from his rather innocent question.

However, once she started talking about a certain business, Rajah's look of interest started to grow into a look of concern. This place she spoke of seemed too good to be true. But it wasn't until he heard the name of it when he became utterly confused.

"Devil... Saints?" he asked. He scratched his forehead in confusion. "That seems like a pretty redundant name, don't you think?"

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie laughed a little. It was true that the name of the placed she worked for did had an odd name. It wasn't until she walked inside that she figured out why a place such as that place had a name like that.

"It's redundant," Maggie continued as she leaned on the tree, "But true. The reason for that name is that the owners had people that were from Heaven and Hell. They didn't want to fight the other, only work with each other. That name symbolizes that unity and neutralness of the company..."

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah's curious mind was settled for a while once Maggie told him the reason behind the company's name she worked for. Actually taking the time to think about everything that Maggie said, Rajah found it comforting that there was a group of people that were interested in making the world a better place to live for all beings, regardless of looks and differences.

But while thinking of that topic, another that Maggie brought up also rang in Rajah's mind. The purple-haired woman said that the owners had beings that were from Heaven and Hell. While the parallel only proved what she said all the more accurate, Rajah had never known that there were beings that actually existed in Heaven and Hell. It was enough to make his curious mind activate once again.

"Heaven and... Heaven and Hell?" Rajah said, struggling to try and find the concept possible. "You mean angels and demons?"

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie looked at the Tora-Jin once again, this time with the look of confusion. She didn't think that this would be as hard to explain to Rajah but she really didn't have no idea. A flaw really to expect anyone to know outside of the Devil Saints that this type of things exist, she wanted to have it easy and just have Rajah choose to either be in or out.

She moved from the tree and sat down again beside the the tiger. "Yes, they actually exist among us. Right now, from what I gather from the others at work, is that they are in a secret war. For what reason, I really don't have the slightest clue. When I first heard this, I was surprised myself; I mean really, when do you have a conversion with an angel from heaven and learn that they don't need water or to eat? When do you have a conversion with, an you should know that the proper term for "demons" are fallen angels, are party animals? It literary blew my mind when I saw this."

Maggie picked up a small pebble that was near the Tora-Jin, tossed it in her hand, and threw it into the water.

"But they are," she continued softly, "scared. Scared that if this war happens, it maybe on earth and people will die. Neither side wants that, regardless of where they are from. They just want to live the way they want to without dying for something they believe only 50% of in their hearts."

She looked at the water, then at Rajah. The bangs in her hair covered part of the right side of her face but she could still see the tiger's brown eyes.

"Anything else?" she asked.

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah was still amazed. He had no idea that these beings existed. But thinking about the company that Maggie worked for brought up more ideas. They could actually help Rajah find out where he came from. And the fact that Rajah heard that the company was located in Tokyo, Japan gave him a ray of hope he had been looking for since he first met Rowan and Issac.

"I found out that my surname is of Japanese decent," Rajah told Maggie. He looked at her in the most innocent way possible, once again without purposely trying. "Could the... Devil... Saints... help find where I came from?"

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie had a feeling that there was more to this than it was. She gave the Tora-jin a knowing grin and simply said "Yes, they will be able to help with that as well. We all have reasons to join their ranks and yours isn't different...."

Digging through her jacket pockets, she finally found what she wanted in her right pocket: A business card. It was pure white with nothing on it.

"Here," Maggie said as she held out the card, "If you want to see the address, just hold it in the moon light. If you are sure about it, I'll be there...."

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah did admit; all of this new knowledge was overwhelming to a certain extent. Originally with the redundant name of the company Maggie worked for seemed a bit confusing, even after he heard of the things that they could do. But when she told him that angels and demons actually existed left him speechless. It was like being hit with extremely great news and learning something new about your entire way of life at the exact same time.

Rajah took the blank card Maggie offered him and looked at it. For a while, he forgot that she said the writing would only appear in moonlight. It wasn't until he formed his mouth to start asking the question why there was nothing on the card until he remembered the fact. And even though he caught himself before asking the stupid question, he still blushed in embarrassment.

It was rather interesting, really. After running into Rowan for the first time, finding out that his surname was of Japanese decent, he'd been trekking there ever since. And now with the knowledge that there was an organization not only capable of finding out where he truly came from, but that it was in Japan as well gave the Tora-jin one of the most warmest feelings inside. Even if he made the decision not to join this organization, he would definitely take the time to take advantage of their services.

He looked at her after placing everything that ran across his mind in serious thought. "Where in Japan are the Devil Saints located, Maggie?" he asked happily, a warm smile sprouted on his face.

[Uindo Margret]

Looking away from the Tora-Jin, Maggie found what she was looking for. She pointed across the river at a single rose that moved gently from the breeze that blown through the west.

"The Devil Saints are located in Tokyo." Maggie started as she kept her gaze on the rose, "When you enter the city, go to the shopping district and look for a small flower shop at the third corner to your right. You can't miss it."

Maggie then looked at the watch that was on the arm that she pointed at. She made a "shit!" face, the one you see in movies and television shows that you know that the person was late for something.

"Crap." she said simply, "As much as I want to stay and chat, I have to go back to work. I suppose I can use it here..." The last line was in whisper as she went to her bag, which was behind the tree. She dig through the small red book bag for at least a minute until she pulled out a small red key.

Well, she thought, here's nothing....

Holding out the key in her right hand, she pointed toward the river. The key began to glow a white dim light at the tip of itself.

"Show me the door that leads to home." the woman in the purple hair said aloud as she waved it left to right in a slow motion. The key's light grew brighter with each wave until the light shout out in a straight beam. The beam itself, once it reached the edge of the water, made a shape into a door.

"So, it does work!" Maggie said she quickly grab her bag and walked toward the door. She stopped half-way.

"I guess this is so long," Maggie said as she turn around to face Rajah," I would say good bye but I have a feeling that our paths will cross again." She laughed.

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

"...Tokyo?" Rajah said as his smile widened. His glee was undeniably expressed as this news was made present to the Tora-jin.

Rajah became excited because of this mostly because it required him trekking to a new place, allowing him to meet new people and make new friends. And even if the situation was not at all in his favor like the organization Maggie worked for, it would definitely be worth the trip.

Then again, that was also the problem. Last Rajah heard, Tokyo was a metropolis of a city. And he never entered a modernized city before. Because of this, part of that excitement Rajah encountered was nervousness. But it wasn't his first time being nervous before; what could possibly go wrong?

Rajah was immediately brought back into the present once he saw Maggie form a door out of a light radiated from a key. It was rather beautiful, and Rajah was captivated by the radiance. He watched Maggie as she glanced over at him, saying her goodbyes that quicky turned into see you laters.

"I would say goodbye," she said, "but I have a feeling that our paths qill cross again."

Rajah's smiled died down to a friendly grin as he nodded. "I believe so, too," he said.

[Uindo Margret]

Maggie mad only a slight nod with a small grin. It was good that she was able to find someone to join AND that needed help all in the same day. It was good that she was helping the company that let her in.

Walking toward the bright light doorway, she went through. She turned back around and stared into the Tora-jin's eyes.

"See you soon!" she shouted and it was with that the door of light dispersed into smaller lights that floated all around the area, brighter than the sunlight that was covered by the clouds at the moment. The sun soon shined down and lights faded into nothing. All was right at the river.

[Nagoyaka Rajah]

Rajah continued to stare at the beauty of the light as Maggie walked through the portal. He saw her turn back toward him and smile.

"See you soon," she shouted.

Rajah smiled and waved his right paw. "Bye," he said innocently as the light portal closed in front of him, taking Maggie back to wherever it was she came from. Rajah could only assume that it was her company in Japan, but after such an adventure, he would not be surprised if she was indeed taken elsewhere.

Rajah placed his hands behind his back as his fur and his green tunic started to sway with the wind. He wasn't even in Barcelona yet and already had an adventure of a lifetime, along with getting an opportunity to meet new friends.

This was definitely a great experience for the Tora-jin. He learned of an organization that could help him find out where he came from, he met new people, and even took both his spiritual and earth elemental magics to new heights.

Rajah grabbed his backpack and continued on his trek to Barcelona, knowing now with all of this experience under his belt, this Tora-jin was going to go pretty far...