("Shy Noa")

It had been 3 weeks from when the attack happened. Eimi was tired of everyone eyeing her all the time and the urge to find the group that attacked her and kill them. She trudged her way through the school gardens, her friends clustering around her. "This is driving me crazy!!" she finally shouted. Everyone in the garden jolted up and stared at her. "Why do they even want to take over the world?!? I'm tired of this!"

"Eimi, are you alright?" Hinoko placed a hand on Eimi's shoulder as she started to rub her eyes furiously. "We didn't ask for this to happen, right? We just have to go the way it wants us to go."

"I-I know that we are the strongest keepers in the school, but the pressure!" Eimi growled. "I don't like the fact that I'm being targeted by some people!"

The rest of the Elemental Guardians looked at each other. Then they told Eimi, "We promise that we won't let anything happen to you, Eimi."

"Thank you, girls. I feel better now. But I need to take a walk." Eimi sniffed and avoiding everyone's stares, she walked off deeper into the garden, where the plants and trees clouded everyone's views.

"Oh no! Let's follow her!" Riku gasped and started running after where her friend had gone. Her other friends followed suit.

Eimi's shoes scuffed the dusty ground as she walked. Her mind was a tornado of chaos, everything falling apart or flying around randomly so she couldn't think straight. Her breaths came in short bursts. She felt like crying. Why do these people choose Aquolio first? Did I do something wrong?

Suddenly, her gaze fell on something embedded in the earth. It was bright yellow and had dark magic placed on it, as if on purpose. "Oh, no..." she groaned and lifted the note out from the earth with her qi. ''Beware of your every step... Cause we'll be watching. If you want to find us, we will be in the clearings of Sprileos where the 5 Guardians were massacred. -The Hunters of the Eagle Current''. The paper fell to the ground with an almost inaudible thud. Did they just give away their location?!? Eimi thought, her mind racing.

"Eimi! We finally caught up!" Mei's voice burst into her thoughts. Eimi whirled around and came face to face with her friends. They panted, sweat dripping down their faces.

"Guys..." Eimi's face was shadowed. "I found another note from the witches. Apparently, they're called the Hunters of the Eagle Current. Well, the Eagle Current is the source of my power..." she murmured.

"WHAT?!?" Noa screeched.

"No, not possible... do you guys think that they want to take over the world using your Eagle Current?" Riku shook her head, deep in thought.

"I don't know... but it said that if we wanted to find them, we will meet them at the 5 Guardian's Clearings. I think that they chose that place so that they would have a boost of power there since that area is still contaminated with their magic from the Guardians' last battle. Luckily it'll give us a boost too." Eimi explained.

"We trained hard enough! Now let's go get them!" Hinoko yelled.

"I'm going to call my dad that my friends are coming over." Mei pulled out her phone.

"We'll tell our parents later. But first, off to Sprileos!" Eimi yelled.