Hi everyone. I've been stuck on Kalas betraying for a while now. And, maybe we could say that I've conquered the two games of Baten Kaitos now and find myself so a genius. I have to do baten kaitos origin again, I just must. But for now, I think I had an idea. I wanna redo the first game and as so, why not retrace a fic following the whole story ? With the spirit point of view on every one and every event? Starting with Kalas betraying of course…

Yeah, I did it. So this is the first chapter of this idea. Maybe I'm crazy, maybe not. I've spent something like four hours writing and end up with that. So I'll try. If you like the idea, then, I'll keep on. And will do the entire game, from the beginning 'till the end. I can tell how much time it will take, but I'm ready for an adventure. Banzai! If you ask yourself who's Radiklement, it's a French author who try herself in English sometimes. I've already two one shot in this section of the site. And something like 26 different stories now. But who cares? (Kalas, I love you darling) So, before you get too exhausted of my babbling, I leave you to the reading of this 10 pages. To see if you like or not. If so, I'll keep on. If not, I'll see.

Disclaimer: None of those characters are mine, except maybe the opinion that the spirit will have, because I was the spirit during the entire game. Hoping there'll be no ooc and a lot of fun for everyone.

Still a monster, what a shame…

The monster within

Chapter 1 - The revelation of the spirit

Kalas had betrayed us. I'd thought I won't meet something more awful to see than a crazy Kalas laughing at me. Well, I had as I said. Now, I know the truth. Every single boss we met is driving me crazy. Especially those who looks like demons. The boss protecting the end magnus in Anueanue was okay. It was a tree, how could it disturb me? But the one at Diadem and Phantasm in Mira. They were something. When I say something, I don't mean only that they were incredible, like wow, how could a creature that cool can exist on this island? It was more like, man, and another creepy thing to keep us going.

Hey, Xelha would agree with me, it's easier to kick on something bad looking than on someone like Savyna. Well, Savyna's maybe a cause apart from any other. Sometimes, it feels great to remember our fight with her in front of the celestial tree. She gets on my nerves sometimes, always being this much cold. How much I wish she could melt a little and show us the woman under her mask! It must be one of those impossible things children wish for and never get. Life really is not fair.

Who am I? Oh, sorry, I've loose my track since a while now. I'm a guardian spirit. Well, a betrayed guardian spirit who's in great anger, but still, I protect my new companion now. Xelha. I just can't get how Kalas could abandon me as he did. Wasn't I his best friend? Did all our travels really mean nothing to him? You know, it's not always easy to support a guy that much depressive. He'd lost everything he had. And me, I'm supposed to be always happy and dynamic. And I am on top of that.

Hell yeah, I'm following him every step along the way to stop Malpercio and the first thing I get as a thanks is a knife in the back. If I had a back, it is, of course. But anyway, with time, I get to understand him. He'd been different to every other kids since the very beginning of his life. To always be misjudged and gossiped isn't easy to take. Then, when he finally get his second wings and become as everyone else, his grandfather and his only brother were killed. By that beast of Giacomo. Ayme was there too. So, he took on his shoulders the weight of revenge. I've gave him the power to do it, and we had finally made it when the worst popped right in my face.

Alright, I have no face, no eyes and no back. I'm something spiritual and invisible. But still, I exist, and as so, I'm gonna speak as if I were a human. I mean, I saw the world trough Kalas's eyes when I was his spirit. Now, I'm with Xelha. It won't last long, but I see trough her eyes and feel everything around us trough her body. She's my link to this world. My friend. Sheesh, Kalas was supposed to be my friend to… And he…

Damn him, if I can get to see him again, I'll show him how I feel! I won't let him do as he want if it's gonna destroy the world. He could get hurt in the process. Yeah, I'm still worrying about him, even if I'm feeling very strange about what he'd done. He literally pushed me away. Did you see it? How could it go that far? He hadn't any need of me anymore. That was it, the worst. He leave me stay with him that much long only because he needed me. He used me! And when I had no more use, he threw me away. Like an old broken toy.

And I was broken by this betraying. I'm not sure I'll ever get what it got to forgive him. If he ever ask to. I got feelings too, as all of them does, man, didn't he already realised it? Or was I really just a puppet giving him enough power to get trough his vengeance and his nightmare? So that mister Kalas got two perfect white wings and turn all crazy and nuts. He drives me crazy above everything else. Now, I'm growling for myself, trying not to alert Xelha. She's already stressing enough about her confrontation with Kalas and Melodia. That bitch, how could my Kalas get to serve that girl? Rha!

-Say, Selene, do you think it would be okay with Kalas? So that we get him back with us.

I wasn't sure if I really wanted to get him back when I answer. But I knew she loved him, I could read in her pure heart this feeling I had too. He had a crush on her the last time I could read in his thoughts, before he get those wings and abandon me. And Malpercio couldn't possibly win. I knew him since very longer than anybody else in our team. I knew him since I once was part of him and was killed by the children of the earth and their puppet stopped me and my four friends of Naos in our destruction. I was the one who had signed the pact with the dark brethren and all that shit. I was Selene, or Marno, the Ar in the five end magnus. I was part of Malpercio.

Something that I did remember now. Twenty years before now, I wasn't as strong as I am now. I grew older and older. My friends in this time helped me becoming the spirit I am now. They're death now and I never get to see if Gibari nor Savyna really remember me. They were still child when we'd met long ago. Kalas was some kind of a saviour for me when he called out for me. I was waiting since two or three years for having something to do in this nasty world. To get lost with my souvenir of Sagi and Malpercio wasn't nice at all.

But I get back my mind on what I had to say to Xelha. She was worrying damn too much. She needed to have some rest before that we went to Alfard and face Kalas for the second and the last time. I already knew that it would be the last time. I won't let him get away with it. We had to save him. No matter how mad he'd went and how mad I was about his action. Even if he had lied to me, I was still his friend. I was still caring about him. If Melodia did him anything wrong, I will force Xelha, or Savyna, or Gibari, or Lyude, or even Mizuti to make her pay. No on can lay a hand on my Kalas and get away with it!

Hum… well, now that this is said, I still have to comfort Xelha. And myself by the way. I'm angry and worried at the same time. Kalas, you're going to hear me about this madness you put me trough, I swear! And if I have to kill you to get you back to yourself, I don't think I ever be able to do it. I rather die myself. But I can't die, I a remnant of a god. Man, life really is unfair.

"I'm sure everything will go all fine. We'll get Kalas back with us in no time. After all, we have the same goal, and I'm with you!"

-Yeah, you're right Selene. I'm glad to have you with me.

I don't know why, but to see her getting back her hope help be having back mines. Now, I was almost sure that Kalas would be alright when he'll get back to us. And he was going to come back. I was here to do it. If I can be use to give someone two wings instead of one, if I'm the only difference that can help five fighters in face of a god, if I have destroyed Wizeman and Quaestor Verus long ago, if I have survived to all my best friend death, then, I must be able to get a freaking stupid punk back to his senses. Don't I?

After all this thinking and worrying, Gibari finally come in, to tell Xelha that she should get some sleep before we go on our quest. She was a queen, but still a young girl; in love with someone she wasn't sure to know anything about anymore. She has been rejected, like me. It wasn't easy for any of us both. The old Gib' wrinkled face gave me more confidence. He was a sort of father for our team. After all, he was the oldest of us all. Hey, the oldest after me! Hi grandpa, I thought to myself.

Xelha get back with the other to get some rest. None of them really knew what to say. We'd all been betrayed and were still facing it. Lyude looked lost in his mind, as he washed his trumpet like gun. Mizuti was floating some centimetres upper than her bed was, speaking in her own way to herself. Savyna looked by the window, sit on the balcony's edge. Her arms were crossed and her face was cold and closed. But her eyes weren't as hard as always and she looked like she could break down in a crisis anytime soon. A crisis of what, that, I dunno.

Gibari wasn't doing any sound, what was a good sign of how he was troubled on the inside. But for the rest, they all seemed like always. Xelha didn't say anything to anyone and get into her bed. Meemai squeaked softly, touched by all the tension in the room. I tell him no to worry. This moment was awkward, but not that bad.

"Kalas will come back to us tomorrow. I'm sure of it now. He'll be with us just as if nothing had happen."

But inside I knew that none of them would ever forget what he'd done. None could. Me either, I won't forget. It's impossible to forget something that big. To forget and to forgive.

Kalas, my friend, this is gonna be hard for you when you'll be back. Harder than everything you've ever face. Because this time, you've been the one that push away the other. And if you've never been able to forgive people for what they'd done to you, then it means we won't do either. No matter what you'll do or say to atone for this. This is a sin. A real one. The worst thing you've done.

I hope I'll never have to see you do something else that would be as bad as that. Or then, I'll show what I've done. That I have corrupted the earth and make things how they are for you all now, in wanting to do what I think was right. I never get to atone for it. If I can save you, then maybe I'll save myself. Then only…

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As the other day came, we get all on our feet to face the truth. If Kalas could come back to us or not. I feel fear in Xelha's heart. In all of their heart. Even Savyna was afraid. I didn't say anything. There was nothing to say instead of let's go!

"Let's go and give him some lecture!" I shouted in their mind.

They smiled as they got on the white dragon. Xelha was on her head, alone with me and Meemai. Lyude and Mizuti were on each of her shoulder, as they were lighter. Gibari and Savyna sited on her back, without a word or a look to each other. Damn! They could do a great couple if they were talking a little more to each other. Hmm… I should take care of this when Kalas would be back. I watch carefully each of them as we journey quickly to Alfard.

Mizuti. She was still so mysterious. I had to find out more about her. Even if I knew who she was, indeed. The children of the earth, huh? Those… And Lyude. He was really with us because he had nothing to loose anymore. He was still defenceless compared to the others, but he knew how to fight. In the military, the better defensive is to have a great offensive. His father would have been proud to see his son following his heart. I was sure of it. Savyna, hmm, she was lady death after all. The greatest fighter I've seen since a long time. If she could be more open, with the heart I mean, and less robotic, she could remember me of Pieda. Le in Malpercio. My Pieda.

Huh… well, now, I'm not a boy, but a girl. Since the time… And who knows if spirits have a gender anyway? I'm kinda androgynous. I said I was a girl because I found Kalas so cute. Oh yeah, he's cute, and even sexy sometimes. "Laughs." And, after all I've been through; I'm not sure what I am anymore. I've been Marno, Malpercio, Sagi's spirit, a wonderer, a dark brethren, a lost spirit, Kalas's spirit, rejected and betrayed, and finally Xelha's spirit. I can be confused after all of this. My voice had changed too in this time. Now, I'm someone else. Something else. But I still carry my history. A story that none of those six will ever know anything about. They don't need to be bug with all the details of the past. Que sera sera. Now, we must concentrate on what's happening now.

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Then, we get in Alfard. You know, the empire. It's a pretty island after all. A little hot, with the desert and the lava caves and all, but still a pretty island. And it was there that our Kalas was. My Kalas. First he's my Kalas, after, he is the other's Kalas. Alright? I know him since two years and a half after all. To think it's been six months since the start of this travel. Gibari had his birthday the other day. He didn't told it, but it was, because one day, he was 34 years old, I can see their age in their mind, and now, he's 35 years old. He's old!!

Well, I was trying to comfort me like this in little jokes because what we've found in Mintaka wasn't really a great sight to take. Empire's soldiers were lying everywhere in the capital, half or completely death. With incredible wounds. Xelha was growing paler and paler as we advanced in the city. Mizuti looked troubled too. She was still the youngest of our group. Gibari was damn serious and Savyna had a bad time remembering other dead comrades in another time where she was a slaughtering machine. Lyude was livid. My poor friends. With furry, I decided to avenge those soldiers life and to protect all the citizens that we could.

So we did. That gave us time to practice ourselves before the big time. The H hour. Before to go to the imperial palace that was once ago the greater Mintaka. There, a soldier come running to us, enough afraid to get wet his pants. I partly listen to his complaints. But as you could guess, my mind was on something else. When we entered in the palace, I was amazed by all the glory everywhere in the empire name. The gold, the pipes everywhere, assembled in complicated network that were alimenting the place or maybe just doing decorative.

Now, I understand how Xelha could be take here as a maiden so easily. But we had no time to loose in being amazed. Kalas was waiting, maybe suffering, and we had to remove him from the end magnus light before it got too late. As Xelha have already worked here, we found out very quickly how it works. With the elevators and all. We ran through all the palace, killing machines which gave me chills. Not those things again! We collected cards, battles and water to extinguish the security system on the third floor. Than I felt that something was wrong and urged Xelha back to the throne room. Where Lyude had been feeling so bad because of his memories.

Well, this time, he didn't have enough minutes to get all sad and regretful. I told them to revise their deck rudely, because I was getting stressed and not just a bit. Gibari take my advice seriously and they began to get more recovering magnus in their deck, to be sure that they have something to cover their back. But Xelha had confidence in me. With me, nothing bad could happen. She was right.

-Mizuti be unsure of this corridor, said Mizuti as we walked through the said corridor to get in the heart of the palace. She was right too.

-Aahahaha!

-Who's there? Asked Xelha.

All of them get out his weapon and infuse their magnus into it for the fight. Fadroh came up to us, smiling with a card in his hand. You know who is Fadroh, don't you? He's the ex-commander of the empire's soldier –don't ask me how he get her, maybe his face have something to do with it- and a betrayer just like Kalas. Worst maybe, because he'd turned his back on his own emperor and nation and killed him. I'm not very angry about it to say the truth. Geldoblame was a pain in the ass and now, I'm freed of him for good. He was kinda ugly after having been touched by the end magnus. And, he had made suffered my Kalas. This, above all, is unforgivable.

We tried to talk a bit, but it was clear that Fadroh wouldn't let us past. He smiled a last time, before to show us the end magnus and to let his light transform him. His green clothes disappeared with his face and his brown and blond curvy hair. All his person was remove to transform itself in a monster coming out of a nightmare. A true nightmare. He was tree meters and a half tall. At least! He had two horns and three or four eyes in his face. No mouth, but his voice rang into our skulls to tell us how he controlled himself and was going to defend Melodia and his god.

The weapon in his distorted hands was a big stick, if you can call it a stick, where three steel balls covered by studs were attached by chains. His arms and legs were green and covered by relief inscription, and veins. When I say veins, I mean those of a tree, which are so big that you can put your finger in it to follow the way they trace. And the worst was the eye right between his legs, on his lower stomach. This red eye circled by yellowy white. Great, a creepy bad looking nasty monster once again. How I love this life! I won't have any regret to help my friends fighting such a horror. The only advantage in this.

I feel Xelha fear in all my spirit. She was trembling. If Kalas had been here, she won't have. But he'd abandon us, so she was trembling. And I, Selene, was the only one who could calm her down. I rethink about our decks and choose those who will fight. I called out for them and their wings come out of their back, as they were ready.

-Xelha! Gibari! Mizuti!

Xelha was right in the middle, face to face with the monster. It was nasty from me to make her take this fight with this thing. But Kalas will maybe not come back to us, so she had to get stronger. Sharper. Gibari had his paddle in his hand and was ready since a long time now. Right on the left of Xelha, he greeted her with a smile, as he wasn't afraid. I knew he was, but as the oldest, he had to be strong. Just like me. Mizuti turned on herself with her chakram floating in her hands. Her playful mask hided her fear. Not to me, but to everyone else. And her voice came out smoothly, as always.

Lyude crossed his arms, sad to be left behind. Savyna observed the enemy, to give advice to her comrades if they get in need. We were all ready and set. Fadroh was the only thing stopping us to reach Kalas now. And we weren't going to let him stop us for long.

-Let's go everyone! Let's fight, I said.

Then, it all went wrong. But you never ever should underestimate a guardian spirit anger. Especially not mine. Fadroh was going to regret it. And Melodia had to pay.

"Kalas, we're on our way!"

This battle was rough. Xehla ran and jump and used every light flare she could. Mizuti was lacking light magic, because Xelha was way better then her to do it. Well, Mizuti wasn't already known as a 'her' for everyone. But, I'm a guardian spirit and there is things I just know.

-Chronos blow! Shouted the young sorcerer.

Gibari cured her with green tea while Savyna narrowed her eyes. There was something wrong there. Indeed. The eye on Fadroh's abdomen swung open and shouted a threatening light right in Xelha's heart. She fell back in a cry of pain. She had lost half of her whole energy. Mizuti was going to help her when the light hurt her too. Gibari realised the truth that Lyude shouted in despair.

-He attacks two times in a row!!

"I've seen it Lyude. Try a use something on Xelha to help her instead of panicking!"

-But, we have no right to use magnus when this isn't our turn!

The great little soldier had talk. What was he thinking? That we were in a videogame or what?

"Keep attacking while you can everyone. As soon as you have something to cure yourself, do it, there's no way we're letting a thing that nasty win."

-Agreed, said Savyna on her emotionless tone. We have a mission to carry about. There's no time to loose.

-Well then, look at what a man of the sky can do! Replied Gibari.

Xelha get up on her feet and cure herself with the mirror of the ocean. Mizuti keep attacking, because she hadn't the good card in her hands.

-Mizuti be ready to win this fight!

-We must save Kalas! Added Xelha.

-I'm gonna find a way to help you even if I'm not suppose to use magnus when I'm not on the battlefield, said Lyude.

-The battlefield is everywhere anyway, completed Savyna.

"No matter where's the battlefield and how big it is, I'm gonna get us through it to stop that evil god and that bitch of Melodia. And save Kalas in the process! Everyone, fire!"

-Selene's talking like a soldier, laughed Lyude.

-This isn't the time to chitchat! Cautioned Gibari.

"And I'm not talking like a soldier. I'm talking like someone who's going to do all he can to save his best friend. I'm talking with determination and faith. I believe in all of you. We can do this, together!"

-Right, together, said Xelha as she got back to herself. She was no more shaking. Now, she was ready. Meemai cried a cry of war as she threw him on our foe. Prepare to die! Sparkle of life!!!

Fadroh's madness was going to end here. As much as Kalas bad doing. Melodia was going to pay. They were all going to pay. We were a team. And there's no way you can break MY team!

-Spiralling gale! Eruption flail! Sforzando! Shadow gate! Sparkle of life!

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Wooo! That was tough. Think that I'm French at first and pretty better in French. How was it? Should I continue? If I do so, Selene, the spirit will remember all the travel from the very beginning. It mean Sadal Suud. Let's see what you think first. And let's say that Fadroh really is a total lost when he transformed himself with the end magnus. How there he stopped me during three days before I can get back my Kalas! Oww, I hate him!

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