Okay, so this is another RP that me, and taffybratz worked on together again. ^^ So, here we go! Maria, do the disclaimer please!
Maria: OKAY! So, Maria65 doesn't not own Akane, or Hiyami; they belong to taffybratz. But the name, Sachi, does belong to Maria65, as do I. The rest belongs to Aeria Games-Aura Kingdom. BEGIN THE STORY!
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Akane walked with Maria, shivering slightly from the cold.
"O-of all places Reinhardt could have a war at, why a p-place that's b-below z-zero degrees…" She said, trying to warm herself up as she walked.
"I should have got a heavier coat..." she stated with another shiver.
Maria looked at Akane, before she pulled a blanket out of her bag, and placed it over Akane.
"Here this should keep you warm; this is a blanket Aelius gave me when I was little. This should keep you warm, and don't worry about me. He gave me a memento when I saw him again." Maria said with a smile, having remembered some of her past, before Sachi tapped her shoulder.
"T-Thanks." Akane said and put the blanket over her shoulders.
"Are you sure the others are okay?" Sachi asked, worried about the group.
"They'll be fine Sachi. Darius and Satako are perfectly capable to handling the war going on there." Maria said, before she kept moving.
"But I agree with you Akane...why a war here?" Maria said with an annoyed look, scanning the Blizzard Berg from higher up.
"Vulture's Vale is too hot and Blizzard Berg is too cold. WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH HIM?! If he wants us to die of heat stroke or freeze to death, its working!" Akane stated with a heavy sigh.
"Calm down Akane, you don't want him or any monsters to hear you." Alessa said as she sweat dropped at her Envoy.
"I'll calm down…though I still can't believe Andre is telling us to attack Reinhardt in this weather." she sighed out with a nod.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Even though he says he respects us, it's obvious he doesn't realize that we're still human's." Maria stated, before giving a small yelp as a strong gust hit them.
"Oh no! I feel a blizzard coming, a strong one." Sachi stated, looking at her staff.
"Akane, let's recall our Eidolon's." Maria said as she dismissed Sachi, not wanting her Eidolon to have to bear the weather, and Akane nodded and dismissed Alessa.
"I'm so going to prank Andre and punch Reinhardt after this." she said, her hair being blown by the wind.
"I just wanna get out of this weather, and find a place for shelter for us." Maria said, standing close to Akane.
It wasn't long before she saw a small cave up ahead, and she smiled, and pulled Akane with her, even as the wind blew harder, nearly obscuring the two girls visions, but they got to the cave safely.
"Phew...at least the cold is more bearable inside this place." Maria said as she looked around.
It was small and wet...but she could easily fix that. Placing her hands against a wall in the cave, she closed her eyes, and focused on the memento Aelius gave her. A blue aura covered her, before it spread over the walls, and floor, making everything warm to the touch.
"There, that should keep us warm until the storm dies down." Maria said as she sat across from Akane, and Akane nodded and sighed in relief.
"I'm so relieved one of us can warm places up without exploding something. I try to use a fire spell to warm me and Alessa up once...but I blew up the cave we were in by accident. Alessa never lets me make a camp fire ever again." she stated with a sweat drop.
"Heehee, I can see why." Maria said nervously, before she composed herself.
"The only reason I'm able to do this is because Saari and Aelius have both stated I could connect with the Cube of Gaia, and the Eidolon's accessories and gain some abilities they have. Though I may not fully understand everything about my past, I do know that I have some connection to Gaia, and that I have some connection to the Eidolon's themselves." Maria stated, before Sachi came out...without permission.
"It's because of those connections that BAT went after you in the first place." Sachi said, and Maria growl, dismissing the girl again.
"I hate remembering those days." Maria stated rather darkly.
"BAT? A bunch of bats went after you?" Akane asked, confused, blinking.
"No, not bat's. B. A. T. Biological Androids Team, they were a group of researcher's meant to try and bring people back from the brink of death...but what they truly did was use humans as experiment's, or created biological android's. They were able to create an artificial soul for someone through using a fragment of the Cube of Gaia, but I killed them all. BAT had sought me out due to my connection with Gaia, and I figured out how they knew it was me. Reinhardt had sought their aid to help him bring Luciana back, and told them a girl with black hair, and bright blue eyes could help. They eventually found me using a device he gave them, but then broke themselves off from him, and hid away." Maria brought out a map, and showed it to Akane, an area was circle in red.
"That's where the facility once stood, but after I regained my original mind, I...killed them all. A survivor had issued a request to kill me, but Luther, who took on the request, killed the man who issued it. But I know Reinhardt had ordered them to get me, because before we killed the guy, I asked him how he knew about me. All he had to say was Reinhardt, and I knew." Maria said, before she put the map away.
"It's a result of those experiment's that my eyes are gold instead of bright blue." Maria said, and closed her eyes.
'Marias' eyes are the color of the Cube of Gaia; Astraea, the Guardian Goddess has the same colored eyes. But Marias' turned gold due to what B.A.T did to her.' Alessa told Akane through the mind.
"Oh." Akane said and nodded in understanding then thought about what Maria said.
"Luciana...was that my mom?" she asked, confused.
"I remember the Church telling me after Reinhardt nearly killed me in Candeo Marsh that my mom was his wife. I used to think he never existed though until Belenus told me, which explained why Andre was so mean towards me." she explained.
"From what I understand, yes, Luciana was your mother. And how you got attacked reminded me that Reinhardt showed up in Candeo Marsh with me as well, but he only made an appearance and tried to persuade Alex to join him...didn't exactly work." Maria said, remembering the normally, goofy Commander suddenly getting deadly and serious upon seeing Reinhardt.
"He didn't really attack me...but he did stare at me for some time...like he knew me." Maria said, and sighed, and Akane sighed as well.
"I was just helping Alex fight a monster with Anya when he appeared. Anya and Alex were shouting at him and he just stared at me...then attacked me. I had a lot of stab wounds afterwards though, I'm surprised I survived actually." Akane said.
"Afterwards I went to the Church and Gus kept hinting Belenus wasn't telling me something. So when I asked Belenus, he finally told me. Then afterwards Reinhardt came and made a big scene about how they turned his daughter against him and blah, blah, blah." Akane said, remembering what happened in the Church.
"When really he left me when I was almost one year old, and the Church had to give me away because with my mom dead, and him gone, they had to give me to Shelia and York; so I was basically an orphan." Akane stated.
"I see...Shelia and York found me outside Port Skandia, and took me home to care for me. When they found me...I was almost dead...or on the verge of it. I had wounds, I was starving, and extremely dehydrated, and Sachi had tried everything to heal me...but her magic wasn't working due to her exhaustion." Maria explained, her gold eyes having a faraway look in them, and Akane could see a storm behind those eyes...like the storm outside, just not as violent, and Akane smiled lightly.
"I guess Shelia and York loved kids so much that they took us in. I remember thinking when Joel and Theia was born that they were my actual siblings. Until as I got older I started to think of how no one had white hair and red eyes. Truth be told... after I was told that I was adopted they gave me the choice to find my real parents or remain Port Skandia. I was planning on staying in Port Skandia but Kane had a complete fit when he saw that I was an Envoy." she said and rolled her eyes at the memory of the Garrison Leader.
Maria lowered her head, and sighed...she knew why Kane threw a fit aside from Brian.
"I'm sorry...if Kane got violent toward you. He started getting violent a year after I moved into Skandia...so...if he was violent towards you...it's my fault." Maria said, before she used the memento to heat the cave up again, and Akane waved it away.
"It's okay. I got used to him being a jerk before I left." she stated then smirked.
"Besides...before I left, I did do a small prank to him and to this day he'll never figure out who did it." she said and laughed lightly.
"Well, he wouldn't be able to even if he had wanted to. He transformed into a demon, and destroyed Skandia...remember?" Maria reminded, remembering when she had returned to Skandia to say 'hi' and had seen the village destroyed.
She had found Sheila, York, Theia, Joel, Caine, Iba, Anita, Betsy, Corey, the witch and her assistant, Bentley, a wounded Akane, and a few others within the Lighthouse, hiding from Kane and a few demons.
"And it was because of Reinhardt." she said with a nod, and sighed.
"I never thought that he would follow me from Crescent Hill to Port Skandia and attack me, Joel and Theia while we were picking flowers to make a bouquet." she stated.
"Yeah...I never thought he'd actually attack Port Skandia since the place is actually more isolated than some believe." Maria said, and sighed.
"We best get some sleep, the storm won't be ending any time soon." Maria said tiredly, looking out the entrance.
Akane nodded and brought out sleeping bags, giving one to Maria, and then afterwards she got into her sleeping bag.
"Night Maria." she said and closed her eyes, going to sleep.
Maria got in hers, but watched the storm a little longer...worry heavy in her heart. She was told from Astraea just a while ago that Vulture's Vale had been taken by the Church, and that everyone was heading to Blizzard Berg...but it only worried Maria more. She looked at Akane, seeing the younger girl asleep, and narrowed her eyes outside. Reinhardt would try to turn Akane against them, and if he succeeded, Maria knew she wouldn't be able to stop Akane, she couldn't bring herself to hurt the younger girl, even if Maria was stronger than Akane. But if Reinhardt truly did recognize Maria as who she really was...Maria began to fear for everyone. Reinhardt had already tried turning Maria against the others, and nearly succeeded when he used the Cube to try it. Only with Astraea and Uzuriel, who she had learned was her caretaker when she was young; was she able to oppose Reinhardt and not turn to his side.
"I swear...I will not let him get me, or Akane this time. Even if it kills me, I will stop him from getting anyone on his side." Maria vowed, glowing a light blue before it faded, and fell asleep.
Well...looks like this might just be a chapter story. Well, get ready for the next chapter, because here we come! ^^