What up ya bunch of chickens. Anyway, I've made a new story. I got into Tales of Zestiria first, then The X and Berseria. I really liked them so I did this. Though I have to admit that in Berseria, I didn't like how Velvet ended up with her little brother in an endless sleep. But anyway, enjoy.
Chapter 1: The begging of a new life.
Once a thousand years ago, a man named Artorius Collbrande was labeled as the Shepherd, the savior of the world. In truth, he was plaining to take away all free will, emotion and everything in the world, with the power of an Empyrean called Innominat, once known as Laphicet Crowe, his younger brother-in-law. Both were close to achieving their goals, but one stopped them.
A woman known as Velvet Crowe, Laphicet's older sister and Artorius's younger sister-in-law. She was seeking revenge on Artorius for killing her younger brother. She was also known as a Therion, a special kind of Demon that was part of Innominat. She achieved her goal of getting revenge, and saved the world. She then was trapped in an eternal sleep with Innominat so that she and the other people connected to him wouldn't die. Thousands of years has passed since that day, however today is a day where she awakes and begins a life that brings happiness to her. A happiness where she finds love, becomes a mother and has her own family. And it started on a normal day in the forest.
(With Velvet)
"Velvet, wake up!" A voice called out, hoping to wake up the young woman that has been asleep for thousands of years.
'Laphicet...' The voice of the young woman known as Velvet Crowe said as she felt herself starting to awake after thousands of years.
After a very long time, Velvet finally opened her eyes for the first time to see the strands of grass touching her and looking at the blue sky, in a grassy field of a forest. She was wearing her normal outfit that she wearied in her adventure as well. even with her Gauntlet blade repaired. Velvet felt exhausted, even if she had slept for who knows how long, everything she's been through seemed like a dream to her. Artorius was dead and the world was at peace, but then something came up in her mind.
Innominat wasn't by her side, he wasn't even here. Upon jolting up from her lying position, which she really regretted when she got a massive headache and feeling sore all over her body. "It hurts''. Velvet said as she could barely stand up, holding her bandaged arm with her other arm as she looked through her surroundings.
Velvet saw that she was in a green field, lots of colored flowers in the field, a small lake near her, beautiful green grass around her and trees around her. Velvet had to admit that this forest was beautiful. However, Velvet didn't have time to be look at herself or relaxing at the moment. "Innominat! Where are you! Innominat! Laphi!''. Velvet shouted out as loud as she could in hopes for Innominat to hear her and come to her.
Velvet waited a whole minute after her shouting, only for something else that what she was expecting to appear. Velvet sensed danger, getting her to look up, before she used her strength, even with her injures to jump away as a huge Black and Red eye dragon landed in front of her.
Velvet landed on all four, gasping as she felt more pain, before she looks up at the black dragon roaring as her. "Damn it! I was careless!''. Velvet cursed to herself, not thinking about what could have been around the area when she started shouting. "RAAAA!". The Dragon roared as it charged towards Velvet, who struggled with her injures.
Velvet then jumped over the dragon and landed behind it, before Velvet charged towards the Dragon with her Gauntlet Blade activating. Velvet jumps over the dragon with her blade ready to strike. "Shell Splitter!''. Velvet called out as she repetitively slashed the Dragon's back with her blade, making the Dragon roar out in pain, before he slams Velvet away with its tail.
Velvet was sent flying as she smashed into a tree, gasping from the pain as she held her injured arm. "Damn it! If only I wasn't injured, I could move a lot faster!''. Velvet said in anger at being weak at the moment, especially against a Dragon. The Dragon roared as it then unleashed a fire breath attack towards Velvet, making her eyes widen. "Damn it! I only got one choice!''. Velvet thought to herself as she stood up on her feet, before her bandaged arm turned into its monster hand form. Velvet held her left hand out as the Dragon's breath attack slammed into her hand as it slowly got absorbed.
"AAAHHH!''. Velvet cried out in pain from the flames, before the attack was fully absorbed and Velvet looked at the Dragon in rage. Velvet then charged towards the Dragon, with her hand still in Monster mode. "Annihilating Crash!". Velvet shouted out as she stabbed her blade into the dragon's head, before Velvet then thrusts her open demonic hand at the dragon, blowing it away as a vortex of red and black swirls follows the dragon, who slammed into the ground, creating a huge impact on the ground.
Velvet took deep breaths as she used up all her power in that one attack. "I think that did it! There's no way it could have survived that''. Velvet said as she took deep breaths from using all her power in that one attack. However, the dragon flew out of the dust with lots of injures around it; even the tip of its tail was destroyed.
"RRAAA!''. The Dragon roared at Velvet in pain and rage. "You got to be kidding me''. Velvet said in anger at seeing the Dragon still alive, while collapsing to one knee from using too much power in her last attack. "RRRAAA!''. The Dragon roared in rage as it flew towards Velvet, before it slammed the side of its tail at Velvet, sending her towards a tree and slammed into it. "AAHH!''. Velvet cried out as she gasped in pain as she slide down to the ground in pain.
"RRRAAA!''. The Dragon roared as it changed towards Velvet, with its mouth opened to eat Velvet. "Am I going to die? I deserve it for my sins in the past. I don't deserve to live for the man lives that I've ruined. Ironic that I'm gonna be eaten, after how I ate so much Daemons and Malak''. Velvet thought to herself, thinking about how she brought chaos to the world and that she doesn't deserve to live. However, when the dragon was about to eat Velvet, it suddenly stopped, before it was destroyed, letting Velvet see that someone was behind the dragon and was responsible for its death and the one that saved her.
It was a boy that was the same age as her, or maybe a year older and a few inches taller then her. He wears White boots with black high lights, long Black pants, a Dark Purple short sleeve shirt, a Black long sleeve, high collar hoodie jacket, White fingerless gloves. The man has brown hair, which is slightly shifted to the right, white feathers on his ears as earrings. The Most unusual part of the man was his eyes. His eyes were the deepest emerald green Velvet has ever seen. She's never seen eyes so green as that. Velvet was reminded of the grass at seeing the man's eyes. In the man's right hand was a brown Ceremonial Sword, a sword where Velvet could sense powerful energy in.
The man looked at Velvet with his gentle eyes as he put his sword back in its scabbard as he ran over to Velvet. He kneed down in front of her and looked at her wounds, while Velvet could feel herself losing herself from her loss of energy. "Why did…you save…me''. Velvet managed to say to the man, before she was knocked out to dream land. The man looked at Velvet's face with concern.
"I did it because you needed help. I just can never turn away when someone needs help''. The Man said to the knocked out Velvet, before he picked her up and held her bride style. The man looked at Velvet's sleeping face. When the man saw Velvet's eyes when she was awake, he saw pain, betrayal and loneness. His heart hurt when he saw those emotions.
"I promise, I'll take care of you''. The man said to the knocked out Velvet, before he begins to walk away to a place to heal Velvet's injures, who was still being carried bride style. "The only place close enough to get to that can help heal you is Elysium? Time to pay Gramps a visit''. The man said as he walked to his home, Elysium, hoping to help heal Velvet.
(In Velvet's dream)
"Velvet. Time to wake up''. Velvet heard her sister's voice, disturbing her sleep as she weakly opened her eyes to see her sister Celica Crowe leaning over her, looking at her. "Uhh! Let me sleep some more Celica''. Velvet said as she turned around in her bed trying to sleep more. "Come on you little sneaker. You'll make that pore man worry even more''. Velvet heard her sister's voice, along with giggling, causing Velvet to open her eyes a little. "What…man''. Velvet said as she turned around to look at her sister, seeing herself in the world where she converts with the people she devoured.
Celica giggled again as she looked at her sister with a smile. "The handsome man that saved you from that dragon. He was quit handsome by the way''. Celina said to her sister, reminding her about the man that saved her.
Velvet's eyes widen in shock as she realized that she wasn't really dreaming. The Dragon, the forest, the boy and feeling of pain. "No…It can't be. I don't deserve to live''. Velvet whispered in shock that she was really free from her endless sleep and separated from her brother. "Listen Velvet. You were freed for a reason. Both Laphicets used their power to free you so you can finally have a life of happiness''. Celica said to her sister with a smile, telling her what she thinks of Velvet being free means.
"How can I be happy. I lost you, Laphicet, Arthur, Eizen, Phi, Rokurou, Magilou, Eleanor and now everyone I know is probably gone''. Velvet said to her sister with tears starting to show. Celica continued to smile at Velvet. "Even though most of the people you know is gone, your still not alone''. Celica said to her sister with a smile, before Seres appeared where Celica was.
"That man that saved you. I can tell that he has a kind soul so I bet that he'll look after you''. Seres said to her friend with a smile, having trust in the man that saved Velvet from that Dragon. Velvet looked at Seres in surprises at how Seres seems to trust the man that saved her. "You should go now. You'd be surprised at seeing what your awakening has changed you''. Seres said to Velvet with a smile, making Velvet look confused before she felt herself start to awake.
(In the real world)
Velvet's eyes shot open as she shot up from her lying down position and held her gauntlet blade out as she was closed to piercing into the same man's neck that saved her. "Woah! Hey! Let's just calm down for a second''. The man said in surprise at seeing Velvet's sudden awakening as he held his hands up in peace. Velvet looked at the man who saved her, before she looked around the area where she is. Velvet saw that she was in a house, a very small house, with books around the ground next to a fireplace and a bed that Velvet is lying down on.
Velvet looked at the man with a glare, while he just laughed nervously at her. "Where am I? What did you do to me! Who are you?''. Velvet demanded as she continued to glare at the man, keeping her blade close to his throat. "Umm okay. First question, we're in Elysium, my home and the place where seraphim live''. The Man said as he started explaining where he took Velvet, getting Velvet confused. "Elysium? Seraphim? What are those?''. Velvet thought in confusion, having heard the word Seraphim before, but never heard of Elysium.
"Second question, I didn't do anything. I just helped heal you with another Seraphim's help and let you rest in my house. Also, I didn't take your clothes off or anything, I swear''. The man said as his checks turned a little red at what he was saying, getting Velvet confused before she looked down to see that all her injures are really all healed.
"Third Question, my name is Ragna. I don't have a last name and I just know that Ragna isn't my real name''. The man now called Ragna said to Velvet, telling her who he is, getting Velvet to easy a little more. Velvet took her blade away from Ragna's neck and stared at his face. "Now that I told you my name, mind if you tell me your name''. Ragna asked Velvet for her name, smiling at her with a smile of kindness. However, Velvet kept her guard up and stayed silent. "Oh, I see that you don't trust me, but I guess it's only natural since you just met me''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile as Velvet raised her eyebrow in surprise at how he seems like a kind heart.
"If you knew that I didn't trust you, why did you tell me your name''. Velvet asked the man at why he told her his name. "Because I trust you''. Ragna said as he continued to smile at Velvet, getting Velvet to widen her eyes in surprise. "Oh, that reminds me. Here, I got this for you''. Ragna said as he brought out an apple from his jacket and put it in Velvet's right hand. Velvet still looked surprised as she looked at the apple in her hand.
"Umm thank you, but…I''. Velvet tried to say as she looked at Ragna, who smiled at her. "Come on. Give it a try, I'm sure that it tastes good''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile on his face, getting Velvet to look at her apple again, before she took a bit of it, before her eyes widen in surprise.
"I can actually taste it!''. Velvet thought in her mind in disbelief that she can actually taste how food taste. Ragna saw Velvet's shocked look and started to panic. "I-i-is it bad! I'm sorry. I should have taken a bit of it to check if it was good''. Ragna said in panic that the apple he picked for Velvet was bad, getting Velvet to look at Ragna, as she realized that she spaced out.
"Oh no, the apple is great. I was just amazed at how it tastes''. Velvet said to Ragna so he wouldn't panic anymore, also liking the apple. "Oh thank goodness. I thought that the apple was to old, despite it looking fresh''. Ragna said as he sighed in relief, glad that the apple was good.
Ragna then saw Velvet's hair was a little messed up. "Umm your hair is a little messed up. I was gonna brush it, but I figured I needed your permission first''. Ragna said as he told Velvet that he waited for her permission to brush her hair. Velvet looked surprised at Ragna's request as her cheeks turned a little red, before she looked away from Ragna's face. "Sure. Just don't mess it up''. Velvet said as she decided to at least let Ragna brush her hair.
"Awesome! Thanks, I'll make sure to be careful''. Ragna said to Velvet, sounding excited, making Velvet giggle a little at how childish he was being, making Ragna blush. Ragna then brought out a White brush as Velvet let her hair loose, showing that her hair was really long, making Ragna stair at Velvet's hair in awe.
"Her hair is so beautiful''. Ragna thought to himself awestruck at how beautiful Velvet's hair is. He saw other Female Seraphim's hair, but Velvet's hair was the most beautiful he has ever seen. Ragna then started to gently brush Velvet's hair, with Velvet closing her eyes at the soft feeling of Ragna brushing her hair.
After 10 whole minutes of brushing Velvet's hair and getting halfway, Ragna brought up the courage to speak. "Y-y-y-you have really b-b-b-beautiful hair''. Ragna said as he is sounding really nervous at telling Velvet that her hair is beautiful with his eyes looking away with his checks red.
Velvet's eyes widen at what Ragna said, before her checks starting to turn a little red. "T-t-t-thanks''. Velvet said as she sounded nervous as well at what Ragna said. "What's wrong with me. I mean I've been told that by Phi and Laphicet, but why do I feel nervous when Ragna is the one saying it''. Velvet thought to herself in disbelief that she was actually nervous of someone saying that about her hair.
After another 10 minutes of silence, Ragna finally finished brushing Velvet's hair. "Done! I finished brushing your hair''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile as Velvet looked at a mirror in the room and saw that her hair was brushed very nice. "Thank you''. Velvet thanked Ragna as she tied her hair back to its normal style.
"You're welcome. Now come on, I want you to see my home''. Ragna said to Velvet, sounding excited to show Velvet his home, making Velvet giggle again. "Alright let's go''. Velvet said as she got up from the bed as both her and Ragna walked to the door, before Ragna opened it and let Velvet out first, before he followed her. When Velvet stepped outside of the house, she gasped in amazement at what she saw.
The village was unlike any place she's ever been. The houses were built in a completely different style, they were made inside the actual large stones. The scenery looked like a beautiful painting; in the middle of a large plain, all looking natural.
Velvet figured out that unlike any human settlement, there was no fence and no man-made unnatural structure was present in the village. But one thing stood out the most, the village itself was on the top of the hill and she felt that she is closer to the sky than anywhere else.
"It's amazing, isn't it''. Ragna told Velvet as he stood next to her, who stood outside of the house, his excitement continuing to grow. "Yeah, I have never seen anything like this…anywhere''. Velvet said in awe at the place, having figured that they world would have been in chaos.
Velvet was still analyzing her surroundings, while everything looked astonishing, something was pretty off about this place. "This isn't a human village, isn't it?" Velvet asked Ragna as she crossed her arms, while her eyes were scanning the scenery.
"Oh sorry. I thought I already told you about it at my house, my bad. No, it's actually a Seraphim settlement". Ragna replied to Velvet as he rubbed the back of his head with his right hand. Velvet turned her head to look at Ragna in confusion. "Seraphim? Don't you mean Malakhim?" Velvet asked in confusion since she thought Seraphim and Malakhim were different things.
Ragna baffled at her statement. "Malakhim? What are those? No, everybody here is a Seraph except for me''. Ragna replied to Velvet in confusion, having never heard of Malakhim before. Velvet sneered at what Ragna said. "A human living among Mala-Seraphs? How? Humans aren't supposed to see them anymore". Velvet asked since she thought normal people couldn't see them anymore from awaking the Empyreans. Her statement took Ragna back, before he began to explain.
"Well I have, what you say, a high resonance. I can see and interact with them. Although not everyone has this ability." Ragna explained to Velvet, before he paused and continued. "Come on, I want to introduce you to my friends." Ragna said as he smiled at Velvet, which Velvet nodded and they both started moving into the village itself.
After walking a bit more and seeing more of Ragna's home, Velvet saw two seraphim standing close to each other, talking to each other which Ragna waved to them, which got their attention as they moved towards each other. The red hair seraphim called out to Ragna. "Hey Ragna! Where were you all this morning?" The Seraphim said to Ragna in confusion, before he then she saw Velvet, making him smirk and looked at the blue haired one "Oh so that was the reason, told you!" The Red Seraphim continued to say as they both winked and Ragna's face went through a metamorphosis towards a red state.
"Cut it out you two. I was just helping our guest." Ragna said in embarrassment and his eyes closed, making the blue haired one giggled at Ragna. "Yeah, that's right. kind-hearted Ragna always trying to help!" The Blue Haired Seraphim said with a smile, making Ragna sigh, before he tried to introduced Velvet. However, he hesitated as he still didn't know her name, but Velvet jumped into the conversation and gave them a fake name. "I'm Selene." Ragna looked at Velvet in confusion, before nodded back at his two friends.
"Yeah! Selene, these are my friends. The red-haired one is Mason and the blue haired one is Natalie". Ragna introduced Velvet to his friends, which the two Seraphim smiled back. "Nice to meet you, Selene. I think it has been a hundred years or so that we've seen a human, although hard cases like Ragna are hard to find. We hope he didn't give you a hard time". Natalie greeted and explained to Velvet, but Velvet shook her head and gave a small smile.
"No, not all. He was so kind to me. I'm actually enjoying his company". Velvet replied to Natalie with a smile. Ragna smiled in triumphant at the two Seraph, while his checks were red. "Ok Selene, let's go. I need to introduce you to everyone else''. Ragna said with a smile, which Velvet nodded to him as they both walked away, while saying goodbye to Mason and Natalie, with the two Seraphim saying goodbye back.
Ragna and Velvet traveled across the village and met several other seraphim, with Velvet using her fake name. The trip was nearly over, however, Ragna wanted Velvet to meet one last individual. They both moved towards the highest village ground and entered the house. As soon as they entered, Velvet saw a short old man smoking his pipe, seating down on the ground. "Hey gramps''. Ragna greeted with a bright smile, getting the old man's attention as Ragna and Velvet sat down in front of him.
Velvet tried to introduce herself with her fake name but the old man spoke before she had the chance. "Welcome to Elysium, Velvet Crowe, Lord of Calamity". The old Seraphim greeted with a tone of seriousness, making Velvet suddenly tensed up and her left arm bandages start to emit a black smoke. Ragna had a surprised look on his face at hearing the Old Seraphim know Velvet's real name, but the black smoke quickly got his attention, which he quickly held Velvet's hand with his right hand, getting Velvet to look at him.
"Se-Velvet don't. Gramps is okay, it's his village". Ragna said to Velvet, hoping she'll calm down. Velvet looked at Ragna's face and saw nothing, but pure concern, making her calm down as the black smoke disappeared. "I'm Zenrus, Elyisium is my domain. No need to worry about me Velvet Crowe, I know what you are and I can assure you neither I nor anyone else is a threat to you here. I'm aware of what happened but I don't have the complete picture." Zenrus explained to Velvet, which Velvet narrowed her eyes in curiosity, but decided to see where this was going.
Zenrus smoked his pipe and asked Velvet. "Would you kindly indulge me on why you nearly destroyed the world?". Zenrus asked Velvet for her actions, making Velvet let out a sarcastic laugh but didn't say anything. Zenrus, however, stayed calmed and waited for her answer.
"Once a long time ago, I lived with my brother and brother-in-law, Artorious Collbrande, but during a scarlet night, Artorious sacrificed my brother to awaken a powerful entity called inominant to control Malakhim. His master plan was to seal away Human's emotions and free will so that the world could have 'peace'. He threw me into a prison for three years when I first became a Daemon. I planned my revenge against him for 3 years, and with the help of my friends, I soon killed Artorious and sealed inominant by sealing myself so that the Therions would live their lives." Velvet started to explain, before she shook her head. "I nearly destroyed the world as well, all for my revenge on Artorious". Velvet finished as she looked down at the ground.
Ragna was still thinking his around of what exactly is going on. Without further inquiries, Zenrus slowly nodded. "But you sacrificed yourself in the end, gave the world another chance, held inomoninat and announced yourself as a Lord of Calamity instead of a hero. Well, that is what we hold most dear Velvet". Zenrus said with a smile as Velvet's stance turned from doubt to surprise as she thought no one would think her as a hero.
She looked at Ragna and saw him smiling at her. "Well, I don't know what to say. As Gramps put it, you are a hero to me... I mean to us. The world is a better place thanks to you, Velvet". Ragna said to Velvet with a bright smile. Velvet felt happiness at that moment, the feeling she shared only with Phi and her brother Laphicet.
"Velvet Crowe, consider Elysium as your home from now, you are one its inhabitants. Feel free to stay as long as you desire". Zenrus said to Velvet with a smile, trusting her now. "Thank you so much, Gramps, if you let us..."Ragna began to say, which Zenrus nodded back and both Ragna and Velvet said their goodbyes as they left the house.
When the left the house, Velvet looked at Ragna with a look of regret. "I'm…sorry that I didn't tell you who I was''. Velvet said to Ragna with regret as she looked down at the ground, thinking he would be mad at her. However, Velvet felt a hand on her head, causing her to look to see that Ragna had his left hand on her head, while smiling at her.
"It's alright. I understand your reasons for wanting to keep your name secret, but who you are or what people called you or what you did in the past doesn't matter''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile on his face, which made Velvet's checks turn a little red. "So, could you tell me more of your adventure''. Ragna asked as he brought his hand off Velvet's head, who was looking down at the ground with her checks red.
"S-Sure''. Velvet asked nervously, not knowing what is wrong with her. "Awesome, but first there's someone I want you to meet''. Ragna said with a smile as he took Velvet's right hand with his left and started running out of the village, with Velvet's checks getting redder at Ragna holding her hand.
They left the village gate and ran into the forest that was close to Elysia, but they saw a few goats. "W-what are those creatures?''. Velvet asked in confusion at seeing the goats as Ragna let go of her hand. "They're Goats, Velvet. They wouldn't hurt a fly''. Ragna said to Velvet as he walked up to one of the goats and stroke its fur, which the goat enjoyed with its eyes closed.
Ragna looked at Velvet, who was watching him with widen eyes of surprise. "Come here''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile, making Velvet snap out of her surprised look, before she walked over to Ragna with the wind blowing past her coat. Ragna took her bandaged arm with his right hand, making Velvet blush, while Ragna brought Velvet's hand to the goat's fur.
"Don't feel any fear and just relax. Goats can sense fear and lose control, but if you remain calm, they'll be your friends''. Ragna said to Velvet with a big smile that showed his clean teeth, making Velvet blush at Ragna. Velvet focused and started stroking the goat's fur, which the goat enjoyed as it licked Velvet's check, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise, while Ragna chuckled.
"He likes you''. Ragna said with a smile, while Velvet still looked surprised before she smiled. Soon the goats left with Ragna leading Velvet around the forest again by holding her hand, making Velvet blush again. However, two prickleboars appeared out of nowhere, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise. "A-Are those Prickleboars''. Velvet asked in surprise to see that prickleboars still exist.
Ragna looked at Velvet in surprise at her knowing what these creatures are. "Umm, yeah, but how do you know them''. Ragna asked in confusion at how Velvet knows Prickleboars. Velvet was about to answer Ragna, when one of the two Prickleboars charged at them, making them jump out of the way with Velvet on the left side and Ragna on the right.
"I'll tell you later, but right now let's kill these things!''. Velvet called out to Ragna with narrowed eyes as the same Prickleboar charged at her. "Soaring Dragon!''. Velvet called out as she performs a series of clockwise spins, striking the Prickleboarwith her right boot blade while emitting streaks of fire, sending the Prickleboar to the ground, dead.
The other Prickleboar let out a cry of rage as he charged at Velvet. However, Ragna appeared in front of Velvet with narrowed eyes. Light Blue energy started surrounding his left hand, which took the shape of a Lion's face with the Lion roaring. "Lion's Howl!''. Ragna called out as he thrusted his left hand out, striking the charging Prickleboar on the head, sending the Prickleboar flying, till it slammed into a tree and slide down to the ground, dead.
Velvet had a surprised look at what she just witnessed. "What was that?''. Velvet asked in confusion at what move Ragna used, while the energy Lion disappeared from Ragna's hand. "It's an Arte that a friend taught me in Pendrago, but how did you know that these creatures were Prickleboars''. Ranga answered and asked Velvet, who looked away from Ragna.
"I used to hunt Prickleboars for my little brother's medicine''. Velvet answered Ragna's question without looking at him, thinking about her little brother. "Prickleboars existed in your time. Awesome, but what happened that made your little brother sick''. Ragna exclaimed in surprise and asked Velvet, wondering what made her little brother sick.
Velvet closed her eyes in sadness. "My…brother Laphicet had a rare sickness called the 12 year sickness''. Velvet answered Ragna's question in sadness, making Ragna look confused as he held his chin with his left hand. "12 Year sickness? What's that''. Ragnaasked in confusion, having never heard about the 12 year sickness. Velvet looked conflicted to answer, but she wouldn't need to.
"It's a sickness that kills someone when they reach 12-years of age, right''. A voice said from out of nowhere, getting Ragna and Velvet to look to see someone behind Ragna. The voice came from male Seraphim that looked to be a little smaller than Ragna. The Seraphim had Light blue hair spiky hair, almost Silver, that defies gravity, wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, long dark blue pants, black boots, dark blue fingerless gloves, pale skin, dark blue eyes eyes, a blue long scarf around his neck that seems to defies gravity and finally a long staff in his right hand.
"Iclyn!''. Ragna called out in joy at seeing the Seraphim, making Velvet look at him in surprise, while the Seraphim smirked at Ragna. "In the flesh and I won this time''. The Seraphim know as Iclyn said with a smirk as he brought out a white glove that had the Shepherds mark on it in his left hand, making Ragna widen his eyes in surprise. "That glove! Can it really be the-''. Ragna said in awe, while Iclyn nodded with a smile.
"You got it. It's the Glove of the Shepherd''. Iclyn said with a smirk, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise, while Ragna looked excited. "I found it in some cave that was under our noises this whole time. Anyway, that's beside the point''. Iclyn said as his eyes narrowed and his smiling face changed to serious, before he threw the glove at Ragna, who caught it, while Iclyn looked at Velvet with his staff disappearing in a light blue color.
"The 12-year sickness, it's a sickness that rarely happens, but is a powerful sickness. Once someone who has the sickness turns 12-years-old, they'll die, right''. Iclyn explained and asked Velvet, wanting to see if he was right about the 12-year-sickness. Velvet looked down at the ground in sadness as memories of when her little brother was sick came into her mind.
"You're correct. My little brother Laphicet had the 12-year sickness and was gonna die''. Velvet answered Iclyn's question without looking at him, looking down at the ground in sadness. Ragna had a shocked look on his face as he forgot about the glove of the Shepherd in his right hand and looked at Velvet in concern. "Velvet, I'm sorry that your little brother had the 12-year sickness, but there must have been a way to cure him, right''. Ragna asked in concern, hoping that there was a cure for the 12 year sickness.
Velvet still didn't look at anyone as she answered. "There was a cure, called the Omega Elixir''. Velvet answered Ragna's question without looking at him, getting the Human and Seraphim to widen their eyes in surprise. "Omega…Elixir?''. Iclyn said in confusion, having never heard about the Omega Elixir before. "Sounds like it could come in handy''. Ragna said with a surprised look, while holding his chin with his right hand.
"The Omega Elixir is the ultimate medicine, curing anyone from any sickness or wound, no matter how badly it was. The only problem is that you need to collect special materials that grow in separate areas far away from each other''. Velvet answered Ragna and Iclyn's question without looking at them.
Ragna and Iclyn could only look more surprised at how difficult the Omega Elixir sounds to obtain, but Ragna noticed Velvet's sad look and decided to do something about it. Ranga walked up to Velvet, before he held Velvet's left hand with his right, getting Velvet's attention as she looked to see Ragna's concern face.
"I'm sorry that you brother had that sickness. It must have brought you great sickness, but I'm sure he'd want you to find happiness for everything you did for him. You don't have to carry your sadness alone anymore''. Ragna said to Velvet with nothing, but pure concern in his voice for Velvet, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise.
Velvet looked down at the ground with her hair shadowing her eyes. "Why…do you care so much about me''. Velvet asked as she granted her teeth, her anger starting to rise at why Ragna is trying to understand her pain and why she seems to start caring about him. Both Ragna and Iclyn heard the anger in her voice, which got Iclyn worried, while Ragna don't show any worry and just narrowed his eyes. "It's because you're my friend''. Ragna answered Velvet without fear.
Whack!
Ragna was sent flying from in front of Velvet, before he slammed into the tree, before sliding down to the ground, making Iclyn widen his eyes in shock, before he looked at Velvet, seeing her holding her bandaged left fist out with her head down. "You…think I'll fall for that. Your just trying to act nice so I won't hurt you. There's no way that you would actually care about me''. Velvet said with her head down so both boys won't see her eyes.
Ragna was silent as he got back up on his feet, ignoring the pain as he looked at Velvet. "I'm not trying to fool you. You actually are someone I care about, Velvet''. Ragna answered as he started slow walking towards Velvet, ignoring the pain.
Velvet's body started shaking as the Lord of Calamity looked up, showing the hatred in her eyes. "Don't lie!''. Velvet shouted out as she shot towards Ragna, kicking him in the face with her left leg, sending the human flying into the sky. Velvet shot out again into the sky, appearing above Ragna, before she slammed both her hands together and slammed them into Ragna's stomach, sending the human to the ground, creating a crater on the ground.
Velvet landed on the ground a little away from the crater, taking heavy breaths. Not because she used lots of her strength, but because of the emotion she is feeling right now. Ragna slowly stood up from the crater, ignoring the pain as he turned his body to look at Velvet, allowing Velvet to see pure determination in Ragna's eyes, making Velvet's body start shaking again and black smoke start to come out of her bandaged hand.
"Just, why? WHY DON'T YOU HATE ME, I'M THE ONE WHO ENGULFTED THIS WORLD IN CHAOS, AS THE LORD OF CALAMITY!''. Velvet shouted out as tears started going down her face as she shot towards Ragna, her gauntlet blade out with Velvet holding her right hand out to pierce Ragna.
Time went slow as Velvet's blade was only inches away from piercing Ragna's heart, but that was when Ragna acted. Quicker than the necked eye could follow, Ragna side stepped to dodge the blade, making Velvet widen her eyes at the incredible speed that Ragna just showed? However, Ragna's next actions would shock her beyond relief.
Ragna wrapped his arms around Velvet's shoulders and…gave her a hug!
Velvet's eyes widened in shock at Ragna's actions as the black smoke stopped coming out of her bandaged arm and her gauntlet blade retracting itself. "I know that you brought Chaos to the world as the Lord of Calamity, but I don't care about that. Whenever I see you sad, in pain or trying to protein that you're fine when you're not…it hurts''. Ragna said to Velvet with his head on her head, making Velvet widen her eyes in shock.
"Whenever I see someone in sadness, pain or afraid, I react to help them without thinking. My heart tells me to help anyone that's given up on live and help them. It's the same with you, only stronger. I…want to help you carry on from your pain, sins and fear. I want to bring happiness to you for everything you've been through and lost. We've may have only known each other for a day, but you mean so much to me''. Ragna whispered to Velvet with a smile as he rubbed the back of Velvet's head, who was crying tears.
"I'm not saying to forget your sins or past, but you can't give up life for what you've done in the past. Live with the fact that you accepted your sins and not refuse to accept them and live your life. To be honest, I've experienced sadness before, but it's nothing like yours''. Ragna whispered to Velvet as he stopped rubbing her head, while Velvet still had widened eyes.
"I…never met my parents. I'm an orphan found by gramps when I was a baby, let in the woods. Gramps has taken care of me since he found me and treated me as if I'm his family. I even lost a friend in Pendrago because of a Hellion, but I didn't give into despair. I chose to live my life through the sad times and follow what my hearts tells me''. Ragna said to Velvet as he stepped back to look at her face, with Velvet looking conflicted.
"Velvet, what does your heart tell you''. Ragna said to Velvet with narrowed eyes as he let go of her shoulders. Velvet looked down at the ground as her eyes trembled. "I…I…I…''. Velvet struggled to say as she felt emotions she'd never felt before.
Velvet felt her left hand being picked up, causing her to see that Ragna was holding her bandaged hand with both his hands, while looking at her eyes. "Velvet, I want to help you find happiness. People may see you as the Lord of Calamity, but I see you as Velvet Crowe. A beautiful woman that saved the world and gave up any chance for happiness by being labeled as an enemy of the world to save it''. Ragna said to Velvet as his eyes relaxed and looked at Velvet with care.
"I…I…I WANT TO LIVE!''. Velvet shouted out as tears went down her checks, before she ran into Ragna's arms, crying on his chest, while Ragna had his arms on her shoulders. "Ragna, I want to live and be with you!''. Velvet cried out as she had her eyes closed as she continued to cry, while having her hands on Ragna's chest.
Ragna let out a gental smile as he wrapped his left hand around Velvet, while he used his right hand to stroke her hair. "I gotcha. You'll never have to be alone again''. Ragna whispered to Velvet with a gentle tone, not carrying about his own injures. Velvet continued to cry on Ragna, while Ragna allowed Velvet to let out all her sadness.
Ragna's body glowed in a light green color, healing all of his injures. Ragna looked up from Velvet to see Iclyn was standing a few feet away from them, smirking at them, while holding his staff in his right hand. Ragna's checks turned a little red as he realized that his best friend saw all of that.
Ragna decided to forget about Iclyn watching and looked down at Velvet, who was still crying. 'Velvet…I'll find a way to bring you happiness…no matter what'. Ragna thought to himself as he could feel his heartbeat inside him, smiling down at Velvet.
And done! Man that took a long while. Anyway, yes Ragna and Velvet will be Sorey's parents, but I decided to let Sorey have a 2-year younger sister. Also the staff that Iclyn had was Miklio's staff as well. Also should Sorey have Velvet's hair color or eye color, or both. Also this is in the X universe. Also I plan for Velvet's old companions to come into the story as well.
Just a few questions. What should Ragna and Velvet's second child's name be. Should Ragna also become a Shepard as well in the next chapter. Should Velvet gain Armatization as well and should Ragna's Artifact weapons be different Sorey's artifact weapons as well. Please answer in a review or massage.
