I have out a new fic! (happy dance) For those who are wondering about my Sonic Heroes Fic… it has… become… boring. And that I have writer's block. (points to giant cement cube with Sonic and co stuck in it)
"How can I talk if I'm stuck in here?" asked Shadow.
You can't…
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This fic was inspired by Tales of Symphonia and something else I can't remember. And it gets kinda confusing with the names because each character as a new name so I'll put a list at the beginning of each chapter to remind you. And yes, most of the characters are based by name or by how they look like the Summon Spirits in ToS. So R&R!
Human name- Mizu Goddess name- Undine Element- Water
Human name/YGO character- Yami God name- Volt Element- Lightning
Human name/YGO character- Seto God name- Celsius Element- Ice
Human name/YGO character- Joey God name- Efreet Element- Fire
Human name/YGO character- Tristan God name- Koudo Element- Earth
Human name/ YGO character- Yugi God name- Aska Element- Light
Human name/YGO character- Mai Goddess name- Sylph Element- Wind
Human name/YGO character- Bakura God name- Kumori Element- Darkness
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or Tales of Symphonia. CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU TO HELL!
In the old world, there were gods that ruled over all life. These gods were the deities of the elements that commanded the world, forming and shaping it as they pleased. All people respected and worshiped these gods, in order to remain in peace with them.
There are eight elements in all, each having an opposing force to keep the balance. If one element becomes too strong, the other, or others, will rise up to restore the balance, thus keeping harmony throughout the world. The opposing forces are Water and Lightning, Fire and Ice, Earth and Wind as well as Light and Darkness.
Each god has a temple to rule in and to be worshiped, because of certain elements, it is impossible or hard to pray to, like lightning for example. Though now, most people do not go to the temples to pray, they pray in the comfort of their own homes, instead of traveling the world on a pilgrimage. Though those devoted to the churches and the gods do visit the temples to offer their prayers.
The gods have their deity form, but they have human forms as well, to watch over the people they protect. They are often down on earth among the people living life like a mortal, though one god can always tell when they run into another. They will greet each other, but will swiftly move on their way, for there are always humans trying to capture the gods and use their power to try and prove that mortals can be stronger than the gods.
Be warned! The fool who meddles in the gods' affairs! For at times when the foolish mortals fight amongst themselves or against the gods, they do not know the power the great ones posses and the deities will show no mercy to those too stupid to listen.
A teenaged girl walked down the streets of a pretty big and well-known port city. She was dressed in a blue tunic with navy trousers and navy vest, with tough turquoise leather boots and gloves. The girl had emotional, bright blue eyes and burgundy colored hair held up in a ponytail, which strangely enough, shined almost white or light blue in the sun.
She walked casually down the street, looking at venders' stalls while keeping her left hand on the hilt of her sword at her hip. The young woman watched as the busy merchants were calling out the names of their products as buyers were bustling around, looking at all of the goods.
The teen walked all the way down to the shipyard and leaned on a railing, gazing at the busy sailors work on their ships, loading and unloading boxes of fish they had dragged in from the sea.
Suddenly, the girl glared behind her, where a shadowed person stepped back into a nearby alleyway. She narrowed her eyes but continued her laid back posture and continued watching the sea and men.
After a moment, the girl stood up straight and stretched her arms above her head, turned and nonchalantly walked into the same alley. Deep in the alleyway, the sunlight barely made it inside, making the afternoon seem like midnight.
Even with the visual problem, the girl could still sense him in there and calmly said, "What brings you out here, Bakura?"
A rather dashing young man stepped out of the shadows and into the light, where the girl could see him better. He had relatively long white hair, a bit past his shoulders and he wore a gray shirt with a black jacket over it along and long black overalls and black leather boots. His dark brown eyes gleamed in happiness and slyness.
"Why Mizu, it's a surprise to see you here." Bakura said with some sarcasm in his voice.
"Why should you be surprised? This is my domain after all, the port city, Escaine." she sneered, "Why is a low life like you sneaking around in the shadows?"
"That's just it my dear…" he started.
Then the darkness climbed up his body, making him to seemingly disappear in front of Mizu's eyes. She remained calm until two arms wrapped themselves around his waist from behind, causing her to jerk.
He brought her mouth right next to her ear and whispered, "I've been sneaking."
"Don't be foolish," she hissed, "You know that I could beat you here by the sea! You'd best be on your way back to that graveyard you call a temple!"
"And if I don't?" Bakura asked slyly, licking the base of her neck.
Mizu's hand flashed to her sword and swung it in a 180-degree turn in hopes to hit Bakura, but found him to evaporate into the wind. Right after he disappeared, the boy materialized a few feet from her, having no injuries at all.
"Temper, temper, Mizu, my pet." Bakura cooed, shaking his finger, "You don't want to hurt the poor people of your domain. Or do you want me to call Yami down here?"
Mizu gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the sword, "I don't need permission from him to kick your ass, Kumori!"
Bakura narrowed his eyes, "Careful Mizu. You know we can't let the mortals know who we are. So I would appreciate it, if you didn't tell any eavesdropping mortals my real name. It's bad enough only thieves, criminals and rapists only worship me by choice. Priests only pray to me so I don't bring the apocalypse upon this world."
The girl smirked and finally lowered her weapon, "Oh, so you're not bringing Judgment upon these mortals?"
"I wish, but Aska doesn't take kindly to my idea of Utopia, but the day I convince him, these mortals will receive their just desserts." He smiled.
"The day Aska agrees to you're idea of 'Judgment' would be the day I marry you." Mizu spoke with malice.
"Cold," Bakura smirked, "But time is flying me by and I must be off. So till next time, my flower."
He disappeared and re-emerged floating in mid-air, his hand lifting up her chin and his breathe mingling with hers. Bakura then smirked and dissolved into thin air, leaving only Mizu in the alley.
"Bastard…" she trailed off.
Then Mizu's body turned into a blue tint, slowly becoming see-through as he body became pure water. It melted down to the ground into a puddle and flowed down a storm drain, which lead into the ocean.
Up above the clouds was a general meeting place for the gods, besides being in their temples or among mortals, they came to the heavens to do whatever they deemed fit. Most of the time, their prime source of entertainment was war. The gods were constantly at war with their opposing force, trying to gain dominance, or just to prove which is stronger, sometimes all of the gods fought against each other.
A giant ball of flames fell down into the clouds, melting some of the ice that had gathered there. Hovering in the sky, a giant man made of flames looked down below him. He had blonde, yet red hair made of flickering flames and tanned, muscular red skin along with vivid crimson pants and a cloak made of pure fire.
"Come out, come out, Celsius! Or if you can't stand the heat, get out of Efreet's kitchen!" he snickered, laughing at his taunt.
A pillar of ice rose from the ground, hitting the fire god, Efreet, straight in the back, and made him fall to the floor. A cold fog surrounded the god as he slowly brought his hands in front of him, standing up and looking around in the smog.
Suddenly, a block of ice flew through the air and hit Efreet in the shoulder. The boy narrowed his eyes and turned to glare in the direction it came from. Then another one smacked him in the back, making him wheel around and look the other way.
"What's wrong, Efreet? Can't stand the cold? Then get out of the ice box!" a deep male voice mocked and the noise echoed through the mist.
Ice abruptly started forming around Efreet's feet, moving quite rapidly up his body, freezing him in place before he could break free. The only thing left out of the ice was the fire god's right arm and his head, constantly struggling to get out of the icy trap.
Out of the haze walked a tall young man; he had light blue skin and sapphire hair with piercing cold blue eyes. He was wearing a long indigo toga like robe and several magic bracelets. The God of Ice walked straight up to Efreet and smirked.
"Having a little trouble are we?"
"Don't think this will last, Celsius! I will break free and then I will have my revenge!" The flame hissed.
"When that day comes," Celsius stated calmly, with an icy tone to his voice, "But until then, your fate rests in my hands."
The ice tyrant balled one of his fists and opened it, creating a brilliant blue ball of mana in his hand. Celsius held his arm in front of him, ready to bring down the finishing blow upon Efreet.
"Celsius, I never thought I would see the day you would betray Aska and actually attempt to kill Efreet." a feminine voice called from the mist.
The frost deity sighed and lowered his hand, closing it tightly and compressing the spell. He turned around to see Mizu sitting on a small mountain of ice, watching the two gods fight about below her.
"Undine, I see you're finally back from visiting those mortals you love so much." Celsius grinned.
The girl frowned and slid down off the ice, landing on her feet on the ground. As she started to walk towards the two gods, she began to change; her brown hair became a bright blue with a tint of lilac color and hanged long while her skin blended into a pale blue.
While placing one foot in front of the other, Mizu's pants molded together to become a blue with a lavender tint dress, though when she walked, it appeared as two separate pant legs but when she stood still, she had a skirt. Her tunic faded away to be come a skimpy tank top a slight shade darker than her skin, and her flesh shined like fish scales but had a cool yet soft feeling to the touch along with several tattoos on her body.
"You're just jealous that I always have mortals in my domain while you have few living in those inhuman artic lands, and that you only get a season to rule on the main lands." Undine, the water goddess teased.
"Now why would I want the bother of babysitting mortals all the time?" He countered with a smile on his lips.
"Sorry to interrupt," Efreet butted in, "But Undine, I would really appreciate it if you released me."
"I am here only to make sure that the pact we all agreed upon, governed by Aska is being uphold, that we do not kill any of our own. I am not here to help you, it's your own fault you lost to Celsius." Undine spoke in a serious tone.
"You know," the inferno spoke, while wiggling out of the top of the ice and setting his other arm free, "I think one as cold hearted as you should be the Ice God instead of him."
"I don't know if I should be flattered or not." she said sarcastically, walking away from the two.
Undine started to walk to another, more private part of the heavens, when she saw two arguing figures in the distance in front of her. One had a high-pitched womanly voice, clearly heard over the low dull humming that was the god opposing her.
The deity started to coolly walk in a different direction until she heard the feminine voice shout her name.
"Undine will side with me!"
Groaning, Undine swiftly turned into a melted like figure, shaped more like a winding river and went to head down to earth to get away. Unfortunately, a hand grabbed her shoulder before she could leave and pulled her back to where the other deity was waiting.
"Sylph, don't drag me into this!" Undine warned, but was ignored.
Sylph was the Goddess of Wind, she had long platinum blonde hair that went past her hips and was always light and feathery. She wore a scant strip of cloth as a top and a very low skirt, a long, medium width cloth in front and a large width cloth in back, letting her long silky legs be seen from either side. Her whole outfit was a light green color surrounded by gold trimming and golden patterns.
"Now, Undine, Koudo here says that it is fine for him to go down to earth and 'party' with the mortals like a drunken buffoon!" Sylph pointed an accusing finger at the male deity in front of her while keeping the other goddess in a tight, one armed hug.
"Well…" The water goddess started.
"Oh! Those are my people, Sylph! I am the one who has to watch over almost all of the mortals! Are you saying that it is a bad thing that I am watching over my people? Are you saying I shouldn't do my job as the Great God of Earth?" Koudo countered.
Koudo was indeed the God of Earth. He had dark brown pointed hair and vivid brown eyes. He was always wearing a brown tunic and overall shorts of the a bit darker color, as well as leather gloves that went about to his elbow and leather boots that went to the higher part of his shin.
"He does have a…" Undine began.
"Oh? So you're saying it is good becoming a drunkard and showing your deity form to unsuspecting mortals, or to cast magic in fail attempts to try and impress mortal women?" The Wind goddess argued back.
"Well, if you have been available I wouldn't have to impress mortal women, now would I?" The god complained.
"DON'T YOU BRING THAT UP AGAIN!"
At this point in the argument, Efreet and Celsius momentarily paused their battle to figure out what the screaming and commotion was all about. They had walked to the part of the heavens and saw the gods of earth and wind, the opposing forces bickering like they always did.
Though new to the argument, Efreet immediately sided with Sylph and chewed out Koudo, placing an arm protectively around Sylph, ignoring the trapped Undine.
"What in the Seven Hells are you yelling about? I bet you were trying to beat Sylph!" Efreet accused.
"You're just saying that because she's your lover!" Koudo hollered back.
"You had a chance and you blew it! Besides, there are plenty of other goddesses around here!" Efreet roared.
"There's only Undine and you know it!"
The water nymph sighed and slumped her shoulders while still stuck in the wind deity's grip. Every time, Koudo and Sylph would argue, somehow the fact that there were only two goddess and six gods always came up. The males thought that the only Sylph could be someone's lover and that Undine wasn't even a factor, though Undine herself didn't care, she wasn't interested in being one of their lust driven lovers anyway.
Also, the fact of who Undine was came into play. She was a warrior goddess that many times fought against the other gods and successfully triumphed. She, unlike Sylph, was not afraid of war and was prepared to battle anything that opposed her.
There was also her age factor. All of the other gods thought of Undine as too young to be a lover, and it all started with the creation of the world.
When the world was created, Koudo created the giant land made for mortals to live. Sylph created the air; clouds and heavens under which the mortals lived, while Celsius created the cold northlands and winters for the land to rest for a season. Aska, the God of Light and Volt, his brother, God of Lightning, created the mortals and technology and governed over them, while Efreet made the great Sun and gave fire to the people. Kumori gave the mortals night, for which Efreet and Aska could rest from watching over the mortals all day.
After the gods had finished their tasks, they knew something was missing from their world. The land was too flat and too dry for the people to live on, and for that, Undine was born to make the giant oceans, rivers and lakes for which the mortals could fish for food and drink the cool refreshing water from.
So in no matter what conversation comes up between the gods, they always find a way to include how Undine is a child, a runt in the "family".
The goddess hunched her shoulders and watched the other three gods bicker around her, until her eyes set sight on Celsius. He was standing away from the quarrel, choosing not to pick a side, which was always what he did. The god acted like a referee, staying out of the way until the others brought it too far.
Celsius could feel Undine stare at him and looked at her. Her eyes pleaded with him and she mouthed the words Help me!
The ice god smiled and shook his head, walking over and pulling her out of Sylph's deadly grip. Sighing with relief, the two gods walked away to another part of the heavens, away from all the chatter.
"You know, you shouldn't get involved with their quarrels." Celsius spoke.
Undine looked up at her "brother". In reality, there were not brother and sister, but because their elements were so closely tied, what happened to one usually affected the other. That, and Celsius, even though seeming quite cold hearted, always watched out for Undine like a big brother would.
"I never choose to get involved, Celsius and you should know that by now. Sylph always thinks I will side with her, but sometimes Koudo actually comes up with a great point." She sighed.
"Koudo has good arguing points? I think Kumori was right, the world is going to end!" the male deity joked.
"You just never notice because you're too busy staring into space," said Undine curtly.
"No, I'm just smart enough to stay away from them so they don't drag me into it." Celsius countered.
"It's not like I want them to drag me into it!"
"I'm just saying that they try to use you as leverage. You should not give them that opportunity." Celsius lectured, ending with a shrug.
Undine lowered her head and whispered, "Well, what am I supposed to do?"
"Maybe," Celsius said, "You should go do to your domain and forget about them. Besides, it seems Volt is creating a storm tonight."
Undine jumped a bit when she heard the ice god say that. Volt? She thought. The goddess could feel her heart beat faster just thinking about him.
Unlike the other opposing forces, Undine and Volt did not constantly fight and bicker between each other. Volt was more of a loner and often stayed in his temple or with his brother, Aska, the "King of the Gods", the God of Light, watching over the mortals, while Undine spent her time in the heavens or on earth. The only times the two actually meet was if they accidentally bumped into each other or if Volt, Undine and Sylph got together to create a storm down on the world.
"I suggest," Celsius leaned down to her ear and cupped his mouth with his hand, "You go down to earth or you're going to miss out on all of the fun."
Undine looked up at him, gazing in wonder at the most obvious thing in the universe. In return, Celsius just smiled, he knew of Undine's crush on Volt, and was always secretly encouraging them to be together. After Undine ran off in pure bliss, the ice god frowned, love is a great and magical thing, but it is hard when just by touching, kissing, or holding hands caused pain to your lover.
He sighed; such was the fate of a god, like him and Efreet as well as Aska and Kumori. Their opposing elements caused them harm just by touching each other, like Efreet would melt Celsius' icy form and Aska's light would disintegrate Kumori's body. The only gods that could touch each other without causing harm were Sylph and Koudo, and they wouldn't touch each other willingly.
Celsius rubbed his temples and hunched his shoulders. He took one last look down the path where Undine left and sighed, and then he left to go to his own temple.
There ya go! Please review!
Mizu- means Water
Koudo- means Earth
Kumori- means Shadow