First off, thanks to doodle-chan and Yin7 for the reviews. Here is the next chapter that i successfully translated into english from the german original that I also wrote.
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Chapter 2: In the soul cave-
Immediatly the darkness reiceived her, so deep, that even Yubel couldn't see anything for a few moments. But then Juudai called: "Look there!" And he pointed at a way in front of them which seemed to divert itself.
Yubel could actually recognize through the darkness now that two entrances could be seen directly in front of them. "Juudai, what shall we do? Which way shall we choose?"
"We could just try to some way, right? Maybe the left one?"
"Ha, and what if we get lost?"
"Then we go back again and take the other way."
Yubel smiled first and giggled then because she somehow found it sweet that Juudai was so naive sometimes. "Juudai, this cannot be your seriousness. Do you really think that we so simply can find our way back if we have chosen a way already? If it is a trap and we can be sure that it is, then we will have no way to turn back or find our way back again later."
The soul of the boy floated thoughtfully besides Yubel. He nodded: "Yes, you are right, But what shall we do then?"
But Yubel could give no more answer on this question because she dazzled all of a sudden an unbelievably bright light and a strange voice which didn't seem to come from this world spoke with them.
"I have already waited for you two, the chosen one of the darkness and his guardian. I know of your desire and still it will only be granted if you pass this test and if you can defy the light, my power, together..."
"Who are you?", Yubel shouted through the light, but she didn't get an answer to the question back - the light repeated only hollowly his words, reminded them of what they just have heard.
"Choose a way. The light will shine and shine in your souls and in your heart. The light will fulfill you and replace the darkness of your heart." Then the voice died away, just like the shining and it was difficult for Yubel to recognize something in the darkness so shortly after the light has dazzled her so. Juudai besides her looked more than determined but Yubel suddenly felt weak and tired.
"Juudai, what do you mean? What we shall do?"
"We choose a way, Yubel. Also at the risk that it was the wrong way , what else would remain for us but to go onwards? We cannot turn back. Our life is like a one-way street . "
Surprised to hear such a comparison from Juudai, Yubel nodded and slowly approached one of the two junctions. "Then I choose the left half."
Juudais soul nodded. "I trust you and your choice "
"Good." And together they took the first cautious steps into the nothing.
If she only wouldn't have made this mistake. Yubels eyes felt so heavy and she felt too weak to open them at all, she flatly lay with her body on the cold ground and it was difficult for her to concentrate on her surroundings, it costed too much strength to focus her spirit on what should come now. What had happened? What is with Juudai? Juudai ...
The thought of him put her up again and enough strength suddenly returned to her so thast she could open her three eyes and see again. She suddenly had enough strength, although only sedentarily but that she could repel of the ground and straighten up again. Weakened, nevertheless strengthened by the thought of her beloved one she looked up - and she saw into the fluent face of a light nature whose yellowish orange light dived the stome room into a warm light. A quiet "Who are you?", escaped her blue lips ashtonishedly and the creature in front of her, who didn't seem to have any right shape, yes, not even a right face, laughed soflty in case of the question.
"Do you not remember? ", it said quietly in his seductive voice, "Yubel, how you cannot remember me any more when we have met each other already so many millenia ago? Or do you want to say to me that a creature like you, more than a human being, capable of remembering his earlier life could actually get forgetful, too?" This confused this but she decided to say nothing for now, her face got hard and determined.
"I only remember the important things, unknown creature", she replied intensely.
The creature only giggled more, obviously more than amused by Yubels behaviour. "So you really have forgotten, Yubel ... our first meeting in the depths of the dimensions in which you restlessly floated on the desperate search for your lover ... do you still know? For thousands of years you have travelled until we met and until I have paved a new way for you ... I shone in you, in your soul and gave you powers of which you couldn't even dare to dream, even though you have this impenetrable shield, Yubel, and these powers of the dragon which pulsate through your veins... " Yubels eyes narrowed when she had started to slowly remember again. At the time between the dimensions ... at the time still before Juudai's birth ... there she had met only one, and then again, as she floated in the depths of the universe, thrown away by destiny once more, but this second time of Juudai himself.
"Hikari", she ejected. "Hikari, is that you? The light of Destruction.. Hikari no Hado..." The creature in front of her smiled gently.
"You see, it works anyway ... you remember me again at least. Had been a pity if you would have really forgotten me... when I have shown you your way..."
"Hikari, where is Juudai?? What have you done with him?", Yubel ejected when she noticed that she was completely alone with the creature in a room.
"Juudai ... oh yes, you mean the chosen one of the darkness ... he isn't here because I first wanted to speak alone with you, without anyone disturbing us both."
"What do you have to talk with me about, Hikari? We have nothing to do with each other any more. We are enemies and don't forget that it is my and Juudai's mission to destroy you once and for all I would pay attention in your place because it might very well be that your destruction happens right here and now!!"
The glowing humanoid gave a laugh "I want to see this ", he replied, " I am the light, Yubel. I cannot be undone unless of the darkness and also only, if the darkness is in the hearts of all people. But this is impossible. The universe is big and there consequently will always be somebody who is willing to let me into his heart. Like you were willing. Or Saiou." He got up and still more light seemed to come out from him when he did this.
"Yubel ... you can try it safely but I don't think that you will succeed today and now. I already have doubts about it by the fact alone that I actually want to play only a round with you. I only want to see if you are dignified to come to me already. Our real fight ..." , and his voice got almost fatal and Yubel had shaken with fear now, "will start only later."
"Where is Juudai?"
"Ha, you still only worry about this boy. You are really incorrigible. Shouldn't you worry still more about yourself? In your situation I would rather do this!"
"What do you mean?"
"Ha ... haha, you still haven't noticed it? You are in greater danger than you think! Our game has already started, Yubel, while we are speaking here. Let's see how well you do - and if you are able to get out of this safely and save your souls, so that they are not sacrificed to my honor!"
"What the hell do you mean?", Yubel yelled out, but then Hikari disappeared and dissolved into the trifle.
"You will see it, Yubel, you will see. And if not here, then you and the chosen one of the darkness will meet the chosen one of the light and the final fight will take place. But til then, try to get out of this place. Out of the soul-cave!", he laughed out loud as he disappeared.
"What?" But then Yubel noticed it: she was quite alone and far away of Juudai and, as if this weren't already enough, she remarked that she felt different somehow. No longer firm ... as if she hasn't an own body any longer. "Damn, what happened here? Where is Juudai?" When she tried to repel of the ground to straighten up she saw how her hands disappeared to the ground. She realized what had happened there. She didn't have her body any more and was only a bare soul. Exactly like Juudai. But then why Juudai wasn't with her?
Black darkness fulfilled his soul and let him be aware of nothing any more -- a bright light then broke through the darkness, without taking away the however still unsaid, unfelt knowledge that he was completely alone now and no more under the care of his protectress. Juudai opened his eyes and noticed that he floated alone at the precipice of a gigantic cliff and then looked around him for Yubel to see that her body was also no more in his proximity. Their souls had somehow have been separated from each other too, however.. how was this possible if they haven't found this said percious stineyet? At all events he hadn't heard her thoughts already eternally any more. He had therefore immediately noticed it when he had woken up again. But what had happened in the meantime and why Yubel was no more with him? Where was his body then which has been under her care anyway?
"Yubel !! Where are you?" he shouted when he decided to perhaps find her with his shouts. But he couldn't know that he would attract another creature with that and not necessarily his protectress.
A light suddenly dazzled him and he yelled out with pain, as something drilled through him and he asked himself simultaneously how it could be that he could feel pains at all if he was bodiless. A quiet giggling let him shudder. "so I have finally found you, too.I am sorry if you have waited for me too long, chosen one of the darkness. I first wanted to talk with your friend."
"Who are you?", Juudai panted.
"haha, don't tell me that you also forgot who I am? We have fought against each ohter, in your second school year. Though back then I have found a host for myself, who took me in and that more than willingly."
Juudai thought hard. Second school year? Host for a power? Could it be? "Then you must be... the light of Destruction..", he wheezed. The light in front of him materialized into a shining humanoid and his shrill laughter lingered on in the ears of the brown-haired.
"Yes, I am, that is me. And as you see now, I have you finally under my control, far away from your protectress. I only wonder whether I should already take revenge now for that you have dared to foil my plans with the armed forces satellite. If I erase you now, then I have less problems later..."
"What have you done to Yubel?"
"Hm.. now, don't tell me that you are worried about her? She is well - still. But like I already said you should worry more about yourself. Because here your life ends and I can definitly say that the death of a soul is far more painful and worse than if you would die in your body. All the more joy will it make to me if I would see you suffering like this... " And the humanoid set for a next attack on Juudai at these words and the brown-haired had a try to regain his strenght again which he couldn't hope to succeed at in the few seconds in which he could react.
A glistening beam flew towards Juudai but he suddenly felt a wave of darkness which turned the light away of him. He opened his eyes, to see the soul of Yubel floating in front of himself and he could only hear Hikari snorting contemptuously when he saw that he had failed.
"Yubel!" Juudai heard himself saying surprised when her face turned round to him and smiled.
"No worries, Juudai, I will always protect you, just like I have sworn I would do."
"How can it be that you escaped from your prison?", Hikari shouted furiously.
"Ha, don't you get it? I am a soul and as such connected to Juudai. I will always be where his soul is - because this is the destiny of the fusion we experienced." The light gave a laugh.
"Indeed, that is really the destiny of the fusion. Just like it is your destiny that you will perish in front of me, just like it happened once already. But Yubel.. haven't I promised you rhat you will lose your darkness here. Let's see how you feel without it!"
"AAAHHH!" Yubel yelled out when a wave of light penetrated her and brought out all her darkness from her. She retreated and fell to the ground,directly in front of the shocked Juudai who could do nothing but to watch
. "Yubel!" he yelled out and shook her, "Yubel, please get up! Yubel, what is with you?"
"There is nothing bad happening with her, with the except that she loses her important life essence ", Hikari explained, " without darkness in her heart she is a nothing, and easy to kill - and that even though it is always claimed that she is invincible..."
Juudais eyes widened with fear and still more when he saw how Yubel tried to open her eyes and to put herself up again.
"J..Juu..Juudai...", she whispered weakly, when she started to tremble insecurely, "you must get to safety.." "No!", he shouted, "I cannot allow that the light also does something to you!"
And within one moment all became clear to him, what he shall do and what this first test really consisted of. He had to show his courage. He had to show that he can use the power of the supreme king, of Haou, the darkness in her heart. And even if it was just to hold back the light for a few moments. "Hikari", he whispered as he got up, "it is too early for you to defeat us." And when he opened his eyes, they glittered golden. But even more happened: Darkness seemed to start out of Juudai, collected by his feet like a light fog and seemed to wrap him. The power of his darkness finally got so strong that the light had to retreat and could withstand this no more. So strong that it wrapped both Yubel and Juudai and let both disappear in the trifle far far away from the aggressive light.
But the light, Hikari, already knew that it would happen so and giggled only quietly when he granted them to retread. Should they only disappear, he already knew that they would see each other again. The final fight would come one day. For sure. Because the chosen one of the light will soon awake.
And also something elsemade the light confident: He had managed to sow new doubts and to shine renewed in a new soul.
"We will see each other again ... but this time, it won't be a fight between souls. Because I have the power to change your destinym and I will seperate you from each other. First your bodies, then your souls. You are so human and thus full of human faults. With faults which will cost you the life at the end."
Juudai needed a while until he could think clearly again and his memories had returned to him again. He found himself in front of the receipt of the cave again but not more as a bare soul, but with his solid body. He held himself a hand to the forehead and breathed in deeply when he had a try to just reexperiencing what has just happened. What had happened? They don't really have met the Light of destruction again, the light that he thought he already had defeated, right? And why had he suddenly got back his body and had been still a bare soul before some few moments? What the hell only had happened?
But he couldn't really think about it because something already happened again.
"Juudai!" Yubel yelled out and ran to him, just to take him into her arms and push him to herself tightly. "Yubel ..." whispered Juudai surprised when he suddenly felt the warmth of her body around his, an unusual feeling after he had been bodiless, especially after he started to get used to have no own body any longer and to instead live in Yubel. he put his arms hesitantly around her, and pushed her to himself a little bit more when he noticed that she has started to sob, her muscles being captured in wild unchecked twitches, in the wuiet hope that his embrace would soother her pains a little at the moment. Whatever pain she might have felt in that moment. He didn't know. Was it joy, was it mourning? What made more sense? And he noticed suddenly how much empathy he lacked empathy sometimes and this knowledge made him still more embarrassed.
"Yubel...", he quietly asked through her sobs, "what is with you, Yubel?" And he took both his hand and put them gently on her cheeks, to lift her head up from the look at the ground, so that their eyes could meet. Tw coloured eyes full of tears looked into his face, and a sting drove to his heart without him being able to say why. He then noticed it. He didn't want to see her so sad.
It was the same mourning that she had shown him once already, when they had fought against each other and he wanted to destroy her, the same pleading, quiet and for pardon and sympathy demanding face. The same face from then, when she asked him whether he would love Johan more than her and how it could be that all his love, promised to her, was now dedicated to him instead.
And he gently wiped her tears aside, caught in a new feeling, the strange feeling that it had happened sometime before, that he held her in his arms like this just like this. An old memory went through him and let him do what he just did.
And he slowly and tenderly put his lips on the blue Yubels. Her eyes first widened with fright, but then she closed her eyes, when she could taste the taste of his lips after such a long time. The same taste as at that time... how could it be that some things never change even after thousands of millenia? That they are just the same way like in earlier already over days?
Juudai solved the kiss,when he saw what he did, when he realized that he just gave away his first kiss to Yubel. He blushed with shame and turned away of her to hide from her and the hermaphrodite also would go red caught in the memories of the just experienced kiss. "Juudai", she whsipered softly, "you...kissed me?"
"Yes", the brown-haired admitted coyly, and then he realized, that it had a positive effect at least, because Yubel had suddenly got quiet and her tears have dried. When he noticed this, he was even a bit proud that he had managed to comfort her. Yubel let go of him and looked at him astonishedly.
It passed a while until she noticed: "Well, now that we have come through our mission unhurtly so we can go back, right?"
"Yes, that's right but I still don't understand what happened", Juudai said and sank down to the ground in the entrance of the cave. "At all events I have my body back and you too, so it has something good."
Yubel was just silent and then Judai asked her another question: "Yubel, why have you been so apart from you just a few seconds ago? I have never experienced you like this before!"
"Oh, it was nothing, really... I was just happy to have seen you again unhurt. I simply have been worried about you." But even when she spoke those words, she noticed that in her innermost that she only cried actually because she longed for a final union with Juudai and wanted to never be separated from him because this fusion with him had been a blessing -- and now it should be past? So simply?
But they had to go on. The meeting with Hikari no Hado, the light, frightened her somehow and still she was sure that she would manage to fulfill this mission with Juudai at her side somehow, even if the risk of failing was enormously high. After all, they had it behind themselves and they also managed to achieve even more: They got their bodies back and he even had kissed her. At this thought she got lost in thought while putting a finger on her lips until Juudai looked curipously into her face and grinned so that she found back to reality suddenly. "Juudai!!"
"Yubel.. why so lost in though?" The hermaphrodite smiled and took his hand while she and he both got up.
"Come, Juudai. You also want to go home, right? Back to your friends? They must really miss you incredibly... Then let's go home...", she whispered softly and seductively when she pushed him closer to her, "take good hold of me!"
"Yes", the brown-haired boy nodded and took good hold of her as best as he could. She spread her wings out to full span width and rose into the air with firm wing strokes. Juudai couldn't describe what a wonderful feeling it was, this weightlessness, to see how everything underneath them became smaller as they flew higher. He laughed, together with Yubel, when they disappeared into the sky. Below them, an elemental hero watched them and he nodded contentedly while they became a shooting star, that got on the long way to earth to go down there.
