(Here is the 4th chapter thanks for reading my story and I hope you keep reading.)
Chapter 4: Bloody Paws
Celine woke up early the next morning she was still wearing her armor. She walked out to the living room where she found Rowen asleep on the couch.
She stood behind him looking over his body. He was wearing shorts and a black muscle shirt. She gently touched his arm to feel the muscles within it. She then put her hand on the side of his face and leaned over to whisper in his ear.
"It's time to get up."
Just then he rapped his arm around and pulled her over the back of the couch and on top of him. He held onto her like she was a teddy bear. She picked up her head and thought about how peaceful he looked when he was sleeping.
"Rowen wake up… Rowen!" Celine tried to get away but Rowen held her tighter.
"Let go Rowen… let go!"
Rowen opened his eyes; he was shocked at what he saw.
"Let me go" Celine repeated
He released her and she jumped up.
"Sorry." Rowen apologized again "I'm so sorry"
"It's alright"
They both sat in the living room trying to forget what had just happened. Meanwhile the rest of the group came down stairs about a half-hour later.
"So where do we go first" Sage asked
"Well where have you looked"
"Well I went to the cave I was awakened in." Sage answered
"Ok let's go there"
"There wasn't anything there"
"You weren't looking hard enough"
"How do you figure that?"
"Because you warriors have a link with us so if that was your first thought than you were probably right."
So they all set out for the cave. When they got there Celine looked around.
"So Sage what did serenity come to you as" Celine asked
"She came to me as a wolf"
She looked around again the she spotted a rock formation in the only spot of light in the cave.
"There" she said pointing at the formation.
"Those are rocks"
"But what do they look like"
"A wolf" he said in astonishment
"So what skill did she test?"
Still in awe he went to touch the stone wolf.
"My healing power"
"Healing?"
Celine looked very closely at the stone figure on the wolf's mouth there were red crystals that had formed, as see looked down she saw more running down its chest ending in a large group covering its feet.
"She tested my healing ability" he stated again
"Well that why"
She indicated the back of the wolf's head where there was a large circle of red with lines running down the back and more on the back feet. She had a look of fear and worry on her face like she was about to lose someone extremely special.
"I see" the blond said as he examined the wound.
"Well don't just stand there"
Everyone backed away from sage as he called forth the armor of Halo. He then knelt down in front of the wolf and put his hands to its temples. A static charge entered the air, the the sun light that was entering the cave because brighter.
As the others watched they saw the red crystals return to the wolf's body. After all the crystals were back the wolf started to emanate a greater light that that of the sun. It became so bright that they all had to close their eyes and look away.
When they opened there eyes and looked at sage they noticed that he had the same strange look on his face that Rowen had when the ancient had resurfaced. They looked down in his arms to see him holding a young woman wearing the same cloths as Celine but with green edges. She had blond hair that was in a ponytail with lots of braids.
Sage spoke with another's voice to the young woman sleeping. "I will wake you ancestor, young one but not now. When you are stronger and ready for the power I will come to you again."
Then he closed his eyes and kissed her forehead, which made him snap out of is trance, his face becoming soft and gentle like it usually was.
He looked at the others and said. "Let's get her home." He then picked her up in his arms and left the cave top go back home.
When they reached the house Celine had Sage put the new girl in the room Celine was staying in.
"Celine I put cloths in the room for you and your friends to wear when they get here." Mia said calling through the house "We can pick up more if we need to"
Sage left Celine with the other girl and went to the living room.
"I think we should all go to bed" Sage said as he headed to the room he shared with Rowen.
In the room he lay on his and stared at the ceiling. Rowen walked in silently and changed his cloths; he then lay down and looking at the look on Sage's face.
"Don't you feel weird" Rowen asked out of the blue
"Feel weird about what?" Sage asked back
"About holding and touching that girl"
"NO. Why?"
Sage rolled over and looked at his blue haired friend.
"You wouldn't understand then."
"Understand what?"
"You don't have the feelings that I have"
"What are you talking about?"
"After I found out that I kissed Celine I felt really unworthy."
"Unworthy?"
"Yeah, she is so beautiful. I feel like one of those idiots who sit and drool over a pretty girl rather than asking to be with her because he knows he will be rejected."
"Really, I'm not sure I feel that way but its probably because I was so concerned about getting her home so she could heal."
"Oh well" Rowen sighed then rolled over.
"Maybe I'll feel that way when I have to awaken her power/" Sage said as he rolled over and went to sleep.
The next day Rowen woke up to Sage getting dressed. Rowen then got dressed and they went down stairs.
They thought everyone else was asleep still but in the kitchen the girl sage saved was making breakfast.
"What are you doing out of bed" Sage said in concern
The girl turned around with a start.
Embarrassed the guys looked away.
She was wearing a pair of short shorts, and a tight tank top with not bra. (And it was just a little cold in the kitchen that morning)
The guys headed toward the living room as she ran down the hall to her room. As she ran Sage looked back to watch her.
They both sat down on the sofa and stared at a black TV screen.
"I'm going to kiss her" Sage stated
"Yeah"
"I think I can deal with that. But your right if she had a choice I don't think she would kiss me."
"So now you know how I feel"
Just then Celine came out of her room wearing short shorts and an oversized sweat shirt.
Celine walked over to the both of them and sat on the couch between them.
"I'm sorry about Serenity she didn't think anyone else was up" she said with a little laugh.
"So her name is Serenity" Sage said.
"Yeah, she was telling me how excited she was to be meeting you today. That's what made her so embarrassed. She didn't want you to think of her as a slut for what she was wearing." Celine explained
"She's not a slut. She… she…" Sage stuttered
"He thinks she's beautiful" Rowen ended sages sentence.
"Really" Celine said looking at Sage
Just then Serenity came down the hall; she had put on an oversized sweat shirt like Celine. When she saw them look at her she hid in the kitchen and finished what she was doing.
"Serenity" Celine called
A loud band sound came from the kitchen. Sage jumped over the couch back to see what happened.
Serenity was on the floor picking up the pans she had knocked over when she was startled by Celine's call.
"Here let me help you" Sage said as he bent down to pick up a pan.
"Thank you" she said timidly
She stood up and put the pans away. Sage looked at her and noticed she was shaking.
"Why are you shaking?" Sage asked with concern in his voice.
"I don't know it just…" as she trailed off she collapsed in Sage's arm. He picked the rest of her up and carried her to the hall.
"Celine" Sage called "Can you open the door to your room"
She turned from Rowen "Oh. What happened?"
"I don't know she was shaking and then she collapsed."
She ran down the hall and opened the door.
Sage walked in and put her on the bed. Then he knelt down beside her. He held his hands over her and concentrated. His hands started to glow and a light ball appeared between his hands and her stomach. Then he pushed it into her and her skin started to glow.
"What did you do?"
He took his hands away and stood up.
"I put some of my energy in to her."
The both walked out of the room and went back to the living room.
While they were gone everyone else had gotten up. (After that loud banging no one could sleep.)
"So what happened to her in the cave?" Cye asked
"Do you remember that hole in the top of the cave that was letting the light in?"
"Yeah" Ryo replied
"Well when she was sent to the cave she created the hole when she fell through the cave top. And before she could heal herself she transformed in to a wolf and turned to stone"
"Why stone that's my element" Kento stated
"Yes but the stone wolf was captured in light coming in through the cave. So when the sun went down the wolf wouldn't be there it would have traveled with the sun light."
"Oh" Sage exclaimed "That's why I didn't see her the first time I went because the sun was down."
"Any one ready for breakfast" Rowen asked from the kitchen.
They all got up and went to the table and Cye went to the kitchen to help.
(The Vanquished Plain)
The lights had grown; all the land could now be seen. It was desert like, with mountains all around. As the light got brighter it got hotter. The demon lord was still standing in the middle of the area when he started to hear screams. He wanted to find out where it was coming from, because it they were others coming in than that was his way out. So he set off for one of the mountains to get a better few of the screams.
(Well that's the end of that chapter hope you liked it. Oh and I'm trying to add more suspense in to the next chapters so hopefully the story will be more interesting. Well thanks for reading the next chapter will be out soon, and as always please review. Thanks)