Chapter 4
The Crimson One Returns
"Who are you! Where are you!" I demanded looking around
"I'm right here" the voice said as it walked out of the darkness. It looked just like me but it had black wings with red veins and the veins on the body were black with cat type looking eyes that were black on the outside and red in the middle.
"What are you?" I asked
"I am a Coralian. I'm the other you, the one called Alucard." Alucard said
"Were you controlling me earlier?" I asked
"No that was all you my friend. Whenever your loved ones or close friends are endangered your instincts seem to bring out that power each time though before you died you were able to control it quite well." Alucard said
"Do you remember what happened to me before I died?" I asked
"Sadly that's not my place to tell. Go to the Tresor base and all will be explained. One piece of advance use those orbs only if you must. They drain your life force and will kill you if too many are used at once. Now to control the orb focus in your mind on creating the orb and depending on the emotion you currently have it will create a different orb. Anger will bring destruction and love will bring healing." Alucard said as he faded into the darkness while I was left there stunned. The darkness slowly turned to light as I opened my eyes bolting upright scanning my surroundings then a mass head rush hit me as I fell back down to ground groaning rather loudly.
"Shawn you're awake!" Akane said happily
"What time is it?" I asked
"It's morning already." She replied
"I see." I said as I brought myself to a sitting position. I noticed Ayumu was sitting on a log away from me as Akio and Aimi were sitting on the ground near Akane.
"Shawn what happened last night?" Akane asked with a bit of fear present in her eyes as I brought my hands behind me feeling my wings then folding the wings in front of me so I could see them. A gentle smile came to my face as I rubbed my face onto the warm rubbery wings.
"I guess it confirms I am a Coralian. I was told that happens when my loved ones are in danger. Whether it be friends or a lover." I stated
"Who told you?" Akane asked
"Myself within me." I replied after that Akane changed the question.
"Would you hurt us in that state?" Akane asked
"I only hurt the ones attacking my loved ones or myself." I answered as she nodded
"We were really scared you turned into some sort of monster." Akane said as tears of joy streamed her eyes.
"There's no need to cry. I'm perfectly fine there's no need to be scared of me, I won't bite so stop avoiding me." I said giving everyone a gentle smile as I looked at the other three. After a few minutes they all came closer as Aimi gave me a hug.
"Stop acting all dramatic everyone. I'm fine, let's pack up and keep heading to Tresor, k?" I asked as everyone nodded. I stood up, dusting myself off and packed up my things while leaving the shredded shirt behind and not worrying about putting on the military shirt yet.
As the day progressed there still wasn't much talking going on between everyone which was annoying me greatly till I noticed something hazy a short distance from us. I squinted my eyes to try and figure out what it was. I noticed it had a green color to it as then it hit me. I decided to see if I was right so I started running towards it earning a curious look from the other coralians. Once I got closer to it a green trail of trapar appeared behind me as my wings lifted me off the ground. I brought my wings together then apart really fast as it allowed me to gain altitude really quickly then swooping down I finally gained the momentum I was looking for. I turned back around and headed towards Aimi as I swooped down picking her up then up into the air.
"Ahh!" She yelled clinging onto my neck for dear life as I started laughing.
"There's nothing to be scared of. Open your eyes and look around." I said as she slowly opened her eyes then looked around. I could she tell she was in awe with everything she was able to see.
"Beautiful isn't it?" I asked
"It is. Is this what you see when you go flying?" Aimi asked
"Yes and I can also see the trapar." I explained
"I see. How long are you able to fly?" Aimi asked
"I imagine for a decent amount of time." I replied
"Let's stay up here and fly around for a bit." Aimi said as I just chuckled.
"Yes, Hime-sama." I said winking as this earned a slight blush. Everyone kept on walking feeling a bit jealous with how Aimi was hogging all the fun.
"AIMI, I WANT A TURN!" Akane yelled as Aimi giggled at her sister.
"You better let her have a turn or else she'll throw a fit later." Aimi suggested
"I'll take your word for it." I said as I lowered my altitude until my feet hit the ground as I started running then slowed to a walk and set Aimi down.
"Did you have fun?" I asked
"I did. Thank you Shawn and sorry for my actions earlier." Aimi said sounding a bit ashamed for being so fearful of me.
"Your welcome and don't worry about it. I don't hold a grudge against you and besides I would be scared shitless as well if I saw that." I said chuckling a bit then without a moment later someone latched onto my back.
"My turn!" Akane said with the widest grin plastered on her face.
"Hai, hai. Anyways talk to you guys in a bit! Akane, Hold on tight!" I said as I started running and pushing myself off the ground gaining altitude a lot quicker this time. It seemed like Akane fit perfectly through the spacing of the wings.
"This is amazing Shawn! Can you see the Trapar?" Akane asked curiously
"I can see it and feel it around me." I answered
"That's so cool!" Akane replied for the rest of the time we didn't say anything as we enjoyed the wind blowing through our hair and watching the scenery before us as sky fish starting coming into view. A few minutes later they had flown to where we are and began flying next to me watching us with great interest it seemed.
"Hey you guys. I remember you." I said reaching out my hand to pet one as it got closer allowing me to pet it as Akane did the same. It seemed to really like the contact. After that we continued flying with the sky fish till the end of second day came. I decided to land when the sun started getting lower in the sky. What was surprising is that we didn't see a single person down this road today either.
"That was soooo much fun Shawn! Thank you!" Akane said excitedly
"Anytime, anyways let's get camp ready as I'm extremely hungry." I said as my stomach growled rather loudly earning a loud laugh from everyone else.
'Glad they're back to normal.' I thought relieved
We ended up setting camp, getting some food cooked and continuing talking like we used to. I ended up taking a small walk outside of camp to the road as I laid down in the grass on the other side staring up at the stars thinking about everything that's happened so far.
'I wonder if I had a lover before I died here in this world.' I thought trying to remember but no matter hard I tried nothing came. It was quite frustrating because I felt like something was missing in my heart but I couldn't explain what it was. A good fifteen minutes later Aimi had walked out looking for me. She walked over sitting next to me and looked up at the stars as well.
"How are you, Shawn?" Aimi asked
"Decent. Hey Aimi did you tell Ayumu and Akio something to get them back to normal?" I asked
"I did. I made them feel guilty for how they treated you and got them to get over the fear." Aimi said
"I see, thank you that really means a lot." I said
"You look a bit sad. Mind if I ask what you're thinking about?" Aimi asked now looking at me
"If you're really interested I'm wondering if I had lover before I died in this world." I said
"I see. It is possible but let's head back into camp for the night. You'll need your rest." Aimi said
"Alright." I said standing back up as Aimi stood as well and we headed back into camp.
Everyone was getting ready for bed when we got back as I climbed under the blanket. Wishing everyone a good night as they did the same then I slowly drifted off to sleep. We had one person take a shift watching over us. I was on the last watch. The night had went by uneventful as I felt someone shake me. I slowly opened my eyes to see Akane.
"It's your turn Shawn." Akane said as I nodded sitting up and moving myself closer to the fire.
"Alright go ahead and get some sleep Akane." I said giving a smile as she smiled as well then headed back to bed for the night.
An hour had passed and I noticed the sky had begun to get brighter. I decided on walking out to the road to watch the sunrise. I didn't realize my movement had woken someone in the process. They got up and followed me as that woke up another and another then the last person as they all were now behind me watching the sunrise. I didn't realize it as I had my head phones in now listening to some relaxing music and enjoying the sunrise. Akane came up and stood next to me coming into my field of vision surprising me only slightly. The sky began changing colors as the minutes passed. It had many yellows, oranges and reds in the sky as the sun then peaked over the horizon lighting up the sky even more.
'This would make a very beautiful photo.' I thought wishing I had my camera at this moment as the music came to an end I could end the other three talking now.
"Seeing as everyone is awake want to get ready to finish our journey to town?" I asked turning around with a peaceful look on my face.
"Anything pleasant happen to you Shawn?" Akane asked
"Nope, just really enjoyed that sunrise to bad I couldn't capture it on my camera." I said as they gave me this curious look.
"I take it you don't know what a camera is?" I asked as all of them nodded
'Wow talk about living a sheltered life in that village.' I thought
So I explaining to them what a camera is and what it does as we packed up camp. By the end of the explanation they were fascinated by this device and wanted to see one.
"I'm sure there's one in Tresor." I said as now they were all excited to reach the town.
About two hours later we came to a junction with a sign that said Tresor three miles ahead. All of us got really excited as passed the sign there was a few vehicles coming down the road and passing us in the process as everyone of them glanced at the four coralians not thinking anything was out of ordinary until they got to me. They all stared at me as they passed which I expected as much though what surprised me was a little boy and girl waved me at excitedly as I waved back just to be nice.
'I wonder if I've met them before.' I thought but just as the thought came it was quickly dismissed as we continued walking towards town. When we finally reached town my companions looked normal and didn't bring any attention to them but as for myself that was a much different story. I could hear people whispering things about me. Things like 'I thought he was dead' or 'isn't he the leader?' and many other things but no one ever came up to ask me those question personally so I just ignored them as we continued walking around town checking out shops and enjoying ourselves.
Dewey had been running some errands for his beloved. He was buying the food that was supposed to be their dinner tonight. As he finished up his shopping and was heading back to his place he thought he saw someone with coralian wings walking around. It was only a glimpse out of the corner of his eye but he decided to go see if that was Eureka he saw. The moment Dewey turned the corner the person was gone. Shrugging his shoulder he decided the sun must have been getting to him as he headed back to his place in the city.
All of us had gone into this interesting shop called Seltin's Tea Shop. It had a very relaxing aroma in the air. The owner came around the corner and greeted everyone till her eyes fell to me as she expressed a very surprised expression.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked curiously
"No, no. Nothings wrong, just surprised to see you after such a long time." The owner said
"What do you mean?" I asked
"Well, rumor had it you died Major Shawn." She said
"I see. Anyways would you mind serving myself and friends here some of your best tea?" I asked
"Most certainly and don't worry about paying, it's on the house." She said blushing a bit as she hurried into the back room before I could thank her.
'Strange woman' I thought as I sat down with my friends and waited for her to bring us our tea. We began talking about things that we saw since we came into the town. A few minutes later the tea was brought out and placed on the table.
"Thank You, um.. I don't think I got your name." I said
"Mary, Sir." Mary replied
"Ah, that's a very pretty name. Thank you Mary." I said smiling happily
"Your welcome Shawn." She replied as she went onto the other tables that had customers sitting at them. After a good thirty minutes enjoying our tea we decided it was time to move on to the shop. We headed out as I bowed slightly towards the shop owner as we left.
The rest of the time we spent walking around town till it was about two in the afternoon. We managed to hitch a ride on a vehicle that was heading to the Tresor base. Unbeknownst to me as we were leaving a blonde beauty noticed me as we left city. She stood there dumbfounded thinking he had dead but some hatred towards herself and Gonzy knowing Shawn was now alive and probably thanks to Gonzy she thought.
We managed to make it the outskirts of the base through a side road that took us through a forest. The nice old man let us off as we began walking towards the base. I did notice a nice homely house was hidden back in the trees but I didn't say anything as we continued on. We walked out of the forest and came face to face with the Tresor base. I didn't know it at the time but the base had grown a lot with six more buildings that were 4 stories high.
"Shawn this is so cool!" Akane said happily looking at the building and the LFO's that were lined up and a green and white ship that was out on the runway too. I noticed even Aimi, Ayumu and Akio had a lot of excitement in their eyes.
"I agree. This is a big base!" I said with a bit of excitement in my voice. I got the feeling I had been here before but I still couldn't recall anything.
"Let's get closer!" Akane said excitedly as she started walking quickly towards the first building with the number thirty on it. She reached the door opening it as it revealed what looked like a relaxing area with couches, TV's and many other assortment of things neatly placed about in this room. There was also four teenagers in the room at the moment. Two of them were coralians while the other two were humans. They were relaxing on the couches talking till Akane barged in. The four of them looked at each other then at the girl as then they saw another girl enter and then two boys then the biggest surprise was when I walked through the door. Kamin and Rya eyes grew as big as saucer as they just stared at me for a few minutes as I looked around the room. When my eyes met their they stood up running and literally jumping over the couches with tears streaming down their eyes.
"SHAWN!" They both yelled as they tackled me with such force that I fell onto my butt hard. I was completely confused as to why these two youngsters were crying and hugging me.
"Do I know you?" I asked curiously they both looked up at me confused and hurt.
"You don't remember us? The ones you found in that cave." Kamin said sounding really hurt
"Sadly I don't. I honestly don't remember a lot of things that happened while I was alive." I said
"I'll explain this, if you don't mind Shawn." Aimi said as I nodded
"Shawn fell from the sky near our village and seems to have lost all of his memories. He's regained some of them but not at all of them. I'm sure the memories will come back to him soon." Aimi said sounding very motherly to the teenagers.
"You'd make a good mother." I said chuckling a bit as Aimi blushed a bit as she went back to looking around the room. The next to approach was the two humans.
"Do you mind if I ask who you are?" Jessica asked
"Shawn is my name." I said
"Wait, Major Shawn, Shawn the leader of the entire coralian race?" Kevin blurted out sounding very surprised.
"Yep that's him! Our older brother." Kamin said happily with a big smile
"Um, I don't remember any of this so for now I'm just Shawn. Let's keep it simple for my brain, okay?" I asked smiling
"Okay." Kamin said
"Anyways for starters what are all of your names?" I asked
"My name's Kevin." Kevin said
"Jessica, It's a pleasure to meet you!" Jessica said excitedly
"Your non blood related younger sister, Kamin." Kamin said
"Your non blood related younger brother, Rya." Rya said
"I see, well it's nice to meet you two young coralians again and it's a pleasure to meet you Jessica and Kevin." I said ruffling the two coralians hair with my usual goofy smile.
"Anyways mind hoping off so I can stand up." I said as they quickly nodded then hopped off of me while I stood up.
"So when did they add these building?" I asked
"After the last battle you fought in." Rya answered
"I see. So what are these buildings for?" I asked
"It's where us coralians live. There's the guardian coralians and the normal coralians that are meant to be communicators. We're also meant to find partners on this world." Kamin explained as she blushed quite a bit at the end sentence.
"I see." I said chuckling a little bit
"What's so funny!" Kamin said
"Nothing." I said patting her head
'I wonder if I should tell him about Amarante now.' Rya thought but decided on waiting.
The four of them took us on a tour of the building, showing us their rooms while I also got to meet the other coralians in the process too. They seemed really happy to see me. Like I was their savior or something but at the moment I was just another half human half coralian trying to figure out who I am. I still remained polite towards all of them. After the tour of the building was done Rya decided to bring us to where Holland was.
We walked towards where Holland was currently training the new recruits along with the help of Talho. Their backs were to us when we entered. We all stood there staring at them as they showed the new recruits certain hand to hand techniques and how to get out of them. A few minutes later they were done explaining the hand to hand techniques and were about to move onto the next one when Rya cleared his throat rather loudly to get his attention as I was staring off at the LFO that was to the right then started walking over to it while Talho was the first to turn around as she immediately froze when she saw me walking towards the LFO.
"I can't believe it." Talho whispered as tears began swelling up in her eyes as she ran towards Shawn.