'Italicized' - Past
Sealed
by: nAoMi AyAmE
Chapter 4: Thorns
"Well, let's just say that the beginning was in synch."
Five Hundred Years Ago
Four girls were walking on a field of flowers. The eldest, Tsunami Yumi is the heiress of the Mizu Kingdom. She has a long blue hair that stops on her legs paired with eyes like crushed diamonds; her long blue gown was flowing like the sea. On her right was Heleyna Arashi, princess of the wind kingdom. Her long black hair was tied on a braid that nestles on her left shoulder. Her white as snow gown was like the wind who hugs her figure perfectly. Beside her was Naomi Kazama, the queen of the kingdom of light and dark; giver and taker of light. Her raven hair matches the dress that she was wearing, black with streaks of white. She was talking with a girl with dull pink hair cut in different lengths. The youngest is Ringo Sakura; princes of the fire kingdom who has mismatched eyes of red and brown. These four are the tamers of the five dragons. Adopting one another, bonded as sisters of fate.
"Neh, one-sama(1), are we going tp build a school here?" asked the childish Ringo clinging on Naomi's arm
"Hai, Ri-chan. Ley-Ley and Ami agreed to help us." replied Naomi
"Really?"
"Hai, Ri-chan. It is for all the special ones like us."
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"That was how the four planned on making the academy. With the help of the money they have as royalties, they build the academy." said Narume "But two hundred years after the peaceful creation, Nathaniel, the lover of Naomi-sama has betrayed her and created an association that assassinates alices."
"The AAO…" Ruka murmured
"That is correct Mr. Nogi." Narume affirmed
"And so, what had happened after then?" asked Anna
"Well, let's just say things had gotten out of control…"
Two Hundred Years Earlier
"Nathaniel!"
A silver haired man was standing on the fields. All the flowers that surround him within five meter radius have withered. He stopped and looked behind him. He saw the queen of light and dark on her battle suit. The twin swords of light and darkness were on the globed hands, blood dripping from her body from the people she had killed. Crimson eyes enveloped the once peaceful cerulean orbs that the lady has possessed.
"Koi(2), what are you doing?" asked Nathaniel innocently
"Kosaken ja nai(3)! Nathaniel, I'm giving you one last chance to surrender." replied Naomi her voice filled with anger
"But you already got nothing to protect…" the taunting man responded with a smug smile that paints his face "We are the same koi…"
"No… I've got something you will never have."
The smug smile faltered.
"And what is that?"
"Family…"
As if signaled, Tsuname appeared on the man's back while Helyna appeared on his right and the fire bender appeared on his left. The four simultaneously clapped their hands together and started to murmur an unrecognized incantation that only royalty know, the incantation that is passed from heir to heirs in order to preserve their secret magic. Light starts to emit from their body. Auras started to leak in different colors representing their elements. Tsuname emits the aura of the sea, Heleyna has white in the lights of purple, Ringo's flame surrounded her while Naomi produced electricity and darkness.
"What are you doing?!" exclaimed Nathaniel "Stop it!"
The four didn't head the pleadings of the man. Instead, they un-shelf their blades and simultaneously stabbed the grounds. An earthquake occurred shaking the whole country but the four seems to be unaffected on it.
"SEAL!"
A loud explosion occurred on the field, a blinding light ate the whole scene and in a snap it dispersed revealing four little girls and four pillars. One has colored in blue, the other is purple. Opposite to the latter was a red pillar while the last one was on swirls of black and white. The four girls hugged each other and dropped to their knees. Giggling while tears are flowing from their eyes, they beside each other, laying on the green grass staring on purple sky.
"Neh… it's all over right?" asked the now toddler Ringo
"Hai, Ri-chan." replied the water bender
"And nobody will try to kill or use our gifted adopted children." added Heleyna
The four giggled but halts when a searing pain strikes at a specific body part of each other. Tsunami's left neck started to glow red likewise to Heleyna on the left part of her ribs, Ringo on her left chest and Naomi on the left part of her naval. The pain soar sky rocket making the four unconscious. A few seconds after, lines appeared on the painful part forming a mark. It was a tattoo of a skull surrounded by the throne black rose. It is the mark to prove that they performed the special seal.
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"…they killed many people. At the end of the war, Ringo-sama wanted to rest that is why she sealed herself to her line and promised to return when needed, and her host will have the same mark as her." finished Narume
"But sensei, where are the other two founders are? And what happened to Nathaniel." asked the mind reader
"Yumi-sama is in England while Arashi-sama is in Barcelona. Those two were looking up for other alices to be send here in Japan to study in elementary before going back to either England or Barcelona." answered Narume "And as for Nathaniel, it is said that he was sealed on the four pillar shrine but I think it was only half of him."
"What do you mean?" asked Hotaru
"I think that like Sakura-sama, he shared a body to continue his work and conduct a revenge for Kazama-sama and the others for sealing him." Narume explained
The room became still, but only one question made them perk up.
"When will Mikan come back?" asked Yuu
"The separation will occur exactly three months from now… on January twenty-seven." replied Narume "But I warn you… you will meet a very powerful and witty Mikan now."
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On the central atrium of the academy, three floors from the ground, Youichi was silently sleeping on a couch near a fire place, his chest rythmically rises and falls. They are in the office where the four has meets when they need to discuss matters or where Naomi meets the different principals and the faculty of the academy. She was currently sitting on the head's chair facing her was the now properly dressed Ringo. Only a table made in Narra was separating the two enjoying Oolong tea(4). Naomi removed her mask and placed it beside her computer where she monitors the whole academy.
"So Ringo, how was your sleep?" asked Noami
Ringo took her last sip and placed the china down gracefully.
"I slept better than when I slept after the war." she replied courteously
Naomi took a sip on her tea while scrolling her laptop focusing on a certain kuro neko and his best friend.
"Neh, one-sama…"
"Hmmm?"
"When will Aya-nee and Ley-ley-nee come back?" asked Ringo slightly pouting
"They will just surprise us I guess." answered Naomi not even looking at the other girl "Knowing them."
A few more silence before…
"What will I do here? We can't just announce that the two presidents have retuned, and the special alice students will wonder where Mi-chan is."
Naomi sipped the last drops from her tea and exhaled loudly. Scrunching her face, Ringo knows that her sister is planning something. Whenever the light and dark bender exhales loudly it means trouble especially for her.
"So what do you want me to do this time?" asked Ringo stating the obvious result
"You will pass as a new student in Mi-chan's class. We will say that you're a long distance relative of Mi-chan and an exchange student from Alice Academia." replied Naomi
"What alice should I tell them? You know that the four of us are from the royalties who created the alices thus giving us the capabilities of using any alice that we please."
"Your elemental alice will do."
NaMi-ChAn: Wehehehehel! I am done with another chapter… Nyaw! I hope you like it… I know its beginning to be boring with some mistakes and all so for that I deeply apologise! Really sorry! Please do review and some of your questions will be answered on the following chapters! Nyaw!
Translation:
(1) - Sister
(2) – My love or lover
(3) – Don't give a shit or you're kidding me or stop kidding me
(4) - Oolong tea is a black tea ni Japan
