Chapter 3 – A Fencer's Start
3:00 pm...Sunday, south of Shizen
In the south of Shizen is a long and wide street with a wide variety of shops that evens rivals the largest malls of the world. People call this is the Shopping Street and in truth, there is no mall despite Shizen being a big city.
This is the area where everyone can hang out, shop for what they plan to buy and other things. This is truly the Mall of Shizen.
In this moment, looking at the shop displaying the TVs is a girl. She kept focusing on the news as a lot of strange things have been happening lately and she started to suspect it.
So far, the TVs showed the news of the recovered hospitalized students but the reporters failed to get details out of them since they have forgotten that experience. The other thing the TVs showed is the discovery of little bits of car pieces scattered in front of the Empire State Building in America along with a memorial service to the victims of the psychotic car.
The girl just stared at the news blankly but she's really curious about it from the inside.
The girl has dark brown hair with short length only up to the chin and parted to the left side, which she just ignores as she never does anything to fix this. She has brown eyes that can lead towards but can is brown when exposed to the right light and her skin is just slightly tanned. She's wearing a pair of jeans, a plain simple black shirt, pale white sneakers and a dark green hooded zip-up sweatshirt. She stands at 5'5 height.
Her name is Celeste Ariam. She's a 16 year old 4th year who attends Isshoni. She's European, German and Czech to be specific but she is born from the U.S.
She turned herself away from the TV display of the shop sharply as if she didn't believe in what the TVs displayed and continued walking further through the Shopping Street, with no apparent goal in mind today.
Skyworld...Palutena's Temple
In a lazy day of ruling over Skyworld, Palutena looked over the reflecting pool to watch over the human and Earth. However, she became very interested in Shizen which is the reason why the pool is showing the modern Japanese city on its surface.
Pit popped out from the stairs and once he saw Palutena looking at the reflecting pool, he decided to check out what she's looking at and walked to her. He looked at the pool and saw the people walking around the city, doing their regular routines.
"Is that what that city looks like from the inside? "He asked, interested in the city.
"Yes. Rather interesting that this city is surrounded by everything nature right? I bet Viridi would love the city."
"No, she'll love what's OUTSIDE the city. Anyways, how are you? "He grew concerned for her.
"I'm fine as usual; I just looked through both of the situations from the past two days this morning. So far, the only thing that they have in common is that they made the humans panic. Other than that, everything else just seems to contradict to each other. Whoever is behind this is starting to place us all in all directions."
This note made both Palutena and Pit think. However, one goal is certain and is a definite must: Who's behind all of this? That's the question that they both had spiralling in their thoughts.
Lyra entered from the entrance, holding her own custom made golden bow and quiver filled with practice arrows. The time she took close attention to what's in front of her, she wondered what made Palutena and Pit think very deeply.
She just smiled, confused of the current situation, "U-um...is there...something wrong? "Her voice startled those two. They looked at her with a shocked face and Lyra took a step back, apparently startled by them.
"I-i-i-i just want to ask you guys."Lyra bowed down in apology.
"It's fine." Palutena waved her hand up and down playfully but then she placed her hand down, "Let me ask you something, who's behind the incidents?"
Lyra began to think and soon enough, she began taking long to think but what Palutena asked her made her head think very hard. Her head lit up.
"Oh I see, you guys were thinking of the same question."Lyra said.
"Well we can't find out... who is responsible; we don't have enough...anything. No resources, no evidence, almost nothing is in common, were in pretty much blank." Pit said.
"We can't solve anything unless we learn it from something."Palutena added, "If we want to find out who is after the humans, we're going to have to find resources and evidence. I think our human friends can help us with that."
"One problem Palutena, the only way to talk to the two human girls so far is if THEY talk to US. We can't do anything that involves US touching Earth or making contact with the humans, except look over it."Lyra pointed out to them.
They can't do anything unless those who possesses the Items of Light calls them and so far, only two human girls called them unintentionally by calling help.
5:45pm...Shizen.
Back on Shizen, we follow Celeste walking around the plaza. The Plaza is the very heart of Shizen but it doesn't connect to ALL the roads of Shizen, making a few people think that there are different points that can be called the very middle of the city. The plaza is a large circular area with few park benches and most notable, a large Victorian style fountain lying at the very middle of the area.
This place is popular as a hangout spot and Celeste decided to sit down at the edge of the fountain. She noticed that she's the only person left in the plaza.
Near 6:00pm on a Sunday, the plaza becomes an uninhabited area because the next day, work and classes resume.
"Ugh...I've finished everything that I need to finish yesterday and this morning. What else can I do?"
She doesn't care about the time at all right now. However she heard footsteps coming from the south. With almost nobody else, the footsteps are like loud echoes from high heels. They grew louder with each step and when Celeste turned her head sharply, she saw a brunette wearing a plain yellow t-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers; she is even holding a blue 3DS in her hands playing a game. She is Belle.
"No one else around huh?" Belle commented and this caught Celeste's full attention.
"Well, yeah. It's a Sunday. How come you're not home?" Celeste asked. Belled closed her 3DS and sat down next to her.
"I'm done with the homework I had and my parents kept nagging me to go out...again. I snuck my 3DS out of my house and left, playing games for the rest of the day."
"Hey, doesn't that thing need charging?" Celeste pointed to her 3DS.
"I went to the Coffee Shop for me to charge this thing. With the 3DS out of the question now, I'm Belle." She introduced herself.
"Celeste is my name. I'm a 4th year in Isshoni."
"You go to Isshoni too? I'm a 3rd year there."
Celeste looked at her and saw how short she is. She could hardly believe that a very short girl is actually a 3rd year student but then she remembered that Isshoni teaches students from around the world so she shrugged it off.
"Hey." Belle started, "What do you think of the current incidents?" She darkly asked. Celeste crossed her arms.
"Those two incidents are running around like some urban legend! They are just normal, nothing else can cause them. For the kidnapping case, I'm sure a group of people were responsible but then they got a change of heart and released the students. As for the crazy car that has been destroyed to pieces, the driver must have been too psycho and rammed the car into something that will cause the car to explode, which it did."
Belle looked away from her, unable to tell her the truth about the killer car incident but she can still get away with the kidnapping incident, as she has no involvement in the matter. She inhaled then exhaled and was about to say something but something caught her attention. She looked to the east of the fountain and saw a girl standing there. Celeste looked in at where Belle is looking at and saw the girl as well.
The girl is wearing a purple hooded jacket, jean short and red running shoes. With the girl's hood up, her face is a bit unidentifiable. However Belle noticed her height and stood up from the fountain, running to the girl.
"Hey! You're the girl I bumped into yesterday! "Belle grabbed her left arm and pleaded for her to join them but she remained still with a dumbfounded expression.
"Ooh!" Celeste stood up from the fountain and approached both of the girls, "Take down the hood, there's no one else here!"
Celeste reached out to her hood with her left arm and removed the hood from the girl's head. Her long black hair is flowing down from the top and the other girls noticed her eyes are grey with blue around the pupils. It's Patricia.
"That's better!" Celeste smiled, "Come on, join us!"
Celeste went ahead to the fountain and Belle dragged Patricia to the fountain, forcing her to join them. The three sat down at the edge of the fountain.
"So, who are you?" Belle asked. Patricia became a bit hesitant to tell her name to those who she never met before but one thing she can make clear is that she has seen their faces before at school.
"...My name is Patricia. I'm a 3rd year student at Isshoni."She said to them.
"I'm a 3rd year too!" Belle exclaimed, "However, we must have gone to different classes..."
"W-w-w-well..."Patricia stammered, "I've been here since my 1st year..."
Celeste smiled at seeing the two 3rd years talking to each other. However, she saw something in the water, shining like a star in the sky but the flowing water is making it hard to see what's in the water. She reached out with her right hand to the shining object in the water and grabbed it out of the water.
She held out in front of her a thin chained necklace with a sheathed sword pendant. Seeing as this was somehow thrown to the fountain, it means no one owns this anymore. Celeste wore the necklace but immediately, she felt a painful thud in her heart and her eyes went into a trance.
Patricia and Belle stopped talking and saw their 4th year companion in a trance. They both experienced the same exact thing but didn't have the guts to tell anyone. Celeste blinked and went back to reality. She saw her 3rd year friends looking at her oddly, as if they knew something.
"What?" She said.
"Did…something happen to you?" Belle tilted her head.
"I-i-it's nothing!" Celeste flailed her arms.
In a split-second moment, they heard odd beeping sounds from the dark blue sky. When they looked up, what they saw is anything but the blue sky they were expecting and instead, they see things of white and green. The girls became astonished at what they saw in the sky.
"Are those things even from Earth?"Belle pointed to the sky.
"How can anyone know?"Celeste yelled, "Those things are CLEARLY going to where we are right now and I have a POSITIVE feeling that they want our hearts RIPPED out, use our limbs for tools, and EXPERIMENT on us! We need help!"
"T-that's a very disturbing way to put it…"Patricia muttered, showing a cowardly expression at what Celeste said and the weird white and green enemies.
Skyworld…
In the midst of an apparent invasion in Shizen, the reflecting pool reacted up red. Palutena, who is outside looking at the dark sky shrouding over Skyword, ran inside once she took only a glimpse of the inside of the temple.
She frantically looked at the water's surface and saw a swarm of the enemies Pit fought before, the Aurum. They are heading towards the city and what else she saw is that three girls are alone in the plaza, the destination of the Aurum.
"Oh no! Those girls…! Pit? Where are you! PIT!"
4 minutes later…(To Aurum Hive watch?v=8MRJ_tVKcx4&feature=relmfu)
After spending a few seconds listening to a panicked goddess, Pit is soaring through the dark sky, slashing a few flying Aurum enemies in the air. In this time, he must be near the plaza, where the girls are and the same girls who called for help. Also, in this moment, there are no enemies in the sky but Palutena's speedy Power of Flight is making Pit uneasy.
"So let me get this straight, the same two girls who called me in the first two incidents are calling me again? This time, another girl is with them?" Pit asked.
"That's right. It was actually the three of them who called for the gods to help, which means that third girl is also a holder of an Item of Light."Palutena answered calmly but continued, "But you have to help them, Belle and Patricia are not used to their powers yet…But I sense power coming from the third gi-"
"Get away from us you…Invaders from Space!" Pit and Palutena heard an unfamiliar voice, rough, feminine and strained.
Pit saw that he is nearing the heart of Shizen, the plaza. He saw two girls hiding behind a tall girl holding a sword in her left hand aggressively. The two girls, Patricia and Belle, saw Pit from the sky and both of them became stunned because they are seeing the angel who saved their lives before.
The moment Pit landed on the pavement street of the plaza, he immediately shot arrows at some of the Aurum troops coming towards him. While he was busy shooting own the enemies, Celeste, the girl holding the sword, is repelling some of the enemies that are aiming at them. Patricia became a little frustrated at how helpless she is right now and Belle kind of forgot how to summon creatures.
Pit got astounded at how well Celeste is handling with a sword, her style is already like a pro but this kind of situation can make anyone too scared to do anything but she still tried to protect her acquaintances.
The numbers of the Aurum are increasing, making things difficult for the Fencer and the Angel.
"If we want to get rid of every single enemy, then you two have to use your powers!" Pit yelled before slashing at an incoming enemy.
Belle tried to calm down and think, during her time with the psycho car, she concentrated on helping Pit win the battle and this caused her to summon the Bookmasters. With her concentration on the current situation, her hands glowed white.
"Bookmasters come forth!" She yelled with all she has. Two white circles appeared on the ground and the two Bookmasters that helped Pit during the psycho car incident popped up from the ground.
"Use ALL your magic spells on them! Don't show any mercy!"
The Bookmasters obeyed their mistress and casted a lot of elemental spells at the Aurum, weakening some and killing more. Celeste became shocked that her newfound friend has powers.
"No way…" This is all Patricia has to say at the current situation.
Her strong urge to help protect the two girls and Pit made her determined to fight back. The Illusion Keyboard that she used during the kidnapping incident appeared in front of her, floating and moving with its user. She played the hard version of the famous stage theme that belongs to a red and blue plumber and saw the notes appear in many different colors. With her right hand shaped like a gun, she shot the notes at the Aurum like a first person shooting game while her left hand is still playing the keyboard. The notes are hardly enough to kill anything but weakened the Aurum as an advantage to others.
With Pit's blessed skills and the girls using the powers of the Items of Light, the Aurum became visibly panicked by the strength of the group. Some made a lot of beeping sounds and disappeared, as if retreating.
Pit withdrew his bow and faced Celeste, who is looking at her sword like someone who is truly fascinated with a rare artefact. Belle walked to Pit with a confused face and Patricia is looking at the area. Surprisingly, nothing in the plaza or in the city has been damaged at all. The Bookmasters disappeared and the Illusion Keyboard is gone.
(Music Stop)
"Um…"Celeste started and walked to Pit, "What in the world was THAT? Are those…things really trying to attack us? Who are you anyway?"
"Ok, those things are called the Aurum, yes they were trying to attack us and my name is Pit." He slowly and clearly answered.
"We're really sorry about that; we never expected something like that."Palutena told the girls, "I'm Palutena by the way, I'm his Patron Goddess. I rule over Skyworld."
Celeste massaged her forehead a bit since she is holding a sword with her left hand, deep down she doesn't believe it.
"I don't believe it." She bluntly said, "I really can't believe anything like this at all! It's so hard to take in, it became unbelievable! I won't tell you guys who I am until you gain my trust!"
"Well then, expect something from us later this week."Palutena said.
A spotlight appeared on Pit and he disappeared with it. The girls looked at each other with confused faces, curious to know what Palutena meant.
"So you two knew him too huh?" Celeste asked. Patricia and Belle nodded slightly.
"That's right." Patricia placed her right hand over her heart, "He saved me from being a victim in the Kidnapping incident."
Belle continued "And he saved me from getting rammed by that psycho car." Celeste gave her the odd eye, "What? This odd 3DS transported me there. It's also the reason why I have these powers."
"This bracelet is why I have my powers too." Patricia showed her bracelet.
"So this necklace…"She clutched her necklace, "is the reason why I'm experiencing all of this…We need an explanation…now."
Fencer, Summoner and Virtuoso
All wondering about everything
The goddess will tell them something
Something that will change their lives
Sorry to keep you waiting! You guys won't rush me right…? Right…?
Ok, here's business.
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Chapter 4 - Explanation