'Hey, couldn't sleep also?' asked Kagura as he made his way to the orange haired figure standing on the balcony.
'Yeah, you too?' asked Amata. Kagura didn't reply and just stared at the stars in the sky.
'So, how was…dad like?' asked Amata. It was the first time either of them had talked about their parents.
'He….was strict, but he cared about his people. I hate myself for attacking him on Altiar,' said Kagura while thinking back about how he had killed his own father with the Solar Aquarion.
'How about mom? How's she?' asked Kagura. He never knew how Alicia was like because she was encased in a coffin the whole time.
'Mom was…weird at times, but she loved me a lot. It broke my heart that time when she left me,' said Amata.
'Sometimes I wonder how life would have been like if I had never been 'created',' said Kagura with a sigh.
'Don't say that! You are here and that's all it matters!' said Amata. 'You'll always be my brother no matter what.'
Kagura let out a long sigh of relief. The emotions and pressure he had been keeping to himself were finally gone. He was here, that was the fact. His existence was justified. No one pushed him away, rather they all tried to work it out.
'I guess I'll just have to go on with life. I'm getting sleepy, see you in the morning, little bro,' said Kagura and went back to the room with a grin.
'Hey…when did I become the little bro?! Aren't we the same age? Hello? Kagura?' said Amata.
As Amata was walking back towards the room, he stopped to look at the night sky and all of the bright stars in it.
'Never mind, life is good as it is…' He thought and went back to his room to sleep.
The next morning…
'Amata-kun! Wake up,' Mikono was half-shouting half-asking Amata to wake up.
'Urrggghh…Mi..Ko…no-san? 5 more minutes,' said Amata lazily with a yawn.
'Mou! Amata-kun, don't be so lazy!' said Mikono and pulled down his bed sheets.
'BRRR! Too cold. That was cruel Mikono-san. But, I didn't mind being woken by you,' said Amata with a mischievous smile.
'Ehhh?!' squeaked Mikono with a blush on her face.
'Don't mind him, he's high,' said Kagura with a straight face.
'Says the guy who scared the hell out of me,' said Zessica with a snort. 'And here I and Mikono were trying to wake you guys up. You come along and scare the shit out of me.'
'Hey, bitch. It's not my fault that you didn't see me,' said Kagura in defense.
'Well, I'm sorry Mr. Demuri. I don't have eyes on the back of my head. It must occur to you that people like to be creepily walked to and be suddenly touched on their shoulder as a form of greeting in an empty corridor the first thing in the morning,' said Zessica sarcastically.
'Now, now. Guys, lets not try to fight the first thing in the morning. We've got a lot to do for tonight,' said Mikono trying to break their argument.
'Urrrggghh…..you guys up?' Andy said yawning lazily.
'Look who's up! Andy, try to get Malloy up. We got to go help the girls out,' said Amata.
'Sure Amata,' said Andy.
Outside on the hall…
'Amata-kun, could you help me put these up?' asked Mikono as she gave him the decorations.
'Sure Mikono-san,' said Amata. He climbed up the ladder with the decorations in his hand.
'MIKONO-SAN! WATCH OUT!' screamed Amata as he suddenly slipped from the ladder.
'Thud!'
'Ouch, it hurts….' Amata winced.
'Amata-kun….could you please get off me, people are staring,' asked Mikono shyly. Amata was on top of Mikono right now, putting them in a very compromising position.
'Wahh! I'm sorry Mikono-san, I didn't mean to. I'm sorry…'Amata kept going on and on.
'Hehehehe, Amata-kun. You're so cute when you do that,' said Mikono. She was giggling uncontrollably.
'Seriously, you two. Get a room already!' said Zessica with a grin on her face.
'Zessica-san!' both of the said in unison.
'Hahahaha! Just kidding,' said Zessica jokingly.
'OK guys, Lets get back to work. There's much to do before the party tonight!' boomed Instructor Dantes' loud voice.
'Yes, sir,' everyone said lazily.
A few hours later…
'Whew, that instructor Dantes sure knows how to slave-drive his students,' said Andy while wiping his forehead. In a few hours of time, they had cleaned the whole field, put up the decorations; setup the whole place, ordered the food…
'Well it would have been faster if a certain someone stopped goofing around and helped us,' said Mix, looking at Andy directly.
'Hey, what did I do?' asked Andy innocently.
'Oh, I don't know. How about bringing down the whole wall of decorations for a start?!' asked Cayenne in an irritated voice.
'Oh that…I was just trying to reach for something,' said Andy nervously while scratching the back of his head.
'Never mind that, at least we got everything fixed in place in time,' said Mikono reassuringly to her brother.
'If you say so…' said Cayenne, but he was still glaring dagger at Andy. Andy just responded back with a nervous smile. You do no mess with Cayenne when he was pissed.
''Ok, boys and girls. Thank you for your help. Please go back to your dorms and prepare for the party later this evening,' said Miss Suomi.
Later that evening…
'Hey, Mikono. Do you think I look better in this one or the previous one?' asked Zessica as she tried on both qipaos.
'I think both look great on you Zessica-san!' said Mikono.
'…Never mind, I'll never get anywhere with asking you. Sometimes you're too kind Mikono, Amata might take advantage of you,' said Zessica teasingly.
'Zessica-san!' said Mikono embarrassed.
'Could we please hurry up? We're gonna be late,' said Mix impatiently.
'Someone's just in a hurry to see Andy,' said Zessica again in a teasing voice.
'Hey! It's not that, ok?' Mix protested in defense.
'Umm..Zessica-san, Mix, could we stop arguing? We're gonna be late…' said Yunoha shyly, she was often frightened by the two other girls when they were arguing.
'Huh? It was just starting to get good. You guys are no fun,' wined Zessica.
'Funny or not. We're gonna be late if we don't move along,' said Mix in a very matter-of-fact tone.
'Yes, madam. We got it,' said Zessica while faking a salute and a bow to Mix.
'Hahaha! Zessica-san, you're so mean sometimes. Let's just go now, so we won't be late, ok?' said Mikono.
'Hai hai,' replied Zessica casually.
In the party…
'Hey, aren't the girls here yet?' asked Andy.
'I don't know. Mikono-san said that they would be here soon,' said Amata, taking out his cell phone and checking for any messages or calls for the umpteenth time.
'Amata-kun!' someone shouted.
'Mikono-san! There you…are?' said Amata. He was stunned by how beautiful she looked.
'Amata-kun, is there something on my face?' asked Mikono innocently.
'No…no, Mikono-san. I…think you look very…pretty tonight,' said Amata shyly. He was blushing madly.
'Amata-kun!' squealed Mikono. She was also starting to heat up.
'You two….' sighed Cayenne.
'Welcome to the party everyone! This is to celebrate the defeat of Mykage and the safety of Earth,' boomed Instructor Dantes loud voice through the P.A. system.
'But first, let us give a minute of silence to pay respect to Shrade Elan. Shrade gave his life fighting the abductors. He was a brave and talented man, one who was not afraid of death. Rather, he welcomed it. Even after his death his spirit stayed with us and helped us defeat Mykage. To Shrade,' said Instructor Dantes and he raised his glass. Some students followed suit, while some just clasped their hands together and looked at the ground. There was a minute of silence in memory of Shrade.
'Shrade….' was all Cayenne could muster between his tears and his will to not cry in front of his sister.
'Brother…it's ok, you don't have to hide it,' said Mikono gently.
Silently and slowly, tears dropped from Cayenne's eyes.
'Ok, now that's done. We have a few awards to present to,' said Instructor Dantes. His voice going back to his usually business-like tone.
'First, we would like to present the bravery award to Mr. Kagura Demuri,' said Dantes.
The crowd was silent. Many students were whispering amongst themselves. How could and Altarian receive such an award? It was bad enough that he was staying at their school. Swiftly Kagura walked up the stage.
'Anything, you wanna say, eh?' asked Dantes. Kagura responded by taking the mic.
'I'm sorry,' was all Kagura said.
That caused uproar down the stage. Some students were shouting at Kagura while others were awestruck at his apology.
'Settle down..settle down, if you didn't know. Kagura will be joining us for the next semester so all of you better get used to him whether you like it or not,' said Dantes and motioned him to get off the stage.
'Next, we would like to present the best pilot award to Ms. Zessica Wong,' said Dantes.
'Eh? Me?' said Zessica as she made her way up to the stage.
'First, I would like to say that I'm undeserving of this award. I didn't do much. I also want to say that Kagura isn't that bad of a person. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have been able to defeat Mykage. I hope you guys can forget the past and move onto the future,' said Zessica with a optimistic smile on her face.
The crowd was silent again. Students could be heard whispering here and there. People still needed time to adjust to all this.
'Hey, whiny girl. What are you doing? I don't need your compassion,' said Kagura annoyed. If he needed help, he'd ask for it.
'I just thought that everyone was being a bit unfair to you, asshole,' said Zessica in a matter-of-fact tone.
'Now, since all this formal stuff is taken care of…we hope that you all enjoy yourselves tonight!' said Ms. Suomi.
'Yeah! It's time to partyyy!' shouted Andy. Everyone started to go around, some were trying out the food, and others were catching up with their friends. Many students wanted to talk to Amata and Mikono. After all, they are the saviors of this world.
'And now, ladies and gentlemen. Let's welcome Mikono, Mix and Zessica to perform for us!' said Malloy who was acting as the DJ.
'Huh? When did we say anything about performing?' said Mikono.
'I'm sorry, its that idiot Andy that told Malloy that we would be performing on stage,' said Mix with a sigh. She was glaring at Andy, who just gave her his signature grin and thumbs up.
'I guess it can't be helped then…' said Zessica as the 3 girls made their way up the stage.
All of them took in a deep breath, then…
Osore! Living your life don't give up now keep moving on
Kimi wo dakishimeru nando mo nando mo nando mo
Ashita boku wa kim ni deau darou
Wazuka na hoshi akari wo tayori ni
Boku ni wa kimi ga wakaru yo
Senoku no toki wo koe
Futari hiraku densetsu no tobira
Naraku no ao tobikoete
Kimi to hai ni naru tame
Nagaki rinne wo kanashimi tsurete
Tabi shite kita nda
Zenryoku de mikansei
Kimi no tonari de
Kawaita kokoro hodoke chi wo nagasu kedo
Soba ni iru yo zutto
Yorisotte zutto
Futari hikari no fune ni noru
Kaze no hajimari no oto kanadeyou
The crowd went wild, many were asking for more. The girls just sighed, took in a deep breath and…
sekai no hajimari no hi inochi no ki no shita de
kujiratachi no koe no tooi zankyou futari de kiitanakushita mono subete aishita mono subete
kono te ni dakishimete ima wa doko wo samayoi iku no
kotae no hisomu kohaku no taiyou deawanakereba satsuriku no tenshi de irareta
fushi naru matataki motsu tamashii kizutsukanaide boku no hane
kono kimochi shiru tame umarete kitaichiman'nen to nisen'nen mae kara aishiteru
hassen'nen sugita koro kara motto koishiku natta
ichioku to nisen'nen ato mo aishiteru
kimi wo shitta sono hi kara boku no chigoku ni ongaku wa taenai
'What a stunning performance by the 3 of them,' cried out Malloy. The crowd cheered on as a sign of agreement. The girls got off the stage one by one and went back to enjoy the rest of the party.
A while later…
'Has anyone seen Amata-kun?' asked Mikono. But it seemed like no one had seen him for the past hour.
'Where could he have gone to?' thought Mikono. 'Wait…could it be?'
Mikono ran to the building where they helped show 'Skies of Aquaria', as she thought, Amata was there alone gazing the stars.
'Amata-kun, what are you doing?' asked Mikono.
'Mikono-san!' said Amata startled. He didn't expect anyone to find him here.
'I just…I just…I just want to tell you how much I love you! And that I'll never leave you!' said Amata passionately and hugged her.
'Amata-kun! Me too!' said Mikono.
Unknowingly to them they were already floating in mid air, the moon illuminating the two lovers, but the only thing that mattered was that they were in each others arms…
I remember sitting with you (sitting with you)
Underneath the tree of life (Underneath the tree of life)
We listened to every fainted cry
Of the creatures there on the day the world began
Looking at everything that I've lost (everything that I've lost)
And almost everything that I've loved (everything that I've loved)
I'll hold them all (in my arms)
tightly in my arms
Wondering where I am, so please tell me where to go
All of the answers you seek lie hidden in the sun (a-qua-ri-on)
If I hadn't met you my life
would've been in the (Darkness forever)darkness forever
In my wings (In my wings) are the powers of immortality
But by meeting you (You) my whole life has changed (changed)
You give light to me hope to me strength into my life
All this time these twelve thousand years
I know Aishiteiru! (I Love You!)
Eight thousand years from the time that
I've met you my love grows strong than ever before (oh My love)
Words can't say of this time
I've been waiting to share my love with you
I'd give you my life,
I would give you the world to see you smiling every day (smiling every day)
One hundred million and two thousand years
from now Aishiteiru! [Aishiteiru!] (I Love You!)
I want you to know since you came in my life every day, every night
you give light into the darkest skies (skies)
I'm finally done with this chapter. After this I will have a new story and develop on other characters also. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, I have used many of Genesis of Aquarion and Aquarion Evol's songs, if you have time listen to them, they're great! The group who sings them, Bless4 is also awesome! Also, don't forget to give me reviews!