Whipers
Of Elysium: Chapter Six
The Child The World Forgot
Hayaku Alyssa-chan!
Alyssa walked a little faster, totally in awe
of her surroundings. After opening her eyes when the warm
sensation
had left her body, she had gasped at what she saw.
It
was a long corridor that was lit pleasantly. But it was lit in the
most astonishing way. About every ten feet the
corridor possessed
large, feather-shaped archs that light with an ivory light as she
passed. She had looked around
her in awe, seeing carvings of
elegant vines into the marble looking walls and a ceiling covered in
a mural of the
sky, which shocked her none too lightly since the
clouds were moving and every once in a while, the dark form of
what
seemed to be an angel like Aleeria would fly overhead. Her worn out
sneakers made soft sounds as she walked
across the seemingly
polished marble floors, and she noticed that as the feather archs lit
up one by one, the marble
floors seemed to have glittering blue
swirls within the stone.
"Aleeria, what is this place?"
She looked towards the small phantom girl, and wanted to frown even
in her wonder
as the little girl simply smiled once more.
You shall see! Onegai hayaku!
Alyssa was nearly at a jog now
as Aleeria floated on ahead, giggling brightly so that her mirth
echoed within the
long corridor. They continued on for several
more minutes before suddenly Alyssa saw an arch different than
the
others and she slowed her pace.
Instead of two
feathers, two statues were what made up the arch as they seemed to
melt from the marble walls.
Alyssa took two more steps before the
arch suddenly lit in a new light that was a mix between the white
light of the
feathers before and fabulous blue glow. The two
angels were female, both dressed in the same garb as Aleeria,
only
fashioned for an older female around her age. Their hands
were elegantly reaching toward each other over her head,
and
Alyssa saw that their face were carved so that they looked to be
peacefully sleeping with gentle smiles upon
their
faces.
Alyssa-chan! Iku!
Alyssa blinked before
taking several more steps towards the darkness before her, only
seeing Aleeria's shining form
in the darkness. Then, she looked
down as she felt moisture towards her toes, seeing ripples going away
from her
and into the darkness.
"Aleeria..."
Gambete Alyssa-chan!
Alyssa took two more tentative steps before
she suddenly stopped in awe as the water itself seemed to light up
like
the archs starting from where feet were. The swirling light
bled through the water and then made its way up until it
form a
tall, dome-like room. At first, the room was plain white and so
bright that Alyssa had to wince in order to see
without pain.
Then, the light seemed to fade to a comfortable level as she saw
several things suddenly appear in a
swirl of blue light from
within the ankle deep water.
What caught her attention the
most was the grand alter that appeared in the center, an angel very
similar to the ones
on the arch behind her seemingly dancing atop
a white marble platform. Candles lit with a blue flame
were
flickering gently at her feet and what looked to be blue,
strangely enough, sakura petals were scattered about around
the
candles and more appeared in the water around her in small flashes of
blue light.
Taking her eyes of the beautiful stone angel,
Alyssa saw looked to her right and saw what she thought at first to
be a
large crystal, the size of her when she curled up in a ball
and slept, but when she stepped towards the alter once
more, the
glare lessened and she realized it was in fact a glass cabinet that
was a part of the all itself.
Inside the cabinet was something
she knew her crazy history teacher from Sophomore year would kill to
have. It
was the most ornate set of armor she had ever laid eyes
on, one that was definately made for a female. Spotless
white
hakamas were half hidden beneath the breast plate of the armor which
broke off into for sections at the
bottom. One for her right
thigh, her left thigh, one for her front, and the final one for her
back. The top of the breast
plate ended in a low dip with a piece
of beautifully sculpted metal that had wonderful engravings she could
see from
her spot nearly ten feet away. The haori was white like
the hakamas, the sleeves ending in a splash of blue color
with
silver butterflies that matched the black chest plate.
Alyssa itched with the urge to yank it on.
But she forced herself to
looked to her left, and was captivated just as much at what she found
there. It was a gown
just like Aleeria's, exactly like those
worn like the angels in the arch. The long, flowing silk of the skirt
was as
white as the hakama and haori on her right, but ended with
the splash of blue and silver butteriflies like the haori
sleeves,
which was also on the end of the long, flowing sleeves of the gown's
sleeves. Shockingly, the top was
composed of a corest from what
she could tell which tied in the back. It had no straps like most
corsets and was a
deep royal blue with silver butterflies and
silver vines elegantly woven into the fabric. The shoulders were to
be left
bare, the sleeves hanging off and staying up with the aid
of a silver band around the top.
She itched even more to wear
this than the armor for some strange reason. After all, Alyssa was
not one to favor
dresses over roughed up jeans.
If you wish it, you can wear the gown Alyssa-chan. The armor as well.
Alyssa turned to Aleeria, seeing her sitting at the
feet of the marble angel in the center of the room with a
peaceful
look upon her face. That's when she realized just how
much alike the small phantom angel and the older marble
one
looked.
This place was made by my mother in hopes that I would return to my body when it was safe.
"Safe? Were you killed because you were in danger? That's..."
Iie,
I never truly died. My mother removed my spirit, not my soul, so that
I would not remember my father's
death, nor the pain that came
with it. She wished for me to be reborn in a sense with the aid of
her powers, and live
happily. What my mother did not know was that
the longer my spirit remained seperated from my body, the more
the
spirit would differ from the soul and become a new soul itself.
"So
what you're saying is that whoever you're body became is a
totally different person except for the blood
running in their
veins?" It seemed so far fetched to be real, but then again, so was
the whole "talking to a dead girl
on a daily basis"
thing.
Hai. I am now a separate soul from the soul housed
in my body. But my mother does not know this, and still
intends to
bring my spirit back into my body sometime in the future. At first,
she told herself she would only do so if
my powers were needed.
But now she longs for my return like any mother
would.
"Aleeria...gomen, but I have to ask this..."
She faltered, a hot coal of dread seeping into her gut at her
sudden
thoughts. But then, she breathed deeply and continued,
"...is the soul within your body...is the person you're
connected
to...me?"
Silence was heavy in the room, only a quiet
humming which did not seem to have a source echoed eerily. But
when
Aleeria's voice echoed in her mind, Alyssa felt her knees
grow weak and she fell down upon them in the water.
Hai,
you are the child history has forgotten. The lost heiress of the
Earth -bound angels, and the only one who
can open the gates of
Elysium.
Alyssa had her suspicions form the moment Aleeria
had talked of her Fate, but even now she was shocked beyond
her
consiousness, and simply stared into space as her mind and body
seemed to freeze in time as she kneeled in the
water, not hearing
the footsteps coming her way or seeing the water around her beginning
to glow once more.
"Damn it wench, hurry up if you don't
want the other wench to get hurt or some shit!" Kagome sped up,
still barely
keeping up with Inuyasha as they ran through the
darkening corridor. Arches were lit up ahead of them, giving her
a
glimpse of the beautiful architexture before they suddenly went
out as she and Inuyasha approached.
'It's almost as if
someone or something doesn't want us here.' But she shook off the
feeling and kept running ,
nearly losing Inuyasha as the corridor
turned left slowly and then straightened out again. Looking past him,
she
suddenly noticed they were reaching the end of the tunnel. The
last arch ahead of them was much different from the
others, but
before she could study it further as it came near, she and Inuyasha
both halted in their tracks as a wave of
the strange power she'd
felt before suddenly slammed into their bodies, nearly making them
both topple over.
"Inuyasha!"
"Kuso! I hate to fucking say but I think my fucking hunch was right!"
"That
doesn't matter! What the heck is happening!" Inuyasha growled
loudly as the powerful aura suddenly
lessened and they were able
to run towards the end of the corridor once more. They were assaulted
by power waves
twice more before finally reaching the final arch,
only for them to both yell in frustration when they found
they
couldn't pass.
"Nani! Why would there be a kekai!"
"Beats me! All I fucking know is that the wench
probably isn't supposed to be doing that!" Kagome, who
hadn't
seen Alyssa's form when they'd slammed into the
kekai, suddenly gasped when she allowed her eyes to rest on
ehr
friend's form.
Alyssa kneeled completely still in the
middle of a dome-like room with water across the floor that was
currently
swirling slowing with blue sakura petals floating here
and there. It looked as though a small cyclone was within the
sealed
room, for Alyssa's long auburn hair was whipping around her like a
cape, and when Kagome glimpsed her
face, it was blank and her eyes
seemed empty.
'Kami, what's happening to her!'
"Inuyasha! We need to get in there right now!" Inuyasha
slammed into the kekai with his shoulder, only to be
thrown back
for the third time.
"No fucking duh bitch! But I can't use
the Testsuiaga or else the fucking place will collapse!" Kagome bit
her lip as
he slammed into the kekai once more, only to be thrown
back again but even further than before. She knew this
would get
them nowhere as she settled her frantic eyes on Alyssa once more as
the water around the girl seemed to
glow with its own light.
"Ye would do well to remember child that hamaya are not always the best option for breaking barriers."
Kaede's words suddenly
came back to her and Kagome collapsed to her knees in front of the
barrier before clasping
her hands in prayer and concentrating.
She'd progressed much more than she thought possible in her
miko abilites, and even though she now rivaled
Kikyo's power
while she'd been alive, Kagome immediately felt nervousness settle
in stomach as she began to pray
and concentrate, blocking out the
sounds around her, even the loud cracking of the barrier as her miko
powers were
unleashed on it.
A warm tingle began to
overwhelm her body, causing a sensation she enjoyed yet respectfully
feared at the same
time. She was, after all, still learning to
fully harness her power. She could feel Inuyasha's youki behind
her, telling
her that he'd noticed her idea and had backed
away.
'Good. One less thing to worry aobut.' She began to
concentrate harder as the power waves coming from the dome
room
began to grow stronger and more frequent as they came through the
barrier and nearly made her fall back onto
the floor. But she
fought back and she felt the barrier beginning to give way.
"Kagome!
Yamete onegai!" Kagome suddenly lost her concentration as she
turned and saw her mother standing
behind a stunned Inuyasha, her
face as pale as the marble surrounding her and her usually soft eyes
wide and
terrified.
"Momma! I have to help Alyssa!" But
the older woman shook her head and ran past the shocked hanyou
before
kneeling before Kagome and grasping her shoulders.
"Iie!
It is too late! She must undergo the transformation fully or the
consequences will be dire! Do not argue with
me on this for it was
preordained before you were born!" Kagome's eyes widened at her
mother's fierce tone,
having never heard such a thing from her.
But her shock just about double when her mother reached to her neck
and
pulled on a chain Kagome had never seen before, and brought
out a pendant.
A silver angel with a blue stone in her hands.
Suddenly, Yumi began to chant quietly as she held the
pendant to her lips, and Kagome was sure not even Inuyasha
could
hear the woman's words.
Alyssa-chan! You must not fight it! If you do, our body will be destroyed from the force!
'Leeri, I don't want to become this! If I do...'
Iie! She will not be able to do anything once you have changed!
'Leeri...I'm
scared...' Never in her life had she ever felt such deep terror.
She couldn't move her own body, she
couldn't call out to
Kagome, who she knew was outside her rang of vision somehow, and she
couldn't handle the
sudden pain making its way slowly through
her body from within her chest. 'Leeri...help
me...onegai...'
Aleeria simply shook her head a single tear
made its way down both of their faces. Both of their Fates had
been
decided, and they could do nothing to prevent life from
moving foward.
Kagome jumped and turned around as Alyssa
suddenly screamed in pain, the white glow of the water
becoming
nearly blinding as another glow, this one blue,
surrounded Alyssa in a shimmering aura as she screamed again,
her
face drawn in pain even though her eyes remained
empty.
"Alyssa!" Kagome slammed her fist against the barrier and forced her miko energies into the hit.
Iie! Onegai, do not interfer!
"Nani!" For the first time, Kagome noticed the ghostly child floating behind Alyssa at the feet of a stone angel.
The child herself was an angel with small blue wings spread behind her.
"Onegai! Let me pass! Let me
go to her!" But the child shook her head and Kagome wanted to cry
for the unfairness
of it all as Alyssa let out a scream louder
than the last that seemed to go on forever. Tears came to her eyes as
she
felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her shoulders, in
comfort or protection she did not know, and she sobbed
loudly over
Alyssa's somewhat muffled screams.
Her dearest friend was
hurting and she, Higurashi Kagome and the guardian of the Shikon no
Tama, could do
nothing but stand by and watch.
"How did
this come to happen!" Kagome turned within Inuyasha's hold to
see a woman standing behind her own
mother, and she gasped.
She
wore simple clothing, a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt, but she was
so elegant that Kagome knew she was
forever shamed in jeans. Her
long, platinum blonde hair was billowing behind her with the waves of
power rolling
from Alyssa's screaming form. An aura of such
strength as she had never felt before fluxed from her form and
Kagome
immediately knew she was someone who was to be respected.
But for some reason, she also felt the woman was someone to be wary of.
"Suki-sama, she came on her own! I was not here when it
began!" Upon hearing the woman's name, Kagome
gasped. She had
not seen the woman "Suki" in years, but this woman before her was
far too different from the other
to be the same person.
Strangely enough, Kagome knew it was her even through her denial.
"You
were to watch over her Yumi! This was not supposed to happen without
my supervision!" Suki brought up her
hand, looking as though she
was going to strike Yumi, but instead dropped her hand with a slight
snort. "Humans,
you're all a miserable race of
simpletens."
Kagome was floored.
The Suki she knew
was peaceful, always with a soft smile upon her pale face. Pride had
always flowed from her,
but now it seemed to ooze like a poison,
and for the first time in her life, Kagome found herself glaring at
the older
woman warily.
Never before had she felt any sort of discontent in Suki's presence.
"Kagome, stay away from
her." Kagome glanced over her shoulder to see Inuyasha's face
barely visible behind her
hair in his closeness, but she nodded
without making a sound before turning to look back at Suki with a
glare once
more, causing the woman to snort lightly as she frowned
deeply in the direction of the barrier.
"Save me your glares
child, for they are unwanted and unneeded at this time." Kagome
fought back a viscious growl
at the older woman's tone, but her
anger suddenly died as a particularily desperate cry was heard from
within the
glowing chamber.
"Alyssa!" Once more Kagome
began to fight against Inuyasha's hold, Alyssa suddenly beginning
to curl in tighter
upon herself as her screams started to fade
into one another. Each one sounding more pleading and painful
than
before.
'Leeri...something's happening...'
Do
not fight it Alyssa-chan. Your body is now changing so that it may
handle the powers you will soon
possess.
'What do you mean? I'm not getting any power from all this?'
Iie, you are not. That comes later...and is much more painful.
Alyssa
nearly cried upon recieving that bit of information. As it was, she
felt as though she would surely loose her
mind from all the pain.
It raged from within her core and spread throught her body with the
scorching sensation of
flames. Had she'd been able to see, she'd
actually discover the strange blue aura surrounding her body was
actually
blue flames.
The others could only watch as the
flames suddenly weakened and then intensified to like nothing
before,
completely blocking Alyssa from view. Her screams, which
had seemed horrid before, now made Kagome cry so
hard it hurt to
breathe as she too screamed within the confines of the underground
shrine. Suddenly, the barrier
broke and they were hit with the
full power circulating within the room.
None of the dared to
move as winds whipped around them and light nearly blinded them. But
Kagome was the first
to jump up when the whirlwinds suddenly
stopped.
As well as the screaming.
'Oh
Kami...onegai...' Kagome rushed into the room before any of the
others could stop her, nearly blinding herself
as she neared the
bright blue light, but she stopped about five feet away as the light
began to die, revealing the limp
figure of Alyssa...floating
several feet above the ground.
"It has begun." Kagome
could only stand still as she gazed upon her childhood friend, Suki
speaking quietly, with a
strange tone of foreboding, form behind
her.
Her long auburn hair was no longer to her mid back, but
instead looked as though it would reach her ankles if she
stood
upright and flowed in waves of onyx. A single bright blue chunk made
up part of her bangs, making her look
distinctly like the small,
phantom-like child floating at the foot of the angel statue. Her body
had even changed, her
curves more evened out and matured.
Markings, which at first looked demonic, graced her cheeks in slashes
of
brilliant sapphire blue, as well as her wrists.
Kagome would have bet that there were markings on her ankles and hips as well.
But the strangest thing of all was Alyssa's back.
While the rest of her clothes looked untouched, the back of her
shirt
looked as though it had been burned away from her back. More markings
were upon her shoulderblades. But
instead of being simpl slashes
of blue, the markings were ornate, blue wings that were glittering in
the fading aura
of the room.
Had she'd not seen it with her own eyes, Kagome would fully deny that the girl before her was in fact Alyssa.
"Momma, what..."
"Yumi, we have to
move her to the house. She is not to be left alone at any time, and
under no circumstances should
she be allowed near the well."
Kagome watched as her mother nodded before back up the corridor in a
rush. Suki
stepped towards the limp form of her daughter, and when
she was a short ways away from her, she frowned before
snapping
her fingers with a disdainful snort, sending Alyssa to the floor in a
lump of flesh and cloth.
"Pitiful. She would have never
screamed over so little. You truly are a poor copy girl." Suki
kneeled down and
picked up Alyssa's limp form in such a fluid
moment it made Kagome's head spin for a moment.
In fact,
her head was already spinning from the words coming from Suki.
Always, even before they'd moved,
Kagome had never on their bad
days, seen Suki or Alyssa exchange cruel or hurtful words to each
other and actually
mean it. But now, she stood still was Suki
shoved past her with Alyssa in her arms and remained in shock
about
Suki's suddenly dark demeanor towards her
daughter.
Suddenly, something seemed to click and she turned
to see the small spectral child from before still sitting at the
feet
of the statue. But now she had her knees drawn to her chest as she
leaned over and sobbed quietly, her soft cries
echoing within the
chamber sadly. Without a second thought, Kagome walked towards the
girl, her hand
outstretched and her face serene even as the girl
raised her head and looked at her with wide eyes.
Can you see me?
"Yes, I can see you perfectly. Onegai, tell me
what just happened." The small child sniffled, but shook her
head
slowly.
Gomen, but I cannot right now. But in a short time, I shall show you everything.
"Chotto!
Onegai!" But the child vanished suddenly and Kagome felt her
shoulders slump as she stood in the middle
of the chamber, the
once glowing water rippling out from around her ankles and slightly
chilling her bare toes.
She didn't even realized she'd
spaced out until a clawed hand rested on her shoulder, causing her to
jump with a
yelp.
"Inuyasha no baka! Osuwari!" She
screamed in frustration even as Inuyasha slammed into the water, but
she ceased
her ire momentarily to roll him onto his back so he
wouldn't drown.
"What the hell wench! I try to comfort
you and you try to kill me! What kind of fucked up gratitude is that
shit!"
Kagome glared down at him for a few seconds before
simply sighing when she took in his completely wet form as
he
remained pinned to floor.
"Mou, don't sneak up on me like that. You nearly gave me a heart attack baka."
At this,
Inuyasha decided the for once it was best to remain quiet and he
simply snorted as he felt the subduing spell
beginning to wear
off.
A/N:
Wow,
I wrote two chaps for this story yesterday! I'm now starting on
chapter ten! W00T! Also, I recieved an e-mail today that floored
me. Literally.
Apparently, there's a girl in Texas with the name Alyssa and she has the same personallity as the Alyssa in this story. O.O Weird...LOL
"Alyssa" is actually based on characteristics of my friends and myself. (In case any of you were wondering about that, there ya go!)
But I have to go now. I got my grades in the mail and therefore...limited internet time . I hate school with a passion. Only the music classes make me come back for more.
Ja ne!
Blue
P.S.
I've noticed lately when I post chapters on this site, they look all sdfkljsd;jffajklj with gaps and some shit. I could fix it, but I'm too lazy and limited in my time to do so. So until I'm at my g-ma's once more, I can't edit them. Gomen!
