Sometimes I wonder whether or not this could go on.
Chains of Memories
Dragon of Courage
White Fury
It started out with the smell of sunny side eggs…Asian style.
"Man, that smells good, Kopaka." Tahu sniffed as the smell wavered in the air.
Kopaka looked at him with his eyebrows cocked. He was decked out in black clothing and a white apron as he handled the sizzling pan.
"Yeah, whatever," he grumbled.
Tahu pouted, puzzled by his friends reply.
"Something the matter?"
"Nope. Morning blues, that's all." Kopaka rubbed his temples. He could hear his other ego muttered "liar" in his head.
"Eh…" Tahu shrugged, putting on a new set of headphones he got from Pohatu. He sat on a high stool by the counter and rested his head on his right hand, which was leaning on the tabletop.
"Ya know. I think I have a crush."
"With Zara?" Kopaka's eyes shifted quickly from the pan to his friend's dreaming face.
"No. On Gali…but don't tell anyone." Tahu laughed nervously, scratching the back of his neck.
"Yeah. If Tanui find out, he's gonna eat you alive." The albino gave a huff and chucked the ready eggs onto a paper plate.
"Yeah…" The blond frowned as the plate slid towards him.
Then there's a bustling of people at the ski resort as skiers and snowboarders waddled out of the rental store, excited to try the white slopes. Tahu sat on a table near the window, watching the snow float by. Tahu and Kopaka were waiting for their friends to come out of the rental shop.
Kopaka stood next to his friend, leaning on his ski equipment. His eyes showed that he was preoccupied with someone in his head.
Oh come on, Tahu isn't that bad.
...I don't trust him.
"Tahu?" Kopaka tapped his shoulder
"Hmm?" Tahu set his new headphones behind his ears and looked at Kopaka. Suddenly he nearly jumped back in surprise. Whoa! There's two Kopakas…
"Kopaka! And uh…Kopaka?" Tahu could recognize the albino in the ski clothes but the white one in the white cloak and using a high tech eyepiece implanted onto his right eye was not the Kopaka he knew.
"Tahu. Meet my alter-ego, Kopaka Nuva."
"Hi!" Tahu smiled innocently before he looked around the lodge, trying to believe that no one just saw a bizarre looking man that stood before him.
"Hello…" Kopaka Nuva coldly replied, examining the new visitor. He noticed the air of secrecy around Tahu, but he could not place it.
Tahu held his hand out, which greatly surprised the ex-Toa. He unfolded his arm and tried to shake hands with the boy, but his hand merely slipped through.
Immediately, Tahu's hand recoiled by the cold air he received from the Toa of Ice.
"Jesus. I didn't know spirits are cold." He shivered.
Kopaka Nuva only replied with a frown.
There were crunches of snow as skis and snowboards slammed onto the great mountain of Mammoth. Heavy lifts carried these people, professional and amateurs alike, up the great white mountain. Once an active volcano, Mammoth attracted people from all over California. On its slopes there were perilous trails and merely easy paths to ride down the hill. If Kopaka Nuva was here, he would deeply mistaken Mammoth as his mountain home, Mount Ihu, in which he sure did ask.
"Is that Ihu?"
Kopaka Nubanu looked at him queerly.
"This a mountain."
"No. My home?" His mechanical right eye scanned his new partner. Temperature 97.8 degrees… Normal human temperature…98.6 degrees…
"This is Mammoth Mountain." Tahu smiled at the confused toa.
"I understand." The toa then nodded quietly to himself. Then he scanned Tahu. Temperature 99.5 degees…Normal human temperature…98.6 degrees…
"Your name, Tahu." He spoke. Tahu looked over at the toa calmly.
"Yeah, my name is Tahu. Tahu Nubava."
A mechanical click was emitted from the toa's eyepiece.
"You remind me of a comrade named Tahu. Tahu Nuva."
Tahu's friend nudged Tahu in the side, "Oh what a coincidence! Are you guys buddies?"
"No." Kopaka replied coldly, glaring at his partner.
"Ookaaay…" The other frowned.
Tahu squinted at the snow. "It looks soft. Let go have some fun!"
Grabbing his snowboard, he slung it around his shoulders and walked towards the ski lift. Kopaka followed suit with his skis.
They took a lift upwards towards the top of the perilous mountain. As Tahu batted the white snow from the bottom of his board, Kopaka examined the map.
"Let see… where should we go?"
"Well, the only route down to half the mountain is the double black diamond one," Tahu muttered.
They were quiet for a while. Kopaka Nuva's spirit rested peacefully inside the jewel.
"Tahu," Kopaka blandly spoke next to his companion.
"Hmm?" Tahu rubbed his cold cheeks.
"Are you brave enough?"
His friend replied with a grin.
There was a scream of excitement, soon followed by flying snow. Two blurs past about each other. Ignoring all signs of danger, they leaped off a rocky cliff and landed smoothly on the soft snow below.
They skidded a couple feet away from their landing and stopped in a flurry of ice and snow.
"Shit, man! That was soo cool!" screamed Kopaka.
"Damn," Tahu scanned the cliffs, "That's pretty high. I can't believe that you actually convinced me to pull off a stunt like this."
"See? That's what happens when you work with DS."
Tahu shrugged. "I don't really have enough time for DS, really."
"Still, because of them, I've gotten some cool stuff."
"Like your new cell phone?" Tahu perked his eyebrow.
"Hell. The cell phone is the state of the art. Not only is the lid engraved with the symbol of DS, but it's a recognition that I am part of it."
"But the risks of being one of them…" Tahu trailed off, looking at the wonderful scenery beyond from where he stood.
"The risks are nothing compared to our ultimate goal."
"Don't tell me. To restore a chronicle that is once forgotten?" Tahu sighed with exasperation, lifting his black ski goggles from his eyes.
"I hear sarcasm, Tahu. The chronicle is a serious issue at Dai Sonzai."
"Kopaka, it doesn't even exist!"
"Then tell me why the spirit Kopaka is here, hmm?"
"…damn, you've got me there."
Somewhere among the shadows lay the infamous demons. These were not the same ones Kopaka and Tahu encountered near their homes, for they had dwelled on this mountain ever since the Sinner had committed suicide, the worst sin on the face of history.
Sensing the presence of the Ones Worth Sacrifice, the leader's greedy yellow eyes shined, and it raised a spindly claw towards a direction.
The others gave a silent howl in desire and they proceed towards the direction of the boys.
"Hey Kopaka, did you hear something?" Tahu halted, spraying his friend with snow.
"Hmm?" Kopaka pulled a Christie, his face emitting a pale blue color. His eyes examined the horizon and spotted something he didn't want to see.
"…Shit. It's them." Kopaka gazed fiercely at the writhing dark demons. The setting sun was absorbed completely by their dark coating. Their yellow slits blinked as they hissed at their delicate prey. The two boys had special abilities that made the monsters desire even more for them.
Tahu cursed quietly to himself for not bringing his sword. However, the two boys are very brave men. He turned his board downhill. "Time to…"
"RUN!" They both yelled at the same time, fleeing for their lives and screaming their heads off.
Sadly, their high-pitched screams had cause an upset to the side of the mountain. A chunk of rock chipped off a cliff and fell on the snowy ground. It rattled and shook. Bits of snow were just as disturbed as the rock. Like as the snow, so did the ice bed around the rock. They started slowly at the top, consuming the piece of rock. Then the power of gravity started to accelerate the intimidating flying mass of snow and dust. An avalanche is formed.
"You feel something?" Kopaka panted as they dodged the trees, avoiding the demons that were hot on their trails.
Tahu also felt a low rumble coming behind them and he turned his head towards the new noise. His face paled.
"We're totally screwed."
Kopaka looked to see what had frightened his best friend and his body froze.
"Oh my -!"
His last word went unheard as he tripped over himself and slid down towards a rock. Scuffling the snow, Tahu cried in dismay.
"Kopaka!"
"Keep going Tahu!" He yelled as he tried to rip off his skis.
"But-!"
"Go. NOW!" The albino pointed down the mountain. Tahu frowned as he turned his snowboard once again and sped down the slopes.
Kopaka struggled to stand as he face the demons that were about to be engulfed by a flurry of ice and snow.
"You are pretty brave, my partner," a voice echoed through his brain.
"I'm just stupid," he grinned to himself. Grabbing the rock that stopped his fall, he steadied his body to withstand the snow that would soon engulf him. He saw a twinkle in the avalanche and realized how the white beast actually started.
"Did you see it too?" Kopaka Nuva appeared beside him.
"Yeah, I did," replied the other.
The figure soon disappeared in the avalanche.
To be honest, snowboarding was more difficult than surfing. Tahu had figured it out as he dodged trees and boulders to escape the roaring white fury that captured his friend. Thoughts ran through his head. Most of them were times he spent with Kopaka as a child…
"Sensei!!! Why do I have to stick with that blond kid?" A young child with white hair and brilliant cool blue eyes whined at a tall black haired man.
"Kopaka, how many times do I have to tell you to QUIET?!"
The screaming nearly scared Tahu shitless, but Kopaka gave a huff and frowned.
"Sensei, I can do wherever I want to."
"Kopaka Nubanu, your disobedience has gotten you into too many troubles."
"I don't get it."
"Kopaka, fifty push ups, now."
The boy cross looked up at his martial arts teacher and stuck out his tongue. "How 'bout a hundred?"
"Done," their teacher crossed his arms and glared.
Kopaka realized what he did and smacked himself for being stupid. Under the teacher's eye, Kopaka got down and started to count.
An hour afterwards, their teacher got tired of watching and asked Tahu to watch for him. He nodded silently and watched his classmate struggling on seventy-six as the teacher walked away to take a break.
"You didn't have to get into trouble," Tahu looked down on the ground, trying to feel bad for the albino.
"I was…just…STUPID…I used…to get…away…with it," panted Kopaka as he raised his body to seventy-eight.
"Why would you challenge an older person?" Tahu asked.
"Because they all think I can't do anything." The seven-year-old slumped to the ground, exhausted. After a breath or two, he stood up, rolling his arms around.
"But I can. They're just not there to watch me," he glared at the direction of his teacher. Tahu stood quietly with his arms behind his back.
"Can I watch you? I'm a little bit older than you."
Kopaka turned towards his new classmate and smiled widely. "Sure!"
Making up his mind, Tahu turned his snowboard and slid to a halt. The avalanche continued its fall, approaching him fast. The air around him flickered with a red aura. His bright red eyes glared at the mass and he yelled.
"I AM WATCHING YOU KOPAKA!"
He braced himself for impact, but it never came. Tahu blinked again and realized that the avalanche stopped a few inches from his face. And everything was silent save for the occasion wind that howled though the ice and snow.
He looked closer and saw a bright pale blue light in the midst of the snow. Tahu realized who it is and laughed.
"Kopaka!"
The front of the frozen avalanche exploded, revealing the child of Ice holding a pair of katars with smoking ice tipped blades. He walked quietly without a word, which puzzled Tahu.
"Kopaka? Is something the matter?"
Kopaka approached him quietly and stared, exposing his pupil-less blue eyes. His face was oddly grim as he turned around and faced the frozen snow bed. With a flick of his new bladed weapon, the avalanche collapsed, deemed no longer a threat to him, Tahu, or the innocent people it may had endangered.
"Kopaka, answer me. Are you alright?" Tahu asked nervously. This isn't Kopaka, unless…
He had been possessed.
Soon the ice katars shattered and dissipated, and the albino fell to the ground moaning. Tahu quickly unbuckled his board, took of his gloves, and ran to his comrade's side. He stripped off Kopaka's ski mask and goggles and felt his neck for a pulse.
Kopaka's eyes opened, and he groaned as a wave of migraines smacked him like a ton of bricks.
"Hey! Kopaka! You've alive," Tahu grinned.
"Tahu, hands off me. I'm just fucking tired," Kopaka grumbled, batting away his buddy's hand.
"Hell, no." Tahu pouted as he took out a cell phone from his inner pocket, "I'm gonna call for help."
"Well…"
Kopaka replied as he pulled out his talisman. It glowed brilliantly as the two sides of Toa Kopaka's soul were finally melded together by the Trigger of Ice which Kopaka found in the avalanche. In order to maximize the power of ice, Kopaka Nuva had to partially possess his partner's body. In doing so, shit happened… in a good way.
"We did it."
You run around
I run around
We're all gonna run run run around
- Jason Radford
Well, after constant badgering of whether or not CoM's gonna be updated, I whooped this crap out of my ass. I hope you enjoy reading this.