Tiara and Graham's Reflection's

Chapter 11

(Sorry for the Delay, folks, but you wouldn't believe the trouble I went through with this chapter. I had stopped writing this chapter because of the holidays, then went back to write it and almost finished the whole chapter in a single day. However, as I was saving it, the program illegal errored and I lost all of it. I managed to rewrite the first seven paragraphs, then decided to quit for a while, as I was no longer receiving reviews for the other chapters. I then had to wipe my computer and completely reformat it due to a Trojan Virus, loosing my Shamanic Princess pictures and music videos. Then, when I finally decided I knew how I wanted to end it, and should go back to working on it, it was close to time to go to Memphis for MFM, and we got hit with Katrina… However, I've received a review, recently, which has rekindled my interest in the story. Thanks, Skyelarsong, that's just what I needed. And Teefa, I haven't forgotten that you did review chapter 10, back when I posted it. Thanks for sticking with me for so long. Luckily, enough, I didn't loose my story during the system wipe, or even a review wouldn't have been enough to get me to start back on it. In the meantime, I've set up a website with stories my husband I have been writing for our own characters. I'm not sure if I should promote it here, or not, though, because a lot of it is strong adult content. So… Um, I guess just enjoy the rest of this one. If you ask for that URL, I'll send it, and Teefa, if you'd like, send me the URL for your site again, and I'll add it to my links. OH! And by the way. This chapter has become considerably shorter than I'd intended for it to be. If I'm going to start writing again, I can't give you too much right now, can I? )

Tiara woke up to find herself trapped inside a black sphere. "Wha…? What's going on…?" She gasped, sinking to her knees, holding her side, as she felt energy surge through her body. "Where am I? What's happening?" She looked up to see Kagetsu standing in front of her. "KAGETSU! What have you done to me?"

Kagetsu shook his head. "I've done nothing wrong, Tiara. Your wound wasn't healing with their magic. I'm the only one who can heal it. That energy ball wasn't meant for you, after all."

Tiara's eyes widened. "Just what did you plan to do to Graham…? You meant for this to worsen, no matter what was done to it, didn't you?"

Kagetsu sighed. "Why should I explain myself? You wouldn't understand. Tiara, you should have never got in the way."

Tiara looked away from him. "I couldn't let you… I couldn't let you hurt Graham again. After you sent him away, I realized just how much I really cared for him. Kagetsu, why couldn't you just have been happy for me?" Tiara looked up to see Kagetsu leaving the room. "Kagetsu…! Answer me!"

Kagetsu turned back to Tiara, a red glow in his eyes. Tiara gasped, as his eyes locked with hers. She passed out and fell to the ground. "I can't loose you to a mutt like that, Tiara. Just sleep for now, and everything will be fine…" With that, he turned and left the room.

Hours later, he returned. "This is a long shot," he said with a sigh. "Tiara, I truly do love you, and will do anything to keep you by my side." He removed the barrier that was holding the, still, unconscious 'princess'. "I can't fully erase memories you're unwilling to loose, but I can block them from your mind, and recreate new ones in their place." He put a hand to Tiara's forehead and closed his eyes. His arm and hand began to glow with a black aura. The aura began to sweep over Tiara, who began to moan in her sleep.

Tiara groaned and opened her eyes, as Kagetsu removed his hand from her forehead. Everything seemed a little fuzzy at first, but soon came into clear vision, as the aura faded from both of them. "Kagetsu?" she murmured, weakly, "What happened?"

Kagetsu smiled and pushed a gentle finger to her lips. "Shh… It's alright, Love. Everything's going to be ok, now. You passed out, after we left the guardian world, and you've been having a horrible nightmare."

Tiara groaned and sat up, rubbing her forehead. "I feel kind of funny. I… I don't remember what I've been dreaming, either?"

Kagetsu smiled and kissed her. "Perhaps it's best that you don't remember, Dearest, you were tossing and turning the whole time."

Tiara only blinked at him, trying to remember what it was that happened. "Why did I pass out?"

Kagetsu cleared his throat, he'd successfully implanted new memories into Tiara's head, but had forgotten to plant one that would explain where they are, now. "Remember? You and Lena got into an argument over something, just before we left. The stress between that and opening a new portal was a little too much to handle."

Tiara blushed, as often as she and Lena used to argue, this was a very believable answer. "We did, didn't we? Must have been some stupid little thing we argued over, too, I don't even remember it, anymore." She laughed. "But then again, with Lena, what else is new?"

Kagetsu smiled, certain that this time things would work out between the two of them. He kissed her, once more. "It's nothing for you to worry about, my dear. We're going to start all over somewhere else, remember?"

Tiara smiled and nodded. "That much, I do remember."

Kagetsu opened a small portal to another world. "Well then, my dear, let's go. Our castle is already waiting for us." He took her hand in his and they passed through the portal.

They came out, floating high above a medieval looking realm. The sky was gray and cloudy, and the only building for miles was a large towering stone castle. Tiara looked at the world below them and turned to Kagetsu curiously.

"Are you sure this is it, Kagetsu?" she asked. "It's so dreary. The place looks desolate. I know nobody would ever think to look for us here, but…?" She blinked at him confusedly.

Kagetsu chuckled. "It's just the atmosphere, Tiara. I assure you, the inside of the castle is much more inviting than the outside, and, we do have a town." He points to a road leading from the edge of the castle moat and down towards a small forest. "You just can't see it from here, it's on the other side of those trees. Now, come along, Dearest, the crowns are already waiting for us."

Tiara smiled and nodded, following Kagetsu to the castle. Kagetsu had used the power the Throne Of Yorde had given him to create this world from scratch. Anything he or Tiara wanted would be readily available whenever he called for it. However, he had other reasons for creating this world. He knew that if they had remained inside the void between worlds, Lena and the others could have easily found them. This way, their progress in finding the two of them would be slowed greatly, providing he kept Tiara from using any magic that would alert Japolo to her whereabouts.

They entered the castle, it seemed to be filled with guards. Kagetsu had done such a good job of disguising his shadow creatures that Tiara never even realized that she and Kagetsu were the only true humanoids. Kagetsu lead Tiara into the castle's throne room. There stood two thrones, each with a golden crown placed in the seat. Kagetsu took one of the crowns and placed it on his head, he then turned and put the other on Tiara's.

"From now on, my love, we'll be known as the king and queen of this world," he told her. "If there's anything you want, name it, and it will be yours."

Tiara smiled and kissed his cheek. "For the moment, I have all I want, right here," she said happily. Kagetsu smiled, wrapping his arms around her. As his hand touched her injured side, he cast a small energy dome around it, forcing away the pain and the bruise from her injury. With Tiara's attention turned to him, she never even felt a thing.