Chapter 11!

Time Portal!

Tao Meets Rue!

"Ah!"

Thud! Tao landed on his a** in utter agony! He sat up, still clutching his now sore bottom. "Uhh man, where in Buddha am I?" Tao said, as he pulled himself to his feet with his glowing staff. The place he was in was white. There was not a sign of colour in site, just a plain boring shade of white. Tao looked around, he was utterly confused. 'My, have you grown' Surprised, Tao jumped and looked for the body of the mysterious voice. He turned to his left and raised one eyebrow in suspicion. "Who are you? What is this place?" ' This is your power now, it belongs to you.' Just then, the stranger revealed himself. For Tao, it was as if he was standing in front of a mirror. The man looked exactly like himself, accept for his eyes. Tao had snake eyes; this man had blue human eyes. The half lamia looked at the man very closely. "You are a monk, just like me. Although, you are not wearing the same robes and you don't have the same eyes either, but you have a lot of my resemblance."

'Ha-ha, I know, I didn't think you would end up looking like me. I thought you would carry your mother's looks, but I guess not.'

Confused, Tao stared at the stranger one more time before realizing who he was. He tracked back to the portrait at the hut; it was Rue, his father. "You're my - Father aren't you?" the deceased monk smiled and spoke. "Yes Tao that I am."

"W- How is this possible? You died when I was a baby." "Yes, after you were born, I sealed some of my DNA and memory in this chamber, so I could instruct you how to use this power." Confused, Tao spoke once again. "Chamber?" "Yes Tao, this is a time chamber." "A—Time Chamber?" "Yes, though I have no idea how you opened it, where did you come from just now?" "Ehh, your village." "What? How did you know where it was? The only person I have told was- did you remove your mothers seal?" Tao sighed. "Yes, I did." The monk Rue raised an eyebrow, and spoke. "I see, I guess she must hate me so…" Tao frowned in anger and spoke.

"Well why did you do it in the first place?!" "Ehh-Tao." "Why did you seal mother away? Why?! Did you not consider how she felt? I lived my life with no parents! Do you have any idea how tat made me feel? Everyday, without parents!" "I was worried; the snake assassins killed me because I married your mother. So, I sealed her in the cold mountains where no one would find her, accept you." "This time portal, what does it do?" "It allows you to travel through time. Although, this power can take you through past, present, and future; there is a age limit." "An age limit?"

"Yes, how old are you now?" Tao flashed a grin, showing Rue's facial expressions. "I am 18." "I see, you are a man now." Rue smiled and spoke again. "This means you are able to travel 50 years into the past, 3 hours into the present, and 20 years into the future." "Wow, that's great!" "While this is all good news, you know little of this power. Which brings me to my next point, until you master this time chamber, your full powers from me are sealed in the mark I put on your forehead back then." "When will they show its true nature?" "When you become the age of 20, the mark will disappear and you will gain my powers. "

Rue clutched his chest and smiled.

"I have to go soon, my time is up I'm afraid. Is there anything else you wanted to know?" "Yes, you said you were killed by the snake assassins? A friend of mine I am traveling with trained under them, tell me, is she in danger?" Rue nodded. "You must not let her out of your sight. Now farewell-" Rue was cut off by Tao hugging him, with tears bursting out from his eyes. "Father, please don't go! I still have so many questions!"

Rue smiled and spoke one last time. ' When we meet again in the next world, you can lay them all on me. Until then, I must go, farewell my son.' as he disappeared Tao said "How do I get out of here?!" 'When you show your true feelings, amazing things happen.' with that, Rue disappeared completely. Feeling utter sadness, Tao started to cry again. As his tears hit the ground, orbs of light shined around him. Before he knew it, he was back in the hut.

"Oh, I am back."

Just then, everyone came into the hut. "There you are! We have been worried sick!" Katsumi cried, hugging Tao. Erza came up behind and spoke as well

"Where were you?!" "Mother, I was only gone a couple of hours- was I not?"

Gim-Ku pulled Tao to his feet. "Master, you were gone for three days." Just then Asami came inside. "Master Tao there you are! We have been worried sic-" "Miss Asami, I have something very important I need to discuss with you."

" Ehh, of course."

With that, the two friends went outside and discussed important matters. Tao had no idea that he was gone for three days! 'This new power, I have a feeling it is going to be quite troublesome from here on out' Tao thought, as he and Asami exited the hut to talk.