Angelic Swordsman: Hello loyal readers and welcome to chapter 21 of Legend of Symphonia.
Lloyd: Hey when do I get to be in the story I'm tiered of waiting.
Angelic Swordsman: Shut up Lloyd!! You'll be in the story when it's your turn. Also this story will no longer be considered a Soul caliber crossover. However it will be referred to as a reference seeing as some costumes and weapons are in the story.
Lloyd: Wow that was a mouth full.
Angelic Swordsman: Lloyd do the disclaimer before I hurt you.
Lloyd: Angelic Swordsman own nothing in this story except for the characters he created.
Crimson reunion part 2
Link was shocked to see the blind phantom being enclosed in a void of darkness, but where did that voice come from? Standing in the doorway behind Link was a girl with lavender hair and purple eyes. She was about Link's age and wore a blue dress with a black cape, and in her hand she held a black book. Not knowing if this person was friend or foe Link stood up and drew his sword. There was something about the young women that Link didn't trust, he was grateful that she had saved him however there was something that he didn't trust about her. Slowly the girl started to make her way towards Link with her purple eyes piercing into his own ocean blue eyes. He slowly held his sword in a defensive position as the girl got closer.
"I suggest that you duck." said the mysterious girl with a stern face.
Before Link could even ask why he was suddenly knocked down by a powerful force, and he was now face to face with the blind specter. Staring into the eyes of the eyeless phantom made Link heart stop. He could see clouded images of the ghost gruesome death as it tried to sap the lifeforce from his body.
"Coldless death gather before me and subdue this wondering soul's pain!! Shaman attack phantom orb!!!" shouted the girl as she made a number of strange hand signs.
Soon enough a light blue orb appear in the girl's hand, and without hesitation she through the orb with deadly accuracy at the specter's head. The ghost let out a horrible shriek as it was engulfed in a blazing light blue flame. Link felt his life pour back into him as the specter was incinerated by the blue flame. At this point Link no longer doubted the attentions of the mysterious girl for she had saved him twice, he also wanted to know why she was in this manor in the first place, and why that specter was here.
"I suspect that you have many questions but before that allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cecilia." declared Cecilia who got a nod from Link as he stood up.
"The entity you just witness is a vengeful spirit that is trapped in this world, it want nothing more than to spread it's suffering to the living that are foolish enough to enter this village.
To top it off there many more than just that single spirit I dispatched." stated Cecilia who was now staring at a speechless Link.
"How do you known all this?" asked Link as he got over his shock about Cecilia's vast amount of knowledge.
"I'm a shaman that deal with otherworldly being an exorcist of sorts if you want to think about it that way." answered Cecilia with a smile, but it faded as she noticed a shadow on the wall right behind Link.
"Come on we have to get out of here right now!!" shouted Cecilia as she grabbed Link as she led him out the door on the other side of a wall that divided the two rooms.
Meanwhile in the basement part of the manor Sabrina laded on a cold slab, and was also restrained by the chains that tied her down. Hovering over her was a strange entity dress in a white cloak. Sabrina could only make out the mouth and nose of the being as everything else was shrouded within the white cloak. The entity slowly walked over to a counter that was not to far from where Sabrina laded. It dipped it's hand into a mysterious liquid that Sabrina couldn't make out, and with that done it soon came back to her. What she saw next was shocking for the hand was decayed and covered in fresh blood.
"What are you going to do to me..? asked Sabrina in a timid voice, but she got nothing but a smile from the mysterious entity.
Elsewhere Kratos and Flare had finally reached the foyer of the manor as Flare was worry about Link, but what worried her more was that Link was alone with Sabrina. Kratos on the other hand was worried about the both of them for he had a bad filling about this manor for they hadn't encounter a single person since they been here. Flare was also uneasy as she felt a eerie Mana within this manor. Soon they entered the main hall and were shocked as the dismembered bodies of the remaining villagers and Holodrum knights laded scattered throughout the room. In the center of the malice was a cloaked Phantom holding a bloodstained scythe, it slowly turned to face them revealing that it had no face. If it wasn't for Flare ability to sense Mana her head would've been cut clean off by the phantom's scythe, as she had dodged his lighting fast attack. Kratos launched a quick fireball spell that hit the phantom dead on, however the attack simply passed right through the specter like the attack didn't even faze it. The ghostly figure with the same speed it used to attack Flare launched a series of assaults against Kratos, but it efforts were useless because Kratos dodged every one of it's attacks. Frustrated with it's failed attempts the phantom let out a horrible shriek, and soon after the room went completely dark. Without any light to see with Kratos and Flare were now in deep trouble for the phantom had blended perfectly with the dark environment.
Flare let out a yelp as she felt a sharp object cut her left shoulder, this trend continued with cuts appearing on her abdominal area and backside. Kratos could see only small amounts of his surrounds thanks to his angels senses. Hearing Flare's distress he try to pinpoint her location, but he too fall to the attacks of the phantom. In their current situation things look bleak for Kratos and Flare.
On the upper level of the manor Link and his newest companion Cecilia were following the voice of Din the oracle of Seasons. As they pressed onward Link was hoping that the young yokai Sabrina was alright as she had gotten separated from him earlier, and with evil spirits roaming the manor didn't help Link's anxiety go down either. Hearing another scream from Din Cecilia could tell that they were getting closer to where the oracle was being held. After running down a long corridor they had taken they come to a single door at the end of it. Not knowing what to aspect Cecilia slowly opened the door with extreme caution. Inside the room was nothing but a desk and chair plus a bed that was shrouded by a curtain. Sensing no danger Link and Cecilia started to investigating the room for they had heard Din's voice come from here. After search the whole room they didn't find any trace of the oracle in the room, and the only place they didn't check was the bed. Link slowly pulled the curtain back and is shocked at what he finds. Cecilia come over to see what he has found, but she too is also is shocked at his discovery. On the bed was portal showing an image of another room, and in it Din was their shackled to a wall with black shadows hovering around her.
"Din!!! Din!!!!! Are you alright can you hear me!?" shouted Link but he didn't get a response as the oracle looked like she didn't even hear his voice.
"It's no use your friend can't hear you as the is a mirror portal." declared Cecilia after further examining the vortex.
"What's a mirror portal?" asked Link as he continued to try and get Din's attention but his efforts were in vain.
"A mirror portal allows you to see another person who is in a different place than you, but you can't interact with that person at all." answered Cecilia with a calm voice.
"So is Din in a different part of the manor then?" questioned Link as he was worried about his friend that he could see but couldn't talk to.
"I say someone with medium lvl of magic skill could create such a portal." stated Cecilia as she started to head for the door but stop midway.
The image within the mirror changed from where Din was to a dark dungeon within the manor. There chain to a stone slab laded Sabrina, but she was covered in strange markings that Link did not understand. Cecilia on the other hand was a little worried for she had small amount of knowledge about the weird tattoo markings covering Sabrina's face. The image in the mirror shifted once more to show the injured Kratos and Flare within a darkroom that had no light what so ever.
"No... Kratos and Flare, their in trouble!" shouted Link as he looked at his two injured companion, but he had wonder how they had found this village in the first place.
"Hm it look like they ran into one of the vengeful spirits that haunts this manor." stated Cecilia as she analyzed their predicament.
"I have to do something to help them, but i don't have a clue about where they are." replied Link as it pained him to see his friends in danger.
"I think you better worry about yourself if you want to save your friends." uttered Cecilia as a gruesome priest walked out from the right side of the wall.
The priest robe was soaked in blood and he had swords sticking out from all sides of his body. However what was most fearful was that he had a bloodstained mace in his left hand. The priest slowly started to close in on our duel but to make things worse as he moved towards them he faded in and out of sight as he approached. The priest faded out of existents one last time however it did not reappear again. As Cecilia was about to open the door to the long corridor she jumped back as the mace of the phantom priest came crashing down where she was standing. With the failure of it's attack the specter simply fades out sight once again.
Not knowing where the ghost would appear next the two heroes put their back against each other, but without knowledge of where the ghost would be they were basically sitting ducks. Seeing something disturbing from the corner of his eye Link knock Cecilia to the ground just as the mace hit the air where her head was. As Link stood up he was about to draw his sword but Cecilia stopped him.
"Don't bother mortal objects can't hurt those who are already gone." stated Cecilia.
"Then how do we defeat them?" asked Link as he and Cecilia were looking for any signs of the ghost that was attacking them.
"Currently only I have the power to defeat them, however something is giving these souls a enormous amount of energy. I have to find the source of their power and destroy it." replied Cecilia as she dodged the attack of the phantom priest that tried to attack her but failed once more.
"Do you have an idea about where it might be." questioned Link as the priest reappear to attack him but he dodged the attack just in time.
"Oh dark shadow I command you to gather before me and lend me your power!!" shouted Cecilia as she made a series of strange hand signs.
Afterward she slid her right hand over her left palm, and with that a cat's eye tattoo appeared on her left palm. As the mysterious tattoo started to evaporate into Cecilia's skin a small dark orb took it's place. Placing a firm grip on the orb Cecilia started to squeeze on it, and soon black liquid slowly dripped to the floor. However what was amazing was that the dark substance formed the same cat's eye tattoo that had appeared on Cecilia's hand. Link was shocked as a shadowy creature came out of the tattoo symbol. It had red eyes, two long antennas, and razor sharp claws. To top it off the shadow had strange red marking all around it's body. Link wanted to ask what had happened, but he was speechless as he saw the same tattoo like marking covering Cecilia's face. Suddenly the phantom priest that had reappeared was going after Cecilia again, however it's attack was foiled as the arm that held the mace was severed off by the strange shadow creature that Cecilia had summoned. The ghost let a horrible scream but it was soon silenced by Cecilia's shadow creature. After being run through by the shadow's claw the ghost just simply fell over and vanished. The shadow that had defeated the phantom simply melted into the ground and completely vanished. The tattoos that were on Cecilia hands and face also vanished, and Link caught the girl in his arms as she fell over.
"Cecilia are you ok!?" uttered Link as he cradled the now frail girl in his arms.
"I'm fine... Just a little exhausted... Nothing to be concerned about..." replied Cecilia in a frail voice, and with that the girl simply closed her eyes.
Link let out a simple sigh as he was relieved as his friend had just fainted. A small amount of light flooded the floor from a small crack in the blinds. Deciding to investigate Link laded the now unconscious Cecilia softly on the floor. He slowly made his way to the blinds and with a flick of his hands he pulled the string to open them. Link had a plaster smile on his face for the sun had risen high into the sky giving light to the haunted town. With the sun now in the sky surely the ghost will be inactive since daylight might be harmful to them. Knowing that fact Link now has a chance to search for his lost friends without worrying about retaliation from the evil specters. Opening the door to the long corridor Link lifted the unconscious Cecilia on to his back and put the dark room behind them.
"Hang in there guys I'm coming to save you." whispered Link as he continued to walk down the long corridor.
Elsewhere in the main room of the foyer a ray of light was striking Flare face, and as she opened her eye she had wonder where the mysterious assailant had gone to. Flare looked to her right to see that Kratos was also up and healing his wounds with his healing arts. Kratos notice the injured Flare up and about. Chanting a small line Kratos casted healing wind on the elven women and with that Flare wound instantly healed. Flare simply thanked Kratos for his assistance and asked what had happened to there ghostly attacker. Kratos answered by saying that it was daytime and that the ghost would be inactive until nightfall. Flare was glad to hear the good news as now they could freely walk the manor hall being unopposed.
However as are heroes explore the eerie manor our small yokai friend Sabrina is deep within the lower level of the manor. There after drawing strange tattoo marking on the girl's small body the ghost sits silently in a chair not too far from where she lays. With the daylight shinning on Sabrina's pale face she just hope that her friend would hurry and find her. Not knowing what to do the yokai wonders if she should ask the mysterious specter some questions, like for starters she wanted to know why these marking were placed on her, and why they had to be written in blood. She also wanted to know what it was planning to do with her when nightfall came. Finally she wanted to know what that mysterious spirit child meant when it said it would end her suffering. With nothing to lose the girl decided to interrogate her assailant and see if she could learn anything useful.
"Um excuse me but what are you planning to do with me." asked Sabrina in a timid voice. The ghost looked at Sabrina direction as if amused with the girl's curiosity.
(Everything will become clear when nightfall come.) whispered a voice in the corner of Sabrina's mind. This startled the child as she wondered where it came from.
(Such a naive child, how pitiful. Hard to believe that your a yokai.) uttered the ghost in the back of Sabrina's mind.
"Who's saying that..." whispered Sabrina as she didn't know where the voice was coming from.
(Hmm seem like you don't know what telepathy is.) replied the voice with a snicker, and as Sabrina look at the specter a small smile was planted on it's face.
"Why did you kidnap me!? What are you planning!?" asked Sabrina with a forceful voice.
(There no need for you to know. As your little naïve brain wouldn't understand.) replied the specter making Sabrina a little annoyed.
Back on the first floor of the manor Link was extremely lost as he had been wondering the halls for at least an hour. To make things more difficult he was carrying the unconscious Cecilia on his back. After a little bit of rest he continued to explore the manor, but it wasn't easy for the manor had hundreds of rooms and lot of secret passages. Coming to a door Link opens it and is hit by a gust of fresh air. Going out Link see an endless meadow with a Single building standing in background.
"Link-kun it's really you!!" shouted a voice and soon enough Link is tackled by his good friend Ricky. This brought Link great joy as he was happy to see his friend once more.
"Jeez you didn't have to knock him over." uttered Maple as she came into the picture hovering on her magic broom stick.
"It ok I'm just glad to see you guys again." answered Link as he got up and dusted himself off.
"Hey Link-Kun who's this girl that with you? Don't tell me you have a new girlfriend!! What about Din!?" uttered Ricky in surprised as he look at the unconscious girl.
"She not my girlfriend!!! She just a person that I met while exploring the manor." answered Link with an hit of anger in his voice.
"I'm surprised that she didn't wake up after you dropped her." replied Maple.
"Not surprised seeing as she used some powerful form of magic. It must of really worn her out." answered Link with a simple sigh.
"By the way where Travis? I thought he be with you guys." said Link as he hoped that Travis hadn't been caught by the evil specters.
"He's in that cathedral over there." answered Ricky as he pointed to the building that was a little ways from the manor.
Putting their conversation aside Ricky and Maple lead Link away from the old manor to the cathedral that Travis was in. The meadow that they were walking through was very peaceful, in fact it was so peaceful Link came to wonder why this place was haunted in the first place. Soon our trio stood in front of the cathedral that Travis was in. It was a marble structure with wonderful stain glass windows and a huge door to top it off. Link grab the quartz handle and with a turn of it pushed the door open. If Link thought that the outside of the building was beautiful then the inside was breath taking. The interior structure was finely decorated with rows of oak benches and finally there was in the front stain glass pictures of the three goddess Din, Nayru, and Farore. As the three walk pass the altar that was in the front of the benches they came to a doorway that seem to lead deeper into the cathedral. After walking down the mysterious passage the trio came into a dome shape room. Just like with the other room this room had stain glass picture of the the goddess, but there were also picture of some people that Link didn't recognize. There standing in the middle of the room was the captain of the royal guard of holodrum Travis.
"Travis!! Thank the goddesses that you weren't captured by those ghost." uttered Link as he walked up to his friend.
"Link!! It good to see you again. I thought you and Flare were done for when we left you back at the temple." replied Travis as he shook had with him.
"Wait where's Flare isn't she with you?" asked Travis as he looked around for the elven woman.
"It's a long story so let me start from the beginning." said Link as he explained how they survived the attack on the temple. How they met the mercenary Kratos Aurion and freed a yokai girl named Sabrina. Finally he explained how he ended up in this manor in the first place.
"Wow sounds like you made a number of new friends." replied Travis after listening to Link's story.
"Yeah if it wasn't for Cecilia I probably would've been caught by one of those specters that live in that manor." answered Link with a sigh.
"Hey Link-kun I think your friend here is starting to wake up." uttered Ricky, and with that the group started to huddle around the waking Cecilia.
"Mmm what going on?" asked Cecilia as she open her eyes to see Ricky staring at her. Now with Ricky being a kangaroo he sorta startled the confused girl as she backed away from him. As she was about to begin one of her strange magic attacks Link jumped in front of her to try and calm her down.
"Settle down Cecilia. Ricky my friend and I apologies if he startled you." said Link as Cecilia took a look around room to see herself surrounded by a group of people.
I'm sorry for scaring you Cecilia, my name Ricky and I hope we can be friends." uttered Ricky as he extended his hand for he could help her up off the ground.
"Thank you... I suppose that all of you are friends of Link?" asked Cecilia as she dusted herself off
"Yeah there friends of mine. I like you to meet Ricky, Travis and Maple." said Link as he pointed to each of them respectively.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all." answered Cecilia as she bowed her head.
"By the way Travis what were you doing in here before I got here." asked Link.
"I was looking at this strange sword that was sitting on this altar." replied Travis as Link notice a mysterious weapon sitting on a altar.
It appears to be a Zanbatou a sword that is said to have come from a foreign land." answered Cecilia after taking a closer look at it.
"Wait you mean that there are more Kingdoms out there beside Hyrule, Holodrum, and Labrynna?" Asked Maple as she herself only knew of these three kingdoms.
"Hmm I suppose that it not common knowledge here since you guys don't appear to know anything about the lands beyond your own Continent.
"Are you yourself from another continent?" asked Travis as he had a good guest of what her answer would be.
"Yes I'm come from the continent of Etruria my homeland is the kingdom of Elimine said to have been named after the great saint, Saint Elimine." answered Cecilia.
"Wow so there are other kingdoms besides Hyrule, Holodrum, and Labrynna." stated Ricky as he was imagining what the other kingdoms were like.
As Link and his friends started to talk about what other places might be beyond their continent, Cecilia started to examine the Zanbatou that was sitting on the altar in front of her.
Cecilia extended her hand towards the swords, but soon after was shocked by unknown force. Cecilia for a split second could make out a red dome surrounding the Zanbatou. It was barrier that someone had placed around the sword to make sure that no could attain the weapon from it's altar. She also noticed that around the main altar there were three pillar with picture of an object carved into it's base. She could only guested that there were object like those in the manor. Her theory was that if they bring the object that was pictured on the pillars to this place they could break the barrier around the sword. It was obvious that someone didn't want this sword to be used, but was it the specters that put this barrier up or was it a human? Cecilia guested that there was something special about this sword, for someone to go to the trouble of sealing it.
"What are you doing Cecilia?" asked Travis as he noticed that she had been staring at the sword for some time now.
"There appears to be a barrier around the Zanbatou, so there must be something special about it since someone went through the trouble of sealing it." replied Cecilia.
Angelic Swordsman: Well that it for chapter 21 hopefully this will keep you reader occupied for a while.
Lloyd: I'm really tired of waiting when will I be in the story.
Angelic Swordsman: You'll be int it soon enough so until then sit tight. One more thing i plan to write a Bleach Fanfiction so those who read the manga or watch the anime be on the lookout for that until next time cya later.