A/N-It's funny how I can write chapter after chapter of a story yet I procrastinate when it comes to writing an essay.
"Wendy, I'm going out to shop for a few things with Rika and Lil. You behave yourself."
"Okay!"
Wendy and Sheila spent the last few days in town enjoying themselves, it was the nice little vacation they needed. Wendy went back inside the cathedral and went upstairs to the loft that happened to be on the upper floor, she was warming up to Azure and wanted to see what he was doing. Opening the door, she saw Azure laid out on the bed, polishing his toenails a royal shade of purple. "Are you painting your nails?" she said, giggling
Azure nodded.
"That is so girly, boys don't do that."
"Well, I was initially raised as a girl...it's something that's a part of me."
"Wh-Why would you be raised as a girl?"
Azure did not answer Wendy's question. He reached into his shirt and revealed a large gold locket in the shape of a heart. He popped the locket open and handed it to Wendy. Wendy looked at the picture and saw that it was of Azure and Adella back when he was dressed as a girl. "She looks just like you." Wendy said
"That is Adella, she was my twin sister."
"What happened to her, if you don't mind me asking."
Azure initially did not talk about Adella with anybody, not even Rika or Sola very much. However, he felt the need to share with somebody and at that moment, nobody was more fitting than Wendy. "She fought alongside me in battle and was my companion even here on Earth, I watched her take multiple shots to the chest and her book was burned. She sacrificed herself to protect me because I was too afraid to fight."
"I'm sorry..."
"It's alright, even though she is not here anymore physically. I still feel her presence with me in my heart. I promised her that I would become a courageous king and what she did for me will not be in vain. I admit that I am still a coward, but I know why I fight and I feel my will growing stronger and stronger."
"What about the mamodo who did that to her?"
"He was a mamodo named Chase, I went into a blind fury of rage, anger and hatred. I felt that she gave me the strength and courage to defeat Chase."
"It's great you got revenge on that bastard." Wendy said with a grin
"I don't really see it that way. Revenge only creates and/or continues a cycle of hatred and the best way to break a cycle, is to prevent one from starting in the first place."
"I suppose your right, but you won't become king."
Azure raised his eyebrows at Wendy's statement.
"Because I will win and become queen."
"Let me know when you wake up from that dream." Azure said, a small smile began to form on his face
Sola happened to be watching from outside the room. "I'm glad to see that Master Azure has finally made a friend. His growth ever since losing Adella has been remarkable but alas, he has a long way to go before he's ready for the kingship."
After talking and painting their nails, Wendy noticed Azure formed a serious look on his face. "What's up?" she asked
"Wendy, how did you and Sheila get stuck in the desert outside of town?"
Wendy was quiet for a moment. "It okay if you-"
"No, it's fine." she said
"Well, it all started when Sheila finally got her driver's permit and we crossed into Arizona going on Route 66...
[Flashback, 10 days ago...]
"See Wendy, I told you taking a vacation was a good idea." Sheila said, speeding down the desert highway
The girls were making good timing on their way to the Grand Canyon and eventually phoenix where they would do some sightseeing before heading back to St. Louis. Wendy saw nothing interesting in the Arizona desert, just sand, red rocks and ridges. The occasional roadrunner passing by and coyotes howling. Just as Wendy closed her eyes to take a nap, she felt her partner's hand on her shoulder. She shot her eyes open and turned toward Sheila.
"What is it?"
"Look."
Wendy looked out the window and saw that they were at The Grand Canyon. The canyon stretched for miles and miles on end, the red rocks shined in the sunlight and mound after mound of beautiful red rock could be seen as far as the eye goes.
"It's beautiful."
"Mhm."
However, their admiration of its beauty did not last for long. A small mechanical sun floated down in front of Sheila and Wendy. "It's a sun..." Wendy said, looking at it
The sun's shutter opened and revealed a ruby red core. The core began glowing a bright red light, Sheila continued staring at the sun but fell to the ground as Wendy pushed her out of the way. Wendy had great timing as the sun fired a strong laser from its core, leaving a large trail of ash across the ridge they were standing on. "Oh my God, it fired a laser!" Sheila exclaimed
"I know." Wendy said, panting
"It that thing a mamodo or part of a mamodo?" Sheila asked
"I'm not entire sure, but we have to get rid of it."
Just as Wendy said that, another sun appeared and another. Soon enough, twelve suns surrounded the pair. Each sun had their shutters opened and their red cores glowing.
"Wendy, it looks like we have no choice but to fight our way out. I don't know where the mamodo is, but we'll have to worry about that later."
Sheila said, revealing the sky blue spell book.
"Right."
"The first spell, Wilasu!"
Wendy opened her hands as small clouds formed on each one, she swiped her hands in two different directions as wind blades were sent towards some of the suns, causing multiple explosions. However the smoke cleared and the suns were unscathed. This time, lasers even more powerful than before shot out at the two. Instead of it burning the surface rock, chunks of rocks broke front he ground and pelted both Sheila and Wendy. "The lasers have gotten even stronger!" Sheila yelled
"Let's try a stronger spell"
"Okay, I'll use the third spell! Twi Wishidon!"
Wendy began spinning, forming a cyclone. The suns continued firing multiple lasers at them but the cyclone-like shield took the brunt of the assault. Wendy then converted the absorbed attacks into a disk and tossed it towards the suns on her left. The disk opened and expanded, forming a small tornado, sucking in all twelve suns. Another explosion rattled the canyon along with multiple wind blades.
They did not wait for the smoke to clear to confirm whether or not the suns were destroyed. They hurried up and got into the car. "Step on it Sheila!"
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Sheila said as she floored the gas and skedaddled down the road. They were quickly back on the highway and after a few minutes, it seemed as they had succeeded. However, their relief was cut short as at least twenty suns appeared behind them . Sheila began swerving lanes as the lasers were trying to hit her car. For the next thirty miles, Sheila was playing this duck and dodge game with the suns. Sheila finally looked into her rearview member to see that the suns were finally gone but that wasn't the end tot heir problems.
"Damn it! I was so focused on losing those suns, I forgot about refueling the car with gas!"
The car sputtered and stopped as Sheila pulled over to the side of the road. "So what now?"
"I can call for help." Sheila said, revealing her cell phone, however there were no towers within range which meant noc alls, text, or internet and therefore made her phone useless.
[End Flashback...]
"We tried walking but it was too ht and we got really sweaty and dehydrated. I think we were stuck in the car for about two days and next thing we knew, you rescued us."
"I see. Well those suns that attacked you are controlled by a mamodo named Solaria. She kidnapped me and Sola and brought us here from Japan. However, she let us go and-"
"Wait, you know the bitch who did that to us? Where is she! Wait til I get my hand on her."
"Calm down Wendy!" Jyan said, concerned
"Since you know her, you and I can confront her together! There's no way we could lose with our combined strength."
Azure was a little hesitant to respond, but thankfully he didn't have to as a loud bang could be heard throughout the entire loft. "What was that?" Wendy asked
"It sounds like it came from the cathedral." Azure responded
"Well, let's go check it out!" Wendy exclaimed, jumping off the bed and running out of the room
"Wendy, wait!" Azure yelled, following behind her.
The children made their way down the stairs and into the cathedral. They saw the door was on the ground, broken into a few pieces. Two figures walked in and were revealed to be none other than Kai and Skyde.
"Yep, this is the place Treachor told us about." Skyde said, showing a grin full of razor sharp teeth.
"I recognize you, you were at the castle the day we fought the Chess Master." Azure said referring to Kai
Kai did not say anything.
"Wh-Why are you here?" he asked
"I can answer that question better. You see those crystal above the altar? Those crystals are not of the Earth but of the Makai instead. They are called Crystals of Moonlight. You may have heard about The Stone of Moonlight in your history class at school. These crystals are an alloy of that same mineral. We collected these tablets because it is said that a great power unlocks when these tablets are exposed to radiation from these crystals." Skyde said, revealing a stone tablet
"That...is Latin, an ancient human language." Azure said, looking at the tablet from afar
"Correct. It basically says that a king of courage is also a king of faith. Regardless of what it says, you need to step aside so we can get this done with."
"Sorry, but you have to leave at once. I will not allow you to use those crystals for your evildoing." Sola said, suddenly appearing in the cathedral
"Sola...were you listening the whole time."
"Yes, Master Azure. I heard the whole thing and I won't stand for this."
"Actually, the tablet is in safe hands and we have no evil intent." Kai said, countering Sola's statement
"I don't believe a word you say!" Wendy yelled as she ran forward and jumped in the air. Wendy swung at Kai but Skyde suddenly appeared in front of her, grabbed her by the throat and slammed her into the ground, causing multiple cracks to form in the floor. Wendy was knocked out cold.
"Azure!"
Azure and Sola turned to see Rika running into the cathedral. "What is going on in here?!"
"These guys are trying to get to the crystals on the altar." Azure said
"We can't let that happen." Rika said, pulling out the blue spell book
"Well, we didn't bring our human partners with us for this one since this is intended to be a get in, get out type of mission. Regardless, we can take care of business quickly. Ready Skyde?"
"Right behind you Kai."
Azure confronted Kai and began swinging at him. Kai however, used his natural speed to dodge all of Azure's incoming blows. Skyde began making his way to the altar.
"Azure, don't let him get to the altar! Wavariaus Runaega!"
Azure slammed his fist onto the ground as four waves of ice splashed onto the ground and froze Skyde's feet before he could reach the altar. However, the battle was not won as Skyde simply tossed the tablet to Kai, who was far too fast for Azure to freeze him. Reaching the altar, Kai placed the tablet under the crystals. The words on the tablet glowed a bright red as they raised up from the stone and faded away.
Azure felt a red aura surround his bod and felt a strong yet painful surge flow throughout his body. The surge faded away and Azure's body returned to normal.
"That surge...what was that?"
A/N- Yes everybody the tablets are back! Of course I mentioned them about 11-12 chapters ago, but also remember back in chapters 24-26 when Mark(Jonny) and Slash infiltrated the cathedral in Japan to gather some of the tablets and had them at the country club in chapter 29. Also keep in mind when Skyde retrieved them in Chapter 41. Yes, many of the times Mark(Jonny) was on the phone throughout the story, he was talking to various Light Society members. He was talking to other people who aren't in The Light Society as well, but that will be covered later. R&R! See you guys later on this week!
