What up ya bunch of chickens. Anyway, I've made a new story. I got into Tales of Zestiria first, then The X and Berseria. I really liked them so I did this. Though I have to admit that in Berseria, I didn't like how Velvet ended up with her little brother in an endless sleep. But anyway, enjoy.
Chapter 1: The begging of a new life.
Thousand years ago, a man named Artorius Collbrande was labeled as the Shepherd, the saviour of the world. In truth, he was plaining to take away all free will and emotion in the world with the power of an Empyrean called Innominat, once known as Laphicet Crowe, his younger brother-in-law. Both were close to achieving their goals, but one stopped them.
A woman known as Velvet Crowe, Laphicet's older sister and Artorius's younger sister-in-law stopped them and saved the world. She was seeking revenge on Artorius for killing her younger brother. She was known as a Therion, a special kind of Daemon that was part of Innominat that devoured other kinds of Deamons. She gained friends and allies as she went down her path of vengeance. She was labeled as a monster and as the Lord of Calamity. The world saw her as a villain through her methods and that she fought Exorcists, the army that fought to bring peace.
She achieved her goal of getting revenge and saved the world, unknown to the people. She trapped herself in an eternal sleep with Innominat so that she and the other people connected to him wouldn't die. Thousands of years has passed since that day, however today is a day where she awakes and begins a life that brings happiness to her. A happiness where she finds love, becomes a mother and has her own family. And it started on a normal day in the forest.
(With Velvet)
"Velvet, wake up!" A voice called out from out of nowhere, disturbing the young woman that has been asleep for thousands of years.
'Laphicet...' The voice of the young woman known as Velvet Crowe said as she felt herself starting to awake from her eternal sleep.
After a very long time, Velvet finally opened her eyes for the first time to see the blue sky. She was wearing her normal outfit that she wearied in her adventure, even with her gauntlet blade repaired. Velvet felt exhausted, even if she had slept for who knows how long, everything she's been through seemed like a dream to her. Artorius was dead and the world was at peace, but then something came up in her mind.
Innominat wasn't by her side, he wasn't even next to her. Upon jolting up from her lying position, she gasped out in pain as she felt like her body was about to snap like a toothpick. "It hurts''. Velvet said to herself, holding her bandaged arm with her other arm as she looked through her surroundings.
She saw a green field, lots of coloured flowers around her, a small lake, beautiful green grass and trees around her. Velvet had to admit that this forest was beautiful. However, she didn't have time to be relaxing at the moment. "Innominat! Where are you! Innominat! Laphi!'' Velvet shouted out as loud as she could in hopes for Innominat to hear and come to her.
Velvet waited a whole minute after her shouting. But suddenly, Velvet sensed danger, making her jump back as a Black and Red dragon landed in front of her.
Velvet landed on all four, gasping as she felt more pain as she looks up at the dragon roaring as her. "Damn it! I was careless!''. Velvet cursed to herself for her carelessness. "RAAAA!" The Dragon roared as it charged towards Velvet.
Velvet jumped over the dragon and landed behind it on her feet, before she charged back towards it with her Gauntlet Blade out. Velvet jumped over the dragon with her blade ready to strike. "Shell Splitter!'' Velvet called out as she repetitively slashed the Dragon's back with her blade, making the beast roar out in pain before it slams Velvet away with its tail.
Velvet was sent flying as she smashed into a tree, gasping from the pain as she held her bandaged arm. "Damn it! If only I wasn't injured, I could move a lot faster!'' Velvet exclaimed in anger at being weak at the moment, especially against a Dragon. The Dragon roared as it unleashed a breath attack at Velvet, making her eyes widen. 'Damn it! I only got one choice!' Velvet thought to herself as she stood up on her feet as her bandaged arm turned into Therion form. Velvet held her left hand out as the breath attack slammed into her hand as it slowly got absorbed.
"AAAHHH!'' Velvet cried out in pain from the flames, before the attack was fully absorbed and her now looking at the Dragon in rage. Velvet charged towards the Dragon with her hand still in Therion mode. "You'd thought I'd stop there? Annihilating Crash!" Velvet shouted out as she stabbed her blade into the dragon's head, before she thrusts her open demonic hand at the dragon, blowing it away as a vortex of red and black swirls follows the dragon.
The Dragon landed on its back as Velvet took deep breaths as she used up all her power in that one attack. "I think that did it! There's no way it could have survived that''. Velvet said as she continued to take deep breaths. However, the dragon got back on its feet, looking a little worse for wear; even the tip of its tail was destroyed.
"RRAAA!'' The Dragon roared at Velvet in rage. "You got to be kidding me!?" Velvet exclaimed at seeing the Dragon still alive, collapsing to her knee. "RRRAAA!'' The Dragon roared again as it flew towards Velvet, before it spun around and slammed its tail at Velvet, sending her towards a tree and slammed into it. "AAHH!'' Velvet gasped out in pain as she slide down to the ground in pain.
"RRRAAA!'' The Dragon roared as it changed towards Velvet with its mouth opened to eat her. 'Am I really... going to die? Maybe I deserve it for my sins. I don't really deserve to live for the many lives that I've ruined. Ironic that I'm gonna be eaten after how I ate so many Daemons and Malaks'. Velvet thought to herself, thinking about how she brought chaos to the world. However, the dragon suddenly stopped before it disappeared, allowing Velvet see that someone was standing a few feet away from her and was her saviour.
It was a boy that was 20-year-old and was taller than her. He was wearing white boots with black high lights, long black track pants and a dark purple short sleeve shirt. Over the shirt was a black high collar jacket. He had white fingerless gloves on his hands. The man has brown hair, which is slightly shifted to the right, white feathers on his ears as earrings. The most unusual part of the man was his eyes. His eyes were the deepest emerald green that Velvet has ever seen. Velvet was reminded of the grass at seeing the man's eyes. In the man's right hand was a brown Ceremonial Sword with silver flames flickering around it.
The man looked at Velvet with his gentle eyes as he put his sword back in its scabbard before he ran over to Velvet. He kneed down and looked at her in concern. "Why did…you save…me?'' Velvet asked, before she lost consciousness.
The man stared at her unconsciousness form before he spoke. "I'm not really one to just stand back when a Dragon's trying to eat wounded female''. The man said to himself before he picked Velvet up bride style. While holding her, he couldn't help but star at Velvet's sleeping face. It might have been for a split second, but he saw her eyes and was surprised at what he saw. He saw the eyes of someone that's lost everything important to her.
"I don't know what happened to you, but I'll take care of you''. The man said before he starts walking away with Velvet still in his hands. "I'm probablly gonna lose that against Iclyn, but saving someone is more important''. The man said to himself as he continued on, going up the mountain.
(In Velvet's dream)
"Velvet, time to wake up''. Velvet heard her sister's voice, disturbing her sleep as she weakly opens her eyes to see her sister, Celica Crowe looking at her. "Uhh! Let me sleep some more Celica''. Velvet groaned out as she turned in her bed in order to get more sleep. "Come on you little sneaker. You'll make that pore man worry even more''. Celica giggled out as Velvet slowly opened her eyes. "What…man?'' Velvet asked as she turned around to look at her sister, seeing herself in the world where she converts with the people she devoured.
Celica giggled again as she looked at her sister with a smile. "The handsome man that saved you from that dragon. He was very handsome by the way''. Celina said to her sister, reminding her about the man that saved her.
Velvet's eyes widen in shock as she remembered what happened. The Dragon, the forest and the boy. "No…It can't be. I don't deserve to live''. Velvet whispered in shock, wrapping her arms around herself. "Listen Velvet. I don't know how you free from your eternal sleep, but this could be your chance to finally find happiness''. Celica said to her sister as Velvet looked up at her.
"How can I be happy? I lost you, Laphicet, Arthur, Eizen, Phi, Rokurou, Magilou, Eleanor and probably everyone I know is dead''. Velvet said to her sister with tears going down her cheeks. Celica continued to smile at Velvet. "Even though most of the people you know is gone, you're still not alone''. Celica said to her sister with a smile as she changed into Seres.
"The man that saved you. I can tell that he has a kind soul so I think he'll look after you''. Seres said to her friend, having trust in the man that saved Velvet from that Dragon. Velvet looked at Seres in surprises as Seres looked up above them. "You should wake up now. You'd be surprised at seeing what your awakening has done to you''. Seres said to Velvet with a smile, making her look confused before everything dissapeared.
(In the real world)
Velvet's eyes shot open as she shot up and held her gauntlet blade out at the same man's neck "Whoa! Hey! Let's just calm down for a second!'' The man cried out in surprise at seeing Velvet's sudden awakening as he held his hands up in peace. Velvet looked at the man who saved her before she looked around. Velvet saw that she was in a small house with books around the ground next to a fireplace and a bed that the Ex-lord of Calamity was lying down on.
Velvet looked at the man with a glare, who he just laughed nervously at her. "Where am I? What did you do to me?! Who are you?'' Velvet demanded as she continued to glare at the man, keeping her blade close to his throat. "Umm okay. First question: we're in Elysium, my home and the place where seraphim live''. The man began, getting Velvet confused. 'Elysium? Seraphim? What are those?' Velvet thought to herself in confusion, having heard the word Seraphim before but never heard of Elysium.
"Second question, I didn't do anything. I just helped heal you with another Seraphim's help and let you rest in my house. Also, I didn't take your clothes off or anything, I swear''. The man said as his checks turned a little red, getting Velvet confused before she looked down to see that she was fully healed.
"Third Question, my name is Ragna. I don't have a last name and Ragna isn't my real name''. The man now called Ragna said to Velvet, getting Velvet a little easier. Velvet took her blade away from Ragna's neck and stared at his face. "Now that I told you my name, mind if you tell me your name?'' Ragna asked Velvet with a smile. However, Velvet kept her guard up and stayed silent. "Oh, I see that you don't trust me but I guess it's only natural since you just met me''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile as she raised her eyebrow in surprise at how he seems a little trusting.
"If you knew that I didn't trust you, why did you tell me your name?'' Velvet asked the man, wanting to know if he was either foolish or trusting. "You could say I'm a little too trusting''. Ragna admitted with a smile as he shrugged. 'And he even admits it'. Velvet thought to herself with a sweet drop.
"Oh, that reminds me. Here, I got this for you''. Ragna said as he brought out an apple from his jacket and put it in Velvet's right hand. Velvet looked surprised as she looked at the apple in her hand.
"Umm thank you, but…I...''. Velvet started as she looked back at Ragna, who smiled at her. "Come on. Give it a try, I'm sure that it tastes good''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile, getting Velvet to look at her apple again. She slowly brought it to her face and took a bite out of it, only for her eyes to widen in surprise.
'I can actually taste it!' Velvet thought to herself in disbelief. Ragna saw Velvet's shocked look and started to panic. "I-i-is it bad! I'm sorry. I should have taken a bit of it to check if it was good''. Ragna said in concern, getting Velvet to look at Ragna, as she realised that she spaced out.
"Oh no, the apple is great. I was just amazed at how it tastes''. Velvet replied to Ragna with a small smile. "Oh thank god. I thought that the apple was too old, despite it looking fresh''. Ragna sighed in relief, glad that the apple was good.
Ragna looked at Velvet and saw her hair was a little messed up. "Umm your hair is a little messed up. I was gonna brush it, but I figured I needed your permission first''. Ragna told Velvet, looking at her long and beautiful hair. Velvet looked surprised at Ragna's request as her cheeks turned a little red before she looked away. "Sure. Just don't mess it up''. Velvet said as she turned around.
"Thanks, I'll make sure to be careful''. Ragna said to Velvet in a happy tone, making Velvet giggle a little at how childish he was being. Ragna brought out a White brush as Velvet let her hair loose, showing that her hair was really long. Ragna looked surprised at how long Velvet's hair really was before his surprise turned to awe at seeing how beautiful it was.
'Her hair is so beautiful'. Ragna thought to himself, awestruck at how beautiful Velvet's hair is. He saw other female Seraphim's hair, but Velvet's hair was the most beautiful he has ever seen. Ragna slowly started to brush Velvet's hair with the ex-lord of Calamity closing her eyes.
After 10 whole minutes of brushing Velvet's hair and getting halfway, Ragna brought up the courage to speak. "Y-y-y-you have really b-b-b-beautiful hair''. Ragna nervously said to to Velvet who shot open her eyes in surprise.
"T-t-t-thanks''. Velvet thanked Ragna as she looked down as her checks turned slightly red. 'What's wrong with me. I mean I've been told that by Phi and Laphi, but why do I feel nervous when Ragna is the one saying it'. Velvet thought to herself, wondering why she was embarrassed.
After another 10 minutes of silence, Ragna finally finished brushing Velvet's hair. "Done! Your hair's as good as new''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile as she looked in the mirror and saw that her hair was brushed very nicely. "Thank you''. Velvet thanked Ragna as she tied her hair back to its normal style.
"You're welcome. Now come on, I want you to check out my home''. Ragna said to Velvet, sounding excited as she giggle. "Alright let's go''. Velvet said as she got up from the bed before both she and Ragna walked out of the house. When Velvet stepped outside of the door, she gasped in amazement at what she saw.
The village was unlike any place she's ever been. The houses were built in a completely different style, they were made inside the actual large stones. The scenery looked like a beautiful painting; in the middle of a large plain, all looking natural.
Velvet figured out that unlike any human settlement, there was no fence and no man-made unnatural structure was present in the village. But one thing stood out the most, the village itself was on the top of the hill and she felt that she is closer to the sky than anywhere else.
"It's amazing, isn't it''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile as he stood next to her. "Yeah, I have never seen anything like this…anywhere''. Velvet replied in awe at the place, having figured that the world would have been in chaos.
Velvet was still analysing her surroundings. Everything looked astonishing, but something was pretty off about this place. "This isn't a human village, isn't it?" Velvet asked Ragna as she crossed her arms, while her eyes were scanning the scenery.
"Oh yeah. I thought I already told you about it at my house, my bad. No, it's actually a Seraphim settlement". Ragna replied to Velvet as he rubbed the back of his head with his right hand. Velvet turned her head to look at Ragna in confusion. "Seraphim? Don't you mean Malakhim?" Velvet asked in confusion since she thought Seraphim and Malakhim were different things.
Ragna baffled at her statement. "Malakhim? What are those? No, everybody here is a Seraph except for me''. Ragna replied to Velvet in confusion, having never heard of Malakhim before. Velvet sneered at what Ragna said. "A human living among Mala-Seraphs? How? Humans aren't supposed to see them anymore". Velvet asked since she thought normal people couldn't see them anymore from awaking the Empyreans. Her statement took Ragna back, before he began to explain.
"Well I have, what you say, a high resonance. I can see and interact with them. Although not everyone has this ability." Ragna started to explain to Velvet, before he paused and continued. "Anyway come on, I want to introduce you to my friends." Ragna said as he smiled at Velvet, which she return as they both started walking around the village.
After walking a bit and seeing more of Ragna's home, Velvet saw two seraphim talking to each other. Ragna waved at the two, getting their attention as they moved walked over to them. "Hey Ragna! Where were you all this morning?" The Seraphim asked Ragna in confusion before he saw Velvet, making him smirk and look at the blue haired Seraphim next to him. "Oh so that was the reason, told you!" The Red Seraphim continued as they both winked and Ragna's checks turned red.
"Cut it out you two. I was just helping our guest!" Ragna cried out in embarrassment, making the blue haired one giggled at Ragna. "Yeah, that's right. kind-hearted Ragna always trying to help". The Blue Haired Seraphim said with a smile, making Ragna sigh. He began to introduced Velvet before he stopped as he still didn't know her name, but Velvet jumped into the conversation and gave them a fake name. "I'm Selene". Velvet said as Ragna looked at her in confusion, before he nodded back at his two friends.
"Yeah! Selene, these are my friends. The red-haired one is Mason and the blue haired one is Natalie". Ragna introduced Velvet to his friends with the two Seraphim smiling back. "Nice to meet you, Selene. I think it has been a hundred years or so that we've seen a human. Although hard cases like Ragna are hard to find. We hope he didn't give you a hard time". Natalie greeted and explained to Velvet, but the Ex-lord of calamity shook her head and gave a small smile.
"No, not all. He was so kind to me. I'm actually enjoying his company". Velvet replied to Natalie with a smile. Ragna smiled in triumphant at the two Seraph, while his checks were red. "Ok Selene, let's go. I need to introduce you to everyone else''. Ragna said with a smile as they both walked away, while waving goodbye to Mason and Natalie with the two Seraphim waving back.
Ragna and Velvet traveled across the village and met several other seraphim with the Ex-lord of Calamity using her fake name. The trip was nearly over with Ragna wanting Velvet to meet one last individual. They both walked towards the highest village ground and entered a house. As soon as they entered, Velvet saw a short old man smoking his pipe, seating down on the ground. "Hey gramps''. Ragna greeted with a bright smile, getting the old man's attention as both Ragna and Velvet sat down in front of him.
Velvet began to introduce herself with her fake name but the old man spoke before she had the chance. "Welcome to Elysium, Velvet Crowe, Lord of Calamity". The old Seraphim greeted with a tone of seriousness, making Velvet suddenly tensed up and her left arm bandages start to emit a black smoke. Ragna had a surprised look on his face that the old Seraphim know Velvet's real name, but the black smoke quickly got his attention. He quickly grabbed Velvet's hand with his right hand, getting her to look at him.
"Se-Velvet don't. Gramps is okay, he won't hurt you". Ragna said to Velvet, hoping she'll calm down. Velvet looked at Ragna's face and saw nothing but pure concern, making her calm down as the black smoke disappeared. "I'm Zenrus. Elyisium is my domain. No need to worry about me Velvet Crowe, I know what you are and I can assure you neither I nor anyone else is a threat to you here. I'm aware of what happened but I don't have the complete picture". Zenrus explained to Velvet, making her narrowed her eyes in curiosity, but decided to see where this was going.
Zenrus smoked his pipe before he asked Velvet. "Would you kindly indulge me on why you nearly destroyed the world?". Zenrus asked Velvet for her actions, making her let out a sarcastic laugh but didn't say anything. Zenrus, however, stayed calmed and waited for her answer.
"Once a long time ago, I lived with my brother and brother-in-law, Artorious Collbrande, living a normal life. However during a scarlet night, Artorious sacrificed my brother to awaken a powerful entity called inominant to control Malakhim. His master plan was to seal away Human's emotions and free will so that the world could have 'peace'. He threw me into a prison for three years when I first became a Daemon. I planned my revenge against him for 3 years, and with the help of my friends, I soon killed Artorious and sealed inominant by sealing myself so that the Therions would live their lives." Velvet started to explain, before she shook her head. "I nearly destroyed the world as well, all for my revenge on Artorious". Velvet finished as she looked down at the ground.
Ragna had wide eyes of shock at what he heard from Velvet. Without further inquiries, Zenrus slowly nodded. "But you sacrificed yourself in the end, gave the world another chance, held Inomoninat and announced yourself as a Lord of Calamity instead of a hero. Well, that is what we hold most dear Velvet". Zenrus said with a smile as Velvet's stance turned from doubt to surprise as she thought no one would think her as a hero.
She looked at Ragna and saw him smiling at her. "Well, I don't know what to say. As Gramps put it, you are a hero to me... I mean to us. The world is a better place thanks to you, Velvet". Ragna said to Velvet with a bright smile. Velvet felt happiness at that moment, the feeling she shared only with Phi and her brother Laphicet.
"Velvet Crowe, consider Elysium as your home from now on, you are one its inhabitants. Feel free to stay as long as you desire". Zenrus said to Velvet with a smile, trusting her now. "Thank you so much, Gramps, if you let us..." Ragna thank as Zenrus nodded back to him. Both Ragna and Velvet said their goodbyes as they left the house.
When they were outside the house, Velvet looked at Ragna with a look of regret. "I'm…sorry that I didn't tell you who I was''. Velvet apologised to Ragna as she looked down at the ground, thinking he would be mad at her. However, Velvet felt a hand on her head, causing her to look to see that Ragna was the cause, smiling at her.
"It's alright. I understand your reasons for wanting to keep your name secret, but who you are or what people call you doesn't matter''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile on his face, which made her checks turn a little red. "So, could you tell me more of your adventure?'' Ragna asked as he brought his hand off Velvet's head, who was looking down at the ground with her checks red.
"S-Sure''. Velvet replied nervously, not knowing what is wrong with her. "Awesome, but first there's someone I want you to meet''. Ragna said with a smile as he took Velvet's right hand with his left and started running out of the village, not noticing the Ex-lord of Calamity's checks turning red.
They passed the village gate and ran into the forest, but they saw a few goats close by. "W-what are those creatures?'' Velvet asked in wonder at seeing the goats as Ragna let go of her hand. "They're Goats, Velvet. They wouldn't hurt a fly''. Ragna said to Velvet as he walked up to one of the goats and stroke its fur, which the goat enjoyed with its eyes closed.
Ragna looked at Velvet, who was watching him with wide eyes of surprise. "Come here''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile, making her snap out of her surprised look as she walked over to Ragna with the wind blowing past her coat. Ragna took her bandaged arm with his right hand, making Velvet blush as the human brought her hand to the goat's fur.
"Don't feel any fear and just relax. Goats can sense fear and lose control, but if you remain calm they'll be your friends''. Ragna said to Velvet with a smile, making her blush a little more. Velvet focused and started stroking the goat's fur. The goat enjoyed the stroking as it licked Velvet's check, making her gasp in surprise while Ragna chuckled.
"He likes you''. Ragna said with a smile as Velvet still looked surprised before she smiled. Soon the goats left with Ragna leading Velvet around the forest again by holding her hand, making ex-lord of Calamity blush even more. However, two prickleboars appeared out of nowhere in front of the pair, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise. "A-Are those Prickleboars?'' Velvet asked in surprise to see that prickleboars still exist.
Ragna looked at Velvet in surprise at her knowing what these creatures were. "Umm, yeah. But how do you know them?'' Ragna asked in confusion at how Velvet knows Prickleboars. Velvet was about to answer Ragna when one of the two Prickleboars charged at them, making them jump out of the way with Velvet on the left side and Ragna on the right.
"I'll tell you later, but right now let's kill these things!'' Velvet called out to Ragna with narrowed eyes as the same Prickleboar charged at her. "Soaring Dragon!'' Velvet called out as she performs a series of clockwise spins, striking the Prickleboarwith her right boot blade while emitting streaks of fire, sending the Prickleboar flying before it landed on the ground, dead.
The other Prickleboar let out a cry of rage as he charged at Velvet. However, Ragna jumped in front of Velvet with narrowed eyes. Light Blue energy started surrounding his left hand, which took the shape of a Lion's face with the Lion roaring. "Lion's Howl!'' Ragna called out as he thrusted his left hand out, striking the charging Prickleboar on the head, sending the creature flying till it slammed into a tree and slide down to the ground, dead.
Velvet had a surprised look at what she just witnessed. "What was that?'' Velvet asked in surprise at what move Ragna used as the energy Lion disappeared from Ragna's hand. "It's an Arte that a friend taught me in Pendrago, but how did you know that these creatures were Prickleboars?'' Ranga replied to Velvet who looked away.
"I used to hunt Prickleboars for my little brother's medicine''. Velvet answered Ragna's question, thinking about her little brother that she sealed away with her. "Prickleboars existed in your time?! Awesome, but what happened that made your little brother sick?" Ragna asked in surprise, wondering what made Velvet's little brother sick.
Velvet closed her eyes in sadness. "My… brother Laphicet had a rare sickness called the 12 year sickness". Velvet answered Ragna, making him look confused as he held his chin with his left hand. "12 Year sickness? What's that?" Ragna asked in confusion, having never heard about the 12 year sickness. Velvet looked conflicted to answer, but she wouldn't need to.
"It's a sickness that kills someone when they reach 12-years of age, right?" A voice asked from out of nowhere, getting Ragna and Velvet to look to see someone behind the human. The voice came from a male Seraphim that looked to be a little smaller than Ragna. The Seraphim had Light blue hair spiky hair, almost Silver, that defies gravity, wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, long dark blue track pants, black boots and dark blue fingerless gloves. He had pale skin, dark blue eyes eyes, a blue long scarf around his neck that seems to defies gravity and finally a long staff in his right hand.
"Frost!'' Ragna called out in joy at seeing the Seraphim, making Velvet look at him in surprise, Frost smirked at Ragna. "In the icy flesh and I won our bet this time''. The Seraphim know as Frost said with a smirk as he brought out a white glove that had the Shepherd's mark on it in his left hand, making Ragna widen his eyes in surprise. "That glove! Can it really be the-?" Ragna questioned in awe, making Frost smirk as he nodded with a smile.
"You got it. It's the Glove of the Shepherd''. Frost answered, making Velvet widen her eyes in surprise while Ragna looked excited. "I found it in some cave that was under our noises this whole time. Anyway, that's beside the point''. Frost continued with his eyes narrowed as he threw the glove at Ragna, who caught it. Frost looked at Velvet with his staff disappearing in a light blue colour.
"The 12-year sickness. It's a sickness that rarely happens, but is a powerful sickness. Once someone who has the sickness turns 12-years-old, they'll die right?'' Frost asked Velvet, wanting to see if he was right about the 12-year-sickness. Velvet looked down at the ground in sadness as memories of her sick little brother came into her mind.
"You're correct. My little brother Laphicet had the 12-year sickness and was gonna die''. Velvet answered Frost without looking at him. Ragna had a shocked look on his face as he forgot about the glove of the Shepherd in his right hand and looked at Velvet in concern. "Velvet, I'm sorry that your little brother had the 12-year sickness. But there must have been a way to cure him, right?'' Ragna asked in concern, hoping that there was a cure for the 12 year sickness.
Velvet still didn't look at anyone as she answered. "There was a cure, called the Omega Elixir''. Velvet answered Ragna, getting the human and Seraphim to widen their eyes in surprise. "Omega…Elixir?'' Frost said in confusion, having never heard about the Omega Elixir before. "Sounds like it could come in handy''. Ragna said with a surprised look, holding his chin with his right hand.
"The Omega Elixir is the ultimate medicine, curing anyone from any sickness or wound, no matter how badly it was. The only problem is that you need to collect special materials that grow in separate areas far away from each other''. Velvet said to the two best friends without looking at them.
The two best friends could only look more surprised at how difficult the Omega Elixir sounds to obtain, but Ragna noticed Velvet's sad look and decided to do something about it. Ranga walked up to Velvet, before he held her left hand with his right, getting the ex-lord of calamity's attention as she looked to see Ragna's concern face.
"I'm sorry that you brother had that sickness. It must have brought you great sadness. But I think he'd want you to find happiness for everything you did for him. You don't need to hide your sadness alone anymore''. Ragna said to Velvet with nothing, but pure concern in his voice for her, who widened her eyes in surprise.
Velvet looked down at the ground with her hair shadowing her eyes. "Why…do you care so much about me?'' Velvet asked as she granted her teeth, her anger starting to rise at why Ragna is trying to understand her pain. Both Ragna and Frost heard the anger in her voice, getting Frost to narrow his eyes while Ragna don't show any concern and just narrowed his eyes. "It's because you're my friend''. Ragna said to Velvet without fear.
Whack!
Ragna was sent flying from in front of Velvet, before he slammed into the tree, sliding down to the ground. Frost widened his eyes in shock, before he looked at Velvet, seeing her holding her bandaged left fist out with her head down. "You…think I'll fall for that. You're just trying to act nice so I won't hurt you. There's no way that you would actually care about me''. Velvet said with her head down so both boys won't see her eyes.
Ragna was silent as he got back up on his feet, ignoring the pain as he looked at Velvet. "I'm not trying to fool you. You actually are someone I care about, Velvet''. Ragna answered as he started slow walking towards Velvet, ignoring the pain.
Velvet's body started shaking as the Lord of Calamity looked up, showing the hatred in her eyes. "Don't lie!'' Velvet shouted out as she shot towards Ragna, kicking him in the face with her left leg, sending the human flying into the sky. Velvet shot out again into the sky, appearing above Ragna as she held both her hands together and slammed them into Ragna's stomach, sending the human to the ground, creating a crater there.
Velvet landed on the ground a little bit away from the crater, taking heavy breaths. Not because she used much of her strength, but because of the emotion she is feeling right now. Ragna slowly stood up from the crater, ignoring the pain as he turned his body to look at Velvet, allowing her to see pure determination in his eyes, making the Ex-lord of Calamity's body start shaking again as black smoke started to come out of her bandaged hand.
"Just, why? WHY DON'T YOU HATE ME! I'M THE ONE WHO ENGULFED THIS WORLD IN CHAOS AS THE LORD OF CALAMITY!'' Velvet shouted out as tears started going down her face as she shot towards Ragna, her gauntlet blade out with her holding her right hand out to pierce Ragna.
Time went slow as Velvet's blade was only inches away from piercing Ragna's heart, but that was when he acted. Quicker than the necked eye could follow, Ragna side stepped to dodge the blade, making Velvet widen her eyes at the incredible speed that he just showed. However, Ragna's next actions would shock her beyond belief.
Ragna wrapped his arms around Velvet and…gave her a hug!
Velvet's eyes widened in shock at Ragna's actions as the black smoke stopped coming out of her bandaged arm and her gauntlet blade retracting itself. "I know that you brought Chaos to the world as the Lord of Calamity, but I don't care about that. Whenever I see you sad or in pain…it hurts''. Ragna said to Velvet with his head on her shoulder, making her widen her eyes in shock.
"Whenever I see someone in sadness, pain or fear, I react to help them without thinking. My heart tells me to help anyone that's given in to despair. It's the same with you, only stronger. I…want to help you carry on from your pain. I want to bring happiness to you for everything you've been through and lost. We may have only known each other for a day, but you mean so much to me''. Ragna whispered to Velvet with a smile as he rubbed the back of her head.
"I'm not saying to forget your sins or past, but you can't give up life for what you've done in the past. Live with the fact that you accepted your sins and not refuse to accept them. To be honest, I've experienced sadness before, but it's nothing like yours''. Ragna whispered to Velvet as he stopped rubbing her head.
"I…never met my parents. I'm an orphan found by gramps when I was a baby, let in the woods. Gramps has taken care of me since he found me and treated me as if I'm his family. I even lost a friend in Pendrago because of a Hellion, but I didn't give into despair. I chose to live my life through the sad times and follow what my hearts tells me''. Ragna said to Velvet as he stepped back to look at her face, with the Ex-lord of Calamity looking conflicted.
"Velvet, what does your heart tell you''. Ragna said to Velvet with narrowed eyes as he let go of her shoulders. Velvet looked down at the ground as her eyes trembled. "I…I…I…''. Velvet struggled to say as she felt emotions she'd never felt before.
Velvet felt her left hand being picked up, causing her to see that Ragna was holding her bandaged hand with both his hands. "Velvet, I want to help you find happiness. People may see you as the Lord of Calamity, but I see you as Velvet Crowe. A beautiful woman that saved the world and gave up any chance for happiness by being labeled as an enemy of the world to save it''. Ragna said to Velvet as his eyes relaxed and looked at Velvet with care.
"I…I…I want to live!''. Velvet said as tears went down her checks, before she ran into Ragna's arms. "Ragna, I want to live and be with you!''. Velvet cried out as she had her eyes closed as she continued to cry.
Ragna let out a gental smile as he wrapped his left hand around Velvet, while he used his right hand to stroke her hair. "I gotcha. You'll never have to be alone again''. Ragna whispered to Velvet with a gentle tone, not carrying about his own injures. Velvet continued to cry on Ragna, who allowed her to let out all her sadness.
Ragna's body glowed in a light green color, healing all of his injures. Ragna looked up from Velvet to see Frost was standing a few feet away from them with a smirk on his face, while holding his staff in his right hand. Ragna's checks turned a little red as he realized that his best friend saw all of that.
Ragna decided to forget about Frost watching and looked down at Velvet, who was still crying. 'Velvet…I'll find a way to bring you happiness…no matter what'. Ragna thought to himself as he could feel his heartbeat inside him, smiling down at Velvet.
And done! Man that took a long while. Anyway, yes Ragna and Velvet will be Sorey's parents, but I decided to let Sorey have a 2-year younger sister. Also the staff that Iclyn had was Miklio's staff as well. Also should Sorey have Velvet's hair color or eye color, or both. Also this is in the X universe. Also I plan for Velvet's old companions to come into the story as well.
Just a few questions. What should Ragna and Velvet's second child's name be. Should Ragna also become a Shepard as well in the next chapter. Should Velvet gain Armatization as well and should Ragna's Artifact weapons be different than Sorey's artefact weapons as well. Please answer in a review or massage.