Shuuichi's Story
Part 2.finally. Apparently, I have to be quick about this because SOME PEOPLE (aka. Fred) refuse to read this until their character appears. Alexiel doesn't show for a while.and I have to do a whole mess of stuff with the original characters before he does. Alexiel is our bad-ass brawler. I can't WAIT to introduce him...
Well.on with the show!!!!! This story is long.so if there is any lack of plot, it's because I've only posted three of the COUNTLESS chapters that there will be. Eventually, I will give credit to those who help me write this.so Tesseth!!! We need to get together on this. I need Ruri-dono's point of view!!!!!
Part 3
I found the air-ship to be rather large, with many rooms used by A'tuin's men to do various tasks. I had been shooed out of the bridge when I'd gone exploring, told that they didn't want me up there when they were in the process of fixing everything. I was a little disappointed at that, but I was told that I would be able to explore later by a few of A'tuin's men. They even offered me a tour..I wondered about that though. Why would men who I barely knew want to offer me, a priest-boy, a tour? I just shrugged, mumbled my appreciation of their kindness, and went to the upper deck. I wanted to see what was going on.
When I arrived, I saw the Lady Ruriel standing on the other side of the deck watching Eclipse and Teriel as they sparred. Both of them were glowing with the use of their essence. Eclipse was glowing a bright yellow, his power taking on an almost fire-like glow. His caste-mark looked to be one of the Zenith Caste of the Solars. It was just a circle that was unfilled, but the emptiness of that circle was more than made up for by the intensity with which Eclipse fought.
Teriel's, on the other hand, was just like his own. It was a circle, just like Eclipse's.but with a smaller, filled-in circle in the middle of it. Eclipse Caste. His anima was glowing a white-gold, though there were traces of violet and blue flowing throughout it. Just like the corona of a Solar Eclipse. It was very beautiful.
Lady Ruriel suddenly waved to me gesturing for me to join her on the other side of the deck. She was smiling sweetly, taking my hand when I finally reached her. She was being so kind to me.
"You seem rather shy, Shuuichi." She said, taking a seat on one of the rails. "Why is that??"
I smiled a little, my eyes taking in the view of the island. It was very different, seeing it from so high up. Beautiful.but different. "I am not used to being around others. And..everyone here is so.wonderful. I feel as though I do not even begin to measure up to them. You're all so.aesthetically pleasing. I must look like an awkward child."
Ruriel suddenly laughed, touching my cheek and turning it toward herself. "Shuuichi.you are far from being an 'awkward child'." She stated, brushing my hair away from my face. I obviously needed a haircut. "You are destined to be as handsome as Teriel-san. I can see that. You're just young. Right now, you're so pretty that half of A'tuin's men have mistaken you for a girl. Some day, however, you will be an extremely beautiful young man."
I was shocked, to say the least. I'd been told that I was attractive, but I rarely believed people when they said that. I saw nothing out of the ordinary when I looked in the mirror. Just an awkward man-child.nothing more. For someone to say that I was that beautiful was extremely flattering.
Needless to say, I was blushing intensely.
"Lady Ruriel..."
"No.my name is Ruriel. No titles. You are an equal among us." Ruriel corrected, smiling again. "I can tell that you aren't used to compliments..but you had better get used to them. When we go into small villages and such, people tend to follow Teriel-san around like he is some kind of incarnate god. It can be quite humorous, considering he is the most anti-social person I have ever known."
I looked again at Teriel and felt my cheeks flush. He truly was beautiful..most likely what a poet would call 'human perfection'. "He.is truly beautiful." I conceded, watching him pull his rather long hair back in order to tie it away from his face. He and Eclipse obviously weren't done sparring yet.
"Do not let him hear you say that." Ruriel said, laughing a little. "He is also extremely vain and arrogant. We can't pass a mirror without him having to look at himself."
I smiled a little, taking Seiryuu out of my pocket. "Go play." I whispered, letting him fly up onto one of the masts.
"Will he return?" Ruriel asked, watching him land on the shoulder of man in the crow's nest. The crewman looked rather startled before he shrugged. Seiryuu stayed in place, singing a little.
"Yes." I answered, looking back at my new friend. "Seiryuu and I have been together for over a year now. He listens to me. We need each other."
"Your Familiar." Ruriel whispered to herself. "How fitting for you. Gentle, innocent Shuuichi. I can see that you and I will become good friends, Shuuichi." She stated, smiling as she hugged me tightly.
I couldn't help but be overwhelmed. The only person who had ever embraced me was my Master Setsui. This was just strange.but nice.
"Ruriel..."
"Time for lunch!" Ruriel suddenly said, smiling as she took my hand and pulled me away from the rail. "You and I will eat together. I don't want you near A'tuin's men until they all understand that you're a boy."
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After lunch, I headed back to the room that A'tuin said I could have, deciding to take a nap. I was fond of staying up late to meditate..or to practice with my short sword, so I always took a short nap in the afternoon in order to have the energy to stay up.
When I woke, I could see from the porthole of my room that it was dark. I smiled, grabbing my sword and heading down the hallway, on my way to the upper deck.
"What use will he be, Ruriel?" I heard A'tuin's voice say from the room I knew to be the meeting room. "He's just a kid.and I doubt he can fight. We should take him to the Coral Archipelago and leave him. He would be better off there."
I was stunned. They wanted to abandon me? Why? I hadn't done anything wrong. I decided to stay and listen..to find out what my fate was to be.
"I agree." I heard Teriel say. "As much as I'd hate to abandon a fellow Solar, we can not afford to take the kid with us. It would be dangerous."
"Did you ever think that maybe he would be in danger if we left him?" Ruriel stated, obviously angry. "It's obvious that he knows little of the world. If we left him somewhere alone, who knows what would happen to him? No. If you leave him, you'll have to leave me too. I won't leave that poor child alone."
"I would agree with my lady." Eclipse conceded. "And you both know that you can not afford to leave us behind. You need us to help defeat the Mask of Winters and his Death Knights."
"We're leaving Shuuichi in the Coral Archipelago and that is final." A'tuin stated. "If you haven't forgotten, this is my airship. He is a distraction to my men and I refuse to take him any farther than that."
I felt tears fall down my face and I scrubbed my arm across my eyes, hating every moment of this conversation. They were going to leave me someplace alone. Once again, I would have no one. I dropped my sword, barely hearing the loud clatter as I fell to my knees and began sobbing. Why did every one want to leave me alone?
The room that I was outside of suddenly went silent, and I could hear chairs scrapping the floor as everyone stood.
"What was that?" Teriel stated, obviously confused.
The first person out of the room was Ruriel, who's eyes widened as she saw me. She started to come toward me to comfort me, apparently, but I pushed her away, running toward my own room and slamming the door. I needed a few minutes to calm myself..that was all. Maybe then I could try and reason with them. I just needed a few minutes..
"He heard us?" I heard Teriel say suddenly from outside my door.
"Every word, apparently." Ruriel stated, angry with them. "You both should be ashamed of yourselves. He's just a lonely child and you wanted to abandon him in one of the worst places to abandon a person. He'd end up as a whore or worse. You know that."
I didn't know what a whore was.but it must have been bad if Ruriel was afraid for me. At least someone cared enough for my safety to actually fight for me.
"Talk to him, woman." Teriel suddenly said. I heard his heavy footsteps walk away from the door before Ruriel sighed.
"Shuuichi, I know you don't want to talk right now." She said through the door. "Meet me tomorrow at breakfast. We will talk then, alright????"
I heard her softer footsteps walk away from my door before I turned my face into my pillow. I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew.it was morning and the breakfast bell was ringing. I sighed, getting up and dressing.
Time to face the music.
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I just love cliff-hangers...don't you?????
I need some help with the next part, everyone. You know who you are. Tesseth! Do you wanna help????
Part 2.finally. Apparently, I have to be quick about this because SOME PEOPLE (aka. Fred) refuse to read this until their character appears. Alexiel doesn't show for a while.and I have to do a whole mess of stuff with the original characters before he does. Alexiel is our bad-ass brawler. I can't WAIT to introduce him...
Well.on with the show!!!!! This story is long.so if there is any lack of plot, it's because I've only posted three of the COUNTLESS chapters that there will be. Eventually, I will give credit to those who help me write this.so Tesseth!!! We need to get together on this. I need Ruri-dono's point of view!!!!!
Part 3
I found the air-ship to be rather large, with many rooms used by A'tuin's men to do various tasks. I had been shooed out of the bridge when I'd gone exploring, told that they didn't want me up there when they were in the process of fixing everything. I was a little disappointed at that, but I was told that I would be able to explore later by a few of A'tuin's men. They even offered me a tour..I wondered about that though. Why would men who I barely knew want to offer me, a priest-boy, a tour? I just shrugged, mumbled my appreciation of their kindness, and went to the upper deck. I wanted to see what was going on.
When I arrived, I saw the Lady Ruriel standing on the other side of the deck watching Eclipse and Teriel as they sparred. Both of them were glowing with the use of their essence. Eclipse was glowing a bright yellow, his power taking on an almost fire-like glow. His caste-mark looked to be one of the Zenith Caste of the Solars. It was just a circle that was unfilled, but the emptiness of that circle was more than made up for by the intensity with which Eclipse fought.
Teriel's, on the other hand, was just like his own. It was a circle, just like Eclipse's.but with a smaller, filled-in circle in the middle of it. Eclipse Caste. His anima was glowing a white-gold, though there were traces of violet and blue flowing throughout it. Just like the corona of a Solar Eclipse. It was very beautiful.
Lady Ruriel suddenly waved to me gesturing for me to join her on the other side of the deck. She was smiling sweetly, taking my hand when I finally reached her. She was being so kind to me.
"You seem rather shy, Shuuichi." She said, taking a seat on one of the rails. "Why is that??"
I smiled a little, my eyes taking in the view of the island. It was very different, seeing it from so high up. Beautiful.but different. "I am not used to being around others. And..everyone here is so.wonderful. I feel as though I do not even begin to measure up to them. You're all so.aesthetically pleasing. I must look like an awkward child."
Ruriel suddenly laughed, touching my cheek and turning it toward herself. "Shuuichi.you are far from being an 'awkward child'." She stated, brushing my hair away from my face. I obviously needed a haircut. "You are destined to be as handsome as Teriel-san. I can see that. You're just young. Right now, you're so pretty that half of A'tuin's men have mistaken you for a girl. Some day, however, you will be an extremely beautiful young man."
I was shocked, to say the least. I'd been told that I was attractive, but I rarely believed people when they said that. I saw nothing out of the ordinary when I looked in the mirror. Just an awkward man-child.nothing more. For someone to say that I was that beautiful was extremely flattering.
Needless to say, I was blushing intensely.
"Lady Ruriel..."
"No.my name is Ruriel. No titles. You are an equal among us." Ruriel corrected, smiling again. "I can tell that you aren't used to compliments..but you had better get used to them. When we go into small villages and such, people tend to follow Teriel-san around like he is some kind of incarnate god. It can be quite humorous, considering he is the most anti-social person I have ever known."
I looked again at Teriel and felt my cheeks flush. He truly was beautiful..most likely what a poet would call 'human perfection'. "He.is truly beautiful." I conceded, watching him pull his rather long hair back in order to tie it away from his face. He and Eclipse obviously weren't done sparring yet.
"Do not let him hear you say that." Ruriel said, laughing a little. "He is also extremely vain and arrogant. We can't pass a mirror without him having to look at himself."
I smiled a little, taking Seiryuu out of my pocket. "Go play." I whispered, letting him fly up onto one of the masts.
"Will he return?" Ruriel asked, watching him land on the shoulder of man in the crow's nest. The crewman looked rather startled before he shrugged. Seiryuu stayed in place, singing a little.
"Yes." I answered, looking back at my new friend. "Seiryuu and I have been together for over a year now. He listens to me. We need each other."
"Your Familiar." Ruriel whispered to herself. "How fitting for you. Gentle, innocent Shuuichi. I can see that you and I will become good friends, Shuuichi." She stated, smiling as she hugged me tightly.
I couldn't help but be overwhelmed. The only person who had ever embraced me was my Master Setsui. This was just strange.but nice.
"Ruriel..."
"Time for lunch!" Ruriel suddenly said, smiling as she took my hand and pulled me away from the rail. "You and I will eat together. I don't want you near A'tuin's men until they all understand that you're a boy."
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After lunch, I headed back to the room that A'tuin said I could have, deciding to take a nap. I was fond of staying up late to meditate..or to practice with my short sword, so I always took a short nap in the afternoon in order to have the energy to stay up.
When I woke, I could see from the porthole of my room that it was dark. I smiled, grabbing my sword and heading down the hallway, on my way to the upper deck.
"What use will he be, Ruriel?" I heard A'tuin's voice say from the room I knew to be the meeting room. "He's just a kid.and I doubt he can fight. We should take him to the Coral Archipelago and leave him. He would be better off there."
I was stunned. They wanted to abandon me? Why? I hadn't done anything wrong. I decided to stay and listen..to find out what my fate was to be.
"I agree." I heard Teriel say. "As much as I'd hate to abandon a fellow Solar, we can not afford to take the kid with us. It would be dangerous."
"Did you ever think that maybe he would be in danger if we left him?" Ruriel stated, obviously angry. "It's obvious that he knows little of the world. If we left him somewhere alone, who knows what would happen to him? No. If you leave him, you'll have to leave me too. I won't leave that poor child alone."
"I would agree with my lady." Eclipse conceded. "And you both know that you can not afford to leave us behind. You need us to help defeat the Mask of Winters and his Death Knights."
"We're leaving Shuuichi in the Coral Archipelago and that is final." A'tuin stated. "If you haven't forgotten, this is my airship. He is a distraction to my men and I refuse to take him any farther than that."
I felt tears fall down my face and I scrubbed my arm across my eyes, hating every moment of this conversation. They were going to leave me someplace alone. Once again, I would have no one. I dropped my sword, barely hearing the loud clatter as I fell to my knees and began sobbing. Why did every one want to leave me alone?
The room that I was outside of suddenly went silent, and I could hear chairs scrapping the floor as everyone stood.
"What was that?" Teriel stated, obviously confused.
The first person out of the room was Ruriel, who's eyes widened as she saw me. She started to come toward me to comfort me, apparently, but I pushed her away, running toward my own room and slamming the door. I needed a few minutes to calm myself..that was all. Maybe then I could try and reason with them. I just needed a few minutes..
"He heard us?" I heard Teriel say suddenly from outside my door.
"Every word, apparently." Ruriel stated, angry with them. "You both should be ashamed of yourselves. He's just a lonely child and you wanted to abandon him in one of the worst places to abandon a person. He'd end up as a whore or worse. You know that."
I didn't know what a whore was.but it must have been bad if Ruriel was afraid for me. At least someone cared enough for my safety to actually fight for me.
"Talk to him, woman." Teriel suddenly said. I heard his heavy footsteps walk away from the door before Ruriel sighed.
"Shuuichi, I know you don't want to talk right now." She said through the door. "Meet me tomorrow at breakfast. We will talk then, alright????"
I heard her softer footsteps walk away from my door before I turned my face into my pillow. I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew.it was morning and the breakfast bell was ringing. I sighed, getting up and dressing.
Time to face the music.
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I just love cliff-hangers...don't you?????
I need some help with the next part, everyone. You know who you are. Tesseth! Do you wanna help????