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Well, this is MOSTLY in Yuki's narrating, but some are not, and again, basically focused intensely on Vash (who has kinda been conplaining a little). Hope you enjoy it! I'm gonna write more. The next one's called Fairy Baptism!
The Earthly Chronicles
An Explanation
Vash nodded, and scowled. Kelli looked sad. Jewel leaned down and picked Vash up as if he were made of feathers.
"Little Vash, there's more to life than just obeying that queen of yours." Ms. Jewel said. "Much more. I know you aren't evil, and you just have to discover yourself within you. I know you aren't of the evil clan, Little Vash. Search for yourself. Search." And within those wise words, she set him down, touched his head, and he disappeared.
Kelli rushed up to her. "Where is he, where's Vash?" Ms. Jewel shook her head.
"He's searching for his life, his real life." Ms. Jewel said. "His destiny. And while he's doing that, does anyone care to assist me to the dining room?" We all followed her, realizing that we were hungrier than we expected. Anora followed too, and there wasn't much the two could do.
Kelli didn't feel like doing anything, or plotting anything. Ms. Jewel had total control of Vash's whereabouts at the moment, and although Queen Jewel had taught about how evil Ms. Jewel was, she seemed very nice. At the same moment, Kelli was very hungry. She didn't listen to the conversation at the meal at all, instead, sank into one big, relaxing nap. Even though her enemies surrounded her, she seemed surprisingly comfortable.
"Kelli has fallen asleep." I said. "Look."
"Yeah." Snowy said. "Hey, what happened to Colton?"
"What?" Liz asked.
"Colton, what do you mean?" Doughboy asked.
"Ahh, we forgot about Colton!" I whined. "After we sent Eriol to the fourth Dimension, we didn't really pay any attention to what became of Colton, he just disappeared!"
"Hush, Yuki, you'll wake Kelli." Doughboy hissed from across the table, with a mouthful of bread and strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry jam and a piece of garlic bread.
"Ew." Rene said, pointing her camera at Doughboy. "Are you trying to set a record or what?"
"What record?" Doughboy said. "Ah, Ahh, ah *~sniff* Ahh CCHOOOOOO!" Luckily he had held up a napkin in front of his face.
All of the bread and jam and snot came flying out at once. Snowy got up and left the room, Liz following her example. Nakita made a face, shook her head, and tried not to look. Kanari grabbed her mouth, trying not to vomit, and ducked under the table. I grimaced.
"Smooth, Doughboy, real smooth." I said, and tried not to look also. Doughboy was on the verge of tears.
"It wasn't my fault." He wined.
"Technically, it was, I mean, if you hadn't eaten all that jam and bread and well, minded your manners, and also, well, then maybe this would have never happened." Nakita said without looking up. Doughboy burst into big baby tears that welled up to the size of golf balls and then rolled down his cheeks. "Have you cleaned the snot off yet?" Doughboy nodded.
"Yes, he has." I answered for her. Nakita looked up. Kanari gulped a fresh breath of air.
"I'm going to call the others in." She said. Rene laughed
"And I've got this all on tape!" She squealed. "How great is THAT?"
We were quiet for the rest of dinner, or whatever meal it was, because all we could see out of the window was mist, so we couldn't tell what time of the day it was. Ms. Jewel tried to comfort Doughboy, who left the room.
"You have to admit, that was pretty funny." Rene said, watching the whole incident happen again in her camcorder.
"Uh-huh." Liz said. "Poor Doughboy."
We went back to the ballroom to search for Colton, but he was gone. Just plain gone.
"Ms. Jewel, where else could he go from here?" Snowy asked. Ms. Jewel shrugged.
"Out there (she pointed towards the mist) there is a hole that leads back to your world." She said. "My greatest guess is that he flew to that hold, and dropped down to your world."
"Probably to get to the Fourth Dimension." Kanari said. "Tell me, Ms. Jewel, is this the Fifth Dimension?"
"No." Ms. Jewel said. "Although you will see it soon enough. I have told you before, this is Nothing."
"Why don't we chase after Colton right now?" Kanari asked.
"Because we must wait for Vash to get back from his destiny, whatever it may be."
"You don't know?" Nakita asked.
"I don't have the power to where I send people to Find Out." Ms. Jewel said. "That is their power, where they send themselves, what the Powers of Light want him to know. The Powers of Darkness will try their best to stop him."
"Good luck Vash." Nakita said.
"I know, why don't we send Kero to him?" I suggested. Ms. Jewel nodded.
"He could be lonely."
"He's been gone some time now." Kanari said. "I hope he's all right."
"Don't worry." Ms. Jewel said. "They take good care of people in where I've sent him."
"Where HAVE you sent him?" I asked.
"That information is classified." Ms. Jewel said. "You can't know, and I don't even know (although I've always suspected she lied about this). Kero, are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" Kero asked, flying out of the dining room. "I've got to admit, Ms. Jewel, that Strawberry Pie, those Lemon Sundaes, and that Chocolate Cake was delicious. So were your cookies."
"You ate them all?" I asked, dashing back into the dining room. "Ah, KERO!!!!! You've emptied the whole room of food. When we left there were plenty of leftovers, and desert. Kero, you ate the whole desert! How could you, desert hasn't even started yet, and we haven't had any!" I looked from the empty plates back to Kero, who was looking smug.
"KKKEEERRROOOO!" Kero winced and held his hands to his head.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"I see you are going to be great companions." Ms. Jewel laughed. "From now on, you are partners." She tapped us both on the head with a wand. "You were supposed to be united long ago, but there was a misfortune." Ms. Jewel looked away.
"I was separated." She said. "But anyways, this wand, is, well, special, and I will explain later." She smiled. "Kero, its time for you to join Vash."
"Vash?" Kero asked. "No way!"
"You'll see." Ms. Jewel tapped Kero lightly on the head again. "Go Kero, be of help, be of courage, BE." Kero disappeared. Rene smiled.
"Perfect shot." She said.
"Of information." I said to Ms. Jewel's last be. "Kero can sure help us, I mean, with his size and all." Ms. Jewel smiled.
"Let's await their arrival." She said. "Anyone want more cake? I baked more in the oven."
Darkness. That was all Vash could see. Why had Ms. Jewel put him in such a place? How could he learn by this? There was seemingly no difference anywhere but a vast darkness. Pure evil darkness.
Then from far away, there came a light, like at the end of a tunnel. He squinted. It came closer and closer, cutting apart the darkness. When Vash could see again, he saw that he was in a room with a crying baby in a cradle. Vash felt terribly alone. How he longed to see a familiar face. He felt very vulnerable.
The door opened. Queen Jewel stepped into the dark room, followed by her son Galdius. Vash remembered. Both Kelli and himself had been adopted as Queen Jewel's sons, but Galdius was her real son. Both took no notice of Vash but walked over to the cradle.
Galdius slapped the baby all but gently on the back. All the same, Vash felt a tingle go up his back. Galdius had done that to him all the time. Only five years older than Vash, Galdius was supposed to be Queen Jewel's heir. But was this really Galdius? He looked so young, no more than eight. Unmistakably, his father's ring was on his finger, so this must be Galdius. Vash was sure of Queen Jewel. She appeared no different in time. Galdius shushed the boy in the cradle, whom Vash could see was at least three.
"Hush, Vash, shush." Galdius said. Vash gasped. Could it be? The boy was he? What exactly had Ms. Jewel had in mind? Find himself? Was he supposed to change the past? He needed help, and quick! Oh, how he longed for advice from Kelli, his birth sister.
A little girl appeared at the door. She seemed around six, but there was no mistaking the blue hair and pigtails. Vash looked on.
Kelli walked over to the cradle and picked Little Vash up. She set him on the ground, and he reached for her hand protectively.
Vash frowned. Was he really in the past, or was this a mere illusion? He did not know, but cared greatly. Oh, if only Ms. Jewel would send somebody over!
Galdius frowned, and spread his little sings out. "Let's go play." It sounded more of an order than an offer. Queen Jewel was holding a huge sector. On the top there was a huge, glowing ball, surrounded with three claws. Vash recognized it immediately as The Globmess. He shivered. Queen Jewel took the bottom of the sector and nudged Vash.
"Go." She said. Kelli quickly put Vash in front of her and left. Queen Jewel sank into a nearby chair. Vash walked over to pick up the sector, but his fingers went through it.
"An Illusion." Vash whispered. The dim light was starting to disappear and again was he surrounded by ever threatening darkness. He heard the flapping of wings and spun around.
Kero Berus, or Kero-chan, the girls called him.
"Are you real?" Vash asked. Kero laughed.
"What is real? Out of the whole Illusion, it is just you and me who are." Kero said. "Ms. Jewel sent me to help on second thought."
"Thanks Ms. Jewel." Vash said.
"No, thank Yuki, it was her idea." Kero said. "And she is now my new master."
"So what's the purpose of being here?" Vash asked. Most of the darkness had already disappeared.
"You'll find out in a minute." Kero said. "We must be quick. The girls are disturbed, and Kelli is in distress."
"I see." Another scene materialized in front of Vash. He could see Little Vash, now eight, slaving for Queen Jewel, Kelli by his side, helping him. "Good Kelli." Vash whispered, more to himself than Kero. Galdius, now thirteen, with a whip, followed little Vash.
"Was he always like this?" Kero asked, pointing at Galdius. Vash nodded.
"Now that he's seventeen, he's even worse. Everyone except family calls him Prince Galdius." Vash winced. He looked at his hands. "This is the nicest my hands have ever looked." Kero looked confused. Vash pointed to Little Vash, who held out a hand. Galdius brought the whip across it. Vash winced, but Little Vash seemed utterly painless.
"If you winced or cried, you were whipped more." Vash said. "Oh, Prince Galdius, what power you had!"
"How do Ariel and Eriol fit into this?" Kero asked. Obviously they had explained quite a bit to him before he came.
"They don't." Vash said. "There are only so many family members. Like Queen Jewel says, it appears they wandered over from the Fourth Dimension, and were made slaves, but were highly trusted."
"And this is Planet…" Kero asked.
"42385, Urianiel, known for it's endless supply of uranium, also known as Uri for short." Vash said. 'Oh, this may look grand to you, Kero Berus, but you should just take a look at the slave headquarters and miner's ports." Kero nodded ("thanks for your suggestion, don't mind if I do, later, that is.") "I wish I could take you, but it's only on the other side of the planet."
"How big is Uri anyways?" Kero asked.
"Oh, 234,858.56 miles at the equator." Vash answered. "I had private tutors in school. It's very small, only about the size of one of your moons."
"Uh, Vash? We only have one." Kero pointed out. "But that's okay. Let's go." Kero started to fly (till this time he had been leaning on Vash's shoulder). "As long as we don't run through people, no one will notice us."
"Go through people?" Kero nodded.
"They won't see us but will sense it in their bodies and set off the alarm." Kero said. They entered the building, heading towards the Queen's dome. Vash was sorry to leaved little Vash.
"Will it change the past then?" Vash asked. "I mean, this is an Illusion." Kero shrugged.
"How should I know, Ms. Jewel is the one who created it."
Queen Jewel was watching her miners dig for gold and uranium and was talking over funds with Lumbeus, her oldest son, who, at that time, at the time of the Illusion, was forty-three. Lumbeus, however, was adopted, so he would always be prince and never king.
The subject suddenly swerved.
"I've never seen better fighters." Lumbeus said. "Galdius is good, better than most knights his age, but Vash and Kelli? (Lumbeus made a strange noise through his nose.) I was twenty-two when I could manage Kelli's stunts and tricks. As for Vash, well, he's almost as good as Galdius, five years older than he!" Lumbeus stroked his pet lizard, and added to his lizard quietly, "It's a wonder Galdius is still alive."
"Of course." Queen Jewel said, not meaning his last sentence. "We have the best for those, because one day, they will arrive on Planet Earth, and out of us, are the most to succeed with earthlings!"
"This was before Ariel, Eriol, and Colton were trusted." Vash whispered. Kero nodded in acknowledgement.
There were several more Illusions, all about how Queen Jewel had plotted to take advantage of Vash and Kelli, then to "plunge a sword through their very hearts."
At the end, Vash collapsed on his knees, in the darkness.
"And I thought we worked together, were one." Vash said. "All those evil things I've used my magic on."
"Not as bad as Galdius." Kero said.
"But I would have become." Vash said, betting up, clenching his fist. "Queen Jewel needs to be taught a lesson! She might have raised me, but for what purpose, need?"
Kero was quiet.
The darkness was approaching.
Thirst. Thirst. Vash needed water, or something to quench his thirst. He moaned and rolled over. A hand stopped him, and a refreshing liquid the humans called water met his lips. Vash opened his eyes.
Kelli was there, along with Yuki, Kero, and Kanari. Kelli was using a straw to give him the much needed water.
"When you came back you passed out." Kero said disapprovingly. "Sir Vash, you are supposed to be a warrior." Vash sat up in his bed and held his head.
"Where is everyone?" He asked.
"In the ballroom, tending to Anora, trying to figure out a plan." Kanari said. "Nakita wishes not to see you."
The old Vash would have shrugged. This Vash asked, "Why?" Yuki groaned.
"Never mind." Yuki said. "Whatever it is, it's not important." Kelli slipped her hand over Vash's.
"Kero told us all the story." She said softly. "We're going back to Earth, after a few adjustments, and then to rescue the slaves from Queen Jewel, and Galdius."
Please review.
Well, this is MOSTLY in Yuki's narrating, but some are not, and again, basically focused intensely on Vash (who has kinda been conplaining a little). Hope you enjoy it! I'm gonna write more. The next one's called Fairy Baptism!
The Earthly Chronicles
An Explanation
Vash nodded, and scowled. Kelli looked sad. Jewel leaned down and picked Vash up as if he were made of feathers.
"Little Vash, there's more to life than just obeying that queen of yours." Ms. Jewel said. "Much more. I know you aren't evil, and you just have to discover yourself within you. I know you aren't of the evil clan, Little Vash. Search for yourself. Search." And within those wise words, she set him down, touched his head, and he disappeared.
Kelli rushed up to her. "Where is he, where's Vash?" Ms. Jewel shook her head.
"He's searching for his life, his real life." Ms. Jewel said. "His destiny. And while he's doing that, does anyone care to assist me to the dining room?" We all followed her, realizing that we were hungrier than we expected. Anora followed too, and there wasn't much the two could do.
Kelli didn't feel like doing anything, or plotting anything. Ms. Jewel had total control of Vash's whereabouts at the moment, and although Queen Jewel had taught about how evil Ms. Jewel was, she seemed very nice. At the same moment, Kelli was very hungry. She didn't listen to the conversation at the meal at all, instead, sank into one big, relaxing nap. Even though her enemies surrounded her, she seemed surprisingly comfortable.
"Kelli has fallen asleep." I said. "Look."
"Yeah." Snowy said. "Hey, what happened to Colton?"
"What?" Liz asked.
"Colton, what do you mean?" Doughboy asked.
"Ahh, we forgot about Colton!" I whined. "After we sent Eriol to the fourth Dimension, we didn't really pay any attention to what became of Colton, he just disappeared!"
"Hush, Yuki, you'll wake Kelli." Doughboy hissed from across the table, with a mouthful of bread and strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry jam and a piece of garlic bread.
"Ew." Rene said, pointing her camera at Doughboy. "Are you trying to set a record or what?"
"What record?" Doughboy said. "Ah, Ahh, ah *~sniff* Ahh CCHOOOOOO!" Luckily he had held up a napkin in front of his face.
All of the bread and jam and snot came flying out at once. Snowy got up and left the room, Liz following her example. Nakita made a face, shook her head, and tried not to look. Kanari grabbed her mouth, trying not to vomit, and ducked under the table. I grimaced.
"Smooth, Doughboy, real smooth." I said, and tried not to look also. Doughboy was on the verge of tears.
"It wasn't my fault." He wined.
"Technically, it was, I mean, if you hadn't eaten all that jam and bread and well, minded your manners, and also, well, then maybe this would have never happened." Nakita said without looking up. Doughboy burst into big baby tears that welled up to the size of golf balls and then rolled down his cheeks. "Have you cleaned the snot off yet?" Doughboy nodded.
"Yes, he has." I answered for her. Nakita looked up. Kanari gulped a fresh breath of air.
"I'm going to call the others in." She said. Rene laughed
"And I've got this all on tape!" She squealed. "How great is THAT?"
We were quiet for the rest of dinner, or whatever meal it was, because all we could see out of the window was mist, so we couldn't tell what time of the day it was. Ms. Jewel tried to comfort Doughboy, who left the room.
"You have to admit, that was pretty funny." Rene said, watching the whole incident happen again in her camcorder.
"Uh-huh." Liz said. "Poor Doughboy."
We went back to the ballroom to search for Colton, but he was gone. Just plain gone.
"Ms. Jewel, where else could he go from here?" Snowy asked. Ms. Jewel shrugged.
"Out there (she pointed towards the mist) there is a hole that leads back to your world." She said. "My greatest guess is that he flew to that hold, and dropped down to your world."
"Probably to get to the Fourth Dimension." Kanari said. "Tell me, Ms. Jewel, is this the Fifth Dimension?"
"No." Ms. Jewel said. "Although you will see it soon enough. I have told you before, this is Nothing."
"Why don't we chase after Colton right now?" Kanari asked.
"Because we must wait for Vash to get back from his destiny, whatever it may be."
"You don't know?" Nakita asked.
"I don't have the power to where I send people to Find Out." Ms. Jewel said. "That is their power, where they send themselves, what the Powers of Light want him to know. The Powers of Darkness will try their best to stop him."
"Good luck Vash." Nakita said.
"I know, why don't we send Kero to him?" I suggested. Ms. Jewel nodded.
"He could be lonely."
"He's been gone some time now." Kanari said. "I hope he's all right."
"Don't worry." Ms. Jewel said. "They take good care of people in where I've sent him."
"Where HAVE you sent him?" I asked.
"That information is classified." Ms. Jewel said. "You can't know, and I don't even know (although I've always suspected she lied about this). Kero, are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" Kero asked, flying out of the dining room. "I've got to admit, Ms. Jewel, that Strawberry Pie, those Lemon Sundaes, and that Chocolate Cake was delicious. So were your cookies."
"You ate them all?" I asked, dashing back into the dining room. "Ah, KERO!!!!! You've emptied the whole room of food. When we left there were plenty of leftovers, and desert. Kero, you ate the whole desert! How could you, desert hasn't even started yet, and we haven't had any!" I looked from the empty plates back to Kero, who was looking smug.
"KKKEEERRROOOO!" Kero winced and held his hands to his head.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"I see you are going to be great companions." Ms. Jewel laughed. "From now on, you are partners." She tapped us both on the head with a wand. "You were supposed to be united long ago, but there was a misfortune." Ms. Jewel looked away.
"I was separated." She said. "But anyways, this wand, is, well, special, and I will explain later." She smiled. "Kero, its time for you to join Vash."
"Vash?" Kero asked. "No way!"
"You'll see." Ms. Jewel tapped Kero lightly on the head again. "Go Kero, be of help, be of courage, BE." Kero disappeared. Rene smiled.
"Perfect shot." She said.
"Of information." I said to Ms. Jewel's last be. "Kero can sure help us, I mean, with his size and all." Ms. Jewel smiled.
"Let's await their arrival." She said. "Anyone want more cake? I baked more in the oven."
Darkness. That was all Vash could see. Why had Ms. Jewel put him in such a place? How could he learn by this? There was seemingly no difference anywhere but a vast darkness. Pure evil darkness.
Then from far away, there came a light, like at the end of a tunnel. He squinted. It came closer and closer, cutting apart the darkness. When Vash could see again, he saw that he was in a room with a crying baby in a cradle. Vash felt terribly alone. How he longed to see a familiar face. He felt very vulnerable.
The door opened. Queen Jewel stepped into the dark room, followed by her son Galdius. Vash remembered. Both Kelli and himself had been adopted as Queen Jewel's sons, but Galdius was her real son. Both took no notice of Vash but walked over to the cradle.
Galdius slapped the baby all but gently on the back. All the same, Vash felt a tingle go up his back. Galdius had done that to him all the time. Only five years older than Vash, Galdius was supposed to be Queen Jewel's heir. But was this really Galdius? He looked so young, no more than eight. Unmistakably, his father's ring was on his finger, so this must be Galdius. Vash was sure of Queen Jewel. She appeared no different in time. Galdius shushed the boy in the cradle, whom Vash could see was at least three.
"Hush, Vash, shush." Galdius said. Vash gasped. Could it be? The boy was he? What exactly had Ms. Jewel had in mind? Find himself? Was he supposed to change the past? He needed help, and quick! Oh, how he longed for advice from Kelli, his birth sister.
A little girl appeared at the door. She seemed around six, but there was no mistaking the blue hair and pigtails. Vash looked on.
Kelli walked over to the cradle and picked Little Vash up. She set him on the ground, and he reached for her hand protectively.
Vash frowned. Was he really in the past, or was this a mere illusion? He did not know, but cared greatly. Oh, if only Ms. Jewel would send somebody over!
Galdius frowned, and spread his little sings out. "Let's go play." It sounded more of an order than an offer. Queen Jewel was holding a huge sector. On the top there was a huge, glowing ball, surrounded with three claws. Vash recognized it immediately as The Globmess. He shivered. Queen Jewel took the bottom of the sector and nudged Vash.
"Go." She said. Kelli quickly put Vash in front of her and left. Queen Jewel sank into a nearby chair. Vash walked over to pick up the sector, but his fingers went through it.
"An Illusion." Vash whispered. The dim light was starting to disappear and again was he surrounded by ever threatening darkness. He heard the flapping of wings and spun around.
Kero Berus, or Kero-chan, the girls called him.
"Are you real?" Vash asked. Kero laughed.
"What is real? Out of the whole Illusion, it is just you and me who are." Kero said. "Ms. Jewel sent me to help on second thought."
"Thanks Ms. Jewel." Vash said.
"No, thank Yuki, it was her idea." Kero said. "And she is now my new master."
"So what's the purpose of being here?" Vash asked. Most of the darkness had already disappeared.
"You'll find out in a minute." Kero said. "We must be quick. The girls are disturbed, and Kelli is in distress."
"I see." Another scene materialized in front of Vash. He could see Little Vash, now eight, slaving for Queen Jewel, Kelli by his side, helping him. "Good Kelli." Vash whispered, more to himself than Kero. Galdius, now thirteen, with a whip, followed little Vash.
"Was he always like this?" Kero asked, pointing at Galdius. Vash nodded.
"Now that he's seventeen, he's even worse. Everyone except family calls him Prince Galdius." Vash winced. He looked at his hands. "This is the nicest my hands have ever looked." Kero looked confused. Vash pointed to Little Vash, who held out a hand. Galdius brought the whip across it. Vash winced, but Little Vash seemed utterly painless.
"If you winced or cried, you were whipped more." Vash said. "Oh, Prince Galdius, what power you had!"
"How do Ariel and Eriol fit into this?" Kero asked. Obviously they had explained quite a bit to him before he came.
"They don't." Vash said. "There are only so many family members. Like Queen Jewel says, it appears they wandered over from the Fourth Dimension, and were made slaves, but were highly trusted."
"And this is Planet…" Kero asked.
"42385, Urianiel, known for it's endless supply of uranium, also known as Uri for short." Vash said. 'Oh, this may look grand to you, Kero Berus, but you should just take a look at the slave headquarters and miner's ports." Kero nodded ("thanks for your suggestion, don't mind if I do, later, that is.") "I wish I could take you, but it's only on the other side of the planet."
"How big is Uri anyways?" Kero asked.
"Oh, 234,858.56 miles at the equator." Vash answered. "I had private tutors in school. It's very small, only about the size of one of your moons."
"Uh, Vash? We only have one." Kero pointed out. "But that's okay. Let's go." Kero started to fly (till this time he had been leaning on Vash's shoulder). "As long as we don't run through people, no one will notice us."
"Go through people?" Kero nodded.
"They won't see us but will sense it in their bodies and set off the alarm." Kero said. They entered the building, heading towards the Queen's dome. Vash was sorry to leaved little Vash.
"Will it change the past then?" Vash asked. "I mean, this is an Illusion." Kero shrugged.
"How should I know, Ms. Jewel is the one who created it."
Queen Jewel was watching her miners dig for gold and uranium and was talking over funds with Lumbeus, her oldest son, who, at that time, at the time of the Illusion, was forty-three. Lumbeus, however, was adopted, so he would always be prince and never king.
The subject suddenly swerved.
"I've never seen better fighters." Lumbeus said. "Galdius is good, better than most knights his age, but Vash and Kelli? (Lumbeus made a strange noise through his nose.) I was twenty-two when I could manage Kelli's stunts and tricks. As for Vash, well, he's almost as good as Galdius, five years older than he!" Lumbeus stroked his pet lizard, and added to his lizard quietly, "It's a wonder Galdius is still alive."
"Of course." Queen Jewel said, not meaning his last sentence. "We have the best for those, because one day, they will arrive on Planet Earth, and out of us, are the most to succeed with earthlings!"
"This was before Ariel, Eriol, and Colton were trusted." Vash whispered. Kero nodded in acknowledgement.
There were several more Illusions, all about how Queen Jewel had plotted to take advantage of Vash and Kelli, then to "plunge a sword through their very hearts."
At the end, Vash collapsed on his knees, in the darkness.
"And I thought we worked together, were one." Vash said. "All those evil things I've used my magic on."
"Not as bad as Galdius." Kero said.
"But I would have become." Vash said, betting up, clenching his fist. "Queen Jewel needs to be taught a lesson! She might have raised me, but for what purpose, need?"
Kero was quiet.
The darkness was approaching.
Thirst. Thirst. Vash needed water, or something to quench his thirst. He moaned and rolled over. A hand stopped him, and a refreshing liquid the humans called water met his lips. Vash opened his eyes.
Kelli was there, along with Yuki, Kero, and Kanari. Kelli was using a straw to give him the much needed water.
"When you came back you passed out." Kero said disapprovingly. "Sir Vash, you are supposed to be a warrior." Vash sat up in his bed and held his head.
"Where is everyone?" He asked.
"In the ballroom, tending to Anora, trying to figure out a plan." Kanari said. "Nakita wishes not to see you."
The old Vash would have shrugged. This Vash asked, "Why?" Yuki groaned.
"Never mind." Yuki said. "Whatever it is, it's not important." Kelli slipped her hand over Vash's.
"Kero told us all the story." She said softly. "We're going back to Earth, after a few adjustments, and then to rescue the slaves from Queen Jewel, and Galdius."
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