Authors Notes: I take NO credit whatsoever for characters that I did not create. They are (c) they're creators. I created Cheza, Ramei, Nagra, Tojo, and Cheza and Raimei's mother.
Cheza was created February or March '99. She is, as of right now, my favorite RolePlaying character. Most of the contents of this story happened in the RP Chat Room on AOL, The Pridelands. Some was made up, just because of lack of memory. ^^;; This story goes from Cheza's entrance to the Pridelands and Outlands (although the very first paragraph is around Cheza's teen years) up until..big spoiler, click here. Or click here to skip the spoiler.
It ends at Cheza's death and the reunion of her mother in heaven.
If you want to use any of my characters in a SL or story, please ask permission first. All questions, comments, complaints, etc. are welcome. :) I love to hear from you guys. Notes from me are put in parenthesis with Author-sama: -what I'm putting- inside. i.e. (Author-sama: Blahblahblah.) would be an author's note. These will probably just be little funny remarks I make here an there.
If you offended by swearing (I'll try not to put anything TOO bad in..) or reading about extensive abuse and fighting, please stop reading now. There are also a few graphic births that happen..so if that grosses you out..sowwy. ^_^;;
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So now. Hopefully the last Act. I hope you enjoy. ^_^
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ACT IV
An Answered Call
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Tojo fell backward as Cheza's body gave off a pink light.
He had knocked her out, and though killed her, when he heard the breaking of her windpipe. But what was this..?
Cheza's limp body rose into the air, surrounded by the pink light. Her wounds were healed and her wings turned into an angelic white. Cheza's eyes snapped open, and slowly descended to the ground.
Tojo snarled and leapt at her, but only found himself falling backwards. It had felt as if he had hit a stone wall head on. "W-What?!" he gasped, scared silly.
"Give up the child now, Tojo," Cheza said calmly, her voice quiet and soft. "There is no use mincing words. If you won't, I will kill you."
"You'll never take her," Tojo snarled.
Cheza stepped forward, the light brightening so that Tojo had to sheild his eyes. She calmly smacked him across the muzzle, sending the larger lion tumbling several yards away.
Cheza turned to look at her father. "It is true you are stronger than me. But the spirit of my mother is in my heart, and our combined spirits are stronger than you.
"I have your blood in me, my violent rage, my hate.." She paused. "The cause of my black wings. I will overcome it. I will never be like you."
Tojo growled, turned, and ran to a cave entrance not far from where they had fought. Cheza calmly followed, her huge, angelic wings filling with air, giving her lift. She flew overhead her cursing father, watching him enter the cave, following soon after.
"It is useless to run," She said as she followed him through the tunnels. After walking for a few moments, Cheza emerged into a small cavern, a bloodied, unconscious cub in the far corner. Tojo stood in the center.
"If you want that cub, you'll have to fight me first," Tojo snarled.
Cheza closed her eyes sadly. "So be it."
Tojo lunged for her, but Cheza nimbly dodged. She slammed a paw into his spine, temporarily paralyzing him. Taking this advantage, Cheza slammed her father into a rough pin and tore open his throat. His scream echoed through the tunnels as he regained his mobility.
Tojo slammed his paw into Cheza's head, knocking her off of him. The pink light had faded as Raimei began to regain consciousness.
Cheza circled behind Tojo and the two met in the air in a swirling mass of claws, teeth, blood, and pain. Tojo fell onto his back, landing right in front of Raimei. He snarled, taking the cub's head into his huge paws. "If I cannot kill you," he said through heavy breathing. "I'll kill this one." Tojo plunged his claws into Raimei's throat as Cheza leapt. The pink light had faded into nothingness as she saw his movements.
Everything moved in slow motion. Cheza landed on Tojo's bulky form, cracking his head against a wall, a huge gash on his forehead forming. He swung out and slashed open Cheza's throat. His paw was ripped from Raimei's throat as a result of being throat back, and blood exploded from her open throat.
Cheza cried, knealing over her sister. "Raimei.." she begged in a raspy voice. Breathing was hard enough..talking was dead pain. "Raimei it's over..Raimei.."
"RAIMEII!"
Cheza fell over, overexerted, spinning..spinning into an endless sea of black..
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"Cheza.." Raimei's voice whispered. "Cheza, wake up."
Cheza awoke in the pastel space, staring at her mother. "Mother.." she said, crying. "I failed you."
"No you didn't," Raimei said gently, stroking Cheza's cheek with a wing. "You gave your life to fulfill my wish."
Cheza's eyes widened. "I'm..I'm dead?"
Raimei nodded gravely. "You're spirit is safe here. You will go to neither heaven nor hell at this time. Now..it is just our time.."
A flash of blinding white light escaped from their bodies, and the two were transported to beautiful meadow, ringed by a forest. A sparkling stream cut through the center. Raimei and Cheza had turned into cubs.
"This is the place I made," Raimei explained. "Whenever I fell unconscious, I was here, and I could communicate to you in your dreams."
Cheza nodded. "Why are we cubs?"
"No adult can enter this place," Raimei explained. "Only cubs possess true innocence. By the adult age, they are consumed with hate or have seen too much suffering and death to be called 'innocent.'"
Cheza nodded gravely. But, as a cub, she was happy and bouncy, and the two were off playing games, smelling flowers, and chasing butterflies before long.
Cheza and Raimei were dizzy with joy as they played, and soon the world began spinning, colours running together..spinning..spinning..stop.
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Vitani nuzzled her newborns. She'd had two more cubs, both with wings. She had known was to expect.
"Mother, that one looks like Cheza," Kanuri said, gesturing to the orange coloured newborn.
Vitani nodded. "I'll name her Tensei. This one I think I'll name Sosei," Vitani nuzzled the grey and white one.
Kanuri nodded. "They're beautiful. But Mother, who's the dad?"
Vitani just smiled.
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"Mother.."
Vitani blinked her eyes. "Cheza?"
"Yes Mother," Cheza looked down.
"Cheza..it's dark..I can't see you!"
"It's alright, Mother," Cheza reassured her. "That's the way it is in the dream world."
"Ah.."
"But Mother, there is something I have to tell you."
"Cheza?" Vitani sounded worried. "When are you coming home?"
There was a short pause before Cheza continued. "Mother, I died killing Tojo."
"How can that be...?" Vitani was dumbfounded. Cheza was so strong..so willful..Crying, she let Cheza continue.
"Don't worry Mother," Cheza said. "I'm not going to the afterlife. Raimei died too. We're going to be reincarnated, Mother, and you'll finally be my real Mother.."
"Cheza..Cheza it's getting hard to hear you..Cheza..Cheza!"
It was at that point in time that the spirits of Cheza and Raimei entered Vitani's body. Vitani freely accepted this, and awaited the birth of her children.
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Vitani smiled at the memory, playfully poking at Tensei's nose, then at Sosei's. A flicker of intelligence crossed the little cubs' eyes, but before long, they're eye grew heavy, and they fell asleep in the protection of their Mother's paws.
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End Act IV.
~*Owari*~
