Chapter 15 The Heaven's Circle
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Li and Sakura inched closer, staring into each other's
eyes…neither of them saying a word…
They moved closer….
Something was about to happen… then suddenly…
POOF!
A puff of smoke suddenly appeared between them…
Sakura and Li both pulled back quickly as a through the
deep mist was a small figure…
After the mist resided the a small figure stood between
them…it looked kinda like Kero, except he was a little bigger, a darker color,
slightly slimmer face, and instead of Angel wings, he had more of more 'Bird
like' wings, which were bigger in size it also wore a blue robe and on it a
cape that came down to his legs. He opened his eyes…
" KONYA NYACHI WA!!!!!" It yelled loudly.
Sakura and Li sweated as both of they're faces turned red
as a tomato. "Well THAT ruined the moment…" Sakura thought to herself…
Li on the other hand was thinking about something
completely different… "What in heck came over me? What was I doing…"
then he looked at the 'creature' that was standing between them "You…you…look
like Kero…" he said looking at him confused.
The figure folded his arms "I am Kero's brother….I'm Kerus,
Ladon has sent me here to keep an eye on things. Where's Chaos?" he asked.
"Chaos?" Sakura asked confused. "You know Chaos?" her eyes
widened.
"Well, sort of…" Kerus said "However, Ladon did tell me who
he was…and wanted me to see how he was doing…"
"Oh,
great…now we have TWO plush toys running around…PERFECT…." Li said
sarcastically " Like one wasn't enough already…" he mumbled.
"Careful…who
your talking to youngster…I might not be a very high level immortal but I'm
high enough…" Kerus warned him. "Plus, I wouldn't want to bruise your big
fragile ego, boy." He said taunting him.
Li
glared at him angrily. "What did you say?" He burned with anger with that
insult. "Obviously, they didn't teach you any manners…no matter though…" he
said as he drew his sword… "I'll teach you some!!" he took a swing at Kerus…
KLANG!!
With movements faster than Sakura's eye…Kerus blocked it with a spear, and let
a out a slight smile. "Not to fast, Dragon boy…you have a lot to learn…" he
taunted again.
Li
growled deeply. He brought his sword around and took another swing at him…but
this time Kerus did something very unexpected…he switched his spear to his left
hand did a slight dodge…then with his right hand he grabbed Li's wrist, then
with a light swing he threw Li across the room. Li tried to get up…but Kerus
was already in front of him holding his spear in front of him. "Give up?" he asked with a smile.
"Augh…"
Li groaned "Fine you win…your just as annoying as Kero…you know that?" Li said
as he got up.
"Why,
thank you…" Kerus said chuckling lightly. "You need a lot more practice, Dragon
boy." He said laughing.
Suddenly,
there was that familiar weak sound again. "I see you haven't changed much,
Li…picking fights with everyone you meet doesn't leave a very good first
impression." it said.
Everyone
turned around and saw Chaos walking in slowly…
"Chaos…."
Sakura said in concern "Don't you know how to knock? Plus, shouldn't you be
resting?" She said in a leader type tone.
Chaos
smiled "Your learning, Sakura…someday you'll make a good leader just like the
other Nina's…" he said voice trailing off.
"DON'T
CHANGE THE SUBJECT!!" She said crossly.
"Well…Bahamut
told me that a person named 'Kerus' here was coming and might be able to answer
some of my questions, so I decided to drop by and pay him a little visit…plus I
feel much better now that I had a little rest." He replied as he smiled
nervously.
"I
thought you said you know Chaos, Kerus." Li said.
"I
do…I just knew him when I was in the project 'Seta' I was one of the main
people to lead this project. It had to deal with a lot of thing including the
control of when the destined cycle should be born and where…but most
importantly we had the project 'Chaos' which was basically started by us…but
unfortunately got stolen and finished by the enemy."
Sakura
gasped at this. "I heard I was a 'Nina' was it also covered in your project?"
Kerus
nodded "Yes, you are a Nina…but I feel that your true powers has not awakened
yet. Every Nina up to so far has eventually earned the rank of 'Holy Angel",
but there is no rush."
Li
gasped at the answer "Then I am also 'Ryu'?"
Kerus
paused for a moment. "That I am unsure about…I feel that you ARE Ryu but at the
same time you not Ryu…it hard to say."
Sakura
looked at him wryly "What do you mean? He is but he isn't?"
"I
meant exactly what I said, Nina-chan…" Kerus said as he swung his spear around
quickly. "He feels like a Ryu…yet as I said something doesn't exactly 'feel'
right… I can't explain it. His aura seems to be…rather…" he tilted his head a
little. "Too human…it's like there's not much dragon in him…"
Li
looked at him "Does that mean…"
Chaos
looked at Kerus "You said something about being one of my original creators…"
he said taking a seat. "Do you know everything about me, then?" he asked trying
to stay as hopeful as he can.
"Well…I
know a lot about you, but I'm sure there some things that only you can answer
for yourself." Kerus replied
"May
I ask you a few questions, Kerus?" Chaos said with a hint of begging in his
eyes.
"Sure…go
for it…young dragon." Kerus said smiling slightly.
"Why
was I created?" Chaos asked
"Why
were you created? Well…" Kerus paused. "Well…you were created to help us out…we
were having a war against the dark dragons that were trying to expand they're
reign of terror. They had some advantages, so we had a project to create
something that can counter the magic they were using against us."
"So,
you tried to create me?" Chaos asked a little pissed off. "Even though you
didn't know what to expect?"
"Well…we
tried to take every precaution possible…since the element of 'Chaos' was still
new to us…" Kerus stated "We were doing a pretty good job with all the magic
until the enemy launched a surprise attack on us…we managed to drive them off
but they stole project 'Chaos' from us…and the rest you know."
Chaos
was furious… "You took every precaution, then how did they manage to steal the
project? Why does the past still haunt me? Why did you have to mess with
something you didn't understand?" he asked in succession, Sakura and Li
sweated…they rarely seen the dragon lose his temper.
Sakura
patted Chaos in the back gently trying to calm him down "Chaos…" She said
softly. "What is done is done…you can't change that…but personally I'm glad you
were…if you weren't I would never have met such a nice dragon as you."
Chaos
gasped at this statement. That certainly caught him by surprise. He didn't
expect such a simple answer to be so so… complete. He nodded slowly. "Thank
you, Sakura…" He whispered.
Sakura
smiled "Your welcome…" she said happily.
Chaos
looked at the Kerus again. "Do I have a soul? Or a heart for that matter?" he
asked secretly crossing his fingers.
Kerus
looked at Chaos sadly… he didn't want to the one to give him the bad news…but
it was better late then never. He thought to himself. "I'm sorry, Chaos…but you
don't have either of those…" he said sadly. "It was never in your design…we
were going to put one in; but the enemy stole it before we had a chance."
Chaos
almost fainted when he heard that. "You mean…I will never feel what others
feel? I will never feel friendship? Sadness? Joy? Love?" He choked.
Kerus
gasped when he saw Chaos almost bursting in tears. "Wait…" he said. "Hold that
thought…why are you crying? Are you feeling sad?"
Chaos
looked up and realized what that meant… "How…" he began. "How… is it that…I…"
Sakura
smiled brightly. "Does it really matter, Chaos?" she said happily. "You think
too much, Chaos." She said giggling. "It can't be good for you."
Chaos
chuckled lightly, Sakura's laughter was contagious "Your right…why does it
matter?" he shrugged. "Maybe some things are best left unanswered.
Kerus
laughed with them…Li stood there a getting a little jealous…
"Well…I
might have an explanation on that…" Kerus replied. "If you want to hear it of
course…"
"Sure…"
Chaos said, he was feeling a lot better knowing that he had people he can rely
on. "Go ahead…"
"Magic
comes from the soul and heart…well or we are lead to believe." Kerus started.
"Since we believe the soul is what allows us to cast magic. Seems to me it also
works the other way around…since you're a magical dragon, the magic might
somehow 'create' emotions." He explained.
Chaos
nodded "It makes sense. Thanks, guys…I think that answered one of my big
problems. I think I'll go to rest…I getting a little sleepy. I'll see you guys
around…" he said as he left the room.
Sakura
looked at Chaos as he was leaving worried… "I wonder if he'll be okay.."
Kerus
shrugged "Well…he's been okay for two thousand years I don't see why he
wouldn't." he said trying to offer some
comfort for Sakura.
Li
shook his head "Wait a second, how old did you say Chaos was?" he asked
quickly.
Kerus
laughed "You didn't know? Chaos is around 2000 years old…maybe a little older
than that…why do you ask?"
Sakura
seemed to read Li's mind "How come he acts like he's no older than us?" she
finished the question off..
Kerus
laughed again "I guess it's in his nature, he acted like that ever since he was
'activated'."
"Does
he ever act his age?" Li asked "I mean one would think that after living for
2000 years, he would more than mature."
"As
I said, I don't really know Chaos, but it does seem that he IS this way no
matter how long he lived. Sometimes you can't really change the basic nature of
a person, I guess."
Sakura
nodded "Good point…"
*
* *
On
the road…(Ylsa, Tomoyo and Fujitaka)
Fujitaka
lead the small group. It was a long and hard journey.
"So,
tell me Fujitaka. Who are we seeing again?" Ylsa asked
"We're
seeing an old friend of mine. He should know where we can find the Oracle of
Wind." Fujitaka replied.
Ylsa
sighed "So, how would seeing this oracle help us? I mean Chaos is the element
Chaos, how does Wind fit in all this? Not that I don't trust you…"
"Well,
first off she knows a lot, she might know more about Chaos' 'chemistry' then we
do. Then there is the fact that she is a part sorceress would mean that she
might be able to know how to counter the artifact that is constricting him.
Plus, we might need her help…so it wouldn't hurt to visit her anyways."
Tomoyo
and Ylsa nodded. Tomoyo took out her camera every so often, the road was very
scenic, Tomoyo hummed to herself, it was so relaxing just walking down the
road, yes they were on a mission but how many more opportunities do you get to
be this relaxed anyways?
"We're
here…" Fujitaka announced dryly, as they reached a busy town. When Tomoyo
entered the area there was one thing that caught her eyes…there was a lot of
windmills, in fact the place was filled with windmills, beyond the town was the
walls of a castle…
"Where
are we??" Tomoyo asked in awe, as she aimed her camera at the beautiful town.
"We're
in Wyndia…" Fujitaka answered in a matter-of-fact way.
"Wait
a second…" Ylsa said as if she just thought of something. "Do you mean we went
though a dimension switch? And you brought us here instead of Sakura-chan?"
"Yes.
We did past a dimension rift, and I had a reason that I didn't want to bring
Sakura with us. I feel she should visit this place herself when she has the
time. Plus, I wouldn't want to go though the complications of bringing back the
princess back yet."
Ylsa
tapped her foot. "Complications? You better start explaining some things around
here or else things might get a little ugly, especially for you."
Fujitaka
looked offended "What? Just because I did a few things for the good of my
country, does that give you the right to judge me?"
Ylsa
narrowed her eyes slightly "For the good of your country or for your own
reasons? You're a selfish man Fujitaka…" she said firmly. Holding her ground,
Tomoyo sweated; things were getting a little too tense for her liking. She
hated when friends fight amongst themselves…
"ENOUGH!"
She yelled "Enough of this madness, remember we're here to try to help
Chaos…now would you two TRY to get along at least till we finish the quests?"
"Fine"
they grumbled at the same time. Tomoyo sighed. This was going to one LONG
mission…but then again she does have her camera…
*
* *
Sakura's room…
Sakura
paced around the room as the other was holding a meeting without her, it was
Li's idea…he thought that she needed the rest, but the truth is that she
couldn't get rest anyways… too much was on her mind. "Hoe!! How does anyone
MANAGE to even keep this up?? How did the previous Nina's deal with this
pressure?" She thought to herself…
Flashback…
"One day, you would take my place over this kingdom you know, Nina?" A grown woman with green eyes and darkish wings said to me softly.
"Really?"
I said excited. "But, Mommy how would I ever manage to take care of this big
kingdom?"
"Well…one
day you will find a perfect guy for you, he would aid you in more ways than
one." She said. Gently brushing my hair.
"Just
like Dad?" I asked jumping up and down. "Please tell me another story about
Daddy!!" I begged.
The
Queen sighed. She must miss her dad a great deal. "Where are you? Your daughter
needs you…" she thought to herself.
"Sure, Nina…let me tell you about the time when I first met your father."
"YAY!"
I cried out in joy.
"But,
first you should go to bed while I tell you the story." She said as she lead me
to my room.
"Aww...do
I have to? I'm not tired." I said as I yawned.
"Yes,
your still young, Nina…" She spoke softly as she tucked me in. I felt warm and
comfortable. I closed my eyes and opened them again.
"Will
I ever grow wings like you, Mommy?" I asked "They look pretty…"
"Of
course, every Wyndian grows wings some time or another..." She smiled and
started the story…
End of Flashback…
"SAKURA!" a voice yelled… "SAKURA!" there it was again.
Sakura
let out a small groan… she opened her eyes and saw Chaos looking at her…
"Huh?"
She asked confused "What happened?"
"Well…I
found you unconscious on the floor…" Chaos replied shrugging.
"I
had a flashback…a weird one…it was about…" She started.
"Shh…"
Chaos said smiling. "I don't want to invade your privacy, every flashback has
it's place within yourself, Sakura."
Sakura
gulped and nodded "But…I want you to know, so you can…"
Chaos
interrupted again "It's for yourself to figure out…I'm sorry Sakura I can't
help you there."
Sakura
nodded again. "Aren't you supposed to be in a meeting?" She asked
Chaos
looked at her surprised "What meeting? I was sleeping until I forgot to tell
you something, when I arrived you were on the floor, is that where Li is? In a
meeting?"
Sakura
nodded "Hai! Li didn't want me to be in it because he insisted that I needed
the rest…but it ended up that I didn't get any rest anyways, there is too much
in my mind now."
Chaos
sighed "A friend once told me, sometimes its not good to think too much." He
said.
Sakura
laughed at this remark. "That friend of yours must be really smart and
beautiful…" she said.
"You
would think that wouldn't you?" Chaos replied chuckling, he stopped "What's the
'secret' meeting about?" he asked.
"It's
supposed to be about what we would do in case the enemy decides to attack us
when we're not ready." She responded still giggling at Chaos weird sense of
humor.
Chaos
shrugged "I doubt they will look for trouble if we keep a low profile…on the
other hand we should prepare for the worst, you never know when the time will
come."
"Huh?"
Sakura said confused "What do you mean…"
Chaos
tipped his head a little "The enemy doesn't know where we are yet…ever since
that incident. However, just playing defense against these guys is like signing
a death certificate. Hmm…" he said closing his eyes "If only…"
Sakura
was clearly puzzled now… she looked at the dark dragon confused "Ano…" She
mumbled.
Chaos
blue eyes flashed brightly he chuckled "Sakura…you worry too much. I have
something to give to you…it just might help you in some way." He took out a old
diary…surprisingly it was in very good condition, it had two wing on the front
cover, with a blue ribbon for a bookmark, the whole 'book' was pink Sakura's
favorite color. On it were the words "Diary of Nina Wyndia the 9th "
etched in gold. Sakura looked at the beautiful book with awe.
"What's this?" Sakura asked.
Chaos
slapped his claw to his face. "It's a diary, it belonged to your ancestor, Nina
Wyndia the 9th. She told me to hold on to it, for there will be a
day where my descendent will need it, it will guide her…well, I just remembered
that so I had to give it to you." He said.
Sakura
nodded there was a wave of excitement that burned through her... finally she
could find some answers! Then a question hit her like a rock… "Chaos what was
your relationship with Nina the 9th?"
Chaos
laughed at the now serious Sakura. "Don't worry, I was just her familiar. As I
said I been a familiar for the Nina's for quite a long time…"
Sakura
let out a relieved sigh. "What is a familiar, Chaos?" She asked.
Chaos
chuckled "Well, it's kind of like a magician's pet, the job of a familiar is
simple. Be loyal to your master, help him in need and advise when necessary."
He said.
Sakura
nodded, she held the diary in her hands. "Chaos…" she asked promptly.
"Yes?"
Chaos asked getting ready to leave.
"I
have a request…" She said.
Chaos
nodded slowly.
"Will
you be my familiar??" She finished gulping.
End
of Chapter 15.
Character
Bios:
Kerus
ancient mage of light
HP:
9999
MP:
8000
Str:
500
Def:
500
Intel:780
Speed:999
Weapon
of choice: Spears
Special
Attacks:
Magic
Abilities:
Light
magic (Similar to holy)
Healing
Bios:
Kerus,
Kero's brother trained to be a mage since he was young. He was quickly the best
mage in his class, combining the elements of magic with his weapon, which
usually by choice is a spear. He also had great agility which quickly made him
the best of the light mages.