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"Ah, so you still remember eh, Chaos?" Nina said
snickering.
"How can I forget, Nina-sama? What's you business
here?" Chaos responding.
"Can't I take a few minutes to visit my favorite
familiar, and my descendent?" Nina asked smiling.
"Touché…" Chaos said. "Looks like
you still have it in you, I can still communicate with you…" Chaos let out
a slight chuckle.
"Why wouldn't I?" Nina asked. "So, how is Sakura
doing?"
"Sakuara-san? She's just like you…in more ways than
one." Chaos said letting out a yawn.
Nina chuckled. "So, you have confidence in her that
she will become one?" she asked.
"Yes, Lord Bahamut already gave me this…"
he responded taking out the card…
Nina nodded. "So, now when you're going to use it?"
She asked. "It's a big responsibility…"
"I will use it when the time is right…" Chaos
responded.
"You have always been the weird one, Chaos, you know
that right?" Nina asked with a hint of playfulness in her tone.
"Yea? I guess that makes me more likable then…" he
remarked chuckling softly careful not to awaken his friends.
Nina laughed lightly when he made the remark; Chaos'
comments were always pretty funny in some way. "You know that you're in big
trouble if things don't turn out the way you want it to, right?"
Chaos buried his head into his pillow. "I KNOW
THAT!!" he said "Does everyone HAVE to remind me all the time?"
Nina suddenly looked very serious. "Chaos…" She
began. "We're worried sick about you."
Chaos sighed. "Ladon sent you didn't he?" he
asked.
"There is no hiding anything from you is there?"
Nina replied. "Yes, but only because Ladon's worried about this. There might be
very severe consequences if your not careful, remember Chaos, that you DO
effect the flow of magic since you're MADE out of pure magic. Those gauntlets
are already affecting the magic flow already, very slight but it is there."
"Nina-sama…" Chaos began. "I
understand you're concern…but please trust on this one. I promise I won't do
anything stupid."
"Very well, I wish that I could talk to my
descendent, but laws say that I can't. Take care of her for me, Chaos."
"You know very well that I will, Nina-sama. She is
my mistress, I have no desire of letting anything happen to her." He
responded.
Nina laughed brightly. "Who ever said dogs are men's
best friends? I beg to differ…well time for me to go, Chaos, I'm counting on
you."
Chaos nodded silently to himself, he let out a
uncontrolled yawn. "I won't let you down, Nina-sama…" he thought to
himself.
* * *
Li dropped his stuff with a heavy sigh. It was
harder than he thought, it wasn't like it was long distance. It was just the conditions
were bad. The hot weather wasn't helping much either. He looked at the map that
Eriol gave to him before he left.
Li turned back sharply as he heard a slight rustle.
He looked wide eyed as he saw a blue glob behind him… with two weird looking blobs
on top of it bouncing. "Are those things it's EYES?" Li thought to
himself.
Without warning the blob suddenly tackled Li.
Li gasped as a blob hit him… he did a back flip and landed softly on his feet. He quickly drew out the dragon sword by pure instinct. With that he took a deadly charge at the blob.
As he drew close the blob did something unexpected, it shot a pillar of flame at the unexpected warrior. Li gasped as he was engulfed in flames.
Li slid back as the fires went out. He panted gently as he
eyed his opponent. The blob's 'eyes' were still bouncing up and down as if they
were taunting him. Li gritted teeth together, "Chaos was right…fighting here
is different from fighting on earth. Damn! What should I do?"
The blob jumped around and prepared for another charge. Li was prepared this time and side stepped out of the way. After doing so, he swung his sword skillfully backward slicing the goo cleanly, the goo split into two as the legendary sword sliced through it like butter.
Li held his sword up, the sword, although being used throughout the whole battle still shone with the same brightness as before. Li stood there for a few seconds admiring the well made blade. Then he put the sword away and continued his journey.
* * *
Sakura woke up abruptly. She let out a huge yawn and
shook her head to clear it. She turned and saw Chaos still sleeping curled up
in a ball. Sakura chuckled softly, for some reason it amused her to see a
dragon sleeping like that. "Looks kinda like a cat sleeping…" she
thought to herself. Finally, she decided to get up and go see what the others
were doing.
"Look who's up…" A playful voice said as Sakura
stepped out of the tent. Sakura let out a light groan, Tomoyo will never give
up a chance to make fun of her waking up the latest. Heck, Tomoyo probably got
up when the sun rose.
"Where's Chaos?" Eriol asked curiously as he handed
Sakura some pancakes.
"Thanks…" Sakura said taking the pancakes gracefully,
and started to eat them. "He's still asleep…"
"Wow, I was wondering when I would find someone who
gets up later than Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said laughing lightly.
Sakura smiled. She knew that her friend was just
joking. "Wonder why Chaos isn't awake anyways." She thought, as she took
another bite out of the pancake.
"Well, we should wake up sleepy head pretty soon.
Since we have to meet up with the Oracle today. We don't want to keep her
waiting." Eriol pointed out.
Sakura nodded. "I'll go wake Mr. Sleepy head up."
She said as she walked into the tent. She shook the dragon lightly. "Wake up,
Chaos…" She said softly.
Chaos rolled over a few times and continued to
sleep. Sakura sighed deeply, "He sleeps like a rock…" she shook him
again, but the little familiar continued to sleep.
Sakura was getting a little frustrated now. Then she
noticed that Chaos was sleeping with his mouth half opened. She let out a evil
grin as she clamped the dragon mouth shut.
"AUGH!!" She suddenly heard in her head.
She chuckled, as the dragon flung wake.
"Good morning, Chaos." She said cheerfully.
"Uhh…wha? Where? Who?…" Chaos
said confused, then he saw Sakura grinning at him, scrambled to his feet. "Uh,
good morning, Sakura-san."
Sakura smiled. "Did you sleep well, Chaos?" she asked. Chaos nodded silently as he washed up and got prepared. Afterwards, he flew to his usual spot… on Sakura's shoulders.
* * *
The group finally got ready to meet with the Oracle. Eriol led them to the place that Zide instructed them to meet. He knocked on the door gently, "Enter, please…" a deep voice said. The group did as commanded. They entered a small hut, Zide was there leaning silently in the corner.
He gasped as he saw Eriol enter. "Eriol-san is that
you?" he asked.
Eriol nodded. "Yea, how have you been, Zide." He
said smiling.
"You know me. Always fine." Zide said returning the
smile. "So, where is Fujitaka-san? We had an agreement."
Eriol nodded quietly "Yes, I am perfectly aware of
your agreement. However, Fujitaka was unable to come here, so I'm here in place
of him."
"Where's Nina?" He asked eyeing him suspiciously.
Before Eriol could respond, Sakura stepped up
bravely and announced "I would be her, Zide-san."
Zide gasped as he saw the princess. "Forgive me,
your highness…" He said kneeling down. "I did not recognize you."
Sakura hurried to help the warrior up. "Please, I
don't want you to kneel, get up…" She ordered.
Zide got up reluctantly "Thank you, your highness, I
believe you came here to meet the Oracle, this way please…"
Sakura gulped, she didn't know if she was ready to
see the Oracle just yet…but she went with it. She nodded.
"Everyone else must stay here…" Zide instructed,
then he saw Chaos perching on Sakura's shoulder. "Is this your familiar?" he
asked Sakura.
Chaos gave Zide a silent glare. He didn't really
like Zide's attitude very much, Sakura nodded "Yes, Zide-san, he is my
familiar.
Zide nodded. "He has to come with you, Nina-sama." He ordered.
Chaos shrugged. "If I have to I will come with
you, Nina-san." He said. Sakura nodded "Thank you, Chaos…" Chaos
gasped, he wasn't expecting Sakura to improve so much… he could feel that this
familiar link was getting stronger. None of the previous Nina's were able to
make a telepathic link so quickly to him.
"Chaos agreed to come
with me…" Sakura said to Zide. "Please, lead the way."
Tomoyo grabbed Sakura by her arm. "Are you sure you want to do this,
Sakura-chan? I mean you don't know what she wants…"
Sakura gave her a
reassuring smile. "Hai… Don't worry, Tomoyo-chan. I'll be fine. I'm sure she
just wants to talk to me, maybe tell me something about my clan and past…"
Tomoyo nodded, she turned
her head to Chaos. "I'm counting on you to protect Sakura-chan, okay?"
"I
will, trust me, Tomoyo-san, I will not let anyone hurt my mistress…" Tomoyo jumped up surprised. "How come I can hear
you now, Chaos?" Tomoyo asked.
"Sakura-san
is getting more powerful magically, and she's strengthening our Mistress/Familiar
link, by trusting me more…which allows me to expand some of my abilities." He replied.
Tomoyo nodded. "Well you
two better get going. I have a feeling, this Oracle is very anxious to meet you
guys."
* * *
Zide lead the duo into a deep chamber, which was surprising, who would have thought that a fireplace would actually be connected to a secret chamber?
Zide finally stopped in front of a wooden door.
"Here, knock the door, Nina-sama." Zide instructed.
Sakura did as instructed she tapped the door gently.
"Come in…" a voice said firmly. Sakura opened the door lightly and went in. She
could practically smell the strong scent of incense that was burning inside the
room. The room was poorly lighted but she could see everything pretty clearly.
A woman sat on the other side of them meditating.
She didn't look as old as Fujitaka claimed her to be. She looked like she was
barely over the age of 40, but Sakura knew in reality she was over 200, she had
jet black hair and a slim figure. Her hands look strong and she wore a yellow
robe. She had two big wings on her back like all Wyndians, her hands, very
uniquely had long nails on them.
"Welcome, Princess Nina. Why don't you come over
here and have a seat?" She said pointing at an empty spot on her rug. Sakura
did as told. She sat down cross legged beside the Oracle.
"So, tell me, Princess, how may I help you today?"
She asked, opening her eyes.
"Well, the main reason we're here is because my
familiar…" Sakura started. "He's blinded by these magical artifacts, and was
wondering if you could help him…"
The Oracle looked at Chaos… she examined the dragon
very carefully. "A dark dragon for a familiar?" She said as she drew to a
conclusion. "Interesting… however, this dragon doesn't feel like he's alive…"
She paused. "Tell me, dragon… why can't I feel your presence?" She asked.
"Because…" Chaos began, he wasn't
sure how to she would take the news, he stole a quick glance at Sakura who
nodded as a sign. "I was created…therefore I don't have the usual aura that
most people give out." He finished.
The Oracle nodded. "Let me see the artifact that's
constricting you, dragon." She said.
Chaos grumbled. The way that she said dragon
was disturbing, like she knew something he didn't, about him… that bothered him
greatly. "I have a name you know…" he said as he held out his arms
showing the braces.
"Your name is not important, dragon…" she replied.
"you're a familiar, therefore you have no name…" She grabbed his arm and
examined the bracer.
Chaos growled angrily, but he knew what she said was
partially true… familiar barely have any place in this world. In fact, only the
Nina's treated they're familiar with great respect… at least to him. "I'm
sorry…" he apologized.
Sakura also glared at the Oracle, she gritted her
teeth. "You don't have to be rude to him you know…" she mumbled.
The Oracle looked up from her 'work'. "Hmm? Why do
you feel so offended, princess?" She asked causally, although there was a hint
of mocking in her voice.
Sakura sighed, she was about to respond, when the
Oracle cut her thoughts off… "I see…" The Oracle said. "I recognize this design
if I didn't know better this was designed by a dragon… very ingenious design
indeed…" She said as she eyed Chaos.
Chaos nodded… "I designed it, but I it was too
dangerous so I decided to stop, however, the enemy seems to found my blueprints
and finished them…" he admitted.
"Leaving blueprints around are we now??" The Oracle
sneered. "Awfully clumsy…" she said.
Chaos grimaced. Boy, she didn't even miss a chance
to rub it into his face. Sakura sighed. "Do you know how to remove them?"
The Oracle smiled, which surprised both Sakura and
Chaos, she didn't seem like the type to smile. "Yes, actually I do, however…
it's not that easy…"
Sakura felt her heart skip a beat. "How?" she asked
quickly.
"Now, now…" The Oracle replied. "Let's not be to
hasty right now… let me tell you about the other Oracles, there are four of us…
each of us is atoned to an element, wind, fire, water and earth. Our job is
simple we wait for the one to appear and pass our knowledge to him or her.
After we find them we award them with our powers. Plus, we give the an orb to
prove that they have passed the test." The Oracle paused to take a breath.
Sakura nodded. "Please, continue…" she asked
politely.
"Well… this bracers were designed so that you need
all four orbs in order to open the first one, however, the second one there is
two more slots… which baffles me greatly. But the greatest mystery is how did
the designer of this know about us?"
Chaos gulped. The Oracle was hinting something. He
had this weird feeling that she was hinting that he had done something wrong.
Sort of like sending him on a guilt trip.
Fortunately, Sakura came to his rescue. "So, is
there a way we can borrow the orb from you?" she asked. "We'll return it once
we break the seal, I promise."
The Oracle laughed loudly. "Hahaha…that's a good one
Nina-san. No, I can't lend you such an important thing."
"Who is the one that you're waiting for?" Sakura
continued, hoping that there was some way that she could get her hands on the
orb.
"I'm glad you asked, Nina-san. I've been waiting for
you…" she said.
Sakura's heart skipped a beat. "Are you sure it's
me?" she asked.
"Yes, I waited years for the next Nina, for her to
seek my guidance." She replied. She glanced at the young girl. "However, you
are the youngest one to come so far… this is my question, are you ready to
accept who you are?"
Sakura gasped, she didn't know what to expect, but
that was the point of all this, wasn't it? To find who she was? She looked at
the Oracle with determination. "Yes, I'm ready…" She answered firmly.
"Good, good…" The Oracle responded. "However, I'm
very old fashioned, so therefore before I can give you anything I must test
you…"
"Test?" Sakura asked. Like she hasn't been through
enough of those already…
"Yes…" She responded. She snapped her fingers… The
Sakura book flew from Sakura's possession and opened magically. All the cards
flew out and stood astray in the air. The Oracle closed her eyes slowly…the
cards began to glow… "Good, all your cards like you. That is important…"
Sakura nodded. "May I have them back now?" She
asked.
"No, not yet… the test has just yet begun." The
Oracle responded. "You must now defeat me with your skills."
Sakura somehow had a feeling this was coming. "Oh
well… I came this far." She thought to herself, getting ready.
The Oracle laughed as she saw Chaos jumping out of
the way. "No, little one, you have to be in this too… you see, I too have a
familiar." She snapped her fingers again. A bird appeared, it was beautiful, it
was mostly white expect for its wing tips which was a blend of pink, yellow and
purple, it's beak was golden yellow and it crown was a mix of beautiful bright
colors.
"Wait…" Sakura protested. "Chaos is in no condition
to fight…"
"Well… to bad for him, eh?" The Oracle responded.
"Looks like it just makes things harder on you…"
"That's not fair…" Chaos
complained.
"Face it dragon… life isn't fair!" The Oracle
shouted. "Well, the rules are simple… you can use any resource within this
room… I must warn you Nina… do not hold back, or I will not hesitate to kill
you."
Sakura gasped. Kill her? She's got to be kidding. "Yes, I understand." Chaos shivered in fear, the battle was really looking bad. It was like fighting two against one with a handicap since he was leeching of his mistress.
"Well…the let us begin!" The Oracle said.
Sakura hurried and flew for a card. The Oracle
reached for The Water card… Chaos quickly jumped off of Sakura's shoulder and
prepared to take on the bird. The bird let a weird expression as if it was
smiling. It knew it had the upper hand.
"Water card…become as a wave and wash down my
opponent!" The Oracle ordered.
With all the training she done, she instinctively
grabbed the windy card. "Windy, blow the water away, please!" She said. Watery
shot a wave as Windy blew it back…
The Oracle jumped and dodged the water that was
blown back. "Not bad, Nina…" She took out a halberd (A stick with a huge sword
on the end.) Sakura also drew her rapier of wind out.
Chaos' battle wasn't looking very good. He didn't
have any magic so he could do much but dodge the birds attack. However, with
every evade, the bird seemed to throw another more deadly attack. He didn't
know what to do at all.
The Oracle smiled as she pulled the dash card and
attacked at super speed. Sakura on the other hand scrambled to grab the fight
card, which increased her ability to evade attacks. Neither of them had the
edge it seemed.
The emitted a sonic shockwave at its opponent. Chaos scrambled out of the way. He was panting already. While the bird just stood there as if nothing happened. The bird tilted it's head. Chaos knew just by looking at it that it was plotting something, something that he didn't like.
The Oracle suddenly stopped attack Sakura… which
surprised her. "What is she planning now?" she thought to herself. The
Oracle smiled and quickly made a mad dash at Chaos. Chaos, who wasn't
suspecting a thing, got knocked back as the Oracle rammed into him.
"Chaos!! Are you alright?" She
asked nervously. That's what they were planning… they were attacking at the
weak point… Chaos. And since she had the dash card. Sakura couldn't keep up
with her.
"I'm fine…" he answered, but just then
the bird sliced it's claws right on his shoulder. Chaos gasped as black blood
gushed through the wound. Taking advantage of this the Oracle threw Chaos to
the other side of the room.
Sakura looked in horror. Chaos couldn't hold this up
much longer. If she didn't do something about it. He would certainly die.
The Oracle and her familiar jump back, they were preparing
for the finishing attack. Both of them glowed as they combined they're magic.
Sakura didn't time to think… she flew up and grabbed
the shield card. And flew in front of Chaos. "Shield card, please protect us…"
She whispered.
Just then the Oracle finished charging her attack.
"COMSIMIC EXPLOSION!!" She yelled as both of them released the spell. A huge
ball of fire engulfed Sakura and Chaos, Sakura prayed that the shield card
could hold on long enough.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. The shield
shattered and Sakura was thrown back… Chaos however…didn't get hurt because of
that. "Sakura-san!" he called out.
He didn't get a response. Sakura laid on the ground,
unconscious. Chaos gritted his teeth. This was his fault. His fault for being
in such a bad condition, his fault that Sakura had to protect him, it
was all his fault. He looked at the opponents hopelessly as he also began to
lose his concentration. Since Sakura was powerless, and he was using Sakura's
magic… he was beginning to lose his strength.
The Oracle smiled, she was certain that they were
victorious. The smile quickly became a frown though as she remembered
something. She glared at the dragon. "You worthless dragon." She spat. "Can't
even protect your own mistress?"
Chaos choked as he accepted the insult. Yes, it he
was worthless, there was nothing he could do. He limped toward Sakura and stood
by her. "I might be worthless. But I not going to let her die, at least not when I still draw breath."
The Oracle snorted. "What can you do. You can hardly
keep your eyes open."
Chaos grimaced as the truth hit him like a rock. The
situation was hopeless. "I'll make you a deal. Spare her, and I'll do
anything you want."
The Oracle laughed bitterly. "You're pathetic." She
spat. "I should just end your pathetic life right now."
Chaos looked at right in her eyes. "So be it…" he
responded.
Suddenly, the death card flew right in front of
Chaos' face. He looked at the tarot card eyes wide with surprise.
The Death card glowed brightly. "You found her
worthy?" Chaos asked the card. The card hummed back. Chaos smiled gently. "Thank
you…" he said. The death card flew into Sakura. A bright light surrounded
her…as she began to change…
The Oracle gasped. "No… you couldn't have… how can
this be?"
Sakura's wings began to grow, and became golden, her
hair also grew longer. Her hair changed to a deep bluish color.
She opened her eyes, her body filled with energy. She gripped the her rapier tightly. "You know, that was pretty low of you to double team a helpless dragon." She said angrily.
The Oracle shrugged "All is fair in love and war,
this is war." She replied.
Sakura gritted her teeth, "Don't let anger get
the best of you, Sakura-san…" a voice said reminding her.
Sakura nodded. The Oracle and her familiar took a
charge at her, the Oracle gave her weapon a good swing… Sakura easily blocked
it with her rapier, she spun around and disappeared leaving peddles of cherry
blossoms instead. The Oracle gasped as she hit nothing but air. Sakura appeared
behind the Oracle giving her a slight push that sent her flying across the
room.
The Oracle growled, "Let's double team her…" she
ordered her familiar. Her familiar gave a screech affirmative. They attacked…
but the bird was cut short by Chaos, who smiled and shot a burst of magic
sending the bird flying back. Sakura blocked an attack made by the Oracle, used
her momentum and giving her a light kick up, sending the Oracle in the air.
Then Sakura held her hand up, shot three bright
light beams at the Oracle. The beam hit the Oracle sending her flying back.
The Oracle panted as she recovered from the attack.
"Impossible… that was… that was… Jihad, one of the strongest holy magic there
is…"
The bird also snarled at Chaos… surprised that he
could use magic. Chaos smiled, he could practically feel his mistress power
surging through him. "So, this is what happens when the death card chooses
someone…"
"You should give up now…" Sakura said firmly. "You
can't beat us."
"NEVER!!" The Oracle boomed. She spun her weapon
around menacing.
Sakura whispered softly "Very well…" She snapped her
fingers as all the cards flew back into the book and into her hands… she put it
away safely… she started to mumble a few words in her mouth.
The ground began to shake… Sakura was soon
surrounded by a powerful glow of aura… she released the spell and opened her
eyes. The Oracle and her familiar was soon caught in a large storm of all
elements, fire, water, wind and earth. After the spell resided, the Oracle and
the bird plopped to the ground with no energy left.
Sakura trotted over to the pair. "It's over…" she
said.
The Oracle glared at her… "Yes, it is… you have won…
and by that it means that you shall receive the Wind Orb…" She said, as she
started to vanish…
Sakura gasped, pretty soon all that was left of the Wind Oracle was an orb on the ground. She picked it up and looked inside. There was a tiny whirlwind inside of the green orb. "You knew this was going to happen didn't you, Chaos?"
Chaos shook his head. "No… I didn't…" he
said… wiping clenching the wound on his shoulder. "But it all over now…"
Sakura nodded silently. "What happened to me?"
"The death card, it decided that you were ready, and
accepted you…therefore you are now an holy angel…" Chaos replied.
Sakura eyes widened.
"Holy angel?"
Chaos nodded. "As
I told you before, all Nina's reached that rank eventually, but so far you're
the youngest one. It isn't going to be easy, Sakura-san, but don't worry,
you'll be fine…"
Sakura smiled at Chaos
"Wow, you have a lot of confidence in me. By the way, Chaos how did you use
magic back there…"
"I borrowed yours…" he
explained. "Since you are a lot more powerful now… I can probably take a
little more and you shouldn't feel a thing…"
"Don't make it a habit…"
Sakura said laughing lightly.
"Yes, Sakura-san…" Chaos
replied obediently.
"Here…" Sakura said as
she attached the wind orb to Chaos' bracer. "Let's go, we still have to find
the other Oracles."
Chaos didn't respond
instead he picked up a book that was in his sight he picked it up The
History of The Wing Clan it read. Chaos smiled.
That's what the Oracle meant by her wisdom.
He picked it up and gave it to Sakura. "This should allow you to learn
more about your past…" he said in a comforting
voice. He knew that Sakura didn't exactly get what she came for, but this book
just might give her a place to start.
Sakura nodded as she took
the book. "Thank you, Oracle…" She whispered quietly. "Let's go back… Chaos…"
Chaos wasn't about to argue with that, he flew to his usual spot on his
mistress shoulder.
* * *
Hong Kong…
Meiling sighed deeply. There
was still no news about this Lei person she was supposed to find. She got so
bored that she decided to take a walk…
Since it was a nice day
she decided to take a hike in the mountains. She packed up her things and
headed out.
The mountains were nice.
Meiling whistled to herself as she hiked happily in the mountains. Then when
she reached the top, she decided to rest and eat lunch.
She took her stuff out of
her bag, and began to set up her things. She was just about to eat when
suddenly, out of nowhere a big bearish creature came out and slapped her out of
the way.
She shook her head a few
times to clear it… "Bears? In Hong Kong??"
She thought to herself. Something was very wrong here. No bear is this big.
Nevertheless, she stood in a defensive stance.
The bear charged toward
her…
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
There suddenly three very
fast projectiles sped past Meiling… they hit the bear, causing it to fall down-
dead.
"Are you okay?" A strong
voice asked.
Meiling turned back and
she couldn't believe her eyes…
End of Chapter 19
Character Profiles
Oracle Of Wind
HP: 9999
MP: 999
Str: 500
Intel:400
Defense:600
Speed:999
Special Abilities:
Call Familiar
Magic Abilites:
Basic Magic