Escaflowne ~ A Vision Reborn (19)
How it Started ~ Death in the Cat
*~A White Rose Petal~*
A/N: AGH! Scary like chapter! EEP!
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Summary:
Poor Jin, her secrets revealed, the man in the cloak put something onto Zatera. Is he going to -- die.
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Two women were walking down the hall. What was odd about the hall was that it was entirely white. The eldest one spoke.
"Mrs. De Fanel."
"You are my teacher, I should be the one calling you by that, sensei!" The younger one spoke. She took a breath in. "Where am I anyway Kanzaki Sensei? You did not only became my teacher because of what I am, but because of your skills…sensei…am I…dead?"
"You know the answer to that question yourself Varie. You've been dead for quite some time." Varie hung her head a little bit.
"I did not know that. Time seems to be going so strangely. Do you know how long I have been dead?"
"Ten years."
"I've been dead for ten years?! It's barely been five minutes!"
"That's what it feels like, yes. But you have an eternity to live wherever you choose to go so time goes much slower, or faster for some people. Usually those who end up in Hell, time goes much faster. Slower for those who go above." Varie nodded her head at taking this in.
"How long have you been dead sensei?"
"I do not know for certain as I was with yours."
"Oh…"
"Now come along Varie, we must go."
"Go where sensei?"
"To the Mystic Moon."
"May I ask…why?"
"Yes, you may. We are going to the Mystic Moon for my family purposes."
"Does it have anything to do with…"
"No. It does not."
"Follow me Varie. I am still a good few years older than you, though I died after." Varie just shook her head yes. She followed the older woman to a mansion that was middle-sized.
"Where are we sensei?" The older woman drew a breath in.
"We are here to lure a presel into Gaea."
"Do you mean…"
"Yes. My granddaughter."
"How are we going to do it?"
"We must burn it down as much as I hate to say it." The older woman dropped her head and cried into her hands. Varie let a few tears herself fall from her eyes. She took a deep breath and looked towards her sensei.
"What do you want me to do?" The older woman looked at her. She put her hand in front of her creating circles with her palm. A white light went out of it and went over to Varie, putting her into a deep glowing white color.
"That turns you invisible to all who were not on Gaea, the only people who can see it are those who have been on Gaea or are near death. Gaea does not mean you are near death!" The older woman said looking at Varie's face. "Go! Now! I will start the fire. I will urge my own daughter to get hers out of the house."
"Is there any other choice sensei?"
"As much as I hate to say it, no." She swallowed. "We will meet them at the white hall which we just walked through to get here. When they get there we will let them choose to live another life as another person or fully die and go to where they belong." Varie nodded her head.
"Alright, sensei, I will trust your decision on this."
"Thank you, Varie, thank you." Varie nodded and was off, her wings expanded.
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"We aren't alone!" Zatera said. His ears twitching. The figure started to race down to the dining hall. "Oh no you don't!" Zatera whispered harshly so only he could hear. Jin was practically helpless in her dress, as it was bounding her legs together. "Zatera!" She said, as she raced down the hall, as best she could in the dress following him. "Zatera!" She said again, "Watch out!" They were quite a way from the dining hall so nobody heard them. The figure brought out a bottle and opened up the cork. He spilt the contents onto Zatera, hitting him in the eyes.
"AGH!" He said in pain.
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Tyler dropped his spoon into the bowl that he was stirring absentmindely.
"Tyler…that's your name, right dear?" Wanda said to him sweetly. Tyler brought his head up slowly.
"Yes?"
"You seem to know who those two are a little more than Iris here…though she seems to know a lot about them…tell me…what do you know about them?"
"Huh?"
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Jin tore the bottom part of her dress, allowing her to run faster. It still slowed her down though. She stopped and took off her shoe. She through it straight at his head, getting a yelp from him. He took off her other one and started chasing him again. He turned left, not going straight to the dining hall to tell Wanda what he had learned. It confused her greatly, but she didn't let it show.
As she turned the corner, she could see the man starting to slow down from exaustion.
"Can't handle a jog with a girl wearing a torn dress following you? I'm shocked." She said acidly. She put her hands on her hips. She saw the man droop his head.
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"Oh, um…I just knew them all my life…"
"Are you siblings?"
"With whom?"
"The cat-boy!" She said in a sarcastic voice, "of course not! I'm talking about the girl!"
"No…"
"Then how did you know them all your life?"
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The man dropped to his knees and put his hands in front of him, as if praying, but Jin could see that wasn't what he was doing. 'Is he…begging forgiveness?!' She thought.
"Please! M' lady! I am one member of the troops that are…to-to fight you today! There was one problem though m' lady!" He said. Jin got down on her hands and knees herself. She put her hands onto her hands onto the front of her legs.
"There!" She said. "Now you don't look so weird!" The man laughed a little.
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"Um…Tyler mumbled. He looked down to his food. Until he heard a sharp cry. 'ZATERA!' He thought. 'They should be long gone by now!' "I better go check on what that is, my lady." Tyler shook his head a little to the sides than rather down. As if saying 'if you were my lady, I'd be dead now'.
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The scream echoed through the halls, allowing Jin and the man, both, to hear him.
"The side-effects!" The man said.
"They came up this fast?!" Jin said standing up.
"They must have! Unless it's because…"
"What?!" Jin said frantically.
"Because he is part cat…they might come earlier and…well…"
"Yes?"
"Worse." Jin recoiled.
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Tyler ran down the hall to where Zatera was, which was about in the middle of it.
"Zat! What's wrong?" He asked.
"My-my stomach…It feels like it's being pulled in…ugh!" He fell onto his back and screamed in pain again. Tyler looked behind him, he saw Jin and a cloaked figure coming up to them.
"Tyler! What's happening to him?!" She gasped out.
"He said his stomach feels like it's being pulled out!" Jin got a look of worry and disgust on her face. She turned to the cloaked figure.
"Well?!" She said.
"I'm going to say this once so do it right you to!" He said. Jin stopped him quickly though. She heard a sound from behind them. She turned her head.
"Merle!" She said.
"Jin! What's up with Zatera?" She said quickly.
"You'll know once I'm-agh!" Zatera said. The man brought out another bottle and poured it on him.
"This should lift you up into the air, so nobody needs to pick you up." He said. "All of you!" He snapped. "Follow me…"
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A/N: I suppose it was sort of a short chapter…sorry bout that! R/R please!!!!
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