Soul of the Silver Crystal:
A skies of Arcadia fanfic by: Neko-sama
Chapter 3
" Where...... am I........?" The soul of the young red head looked nervious and horrified at what she saw, while at the same time.... staring in awe at the beauty of the place.
" The after world...."
" Huh?" Aika turned around to find Belleza smiling after her.
" I can't believe it....... so young and innocent........" The former admiral shuck her head sadly. " How did you end up here anyway?"
" WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU! YOU NO GOOD ROTTEN......." She haulted for a moment and sighed. " I.....I'm sorry....... I almost forgot you were the one who willingly gave her life to kill Galcian......"
" None takin. Tell me....... what was it that resulted in your fate?"
" A dragon...... Vyse, Fina and I were after treasure...... gold..... oh the beautiful shine and texture of those coins...... this wasn't an easy battle...... Fina was struck out..... and as I tried to revive her with risan, the dragon slashed me across the face and I was sent painfully flying through layers of walls and right over the edge of the island. Last thing I remember was fallin, then I lost conciousness.........now I'm here........"
" I see........." Belleza took a moment to look into the stars. Aika glanced over, looking at a familer site......
"'Gasp'! Is that?" The dark man looked suspiciously at her, and pointed a finger at her. Belleza took a moment to gaze in her direction.
" Yes....... that is Galcian......... this is the after world....... tales of heaven and hell are nothing more than a folk lore...... this is where you go when you die, regardless of your actions in life....... everyone who has died is here......"
" You mean.....' gulp' everyone here's a ghost....?"
" In a way yes........ there are people here who've lived in the old world...... I found their tales to be quite interesting indeed."
" The......old world.........?" Belleza nodded in response to Aika's question. " Then..... everything.......the secrets left behind in the old world......... are to be descovered through death alone?"
" The old world leaves behind many tales and secrets Aika..... you have all eternity to gather the knowledge you may have hungered after in life....."
" That's like not fair...... what about the gold?"
" There is no gold in the after life...... there's no need for it.........no need to eat.......sleep.....or do anything anymore for that matter.........."
" That just about sucks ass! So what now?"
" Now? There are no rules here..........so pretty much anything you want............"
" Could I....... even fly?"
" Of course.......... in this world, nothing is held back.........." Before Belleza could say another word, Aika jumps into the air and immediatly takes off.
" Thanx for telling me that! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"
Belleza just laughed after her...... at least there were somethings good about the afterworld.
But little does Aika acknowledge the danger on Arcadia....... that had stolen her body in life.......
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" I.........I...........!" Vyse looked surprizingly at his fallen comrade who had miraculasly risen from the dead.
" What's the matter?" Ramirez smirked withen her. " You look like you've seen a ghost......"
" You couldn't be any closer to the truth.......... awe hell! Aika! You're really alive!!!" Without even thinking twice about whatever danger he could've faced, Vyse ran throwing his arms around Aika. " I've missed you soo much!! How'd you survive?"
( Shit......... I guess I'll have to make something up........) " One of those Yafutomen airships was sailing curiously under the deeps of the great winds....... I landed on one, and was imediatly looked after knowing who I was. Later I hitched a ride on a merchant ship on its way over here."
" Luck must've been on your side for once........ I'm just glad your ok......we thought you were dead......... I..... I never thought I'd see you again........" Tears started to stream down Vyse's eyes, Ramirez looked down at him with curiosity and wonder....... being lead to believe that all anyone ever cared about on this planet was themeselves and their gold......except for the power hungry Galcian...... and it had never occured to him that the Arcadians could have feelings for others.....
( He's crying? But I thought he was a careless airpirate...... why would he be so grateful to see his annoying girlfriend anyway? Was Fina.........right.........? No...... It can't be....... those heartless bastards killed Galcian! The only one who could deliver this cold hearted world from evil............. a world of fear...... where people could do no wrong 'less they want to taste the wrath of the Rains of Destruction..... and I must see to it that these damn bastards rue the day they messed with my Lord.) " You shouldn't have abandoned me Vyse." Ramirez responded calmly yet in a way a bit harsh.
" I'm sorry......... hell........ I should've known you wouldn't die that easily."
" No. But it's alright............ I could use some rest........."
" Go ahead Aika......." Vyse reluctantly released him from his arms. " You want anything to eat, drink?"
" Naw...........I'll be right fine after catching a few z's." Ramirez stepped outside. ( I wonder where she sleeps anyway?) Ramirez looked around causelly looking for the dormatory. About a half an hour later, he finds it, and then looks in each bedroom to try and find which one would best suit someone like Aika. After making his decision, Ramirez plopped onto Aika's bed, or at least, that's what he thought he was sleeping on as Fina walked in giving a look of shock.
" HEY!"
" Huh?"
" What're you doing in MY bed?"
" Huh? This's YOUR bed?"
" Uhhh..... yes it is......."
" Fuck, well alright, I must've been so tired that I just went into your bed...... sorry Fina."
" That's alright......... what is with you? Your like different!"
( I wouldn't be the only one different. Wonder what's up with that egotistical attitude? Must've picked it up from traveling with these mongrels. I'll just kind of make up a little excuse to keep her from catching on, as I've a feeling she can already tell there's something different about her fallin comrade.) " I guess I'm just tired that's all, y'know how it is, falling off a cliff and all........"
" Falling off that ledge should've killed you, esspeacially after being smaked against all them walls. You should be dead dammit!"
( Why isn't she so glad Aika is supposedly back?) " Well I'm alive, you have a problem with that?"
" Well, actually I do............. now you'll probably have Vyse all to yourself.........." She hung her head low, a look of jealously in her eyes. " It's all her ever thinks about ever since you supposedly died...... Aika Aika Aika...... I'm sorry..........but............. I'm not so sure...... I can call you a sister anylonger....."
" Well, same here bitch." ( I've have just about enough of you....) " DIE!" The possessed being grabbed a cutlass and slashed Fina across the face.
" The hell?" Thick red blood dropped from her face. Fina narrowed her eyes in discust. " Who are you?"
" I'm not the Aika you once know..... and I"m not about to let you get to know me!!!!" Ramirez gritted his teeth through Aika, barring the sword, made an attempt to stab Fina, when Cupil came and blocked his attack.
" CUPIL! Thank GAWD!! Kick that imposter's ass!" The tiny creature flew up and banged Ramirez or rather, Aika on the head several times making Ramirez drop his sword to the ground. The fight was far from Fina's favor however, as Ramirez grabbed Cupil by its tail and threw it at Fina, right in the face, causing her to stumble backwards and land on her bottom. Ramirez picked his sword back up, gathering spirit energy, summoned an eternum spell, instantaneously robbing Fina of conciousness. Taking the cutlass in hi shand, Ramirez aimed straight for Fina's heart, cutting through with great ease, staining the sword and the ground with the young silvite's blood. Fina's body disinigrated instantaneously leaving behind only her crystal, in a similer fashion to the other silivites if they died.
As for Cupil, he shared a speacial bond with Fina, and thus he too ceased to exist in the world of the living. Picking up the crystal, Ramirez smiled triumphantly.
( If you had any bit of intellect, you would've used this crystal. I suppose there aren't anymore silvites then..... serves them right for ruining my plans of destruction. Now, how do I convince the stupid mongrel rouge that I didn't kill her...... suicide should be a worthy excuse.)
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And, well, to be continued. Will Vyse believe the possessed Aika? Will Ramirez kill Vyse too? What is Enrique plotting to do and will Galcien do in the After life? I guess you'll just have to read on to find out. I would like to thank those of you who are supporting me. I will go on with this story, hopefully getting at least a chapter in a week untill I finish it. Once again, thank you for reading and supporting!
-- Neko-sama
