Revelations

Disclaimer: Don't own the SaGa Frontier characters or anything else from the game.

When Blue woke up that day, he jumped out of bed excitedly. Hastily, he ran downstairs with Rouge's present. Rouge and Liang were already downstairs. The three of them made their way to the living room where the presents were opened. Liang smiled to herself to see two heads, both equally messy bent over packages. It was quite unlike Blue to be so messy, but, what the heck, it was his birthday.

First, Blue opened Liang's present to him. It was a set of clothes. He thanked her. Rouge had gotten a set of clothes too, identical to his. Blue grinned. "Looks like we'll have to wear nametags," Rouge said.

Next, Blue opened Ares' present. It was a gold chain. The pendant was a round sapphire. Blue put it on immediately. He looked at Rouge and saw him putting on an identical chain, with a ruby as a pendant.

"How nice of Ares," Liang said.

Blue nodded, then proceeded to open Rouge's present. It was an ancient book. The cover was covered with beautiful carvings. Blue turned the page. It was a book on magic. He looked up at Rouge, who was watching him. "Thanks, Rouge. I love it," Blue said.

"No prob," Rouge said, shrugging his shoulders. He started opening Blue's present to him. It was a series of comics which he really wanted but could never seem to find in the stores. "Thanks, Blue. This is one cool present! " Rouge said, grinning.

That evening, Blue and Rouge were wearing their identical suits and similar amulets. They had on nametags. They stood at the front door, welcoming people. The music was on full blast, with Rocky as deejay. Already there was a big crowd. 80% of the people Rouge had invited were girls. Incredibly pretty girls. Blue wondered how Rouge had found so many girls. Or how he had even gotten them to attend. Oh well, he had his ways.

"Kyle! Great to see you!" Rouge said, shaking hands with Kyle, who, as usual, was wearing an INCREDIBLY gaudy outfit. Fluorescent blue and startling red Hawaian T-shirt and bright YELLOW jeans.

"Hi, Kyle. And NO, Dawn isn't here," Blue said, seeing Kyle looking around.

"Oh, hey, Blue! Great to see ya! Betcha the girls are going crazy over the two of you," Kyle said, handing Blue his present.

"Don't they always," Rouge said, smirking, as he accepted his present.

Though the invitations had said 7:00, at 6:45 there was already a HUGE crowd. Despite being a loner, Blue WAS very popular, so all twenty people that he invited were present. Rouge had invited SIXTY people, and all of them were there by 6:30.

At 7:00, the party was in full swing. There were all sorts of games held. Many of Blue's friends had volunteered to help, so they were manning the games. Blue and Rouge tried unsuccessfully to NOT join the games but were pulled in by the crowd.

The music was on full blast, but since Blue and Rouge lived in a mansion with acres of land outside, no neighbours would be complaining any time soon. The gardens were decorated beautifully. Exotic flower bushes lined the entire garden. Huge, majestic water fountains were in the center of the formation. Huge oak trees were at every corner. There was even an artificial waterfall at one end of the garden and a huge lagoon towards the center of the garden. There was a beautifully sculpted marble bridge across the lagoon that stretched for a few acres.

After a while, Blue took to strolling in the garden. The sound of rock and roll music was gradually left farther and farther behind, and the sound of nature took over. It soothed Blue. He remembered and shivered, though the night was warm. He recalled hearing what the conversation between his mother and Ares a few weeks before. He had eavesdropped accidentally. He had been testing out his operator machine and happened to tune in to Liang and Ares' conversation.

"No! They aren't ready yet! Please, let me keep them for a few more months. After that, we'll see. Please!"

"NO! They are to come a week after their sixteenth birthday. AND THAT IS FINAL!"

"But…"

"No buts! We had a deal, Liang! Here's the proof! Go ahead and read it!"

Silence. Liang must have been reading.

"What! Ares! How could you?! I………"

"You what, Liang? It's your own fault for not reading it properly. The boys come to me a week after their sixteenth birthday. I will train them in the various forms of magic. Then, I will send them each on a quest. At the end of the quest, they will kill each other!"

"No…no…Oh God please no…"Blue heard Liang whispering.

He shook his head. He had enough things to think about already. Suddenly, he heard a rustle behind him. He turned to see a dark silhouette there.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" Blue demanded.

There was more rustling as the figure stepped forward. Blue gasped. Standing before him was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Wide, expressive lavender eyes with multi-coloured flecks, long wavy dark brown hair, a slender, voluptuous figure…accentuated by her black tube-top and black mini-skirt and calf-hugging black boots. Blue had never seen any girl so…exquisite. And so into black.

The girl smiled shyly at him. Blue noticed she had dimples when she smiled. He gave himself a hard shake. No GIRLFRIENDS!

"Hey. What can I do for you?" Blue greeted her.

"Oh…I was just taking a walk. These flowers are beautiful," the girl answered. Then, she came right up to him and introduced herself. "I'm Lize. Your brother Rouge invited me to the party."

"Oh, I see." Well, just like Rouge to go for the pretty ones. "Would you like a drink? Some food perhaps?" Blue asked, indicating that he would escort her back to the house.

"No, no…it's all right. I had dinner before I came. My…godparents had an evening party," Lize replied, shaking her lovely tresses.

"Oh, and your godparents are…?" Blue trailed off.

"Mr. and Mrs. Sestomorph," Lize replied.

Blue was stunned. The two Sestomorphs were the richest and the most powerful people in the entire world! Then this had to be…

"So you're THAT Lize! The psychic magician and……."

"Well…yes, I'm that Lize." She cut him off with an embarassed blush staining her cheeks.

"An honour meeting you…Princess," Blue said, addressing her the way he was taught to. Lize was special, so, although she wasn't a REAL princess (at least, he didn't think so) she HAD to be addressed that way.

"Thank you, Blue. You were thinking of the phone conversation?"

Author's Note: At first, we didn't know what name to give to our all-powerful creation. We thought of Penny, Prudence, Phoebe, Phyllis, Constance, Elizabeth, Jessica, Maria, Zoe, etc.

Then we decided on "Liz" for the "ancient" sense, and added an "e" for exotic/enchanting.