Crystallis' Secret
A MAT2K1 Adventure by Ashura Hedgehog
Chapter 2 - First Gem, First Fight
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All characters shown here are owned by their respective owners. If you
haven't read all the other stories I've written, then I'm gonna let you
figure out what's what.
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"Finally! Some peace and quiet!" Ayeka said. It had been at least two
to three hours since they began their amazing quest. For HALF of that time,
Ashura had been using the Wing Gundam Zero armor as a boombox. He had figured
out how to work the RealPlayer on there and began playing one of his
favorite songs, Afroman's "Because I Was High". After 10 times of listening
to the songs, to the dismay of the guys, Ayeka grabbed Ashura by his head,
pulled him out, retracted the armor and placed the capsule in her kimono.
"That was mean, Ayeka!" Ashura said.
"Well, it was getting on my nerves." she said. Through a good deal of
the trip, whenever Ayeka said something, Ashura would mimic her movements.
"Yeesh, how much longer?" Crow said.
"Yeah, it's getting dark!" Tom said.
"Oh, stop your belly aching!" Merc said. "We aren't stopping until we
find that cave!"
"Y'know, I don't think it's getting dark." Seiyuka said, looking at
the clouds. "I think it's gonna rain."
"WHAT?!" The robots said.
"You're kidding me?!" Crow said. Then, he felt the first raindrops.
"Nope, she isn't kidding."
"Let's get outta here!!!" The group shouted. With that, the group ran,
trying to find shelter. Pretty soon, it seemed that it was getting useless to
try to find shelter anymore, and Seiyuka pulled out of her pants pocket, a
small container that had a number of Dyno-caps.
"Okay, where did YOU get those?" Merc said, him and Angel keeping as
dry as possible thanks to Angel's wings, something she wouldn't bring out all
the time.
"These? Trunks picked them up when you guys went to find Ashura a
girlfriend." Seiyuka said. She picked out a capsule, pushed the button and
tossed it ahead of them. In an instant, a pretty big and impressive house
appeared.
"Woah, where did that come from?!" TOM asked.
"Never mind that! Let's go to it!" Ayeka said. Running as fast as they
could(with the exception of Sonic, their speed was like a light jog for him),
the group made it to the house, and somewhere dry.
"Oh, man. I'm all wet!" Amy whined, looking at her soaked body.
"I hope you hedgehogs don't smell when you're wet." Angel said.
"Nope. Never had." Sonic said.
"Man, I'm glad you had those, 'Yuka!" Tom said.
"Oil....can....oil.....can....." Crow and TOM muttered. Mike sighed,
and pulled out a can of WD-40 and reoiled the bots.
"::Sigh:: And I don't have ANYTHING else to wear!" Ayeka said, removing
her kimono and hanging them to dry.
'At least she wears something UNDER that kimono.' Ashura thought to
himself.
"I'm sure that there's something you can wear in one of the rooms."
Seiyuka said.
"Welp, I guess we're stuck here until the rain ends." Sara said.
"I hope it ends soon." Crystallis said, staring out of a nearby window.
As she did, she happened to see something in the horizon. She began thinking.
'Why is there a grassy cave out in the middle.....of....' Then it came to
her. "GUYS! I think I found it!"
"What? Found what?" Ashura asked her.
"The cave!" she said, pointing out. Ashura, along with Mike, Merc and
Sonic looked out and saw what she saw. "See it?"
"Why, I'll be...." Merc said. "She's right!"
"You think we should just WAIT until the rain clears to go there?"
Mike asked.
"What? You chicken?" Sonic said. "I say we go in there get this thing
over with!"
"I'm with Sonic! We're gonna hafta go in sooner or later!" Ashura said.
"Same here!" Merc said.
"Where ever Merc goes, I go!" Angel said.
"C'mon! Let's get movin'!" Sonic said, going for the door. With that,
Sonic, Ashura, Crystallis, Merc, and Angel raced out of the house and towards
the cave, once again getting drenched.
"I hope the rain ends...." Angel said.
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Still halfway across the planet, Yugi, Metal Sonic, and Gero were busy
doing what they do best: causing havoc at any place. Namely, they were busy
causing havoc in a nearby city.
"It feels so good to do so much damage after so long." Gero said,
absorbing various human's energy with little to no regret.
"Hear, hear, Doctor." Yugi said, unleashing various energy blasts at
various buildings.
[Bah! There's just no good opposition!] Metal said, taking down those
who attacked him. [There's gotta be a place where we can just have some true
fights.]
"Oh, stop belly-aching!" Yugi said. "You know that when we get to those
jerks we call our prisoners, you'll have a great fight!"
"And with them still weak, it'll be too easy!" Gero said.
[You do have a point there!] Metal said. [C'mon! Let's get this over
with!]
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Back at the cave, the group that had braved the storm was traveling
through the tunnel. Merc had taken the lead, using a flashlight he had found
at the entrance.
"It's real spooky in here." Crystallis said, latching on to Ashura's
arm. "How much longer?"
"I wish I knew, Crysty!" Merc said.
"All I know is that this is too easy." Sonic said. Unknowingly, Angel
had accidentally stepped on a floor panel that triggered an arrow trap.
"DUCK AND COVER!" Merc said. With that, everyone dropped to the ground.
They crawled, army-style, to safety.
"Whoever did that, nice going!" Ashura said, pulling an arrow out of
his quills.
"Ohhhh, my jacket's ruined!" Crystallis said, looking at a long tear on
the back. She decided to tie the sleeves around her waist, so she wouldn't
have to carry it.
"Too easy, huh?" Angel said, glaring at Sonic as she dusted herself and
her wings off.
"Bite me!" Sonic said, as the group walked on. All of a sudden, pillars
shot up from the walls, ceiling and floor. "Yikes!!"
"WATCH IT!" Ashura shouted, grabbing Crystallis out of the way of one
of the pillars. Then, Sonic shoved those two out of the way of another
pillar. Merc and Angel began hacking and slashing the pillars with their
swords.
"There's too many of them!" Angel shouted as she took down three more
pillars.
"DAMMIT! I wish I had my powers!" Merc shouted. Just as a pillar Merc
missed came screaming towards his head, it was stopped by Ashura using his
infamous Deathscythe Hell scythe to cut it down. "At least I have some help.
Thanks, man!"
"Hey, no problemo!" Ashura said, giving him a thumbs up. All of a
sudden, Crystallis tackled Ashura just as another pillar shot up from where
he was standing. "Woah, thanks, Crysty!"
"No problem, Ashy!" she said, smiling. A few seconds later, the attacks
stopped. The gang got up and dusted themselves off. As they did, Ashura
noticed that his elbow was bleeding.
"Crap! I guess the tackle was a bit too rough." Ashura said, cringing
a bit. Seeing that, Crystallis tore off the bottom of her shirt and wrapped
it around his elbow.
"Aw, isn't that sweet?" Angel said, sheathing her sword. "She really
cares for him."
"Heh, I guess that's why their fights don't last long." Merc said.
"Y'know, Crysty, you didn't have to...." Ashura began before she cut
him off.
"I don't like seeing people hurt, that's all." Crystallis said. Ashura
smiled at her and gave her a small kiss on the forehead. Sonic saw this and
grinned, as an idea came to him.
"Sonic, don't even THINK of using that "Hot Shots: Part Duex" routine!"
Ashura said.
"Aw, nuts!" Sonic AND Merc said. Angel whapped Merc for saying that.
"C'mon. Let's go!" Angel said. With that, the group continued on their
way. About 10 minutes later, the group reached the end of the cavern. There
was a shrine holding the gem they were looking for. The gem seemed dead as
it was a eerie shade of black.
"Dude, there it is!" Sonic said. "But, whose gonna get it?"
"I am!" Merc said, walking up to the gem. Full of confidance, he
grabbed the gem real quick. "See? Nothing to....AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
All of a sudden, the gem began glowing red as it began electrocuting Merc.
When it stopped, Merc dropped to one knee.
"Oh, my God. MERC!" Angel shouted as she ran up to Merc and crouched
down to him. "Merc? You okay? Please answer me!" She was about to cry when
she saw him look up at her.
"What's up?" he said. Angel responded by hugging him.
"Oh, Merc! I thought.....I thought...." she said, not wanting to say
what she thought.
"Hey, it's okay!" Merc said, returning the hug. "Hey, check this out!"
He held his hand out to the shrine and, all of a sudden, he released a ki
blast at it. Next thing they knew, the thing roared and came to life.
"Nice going, dimwit!" Sonic said. "You woke up a rock monster!"
"Well, at least my powers are back!" Merc said, grinning. The monster
roared again and began to charge the group. "I don't think so!" Merc began
charging up one of his attacks.
"What in the world is he gonna do?" Crystallis asked.
"Heh. Something cool!" Ashura said.
"You don't know how long I've been wanting to do this!" Merc said.
"NOVA BOMB!" He released his mighty attack at the monster, destroying it.
The others looked in awe as the creature was destroyed.
"Woah! Sweet!" Sonic said.
"Oh, yeah! Merc's back, baby!" he said. Angel walked up to him.
"You know you're full of yourself?" she said.
"Yeah. Is that a crime?" he said. Angel just shook her head and
grinned.
"What am I gonna do with you?" Angel said.
"I can think of a few things!" Sonic said. Three seconds later, Sonic
was back at the house, imbedded in the wall. He shouted "SORRRRRRRRRRYYYYY!"
as he was tossed from the cave.
"Damn pervert." Merc muttered. "I guess all that time around Crow got
to him."
"Yeah, well, we better leave. Who knows what else is in this place?"
Crystallis said. With that, the others left the cave. Luckly, the traps were
dead. Outside, the group noticed that the rain had stopped.
"Well, at least we won't hafta walk around in the rain." Crystallis
said.
"C'mon, let's get back to the house." Merc said. In a matter of
seconds, the group was back at their "temporary house".
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"So, that gem gave you back your powers?" Ayeka said to Merc.
"Yeah. I feel as if I didn't lose them when I first got here!" he said.
"Hmm, I wonder....?" Seiyuka said to herself. She grabbed the gem from
Merc's hand and held it. 30 seconds later, she tossed it back to him. "Nope,
I think it's a one-timer."
"How strange." TOM said.
"But, there's six more left. More chances to get back our abilities!"
Sonic said.
"But, right now, we need sleep!" Amy said, yawning to prove her point.
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In the bathroom, Ashura was tending to his injured arm. He carefully
unwrapped the makeshift bandage on his arm. Seeing that the bleeding had
stopped, he, then looked at the bloodstained piece of shirt. He sighed, shook
his head and tossed the piece in the trash.
"She didn't need to bandage me up." Ashura said. "But, it WAS sweet of
her." As he left the bathroom, he began thinking. 'Why do I have this oddball
feeling in me? It's like it's telling me that this is just one big goose
chase.' Going down the hallway, he happened to meet Crystallis at the end.
"Oh, hi, Ashura!" she said, her heartmelting smile on her face.
"Hey, Crysty! What's up?" he responded back.
"Just seeing how you were doing." She said.
"I'm as fine as I could ever be!" Ashura said. Ashura looked and saw
that her face began softening, then turned into a frown. She, then, looked
down. He cocked his head to the side a bit. "Hey, what's wrong?" She shook
her head and walked away. "Crysty? Hold on!"
"Ashura, not now." Crystallis said. "Please...." Ashura backed off from
her as she walked away to her room. When she closed the door, he walked over
to it.
"Crystallis?" he said. "You know if you want to talk about what's
bothering you, you can talk to me..."
"Thank you, but no thanks." Crystallis said. Ashura sighed and began to
walk away. Before he got far, he heard her door open. He turned to see her
poke her head out. "Ashura? Never mind. Please come here." Ashura wanted to
complain about her ability to change her mind at will, but thought otherwise.
He walked in to see her on her bed, staring at her reflection, her shirt off.
"You brought me in here so you can do your best Ryoko impression?"
Ashura said, covering his eyes.
"No!" Crystallis said, removing his hand. "Look at my scar." Ashura
did just that.
"Ow..." Ashura said, wincing in sympathy at the severaty of her scar.
"I...I didn't know it was that bad." He was tempted to touch it, but thought
otherwise.
"It's also healing..." Crystallis said. This caught Ashura by surprise.
"I know. It's strange."
"Looks like we got a chance to finally stop your pains, huh?" Ashura
said. Crystallis looked at the mirror and smiled. "Well, I'm gonna catch some
"zees". Get your shirt back on, and I'll see ya in the mornin'!" He kissed
her on the cheek and walked out. Crystallis let out a small sigh and went on
to get dressed for bed.
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Outside, on a hill overlooking the house, a creature stood at the top,
looking at the house.
"Well, it seems that the Guardian Maiden is here AND alive." it said.
"It would be a pleasure to see if this one is the one true Maiden." With
that, it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Well, two chapters done, and so many more to go! What will happen next?
Who will pop up? Is everything as they seem? What is the legend of the
Guardian Maiden? Stay tuned to find out!
BTW, I had once said that I was going to hold off MSTing to finish this
deal. But, I lied! But, that doesn't mean I ditching this! No sirre! I'm going
strong on this!
As always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog
A MAT2K1 Adventure by Ashura Hedgehog
Chapter 2 - First Gem, First Fight
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
All characters shown here are owned by their respective owners. If you
haven't read all the other stories I've written, then I'm gonna let you
figure out what's what.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Finally! Some peace and quiet!" Ayeka said. It had been at least two
to three hours since they began their amazing quest. For HALF of that time,
Ashura had been using the Wing Gundam Zero armor as a boombox. He had figured
out how to work the RealPlayer on there and began playing one of his
favorite songs, Afroman's "Because I Was High". After 10 times of listening
to the songs, to the dismay of the guys, Ayeka grabbed Ashura by his head,
pulled him out, retracted the armor and placed the capsule in her kimono.
"That was mean, Ayeka!" Ashura said.
"Well, it was getting on my nerves." she said. Through a good deal of
the trip, whenever Ayeka said something, Ashura would mimic her movements.
"Yeesh, how much longer?" Crow said.
"Yeah, it's getting dark!" Tom said.
"Oh, stop your belly aching!" Merc said. "We aren't stopping until we
find that cave!"
"Y'know, I don't think it's getting dark." Seiyuka said, looking at
the clouds. "I think it's gonna rain."
"WHAT?!" The robots said.
"You're kidding me?!" Crow said. Then, he felt the first raindrops.
"Nope, she isn't kidding."
"Let's get outta here!!!" The group shouted. With that, the group ran,
trying to find shelter. Pretty soon, it seemed that it was getting useless to
try to find shelter anymore, and Seiyuka pulled out of her pants pocket, a
small container that had a number of Dyno-caps.
"Okay, where did YOU get those?" Merc said, him and Angel keeping as
dry as possible thanks to Angel's wings, something she wouldn't bring out all
the time.
"These? Trunks picked them up when you guys went to find Ashura a
girlfriend." Seiyuka said. She picked out a capsule, pushed the button and
tossed it ahead of them. In an instant, a pretty big and impressive house
appeared.
"Woah, where did that come from?!" TOM asked.
"Never mind that! Let's go to it!" Ayeka said. Running as fast as they
could(with the exception of Sonic, their speed was like a light jog for him),
the group made it to the house, and somewhere dry.
"Oh, man. I'm all wet!" Amy whined, looking at her soaked body.
"I hope you hedgehogs don't smell when you're wet." Angel said.
"Nope. Never had." Sonic said.
"Man, I'm glad you had those, 'Yuka!" Tom said.
"Oil....can....oil.....can....." Crow and TOM muttered. Mike sighed,
and pulled out a can of WD-40 and reoiled the bots.
"::Sigh:: And I don't have ANYTHING else to wear!" Ayeka said, removing
her kimono and hanging them to dry.
'At least she wears something UNDER that kimono.' Ashura thought to
himself.
"I'm sure that there's something you can wear in one of the rooms."
Seiyuka said.
"Welp, I guess we're stuck here until the rain ends." Sara said.
"I hope it ends soon." Crystallis said, staring out of a nearby window.
As she did, she happened to see something in the horizon. She began thinking.
'Why is there a grassy cave out in the middle.....of....' Then it came to
her. "GUYS! I think I found it!"
"What? Found what?" Ashura asked her.
"The cave!" she said, pointing out. Ashura, along with Mike, Merc and
Sonic looked out and saw what she saw. "See it?"
"Why, I'll be...." Merc said. "She's right!"
"You think we should just WAIT until the rain clears to go there?"
Mike asked.
"What? You chicken?" Sonic said. "I say we go in there get this thing
over with!"
"I'm with Sonic! We're gonna hafta go in sooner or later!" Ashura said.
"Same here!" Merc said.
"Where ever Merc goes, I go!" Angel said.
"C'mon! Let's get movin'!" Sonic said, going for the door. With that,
Sonic, Ashura, Crystallis, Merc, and Angel raced out of the house and towards
the cave, once again getting drenched.
"I hope the rain ends...." Angel said.
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Still halfway across the planet, Yugi, Metal Sonic, and Gero were busy
doing what they do best: causing havoc at any place. Namely, they were busy
causing havoc in a nearby city.
"It feels so good to do so much damage after so long." Gero said,
absorbing various human's energy with little to no regret.
"Hear, hear, Doctor." Yugi said, unleashing various energy blasts at
various buildings.
[Bah! There's just no good opposition!] Metal said, taking down those
who attacked him. [There's gotta be a place where we can just have some true
fights.]
"Oh, stop belly-aching!" Yugi said. "You know that when we get to those
jerks we call our prisoners, you'll have a great fight!"
"And with them still weak, it'll be too easy!" Gero said.
[You do have a point there!] Metal said. [C'mon! Let's get this over
with!]
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Back at the cave, the group that had braved the storm was traveling
through the tunnel. Merc had taken the lead, using a flashlight he had found
at the entrance.
"It's real spooky in here." Crystallis said, latching on to Ashura's
arm. "How much longer?"
"I wish I knew, Crysty!" Merc said.
"All I know is that this is too easy." Sonic said. Unknowingly, Angel
had accidentally stepped on a floor panel that triggered an arrow trap.
"DUCK AND COVER!" Merc said. With that, everyone dropped to the ground.
They crawled, army-style, to safety.
"Whoever did that, nice going!" Ashura said, pulling an arrow out of
his quills.
"Ohhhh, my jacket's ruined!" Crystallis said, looking at a long tear on
the back. She decided to tie the sleeves around her waist, so she wouldn't
have to carry it.
"Too easy, huh?" Angel said, glaring at Sonic as she dusted herself and
her wings off.
"Bite me!" Sonic said, as the group walked on. All of a sudden, pillars
shot up from the walls, ceiling and floor. "Yikes!!"
"WATCH IT!" Ashura shouted, grabbing Crystallis out of the way of one
of the pillars. Then, Sonic shoved those two out of the way of another
pillar. Merc and Angel began hacking and slashing the pillars with their
swords.
"There's too many of them!" Angel shouted as she took down three more
pillars.
"DAMMIT! I wish I had my powers!" Merc shouted. Just as a pillar Merc
missed came screaming towards his head, it was stopped by Ashura using his
infamous Deathscythe Hell scythe to cut it down. "At least I have some help.
Thanks, man!"
"Hey, no problemo!" Ashura said, giving him a thumbs up. All of a
sudden, Crystallis tackled Ashura just as another pillar shot up from where
he was standing. "Woah, thanks, Crysty!"
"No problem, Ashy!" she said, smiling. A few seconds later, the attacks
stopped. The gang got up and dusted themselves off. As they did, Ashura
noticed that his elbow was bleeding.
"Crap! I guess the tackle was a bit too rough." Ashura said, cringing
a bit. Seeing that, Crystallis tore off the bottom of her shirt and wrapped
it around his elbow.
"Aw, isn't that sweet?" Angel said, sheathing her sword. "She really
cares for him."
"Heh, I guess that's why their fights don't last long." Merc said.
"Y'know, Crysty, you didn't have to...." Ashura began before she cut
him off.
"I don't like seeing people hurt, that's all." Crystallis said. Ashura
smiled at her and gave her a small kiss on the forehead. Sonic saw this and
grinned, as an idea came to him.
"Sonic, don't even THINK of using that "Hot Shots: Part Duex" routine!"
Ashura said.
"Aw, nuts!" Sonic AND Merc said. Angel whapped Merc for saying that.
"C'mon. Let's go!" Angel said. With that, the group continued on their
way. About 10 minutes later, the group reached the end of the cavern. There
was a shrine holding the gem they were looking for. The gem seemed dead as
it was a eerie shade of black.
"Dude, there it is!" Sonic said. "But, whose gonna get it?"
"I am!" Merc said, walking up to the gem. Full of confidance, he
grabbed the gem real quick. "See? Nothing to....AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
All of a sudden, the gem began glowing red as it began electrocuting Merc.
When it stopped, Merc dropped to one knee.
"Oh, my God. MERC!" Angel shouted as she ran up to Merc and crouched
down to him. "Merc? You okay? Please answer me!" She was about to cry when
she saw him look up at her.
"What's up?" he said. Angel responded by hugging him.
"Oh, Merc! I thought.....I thought...." she said, not wanting to say
what she thought.
"Hey, it's okay!" Merc said, returning the hug. "Hey, check this out!"
He held his hand out to the shrine and, all of a sudden, he released a ki
blast at it. Next thing they knew, the thing roared and came to life.
"Nice going, dimwit!" Sonic said. "You woke up a rock monster!"
"Well, at least my powers are back!" Merc said, grinning. The monster
roared again and began to charge the group. "I don't think so!" Merc began
charging up one of his attacks.
"What in the world is he gonna do?" Crystallis asked.
"Heh. Something cool!" Ashura said.
"You don't know how long I've been wanting to do this!" Merc said.
"NOVA BOMB!" He released his mighty attack at the monster, destroying it.
The others looked in awe as the creature was destroyed.
"Woah! Sweet!" Sonic said.
"Oh, yeah! Merc's back, baby!" he said. Angel walked up to him.
"You know you're full of yourself?" she said.
"Yeah. Is that a crime?" he said. Angel just shook her head and
grinned.
"What am I gonna do with you?" Angel said.
"I can think of a few things!" Sonic said. Three seconds later, Sonic
was back at the house, imbedded in the wall. He shouted "SORRRRRRRRRRYYYYY!"
as he was tossed from the cave.
"Damn pervert." Merc muttered. "I guess all that time around Crow got
to him."
"Yeah, well, we better leave. Who knows what else is in this place?"
Crystallis said. With that, the others left the cave. Luckly, the traps were
dead. Outside, the group noticed that the rain had stopped.
"Well, at least we won't hafta walk around in the rain." Crystallis
said.
"C'mon, let's get back to the house." Merc said. In a matter of
seconds, the group was back at their "temporary house".
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"So, that gem gave you back your powers?" Ayeka said to Merc.
"Yeah. I feel as if I didn't lose them when I first got here!" he said.
"Hmm, I wonder....?" Seiyuka said to herself. She grabbed the gem from
Merc's hand and held it. 30 seconds later, she tossed it back to him. "Nope,
I think it's a one-timer."
"How strange." TOM said.
"But, there's six more left. More chances to get back our abilities!"
Sonic said.
"But, right now, we need sleep!" Amy said, yawning to prove her point.
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In the bathroom, Ashura was tending to his injured arm. He carefully
unwrapped the makeshift bandage on his arm. Seeing that the bleeding had
stopped, he, then looked at the bloodstained piece of shirt. He sighed, shook
his head and tossed the piece in the trash.
"She didn't need to bandage me up." Ashura said. "But, it WAS sweet of
her." As he left the bathroom, he began thinking. 'Why do I have this oddball
feeling in me? It's like it's telling me that this is just one big goose
chase.' Going down the hallway, he happened to meet Crystallis at the end.
"Oh, hi, Ashura!" she said, her heartmelting smile on her face.
"Hey, Crysty! What's up?" he responded back.
"Just seeing how you were doing." She said.
"I'm as fine as I could ever be!" Ashura said. Ashura looked and saw
that her face began softening, then turned into a frown. She, then, looked
down. He cocked his head to the side a bit. "Hey, what's wrong?" She shook
her head and walked away. "Crysty? Hold on!"
"Ashura, not now." Crystallis said. "Please...." Ashura backed off from
her as she walked away to her room. When she closed the door, he walked over
to it.
"Crystallis?" he said. "You know if you want to talk about what's
bothering you, you can talk to me..."
"Thank you, but no thanks." Crystallis said. Ashura sighed and began to
walk away. Before he got far, he heard her door open. He turned to see her
poke her head out. "Ashura? Never mind. Please come here." Ashura wanted to
complain about her ability to change her mind at will, but thought otherwise.
He walked in to see her on her bed, staring at her reflection, her shirt off.
"You brought me in here so you can do your best Ryoko impression?"
Ashura said, covering his eyes.
"No!" Crystallis said, removing his hand. "Look at my scar." Ashura
did just that.
"Ow..." Ashura said, wincing in sympathy at the severaty of her scar.
"I...I didn't know it was that bad." He was tempted to touch it, but thought
otherwise.
"It's also healing..." Crystallis said. This caught Ashura by surprise.
"I know. It's strange."
"Looks like we got a chance to finally stop your pains, huh?" Ashura
said. Crystallis looked at the mirror and smiled. "Well, I'm gonna catch some
"zees". Get your shirt back on, and I'll see ya in the mornin'!" He kissed
her on the cheek and walked out. Crystallis let out a small sigh and went on
to get dressed for bed.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outside, on a hill overlooking the house, a creature stood at the top,
looking at the house.
"Well, it seems that the Guardian Maiden is here AND alive." it said.
"It would be a pleasure to see if this one is the one true Maiden." With
that, it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TO BE CONTINUED....
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
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Well, two chapters done, and so many more to go! What will happen next?
Who will pop up? Is everything as they seem? What is the legend of the
Guardian Maiden? Stay tuned to find out!
BTW, I had once said that I was going to hold off MSTing to finish this
deal. But, I lied! But, that doesn't mean I ditching this! No sirre! I'm going
strong on this!
As always, read and review!
Ashura Hedgehog
