Author's Note: This is Chapter Two. As usual, there is a little prologue detailing what the heck just happened before this takes place, so um...read it. Hehe...oh yes, and sorry if this seems rushed! The next chapter will be extremely better, honest. Ah well, enjoy the ficcy! ^_^ Warning, there are some major spoilers! Beware! ^_~
-Confused Love-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated G.
-Now Performing in Cyrum....Elena!-
-Chapter Two-
-In the newly built theater in Cyrum-
"I wonder where Elena is..." pondered King Roan, as he was busy looking around the newly built theater in Cyrum. He had heard that her singing troupe had come to the city, and he was very anxious to see his friend Elena.
Elena was a former Songstress of Granas, who had failed at trying to seal the Wings of Valmar and ended up with them implanted into her, thus creating Millenia. Millenia was, for all intents and purposes, the exact opposite of the holy Songstress. Throughout the journey, Millenia popped up every now and then, using Elena's body as a vessel, much to her dismay. After the second-to-last battle with Valmar, Millenia had gotten a body of her own, so Ryudo, Elena, and finally, Millennia, all battled together against the final incarnation of Valmar, Zera Valmar.
During the adventure, Elena slowly realized many things about the world around her, like how the Light and Darkness wasn't so black and white as she though it was. She had learned that not all light is good, and that not all darkness was bad. There were some people she met who didn't even believe in Granas or Valmar.
When Pope Zera was showing them what had truly happened during the battle of Good and Evil, she had her whole world crushed as she saw, with her very own eyes, that Granas had died during the battle, and that Valmar had won, although badly damaged. Another thing that was crushing was that the Granasaber, which was mentioned many times as Granas' holy saber which pierced Valmar's body, was just one of many ships that had been used during the battle of Good and Evil. To journey far and wide across the whole world, only to find out that what you're looking for isn't even what it is described as, is basically, a big kick in the pants for Elena and the rest of the bunch.
The most crushing thing, however, was the fact that Granas was long dead. All this time, people were praying to him. She was praying to him. Only to find out that Granas could not hear their prayers nor hers, as he had died. Her whole life was a lie. She was a Songstress of a dead god. She was on the verge of suicide nearly, practically giving into Zera's demands into helping him become a god, not caring about her life anymore.
However, after the battle against Zera Valmar, she decided to turn her life around. People were inspired by her voice when she was singing while New Valmar was flying around, so she decided to become a singer so that she could bring happiness into people's lives again.
After searching for hours through tents and enormous crowds of people, Roan found his old friend, Elena, former Songstress of Granas, and now the star attraction in a singing troupe.
"Elena! Long time no see!!" said Roan as he hurriedly ran to her and hugged her. "How are you Elena, what have you been up to?"
"Oh Roan! It's been so long..." she said, as she hugged him back, "I'm doing great! Tee-hee, oh, I've just been singing as usual, bringing happiness into people's lives!"
"That's so great to hear! Hehe, so how do like the newly built theater?" asked Roan.
"There are so many people here in this huge theater...." said an astonished Elena, "Are they all really here to just...hear me...sing....?"
"Elena, of all people, don't you remember how your voice sparked new hope into everyone, even though the God of Darkness Valmar was finally reawakened?" replied Roan.
"Tee-hee...I guess I forgot..." said Elena modestly while smiling.
"Say Roan, how's Tio? Does she enjoy living in the castle with you?" asked Elena, who was anxious to know how Tio was doing now.
"Um......" Roan said, sounding awfully nervous at her simple question.
"Well...? How is Tio...? Has she discovered any new emotions...?" asked Elena again.
"Uh......" Roan said, again sounding very nervous.
"Roan," Elena said as she bent down to meet him at eye level (something she learned from Millenia), "What is it you're hiding from me?"
"Um...do you really want to know...? Promise you won't tell anyone...?" whispered Roan, who looked scared.
"Of course..." said Elena, not really understanding what was going on, but willing to do anything at the moment to learn as much as she could.
"Well....last night...Tio came into my room and...""
"What!?" shouted Elena frantically, wondering why the heck Tio would come into his room, fearing the worse.
"No no, it wasn't like that!" Roan said quickly, feeling quite embarrassed.
"Ooh...thank Granas...err...I mean...well, you know what I mean. I'm glad to be reassured that you're a responsible boy, Roan...." she said, feeling quite relieved. "Go on with your story now, Roan."
"Well, before I was interrupted....Tio came into my room and she wanted to talk, about things like Mareg and love and...."
"She loves Mareg...?" asked Elena in a hushed voice.
"Actually....um...Tio said that she loved me..." mumbled Roan softly as he started to blush.
Elena blinked in surprise.
"I mean, not directly...more like, kinda indirectly...but...yeah...." said Roan, who was blushing very much.
"How did you react...?" she asked, being very shocked and curious at the same time.
Roan blushed immensely.
"Well...." said Roan, as he began to tell her what happened after Tio "I love you"....
-Last Night-
Tio simply smiled, blushed, and said, "....towards you, Roan...."
Roan blinked in surprise.
"What did you say...?" he asked in utter disbelief.
"I said I have...feelings of love....towards you, Roan....." she said again, blushing even more.
Roan was shocked beyond belief. Here was one of his best friends in the world, telling him that she loved him. They had fought together countless times and went through treacherous places as well, but never did he think that she just might've been eyeing him during those times. He had never looked upon Tio with the type of love beyond friendship, so he was quite confused on how Tio, who wasn't even a human, managed to fall for him.
"I...don't take this the wrong way but..." Roan said as he was trying to find something to say.
"But what...?" she said, being very discontent that Roan was not happy as she thought he would be.
"I...um...why do you love me, Tio...?" he managed to finally say.
"I...well...you're my best friend Roan..." Tio began awkwardly, "I'm attracted to you in a way that's past looks and age differences...although, I do think you're cute, tee-hee...I like how you're always optimistic. I find comfort in the fact that you, being as young as you are, are still learning human emotions...like I am....I love your views on life...you make it seem so exciting and exhilarating...."
"Wow..." was all Roan could say to all that. "I had no idea you felt that way towards me, Tio...."
"Roan?" she asked softly.
"Yes...?"
"Don't you...love me...?" said Tio, sounding very sad yet hopeful.
Roan was confused...he didn't know what to say. Did he love her? He started to feel something similar to what Tio was talking about, but he wasn't sure. Did he love her? Or should he lie to her?
"I..."
"I...understand if you don't...return the feeling...." said Tio as she turned away slightly, trying to hide her hurt.
"But...I do..."
"You do...?"
Roan panicked. Did he mean what he just said?
"I do...love...you..."
He wasn't sure if he meant that either.
"Really Roan...? Do you really...truly...mean it...?" she said as her eyes glistened with hope and love.
He nodded slowly with a smile, starting to think he was telling the truth.
She put her arms quickly around him and held him closely to her, closing her eyes to revel in her happiness.
"I'm so happy Roan...I'm so happy that you love me too..." she said lovingly, holding him very closely.
"You're...welcome Tio..." he said as he hugged her back, not sure if he truly did love her, although he was starting to hope that he did, because he didn't want to hurt her feelings at all.
Tio was so happy to know that the one she loved was loving her back. She had no idea that he was unsure, so she was simply reveling in the blissful moment, because she had never been loved supposedly like how Roan was loving her. She was so happy that she was learning all these new emotions that felt so good to her...especially after all she had been through...
Roan however, was too confused, not sure if he loved Tio or was simply trying not to make her feel stupid and unloved....
-Back to the Present-
"So that's what happened, huh?" asked Elena as she tilted her head.
"Mmhmm..." said Roan, as he was nodding his head.
"So...you meant those words, right?" said Elena cheerfully.
"Um..." replied Roan, not sure what to tell her.
"Roan...you did mean those words....right?" she said again, in a stern way this time.
"I'm not sure..." he said as he looked down, not wanting to face her in the eye.
"What do you mean you're not sure?!" said Elena, with a higher pitch then usual, since she did not like his response at all.
"Wah! Please don't yell!" he said, getting stressed out.
"Elena! Get ready in 5 minutes! The first show of the day is starting!!" yelled the leader of her singing troupe from his tent, "Hurry up! You're supposed to do a duet with another singing group as well!"
"Alright, I'm coming in just a second, boss!" she said cheerfully, before becoming stern again, "You better figure out if you love her or not...breaking a girl's heart is not good, Roan..."
"I know...I know..." he said sadly, as he watched Elena scurry away to a tent, hurrying to get ready for the first performance of the day.
"I hope Tio won't have to go through what I had to...." Elena said to herself quietly in the tent, "I took it harsh when Ryudo loved Millenia and didn't know who to choose....I still find it hard everyday...sigh...why didn't you just pick me Ryudo...?"
Her eyes started to water as she remembered why.
"I was so obsessed with my misson given to me by Pope Zera...that I guess...it made Ryudo look away from me and towards Millenia..."
Elena shook her head of the depressing thought and proceeded to get ready for the first performance of the day.
-End of Chapter Two-
The next chapter is kind of based on Noriyuki Iwardare's "A Deus (Sunking Mix)", which is my favorite remixed song on the Grandia II music CD you get with the Grandia II game. ^_^
-Confused Love-
-By Brian Marcelo-
-brianmarcelo@hotmail.com-
Rated G.
-Now Performing in Cyrum....Elena!-
-Chapter Two-
-In the newly built theater in Cyrum-
"I wonder where Elena is..." pondered King Roan, as he was busy looking around the newly built theater in Cyrum. He had heard that her singing troupe had come to the city, and he was very anxious to see his friend Elena.
Elena was a former Songstress of Granas, who had failed at trying to seal the Wings of Valmar and ended up with them implanted into her, thus creating Millenia. Millenia was, for all intents and purposes, the exact opposite of the holy Songstress. Throughout the journey, Millenia popped up every now and then, using Elena's body as a vessel, much to her dismay. After the second-to-last battle with Valmar, Millenia had gotten a body of her own, so Ryudo, Elena, and finally, Millennia, all battled together against the final incarnation of Valmar, Zera Valmar.
During the adventure, Elena slowly realized many things about the world around her, like how the Light and Darkness wasn't so black and white as she though it was. She had learned that not all light is good, and that not all darkness was bad. There were some people she met who didn't even believe in Granas or Valmar.
When Pope Zera was showing them what had truly happened during the battle of Good and Evil, she had her whole world crushed as she saw, with her very own eyes, that Granas had died during the battle, and that Valmar had won, although badly damaged. Another thing that was crushing was that the Granasaber, which was mentioned many times as Granas' holy saber which pierced Valmar's body, was just one of many ships that had been used during the battle of Good and Evil. To journey far and wide across the whole world, only to find out that what you're looking for isn't even what it is described as, is basically, a big kick in the pants for Elena and the rest of the bunch.
The most crushing thing, however, was the fact that Granas was long dead. All this time, people were praying to him. She was praying to him. Only to find out that Granas could not hear their prayers nor hers, as he had died. Her whole life was a lie. She was a Songstress of a dead god. She was on the verge of suicide nearly, practically giving into Zera's demands into helping him become a god, not caring about her life anymore.
However, after the battle against Zera Valmar, she decided to turn her life around. People were inspired by her voice when she was singing while New Valmar was flying around, so she decided to become a singer so that she could bring happiness into people's lives again.
After searching for hours through tents and enormous crowds of people, Roan found his old friend, Elena, former Songstress of Granas, and now the star attraction in a singing troupe.
"Elena! Long time no see!!" said Roan as he hurriedly ran to her and hugged her. "How are you Elena, what have you been up to?"
"Oh Roan! It's been so long..." she said, as she hugged him back, "I'm doing great! Tee-hee, oh, I've just been singing as usual, bringing happiness into people's lives!"
"That's so great to hear! Hehe, so how do like the newly built theater?" asked Roan.
"There are so many people here in this huge theater...." said an astonished Elena, "Are they all really here to just...hear me...sing....?"
"Elena, of all people, don't you remember how your voice sparked new hope into everyone, even though the God of Darkness Valmar was finally reawakened?" replied Roan.
"Tee-hee...I guess I forgot..." said Elena modestly while smiling.
"Say Roan, how's Tio? Does she enjoy living in the castle with you?" asked Elena, who was anxious to know how Tio was doing now.
"Um......" Roan said, sounding awfully nervous at her simple question.
"Well...? How is Tio...? Has she discovered any new emotions...?" asked Elena again.
"Uh......" Roan said, again sounding very nervous.
"Roan," Elena said as she bent down to meet him at eye level (something she learned from Millenia), "What is it you're hiding from me?"
"Um...do you really want to know...? Promise you won't tell anyone...?" whispered Roan, who looked scared.
"Of course..." said Elena, not really understanding what was going on, but willing to do anything at the moment to learn as much as she could.
"Well....last night...Tio came into my room and...""
"What!?" shouted Elena frantically, wondering why the heck Tio would come into his room, fearing the worse.
"No no, it wasn't like that!" Roan said quickly, feeling quite embarrassed.
"Ooh...thank Granas...err...I mean...well, you know what I mean. I'm glad to be reassured that you're a responsible boy, Roan...." she said, feeling quite relieved. "Go on with your story now, Roan."
"Well, before I was interrupted....Tio came into my room and she wanted to talk, about things like Mareg and love and...."
"She loves Mareg...?" asked Elena in a hushed voice.
"Actually....um...Tio said that she loved me..." mumbled Roan softly as he started to blush.
Elena blinked in surprise.
"I mean, not directly...more like, kinda indirectly...but...yeah...." said Roan, who was blushing very much.
"How did you react...?" she asked, being very shocked and curious at the same time.
Roan blushed immensely.
"Well...." said Roan, as he began to tell her what happened after Tio "I love you"....
-Last Night-
Tio simply smiled, blushed, and said, "....towards you, Roan...."
Roan blinked in surprise.
"What did you say...?" he asked in utter disbelief.
"I said I have...feelings of love....towards you, Roan....." she said again, blushing even more.
Roan was shocked beyond belief. Here was one of his best friends in the world, telling him that she loved him. They had fought together countless times and went through treacherous places as well, but never did he think that she just might've been eyeing him during those times. He had never looked upon Tio with the type of love beyond friendship, so he was quite confused on how Tio, who wasn't even a human, managed to fall for him.
"I...don't take this the wrong way but..." Roan said as he was trying to find something to say.
"But what...?" she said, being very discontent that Roan was not happy as she thought he would be.
"I...um...why do you love me, Tio...?" he managed to finally say.
"I...well...you're my best friend Roan..." Tio began awkwardly, "I'm attracted to you in a way that's past looks and age differences...although, I do think you're cute, tee-hee...I like how you're always optimistic. I find comfort in the fact that you, being as young as you are, are still learning human emotions...like I am....I love your views on life...you make it seem so exciting and exhilarating...."
"Wow..." was all Roan could say to all that. "I had no idea you felt that way towards me, Tio...."
"Roan?" she asked softly.
"Yes...?"
"Don't you...love me...?" said Tio, sounding very sad yet hopeful.
Roan was confused...he didn't know what to say. Did he love her? He started to feel something similar to what Tio was talking about, but he wasn't sure. Did he love her? Or should he lie to her?
"I..."
"I...understand if you don't...return the feeling...." said Tio as she turned away slightly, trying to hide her hurt.
"But...I do..."
"You do...?"
Roan panicked. Did he mean what he just said?
"I do...love...you..."
He wasn't sure if he meant that either.
"Really Roan...? Do you really...truly...mean it...?" she said as her eyes glistened with hope and love.
He nodded slowly with a smile, starting to think he was telling the truth.
She put her arms quickly around him and held him closely to her, closing her eyes to revel in her happiness.
"I'm so happy Roan...I'm so happy that you love me too..." she said lovingly, holding him very closely.
"You're...welcome Tio..." he said as he hugged her back, not sure if he truly did love her, although he was starting to hope that he did, because he didn't want to hurt her feelings at all.
Tio was so happy to know that the one she loved was loving her back. She had no idea that he was unsure, so she was simply reveling in the blissful moment, because she had never been loved supposedly like how Roan was loving her. She was so happy that she was learning all these new emotions that felt so good to her...especially after all she had been through...
Roan however, was too confused, not sure if he loved Tio or was simply trying not to make her feel stupid and unloved....
-Back to the Present-
"So that's what happened, huh?" asked Elena as she tilted her head.
"Mmhmm..." said Roan, as he was nodding his head.
"So...you meant those words, right?" said Elena cheerfully.
"Um..." replied Roan, not sure what to tell her.
"Roan...you did mean those words....right?" she said again, in a stern way this time.
"I'm not sure..." he said as he looked down, not wanting to face her in the eye.
"What do you mean you're not sure?!" said Elena, with a higher pitch then usual, since she did not like his response at all.
"Wah! Please don't yell!" he said, getting stressed out.
"Elena! Get ready in 5 minutes! The first show of the day is starting!!" yelled the leader of her singing troupe from his tent, "Hurry up! You're supposed to do a duet with another singing group as well!"
"Alright, I'm coming in just a second, boss!" she said cheerfully, before becoming stern again, "You better figure out if you love her or not...breaking a girl's heart is not good, Roan..."
"I know...I know..." he said sadly, as he watched Elena scurry away to a tent, hurrying to get ready for the first performance of the day.
"I hope Tio won't have to go through what I had to...." Elena said to herself quietly in the tent, "I took it harsh when Ryudo loved Millenia and didn't know who to choose....I still find it hard everyday...sigh...why didn't you just pick me Ryudo...?"
Her eyes started to water as she remembered why.
"I was so obsessed with my misson given to me by Pope Zera...that I guess...it made Ryudo look away from me and towards Millenia..."
Elena shook her head of the depressing thought and proceeded to get ready for the first performance of the day.
-End of Chapter Two-
The next chapter is kind of based on Noriyuki Iwardare's "A Deus (Sunking Mix)", which is my favorite remixed song on the Grandia II music CD you get with the Grandia II game. ^_^