Forever Star Warriors
By:
~*star flower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu
Disclaimer: Okay pp's! Someone asked if I could do two chapters. Well, here's your treat! Two chapters it is! Domo arigato all for the reviews *Bows* please review after you read. ^-^*
Chapter 5: Stairs to the Hoshi Shrine
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"Lead me there, Lillia. Show me to the shrine."
Lillia Karasu nodded slowly at the auburn haired young woman in acknowledgment, her diamond blue pools showed concern to the shaken figure that laid beneath her long fingers. Each of her delicate features were etched and laced with worry as she glanced at the great white beast's rich dark brown eyes, which was also equally worried, but then nodded at the mid- night blue haired girl.
Giving a long sigh, Lillia slowly shut her eyes to the scene that played continuously before her vision, then turned and softly began to walk with the other girl, the white tiger, and her beast trailing behind her. The air was heavy and dense with the cold wintry sky raining with fresh pure white flakes falling lazily to the ground, only to be crushed and shattered by the footsteps of the group that silently walked forward. Each lost deep in their own thoughts and feelings, hardly paying attention to the harsh wind that picked up from nowhere.
'……oh, Kami-sama……why does Talpa return to reign over our people? Hasn't He had enough? Why can't our lives be normal?' Mia thought sadly.
1 '………Because if your lives had been normal, you wouldn't have met the Ronin Warriors. And Talpa would have ruled over this realm………'
A voice boomed in reply through her stormy thoughts. A chime rung in her head then slowly began to fade softly and quietly away before the auburn haired girl could question the voice.
Just as Mia was about to ponder, they had reached the small aging house. Symbols were carved expertly into the wood posts that lined old water damaged and snowy steps that lead shortly to the rice papered doorway with fading white and dark blue walls which shielded this small aging shrine from the weather's strength and natural phenomenon over the past centuries. Even though it was old and dangerous, this small place still held its beauty and fascinations that always seems to trigger the mind to wonder about the past and how it kept its stature for so long. She smiled to herself slightly, her grayish blue eyes softening.
'Grandfather use to take me here every year to say our prayers and thanks to the gods………' Her pools of gray blue grew sadder in gray as she thought back on the day her Grandfather died. He was her only family, being told nervously about how her parents died in a terrible plane crash when she was young at 5 years of age. But from then up to now, she felt it wasn't the real truth, and that it was a lie. Although it seemed real enough to believe, her heart told her otherwise, making it difficult and compelling to understand for herself.
Suddenly, a loud but kind chime rang out and through the morning's frost bitten air. Followed by a low bell that seems to come from some where else beyond these mountains. Joining the chime, weaving in and out of each other, creating a foreign but beautiful pattern of pitch and notes while the sound of the wind joined in the sounds, making a new string of harmony, seemingly combining, getting louder and louder. And then, suddenly, it stopped and fell silent.
For only a brief moment, all Mia could hear was the sound of her heart, feeling the fast and furious pace of the thumps beat in her finger tips to her ears as she looked at the white tiger, White Blaze, for answers. But only receiving a small sad grin from the great beast, cleverly shielding anything from going through his rich, brown eyes, making it a colorful void of brown.
"Welcome to the Hoshi Shrine. May the stars held in the Gods eyes watch over you." A young voice recited happily.
The group looked up to the steps of cracked and mossy cold stone. There stood a young girl with chin length deep violet hair that spilt down in to her small waist. The girl was only a few inches shorter then the two young women, adorned with childish features playfully dancing across her pale face as she gazed down and smiled at them. What she wore was a white Kimono with violet purple flowers crafted expertly with silver linings, loosely clinging to her small frame with only a tight dark purple sash holding up the soft silk. In her small right hand she held a long staff with a sixteen-pointed star with a sapphire jewel connecting all the silver points as the rest lined down in black.
"My name is Mizuriu Shichigatsu Shinzo," The girl slightly bowed her head, but did not open her eyes,
"But, you may call me Shinzo."
"Shinzo!" Lillia called out to the young girl, her blue diamond eyes looking intense,
"Hai?" Shinzo replied back with a joyful smile.
"May the waters rise and fall each day
May the moon and stars light each pathway
Together they shall revel
To a gateway that isn't real………" The mid-night haired woman recalled, a dark blue aura glowed in her eyes as it caught the girl's deep violet ones.
The girl gasped as her eyes widened,
"May the Sun fall
As it has done so
May the evil shadow rise once more
Casting the blackness of a foe………" Shinzo called out to join before her eyes became vacant as she looked to her staff as it glowed a soft color of gold.
Mia's eyes grew wide as she studied the slender words of the poem they have said to one another. Something chimed in her mind, '………why does it sound………so strange, and yet………so familiar………?' Then she hurriedly looked up as the girl gasped again as violet met blue. Something moved across Shinzo's eyes before she beckoned with her hands quickly,
"Come! We must not be out here. The others are waiting inside." The violet girl whispered desperately.
"Quickly!" She hissed as Shinzo raised her staff in the air slowly, whispering silent words as the sounds of a gale ringed through the cold air, her hair flailing as an invisible wind blew past them. The sound of that deep chime the rung in the distance, now came from the shrine, making the rotting wood and rice papered door rattle and shake before sliding steadily open, revealing a dark passage that laid untouched by the days dim light.
"What's going on, Lillia!?" Mia cried out over the sounds as the auburn haired woman looked to the other, clutching at the white tiger's soft mane as the mid-night haired girl just stared ahead into the void only whispering words that barely reached Mia's ears,
"You'll see, Mia………"
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Tiger blue eyes snapped open as something stirred within him before gradually pounding and beating at his mind, refusing to be denied as it intensified, turning into a warm burning sensation, making a feeling of nervousness and confusion well up from deep within himself.
The jet-black haired boy hurriedly got up, grabbing a crystal marble that rested on a blue velvet pillow from his bedside next to a lamp with carving of a red bird with fire as it's feathers.
The teenage boy ran out of his room, finding his comrades rushing down the carpeted stairs to the bottom,
"Do you guys feel that!?" Ryo Sanada cried to the others, the feelings starting to pound like the ocean waves pounding against the black rocks that lined it's shores.
"Wha'd ya suppose it is?" Rowen Hashiba asked, feeling the connection between all five of them emit uneasiness and………fear……
"What do ya mean, 'wha'd ya suppose it is'? Where's Mi!?" Kento Fuan shouted frantically.
At that, Ryo's heart jumped, where was she? It was 3 in the afternoon!
"At least White Blaze is with her. If there's trouble, he should be able to protect Mia long enough for us to get there." Sai Mouri replied as he saw all the worry in each ones eyes fly across their links and faces, '………I do hope I'm right………'
Ryo started to feel frantic as his fear grew more, clouding his senses wickedly as his lungs cried out for more air. All the boys in the group began to feel what they're friend was going through, and that caused the last one to speak up for all three,
"But that still doesn't dismiss the fact that Mia might be in danger. We all should look for her," Sage Date inclined, his icy violet eyes dark with seriousness that was intense enough to be dangerous to any other's site. His heart was steady, but deep inside, he was beginning to feel fear creep in and grasp it in it's deathly icy grip, attempting to crush it's warm feeling with its powerful might. He clenched his fists and tried to push it away,
"Something is coming. And we all felt that ever since a month after the battle, so we must be ready for whatever it is, but right now, we need to look for Mia and White Blaze. Ryo?"
At that said, Ryo snapped out of his dark state and tried to focus his eyes and mind to his friends, desperately fighting the darkness back to where it lay hidden deep beneath himself and tried to steady his fast pulsing heart. Finally after a few moments, he regained his posture and stood straight, breathing a little before nodding his head at his partners,
"Let's go."
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A dark evil figure watched with red eyes that glowed like a dying flame burned and killed by hate and fear. A sinister smirk formed on this masked face as it gazed at the transparent portal.
The darkness cringed at the echoing of vile and vicious low insane laughter………
To Be Continued……………
Ah-hehehee………you guys must hate me for doing this to ya, but, that's all I have for now. Hehehee………well, anyway, I'm so very sorry for not updating this sooner!! And if you would notice, there's something I did here! But you probably don't know. Oh well. My friend Lillia Karasu, is an author, ok? Ok! Here's the translations:
Hai: Yes
Hoshi: Star
Mizuriu: Waterdragon
Shichigatsu: July
Shinzo: Heart
Okay, I gotta go. Hope you enjoyed this chapter even though it was too short. Review!! Somebody PLEASE tell me I need more time! Ja! ^-^*
By:
~*star flower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu
Disclaimer: Okay pp's! Someone asked if I could do two chapters. Well, here's your treat! Two chapters it is! Domo arigato all for the reviews *Bows* please review after you read. ^-^*
Chapter 5: Stairs to the Hoshi Shrine
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Lead me there, Lillia. Show me to the shrine."
Lillia Karasu nodded slowly at the auburn haired young woman in acknowledgment, her diamond blue pools showed concern to the shaken figure that laid beneath her long fingers. Each of her delicate features were etched and laced with worry as she glanced at the great white beast's rich dark brown eyes, which was also equally worried, but then nodded at the mid- night blue haired girl.
Giving a long sigh, Lillia slowly shut her eyes to the scene that played continuously before her vision, then turned and softly began to walk with the other girl, the white tiger, and her beast trailing behind her. The air was heavy and dense with the cold wintry sky raining with fresh pure white flakes falling lazily to the ground, only to be crushed and shattered by the footsteps of the group that silently walked forward. Each lost deep in their own thoughts and feelings, hardly paying attention to the harsh wind that picked up from nowhere.
'……oh, Kami-sama……why does Talpa return to reign over our people? Hasn't He had enough? Why can't our lives be normal?' Mia thought sadly.
1 '………Because if your lives had been normal, you wouldn't have met the Ronin Warriors. And Talpa would have ruled over this realm………'
A voice boomed in reply through her stormy thoughts. A chime rung in her head then slowly began to fade softly and quietly away before the auburn haired girl could question the voice.
Just as Mia was about to ponder, they had reached the small aging house. Symbols were carved expertly into the wood posts that lined old water damaged and snowy steps that lead shortly to the rice papered doorway with fading white and dark blue walls which shielded this small aging shrine from the weather's strength and natural phenomenon over the past centuries. Even though it was old and dangerous, this small place still held its beauty and fascinations that always seems to trigger the mind to wonder about the past and how it kept its stature for so long. She smiled to herself slightly, her grayish blue eyes softening.
'Grandfather use to take me here every year to say our prayers and thanks to the gods………' Her pools of gray blue grew sadder in gray as she thought back on the day her Grandfather died. He was her only family, being told nervously about how her parents died in a terrible plane crash when she was young at 5 years of age. But from then up to now, she felt it wasn't the real truth, and that it was a lie. Although it seemed real enough to believe, her heart told her otherwise, making it difficult and compelling to understand for herself.
Suddenly, a loud but kind chime rang out and through the morning's frost bitten air. Followed by a low bell that seems to come from some where else beyond these mountains. Joining the chime, weaving in and out of each other, creating a foreign but beautiful pattern of pitch and notes while the sound of the wind joined in the sounds, making a new string of harmony, seemingly combining, getting louder and louder. And then, suddenly, it stopped and fell silent.
For only a brief moment, all Mia could hear was the sound of her heart, feeling the fast and furious pace of the thumps beat in her finger tips to her ears as she looked at the white tiger, White Blaze, for answers. But only receiving a small sad grin from the great beast, cleverly shielding anything from going through his rich, brown eyes, making it a colorful void of brown.
"Welcome to the Hoshi Shrine. May the stars held in the Gods eyes watch over you." A young voice recited happily.
The group looked up to the steps of cracked and mossy cold stone. There stood a young girl with chin length deep violet hair that spilt down in to her small waist. The girl was only a few inches shorter then the two young women, adorned with childish features playfully dancing across her pale face as she gazed down and smiled at them. What she wore was a white Kimono with violet purple flowers crafted expertly with silver linings, loosely clinging to her small frame with only a tight dark purple sash holding up the soft silk. In her small right hand she held a long staff with a sixteen-pointed star with a sapphire jewel connecting all the silver points as the rest lined down in black.
"My name is Mizuriu Shichigatsu Shinzo," The girl slightly bowed her head, but did not open her eyes,
"But, you may call me Shinzo."
"Shinzo!" Lillia called out to the young girl, her blue diamond eyes looking intense,
"Hai?" Shinzo replied back with a joyful smile.
"May the waters rise and fall each day
May the moon and stars light each pathway
Together they shall revel
To a gateway that isn't real………" The mid-night haired woman recalled, a dark blue aura glowed in her eyes as it caught the girl's deep violet ones.
The girl gasped as her eyes widened,
"May the Sun fall
As it has done so
May the evil shadow rise once more
Casting the blackness of a foe………" Shinzo called out to join before her eyes became vacant as she looked to her staff as it glowed a soft color of gold.
Mia's eyes grew wide as she studied the slender words of the poem they have said to one another. Something chimed in her mind, '………why does it sound………so strange, and yet………so familiar………?' Then she hurriedly looked up as the girl gasped again as violet met blue. Something moved across Shinzo's eyes before she beckoned with her hands quickly,
"Come! We must not be out here. The others are waiting inside." The violet girl whispered desperately.
"Quickly!" She hissed as Shinzo raised her staff in the air slowly, whispering silent words as the sounds of a gale ringed through the cold air, her hair flailing as an invisible wind blew past them. The sound of that deep chime the rung in the distance, now came from the shrine, making the rotting wood and rice papered door rattle and shake before sliding steadily open, revealing a dark passage that laid untouched by the days dim light.
"What's going on, Lillia!?" Mia cried out over the sounds as the auburn haired woman looked to the other, clutching at the white tiger's soft mane as the mid-night haired girl just stared ahead into the void only whispering words that barely reached Mia's ears,
"You'll see, Mia………"
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Tiger blue eyes snapped open as something stirred within him before gradually pounding and beating at his mind, refusing to be denied as it intensified, turning into a warm burning sensation, making a feeling of nervousness and confusion well up from deep within himself.
The jet-black haired boy hurriedly got up, grabbing a crystal marble that rested on a blue velvet pillow from his bedside next to a lamp with carving of a red bird with fire as it's feathers.
The teenage boy ran out of his room, finding his comrades rushing down the carpeted stairs to the bottom,
"Do you guys feel that!?" Ryo Sanada cried to the others, the feelings starting to pound like the ocean waves pounding against the black rocks that lined it's shores.
"Wha'd ya suppose it is?" Rowen Hashiba asked, feeling the connection between all five of them emit uneasiness and………fear……
"What do ya mean, 'wha'd ya suppose it is'? Where's Mi!?" Kento Fuan shouted frantically.
At that, Ryo's heart jumped, where was she? It was 3 in the afternoon!
"At least White Blaze is with her. If there's trouble, he should be able to protect Mia long enough for us to get there." Sai Mouri replied as he saw all the worry in each ones eyes fly across their links and faces, '………I do hope I'm right………'
Ryo started to feel frantic as his fear grew more, clouding his senses wickedly as his lungs cried out for more air. All the boys in the group began to feel what they're friend was going through, and that caused the last one to speak up for all three,
"But that still doesn't dismiss the fact that Mia might be in danger. We all should look for her," Sage Date inclined, his icy violet eyes dark with seriousness that was intense enough to be dangerous to any other's site. His heart was steady, but deep inside, he was beginning to feel fear creep in and grasp it in it's deathly icy grip, attempting to crush it's warm feeling with its powerful might. He clenched his fists and tried to push it away,
"Something is coming. And we all felt that ever since a month after the battle, so we must be ready for whatever it is, but right now, we need to look for Mia and White Blaze. Ryo?"
At that said, Ryo snapped out of his dark state and tried to focus his eyes and mind to his friends, desperately fighting the darkness back to where it lay hidden deep beneath himself and tried to steady his fast pulsing heart. Finally after a few moments, he regained his posture and stood straight, breathing a little before nodding his head at his partners,
"Let's go."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A dark evil figure watched with red eyes that glowed like a dying flame burned and killed by hate and fear. A sinister smirk formed on this masked face as it gazed at the transparent portal.
The darkness cringed at the echoing of vile and vicious low insane laughter………
To Be Continued……………
Ah-hehehee………you guys must hate me for doing this to ya, but, that's all I have for now. Hehehee………well, anyway, I'm so very sorry for not updating this sooner!! And if you would notice, there's something I did here! But you probably don't know. Oh well. My friend Lillia Karasu, is an author, ok? Ok! Here's the translations:
Hai: Yes
Hoshi: Star
Mizuriu: Waterdragon
Shichigatsu: July
Shinzo: Heart
Okay, I gotta go. Hope you enjoyed this chapter even though it was too short. Review!! Somebody PLEASE tell me I need more time! Ja! ^-^*