Chapter IV:Confessions of the Withdrawn
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but Kiteria. Believe me, if I owned Golden Sun, you'd know by now… Mwahahahaha!
"It's impossible! How could they?" Menardi finally burst out.
"It's not impossible!" The stranger said sharply. "They passed, and you cannot deny it."
Menardi shut up, digging the toe of her boot into the floor angrily. Saturos didn't look happy either. "So…since our bargin is still on…they shall pass?"
The stranger nodded. Saturos and Menardi groaned.
Garet's small stock of patience gave out. "What bargin? Why are we here? What are you two doing? And who are you?" He asked, gesturing to the tall female stranger.
"I am Kiteria, goddess of this Mars clan." The four stared. The goddess had long blond hair, gleaming from the red gems hanging in it. She wore a long red dress that looked almost on fire, and carried a glimmering sword. But most impressive of all were her beautiful, multi-colored wings. They hung down almost to her knees on either side of her. However, she didn't look anything like a fairy. She was tall, almost eight feet, and there were flames burning in her eyes. (to see a pic of her go to Fateful Journey's webpage at http://hometown.aol.com/wackydabber/fatefuljourney.html)
"Well," Ivan said, when he was able to regain speech. "What was the bargin?"
Menardi looked up. "We made a bargin with Kiteria, because, you know, we belong to this clan, and…"
She was cut off by the fire goddess. "They thought you were immortal."
Issac gasped. "But…why the heck would they think that?"
Saturos interupted Kiteria's explanation. "Well, first, you survived when we attacked you during that storm three years ago. Then, you survived when the Elemental Star's chamber was collapsing! And you even beat us in Venus Lighthouse, even when we transformed into Fusion Dragon! It would seem the right thing to think!"
"But we're not. What do you think we are, gods and goddeses?" Mia asked him increduously.
Saturos shrugged. "All I know is; we've never lost to anyone except you four."
Kiteria continued. "They figured even if they got the whole Mars clan to attack you, you still might survive. So, they decided to make a bargin with me. I can look into your thoughts, your past, and your present. So they asked me to insure that you went through the hardest tests I could set up. And you did. But you passed. And the bargin was if, even though it was impossible, you passed, you could walk freely in and out of Allamir."
Garet grinned. "So we're homefree?"
Menardi shot him a glare. "Unfortuatly, yes."
Issac stood up. "Do you have an inn in this place?"
Saturos nodded. "We'll show you to it."
On the way there, Mia whispered to Issac, "It's kind of funny, them being so nice. First they want to kill us, and now they're showing us around their town?"
Issac shrugged. "I guess they're holding true to the bargin. We're allowed to walk freely in and out of Allamir."
Garet butted in to their conversation. "What are YOU guys talking about?" He grinned. "Your love lives?"
Mia and Issac both went the color of Garet's Flame Wall. "You are an ass, Garet," Issac muttered. "Why would we be talking about that?"
Garet shook his head in mock sadness. "You guys are the blindest people I've ever seen."
Mia and Issac both gave him confused looks, but he sighed and went over to chat with Ivan.
The group soon arrived at the inn. It was a rather forebidding place, painted blood-red with a sign on the door that said, "Kiteria: We shall conquer all." However, to their surprise, it was quite cosy inside.
"Four rooms, please." Issac said to the person at the counter. After paying, the four headed up to their rooms. "Issac, would you mind sharing a room with Mia?" Garet asked pleasantly enough, but with something of a mischeivous grin on his face. "It'll be too crowded otherwise."
"I will kill you slowly and painfully." Issac told Garet with his eyes, but he merely scoffed and muttered quietly in his ear, "I'm doing you a favor."
Issac shook his head in silent defeat and followed Mia to their room.
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Issac's Journal, 4/2/13 (AN: I figure the years are different in the GS world)
Up till now, Journal, I've only kept a record of monsters we've battled and the stratagies I've used. But now I feel the sudden need to confide in you about something I've never talked about before.
I haven't had much experience with girls. Jenna was the first one I was actually good friends with, and Mia… Mia is the first I've fallen in love with.
I don't know how it happened. All I know is that I've fallen for our Mercury Adept companion. It wasn't one of those things where you fall in love instantly. I've never been impulsive like that. But over time…I've begun to wonder if we could be more than friends. But why would she care for an silent, emotionless loser?
Yes, I think I'm a loser. My mom always told me never to blame myself for my father's death, but I can't help it. If we'd only gotten there a bit sooner. If I had persuaded him to come with us to get help for Felix. If only…
But "ifs" are useless now. He's gone, gone forever and I can't change anything.
Forever is a frightening word. When we're dead, we're gone forever. When we fall in love, it's forever. I hope. Somehow, I don't ever want to fall out of love with Mia.
She's watching me from across our room. I wonder if she even notices me. As more than a friend, I mean.
But damn, she's beautiful. There's no one like her back in Vale, not even Jenna. With that long teal-colored hair and those green eyes…
I used to think I was handsome, with my spiky blond hair and blue eyes. Now I think I'm worthless. I couldn't save my dad, and I'm too chicken to even tell the girl I love how I feel.
My mom has always believed in me. But I just can't make myself believe that she doesn't hate me at least a little for not killing the bastards that murdered my father.
Saturos and Menardi. Somehow I don't feel the hatred I feel toward Alex. Sometimes I almost get the feeling that those two are just pawns on Alex's chessboard, and it frightens me. He has so much power, and all he can do with it is evil.
I don't blame Felix either. And Felix is the very reason I don't believe Saturos and Menardi are evil through and through. Why else would they have saved him? Not for his power, or his strength. He's barely above average in those areas. Maybe they do have hearts, somewhere in the stained blackness of greed.
Alex, though… How could he betray Mia like that? And the whole Mercury clan? Maybe one of the reasons I hate him so much is that he has betrayed the one I love.
God, it feels so strange to write that. It would feel even odder to say it. I mean, I can't just walk up to her and say, "Hi Mia, I'm in love with you." I'm not that stupid.
What am I going to do?
I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll have an answer in the morning.
~*~
Mia's Journal, 4/2/13
His eyes.
They are what get to me.
Those big blue orbs, glowing with endless light. When I see them, I stumble on my words or trip and go flying. I don't know what to say to him anymore. I'm worried the truth will accidentally slip out, and I'll embarress myself beyond repair.
I'm in love with Issac. It sounds so strange. Being one of the only teenage girls Imil, I was constantly sought after as a love interest, which I did not enjoy. But I never found someone who was right for me.
Garet has Jenna, even though he denies it, and Ivan has Sheba, even though he denies it even more loudly than Garet. But I have no one.
Issac just looked at me from across our room. Funny how just a glimpse of those eyes can send shivers up my spine. I've fallen hard, and there's no getting around it.
He's going to bed now, so I'll retire as well. Goodnight.
~*~
AN: Well, Zealot, I hope I fufilled your request for more Issac and Mia stuff. The romantic side of me took over for this chapter, sorry for all you action lovers. That'll be in the next chapter. Anyway, PLEASE read and review! A nice review gives me positve inspiration. (really!) ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but Kiteria. Believe me, if I owned Golden Sun, you'd know by now… Mwahahahaha!
"It's impossible! How could they?" Menardi finally burst out.
"It's not impossible!" The stranger said sharply. "They passed, and you cannot deny it."
Menardi shut up, digging the toe of her boot into the floor angrily. Saturos didn't look happy either. "So…since our bargin is still on…they shall pass?"
The stranger nodded. Saturos and Menardi groaned.
Garet's small stock of patience gave out. "What bargin? Why are we here? What are you two doing? And who are you?" He asked, gesturing to the tall female stranger.
"I am Kiteria, goddess of this Mars clan." The four stared. The goddess had long blond hair, gleaming from the red gems hanging in it. She wore a long red dress that looked almost on fire, and carried a glimmering sword. But most impressive of all were her beautiful, multi-colored wings. They hung down almost to her knees on either side of her. However, she didn't look anything like a fairy. She was tall, almost eight feet, and there were flames burning in her eyes. (to see a pic of her go to Fateful Journey's webpage at http://hometown.aol.com/wackydabber/fatefuljourney.html)
"Well," Ivan said, when he was able to regain speech. "What was the bargin?"
Menardi looked up. "We made a bargin with Kiteria, because, you know, we belong to this clan, and…"
She was cut off by the fire goddess. "They thought you were immortal."
Issac gasped. "But…why the heck would they think that?"
Saturos interupted Kiteria's explanation. "Well, first, you survived when we attacked you during that storm three years ago. Then, you survived when the Elemental Star's chamber was collapsing! And you even beat us in Venus Lighthouse, even when we transformed into Fusion Dragon! It would seem the right thing to think!"
"But we're not. What do you think we are, gods and goddeses?" Mia asked him increduously.
Saturos shrugged. "All I know is; we've never lost to anyone except you four."
Kiteria continued. "They figured even if they got the whole Mars clan to attack you, you still might survive. So, they decided to make a bargin with me. I can look into your thoughts, your past, and your present. So they asked me to insure that you went through the hardest tests I could set up. And you did. But you passed. And the bargin was if, even though it was impossible, you passed, you could walk freely in and out of Allamir."
Garet grinned. "So we're homefree?"
Menardi shot him a glare. "Unfortuatly, yes."
Issac stood up. "Do you have an inn in this place?"
Saturos nodded. "We'll show you to it."
On the way there, Mia whispered to Issac, "It's kind of funny, them being so nice. First they want to kill us, and now they're showing us around their town?"
Issac shrugged. "I guess they're holding true to the bargin. We're allowed to walk freely in and out of Allamir."
Garet butted in to their conversation. "What are YOU guys talking about?" He grinned. "Your love lives?"
Mia and Issac both went the color of Garet's Flame Wall. "You are an ass, Garet," Issac muttered. "Why would we be talking about that?"
Garet shook his head in mock sadness. "You guys are the blindest people I've ever seen."
Mia and Issac both gave him confused looks, but he sighed and went over to chat with Ivan.
The group soon arrived at the inn. It was a rather forebidding place, painted blood-red with a sign on the door that said, "Kiteria: We shall conquer all." However, to their surprise, it was quite cosy inside.
"Four rooms, please." Issac said to the person at the counter. After paying, the four headed up to their rooms. "Issac, would you mind sharing a room with Mia?" Garet asked pleasantly enough, but with something of a mischeivous grin on his face. "It'll be too crowded otherwise."
"I will kill you slowly and painfully." Issac told Garet with his eyes, but he merely scoffed and muttered quietly in his ear, "I'm doing you a favor."
Issac shook his head in silent defeat and followed Mia to their room.
~*~
Issac's Journal, 4/2/13 (AN: I figure the years are different in the GS world)
Up till now, Journal, I've only kept a record of monsters we've battled and the stratagies I've used. But now I feel the sudden need to confide in you about something I've never talked about before.
I haven't had much experience with girls. Jenna was the first one I was actually good friends with, and Mia… Mia is the first I've fallen in love with.
I don't know how it happened. All I know is that I've fallen for our Mercury Adept companion. It wasn't one of those things where you fall in love instantly. I've never been impulsive like that. But over time…I've begun to wonder if we could be more than friends. But why would she care for an silent, emotionless loser?
Yes, I think I'm a loser. My mom always told me never to blame myself for my father's death, but I can't help it. If we'd only gotten there a bit sooner. If I had persuaded him to come with us to get help for Felix. If only…
But "ifs" are useless now. He's gone, gone forever and I can't change anything.
Forever is a frightening word. When we're dead, we're gone forever. When we fall in love, it's forever. I hope. Somehow, I don't ever want to fall out of love with Mia.
She's watching me from across our room. I wonder if she even notices me. As more than a friend, I mean.
But damn, she's beautiful. There's no one like her back in Vale, not even Jenna. With that long teal-colored hair and those green eyes…
I used to think I was handsome, with my spiky blond hair and blue eyes. Now I think I'm worthless. I couldn't save my dad, and I'm too chicken to even tell the girl I love how I feel.
My mom has always believed in me. But I just can't make myself believe that she doesn't hate me at least a little for not killing the bastards that murdered my father.
Saturos and Menardi. Somehow I don't feel the hatred I feel toward Alex. Sometimes I almost get the feeling that those two are just pawns on Alex's chessboard, and it frightens me. He has so much power, and all he can do with it is evil.
I don't blame Felix either. And Felix is the very reason I don't believe Saturos and Menardi are evil through and through. Why else would they have saved him? Not for his power, or his strength. He's barely above average in those areas. Maybe they do have hearts, somewhere in the stained blackness of greed.
Alex, though… How could he betray Mia like that? And the whole Mercury clan? Maybe one of the reasons I hate him so much is that he has betrayed the one I love.
God, it feels so strange to write that. It would feel even odder to say it. I mean, I can't just walk up to her and say, "Hi Mia, I'm in love with you." I'm not that stupid.
What am I going to do?
I'm going to bed. Maybe I'll have an answer in the morning.
~*~
Mia's Journal, 4/2/13
His eyes.
They are what get to me.
Those big blue orbs, glowing with endless light. When I see them, I stumble on my words or trip and go flying. I don't know what to say to him anymore. I'm worried the truth will accidentally slip out, and I'll embarress myself beyond repair.
I'm in love with Issac. It sounds so strange. Being one of the only teenage girls Imil, I was constantly sought after as a love interest, which I did not enjoy. But I never found someone who was right for me.
Garet has Jenna, even though he denies it, and Ivan has Sheba, even though he denies it even more loudly than Garet. But I have no one.
Issac just looked at me from across our room. Funny how just a glimpse of those eyes can send shivers up my spine. I've fallen hard, and there's no getting around it.
He's going to bed now, so I'll retire as well. Goodnight.
~*~
AN: Well, Zealot, I hope I fufilled your request for more Issac and Mia stuff. The romantic side of me took over for this chapter, sorry for all you action lovers. That'll be in the next chapter. Anyway, PLEASE read and review! A nice review gives me positve inspiration. (really!) ^_^
