The Diamond Star
Chapter Two: Explanations
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Seraphim looked from Seto to the gem and back to Seto again. She was speechless. Suddenly, the green jewel began to glow. It flickered a moment before turning into a beam of green light and shooting back into Seraphim's necklace.
"I can't believe it," Seraphim just stared and stared at the confused Seto. "After searching all this time, and, it's YOU, of all people...YOU."
"Me what?" Seto asked, irritated. "What am I?"
"You're...you're a guardian. You're the keeper of the emerald leaf's power. But...I just can't believe it. Twelve days from now...the enemy will be defeated. I've waited hundreds of years for this!" Seraphim was soaking it all in. "Sit down, you're in for a long story."
Seto did as Seraphim requested. He stared inquisitively at the girl who was decidedly not all she appeared to be. "What's so special about this gem? And your necklace for that matter? And...you've waited HUNDREDS OF YEARS to find me? You don't even look a year older than me. in fact, you look YOUNGER than me. How does this all work?" the questions just tumbled out, one after the other.
Taking a deep breath, Seraphim began her tale. "You only know part of my name. My full name is Princess Seraphim Silime Elenath Miriel Hoshino. It means, without the title of 'Princess': the crystal angel that sparkles like the jewels of the stars in the sky.
"It was at my birth, a million years before the Millennium items were even made, that a great evil came into this world. The diamond star, my necklace's gem, had the power along with eleven other gems to seal away the evil. To destroy it forever.
"I am not quite human, as you can probably tell. But I am no angel either. Rather, I am a mix of both. I have certain special traits, heightened senses, telekinesis, and my wings. I have great white feathery wings.
"On the day of my birth, there was much rejoicing. But also on that day, that which had been sealed by ten of the twelve gems broke free of it's prison. But it waited, waited for me. It believed that with the power of my gem it would be invincible.
"Time passed, on my sixteenth birthday, I was walking in my garden with the ten other gem holders. The gems were: the pearl dove, the onyx bat, the golden sun, the moonstone crescent, the sapphire tear, the ruby flame, the silver icicle, the rose quartz heart, the tiger-eye terra, and the opal sphere. Each gem had a special purpose. Together all the gems could drain the evil entity of his power and destroy him. The pearl dove stood for good, the onyx bat for evil. The golden sun and moonstone crescent stood for night and day. the sapphire tear and ruby flame were for water and fire. The silver icicle was for ice, the rose quartz heart for love. The tiger eye terra for the land, and the opal sphere to signify change. The diamond star represented clarity and pureness. It was the most powerful of the gems and the uniting gem. Had we the emerald leaf, standing for all living things, we could have defeated him.
"Our enemy's name was Ksho. It means 'evil one' in our language of old. He came down upon us in a sneak attack. My necklace glowed with a fierce light and he could not touch me. The others, however, were not so lucky. They fell protecting me. One by one, until I was all that was left of our glorious race. He moved to grab my necklace, but by touching it, he scalded himself.
"The necklace could have sealed him away forever, draining him of his power and destroying him. But we lacked the emerald leaf, so he was sealed...later to be set free. I do not know how, but he is looking for me. For me and for you since you hold the energy of the emerald leaf. He will try to destroy the both of us.
"The diamond star sent Ksho away, but it also drained my energy greatly. I fell into a deep slumber which lasted for many years. When I awoke, I decided to begin with a new life until I could fin the guardian of the emerald leaf. Using my magic, I turned time backwards on my body. Soon I was an infant girl.
"I was picked up by a wonderful couple who loved and cared for me as if I was their own. But then, they were killed. That was when I was only a year old. My mind had not faded when I turned back the time on myself, I was very smart and understood perfectly everything that happened around me. I missed those people dearly. They were killed in a shooting. My adoptive mother fell protecting me. I was later taken in by an orphanage...after they found my adoptive parents' bodies.
"During the turning back of time, I lost my memory of what had been though. I had also lost the diamond star. One day, when I was about seven years old, I was walking out behind the orphanage and saw something sparkling in the dirt. I picked it up and found it was my necklace. I didn't know how I just KNEW it was mine, but I kept it and never told a soul about it.
"In the following years, when I turned fourteen, a girl came to the orphanage. She hated me, hated me with all her being for something I didn't know. One day, when I was sleeping, she got a glimpse of my necklace and immediately she wanted it. She ran to the head and told her I had stolen it from her. The head came into the room and rudely shook me awake.
"The other girl, coming from a wealthy family, was a favorite of the lady so naturally she was believed. I ran to my room and locked the door. As I heard them coming up the stairs, I felt my necklace start to glow. Then an onslaught of memories came to me. It was magical. I remembered everything. Growing my wings, I quickly flew out the window and never saw those people again.
"Coming to these woods, I found the house we are in right now. I couldn't just make food or clothes appear, so I took unwanted jobs and got enough money to live on. Very slowly, I began to fix up the house. It was old and run-down. Probably only still here for tax reasons. I did some hacking and found out no one was quite sure who owned it, and many people didn't even know it was still here. So I took it as my own.
"I finished the house when I turned nineteen. then i began looking for the keeper of the emerald leaf. I knew that Ksho would come back sometime, you see, so I had to be prepared. I've spent the last two years looking for you. I am twenty-one now. And I have found you," Seraphim finished, sitting back in her chair.
"Wait," Seto said slowly, "So, you're telling me, that...I'm supposed to help you save the world from the ultimate evil?"
Seraphim nodded. "It will take twelve days. One day for each gem. Starting from now. On the dawn of the thirteenth day, Ksho's powers will vanish from him and he will be destroyed. he is so old and not like myself. His power is what sustains his life. Without it, he is nothing."
"So, I gotta stay here for TWELVE DAYS?" Seto was about to spaz out.
"No. I can use my magic for a very useful purpose. We can go out together and people will see you, see you but not recognize you. the most they would say would be 'That boy, doesn't he look a bit like Seto Kaiba?' Then they would put you out of their heads. That is how we will get around for these twelve days," Seraphim explained.
Seto nodded. "So I only have to stay here for twelve days then?"
"Yes, then you are free to go back to your normal life and you will never have to see me again," Seraphim replied. That was the truth. But if that was the truth, then why did it feel wrong?
"Alright then," Seto sighed.
"You can roam about the house as you wish. The enemy can't get a lock on us unless they're either really lucky or the spell somehow doesn't work."
Seto silently agreed.
"I'll just take the dishes and go wash them now," Seraphim tried to break the thickening silence.
"What do I tell my secretary and the company?" asked Seto, suddenly remembering.
"Tell them you're on a camping trip in the woods," said Seraphim, "it's true."
Seto had an inspiration. "So may I use a phone to tell my secretary that I am off in the woods, alone, with a sexy young woman and I won't be back for twelve days?" Seto winked at Seraphim. He wasn't quite sure what he was doing, but he knew he liked it.
"What?" Seraphim wasn't quite sure she had heard right. Had Seto Kaiba just called her SEXY? "I think that part about the sexy young woman was a little too much," she recovered, blushing.
Seto looked hurt.
"I mean, maybe your injuries are more serious than I thought and you're hallucinating."
"You don't find me attractive or something? Because I find you very attractive," said Seto. Now he knew what he was doing, and he didn't want to stop.
"I...I...y-you're...very a-attractive...K-kaiba..." stuttered the madly blushing Seraphim.
"Come here angel," he cooed at her.
Seto pulled Seraphim into his arms. "Kaiba..."
"Shh...Seto, not Kaiba, my dear Seraphim," Seto nuzzled the back of Seraphim's neck. These strange new emotions were so alive in him.
"S...Seto...I think...you should slow down. You're making me uncomfortable," Seraphim whispered.
"Fine," Seto pulled away, misreading her words. He thought she didn't like him...at all. "I can have any girl I want anyway." He stormed out of the room.
As Seraphim watched his retreating figure she sighed. Then she moved to clear the breakfast dishes. "I said slow down...I never said stop...why am I so drawn to him?" she whispered sadly.
end of chapter two. whaddaya think? r&r please! ^-^ Chapter 3 coming soon!
Chapter Two: Explanations
Disclaimer: standard disclaimer applies, now go and read you nit-pickers.
Seraphim looked from Seto to the gem and back to Seto again. She was speechless. Suddenly, the green jewel began to glow. It flickered a moment before turning into a beam of green light and shooting back into Seraphim's necklace.
"I can't believe it," Seraphim just stared and stared at the confused Seto. "After searching all this time, and, it's YOU, of all people...YOU."
"Me what?" Seto asked, irritated. "What am I?"
"You're...you're a guardian. You're the keeper of the emerald leaf's power. But...I just can't believe it. Twelve days from now...the enemy will be defeated. I've waited hundreds of years for this!" Seraphim was soaking it all in. "Sit down, you're in for a long story."
Seto did as Seraphim requested. He stared inquisitively at the girl who was decidedly not all she appeared to be. "What's so special about this gem? And your necklace for that matter? And...you've waited HUNDREDS OF YEARS to find me? You don't even look a year older than me. in fact, you look YOUNGER than me. How does this all work?" the questions just tumbled out, one after the other.
Taking a deep breath, Seraphim began her tale. "You only know part of my name. My full name is Princess Seraphim Silime Elenath Miriel Hoshino. It means, without the title of 'Princess': the crystal angel that sparkles like the jewels of the stars in the sky.
"It was at my birth, a million years before the Millennium items were even made, that a great evil came into this world. The diamond star, my necklace's gem, had the power along with eleven other gems to seal away the evil. To destroy it forever.
"I am not quite human, as you can probably tell. But I am no angel either. Rather, I am a mix of both. I have certain special traits, heightened senses, telekinesis, and my wings. I have great white feathery wings.
"On the day of my birth, there was much rejoicing. But also on that day, that which had been sealed by ten of the twelve gems broke free of it's prison. But it waited, waited for me. It believed that with the power of my gem it would be invincible.
"Time passed, on my sixteenth birthday, I was walking in my garden with the ten other gem holders. The gems were: the pearl dove, the onyx bat, the golden sun, the moonstone crescent, the sapphire tear, the ruby flame, the silver icicle, the rose quartz heart, the tiger-eye terra, and the opal sphere. Each gem had a special purpose. Together all the gems could drain the evil entity of his power and destroy him. The pearl dove stood for good, the onyx bat for evil. The golden sun and moonstone crescent stood for night and day. the sapphire tear and ruby flame were for water and fire. The silver icicle was for ice, the rose quartz heart for love. The tiger eye terra for the land, and the opal sphere to signify change. The diamond star represented clarity and pureness. It was the most powerful of the gems and the uniting gem. Had we the emerald leaf, standing for all living things, we could have defeated him.
"Our enemy's name was Ksho. It means 'evil one' in our language of old. He came down upon us in a sneak attack. My necklace glowed with a fierce light and he could not touch me. The others, however, were not so lucky. They fell protecting me. One by one, until I was all that was left of our glorious race. He moved to grab my necklace, but by touching it, he scalded himself.
"The necklace could have sealed him away forever, draining him of his power and destroying him. But we lacked the emerald leaf, so he was sealed...later to be set free. I do not know how, but he is looking for me. For me and for you since you hold the energy of the emerald leaf. He will try to destroy the both of us.
"The diamond star sent Ksho away, but it also drained my energy greatly. I fell into a deep slumber which lasted for many years. When I awoke, I decided to begin with a new life until I could fin the guardian of the emerald leaf. Using my magic, I turned time backwards on my body. Soon I was an infant girl.
"I was picked up by a wonderful couple who loved and cared for me as if I was their own. But then, they were killed. That was when I was only a year old. My mind had not faded when I turned back the time on myself, I was very smart and understood perfectly everything that happened around me. I missed those people dearly. They were killed in a shooting. My adoptive mother fell protecting me. I was later taken in by an orphanage...after they found my adoptive parents' bodies.
"During the turning back of time, I lost my memory of what had been though. I had also lost the diamond star. One day, when I was about seven years old, I was walking out behind the orphanage and saw something sparkling in the dirt. I picked it up and found it was my necklace. I didn't know how I just KNEW it was mine, but I kept it and never told a soul about it.
"In the following years, when I turned fourteen, a girl came to the orphanage. She hated me, hated me with all her being for something I didn't know. One day, when I was sleeping, she got a glimpse of my necklace and immediately she wanted it. She ran to the head and told her I had stolen it from her. The head came into the room and rudely shook me awake.
"The other girl, coming from a wealthy family, was a favorite of the lady so naturally she was believed. I ran to my room and locked the door. As I heard them coming up the stairs, I felt my necklace start to glow. Then an onslaught of memories came to me. It was magical. I remembered everything. Growing my wings, I quickly flew out the window and never saw those people again.
"Coming to these woods, I found the house we are in right now. I couldn't just make food or clothes appear, so I took unwanted jobs and got enough money to live on. Very slowly, I began to fix up the house. It was old and run-down. Probably only still here for tax reasons. I did some hacking and found out no one was quite sure who owned it, and many people didn't even know it was still here. So I took it as my own.
"I finished the house when I turned nineteen. then i began looking for the keeper of the emerald leaf. I knew that Ksho would come back sometime, you see, so I had to be prepared. I've spent the last two years looking for you. I am twenty-one now. And I have found you," Seraphim finished, sitting back in her chair.
"Wait," Seto said slowly, "So, you're telling me, that...I'm supposed to help you save the world from the ultimate evil?"
Seraphim nodded. "It will take twelve days. One day for each gem. Starting from now. On the dawn of the thirteenth day, Ksho's powers will vanish from him and he will be destroyed. he is so old and not like myself. His power is what sustains his life. Without it, he is nothing."
"So, I gotta stay here for TWELVE DAYS?" Seto was about to spaz out.
"No. I can use my magic for a very useful purpose. We can go out together and people will see you, see you but not recognize you. the most they would say would be 'That boy, doesn't he look a bit like Seto Kaiba?' Then they would put you out of their heads. That is how we will get around for these twelve days," Seraphim explained.
Seto nodded. "So I only have to stay here for twelve days then?"
"Yes, then you are free to go back to your normal life and you will never have to see me again," Seraphim replied. That was the truth. But if that was the truth, then why did it feel wrong?
"Alright then," Seto sighed.
"You can roam about the house as you wish. The enemy can't get a lock on us unless they're either really lucky or the spell somehow doesn't work."
Seto silently agreed.
"I'll just take the dishes and go wash them now," Seraphim tried to break the thickening silence.
"What do I tell my secretary and the company?" asked Seto, suddenly remembering.
"Tell them you're on a camping trip in the woods," said Seraphim, "it's true."
Seto had an inspiration. "So may I use a phone to tell my secretary that I am off in the woods, alone, with a sexy young woman and I won't be back for twelve days?" Seto winked at Seraphim. He wasn't quite sure what he was doing, but he knew he liked it.
"What?" Seraphim wasn't quite sure she had heard right. Had Seto Kaiba just called her SEXY? "I think that part about the sexy young woman was a little too much," she recovered, blushing.
Seto looked hurt.
"I mean, maybe your injuries are more serious than I thought and you're hallucinating."
"You don't find me attractive or something? Because I find you very attractive," said Seto. Now he knew what he was doing, and he didn't want to stop.
"I...I...y-you're...very a-attractive...K-kaiba..." stuttered the madly blushing Seraphim.
"Come here angel," he cooed at her.
Seto pulled Seraphim into his arms. "Kaiba..."
"Shh...Seto, not Kaiba, my dear Seraphim," Seto nuzzled the back of Seraphim's neck. These strange new emotions were so alive in him.
"S...Seto...I think...you should slow down. You're making me uncomfortable," Seraphim whispered.
"Fine," Seto pulled away, misreading her words. He thought she didn't like him...at all. "I can have any girl I want anyway." He stormed out of the room.
As Seraphim watched his retreating figure she sighed. Then she moved to clear the breakfast dishes. "I said slow down...I never said stop...why am I so drawn to him?" she whispered sadly.
end of chapter two. whaddaya think? r&r please! ^-^ Chapter 3 coming soon!