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The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 21: Missing just one piece of the puzzle By Coolchick1500
"So this is one of the keys that we need?" Van asked.
"Yes" Aklen said.
"I didn't ask you" Van snapped.
"It's one of the six that we need. This one says 'love' on the shaft," Hitomi said.
"So each key has a meaning?" Micah asked.
"We'll know when we find the second one" Hitomi said.
"Here" Tom said.
He handed Hitomi something. It was a green key. Just like the one Adam gave her. "Serenity" Hitomi read the shaft. But the end showed a different insignia. It showed a peace sign.
"Well, it looks like each one has their own meaning" Van said.
"You're still forgetting that the sixth key went missing" Aklen said.
"I didn't forget. Besides, I think I know how to find it" Hitomi said.
You could see the hatred and defeat in Aklen's eyes. "Tess, Micah, Kevin, I know you each have one as well" Hitomi said.
Tess handed her a yellow key; Micah a blue one; and Kevin a crystal key. Tess's key meant 'Hope' and the insignia was a feather. Micah's key meant 'Faith' and the insignia was a sun and moon. Kevin's meant 'Prosperity' and the insignia was a coin. "Now the hard part starts," Van said.
"You'll never find the sixth key," Tyler said.
"Maybe, maybe not. You don't know. I already have a feeling of what it could be," Hitomi said.
Van cocked an eyebrow. "Give us the keys" Kelar said.
He appeared in the corner of the room. Unfortunately, he wasn't alone. Ksedrie and Katrie were with him. "No" Hitomi said.
"You don't have a choice," Katrie said.
"Nice to see you again Tyler" Kelar said.
"You son of a bitch!" Tyler shouted.
"Oh now, now. I don't think Fiona would be too pleased with your mouth" Kelar said.
"How would you know, she's dead" Tyler spat out.
"Yes, it a pity too. She had such potential. But like her great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grand daughter, she was stubborn and foolish" Katrie said.
"If you will not give us the keys now, we can always wait until the sixth key is retrieved and you unlock the scepter" Kelar said.
"You may want the scepter, but you will never get your hands on it" Hitomi said.
"We did so once and we will do it again" Ksedrie said.
In a flash the three were gone. "If you'll excuse me; I have to speak with my mother" Hitomi said.
"Why?" Van asked.
"Don't know. She said that she needed to talk with me" Hitomi walked out of the room; all five keys still in her hand. She finally found them and she wasn't going to let them out of her sight.
Hitomi found her mother in the gardens. She was talking to Hitomi's brother. "You wanted to speak with me?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes, I did. Michael I'll talk to you later" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
She stood up and Hitomi and Mrs. Kanzaki walked around the castle talking. "It's obvious that you love Van and that no matter how I feel it won't change your mind on marrying him. I just wanted you to be happy. And if it with Van, so be it" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"Why the sudden turn around?" Hitomi asked.
"I talked with Millerna, Dryden, Allen and Merle. They all said that same thing. That you loved Van and that no matter how much I hated the fact of you being with him, I couldn't change anything" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"Thank you for understanding" Hitomi said.
"Just promise me that I get a wedding invitation," Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"I promise. I have some more news. News that you need to hear" Hitomi said.
"Good or bad?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"Well, I'm hoping by the way you take it, it'll be good news. I'm pregnant" Hitomi told her mother.
"That's excellent, but you couldn't wait until your wedding night?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I'm sorry, but it just sorta happened. I can't explain it. It felt right" Hitomi explained.
Mrs. Kanzaki smiled at her daughter. "Are you hoping for a boy or girl?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I know for a fact that I'm getting a girl," Hitomi said.
"How do you know?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I have a weird dream a few days ago. I saw a peaceful future. My daughter was running around playing with her friends" Hitomi said.
"Does Van know?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"Yes. I told him earlier today. He's pleased, but he probably won't let me out of the castle in a few weeks" Hitomi said.
"Why would you want to?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I told Van that I wanted to learn the art of the sword. He said no, or at least not until the baby was born" Hitomi explained.
"Why would you want to learn the sword?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"It would offer me more protection. I know Van would do anything to protect me, more so now 'cause I'm pregnant, but he would die for me. I can't imagine him dying for me. I get chill just thinking about it" Hitomi said.
"I've learned from being here on Gaea that men do everything. Like the middle ages in England. Women stayed home and took came of the children and home. Men did all of the work and swordplay. The fact that you even want to learn the sword art, bothers them to some extent" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"I know" Hitomi said.
"Though I'm in no hurry to leave you, when do you think you can send us back?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I'll talk to Van" Hitomi said.
"Thank you" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
Hitomi smiled, hugged her mother, and went back into the castle. Skipping through the hallway, she made her way to Van's room. "Why are you so happy?" Van asked. He came out from his study.
"I just had a nice talk with my mom" Hitomi said.
"And this makes you happy, why?" Van asked.
Hitomi giggled. "Cause she said that she'll let me marry you without her being mad. Apparently she talked to Millerna, Dryden, Allen and Merle. I guess they all said that same thing and mom finally got over her mad spell" Hitomi said.
"Well, that is good news" Van said.
"You said it. I also told her that I was pregnant. She's happy for me. Oh she said that she's in no hurry to leave, but she wants to go back to the Mystic Moon" Hitomi kept rambling. Never stopping for even a second to catch her breath.
Van sighed, knowing she wasn't going to stop talking anytime soon. Van walked up to Hitomi and planted a kiss on her lips. After minutes of just standing there, they broke the kiss. "Not that I'm complaining, but why?" Hitomi asked. "I don't want this to sound rude, but it was the only way to shut you up" Van said.
"All you had to do was tell me to be quiet," Hitomi said.
"Yes, but I thought that you would appreciate that more" Van said.
"I did" Hitomi pulled him back for another kiss.
"Good"
*knock..knock* Van sighed. "Who is it?" He demanded.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I have a message for Lady Hitomi" A soldier said.
Hitomi walked over to the door and opened it. "Who's it from?" Hitomi asked.
"You cousin, Lady Dani. She said that she found something of interest about the current problems," The soldier said.
"Okay, do you know where she is?" Hitomi asked.
"The last I saw her, she was in front of the Escaflowne crypt" The soldier reported.
"Okay. Thank you. I'll talk to you later Van" Hitomi left the room.
She found Dani in front of the Escaflowne Crypt. "What did you find?" Hitomi asked.
"You might need to sit down for this" Dani said.
Hitomi sat down on the ground. "I found out that the scepter might be found by you, but it says here in this book that it won't be of use until the next generation," Dani said.
"Meaning?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, in all logical thinking. You can find the scepter, but you will solve your problems other ways. You won't need the scepter to solve them. At least not until your child is old enough" Dani said.
Hitomi raised an eyebrow. "Yukari told me. Congrats. Anyway, I'm guessing that your child will need to use the scepter, not you. But then again, I may be wrong. Dryden was wrong about the protector for you and the scepter. It turned out that they were protector for the keys that led to the scepter," Dani said.
"Then he was half wrong. In having the keys, they protected the use of the scepter" Hitomi said.
"True. I do find it interesting though that there's so much to this scepter" Dani said.
"As do I. Listen, I need to inform Van of this. I'll talk to you later" Hitomi got off of the ground.
"Okay. Good luck" Dani said.
"Thanks"
As she walked back and through the castle, she wondered why her unborn child would need to scepter. Seven years down the road, it was peaceful. Nothing was amiss. Jared was taken leave of the spell, but Balcifer is another matter. Who is he really? Hitomi thought.
I don't know who is he She felt van existents in her mind. She was speechless that he heard her from so far away. This is no time to be joking! Hitomi scolded. Van winced. Sorry. What's wrong? Van asked. Tell you in a sec. Hitomi thought as she opened the door to Van's room. "Well?" Van asked.
"Relax. There's no need to be inpatient," Hitomi said.
Van sat down in a chair and got comfortable. "First of all Dani found something in one of her books that said that I would find the scepter, but it wouldn't been needed until the next generation" Hitomi said.
"Which means that our child would be the one in use of it" Van said.
"Yes, the next generation may be in use of it; however, I think that they may be use of it because of what's going on now. We need to use it for the protection of the next generation" Hitomi suggested
"That makes sense. But the scepter won't do us any good unless we can find the sixth key" Van said.
"I told you I think I know where it is. Sixty years ago, grandmother would have been 15. That's how old she was when she met Leon Schezar. Leon gave her the pendant that you have. I think that the pendant is the sixth key," Hitomi said.
"That's fine but what about the sixth protector?" Van said.
"I believe that you are the sixth protector and the fifth dragon; the 'white dragon'," Hitomi finished explaining.
"Where do we go from here?" Van asked.
"We go to the only place we can. Freid. That's where the scepter is," Hitomi said.
Van face was knitted with fear and concern. "What's wrong?" Hitomi asked.
"I have the sudden feeling that the hardest part is still to come" Van said.
Hitomi went and sat down on the bed. Van was right. The easiest part was finished. Getting, finding, and stopping Balcifer would be the hardest part of all.
~Hey all! Yes, I'm back. What a 180ยบ Mrs. Kanzaki did. And I know all of you who have been keeping up with my fic knew chapters ago that Van was the 'white dragon', and now it's official. Sorry for that taking sooo long, but it's now happened. Next chapter should be presumably long. Because of this long chapter it'll be about a week before it gets posted. I'm in the middle of fixing all of the spelling and grammatical errors in my chapter. I never knew revising could be so hard. Guess it's a good thing I'm taking Honors English this coming school year. Yikes! Look for the revised chapters, starting with my prologue within the next two weeks. I know I don't have that great of an explanation of characters in my fic, and I plan to fix that as well. I'll have more detail as well. Well, look for chapter 22 of my fic coming up in about a week. CYA!~
The Scepter of the Dragons
Chapter 21: Missing just one piece of the puzzle By Coolchick1500
"So this is one of the keys that we need?" Van asked.
"Yes" Aklen said.
"I didn't ask you" Van snapped.
"It's one of the six that we need. This one says 'love' on the shaft," Hitomi said.
"So each key has a meaning?" Micah asked.
"We'll know when we find the second one" Hitomi said.
"Here" Tom said.
He handed Hitomi something. It was a green key. Just like the one Adam gave her. "Serenity" Hitomi read the shaft. But the end showed a different insignia. It showed a peace sign.
"Well, it looks like each one has their own meaning" Van said.
"You're still forgetting that the sixth key went missing" Aklen said.
"I didn't forget. Besides, I think I know how to find it" Hitomi said.
You could see the hatred and defeat in Aklen's eyes. "Tess, Micah, Kevin, I know you each have one as well" Hitomi said.
Tess handed her a yellow key; Micah a blue one; and Kevin a crystal key. Tess's key meant 'Hope' and the insignia was a feather. Micah's key meant 'Faith' and the insignia was a sun and moon. Kevin's meant 'Prosperity' and the insignia was a coin. "Now the hard part starts," Van said.
"You'll never find the sixth key," Tyler said.
"Maybe, maybe not. You don't know. I already have a feeling of what it could be," Hitomi said.
Van cocked an eyebrow. "Give us the keys" Kelar said.
He appeared in the corner of the room. Unfortunately, he wasn't alone. Ksedrie and Katrie were with him. "No" Hitomi said.
"You don't have a choice," Katrie said.
"Nice to see you again Tyler" Kelar said.
"You son of a bitch!" Tyler shouted.
"Oh now, now. I don't think Fiona would be too pleased with your mouth" Kelar said.
"How would you know, she's dead" Tyler spat out.
"Yes, it a pity too. She had such potential. But like her great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grand daughter, she was stubborn and foolish" Katrie said.
"If you will not give us the keys now, we can always wait until the sixth key is retrieved and you unlock the scepter" Kelar said.
"You may want the scepter, but you will never get your hands on it" Hitomi said.
"We did so once and we will do it again" Ksedrie said.
In a flash the three were gone. "If you'll excuse me; I have to speak with my mother" Hitomi said.
"Why?" Van asked.
"Don't know. She said that she needed to talk with me" Hitomi walked out of the room; all five keys still in her hand. She finally found them and she wasn't going to let them out of her sight.
Hitomi found her mother in the gardens. She was talking to Hitomi's brother. "You wanted to speak with me?" Hitomi asked.
"Yes, I did. Michael I'll talk to you later" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
She stood up and Hitomi and Mrs. Kanzaki walked around the castle talking. "It's obvious that you love Van and that no matter how I feel it won't change your mind on marrying him. I just wanted you to be happy. And if it with Van, so be it" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"Why the sudden turn around?" Hitomi asked.
"I talked with Millerna, Dryden, Allen and Merle. They all said that same thing. That you loved Van and that no matter how much I hated the fact of you being with him, I couldn't change anything" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"Thank you for understanding" Hitomi said.
"Just promise me that I get a wedding invitation," Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"I promise. I have some more news. News that you need to hear" Hitomi said.
"Good or bad?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"Well, I'm hoping by the way you take it, it'll be good news. I'm pregnant" Hitomi told her mother.
"That's excellent, but you couldn't wait until your wedding night?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I'm sorry, but it just sorta happened. I can't explain it. It felt right" Hitomi explained.
Mrs. Kanzaki smiled at her daughter. "Are you hoping for a boy or girl?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I know for a fact that I'm getting a girl," Hitomi said.
"How do you know?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I have a weird dream a few days ago. I saw a peaceful future. My daughter was running around playing with her friends" Hitomi said.
"Does Van know?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"Yes. I told him earlier today. He's pleased, but he probably won't let me out of the castle in a few weeks" Hitomi said.
"Why would you want to?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I told Van that I wanted to learn the art of the sword. He said no, or at least not until the baby was born" Hitomi explained.
"Why would you want to learn the sword?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"It would offer me more protection. I know Van would do anything to protect me, more so now 'cause I'm pregnant, but he would die for me. I can't imagine him dying for me. I get chill just thinking about it" Hitomi said.
"I've learned from being here on Gaea that men do everything. Like the middle ages in England. Women stayed home and took came of the children and home. Men did all of the work and swordplay. The fact that you even want to learn the sword art, bothers them to some extent" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
"I know" Hitomi said.
"Though I'm in no hurry to leave you, when do you think you can send us back?" Mrs. Kanzaki asked.
"I'll talk to Van" Hitomi said.
"Thank you" Mrs. Kanzaki said.
Hitomi smiled, hugged her mother, and went back into the castle. Skipping through the hallway, she made her way to Van's room. "Why are you so happy?" Van asked. He came out from his study.
"I just had a nice talk with my mom" Hitomi said.
"And this makes you happy, why?" Van asked.
Hitomi giggled. "Cause she said that she'll let me marry you without her being mad. Apparently she talked to Millerna, Dryden, Allen and Merle. I guess they all said that same thing and mom finally got over her mad spell" Hitomi said.
"Well, that is good news" Van said.
"You said it. I also told her that I was pregnant. She's happy for me. Oh she said that she's in no hurry to leave, but she wants to go back to the Mystic Moon" Hitomi kept rambling. Never stopping for even a second to catch her breath.
Van sighed, knowing she wasn't going to stop talking anytime soon. Van walked up to Hitomi and planted a kiss on her lips. After minutes of just standing there, they broke the kiss. "Not that I'm complaining, but why?" Hitomi asked. "I don't want this to sound rude, but it was the only way to shut you up" Van said.
"All you had to do was tell me to be quiet," Hitomi said.
"Yes, but I thought that you would appreciate that more" Van said.
"I did" Hitomi pulled him back for another kiss.
"Good"
*knock..knock* Van sighed. "Who is it?" He demanded.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I have a message for Lady Hitomi" A soldier said.
Hitomi walked over to the door and opened it. "Who's it from?" Hitomi asked.
"You cousin, Lady Dani. She said that she found something of interest about the current problems," The soldier said.
"Okay, do you know where she is?" Hitomi asked.
"The last I saw her, she was in front of the Escaflowne crypt" The soldier reported.
"Okay. Thank you. I'll talk to you later Van" Hitomi left the room.
She found Dani in front of the Escaflowne Crypt. "What did you find?" Hitomi asked.
"You might need to sit down for this" Dani said.
Hitomi sat down on the ground. "I found out that the scepter might be found by you, but it says here in this book that it won't be of use until the next generation," Dani said.
"Meaning?" Hitomi asked.
"Well, in all logical thinking. You can find the scepter, but you will solve your problems other ways. You won't need the scepter to solve them. At least not until your child is old enough" Dani said.
Hitomi raised an eyebrow. "Yukari told me. Congrats. Anyway, I'm guessing that your child will need to use the scepter, not you. But then again, I may be wrong. Dryden was wrong about the protector for you and the scepter. It turned out that they were protector for the keys that led to the scepter," Dani said.
"Then he was half wrong. In having the keys, they protected the use of the scepter" Hitomi said.
"True. I do find it interesting though that there's so much to this scepter" Dani said.
"As do I. Listen, I need to inform Van of this. I'll talk to you later" Hitomi got off of the ground.
"Okay. Good luck" Dani said.
"Thanks"
As she walked back and through the castle, she wondered why her unborn child would need to scepter. Seven years down the road, it was peaceful. Nothing was amiss. Jared was taken leave of the spell, but Balcifer is another matter. Who is he really? Hitomi thought.
I don't know who is he She felt van existents in her mind. She was speechless that he heard her from so far away. This is no time to be joking! Hitomi scolded. Van winced. Sorry. What's wrong? Van asked. Tell you in a sec. Hitomi thought as she opened the door to Van's room. "Well?" Van asked.
"Relax. There's no need to be inpatient," Hitomi said.
Van sat down in a chair and got comfortable. "First of all Dani found something in one of her books that said that I would find the scepter, but it wouldn't been needed until the next generation" Hitomi said.
"Which means that our child would be the one in use of it" Van said.
"Yes, the next generation may be in use of it; however, I think that they may be use of it because of what's going on now. We need to use it for the protection of the next generation" Hitomi suggested
"That makes sense. But the scepter won't do us any good unless we can find the sixth key" Van said.
"I told you I think I know where it is. Sixty years ago, grandmother would have been 15. That's how old she was when she met Leon Schezar. Leon gave her the pendant that you have. I think that the pendant is the sixth key," Hitomi said.
"That's fine but what about the sixth protector?" Van said.
"I believe that you are the sixth protector and the fifth dragon; the 'white dragon'," Hitomi finished explaining.
"Where do we go from here?" Van asked.
"We go to the only place we can. Freid. That's where the scepter is," Hitomi said.
Van face was knitted with fear and concern. "What's wrong?" Hitomi asked.
"I have the sudden feeling that the hardest part is still to come" Van said.
Hitomi went and sat down on the bed. Van was right. The easiest part was finished. Getting, finding, and stopping Balcifer would be the hardest part of all.
~Hey all! Yes, I'm back. What a 180ยบ Mrs. Kanzaki did. And I know all of you who have been keeping up with my fic knew chapters ago that Van was the 'white dragon', and now it's official. Sorry for that taking sooo long, but it's now happened. Next chapter should be presumably long. Because of this long chapter it'll be about a week before it gets posted. I'm in the middle of fixing all of the spelling and grammatical errors in my chapter. I never knew revising could be so hard. Guess it's a good thing I'm taking Honors English this coming school year. Yikes! Look for the revised chapters, starting with my prologue within the next two weeks. I know I don't have that great of an explanation of characters in my fic, and I plan to fix that as well. I'll have more detail as well. Well, look for chapter 22 of my fic coming up in about a week. CYA!~