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CHAPTER 9: Revealed Friendship

1000 years ago; Eleezyienne

Zhehn looked at each of them, then he continued, "The Watchtowers were destroyed, the Seal of Nature broken, the Key of Eleezyienne stolen. Everything is in chaos, we're hanging to the very end of our rope. You may not notice it, but we're all wasting away. Thanks to our Vahs, we're lucky to be still existing. But I don't know when we'll last."

Everything was in silence. It should be, for this is the first bad news they ever had. They knew that Darkness would eventually break the seal but they were confident he would rot to hell inside the thirteenth chamber. Guess they were wrong.

"The vahs, our last support, are disappearing one by one. The seven strongest are dying and when they do, it'll be our turn too. We can't let that happen so we have to move, do something." He closed his eyes again and there was a long pause. Then he continued.

"That's why you're here. I devised a plan to stop Darkness from whatever he's about to do and we need to work together on this. It'll going to take everything we have."

"What's the plan?" Blair had other plans but he figured out that it's better to listen to this. Strange, but he seems to be really worried about his Vah, the violet eyed rebel he and Rei found in the forest. Yeah, he's greatly annoyed with her--to the extent of giving her a good slap in the face-- but deep inside he knew that he liked her. And he's thankful she's not here to read his mind cause if she was, he'll probably kill himself. So, he better stop this thought and just concentrate on the matter on hand.

Zhehn cleared his throat, "The first thing to do is to lock the gates of Eleezyienne. He may have the key but he can never do anything without knowing the sacred spell. Next is to counter attack their aura by creating some kind of a barrier repulsing evil. So if ever they manage to enter they gates, we have to make sure that they get weakened somehow. This barrier may kill, too, and that's good. I know how to make this barrier but we need time to discuss the technicalities. Lastly, we need to train ourselves for one week at Mt. Lehnash. We need all our strength to fight Darkness and Halai, it's about time to release what we've got."

"Remember, Darkness is a god. And we don't know what kind of power he has but I promise you one thing, we WILL succeed. This is for our survival. For if without us, everything around will be destroyed. We are the gods."

Zhehn raised his hands and everyone followed...except Blair who was rather disturbed of the fact that the plan sounded so desperate. He knew there was something wrong. It's better if they should focus more what's around them not themselves.

Sarah rolled her eyes, "What now, Blair?"

Blair looked at them. He never knew how stupid Zhehn was. Tapping his fingers, he proposed his ideas, "What if we take care of the vahs instead? They ARE our life support and if they die, we're useless. So, what's the point in making ourselves strong if in just one snap we'll die without our vahs anyway? I think we should protect them---"

Thene cut him and shook his head, "You have a point there, brother, but you forgot one little thing. What about the Vah's Curse? It stated that no matter what, vahs should always protect us. And if we ever do that, we're going to be weaker."

"So? A little suffering won't---"

Zhehn blurted obviously annoyed with Blair's prospect, "That's the point. We can't be too risky."

Too risky? What the hell? So attacking Darkness directly, without even knowing how strong the guy is, is a 'SAFE' plan? Blair shook his head slightly.

Sarah turned her head away and held her nose in the air, "Stop it with the vah. Is that a pity excuse for loving your vah, Blair?"

Blair glared at her, "Watch your mouth, bitch."

Zhehn snapped, "Watch your mouth, Blair."

Blair sighed and stood up. There's no use. He produced a glowing ball and placed it in front of Zhehn, "That's probably half of my strength. Use it, but I'm not going to take part in anything you'll do. I'll go on with my plan." He turned around and walked away.

Zhehn looked at his back and burst, "Damnation, Blair!"

Blair stopped for a while and shook his head. He proceeded and closed the door behind him with a loud bang. He have to talk with his vah.

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Blair looked around the room and saw his vah sitting at the far right corner. She leaned on the wall, her face showing that of great fatigue. She was looking straight on the floor and when she heard him enter, her head shot up. He looked at her worriedly and she gave him a weak smile. He walked towards her and seated himself beside her. "Why didn't you tell me?"

She looked at him innocently and asked, "Tell you what?"

He looked down and sighed, "That---that you were dying." He looked up at her and saw that her smile was gone now, replaced by a look that he would never forget. She looked so weak, and he wondered how in the world did she ever protect him.

She sat up and shrugged, "Vahs die, my god." She forced a grin and patted his lap.

Then as if struck by some mushy something, he blurted out, "You're not just a vah." Great Blair. You've made yourself an official idiot. He shifted uncomfortably.

She smiled, a real smile this time. Yes, he maybe sometimes a jerk...but he can be very lovable too. No matter how she denies it, she knew that she's won't trade anything to be Blair's Vah. He never treated her badly. Not like other gods who think that vahs are the lowest kind of being. He may have his occasional mood swings but she knows he's always sorry for some impulsive act he might have done. That made her wonder. What is she to him then?

She raised an eyebrow and asked teasingly, "What am I to you then?"

"A friend."

She smiled to him and nodded. She took his hand and informed, "You're not just my god, too."

Her hands are very warm. It was very pathetic for him to blush, but he just can't control himself. Ok, you're now a complete moron Blair. Congratulations. Now stop blushing and go on and be a god. Gods don't blush. But his senses betrayed him once more. He blurted, "What am I to you?"

She grinned.

"A friend."

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On the other side of Eleezyienne, the prophecy was being made. The first chapter opened for the world to do. Everything was quiet for now. But everyone knew the worst was yet to come.

Beyond the forest, a great number of unknown beings with long pointed ears and malicious faces were being created by a witch named Halai Saiha. She was accompanied by her sister who was called Alahi Saiha. They were the greatest magicians that ever existed in this world, but what made them so peculiar was their strange devoted worship for a god that was believed to be non-existent. He was Darkness, the god of Death.

"We've finished producing a thousand, my god."

"Good. Are they ready for combat?"

"My god, they were made for combat."

"Good. I'll call them 'Youkai'. Demons."

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"I don't care about the legend and all those junk. I want to know how to subdue Gyumao's castle and territories." Sanzo replied looking at Kamatayan irritatingly. It wasn't his fault that he became guide to someone he doesn't give a damn.

Kamatayan grinned, "But don't you want to know why you're the guide of the vah?"

"I don't care."

Eli shook her head confusingly, "What guide?" She haven't caught Kamatayan's complete statement, but she did hear something about the guide. But why would she talk something about the guide to Sanzo?

Sanzo cursed. He quickly answered not looking at her, "None of your business. Go back inside."

Eli looked at him confusingly, "But I want to know about---"

He turned to her and pointed his gun towards her, "Go back." She maybe a vah but he's really pissed off right now. And she wasn't supposed to follow him.

Kamatayan looked at them both amusingly, "eh?"

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