Chapter 10: Part 2: Ocean Of June, The Ocean Of Rebirth!

"Whoa.A long way down, isn't it?" Small Lady laughed a bit to herself. "These aren't any normal waters Small Lady. These are the great springs of June. You will be in here for days, maybe weeks, evolving. Who knows what twisted maze will be in there." "Are you ready?" Jhoto turned to Small Lady.

"D-Days?" Small Lady looked at the man as if he was crazy. Sure, she had lost the mark of the moon, and a lot of her past memories for sure but. She couldn't even hold her breath under water for 4 minutes! She only could for a mere 3, and that was it. "How the heck am I supposed to live?"

But, she had to admit; it was a miracle she even got this far anyway. The sign beam felt as if it was draining her soul, the fire, like a maze of death at every turn. But this? This she didn't know if she could get over."You will live." Jhoto reassured.

"This water. Shall be like your air. When you get in, at first it will be hard to breath, but sooner or later, it will be a piece of cake. Like its part of you. You will feel rested after a long time." Jhoto smiled at Small Lady, though she still was confused.

"Well, I suppose the only way to find out is to go in, right?" So, Small Lady touched the water with the tip of her toe at first, making sure it was at any risk, safe. Then, right when she was starting to back off, Jhoto pushed her in.

Small Lady was starting to choke on the water, and she barley had ANY air at all. She could feel the water, rip and topple in her lungs. Her waist hurt, her feet hurt, her lungs hurt. Everything hurt. Small Lady just choked. That was all there was to say. Small Lady tried to get above the water, and actually breath but, no matter how hard she tried, it was as if the water was air, and gravity. It would go right through her hands, pulling her down to the surface, and kept circulating through her body.

Small Lady sighed; trying to mouth help was useless now. She felt it, the water flowing through, and almost as if instinct, she felt empowered with it. She didn't stop it; she let it flow through her. Water, times and times ago, you have always flowed throughout the streams. Tis friend to thy earth, its floating glory.." Small Lady said in a mid of the ocean. For a second, Small Lady saw a maiden come out of the crystal beautifully light water, like a circlet.

"An Angel.? No, My Angel." Small Lady looked at it, it was beautiful. Its hair was just like Small Lady's except. It was longer. Small Lady swam to the body, it's eyes not open. "Is this? A grown up version of me?" It looked like a teenager body, but still Small Lady's hair. Small Lady stood, a step away, trying to figure out if she should touch it.

"Well, this world. Has everything I guess.Maybe I should explore it? Yes. Something inside me tells me to." Small Lady took a step forward towards the maiden's body, but it appeared that it was sinking. Going to the bottom of the ocean.

"Wait!" Small Lady swam down, the body sinking faster, her having to swim faster to merely catch up with the body. She grabbed the hand of the dead person (or thought) and gripped it. She tried with her all her heart to pull her up.

The eyes of the dead maiden flashed open. Burning Red. "Those.are my eyes." Small Lady glanced at the girl whose eyes where open. (Maybe now's a good time to mention they're both naked! ^_^;;) "Who. Are you?" The Maiden touched Small Lady's cheek.

"You are strong, yet verging faint death. Death of love." The maiden touched Small Lady's heart. "It's cold.Ice? No, not yet. Still at the tips of warmth. Hanging on a ledge." The Maiden said, almost recited.

"Who are you? Why do you look like me, or a older me?" Small Lady was confused, what did this person mean, at all? Or why, was she here? "I am here only for you, as I always have been. Because. I will give you my body, and energy. All I need is proof, at the moment of need" The maiden flashed, her outline pink. "I will give you your body, the one I have kept here to protect. I'm sorry the fire erased most of your memory." The maiden turned. For a moment, like she was saying a prayer, then faced Small Lady.

She touched Small Lady's heart, once more. "But. As it is written." The ocean water turned pink, all around. "A golden power glowed from the maiden. "Remember, that as long as you have "him" somewhere in your heart, that you will have the power. Hope." Small Lady felt alarmed, and walked back for a second, swimming a little away from the maiden, though she still was touching her heart. "Hope alone. Are an amazing power, but more an amazing gift. If you, Small Lady, could use that power, with its twin, Belief then maybe." The Ocean started shaking around, like an earthquake. It was like a title wave of air and water you couldn't escape.

"Then Maybe------ You could--------------hold." The maiden's words were shaken by the power of the waves, as small lady pounded against them, trying to overcome them, and listen to the maiden. This time, the ocean was starting to freeze to ice, and cracking. It didn't make any sense at all. All small lady knew, was that it felt like knifes stabbing into you, your blood pouring out like a spilt pitcher of lemonade.

The maiden's eyes burned red, and she turned to Small Lady, and grabbed her weak hand. "There is no time, I must give you this!!!" The maiden, started floating for a moment, literally, and all of the water, with her arms out, were flung away, tossed away. They went into a dark black hole of some kind. Small Lady started falling, for there was no water, but the maiden lifted her finger, and Small Lady started to float.

"Heart of Hearts. Heart that is born from the two things that make her eternal. Take this, what I have saved from the dark. But remember, I won't be able to save you. It is you, who can save yourself." The maiden held her hands near the center of her heart, and a golden power glowed, in a sphere. More power circled around it, wanting to attach itself to it.

At this, the maiden raised it over her head. The power of gold grew, and grew. It got enormously big. Then the maiden threw the power, right at Small Lady, who stood there, amazed. It went right in her heart, and Small Lady had her eyes, which looked possessed by something, flashing. Something inside her, kept repeating these same words, "Awaken. Awaken Small Lady. This is the day, you awaken, and you save the dark." Small Lady, was spinning, as she floated high into the air, and transformed into her (teenage) self. Her hair, as long as Serena's when she was a teenager, but she still had her same eyes and odango's.

As for a whole minute, the world lit with light. The source? Small Lady. It all came from her new body, as her soul lit up. Once it was back to its normal state, Small Lady shot out of the little remaining water that had separated her from the land, and Jhoto shot his head back, to see the loud erupting thing that blasted through the Ocean Of June. "What is that!?!?" He looked back at the person who came out. For a moment, it looked as if Small Lady had fairy wings, but the next second they disappeared, as Small Lady floated down to the land.

"Small.are you the same person?" Comet questioned the person with dying eyes that had floated down from what seemed above. "That is not my name." Snapped Small Lady sharply. "Jhoto. The name I have chosen is.Lady."

"That's right. My name is Lady." Small Lady gave a smile to the father and daughter.

To be continued.

~~~~~~~Author Notes~~~~~~~~~

Lunatia: So.What did you think?

Rini: Well. You could have made it a little longer! You left it at a weird ending. I mean, so what? She chose her name to be called by at Lunatia and all.

Lunatia: Well thank YOU for your support.

Rini: Hey! I said what I THOUGHT. You said to tell what you thought.

Lunatia: *pulls Rini's ear* Not YOU, THEM, the readers!!!

Rini: Oh, well why didn't you say so?

Lunatia: I DID ^_^

Rini: S-Stop that EVIL SMILE. That can only mean one thing.

Lunatia: ^_^_^_^^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ WHAT?

Rini: That means. *starts to creep away* I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ICE CREAM!!!!

Lunatia: Of course!!!!! *Grabs Rini and starts to empty her wallet*