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Mystic Illusion Chapter 10



"..." = talking '...' = thinking

*...*= telepathy/mind





Minutes passed by, hours passed by, days passed by, and a couple of weeks rolled by as well. Angel did not return, and Thory is no where to be found. Hiura and Kazuya are out most of the time, claiming that they are looking for Thory.

Cecilia spent most of her time in her room, on her balcony, with her beyblade in hand, starring out at nothing. Everyone spent some time with her, and tried to cheer her up. She wouldn't move and haven't eaten that much. She's pale and looks ghostly.

Kai stayed with her most of the time and looked after her, if worst comes to worst, he will force her to eat, even if she doesn't want to.













[Living Room]











Cecilia sat there with her head bowed, and eyes starring at the ground. Kai glanced at her worriedly.

Today is one of the rare moments where Cecilia actually came down from her room, but she isn't acting like she's alive right now. Lithy glanced at Cecilia and looked down, Charlotte entered the room and held out Thory's stuff.

"Where is Thory?" She asked, looking at Lithy, and Lithy looked up at her. "You are her sister, you should know where she is."

Lithy just blinked and looked at her with seriousness in her eyes.

"I don't know where she is, and I have an advice to give to you."

Naomi raised her eyebrow at that tilted her head, "enlighten us."

"Don't go looking for her, you'll regret it!"

Everyone glanced at each other and shared a look, Hiura pushed open the door and walked in. With a look towards Lithy, she stood tall and looked at everyone.

"I found Thory."

Amara sat up and looked at Hiura, playfulness gone from her eyes.

"Where?"

"The cave that I stayed in before."

Everyone stood up except for Cecilia, Kai towered over her, and looked at her. Hiura turned at the door and glanced over her shoulder towards Cecilia.

"Lia, you might just see Angel again."

With that, she disappeared from everyone's sight, as Cecilia stood up silently and followed everyone out.















[Cave]











They walked in deeper and deeper, at the heart of the cave stood Thory. Her head bowed.

Cecilia frowned, a little life coming back to her. "Thory, are you okay?"

She asked, and wanted to walk towards her. Hiura grabbed her arm and shook her head at Cecilia. Cecilia looked at her confused and looked back at Thory.

Hearing her voice, Thory looked up, her eyes red, then turned white. The girls gasped, Tyson and Max flinched at that. Ray and Kai just frowned.

Soon, Thory's whole body began changing. First her hair, they went from red to golden. She got taller and taller. Her 5 year old girl's body replaced by a full grown woman's body. A long dress covered her, and her long golden hair made a pool at her feet.

She looked at the teens in front of her with her white eyes, and saw fear in their eyes.

"Who are you? And what have you done to Thory?" Charlotte asked immediately, and frowned.

The woman turned her eyes on Charlotte and starred at her, "Thory is me... and I am Thory."

"What?"

The woman then turned towards Cecilia and looked her over.

"My name is Thoriumas, everyone calls me Lady Thoriumas! And you shall call me that as well! I cannot believe how you are treating your bit- beasts, they were sent here to help you, to be your friend, yet you make slaves out of them! You shall regret it, I will combine all the bit-beasts and I SHALL RULE THE WORLD!"

A wild laugh flew out of her mouth, as her dress floated and her hair floated around her. She no longer looked beautiful, she is a monster filled woman.

"Um.... there's one plan, we turn around and leave!" Amara said with a nervous laugh. No one considered that, because they know they have no way out.



Lady Thoriumas looked at them and with a flicker of her hand, Lithy was tied up by her hair and was being pulled up. Naomi jumped up and held onto her immediately. Lady Thoriumas starred at Naomi as a huge energy wave sent out and blew Naomi back, until her back hit the wall. Tyson ran towards her immediately, helping her up.

Lady Thoriumas's hair got higher and higher and tighter and tighter, as it began choking Lithy.



"Let go of her!" Ray said sternly, as he stepped forward and starred angrily at Lady Thoriumas.

"You shall taste my bitterness!" Lady Thoriumas said and a black hole opened up underneath Ray, Tyson, Max, Kai, and Hiura. All five of them went down.

The others stood there shocked, before Charlotte jumped down after Ray first, then all of them came to their senses as they jumped down as well.

Cecilia turned and was about to follow Kai, but Lady Thoriumas stopped her.

"Cecilia, don't you want to see Angel again?" She asked invitingly.











[Hiura/Kazuya]











"Hiura, it's just a dream! Wake up!" Kazuya said, shaking her.

Once he had jumped in after her, she has been in this kind of state. Sitting there, with her head on her arms, and starring towards nothing. While herself is lost in a dream land.





*Dream*





"It's all your fault!" A man's outraged voice rang out, and a whip mark landed on Hiura's back as she collasped onto the ground.

"Get up, you peasent little girl!"

A kick was landed on her stomach, and Hiura curled up in a ball, protecting herself from the blows.

This was a regular everyday, it was either her mom or her dad. They like to take out all their angers at her, because she was the easiest and she had no way of protecting herself.

"Go to your room NOW!" He yelled and Hiura quickly got up, walking slowly to her room.

She leaned on her bathroom door and touched her neck, where a whip mark is still fresh. She winced and slid down onto the ground, knees up to chest, arms resting on knees, and head on arms.

She had learned not to cry, because cry helped nothing. Then, she heard a voice somewhere, and her bathroom disappeared, she was in a misty land.

"Hiura, I'm here, I'm always going to be here."

That voice is so soft and gentle, it was filled with love. Hiura blinked and looked around for the source, but found none.

"Hiura, wake up! It's just a dream, wake up Hiura."

She looked up, her eyes suddenly getting misty as well. Pushing herself up painfully, she walked ahead aimlessly. Following the voice.

Who knows how long later, she came to this light and saw someone at the light. She squinted her eyes to make out that person, but she failed.

"Who are you?" She shouted towards the light.

Her question echoed around her....





*Cave*





"Who are you?" Hiura said dazed.

Kazuya frowned and walked in front of her, so her eyes are on him.

"I'm Kazuya... I'm here to help you."





*Dream*



"I'm Kazuya... I'm here to help you."

Came that voice, somehow, it was so familiar, she had heard it somewhere before.

"How can I trust you? You'll just beat me like those two adults down stairs."

Her parents forbid her to call them 'mom' and 'dad', unless in public.



*Cave*



"I will not beat you! Trust me, I will take care of you. I will show you the wonders of the world, and I will take care of you. I will never hurt, because I love you." Kazuya said and slowly held out a hand towards Hiura.



*Dream*



"I will not beat you! Trust me, I will take care of you. I will show you the wonders of the world, and I will take care of you. I will never hurt, because I love you."

The word 'love' jolted her back to reality, she saw the hand reaching out to her. She wants to be loved, she wants to be in love. She wants someone to take care of her.

Walking slowly towards the light, and held out her hand. Slowly, their fingers touched and their hands were joined together.

*Cave*



Kazuya saw Hiura reaching out her hand to him, and in a second, their hands found each other. Blue light shone from their joined hands and Hiura's eyes returned to normal....









[Naomi/Tyson]







Naomi's mouth dropped open in surprise as she saw Tyson eating away, food appeared in front of him endlessly, as he gulped down all of them.

"Tyson, we need to go! We can't stay here, we have more important things to do!" She said and began walking towards him.

Tyson turned and looked at her strangely, "what are you talking about? Food is the most important thing in my life, I will never give up my food for anything else!" He said and went back to eating.

Suddenly, out of no where, came out these monster like creatures, they surrounded her.

She narrowed her eyes and focused on them. She kicked the first in the stomach, and proceed onto the second one as the first one fell down.

Then two more monsters showed up, then more showed up as Tyson eats away on those food in front of him.

"Tyson! We got to leave! NOW!" She shouted, while kicking aside another monster.

Tyson ignored her and kept on with his eatings.

A kick from behind her sent her flying forward, but she caught herself just time. Turning around, she returned the favor, but someone elbowed her in the stomach and she went down hard.

Until this point she understood, Tyson is forced to choose between herself and all those delicious food in front of him. The more he eats and ignores her, the more monsters will show up.

She does not believe that Tyson will choose those food over her, she thought he loves her. With one last attempt, she tried desparately.

"Tyson! Don't you remember who I am! I am Naomi, we spent so much time together, and I trusted you with all my heart!"

A blow to her head and she wobbled back and forth, but kept her eyes on Tyson. As his speed slowed down a bit, and some of the monsters disappeared.

"Tyson, please, look at me! I'm right here, I do not think you would be this heartless towards me!"

Another hit on the back and blood spilled out of her mouth.

Tyson stopped and turned back towards her. More monsters disappeared.

"Tyson, please help me! Together, we can be a happy couple forever."

Tyson put down his food and looked at Naomi, he remembers her. He walked towards her and more monsters disappeared.

He was now just a step away from her and he stopped, then looked at her. She raised her head from her kneeling position and tears slid down her cheek.

"Tyson, I love you... please don't hurt me like Marcus did." She said quietly, almost begging him.

He blinked, and closed the gap between them as he fell to his knees as well. The monsters disappeared and the food disappeared as well, because he had chose her... because she's the most important person in his life.

With their embrace, red filled the whole place....







[Amara/Max]







Amara walked behind Max quietly and looked at the screen in front of them. On there showed a film of a happy family, and she looked closer, it was Max with his parents.

"Max..." she started, then turned back and looked at him, "are you all right?"

He didn't reply, but just to stand there and look at the happy times they shared together.

Amara looked at the screen, and understood his itch of wanting his family back together. She had those feelings as well when her fiance died, she wanted him back so much she almost committed suicide.

He starred the screen with souless eyes and tears trickled down his cheeks. Pain filled Amara as she turned towards him and saw his profile.

"Max... please, I know you want a happy family. But... standing here and starring at a screen isn't going to help you."

Max didn't move, he was the same as before.

"Max, I can help you if you want a happy family. I can help your father and mother to fall back in love again and marry again, if that's what makes you happy."

Still no reply.

"Even though they are apart, but they still love you. You have a loving family, but it's just that your mother is far apart from you, and you only live with your dad. That doesn't mean your mom doesn't love you, because she does."

Amara took a deep breath and sighed.

"She loves you and so does your dad, your parents loved you and still love you. So what if they are not together, you have both of their love, isn't that enough for you?"

Max said nothing, his whole body gave off a pained vibe and tears are still rolling down down his cheeks. Her eyes watered, she hates to see him like this.

With one last chance, she stood in front of Max, blocking his view of the T.V. and held his face in her hands, forcing him to look into her eyes.

"Max, you love your family and your family love you. What about me? Don't you love me too? We will have a happy life together, and I know it. Remember our rings? Remember our promise rings? We promised each other that we will stay together no matter what! You can't break that promise right now."

Her ring on her finger started glowing, and she looked deep into his blue orbs, knowing that she can find his soul in there.

"I love you Max, come back to me please."

Max flinched and blinked, his eyes are back to normal as he looked into Amara' eyes. Both of their rings shone and a rainbow of color covered them....







[Charlotte/Ray]





"You are going to lose your hands if you keep hitting the wall like that." Charlotte said as she walked over to Ray and took his hands off of the wall.

She rubbed the red spots gently and looked at Ray, "what's wrong?"

"None of your business!" He snapped at her and she flinched a bit in surprise.

"I want the White Tigers! They are the right team for me! I can't believe I left them... I can't believe I left Mariah!" He said to himself as he pulled his hands away from Charlotte, and she looked at him unbelievably.

"Mariah?"

"How could I leave them like that? Lee trusted in me, and I betrayed him." He said and cluntched his fists.

"What are you talking about? It wasn't your fault that your village was so old aged and so far behind human society! You did the right thing leaving the White Tigers, and especially that Mariah you were talking about." She said challengingly.

Suddenly Ray snapped his golden eyes on her and his hands went around her neck and cut off her breathes. She gasped, and pulled at his hands, not believing he is actually choking her.

"How dare you speak of them like this! You shall die!" He said in rage as he tightened his grip on her neck. Red markings appearing under his hands.

She looked into his eyes, there, she saw pain and suffering. Closing her eyes, she stopped all her struggles and remained calm.

Slowly his grip lossened up a bit, giving her room to speak.

"Why... why are you just standing there?" He asked, confusion in his voice.

She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"I see pain and suffering in your eyes, I don't want that. If choking me will make them stop, then I will let you do it." She closed her eyes once again and felt his hands on her neck. "And... because I love you."

Moments passed by, his hands went away and was replaced by his lips as he gently kissed her sore neck and the red markings that he made.

Pushing back her tears, she wrapped her arms around his neck. The color black wrapped around them.....







[Cave]





Cecilia turned slowly and was greeted by a pair of blue eyes, a head full of blond hair and an angelic fae.

"Angel......



TBC.............





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