Megaman Battle Network - New Generation
Book 5 - Creator of Darkness
By Zelloss
Chapter 2 - The Fate
My father looked down hard at me.
"Neero... I was afraid this would happen..." he shook his head. "Neero... The Blank Card... Do you know what it means?"
"..." I looked at my father, hard. Aeoya remained hiding behind me.
"It means, Neero, that the end is coming to pass..."
"The... end?"
"Neero... I know all about it... The Advance, the Snow... And the Blank Card... When Jamsu arrived here, I should have stopped him! I should have turned him away! With him, comes new technology, a new world... That's the Advance..."
"Then...?"
"And the snow... The temperature is already dropping. We were supposed to remain a sacred land... But Neero, you were the one who set it in motion..."
"How?" I asked.
"Jounou told me about the second reading. The Inversed Brothers represent our two lands - The homeland, Eyod... And the land of the child who now stands behind you, cowering..."
I gulped. "And that would mean the Lovers referring to our love?"
"Yes..." Jounou responded. "Two conditions, that, when combined, will set in motion the fate... The fate of snow... The fate of ice... The fate of the black card..."
I stared, hard, bracing myself for what I knew was going to come.
"The fate of the death of the island... and these people..."
I looked up at my father.
"It is too late to turn it back, father..." I shook my head. "I do not believe the gods should care!"
"Neero..." Terso gritted his teeth. "I've tried to pray to the gods... I've tried to get them to change their mind, but even Gaiafarou won't hear my plea. You were not supposed to meet this girl! The Chosen will come to existance, and for that, we will pay..."
I gulped. "Dad... What? You're making no sense... 'The Chosen'?"
"The one who will be born from the darkness and the wrath of the gods, with a heart as cold as the snow and ice that will be surrounding this island!" Terso shouted. "Neero, that's what your mother has told me... She knows, she speaks to the gods... That is what they have told her..."
"I won't believe you on this..." I stood, defiantly, looking at my father.
"Neero... There may yet be a way to stop this..." Terso looked down at me. "I renounce you as my son."
"WHAT!?" I shouted. Aeoya jumped, behind me.
"You are no longer of my family. You have an hour to leave this island. Get off of the island with the foreigners... and do not come back!"
I stood stunned. My father turned on his heel, and walked off.
I just stood there.
"What...?" Aeoya looked at me.
"We have... to leave... leave island..." I tried to explain to her.
"Why?" She asked.
"Danger... big danger..." I tried to speak strong, but my voice was shaking. "I... no family here..."
Aeoya paused, thinking. "Oh... You mean your father... abandoned you?"
"Abandoned...?" I paused. She quickly ran through a few other words, and I got it. "Y... Yes... He abandoned me..."
"Oh my god..." Aeoya looked around. "Come, let's go to father... quickly..."
Aeoya grabbed my arm and pulled me along the beach. I ran behind her, and it took me a few moments to notice something.
"Wait! I... Where are we?" I looked around wildly, not recognizing anything. "Aeoya, stop..."
Aeoya kept running though, and I ran to catch up with her. She stopped, suddenly, as she turned a corner.
We ran back into the city, and I saw why she had stopped.
There was a fountain in the middle of the city. It had frozen.
Frozen into ice, even with everything around it as fresh as spring. People were gathered around it.
A young boy looked over at me. He was rough and rugged. His name was Jerill Deamandos. "This... I've never... what's going on?"
"I heard it was Neero!" one of the girls screeched. Perce.
"You think so? I heard there was some kind of curse that the gods are spreading since those two met!" another kid shouted out.
"No... Neero wouldn't cause..." I heard Jounou try to say.
"Yea', 'e would!" a boy with an odd accent responded. "I think 'e could'a start'd a curse, ya know?"
"No! I swear! Neero wouldn't..." Jounou tried to call out, but the others were getting louder.
I ran behind a couple bushes, with Aeoya, hiding.
"Jounou, look. Even now, ice is starting to spread from the base of the fountain" a girl was standing there, with long, flowing blonde hair, and a white dress. Aeya Ielune. Her and Jerill were bethrothed. "The temperature is dropping. At this rate, in a few weeks, the island will be covered with this stuff."
"And your explanation?" Jounou asked.
"The adults say that your mother got a message, Jounou" Aeya responded. "Because of Neero's foolishness, the Chosen is going to be brought forth... And the war... The war..."
Jounou's eyes opened. "No! Neero... Neero couldn't have..."
"It has to do with the readings you took earlier. I know all about then..." Aeya thought. "The adults all know. The Black Cards Neero drew from the pack are being burned. The island is going to change. Neero's fater... he..."
"What are you kids on about?" my mother, Shine, walked over. "What about my husband?"
"Is it true...?" the kids shushed up, as Aeya looked up at my mother. "Is it true that... that you and your husband... you know... to Neero... renounced him?"
There were gasps all around the circle. Even Aeoya, who was starting to figure things out, held a bit of a gasp herself beside me.
"Yes" Shine sighed. "I did not want to... But... this is the only solution we could find. He has to leave, and never return, or the Icy End will come... The Chosen will go into life... Eyod will die, and then, another war will come... Which this time, may..."
"Mother, please don't..." Jounou looked up. "Please don't do this to Neero, he's done nothing wrong..."
A tear formed in my eye. Me and Jounou had never been the best of friends... But now, he was standing up for me...
"I don't want to... But..." my mother looked down at the ground. "I can't... change it..."
"I won't renounce him. As long as somebody who's his blood keeps him family, he'll stay that way!"
"If only it was that simple..." Shine laughed a bit, but sadly. "If only..." she looked up at me, between the trees.
"Run..." she mouthed the word. I nodded, and took off with Aeoya. I felt a couple more tears drop down my eyes. I think I heard Jounou begin to cry.
"Neero... You're crying... What...?" I asked.
"We one time... to leave island..." I tried to explain. "Or island die..."
Aeoya paused. "Island die? The Island can't..." she paused, as she evidently thought of the Ice Fountain. "Oh... Oh... I don't understand it, but... Yes, let's leave..."
"Yes, let's..." I smiled, as I pulled her towards the beach, quickly explaining in my best terms what was happening.
There was that floating contraption, that 'boat', as Aeoya had called it. I saw Jamsu over at the edge of the water, the boat half pulled up onto the sand.
"Oh, hello, Aroyea... And... Was it Neero?"
I nodded. "Need... leave... now..."
"What!?" Jamsu' head snapped up. "We haven't been here long... why would we need to...?"
"If stay... bad things... Island die..." I tried to explain, using my limited vocabulary.
"Aeoya, can you make out any sense of...?"
"Listen, father..." Aeoya paused. "Neero's explained little to me, but I think I get it. His family abandoned him. They say he's bad. That him being here on the island..." she paused, wondering whether or not to mention the 'love' part, I figured. She came to a decision. "That him being on the island, with me... and... our love..."
Jamsu spat. "What!?"
"Let me finish, father..." Aeoya continued. "He... says he loves me..."
I blushed. So she had understood... Just as I understood what she had just said.
"Some force controlling the island is causing it to freeze slowly. The fountain at the center of town, where it used to be quite warm, has frozen."
"Frozen!?" Jamsu's eyes opened wide. "Aeoya, this had better not be a game..."
"We need to leave immediatly, and never come back here. Or else... the curse... Or whatever it is... it'll freeze the island!" Aeoya shouted.
Jamsu paused.
"Do you have proof?" he asked.
Terso walked towards us. Jamsu stood up.
"Greetings, Terso..." Jamsu bowed a bit.
Terso bowed a bit back, smiling. "Greetings, Jamsu..." he responded, and as the two's heads were facing each other, Terso suddenly brought his fist up and into Jamsu's gut.
Jamsu reeled backwards a bit, then fell backwards into the boat. He landed hard, the boat going into the water.
"Right now, you invaders will leave..." Terso spoke in Eyodian. "You will leave this sacred island right now. And with you, you will take your succubus bitch and that traitorous seinjaii, and never return to defoul our holy land again!"
I gritted my teeth so hard I thought they would break. Anger swept my face. I had heard some rude things... but to be called a 'Seinjaii' - A cursed one, a bastard... And especially by my father... I had never felt so hurt in my life...
"What...?" Aeoya asked.
"He said... leave now... take demon girl and demon boy... never come back..." I explained, knowing better then to repeat his exact words in the presence of the young girl. Those words stained my ears, even.
"Is that what he said?" Jamsu asked Aeoya.
Aeoya nodded meekly. "Except... I think it was worse..."
Jamsu looked up at Terso. "I don't know your language, but you're obviously not going to last long with this kind of vision to the outside world. Are you two ready, we can leave any moment you want?"
I paused. I looked at Aeoya.
She gave me the quick rundown.
I nodded.
Jamsu looked at Aeoya. She nodded too. He reached for a stick object, and pulled it.
A low humming noice ensued, and the boat began to move off of the coast.
Suddenly, I heard the pitter-patter of footsteps. Jounou was running towards me.
"Neero!" he shouted. He was crying.
I stood up. "Jounou!" I cried after him.
"Don't go, brother!" Jounou shouted. Terso made a lunge for him, but Jounou ducked down, under my former father's arm.
I shook my head. "I'm sorry... I have to..."
"Take care, brother!!!" Jounou shouted at me, and as we pulled away, pointing straight away, I saw Terso grab Jounou's shoulders, and there was a smack I could even hear over the low humming of the boat, as Terso backhanded my brother.
"The only Seinjaii on this island is you, Terso!" I shouted back, harshly. "I hope you give my brother more then you could have given me!"
I looked out to shore, to see my mother, watching, only slightly smiling, as we pulled away, our speed picking up, and the island, slowly becoming smaller and smaller, faded out of view.
I looked out in all directions. Nothing but the water. Nothing but this small boat, and two people who I hadn't know for more then a day. And now, no home to go to.
I looked back, watching the water turn, as I wondered if falling in love with this young girl had really been a gift... Or if dad had been right. If letting my emotions get the better of me had brought about the End...
I curled up on the boat, and Aeoya ruffled my hair a bit. I looked as the sun set, a beautiful sight...
* * * * *
I stood alone, in a black field. I looked around. I felt... I felt like I was standing on the black card... No, in the black card... Nothing around me...
"Where... What is going on...?" I looked around wildly.
I saw a grid-like extension roll around below me, shooting out in all directions. I saw silvery panels form between the green lines. I saw black cubes with strange patterns of light flashing on them rise out of the ground.
I looked wildly around. "What...? Where am I?"
I looked around harder, spotting something nearly-human. He was tall, with a spiky silver tangle of hair, and golden eyes. He was standing tall, wearing a long silvery-blue robe, the colors of which seemed to change as it was flapped around softly by something like the wind. The sash wrapped around his chest, but it was barely visible, and the leggings... It was not one piece, it was three pieces, the traditional Eyodian garments.
"Who...?" I looked at the man.
The man stood silent, looking at me. He didn't say a word.
I thought. There was an aura of power about him... There was something about this man... Some god-like power...
The man frowned as he looked at me, no longer a statue which could have been. He crossed his arms.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. "What... What have I done?"
I looked, as another man appeared beside him. Except this one radiated a different force. It was still strong... but there was something evil about him. He had jet-black hair, which was shooting forewards over his face. A cross of black sheathes crossed his chest and his back, which was very well formed. The sheathes were empty, oddly enough. The man also wore heavy black Eyodian-style trousers and the sash.
The new man looked just as cross. The two stared at me.
I looked at them, scared. "What do you want!?... Are you mad at me because of Aeoya?"
The good-aura man nodded a bit.
"Are... are you... the gods?" I dared to ask. "Gaiafarou and Kaisuto...?"
Kaisuto nodded.
"Then... what... why see me here?" I looked around. "I haven't... died... have I?"
Gaiafarou shook his head.
"Did I help them by leaving?" I asked. "Will things be better?"
There was no response. Not even the slightest movement.
"Please... speak... say something... I can't... I can't understand you... if you won't speak..."
The two men looked hard at me. There was that anger...
My body shuddered suddenly. A voice echoed in my head.
My head rung with the force of the voice. It sounded... so young... yet so wise. Like some kind of ruler. No... A god.
'Neero Grausherra... what you did today will bring about the end...' the voice rang in my head. I fell to my knees from the force of it. 'There is nothing you can do now but let your life play out... And to bring the Chosen to realization of his life...'
"Do I have to?" I asked, just barely. My whole body felt weak. "Why...? What if I don't? Then the end won't come, will it?"
'The end will come sooner... If you do your task, young Neero...' Gaiafarou's arms uncrossed. 'Then a winner may yet come to pass... And the war could be stopped...'
I felt incredibly weak. I was almost flat on the ground, the force of their minds seemingly tearing my mind, my will, my heart and soul apart. "How will I know... then? How will I know what to do?"
'You will know'...
Those last few words knocked my senses out. My mind spun.
I saw images... I saw things... A whirling vortex... and in it, I kept seeing the faintest images...
One caught my eye, and I recognized it. Me, as a small baby... My mind spun again... And another image...
A tiny baby, curled up and sleeping, with my hair and eyes... Innocence... but it wasn't me... Who was it?
Then, I saw designs... pictures... diagrams... And the face of a warrior for a moment...
Then my mind flared up. The pain was intense.
I screamed at the top of my lungs.
* * * * *
I sat up incredibly fast, screaming out.
Sweat was against my forehead. My purple hair was plastered against my forehead, my palms burning, my mind weak.
"Neero! Are you okay?" Aeoya quickly grabbed me and hugged me close.
I gasped for breath, as she held me close. Slowly, I tried to refocus. Jamsu was asleep at the edge of the boat, Aeoya had been watching the controls.
"Aeoya... Aeoya... What... What happened to me while I was sleeping?" I asked.
"You were moaning..." Aeoya muttered. "You... you were moaning out... And each time you did, you seemed to get weaker... your body just kinda became slack... and... And... did you just speak perfectly?"
I paused. "Slack...? I..." I tried to remember the dream. But I couldn't remember much... All that dizziness... But I remember getting assaulted... My mind being broken..."
"You're speaking... Electopian..." Aeoya looked at me. "What happened to you?"
"I do not know..." I responded, looking over at her. Slowly, my other senses returned, and I hugged Aeoya close to me.
"Don't worry, Neero... I'll keep you close to me..." Aeoya hugged me closer. "I want to keep you close..."
I pulled back. "Why...?"
"You said it yourself. I love you, Neero..." She hugged me, and landed a kip on my lips.
I tasted the kiss for a few moments, before she pulled back. She turned towards the direction the boat was in. "Oh... look, Neero!"
My eyes looked and strained. I could see something... A tall, metal house. It was very tall, it was standing out from the rest...
I looked harder. I could see the beach... and several smaller metal buildings. "Oh my god..."
"Do you like it?" Aeoya asked.
"Is this... Electopia?" I asked.
Aeoya smiled. "That's right..." she nodded, putting a hand on her father's shoulder and shaking him awake.
Jamsu slowly rose. "Oh... look! We're home!"
"This island is huge..." I gaped, not being able to see the sides of it, as we zoomed closer.
I could see several, even larger boats on the shorelines. I gaped. The sun was peeking over the huge city, the sun glinting off of the huge buildings.
"Oh my god..." I gasped. "It's... the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..."
"Are you sure about that?" Aeoya's eyebrow rose a bit.
"Aside from you, of course..." I smiled.
"I thought you'd see it that way..." Aeoya kissed me quickly on the lips.
Book 5 - Creator of Darkness
By Zelloss
Chapter 2 - The Fate
My father looked down hard at me.
"Neero... I was afraid this would happen..." he shook his head. "Neero... The Blank Card... Do you know what it means?"
"..." I looked at my father, hard. Aeoya remained hiding behind me.
"It means, Neero, that the end is coming to pass..."
"The... end?"
"Neero... I know all about it... The Advance, the Snow... And the Blank Card... When Jamsu arrived here, I should have stopped him! I should have turned him away! With him, comes new technology, a new world... That's the Advance..."
"Then...?"
"And the snow... The temperature is already dropping. We were supposed to remain a sacred land... But Neero, you were the one who set it in motion..."
"How?" I asked.
"Jounou told me about the second reading. The Inversed Brothers represent our two lands - The homeland, Eyod... And the land of the child who now stands behind you, cowering..."
I gulped. "And that would mean the Lovers referring to our love?"
"Yes..." Jounou responded. "Two conditions, that, when combined, will set in motion the fate... The fate of snow... The fate of ice... The fate of the black card..."
I stared, hard, bracing myself for what I knew was going to come.
"The fate of the death of the island... and these people..."
I looked up at my father.
"It is too late to turn it back, father..." I shook my head. "I do not believe the gods should care!"
"Neero..." Terso gritted his teeth. "I've tried to pray to the gods... I've tried to get them to change their mind, but even Gaiafarou won't hear my plea. You were not supposed to meet this girl! The Chosen will come to existance, and for that, we will pay..."
I gulped. "Dad... What? You're making no sense... 'The Chosen'?"
"The one who will be born from the darkness and the wrath of the gods, with a heart as cold as the snow and ice that will be surrounding this island!" Terso shouted. "Neero, that's what your mother has told me... She knows, she speaks to the gods... That is what they have told her..."
"I won't believe you on this..." I stood, defiantly, looking at my father.
"Neero... There may yet be a way to stop this..." Terso looked down at me. "I renounce you as my son."
"WHAT!?" I shouted. Aeoya jumped, behind me.
"You are no longer of my family. You have an hour to leave this island. Get off of the island with the foreigners... and do not come back!"
I stood stunned. My father turned on his heel, and walked off.
I just stood there.
"What...?" Aeoya looked at me.
"We have... to leave... leave island..." I tried to explain to her.
"Why?" She asked.
"Danger... big danger..." I tried to speak strong, but my voice was shaking. "I... no family here..."
Aeoya paused, thinking. "Oh... You mean your father... abandoned you?"
"Abandoned...?" I paused. She quickly ran through a few other words, and I got it. "Y... Yes... He abandoned me..."
"Oh my god..." Aeoya looked around. "Come, let's go to father... quickly..."
Aeoya grabbed my arm and pulled me along the beach. I ran behind her, and it took me a few moments to notice something.
"Wait! I... Where are we?" I looked around wildly, not recognizing anything. "Aeoya, stop..."
Aeoya kept running though, and I ran to catch up with her. She stopped, suddenly, as she turned a corner.
We ran back into the city, and I saw why she had stopped.
There was a fountain in the middle of the city. It had frozen.
Frozen into ice, even with everything around it as fresh as spring. People were gathered around it.
A young boy looked over at me. He was rough and rugged. His name was Jerill Deamandos. "This... I've never... what's going on?"
"I heard it was Neero!" one of the girls screeched. Perce.
"You think so? I heard there was some kind of curse that the gods are spreading since those two met!" another kid shouted out.
"No... Neero wouldn't cause..." I heard Jounou try to say.
"Yea', 'e would!" a boy with an odd accent responded. "I think 'e could'a start'd a curse, ya know?"
"No! I swear! Neero wouldn't..." Jounou tried to call out, but the others were getting louder.
I ran behind a couple bushes, with Aeoya, hiding.
"Jounou, look. Even now, ice is starting to spread from the base of the fountain" a girl was standing there, with long, flowing blonde hair, and a white dress. Aeya Ielune. Her and Jerill were bethrothed. "The temperature is dropping. At this rate, in a few weeks, the island will be covered with this stuff."
"And your explanation?" Jounou asked.
"The adults say that your mother got a message, Jounou" Aeya responded. "Because of Neero's foolishness, the Chosen is going to be brought forth... And the war... The war..."
Jounou's eyes opened. "No! Neero... Neero couldn't have..."
"It has to do with the readings you took earlier. I know all about then..." Aeya thought. "The adults all know. The Black Cards Neero drew from the pack are being burned. The island is going to change. Neero's fater... he..."
"What are you kids on about?" my mother, Shine, walked over. "What about my husband?"
"Is it true...?" the kids shushed up, as Aeya looked up at my mother. "Is it true that... that you and your husband... you know... to Neero... renounced him?"
There were gasps all around the circle. Even Aeoya, who was starting to figure things out, held a bit of a gasp herself beside me.
"Yes" Shine sighed. "I did not want to... But... this is the only solution we could find. He has to leave, and never return, or the Icy End will come... The Chosen will go into life... Eyod will die, and then, another war will come... Which this time, may..."
"Mother, please don't..." Jounou looked up. "Please don't do this to Neero, he's done nothing wrong..."
A tear formed in my eye. Me and Jounou had never been the best of friends... But now, he was standing up for me...
"I don't want to... But..." my mother looked down at the ground. "I can't... change it..."
"I won't renounce him. As long as somebody who's his blood keeps him family, he'll stay that way!"
"If only it was that simple..." Shine laughed a bit, but sadly. "If only..." she looked up at me, between the trees.
"Run..." she mouthed the word. I nodded, and took off with Aeoya. I felt a couple more tears drop down my eyes. I think I heard Jounou begin to cry.
"Neero... You're crying... What...?" I asked.
"We one time... to leave island..." I tried to explain. "Or island die..."
Aeoya paused. "Island die? The Island can't..." she paused, as she evidently thought of the Ice Fountain. "Oh... Oh... I don't understand it, but... Yes, let's leave..."
"Yes, let's..." I smiled, as I pulled her towards the beach, quickly explaining in my best terms what was happening.
There was that floating contraption, that 'boat', as Aeoya had called it. I saw Jamsu over at the edge of the water, the boat half pulled up onto the sand.
"Oh, hello, Aroyea... And... Was it Neero?"
I nodded. "Need... leave... now..."
"What!?" Jamsu' head snapped up. "We haven't been here long... why would we need to...?"
"If stay... bad things... Island die..." I tried to explain, using my limited vocabulary.
"Aeoya, can you make out any sense of...?"
"Listen, father..." Aeoya paused. "Neero's explained little to me, but I think I get it. His family abandoned him. They say he's bad. That him being here on the island..." she paused, wondering whether or not to mention the 'love' part, I figured. She came to a decision. "That him being on the island, with me... and... our love..."
Jamsu spat. "What!?"
"Let me finish, father..." Aeoya continued. "He... says he loves me..."
I blushed. So she had understood... Just as I understood what she had just said.
"Some force controlling the island is causing it to freeze slowly. The fountain at the center of town, where it used to be quite warm, has frozen."
"Frozen!?" Jamsu's eyes opened wide. "Aeoya, this had better not be a game..."
"We need to leave immediatly, and never come back here. Or else... the curse... Or whatever it is... it'll freeze the island!" Aeoya shouted.
Jamsu paused.
"Do you have proof?" he asked.
Terso walked towards us. Jamsu stood up.
"Greetings, Terso..." Jamsu bowed a bit.
Terso bowed a bit back, smiling. "Greetings, Jamsu..." he responded, and as the two's heads were facing each other, Terso suddenly brought his fist up and into Jamsu's gut.
Jamsu reeled backwards a bit, then fell backwards into the boat. He landed hard, the boat going into the water.
"Right now, you invaders will leave..." Terso spoke in Eyodian. "You will leave this sacred island right now. And with you, you will take your succubus bitch and that traitorous seinjaii, and never return to defoul our holy land again!"
I gritted my teeth so hard I thought they would break. Anger swept my face. I had heard some rude things... but to be called a 'Seinjaii' - A cursed one, a bastard... And especially by my father... I had never felt so hurt in my life...
"What...?" Aeoya asked.
"He said... leave now... take demon girl and demon boy... never come back..." I explained, knowing better then to repeat his exact words in the presence of the young girl. Those words stained my ears, even.
"Is that what he said?" Jamsu asked Aeoya.
Aeoya nodded meekly. "Except... I think it was worse..."
Jamsu looked up at Terso. "I don't know your language, but you're obviously not going to last long with this kind of vision to the outside world. Are you two ready, we can leave any moment you want?"
I paused. I looked at Aeoya.
She gave me the quick rundown.
I nodded.
Jamsu looked at Aeoya. She nodded too. He reached for a stick object, and pulled it.
A low humming noice ensued, and the boat began to move off of the coast.
Suddenly, I heard the pitter-patter of footsteps. Jounou was running towards me.
"Neero!" he shouted. He was crying.
I stood up. "Jounou!" I cried after him.
"Don't go, brother!" Jounou shouted. Terso made a lunge for him, but Jounou ducked down, under my former father's arm.
I shook my head. "I'm sorry... I have to..."
"Take care, brother!!!" Jounou shouted at me, and as we pulled away, pointing straight away, I saw Terso grab Jounou's shoulders, and there was a smack I could even hear over the low humming of the boat, as Terso backhanded my brother.
"The only Seinjaii on this island is you, Terso!" I shouted back, harshly. "I hope you give my brother more then you could have given me!"
I looked out to shore, to see my mother, watching, only slightly smiling, as we pulled away, our speed picking up, and the island, slowly becoming smaller and smaller, faded out of view.
I looked out in all directions. Nothing but the water. Nothing but this small boat, and two people who I hadn't know for more then a day. And now, no home to go to.
I looked back, watching the water turn, as I wondered if falling in love with this young girl had really been a gift... Or if dad had been right. If letting my emotions get the better of me had brought about the End...
I curled up on the boat, and Aeoya ruffled my hair a bit. I looked as the sun set, a beautiful sight...
* * * * *
I stood alone, in a black field. I looked around. I felt... I felt like I was standing on the black card... No, in the black card... Nothing around me...
"Where... What is going on...?" I looked around wildly.
I saw a grid-like extension roll around below me, shooting out in all directions. I saw silvery panels form between the green lines. I saw black cubes with strange patterns of light flashing on them rise out of the ground.
I looked wildly around. "What...? Where am I?"
I looked around harder, spotting something nearly-human. He was tall, with a spiky silver tangle of hair, and golden eyes. He was standing tall, wearing a long silvery-blue robe, the colors of which seemed to change as it was flapped around softly by something like the wind. The sash wrapped around his chest, but it was barely visible, and the leggings... It was not one piece, it was three pieces, the traditional Eyodian garments.
"Who...?" I looked at the man.
The man stood silent, looking at me. He didn't say a word.
I thought. There was an aura of power about him... There was something about this man... Some god-like power...
The man frowned as he looked at me, no longer a statue which could have been. He crossed his arms.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked. "What... What have I done?"
I looked, as another man appeared beside him. Except this one radiated a different force. It was still strong... but there was something evil about him. He had jet-black hair, which was shooting forewards over his face. A cross of black sheathes crossed his chest and his back, which was very well formed. The sheathes were empty, oddly enough. The man also wore heavy black Eyodian-style trousers and the sash.
The new man looked just as cross. The two stared at me.
I looked at them, scared. "What do you want!?... Are you mad at me because of Aeoya?"
The good-aura man nodded a bit.
"Are... are you... the gods?" I dared to ask. "Gaiafarou and Kaisuto...?"
Kaisuto nodded.
"Then... what... why see me here?" I looked around. "I haven't... died... have I?"
Gaiafarou shook his head.
"Did I help them by leaving?" I asked. "Will things be better?"
There was no response. Not even the slightest movement.
"Please... speak... say something... I can't... I can't understand you... if you won't speak..."
The two men looked hard at me. There was that anger...
My body shuddered suddenly. A voice echoed in my head.
My head rung with the force of the voice. It sounded... so young... yet so wise. Like some kind of ruler. No... A god.
'Neero Grausherra... what you did today will bring about the end...' the voice rang in my head. I fell to my knees from the force of it. 'There is nothing you can do now but let your life play out... And to bring the Chosen to realization of his life...'
"Do I have to?" I asked, just barely. My whole body felt weak. "Why...? What if I don't? Then the end won't come, will it?"
'The end will come sooner... If you do your task, young Neero...' Gaiafarou's arms uncrossed. 'Then a winner may yet come to pass... And the war could be stopped...'
I felt incredibly weak. I was almost flat on the ground, the force of their minds seemingly tearing my mind, my will, my heart and soul apart. "How will I know... then? How will I know what to do?"
'You will know'...
Those last few words knocked my senses out. My mind spun.
I saw images... I saw things... A whirling vortex... and in it, I kept seeing the faintest images...
One caught my eye, and I recognized it. Me, as a small baby... My mind spun again... And another image...
A tiny baby, curled up and sleeping, with my hair and eyes... Innocence... but it wasn't me... Who was it?
Then, I saw designs... pictures... diagrams... And the face of a warrior for a moment...
Then my mind flared up. The pain was intense.
I screamed at the top of my lungs.
* * * * *
I sat up incredibly fast, screaming out.
Sweat was against my forehead. My purple hair was plastered against my forehead, my palms burning, my mind weak.
"Neero! Are you okay?" Aeoya quickly grabbed me and hugged me close.
I gasped for breath, as she held me close. Slowly, I tried to refocus. Jamsu was asleep at the edge of the boat, Aeoya had been watching the controls.
"Aeoya... Aeoya... What... What happened to me while I was sleeping?" I asked.
"You were moaning..." Aeoya muttered. "You... you were moaning out... And each time you did, you seemed to get weaker... your body just kinda became slack... and... And... did you just speak perfectly?"
I paused. "Slack...? I..." I tried to remember the dream. But I couldn't remember much... All that dizziness... But I remember getting assaulted... My mind being broken..."
"You're speaking... Electopian..." Aeoya looked at me. "What happened to you?"
"I do not know..." I responded, looking over at her. Slowly, my other senses returned, and I hugged Aeoya close to me.
"Don't worry, Neero... I'll keep you close to me..." Aeoya hugged me closer. "I want to keep you close..."
I pulled back. "Why...?"
"You said it yourself. I love you, Neero..." She hugged me, and landed a kip on my lips.
I tasted the kiss for a few moments, before she pulled back. She turned towards the direction the boat was in. "Oh... look, Neero!"
My eyes looked and strained. I could see something... A tall, metal house. It was very tall, it was standing out from the rest...
I looked harder. I could see the beach... and several smaller metal buildings. "Oh my god..."
"Do you like it?" Aeoya asked.
"Is this... Electopia?" I asked.
Aeoya smiled. "That's right..." she nodded, putting a hand on her father's shoulder and shaking him awake.
Jamsu slowly rose. "Oh... look! We're home!"
"This island is huge..." I gaped, not being able to see the sides of it, as we zoomed closer.
I could see several, even larger boats on the shorelines. I gaped. The sun was peeking over the huge city, the sun glinting off of the huge buildings.
"Oh my god..." I gasped. "It's... the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..."
"Are you sure about that?" Aeoya's eyebrow rose a bit.
"Aside from you, of course..." I smiled.
"I thought you'd see it that way..." Aeoya kissed me quickly on the lips.