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The Hierophant-

More Than Meets the Eye

Chapter 1

"..." talking

'...' thinking

[1,000 years later]

[Three years after the World Championships]

[Detnuah]

"Wow... this is such a beautiful place! I think I'm going to enjoy it here!" Kenny said as he stepped off the ship and looked around, the Blade Breakers followed him down and surveyed the place.

It's like a fantasy land... everything is so calm and peaceful, people here went about their own businesses quietly, not interfering with others. The sun is just about to disappear, giving the ocean a beautiful lighting. The ocean looks unusually calm and deep blue, the sky is in a shade of purple. Kai looked up at the sky mesmorized.

'It's just like her eyes....' His thoughts drifted back to that pair of lavender eyes, sadness dimmed lavender eyes. Jana glanced at him and tugged at his hand, bringing him back to reality.

"Kai, are you okay?" She asked worriedly, her big blue eyes filled with concern.

Kai just looked at her, but didn't say anything.

"Jana, ignore him! He's just like that, what a gloomy person!" Tyson said playfully from in front of them, everyone smiled, Kai just sent him a death glare. "I don't understand why would you want to be his fiancee.... you'll probably die of boredom some day!"

Jana blushed and let of Kai's hand, she looked away, wind blowing through her blond hair.

"You shouldn't be talking, at least he has a girlfriend, but you can't even get a girl to go out with you for more than one day!" Max teased, and Tyson froze immediately. Everyone laughed at him and they continued on walking, picking up their luggages.

"I wonder how Mr. Dickenson found this place... I mean.. I don't think it's listed in the map anywhere." Ray stated looking around.

"I know what you mean... even Dizzi can't find this place." Kenny.

"I heard that Detnuah is a 'heart' land." Jana started, everyone looked at her. "I heard that only those that was fated to get on this island will come on, or else no one will come onto this island."

"And this young lady is correct."

They turned and saw a middle aged man behind them, he nodded at them with a warm smile. "Hi, I'm John, I'll be showing you around."

"You know of what I speak?" Jana asked curiously as they began walking with John along the ocean side.

"Yes, only those that was fated can come onto this island. I cannot say that all of you are meant to come onto this island, but one of you is destined to come."

They looked amongst themselves, wondering whom he's talking about.

"One thing that I have to warn you is that you can't talk about any supernatural things on this island." John said, turning around and walking backwards so he can face them.

"Like... ghosts and witches?" Tyson asked, and John's face whitened immediately.

"You are such an idiot Tyson." Kai stated coldly, and Tyson just made a face at him.

"Oh... Thgil, please forgive him." John said and sighed.

"Thgil?" Max looked at him confused. "Who's Thgil? Is that a religion?"

Hearing that name, John's face turning into a bright smile as he turned and pointed above them. "That's Thgil!"

They looked up and saw a statued woman, she's standing near the ocean, hands above her head forming a circle. She's standing up tall, facing the water, giving a majestic feeling to her.

"Who is she?"

"She's the protectress of this land! She sacrificed herself for the safety of this land." John said as they walked closer. "Let me tell you of two times that she had saved us."

Everyone stopped and waited for him to continue, he faced the water, an admiring smile plastered on his face. Kai just closed his eyes and leaned back onto Thgil as he listened on.

"Thgil was a Priestess at this land, 2000 years ago, armies came and went. However... there was one particular army that stayed and half destroyed our city. As our city burnt down more and more each day, our population got thinner and thinner each day, Thgil came up with a plan. Using her powers, she threw herself into the water, and prayed for the Lord of the Sea to help her. He heard her cry as large amount of water rushed onto the island and killed the army. When the water washed away, this statue was here. We knew then that Thgil didn't die, she just came back in another form to protect us."

He said, and turned to look up at Thgil again, whom stood tall.

"Wow... unbelievable! She sacrificed herself!" Max awed.

"What about the other time? What did she do the other time?" Jana asked, her eyes widening in excitement.

John looked around and walked closer to them, his voice low.

"This was forbidden on this island, but I feel as if I have to tell you. One thousand years ago, there was a witch on our island."

"A witch?" Tyson exclaimed, and John nodded seriously.

"It was said that she had killed many people, no matter whom they were. She has such a beautiful face that everyone fell for her, but they were especially afraid of the panther that was with her all the time. She also had a necklace that was said to be able to predict the future."

"Sounds like a fantasy." Kenny concluded, John turned to him with a shake of his head.

"But, it's not fairy tale, it's true! It was said that she killed people in the most strange ways. The nail on her pointer finger was said to be the weapon. When mid-night comes, she will sneak into a person's room and kill that person. She will place that nail over the person's heart and the nail will grow long. Then she will slid the nail across the person's heart, leaving a scar there... and that person will die instantly. However... it was said that if she had the littlest doubt or feeling for that person except for hate, her powers will not work."

The others looked at each other and raised up a nervous smile, Jana backed away slowly, leaning closer to Kai. He looked at her but didn't say anything.

"And then one night she was discovered, so she got mad and wanted to kill everyone. However, just as she was about to succeed, Thgil appeared and saved us! So... now, she's trapped within Thgil, forever!" John said proudly and looked at Thgil, the others followed his gaze and looked up as well. "Oh yeah... it was said that she had a black panther with her everywhere, and a jade necklace on all the time, it seemed as if she could read futures in that necklace of hers!"

"What was her panther's name?" Max asked first.

"No! That's not important, what was her name?" Ray asked right after him.

"I'm sorry, but I do not know. This subject is forbidden to be spoken about upon this land, and I wish that you'll never bring it up again." John said quietly. Tyson and Jana looked at him nervously, while Kenny just pushed up his glasses.

"Um... that... witch... doesn't appear anymore, right?" Kenny asked nervously.

"Of course not! Thgil had already trapped her inside forever!"

"But, what if..." Tyson started, wanting to get more answers from John, but Kai snapped open his eyes suddenly.

"Enough! It was just a stupid legend, it's probably not even true!" He said coldly and rolled his eyes.

"Kai... are you sure that's the case?" Jana whispered and Kai just gave her a look, John shook his head disapprovingly.

"Young man! I can assure you that Thgil is the great protectress of this land and what I have said are all true!"

Kai looked up and sent him a cold look, which made John drop the subject immediately. Such a young guy, but such scary looks from him.

"Let's... um.... I'll show you to where you'll be living for the period of time." John said finally and began walking up towards a low mountain, everyone shrugged and followed him.

Kai pushed away from Thgil and followed them as well, but everyone failed to notice the flash of green light that appeared in Thgil's eyes.

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[Night]

"I... think you've got the wrong place, let's go!" Tyson said, preparing to turn around, but Ray held him back.

"I'm sure this is the place that you're staying." John said confidently, but looked around nervously as he started to back off slowly.

This is an old castle, a huge one, but no one's in there. There's a forest a bit behind the castle, you can see the trees in the forest. From the castle, you can see the ocean and no doubt- Thgil.

"Um... I'm not supposed to come up here, so I'll be getting going now, good night!" With that, John turned and practically ran off.

"Hey! Hey!" Max yelled after him, but got no reply. "What's his hurry?"

"Are you sure we have to live here?" Jana asked in a small, scared voice. And slowly, she turned and clung onto Kai, whom glanced down at her, but didn't say anything.

'She'll never do this.' A familiar pair of lavender eyes crossed his mind.

"Oh well... no matter, we have to go in and see what it's like on the inside, maybe it won't be that bad!" Max said comfortingly, hoping to calm everyone down. Tyson gulped and looked at the closed doors doubtingly.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure, just come!"

Max walked up first, with Tyson and Kenny behind him. Ray looked around and followed them, Kai and Jana trailed behind them. Taking in a deep breath, Max slowly reached for the door handle and twisted it, upon opening it, nothing happened. He pushed the door open completely, wanting to sigh in relief, but suddenly, something jumped up at them.

Max screamed as that shadow leapt past him, Tyson and Kenny screamed and bumped into each other, falling onto the ground. Ray gasped and dunked immediately, Jana nearly jumped on Kai, but he was faster as he pulled her with him, side stepping the shadown's attack.

The shadow landed on the ground behind them gracefully, Ray ran up besides Kai and they looked on. The shadow slowly turned, revealing its true form- a black panther.

"Kai... we should go!" Jana said scared, pulling Kai back, not wanting him to be in the way of danger.

The panther sneared and bared its teeth, its green eyes wild, as they set on Ray and Kai. Narrowing his eyes, he leapt up again, but was stopped by a voice.

"Diego."

A voice rang out through the night, Diego stopped and ran back to the door way. The Blade Breakers sighed in relief and turned around to face their saviour.

Kai turned and look on, suddenly, his eyes widened as his eyes came contact with another pair of eyes, those same lavender eyes....

TBC.....

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