Chapter 3: Secrets Revealed
"You do why you're up here, right?" Marie asked Kurama. He shook his head. "You're up here because I have a secret to tell you, and a favor to ask." Marie told Kurama. "Do you know the legend of the fire goddess?" she asked. Kurama again shook his head. "It is said that the fire goddess will vanish after a certain amount of time, and become the ultimate goddess. Is there any possibility it's wrong, do you think?" she asked. Kurama yet again shook his head, then finally spoke. "I think the legend you have told me the smallest part of will be true, but why tell me and no one else?" he asked. Marie nodded. "Come back tomorrow. I will tell you more." She said and Kurama left.
Marie turned to her notebook. "I've noticed you reading my story. And I've also noticed you wondered when you could talk to me, Youko. I remember you well. Why did you take this human form?" she said, still staring at her book. Kurama didn't answer her. He walked over and stood next to her. "What I believe doesn't matter. It's what you believe that counts." He said. Marie had just told him more of the tale. She turned and looked at him.
"Let me tell you the whole tale. Long ago, about 5999 years ago, a little girl named Trionte Maravio Sayont was born to the French king and queen. Her father was cruel, but her mother and twin brother where kind to her. When she was 12, her mother became ill and died, and Trionte was left with her father and brother for 2 years. Her father then remarried a cruel woman, who had a son. Trionte's stepbrother was as kind as her brother. They kept her away from her parents. When she was 18, Trionte fell ill with he same thing her mother had. Had her life not been saved and she been made eternally young, she would've died within a month or two. She became a vampire, and when she was 5673, she was the most powerful sorceress, witch, fairy, wizardess, magicianess, she was queen demon and queen vampire. Later she became the head elf, even though she was ½ human, ¼ elf and ¼ genie. And now many say she is still alive as all those things and the fire goddess. Do you believe it?" she said. Kurama nodded. "I do believe it's true, and I believe it was you that you just told me the tale of." He said. Marie looked at him, her eyes narrow. "It is. And only one person can stop me from disappearing. And I can choose him. I chose you." She said. "So that's why I remembered the words of it so well. That's why they haunt me." Kurama said. Marie nodded. "There is only one way I can live after that, but I can't tell you yet. That story was written because when I saw you I knew you would search for me. They were like messages to you from me. But know this. You can tell no one else about it." Marie said.
"Kurama, where have you been?" Hiei asked when Kurama came back. "I was looking for a way out upstairs. But I didn't succeed. Is Sanosuke succeeding?" Kurama asked. Hiei shook his head. "Nope. Yusuke still won't let him stop though." He answered. Kurama laughed. "I suppose I should help him." He said, glancing at the stairs and seeing Marie standing there, a look on her face, neither happy nor sad, or even angry. She looked rather solemn, and she came downstairs. She was now on their side. She was going to help. "Sanosuke. Come here a minute." She said. He obeyed and walked over to her. "Go through the kitchen to the room behind it. You'll find a button on the wall to the right. Press it. It will trap my sisters upstairs. Then I want you to come back, and go to the room below the stairs. You'll see a switch. Flip it up. The windows will open and you'll find a trap door, which leads to a tunnel. Follow that tunnel and you'll come to another trap door, which leads you to freedom. I will follow you, for I do not want to stay within these walls for the remainder of my life." She whispered to him. He nodded and went to follow her instructions. Kurama walked over to her. "Well, if you told him how to get out and you're coming with us, do you think I will not help you?" he asked. She shook her head. "No. But I do not believe you can." She said.
Preview of chapter four:
"That is the only way for me to live." Marie said to Kurama. His eyes grew wide. The sunlight shone in Marie's eyes, as though they were gemstones. The wind blew her hair. She smiled. The sudden change was great to her, for she had not been outside in years...
"You do why you're up here, right?" Marie asked Kurama. He shook his head. "You're up here because I have a secret to tell you, and a favor to ask." Marie told Kurama. "Do you know the legend of the fire goddess?" she asked. Kurama again shook his head. "It is said that the fire goddess will vanish after a certain amount of time, and become the ultimate goddess. Is there any possibility it's wrong, do you think?" she asked. Kurama yet again shook his head, then finally spoke. "I think the legend you have told me the smallest part of will be true, but why tell me and no one else?" he asked. Marie nodded. "Come back tomorrow. I will tell you more." She said and Kurama left.
Marie turned to her notebook. "I've noticed you reading my story. And I've also noticed you wondered when you could talk to me, Youko. I remember you well. Why did you take this human form?" she said, still staring at her book. Kurama didn't answer her. He walked over and stood next to her. "What I believe doesn't matter. It's what you believe that counts." He said. Marie had just told him more of the tale. She turned and looked at him.
"Let me tell you the whole tale. Long ago, about 5999 years ago, a little girl named Trionte Maravio Sayont was born to the French king and queen. Her father was cruel, but her mother and twin brother where kind to her. When she was 12, her mother became ill and died, and Trionte was left with her father and brother for 2 years. Her father then remarried a cruel woman, who had a son. Trionte's stepbrother was as kind as her brother. They kept her away from her parents. When she was 18, Trionte fell ill with he same thing her mother had. Had her life not been saved and she been made eternally young, she would've died within a month or two. She became a vampire, and when she was 5673, she was the most powerful sorceress, witch, fairy, wizardess, magicianess, she was queen demon and queen vampire. Later she became the head elf, even though she was ½ human, ¼ elf and ¼ genie. And now many say she is still alive as all those things and the fire goddess. Do you believe it?" she said. Kurama nodded. "I do believe it's true, and I believe it was you that you just told me the tale of." He said. Marie looked at him, her eyes narrow. "It is. And only one person can stop me from disappearing. And I can choose him. I chose you." She said. "So that's why I remembered the words of it so well. That's why they haunt me." Kurama said. Marie nodded. "There is only one way I can live after that, but I can't tell you yet. That story was written because when I saw you I knew you would search for me. They were like messages to you from me. But know this. You can tell no one else about it." Marie said.
"Kurama, where have you been?" Hiei asked when Kurama came back. "I was looking for a way out upstairs. But I didn't succeed. Is Sanosuke succeeding?" Kurama asked. Hiei shook his head. "Nope. Yusuke still won't let him stop though." He answered. Kurama laughed. "I suppose I should help him." He said, glancing at the stairs and seeing Marie standing there, a look on her face, neither happy nor sad, or even angry. She looked rather solemn, and she came downstairs. She was now on their side. She was going to help. "Sanosuke. Come here a minute." She said. He obeyed and walked over to her. "Go through the kitchen to the room behind it. You'll find a button on the wall to the right. Press it. It will trap my sisters upstairs. Then I want you to come back, and go to the room below the stairs. You'll see a switch. Flip it up. The windows will open and you'll find a trap door, which leads to a tunnel. Follow that tunnel and you'll come to another trap door, which leads you to freedom. I will follow you, for I do not want to stay within these walls for the remainder of my life." She whispered to him. He nodded and went to follow her instructions. Kurama walked over to her. "Well, if you told him how to get out and you're coming with us, do you think I will not help you?" he asked. She shook her head. "No. But I do not believe you can." She said.
Preview of chapter four:
"That is the only way for me to live." Marie said to Kurama. His eyes grew wide. The sunlight shone in Marie's eyes, as though they were gemstones. The wind blew her hair. She smiled. The sudden change was great to her, for she had not been outside in years...