Hullo! Happy belated Christmas/Kwanza/hannukah/insert holiday here!
Hope you all had a good holiday. I was on holiday…haha and was really busy. But I am still writing…consider this a late holiday present. ^^ sorry if it's a little short, but I wanted to get something up.
kk…on with the fic!
Disclaimer: As a holiday present, the lawyers have told me that I don't need a disclaimer! But just for the record, I don't own anything. =P
*/ lalala /* = flashback
'lalala'-thinking
* * * with italics- Dreaming
~ ~ ~ - in Gnimaerd (either Ananda or Aiden)
"lalala"-out loud
=== - smudged word
Chapter 18: The Complete History of HistoryChihiro frowned and bit her lip. She had a feeling that the answer was right there, dancing playfully out of reach. Sakura's necklace was still glowing in her hand, and the other gripped Meracus tightly.
She let her thoughts wander, while Sakura, Aiden, and Syaoran watched her with slight anticipation. 'What makes the necklaces glow? I don't know! But…uh…just think, just think. Think of when they glowed. Think out of the ordinary…maybe…yes, maybe…but how would Haku fit it? And how would that be important anyway? And what about Sakura's necklace? Would there be others with the same principle…is Sakura's even like that…it should be, I hope…'
Chihiro jerked out of her trance-ish state and blinked a couple of times. She saw three faces looking back at her. She took a deep breath.
"All right. I think what makes the necklaces light up is if the person with it may be feeling…an emotion really strongly. Like you two," Chihiro said, gesturing towards Sakura and Syaoran, "you guys were probably feeling all happy and in love when one of you probably touched one of the necklaces by accident."
Aiden said, "You might have something there. What about the other one?"
She replied, "I'm not sure. It hasn't lit up as much. But maybe when those cards were talking to Sakura…maybe she felt…I don't know…"
"Confused?" Sakura supplied with a grin. "I sure was confused…"
Chihiro shrugged. "Anyway…it's a start. But this sort of thing sounds so familiar, all this feeling stuff. It's like I've heard it somewhere before."
"Don't strain yourself." Aiden said. "Memory is like a spider's web. If you push too hard, it'll break."
Chihiro smiled suddenly. "Ananda told me that, once."
In the silence that followed Sakura asked, "Chihiro, what about that book you found? Do you know the title?"
Chihiro nodded. "It said, the complete history of history, or something like that." Aiden gave a little start and walked over. Syaoran kept an eye on Haku, but stepped closer nonetheless.
"Might I see that?" Aiden took the tiny tome, and said, "A little larger, please." The book obliged and grew. "Now in an understandable language; we haven't the time to find a mirror." The book glowed for a moment, and then Aiden handed it back. He said, "It shouldn't give you much more trouble. I've been looking for it for ages. Even I can get lost inside here."
Chihiro eagerly took the book and reopened it to the Table of Contents. The list looked much longer than she'd noticed, and her eyes had moved down the list for quite a bit until Chihiro realized that the words were scrolling as she read. Like some kind of freaky illusion.
"Well?" Sakura asked, sitting beside her.
Chihiro shook her head and looked back to the top of the page for anything interesting. There were quite a few eye-catching titles. Chihiro sighed (this wasn't getting anywhere) and randomly flipped the pages. "There's too much information in here. I don't know how long it'll take to find whatever kind of information we're looking for." Chihiro said, idly watching the pages flip by.
Sakura said suddenly, "Look! The pages keep going and going." Chihiro did a double take and drew her breath in. There seemed to be no end to the pages and pages of information slipping from under her fingers.
"Well it is supposedly the history of History…as in everything that has probably ever happened, along with footnotes." Syaoran said lightly. "And take into consideration that there are two worlds…not to mention Gnimaerd."
Chihiro muttered darkly, "This'll take a while." So she set the book on the floor and let it fall open to a page. Surprisingly, it managed to open at the beginning of a chapter entitled "Using the Complete History of History".
So Chihiro took a deep breath and read:
Using the Complete History of History:
As you might have guessed, The Complete History of History is about…the complete history of history! And that's a lot of information.
But let's get on with the obvious.
So you don't know where to start? Ah well, neither did I when I started to write this book. HAHA, you might be thinking, how could you have written this entire encyclopedia to conquer all encyclopedias? But since I am the === I have had lots of time during my boredom to write. I get very bored. Oh dear, I'm getting off topic.
Back to using this very useful book. The table of contents isn't really of much service, but I couldn't help putting it in to make it seem like a real encyclopedia. It only lists everything that is in here; anything that has to do with anything. For instance (if you wish to read) there is a 'On The History of The Complete History of History' section. Yes, the book is quite vain, and persuaded me to include its own biography.
And you are probably thinking right now, is this silly book going to be like this the whole time? So light and not-serious? Well, you can be relieved to know that the book writes itself, I only gave it the ability to do so (and I wrote this nifty little guide).
But none of this is helping you so far, is it? All right then.
Concentrate very hard on what you want to find out, anything that could possibly be in this book (which is basically everything, so it is possible to find anything about anything, and even anything about nothing in here).
Chihiro stopped reading. There was a confused silence. She said, "Well then." Chihiro held up the book and showed that the rest of the page was blank.
Aiden looked rather amused. He was grinning to himself, as if he had recognized something, like people recognize faces.
Sakura said, "Whoever wrote that was right. They didn't help much. Try another page."
Chihiro obliged and turned a couple of pages. To her astonishment, they were all blank! "What? It was all full just a moment ago!" She flipped the pages and spotted some print on another page. Chihiro read it and made a frustrated noise.
"What is it?" Aiden asked.
Chihiro replied:
You're not concentrating, are you? I told you to concentrate.
Aiden said, "Well we better get on with what it's saying, don't you think? Concentrate on something, Chihiro."
She raised her eyebrows and bent over the book, concentrating. After a minute or two, she turned the page. Another single line of print was on it that said:
Please turn the page. ----
Rolling her eyes, Chihiro turned the page and found the heading, 'On Ananda'. She said under her breath, "At least we're getting somewhere now." She turned to Aiden. "But first, is Haku okay? What happened to him?"
He replied, "I'll explain later. But while I'm here, no harm will come to any of you. Haku needs a bit of rest. We can fill him in on what's happened later…this is probably very important." He was referring to the book.
Syaoran by now had come and sat down by Chihiro and Sakura, Aiden standing nearby. Aiden said, "I think we could use some chairs, don't you think?" He waved his hand and the found them in some of the little poufy chairs, with rosy lamps nearby and all of the wreckage apparently cleaned up. Haku was dozing nearby on a therapist-esque sofa bed thing (I couldn't think of the word).
Sakura made a gesture asking Chihiro if she could read now, and Chihiro (who's voice was sore) nodded thankfully. Sakura began to read:
On Ananda.
Ananda: that thing without which the universe would fall apart and collapse. It is a only a word, or rather, a name, taken from one of the languages from the Human World to stand for what Ananda really is. In short, 'Ananda' is more like a name coined by the === for another thing that is too great to be named, like === itself.
Without the presence of Ananda, everything would end. Less complex beings might disappear, the Laws might disintegrate, or the Worlds created by === could go completely out of whack. While what would happen if Ananda were removed from existence is known, how it would happen is unknown, because it has never happened.
However, the possibility of Ananda disappearing was practically impossible before any of the Worlds were created, because it was completely untouchable. There is no real explanation for what Ananda was until He interfered. It only existed.
Now, everything has faults, except for a few things that aren't exactly living. Ananda, for instance, was never really alive, until the === decided that Ananda might be better suited if it was a physical embodiment. Since the === is the ===, it had the power to do so. So Ananda was given the form of one of the ideas === had in store for a world it'd just created. The form of a human (another coined word) was pleasing, so a few eons after the creation of Ananda's physical embodiment, another was formed. (For information on the first of the Anima, see 'On Aiden').
At this, they all looked up at Aiden, who looked suddenly uncomfortable. He said with a half-grin, "Sakura…why'd you stop? It was getting interesting."
Ignoring him, Syaoran said, "What are the Anima?"
Aiden said, "I don't know."
"You must know, Aiden. The book specifically referred to you!" Chihiro said.
"But," he said, holding his hands up in defense, "I really don't know what it's talking about. I mean, He never really gave us a name, you know? Or maybe they're all just the same thing--"
Sakura asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Well, it's a funny story." Aiden said. They only crossed their arms at him (or at least Chihiro and Sakura did, Syaoran only sat expectantly for an answer).
Finally, he said, "Well…I think it's safe to assume that you know I'm not really human. Anima could probably be another coined word---"
"Wait a minute." Chihiro said. "What is it with all these words? And this book. Sakura, didn't you notice that there are a lot of words that are blurred? And if you look closely…I think that they're blurred on purpose."
Sakura nodded. "The coined words…and the how two section. Who wrote this book, Aiden? Is it that person who made everything…like…who made Ananda a person like the book says?"
"I thought you wanted to know who the Anima were."
Syaoran said, "I think we should ask the book. It could give some straighter answers." He stared pointedly at Aiden.
Sakura said, "Aiden, if we really are to help Ananda, don't you think it would be more helpful to answer our questions? Then we'd have more of an idea of everything that's going on."
Aiden sighed. "All right. There are no words that could name…him. There really is no word that is blurred in the book, the blots are just there so that reading is easier. If there was nothing where the blots were, then it wouldn't make as much sense.
"So anyway, I'll start with Him. He doesn't really have a gender, but it's easier to just say him…I think. So He'll be referred to as Him. He created everything, I guess. He was bored. Ananda was there, right along with Him, but the book is right. Everyone makes mistakes, and He made one in making Ananda have a form and mind and such. It left her vulnerable to dying, as we can see.
"After He made the Ananda, He made me. Just to keep her company, at first, but later on he made more to keep watch over His Worlds, since there were so many. (But not all are supportive of life.) He really liked the design He called 'human', and used it on most of the beings he created. Others had other forms he thought up. I guess we could be grouped into a category and named. Although I would have preferred to be called something like, 'angel' maybe. We have the same qualities, you could say."
"Hold the phone!" Sakura burst out. "You mean you guys are like…angels?!?!"
"Um…" he grinned sheepishly. "It was only a metaphor."
Chihiro said, "Could we get on with this?"
Aiden smiled again, and started to say something. But then, three things happened.
A card burst out of nowhere and grabbed Sakura. Syaoran lunged and managed to grab her ankle as it towed them away.
Aiden started, and shouted out loud, "Ananda!!!" and disappeared.
And Haku woke up.
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so at the end of this chap, S+S are alone…C+H are alone (and Haku woke up!) and Aiden is … well you can guess.
thankees to the reviewers! I shall consider them an xmas present. Oh! Btw…I turned fifteen!!! Yay! So wish me a happy bday ^^ and gimme a review.
Ja ne, and follow the arrow. Today's food is…candy canes! And if you're not Christian…have some gelt (ahah my friend and I have this thing…I thought it was yelt, not gelt…lol) and roasted chestnuts. Have a feast.
silent H
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