Chapter 6
As everyone was hiding in the underground metro station, Mia asked about how the authors got their necklaces. "I was born in a military hospital on the Big Island of Hawai'i," Jazalyn started, "The black haired nurse that I told you about was the first nurse to see my mother go into labor. With her help, my mother's labor wasn't very long, and I was born a healthy baby. Then the black haired nurse took me into the nursery. That was how I got my necklace. When my father asked her why I was wearing a necklace they didn't buy for me, she told my father that this necklace was important and it was in my best interests to keep it on."
"Do you remember the nurse's name?" Mia asked.
"My father told me her name was Ame," Jazalyn remembered.
"That sounds like a Japanese name," Mia mused.
"Sounds familiar," Sarah said.
"This is very odd," Mia said.
"How?" Brian asked.
"Have any of you ever heard of the Partnership myth?" Mia asked.
"I think I've heard about it," Brian frowned, "but I can't be sure."
Mia sighed, "according to the Partnership myth. Five people are chosen to be partners for five of the nine armor bearers. From the charms, Brian and Sarah are Ryo and Cye's partners, but I don't know who the partners for Jazalyn, Melody, and Melissa are."
"Is there some ceremony we have to go through?" Melody asked.
"The actual process of the armor bearer and the partner's soul being bound together is not complicated," Mia smiled, "the simple act of partner and armor bearer touching each other on the hand or wrist will fulfill the requirement."
"So, do you think we should do the ceremony now?" Ryo asked, startling Mia.
"Yes," Mia sighed, "it would save us a lot of trouble and agony if we did it right now".
"Okay," Sarah smiled as she looked at Brian.
Ryo and Cye stood side by side and held out their right hand. Sarah and Brian walked over to their partners and placed their hands into their armor bearer's hands. The minute Sarah's hand met Ryo's hand everything went spinning. Sarah's felt like her mind was going to explode, she felt colors swirl around her, vivid shades of red and orange danced around her as she felt her soul blaze with an endless burning fire. She could feel threads from her soul reach out and connect with the threads in Ryo's soul. In the confusion, Sarah screamed in pain, as she was being burned and purified by the flames of the Wildfire armor. She barely noticed Ryo's painful screams and Cye's cries of suffocation, as if he were being plunged into water for purification. But she did hear Brian painfully gasping for air, as if he were being plunged into warm water and couldn't hold his breath.
When Sarah couldn't take it anymore, she passed out, but she never hit the ground. Instead, Ryo was supporting her in his arms. When the pain in Ryo and Cye subsided, Sarah and Brian were laid carefully on the ground. "Thank the gods that's over with," Ryo sighed.
"You two aren't seriously hurt?" Rowen asked.
"No," Cye replied, "I guess it's more painful for the partners than the armor…"
Suddenly, everyone could hear loud clanking footsteps.
NOTES:
1. Ame is the Sun Goddess Ameterasu.
As everyone was hiding in the underground metro station, Mia asked about how the authors got their necklaces. "I was born in a military hospital on the Big Island of Hawai'i," Jazalyn started, "The black haired nurse that I told you about was the first nurse to see my mother go into labor. With her help, my mother's labor wasn't very long, and I was born a healthy baby. Then the black haired nurse took me into the nursery. That was how I got my necklace. When my father asked her why I was wearing a necklace they didn't buy for me, she told my father that this necklace was important and it was in my best interests to keep it on."
"Do you remember the nurse's name?" Mia asked.
"My father told me her name was Ame," Jazalyn remembered.
"That sounds like a Japanese name," Mia mused.
"Sounds familiar," Sarah said.
"This is very odd," Mia said.
"How?" Brian asked.
"Have any of you ever heard of the Partnership myth?" Mia asked.
"I think I've heard about it," Brian frowned, "but I can't be sure."
Mia sighed, "according to the Partnership myth. Five people are chosen to be partners for five of the nine armor bearers. From the charms, Brian and Sarah are Ryo and Cye's partners, but I don't know who the partners for Jazalyn, Melody, and Melissa are."
"Is there some ceremony we have to go through?" Melody asked.
"The actual process of the armor bearer and the partner's soul being bound together is not complicated," Mia smiled, "the simple act of partner and armor bearer touching each other on the hand or wrist will fulfill the requirement."
"So, do you think we should do the ceremony now?" Ryo asked, startling Mia.
"Yes," Mia sighed, "it would save us a lot of trouble and agony if we did it right now".
"Okay," Sarah smiled as she looked at Brian.
Ryo and Cye stood side by side and held out their right hand. Sarah and Brian walked over to their partners and placed their hands into their armor bearer's hands. The minute Sarah's hand met Ryo's hand everything went spinning. Sarah's felt like her mind was going to explode, she felt colors swirl around her, vivid shades of red and orange danced around her as she felt her soul blaze with an endless burning fire. She could feel threads from her soul reach out and connect with the threads in Ryo's soul. In the confusion, Sarah screamed in pain, as she was being burned and purified by the flames of the Wildfire armor. She barely noticed Ryo's painful screams and Cye's cries of suffocation, as if he were being plunged into water for purification. But she did hear Brian painfully gasping for air, as if he were being plunged into warm water and couldn't hold his breath.
When Sarah couldn't take it anymore, she passed out, but she never hit the ground. Instead, Ryo was supporting her in his arms. When the pain in Ryo and Cye subsided, Sarah and Brian were laid carefully on the ground. "Thank the gods that's over with," Ryo sighed.
"You two aren't seriously hurt?" Rowen asked.
"No," Cye replied, "I guess it's more painful for the partners than the armor…"
Suddenly, everyone could hear loud clanking footsteps.
NOTES:
1. Ame is the Sun Goddess Ameterasu.