Act Ten: Must this be my End?
"No...they can't..."
Shi said, covering her mouth. She stared horrified at the figures standing at the top of the marble steps.
"Your next opponent is..."
Nayru turned looking confused... Then tears slid down her face, a smile spreading.
"Din...Saria...Farore...Majora...Oni...YOUR ALRIGHT!!"
More tears slid down her face, but none of the figures greeted her smile. Their eyes were cold, distant, and heartless. No emotion on their features.
"...is us, Nayru."
"No..."
Her smile vanished and she took a step back, her staff falling to the ground.
"No..."
Farore pointed a finger at her.
"Wind Cutter."
"AH!!"
Both Shi and Nayru were covered in gashes.
"Birthed of Flame."
A dragon made of flame was hurtling toward Shi. She stood transfixed, her eyes wide.
"SHI!"
She was knocked out of the way, the dragon missing them both my centimeters.
"I don't want to... but..."
She held up her staff.
"Chaotic...CANNON!!"
Attack hit Farore straight on, but she smirked, she wasn't even phased.
"Is that the power of the strongest Goddess?"
She smirked, holding out a glowing hand.
"It's as soft as wind."
As she said it, in Nayru's mind an image of Pow smiling at her appeared. She was laughing at a joke she had told.
"I can't..."
She watched horrified as the others raised glowing hands as well.
"I can't destroy them!"
Tears made their way down her face again.
"But if I don't..."
She looked down at the unconscious Shi.
"We'll be killed."
She looked up at them, they were laughing at her. Their cackling was inhuman...
Her eyes narrowed, her tears stopped, she felt hate like she had never felt building up inside herself.
"Forgive me...my friends..."
She raised the staff again. Their hands glowed brighter.
"MERCURY SIN!!!"
"CHAOS BREAK!!!!"
The attacks collided, but only one made it through. Screams were heard as the Deity Champions turned into dust once more, their star seeds glowing dimly. Nayru sighed and stood, making her way up those ancient steps, as she reached the top she reached out a hand to touch the nearest star seed; Zelda's. But as her hand reached it all of them vanished. She narrowed her eyes again and made her way through the stone gates, leaving Shi there. She needed no more friends hurt or dead. Blitz lay in a hospital bed at Capsule Corp, barely hanging onto life, how could she put anyone else in danger again? She refused to. Never again would anyone harm those she loved. She looked up, golden tiles under feet, and a golden thrown ahead, with a figure sitting there, that horrible laughter again...
"So you've made it this far have you? I'm surprised; I thought your little heart would have given out by now, having to kill your little wretched friends."
She growled.
"So that's what you thought? I have seen them die twice now; my heart had died long before theirs. You screwed up brat, I know what you were! I know what Chaos did to you! We tried to help you! And this is how you repay us! Killing them all! You're heartless."
"You liar. It was Chaos that saved me, your deities left me to die here! I was their friend! I trusted them! And they left me to die in the kami forsaken place! You will never know the pain I endured!"
A purple aura surrounded Kande for a moment, then shot at Nayru, knocking her back to the floor.
"YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT TRUE SUFFERING IS!!"
She shot another blast of energy at Nayru, making her cry out.
"SUFFER! SUFFER AS I HAD! MY FRIENDS ARE GONE! DEAD! I HAVE NOTHING LEFT! SO AS I SUFFER THE WORLDS WILL SUFFER WITH ME!!"
More blasts of energy. More screams. But finally as the dust cleared, Nayru was standing there, bloody and bruised. Kande laughed.
"Do you truly think, that you can beat me?! You are a fool!"
"There are people who need me, and I will not give up! I may be a fool for trying but at least I know that I did not submit to a heartless coward like you! I AM ANIME GODESS!!! LAST OF THE DEITY CHAMPIONS AND HEIR TO THE THROWN OF CHIKYUU! I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!"
The wind picked up, her eyes went blank, blue eyes turned silver, tattered uniform turned to elegant dress. Purple turned to silver, triforce glowed, the staff appeared.
"I am The Bringer, the first being in the universe and the last being in the universe."
"I am not afraid."
"So be it." She held the staff in front of herself. It glowed blue.
"My friends...please...lend me your strength..."
A red hand was laid on her right hand. A green on her left. A black, then gold, then an emerald.
"Arigoto... LIGHT OF THE STARS!"
She stared coldly into Kande's frightened eyes.
"RETURN TO FORMER SELF!!"
The staff erupted in an explosion of rainbow energy.
It was the light that was seen across the universes.
The light disappeared, The Bringer was standing there, her dress tattered, with a dark haired child in her arms. The child could have been no more that nine or ten. The Bringer turned, and went back to the place Nayru had left Shi. Shi was sitting there, looking around; all around them it was raining sparks of red, blue, green, gold and silver. The Bringer said nothing, merely placed the child in Shi's arms.
"Take her to Lord Cruin, and tell him this, the light has returned."
"But... who are you?"
"I?"
She turned back to Shi.
"I am the one who knows all. Good-bye...Shi."
She walked away, back toward the thrown room. Shi's eyes widened and she lay the small girl on the floor, dashing after The Bringer.
She was standing on the edge of the Origin Point, looking down in with a faint smile on her face. The smile looked like the one her mother had.
"The Origin Point was the final place of the true Anime's courage."
"No... she's going to..."
But it was too late, The Bringer had dove in, but not before glancing back at Shi with sapphire blue eyes. A whisper reached her ears as she watched her fall.
"Good bye, Shi, we will not meet again..."
Shi dashed to the edge just at the moment before she disappeared, a smile on her stubborn face.
"NO!!! GRANDMOTHER!! MY FUTURE WILL CEASE TO EXIST!!!"
"No, you will be fine."
Shi turned to see a blue haired woman clad in sky blue robes.
"I made Anime to serve her purpose, but after being reborn twice she obtained a slight defect, she gained the emotion called 'stubbornness'."
The woman shook her head.
"She will not die that easily, and she sees her future clearly now."
"But...I...who are you?"
"I am Nayru, goddess of water."
---End Chapter---
"No...they can't..."
Shi said, covering her mouth. She stared horrified at the figures standing at the top of the marble steps.
"Your next opponent is..."
Nayru turned looking confused... Then tears slid down her face, a smile spreading.
"Din...Saria...Farore...Majora...Oni...YOUR ALRIGHT!!"
More tears slid down her face, but none of the figures greeted her smile. Their eyes were cold, distant, and heartless. No emotion on their features.
"...is us, Nayru."
"No..."
Her smile vanished and she took a step back, her staff falling to the ground.
"No..."
Farore pointed a finger at her.
"Wind Cutter."
"AH!!"
Both Shi and Nayru were covered in gashes.
"Birthed of Flame."
A dragon made of flame was hurtling toward Shi. She stood transfixed, her eyes wide.
"SHI!"
She was knocked out of the way, the dragon missing them both my centimeters.
"I don't want to... but..."
She held up her staff.
"Chaotic...CANNON!!"
Attack hit Farore straight on, but she smirked, she wasn't even phased.
"Is that the power of the strongest Goddess?"
She smirked, holding out a glowing hand.
"It's as soft as wind."
As she said it, in Nayru's mind an image of Pow smiling at her appeared. She was laughing at a joke she had told.
"I can't..."
She watched horrified as the others raised glowing hands as well.
"I can't destroy them!"
Tears made their way down her face again.
"But if I don't..."
She looked down at the unconscious Shi.
"We'll be killed."
She looked up at them, they were laughing at her. Their cackling was inhuman...
Her eyes narrowed, her tears stopped, she felt hate like she had never felt building up inside herself.
"Forgive me...my friends..."
She raised the staff again. Their hands glowed brighter.
"MERCURY SIN!!!"
"CHAOS BREAK!!!!"
The attacks collided, but only one made it through. Screams were heard as the Deity Champions turned into dust once more, their star seeds glowing dimly. Nayru sighed and stood, making her way up those ancient steps, as she reached the top she reached out a hand to touch the nearest star seed; Zelda's. But as her hand reached it all of them vanished. She narrowed her eyes again and made her way through the stone gates, leaving Shi there. She needed no more friends hurt or dead. Blitz lay in a hospital bed at Capsule Corp, barely hanging onto life, how could she put anyone else in danger again? She refused to. Never again would anyone harm those she loved. She looked up, golden tiles under feet, and a golden thrown ahead, with a figure sitting there, that horrible laughter again...
"So you've made it this far have you? I'm surprised; I thought your little heart would have given out by now, having to kill your little wretched friends."
She growled.
"So that's what you thought? I have seen them die twice now; my heart had died long before theirs. You screwed up brat, I know what you were! I know what Chaos did to you! We tried to help you! And this is how you repay us! Killing them all! You're heartless."
"You liar. It was Chaos that saved me, your deities left me to die here! I was their friend! I trusted them! And they left me to die in the kami forsaken place! You will never know the pain I endured!"
A purple aura surrounded Kande for a moment, then shot at Nayru, knocking her back to the floor.
"YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT TRUE SUFFERING IS!!"
She shot another blast of energy at Nayru, making her cry out.
"SUFFER! SUFFER AS I HAD! MY FRIENDS ARE GONE! DEAD! I HAVE NOTHING LEFT! SO AS I SUFFER THE WORLDS WILL SUFFER WITH ME!!"
More blasts of energy. More screams. But finally as the dust cleared, Nayru was standing there, bloody and bruised. Kande laughed.
"Do you truly think, that you can beat me?! You are a fool!"
"There are people who need me, and I will not give up! I may be a fool for trying but at least I know that I did not submit to a heartless coward like you! I AM ANIME GODESS!!! LAST OF THE DEITY CHAMPIONS AND HEIR TO THE THROWN OF CHIKYUU! I WILL NEVER GIVE UP! I WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!"
The wind picked up, her eyes went blank, blue eyes turned silver, tattered uniform turned to elegant dress. Purple turned to silver, triforce glowed, the staff appeared.
"I am The Bringer, the first being in the universe and the last being in the universe."
"I am not afraid."
"So be it." She held the staff in front of herself. It glowed blue.
"My friends...please...lend me your strength..."
A red hand was laid on her right hand. A green on her left. A black, then gold, then an emerald.
"Arigoto... LIGHT OF THE STARS!"
She stared coldly into Kande's frightened eyes.
"RETURN TO FORMER SELF!!"
The staff erupted in an explosion of rainbow energy.
It was the light that was seen across the universes.
The light disappeared, The Bringer was standing there, her dress tattered, with a dark haired child in her arms. The child could have been no more that nine or ten. The Bringer turned, and went back to the place Nayru had left Shi. Shi was sitting there, looking around; all around them it was raining sparks of red, blue, green, gold and silver. The Bringer said nothing, merely placed the child in Shi's arms.
"Take her to Lord Cruin, and tell him this, the light has returned."
"But... who are you?"
"I?"
She turned back to Shi.
"I am the one who knows all. Good-bye...Shi."
She walked away, back toward the thrown room. Shi's eyes widened and she lay the small girl on the floor, dashing after The Bringer.
She was standing on the edge of the Origin Point, looking down in with a faint smile on her face. The smile looked like the one her mother had.
"The Origin Point was the final place of the true Anime's courage."
"No... she's going to..."
But it was too late, The Bringer had dove in, but not before glancing back at Shi with sapphire blue eyes. A whisper reached her ears as she watched her fall.
"Good bye, Shi, we will not meet again..."
Shi dashed to the edge just at the moment before she disappeared, a smile on her stubborn face.
"NO!!! GRANDMOTHER!! MY FUTURE WILL CEASE TO EXIST!!!"
"No, you will be fine."
Shi turned to see a blue haired woman clad in sky blue robes.
"I made Anime to serve her purpose, but after being reborn twice she obtained a slight defect, she gained the emotion called 'stubbornness'."
The woman shook her head.
"She will not die that easily, and she sees her future clearly now."
"But...I...who are you?"
"I am Nayru, goddess of water."
---End Chapter---