Tawanos: HOLY CRAP!! It's been sooo long since I've had time to get onto Fanfiction, but amazingly people keep saying they want more chapters for my stories. Gods above aren't you people sick of me yet? No? Well ok I guess. I've got another update for my Armor of the Liger Warrior fic, but nothing yet for my other one, I'm writing the next chapter with another writer, so I've written my half, but I'm still waiting for her to write her half, so don't blame me, blame her.
Anyway, school has been hell, 4 AP classes, taking the SATs, getting everything ready for applying to colleges, applying to colleges, the list goes on. So I hope you can understand why it has taken me so long to get everything organized enough to write a chapter and post it.
Disclaimer: I own zoids, if by own you mean having no affiliation at all with the company that claims all the rights to the Zoids series. If not then I guess that I don't own it, damn.
Chapter 12- Full Power of Jager
The next day passed uneventfully for most as the Caravan moved on, unless you count Harry falling off his horse while trying to woo Leena, twice, and every time he saw Bit or Liger. So Leena had a good time watching as Harry tried to get back on his horse as it continued to amble along. Even Bit seemed in a happier mood than he was the day before, he talked and laughed with Leena. So Leena had a nice peaceful day, Bit on the other hand.
"Bit can I speak with you?" Leon said through the open hatch that was allowing for the Chariot to air out. It was a lull so Bit agreed to come down, Leena started to follow. "Privately." Leena frowned a little but settled back down. Leon led him down into his own room and closed the door behind Bit.
"What do you want to talk about?" Bit asked as he eyed the locked door.
"I wanted to talk about your visitor last night." Bit started a little but recovered quickly.
"What visitor?"
"I'm talking about Lady Naomi Flugal coming to talk with you last night wanting to talk about the blue armored warrior from yesterday." Bit looked him directly in the eye, for a moment neither of them spoke.
"How much did you hear?" Bit said giving in.
"Everything, I heard the front door open and opened my door a little to see what it was about." He sighed and sat down on the edge of his bed motioning for Bit to take the chair from the desk in the corner which he did. "Bit I need to know everything."
"No you don't." Was Bit's only reply.
"Damn it, yes I do. I need to know if you're putting us in danger, I need to know for our safety, for Leena's safety." A look of concern crossed Bit's face, but it hardened quickly.
"I will do nothing that I think will put any of you in danger, especially not Leena." He whispered to himself, Leon didn't hear the last bit.
"Bit I didn't want to do this but, as your Prince I demand that you tell me what the happened, everything." Bit laughed a little but it saw was without humor.
"You have the power to try and make me tell you anything. If you dismiss me you will have lost one of the most powerful magi warriors, you and I both know that to be true even if your father does not." Bit's cool voice and staring eyes bored into the prince but he would not look away.
"What about Leena? Would you leave her alone and unprotected?" Bit blinked in surprise.
"She... she'd understand." But Bit didn't sound convinced, then his resolve hardened again. "She wouldn't like it, but she'd understand. Now I would like to go back up and enjoy the day." Bit didn't wait for Leon's reply before he walked to the door undid the lock and walked out closing the door behind him.
Liger sat up and looked at Bit when he came up through the hatch. Leena was laughing because Harry had fallen again, she also turned to she Bit who was smiling and laughing like nothing was wrong. Then he heard it in his mind.
Jager of the Wind and Water hear my call. There was no mistaking Naomi's call in his mind. He would need to meditate for them to talk so he sat and told Leena not to disturb him for a little while. Then he went deep into his meditation so he could converse with Naomi.
Jager hears your call. the sight that he saw through Naomi's eyes was one to make him furious. Stigma was standing before Lord Flugal who was apologizing for "that renegade mage."
Can you see this? Naomi asked through the mind link that they now had.
I see it. Bit's mind voice was cold with his anger. How long has this been going on?
They tried to keep me out for half an hour, but I made them let me in. I contacted you as soon as I saw what was happening.
Thank you, you did the right thing. I'll be there soon.
I'll be waiting for you behind the castle by the large oak tree.
Ok. He saw her turn and walk to the door before he cut the link. When Bit came out of the meditation he found Leena kissing him. He was so startled at first that he just froze but soon he found himself kissing her back. He put a hand on the back of her head and neck gently as he kissed her, they kissed for long moment before they had to stop for air.
"I'm sorry Leena I have to go, they need my help, I'll be back as soon as I can." He said hurriedly. "Liger stay and look after Leena and the Chariot." Then he got up and jumped off to the ground. Why did she kiss me? He asked as he started to run, faster and faster.
That was great, but why did he leave like that? Leena asked herself as she watched Bit run round a bend out of site. He was very deep in his meditation for some reason, but it felt good especialy when he started kissing me back. She blushed a bit remembering what just happened.
Harry was furious, he had gotten on his horse just in time to see Leena kiss Bit full on the lips, and when Bit had kissed her back he nearly attacked him then, but he couldn't fins his sword and was still scared by him. Harry was so angry that he didn't see the low branch until it had hit him in the chest and been thrown to the ground again. He sat up to hear Leena laughing. He looked up at the passing Chariot but didn't see Bit anywhere.
Bit had transformed into the Jager armor as soon as he had rounded the bend and now he was moving so fast that he wasn't so much running as flying at ground level. Bit wondered why Leena was kissing him but he forced it from his mind, he didn't have time for that, but he would talk with her when he got mack. Soon he saw the Citadel, he was running so fast. He circled around behind until he saw the large oak. He slowed and stopped at the base of the tree. Naomi was already there but so was someone else.
Stigma stepped out from behind a tree pointing a crossbow at Naomi with the arrow drawn at the ready. Six others stepped out from behind trees.
"I couldn't help it, he managed to pick up on our conversation." Bit could now see that Naomi was tied to the tree that she had meant for them to meet at.
"Yes, I didn't have time to probe her mind fully. But it doesn't matter, I have you, you can not escape Jager." In an instant there were capture spells up all around him, nets and walls of lightning and fire surrounded Bit, cast by the six magi that were around him. Bit rased his hands in mock surrender. All eyes were on him, no one noticed the little breezes that were getting stronger around them. "Good choice, even if you could escape I doubt that you could save the young lady here." Stigma's crossbow never left Naomi.
Naomi's eyes widened as a little breeze whispered in her ear. "Now your's going to see a real good trick." It said.
Bit sat down on the grass his legs crossed and created a barrier of his own, a little whirlwind surrounded him. The Magi looked at each other unsure what they should do.
Naomi who was looking elsewhere saw the first look at what Bit was doing. The dew from that morning had been heavy and under the trees it had not had time to fully dry up yet. It started running off everything that it was clinging to and was coming together on the ground in little puddles. A little face appeared in the water that was child like and had a mischievous it winked at here before it disappeared again. Others began to notice the weird things that the water was doing.
"Water sprites!" One exclaimed. "He's making water sprites." As if to prove his point the puddles bunched up and sprang to life. Six little sprites about three feet tall each, made entirely of water began running around like little children, bubbling laughter filled the air. Others began to pop out from behind trees, dropping from branches. The magi began to laugh, all but Stigma.
"Someone stop him quickly." He shouted.
"Why? They're just sprites what can they do?" He stopped when he saw two sprites jump together to make another larger one. Others started to do the same all around them.
"They're turning into elementals, now someone stop him." A mage with a green arm band gathered a lightning bolt and threw it at Bit through the shield, but it was turned aside by the whirlwind that surrounded him. A mage with a red armband threw a fireball at one of the growing sprites but it was too big the fireball just evaporated some water which immediately reformed. "He's giving them power, you need to stop him before you can deal with the sprites." Stigma shouted at them. They launched their attacks but they were again turned aside by Bit's wall of air.
By this time the sprites were six feet tall and they looked powerful, they no longer looked like children, now they looked fully grown and mean. All of a sudden they turned on the magi trying to attack Bit. The first one was downed by a fist to the face that felt like a block of ice. Another found his head covered by two hands of water that seemed to drown him even as he stood on dry land, the elemental dropped him as soon as he passed out. Soon the magi were all unconscious on the ground. The elementals gathered around Stigma and were bashing their fists on the shield that he had made around him.
"Stigma, you're finished." Bit said standing up, the whirlwind still whirling around him. Stigma grimaced and pointed the crossbow at Naomi's heart.
"I may be finished but I'm taking your accomplice with me." He fired the arrow, it passed though a hole in the shield that opened and closed before any of the water elementals could try yo get it. The arrow flew through the chest of one of the water creatures. It was almost to Naomi when the whirlwind that had been around Bit broke away, the wind turned hard slicing the arrow so quickly and so fine that it appeared to have turned to dust in midair. Only the arrow head remained, it dropped to the ground with a little tap against a protruding root. The water elementals backed off from the shield but Stigma didn't let it drop.
The dust from the arrow swirled in the air for a second before taking the shape of a woman's face. It smiled at Bit and Naomi before turning on Stigma. It screamed and launched it's self at his shield, cutting at it with razor wind. Calmly Bit cut the ropes that held Naomi. When he turned the elementals had approached and were kneeling in front of them heads bowed.
"Get up, you don't need to kneel in front of me." As one they looked up and said together in one bubbling voice.
"Long ago we pledged our allegiance to the other who wore that armor, we will continue to honor that pledge. What would you have us do?"
"Thank you, I too honor the pledge that my ancestor made with you. For what you have just done I am in your debt. It is you who should ask of me."
"We ask only for a place to live, the climate here is favorable for us but we sense nothing of great water except for that at the village beyond the hill that we can sense. We ask only to be allowed to live in that water."
"Lady?" Bit turned to Naomi. "These beings would like to live in your fountains and wells is that alright? So long as your father doesn't find out."
"My father will never find out." She placed her head in her hands. "He's dead, Stigma killed him when he found that I was helping you, he said that father was lying to him so he killed him. But yes for saving my life here they may stay where ever they would like." Bit asked that they take Naomi home, they agreed and led her back to the Citadel. Bit turned back to Stigma who was still under attack from the air elemental.
The shield had shrunk it now barely covered him as he was kneeling, sweet covering his face, his breath labored.
"You idiot." Bit said coldly. "You're drawing on your life force to protect your self. Soon you wont even have enough strength to live let alone move." Yet he made no attempt to stop the continuing attack on the shield.
"You can not defeat me." Stigma panted, as again his shield shrunk so it was resting against his skin. "And if you do my master will send others, others more powerful than even me."
"Let them come." Bit said as he walked around the kneeling man. "If they threaten me or the people I protect they will feel my wrath." He waved his hand as the shield burst like a bubble, at his wave the air elemental stopped its attack and went swirling around his armor like a friendly cat after a good meal. Stigma watched him with eyes wide, his breathing was hard and fast, his face pale and covered in sweat. Bit looked down at him again examining him carefully. "You're dying Stigma. You used to much of your life force, it can't sustain you any longer, your body is shutting down."
"Yes, I know. I can feel it, I ask only one thing of you." Bit nodded. "I want you to live, it may seem weird coming from me, but I feel something different from you. You have no hate, you have anger, but not hate, I find this intriguing." He coughed raggedly. "But it seems that I've run out of time."
"I'm sorry Stigma. I would save you if I could but there is no magic that I can preform to save or prolong life."
"I know and I will accept my death, I hope that it causes you no distress. I have lived my life and I have regrets but none to do with you." He coughed again. "Please don't let anyone find my body, Fury has ways of getting information, even from the dead."
"You will disappear into the deepest, darkest, most frigid hole of the north that this elemental can find." The wind around him whistled in agreement. "You will not be seen, you will be out of range of all seeking spells, and any who try to find you will not be able to find you, you will be as safe as I can make you."
"That will just be my body and the memories it has." He sighed and lay down on the forest floor. "My soul will be... free." And he closed his eyes for the last time.
Following his instructions the air elemental swirled around Stigma's body lifting it into the air. It carried it straight up and a cloud was obscuring it when a groan told Bit that the other magi would be waking up soon. As soon as the first woke he shook the others and woke them as well. Bit made no attempt to stop him, none of them was a match for him. When they were awake Bit gathered them together in one group using pushing winds.
"Now that you know who is superior you will leave here and never return." They didn't need to know that he had used up almost all his power summoning the seven elementals, six water and one air. And he could not use his other elemental magic while in the armor that made his Water/Air magic its strongest. "Now you will go and tell Fury that Stigma is gone forever, and the fate will be the same for anyone else he tries to send against me. Now go before I change my mind about letting you go." They didn't need to be told twice, as fast as they could they ran in all directions.
When they were gone Bit let the armor sink back into his skin. He drew on his lightning magic to give him enough strength to get to the castle before he collapsed. He found the back gate and banged hard on it, it was opened almost immediately by Naomi.
"Naomi, I used too much power, I need to rest." He started to collapse but Naomi caught him in time. She called a servant who led him to a room. He staggered to the bed and lay down.
The next thing Bit knew he was waking up to a sunrise breaking through the window directly into his face. He sat up and looked around. He was not alone, Naomi sat at the foot of the bed looking at him.
"Six water elementals, an air elemental, and one of the most complex communication spells there is, in two days, and only now you're tired? Are you even human?" Bit scratched his head.
"I actually am beginning to wonder that my self. I've never even heard of anyone EVER who can do the things I can do." Naomi started to speak but stopped. "But you have, haven't you." She nodded. "Who is it?"
"I've heard of one other person who's had abilities like you, but it was so long ago. I'm actually surprised that you haven't thought of him."
"Liger?" Bit asked in an almost whisper. Naomi just nodded.
"But he had other elements not just Wind and Water. He also had Fire, Earth, Lightning, and Plant, and if I guess correctly you also have those elements at the same astronomical level as your Wind and Water magic." Bit said nothing. "I thought so." Bit closed his eyes and lay back down.
"Why are you telling me this?" Bit asked, his eyes still closed.
"Gods above man." Naomi almost shouted as she stood quickly. "Don't you know what this means? I've seen your Jager armor, and I have no doubt about the others that you have or are getting." Bit nodded not opening his eyes. "Those were once Liger's as well, they are the fabled Armors of the Liger Warrior, only Liger could wear them when he was alive, do you know what this means?" Bit nodded again slowly, he did understand though he had not figured it out until just now. "You aren't just like Liger, you ARE Liger reborn. You are the most powerful person in the world." She took a deep breath, and sat down again. "So now I have only one question. You told me your name but I still don't know who you are." Slowly Bit sat up and looked her dead in the eye.
"I am Bit Cloud, son of Deleo Cloud, direct descendant of Liger Cloud, and I've already told you the rest." Bit threw the covers off, swung his feet over the side, and stood up. "Now I must be going. I have duties elsewhere." Naomi just sat there and watched him as he walked out of the room.
When Bit was out of the room he realized he didn't know the way out. He turned around and opened the door again.
"Down the hall take a left then walk straight until you come to the big door, that will take you outside." Naomi said before Bit had even opened his mouth. Bit smiled and thanked her. He to her directions and found himself outside next to the front gate.
Bit transformed back into his armor where no one would see him and with all the speed he could manage blasted off back in the direction of the caravan. At the blinding speed he managed it only took him a few minutes to get back to the caravan. What he saw made his heart go cold. Raiders were attacking the caravan on the large flying sand rays, like those of the oceans but larger.
"Oh no."
Anyway, school has been hell, 4 AP classes, taking the SATs, getting everything ready for applying to colleges, applying to colleges, the list goes on. So I hope you can understand why it has taken me so long to get everything organized enough to write a chapter and post it.
Disclaimer: I own zoids, if by own you mean having no affiliation at all with the company that claims all the rights to the Zoids series. If not then I guess that I don't own it, damn.
Chapter 12- Full Power of Jager
The next day passed uneventfully for most as the Caravan moved on, unless you count Harry falling off his horse while trying to woo Leena, twice, and every time he saw Bit or Liger. So Leena had a good time watching as Harry tried to get back on his horse as it continued to amble along. Even Bit seemed in a happier mood than he was the day before, he talked and laughed with Leena. So Leena had a nice peaceful day, Bit on the other hand.
"Bit can I speak with you?" Leon said through the open hatch that was allowing for the Chariot to air out. It was a lull so Bit agreed to come down, Leena started to follow. "Privately." Leena frowned a little but settled back down. Leon led him down into his own room and closed the door behind Bit.
"What do you want to talk about?" Bit asked as he eyed the locked door.
"I wanted to talk about your visitor last night." Bit started a little but recovered quickly.
"What visitor?"
"I'm talking about Lady Naomi Flugal coming to talk with you last night wanting to talk about the blue armored warrior from yesterday." Bit looked him directly in the eye, for a moment neither of them spoke.
"How much did you hear?" Bit said giving in.
"Everything, I heard the front door open and opened my door a little to see what it was about." He sighed and sat down on the edge of his bed motioning for Bit to take the chair from the desk in the corner which he did. "Bit I need to know everything."
"No you don't." Was Bit's only reply.
"Damn it, yes I do. I need to know if you're putting us in danger, I need to know for our safety, for Leena's safety." A look of concern crossed Bit's face, but it hardened quickly.
"I will do nothing that I think will put any of you in danger, especially not Leena." He whispered to himself, Leon didn't hear the last bit.
"Bit I didn't want to do this but, as your Prince I demand that you tell me what the happened, everything." Bit laughed a little but it saw was without humor.
"You have the power to try and make me tell you anything. If you dismiss me you will have lost one of the most powerful magi warriors, you and I both know that to be true even if your father does not." Bit's cool voice and staring eyes bored into the prince but he would not look away.
"What about Leena? Would you leave her alone and unprotected?" Bit blinked in surprise.
"She... she'd understand." But Bit didn't sound convinced, then his resolve hardened again. "She wouldn't like it, but she'd understand. Now I would like to go back up and enjoy the day." Bit didn't wait for Leon's reply before he walked to the door undid the lock and walked out closing the door behind him.
Liger sat up and looked at Bit when he came up through the hatch. Leena was laughing because Harry had fallen again, she also turned to she Bit who was smiling and laughing like nothing was wrong. Then he heard it in his mind.
Jager of the Wind and Water hear my call. There was no mistaking Naomi's call in his mind. He would need to meditate for them to talk so he sat and told Leena not to disturb him for a little while. Then he went deep into his meditation so he could converse with Naomi.
Jager hears your call. the sight that he saw through Naomi's eyes was one to make him furious. Stigma was standing before Lord Flugal who was apologizing for "that renegade mage."
Can you see this? Naomi asked through the mind link that they now had.
I see it. Bit's mind voice was cold with his anger. How long has this been going on?
They tried to keep me out for half an hour, but I made them let me in. I contacted you as soon as I saw what was happening.
Thank you, you did the right thing. I'll be there soon.
I'll be waiting for you behind the castle by the large oak tree.
Ok. He saw her turn and walk to the door before he cut the link. When Bit came out of the meditation he found Leena kissing him. He was so startled at first that he just froze but soon he found himself kissing her back. He put a hand on the back of her head and neck gently as he kissed her, they kissed for long moment before they had to stop for air.
"I'm sorry Leena I have to go, they need my help, I'll be back as soon as I can." He said hurriedly. "Liger stay and look after Leena and the Chariot." Then he got up and jumped off to the ground. Why did she kiss me? He asked as he started to run, faster and faster.
That was great, but why did he leave like that? Leena asked herself as she watched Bit run round a bend out of site. He was very deep in his meditation for some reason, but it felt good especialy when he started kissing me back. She blushed a bit remembering what just happened.
Harry was furious, he had gotten on his horse just in time to see Leena kiss Bit full on the lips, and when Bit had kissed her back he nearly attacked him then, but he couldn't fins his sword and was still scared by him. Harry was so angry that he didn't see the low branch until it had hit him in the chest and been thrown to the ground again. He sat up to hear Leena laughing. He looked up at the passing Chariot but didn't see Bit anywhere.
Bit had transformed into the Jager armor as soon as he had rounded the bend and now he was moving so fast that he wasn't so much running as flying at ground level. Bit wondered why Leena was kissing him but he forced it from his mind, he didn't have time for that, but he would talk with her when he got mack. Soon he saw the Citadel, he was running so fast. He circled around behind until he saw the large oak. He slowed and stopped at the base of the tree. Naomi was already there but so was someone else.
Stigma stepped out from behind a tree pointing a crossbow at Naomi with the arrow drawn at the ready. Six others stepped out from behind trees.
"I couldn't help it, he managed to pick up on our conversation." Bit could now see that Naomi was tied to the tree that she had meant for them to meet at.
"Yes, I didn't have time to probe her mind fully. But it doesn't matter, I have you, you can not escape Jager." In an instant there were capture spells up all around him, nets and walls of lightning and fire surrounded Bit, cast by the six magi that were around him. Bit rased his hands in mock surrender. All eyes were on him, no one noticed the little breezes that were getting stronger around them. "Good choice, even if you could escape I doubt that you could save the young lady here." Stigma's crossbow never left Naomi.
Naomi's eyes widened as a little breeze whispered in her ear. "Now your's going to see a real good trick." It said.
Bit sat down on the grass his legs crossed and created a barrier of his own, a little whirlwind surrounded him. The Magi looked at each other unsure what they should do.
Naomi who was looking elsewhere saw the first look at what Bit was doing. The dew from that morning had been heavy and under the trees it had not had time to fully dry up yet. It started running off everything that it was clinging to and was coming together on the ground in little puddles. A little face appeared in the water that was child like and had a mischievous it winked at here before it disappeared again. Others began to notice the weird things that the water was doing.
"Water sprites!" One exclaimed. "He's making water sprites." As if to prove his point the puddles bunched up and sprang to life. Six little sprites about three feet tall each, made entirely of water began running around like little children, bubbling laughter filled the air. Others began to pop out from behind trees, dropping from branches. The magi began to laugh, all but Stigma.
"Someone stop him quickly." He shouted.
"Why? They're just sprites what can they do?" He stopped when he saw two sprites jump together to make another larger one. Others started to do the same all around them.
"They're turning into elementals, now someone stop him." A mage with a green arm band gathered a lightning bolt and threw it at Bit through the shield, but it was turned aside by the whirlwind that surrounded him. A mage with a red armband threw a fireball at one of the growing sprites but it was too big the fireball just evaporated some water which immediately reformed. "He's giving them power, you need to stop him before you can deal with the sprites." Stigma shouted at them. They launched their attacks but they were again turned aside by Bit's wall of air.
By this time the sprites were six feet tall and they looked powerful, they no longer looked like children, now they looked fully grown and mean. All of a sudden they turned on the magi trying to attack Bit. The first one was downed by a fist to the face that felt like a block of ice. Another found his head covered by two hands of water that seemed to drown him even as he stood on dry land, the elemental dropped him as soon as he passed out. Soon the magi were all unconscious on the ground. The elementals gathered around Stigma and were bashing their fists on the shield that he had made around him.
"Stigma, you're finished." Bit said standing up, the whirlwind still whirling around him. Stigma grimaced and pointed the crossbow at Naomi's heart.
"I may be finished but I'm taking your accomplice with me." He fired the arrow, it passed though a hole in the shield that opened and closed before any of the water elementals could try yo get it. The arrow flew through the chest of one of the water creatures. It was almost to Naomi when the whirlwind that had been around Bit broke away, the wind turned hard slicing the arrow so quickly and so fine that it appeared to have turned to dust in midair. Only the arrow head remained, it dropped to the ground with a little tap against a protruding root. The water elementals backed off from the shield but Stigma didn't let it drop.
The dust from the arrow swirled in the air for a second before taking the shape of a woman's face. It smiled at Bit and Naomi before turning on Stigma. It screamed and launched it's self at his shield, cutting at it with razor wind. Calmly Bit cut the ropes that held Naomi. When he turned the elementals had approached and were kneeling in front of them heads bowed.
"Get up, you don't need to kneel in front of me." As one they looked up and said together in one bubbling voice.
"Long ago we pledged our allegiance to the other who wore that armor, we will continue to honor that pledge. What would you have us do?"
"Thank you, I too honor the pledge that my ancestor made with you. For what you have just done I am in your debt. It is you who should ask of me."
"We ask only for a place to live, the climate here is favorable for us but we sense nothing of great water except for that at the village beyond the hill that we can sense. We ask only to be allowed to live in that water."
"Lady?" Bit turned to Naomi. "These beings would like to live in your fountains and wells is that alright? So long as your father doesn't find out."
"My father will never find out." She placed her head in her hands. "He's dead, Stigma killed him when he found that I was helping you, he said that father was lying to him so he killed him. But yes for saving my life here they may stay where ever they would like." Bit asked that they take Naomi home, they agreed and led her back to the Citadel. Bit turned back to Stigma who was still under attack from the air elemental.
The shield had shrunk it now barely covered him as he was kneeling, sweet covering his face, his breath labored.
"You idiot." Bit said coldly. "You're drawing on your life force to protect your self. Soon you wont even have enough strength to live let alone move." Yet he made no attempt to stop the continuing attack on the shield.
"You can not defeat me." Stigma panted, as again his shield shrunk so it was resting against his skin. "And if you do my master will send others, others more powerful than even me."
"Let them come." Bit said as he walked around the kneeling man. "If they threaten me or the people I protect they will feel my wrath." He waved his hand as the shield burst like a bubble, at his wave the air elemental stopped its attack and went swirling around his armor like a friendly cat after a good meal. Stigma watched him with eyes wide, his breathing was hard and fast, his face pale and covered in sweat. Bit looked down at him again examining him carefully. "You're dying Stigma. You used to much of your life force, it can't sustain you any longer, your body is shutting down."
"Yes, I know. I can feel it, I ask only one thing of you." Bit nodded. "I want you to live, it may seem weird coming from me, but I feel something different from you. You have no hate, you have anger, but not hate, I find this intriguing." He coughed raggedly. "But it seems that I've run out of time."
"I'm sorry Stigma. I would save you if I could but there is no magic that I can preform to save or prolong life."
"I know and I will accept my death, I hope that it causes you no distress. I have lived my life and I have regrets but none to do with you." He coughed again. "Please don't let anyone find my body, Fury has ways of getting information, even from the dead."
"You will disappear into the deepest, darkest, most frigid hole of the north that this elemental can find." The wind around him whistled in agreement. "You will not be seen, you will be out of range of all seeking spells, and any who try to find you will not be able to find you, you will be as safe as I can make you."
"That will just be my body and the memories it has." He sighed and lay down on the forest floor. "My soul will be... free." And he closed his eyes for the last time.
Following his instructions the air elemental swirled around Stigma's body lifting it into the air. It carried it straight up and a cloud was obscuring it when a groan told Bit that the other magi would be waking up soon. As soon as the first woke he shook the others and woke them as well. Bit made no attempt to stop him, none of them was a match for him. When they were awake Bit gathered them together in one group using pushing winds.
"Now that you know who is superior you will leave here and never return." They didn't need to know that he had used up almost all his power summoning the seven elementals, six water and one air. And he could not use his other elemental magic while in the armor that made his Water/Air magic its strongest. "Now you will go and tell Fury that Stigma is gone forever, and the fate will be the same for anyone else he tries to send against me. Now go before I change my mind about letting you go." They didn't need to be told twice, as fast as they could they ran in all directions.
When they were gone Bit let the armor sink back into his skin. He drew on his lightning magic to give him enough strength to get to the castle before he collapsed. He found the back gate and banged hard on it, it was opened almost immediately by Naomi.
"Naomi, I used too much power, I need to rest." He started to collapse but Naomi caught him in time. She called a servant who led him to a room. He staggered to the bed and lay down.
The next thing Bit knew he was waking up to a sunrise breaking through the window directly into his face. He sat up and looked around. He was not alone, Naomi sat at the foot of the bed looking at him.
"Six water elementals, an air elemental, and one of the most complex communication spells there is, in two days, and only now you're tired? Are you even human?" Bit scratched his head.
"I actually am beginning to wonder that my self. I've never even heard of anyone EVER who can do the things I can do." Naomi started to speak but stopped. "But you have, haven't you." She nodded. "Who is it?"
"I've heard of one other person who's had abilities like you, but it was so long ago. I'm actually surprised that you haven't thought of him."
"Liger?" Bit asked in an almost whisper. Naomi just nodded.
"But he had other elements not just Wind and Water. He also had Fire, Earth, Lightning, and Plant, and if I guess correctly you also have those elements at the same astronomical level as your Wind and Water magic." Bit said nothing. "I thought so." Bit closed his eyes and lay back down.
"Why are you telling me this?" Bit asked, his eyes still closed.
"Gods above man." Naomi almost shouted as she stood quickly. "Don't you know what this means? I've seen your Jager armor, and I have no doubt about the others that you have or are getting." Bit nodded not opening his eyes. "Those were once Liger's as well, they are the fabled Armors of the Liger Warrior, only Liger could wear them when he was alive, do you know what this means?" Bit nodded again slowly, he did understand though he had not figured it out until just now. "You aren't just like Liger, you ARE Liger reborn. You are the most powerful person in the world." She took a deep breath, and sat down again. "So now I have only one question. You told me your name but I still don't know who you are." Slowly Bit sat up and looked her dead in the eye.
"I am Bit Cloud, son of Deleo Cloud, direct descendant of Liger Cloud, and I've already told you the rest." Bit threw the covers off, swung his feet over the side, and stood up. "Now I must be going. I have duties elsewhere." Naomi just sat there and watched him as he walked out of the room.
When Bit was out of the room he realized he didn't know the way out. He turned around and opened the door again.
"Down the hall take a left then walk straight until you come to the big door, that will take you outside." Naomi said before Bit had even opened his mouth. Bit smiled and thanked her. He to her directions and found himself outside next to the front gate.
Bit transformed back into his armor where no one would see him and with all the speed he could manage blasted off back in the direction of the caravan. At the blinding speed he managed it only took him a few minutes to get back to the caravan. What he saw made his heart go cold. Raiders were attacking the caravan on the large flying sand rays, like those of the oceans but larger.
"Oh no."