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Author Note: Okay, here's the second chapter of Heart of Atlantis. I hope you enjoy it.
Heart of Atlantis
Chapter Seven: Message From the Past
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Amara and Hiei started to follow the path of light. The lights lead them down one of the many labyrinths of the Oasis. At first, the lights were very faint and not all that noticeable, but slowly, as they went deeper into the labyrinth the lights grew brighter. The light from the crystals lit the labyrinth so that the two could see perfectly in the narrow path.
It was silent for a while; neither talking to the other for each was lost in their own thoughts. Amara was thinking about some of the legends that she had been told and about what had been happening in Atlantis. The entire place was in total chaos. The Nicodemus had been killing people and destroying settlements. No one had ever seen the demon before. No one had ever seen it attack either. Whenever there was an attack, it was always quick and over before anyone could make out was going on.
She thought of the types of powers the demon had. She thought about how the demon got loose in the first place. According to her father, the spell that was placed to conceal Nicodemus was very powerful and could not be easily removed from the outside and impossible to remove from the inside. So, clearly there was an outside force that had released the evil demon. But why would someone want to release the demon. It had originally been created to follow the orders of the Atlantian that had created it. But that didn't turn out well, Nicodemus ended up killing the Atlantian and then proceeded to overtake Atlantis. Who ever broke out the probably wanted to take over Atlantis and they had to be powerful in order to release him. All in all it was rather confusing and it was only going to get more confusing.
"What did you mean?" Hiei asked suddenly. Amara looked at him trying to figure out what he meant.
"What are you talking about?"
"You said that you were going to find your destiny, what did you mean?" He clarified.
"Oh, well there's a legend that tells of my mother and something she wrote. Apparently, the day before she died, she came here and wrote a message somewhere deep in these labyrinths. She told my father that the message was for the chosen one as she had called it. She said that a path of lights would appear to light he way to the message when the chosen one turned the large crystal in the center of the Oasis." She said. They were still walking and she kept her eyes straight ahead as she spoke. They were now very deep within the underwater cave and the path the crystals had created was slowly starting become even brighter.
"If you were the one who was destined to find this message then why did you just now find it?" He asked. Normally he wouldn't talk this much but there was something about this girl that made him talk. It was very confusing to him because he had never had these feelings before and he didn't know what they were.
"I had never turned the crystal and I always believed that it wasn't real." She confessed. Everything went silent again and they continued to walk through the winding path. The walls of the path suddenly opened to reveal a large room, one similar to the Oasis they had left.
Amara walked into the room and all the crystals around the room lit up brightly. She looked around the room, taking in everything. The room was almost exactly like the Oasis but it was different in the sense that something old and powerful still resided here. She looked to the far wall and saw writing.
"I can feel the presence of a ghost." Hiei said. It seemed old and very powerful but not dangerous.
"So do I." Amara answered. She walked over to the wall. The writing was written in Ancient Atlantian. She reached out to touch the writing. It immediately lit up with a blue light. Suddenly, she felt as though her soul was being torn from her body. It was unbelievably painful and she had no idea as to what was going on.
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Amara looked around and she saw her own body tense as it touched the wall with the ancient inscriptions on it. She saw Hiei look surprised and confused. Amara watched as her body fell started to fall. Hiei snapped out of his daze and in the blink of an eye he had caught her now limp form and was cradling it to his chest.
"What's happening?" She asked. Though no one seemed to hear her. This only served to freak her out even more because Hiei looked almost afraid and she didn't like the fact that she could see her own body and not be in it.
"It's all right." A voice said.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!" Amara called out as she got into a fighting stance.
"Calm down, Amara. Is that any way to treat your mother?" The voice said as it stepped out into Amara's view.
A/N: I could be mean and end it here... But since I haven't updated in a while, I'll continue!
"Mother? Is that really you?" Amara asked as the woman came into her view. The woman smiled and nodded her head as an answer. "But you're dead! Wait does that mean that I'm dead too?!" Amara asked as she became frantic.
"No! You're not dead." She assured the distraught princess.
"Then what the hell happened?!" She yelled.
"I placed a spell on that wall. All that it did was temporarily remove your soul from your physical body. Technically, it's your astral body that is here." She explained.
"But why did you do this?" Amara asked. Her mother looked almost exactly like her with a few exceptions. Such as her height, eye color and a few other minor details.
"This was the only way that I could talk to you. I'm assuming that since you're here with very cute little fire demon that Nicodemus has arisen again?" Amara nodded. "I figured as much. You know that I was only able to seal him away. I cannot tell you how but I can tell you that his weaknesses are fire and ice. You must destroy him, there cannot be a chance for him to come back. I was not able to defeat him but you can."
"What makes you so sure that I can?" Amara challenged.
Her mother simply smiled and said, "You know, so far you have followed in me very footsteps. Even falling for a man that seems to have a heart of ice."
"I don't like Hiei! And he sure as hell doesn't like me! And besides Daddy wasn't cold." Amara protested to her statement.
"You are some much like me. All the way down to your fiery spirit. Your father was a cold warrior, much like Hiei. I believed that no one could ever capture my heart and settle my temper and spirit but he was able to without even knowing it. Over time I learned that beneath the thick layer of ice was a kind soul that had seen too much. You like Hiei, there's no denying it and the same goes for him." Her mother said.
"Hiei does not like me!" Amara yelled, though even she had to admit that she did feel something towards the fire demon.
"Amara, are you that blind? Look at him." She pointed to where Hiei sat with Amara's body resting gently in his arms. Amara did notice that his normally cold eyes had softened and seemed that they were concerned. "Look into his heart, tell me what you see."
Amara gave her a funny look but did as she was told. "I don't know." She said. There were so many emotions in the little demon that she couldn't make out anything.
"That's all right. I must go now but always remember, even in the darkest of times, there is always light. But sometimes you have to look a little to find it." With those final words, her mother faded away and Amara felt her own soul return to it's body.
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Amara awoke with a start to find herself wrapped in Hiei's warm embrace. "Hiei?"
"Amara, what happened?" He asked as he pulled her away from him enough to see her face.
"I'm all right. I was with my mother. She said that Nicodemus's weaknesses are fire and ice." Amara explained.
"I am glad you're okay." He said quietly.
"I didn't know you cared." Amara said jokingly as she smiled.
"Baka onna," Hiei said softly as he moved his hand to caress the side of her cheek. Amara leaned into his soft touch and closed her eyes. "I always cared."
Amara nodded her head and yawned a little. Having your soul pulled from your body was a very tiring experience.
"You should sleep." Hiei said. Amara just snuggled farther into his warm arms and sighed in contentment. Hiei shifted slightly so that he was leaning against the wall and Amara was resting comfortably in his lap. He smiled slightly as her breathing started to even out and kissed the top of her head lightly.
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Author Note: Okay, that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry that I didn't update last week but some things came up and I didn't have much time. Also, I'm sorry if Hiei was a little OOC but hey, we can't all stay in character ALL the time right? Anyway, thanks for the reviews and tell me what you would like to see happen between Amara and Hiei. I can't make any guarantees that all of it will happen but nonetheless tell me. Ja ne!!
-LuckyKoorime
Author Note: Okay, here's the second chapter of Heart of Atlantis. I hope you enjoy it.
Heart of Atlantis
Chapter Seven: Message From the Past
~*~*~*~
Amara and Hiei started to follow the path of light. The lights lead them down one of the many labyrinths of the Oasis. At first, the lights were very faint and not all that noticeable, but slowly, as they went deeper into the labyrinth the lights grew brighter. The light from the crystals lit the labyrinth so that the two could see perfectly in the narrow path.
It was silent for a while; neither talking to the other for each was lost in their own thoughts. Amara was thinking about some of the legends that she had been told and about what had been happening in Atlantis. The entire place was in total chaos. The Nicodemus had been killing people and destroying settlements. No one had ever seen the demon before. No one had ever seen it attack either. Whenever there was an attack, it was always quick and over before anyone could make out was going on.
She thought of the types of powers the demon had. She thought about how the demon got loose in the first place. According to her father, the spell that was placed to conceal Nicodemus was very powerful and could not be easily removed from the outside and impossible to remove from the inside. So, clearly there was an outside force that had released the evil demon. But why would someone want to release the demon. It had originally been created to follow the orders of the Atlantian that had created it. But that didn't turn out well, Nicodemus ended up killing the Atlantian and then proceeded to overtake Atlantis. Who ever broke out the probably wanted to take over Atlantis and they had to be powerful in order to release him. All in all it was rather confusing and it was only going to get more confusing.
"What did you mean?" Hiei asked suddenly. Amara looked at him trying to figure out what he meant.
"What are you talking about?"
"You said that you were going to find your destiny, what did you mean?" He clarified.
"Oh, well there's a legend that tells of my mother and something she wrote. Apparently, the day before she died, she came here and wrote a message somewhere deep in these labyrinths. She told my father that the message was for the chosen one as she had called it. She said that a path of lights would appear to light he way to the message when the chosen one turned the large crystal in the center of the Oasis." She said. They were still walking and she kept her eyes straight ahead as she spoke. They were now very deep within the underwater cave and the path the crystals had created was slowly starting become even brighter.
"If you were the one who was destined to find this message then why did you just now find it?" He asked. Normally he wouldn't talk this much but there was something about this girl that made him talk. It was very confusing to him because he had never had these feelings before and he didn't know what they were.
"I had never turned the crystal and I always believed that it wasn't real." She confessed. Everything went silent again and they continued to walk through the winding path. The walls of the path suddenly opened to reveal a large room, one similar to the Oasis they had left.
Amara walked into the room and all the crystals around the room lit up brightly. She looked around the room, taking in everything. The room was almost exactly like the Oasis but it was different in the sense that something old and powerful still resided here. She looked to the far wall and saw writing.
"I can feel the presence of a ghost." Hiei said. It seemed old and very powerful but not dangerous.
"So do I." Amara answered. She walked over to the wall. The writing was written in Ancient Atlantian. She reached out to touch the writing. It immediately lit up with a blue light. Suddenly, she felt as though her soul was being torn from her body. It was unbelievably painful and she had no idea as to what was going on.
~*~*~*~
Amara looked around and she saw her own body tense as it touched the wall with the ancient inscriptions on it. She saw Hiei look surprised and confused. Amara watched as her body fell started to fall. Hiei snapped out of his daze and in the blink of an eye he had caught her now limp form and was cradling it to his chest.
"What's happening?" She asked. Though no one seemed to hear her. This only served to freak her out even more because Hiei looked almost afraid and she didn't like the fact that she could see her own body and not be in it.
"It's all right." A voice said.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!" Amara called out as she got into a fighting stance.
"Calm down, Amara. Is that any way to treat your mother?" The voice said as it stepped out into Amara's view.
A/N: I could be mean and end it here... But since I haven't updated in a while, I'll continue!
"Mother? Is that really you?" Amara asked as the woman came into her view. The woman smiled and nodded her head as an answer. "But you're dead! Wait does that mean that I'm dead too?!" Amara asked as she became frantic.
"No! You're not dead." She assured the distraught princess.
"Then what the hell happened?!" She yelled.
"I placed a spell on that wall. All that it did was temporarily remove your soul from your physical body. Technically, it's your astral body that is here." She explained.
"But why did you do this?" Amara asked. Her mother looked almost exactly like her with a few exceptions. Such as her height, eye color and a few other minor details.
"This was the only way that I could talk to you. I'm assuming that since you're here with very cute little fire demon that Nicodemus has arisen again?" Amara nodded. "I figured as much. You know that I was only able to seal him away. I cannot tell you how but I can tell you that his weaknesses are fire and ice. You must destroy him, there cannot be a chance for him to come back. I was not able to defeat him but you can."
"What makes you so sure that I can?" Amara challenged.
Her mother simply smiled and said, "You know, so far you have followed in me very footsteps. Even falling for a man that seems to have a heart of ice."
"I don't like Hiei! And he sure as hell doesn't like me! And besides Daddy wasn't cold." Amara protested to her statement.
"You are some much like me. All the way down to your fiery spirit. Your father was a cold warrior, much like Hiei. I believed that no one could ever capture my heart and settle my temper and spirit but he was able to without even knowing it. Over time I learned that beneath the thick layer of ice was a kind soul that had seen too much. You like Hiei, there's no denying it and the same goes for him." Her mother said.
"Hiei does not like me!" Amara yelled, though even she had to admit that she did feel something towards the fire demon.
"Amara, are you that blind? Look at him." She pointed to where Hiei sat with Amara's body resting gently in his arms. Amara did notice that his normally cold eyes had softened and seemed that they were concerned. "Look into his heart, tell me what you see."
Amara gave her a funny look but did as she was told. "I don't know." She said. There were so many emotions in the little demon that she couldn't make out anything.
"That's all right. I must go now but always remember, even in the darkest of times, there is always light. But sometimes you have to look a little to find it." With those final words, her mother faded away and Amara felt her own soul return to it's body.
~*~*~*~
Amara awoke with a start to find herself wrapped in Hiei's warm embrace. "Hiei?"
"Amara, what happened?" He asked as he pulled her away from him enough to see her face.
"I'm all right. I was with my mother. She said that Nicodemus's weaknesses are fire and ice." Amara explained.
"I am glad you're okay." He said quietly.
"I didn't know you cared." Amara said jokingly as she smiled.
"Baka onna," Hiei said softly as he moved his hand to caress the side of her cheek. Amara leaned into his soft touch and closed her eyes. "I always cared."
Amara nodded her head and yawned a little. Having your soul pulled from your body was a very tiring experience.
"You should sleep." Hiei said. Amara just snuggled farther into his warm arms and sighed in contentment. Hiei shifted slightly so that he was leaning against the wall and Amara was resting comfortably in his lap. He smiled slightly as her breathing started to even out and kissed the top of her head lightly.
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Author Note: Okay, that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry that I didn't update last week but some things came up and I didn't have much time. Also, I'm sorry if Hiei was a little OOC but hey, we can't all stay in character ALL the time right? Anyway, thanks for the reviews and tell me what you would like to see happen between Amara and Hiei. I can't make any guarantees that all of it will happen but nonetheless tell me. Ja ne!!
-LuckyKoorime