*grumbling* stupid schools..why can't we just do all our work on a computer? Now I got the dreaded thing from hell…that's right minna…*whimpers* I got a paper cut!!! *Wails*It's small but it stings like hell! Ahem..now that I have for some reason announced that….
Lilaclight- Fate…panties all screwed up..o.O…*bursts out laughing*
Blue Moon- ^-^ Thanks! Yup, I got my stories posted at Lady Cosmos library…^^;; never occurred to me to post my stories anywhere other than ff.net and my site *though I have yet to put that up…* *pouts* what do you mean what happened to me? I still go on…but I never see you on!*pouts and whines* Where are you when I'm on…though it's usually for research ^^;; euk…yeah…the teachers decided they'd all make me oh so happy *please feel free to insert the sarcasm* and assign all our projects due on the same day! Isn't that just WONDERFUL?! *snifs..* mean teachers…
Crystalstorm21- *whining* Did I say you're bad influences on each other? I take that bad…you're worse than bad…actually..you'd prob shoot me for saying that…I take that back…*sends out a horde of Relenas* on second thought..*gets confused*…forget I said anything.. ^^;; Meanwhile..you should help out your brother with that horde of Relenas…
Authoress*Crest- *Glares and growls at the underwear elves* Stay back evil fiends! You no steal my panties! *sees an elf sneaking off* AHH! COME BACK! *tackles elf* grr…*looks at Authoress*Crest* Can't you call them back or something? *puppy eyes*
Dragon- *Beaming* glad ya think so! ^-^V *pouts* I knew I shouldn't have described Desi and Cesar just yet! Hmph! But yup, you guessed right. Hehe ^^; But shh! Let's keep that between you and me, okay? ^.~ …*is handed a note* O.O..you mean I just let everyone read that Desi and Cesar are Tro— *is dragged off by muse*
Lady Earth Goddess- Oh yeah *please feel free to insert sarcasm ^.~* You're just the most modest person I've ever met… *actually..you might be…*
Celestial DreamBLaze- *beaming* AHH! I'm so glad you think the made up language sounds like a language! I had to keep saying it out loud and changing it to make it sound somewhat realistic! ^^V Hehe, don't worry about those redundant questions…^^;; they serve as a reminder to what questions I've yet to answer in my chapters…heh..^^;; aww! Me sowwy…me didn't mean to make you cry…you ARE unique..*mutters underbreathe, but just a lil* ^.~
Zaeria- Yup..wai…*yelps* what's this about a flamethrower?! HAHA! YOU'LL NEVER FIND ONE! *closes closet door filled with flamethrower* haha!^-^V
Note- If I happen to include that language I made up, translations are at the end.
Disclaimer- I don't own either shows…the flying blue monkeys do… *is handed a note* O.O WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE FLYING BLUE MONKEYS DON'T OWN THE FLIPPIN' SHOWS?!!
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Chapter Eleven
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Recap-
"I am pleased to meet you also, though I wish I could place a name to my guest." Even in such a strange time, Quatre could not put off his duties as a polite host for long.
"Harmony. I am Harmony."
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"What are you talking about Cavan?!"
"I did it, Hikari." His voice was dead, his eyes, emotionless.
"Did WHAT?"
"I took Hope away from you."
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The water in the fountain shook once again, and when it stilled, an image of a woman with long wavy platinum hair with silver highlights that turned red at the end appeared. The top half of her hair was pulled into two heart shaped buns on the side of her head, with the rest left down in gentle waves appeared. Her complexion was fair, her nose small, but pert, and her full lips a natural rose color. Her metallic eyes, with a silvery gold twinge held no pupils and shone with sadness. When she spoke, her voice came out of the water, and echoed softly around the empty room. No one did hear her when she spoke.
"…It is time…"
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"Ha…Ha…Harmony?" Quatre, along with Luna, Artemis, Diana and Relena gasped out.
"Hai, did you expect another?" Harmony smiled gently at them, before her eyes made contact with Relena's.
"Ah, yes, little Hope. Ah, the spitting image of your mother." At the outraged stares from the three former felines and Quatre, she gave an indignant look.
"Little Hope," She stated, looking at the quartet, "Please, do listen to me. 'Tis rude to ignore one's guest." She managed to pout in a dignified manner.
"How can this be? Isn't Harmony but a myth?!" Artemis cried out. At this, Harmony gave an indignant gasp.
"A MYTH?!" She cried out in mock outrage. "I've been reduced to a myth?! Perhaps if you have been terrans, I can understand…they seem to have a habit of turning history to myths…but you….you are LUNARIANS! How is it possible that I've been reduced to a myth?!" If it was possible to achieve a whining voice in a dignified manner, then she surely must of achieved it.
"But..mama said that…" Quatre trailed off. "Then that would make you…MAMA'S MOTHER!!"
"Hikari's mother? Iie."
"But…she said…"
"Iie, she was born from the powers of my light…as Cavan, from the powers of my dark."
"What's the difference?" Relena asked, looking at Harmony with awe in her eyes. Had Harmony not been so dignified, she would have snorted.
"In a sense, I am their mother…but if you would look in any way save that way…then iie, I am not their mother."
Confusion met her reply.
'Bakas…the future has been handed to a group of bakas…' she thought silently to herself, not bothering to shield the thoughts.
'You can't blame them…' Quatre replied back to her mentally.
'I was talking about you, too, young Sol.'
His indignant look was her only reply, before Luna finally realized something.
"THE SHI BLADE IS YOUR SWORD!?!" she shrieked.
"MY HEART IS NOT A SWORD!" Harmony yelled back at Luna, her face contorted in offended anger, as her dignified appearance disappeared.
"Nani?!"
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"What?!" Hikari stepped away from Cavan, her eyes a pool of disbelief.
"Forgive me…" Cavan took a step forward, only to rear back as Hikari took a step away from him.
"You…you stole Hope…"
"I had only wanted to see her! To know my own children, my own daughter…" He pleaded with her to understand.
"You…you took away my child! My Hope, you took away my baby girl!" Hikari stared at Cavan, her eyes wide, pleading with him to tell her it was all lies.
"Le limai…" Cavan stepped towards Hikari, but she turned away from him.
"BEO! Li'ua shanjui na!" Hikari spun around, her eyes blazing. "Li'ua shanju an Hope shan'at ata na!"
"Le limai—" He inwardly flinched as he saw Hikari outwardly flinch, backing away from him.
"Hikari…" The name tasted bittersweet upon his tongue. "Doj-ai…" He pleaded with her.
He stepped towards her. She backed away.
"Doj-ai…Hikari, doj-ai na taman-ya!" He pleaded.
"BEO! Cavan…" She whispered his name. "Cavan…" She paused and took a deep breath, turning to face him.
He gasped. Silver eyes met his, and he wished they hadn't. Her silver orbs were pools of betrayal, hurt, anger…disgust…hatred. She hated him. He had hurt her, and now..she despised him. But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that her eyes, through all the depressing emotions he could see, it held a haunting look to it…it held a dead look.
"You…you stole my Hope away from me, Cavan. Do you realize how much suffering you put me through?" She asked him. "You can't just TAKE a child away from her mother, without the mother's knowledge! Hell, you can't just TAKE a child away, period!" Her tone was incredulous.
"Hikari…" He whispered, almost brokenly.
"IIE! You STOLE away my Hope, one of my only JOY, and for what?!"
"I…I had only wanted to see her…" He looked down, unable to meet her gaze. He felt so ashamed…for hurting her, the only one he could, and would, ever love…for taking away his child from her mother…for being so weak that he could not even face the child he had stolen..and…for the tears that threatened to spill out of his eyes.
Had he met her gaze, he would have seen the stricken look on her face, shining with guilt, with sympathy. But it was soon replaced by a look of incredulous anger.
"You broke us apart." Her voice held no emotion. "You broke our family apart…we…I…" she could not form the words. "You killed us, Cavan."
A sharp intake of breath was her only reply.
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In the darkness, Hope looked up from her fetal position. She felt something…but what? The power…it felt so familiar....
She closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on the source of power. There it was! The light, that comforting light. It was here! It was…it was…
Eyes snapped opened.
"Mama…" She whispered, awed, relieved. Her mother had come for her. A teary grin made its presence known on her face.
"Mama…" The smiled faded. If her mother was here, why wasn't she WITH her right now…of course! She must be looking for her! She smiled, widely.
"MAMA!!!!!" She cried out. "MAMA!!!"
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"You killed us, Cavan…" her own words echoed in her ears…heavens, had she just said that?
One look at Cavan confirmed her fear. She had.
Cavan…he looked so broken, just then. But he deserved it…didn't he? Yes! He did! He HAD to of have deserved it! He took her daughter, her Hope, away from her! He deserved it…he HAD killed them…
"MAMA!!!!!" Her head, along with Cavan's snapped up at the voice.
"MAMA!!!" it was followed by another, and her eyes widened as a look of joy overtook her face, if only for a second.
"Hope…" She whispered breathlessly, and took of, sparing only one sad look towards Cavan.
"Hope…." She whispered again, following the sounds of her daughter's cries.
"Le limai…" Cavan stared at her retreating form, till he could see her no longer. When he spoke, it was but a broken whisper.
"Le limai…yar-e'a…Sui'wa yar-e'a…"
And the dam broke. Tears ran currents down his face, and when he whispered again, it was in a broken voice, his whisper a harsh shaky sob.
"Wai'nai-ne, le limai, wai'nai-ne. Yu'ain na. Doj-ai, yu'ain na…"
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"I…your…but…and…but..I…" Luna stared at Harmony, stuttering.
"Why Luna, cat got your tongue?" Harmony teased, to be answered by three unamused glares from the former felines.
"Your HEART?!" Luna gasped out.
"Hai, my heart. Surely you must know of the creation of…" she paused, a puzzled look on her face.
"The Shi Blade, you called it? What is that? That is not the name of my crystal."
"It is not the true name of the sword—that is, your heart. It's true name is…forgotten…" Luna had the decency to blush at Harmony's infuriated expression.
"Hmph! You sleep for a few thousand eons and this is what happens!" Harmony huffed.
"Your grace, I'm afraid I do not understand…" Quatre trailed off. Harmony made a face.
"Please, none of that formal jumble. Perhaps I should explain, hm?" At the nods she received from the only participating members of the conversation, as the others were all beyond perplexed, she waved her hand, and they all appeared in the room the den.
Patiently, she waited as everyone made himself or herself comfortable.
"Before Chaos and Cosmos, before I succumbed to any of the powers within myself, before my brothers and sisters, my mother, all forgot of me, I was a content being. Granted, I was still constantly battling myself to make sure that neither darkness nor light would completely take over, but overall, I was very content. I had a loving family, which was only growing. What more could I ask for?" A sad look passed by her mystical face.
"And then they shunned me…one by one, they turned their backs on me, and me, being the naive fool I was, believed it to be my fault. So I fled, to the deepest regions of the universe, and there, I trained. Centuries passed, then millenniums…and with the passing of the times, went my family's memories of I.
When I had finally gotten my powers under control, and I felt sure it would not cause harm any more than it must, I went back. Imagine my surprise when my family did not acknowledge me! I had expected them to not recognize me, perhaps even mistaken me for a stranger for just a while, but they did not. They never recognized me, nor did they mistake me for just a bit. They could not, for the life of them, figure out who I was, and when I told them, they did not believe it. They did not have any relations by the name of Harmony, never mind a sister and daughter. I couldn't believe my ears…what twisted joke was this?
But it was not joke. They truly had forgotten me.
All the pain I went through, all for them. And they had forgotten me.
You know that I surrendered to the darkness within me afterwards, but before that, I cried. For millenniums, you must understand, I had lived in solitude, placing myself under all forms of torture, with only the hopes of being with my family to keep me running. I had been so lonely…so alone, so…miserable…
All in hopes of one day reuniting with my family….
…And they had forgotten me….
For a timeless period, I cried. My hopes, my dreams…my desires…my…everything… my very reason for remaining in control, for living, was lost. Destroyed…I had been destroyed…by my own family…
My very emotions came out in the forms of tears, and from my tears came the creation of what you call the Shi Blade. Its true name is Tsuyosa no Toushin.
It was created from my tears, my hopes, my dreams, my desires, my greed, my selfishness, my hurt, my pain, my happiness, my…everything….
It is, in a sense, my heart.
This blade is the most lethal weapon in the cosmos…yet, it is also the most useless." At everyone's blank look, she smiled mysteriously.
"It can be used only by those worthy, and then, only to an extent. Only I can truly harbor its powers, as it should be. It is merely an extension of myself. It was created from my light and my dark, and because of that, the powers have a tendency to counteract each other with any bearer other than I. That, young Sol, is why it will not kill your mother. My dark in it attacks her and kills her, but my light will heal her, reversing its affects. Still, it is capable of killing even an immortal…in more ways than one.
After its creation, I became Chaos…and you know the rest of that story," She looked at Quatre, who nodded.
"But I don't understand…what happened to the blade afterwards?"
"As Chaos, those who opposed me were at the receiving ends of my attacks…often at the end of the blade." She said, her voice devoid of any regret, any emotions save indifference.
As Cosmos, those who were unfortunate, yet a good soul, felt the healing powers of my blade.
After the births of Cavan and Hikari, I put away the sword. It came to use again, after the first deaths of Cavan and Hikari.
The darkness began to overtake me, once again, and for a short time, it had been in use for…dark deeds. I suppose it is perhaps around this time that it became known as the Shi Blade.
Afterwards, it was once again put away, and I fell into my deep sleep. The blade was, for millenniums upon millenniums, untouched, til your mother wished for it."
Silence met her.
"Any questions."
"Plenty…" Relena sounded confused.
"Please, do ask."
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
Did I mention a lot of thumps? Harmony, Quatre, Luna, Artemis, and Diana watched, a couple amused while the others worried as they watched all occupants in the room faint.
"I suppose that was as much shock as their bodies could take…" Harmony mused, grinning.
"I'm surprised they did not faint earlier…." Quatre furrowed his eyebrows.
"They are not all as they appear." Harmony replied cryptically. "Now, what shall we do with them."
Quatre, no, Sol, made a rising motion with his hands, and immediately, all of the unconscious bodies rose in the air. He made another gesture and each began to make their way into a room in the house.
"Nicely done, young Sol." Harmony complimented and Sol blushed.
"Now, shall we speak of why you cannot access the astral realm?" She asked him.
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"Together." Kiyoshi stared blankly ahead. AN- minna, just realized..I kept spelling his name wrong..so it's really Kiyoshi,fyi..
"What a weak body…needing food to survive!" He spat out after a while had passed. His eyes grew blank seconds later, and he frowned as he broke out of his trance.
"No longer together." He frowned. "Why did they part?"
A growl.
"As he would say, injustice!"
Silence.
"Stupid Cavan…"
Silence.
"Perhaps..yes…but…no..yes!"
Silence.
"Cavan…it is about time we join…again." And Chaos laughed, though it was not as evil nor cold as it once had been.
'Hikari…Cosmos….wai'nai-ne…'
Chaos could not explain his own thoughts, and would deny ever thinking those words.
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"Fate?"
"Yes?" Fate turned from her tapestry to look at her sister.
"Do you think…that is…is it possible that we…maybe.." Destiny tried to think of the right words. Fate smiled sadly.
"That we may meet them again?" She supplied her sister.
"Hai," Destiny smiled sheepishly.
"Perhaps…" Fate looked at her tapestry. "We just…need to have hope…"
"Ironic, isn't it?"
"Hm?"
"We plan the fate and destiny of pretty much everyone in the cosmos…yet we are trapped within our own fate, our own destiny…we are trapped by ourselves…"
"I thought we went over this…"
"Hai, hai, we did…" Destiny looked back down, at her loom. Fate sighed.
"Come over here…" She gestured for Destiny to come over.
"Yes?" Destiny sat down, next to Fate.
"See this?" Fate cupped her hands together, and from it, formed a thread of metallic blue light. Destiny gasped.
"Fate! How?"
"Since before we've been trapped here, I've been creating this. I just finished it not long ago. I used the fates and destinies of everyone," at Destiny's stare, she smiled meekly.
"I needed to use the destinies of everyone! I used the fates and destinies of everyone that existed, that exists now, and that will exists, wove them together and added part of the tsukai-jen…the tear of light, as well as a part of the daa'ka-jien, or blood of darkness."
Destiny gasped, and backed away, horrified.
"Sister…those are the sacreds!" she gasped out. "How did you manage to get it!? You'll be punished for it!"
"I am already being punished!" Fate cried out, snarling. "Sister," She looked up at her now standing sister. "Can't you see? This is our escape! This is the ticket to our freedom! With this, we can bend Harmony, and be free! We'd have control, once again!" Fate sounded near insanity.
"Fate, what you have done, not even Chaos will do!"
"What I have done makes Chaos look like a weakling, a coward!"
"You stole a part of the tsukai-jen, and the daa'ka-jien! That ensures that you be cursed! And it will not harm Harmony, you know that!" Destiny cried out.
"Ah, but I added something else, also, sister. I managed to snatch a part of haitsu'aan-jei'caan."
Destiny reeled back in shock, in horror.
"Sister! How could you? Of all, that is the most sacred of the three sacred jewels, and the second most sacred in all the cosmos!" She shrieked, near panic. "Sister, you stole the haitsu'aan-jei'caan, the Hope of Harmony!"
"For our freedom sister! For our revenge! Just think sister, we'll be free from the wretched place! We'll scour the cosmos, looking for our lovers…for Desi…for Cesar.."
"Don't you bring Cesar into this!" Destiny cried out. "I love him, but I would never bring harm to the balance to be with him! I could not live with myself…with him, if I did!"
"How do we even know that she is the balance!?" Fate roared back. "How do we know that isn't a bunch of myths created to protect her!?!"
"If it were created to protect her, there must be a damn good reason!" Destiny retorted.
"Destiny….sister…" Fate's voice got softer. "Can't you see I'm doing this for us? For our freedom, our happiness?"
"Sister, we would still HAVE our freedom, our happiness, if we had not been so selfish those eons ago!"
"NO! We did what was right! She was the wrong one! We do not deserve this! Sister, by destroying Harmony as she is, we can rule the cosmos!"
Destiny looked at her sister, as a horrific realization hit her.
"You've become on of them…"
"Of who?"
"You've become One of the Lost, you've become a Damned!" She cried out.
"Don't call me that!" Her sister growled back. "I have not! I'm nothing like them!"
Destiny gave a bitter laugh. "If you could only hear yourself, sister. But I suppose even if you could, you wouldn't realize it."
"Is this the thanks I receive for taking a part of the three sacred stones so that we will be free?!" Fate demanded Destiny.
"You stole a part of not one, but three sacreds! How am I supposed to react? Fall down and kiss your feet?! These are the tsukai-jen, the daa'ka-jien, and the haitsu'aan-jei'caan! Sister, do you realize the enormity of your crimes?" Destiny stopped, her eyes turning curious.
"How did you even manage to go near them? To go near them, you must sacrifice some— sister…what did you sacrifice?" Destiny looked at her sister, her eyes a tearful horror.
Fate looked up at her sister, a twisted smiled on her face.
"My soul, sister."
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End Chapter.. Hehe…minna, me need food! So me go eat! Hehe, feedback is always welcomed..actually, it gets the chapters out faster. ^__^ So review, minna! Ja!
Le limai- My light
Beo- No
Li'ua shanju na- You hurt me.
Li'ua shanju Hope shan'at ata na- You stole my Hope away from me
Doj-ai- Please
Doj-ai na taman-ya – Please, let me explain
Yar-e'a—Sorry *pronounced-Yar-A'ah*
Sui-wa yar-e'a – I'm so sorry *pronounced- Swee-wah yar-A'ah*
Wai'nai-ne – I love you
Yu'ain na – forgive me
Tsukai-jen – Tear of Hope
Daa'ka-jien – Blood of Darkness
Haitsu'aan-jei'caan – Hope of Harmony
