Chapter 2:

"This is horrible, how could they do something like that?" Raine said as she looked at Kai who was visibly crushed by the news. He sat on the ground, staring at it, unable to understand his life at hand. For the longest time he had called the person that took him from his home when he was a baby, his mother. Somewhere he knew deep inside that their was more to the story and only two people could tell him more, his false mother or his father. Since he did not know where he came from, his only choice would be to infiltrate the Palmacosta human ranch. Kai got up and brushed off the dirt and looked at Raine.

"Kai...I'm sorry about this. You can stay with us if you want." Raine said with tears in her eyes.

"Okay Raine I'll stay." Kai replied as he hugged Raine, "Thanks for helping me."

They left for Raine's place, where Kai would spend his time waiting for news from Dorr.

2 days later

It was night and the village was peaceful, Raine was sleeping with Genis next to her, and Kai was getting ready to leave. He grabbed his swords and hat; he placed a note on the bed where he was to be sleeping. He snuck out of the house and left the village with Fenir. They ran though the woods and into the open, the night still was young the moon had begun to rise in the south. They ran through the desert and mountain trail, and arrived in Izoold, late in the morning.

Iselia

Raine woke up to find the bed next to her empty, with a note and a rose; she picked it up and read it.

To Raine:

I'm sorry but I could not sit by and let the Desians get away with what they did. I'll be in Izoold by the time you read this. I would have told you but I did not want to have any problems. I will come and see you after my job is done.

Love,

Kai

"Oh Kai, please be safe." Cried Raine as she held the single rose.

Late night Palmacosta

Kai and Fenir arrived in Palmacosta late that night; they got a room and slept until morning. They left for Dorr's office and when they got across the bridge, they were ambushed by the Desians. The Desians blocked all exits and in the middle of the area stood a red haired half-elf and a giant green monster.

"Are you Kai Konosuke?" the Half-elf asked Kai

"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours." Replied Kai

"Why should I tell my name to some inferior being?"

"Well I guess you don't want my name then." When Kai said that the half-elf got mad

"I don't need to know your name once your dead!" the half-elf yelled, "Get him! Kill him you inferior being!"

The monster roared and swung its arms in anger. Kai threw off his jacket, hat and glasses; and pulled out his swords, and said. "Come and get it!"

The monster roared again, and scared the people that were watching. Kai rushed into the fight and was hit by the monster's arms. He was tossed up in to the air and hit the ground hard. He got back up and said, "Okay maybe it was wrong to piss off the monster."

He charged at the monster and hit it with the attack heavy tiger blade. It knocked the monster to the floor. Kai got ready to attack again but the monster retaliated and knocked Kai across the square into a building. He hit the wall with enough force to cause him to drop his swords and cough up blood. The monster slowly walked over to Kai who laid flat on the floor. It got ready to attack when Kai said, "I'm sorry mom but I've failed you..."

The monster stopped and grabbed its head and cried, "Kai? Kai is that you?" in a horrible voice that almost sounded as if it was underwater.

Kai did not answer, he was out cold and blood had trickled out of his mouth.

"What have I done? Kai answer me!" the monster cried but got no answer.

"Well done you inferior being, you knocked out the one we wanted, now get out of the way so we can take him back to his father." Said the half-elf as he walked up to Kai's motionless body.

"No! Stay back!" the monster yelled as he got closer.

The Desian troops ran up to the monster and the head whipmaster said, "Deifying Lord Magnius! Move you monster!" After he finished they started whipping her, she did not move.

Magnius took out his weapon and stabbed the monster. It cried and grabbed Magnius and said, "Tell Kai that even though I did not give him life, he was still my son and I loved him." She then blew up injuring Magnius. The Desians troop rushed to him and teleported him to safety.

The people that watched the battle rushed to Kai's aid and took him away from the square that was covered in dirt and broken stone. Most people felt sadden by Kai's lost and cried, the sky agreed and cried with the people of Palmacosta.

Several Days later

Iselia

Kai was lying in bed; his clothes were on a chair next to him. His body was bruised, and lower back was wrapped up. He had broken ribs, and was sore from head to toe; he was still sleeping as Raine attended to him. He had been like that since the battle; many believed it was from when he hit the wall. Raine believed that it was the fact that he had suffered so many things in such a small amount of time. From what she read, he had to fight his own mother, and before he had learned that all he knew was a lie.

Not soon after Raine had turned her back to get some water, Kai's right hand moved and he said in a faint voice, "Mother? Where is mother?" Raine heard this and rushed to his side. She picked up his hand and looked at him; she began to say something but stopped, deciding against it.

"Mother where is my mother?" Kai said again.

"Shhhh...she will be here soon." Replied Raine and she picked up an exsphere that was his mother's, and placed it in his hand. He soon went back to sleep and Genis said.

"That's a lie."

"I'm sorry but I can't tell him the truth at this time, it might hurt him more." Raine replied, but she began to cry. "I'm glad he's back but I did not want to see him in this shape."

"You like him? Even If he is a human?" Genis asked as he looked at Raine.

"Genis, there is something I must tell you but you must keep it quiet."

"Okay sis."

"He is not a human, but he is a half-elf. I know because I felt the mana course though his body."

Genis looked shocked, even he could not tell. "But, I would have known if he was a half-elf. I would have felt the mana."

"His mana is weak, and that is because he is not a true half-elf."

Genis thought about what Raine said, then asked "So if he is not a true half-elf...that would make him a human...right Raine?"

Raine shook her head and replied, "No. He is a half-elf but he takes on more human qualities then his elf side. Think of him as a human born with the gift of magic."

"All right." Said Genis as he looked at Kai.

Sprit realm

"Kai, wake up my son." Said a familiar voice.

Kai opened his eyes and saw that an angel had descended on him.

"WH-where am I? Am I dead?" asked Kai as he saw his body on the bed.

"No you are alive but in a disembody state-of-mind. It is an after effect of the exspheres that you have on you." Replied the angel that looked familiar to Kai, but he could not put his finger on it.

"So I can return right?"

"Yes but only after I show you the stuff you need to know, stuff that will explain your past, present and future." She said but Kai did not understand the last part of her sentence. "Take my hand, and I will show you what I mean." Kai took her hand and was taken to a place he never knew, a place that looked dark and evil.

"Kai, this is your homeland. You were born here, and you will need to return here." The angel said as Kai looked at the place he was born.

The land was muddy, everyone wore gray, ripped clothes, they had exspheres on their hands, and men walked around whipping everyone that wasn't working.

"Its...it's a human ranch."

"Yes, after your mother's death he captured everyone, and forced them to build the human ranch. Many people died building it, and those who lived would only meet the same fate some time later." Replied the angel as she adverted her eyes from the horrible scene.

Kai then looked to the west of the ranch and saw a large graveyard. Hundreds and hundreds of bodies laid there most of them rotting flesh.

"It's horrible! I can't believe this, why don't they bury them?" Kai asked tears welling up in his eyes.

"Your father and The Desians believe that it's a waste of time and that it will keep everyone away from the ranch." She said as she cried.

"Why doesn't the Goddess Martel do something about this?"

"Martel is asleep, but don't worry the chosen will come soon and save the world." She said as they moved to another area.

They were now outside a swamp not to far from the ranch.

"What's this area?" Kai asked as he looked around.

"This is the Illamia swamp, you will need to come here after finding the Red and Blue dragons." She said as she saw her son's eyes light up.

"Dragons! They exist!"

"Yes but in different areas." She said as the scene split into three. "The Red Dragon lives in the Triet ruins, the Blue lives near Thoda geyser, and black lives in this swamp." Kai was over ecstatic by the news. "Defeating those three will give you item's to stop your father, but those three alone is not enough."

"What do you mean?"

"You need to obtain the rank of Dragon Knight in order to stop you father's evil ways. The other three Green, White and Gold dragons are lost in this land. During your journey to find the items, you will find more clues to their whereabouts." She said and Kai looked happy. "Now, there is one more thing you must see before I leave you." After she said that Kai was taken to a room where a girl with blond hair sleeps.

"Where are we now?" Kai asked as he looked at the room.

"We are in your cousin's room."

"Cousin, I don't have any other relatives other then my father."

"She is your cousin from your mother's side. You are of the mana clan, and rules stated by the church, all members of the mana clan must live apart from each other, to preserve the mana lineage." She said and Kai looked at her

"So, she is the chosen?"

"Yes, and you must look after her, but you must do it in secret. If word got out that you and her are related, the Desians will stop at nothing to kill you both and end the mana clans lineage." The angel said as a bell rang.

"What's that?"

"My time is up; remember you cannot tell anyone about this."

"I won't, and are you my mother?"

The angel did not say anything but she nodded her head and disappeared.

'So that what she looked liked.' Thought Kai as his sprit returned to his body.