Chapter Four- Elysium
They were here.
Tsukasa turned around as he sensed the presence of others on the server. He frowned. Subaru was here, her gentle aura washing over his senses like a fresh breeze... Sora too, -his- aura feeling more like static electricity; wild and powerful and barely contained.
But there was another; barely there, just a whisper of a thing, almost too faint for Tsukasa to notice. It was there, all the same, buzzing at the edge of his senses like a mosquito. With a sigh of frustration, he waved a hand and banished that annoying presence with a thought.
The doors to his Church opened and he looked up from his place behind the altar. At the far end of the long hall and walking towards him were his not-so-faithful servant and the girl from his past. His shoulders stiffened and uneasiness crept into him as for the second time strangers entered his most protected of places, their footsteps echoing through the empty halls.
"...hello, Subaru," he said quietly. The girl smiled and replied, "Sora lied. He told me that you were-"
"-About to unveil the greatest undertaking you have ever...um... undertaken!!" The Twin Blade interrupted with a fake smile and a nervous bow. Tsukasa raised an eyebrow. "Go away, Sora."
The assassin vanished without a word. He would not have been able to disobey Tsukasa even if he had wanted to...
Subaru, now feeling more curious than worried, asked Tsukasa, "The 'greatest undertaking'?"
He smiled. "What if I told you that I can take you away?" He asked her, his voice intense. "If I told you that a perfect place existed, just for you?" He paused and looked at the floor shyly. "Would you come?"
Subaru tilted her head to the side. "I don't understand..."
He thought for a long time, trying to think of a way to put what he had done into words. "I..." he began, still struggling. He gave up and turned around, to the stained glass window behind his altar. With a gesture and a mumbled phrase the entire window seemed to warp, to gain depth and reality. The scene changed to an open field of greenest grass under a blue sky.
Without turning back to her he said, "...I wanted to thank you."
Subaru's eyebrows came together and she took a few steps forward, towards the altar and the window. "I'm afraid I still don't know what you mean, but you are welcome."
Tsukasa looked at her over his shoulder and pointed to the window. "A world," he said simply, "...that I made for you as a gift of thanks." His eyes met hers, almost childishly, in a search for approval.
"Its name is Elysium."