Michi: That's... Nice... Now, you are restricting me from making Hao die... It'll be no fun this way... SO! I'm telling you now, I might make him die!!!!!!! So that you won't be sure that I won't kill him!!!!!! AM I mean or what? I finished my work and was secretly typing it (I've more than half done) in class. No, I didn't get caught! Hehehe! Tks for concerning! I'll probably draw a pic of them... But I'm kinda waiting for those two people to request for a pic so... Oh well, their lost. Hehehe! I still don't have any ideas of pic yet...
CindyAsakura: So have you thought about your request pic yet?
ChuChu: Hehehe! What happens next is a mystery to me. I know almost nothing more than what you know. I invent the story as I type it so... I usually update fast, but now, I've tons of schoolwork so... Oh well, I'll try my best to update every four days. By the way, here they are, all together! Hehehe! You see, I DID listen to you! Hehehe (Ok, I've eaten too much chocolates....)
Kausi: Thanks for reviewing now! Hehehe! There is no reason to ask for forgiveness; homework is MUCH MORE important!!! Good luck with them!
Waterose: Thank you! Hope to see you more often!
Winner-Loser: Yup! I am lucky not to be caught! Ok, the future is only the part where Elwynn was dreaming. It's from "Where am I?" until "He lifted his hand and aimed at his own heart..." Is it more clearly now? Oh! And feel free to ask questions. I may not be clear sometimes so... but I really want you guys to understand it!!!
Ely-sama: Hum... Ok... Read the part where I wrote to Winner-Loser, and the pasts are entitled at the chapter's title. It is usually "past...".
Wingweaver22: I updated during my laboratory class. We have access to the net so I figure that it'll be better if I update it during the day instead of the night. So, I finished up my lab real quick, finished the story, and uploaded it. About the concern of "that", it is supposed to be confusing. But this chappie is about "that" so you should be able to understand it. If not, tell me! I love questions.
Disclaimer: I do not own SK characters, the only things I own is my story and my original characters.
This story happens few months after the end of SK anime. I have no clue what the manga is about so.... Please stick with the anime story line!
"..." Talking
Blablabla: narration
Blablabla: (Italic) thinking
(...): my notes
...---Chapter 16---...
"That"
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Mere dreams, fading words,
To where could they lead me?
Mere hopes, weakling wills,
What could they bring me?
I am lost in a path known as life.
Because I couldn't reach to happiness,
I surrender to dismal emptiness.
But still, I cannot give up.
Everything is predetermined by fate,
But still, I will seek for another road
Than the one fate offered me.
I'll risk the hope that's faintly left
For the future I seek.
The sun, bursting in distance,
Scattering down light of hope,
Wounds those who dare to try to reach to it.
Still I will not give up,
Because I am fighting for all people's sake.
But... Someday... Would somebody stay by my side...
For my very own sake?
Even though my heart wishes for a rest,
I will still move a step forward.
Even though my dream may be dissolving,
I can't abandon this dream.
I'll risk the hope that's faintly left
For all those who wish for peace.
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A dreamless night felt just too good. Hao really did stay by her side without leaving her for once despite the awful environment they were at. It was just like before, when they were still young... She didn't want to open her eyes. She didn't want to lose this moment of having such secured feeling. She still did. She lifted herself from his arms. He just kindly looked at her and smiled.
Hao couldn't possibly be "That". He just couldn't be... She slowly touched his face and kissed him. He was cold like her. The dungeon's surrounding was not suitable for him at all. Just as she wanted to tell him to go away, he was lifting up and was taken Elwnn with him.
"The clothes are too dirtied."
He cleaned their clothes by using fuyoku. He neglected Elwynn's struggle to get out of his embrace and walked to the outside.
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The place he brought her to was a small underground sanctuary. There was no one there except them. Then, he entered to a portal... Wasn't that... The portal to Salkerye?
"Hao, why did you..."
"That's gate to Salkerye. You must have seen it."
"But... Why..."
"Why do you sound so surprised? Did you not know that I know everything? Since I am unable of using your mirror to access to Salkerye, the only way of entering is here. Isn't that right, my little Ely?"
"Why do you want to go there? There...There is nothing there!"
"Are your perceptions this bad? I thought that you already knew. Isn't Salkerye the place where "That" is? Isn't it where it has been held for more than thousand and thousand of years?"
"You talk to "That"?"
""That" showed me a lot of things. This world is too ugly. I must exterminate the humans."
"But that is just...not right! Hao, for once in your life, please, believe in my words. "That" will not do something that is not for its own benefit. He is just using you..."
"No one can use me."
""That" can! Its power is at the level of the Great Spirit! You cannot think of controlling him or..."
"Are you teaching me a lesson? If yes, I will kill you."
"I am not teaching you a lesson. I am just saying that "That" is not a simple spirit at all. "That" was born with the Great Spirit and is part of it. Like light needs darkness to show its shine, the Great Spirit and "That" are together. No one should break that bond between them..."
"Does it matter? I listen to no one."
"But..."
He didn't say anything more but didn't advance in the gate.
Hao... You mustn't let "That" control you... It will only devour you... Indeed "That" is part of the Great Spirit, but it is just the part of envy, lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, pride, and greed. The seven deadly sins... The Great Spirit took out all those parts of it and sealed them inside Salkerye... Ever since then, "That" has been trying to get out of there. As the High Priestess, this is something that she must know. It is the main job as the High Priestess: to keep "That" from going out to destroy the world. "That" couldn't go out of there unless... "That" has the blood of the High Priestess and the dispel seal of the Five Spirits and the Spirit of Time. I must be careful of myself. I've all the elements that "That" needs to get out of there...
"Hao, can we not go back to the time like before? Where we are all happy to live a normal life?"
"There is no normal life for me. My only destiny is to kill every human."
"Then can I at least be by your side? I will not stop you from killing anyone. I will not be a bother to you. I will not be your enemy anymore. But can I just be by your side? I just want to be with you even if you kill every person in the world."
"Why the change of mind now? Is it because of "That"?"
"I do not want you to be by my side because you've something else in your mind."
"I just want to be with you. Is it too much to ask for?"
"Yes."
She looked down on the ground. He unsealed the water lock that he placed on her.
"Just go. I don't want you here."
"Then why did you catch me?"
"I don't need to tell you."
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"Why Ely can't be at my side..."
She will understand that someday... She will want to be by your side when she sees how powerful when you and I are together.
"She still wants to kill me."
Only those with power will win at the end. Once she sees how powerful you really are, she will no longer wants to kill you. She will be back to your side like she was. She will no longer listen to that Great Spirit. All you have to do is unseal me, and we'll take the power of the Great Spirit. Together, we'll be invincible.
"Together? That's a too heavy word, isn't it?"
It is good not to trust in others. That is why I chose you.
"You chose me? I chose you."
If you must think so this way. That Elwynn will be back to you, and you will be happy once more.
"..." Will I?
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The hooked people terrorised the entire Patch village. Even the ten Priests were powerless to stop them. As a last resource, they asked Elwynn to help. She refused them. First, she said that she would not be in Hao's way anymore. Second, the Great Spirit did not give her any orders.
Christopher did not agree with her way of working at all. She was getting to be too emotional. Her curse grew even though she did not use any furyoku.
"This is fate, just let it go."
That was the only thing she said to Christopher. She refused to say anything more. He was furious at her and went back inside the mirror. He didn't come out ever since. The hooked people did not go anywhere near her. So, naturally, people gathered near her to seek for protection. She let them stay there. She didn't even have the strength to kick them away.
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Elwynneria...
"You are not the Great Spirit... Who are you?"
I am the Spirit of Time, the one who lets you possess the power of time.
"What do you want from me? And how can you communicate with me?"
The curse... It is linked to me. If you let it grow, I will come out. I will turn the time of the world back to when there was no evilness.
"I know that. But it still doesn't explain how you can talk to me."
The curse has invaded deep in your body. Since it is the symbol of my power, I, too, can freely go between worlds.
"Are you telling me that you can come out without my help?"
Yes. You can say it like this.
"But you won't right?"
I will unless you kill Hao now and stop "That" from reviving."
"I will stop Hao from reviving "That"."
I thought that you said that you will kill him. I thought that it is clear in your mind, isn't it?
"It is... But how can I kill the one I love? I will kill him, but just not now... Do you not know how long I've waited to see him again? I love him! He is the only one dear to me!"
I can understand what you feel..."You can't! If you do, you won't ask me to kill him..."
I understand. If you don't want to kill him, I will.
The Spirit of Time took over Elwynn's body.
Hao must die.
End of chapter16
------Just curious, is my story getting tenser or more boring? Or is it too much sad things?------