FB19, I left NO loopholes in my declaration, and I fully intent to be
obeyed. Duh. If you don't like it, tough. I don't really care. Anyway,
on with the story.
When Nakago woke up he found himself alone in the temple. Wyvern's body had disappeared leaving only a blood stain and the white-bladed knife that Solei had thrown during her dance. He cursed himself for falling asleep and not awakening when the girl had, but such could not be changed. A voice came from the shadows, mocking him.
"Regret, General? Lack of perception, allowing her to wake before you? You must be losing your touch." The figure stepped out of the shadows and Nakago failed to recognize him, hiding his lack of knowledge.
"No regret, only a sense of failure to my god." He said. The god laughed.
"Liar."
"If you say so." The god threw back his cloak.
"I am Hades, Lord of the Underworld." Nakago bowed his head respectfully. "Do not toy with her, General." The god cautioned him. Nakago raised an eyebrow in question. "Last time someone destroyed her heart, she destroyed the world and the gods with a single glance. The evil within her is kept at bay only through a tight reign that the Goddess Protector places on her feelings. She can only hold it like that for a few centuries by herself before all hell breaks loose. Literally. Do not play games with her heart, General." With that Hades disappeared and left Nakago to figure out the god's relationship to Solei. After a moment it struck him.
"Her mystery uncle." He said softly.
"Whose uncle, Nakago?" A sultry female voice asked from the shadows.
"No one's, Soi." He responded, suppressing the urge to groan in annoyance. She stood behind his shoulder, massaging his back by slipping her fingers under his armor.
"Let me relieve your tension." She purred. He slipped out of her grasp and began walking down the hallway.
"I have other things to be doing, Soi. Play with someone else." He smirked at the amazed look he knew was on her face and prepared himself to be attacked from behind by his former lover. None came. He pushed it out of his mind and walked back to his room. Once there he found two things sitting on his desk: a card, and the lily that had been in Solei's hair. He picked up the card.
"Nakago." The front read in old, spidery script. He opened it and found more of the same script. He read it aloud to no one, and could hear her saying the words under his own voice.
"I'm sorry that I was such an imbecile back at the temple. I thought at first something might be there, but I was wrong. I apologize for my stupidity regarding my actions, and wish only to inform you that you will no longer see me, since it is evident you do not want to. Once more want to apologize and I will not take up anymore of your time. I will do my duty as I must.
Sincerely,
Kyoueino Solei
Goddess Protector."
Solei pulled the cloak closer around her shoulders and sat down, shivering a little. Nuriko put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. She smiled slightly and motioned for Amber, Liz, and Des to sit down. Once they had she began to speak, her voice trembling a little.
"I know why we're wanted here. I know why you two," she nodded to Des and Liz, "are here, and I understand what must be done to stop him." Amber waited, then motioned for her to continue.
"I'm wanted so that I can destroy anything that hinders them in their quest for domination, and Amber is wanted to," she started to say one thing but changed it at the last minute, "appease the Demon God. Liz, Des, you two are the Wanderer and the Companion. You're meant to fill certain gaps in the team." Again she fell silent. Amber, as per her norm, shattered it.
"EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!" She screamed, making everyone but the snoring Tasuki jump. Des cocked her head to one side.
"Why did you just scream ew?" She asked. Amber turned to Solei, disgusted.
"APPEASE?!?" She yelled. Solei nodded. "HOW CAN WE STOP THIS?" she demanded. Solei sighed.
"The same way that Caelestis has always been stopped." She said.
"Which is, how?" Amber asked. Solei just held Amber's gaze with her own for a few minutes, and Amber shook her head.
"No. NO!" Solei smiled grimly.
"It's how I always have stopped him, Chi. It's the only way." Nuriko stopped her.
"How?"
"You don't want to know. And if you did know, you wouldn't let me." Nuriko held her closer.
"Now I'm even less likely to let you go."
"Fine." She whispered. "I go to his lair in the godly realm, take any one of my knives, spill my own blood in a circle of protection around the two of us, dance the second half of a dance that, if done in full, creates a being who destroys the world without a second glance, and so, having released the more ruthless half of the Angel of Death, let her kill him, or try to, weakening him enough for the next bit to work, then dance the first half and destroy everything inside the circle of my blood, which protects the rest of the world from the Angel of Death." She finished.
"After getting out of the circle yourself, right?" Nuriko asked. Kamai shook her head no. "You die? How do you know this then?" Solei licked her lips.
"My memories of the previous times that I have done this came back after I danced part of the dance I mentioned earlier." Liz held up her hands.
"Wait one minute. You danced part of the dance that destroys the world to regain your memories?" Solei shook her head.
"No, I was forced to dance it, and I almost lost-no-I did loose control during it. I forgot who I was; I forgot everything except the dance."
"How did you get out of it?"
"Amber yelled that she had gotten her first kiss." She said simply. "I brought me back to reality." A sudden thud made them all jump. Nuriko looked slowly behind the couch and sighed with relief.
"It was only Tasuki falling off the bed. He'll be fine." Tasuki's shirtless form plodded around the couch slowly.
"What're ya talkin' 'bout man? That hurt." He grumbled, rubbing his head where it had hit the floor.
Liz pointed at him before anyone could say anything.
"That one does, Amber."
"Well DUH!" Solei started laughing when she saw the confused looks on Tasuki and Nuriko's faces, already knowing that Liz was referring to Tasuki's abs, remembering the joke that had followed Amber around as she read the comics.
"Who're you two?" Tasuki asked.
"Liz."
"I'm Desaria! If you call me Desaria I'll be forced to pull out your entrails and hang you with them. So just call me Des. That does sound like a short version of Desdemona however, and that is completely unacceptable, so I'll have to sacrifice my brother's teddy bear so that it can lay an egg in the mystic lands of the banjo..." Amber, Liz, Nuriko and Solei groaned and turned towards her, their words spoken in unison.
"SHUT UP DES!!!!!" She paused mid-word and pouted.
"Fine." Tasuki shook his head to clear it then sat down next to Amber.
"Where are we, Nuriko?" he asked, trying to get his bearings.
"A day's travel from the palace." Nuriko answered. Solei was studying Tasuki intently and her words were soft.
"Tasuki, are you alright?" she asked.
"Course I am!" he said. "Do I look alright?" He spread his arms wide for inspection and winced.
"No." Amber answered, and walked behind him, carefully probing his back for injuries. She prodded a rib and he hissed sharply. Amber looked to Solei.
"Amber, I don't think I can." She said softly, knowing she was too exhausted to heal Tasuki. Liz was looking closely at Tasuki and something began to flow from her hands into his body. Solei and Amber stared in amazement as Liz's chi started to heal Tasuki. Suddenly she slumped and the flow of chi stopped. Tasuki started moving around speculatively, and found that nothing was wrong.
"It's like another Mitsukake." He said, amazed. Des glared.
"IT, has a name. Use it."
"Right. Sorry Liz." Nuriko stared in amazement. A thud on the door made them wary, and Nuriko got up to answer it.
"Hello?" He asked. A small, cloaked figure walked through the door at his invitation. "Who are you?" Nuriko asked. Solei looked at the figure and shook her head.
"No. How is it-? No, it can't be..." The person reached up and removed her cowl. She lifted her chin so they could get a good look at her.
"It is. My name is Kyoueino Selene." Amber looked between the two, noticing that they were practically identical save that Selene had clear lavender eyes as opposed to Solei's smoky blue ones. "I'm her twin sister."
Nakago cursed quietly after reading Solei's note. He went back to the shrine and slipped through a secret door into a hidden library. He walked down one row, pausing once or twice to check a title. He pulled the last book on the shelf into his hands. He started flipping through the pages, searching. He found what he was looking for and read it swiftly.
"The Dance of the Angel of Death does not summon the Angel, but instead releases the Angel from within. Only two hold this inner Angel of Death. The sun and the moon both have the power of apocalypse, and have used it before. When danced half and half, the second half, then the first, it enables the dancer to have the ruthless slaughter power of the Angel before gaining the form and mindset of the Angel. To contain the destructive power, the holder of the Angel must spill a circle of blood around the area she wants destroyed. Once released, the Angel cannot send her power outside of this circle and it will rebound and kill her.
"It is said that the Angel is reborn as a test for mortals and gods alike to see if they can withstand the temptation, or accept the responsibility." Nakago shut the book with a snap. The "sun" was Solei, she could dance it, and it would work. The "moon" was probably a relative, but that was of no consequence. He walked back to the main shrine after replacing the book on its shelf. A dark glitter caught his eye, and he walked over to it. He found the symbol of the god of evil, Caelestis, and as he looked at it closer, it reminded him more and more of the god he had seen with Solei. The one who had called her his daughter. Nakago cracked the symbol in half, and walked away. Once back in his room he found something else within his own bookshelf. It was a slim book, but looked as though it contained much more than its binding could hold. He pulled it out and read the title.
"Angel" He opened it and was surprised to find a photograph of two young women laughing together.
"Solei." He whispered, tracing his finger over one of the faces. He turned the page and found perfect, spidery script identifying the two identical girls in the previous picture.
"Solei and Selene, age 15" it read. He looked at the next page. The script continued, but it told the story of two girls, starting at birth, who were forever doomed to kill their father to save the world, time after time. The book seemed to lengthen as he read, and each new part of the book was a new lifetime for the sun and moon, as they were called. He came to the last part, knowing what would be there. It cut off just before it told which of the two girls killed the god this time, but instead of just ending there, it had one more page. Written in the centre of that page were a few words.
"May you teach them to live."
Well, that's the next bit. Should Solei end up with Nakago or Nuriko? YOU PEOPLE NEED TO HELP ME!!!! Oyvay... anyway, it'll be awhile before I can update, but I'll do what I can. I u people don't review, then I'll have to put her with the disgusting demon lord, or Jaime, and I REALLY don't want to do that. So REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Nakago woke up he found himself alone in the temple. Wyvern's body had disappeared leaving only a blood stain and the white-bladed knife that Solei had thrown during her dance. He cursed himself for falling asleep and not awakening when the girl had, but such could not be changed. A voice came from the shadows, mocking him.
"Regret, General? Lack of perception, allowing her to wake before you? You must be losing your touch." The figure stepped out of the shadows and Nakago failed to recognize him, hiding his lack of knowledge.
"No regret, only a sense of failure to my god." He said. The god laughed.
"Liar."
"If you say so." The god threw back his cloak.
"I am Hades, Lord of the Underworld." Nakago bowed his head respectfully. "Do not toy with her, General." The god cautioned him. Nakago raised an eyebrow in question. "Last time someone destroyed her heart, she destroyed the world and the gods with a single glance. The evil within her is kept at bay only through a tight reign that the Goddess Protector places on her feelings. She can only hold it like that for a few centuries by herself before all hell breaks loose. Literally. Do not play games with her heart, General." With that Hades disappeared and left Nakago to figure out the god's relationship to Solei. After a moment it struck him.
"Her mystery uncle." He said softly.
"Whose uncle, Nakago?" A sultry female voice asked from the shadows.
"No one's, Soi." He responded, suppressing the urge to groan in annoyance. She stood behind his shoulder, massaging his back by slipping her fingers under his armor.
"Let me relieve your tension." She purred. He slipped out of her grasp and began walking down the hallway.
"I have other things to be doing, Soi. Play with someone else." He smirked at the amazed look he knew was on her face and prepared himself to be attacked from behind by his former lover. None came. He pushed it out of his mind and walked back to his room. Once there he found two things sitting on his desk: a card, and the lily that had been in Solei's hair. He picked up the card.
"Nakago." The front read in old, spidery script. He opened it and found more of the same script. He read it aloud to no one, and could hear her saying the words under his own voice.
"I'm sorry that I was such an imbecile back at the temple. I thought at first something might be there, but I was wrong. I apologize for my stupidity regarding my actions, and wish only to inform you that you will no longer see me, since it is evident you do not want to. Once more want to apologize and I will not take up anymore of your time. I will do my duty as I must.
Sincerely,
Kyoueino Solei
Goddess Protector."
Solei pulled the cloak closer around her shoulders and sat down, shivering a little. Nuriko put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him. She smiled slightly and motioned for Amber, Liz, and Des to sit down. Once they had she began to speak, her voice trembling a little.
"I know why we're wanted here. I know why you two," she nodded to Des and Liz, "are here, and I understand what must be done to stop him." Amber waited, then motioned for her to continue.
"I'm wanted so that I can destroy anything that hinders them in their quest for domination, and Amber is wanted to," she started to say one thing but changed it at the last minute, "appease the Demon God. Liz, Des, you two are the Wanderer and the Companion. You're meant to fill certain gaps in the team." Again she fell silent. Amber, as per her norm, shattered it.
"EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!" She screamed, making everyone but the snoring Tasuki jump. Des cocked her head to one side.
"Why did you just scream ew?" She asked. Amber turned to Solei, disgusted.
"APPEASE?!?" She yelled. Solei nodded. "HOW CAN WE STOP THIS?" she demanded. Solei sighed.
"The same way that Caelestis has always been stopped." She said.
"Which is, how?" Amber asked. Solei just held Amber's gaze with her own for a few minutes, and Amber shook her head.
"No. NO!" Solei smiled grimly.
"It's how I always have stopped him, Chi. It's the only way." Nuriko stopped her.
"How?"
"You don't want to know. And if you did know, you wouldn't let me." Nuriko held her closer.
"Now I'm even less likely to let you go."
"Fine." She whispered. "I go to his lair in the godly realm, take any one of my knives, spill my own blood in a circle of protection around the two of us, dance the second half of a dance that, if done in full, creates a being who destroys the world without a second glance, and so, having released the more ruthless half of the Angel of Death, let her kill him, or try to, weakening him enough for the next bit to work, then dance the first half and destroy everything inside the circle of my blood, which protects the rest of the world from the Angel of Death." She finished.
"After getting out of the circle yourself, right?" Nuriko asked. Kamai shook her head no. "You die? How do you know this then?" Solei licked her lips.
"My memories of the previous times that I have done this came back after I danced part of the dance I mentioned earlier." Liz held up her hands.
"Wait one minute. You danced part of the dance that destroys the world to regain your memories?" Solei shook her head.
"No, I was forced to dance it, and I almost lost-no-I did loose control during it. I forgot who I was; I forgot everything except the dance."
"How did you get out of it?"
"Amber yelled that she had gotten her first kiss." She said simply. "I brought me back to reality." A sudden thud made them all jump. Nuriko looked slowly behind the couch and sighed with relief.
"It was only Tasuki falling off the bed. He'll be fine." Tasuki's shirtless form plodded around the couch slowly.
"What're ya talkin' 'bout man? That hurt." He grumbled, rubbing his head where it had hit the floor.
Liz pointed at him before anyone could say anything.
"That one does, Amber."
"Well DUH!" Solei started laughing when she saw the confused looks on Tasuki and Nuriko's faces, already knowing that Liz was referring to Tasuki's abs, remembering the joke that had followed Amber around as she read the comics.
"Who're you two?" Tasuki asked.
"Liz."
"I'm Desaria! If you call me Desaria I'll be forced to pull out your entrails and hang you with them. So just call me Des. That does sound like a short version of Desdemona however, and that is completely unacceptable, so I'll have to sacrifice my brother's teddy bear so that it can lay an egg in the mystic lands of the banjo..." Amber, Liz, Nuriko and Solei groaned and turned towards her, their words spoken in unison.
"SHUT UP DES!!!!!" She paused mid-word and pouted.
"Fine." Tasuki shook his head to clear it then sat down next to Amber.
"Where are we, Nuriko?" he asked, trying to get his bearings.
"A day's travel from the palace." Nuriko answered. Solei was studying Tasuki intently and her words were soft.
"Tasuki, are you alright?" she asked.
"Course I am!" he said. "Do I look alright?" He spread his arms wide for inspection and winced.
"No." Amber answered, and walked behind him, carefully probing his back for injuries. She prodded a rib and he hissed sharply. Amber looked to Solei.
"Amber, I don't think I can." She said softly, knowing she was too exhausted to heal Tasuki. Liz was looking closely at Tasuki and something began to flow from her hands into his body. Solei and Amber stared in amazement as Liz's chi started to heal Tasuki. Suddenly she slumped and the flow of chi stopped. Tasuki started moving around speculatively, and found that nothing was wrong.
"It's like another Mitsukake." He said, amazed. Des glared.
"IT, has a name. Use it."
"Right. Sorry Liz." Nuriko stared in amazement. A thud on the door made them wary, and Nuriko got up to answer it.
"Hello?" He asked. A small, cloaked figure walked through the door at his invitation. "Who are you?" Nuriko asked. Solei looked at the figure and shook her head.
"No. How is it-? No, it can't be..." The person reached up and removed her cowl. She lifted her chin so they could get a good look at her.
"It is. My name is Kyoueino Selene." Amber looked between the two, noticing that they were practically identical save that Selene had clear lavender eyes as opposed to Solei's smoky blue ones. "I'm her twin sister."
Nakago cursed quietly after reading Solei's note. He went back to the shrine and slipped through a secret door into a hidden library. He walked down one row, pausing once or twice to check a title. He pulled the last book on the shelf into his hands. He started flipping through the pages, searching. He found what he was looking for and read it swiftly.
"The Dance of the Angel of Death does not summon the Angel, but instead releases the Angel from within. Only two hold this inner Angel of Death. The sun and the moon both have the power of apocalypse, and have used it before. When danced half and half, the second half, then the first, it enables the dancer to have the ruthless slaughter power of the Angel before gaining the form and mindset of the Angel. To contain the destructive power, the holder of the Angel must spill a circle of blood around the area she wants destroyed. Once released, the Angel cannot send her power outside of this circle and it will rebound and kill her.
"It is said that the Angel is reborn as a test for mortals and gods alike to see if they can withstand the temptation, or accept the responsibility." Nakago shut the book with a snap. The "sun" was Solei, she could dance it, and it would work. The "moon" was probably a relative, but that was of no consequence. He walked back to the main shrine after replacing the book on its shelf. A dark glitter caught his eye, and he walked over to it. He found the symbol of the god of evil, Caelestis, and as he looked at it closer, it reminded him more and more of the god he had seen with Solei. The one who had called her his daughter. Nakago cracked the symbol in half, and walked away. Once back in his room he found something else within his own bookshelf. It was a slim book, but looked as though it contained much more than its binding could hold. He pulled it out and read the title.
"Angel" He opened it and was surprised to find a photograph of two young women laughing together.
"Solei." He whispered, tracing his finger over one of the faces. He turned the page and found perfect, spidery script identifying the two identical girls in the previous picture.
"Solei and Selene, age 15" it read. He looked at the next page. The script continued, but it told the story of two girls, starting at birth, who were forever doomed to kill their father to save the world, time after time. The book seemed to lengthen as he read, and each new part of the book was a new lifetime for the sun and moon, as they were called. He came to the last part, knowing what would be there. It cut off just before it told which of the two girls killed the god this time, but instead of just ending there, it had one more page. Written in the centre of that page were a few words.
"May you teach them to live."
Well, that's the next bit. Should Solei end up with Nakago or Nuriko? YOU PEOPLE NEED TO HELP ME!!!! Oyvay... anyway, it'll be awhile before I can update, but I'll do what I can. I u people don't review, then I'll have to put her with the disgusting demon lord, or Jaime, and I REALLY don't want to do that. So REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!