Return of a Princess
Chapter Five: Welcome to Hell
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I kept falling until a light suddenly surrounded me. It was blue and it felt as though I was passing into another dimension. When the bright light cleared I looked around at where I was. It was dark. Not in the sense of night but evil dark. The entire place was covered with an evil, one worse than Makai.
I could see fires in random places and everything was dead. I could sense thousands of demons. But, they had no power or spirit energy. I ignored all of this. I needed to find Amara. I tried to use my Jagan to find her but I couldn't. I took off my headband and I couldn't even open my jagan. I reached up and touched my forehead. My jagan was gone! I didn't even have it! What the hell?
I growled in anger. That was my only chance to find Amara. I could try to search out her energy but there were so many other things with energy signals that I couldn't pin point her location, but found the general location.
I ran towards the place. I was glad to still have my demonic speed otherwise I would have been seen. As I got closer I could sense her presence growing stronger and easier to detect. My senses led me to a cave with a waterfall.
I stretched my senses and found that this area was void of any demons. I went through the waterfall and stopped in the threshold. I glanced around at the emptiness. Amara was nowhere to be found but I could still sense her.
I went further into the cave. The walls were covered with emerald stones. I paid no heed to that, but kept moving further into the cave. I finally reached the end. It was a circular room hidden in the depths of the cave. There was a fire in the center and off to the side there was another opening, probably to another room.
"Amara!?" I called. My voice echoed off the cave walls. I waited for a response but I received none. She has to be here, I thought, I can sense her everywhere. I was about to call out again when I sensed something about to hit me from behind. I jumped out of the way and found it was Amara with her katana. She had stopped her attack short and was staring at me. Her eyes looked lost and distrustful. She looked like she was contemplating whether I was real.
"Hiei?" Her voice was small, hopeful. I nodded my head, but I didn't make any other move. Something about her was different. Her physical appearance was the same, she still wore the bikini top and the long skirt, and her hair was the same, though her crown was missing. She had cuts and bruises all over her, but I still couldn't place what was different. I forgot about that when I noticed her battered body.
"What happened? Where are we?" I asked. I had more questions but I didn't want to over load her.
"I was attacked. And we are in Atlantis. But it's changed. Nothing is where it's supposed to be." She said. Her voice was still small and it lacked the fire it once held, her eye's seemed to lack the fire they once had as well.
"Who attacked you?" I asked, I tried not to sound as concerned for her as I was, in case she didn't mean what she had said.
"A demon. This whole place is filled with evil, darkness. The demons here are powerful, but you can't sense it. They have strange powers." Amara said. She looked away and into the fire.
"What kind of powers?" I asked.
"I am not sure. But anything they want they get, all they have to do is thing of it, the city as well. Anything can happen here, there are no limits." She said. Then she suddenly turned on me. "How can I be sure you are the real Hiei? What can you prove?!" She shouted. I thought for a moment, then answered.
"Before we destroyed Celadine, she shout you with her arrows. The arrows put you into a coma, but before you fell unconscious, you said that you fell for me. Did you mean it?" I said. I proved I was real and asked the question that had plagued me for months. She gave me a small smile and looked back at the fire.
"I'm sorry I did not believe it was you." She said quietly.
"Did you mean what you said." I said. This time as more of a command rather then a question.
"Yes, I did. I thought I was going to die and I didn't want to leave without telling you." She said sadly. "Even if you didn't feel the same way." With that said, she turned away and headed into the other room, her head downcast.
I stood there for a moment, taking in what she said. Then I realized she was leaving and thought I didn't feel the same. I flitted in front of her and looked down at her. She wouldn't meet my gaze, so I brought my hand to cup her chin and bring her eyes to mine. She searched my own eyes for the reason.
"I do feel the same way." Her eyes widened and I brought her into my arms. She wrapped her own around my waist and we stood like that for a short while until she spoke again.
"How did you get here?" She asked.
"I used my jagan and entered your mind. You're still in a coma, you're just inside your own mind." I explained. She pulled away slightly and looked at me.
"But how? Everything is so real." She said. I just shrugged. I didn't know exactly myself. She pulled away completely and moved to sit in front of the fire. I followed suit, sitting opposite of her. Everything was silent for a while.
"Is there anything left of Atlantis?" She asked.
"Yes, there were a few Atlantians who escaped and then returned after the threat was gone. They asked about you, if you survived. I told them you did but you were in a coma. Everyone then decided to purify everything in Atlantis and rebuild it all.
"Meera said it was what you would have wanted and she also told me to because she believed that is how you would have wanted everything to be. All of Atlantis is rebuilt. Including the palace." I explained. She smiled and laughed a little.
"She knows me all to well." She said. But something was still bothering her, sadness was coming off in waves from her.
"What's wrong?" I asked. She drew her knees to her and laid her head on them.
"Everything is so wrong. This isn't the pure city I once ruled..." She said sadly, "This is hell."
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Author Note: That's it for now. I just got back from Florida and I came up with new ideas for this story and two more. I'm sorry about the last author note. I just wasn't very happy. Many things will be learned and discovered about the real Atlantis. Well, review and I'll update sooner! Ja ne!
Chapter Five: Welcome to Hell
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.
.
.
.
I kept falling until a light suddenly surrounded me. It was blue and it felt as though I was passing into another dimension. When the bright light cleared I looked around at where I was. It was dark. Not in the sense of night but evil dark. The entire place was covered with an evil, one worse than Makai.
I could see fires in random places and everything was dead. I could sense thousands of demons. But, they had no power or spirit energy. I ignored all of this. I needed to find Amara. I tried to use my Jagan to find her but I couldn't. I took off my headband and I couldn't even open my jagan. I reached up and touched my forehead. My jagan was gone! I didn't even have it! What the hell?
I growled in anger. That was my only chance to find Amara. I could try to search out her energy but there were so many other things with energy signals that I couldn't pin point her location, but found the general location.
I ran towards the place. I was glad to still have my demonic speed otherwise I would have been seen. As I got closer I could sense her presence growing stronger and easier to detect. My senses led me to a cave with a waterfall.
I stretched my senses and found that this area was void of any demons. I went through the waterfall and stopped in the threshold. I glanced around at the emptiness. Amara was nowhere to be found but I could still sense her.
I went further into the cave. The walls were covered with emerald stones. I paid no heed to that, but kept moving further into the cave. I finally reached the end. It was a circular room hidden in the depths of the cave. There was a fire in the center and off to the side there was another opening, probably to another room.
"Amara!?" I called. My voice echoed off the cave walls. I waited for a response but I received none. She has to be here, I thought, I can sense her everywhere. I was about to call out again when I sensed something about to hit me from behind. I jumped out of the way and found it was Amara with her katana. She had stopped her attack short and was staring at me. Her eyes looked lost and distrustful. She looked like she was contemplating whether I was real.
"Hiei?" Her voice was small, hopeful. I nodded my head, but I didn't make any other move. Something about her was different. Her physical appearance was the same, she still wore the bikini top and the long skirt, and her hair was the same, though her crown was missing. She had cuts and bruises all over her, but I still couldn't place what was different. I forgot about that when I noticed her battered body.
"What happened? Where are we?" I asked. I had more questions but I didn't want to over load her.
"I was attacked. And we are in Atlantis. But it's changed. Nothing is where it's supposed to be." She said. Her voice was still small and it lacked the fire it once held, her eye's seemed to lack the fire they once had as well.
"Who attacked you?" I asked, I tried not to sound as concerned for her as I was, in case she didn't mean what she had said.
"A demon. This whole place is filled with evil, darkness. The demons here are powerful, but you can't sense it. They have strange powers." Amara said. She looked away and into the fire.
"What kind of powers?" I asked.
"I am not sure. But anything they want they get, all they have to do is thing of it, the city as well. Anything can happen here, there are no limits." She said. Then she suddenly turned on me. "How can I be sure you are the real Hiei? What can you prove?!" She shouted. I thought for a moment, then answered.
"Before we destroyed Celadine, she shout you with her arrows. The arrows put you into a coma, but before you fell unconscious, you said that you fell for me. Did you mean it?" I said. I proved I was real and asked the question that had plagued me for months. She gave me a small smile and looked back at the fire.
"I'm sorry I did not believe it was you." She said quietly.
"Did you mean what you said." I said. This time as more of a command rather then a question.
"Yes, I did. I thought I was going to die and I didn't want to leave without telling you." She said sadly. "Even if you didn't feel the same way." With that said, she turned away and headed into the other room, her head downcast.
I stood there for a moment, taking in what she said. Then I realized she was leaving and thought I didn't feel the same. I flitted in front of her and looked down at her. She wouldn't meet my gaze, so I brought my hand to cup her chin and bring her eyes to mine. She searched my own eyes for the reason.
"I do feel the same way." Her eyes widened and I brought her into my arms. She wrapped her own around my waist and we stood like that for a short while until she spoke again.
"How did you get here?" She asked.
"I used my jagan and entered your mind. You're still in a coma, you're just inside your own mind." I explained. She pulled away slightly and looked at me.
"But how? Everything is so real." She said. I just shrugged. I didn't know exactly myself. She pulled away completely and moved to sit in front of the fire. I followed suit, sitting opposite of her. Everything was silent for a while.
"Is there anything left of Atlantis?" She asked.
"Yes, there were a few Atlantians who escaped and then returned after the threat was gone. They asked about you, if you survived. I told them you did but you were in a coma. Everyone then decided to purify everything in Atlantis and rebuild it all.
"Meera said it was what you would have wanted and she also told me to because she believed that is how you would have wanted everything to be. All of Atlantis is rebuilt. Including the palace." I explained. She smiled and laughed a little.
"She knows me all to well." She said. But something was still bothering her, sadness was coming off in waves from her.
"What's wrong?" I asked. She drew her knees to her and laid her head on them.
"Everything is so wrong. This isn't the pure city I once ruled..." She said sadly, "This is hell."
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Author Note: That's it for now. I just got back from Florida and I came up with new ideas for this story and two more. I'm sorry about the last author note. I just wasn't very happy. Many things will be learned and discovered about the real Atlantis. Well, review and I'll update sooner! Ja ne!