- Chapter 4 - Awakening
In front of Chisa stood a young girl, who in fact resembled her, except for her clothes. She was wearing a white silk suit, which resembled an armor, she had a white crown-like tiara which showed her red hair on the top, her boots were of a white leather and grew all the way to her knees.
- "You are me?" - Asked Chisa, not understanding.
- "Yes, In fact... I am your inner self, your true self" - The other replied.
- "I do not understand" - Chisa replied again.
- "Let me explain. From the beginning of our universe several chosen ones were destined to protect..." - she said, then stopped.
- "... and Judge ..." - she said as a black flash passed over her body, then returned to normal.
- "... their planets. You see... your world is not alone in this universe, there are many more worlds outside". - Chisa's inner self said.
She then proceeded to show Chisa images from space of her world, other worlds, civilizations within them, other galaxies and more.
"What is that suppose to do with me?" - Chisa asked, trying to absorb all the information.
Morning had come, although it seemed it had not, the dust cloud seemed thicker than night. A scout team had been formed with five soldiers of each army. The Counselors followed the team, but half way left them alone. They checked the progress of the team with small telescopes, a technology stolen from Gist some time ago.
The soldiers proceeded by foot. They underestimated the danger, thinking of how a young girl had been here, and had come out unharmed. The fog had dissipated in the night, but the heat remained the same. As they went forward, one of them came to a halt, then collapsed.
"The hell?" - The Xion Counselor said while staring through his telescope.
More soldiers collapsed. Half of them to be exact. Four other started screaming, falling to their knees. The last one tried to run back. Feeling great heat and pain, he took off his helmet, his face was full of burns, as if he had bathed in boiling water. Soon he too collapsed.
Staring in fear, the Counselors decided to run back, making their horses run like mad, to inform their kings.
"What does that has to do with me?" - Chisa asked once more.
"It has to do with you for many reasons" - the white-armored Chisa said, "and primarily because of me".
"This is just a dream right? I am dreaming weird things cause of that ball of fire, right?" - Chisa tried to explain her situation.
"That stone..." - her inner self pointed at Chisa's hand.
"Huh?"
"That stone you hold tightly... that was the comets, the fireball's core... and it seems to have chosen you... us" - Inner Chisa said.
"This is the cause of it all?" - Chisa stared in fear, she wanted to throw away the obsidian, yet she did not want to either.
"You are a chosen one Chisa..."
The Counselors had come back to the camp. The soldiers in the camp were surprised to see them alone. As fast as they could, the Counselors dismounted, and went into the largest tent, where both kings where discussing.
"What is the meaning of this? Why are you back so soon?" - The Braha King demanded. The Xion King stared at him and the Counselors, clearly angry cause his homologue had won him the words. The Counselors proceeded to explain what they saw.
Unaware to the soldiers guarding the tent where Chisa was, black energy started to gather around Chisa's hand, around the obsidian. The stone seemed to be absorbing some kind of energy from the surroundings.
"I am a chosen one? Chosen by who?" - Chisa questioned.
"It is your destiny. You were born with that fate. Chisa, you must be prepared, for your life shall change soon.
"What? The scout team is dead?" - The Xion King asked, not believing it.
"Yes my Lord. All of them collapsed. The one that took of his helmet was burned to death" - His Counselor replied.
"This is interesting indeed..." - The Braha King asked.
"What do you mean?" - His homologue asked.
"You do not see it? That girl... she walked through that place unharmed... she must hold the key to this mystery" - The Braha King explained.
The Xion King immediately understood what he meant. If they could analyze the girl, they could not only find the answers they wanted, but also a useful weapon, to be able to stand that kind of heat.
"Then let us take her to Braha and analyze her" - The Braha Counselor replied, breaking up the Xions King thoughts.
"No! Xion has better ways to analyze her. We shall take her!" - The Xion Counselor replied.
Soon the Counselors were having a heated argument. The Kings glared at each other from a safe distance. Soldiers of both Kingdoms gathered around, hearing the argument. Silence took over the place after an incident. The Braha Counselor had stabbed the Xion Counselor with a hidden dagger. They watched him fall, lifeless. As soon as he hit the floor the soldiers started to fight each other. The Kings left the tent, protected by soldiers.
- "Secure the girl! Kill the Braha traitors!" - The Xion King shouted.
- "Kill them all! For Braha! And get me the girl alive!" - The Braha King told his men.
The truce was officially broken.
- "It is time for you to awaken Chisa, and fulfill your mission as a senshi"
- "My mission?" - Chisa replied.
- "Let us finally be one, and you shall understand"
Inner Chisa approached Chisa. As soon as their hands touched a flash light appeared. They were becoming one... but before the process was complete, a black energy took over them.
The soldiers in charge of protecting Chisa were fighting over her, when suddenly a bright light made them stop. They were blinded by it.
The battle had just begun. The Kings had not left, for both wanted to take the girl. She was too important.
- "Fool!!. You should had killed the King, and not the Counselor!" - The Braha King angrily said.
- "I am sorry My Lord" – The Counselor exclaimed, ashamed.
- "Matters not anyway. Our soldiers shall bring the girl. With her we will conquer all lands".
It was then that an explosion was heard.
They watched outside the carriage and were surprised to see a pillar of light, coming from the girls tent.
- "What the hell?" - Was all the Braha King could say at the sight.
From his own carriage, the Xion King was surprised as well. The pillar of light had opened a hole in the dust cloud, letting sunlight finally reach the lands.
The battle came to a halt as soon as it had begun. As the light faded away they saw two bloody bodies on the fields: the soldiers watching the girl. As the light finally was gone they saw Chisa standing, with her eyes closed, and wearing a strange outfit... a black armored outfit.
Chisa was wearing a black version of her inner self's outfit. What had caused this variation? It had been the black stone in her crown, the obsidian. The black energy that approached the stone earlier was, in fact, the aura of the hatred and greediness that existed all over the planet. The stone was contaminated... and thus... she was contaminated.
A Xion soldier, the same that had given her water, approached her and took her arm, trying to drag her. As soon as he did so, Chisa had struck his heart with her open palm, in a piercing motion, killing him instantly, then tossed his body.
Everybody watched in awe, they could not believe their eyes.
"What?" - The Braha King asked, showing fear. He had never seen such a kill with bare hands.
"Capture her!!" - The Braha Counselor and the Xion King simultaneously ordered their armies.
She kneeled down and took a sword. As soon as she touched it, the blade turned black. She waved it at the soldiers. A single move sent a cutting effect, killing many in an instant, injuring some more.
The surviving soldiers ran away. Only both Kings remained, for the Braha Counselor had died in the cutting attack.
Both of them approached slowly. They had not run away, even though they were afraid. They wanted to calm her down, get her to join them, for they knew that if she was an enemy they were doomed anyways.
- "Just... who are you?" - The Braha King exclaimed.
They found themselves staring at her red eyes. Frozen in fear. She ignored them.
- "This world is worthless... it does not deserve to exist".
A pair of black wings appeared in her back. They were bat-like. Soon she lifted from the ground while The Kings watched her in fear.
- "You want to know my name...?" - She said.
Suddenly a ball of light emerged from her hand. She throw it to the land. The Kings did not had a chance to move, as it landed on top of them. Then it happened... the planet exploded.
The Cauldron Guardian watched from her post, as the planet came to an end... the death of this world... she did not even blink once.
As the explosion faded away, a figure surrounded by a crystal energy barrier stood. It was her.
- "My name is... Sailor Chaos".
