Flashbacks N' Stuff

It had been a few hours since they left Colosso, and they were nearing Contigo. It was harder for Alex to teleport large groups, so he could only make small jumps.

"So… how do you know an Incarnation is dead, and what does it mean?" Ielix asked. He hadn't asked in the fast few hours because he was still adjusting to the fact that he was a reincarnated hero, and he was traveling with another hero, the former Emperor, and a hot chick capable of killing nearly everyone on earth. But oddly, finding out he was an Incarnation wasn't as surprising as he would've guessed. He thought back to his thirteenth birthday…

"Ielix. Channel the air around you, force it to your bidding, manipulate the wind, do not steer it alone." Said an aging Jupiter Adept, tutoring Ielix.

"Channel… the… air? I've never done that."

"What? But how can you use Jupiter Psyenergy without doing that?"

"I simply create my own air currents that are doing as I wish upon birth."

"But… that… you… hundreds…"

"What's making you stammer? What's so unusual?"

"Come with me. We are going to see the elders."

"Okay…" The adept grabbed Ielix and they ran through the town, eventually entering a large building.

"Tutor Gyshisa. Why have you entered the hall of the elders?" Said a adept even older than Gyshisa, in a chair high above.

"This boy… Ielix… Has an ability that has not been seen in hundreds of years, since the life of Ivan!"

"What power would that be?" Said another elder, leaning forward.

"He can create his own wind currents. He does not manipulate."

"Do you think that means…?"

"Possibly…"

"We shall reconvene in two days with a decision." The elders all filed out of the room.

Two days later, they were back in the same room.

"We have reached an agreement. Ielix will receive special training, far from here." The next day, I was sent to Lama Temple.

"Well, Ielix, I don't know if they're dead, but something IS wrong. If they ARE dead, then there are several repercussions. First, we will never be able to go to Anemos. Two, for the next fifty years, Jupiter Adepts will be considerably weaker. And three, something horrible might happen to you, the other half of Jupiter."

"Ow… How long until we get to Contigo?"

"We should be there… now." Alex said, teleportingthem to the gates. Expecting nothing, they were immediately surrounded by guards.

"Who are you and what is your business in Contigo?"

"Why is there such high security?"

"Less than a day ago a mysterious man attacked, kidnapping one youth and placing another in a coma."

"Who was kidnapped, and what did the kidnappers look like?" Ielix asked this question, surprisingly.

"A young Proxian male by the name of Serego. The kidnappers? There was one old man and a teenaged Venus adept, with spiky brown hair and a long blade."

"Wait… after my first match in Colosso, a group like that, with possibly Serego, came to see me to recruit me, like you did. But you passed my test, and came after Colosso."

"My guess is that the Venus adept was Apok… but who was the old man?" Xeynen asked.

"When they visited me, they called him the Emperor."

"But… that's… me…" Alex mumbled. After that, all the guards pulled back their weapons.

"Alex! You have returned! Please, enter."

"So much for a secret… Do not tell anyone who I am."

"Yes sir."

"Where could we find the comatose one?"

"She is currently staying in the inn, under constant supervision."

"I'm going there then. What is her name? It is a her, right?"

"Her name is Myteri. She is a girl."

"Okay. Good day, guards." Alex and his group started walking to the inn. "Kunos, how can you teleport? Do you have a teleport Lapis?"

"That's one of my secrets…"

A blade, forged of fire and chaos. Embedded in the hilt, the power of many. Wielded by the rarest of the rare, the power will bow only to one.

Kunos had been following this legend for years, trying to understand what it meant and to find the blade that it spoke of. Eventually, she was led to a secret cave in Loho. She traveled through, and then found a smithy at the end.

"That's it? I traveled all this way for a BLACKSMITH?"

"I am no ordinary blacksmith." Said an old dwarf, emerging from another room. "I am the perfect blacksmith. I have been alive for hundreds of years. I have perfected my technique. Damn it, I created a legend!"

"You actually HAVE the blade I have been searching for?"

"Yes."

"Give it to me."

"Succeed in three challenges, and I will."

"What challenges?"

"A smithing contest, a battle, and a scavenger hunt of sorts. Not necessarily in that order."

"You'll win the scavenger hunt. You know where everything is."

"Actually, you'll be going against other treasure hunters in that. Then you fight them for their findings. Then, you use 'your' findings to craft something powerful."

"Okay. Let's go."

Needless to say, she won all the challenges and got the sword.

"What did the legend mean?"

"Well, judging by the fact that you can use the sword, you are an incredibly rare person. I won't tell you why though. Not my place in the world. The 'powers of many' are fragments of Psyenergy items. Just have the blade, and you can use them. Rest of it's just filler."

"So long, smithy." She said, teleporting out.

They had reached the inn, and Alex was talking with the doctors.

"So your saying you can't do anything."

"Yes, precisely."

"What about a sustained Pure Ply combined with a sustained Potent Cure?"

"Theoretically it would work, but it would take incredible amounts of Psyenergy… Hey? Where'd you go?"

Alex was channeling Psyenergy into Myteri, and did so for three hours before she finally woke up.

"Where… where am I?" Myteri mumbled, slowly opening her eyes.

"You are in the Inn at Contigo. You're safe."

She suddenly bolted up. "Where is Serego? What happened? Where are those two?"

"Serego… was kidnapped. The two escaped."

"No… Serego… my boyfriend… we couldn't protect each other…"

Ielix, Xeynen and Kunos were in the back of the room. "No boyfriend? Hmm…" Ielix asked himself.

"No. They are just separated."

"Maybe I'd forget about her if you'd…"

"How about this. You don't hit on either of us, and you get to stay a man."

"Threat accepted."

Back with Myteri and Alex…

"I need to go after them! But… what exactly happened?"

"Well…"

Serego and Myteri were sitting on a stump near the entrance to Contigo… eh, I'm bored of writing flashbacks.

"You and Serego fought the two, but one of them hit you with Psyenergy so powerful it sent you into a coma, and the other grabbed Serego and vanished."

"I was in a coma… for how long?"

"Only a day. This man-" The doctor said, pointing at Alex. "-channeled Psyenergy for three hours until you woke up."

"Thank you… what is your name?"

"Alex."

"Thank you." Alex suddenly fell to his knees, and then got back up. "What was that about?"

"Uhh… could I talk with you privately?"

"Okay." Myteri got up, and she and Alex went into the next room. "What is it?"

"You are an incarnation of a hero. I need you to help save the world."

"Save the world… but what about Serego?"

"Don't worry. I think he's an incarnation too, so we'll need to track him down."

"If that's the case… I guess I will go. Who are we traveling with?"

"So far? Two other Incarnations and a Luna Adept."

"Luna… Adept?"

"I'll explain to you later. Right now, let's get going after Serego and any other Incarnations."

"Okay." And so they began to leave.

"Damn!" Said an old man, putting on his glove. "She WAS an Incarnation, and I let her go!"

"Who? What are you talking about?" Serego shouted.

"Your little girlfriend is like you! And all I did was put her into a coma!"

"She… is?"

"Yes."

"Wait, wait, wait." Apok said, interrupting. "Does this mean they have both Jupiter Adepts?"

"Yes."

"Then shouldn't we hurry to follow them into Anemos?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Simple. I know how he thinks. If he goes to Anemos now, then I'll have time to find the Mercury Adepts."

"What about Mars?"

"To my knowledge, the Proxians already found her. But we are not going to attack Prox to get her."

"Damn. No slaughterfest."

"But now we need to travel to Imil."

"Why? We already scoured it."

"I heard a rumor about a mysterious Mercury Adept living in the lighthouse. We need to check it out."

"Okay."

"Shall we go then?"

"Yes." The old man created a small dark portal in their camp, and they all jumped into it, to appear at the lighthouse…

A/N: 2.01 Flashbacks! Yes, I really did intend to put one there, but I got bored of writing them. Don't know why flashbacks would bore me only, and not the rest of the writing. Whatever.

ShadeXH- I didn't say who Ielix was reincarnated from because I thought it was obvious. Male Jupiter Adept. The only reason I said it for Apok and Xeynen was because there are two male Venus Adepts.

Flora Jupiter Vixen- Don't worry, she isn't dead, as you can see. And I don't know where I got the idea of Incarnations from. Probably same place I got the idea that Alex is a hero, even though in the games he is the closest thing to a villain.

To both of you, I never said an Incarnation WAS dead, just that one MAY be dead.

Woo! 2 days between sections! And a total of over 10000 words in six chapters!