Konnichiwa all! Here's the next Chapter. . . hope you enjoi.
Share with Me, One Love. . . One EternityEfreet. . . lord of fire and flame. Right there before her. In all his majesty. . .
"Celsius. . ." Efreet said, having the courage to speak first. "It has been a long time."
". . .I never thought I'd have to see your face again!" She replied a little more hostile than she intended.
"While we may be opposing forces, must you avoid me so earnestly?"
Efreet was probably searching for more than just a simple answer to his question. He probably was searching for something. Closure. .. peace. . .something more? He could tell by the way she stood if she was upset or not. He could hear silent pleas in the way she turned her head. There was a secret language between the two that both had tried to forget, but were unable to. It had become a second nature. Everything about her had a special meaning. She could send signals to him and not even notice it because of all the times she sent the message before. Because they could never get rid of this. . .they often sent unwanted messages, which probably caused most of their unnecessary misunderstandings. Both of them were too shy from past experiences to say anything to each other, so they would read each other's actions and certain phrases instead of coming out and talking about their fears or concerns.
She too could see this sublevel conversation. He was. . . nervous? Afraid? No. . .this was Efreet. Efreet was a FIRE god. Fire fears nothing. Not even the ice which is so harmful to him. At least, it didn't stop him in the past.
"What choice do we have? We are harmful to one another!"
Was there a hint of accusation in that? Guilt?
Efreet paused slightly, hurt. Nothing had changed over the past years. It was almost the same thing that led to the destruction of Triet. "Then perhaps we should be joyous our that our mana has been severed." He said with even more ferocity and hostility than Celsius herself could muster.
". . .Who knows. What is clear, though, is that this situation will affect the entire world."
It was over. Any chance of making amends at this meeting was over. Hostilities had crashed and both parties were left hurt. The whole "this will affect the whole world" thing was just an easy out on something to say. A really lame out at that. No duh it was going to affect the entire world!
"Indeed." Now Efreet had just stopped listening. She could tell by his tone of voice and the way he was standing. . .er. . .floating.
"All we can do now is trust in the pact-maker."
"Yes, we leave everything in your hands."
And with that the two summon spirits disappeared.
Well that could have gone better. . .
Efreet returned to Sylvarant in s huff. He was angry. He was hurt. He was disappointed. All the care and worry he had put into this meeting had been futile. Over. It was all over between them. She didn't even care about him anymore! He had heard her. She didn't even flinch at the hostility and harshness in his voice when he spoke of rejoicing that their mana had been severed. She just looked off to the side and started talking empty words. He was. . . . . . it just. . . . .it made him so angry!
He took a deep breath. He needed to calm down. Getting angry would accomplish nothing. It didn't last time. It wouldn't now. Another breath. Ok. . . .he could do this. He could calm down. It would all be fine. He would just move on with his life. Well, that was what he was supposed to do. But. . . .where was he moving on to? Where had he been moving from? It was difficult to be moving on if you had nowhere to go.
Maybe that was a reason Celsius and he had drawn so close to each other?
Being a Summon Spirit was not very glamorous, not all sunshine and rainbows. They were eternal creatures. Never born, never dead. They were not forced on by time. Never growing. No fear of death or even a passing thought about it. They had no little list that had "What I Want To Do Before I Die" written on the top. They were just kinda. . . .there. And every couple decades someone would come in and ask for their powers, then leave. If they were lucky, they'd be 'used' and get to go out and 'play'. It's not that they HAD to stay in their temples or anything, I mean, just look at Aska, and Celsius and Efreet had often snuck away. It was more they just belonged there.
When you do nothing all the time, and you've been doing that for the past, oh I don't know. . . . .millennia or two, when something exciting or new happens, you tend to get really excited and perhaps go too far. That was what happened to these opposing Summon Spirits.
Celsius rested in her little cavern. Fenrir had long since fallen asleep in a small bank of powdered snow in the corner to recover from his injuries. Nothing life threatening, and nothing a nap wouldn't cure. Celsius herself had also lain down on the ground. She was sorry for what she said. She was sorry she would never let herself show her true feelings and just gave Efreet the Cold front she always did these days. She. . . . .she was probably sorry she fell in love with him.
She wasn't sorry because he was a terrible spirit or that he had hurt her in some way. She was led to her sorrow by guilt. She would be lying if she said those years she spent with Efreet were terrible. She would be lying pretty bad and it would take a fool to believe her. Those years were the best in her life, but as the saying goes. The bigger they are the harder they fall. All dreams are doomed to end, no matter how pleasant, and that makes it just harder to wake up.
Being opposing forces, it was only natural that there was going to be some. . . .negative consequences for their relationship. I mean, they couldn't touch each other without feeling a burning sensation that hurt them for crying out loud!
It was kind of funny. . . .their first meeting. . . . . .
It was shortly after Mithos the Hero had severed their mana link for the first time. She was 'young and naïve' if that was possible for a Summon Spirit and he was a big bad fire spirit. Oooooo. She had always known that he existed and she had always felt his presence behind her through their link. But she really didn't know who he was or what he was like. Like I said, the Summon Spirits don't get together and go to Starbucks and chat the day away, they keep to themselves. She had decides t take the scenic route home and see a little of Sylvarant. He just so happened to stop by Lake Umacy. She sat near the edge of the water and played around. If she put her hand near the water it froze and if she pulled it away it would melt. A childish thing to do, yes, but entertaining. Besides, there was no one to see her child-like mannerisms, or was there?
She paused, listening to the wind. "Freeze Lancer!"
Suddenly she spun around and sent a flurry of ice at the intruder.
"Hellfire!" Efreet, her mysterious intruder, reacted quickly to her icy threat and replied with his own.
The attacks negated each other and they stood quietly just watching each other.
"He looked different back then. . . ." Celsius thought to herself. "He looked more like Origin." At least, his. . .erm. . . .lower half did. He looked basically the same top wise.
The looks on their faces were on the teasing side, almost playful! As is silently challenging each other.
"I had no idea that Celsius of Ice enjoyed herself so childishly." Efreet said with a smirk.
Celsius blushed at the thought that he had seen her playing around with her powers. And even the slightest blush appeared on her skin. "And I had no idea that the mighty Efreet of Fire spied on unsuspecting women." She retorted with a smirk of her own, after recovering from her blush, of course.
Efreet smiled. "Then it appears we do not know each other to the slightest degree."
Celsius paused, looking for any ulterior motive in his eyes. What was he doing talking to her anyway? "Perhaps I will just have to get to know you better. I must protect myself. I wouldn't want anyone to think that I am childlike. Then again, I don't think that Triet would like to hear that their Summon Spirit is a peeping Tom."
With that she sent a small shard of ice flying at him, which he calmly and smoothly negated with a small flame.
"Then it appears we are at a draw." He paused and bowed ever so slightly. "It was a great pleasure meeting you today Miss Celsius. I hope that I may have the pleasure of speaking with you again." And with that, he left. Leaving Celsius absolutely captivated and curious.
A/N: Sooooooooooo? Am I on the right track? Enjoying yourselves out there? Good! You better. I'm putting a lot of emotion in this (or at least attempting to) and I really hope you guys are getting the vibe. Review Please. It means so much to me! I'll try to get the next Chap. Up soon. And please remember. . .
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