Chapter Nineteen: Across the Ages.

Author's Note: Hey you guys! What's up? Not much here…hey, remember Grey's creepy dream…and that Aeon guy? And the mysterious princess? I know Thee Slushee has been wondering who that princess might be…well, here's another chappie devoted to this mysterious time period! Enjoy! Oh, and next chapter will have a bunch more fights so stay tuned!

Thee Slushee: Y'know…you're getting heaps and heaps of good reviews because your story is totally awesome! I really do enjoy it, and Asuka's not even my favorite character LOL! Great job, and in this chapter, you get to find out who the princess will be! Oh, and by the way, don't worry about the NZ thing…after all, I'm American and unfortunately, a lot of things I write about and a lot of the humor is American too…so, believe me, you're doing fine!

Karisan: Hey, yeah it is good that Jun didn't rise from the dead…that would have really sucked. I'm so glad that you liked this chapter and I hope that you enjoy this one too!

JunKing: Hi! I'm so happy that you enjoyed the latest chapter, and I'm glad to know that everyone is happy to know that Jun did not rise again, anyway, thank you for the nice review and I hope that you enjoy this one! Oh, and I got the idea for Lili because I was watching this movie with one of my friend's who's a girl (the movie was Mean Girls) and I just thought that Lili would be one of them…so, yeah, she's insensitive but whatever!

Thunderxtw: Yes…flashbacks of resident evil…but apparently, in four they don't have zombies anymore…I don't have a GameCube so I haven't played that one yet…Leon's my favorite guy from the series…but my all time favorite Resident Evil character is, hands down, Claire…I hope she'll be in Resident Evil 5 or whatever anyway, I'm glad that you enjoyed this chapter! At first, it was really slow to write, but once I started with a different outlook, it was actually a lot of fun to write…I think that writing action scenes are my favorites. Oh, and by the way…what is Lili's story anyway? I'm kinda curious…

Okay, now, on with the story! Oh, and this part of the story, as the title suggests takes place like, thousands of years ago and stuff! So…enjoy!

Princess Konohana stared out of her palace walls in dismay at the ruins of her once proud city and felt an overwhelming sadness grip her. She clutched the stone walls tightly and saw the carnage below. The invading army had started fires now, and the heat was coming off her face in waves. A tear slid down her pretty face and she watched it stain the walls of her palace.

"Princess…" A voice called from behind her.

She sighed and turned, her crimson silk, Oriental dress swished lightly on the stone floors. One of the guards stood with her…her personal body guard to be exact. He was a tall, middle aged man named Shiro. "Please…come with me, they've broken through the castle walls…we have to take you to safety.

"Shiro…my place is here, my people are dying, I need to stay with them."

"Princess, the Atlanteans have broken through the barriers…our warriors our fighting, but we need to get you to safety…our people need you to live...our soldier's will grow stronger knowing that the last of the monarchy is in a safe place."

Princess Konohana knew that Shiro was right as always, and at this point, all she really could do was follow orders. She knew that her people loved her…as intelligent as she was pretty. The princess was indeed the fairest in all her land. Word had spread far and wide about her…those who met her were astonished at her calm, genuine, gracious demeanor, and her willingness to mingle with her subjects as if she were one of them.

She knew that this war was pointless…after all, her nation of P'ang Sha, and the Atlanteans were both descendants of the Amenes…and although their descendants had looked quite different when they had landed from the stars thousands of years ago…they had mingled with the human life and the Amenes species had evolved to look incredibly human like.

With that, the Amenes had decided to split up into several different nations to help govern the inhabitants of Earth. Each city, Atlantis, P'ang Sha, Shangri-La, and others, each had divided up the main Amenes power source…and yet, for some reason, the Atlanteans suddenly grew mad with power.

They had attacked P'ang Sha in hopes of taking their power source deep within the castle walls…and the Princess could feel that it was taken…and she felt a sadness unmatched by any other fill her heart like a lump of cold fat.

She let Shiro lead her through the halls of the palace and snuck her past epic battles taking place in halls and breeze ways…as she was led from room to room, hall to hall, a painful memory cut through her mind like a sharp knife…and once again, she couldn't believe that this was happening.

A war was being waged…and her people were dying…

Suddenly, she found herself deep within the caverns of the city…was this where Shiro would hide her? Is this were she was to wait out the battle? They were close to the power source now…her beaded slippers slapped silently on the cold, limestone floor. It was relatively quiet down here…and the Princess enjoyed the cool, damp air and the sudden calm…she found it tragically ironic that in spite of all the going's on above ground, his place was always as tranquil as it always was.

The sudden peace was immediately shattered when she heard a loud scream echo through the halls. Quickly, Shiro unsheathed his sword…but not before the Princess Konohana heard the sound of another blade digging wetly into the stomach of a victim.

Shiro motioned for her to stay where she was, but of course, she didn't listen…instead, she quietly looked around the corner to see what was happening. To her horror, she stared directly into the dead, unblinking eyes of Jinsei…P'ang Sha's young guardian of the power source.

He was about her age, and the two were always good friends. Every Amenes nation had a protector of their power source…but Jinsei was different…he was the youngest guardian any nation had ever had…and he wasn't predestined to do it either. In fact, he had broken the tradition but becoming the guardian at the age of fifteen. Prior to acquiring such a lofty position, he had been a simple carpenter's apprentice.

However, the astrologists had noticed that he was different…after his fifteenth birthday he had begun to develop abilities that no one else had. Suddenly, he could handle weapons better then P'ang Sha's best warriors…his hand to hand combat skills rivaled those of the ancient masters.

Top astrologists said that Jinsei was part of an ancient tradition…part of a select few group of young men connected directly to the Amene's power source. Apparently, these chosen people were selected at random, and were always men in their mid to late teens…they never lived very long, and were instinctively drawn to protect people and sacred objects.

The two had gotten rather close these last several years, and now Princess Konohana stared down at his dead eyes glaring back at her. The man who had killed Jinsei was about the Princess's age…his hair fell to his mid back and was tied in dozens of tiny braids and beads. His blade gleamed wetly with Jinsei's blood.

Another man stood with the man with braids…and he had just gutted her personal bodyguard. The young man with the braids walked towards the glowing crystalline power source and touched it. All this was too much for Konohana to deal with…and unwillingly she screamed through the halls.

"NOOO!" And she ran towards the two young men.

The braided young man touched the crystal and immediately, a bright blue electricity filled the room and shot through his eyes…the shock knocked everyone to the floor and a blinding light filled the room…when the light finally subsided Konohana looked around…

The power source…it was…gone…

"Aeon! Aeon!" The older man asked.

The one called Aeon, lay sprawled where the power source once stood, the other, who Konohana assumed was Aeon's brother, shook him violently…but to no avail…with a dim realization, Konohana knew what had happened.

"You!" The man turned to her. "What's wrong with my brother!"

"The power source…it…it has chosen a host…" Konohana said.

"Doesn't matter…he's still breathing…and you're coming with us you bitch! If you don't tell me how to fix it then…then you'll severely regret it!"

"I will do no such thing! You can't-"

Suddenly, a group of soldiers stood behind her…there was no way she could get out…and with a grim realization, she not only knew that she had failed herself…but she had also failed her people…

New Scene…

Mina woke up and suppressed a scream…she had broken out in a cold sweat and bit her lower lip to keep from screaming aloud…she had felt the heat of the flames…the sting of the power source…and the desperation of the princess.

What was it? Who were these people? And why did they seem so familiar. She snuggled back into bed and wished that Jamie was there to hold her. She was never a religious person, but she found herself praying tonight.

"God…please…" Tears slid down her cheeks as she snuggled into her pillow. "Please watch over me…because I'm scared…"

Author's Note: Okay, I'm sorry if this chapter sucked majorly, and I'm also sorry if it's short, and latecoming but I've kinda got a lot of stuff going on here lately…in addition to a hectic work and class schedule, I'm also preparing for a fighting tournament, AND I'm trying to quit smoking…so far it's been a week and a half without one…but I wanted to write another chapter before it got too late. Oh, and in case your wondering, I was watching this thing on the History channel, and P'ang Sha, is like, the Asian version of Atlantis and stuff…so that's kinda cool! So now we know who the princess is…and I hope you don't flame me for this…I've been under a lot of pressure lately…MUCH LOVE TO EVERYBODY!