El-Hazard: The Fourth Element
Disclaimer: I do not own El-Hazard nor its characters.
El-Hazard: The Fourth Element
A/n: For your clarity, this story will jump perspectives so be warned; it is easily to be confused if not followed.
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Prologue:
I could hear the earth cry.
For years it lay silent. For years the scars that it held during the Great War slowly healed with the passage of time.
For years it relished peace.
Now I felt the old wounds reopened as I felt the tremors and the pain that the land cried out.
And the wound opened my seal.
The light of day shone through the crack and touched my eyes.
The light. And the freshness of the air... it revitalizes me.
"We've found the tomb, master." Intruders? In my sanctuary?
"Very good." Who are these people? I could see through their hearts and I know that they have no good intentions for me. "Open it." The light touches my decaying body and loosens my joints.
"Master! He moved!"
"Nonsense. How could a corpse move?" Corpse? I must be in worst shape yet.
"His fingers twitched."
"He must have moved when we opened the tomb." The old one was trying to be brave but I could sense his fear. HE fears me. Good. Now if I could just...
"Where do you think he hid the lamp?" Lamp? My heirloom? THIEVES!
"We'll find it and give it to our lord." Arrogant fools. The Power of the elders will not fall in your hands.
"What do you think it looks like, master?"
"I do not know. Check the corpse!"
"It's imbedded in his arm, master!"
"Take it out!" I felt the evil in his heart and the smelled the blood in his veins. Tasty... Hungry... Food...
They will not see the light again.
*
Ifurita awoke when she felt a great disturbance. Ever since Makoto Mizuhara wounded her up, she sparsely uses her energy and now, her senses were heightened.
She waited to see if it reemerged but the sensation left her as easily as it appeared.
Sighing, we turned and tried to sleep again. Even fully wound, her powers deplete every forty-eight hours when she uses her powers.
She fears that she might be reaching her limit.
Fighting the urge to cry, she went back to sleep.
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Chapter I: Tremors
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Afura/
The land was at last at peace. It had been for the last four years ever since the Bugrom and the Phantom Tribe disappeared from El-Hazard. Although there were the occasional disturbances but it was nothing the Royal Guards couldn't handle.
And suited me, the great Priestess of Wind Afura Mann, just fine. I like the peace and I like to listen at the gentle breeze as it passed. It calmed me like nothing else. But like everything, my tranquility, has an end.
"Hey Afura!" and here comes one of my old headaches. Priestess of Fire, Shayla Shayla, age 21. Still wearing that tight mini dress and still has this major crush on Makoto. I find this strange for Makoto has already returned Ifurita to El Hazard but still she fights with Nanami and Qawoor Towles, the Priestess of Water, for his attention.
"What is it?" I asked her as she came up to me. At first I thought she was going to pester me but when I saw the serious look on her face and the urgency of her walk, I knew better.
"There's been a tragedy in Roshtaria," she said simply and began to walk towards the Skiff hangar of Mt. Muldoon. "Miz sent a messenger and she needs all the help she cloud get."
"What happened?" I ask as I prepared myself for the trip. Was it another war? I grow weary of wars. Was it too much to ask for some serenity? But as the Priestess of Muldoon, I must help.
***
My God! This is a nightmare. Shayla and I arrived at Roshtaria only to witness such destruction. And the only other kind of destruction I saw that could match this is when the EYE malfunctioned.
The city was almost in ruins. Half of the buildings had collapsed and the people tired to find survivors in this turned to rubble city. Sorrow and grief filled the air as some frantically searched for their loved ones and lost a part of their lives. Joy and relief lingered as some hugged their family and are thankful that they're alive.
I was about to jump out and help them when I saw the Palace and my eyes widen in horror.
A whole wing had collapsed and almost turned to rubble. I saw Mr. Fujisawa frantically digging through the rubble as if his life depended on it. And then I knew that something bad had happened.
Rushing to his side, I saw the determination in his face and immediately I knew what was the problem.
Miz and his daughter were caught beneath the rubble.
"May I help?" I asked. Mr. Fujisawa paused just for a moment and sighed.
"Thank God you're here," he said as he kept on removing large pieces of the buildings. "Miz and the others are in there somewhere!"
"Who's in there?" I asked as I placed the Lamp of Wind on my person. This is a delicate work for I do not know how the place would react with my wind.
"Miz and my daughter are in there! So are Princess Rune, Makoto and Ifurita! We need to hurry. They must be out of oxygen." I couldn't ignore the urgency in his voice. Concentrating, I tried to lift the top parts of the rubble with the help of the wind when another earthquake shook the foundations. I cried in shock when I saw the rubble collapse further to the ground.
At the time I was incoherent. I could not do anything but stare as the building collapsed more. I did not even know that I had screamed in agony until after the noise had abated.
I felt helpless. There was nothing I could do but stare.
I felt my legs give as the shock of loosing my friends enveloped me. It was too much. Too much for me to bear.
Another aftershock rocked Roshtaria but this was different. It was like... it was a controlled tremor. It felt like... no. It's impossible. There are no records of such a thing existing.
My heart rate quickened as I felt the ground loosen beneath me. I jumped away from it before I fell but the ground was not collapsing. It was rising.
And as it rose so did my hopes.
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Ifurita/
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"Ifurita! I see an exit!" thank the maker for it. Makoto held my hand as he led us to the light. We have been trapped in that pocket for sometime now though I was able to hold it but our air supply was getting thin. I don't think the Princess, Miz and her daughter could have survive any longer.
Shielding them against the fallen building, I have exhausted what remains of my power. But then suddenly, I heard it. A sweet musical vibration that I have heard when I was first activated. And it could only have come from... no. I saw him perish as he tried to save my sisters and me.
He succeeded but his enemy captured us.
The ground opened and I felt a draft from it. Scanning it for a moment I sensed that it led outside.
"We're free," Princess Rune said as we crossed the portal. It felt great that we are alive but that feeling was short lived as we saw the destruction around us.
"MIZ!" I turned to see Mr. Fujisawa run towards his wife and it was obvious to me that he was crying. Despite the destruction, I saw hope in the happiness of others. I gently squeezed my love's hand and he smiled at me. His smile removed any sorrow in my heart and brightens my day. I don't know why though. I haven't felt emotions in thousands of years.
"Are you alright?" Afura asked us, although she tried to hide it from the rest, I could tell that she was frightened that we almost perished.
"We're fine," Makoto said as he kissed my hand. Why does his touch always send shivers through me spine?
"I thought that..." Afura was trying hard not to cry. She could be that emotional sometimes.
"We're okay," Princess Rune said as her brows furrowed when she saw her kingdom in shambles. It was hard for her to see the people in pain. When they suffer, she suffers.
And I hate to see my friends suffer.
"How many had suffered this ordeal?" Princess Rune asked but no one answered for they were reluctant to tally the casualties.
"Londs is helping the survivors and while his men tally the roster," Shayla said as she came to them. "Is everyone alright?"
"It seems so," Makoto said softly. "What about the city?"
"Most of them suffered bruises and broken bones but so far no deaths," Shayla's voice contained confusion. It took me months just to acquire her trust. I think she's still sore that I "stole" Makoto from her.
As if I need to steal him. He was mine before he even knew me. Heh, heh. Quite possessive am I? But I need to be serious, for now at least.
"What is it Shayla?" I asked. Shayla blinked as she looked at the city as if it baffled her.
"You won't believe me, but...."
"Go on," Princess Rune was confused as well. With all of this destruction and no casualties, who wouldn't?
"The people claimed, and I mean everyone I talked to, that as the ceilings of their homes fell, the ground had risen to protect them from the rubble. Although buried they are unharmed." I'm right. But could it be him? The others were surprised at this miracle, if you could call it that.
"What do you think happened?" Princess Rune asked. But no one could answer.
"We need to free the other people trapped in their homes," Makoto said in authority while he smiled, gladdened that no one was seriously hurt. "Then we should discuss this later when all is well."
"I felt something when the tunnel you came from opened," Afura said as she frowned in thought. "But it could wait. I'll be off." Afura flew towards the city to help.
And I sensed her heart was screaming with joy.
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???/
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A goddess! A goddess of the wind flew past me! Never have I seen anyone that could compare her beauty. Her black hair sways with the wind that she controlled and her eyes held the soul of a strong and passionate person.
How I wish I knew her name for she will invade my dreams to come.
But I need to go.
I need to stop the earth's tears.
I am a Guardian of the realm.
My element is the earth.
I am called Land Master.
Disclaimer: I do not own El-Hazard nor its characters.
El-Hazard: The Fourth Element
A/n: For your clarity, this story will jump perspectives so be warned; it is easily to be confused if not followed.
.
Prologue:
I could hear the earth cry.
For years it lay silent. For years the scars that it held during the Great War slowly healed with the passage of time.
For years it relished peace.
Now I felt the old wounds reopened as I felt the tremors and the pain that the land cried out.
And the wound opened my seal.
The light of day shone through the crack and touched my eyes.
The light. And the freshness of the air... it revitalizes me.
"We've found the tomb, master." Intruders? In my sanctuary?
"Very good." Who are these people? I could see through their hearts and I know that they have no good intentions for me. "Open it." The light touches my decaying body and loosens my joints.
"Master! He moved!"
"Nonsense. How could a corpse move?" Corpse? I must be in worst shape yet.
"His fingers twitched."
"He must have moved when we opened the tomb." The old one was trying to be brave but I could sense his fear. HE fears me. Good. Now if I could just...
"Where do you think he hid the lamp?" Lamp? My heirloom? THIEVES!
"We'll find it and give it to our lord." Arrogant fools. The Power of the elders will not fall in your hands.
"What do you think it looks like, master?"
"I do not know. Check the corpse!"
"It's imbedded in his arm, master!"
"Take it out!" I felt the evil in his heart and the smelled the blood in his veins. Tasty... Hungry... Food...
They will not see the light again.
*
Ifurita awoke when she felt a great disturbance. Ever since Makoto Mizuhara wounded her up, she sparsely uses her energy and now, her senses were heightened.
She waited to see if it reemerged but the sensation left her as easily as it appeared.
Sighing, we turned and tried to sleep again. Even fully wound, her powers deplete every forty-eight hours when she uses her powers.
She fears that she might be reaching her limit.
Fighting the urge to cry, she went back to sleep.
.
Chapter I: Tremors
.
Afura/
The land was at last at peace. It had been for the last four years ever since the Bugrom and the Phantom Tribe disappeared from El-Hazard. Although there were the occasional disturbances but it was nothing the Royal Guards couldn't handle.
And suited me, the great Priestess of Wind Afura Mann, just fine. I like the peace and I like to listen at the gentle breeze as it passed. It calmed me like nothing else. But like everything, my tranquility, has an end.
"Hey Afura!" and here comes one of my old headaches. Priestess of Fire, Shayla Shayla, age 21. Still wearing that tight mini dress and still has this major crush on Makoto. I find this strange for Makoto has already returned Ifurita to El Hazard but still she fights with Nanami and Qawoor Towles, the Priestess of Water, for his attention.
"What is it?" I asked her as she came up to me. At first I thought she was going to pester me but when I saw the serious look on her face and the urgency of her walk, I knew better.
"There's been a tragedy in Roshtaria," she said simply and began to walk towards the Skiff hangar of Mt. Muldoon. "Miz sent a messenger and she needs all the help she cloud get."
"What happened?" I ask as I prepared myself for the trip. Was it another war? I grow weary of wars. Was it too much to ask for some serenity? But as the Priestess of Muldoon, I must help.
***
My God! This is a nightmare. Shayla and I arrived at Roshtaria only to witness such destruction. And the only other kind of destruction I saw that could match this is when the EYE malfunctioned.
The city was almost in ruins. Half of the buildings had collapsed and the people tired to find survivors in this turned to rubble city. Sorrow and grief filled the air as some frantically searched for their loved ones and lost a part of their lives. Joy and relief lingered as some hugged their family and are thankful that they're alive.
I was about to jump out and help them when I saw the Palace and my eyes widen in horror.
A whole wing had collapsed and almost turned to rubble. I saw Mr. Fujisawa frantically digging through the rubble as if his life depended on it. And then I knew that something bad had happened.
Rushing to his side, I saw the determination in his face and immediately I knew what was the problem.
Miz and his daughter were caught beneath the rubble.
"May I help?" I asked. Mr. Fujisawa paused just for a moment and sighed.
"Thank God you're here," he said as he kept on removing large pieces of the buildings. "Miz and the others are in there somewhere!"
"Who's in there?" I asked as I placed the Lamp of Wind on my person. This is a delicate work for I do not know how the place would react with my wind.
"Miz and my daughter are in there! So are Princess Rune, Makoto and Ifurita! We need to hurry. They must be out of oxygen." I couldn't ignore the urgency in his voice. Concentrating, I tried to lift the top parts of the rubble with the help of the wind when another earthquake shook the foundations. I cried in shock when I saw the rubble collapse further to the ground.
At the time I was incoherent. I could not do anything but stare as the building collapsed more. I did not even know that I had screamed in agony until after the noise had abated.
I felt helpless. There was nothing I could do but stare.
I felt my legs give as the shock of loosing my friends enveloped me. It was too much. Too much for me to bear.
Another aftershock rocked Roshtaria but this was different. It was like... it was a controlled tremor. It felt like... no. It's impossible. There are no records of such a thing existing.
My heart rate quickened as I felt the ground loosen beneath me. I jumped away from it before I fell but the ground was not collapsing. It was rising.
And as it rose so did my hopes.
.
Ifurita/
.
"Ifurita! I see an exit!" thank the maker for it. Makoto held my hand as he led us to the light. We have been trapped in that pocket for sometime now though I was able to hold it but our air supply was getting thin. I don't think the Princess, Miz and her daughter could have survive any longer.
Shielding them against the fallen building, I have exhausted what remains of my power. But then suddenly, I heard it. A sweet musical vibration that I have heard when I was first activated. And it could only have come from... no. I saw him perish as he tried to save my sisters and me.
He succeeded but his enemy captured us.
The ground opened and I felt a draft from it. Scanning it for a moment I sensed that it led outside.
"We're free," Princess Rune said as we crossed the portal. It felt great that we are alive but that feeling was short lived as we saw the destruction around us.
"MIZ!" I turned to see Mr. Fujisawa run towards his wife and it was obvious to me that he was crying. Despite the destruction, I saw hope in the happiness of others. I gently squeezed my love's hand and he smiled at me. His smile removed any sorrow in my heart and brightens my day. I don't know why though. I haven't felt emotions in thousands of years.
"Are you alright?" Afura asked us, although she tried to hide it from the rest, I could tell that she was frightened that we almost perished.
"We're fine," Makoto said as he kissed my hand. Why does his touch always send shivers through me spine?
"I thought that..." Afura was trying hard not to cry. She could be that emotional sometimes.
"We're okay," Princess Rune said as her brows furrowed when she saw her kingdom in shambles. It was hard for her to see the people in pain. When they suffer, she suffers.
And I hate to see my friends suffer.
"How many had suffered this ordeal?" Princess Rune asked but no one answered for they were reluctant to tally the casualties.
"Londs is helping the survivors and while his men tally the roster," Shayla said as she came to them. "Is everyone alright?"
"It seems so," Makoto said softly. "What about the city?"
"Most of them suffered bruises and broken bones but so far no deaths," Shayla's voice contained confusion. It took me months just to acquire her trust. I think she's still sore that I "stole" Makoto from her.
As if I need to steal him. He was mine before he even knew me. Heh, heh. Quite possessive am I? But I need to be serious, for now at least.
"What is it Shayla?" I asked. Shayla blinked as she looked at the city as if it baffled her.
"You won't believe me, but...."
"Go on," Princess Rune was confused as well. With all of this destruction and no casualties, who wouldn't?
"The people claimed, and I mean everyone I talked to, that as the ceilings of their homes fell, the ground had risen to protect them from the rubble. Although buried they are unharmed." I'm right. But could it be him? The others were surprised at this miracle, if you could call it that.
"What do you think happened?" Princess Rune asked. But no one could answer.
"We need to free the other people trapped in their homes," Makoto said in authority while he smiled, gladdened that no one was seriously hurt. "Then we should discuss this later when all is well."
"I felt something when the tunnel you came from opened," Afura said as she frowned in thought. "But it could wait. I'll be off." Afura flew towards the city to help.
And I sensed her heart was screaming with joy.
.
???/
.
A goddess! A goddess of the wind flew past me! Never have I seen anyone that could compare her beauty. Her black hair sways with the wind that she controlled and her eyes held the soul of a strong and passionate person.
How I wish I knew her name for she will invade my dreams to come.
But I need to go.
I need to stop the earth's tears.
I am a Guardian of the realm.
My element is the earth.
I am called Land Master.