As Elliot's stares in disbelief at what he is seeing before his eyes he
cautiously extends his hand towards Rean expecting his hand to go
as if Rean was a ghost but the complete opposite happens. Seeing Elliot
raise his hand he also raises his hand and touches Elliot's confirming
that he is real and that Elliot is not seeing a ghost or mirage and gives
him one of his familiar smiles. Elliot realizing that he is not seeing
things replaces his shocked expression immediately with tears of joy "
Rean your back your really back!!!" he says moving from his seat and
wrapping his arms around Rean in a tight hug " but why would you
come back to us after all this?" asks Elliot " because i can't call myself a
friend and simply watch as my closets friends suffer because of my
decision" answers Rean returning the hug "and i'm sorry for having
caused everyone so much pain for my selfish decision without anyone
else's input says with tears forming in his eyes " Rean don't say that
we all knew that there was no other choice that you could've made
in that situation even if it we didn't want to believe it" says Elliot " your
right but now none of that matters he says and this time I'll make sure
nothing will seperate class 7 from each other" says Rean. After the two
finish comforting each other Elliot starts to wonder about something
else "what about Crow and Millium are they here with you ?" asks Elliot
as if to answer him Crow and Millium immediately burst open the door
and rush over to Elliot " Hey Elliot hows my favorite violinist doing" Crow
says putting his arm of Elliot's shoulder and ruffling his hair up with his
other hand " Crow your i can't believe your here" Elliot says before
almost having the wind knocked out of him by Millium hugging him
"Elliot!!!" she shouts " Millium your here as well" says Elliot while trying
regain his breath " were here to" says Musse as she, Kurt, Juna, Ash, and
Altina enter the chapel as well " Rean's old students your here to how are
you all here why are you here?" says Elliot " its along story" says Ash ,
after everyone enjoying their small reunion with Elliot left the chapel
and brought Elliot up to speed about how Rean, Crow, and Millium
managed to beat Ishmelga thanks to the mysterious voice and how
they showed up at the monument were they met up with Kurt, Juna,
Musse, Ash, and Altina. They also told Elliot about how they were trying
bring the old Class 7 back and reunite everyone like it was before this
is were Elliot's expression showed some uncertainty " i don't about that
idea" says Elliot " i mean yeah i want us to be together again but the last
time everyone was together it was really tense " how come?" asks Juna
" well because when Rean, Crow, and Millium left we thought you'd be
gone for good this time which resulted in us mainly feeling sorry for
ourselves this eventually evolved into us being frustrated with everyone
else and eventually each other in fact this actually wasn't the first time
we had a get together that had a tense atmosphere" he says " so what
happened on that day?" asks Kurt " well at first we all thought that this
would be another tense get together until Machias and Jusis just
snapped and got into an argument with each other we all tried to calm
them down but it just ended up making things worse" Elliot answers "
i don't remember exactly what they were arguing about but all i know is
that it almost ended in things getting violent and by the end of the day
this get together ended with Class 7 being disbanded and we all went
our separate ways" everyone sat a pondered on everything that Elliot
told them. " that's what could cause Class 7 to get into an argument like
that to were everyone turns violent" ponders Rean " so there's nothing
else you can tell us ?" asks Juna " yeah pretty much that's all i know"
answers Elliot " so what are you guys going to do know ?" he asks " isn't
it obvious we are going to find the others and collect more information,
then we can find a way for everyone to reconcile with each other and
get Class 7 back together" answers Juna " right Rean" hearing her
ask him for conformation Rean snaps out of pondering and nods
in agreement " theirs no point in thinking about this with such little
information I'll have to wait for us to gain more later" he confirms in his
mind " we'll if that's how it is then count me in I'm tired of seeing our
group in shambles" says Elliot " we were hoping you would say that"
says Ash " welcome aboard" says Crow " so were do we go from here"
asks Kurt " we'll the first thing we should is get back ton Valimar and
Ordine they should be able to get us to a new location" says Crow
everyone agrees and begin to head out of the Chapel. As the group
heads out they notice that it is currently night time in the village " huh
its night that's not good for us" says Elliot " why is that ?" asks Kurt " if i
remember correctly the Luniarian Nature Park is closed by now" says
Rean " that means we can't get to Valimar and Ordine from here" " i
guess that means we're sleeping at the inn tonight" says Crow " i guess
we should rent out two rooms then one for the guys and one for the
girls "says Rean " it's starting to feel like were having a field study again
says Elliot feeling nostalgic" Rean would you like me to keep you warm
tonight especially with how scarred your body is right now says Musse
staring longingly into Rean's eyes and hugging his cursed arm " yep
definitely getting separate rooms for the guys and girls says Rean
quickly walking ahead of everyone towards the inn " awww says Musse
in fake disappointment " some things never change" says Juna
sighing. So the group enters the Inn and rents out two of the rooms for
the night one for the boys and one for the girls while the girls. As the
groups split off the boys and girls choose their beds while making
Musse isn't able to try anything during the night. as everyone is sleeping
Rean wakes up to see that Elliot is not in his bed, wondering what is
wrong he quietly exits the boys room and sees Elliot sitting at one of
the tables pondering about something Rean heads down the stairs and
approaches Elliot " having trouble sleeping?" he asks to Elliot behind
him " huh oh yeah kind of" answers Elliot the two look at each other in
silence for a minute trying to figure out something to say " umm Rean
can we talk?" asks Elliot " huh sure anytime" says Rean taking seat on
the other side of the table "so what's on your mind?" he asks "well the
thing is I've been pondering something and its made me very nervous
Rean the scars from Ishmelga's curse they're not dangerous are they?"
" no i don't think so" says Rean" i mean besides causing me to have
episodes of weakness but that's all that happens" " okay that's good"
says Elliot " im just glad that nothing bad will happen to us while
traveling" " what do you mean?" asks Rean" your afraid theirs a
possibility I'll lose control of myself again right" Rean says in realization
Elliot's only is nodding head" I'm sorry Rean i know that you, Crow, and
Millium have just gotten back but the last time we were all together we
had to be very careful so that you wouldn't go berserk so i just want to
be sure tha..." before Elliot could finish what he was saying Rean
immediately starts laughing leaving Elliot confused " um Rean?" he asks
" I'm sorry its just that i forgot that your always worried about us" Rean
answers Elliot looks embarrassed at Rean " don't worry about it Elliot
that just defines who you are, why your a valuable member of
Class 7, and a great friend" he says smiling " thanks Rean" says Elliot
returning the smile " is that all that was on your mind" Rean asks " yeah i
think I'm good now" " that's good because i think some people are
eavesdropping on our conversation" he says loudly while starring
towards the stairs" "crap" says Juna " told you he would sense you"
says Crow peaking his head out the door Rean immediately hears the
sounds of shuffling towards the girls room and the closing of the door"
seems i wasn't the only one that was worried about you huh" Rean says
while standing up" anyways I'm heading back to sleep are you going to
do the same or stay up a little bit longer" he says " yeah i think that's a
good idea" answers Elliot as he joins Rean and they both head back to
the boy's room. After having a nice rest the group collects their things
have a quick bite to eat from the Inn and begin heading back to the
nature park. After a few hours of traveling the group makes it to the
Nature Park were meet with the caretaker again" well if it isn't the group
from before i see you found your friend" he says " yeah pretty much"
says Crow " so is it okay if we can enter the nature park" he asks " oh
yeah i was just about to open the park but be careful i heard some
unnatural sounds going on in the park so watch out" the group thanks
the caretaker for the information and head into the nature park. As the
group makes their way through the park towards Valimar and Ordine
the sounds that the caretaker mentioned start to become noticeable "
what is that?" asks Kurt "don't know but it's close" says Ash "well
whatever it is it sure sounds loud and angry" says Millium another sound
was heard but closer " um hey we left Valimar and Ordine over there
right" asks Juna while pointing toward the direction of the sounds " uh
oh" says Crow " come on we need to hurry" says Rean " we can't
whatever those attack Valimar and Ordine" everyone nods in agreement
and they start running to Valimar and Ordine's location. As the group
makes into the area they spot the source of what was causing those
sounds a group of Archaisms that seemed to be surrounding Valimar
and Ordine "Archaism's what are those things doing here !?" asks Juna "
no idea but that doesn't matter anyway the only thing that does matter
is turning these things into scrap metal" says Ash drawing his axe"
agreed preparing to destroy obstacles" says Altina summoning Claimh
Solais " wait there's something wrong with those Archaism" says Rean "
how so" asks Kurt as if to answer Kurt's question the group of
Archaisms turn around to reveal a corrupted form of an Archaism" what
the hell is that ?" asks Ash pointing at what seems to be some sort
crystal like objects poking out of the Archaisms exterior shell "i have no
idea but it looks to be some sort of corruption" says Elliot "i think your
right alright then everyone be very care..." before Rean could finish his
corrupted arm suddenly starts to tremble and the veins in both his
corrupted arm and on the corrupted parts of his face start to shimmer
a little causing lurch over and fall on his knees in agony his eyes then
begin to change to a more demonic look like then ones he would have
when his ogre form went berserk " what's happening to him?!" asks
Juna " those eyes" says Altina backing away they begin to hear sounds
also coming from the corrupted Archaisms as they seem to react to
Rean's corrupted parts as well. Suddenly the Archaisms begin engage
their weapons and prepare to attack the group everyone immediately
draws their weapon " everyone we have to defend Rean don't let a
single one oc those things touch him" says Crow but before they could
even prepare for that they hear Rean give a demonic roar and faster
than their eyes could track dash directly towards the archaisms and
unleashing a huge barrage of slashes with gale immediately cutting
every archaism in half he then stops in front of the archaisms and
finishes them of with a demonic crescent slash causing the archaisms
to explode with the archaisms gone Rean seemingly starts to turn back
to normal and starts to fall but Kurt and Crow manage to catch him"
Rean are you alright" asks Crow " yeah im fine just drained" Rean
answers before starting to cough up blood from his body being pushed
to hard " well as normal as i can be right now" he says giving a weak
laugh. after giving Rean a minute to recover the group prepares to leave
for then next location" alright then Valimar how are we doing on the
recharge" Rean asks " i should be able to get us to the next location ,but
are you sure its fine for you to move yet?" says Valimar " yeah I'll be fine"
Rean answers " but man what were those things is this the "darkness"
that the voice mentioned" Rean ponders in his head " so were are we
heading next" asks Musse " let see then Valimar can you update on the
other members of class 7 besides Elliot " wow it really is Valimar and
Ordine" says Elliot whispering to Millium " yep its them alright" she says.
"excluding this location i detect seven other signatures one has moved
to another location" says Valimar " alright then Valimar lock on to one of
the signatures and send us there " says Rean "acknowledged" says
Valimar " you do the same Ordine" says Crow " understood" says Crow
the two divine knights then open the spirit path and the group are sent
to the next signature.
Author's note: sorry for taking so long to get this chapter out school has been taking a lot of my time but here it is so hope you enjoy.*
