The Court Case

Disclaimer: Me no own. At all. Got it?

A/N: Time frame is about five hours after all the work is done. Don't ask why I don't use o'clock, they use it in the game once (You can tell by a chat between Lloyd and Regal about training and such) or twice, or something, but I like using the whole hour thing better. Anyway, now that I think of it, Scorch became a lot bigger than thought. What is it with the LaHearts getting bigger roles? Flaren was supposed to be a character like Lanztblu, rarely appearing but still there, and the siblings of her (besides Singe) were supposed to mentioned in the lines of text Crimsonia mentioned them in, and that was it. Oh, they were also only supposed to appear during the battle over Raise, as well. I made a lot of OCs, oops. And then Scorch's whole relationship with Saphfyre…originally, they were supposed to not talk to each other at all, but then that happened. And Cresenta, he was never supposed to be with anyone, let alone Flaren. Hmm, I seem to let them stray from their main tasks…but I'm sure they like it much better this way. But in the middle of this…how does Astra feel? To me, she'd probably feel a little sad, but it is Astra, so she probably doesn't care that much…right?

Chapter 19: New Life, New Feelings

Sheena kept trying to find the book she had lost during the move. It was no daytime out, and everyone was unpacking their things. The Redjewels must have worked harder than they should have; the house was twice its size and built for everyone, like Crimsonia's. The furnishings were all complete, the house was done, and the sisters were all together, sleeping. Raise had covered them up with one of her clouds, whose uses became more and more open each day. Saphfyre was sleeping on Scorch, whose shirt was tussled from her sleep-movements and it looked sort of wrong. Crimsonia laughed at this and Sheena gave her a strange look as that was usually something she would not laugh about. Sola came up to her and put his arms over the girl, and she screamed for a minute. Seeing who it was, se calmed down, but then tripped, pulling off a major Colette Brunell. The two careened into the water, and began to laugh some more. Sola heated the area around them, but Crimsonia then pushed him in. He stopped the magic and laughed. Sola then proceeded to splash the girl, both of them having a great time. Flaren and Cresenta were off training somewhere, a nice peaceful place that was un-seeable to the rest of the group. Singe said something under her breath about "touching" and "age", but nobody cold hear her. She rolled her eyes and laughed at what she had just said. The thing was, though, that Goldes had lights on. All the time. Sheena had to summon Shadow to darken the area, and it was very annoying. Astra had an idea to punch out every light in the city, but was turned down by a Raise who decided to not destroy the area. Embre laughed at this and continued to her studies. It was an old magic book, and she was trying to learn some spells. Flaren, before she left, said she heard Raine was in the city quite some time ago, and made a huge impact on the people. She also said some sword-wielding guy was close to her after the speech, and it looked funny. Nobody had a clue why she would remember that. Sheena had a small feeling of sadness as she was with nobody, so Astra came to consult her.

"You still miss him, do you not?" the Mistress of the Stars pondered.

"Yeah…" Sheena sighed.

"I am sorry. In the end, I was not able to protect either of you…" Astra shot a defeated look to the ground.

"No, it's my fault for bringing him up there…I feel horrible about it. I cause so many deaths before, I didn't need one more…"

"Sheena…after this case is over, we will have a long talk about this. My love…he never noticed me in the way I did to him…I regret it every night…What I am trying to say is…"

"Yeah?" Sheena questioned.

"Many people have one shot at life, others are forced to keep on living for sins they have done or for things they need, or perhaps some else needs, to get done. You must take your chance, Sheena. If you do not, then you may live in an eternal sadness, going on without hope. I never took that chance…I regret it deeply. Every day I wake up--this was even before I met you--and feel like I should die. It is too hard a fate. The only hope I have is that I will see that person again. Sheena…have you ever noticed how me and Raise do not always get along?"

"Well, that was random." Sheena stated, "But, yeah, you two seem to be mad at each other a lot."

"Raise was the reason my love left. She had another man with her, and my love was jealous. He left without saying anything to me, and I was unprepared…Sheena, do not be like me. Take your chance when it comes. Love is cruel, but with that cruelty comes eternal bliss, keeping you stable. I believe in you, I want your heart to go on. Please, mine was too weak…when you have your chance, take it…"

"What do you mean?"

"When the time comes, you shall find out. I am going to leave now, and dream. Please do not follow me, it is something I want to be alone with."

Sheena was a bit shocked. The last person she expected to have a depressed mood was her friend, the Mistress of the Stars. But Astra was right, it's no use to build up false hopes for a person and dream that way. Eventually, they will be separated from you, and your chance to confess that love will be gone away with your dreams. You will know that you love that person the most, your heart will tell you as well. When you are ready to put down everything for one person, money, jobs, reputations, everything will not matter as long as you're with that person. They will become your fuel, you motive for living, every minute a true hell without them. Even the wounded bird will strive to live if it has the will. Love becomes a force, a sword for one to use to have a will, to maintain it. Using your weapon, you slice down everything that comes in your path. You want to be with that person, stay with them, rest in eternity…when it comes down to it, that person is your true love, no matter what the circumstances. You will always love them, and it will always stay that way, unless the love is abused. If that person uses you, betrays you, hurts you beyond all end, it may not be true love. But if you are able to forgive them, no matter what the situation, then they are your true love. Go to them.

(A/N: Sorry, but why the hell was that so deep? Astra, what the heck. Well, sort of. Tell me what you think of this. Review. Really bad to put an A/N here. Sorry. I'll stop pulling off Colettes and continue)

Saphfyre woke up on Scorch's bare chest. He wasn't cold or anything, her head had made sure of that, she saw her hand was in a place that looked very wrong, and she removed it so nobody would get thoughts. Scorch woke up at this moment and saw that Saphfyre was touching that area. He blushed immediately, as did she. This left a stunned Embre, who looked up for a minute from her book, to go off somewhere else. IT was at this point Saphfyre fell over, dragging Scorch's embarrassed body with her. No they were in an even more wrong position, which left an even more stunned Embre, who had forgotten a pen, to grab the writing utensil and run like hell. Scorch removed himself from the girl, but she pulled at him to stay. She loved this feeling of ecstasy, his warm, muscular body over her. It was such a nice feeling, but she couldn't have that here. She pushed away and apologized for her actions. He just laughed and said sorry as well. They then both went in to have some coffee. Embre was going to get another book, but was to afraid to go back, not knowing what they could be doing. Flaren had already set up her weapon shop, and was raking in the cash. She had come back from her training, and somebody wanted to buy Cresenta's katana, but he deftly refused, causing Flaren to smile. The person then just bought a normal sword, pulling off a hood that concealed her face.

"HELLO!" Lanztblu revealed herself in her usual suit of armor. This scared the crap out of poor Flaren who fell over on Cresenta, who fell through the store's wall, causing a now-hyper Saphfyre to repair it in a manner of seconds. Her behavior was calmed down as the work was done, and she then ran over to the house again for food. Dialmond found that her picture was gone, and began to panic a bit. The thing had just so happened to hit Sheena in the face, and when reading the back, she was a bit confused. What the hell was Lloyd and Dialmond's relationship. When returning the picture, Sheena noticed Dialmond had tear stains on her eyes, but decided not to ponder it, not wanting to intrude or hear anymore unrequited love things, like Astra's plight. She didn't know if she'd be able to take it. So, Flaren was now just a little hungry…

"Man, I'm starving…let's go eat something." Putting up the Closed sign, which was new, by the way, she and Cresenta wandered off.

Singe then randomly rode in on her horse, which everyone though she had left behind. Truth be told, the woman had secretly built a stable for her animal, and decided not to hide it an longer. Raise had been a big help, hiding the area (and smell, if need be) with clouds. People never wondered why it was foggy in that area, they just ignored it. Embre came up, and then showed how she had the ability to fight with dark spirits now. She was also going to release her new spell, but decided it would be for later. Lapisa woke up and suddenly began to sing. Hr voice was surprisingly not dull-sounding, she usually woke up sounding how she always did. Beginning her notes, she let her wings unfurl.

"The sky will go on…stay with me, my love, come to pass, but be by my side…stay with me, come with me, share a world we have not seen…stay with me, my love, and always be true to me…for our love is eternal; we will always live on…even if one of us is gone…our hearts will not move from that place set in stone…our love will last…move, move on! Stay with me, be with me, I love you the most…stay with, my love, and be with me at the coast…I will always be with you…be with you…"

It had been a while since people had heard the girl sing, but it was the first time a crowd came up and started cheering. Lapisa blushed and said she wasn't much, be she was denied her modesty.

"That was very nice." A woman said, "I don't see why those people needed to be banished from Dilvin…"

"Exactly!" a man agreed, "The girl who runs the store is nice enough, the Dilvin elders are losing it over there…"

"We can't hate them, though…" the same woman said, "It's what leads to war, but this song, it reminds me of my first love, now my husband."

"She should try out for the singing audition." the man returned, "The one where the winner is given a sword named after her."

"Indeed, the smith makes the best swords here…what was his name, Raphel, or something?"

"Yeah, I heard this girl is making a store with him. It's very nice. Dilvin surely lost its lucky people…"

Murmurs continued as the people left and Lapisa was embarrassed. Everyone was now fully up, and Flaren was still in the house, thinking. Cresenta put a hand on her shoulder, and Flaren put it off. She gave a serious stare to her love.

"Will you be leaving with Sheena when the time comes?"

"What?"

"Answer me."

"Alright…but yes, I am leaving with her, but I will come back to visit."

"Visit, yeah…I don't like long-term relationships…Cresenta, I want to be with you…"

"I do, as well, but I cannot allow you to leave your family…"

"I know…but I don't want you to be gone, too."

"I have no idea what to do now, as things stand. Some of you must stay here, for if Oshitm comes back…"

"And he knows us, now, too. I don't want him to attack here…"

"Excuse me." Crimsonia walked in upon the two, "I am staying, Flaren, so do not worry. I have the ability to contact Sheena and the others if things go wrong."

"Nope." Flaren disagreed, "Crimsonia, you can't stay. You need to be with Sheena. I'll just fly off out of the barrier if I want to visit or report news. I guess the answer was in front of me."

"Well then, you two should make the most of it…" Crimsonia mumbled, the stared at Flaren, "I have a nice idea. How about you and Cresenta go on a double date with Sola and I?"

"Wow, that's very bold of you." Flaren said, a bit taken aback.

"Would you like to come? We have heard of the most astounding place! It is called the Shining Light, and the sunsets there are beautiful!"

"How would you know?" Flaren said, elbowing her friend, "I thought you left to train?"

"A woman has to eat." Crimsonia laughed, "But would you to like to come?"

"It's okay with me." Flaren turned to her love, "Well, how 'bout it?"

"Certainly. It would be our honor." Cresenta bowed. Flaren then squealed.

"Ohh…I love it when he acts all formal!"

Crimsonia left to set up the reservations, joined by her companion, and no longer crush, but love, Sola. Raise became bored and began to swim in the lake. Rubyi soon joined, and then left to go sign for a position as a doctor in Goldes' hospital. Topazen was just very bored and decided to train with her new sword. It accidentally hit the water and she cringed fro shock. Flaren saw this and explained.

"Our swords' elements are only use for battle. That's just what ya get for shoppin' at the LaHearts' weaponry." She then flashed a thumbs up sign. Topazen laughed a bit and continued to train. She was joined up by Dialmond, who acted normal after the incident before. Sardnyox just skipped rocks and one ended up hitting Raise, who threw it back, laughing. Universa joined the bathing beauty, and Astra went off somewhere. Sheena was blissfully sleeping until Emereld woke her up.

"Yeah?" the female ninja asked.

"I'm sorry if it sounds weird, but the only time I saw Astra was when we woke up and that was hours ago. Did she disappear with you, or has she gone somewhere?"

"I don't know, she's not with me…"

"I'm not trying to be weird or anything, sorry, but she didn't look in the best of spirits…I'm sort of worried for her."

Sheena was a little surprised, Emereld was definitely the type to see through a fake smile or a lie. Although, it seemed she could be very crafty at the work herself. She could be one good psychiatrist if she put her work into it. Sheena then went off with her green-haired companion to find the Mistress of Stars.

Astra held a frame, gazing at a picture. The Summon Spirit of Life, Efil was putting his arm around Raise, who was blushing and playfully pushing him off. Universa just looked the other way, and Cresenta was stupidly posing. Sola just stood there, and Astra waved. It was a long time ago, though it looked like the picture was taken yesterday. Efil also lived in Derris-Kharlan, along with Raise, a major reason why he moved away. It could be seen in the picture that Astra's eyes were about to linger in the direction of Efil, and a light blush was already on her face. Raise forged the thing with some sky magic, but she had forgotten how to do it soon after. So it was the Summon Spirits' first and last picture together. Sad? yes. Meaning that everything ended abruptly? No. Astra was unprepared for Efil's sudden leaving, she had her chance, and it was gone. She would be unable to find him again, and her heart would be gone along with him. She wanted to love again, or just forget that she loved him, but when you find your true loved, you can't forget and it is hard to move on. Life can be true hell just to live not telling them. Astra was a leader, though, so she let her pride get in her love's way. Temporarily blockage of the heart…which let to random tears when thoughts of it came back. Efil always acted normal around her, but she…

"Astra!" Sheena yelled, "Are you out here?"

"Oh, yes!" The Mistress of Stars shouted, jumping down from a tree.

"What were you doing?" Emereld questioned.

"I was just looking at the manauille crystals here." Astra said, making a quick lie. Emereld gave her a look, but Sheena didn't notice.

"We were worried!" the female ninja said, "Don't do stuff like that without telling us, please!"

"I am sorry, I will not do it again." the Mistress of Stars looked away.

"No, I am." Sheena said, looking down, "I'm too harsh. Everyone needs their alone time, even Summon Spirits. Sorry."

"It is alright. Now, let us get going. I am hungry…maybe some eggs would be nice."

Emereld still gave the Mistress of Stars a look, but ignored the tiny fact. Perhaps she would ask of it later. When they arrived at the house, a note was left saying that Crimsonia, Sola, Flaren, and Cresenta were out eating somewhere, and that the Redjewels (besides Rubyi and Emereld) were on another building job. Raise and her love were in the pool, along with Embre, and Singe was off somewhere blasting away at the remaining pages of her book. Seles was sleeping. Scorch was helping to build, too, and so the three girls went off to eat something, and Emereld was still suspicious, throwing her eyes on the Mistress of Stars, yet again, and the look having no effect.

A/N: Hmm…this was more of a conversation even than anything…sorry. But, it's important for later. SO now, it's night with seven days left to go! Updates are fast and chapters are not short! Happiness! Got bored of ToS and The Wi-Fi thing I got isn't working yet! Badness! Also…on another note, I know the Summon Spirits don't have genders and I know they don't reproduce (I'm not even to get into that), but in this series they do (to me, it seems they do, and I don't know why ToS flung that in there) and the other thing, well that won't be described, so I'll leave it at that. And, I am happy to say If You Want To Bring Him Back will probably be up soon if the updates are this fast. Also, that whole love speech, wow…I think I either went tot deep or sounded stuffy. Or was I being blunt? Hmm…definitely to long of an A/N for too short a chapter. Also, next chapter, the double date! Also, Astra ponders her feelings and discusses things with Emereld, if I remember to put it in. And, more things happen to, but I don't know yet. Okay, bye.

Flaren: "Okay, bye?" That's a very crappy way of ending an A/N…

Singe: I write better than you and I'm a character!

TimesHalt: Why is this to be expected?

Embre: Vote for your favorite weapon so far if you want! Next chapter will be up soon!