CH4: Separation
Powers Unleashed
It would take about one month to get to Avalanche Island. With Aveon at the helm things went smoothly. The Tundrian peninsula was a cold, but very beautiful place. The way the snow glistened every morning was incredible.
" This place is unbelievably beautiful. Julia, you must feel right at home," said Mina.
"Yeah, she probably does," said Riku.
"Wahhhh! Where did you come from?" Her ears and nose were frozen, so her senses were off.
"I've been here for a while."
"Where is Julia?" Mina asked.
"She flew off earlier to take a look around."
"I wish I could fly."
"Why? It would make you an easier to see target."
"Really? Oh well. Why do you like being stuck on the ground."
" Down here I can move faster and am more agile," I responded.
" I guess that's a plus."
"Hey guys. What's up?" Asked Julia, hovering over them.
"Besides you, nothing," joked Riku.
"Ha, ha, very funny," said Julia sarcastically.
"So what did you see?" I inquired.
"Same old, same old. Don't get me wrong I love this place, but I can't wait to get off this boat."
"Well technically..."
"Riku shut up," Julia said irritably.
"What?"
"Hey guys, it looks like we'll be arriving at the port in a few hours, so go ahead and get you're stuff together," Aveon called from the helm.
"Finally, I hate sailing," said Raiden, looking at the sea in disgust.
"I know what you mean," Kit agreed.
" I think that we are all a little restless. You know what I think? That for once, we'll let them know that we're coming," I said.
" Are you serious? We can show off for once?" Exclaimed Kaine.
" Don't get carried away, Kaine. Remember, we can't completely control our powers," I warned.
" That's fine," said Kaine quickly.
"Hey, can you speed this up thing up Aveon?"
" Do you really want me to -----?"
(All)" YES"
"Fine."
Then, Aveon used his power of wind to speed up the boat. When we arrived, we were greeted by a festival and led straight to the palace. There we would party for almost the rest of the day. We spent about two weeks just making public appearances while Julia trained. I was beginning to get uncomfortable, so one day I got my cloak and went exploring. While in the lower class area, I met a child that was injured and about to die. When I found out why he was so ill, I had to use my power to help the poor boy. Then, later on, when I was meditating, Shadow decided to pop in.
'So why did you help him?' Shadow asked.
'You really don't have a soul do you?'
'I have a soul, but remember I embody you're darkest and most secret emotions. To me compassion is pointless.'
'Why doesn't that surprise me? Oh yeah, something I have been meaning to ask you, do you sense any bad omens for the lighting of the beacon tomorrow?' (Why is he asking this? It's not as if Julia is going to pull a stunt like Gale.)
'No,' Shadow answered.
'Good. Well, I guess we should get some sleep.'
'Good night, Riku,' said Shadow sarcastically.
'You, too.'
"Mamma...uhhhh, oh, it's morning already, I guess I should get down to the main hall," I said to myself. I got up and headed towards where the others were meeting up.
"Oh, morning Riku," greeted Mina.
"Morning Mina... Oh, and Shadow says good morning as well."
" Do you ever get tired of having him in you're head?" She asked curiously.
"Yeah, it does get pretty annoying some times, but I've learned to live with it."
Our conversation carried on for a while. After breakfast, we had one last appearance to make before we would light the beacon. The last day of the festival in our honor was pretty standard.
"Hey guys, we should probably go ahead and light the beacon," I suggested. Everybody agreed, and we left the festival. After we left, the festival calmed down a bit. The beacon lighting ceremony was pretty standard, except that Julia's appearance was altered all most completely; she now had white wings, silvery-blonde hair, and icy blue eyes that I found particularly creepy. After we performed the ceremony, we all got tired from the massive use of our powers. We rested for a few hours then we set out for Thundria.
It took about two weeks to get from Avalanche Island to the Thundrian capital of Sparks.
"Thundria, finally, a place that I can really show off," said Kaine pompously.
'I've got a bad feeling about this,' I thought to myself.
'I sense it too, but we have more important things to do, like prepare to enter Sparks,' Shadow responded.
Shadow was right; we had arrived. The city was rather extravagant. Kaine was having a blast with all the attention. Not too long after we had arrived, we were led to the town square to meet the king and the rest of the royal court.
" Welcome Keepers, to our humble land (Psssh! Yah right!). Stay as long as you like," the king said regally.
"That is very generous of you, but we really don't have time to stay very long," I replied nervously.
" What are you talking about, Riku? We have plenty of time," Kaine said.
" We really don't have the time, Kaine. It's a long trip to our next destination, and we need to get going soon," I said with an sharp edge in my voice.
" You, how dare you defy the great Kaine!" The king roared.
Then, this guard knocks me down and points his spear at my neck.
" It's alright, he's always like this. We've all gotten used to it, don't worry," Kaine said. The others were just glaring at him. Julia looked as if she were about to bore holes into his skull and I'm sure she wouldn't hesitate to do so.
"Very well, my lord," the king said and the guard withdrew.
The entire time this is going on, I'm just trying to keep Shadow under control. The rest of our time in the city was rather un-enjoyable. By the end of the week, Kaine didn't have a choice, we were lighting that beacon and getting the hell out of here.
"Why should I light this thing?" Kaine asked indignantly.
"You know why. It's our duty to complete the balance and restore order," I said.
"Like I care about our duty?"
"Don't you want to get home?" Asked Raiden.
" No! I never want to leave this place!" Kaine exclaimed.
Then, it happened, some how without the ceremony, we had lit the beacon.
"What happened?" Mina asked.
"THIS POWER! IT'S UNBELIEVABLE! NOW NO ONE CAN STOP ME!" Cried Kaine.
" His body, everything about him has been nearly tripled. He really is unstoppable," I said with defeat.
"That may be, but we can still try," said Mina.
Mina was right; we had to try, and we did, for hours we fought Kaine. Making little to no progress. Slowly but surely we tired out and were picked off. With Raiden and Aveon unconscious, Mina and Julia had a hard time. He caught Mina off guard from behind and took her out easily. Julia was hard to hit because she could fly, but that didn't stop Kain. She too, went down, but she went down with a fight. That only left me... this was the hardest fight of my life. Even with my sword Mastery and power over light and darkness I stood no chance. Then, he did something that would change all of our lives forever. He grabbed Mina and commenced to try and crush her skull. In seeing this, I lost it. I let my power go unchecked and the result was unbelievable. My power and Shadow's became perfectly in sync, then, we released our ultimate power.
"LUNAR KATASTROPHY!" I shouted.
Then nothing; I had blacked out. It would be more than six weeks before I would wake up. Mina told me that since the fight in Sparks, we had landed in the Earth kingdom of Gia. Shadow has a body and it is very badly injured, but it wasn't from the fight. It turns out that Shadow is a lot like Miroku. He just can't keep his hands to himself. It would be another week before I was strong enough to walk, but after that my strength came back much quicker than we thought. We decided to wait in the earth capital for the others.
What's next? We'll find out.