Chapter 7
Cave of Distant Past
I woke up, and to be greeted by the surrounding light of the Twilight Town's crystal. Looking at the light, I all ready knew it was morning, and we must continue our journey to the 2nd lord territory. I look around to see Maxine sleeping with Jude, and Romana with Kuro. I fold my sleeping bag, and I thought to myself.
I could move forward by myself like last time, but..
As I took a step, I hear the pendant moving around my neck as I sign of my promise to her.
"Let our friendship last through even after we escape from here."
I grin the pendant as if I'm chain by it's grip, and a small smile I give to the sight of the pendant.
"Why did I made such ludicrous promise." I muttered.
I patiently waited for them to wake up, and after a couple of minutes pass, I see shuffling in both sleeping bag. The first person to wake up is Maxine, and she look at me with sleeping eyes.
"Good..morning." Maxine muttered.
"Did you sleep well?" I ask.
"Yeah, but I had some problems so-" Maxine look at my neatly fold sleeping bag, and quickly gets up.
"I'm sorry Vergil for keep you waiting!" Maxine flustered.
"Yes, I don't remember the last time I waited for someone, you four are rather peculiar people." I answer.
I noticed that Jude woke up to our conversation, and he was half-asleep just like Maxine was a moment ago.
"Hey…are we ready to go?" Jude muttered.
Kuro was now all ready to go, and was trying to wake up Romana.
"Hey, wake up." Kuro said.
"Please…give me five more minutes.." Romana muttered.
"…"
Kuro grab Romana's arms, and drag her out of the sleeping bag.
"You could at least waited for me to wake up." Romana said.
"You took too long, we must depart now." Kuro answer.
Everyone finally woke up, and finish with their preparation. After that, we depart to our journey. As we walk in the road, we noticed a rather large cave in front of us, not far from us.
"Wow, what a large cave." Jude said with amazement.
"I wonder if it's safe for us to pass through there." Maxine said.
"Regardless, we must pass the cave to move forward." Kuro said.
"Yeah! It will be a piece of cake for us to pass through."
"Let's go." I said.
We enter the cavern, and there was candles on the cave's walls, the fire on the candles were red, and white. The cave tunnel was small compare to it's size.
"Wow, this color pattern remind me of Christmas." Maxine happily said.
"Now that you mentioned it, it does look like that." Jude said.
"I remember leaving from my home around December." Kuro point out.
"I hardly think monster would celebrate a human tradition." I said.
"Even so, it would be awesome if we celebrate Christmas together." Romana smile.
Me, and Kuro remain silence to her idea, while Jude, and Maxine happily agree. Romana notice our silence to her suggestion.
"Why aren't you two saying something?" Romana ask us.
"I don't celebrate Christmas like you." I answer
"Huh? Why not?"
"Oh..I think I know." Maxine said sadly.
"You do? How?" Jude ask.
"…"
"Vergil was stuck in one room his entire life time." Maxine said.
"Hmph, so you remember that." I said.
"What!? So, you didn't celebrate Christmas in that room." Romana wonder.
"No, I was too busy with other important stuff, that Christmas was nothing useful to me." I answer.
"How dare you!" Romana cry out in anger.
"I agree with him." Kuro suddenly spoke.
"What!?"
"I like to spend my time alone, so Christmas is just too problematic for me." Kuro sigh.
"You two are so…Unbelievable!" Romana said with anger.
"Come on Romana, let's behave nicely." Jude said.
"Why are you so nice for this two." Romana ask.
"Well, I kind of understand their feelings." Jude sadly said.
"What do you mean by that?" Maxine ask.
"I celebrate Christmas alone, and my mother was working during that time." Jude look down sadly.
Everyone became silence after this, and the air was tension was at its peak.
"Let's focus on making through the cave first, and then we worry about this later." I said.
"Yeah, I agree with that." Maxine follow up.
"I have no problem with it." Jude said, and Kuro nodded.
"Fine! It's for the best, I guess." Romana said.
"Then, let's move to the next town." I said, and we walk further in.
After a couple of minute pass by, Kuro ask us about something important to him.
"You said town a moment ago, and I couldn't let that go." Kuro said
"Oh right! We didn't explain everything to you two." Jude said.
"Well, there's 7 monster lord in total, and they all have a territory that we must pass through, in order to find the exit." Maxine explained.
"Monster lord? What is that?" Romana ask.
"I don't know, Venus didn't explain us a lot about them." Jude said.
"Who is this Venus?" Kuro said.
"She's the 1st lord we encounter in Twilight Town." I said.
"So, she's a lord, and Twilight Town was the first town you three visited, correct? Kuro ask.
"Yeah, and that should summaries what we know in the moment, except for Soul Fusion." Maxine said.
"Soul Fusion?" Romana ask.
"Everyone look at this." I said.
Everyone turn to see a glass door at the end of the cavern, and it look like it wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. I felt strange warp in reality all around the door.
"Do we have to go through there?" Jude ask worrying.
"We have no other choice." Kuro said.
"Everyone, don't let down your guard." I said, and we open the door together.
When we open the door, it lead us to a wall, and there was nothing on the other side of the door.
"What a let down, don't you four agree?" I turn around d to see no body.
Instead of a lonely cavern, there was now a huge black room with star all around, and filled with floating mirrors as the eye can see.
What is this place, and how did I ended up here?
I walk around this massive place to find the exit, but no door of any kind was found. I noticed that one of the mirror look different from all of the other, I could sense familiar air coming from it, and I could see my reflection in it. Suddenly, my kid self in the same room room from my past appear in the mirror. I could tell it was Christmas, since I see lights coming from my window.
Oh, I remember this…that time I was always trap in my imprisonment, and looking at other having fun.
I see my self reading a book, and ignoring the people laughter, and enjoyment. He stop reading the book, and sigh.
"Merry Christmas…" We both muttered.
The image of my imprisonment dissolved right in front of me, and I shook my head to forget this pointless memory.
Trash! I don't need good memories, I need to become better, that all I need in my life.
"H-Hey..mister."
I hear a familiar voice from behind me, and I turn to see Maxine, but she look like a 7 years old girl.
"Maxine?" I ask.
"That's my name mister, can you help me find my mommy?" K. Maxine said.
"First, how did you end up here?"
"I was walking in the park with my mommy, and I saw a glass door in the middle of the road, and I open it, then I came here." K. Maxine explained.
So, the same door appear to her as well…hmm..I wonder if my reflection I saw from before had any meaning, and also, if the other are going through the same thing.
"Mister..?"
"My name is Vergil, not mister." I answer.
"Sorry, i..I just want to see my mommy." K. Maxine was about to cry.
"All right, just don't cry, we'll find your mother, but you must behave." I said.
"Of course, Vergil!" K. Maxine happily said.
"It's good you understand, now let's find the exit to this bizarre place." I said, and I walk forward.
"V-Vergil." K. Maxine call out.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"Can you hold my hand, please." K. Maxine flustered.
"I have to decline that offer." I answer.
"Then, I won't follow you!" Maxine puff her cheeks, and I was surprised to see Maxine strange reaction.
"I would never pictures Maxine acting like a spoil child, she change a lot." I sigh.
"Please Vergil, I'm scare.." Maxine sadly said.
Hearing her talk like Maxine, a friend, make me want to obliged with her order.
"Fine, if that's what it take to keep you quiet." I said.
"Thank you!" K. Maxine smile.
She hold my arm, and I could feel her warmth around my hand for the first time, since I never held someone hand before.
"Let's go!" Maxine walk beside me.
"I can believe how weak I turn out." I muttered.
"Is not weak, you're a kind person, maybe some people change you." K. Maxine smile.
"Hmph, you are correct about that..."
After a couple of minutes of searching for the glass door, we finally encounter it.
"That's the same door I open." K. Maxine point to the door.
"I see, then let's find out where it will take us next." I said.
We both approach the door, and open it to find the same forest from before we enter the cave. I turn around to see the door, but the door was gone, and the only thing remaining was a wall with no door.
Romana
Everyone around me disappear, and now I was trap inside a room filled with floating mirrors.
"Where am I? I wonder.
I quickly noticed a nostalgic air coming from one of the mirror, and I see my younger self in the mirror. She's enjoying Christmas with his siblings, and having a good time together like a family.
"I remember this, it was the happiest day of my life." I smile.
Then, it dissolve in the mirror.
"Hey."
I hear a annoying, and familiar voice behind me, so I turn around to see Vergil, but he seem more cute than I remember.
"Are you Vergil?" I ask.
"How do you know my name?" K. Vergil ask.
"Well, I meet you already, but you look younger, and so cute!" I gave him a big hug.
"Hey, stop it lady." K. Vergil struggles.
"Oh, I'm sorry for that Vergil, and my name is Romana." I let him go.
"Okay Romana, do you know a way out of here." K. Vergil said.
"No, I just came here myself, what about you, how did you come here?" I ask.
"I was in my room reading, and then suddenly a glass door appear before me, so I try to open it, and here we are." K. Vergil explain.
"Oh! That's what I saw too, the glass door." I said.
"Hmmm, it does make sense to meet each other like this, and the causes of this was probably that glass door, so let's find that door here." K. Vergil explain.
"All right, let's find it together, but we must not be separated, so let's hold hand." I recommended.
"What a ludicrous request, and I have to kindly decline." K. Vergil said.
"Come on, don't be shy." I grab his hand, and walk forward.
"You're one strange lady." K. Vergil said.
As we walk around this room, we found the glass door, and we approach it.
"What a bothersome door." K. Vergil said.
"Now, we can leave from here." I said.
We open the door, and we see two person outside, and waiting for us.
Jude
Suddenly, I was in a room filled with strange floating mirrors, and nobody, but me was here.
"Hello? Guys?" I yelled out.
As I call out for my friends, I see a boy in one of the mirror, and when I took a closer look, I noticed it was me when I was 7 years old. He celebrate Christmas by himself…without his father…and her mother busy working..
"I miss my father." We both muttered.
The image of the Abandoned boy disappear, and I didn't enjoy that memory.
"Why are you making such a weak face?" I turn around to see a little girl behind me.
"Why are you doing here?" I ask.
"Well, I was enjoying my time with my siblings, when a glass door appear, and I try to open it." The little girl said.
"Oh, now I understand." I said.
"So…it was your fault!" She yelled out with anger.
"Huh!? No, it wasn't my fault, I'm the victim here." I said.
Wait, the way she talk, and her anger toward peoples…it remind me of..
"Are you Romana?" I ask.
"You know my name, are you a pervert?" K. Romana said.
"No! Look, I need to find the exit just as you do, so for now, let's work together to find it." I explain.
"Grrr, fine, but you will have to carry me back home." K. Romana suggest.
"Carry you? What do you-"
She jump from behind me, and I grab my hair to steer around wildly.
"Ouch! What are you doing!?" I said.
"Keep walking you horse, we can't stop for break." K. Romana jump.
I continue to endure this "walking" for a couple of minutes, and we finally found the glass door.
"I was never so happy to see a door before." I happily said.
"Come on, let's open it all ready." K. Romana said.
I open the glass door, and I see four people waiting for my arrival.
Kuro
The people in front of me disappear, and the whole room bend, and twist to form a big room filled with floating mirrors.
"What happened?" I muttered.
I look at my surrounding to look for anything suspicious, and I noticed a mirror with a boy in his room, so I approach the mirror to take a good look at it.
I-Impossible..
I see a 7 years old of myself with my parents, and enjoying a Christmas together like a family.
Are you mocking me!
I punch the mirror, and surprisingly, it didn't brake, but the image of my foreshadowing loneliness was gone from the mirror.
"H-Hey, violence isn't always the answer."
I hear a kids voice coming from behind me, and I turn to see a kid that look like Jude.
"Are you really Jude?" I ask.
"Huh? How do you know my name?" K. Jude wonder.
"It doesn't matter.." I sigh, and left from here.
"Hey, wait for me, I'm scared!" K. Jude quickly rush toward me to keep up.
"Hey, did you see a glass door?" K. Jude ask.
"How do you know about the glass door?" I ask.
"I was in my room eating, and then this glass door appear out of nowhere, and I was curious so…"
"You open the door." I answer, and he nodded.
"Let's find the exit for this place." I suggested.
We walk in this strange room for a couple of minutes, before we reach the glass door we were looking for.
"Let's hope it's the exit." I said, and open the door.
Inside the door was the exit, and six people waiting at the end.
Maxine
The whole room change before my eyes into huge black room filled with floating mirrors. One of the mirror was projecting a strange image, and I was curious. I see myself but the me in the mirror look like a 7 years old, and she was happily walking with my mother.
We were visiting my grandparents for Christmas, and we decided to walk, I enjoy that memory.
The image disappear from the mirror.
"Are you lost?"
I turn around to see Kuro, but he look like a 7 years old boy.
"Kuro? Is that you?" I ask.
"You know my name?" K. Kuro said.
"Yeah, but how did you arrive here?" I ask.
"I remember being with my parents, and then a glass door show up out of nowhere, and I open it, then I was here." K. Kuro explain
"It happen to you too…Then, let's find the exit together Kuro." I happily said, and he nodded.
We walk in silence through the room, and we lucky found the glass door from before, and open it.
Now, we have everyone together.
Read Important
Now, the next chapter will contain some emotional stuff, this chapter will come out on Christmas, and a difficult decision will be made by Maxine & Romana. Two girls must give a present to save someone from their dark past, but they are only 3 boys, and two present. Miracles do not exist here.
To save Vergil Imprisonment
To save Jude Abandoned
To save Kuro Loneliness
What will happen next, I wonder...
Relationships
Vergil
Maxine – Lv. 3 Friends
Jude – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Venus – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Hiro – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Kuro – Lv. 2 Friends
Romana – Lv. 2 Friends
Maxine
Vergil – Lv. 3 Friends
Jude – Lv. 2 Friends
Venus – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Hiro – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Kuro – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Romana – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Jude
Vergil – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Maxine – Lv. 2 Friends
Venus – Lv. 0 Stranger
Hiro – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Kuro – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Romana – Lv. 0 Stranger
Venus
Vergil – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Maxine – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Jude – Lv. 0 Stranger
Hiro – Lv. 10 (Max) Brother
Hiro
Vergil – Lv 1 Acquaintance
Maxine – Lv 1 Acquaintance
Jude – Lv 1 Acquaintance
Venus – Lv 10( Max) Sister
Kuro
Vergil – Lv. 2 Friends
Maxine – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Jude – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Romana – Lv. 2 Friends
Romana
Vergil – Lv. 2 Friends
Maxine – Lv. 1 Acquaintance
Jude – Lv. 0 Stranger
Kuro – Lv. 2 Friends
Profile
Vergil (Leader/Protagonist) Leven 12 Level of Violence 100
Leader of the team, and prodigy with the skills of all, but master of none.
Maxine (Support/?) Level 8 Level of Violence 0
A girl that's kind, but afraid to go over the limit, and one with a hidden potential. Her bright smile can bring happiness to the one being shown.
Jude (Support/Defensive) Level 7 Level of Violence 0
A boy with the heart of gold, and nobody can calm everyone fear or worry like him with his personality. The person that can understand the situation more than anyone.
Venus (1stlord) Level 100?
A lord with a hidden past, and somehow the strongest for being the lowest rank of all the other lords.
Hiro (Blacksmith) Level ?
A guy with child traits, and kind to everyone he meet, surely everyone like his "hero" appearance.
Forte (King) Level ?
The king of all monster.
Kuro (Offensive) Level 10 Level of Violence 0
A quiet guy with few words, and quick with harsh simple response, the wildcard of the team
Romana (Offensive) Level 9 Level of Violence
A brave girl that's happy, and angry at the same time, has a soft spot for children.
Soul Fusion Compendium
Vergil
Maxine – ?
Jude – ?
Venus – ?
Maxine
Vergil – ?
Jude – Joy, The Savior
Venus - ?
Jude
Vergil – ?
Maxine – Joy, The Savior
Venus - ?
Kuro
Vergil - ?
Maxine - ?
Jude - ?
Romana - ?
Romana
Vergil - ?
Maxine - ?
Jude - ?
Kuro - ?