The Forgotten Sky
by xlheslydesux
Disclaimer: I don't own Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha or any of its characters.
Chapter 5
Inside the Spaceship, Aegle
"Any change in the situation?" the commander of the spaceship asked.
"None ma'am. We haven't detected any movements from the target since we discovered it, but we have detected a number of magical signatures surrounding it." a woman said.
"Mages?" the commander asked.
"We can't confirm it ma'am. Its signature is similar to a mage but it also gives off the same signature of the target, and each signatures rank is also undetermined." another woman answered.
"Hmmm. We can't confirm if it's human or not, same with its strength so we can't just attacked carelessly. (Sigh) What the hell is that thing? We can't find anything about it and our equipments are supposedly advanced compared to the other worlds. This is really a difficult case. For now continue investigating and go look for any material or records that can help us identify that thing. Stay on alert until we reached our destination." the commander said.
"Yes ma'am." answered by everyone inside the room.
The commander of the spaceship left her seat and went outside the bridge. She walked towards the direction of the cafeteria, inside she found a blonde woman sitting at the far end side of the room drinking a cup of coffee.
"Fate." the commander called.
"Hayate."
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be sleeping." Hayate said.
"I couldn't sleep so I decided to drink some coffee." Fate answered.
One month ago, after what happened at the excavation site where Nanoha disappeared. Fate and Hayate both received an anonymous message address directly to them. Both messages have the same simple and short content saying:
To Fate-sama / Hayate-sama,
Nanoha Takamachi is alive. Don't look for her… if you know what is good for you and for her.
At first they were both shocked and they thought that it's an abduction notice, Hayate even ordered Shari to trace and find out who sent it but they couldn't. The content was really short and didn't offer any other information at all but after confirming that there was no trace of Nanoha being inside the cave after it fell to the ground, it gave them a small hope that Nanoha was indeed alive. But if she really was captured by someone, how come they didn't receive any more messages, Is it even possible for someone to capture Nanoha?, and what does "Don't look for her… if you know what is good for you and for her." mean? Why was the message sent to them directly and not at the bureau? With all this unanswered questions, Hayate and Fate decided not to report about the message and officially reported that Nanoha Takamachi, the Ace of Aces went missing in the field possible captured by an unknown criminal.
Fate and Hayate decided to personally investigate what really happened inside the cave. Their higher officials won't give any classified information so they resorted to ask the help of some people that they knew. Carim, Chrono, Lindy, Leti, Verossa and Yuuno agreed to help when they heard about Nanoha's disappearance but it was really hard. During the one month of their secret investigation, they found out that they were instances at the past history of Mid-childa, even in the Belkan era, where worlds and civilizations would suddenly disappear and crumble to its destruction at the span of days or weeks. The causes of these incidents are the huge unknown magical signature that they will always detect inside the planet before it gets destroyed. These magical signatures are unidentified relics that are similar in terms of strength and danger to a First Class Lost Logia; they think that it might be even greater. They didn't know where these relics came from, what exactly there are or how to stop it from destroying worlds. The TSAB of that time did try to solve the problem but they couldn't and just labeled it as Natural Calamities to prevent the other planets from panicking. 13 years ago something happened and these incidents stopped, no reports were made on the cause but it certainly stop and the universe became peaceful again… that is until a month ago. This phenomenon, like what the TSAB wants to label it is occurring again in many parts of the universe right now, directly after what happened in the excavation site. When Hayate heard from a secret source that the higher officials wants to formed a division to re-investigate this events she volunteered and with the help of Carim and Chrono, she managed to pull her current personnel from their old post to be re-assigned with her thus the formation of her new unit; Royal Fortress 6.
"Fate… I haven't really had the opportunity to properly apologize to what I did to you at the excavation site so I'll say it now while I can. I'm really very sorry." Hayate said with her hands clasp together in front of her head bowing to Fate.
Fate looked at her friend and smiled.
"There's no need for you to apologize Hayate, what you did was the best course of action for a commander in that kind of situation. I should be the one apologizing to you for acting the way I did. I'm very sorry and thank you for saving my life." Fate said sincerely.
"Yeah. You're welcome Fate. Anytime." Hayate said as she takes a seat beside Fate. After thinking for a few minutes she continued to say. "About Nanoha… We will find her Fate, we definitely will."
"Yeah. I know." was all Fate said before taking a sip from her glass of coffee.
The past month was difficult for everyone especially for her and Vivio, but they all believed that Nanoha was okay and wouldn't be defeated by something that is unknown to them. Fate decided to be strong in front of everyone to lessen their worries and most importantly, she did it for herself. If she didn't act like that, she felt that she might break down and won't be able to move forward. Not having Nanoha around her really hurt Fate, even though she wants to believed that her fiancée is okay the pain in her heart for not being by her side is too much for her to bear and the loneliness is breaking her soul to pieces. She needed and wanted Nanoha now even more.
After a few minutes, the spaceship Aegle reached it destination. It stationed itself above the planet called Aurantiaco. It is an uninhabited planet under the supervision of the TSAB. Even without entering the atmosphere the crew can feel the burst of dangerous aura inside the planet. When they investigated the situation of the planet through their monitors, they saw that the lands are starting to crumble, the sea is in chaos and the weather is grim as if giving them a warning that the planet is nearing its end. At one of the island near the sea, is the object of their interest. The unidentified relic that is causing this disaster. The unidentified relic is a small book-like Item, around it are things in the shape of a human but is certainly made up of something with dangerous magical energy flowing out of them.
The main job of Royal Fortress 6 is to investigate and identify this unidentified relic, and find a way to control it if possible and if not, destroy it.
"Listen up you guys, as you all know the unidentified relic that we should study and collect is very dangerous. We don't know anything about it that will help us resolve this in a safe manner so you're basically putting your lives in danger. But as members of TSAB, we have trained ourselves to face this kind of danger for the sake of rescuing others so our mission is to stop those unidentified relics from doing anymore damage. Enforcer Harlaown and Captain Signum will investigate the unidentified relic with Second Lieutenant Vita and Private First Class Mondial as back-up. Sergeant Nakajima and Private First Class Ru Lushe will investigate the forest for anything suspicious with Enforcer Lanster as commanding officer. Any questions?" Hayate asked.
"Is there any possibility of a human suspect involved ma'am?" Subaru asked.
"For now, None. We haven't detected any human life force within anywhere the planet but we can't disregard that possibility completely so always keep your guards up." Signum answered.
"Are we authorized to arrest anyone if someone did appear?" Erio asked.
"Yes, we are. We need all the information we can get to identify those relics." Fate answered.
"You are authorized to attacked anyone who will be a threat to your safety human or not. This is a dangerous mission, we don't know how powerful and how dangerous those unidentified relics are so don't hold back on anything. Go out there and return safely, that's order." Hayate said with a serious voice.
"Yes ma'am." everyone said as they salute to their commander.
Donning their Barrier Jackets the group teleported inside the planet. Fate and Signum went directly to the place of the unidentified relic with Vita and Erio, who is riding on Friedrich right behind them. They stopped in mid-air and maintained a certain distance between them and the unidentified relic and the things surrounding it. Teana, Subaru and Caro went inside the forest in the opposite direction to investigate the surroundings.
"Looks like there aren't any dangerous elements in this planet that we should be worried about for now." Signum said.
"Yeah. The only thing that I'm worried about is those things around the unidentified relic." Fate said.
"What do you think those things are?" Erio asked.
"I not sure but their not moving or attacking us. Do you think they can sense us?" Vita asked.
"I don't know but we need to seal the relic fast. We are sure that this planet is dying because of the negative energy that the relic is releasing, if we don't do something soon this planet will get destroyed and we would lose one of our clues on what is happening." Signum answered.
Fate stiffened upon hearing Signum's words. If the planet gets destroyed the relic will disappear and will go undetected again, she can't let that happen. The relics are her only clue on finding out what happened to Nanoha, she needs them more than the TSAB.
"Well, if we want to know what they are we only need to do one thing..."
As Fate said this she flew towards the things around the unidentified relic and attacked it.
"Photon Lancer. Fire!"
All her shots hit the targets without any problem and as she waits for the smoke to dissipate to see if her attacked did the job, yellow balls of energy came rushing towards her. Fate maneuvered in the sky as she avoids the balls of energy that is now pursuing her. She was shocked to see that energy balls looked like her own spells but there is something different, it's much faster.
"Bardiche."
"Scythe Slash."
Fate's Scythe Slash clashed with the balls of energy as she tries to cut through them but she couldn't, the balls isn't just faster than her spell it is also much stronger. Upon impact with Bardiche's the ball exploded and blasted Fate away. At the same time, 5 more balls of energy came rushing to Fate not giving her time to evade. As Fate readied herself for impact…
"Sonic Move."
Erio came just in time to snatch her in between the balls of energy making them explode upon impact to each other.
"Fate, are you okay?" Erio asked a little concerned.
"What the hell are you doing Fate? You're being reckless!" Vita said as she rushed to Fate's side.
"You are acting like an amateur Testarossa. What's gotten into you?" Signum said with an angry tone.
"I'm sorry. I only wanted to..." was all Fate could say.
Her three companions looked at each other and sighed. They all knew that Fate is the type of person who would analyze everything first before attacking an unknown enemy. Her doing what she did is obviously a signed of something wrong.
"Fate, we know you're worried about Nanoha and you want to know what really happened as soon as possible but being reckless in this kind of situation is dangerous." Erio said.
"If that idiot came back and found out that something happened to you while you're searching for clues on how or why she disappeared, what do you think she will feel." Vita said.
Fate clenched her teeth when the realization of the recklessness she just did finally sink in. She was in so much rush to find out anything about the unidentified relic that she totally ignored the dangers in front of her. She was so embarrassed and ashamed of herself not for acting recklessly but for putting her friends in a possible danger. Knowing that the relics have something to do with the disappearance of Nanoha made her unsettled but the presence of her friends always helped her calm down. When Signum saw that her expression changed she knew Fate is back to her normal self.
"Nanoha is fine Fate, she is strong and we will find her. Don't get yourself killed now." Signum said.
"Yeah. I'm sorry." Fate said giving her friends a reassuring smile.
"Good, but putting that aside their not really attacking us huh." Vita said as she looks at the entities around the unidentified relic.
"Yeah, looks like it. But this won't get us anywhere, we need to get near the relic and seal it. I really don't like the dark aura that's leaking outside of it." Signum said.
"Leave it to me; I will try to break through those creepy things." Vita said.
She flew towards the things around the unidentified relic.
"Graf Eisen."
"Gigantform"
"Giganthammer!"
Vita smashed a number of the entities in front of her but unfortunately they didn't shatter. The unknown enemies just absorb the weight of the impact of Vita's attacked and trap Eisen sinking him inside its body. As Vita tried to free Eisen a heavy force of energy suddenly hit Vita's body, blowing her away. She was hit by something in the stomach with the same, no double the weight of her attacked. Vita crouched in the air grasping for air as she tries to stop her fall. Fate, Signum and Erio came to her side in an instant the moment they saw Vita crashed from the sky in pain.
"Ugh! I felt that I was hit by something really heavy and it hurt like hell!" Vita said as she grips her chest.
"I didn't saw anything hit you but I certainly felt something from those things. This is more dangerous than we thought." Signum said.
"I think you're right. If I'm correct, from what I've observed, it returns to the attacker the attacks that's been thrown at it, in other words if we attack it we just end up attacking ourselves but the strength of the magic is much stronger than what we originally release. We should be really careful." Fate said.
As the four TSAB Officers dwell on what to do, two figures not so far from them are watching them quietly.
"Looks like the TSAB sent 2 groups to investigate, the other one is composed of three mages and are moving on the ground at the opposite direction." the man said.
"Is that so… to think that I will see them in my first hunt, I'm not really lucky huh." the woman said.
"Well, if my information about the TSAB is up to date, they are the most suited mages to be sent in this kind of missions." the man said.
"That is true but I was hoping to see them in a later time… you know what I mean." the woman said.
"I know my Princess but we can't help it now." the man said as he pats the shoulder of the woman.
"Yeah, you're right. Let us go and play a little then." the woman said as a sword appears in her left hand.
"As you wish." the man said.
He raised his right hand and a huge barrier enveloped the whole planet from the outside.
Inside the Aegle
"Commander a barrier was activated around the planet!" Shari said.
"What?! Who activated it? Is it the unidentified relic?" Hayate asked as she stood up.
"No ma'am, it wasn't. It came from a different magical signature." Lucino answered.
"Impossible! We didn't detect any other life forms or magical signature in the planet beside our team." Shari said.
"But it's the truth! That is what the readings are showing." Lucino said.
"Hayate this barrier and magical signature…" Rein said to Hayate through telepathy.
"Yeah, it's the same barrier from back then." Hayate answered to Rein.
"Contact Fate and the others, tell them to regroup and be cautious of a possible enemy in the vicinity!" Hayate ordered her personnel.
"It's no use ma'am, our communication and visual line just went down. We can't contact anyone below." Shari said.
"What? Not again! I don't care how you will do it but I want to know what's happening down there as soon as possible!" Hayate said.
"Yes ma'am!" everyone in the room answered.
"This is just like back then when Nanoha disappeared; someone is preventing us to discover the truth behind these occurrences. Rein can you analyze the magical signature from that barrier?" Hayate asked.
"I will try." Rein said.
She waved her small hands and small screens appeared in front of her.
"Something is happening…" Hayate said as she stares at the black screen inside the ship.
"Luftmesser." Erio said as he attacked.
He created blades of wind cutting the unidentified entities in half but the portion that was cut in half suddenly changed it's form and tied him up, electrifying him.
"Schlangebeißen"
Signum struck forward and broke Erio free while Fried catches him.
"Panzerschild."
She activated her shield protecting Fried and the weaken Erio while trying to suppressed the attacked of the enemy.
"Schwalbefliegen."
Vita launched multiple homing projectiles towards their enemy. All her targets exploded upon impact but it immediately returned to its original form and returned her attack. She was successful in evading all the attacks but it suddenly increased it speed in mid-air and hit her.
"Vita!"
Fate came rushing towards the falling Vita.
"Bardiche."
"Sonic Sail."
Fate, who is now in her Sonic Form catch Vita before she hits the ocean.
"Vita, are you okay?" Fate asked.
"I'm in pain but still alive. What the hell is happening? They suddenly became aggressive and violent." Vita said as she tries to fly on her own.
"I don't know but one thing is for sure, something happened. They are now attacking us even though we're not doing anything. They suddenly became destructive." Fate said as she puts out a shield to protect her and Vita from the still attacking unidentified entities.
"Testarossa, we need to do something. We can't stay on offensive for too long; these things are absorbing our magical energy through our shields." Signum said as she puts her best efforts in maintaining her shield.
"I know Signum but what can we do, none of our attacks are effective and we can't contact Aegle and Teana's group. For now being on offensive is our best choice." Fate answered.
"Tsk. We can't attack them and if we defend ourselves with shields they absorb our magical energy by sticking to it, what are this things." Vita said now able to put her own shield helping Fate.
"I need to do something or all of us will be in danger. I need to create a chance to allow all of us to escape, for now escaping from here is our priority." Fate thought to herself.
As if reading her mind, some of the entities near the unidentified relic suddenly merge with each other and attacked them with full force. Before the four mages could react to what's happening the entities that is breaking through their shields flashed brightly blinding their sight and successfully piercing through their shields. As their shields shatter to pieces the entities changed its form binding them. The four mages tried to break free from their bind but the more they struggle the weaker they get. The entities that are now tied to them are sucking their magical energy and crushing their bodies, they couldn't do anything but scream in pain. Fate could no longer think of anything in the middle of the pain that she's feeling and was about to fall unconscious but before closing her eyes she managed to say something…
"Nanoha."
"Himmelstreik."
Suddenly, something cut through the bind of the four mages freeing them and as they fall into the ocean below…
"Wiegefloat."
Signum, Vita, Erio and Friedrich were enveloped by a pink light before hitting the ocean. Fate felt herself falling, she tried to move but she couldn't. She's too weak to even open her eyes. She waited and prepared herself for impact but nothing happened. The pain from hitting the water and the coldness of the ocean water didn't came, all she felt were warmed hands holding her close. When she opened her eyes to see who it belong to, she saw a woman wearing a white robe with a hood and a mask covering half of her face looking straight at her.
"Hello there. Can you fly?" the woman asked.
"Ah, y-yeah." Fate said suddenly flustered.
The woman put Fate down and turned around, dashing towards the unknown entities.
"Flammekugel"
Multiple balls of fire manifested around the woman flying near her. She increased her speed as she flew straight at the enemy cutting everything in sight. As she slashed the entities in half, she also strike them with her balls of fire right after cutting them, giving the entities no time to degenerate and return her attack. She maneuvered in the sky with lightning speed and destroyed everything near the relic in a snap. After taking care of all the entities in sight she slowly descended to Fate and the others. Fate and the others couldn't help but be shocked on how magnificent their unknown savior moved.
"Who are you?" Signum asked.
"Just a passing by traveler… is what I want to say but I think you won't believe me." the woman said.
"Are you kidding me? You just single-handedly beat those creepy things without breaking a sweat, and you're gonna say you're just a passing by traveler!" Vita said raising her voice.
"Calm down Vita." Fate said as she walked towards the woman. "We are from the TSAB. I am Enforcer Fate T. Harlaown, as much as I want to ask you on who and what you're doing here we don't have much time."
She points at the direction of the unidentified relic, the entities around it are starting to reform itself but this time it's moving slower making Fate think that the attacked of the woman did something to it.
"For now let me thank you for saving us."
The woman smiled at Fate.
"Don't worry Enforcer-san we do have time for a little chat." The sword in the hand of the woman flashed and a shield surrounded Fate and the others. "This will protect us for now but I need to seal the Item as soon as possible or it will be too late to save this planet. I have mixed in my magical energy in those shadows to slow their regeneration when I attacked it but it will not stop. I'm willing to tell you everything you need to know about the situation to avoid any unnecessary deaths but we need to talk fast."
"Shadows?" Erio asked.
"That's what those things around the Item are called. It is the Item's defense mechanism, when a tainted Item detects a harmful magical signature to them nearby it activates automatically." explained by the woman.
"Harmful magical signature?" Signum asked.
"Yes, in other words me. We are here to seal that Item. When we entered this planet, its defense program activated creating those shadows. The defense program of each Items differs from each other and it changes based on the threat surrounding it, making them more dangerous and unpredictable. We tried to observe the situation for a while in a safe distance but you guys suddenly appeared. Though I must admit, you guys helped us a lot in finding out what those shadows can do especially when you attacked it." the woman said smiling.
"Us? You're not alone? Who really are you? You're not just a regular mage, am I right? Please tell us everything you know about this situation." Fate said pleadingly.
"My name is Alazne, I'm the keeper of the 10 Holy Items of Al Hazard."
"Holy Items? Is that what those unidentified relics are?... Wait a minute, did you just day Al Hazard?!" Signum asked.
"Yes." Alazne answered.
She told Fate and the others all the things they needed to know about the Holy Items but she left many important things untold, especially the part of who she really is. Thanks to Raising Heart who is hiding inside her clothes, she can talk to them in a different voice.
"But isn't Al Hazard a myth?" Erio asked.
"Myths are stories about early history and are told without determinable basis for facts, but at the same time it doesn't have any proof of being false too. I know it's hard to believe but you guys don't have the luxury to doubt anything right now." Alazne said.
"Yes, you're right and I don't care about that right now. What I'm interested at this moment is finding out who you really are that's why you're coming with us back at the ship. We are taking you into custody." Vita said.
"No… I don't think that's happening." Alazne said smiling.
"Oh yeah? Are you saying you're gonna disobey a TSAB officer?" Vita said as she points Graf Eisen towards Alazne.
"Wait a minute Vita." Fate said as she stepped in between the two. "If what you told us is the truth then you're saying that the TSAB can't do anything about this matter?"
"Yeah, something like that. After telling you everything, can I ask you guys to kindly back down from this." Alazne said.
"Unfortunately no, our job is to prevent things like this from happening. We won't give up without doing everything that we can, even if it means putting our life in risk." Fate said with a serious face. "And more importantly, I personally can't give up on this matter no matter what; I need to find someone important to me and this is my only clue in finding her."
Alazne stared at Fate with a sad expression on her face.
"Someone important?" Alazne asked.
"Yeah, my other half. That's why backing down from this is out of the question for me. I will be glad if you will cooperate with us but if you get in my way, I won't hesitate to fight you with everything I have." Fate said as she grip Bardiche while looking at Alazne.
"I see. Somehow, I already knew you'll say that." Alazne said with a blank expression on her face.
"Huh?" Fate said confused.
"I'm sorry Enforcer-san but I won't allow any of you to continue beyond this point." Alazne said as she raised her sword to her side.
"What do you mean?" Erio asked while putting his guard up.
"No one in this world can seal the Holy Items besides me; you people won't be able to do anything and will just die a useless death in front of this ordeal. I sincerely ask you to change your decision or else, you will have to face me." Alazne said.
Vita didn't waste any time and attacked Alazne when she saw her raising her sword.
"Tödlichschlag"
Alazne raised her shield and just stood there not doing anything as Vita tries to break through her shield, engulfing her with flames.
"It's pointless, you're too weak." Alazne said as a pink magical circle appeared beneath her. "Barrier Burst."
Her barrier exploded and blast Vita away. At the same time, she flew towards Vita with a speed so fast that you can feel the backlash of the wind from the force of her action. She raised her sword to slash Vita, when Vita saw this she activated her shield but when she thought that Alazne was about to hit her, the said woman suddenly blurred with speed and disappeared in front of her. And then she felt something hot hit her back.
"Blesseauswirkungen."
A magical compressed wave hit her behind knocking her back a few feet in front of Fate and the others but Alazne still didn't stop there. Before the others could move and help Vita…
"Schattenbind."
Small daggers struck their shadows paralyzing their movements. Everything happened in a flash that even Fate and Erio couldn't react on time. The moment they realized what was happening, it was all over.
"Kristallbarriere."
A huge crystal barrier enclosed Fate and the others as Alazne slowly descends in front of them.
"I'm very sorry Officers-san, just like what I said earlier, I'm the only one who can seal the Items. Even if you want to solve this incident you're magical energy is not enough for this kind of mission, you guys will just be a hindrance. If you value your lives, just stay there until everything is over."
After saying this Alazne turned around to leave but something stopped her. She turned to face Fate and stared at her for a few minutes before speaking.
"Enforcer-san, knowing the truth doesn't necessarily mean finding happiness. There are things that are best, if left alone. You should stop digging into this any further. It might not be easy but forget about this incident and go home. If you do, you will definitely make her happy." Alazne said in a very sad voice.
"What do you mean?! Do you know something about Nanoha?!" Fate said as she desperately struggles to move her body. "Answer me?!"
Alazne float towards Fate entering the shield. She hesitated at first but continued to move her hands towards Fate's face, touching her. She leaned towards Fate's ear and whispered…
"You should stop looking for her. It would be much easier for the both of you."
After saying this she slowly ascended towards the Item who is now surrounded by the shadows that just regenerated a few seconds ago. Still looking at Fate she smiled and said…
"Good-bye, Fate-chan."
Upon hearing this, Fate felt her tears pour down from her eyes. She couldn't understand it but when she heard the woman say her name, a tremendous pain and familiarity flooded her heart. Alazne's touched, gestures and way of speaking is so similar with the most important person in her life and without thinking she uttered…
"Nanoha?"
Alazne hovered in the sky looking at the shadows and the Item.
"Vormund, where are you?" she said in telepathy.
"I'm on my way back, I just finished placing Teana-sama and the others inside my special maze barrier to protect them but that will just give us a few minutes. They didn't notice me activating it but they will soon realize that something is wrong." Vormund answered.
"I see. I'm gonna go purify and seal the Item now." Alazne said.
"Wait a minute, Princess. I'll be there in a few minutes, wait for me!" After saying this Vormund made a bee line towards Alazne.
"I'm sorry Vormund but I can't wait anymore. I'm having a hard time controlling myself not to remain at Fate-chan's side, if I stay here any longer I might clutch onto her and never let go." Alazne said with tears starting to fall from her eyes.
She took a deep breath before charging at the shadows.
"I need to gather all of them in one place to finish this in a single strike."
Alazne looped and twirled around the shadows forcing her way through them. When the shadows came after her, she flipped and spinned around passing them, when she was able to line the shadows up in a straight line she stopped. She steadied herself in the sky and raised Eckhard above her head.
"Königlichen Blaster!"
A large beam of energy pierces through all the shadows destroying them in one shot. Without waiting for the smoke to clear up Alazne flew straight towards the Item.
"Verschlossenenkubus"
A small solid box appeared around the Item trapping it inside.
"Verfestigen"
She enclosed the Item with ice, stopping the negative energy from flowing out.
"I think that will slow its flow of energy for now. I need to purify it quickly before the shadows regenerate again."
Alazne grabbed the book like Item inside her palms and closed her eyes. She concentrated for a few seconds then said…
"Reinigen."
A big magical circle appeared beneath her and then she felt something… She felt her magical energy being sucked out of her linker core in a rapid speed. She screamed in an unbelievable pain. It was as if her body was being torn apart by an invisible force. Everything was being sucked out of her body and it's the first time she felt this kind of pain. She felt every part of her body crack inside and out. When it stopped, she fell from the sky lifelessly but Vormund arrived just in time to catch his falling master.
"I told you to wait for me didn't I!" Vormund said harshly.
"I'm sorry... but now I understand why you did everything to prevent me from purifying the Items before as long as you can help it, it really hurts like hell." Alazne said before darkness took over her consciousness.
Vormund couldn't help but feel his uselessness in the face of his master's suffering.
"I'm very sorry, my Princess." was all he could say.
He looked at the body of his master that is now full of wounds and is dripping with blood. Purifying the Items means vaporizing the negative energy from inside it and forcefully replacing it with the pure magical energy of the keeper. A process that is so hard and dangerous for a normal person to perform. He took Daeira, the book like Item which is now untainted, out of Alazne's palm and placed it into one of Oroitz chain in Alazne's wrist. He carried Alazne protectively and said.
"This is just the beginning of our long and painful journey."
A/N: This chapter took longer than I expected. It is really difficult making a satisfying fight scene (for me) using words alone. Well for my first time making a fight scene, I hope I did a passable job. Feel free to leave some comments or suggestions. Thank you... :)