Ha-ha I'm back!
Drew: Oh good more torture to endure…
Me: Oh Drew you say the sweetest things…
Drew: Yup, I'm so very charming.
Me: Well would you do the honors?
Drew: Gladly, Rolyn owns nothing related to any cartoon and/or anime.
Me: Thank you!
Water: Visions
It had been a while since the group had left Zaun, about half a month actually. Gyrados had been flying for days upon days and drifting on the surface of the water when it became too tired. Misty had to give Drew daily healings to subside his pain and each time she did May felt guilty about being the cause of his suffering in the first place. Then again why should she have any guilt? He took away her home and the ones she loved most and he added to her list of reasons of facing a destiny that could possibly have her killed. She didn't know how to handle all of it so she did the thing she hated most: She meditated.
May was never a girl who liked to sit still and breath deeply for hours. She was a girl with get up and go. Meditation always made her antsy and Mikiko never was able to get her focus for more than two minutes. That was just the way May was. However now she felt that meditation and focus would play a huge role in her life. She had also watched Drew, sitting on the far end of the dragon pokemon, his legs crossed and his hands brought together prayer style as he got lost in the depths of tranquility and concentration. He would breath so strongly that it created a small smoke cloud in the frigid air; not smog but actual fire smoke.
Since Drew was so contempt on sitting and concentrating for hours drowning out the people around him May decided that today she would as well.
"Uh…Drew?" She asked wringing her wrist nervously as she stood on the Dragon right next to the green haired boy. Her exhaled a small green spark of fire and his eyes snapped open immediately narrowing in a harsh glare as soon as he laid eyes on the anxious brunette. How dare someone interrupt him; his greatest enemy no less.
"What do you want Ping Heng?" He asked, his voice dripping with malice. May tried not to cring at his tone of voice. She was a fragile girl despite her power. She didn't really enjoy having enemy's that were after her head. He didn't even use her actual name and they have been together for a while now.
"I was wondering…could I meditate with you?" She asked hopefully. Her nervous expression pulled up into a light smile. Drew stared at her blankly for a moment before waving his hand at her in nonchalant manner. May took this as a yes and quickly sat next to him. She made two fists and brought her knuckles together as she sat in her lotus position. Just because she didn't meditate doesn't mean she didn't know the proper way her customs taught her.
"Your doing it wrong." Drew said dryly. May cracked open one eye and shook her head.
"No. Nomads have been doing it like this for thousands of years. My master said that it helped with the energy flow and being a controller of air, a flowing and out of control element, you have to keep a firm hand position and have your body grounded or the flow will cause you to be blown away. It must be different for you since fire is a more controllable element." May responded simply while nodding at her own assumptions.
"Actually fire is a complicated element that, if not handled and controlled correctly, can cause massive devastation." Drew countered closing his eyes once more. May glared at him.
"That doesn't seem to stop you now does it. If that's the truth then I have yet to see a fire manipulator that has handled their element correctly." May retorted as she closed her eyes as well and took in a deep breath. Drew glanced at her through half lidded eyes before closing them once again, her words throwing off his concentration completely.
May's breathing evened out and entered her nose then out the mouth. Gentle gusts of wind blowing each time she did so. Silence hung between her and the green haired boy for an entire half an hour, the longest May had gone sitting still completely quiet without sleep being involved. She felt that meditation was actually relaxing and put her at ease. Her burdens seemed to get lighter as she drifted off into another place.
"What the heck!" May screeched as she looked around her. She seemed to be back at Vayu. The temple seemed fine, like no attack had ever came upon them there. Everything seemed normal except nobody was around. She looked around hoping to find another nomad but nothing.
May blinked and as soon as she did so she wished she hadn't. The once peaceful sky temple was now up in flames like the night they had been attack. The flames danced along the court yards and the heat ate away at the structure. May's eyes widened in pain and she could feel the tears falling from her eyes.
She clenched her eyes tight, a rush of wind flying past her and she refused to open them. She didn't want to but she did anyway. She was now in the water kingdom and unlike Vayu it had people moving about. May looked around recognizing some of the local people she had seen upon her arrival to the frozen tundra and in a flash of light the scenery changed once again, this time to a battle scene. Fire and water going back and forth. May looked around frantically having rememberance of the day the fire region had attacked the peaceful water kingdom.
"Am I having flashbacks?" She asked nobody. Her questioned was answered with another change. They were in a small town, all the buildings were made of wood and straw. It looked peaceful and calm as people walked about. May couldn't recognize it at all. A flash of light changed the look of the town. People were now running while buildings were eaten up by fire. A huge gust of wind forced many people off their feet and when May saw the cause of the wind her eyes widened.
"Is that…me?" She asked. Standing down the road was May. Her brunette hair flying in all directions in the intense wind, her eyes glowing an eerie white and weird looking markings along her arms and forehead. What May saw scared her completely out her mind. The girl she was looking at…was out of control and making havoc. If she was seeing things from her past, was this going to happen in her future?
"May…"
May looked around and in one last flash of light she was standing on a cloud in the sky. Standing before her was a woman looking to be in her early twenties. Her eyes were the lightest shade of blue and her brunette hair was pulled back into a bun by cream colored chop sticks. She was wearing an off white colored traditional (and elegant) kimono that hid her hands. All in all she was beautiful….and she looked sorta like May.
She bowed to the younger brunette who smiled sheepishly.
"Um hello…who are you?" May asked. The woman laughed lightly her eyes sparkling joyously.
"My name, young Ping Heng, is Haruka, the very first Balancer of the cycle. It is a honor to finally meet you face to face."Haruka said. May gasped in shock, the strongest woman of all man kind was standing before her.
"The honor is all mine master." May said bowing respectfully. Haruka laughed lightly once again.
"I am no longer the master. I am merely a past life, a spirit that subsides in this place we refer to as the spirit realm. You are the master young one, I have brought you here for a reason." May looked around at the place referred to as the spirit realm. There wasn't much to it. It wasn't much because May was standing on a cloud.
"What's the reason?" May asked. Haruka's expression turned dark.
"Danger lies ahead for you and your friends…as I have said before, the talismans are not everything. Giovanni has the metal talisman right now while you have the air talisman and the water talisman…soon those will mean nothing and you'll come back to the start."
"What…what do you mean I'll come back to the start?"
"Being the Balancer has much more to it. You must be prepared for what lies ahead…you're the only hope they have. You will have a time of struggle but you must pull through."
"Time of struggle? What's going to happen?!"
"Let me give you a glimps of the future to come…Do not worry about your friends."
"What the heck is wrong with her?" Becca asked as she snapped her fingers in front of May's face. The brunettes eyes were open but they were not their normal blue but a bright white.
"Why won't she come back? What is wrong with her?" Max asked as he gazed at his zoned out sister with concern.
"She's in some sort of tranquil state that is connected to her meditating. She'll come around when she actually returns to her body." Drew said simply as he stared at the brunette. May turned her head towards Drew and she spoke but it wasn't her voice it was a cross between hers and Haruka.
"You are very correct Drew…" She said. Rebecca gasped in shock and Max and ash scooted away feeling a little scared. Misty's eyes widened, as did Drew's.
"W-Who are you?" He asked obviously knowing it wasn't May. Haruka laughed lightly. It was a bad habit of hers.
"I am Haruka…May is with me, safe and sound. You have no need to worry."
"Who said I was ever worried." Drew scoffed flicking his hair out of his face. Haruka laughed once again.
"You seem to under estimate me. I see much more then you know. I know who you are Drew…I know the power you possess, I understand your every feeling. Soon May will be able to do the same…I am her past life after all." A streak of red ran across Drew's cheeks but he quickly coughed it off.
"Yea right." Drew grumbled. Haruka laughed once again before her laughter became faint and May's eyes returned to normal. She collapsed right into Drew's lap, her head spinning and her eye sight blurry which was lucky for Drew because he didn't need for her to see the blush on his cheeks that was deepening by the contact.
"May!?" Misty called grabbing the brunettes hand.
"We are in for so much more than we thought guys…" May trailed off before passing out.
Ooh I wonder what May meant by that. I also wonder what Haruka showed her.
Drew: Does it matter? And your the author shouldn't you know?
Me: Yes, it matters because it affects you! And shut up!
Drew: How does it affect me?
Me: People will just have to review before secrets are revealed and bonds are broken. Bwhahahahahaha!
Drew: Pweez Review (Makes chibi face)
Me: Awwww where's my camera!
