Me: And here's TU 49, one more chapter to go until TU 50!
April: Yup!
To Understand: Part 49
Time in Exire: Making a Charm
By Harmony283
Reviews:
LittleLinor: Holy cow…I upload and then 10 minutes go by (well, it was more like 12)…and then you review. I can see why you like FF story updating alert thing…I wish it'd work for me. And yeah I'm sure you'll the resemblance of the collar idea in this chapter. It's actually really sweet, in my opinion. Also in the fight yes Yuan will participate. It's him, Colette, Raine, and Sheena. Since April really has no idea how to fight a summon spirit (yet she's the one who points out how to make Maxwell appear…) she'll be standing off to the side watching. Well then, I'm glad you liked the last chapter and here's the newest one, enjoy!
DraNKa: Heh, I'm glad you like the whole angel feather charm thing, I've actually had it in my mind for the longest time. And it's the reason why Genis found that feather in the beginning. You'll actually see Mithos (somehow) make the choker/collar for Genis in this chapter (hence the title of the chapter), so enjoy!
ViarouraFox: You're wondering what the charms'll look like? Well you'll get a description in this chapter and, once my scanner's fixed, you'll possibly get a pic as well! Now here's the newest chapter, enjoy!
Hiranieas: Heh, I'm glad you liked the last chapter, and yes there is a bunch of fluff between Mithos and Genis in Exire, since that's really the only place I can put it (that and in another chapter that's coming up). Well here's the newest chapter, so enjoy!
Me: Whelp here's another chapter, and honestly, I started this one earlier than I normally do.
April: Well they always say it's good to do that when the ideas are fresh in your mind.
Me: Yeah.
April: Well I guess I'll do the disclaimer now: Harmony283 doesn't own ToS or any of it's lovable oh-so-good characters. She only owns the plot and the OC's.
Authors Note: Yeah, that's been true for all 49 chapters of TU, I highly doubt it's gonna change any time soon. Now then, in the last chapter Genis and Mithos decide to make charms/necklaces/chokers using the angel feathers they found. How well does that go? Also, will Sheena successfully make the pact with Maxwell, and if she does what exactly does Mithos need to ask him? Also Mitosu and Pronyma are making their way towards Exire...that can't be good.
April: …I feel kinda sorry for Genis in these chapters. He's so happy, and yet he doesn't even know his own mother is in Exire mere platforms away.
Me: And I guess that's a good thing that he doesn't know.
April: Yes but Mithos does…and how long is he planning on keeping that a secret anyway?
Me: You'll just have to wait and see.
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Genis' POV
I watched as Mithos carefully unhooked the chain from one of the Poison Charms we had in the bag. He pushed aside some of the other items, and laid both my feather, and the chain out.
"Hmm, do we have anything really sharp around here?" he suddenly asked, making me jump.
"Wh-what? Oh, um…well, if there's nothing there then I have no idea."
He shrugged, moving some of his yellow bangs out of his eyes, "Well it doesn't matter that much, I guess I'll just use my magic then."
I nodded my head, watching as he held up a finger, closing his eyes, and suddenly a thin beam of light magic zapped through the tip of the feather, leaving a perfect sized hole in its place.
Mithos smiled happily, "There now we just slip the chain through, and this will be my charm."
I nodded my head, taking the feather in my hands, and taking the chain in the other, slipping it through the perfect sized hole. Mithos turned so that his back was facing me, holding up his hair so that I could slip the chain around his neck with it getting tangled in his blond hair.
"There! It's done." I stated as I finished hooking one side of the chain to the other, smiling.
Mithos smiled back, turning to face the bed once more, "Yes, now to look for yours. I know we can't use a chain, because then it'd be hidden most of the time."
"Yeah and you already said you wanted it to be a choker…because it'd be more like a…a…collar…" that thought made me blush and turn away.
To my surprise Mithos laughed at this, well, it was more of a chuckle than a laugh, but it still counted.
"Yes, a collar. Hmm, and…the only thing I see here that looks like it could be used for that is this…" he picked up an extremely old looking vase that had a silver metal trim around the base, that looked like it was falling off.
"But that's--"
"One of Raine's artifacts?"
I nodded my head, "Yeah. I think it was the one, um, she took with her before our house was…burned down."
His eyes widened, and that's when I realized it. I never really told him the story about that…accident…
"Your home was burned down? Who did it?"
"The…Desians under Forcystus did it. It's because we--me an' Lloyd--violated the peace treaty by going to the Iselia human ranch." I touched the exsphere on my right hand and Mithos seemed to understand.
"Is that where you got…Marble's exsphere?"
I nodded my head, "Y-yeah. It was shortly after that. She…she turned into a monster and Forcystus ordered her to attack us. We won, but she died, and that's when I realized who she was. Right after that they banned Lloyd from the village. But it was all my fault so I decided to go with him."
Mithos looked down, "I…see. I heard that your village…that most of the buildings got destroyed. But I didn't know how. And…I'm sorry."
I smiled, placing a hand on his arm, "Like I said, it's not your fault…and you said you didn't even know. So…so…don't worry about it. More importantly, how exactly are you planning on getting that off that vase?"
Mithos turned to look at the ancient artifact in his hands, muttering something that sounded like ancient elvish under his breath. I watched in fascination, the metal seemed to just fall off. It also didn't look as old as it did before.
"There, now we can use it. Here," he got up suddenly at stood behind me, "let's see if this fits first."
"Um…"
I heard a faint 'click' noise, and I felt the cool metal against my neck.
"Well it fits…now to put the feather on it…" he unhooked the metal from around my throat and quickly inspected the front of it. Now I really had to wonder how he was going to attach that feather…
"I think I have an idea. But for it to work we need to melt some of the metal, while keeping the rest of it cool."
I blinked, "And how are we supposed to do that?"
He shook his head, "I know I can melt this, but…I might need some help. This is a two person job."
"Then I'll be happy to help."
"But you're still--"
I shook my head, "I'll help. I may be tired, but that doesn't mean I can't cast a simple spell. Besides, I know some elven spells too. So I'm sure I can help."
Mithos looked worried, but only for a split second, "Fine, if you think you'll be okay, then I'll trust you. But if you feel tired, let me know."
I smiled, "I'll be fine, and it's just one spell right? I need to keep it cold while you need to keep it hot?"
He nodded his head.
"Then it shouldn't take too long!"
He sighed and nodded his head again, "Fine, fine," he smiled, "You're just too cute sometimes…especially when you're happy."
I flushed and looked away, grabbing his feather as I did so, "Thanks…um…let's get started." I turned back to face him, holding out the rainbow colored feather. He took it from my hands and held it up to where he wanted it on the choker. He then held his fingers to that one spot, murmuring a word in elven, and the metal quickly began to glow.
I scooted closer to him, placing my hands on the metal as well. It was warm, yes, but it didn't hurt. I closed my eyes, concentrating on the spell I knew would instantly cool off the metal.
"Okay Genis, now." I heard Mithos whisper.
I squeezed my eyes shut even more, and bit my lip as I felt some of my mana draining out of me. But when I felt the coolness of the metal under my fingers, telling me that the spell had worked, I sighed in relief.
"Whew…well, it's done right?"
Mithos nodded his head, slipping the choker back around my neck, snapping it shut.
"There. Your 'collar' is finished." He said with a smirk.
I flushed, "O-okay that's just…that's just not funny anymore…" I touched the feather that was now embedded in the metal, "But thank you."
"You're welcome."
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Aprils' POV
"And how exactly are we going to do that?" Sheena asked from beside me, sounding annoyed.
And I had to agree with her. How were we going to show proof of her pact with the summon Spirits? That…I didn't even know if you could show proof.
But that's what the tablet said, so we must be able to…somehow.
Raine shook her head, "Don't you remember? When we made the pacts with the summon spirits all those times, wasn't there an item we received? Something that showed we made the pact successfully?"
Sheena tilted her head to the side, "Um…"
Yuan sighed in annoyance.
And Colette, too, seemed to be thinking hard. I then noticed the ring she was wearing, it was a beautiful ruby color.
Wait…
"Were they, by any chance, a form of jewelry?" I asked, looking over at Raine, who nodded her head.
"Yes, rings. Like the one you're wearing, Colette."
"Oh! That's right!"
"And I'm wearing the one for Undine."
"Yeah, and the one I have is--"
Suddenly the tablet started glowing, and a strange figure started forming in the air above it.
When the light ebbed away, my eyes widened, there, floating in front of us, was an old man with a huge book in one of his hands, and a staff in the other.
"Ah, my, it seems like it's been forever since someone came to see me." The old man stated, looking at us with his beady brown eyes, which were, to say the least, slightly unnerving.
"Um…you're…Maxwell right?" Colette asked, looking slightly shocked as well.
"Yes the one and only. And you," He pointed his staff at Sheena, "Are the new pact maker, correct?"
Sheena gulped and nodded her head, "Yes, my name is Sheena…and…wait, 'new pact maker'? You've already made a pact with someone?"
Maxwell nodded his head, "Why yes, Mithos and I had a pact. I didn't like him very much, he wasn't exactly sane in the mind either. Ah-ha-ha-ha that's why I keep Exire floating though." He turned to face Yuan, "And you, you were with him. My you haven't aged a bit."
Yuan just shook his head, "I don't know whether to take that as a compliment, or to be repulsed by it."
And I highly doubted that that was the right thing to say to him…
"Hmph, and you're just as rude as he was. But that doesn't matter now. You wish to make a pact with me, correct?"
Sheena nodded her head.
"And I see that you've already made a pact with Origin, well, I suppose you're good enough…"
"So we don't have to fight?" Sheena asked hopefully.
Maxwell laughed, "Ah well, no we don't but…what the heck, why not? I want to see how good this old man is," he pointed his staff at Yuan, laughing still.
Yuan's eyes twitched, and suddenly, in a flash of light, his sword-looking-weapon was in his hands.
And his cape was gone…
"I am not old. Don't you dare say that." Yuan stated, looking quite calm, except for that there was a…strange glint…in his eyes…
That wasn't good.
"Ah-ha-ha-ha…yes you are old—agh!"
I blinked, what just happened?
I didn't have to wait long to figure it out though. Yuan had, to put it simply, knocked Maxwell to the ground…with some sort of attack…that I didn't see.
"And just how old are you?" the blue haired man asked, still seeming as calm as ever, not moving an inch from where he stood.
"Ah-ha-ha! I suppose I'm pretty old as well. But don't think just because I'm old I'll go easy on you!"
Sheena drew her cards, "Shouldn't it be the other way around?"
"Ah-ha-ha-ha! Well we'll just have to wait and see! Now who exactly will I be going up against?"
"Of course you'll be going up against me," Sheena stated, raising her cards a bit higher.
"And I won't let that comment fly without a fight." Yuan took a step closer, running his free hand through his bangs.
"I'll help out as well. It would be in my best interest to have something to do instead of sit around." Raine said, gripping her staff tighter and moving forward.
"I guess, um, I guess I can help out as well!" Colette drew her chack-rams, her pinkish purple angel wings appearing on her back.
"I see I see…hmm this should get interesting, ah-ha-ha-ha!"
He pointed his staff up at the sky, a magic circle appearing under him, the pages in the old book in his hand flipping as if blown by the wind.
"METEOR STORM!" he bellowed out…
And suddenly the ground started shaking, meteors, quite literally, falling from the sky onto the battle field.
I really think I should move now…
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Lloyds POV
"Zelos!" I ran over to where Zelos lay, moving him so that I could see his face. It was extremely pale and his arms…were very warm.
"Zelos? What's…?"
"Lloyd watch out!" I looked up at Kratos' warning, ducking just in time as the weird monster swooped down once more, barely missing my head.
"Kratos, can you heal Zelos?"
Kratos gave me a weird look, "After he tried to attack me?"
"But his hands…! There really hot, and his tattoo's might have made him do that."
"Those really aren't…normal tattoo's." Presea stated, shaking her head from side to side. Was it just me or was her face even more flushed than it usually was?
"I think we already know that Presea, but if what you say is true, then yes I will heal him." Kratos moved forward, bending down to Zelos' other side. He murmured a few words under his breath, before crying out, "Healing Wind!"
A gentle wind swept over us as the healing did its work. The only problem was…it didn't seem to be working. Zelos was still not waking up.
"I…don't think…it worked but…" I smiled when I saw the color rush back to the redheads face, his facial expression content, "I think it helped…a little bit. Thanks Kratos."
'Why am I still referring to him as Kratos? He's my dad…and I need to accept that…'
I couldn't help but notice the slightly sad look in Kratos' eyes as I said that. But I shook that away as the monster came hurtling back at us.
I drew my double blades, and swung them both forward, hitting the bird directly in its chest area.
But it didn't seem to be affected.
"Crap! It isn't working!"
"No it isn't…I think I should try magic to see if that has any affect on it."
I nodded my head, "Okay then, we'll block you, right guys?" I turned to face Regal and Presea, they both nodded their heads, readying their weapons and getting into position.
As the monster turned back around, attempting to run at us again, Regal blocked it, kicking it and crying out, "Crescent Moon!" in unison with Presea.
Finally, whatever spell Kratos had been chanting was done, and he released it.
Pillars of light shone down afterwards, ramming the monster into the earth, causing its wings to make sickening 'snap' as they made contact with the ground.
Which made me yet again wonder exactly what kind of monster that was.
What's worse is that the monster…was getting back up again.
But it didn't attack…it just…flew off…?
"What?"
"It…ran away…"
"Hmm, I believe we must have shown it who was stronger."
I grinned, "So does that mean it won't bug us anymore?"
Kratos nodded his head, "Yes. Now let's get going. I'm sure the others are waiting."
I nodded my head, maneuvering so that I could pick Zelos up, only to find out that…
He was way heavier than I thought.
"Ugh…"
"Here, let me help." Regal said, moving to the other side of Zelos, and moving so that one arm was over his shoulder and one was over mine.
I smiled, "Thanks."
"Are you ready now?" Kratos asked, his angel wings already out, an annoyed expression on his face.
"Yeah, we are…um…but how are we going to get him on a rhieard?"
"I would suggest not having him ride one, but that really…isn't possible. So I would assume he should ride with someone."
"Yes, that seems to be the safest way…right now."
I nodded my head, "Okay then, he'll ride with me. Now let's go, I'm sure Raine and the others are already there."
"As I said, I'm sure the others are waiting." Kratos then lifted into the air, "I'll go on ahead. Just make sure the Chosen doesn't fall off."
But why did he sound like he didn't mean that? He sounded like he actually wanted Zelos to fall off…
"Don't worry he won't."
"Hmph."
And then Kratos took off. Presea and Regal both watched as I, somehow, got Zelos onto my Rhieard. I put the extra Rhieard into the wing pack, and then got onto the Rhieard right behind Zelos. I wasn't sure how, but I reached the controls, and I lifted off as well.
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Mitosu's POV (Le gasp)
The wind whipped through my hair, occasionally blowing it in my face, from which I had to quickly move it out of the way again. My eyes narrowed as we passed through a particularly thick grouping of clouds. I could almost feel the electricity running through them.
I turned to face Pronyma, who was floating idly beside me, still looking pale from earlier. And who wouldn't be? My hand clenched, "Are you okay?"
she turned to face me with a sad expression on her face, "Yes I'm fine…for now. I'm still a little…shaken though."
I nodded my head, "Yes, it's hard to believe Neo contacted us at a time like that."
Pronyma shook her head, "No…it's not that…I can understand why she did it. You were getting out of hand. And you know what we came here for. You know that."
I shook my head, "Yes you're right, I do. But we can't get what we came here for—we can't get Genis if we don't at least fight some."
"But you do realize if peace doesn't come for the people in this world, then Reti'thera will still be at peace?"
I rolled my eyes, "You don't have to continue telling me something I already know."
Pronyma shrugged, "But I will anyway since you seem to 'forget' at the most convenient times."
"I do not."
"Yes, yes you do."
I opened my mouth to say something more, but then she smiled…
"We're almost there, I can feel it. They're close by…in Exire."
"But why Exire?"
"The safe place for half-elves, the only place that doesn't truly know what's going on," she shook her head, "they think they're safe there, when they really aren't."
My eyes narrowed, "Oh really? And you're just fine with possibly killing your own kind?"
"Oh we won't kill them, we'll just take Genis hostage, and then you can kill the others when they try to run after him again."
I shook my head, flapping my midnight black angel wings to fight against the suddenly strong current of wind, "and you're…the one…who told me not to fight?"
Pronyma didn't answer, and honestly, I wasn't expecting her to. So I turned back to face forward, finally breaking through another particularly dense cloud. It was going to storm soon, and it was best that we get wherever we were going before that happened.
It still unnerved me though, that Neo knew where I was…and what I had been doing. She never liked it when I fought, and I still remember the way she punished Jiniasu for his crime…it still made me queasy to think about it.
'And when I get back, she's probably going to be twice as mad at me.' I thought to myself.
'Why wouldn't she be? I 'awakened' possibly one of our greatest enemy's…the only enemy that could possibly change the tides for the war…my enemy…Zerasu…'
I sighed again, quickening my pace as a crash of thunder sounded somewhere in the distance. I watched as the clouds below us, as well as above us, started to darken.
I guess we will be caught in the rain…
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Me: Heh…I can't believe I did that…
April: Did what? You mean add in Mitosu's POV? Well, I was wondering what they were doing…and you do realize that they were supposed to show up in this chapter anyway.
Me: That's true, but I actually did his POV!
April: But that's a good thing right? I mean, he is one of the major villans in the sequel…so you're going to have to do his POV at some time anyway…
Me: Well that's true, I guess. Now then, I have some news for my readers: I'm going to be taking a few tests in the next two weeks or so, one's a writing exam, and the other's are Graduation Exams, so I don't know how much time I'll be on the computer…but hopefully nothing'll change.
April: Yes, but it's sad that you have an exam on your birthday.
Me: Yeah…-cough- well, anyway, R&R please! I had this chapter done a bit early, so I might just start on the next chapter if I get reviews!