Sage: Ah, well.. I can update a little bit, mind you, I have to delete what I write after I post it again in order to write more. Confusing -- like this chapter -- but oh well.
Raine: ..By the way.. if any of you are confused on this chapter, please ask questions. If you don't wish to ask them in your review, PM the authoress and she will get back to you A.S.A.P.
Presea: Professor Sage doesn't own Tales of Symphonia, something from some .. strange.. t.v show.. And Professor Sage owns the curses, etc, and Kaya.
Kaya: Don't worry dudes, I'm a cool OC with my mageek..
Sage: Like I probably said, she won't be in the story the whole time, only in periods of it. Besides.. I like her. She's kick but.
Kaya: With my magic 3 Now enjoy ..
A dull wind blew lightly, it was cold too, as Kratos set Raine down once again. She walked forward, looking around as she did so with her pale light blue eyes that set a serious look on her face. She frowned, listening to her boots click with each step, and finally stopped. Crossing her arms she sighed, glaring up ahead.
" Kratos.. I'm afraid you'll need to lead me to the most eldest room here." She mumbled, blushing slightly from embarrassment of not knowing what was where. The seraphim let out a sigh before walking past her at an unusually quick pace, forcing the female to slightly jog to keep up with him, and he never dared to look back to see if she was still with him.
Mizuho..
" Man.. this stinks." Lloyd cursed, fuming at the fact that they had to sit on little mats.
" ..I hope P-Presea's okay. Sh-she looked kinda mad.." Genis stuttered, looking to the ground, still a little flustered. Sheena shook her head lightly, smiling a bit.
" Don't worry, Presea will be alright. She just needs some time." She explained, causing the half elf to look to her.
" Well.. it's not really her that I'm so worried about.. it's.." He trailed off, looking back down again.
" It's about that curse, right Genis?" Colette finished, innocently looking at him. He nodded slowly before adding,
" She kept looking at the sky.".
Ozette..
Presea coughed, a red liquid spurting out. She merely glimpsed at it on the ground before wiping it off her mouth with her glove, and looking about her. Grimacing at the spot where she once fought that demon. Why was it that she had little control over what she did anyways...?
Derris-Kharlan..
Kratos and Raine pushed open the heavy doors slowly, then fell to the floor when they thrust open. The half elf looked around as she sat up, surprised at what she saw; shelves with rows and rows of books, scrolls, and ancient orbs that told their own story when you touched them.
" This is just.. fantastic! I never knew this was so... so.." She continued, however Kratos just simply tuned her out. Something in this room wasn't right, and it was bugging him, " –oks?", Raine now looked at him curiously oblivious that he wasn't listening to her. She frowned as he got up and held a hand out to her, she took it and was pulled up. " Um.. Kratos? Where you listening to what I was saying?", he shook his head, " ..I was saying. I feel a strange aura in here, is it because of the books.", and again, the seraphim shook his head slightly, " Your not going to say anything.. are you..".
" I'm sorry." He mumbled before walking off into the cases of books. The Professor sighed, walking into another section and pulling out a random book before frowning. She wiped the dust off the cover, making the words easier to read.
" Chronicles of..–" Raine mumbled but stopped, hearing something land to the left heavily. She gasped, dropping the book while stepping back clutching her chest.
" Hello there." A cloaked figure with a black veil across they're mouth mumbled, a blond strand of hair fell in front of her emerald eyes.
" Uh.. Colette, what are you... ..." Raine mumbled, startled, before realizing: It wasn't Colette.
" Colette huh? Is that who I am? Of course not." She spat, and appeared to cross her arms, for the cloak moved up a bit, bumping just under her stomach.
" ..Raine, who are you talking to..?" Kratos mumbled, floating down beside her, holding a couple books. The Professor looked at him before shrugging.
" You don't know who I am, huh... Oh well. Bye!" She said quietly before disappearing in a lilac puff of smoke. Raine coughed, putting her hand to her mouth, the angel stared at the last of the other person.
" She appears to be a high sorceress. Wether she is bad, or not, I don't know.. At any rate, we should return back to land." Kratos stated, the half-elf beside him shifting.
" Maybe that's why I felt so strange..", He nodded before she continued, " However, I feel that we need to protect this shrine.. it concerns me on how Lloyd and then are doing – especially Presea, but..", she hesitated, taking a deep breath, " Maybe we'll just look around again..".
" Very well..".
Raine sighed, then kneeled down to pick up her book, opening it and flipping the pages while she scanned it.
" Hm.. this must be.." She mumbled, closing it and flipping to the back, " that book from the underworld, and how it was sealed..".
" Derris-Kharlan's library consists of many magical books. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a book on everything that..-" He trailed off as Raine stood up and smiled at him, clapping her hands together.
" Yes! Yes! That's exactly what we need! Just to think, such books existed!" Raine cried, saying more, but mostly mumbling incoherently. The seraphim sighed before bringing her into a more wonderful world.
" I found two of them already, but I can't deci-" And again, he was cut off.
" Oh!" Raine cried, throwing up her hands and getting all happy like a 5 year old at the sight of cake. Yes. Cake.
But anyways. We won't get all giddy about a book. We'll run off and leave Kratos at the brink of insanity with some insane ..I mean...
Ozette..
" Presea?" The women gasped, covering her mouth as the man spat out blood before disappearing. The pink haired girl blinked, holding her head before crying.
" What's.. happening to me?" She whispered through tears, and how did she get here?
Derris-Kharlan...
After hours of reading through the book, Raine finally had concluded this;
Puff the Magic Dragon.. Lives by the sea!
Ahem. Sorry.
" ..I believe.. The curse is called Fire. There are also curses.. Like, Water.. Earth.. Wind.. But each nullify each other." Raine mumbled, flipping some pages before continuing, " For each elemental curse, there is a monster, or demon that represents it.. But..", she frowned, " From what I can gather, only someone can unleash these.. Creatures..".
" So.. In other words.. If we can find the person who summoned them.." But Kratos trailed off there, seeing as he didn't fully understand. Raine smiled, he was just like Lloyd sometimes.
" ..Then we can save all who is cursed. But, we must destroy each demon first." She concluded. Again, that same person appeared, only this time in between the two startling Raine once again as she dropped her books.
" I know where Fire is.. Fire's pretty.." She seemed to be floating now, the half-elf gritted her teeth before speaking up.
" Who are you.." She asked icily, the hood covering her head fell back, letting her blond bangs fall just above her emerald eyes, and her long hazel hair show. Although she her skin was a pale white, she somehow had black at the tips of her cat like ears.
" Oh, me? I thought you would've figured it out by now.." She mumbled, smiling, as her eyes danced with a playful gleam, " I'm a sorceress. Not a bad one, either, but strong enough to break the barrier blocking this world and enter it..".
" ..I see.." Kratos mumbled, catching a glimpse of the Professor's dazed look.
" I was wondering what your name was.." Raine grumbled, closing her eyes to hide her annoyance that flickered madly in her face.
" Kaya, Lulu, Tsikiko." She stated, landing, " I'm here because whatever lurks in your world, is also affecting the worlds around it.".
" Hm.. This is worse then I thought.." The Professor mumbled, opening her eyes while shaking her head. " You'll need to come with us.".
" Oh really.. Says who." Kaya retorted, pulling her hood back over her head, then snapped out of her playful attitude, " I'm not just someone you can toy with.".
" Yes.. I'm aware of that.." Raine said, before picking up the books she had dropped, " But I assume you wish to help the other lands.. Correct?".
" Y-yeah.." The cat-girl mumbled, before blushing – although you couldn't see it.
" Then let's go." Raine cut off the subject and walked past the two. The sorceress blinked, before looking up to Kratos.
" Is she always so.. Demanding?" She asked politely, the ex-seraphim sighed.
" No.." He mumbled before walking away from the girl, who frowned before running to catch up to the others.
Sage: I.. don't think I left out anything..
Illusion Maiden: I'm glad you liked it! Oh, heh heh yeah x3 Cliff hangers are my fav.. lol
Miss Raine Sage: OO OMG :: hides :: xD Nah.. I'm not that talented, but I'm glad you like it! And thus, you have found out what's next!
YinYangTigress: Eh.. that's puzzled me ever since you reviewed.. explain? o-o xD True, I love weekends. And yes, Kraine is owningish. xDD!! LOL! Well, I don't know. o-o xD ha.. I'm evil like that. x3 I'll try and update a lot like I used to, just, this computer makes it hard for me.. sawwie!
Kaya: Cookies for the fans..
Kratos:: gives cookies to fans before going back in his ... dark.. corner.. ::
Sage: ... Okay.. well, I think that isss it! Toodles!