Okay I have had this chapter done for a bit now. Just haven't had the time to type it up. Been working a lot at work lately. So, that's been taking up a lot of time. Plus I have been playing wild arms 5. Finally got dean…jet's outfit. He looks so great it in I tell you. And it took forever to get asgard strong to just that damn item to get that outfit for dean. So I'm pretty happy now. But I guess I am a bit off track now. And thanks for the review Random 343. I am very happy how the story has turned out as well.
Chapter 39: Trial and the Gem of Sealing
Soon we made our way back to baskar colony. "I'll go get granny. Go ahead and take her to my house and let her rest on a bed." Gallows quickly said before hurrying toward the temple. Myself, Clive and Virginia made are way inside gallows' house. I didn't see Shane anyway. So more than likely he was at the temple with Halle.
"Jet take her upstairs we will wait here for lady Halle." Clive told me. I slowly nodded and started my way upstairs and toward the bed rooms. I entered the first bedroom I found and lay her down on the first bed. Now the only thing I could do was wait for Halle to get here.
I knew what was wrong with her. Her power and her memories and will had switched places. Now her memories and her will we're sealed away. Not her power anymore. Somehow…we needed to switch the two back but how?
"We came as quickly as we could." I heard a voice say to me. I looked toward the door to see Halle and Shane standing beside her. "Halle…" I whispered. "Let me take a look at her…" Halle said making her way over to where Sara laid. I slowly nodded and backed away from the bed. "Poor Shaman…" Halle whispered looking her over. "Grand mother?" Shane asked her.
Sara's body quickly started to shake. "Yes…it is as I feared. Shane…!" Halle yelled to her Grandson. "Yes, Grandmother?" Shane asked. "Do as we talked about! Give her a shot every hour. It is the only way to buy us sometime." Halle told her grandson. "Yes! Right away!" Shane said hurrying over to the bedside. "…buy time for what?" I asked Halle.
"We will talk on the way; come with me Jet to the temple." Halle told me and left the room. "Hey, wait!" I yelled after she left. I saw Shane give Sara shot in the arm then her body stop shaking. "Please follow grandmother jet." Shane said looking toward me. "Her power…is too much for her body. For now all I can do…is paralysis her power from taking full control. But…it will not last long. Grandmother has a plan to save the shaman so please follow her." Shane told me. I slowly nodded and hurried out of the room.
"Come now Jet…" Halle said as she led the way down stairs. I slowly followed after her. "Granny?" Gallows asked her as we got down stairs. "I don't have time to seal with you now. Just stay out of your brother's way." Halle said starting toward the door. "Okay…Gees. I sure feel loved." Gallows said with a sigh. "And don't you dare go anyway by the shaman go I make myself clear?" Halle asked. "Alright! Alright! I hear you gees…" Gallows said backing away from her. "You two as well…please do not go up stairs for now." Halle said eyeing Clive and Virginia. "Very well." Clive whispered. "Will Sara be alright?" Virginia asked.
"Yes, she will be fine dear. We are dealing with her condition as we speak." Halle said heading outside. She lied to her, I thought as I followed her outside. "We need to make haste to the temple, come Jet." Halle told me. "…Aren't you going to tell me what is going on?" I asked her. "Yes, But I do not wish for the others to hear. So it will be safer to speak inside the temple." She told me.
Things sound very serious by the way she is talking. That worries me even more…
Soon we entered the temple and Halle stood where she normally would. "Yes this is much better." She said with a sigh. I didn't say a word as I looked around the temple. Why did she want to talk here of all places?
"Alright, let me explain." Halle said. Then I quickly snapped my face toward her. "More likely you know what is wrong with her right?" Halle asked me. "Yeah…her power and memories and will switched places right?" I asked her. "Yes that's right. I wouldn't have known this…truth but. Her father stopped by when you guys were gone." Halle told me. "Wait…Werner was here?" I asked. "Yes, indeed he was. He also told me how to help her. That is why I asked you to come with me." Halle told me.
So that bastard was still alive and kicking. Even if he isn't the real Werner Maxwell…he sure knows a lot. A bit too much I think. He even knows how too…recover her memories and will?
"What do I have to do?" I quickly asked. "So you guessed." Halle whispered to me. "My power is needed to rewrite…her problem right?" I asked. I hate my power. But if I can use it to save her…then I'll do it. "Yes and no. Your power alone cannot save her Jet…" Halle told me as she turned away from me. "…What?" I asked. "So save her…you must make a new seal to seal away her power within. You don't have that kind of power right?" Halle asked me. "No…I don't have that kind of power…" I whispered. Was it hopeless then?
"Then tell me this…are you willing to do anything to get that kind of power…? To save the Shaman?" Halle asked me. That was a no brainer. "Yes…I don't care what I have to do." I quickly answered her. "Well said." Halle turned around and smiled toward me. "What?" I asked. "Hidden under this temple there is a very powerful gem. A very long time ago it was used to seal away many Demons. The gem is called Gem of Sealing." Halle told me.
"Then…" I started to say. "Yes…we can use that gem but. It is guarded." Halle told me. I should have known something like this would happen. Things are never easy. It just doesn't work that way. "Only one person can enter and that person must pass four trials by the guardian lords." Halle told me. "…The guardian lords…?" I asked. Why would they worry about some gem? "Yes, it is said a very long time ago they put their powers together to make the Gem of Sealing to seal away a powerful demon into stone." Halle told me. "And they still protect that gem even now. So it doesn't fall into the wrong hands." Halle continued saying.
"So…to just get the Gem of sealing…I have to pass they're trials?" I asked. "Yes, you will have to show them your desire, love, hope…the strength of your heart before each guardian lord. But is this something you can do?" Halle asked me. I slowly nodded toward her before speaking. "My answer is still the same. I'll do whatever it takes to save her." I told her. "Very well." Halle said hitting her staff on the floor three times.
Part of the wall started to move down and soon a door way appeared; then Halle turned back to face me. "Your trial waits down the stairs. Good luck…" Halle told me. I slowly nodded and made my way inside. It was pretty dark as I slowly made my way down the stairs. Part of me couldn't believe I was going so far for another person. But I am draw to her because of my connect to her. Feelings…aren't something another person can just make up. It's real. No matter what Lee halt had said. This feeling is true. It's too strong not to be. You can't force one person to have feelings for another.
Even if I am…Android. Even if…I'm not human. My body make up wasn't much different from demons. And I didn't like that thought.
I'm not different from a demon? No that isn't true. Demons never wish to protect each other right? Or willing to do things for each other.
No…Demons would do that for each other. Because I had something demons didn't have. I have a heart. A human Heart. And that what makes me different. Even if I am still half-machine.
I don't want her to know…even if she recovers. I…I worry what she will think of me. If she knew what I really am. What would she think of my power I used to rewrite the nanomachine as well as Lee halt. Would she fear me…like Lee halt said? Or had he just been trying to scare me? I don't know…maybe he was just trying to scare me.
And…it worked well. I am scared to know what she would think. Especially since I'm not really the Jet enduro she knew years ago…I'm a clone. The person she knew…passed away. But then again…did she even remember…meeting him? Or were those memories no longer her's as well?
Soon I found myself at the end of the stairs. I guess the stairs didn't go on forever. I found myself in a room with a huge statue in the middle. I headed up to the statue; on it was the sign of courage. I had no idea what to do now. Where was this so called Trial?
I shrugged a bit to myself as I touched the statue. It quickly started to glow after I touched it. "…what?" I asked as I quickly backed away from the statue. Soon an image of Justine appeared before me. "Welcome…son of Filgaia to your first Trial." Justine greeted me. "J-Justine?" I asked looking shocked toward him.
First Trial? Did that mean…I would be tested by all the Guardian lords?
"No need to sound so surprised son of Filgaia." Justine told me. "You have come to this place for the trial to take back the gem of sealing right?" Justine asked me. "Yes…" I whispered to him. "Very well…listen to my words. You must pass a test by each one of us. Myself, Zephyr, Luceid and Raftina. Only when you pass the last trial…will you get the gem of sealing…understood?" Justine asked me. "Yes…but what kind of test is this?" I asked him. "That is an easy question. A test of the heart. The four of us will test how strong your heart truly is." Justine told me. A test of…the heart? A test of my heart? But…that was where I wasn't strong. Would I fail…this trial at the very beginning?
"…My heart isn't strong." I told Justine. "Oh? Is that so? Just because one believe one isn't strong doesn't make it so." Justine said. "You have shown must courage when the shaman was taken. Even if you ran into a dangerous place without thinking ahead." I stood back a bit. Had he seen everything? "Thou Art does have must Courage. But that can only get you so far…courage is nothing without power beside it." Justine told me. Without power…courage is nothing?
"Listen well, son of Filgaia. Listen well; to my question then give me your answer!" Justine told me as I watched him closely. "What would thou art do…? If the Shaman was placed in a life-dangerous situation? If she was dying of a sickness without a cure?" Justine asked me. What the hell kind of question was that? "…I would try to find a cure anyways. I…I wouldn't let her die. No matter what…" I told him. "And what if she told you to give up on finding a cure for this…would you do so?" Justine asked. "No. I wouldn't…no matter how long it took I would find it. I would keep looking no matter how long it took." I quickly told him.
"I see…" Justine whispered. "Thou Arts…are stubborn. But that isn't always a bad thing. You have passed my trial." Justine told me. I…passed his test? "You wish only for the Shaman's well being. You and her have a very strong connect with one another. Even if it isn't always easy to see it; it shows when one is in danger and acts as a barrier." Justine nodded to himself. "Not just you to her, but she has protected you before as well…right?" Justine asked me.
That was right…back on the sand craft. She…saved me from that monster. But she got cut up pretty badly. Did that mean…we're willing to face danger for each other? I wondered as I kept staring toward Justine.
"You have passed this trial. Please head on to your next one, Son of Filgaia. And good luck…I leave the shaman in your hands." Justine told me as he disappeared. Did all four of the guardian lords know this would happen to her? I should have asked Justine that before he disappeared.
But it was too late to worry about this now. Soon I saw a door appear north of the statue and I headed inside. One down and three to go huh? Damn…can I even pass three more? I dunno…I guess I'll just have to wait and see.
I don't care what Justine said. My heart isn't strong. Especially because…I'm not even human. How can I…A—Android have a strong heart to start with? It doesn't even make any sense!
Three more huh? That would leave Zephyr, Raftina and Luceid. More than likely Raftina's trial would be the hardest. And more than likely she would test my true feeling for Sara. Love…is a very strong feeling isn't it? It can make one do so much for another. Even go over one's own limits.
These feelings are real…no matter what anyone says.
Soon I found myself in the next room. A statue was in the middle of this room as well. I slowly headed up to the statue. I found the sign of Hope was on the middle of it. I slowly nodded to myself as I touched the statue. Soon the Statue started to light up. I took a step back as an image of Zephyr appeared before me.
So…the guardian lord of hope's trial was next, huh? I thought as I stared toward Zephyr. "Welcome to the second trial, son of Filgaia." Zephyr greeted me. I slowly nodded toward him. "Your second trial for the gem of sealing. I will now test you." Zephyr told me. "Hope helps those moves onward to the future. But…hope isn't always clear to all." Zephyr said. "What would you do son of Filgaia? If the shaman fell in love with another person? Would you let her go? And hope for her happiness? Or would you keep following her?" Zephyr asked me.
I…I had always feared that. That she would be taken away by another person. I was always angry when another person would get her attention. Because…I wanted to be the person who got her attention. But…what would I truly do…if she really did fall in love with another person?
I knew what I would do. Even if I wanted to lie to myself and tell myself I was wrong.
"I would let her go…if that person would truly make her happy. Then…I would hope for her happieness." I told Zephyr. "You sound unsure." Zephyr told me. "…I had always feared…she would fall for another person. And…I have been scared of that for some time. But…after everything that has happened I truly would want her to be happy." I told him. "Giving up your own happiness for another. That shows your true hope for a future…" Zephyr whispered. "What?" I asked. "Well done. You have passed the second Trial." Zephyr told me. I passed…the second one as well? "But remember this hope…is only as strong as the one who believes in it." Zephyr told me as he slowly disappeared.
So I passed two huh? Two down and two to go. I don't care what they say…my heart isn't strong. I was just answering they're questions right, that's all. But…why were both questions about her? First questions about her health then…a question about letting her go? Was this whole trial around her?
I know…this trial is for the gem of sealing to help her. But…still…I thought. Something just felt off. But I just couldn't place what that something was. I felt like…even after I finished this trial…that something may go wrong.
No…maybe I am just thinking too much into this.
Soon I saw a door appear ahead of me. I slowly nodded to myself and headed inside. I guess…it didn't help to worry ahead of time. I would just have to wait and see what does happen. I slowly nodded to myself.
Soon I had found myself in the next room. I saw a statue in the middle of the room; I made my way up to the statue. The sign of desire was on this one. "Luceid…" I whispered to myself as I touched the statue.
I have a bone to pick with him. And now I would get a chance too.
Soon the statue started to light up and I took a step back. "…We meet again…Jet enduro." Luceid said as he appeared before me. "Or should I say son of Filgaia?" He asked. "You knew everything didn't you?" I asked him. "…What good would it do to tell you that now? What is done is done." Luceid told me. "…But if you or any of the others damn guardians said anything! Anything at all! We could have stopped it from happening!" I quickly yelled to him.
"You don't give a damn about her do you?! None of you do! You know what was going to happen to her! But you kept your god damn mouth…!" I started to yell to him. "…Do you really believe that?" Luceid asked me. "What…?" I asked. "Do you really believe we keep quiet because we wanted too? If so…you're dead wrong. IT wasn't we didn't want to tell her. It was we could not!" Luceid told me.
Could not? I wondered. "One cannot know one own future. It a taboo. If we would have told her many things would have gone wrong aside from how she is now." Luceid told me. Was he telling me this had to happen? What kind of reason was that?!
"We had to keep you in the dark as well. But I tried to warn you with that dream." I stood back a bit. "That-that was your doing?!" I asked. "Indeed it was. It was the only warning I could truly give you. But…I guess you truly did not understand it." Luceid said with a sigh.
Luceid had tried to warn me about what would happen. But I did not understand the dream. Had he tried to look out for her well being as well as mine too? "Luceid I…" I started to say. But the wolf quickly shook his head toward me.
"There is no need for words. I understand why you acted as you did. Better then you may know." Luceid told me. I could only give the guardian of Desire a confused look. How could he understand what I am truly feeling?
"You see Jet enduro…" Luceid started to say. "I was…once in love with Raftina." Luceid told me. I could only give him a weird look. Luceid and Raftina? "Love and desire go hand in hand as they say…" Luceid whispered to himself.
What did this have to do with anything? I couldn't help but wonder.
"I guess…you don't understand that's alright. Maybe it's even better that way…" Luceid said quickly. Could his…situation have been not much different than mine was now? I had no idea. And I didn't have time to worry about it.
"Luceid…the trial…" I quickly said changing the subject. "Yes…we should start…shouldn't we?" He asked me.
To save the Shaman…I must Trust the Filgaia Sample.
The Filgaia Sample has a very strong Desire to save her. They are both still so…young. But they're born into a cursed fate I feel for both of them.
They need each other…without one…the other can't hold on.
The Filgaia sample and the Shaman…or should I be calling her the Princess of Filgaia?
The son of Filgaia was staring toward me. His desire felt so strong. But…in his heart he was scared. Still a child; a child sent out into the world before even learning his reason for being there.
Even if he knew what that reason was now. He was still scared to dead in his heart.
"Very well…let us begin the third trial for the Gem of sealing…" Luceid quickly said. "This trial will test your desire to save the shaman as well as heart's power to wish to protect her." Luceid told me. Again…about my god damn heart. Why was it always about my damn weak heart?
He looked uneasy. Maybe he knew one's heart could never always be strong. If he knew this…then he truly is human.
"Desire is very strong. It also make people make hard chooses in life. Desire rules the heart…so show me. How it rules yours…" Luceid told me as a bright light blind me. I couldn't see anything! I t was just too bright to see! What the hell…had Luceid just done?! God damnit!
"God damnit Luceid! Where the hell are you?!" I quickly yelled. "Jet…? What are you yelling about?" I heard a voice ask me. I quickly blinking finding myself back within Baskar colony. But when did…I guess back? Something…wasn't right?
"Hello…? Filgaia to Jet?" I heard Sara say. I quickly looked toward her. She was sitting up on the bed looking confused toward me. "Are you alright…? You look like you seen a ghost or something…" She quickly said. Something…felt off here. How…could she know me? Wasn't I still in the middle of the trials for the Gem of sealing?
"I don't know…if I am alright anymore. It's like…I'm running in a circle…" I whispered quietly. Maybe…I finished the trial and I'm just going crazy? No…wouldn't I remember finishing it is I had? I wondered. "…maybe you're just tired. Why don't you sit next to me and rest a bit?" She asked me. It wasn't like her to say something like that. But…I wasn't saying she isn't kind. It just…felt a bit too kind for her. "Jet…?" She asked looking puzzled toward me.
"…What? Yeah…maybe you're right…" I whispered as I slowly sat down beside her. I still had that feeling of something being off. It didn't make sense. Did I get the gem of sealing? Had I used it on her without remembering? Did I black out or something? I can't remember any of that. Did it even happen?
"Jet…? You're spacing out a lot. More than normal that is…" Sara spoke up to me. I kept silent. She was too noisy to be her. This person…isn't her. But I would play along. "I Guess I am. I…just have a lot on my mind that's all." I quickly answered mer. "I see…you always have a lot on your mind, don't you?" She asked as she lay her head on my should. "S…sara?" I asked feeling my face heat up. "Sorry…I feel a bit tired…I just need to rest a bit." She whispered to me as she closed her eyes.
I stared down toward her. I couldn't tell anymore. Was this real? Or not? It felt real…but at the same time it didn't. I didn't know what to think.
No…that isn't true.
I quickly shook my head. I wanted this to be real. I hoped to death…that it was real! But I couldn't tell from this. I couldn't tell at all.
But…I quickly looked down toward her. Cent when did she trust me this much? Not…that I minded. That wasn't it. It…was just, I cut myself off. I desired this so much. Wait…desired this? Could I still be in the middle of Luceid's trial? I wondered.
Yes…that had to be it. This was Luceid doing wasn't it? He was testing me. Would I choose my desire over…letting her be? I had to learn how to control my desire. Luceid was trying to tell me that with this kind of trial.
Learn to control ones feeling huh?
Feelings…what humans have. Then…Am I closer to be a human…even if I truly aren't? I wondered. Emotions…it's hard to do this. I thought as I slowly shook my head.
"Luceid…you can stop this now." I spoke out loud. The room quickly changed back and the image of Sara disappeared as well. "So…you saw…what it was truly about." Luceid spoke up as he appeared before me. "Learning to control ones desire, right?" I asked him as I stood up. "Indeed…desire can take hold of the strongest people and force them to do things they wish not to do." Luceid told me.
He was trying to tell me desire wasn't an easy thing to overcome. But I knew that without him telling me that. I knew that far too well. But just because I passed this trial of desire; didn't mean I could control my desire all the time.
"You have done well, Jet enduro. You have passed my trial, the third trial." Luceid told me. So…I passed his as well? I wondered. "I…I just have to pass Raftina's trial now…right?" I asked him. "Yes that is right. But raftina's trial will be the hardest one to pass. She had always watched over all Shamans who have been on Filgaia. She is the one who guards them across they're way." Luceid told me.
…So Raftina really does help Shamans on the path as Gallows said.
"She will test…your love for her. She will look for the pure love you have for the young Shaman." Luceid told me. Why…was he telling me this? "Luceid?" I asked. "That's all…I can tell you. To help you…but please save the shaman. Please do what we could not." Luceid quickly said. All four of the guardian lords wished to help the shaman. I could see that clearly now.
Was…this a trial to see if I was the right one to save her?
I don't know. I still don't know…if that was the point of the trial. And maybe…I will never know. But…that is fine. Sometimes…it's better not to know things as they say.
Soon a door ahead of me appeared. "Raftina waits for you ahead good luck…Jet enduro." Luceid told me. I slowly nodded to him as I quickly headed inside the room. Into the last room of this place.
Luceid slowly shook his head to himself. "I prey…you will pass her trial, son of Filgaia. Adam Kadmon…" Luceid whispered to himself as he slowly disappeared.
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It was dark in this room a bit too dark. It made me wish I could cast fire to see around the area. Was Raftina really somewhere in here? And if she was…why is she in the dark? I wondered as I slowly made my way into the middle of the room.
But soon the lights quickly come on. It was too bright now! I quickly closed my eyes. "What the hell…" I growled to myself. Was she trying to blind me?! "Welcome Jet Enduro…" I heard a woman's voice say to me. I slowly opened my eyes.
I saw…someone who looked human before me…but she had wings?! "I believe this in the first real time we have met. Son of Filgaia…or Should I call you Jet enduro as Luceid does?" Raftina asked me. This…was the guardian lord of love, Raftina? I didn't know what to say to her. No…that's not true. I-I couldn't get words out of my mouth for some reason. "Or if you like I could call you by your real name, Adam kadmon." She said. I quickly shook my head toward her. "…that isn't my name." I quickly answered her.
"Then I will call you, Jet Enduro as the Shaman does. I will call you by the name she calls you." Raftina told me. The name she calls me…huh? Yes…I don't care if Adam kadmon truly is my true name. I am Jet enduro…and I will always be. Because that is what she calls me. And to her…I am the only Jet enduro she had ever known.
"Seeing you here…mean you passed the other guardian lords trials, am I right?" Raftina asked me. "Yes…" I whispered to her. "Well…I Guess I should say you have done well to make it this far…shouldn't I?" Raftina asked me. "I guess…" I said with a shrug. Raftina slowly shook her head a bit. The others had put they're trust into someone like this? He wasn't reacting much at all. How…could he even pass Luceid trial let alone any of the others? She didn't know. And it didn't make much sense to her.
Could…the young shaman have trust this young boy as well?
Raftina had never asked her any questions. Maybe…now she thought about it. She should have. She couldn't believe a boy as him could truly save the shaman. Raftina had seen…how he reacted toward her in some of her memories. This boy was much younger then he looked. So…young and born with a heavy fate; it was somewhat heart breaking.
Her trial for him would be no cake walk next to the others trials. Her trial would be the hardest to pass. Because…she looks right into the person's heart. To see one true feelings toward another.
But…she wondered what she would truly see in one who was so young. One…who hadn't been in the world very long. What would she truly see in this young boy's heart?
It was time…she would begin the final trial. "Very well…let us begin then Jet enduro. If…and I mean if you pass my trial of the heart. The gem of sealing will be yours. But this trial is no cake walk, are you sure you will continue onward?" Raftina asked me. "Yes…" I quickly answered her.
She slowly nodded to me. "Live is a very powerful thing to feel toward another. It can make people…do things they would never think of doing before. The heart is the strongest…muscle within the body. It can make people feel many kinds of pain…" Raftina said. The heart…? I wondered. My heart isn't strong…I thought. "Even one who isn't human can still feel for another everything has a heart…for this trial, I will look right into your heart to see your true feelings for the shaman." Raftina quickly told me.
"…What?" I asked stepping back a bit. "…Do not fear. All hearts are weak at one time or another. That is why they wish for others. Two weak hearts together make one strong one." I could only give Raftina a confused look. What the hell…was she going on about? I had no idea!
"…I thought you wished to save the shaman." Raftina said. "I-I do I just don't understand what you're talking about." I quickly said. "As I said before I will look into your heart. Your job is to show me, your true feelings for the shaman as I do." Raftina told me. "…that's it?" I asked. "Yes, that's it. Then I will see…if you have the right to save the shaman. The right to use the gem of sealing." Raftina told me.
The right…to save her? Was this some kind of sick joke?!
"The right to save her…? What the hell do you mean the right? Is this some kind of sick joke?!" I yelled toward Raftina. The guardian lord of love could only give me a shocked look. "I don't need any damn right to save her! I am…going too, got it?!" I asked her in a yell.
This boy…I see it's no wonder why he was picked by Luceid. He may have doubts when it comes to himself. But when it comes to the young shaman. He had no doubts at all. His words are pure even for someone who is so young. I understand now…Luceid why you picked him. His desire to protect and save the shaman is very strong.
He is right. He doesn't need the right. Because…he has the right to start with. I hope he can truly live up to his words.
"…your full of surprises aren't you, Jet enduro?" Raftina asked me. "…?" I could only give Raftina a confused look. "…If you mean what you just said then show me, your heart is strong to save the shaman…" Raftina said as a flash of light came toward me. "What…the hell?"I asked as I closed my eyes.
Show me, Jet enduro…I heard Raftina's voice say. Show me…your true feeling for the Shaman, Raftina told me.
"My…true feeling…" I whispered to myself. Think of her and only her. Show me everything…every little fight, every sad time and happy. Shoe me it all…! Raftina said.
Show her…everything I wondered?
I remember…a time in the unclear mark. When the bridge gave out. Back then…I didn't understand why I did, what I did. But now I understand why I saved her back then.
What happened then? Raftina asked. "The bridge…gave out but Sara didn't make it to the other side in time…so I…" I started to say. "…I saved her from falling and p-pulled her up too safely." Raftina didn't say a word. "…I would have never done that for anyone before but I did it for a girl…I didn't really know. I…" I shook my head a bit.
So…he started to change all the way from back then? Raftina wondered. Show me more…I heard Raftina's voice say to me. Show her more I wondered. I…I was showing her memories. Yes…a word I thought I would never use. Memories…that I have with her. I think…I understand better why the others treasure they're memories as well.
"Another time…in gem stone cave…I had a really bad fight with her…even if I had been trying to save her at the time…" I whispered.
Trying to save her…from what? Raftina asked.
"A…rock from the ceiling was falling toward her…" I said remembering back. She tripped then as the rock started to get closer and closer to her. "I-I then when to save her…" I said shaking my head a bit.
"Hold on to me!" I yelled to her. I saw her nod to me and she did as I told her. At the last seconds we got out of the way of the rock. Then a little a bit later she slowly looked up toward me. But then…I had done something that started are fight I guess you could say.
What happened…then? Raftina voice asked.
"I-I touched her hips then she pretty much freaked out on me…" I whispered.
"What the hell are you doing?!" She yelled as she pulled me away. "Saving your ass…! What the hell did you think I was doing!" I yelled back at her. "I don't know! Hard to say when I find your hands on my hips!" She yelled back at me. "You make it sound like I was going to do something pervert-like…like gallows!" I yelled back at her again.
"Whoa…whoa! Don't pull me into this!" Gallows cried. "Hmp! Maybe I was thinking you were going to try something! You are like all other guys! Just a sick bastard!" She yelled at me then turned away.
I…I felt she hated me then. I-I had only done what I did to save her. Why couldn't she understand?
"I didn't…" I started to say. "I didn't try to grab you there! I was just trying to get you out of the way in time! Nothing more!" I shook my head remembering that fight.
Do you fight a lot with the Shaman? Raftina asked me. "…I guess I do. But…she loves to pick on me as well…" I told her. Raftina then didn't answer me.
The relationship this boy has with the shaman is odd. They fight but they get along well. It's like the two are very old friends. Or very good friends for a long time. But that wasn't true. The two of them only met. Ten months ago.
Show me one more…Raftina said.
One more memory I wondered?
I remembered then how she acted when she found out about herself. I understand her feelings really well now. I…I felt like I was…accident;that I never should have been born. Did she feel that way as well?
"I found her inside a small store in baskar colony then…when she came too…but I thought she lost her voice then…" I whispered quietly.
How did she act? Raftina asked me.
"…She acted like…she hated herself more than anything." I whispered quietly remembering back.
She was staring at a terry bear then. She slowly picked it up and stared at it. Then I ask her a question, but still I don't know why I did. "Do-do you want that…uh stuffed animal?" I asked her. She looked puzzled toward me; but then slowly did nod. Then the next thing I said still surprises me when I think about it. "I-I'll buy it…for you." I told her as I looked toward her. She gave me a confused look. A look that was asking me why. I didn't really have a reason to give her. I just wanted to do this for her. That was what I told her.
Why would you do something as that for the shaman? Raftina asked me.
"Why? …because I-I hated to see her upset. I hated to see her hating herself. I-I just wanted to her to be…" I started to say.
To be happy? Raftina asked me.
"Happy?" I asked myself. I didn't know what that word means. Because I had never been happy before. What was this happy…? And how does it feel? I wondered.
The young silver hair boy looked confused. Could it be…he has never felt happy before? It was like watching a confused and lost child. But this child was looking for his meaning in this world.
But to him, He had found his meaning. His meaning was acting as a guardian to the shaman. That was what he cared for. Maybe…it was a good thing for the both of them. That ill fate tied them together.
"I have seen more than needed I understand what kind of relationship you have with the shaman." Raftina voice said as the blinding light disappeared.
"R-Relationship?" I asked feeling my face quickly blush. "Yes…" Raftina said as she slowly nodded toward me. "I-I don't…! I mean…me and her aren't…!" I quickly cried. "I didn't mean that matter of relationship." Raftina told me. I could only give her a confused look. What did she mean then?
"You have a different kind of relationship with the shaman. You act very protect of toward the shaman like a guardian or something." Raftina told me. Did I really act that way? Without knowing it? "…Is that bad?" I asked in a whisper. "No, not at all. It maybe even better thing. To be that way toward someone." Raftina told me. But I didn't understand what she was trying to tell me.
"The trial is…complete." Raftina quickly told me. Complete? That didn't tell me anything! I still had no idea if I passed or I didn't. "But…did I…?" I started to ask. "You will know within a minute." Raftina told me. "In…a minute? What in the world are you…?" I started to ask raftina again as a blue light started to come from my chest.
"…What?" I asked staring down. "It looks like you passed." Raftina whispered to me. I felt a powerful energy coming from this light. But…where was it coming from? "This trial is to make the heart ready. The heart is the one who makes the gem of sealing. That light you see now…is the hope from within your heart." Raftina told me. "…the light of hope?" I asked. "Right, that's right. This trial is to make the gem of sealing but only a very strong heart can do so." Raftina told me.
I felt the energy. It was slowly getting stronger and stronger. I…I was making the gem of sealing? Maybe because I wished so…to save her. Hope…really is a powerful tool. Isn't it?
Then I felt the energy jump out of my chest I fell backward a bit out of surprise. "…You have done well, son of Filgaia. Jet enduro." Raftina told me. I saw a dark blue gem floating in front of me. Was this the gem of sealing? "…Is this…?" I started to ask. "Yes, that gem is the gem of sealing." Raftina told me. "Raftina…" I whispered. She quickly shook her head toward me. "There are no needs for words, Jet enduro. But I trust you can do, what we guardians could not. Please save the shaman with that gem." Raftina wished to save Sara just as the other guardians did.
"But please know this. Even if she truly does recover herself. It doesn't mean she will not be out of harm's way for good." I could only give her a confused look. What did she mean by that? "Nevermind. Forget I said a thing. But please listen careful I will tell you how to use that gem to save the shaman." I slowly nodded toward her.
"You will need to absorb that gem into your body. When use your rewrite power along with the gem's powers to call the shaman back understood?" Raftina asked me. She knew of my power just like Luceid had they really did know everything didn't they? "Yeah, I got…" I whispered as I started to turn on my feet. "One more thing before you leave…" raftina started to say. "Yeah?" I asked now having my back to the guardian lord of love.
"You should tell her about how you truly feel. It would be better for the both of you." Raftina told me as she disappeared from the room. "Better for both of us?" I asked myself. I quickly shook my head a bit. "…I would just look foolish it I told her. Plus…they're no way…she could ever care for something that isn't human…" I sighed to myself. It…would be pointless to tell her. I was sure of this.
Anyways…I would never be good enough for her. It was pointless to even think about telling her. Maybe I had yelled it out in Deus Ex machina…but I was glad then…that she couldn't understand what I had said. Maybe Siegfried and Lee halt had both been right.
Who ever heard of Android with human feelings?
I quickly shook my head. They was no point in thinking about this any longer. I took the gem of sealing into my hand. Jet got the gem of sealing. It was time to head out of here.
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Soon I made my way back up the stairs into the temple where Halle was waiting for me. "Welcome back." Halle greeted me as soon as I entered. I slowly stared toward her without saying a word. "I trust everything when well?" She asked me. I slowly nodded toward her. "Good, I leave everything in your hands then, Jet. Tell shane to head back here, when you make it back to our house." Halle told me. I slowly nodded toward her and made my way out of the temple.
"To be that young again…" Halle said with a sigh. Please…help save the shaman along with that young boy, Raftina…Halle thought as she slowly turned around.
I felt tired. I felt like all my energy had been drained. Was it because…? I had made this gem from myself? I had no idea. But it was a guess and all I had to go on. A gem made from my hope to save her? It sounded so unreal.
Soon I entered gallows house. The three quickly turned toward me as I entered. "…what?" Was the first word I could get out of my mouth. The three of them just kept staring toward me. "Jet! Where have you been?!" Virginia quickly yelled toward me. "Somewhere…" was the only answer I could think of. "Somewhere? Somewhere! How could you go anyway at a time like this!" Virginia yelled at me. I just blinked out of surprise toward her. "Whoa! Whoa! Leader what if…he just when for a walk?" Gallows asked jumping in.
"Shut up! I don't believe that!" Virginia yelled at gallows. Gallows didn't know what to say in return. I know…why she was acting this way. She was worried about Sara. But…that was no reason to take it out on all of us. "You were just thinking about leaving! Right? Your finally like, forget this I'm out of here! Fine, leave see if we care at all!" Virginia snapped at me. I sighed as I started to hide in my scarf a bit.
"Leader please claim down!" Clive quickly spoke up. The three of us looked surprised toward Clive. "I take it; you got the item to save Sara. With you then?" Clive asked me. How…could he know? Halle hadn't said a word to the three of them about it right? I slowly nodded toward Clive. "What?" Virginia asked out of surprise. "I see, and then you should hurry on." Clive said nodding toward me. I slowly nodded but and hurried my way up the stairs. "Jet, wait!" Virginia cried to me. But I ignored her and kept going.
She could think whatever she wants. I don't care. I really don't care. If she really thinks I will leave, let her! I nodded to myself as I made it to the top of the stairs and headed toward the first bedroom. I stopped in front of the door as I nodded to myself; then I slowly opened the door.
"Welcome back, Jet." Shane quickly said as I opened the door. I only slowly nodded toward him as I closed the door behind me. "I take it…everything when as plan?" Shane asked me. I slowly nodded as I pulled out the gem. "Good it did! I was starting to worry. I'll leave the shaman in your hands now. Good luck!" Shane cried as he quickly left the room closing the door behind him.
Good luck? I wondered. I would really need luck for what I was about to do. This wouldn't be easy to call her back. "First thing…first." I whispered to myself. I held the gem in my right hand and touched the gem with my left hand. I hope…Raftina is right about this, I thought as I started to use my power on the gem.
You will need to use the gem and your powers together to save the shaman, to do so…you must take the gem into your body then use both powers together! Raftina had told me how. But doing so was a whole another thing.
"I Hope this works…" I whispered to myself as I watched the gem quickly disappear. The gem I didn't see any more…but was it really in my body now? I wondered. Just then…my body started to glow a light blue color. "…I guess that answers my question." I whispered to myself. Then I slowly looked toward Sara lay on the bed. It was time to start step two.
I slowly nodded to myself as I step up beside the bed. "This better work…I-I can't stand to see you like this any longer…Sara." I whispered to her as I placed my left hand on her forehead. "Sara…" I whispered as I closed my eyes.
Then you will need to call her back. Call to her! Call to her…please. Save the shaman! Raftina's voice cried.
Call to her, I have to call to her…I thought. As my hand started to glow on her forehead. Sara…please answer me! Sara! I yelled within my mind.
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Inside Sara' minds….
"This place is dark…" I whispered to myself. No matter where I look…I see only darkness and nothingness I thought. I feel nothing here as well. I don't feel scared or sad or happy. This place…is Empty of feelings? I wondered.
"Damnit, answer me…!" I heard a voice yell. I hear someone…but who? I wondered. "Sara! Answer me, please!" The voice cried this time. It…was? A boy's voice? I wondered.
"Sara! Where the bloody hell are you?!" The boy's voice asked. Do I…even know a boy with this voice? I wondered as the seals on my body started to grow. "I…I…" I started to say as the seals on my body quickly disappeared. I do…know this voice! I…can see his face! I cried.
Silver hair…with purple like eyes…I could hear his voice from my memories as well!
…Sara…
Just give me your damn hand!
It…It's not what you think! It not like I tried to touch you there!
So only she can't cook?(jet talking about Virginia)
"That…voice…it's…" I whispered to myself. It's…Jet's voice! I thought. "…J-Jet!"I quickly yelled.
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Jet eyes quickly snapped opened and he quickly looked down toward the dark hair girl. Her eyes…haven't changed. "…! It didn't work…did I do something wrong?" Jet asked himself with a sigh. "J-…?" He quickly snapped his eyes back toward her again.
"What?" He asked. He watched her quickly blink. Her eyes…had returned to normal! "J…Jet?" I asked him. "…S-Sara…?" He asked me in return. I could only give him a confuse look to question the look in his eyes.
Was…this real? Or…a dream? Had I really heard her voice? Even after so long? Has…Sara really returned to normal?