Chapter 3: Doshite Sora: The Amazing Revelation! The Truth Behind Being the Kaleido Star!
-At the plane-
Sora was sitting beside Rosetta. She just kept on looking outside of the window thinking deeply about what had just happened to her. If only she wouldn't look insane, she would ask Fool about it.
"Sora? Is there something wrong?" Rosetta asked. She knew that something was bothering Sora. She wanted to help Sora. She wanted to... at least return the favor for helping her.
Sora's sweat dropped trying to hide her worried face. "Eh? No…! No… It's nothing… really… I swear…"
Sora was never a good liar. Anyone can read her like a children's book.
Rosetta made a disappointed face while still looking deeply at the lying Sora.
"Why wont you let me help you Sora? I thought you were close enough you me to be able for you to lean on me. Am I that weak? If so, then I'm not worthy to be your partner. Maybe, I was never… your… partner…"
She looked down and tried to hide her eyes that were filled with emotion using her hair. "I see…"
Sora noticed the little girl's sad eyes. She knew that she should have said it to Rosetta.
"Rosetta has the right to know… since she is destined to be a Kaleido Star like me…"
She decided to ignore Rosetta. She figured that she can't do anything to comfort her right now since it was her that was causing the little girl's pain…
"I wish Ms. Layla was here… I'm scared… I never felt this fear in my life… What is the truth being the Kaleido Star? Ms. Layla, you're the only one I really trust… I have always relied on you up until now, even if we're now both taking on a different path."
"Fool… You have to explain this to me …all of this… clearly." "Wait a minute…" As soon as she thought of Fool, she realized that the perverted little man is missing.
"Where did Fool go?" She looked around but there's no sign of him.
"Umm… Rosetta… have you seen Fool?" She was forced to ask Rosetta. She was worried that Fool was letting out his perverted side again.
"Huh? Fool? Hmmm…" "Ah! Yes…. He said he would just go to the men's room."
Sora was relieved. "Good…" "Wait a minute… do spirits use toilet?"
She was alarmed and went to look for Fool.
"Fool…! If I caught you doing something weird again! YOU'LL SEE MY DEMON!"
-At the ladies Room-
Fool was sitting at the sink right before the toilet. He didn't hide himself since he knew that Rosetta was busy worrying for the busy thinking Sora.
"I'm sure she wouldn't notice me for at least a little more time."
Right after Fool said that. The knob started to turn. "Wow! This is my lucky day!"
"So… here you are…Fool!" Sora immediately grabbed him. She stared at him with a shrunk scary pupil in her eyes.
"So…so… Sora…hehehhehe… Please let me explain…" He was very scared that sweat was dripping all over his head. He knew that Sora will tie him out side the plane… or flush him in the toilet.
"grrr…." Sora clenched her fist. "You better explain it alright!"
"Well… I was supposed to go in the men's room but I turned at the wrong corner so…" He was trying hard to cover up his perverted intention but just like Sora, he's not a good liar. His French accent gets ruined as he lies.
"Urusai! Hentai!" Sora couldn't help herself. She went near the toilet and brought him upside down.
"ahhhh! Sora no…! no! no! Please haven't done anything yet!" His sweat started to fall in the toilet.
"Don't you wanna know the true purpose of a Kaleido Star!" Fool screamed out.
Sora halt. She turned him upright and moved him closer to her face.
"What? What is the true purpose of a Kaleido Star?"
"Listen to me very carefully… The title Kaleido Star is given to those who are worthy to be chosen as the Kaleido Knight"
"A Kaleido Knight?"
Fool nodded in agreement.
"I was assigned to find people that have potential to be a Kaleido Knight for the past 1300 years."
"Wait a minute… 1300 years? But Kaleido Stage didn't even exist that long…"
"Actually, Kaleido Knight is originally called Thelmaburh Knights."
"Thelmaburh?"
"Yes… in my world Thelmaburh means "desired fortress"…"
"Your world? You mean you came from another world?"
"Yes… in this Existence there are three worlds. One of them is your world, Earth. The other is my world, Daedalus. The last is…"
"The last is?"
"The last is Teivel…" Fool could barely say those words.
"Teivel?" Sora was in a state of worry. It gave her quite a scary feeling.
"The three worlds exist in different dimension but one existence. In short the three worlds exist as a parallel world to each other."
Fool tried hard to explain it more clearly to Sora. He knew that she couldn't grasp it immediately.
"So if they exist in different dimension… why are YOU here?" Sora asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I told you I was assigned to find worthy people to be a Thelmaburh Knight."
"Why?"
"You see… your world… Earth, is at the middle of the of Teivel and Daedalus… Every world has its potential energy… Since your world is at the middle of the two worlds that have large amount of different energy… some of the energy of both worlds are transferred to your world."
"And?"
"And it cost a lot of problems... It cost many lives... Teivel couldn't be contented on what they have. Teivel decided to plot against the two worlds in order for them to have more power. The Leader of Daedalus, Master Fritjof noticed the urge of Teivel for power. He decided to join forces with Earth's Leader Lainatts and defeat Teivel in order to maintain the balance of the three worlds."
"Leader of Earth? Lainatts? Sorry… I was never good at history…" Sora was sweating because of such sudden explanations.
"He was never written in any history book… He was the leader of an advance civilization… maybe about 5000 years ago. The leader of the so-called Atlantis."
Sora didn't react. She doesn't know Atlantis… or even it's legend.
"Teivel's leader, Dalibor was stubborn… he risked his comrades, soldiers citizens and his own world just to attain power. He was too blinded by his lust for power. He failed to foresee the great possibility of losing the battle… losing his life. He made Atlantis a large battlefield. He used the power of the surrounding dimension of Teivel and made a fascinating but fearsome armament, the Thanatos Crystals for his soldiers. It almost gave him sure victory but Master Fritjof used the same process and made the Thelmaburh Crystals … Since the surrounding dimension of Daedalus was weak… Master Fritjof concentrated the energy into four crystals only, so that at least the power concentrated in the four crystals will be stronger than the numerous Thanatos Crystals. The Thelmaburh Crystals were assigned to four talented soldiers and they were called Thelmaburh Knights. Although the Thelmaburh Crystals were a lot more powerful than the Thanatos Crystals, it was still hard for Earth and Daedalus to win because of the great number of Thanatos Crystals. The Thelmaburh Knights, in order to win the battle, sacrificed their own life to give the crystals the ability to evolve into much more powerful armaments. Dalibor was killed and Daedalus, together with Earth attained victory but thecasualties was inevitable… Lainatts died defending her daughter and Atlantis was not able to stand the great amount of energy concentrated to its territory. The Atlantis sunk at the bottom of the sea… Master Fritjof… lost his body rescuing Lainatts' daughter from the sinking Atlantis but successfully kept his conscience alive together with Lainatts' daughter."
"The war was long over… so why bother find a Thelma…whatever it is called?" Sora couldn't pronounce it properly because of disbelief.
"It was because of hatred… the great hatred left undying by Dalibor… He was determined to take back the time that was stolen from his life… He continued to live in other people… to get pieces of Thanatos Crystals. After successful efforts, he was able to make use of the found Thanatos Crystals and make a body of his own but still could not make the desired body he wants… He is… determined to make his full comeback… That's why… I was sent here… to prevent it from happening. The only way to stop it is to find worthy people to handle the Thelmaburh Crystals."
"Wait a minute… why choose stage performers?"
"No... Not stage performers but Acrobatic performers… I thought looking for warriors, knights and barbarians will satisfy the crystals but I was wrong! Knights are too proud, warriors lack determonation and barbarians are VULGAR! You could just imagine what i have been through with those guys!" Fool got irritated as he remembered his experience specially with the barbarians...
" One of those barbarians even tried to eat me up!" Thinking of it made Fool look like a victim of animals.
"It took me several years before I realize it. Acrobatic performers meet the criteria of the Thelmaburh Knights. Skill, discipline, love, determination and passion… it all exists in acrobatic performers but not all… so I had to search harder… I met those who have potentials but they failed… it's either they lack determination, love, passion or failed the Final Judgement."
Sora held herself in disbelief. "In me…one of the Thelmaburh Crystals… me a Thelma…"
"No Sora… I revised it… Its called… you are called Kaleido Knight!"
-To be continued…-