Chapter 7:Ken: The Amazing Jimmu! Guardian of Daedalus!
Both of the gents were awestruck as they watched the woman they love be taken away by a creature unknown to them.
As the guys were looking at the unbelievable scenery, a voice of a girl came through the door right after few knocks.
"Ken? Leon? Are you two there? Hope you guys are not too tired because Boss wants to talk to you. Are you coming?"
"What in the world is that? Is it human?" Ken's sweat dropped as these words came out of his mouth.
"I don't know… but… what I know is… that THING… CREATURE or whatever it is called has Sora!"
It was Mei at the door .She was tapping her foot while waiting for an answer. "What's wrong with this boys. I hope they don't mind answering back." After few more seconds she snapped.
"Look! I don't wanna bother your tender moments so I hope you don't mind answering me with a simple YES or NO?!"
She was about to open the door when Leon suddenly pulled it open and run. Mei was about to say something when she was cut by Ken's worried voice.
"Mei! Call for help!"
Mei was in confusion and made an effort to ask why.
"Just call for police, 911… firemen. Damn! Anyone!" Ken immediately followed Leon.
"What the hell is going on…"
"Look on the balcony!" Ken said right before he turned at the corner.
"Balcony?"
Mei did as she was told. She went to the balcony and observed the scenery. It took her few seconds to see the faded scenery of a "bird". "Is that a large bird?" She couldn't see clearly what it was due to the large distance. She tried to focus her eyes more but she was distracted by a sudden noise of gushing flames. She couldn't believe what she saw.
"The rooftop is burning!"
She was in a state of panic. "What should I do?"
She went to the phone and called customer service in the hotel. It took sometime before someone could answer.
"Hello? This is an emergency! The rooftop is burning!"
"Ma'am?"
"Call the fire department! Hurry up!" Mei immediately dropped the phone and went to the elevator, hoping to catch up with ken and Leon.
-At the customer Service area-
The employee immediately contacted the nearest fire department right after, he ran towards Mr. Hamilton to inform him.
Mr. Hamilton was enjoying the company of friends that seemed to be very rich due to the heavy looking rings and expensive clothes. The employee whispered to Mr. Hamilton the predicament on the rooftop.
"What! How is it possible? Are you serious?"
"Sir, I already contacted the fire department…"
"Hm? Is there something wrong Mr. Hamilton?" Boss and Ms. Sarah approached.
"Please excuse me for a moment…" Mr. Hamilton said to his friends and went to talk to Boss and Ms. Sarah about the emergency.
-At the elevator-
"Leon what are we going to do?"
"I don't know…."
"Go after Sora or…"
"THE ROOFTOP!"
"What?"
" Don't you remember? The THING we just so came from the rooftop!"
"We can't do anything there! Let the firemen handle it! I suggest we follow Sora!
"It's no use… we can't catch up to it! We should observe where it will go, then we'll follow it."
"So… the rooftop is the alternative huh…" Ken removed his glasses and put it in his pocket.
"So that we'll see where it's heading…" Leon added.
The elevator reached its limit. The gents went running on the stairs towards the rooftop. After few steps they saw the opened door.
"What the…?" The gents could not believe what they saw. Its as if the door was a door towards the burning hell. They felt the great heat that made them sweat all-over.
They made few more steps and they saw someone lying, a young girl.
"Rosetta!" Their eyes both express great surprise. The flame was not engulfing the unconscious Rosetta.
"What the hell is happening?"
"It's as if… there's a barrier or something…"
"We have no time to think about that Leon! We should help her now!"
Leon was a bit surprised by the sudden change of Ken and nodded. Both boys went to help Rosetta.
Ken held Rosetta in his arms and said "Get a hold of yourself!!!!! Rosetta! Rosetta!"
"Why now… Damn it… Get out of here now!" Fool exclaimed
"What am I saying? They can't hear me! What am I going to do!?"
"Ken… we should get out of here now! It's no use! We can't go through this fire!"
Leon carried Rosetta and went down the stairs.
Ken followed but the flames somehow shut the door and enveloped it.
"What the!? NO! I'm trapped!"
"What the?! KEN!!!!!!!!!! Damn it!" Leon bruoght Rosetta down. He attempted to open the door but the knob was to hot for him that his right hand was severly burned.
"KEN! I'm going to call for help! Hang on
"Damn! I have to protect Ken!" Fool made his barrier larger to protect Ken.
Flames engulfed the whole rooftop. If not for the barrier, Fool and Ken would have been roasted to death. Although, Ken was kept safe by the barrier from the flame, he was not kept safe from the terrible fear that made his heart pump in a fast phase. Soon, Ken began to breath hard. There was something wrong. "It hurts…" he said to himself, clenching a part of his shirt that covered his chest. It was his heart, pumping recklessly. The pain was overwhelming that his knees failed him.
"My… my… heart… IT hurts… uhhh…"
Fool was busy holding the barrier and did not realize that Ken was already unconscious.
Although the heat could not pass the barrier, Fool was covered with sweat, maybe because he was reaching his limit then.
Ken was ina place that was partially illuminated by a light that was slowly fading away.
"So, this is what it feels to die…"
Ken knew that right after the light completely wipe out, it was his end.
"Fear not, for you are great… you are the light of yourself…"a voice said.
Ken was dazzled as the light of life formed into a ball and came close to him.
"It is time… for you… for us to be awaken…"
"Who are you?"
"I' am you… and you are me. We are the same. The time has come to fulfill our destiny…"
"What?"
Ken gazed at the magnificent ball. It was just near enough to feel the warmth it released.
-"I'am you and you are…me.."-
Ken somehow felt it was true. He reached for the ball and instantly, the ball merged with him.
Meanwhile, Fool was almost at his limit. He felt the flames penetrating his barrier.
"If I don't do something now… me and Ken will…huh?"
Finally Fool noticed Ken's supposed predicament.
"What the? Ken? What happened?! NO… heart attack? The situation gave him too much stress… I cant hold on much longer… Is this the end?"
He decided to focus his energy to keep the barrier going. It was all he could do. After few moments, he reached his limit. Ken's body glowed with golden aura. The flames avoided near contact from Fool and Ken.
"What is this?" Fool was awestruck. He stared at Ken from foot to head. Ken was releasing a significant aura that Fool found very familiar.
"It's him… I cant believe it…"
"It's been a long time… Fool… no I mean Aslan of Wisteria"
It was still ken in appearance and in voice but somehow it seemed he was a completely different person
"Jimmu of Magnolia, The Great Sage, Guardian of Daedalus…" Fool said and sighed with relief.
"Destiny is giving a favor… OF all people… Ken huh… Anyway, let's talk later. My friend Layla needs help." Fool followed and scratched his cheek.
"She's in rampage huh… Reminds me of her…"
"Actually this is exactly the same situation back then…"
Jimmu went silent. It seemed he was familiar about that her.
"Just how long do you plan on standing there huh?"
"OH… sorry my friend."
Jimmu walked through the flames. The flames instantly made way fro him. He walked towards the source if rampage -Layla. Finally, he was able to reach her.
A large ball of flame was floating about two to three meters from the floor. Jimmu's face expressed pity, for he felt the sadness that controlled the flames.
His hands reached for the large ball of flame, hoping that somehow he will be able to ease Layla's heart that was torn apart by the loss of her beloved.
"Creating a barrier of flames to seal herself… She might be even better than her."
"Layla… you cant seal yourself here forever… You have to get a hold of yourself…"
He forced his hands inside the large ball of flame.
-to be continued-
Note: So sorry for such a very late update. It's as if destiny is against me on writing this story. I know many of you guys are not a fond of Sora x Layla pairing but I like it!
So this is certainly be a sora x layla fic okay?
Some are looking for Yuri. I'm not really a fond of him but I have no choice but to insert him in the next chapter because he is one of the supporting casts after all!
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