Author's Note: Okay so I know I didn't put a note at the beginning of the last chapter but this story takes place after the events of the special episodes. If you haven't watched the Special episodes you should if you can they are really good. I won't spoil them here but I will warn you that there will be some spoilers, starting now.
Chapter 2: The Mortal God.
Yugo had never been a big fan of Ruel's drill buggy, it stank and blew out a lot of smoke, but he supposed that it was far better than trying to run or portal all the way back to Emelka. The old Enutrof drove expertly and avoided wooded areas where he might cause damage. Yugo smiled the old man tried to look like he didn't care, but deep down everyone knew he did.
Az floated about on rapidly flapping wings and Yugo watched the landscape pass by at high speed, leaning against the table he sat at in the back. Az landed and let out a series of chirps.
"I know Az," Yugo said "It's not gonna be easy.
The buggy sputtered and coughed as it reached its destination and began to slow down, kicking up dust and dirt, plastering a few people with the stuff. Ruel stepped out and stretched, and Az quickly flitted out and looked around sighing contently as he saw the familiar terrain of his home.
Yugo stepped out hesitantly, he was still unsure about all of this, but his doubts were quickly pushed to the back of his mind with a loud call.
"YUGO!" Chibi's voice sounded excitedly from the door in front of him. The little white haired eliatrope rushed out on happy feet and hugged his "big brother" tightly nearly knocking him over.
Yugo blinked in surprise "You talk now?" he asked curiously.
"Uh, huh," Chibi replied with a big smile on his face "Daddy taught me!"
Yugo couldn't help but smile at his younger brother's innocent face. It was at this point that Grougaloragran chose to make an appearance, he was a little bigger than he had been but his temperament had no swayed in the least. Charging straight for the blue clad eliatrope fondling his twin at his fastest speed. A portal opened in front of him and another in front of a tree causing the little dragon to ram into the large oaken trunk head first.
"Hello to you too Grougal," Yugo stated with a smirk, "Did Alibert teach you to talk too?"
Grougal simply smorted fire and returned to the kitchen as he normaly did.
"Grougal no talk," Chibi said "Grougal no likey daddy lesson."
"Sounds like him." Ruel said interrupting the reunion "To think I was scared of him once upon a time, even prayed to Enutrof himself to save me."
Yugo laughed, "Yeah, you just about soiled yourself!"
Chibi put a finger to his chin and thought for a minute "Grampa Ruel," he started "Scared…" he closed his eyes and laughed out the last part as he realized what it meant "of Grougal!" chibi couldn't help it he laughed like a hyena.
"You wouldn't laugh if it were you." Ruel saind angrily "He was bigger back then, and… scarier."
Chibi fell onto his back rolling on the ground he was laughing so much.
"Hmph." Ruen uttered and began marching towards the Inn.
"GROUGAL!" Aliberts voice rang out from within. "DON"T TEST ME LITTLE DRAGON, I SWEAR BY ENUTROF I'LL TEACH YOU SOME RESPECT!"
Ruel sighed. "Maybe you should go first Yugo." He said.
Yugo walked forward, each step made him remember a little more, and he realized he was going to have to tell Alibert what had happened to Adamai.
The eliatrope stopped and cast his head down, Ruel's strong hand touched his shoulder.
"I'll be right here Yugo," he said "You don't need to be afraid."
Yugo and Ruel walked in on Alibert shoving Grougal in a kennel like cage. "20 minutes grougal," he said "in 20 minutes I'll let you out, next time will be forty."
Grougal turned to see Yugo and looked pleadingly at him as though asking the eliatrope to defend him.
"Sorry Grougal," yugo said "you're gonna have to learn to behave yourself sometime."
Alibert perked up at the sound of Yugo's voice and he turned with a smile on his face
"Is that who I think it is?" he asked, but his smile quickly faded as he saw the look on Yugo's face, a look mirrored by Ruel. Az flew in and perched on a shelf, but Albert could tell something was missing, or rather someone.
"What happened to Adamai?" he said choking, fearing the worst, "is he…?"
Ruel coughed to break the tension "He's not dead Alibert, you stop crying."
Alibert looked first at Ruel then at Yugo "Then what…?
Yugo proceeded to explain the events leading up to the battle with Ogrest and how he had had to take their dofus from his brother's hands. He told Alibert how Adamai had told him he was never to see the dragon again, and that he had left, to where, no one knew.
"I see," Alibert said as he sat down taking it all in. "Adamai is old enough to make his own decisions, just as you are Yugo." He said slowly "we may not agree with those decisions, but we must respect them."
Yugo flinched, like he was hit with something, then raised an eyebrow "You're not mad at me?" he asked "You aren't angry that I drove him away, if I hadn't taken the dofus – "
"If you hadn't taken the dofus, the world as we know it would be gone." Alibert said matter of factly. "You took that risk, you gambled your relationship with your own brother to save the world. Why would I be angry? I wouldn't be here if wasn't for you y'know."
"But Adamai…" Yugo said trailing off, his eyes watering up again.
"Adamai made his choice Yugo," Ruel stated "He placed himself against you, not the other way around, and only he can choose to recant that decision."
Chibi entered the room then crying as well "Brother Adamai is gone?" he said.
"Oh, just perfect." Ruel muttered "Now we have the peanut gallery in tears."
Alibert cast Ruel a angry glare then motioned for Chibi to come over, the little eliatrope did. Alibert hugged him "Adamai had to go on a long trip chibi," he said "We won't see him for awhile."
"Adamai mad with Yugo?" he asked Alibert
"Yes, chibi, very mad." As much as it hurt to tell a child the truth Alibert had decided long ago that he would not hide it from his children, they needed to know, even when it hurt.
"Adamai mean." Chibi said sadly. "Yugo nice, why Adamai mad with Yugo?"
Grougal slumped in his cage and whined, he did not understand what was happening, but he knew that Chibi was sad, and if Chibi was sad, he was sad.
"Adamai will come home," Alibert said "Some day he'll come home."
Yugo walked through the forest thinking on what had happened. He shouldn't have been so surprised, Alibert was his dad, and he was Alibert's son, they loved each other and they always would. He had insisted that Yugo relax for the day, that he had been through enough and serving the customers could wait. Apparently Alibert had also begun teaching Chibi how to make his famous stew. Yugo smiled, it would be nice to have some help with that as time went on.
He walked into a clearing in the brush his loyal tofu az following him, az was the only one who knew about this place. Yugo went here when he was younger, the first time he discovered he had been different from everyone else. When he saw the wings that came from his head, he had come here and wept, he had believed himself not human, a monster. Alibert had found him and assured him that although he wasn't human he was not a monster and the wings were natural for his race. It had been a long time since then.
"I wonder what Amalia's up to?" he asked aloud, Az landed in the pouch of his apron and snuggled in. "Or Dally for that matter. I bet he and Evangelene have their hands full with those demi-god kids of his." He said allowing himself to chuckle.
It felt good to laugh, he had had been so wound up about telling Alibert about Adamai that he had allowed depression to sink in. the wound of losing his brother still hurt, but he had to learn to accept it.
He pulled off his hat and lay down on the grass. This was the only place he could do this, his own little place of peace and solitude. It felt good too, the hat wasn't uncomfortable, but sometimes it was nice to be without. He wondered about the eliatrope children, if they ever lay on the grassy plains of their dimension with their hats off.
A rustling of the bushes around him brought him to sudden attention. He grabbed his hat and stuffed it back on his head.
"Who's there?" he yelled into the brush taking up a fighting stance.
There was no answer, but the rustling stopped.
"I'm warning you, I'm not someone you want to fight, come out." Yugo had used the threat a few times in the past, most people in Amanka knew who he was, and who he had defeated.
The bushes rustled again and a boy came out of them, he was dressed in dark blue attire and had an ornate hat that resembled Yugo's own. The way the boy moved made it clear he was afraid of the eliatrope before him.
Suddenly the boy fell to the ground and bowed "I'm sorry God-king, I didn't mean to intrude!" he said.
"What?" Yugo questioned, his face turning red with embarrassment "I think you have me confused for someone else."
"I do not think so," the boy said rising to a kneeling position "You are Yugo, king of the Eliatropes are you not?"
Yugo swallowed "Yes." He said warily.
"Then you are the God-King of my people." The boy said.
"Stop calling me that!" Yugo said frantically "I don't want to anger the gods."
The boy looked confused, as though the statement did not make any sense to him.
"And stand up," Yugo continued "I'm not really a king right now, I'm just a boy named Yugo."
The boy stood, he was a little taller than Yugo " I don't understand." The boy said.
"Well good, that makes two of us." Yugo said "I've never been called god-king before, and I'm not sure I'm ready to be a normal king either."
Yugo and the boy looked at each other for a long moment, Yugo took stock of the boy and noticed the ear-like appendages on the boy's hat.
"Are you…" he asked curious "An eliatrope?"
The boy looked visibly disturbed, "N-No sir, I wouldn't try to impersonate your race," he was frantic as though Yugo would strike him down then and there just for having a hat like his. It was ridiculous, was this how Alibert felt a few hours ago?
"Sit down," Yugo said, the boy complied. Yugo walked up to him and placed his hand on the boy's head, the fear in the boy's eyes was evident. "Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you." The boy looked up to Yugo and saw the kindness in his eyes, and calmed down. Yugo pulled the hat off and looked. Indeed a pair of Wakfu wings sprouted from the boy's head.
Yugo put the hat on the ground and sat next to the boy who seemed red with embarrassment. He pulled his own hat off and showed the boy his wings.
"You said you don't understand," he began "Neither do I. As far as I can tell you are an Eliatrope, but the Eliatropes call me King Yugo, not god-king."
"Y – you mean you don' remember creating us?" the boy said sadly.
"No I don't." Yugo said
"The six shining lights, the guiding hand." The boy said "You don't remember doing any of that?"
"Six shining lights?" Yugo said "Are you talking about the Eliatrope Dofus?"
"I don't know," the boy said "is that what you called them?"
"How old are you?" Yugo asked
"How old?" The boy seemed to trail off "I don't understand."
"How long have you been alive?"
"I – I don't know how to say…" the boy said "Um, since you used the lights."
"Well if you're talking about the dofus," Yugo said "i'ts been four months. I fought with Ogrest, he wielded the Primordial dofus and I the Eliatrope Dofus, but when I harnessed their power, something came out of me, I thought I had taken it all back in, I guess a few of you got out after all."
There was silence for several moments before Yugo stood and replaced his hat. The other boy replaced his as well and stood awkwardly s though he was unsure he should.
"What's your name?" Yugo said.
"Name?" the boy responded "None of us have names." He said sadly
"Well we'll have to fix that." Yugo said with a kind smile.
The twelve would not listen to their parents, Eliatrope and The great Dragon followed them as the rushed towards the golden fleet prepared for battle. The gods sought to avoid involving mortals in the battle, she could not be angry with them, they simply wished to protect their children.
They slowed and arrived arraying themselves before the grandest ship. The Great dragon held Eliatrope back.
"We will watch," he said "only interfere if they need it."
Goultard stood at the front of his brethren the mighty Iop god raring for a fight as always.
"Name yourself Intruder!" he yelled at the ships.
Twelve bright lights arrayed before the fleet, two brighter ones behind them. A crew of many watched in anticipation waiting for their king's response.
"It seems we are seen as threat." The golden king said drumming his fingers on the arm of his throne.
A pale man with red hair stood next to him he wore a black trench coat and sunglasses.
"Should I deal with them sir." He asked with a smirk.
"No," the king said standing and returning a smirk of his own, his golden armor gleaming in the light. "I haven't stretched in awhile."
What appeared to be a door opened on the large ship and a man in gold and brown armor emerged, his blonde hair seemed to float on invisible winds, piercing blue eyes looked up at them.
My name is Seraphin Bartoleme." He said in a booming voice "I don't suppose I can convince you that I come in peace."
"Words are cheap golden knight," Goultard replied his sword appearing from his arm. "I demand action!"
The other gods groaned at their brother's foolishness. Ever the hotheaded, exuberant one, he demanded battles even when there were none to be fought.
"In short," Sram said cooly "We don't believe you."
The gilded man crossed him arms and rose from his place floating in front of the twelve gods of the krozoms and their parents. He glowed brightly, a brilliant golden light against twelve bright blue ones.
Well then," Seraphin said with a smirk "Shall we begin?"
Author's note: I added the eliatropes from the Wakfu MMO, though I don't really intend to do much more with the game itself. If you are unaware these Eliatropes are the result of Yugo using the Eliatrope dofus against Ogrest. I decided to keep them because they are an irreparable change to the Wakfu world and a consequence that Yugo will have to learn how to deal with.
Aside from that peace! It's ten o'clock and I'm tired.