Hello everybody! I'm back with this new chapter! Thanks to all of you who reviewed, and to those who didn't Okami, my gorgeous beta, asks to please tell us at least the grammatical mistakes and that
As usual the story goes to Hikari no Okami, thanks for being the greatest
Shed Tears
Shana woke up with her body aching as hell; it was dark and the house was quiet. She stood up, still feeling sleepy, and not finding Yuji at her side, she looked for him
"Yuji?" she asked rubbing her eyelid and navigated through the room half sleep "Yuji?" she asked again in a low voice reaching the stairway. She started to walk slowly, one step at a time "Yu-chan?" Shana called using his most affectionate nickname, the same his mother used. She spoke in a low voice not wanting to wake everyone.
However, as she started to walk down the stairs she saw Yuji and Hecate through the railing: they were hugging. From the top of the stairs she observed how they talked for a few seconds, Yuji still held her in his arms. She started to walk back to the bedroom; she couldn't help the deep pain she felt in her chest
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Shana woke up and saw the familiar ceiling above her; she rolled to the side trying to hug Yuji, but failed to find him there
"Yuji?" asked the black haired
"I see you are finally awake" said Alastor
"Alastor, what happened?"
"You received a lot of serious injuries, Willhelmina and Mrs. Sakai took care of you"
"Willhelmina?!" asked Shana happily "is she here?"
"She left with that young man's mother to buy some supplies" said another voice from the window
"Lammies!" Shana said surprised
"Spiral Organ, it is good to see you again"
"I wish it was under better circumstances old friend. We need to talk" said the old man
Shana let him in and he pulled the chair from the desk, taking a seat
"What is happening?" asked Alastor
"I heard you fought a mysterious Mistes yesterday" said the man
"Yes, do you have any information about it?" questioned Shana
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I do" said the man removing his hat
"Please, tell us what you know" said Alastor
"That girl, Haruhi, is member of a group, a group of unnaturally strong people. Tomogara, Mistes, and Manipulator alike. It is a group with no precedents in history and with outstanding power. A few days ago the whole Bale Masque organization was razed"
"Their doing?" asked Shana
"That is right; the place was left in ruins; not a single survivor" explained the spell caster
"How is that possible? Bale Masque was an organization which had fought for a long time against Flame Haze around the world" asked Alastor surprised but serene
"As I said, their power is something never seen before. They attacked the castle and destroyed everything and everyone. It didn't take an hour for them to destroy the organization"
"But Hecate, the mater throne is here" said Shana
"She's here? I see; then, the rumors saying that she fled the scene are true"
"Do you know what their goals are?" asked Alastor
"I think I do" he said "to bring back the 'Red Days' you know what that means"
"The 'Red Days'?!" asked Shana very surprised
"If they were to obtain that, the balance of the worlds would break down completely" assured Alastor
"We can't let them destroy everything for what we have fought so many years" said Lammies with determination in his eyes "you know what most be done"
"We'll have to move, leave this city" said Shana with sadness, she had come to love the city
"If they can't obtain the power of The Conflagration on Earth and Heaven their plans won't succeed" explained Lammies
"We understand, thank you for informing us. We'll get ready to leave as soon as possible" said Alastor
"Please do. I'll go ahead; meet me in the next city to the west by night" said the spell caster standing up and going out to the balcony "don't be late" with that he became a group of birds that flew into the sky"
"These are bad news indeed, Shana. Get ready to leave, we'll tell Yuji when he gets home" ordered Alastor
"No" said Shana looking down "we'll leave right now. I don't want him to be involved in this"
"But your abilities are considerably improved when he's near"
"Even so! I managed to survive before meeting him, right? Then I'll do it again"
"But-"
"I've made my decision, Yuji's a great person, a lot of people likes him, also a lot of girls. He'll forget about me soon; they're after us, not after the Reiji Magio. He deserves to live a peaceful life" she said summoning her black coat, taking out the shattered pieces of Nietono no Shana "I won't need any of this anymore" she said with a nostalgic tone. She left the broken sword in the bed with the now folded coat.
"You will not even say good bye?" asked Alastor
Shana negated slowly with her head "It's better this way. If I were to tell him, he'll ask to come along and it's too dangerous to be around us from now on"
"Won't he feel sorrow for our leaving?"
"I know! But I can't really face him, even if I'd love to say to 'I love you' to him"
"What about leaving a note? I think it can be the best for the both of you"
"Yes! I'll do that!" she said excitedly. She went to the desk and took paper and a pen, sat down and suddenly understood what she was going to do "My final words to Yuji, what I can't tell him" she acknowledged with sadness. This is the best, for all of us she kept repeating like a mantra as she started to write. Tears fell to the letter as she wrote
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Shana jumped out of the window and into the suburbs of the city; she knew she had to go to the left, but took another route
"Where are you going?" asked Alastor "we must leave the city before the enemy notices us"
"I know, I just want to go somewhere before" replied the girl
They jumped from rooftop to rooftop, until Shana stopped on top of an electricity post in front of a large building. She saw through the windows of the building. There, in front of her, was a group of teenagers attending to class, and next to the window was Sakai Yuji
Goodbye, you annoying, lovely Mistes boy she thought remembering when they met
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Yuji felt that strange sensation you get when someone is watching you. He turned around to check the classroom, but everyone was attending either the professor or something else. No one was looking at him; he looked of out of the window, but saw nothing. Must be my imagination, he said to himself, bringing back his attention to the lesson
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"What do you mean she's gone?" asked a concerned Chigusa
"Just that! She's not in the room, are you sure she didn't left? I don't know, maybe to take a walk? Or buy some melon bread?" he asked hasty
"What the cause of all this noise?" asked Hecate entering the room
"Shana's is not in the house" explained Yuji almost yelling
"How is that possible?" she asked back
"That's what I'm trying to discover!" he said angrily "the three of you were in the house. I can't believe neither of you noticed when she left!"
"You mother and I left the building when we went to buy some vegetables, de arimasu" admited Willhelmina
"And I took a walk around" said Hecate
"WHAT? YOU LEFT HER ALONE?!" he exploded angrily
"Yu-chan, calm down; I'm sure she's ok" his mother tried to cool him down
"She will most likely return soon, de arimasu"
"Why don't you change your clothes and get ready for dinner?" proposed his mom with a caring tone. Yuji, still angry, did as he was told
When Yuji closed the door to his room, Chigusa sighed
"Thanks for backing me up" she said to Willhelmina
"You are welcome, de arimasu" she answered "where could she have gone?"
"I don't know. But I just hope she's ok, she means so much for Yu-chan" said Chigusa looking at the stairway
"For what that girl said, she's probably being targeted for some reason" explained Hecate
"If such is the case, we should go seek her, de arimasu"
"Why should I help a Flame Haze?" asked Hecate crossing her arms and giving the other women the back
"Please" Chigusa said "if not for Shana-chan, do it for Yu-chan" she pleaded
The master throne blushed slightly "Fine, but just because you asked it nicely"
The three of them nodded and left the building, taking different directions
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Yuji walked to his bed, took the black cloak and held it in front of him. He had a bad feeling and somehow he knew something was wrong, very wrong. He then noticed that something had been below the coat.
Resting on the bed were the shattered pieces of the missing girl's long katana, now dull and with its shine lost, the sword wasn't even a shadow of its former glory. Besides the blade was a small piece of paper, apparently ripped from the notebook on the desk. He opened and saw writing, he started reading
Beloved Yuji:
By the time you find this note we'll be long gone, and gone for good. I wish I could say more but the less you know the safer you will be.
With this I wanted to tell you how much the time we spent together means for me. Every second I was at your side made my life brighter, happier, and filled with joy and excitement. We passed many hardships and obstacles. We've been through both good and bad times and I hold those memories inside my heart.
I'll miss your voice, the touch of your skin. I apologize for not being able to say this to you, but please, forgive me my weakness. If it's difficult to assimilate the idea of living without you, I don't want to think about saying good bye to the best thing that happened in my life
I'll miss the castle I found in your arms; you always make me rise when I fall. Your touch caused static in me like never before, and your lips took me up flying to the sky
This is my permanent good bye, so please, smile and live with all the happiness you always do. Remake your life, don't go looking for me
Forever yours, the girl of your heart
Shana
"Shana…" Yuji said in a whisper as he finished reading the letter. He closed his hand into a fist, wrinkling the letter; slowly but steady, tears fell from his face to his hands, his mind brought to him the memories of the little black eyed girl, all of them passing through his eyes
You are torch; you have been dead form a time now
Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!
You don't even know how to eat melon bread?
I'll keep an eye on you
It's all your fault!
Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!
Yuji!
Yuji?
If you are useful in the battle I'll give you a reward
YUJI!
I love you
It will always be like this, there will always be a Tomogara or Rynne to break the atmosphere…
I'm…I'm so-sorry I left you alone at the aquarium
About what you said earlier, it wasn't silly
Urusai! Urusai! Urusai!, go to sleep, we have school tomorrow. Of course I'm
Our song
GET OUT OF HERE YOU PERVERT!
Don't…ever…put…a finger…on…MY BOYFRIEND
Yu-yuji?
"Why, Shana? Why?" silent drops ran through his cheeks
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It was night and the sky was dark. Not a single star shone and the moon negated to come out early, as if they were suffering from a lost pleasure, crying out in despair, and wondering if they would ever recover their will. However, the city was lighted up by the electrical sources of the street, cars, office buildings and houses.
Tezuka was sitting on a large advertisement on top of a tall building, watching Misaki City from above; however he didn't miss the presence of a voluptuous woman approaching from behind, walking through the rooftop.
"Welcome, Interpreter of Condolence" greeted the young man without moving an inch
"I knew I had felt strange vibrations, who would have said they came for a manipulator?" asked the blond woman
"Feh, heh, heh, heh you tell him! My beauty blade of annihilation! Margery Daw!" laughed Marcosius, earning a punch from the Flame Haze
"Shut up, stupid Marco"
"What do I own the pleasure of your visit?" asked the boy, standing up and turning to look at her
"Your aura, we detected it a few seconds before that 'explosion' happened" explained the woman "care to start explaining?"
"Ummm, what if I refuse?" asked the man closing his eyes
"I would have to beat the answers out of your sorry ass" Margery replied with a smirk
"You are certainly welcome to try" he opened his eyes again, revealing a demonic gaze through his glasses.
He raised a hand and a wall of white fire moved with blinding speed, creating the fuzetzu
With a snap of her fingers a purple fire covered Margery, transforming her in a large wolverine like creature. She charged at him, sharp claws first, and destroyed the advertisement slashing it in several smaller pieces, yet missing its target
Tezuka jumped and tumbled his way out of the dangerous clawing, landing smoothly on the rooftop several feet behind the Flame Haze. He prepared a small white fire in his hand and sent it flying to his opponent.
Margery followed Tezuka's movement and fended off the small energy ball "Is that the best you can do?"
"As a matter of fact, that's far from my full potential" he said adjusting his glasses
"My! Aren't we being prepotent here?"
"If you think so, why don't you come here and find out?" he prepared two more fire balls, one in each hand, three times bigger that the last one
"Ha, ha, ha, he does seem to have some skill after all!" admitted Marcosius
"You have no idea" corrected Tezuka releasing both attacks; Margery dodged one, but the other one damaged her arm, rending it unusable
"I'll make sure you pay for that" said Margery without losing her cool. She opened her mouth and sent a barrage of fire balls of her own. The young man smirked before the fireballs reached him.
"Ha! He was a weakling; he didn't even try to dodge the attack!" Marcosius cheered. The fire lingered a while, the Flame Haze and the crimson lord stayed in silence, turned around and started to walk away
"Leaving so soon? Please, stay and play a while longer" the voice came from inside the flames which opened to reveal Tezuka, totally unharmed, and holding a small crystal sphere, from which two blades of fire shoot
"What the-!?" Margery had no time to dodge, the blades severed her arms
"As I said to a young man earlier today, don't underestimate an opponent, no matter what it is: Tomogara, Rinne, or whatever" said the man in glasses wearing a nice smile
"And you shouldn't be too cocky" answered the woman as her arms regenerated "now, I'll take this seriously"
"Please do" he answered while taking off his glasses and putting them in his pocket. The crystal sphere started to glow and two large blades made of light green glowing energy appeared in his hands, one of them had the sphere in it. He took his defense stance.
"You'll be eager to talk when I finish with you" two more of the purple creatures Margery had become appeared from a fiery burst and attacked surrounding Tezuka, but with great agility the man managed to land a good slash to one of them, twisting to land a nasty kick to the other
"Maybe you'd want to create more copies of yourself for the next round" teased the young man
"Don't worry I will" for one second the rooftop of the building was covered in fire and the next the fire had changed into dozens of copies. They all jumped at the same time, surrounding the young man. He had the creatures on top of him, in a small mount.
"Still not good enough" a green blade stabbed each one of the creatures, destroying them and creating a pillar of fire. The flames quickly dissipated, revealing Tezuka, holding one blade in a hand and only the crystal sphere in the other. All the blades floated in the sky for a moment before rejoining to create once more the second blade in Tezuka's hand
"That orb! Isn't it…?" started to ask Margery
"You have noticed uh? Yes, this is it" admitted Tezuka
"But that object is nothing but a legend, a myth, it doesn't exist, it's from a fairy tale of Tomogara" yelled back Marcosius
"It is very real, and so is its power, let me give you a taste of its strength" the blades in the hands of the man disappeared and the sphere started to glow.
The sphere levitated for a moment and then burrowed in Tezuka's chest disappearing deep into it. A circle appeared at his feet, the insignia of an unrestricted method. A dragon appeared from it, roaring
"Meet my good friend Thalass" said the man smiling. Margery eyes widened in surprise
Who in the world is this guy?
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Shana saw the distant lights of the next settlement. Misaki city was far behind her now; she couldn't even see its lights. Her heart gave her a terrible pain, almost unbearable. To ease her mind, she started to sing the only song her mind seemed to recall
"Oooh, oooh, For the longest time…"
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In a matter of seconds the fight had ended. Thalass rested on the rooftop while Tezuka approached the blond Flame Haze who was in the ground, barely able to move. Marcosius was a few feet away and also seemed pretty damaged.
"Impossible!" cursed Margery
"Well, any last wishes?" asked Tezuka
"Let us live?" asked Marcosius
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't do that" said the manipulator with true regret
"It was worth a try!" joked Marcosius
"Wh-who are you? How did you got the dragon orb?" asked the blond
"My name is Kasugano Tezuka, and I got the dragon orb from the dragon princess herself" explained the man
"What?!" Margery couldn't believe it, the dragon orb and the dragon princess were a story, a myth, yet the dragon orb was in front of her and she had been witness of its powers
Suddenly Haruhi appeared on the rooftop, escorted by a Tomogara in a silver armor, a small girl with cat ears and a mature woman in a very elegant, military outfit.
"Tezuka-chan! Tezuka-chan! We have terrible news nya!" said the girl with cat ears
"What is the matter?" asked the man nicely "I'm in the middle of something, can it wait?"
"No, it can't, it is about the Hunter of the Flaming Hair and Red Hot Eyes" explained the matured woman
"What? What happened?" asked Tezuka
"Sssssssssssssssshe lefffffffffffft the ccccccccccccccityyyyyy" trailed the armored Tomogara
"How is that possible? Hono was supposed to keep her checked!"
"Apparently she managed to bypass him, come up Tezuka-sempai! We have to move out quickly!" pressed Haruhi
"Damn! I'm sorry Interpreter of Condolence, but I'll have to postpone this, something just came up" Tezuka jumped on the back of Thalass and commanded the others to do the same, once they were all on the dragon he ordered him "Fly Thalass! We have a girl to catch!"
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Yoshida Kazumi was outside, enjoying the night with her puppy, Ekatherina, when a young boy approached her
"Good night Miss Kazumi, I would like to ask for your help once more" said the small boy
"You are… Khamsin!" said the girl recognizing the boy
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And that's it, that's not really a cliffhanger and I added sugar to it so not get mad at me XD
Please review and keep me happy! The story is getting more interesting every chapter! And this is only getting better!
Now, the story won't have that much fluff in following chapters until we get to its ending chapters, but I promise I'll make it up when we get there
Until next time!