Centuries of Love
Chapter 2: Her Fate
This is so…relaxing…
My eyes remained close. The feeling here is so blissful… Like I was lying in a bed of water and soft beads…this is so much better than the spa.
"Oi, idiot, wake up! "
I ignored the boyish voice that I heard and continued to lie in this wonderfully relaxing bed.
"Oi, wake up, or else, you're going to be trapped in here forever! "
Again, I ignored him, I just experienced too much pain earlier that I can't bear it, and then suddenly, I found myself lying in this bed of flowing clouds.
SMACK!
"Ouch! What was that for? " I snarled as I bolted awake, only to find the cute grey haired devil who caused fear and anticipated my death.
Wait, death?
He rolled his eyes as if he read my mind. "Glad you're back into reality, moron, yeah, you're dead. "
I blinked at him.
"We're here in the purgatory. We should wait for Circe, the judge. "
"The judge? " I asked innocently.
He sighed. "Look, idiot, can't you see what's happening? You met an accident and you didn't survive, in short, you're already dead and you're marked for judgement. Either you got to heaven in Zeus's kingdom or you go to hell in Hades' lair. "
I raised a brow at him. "And looking at you, I think you'll go to hell. " I snapped.
"Either way is fine by me. " He answered as he looked up around.
This time, I followed his stare, I didn't even realize the environment I was in.
The place where we are…is beautiful. I can't even describe it. We were surrounded by black, purple and dark blue satiny waves which is moving gently. I closed my eyes as I revel the feel of them. It was the same thing that I felt earlier, smooth, satiny, gentle water with soft beads continuously flowing within me.
"You know, you should stop wasting your time feeling all this bliss, because after this, you will be judged by Circe. " The little boy snapped.
I slowly opened my eyes and looked at him. "Hey, what's your name? "
"Yoichi Hijiri. "
"Well then Yoichi kun, you should stop being rude, especially to ladies, it's not a good trait to possess. " I giggled.
He grunted and rolled his eyes and I giggled even more.
However, my giggles died down as I remembered who he resembles to…
That rude attitude, that emotionless face, that stance…
He reminds me of…
Natsume…
And I can't help but to feel pain surge deep within me over again.
I saw Yoichi looking at me, puzzled, I can tell that he wanted to ask something, but before he could do so, a flash of soft light suddenly hovered around us.
I felt my mouth flung open as I saw a golden haired lady falling gently from that light.
I watched as she descended from above, then settled in front of us.
I looked at her, err…him? At first, I thought she was a girl, but up close, I couldn't tell, he or she possess features of both male and female. He or she had the soft luminous hair that a female should have, but it's sleek, straight angle defines it as a manly cut. His or her eyes are both a shade of gold, which was soft, yet predatory at the same time. The nose is perfect, and the lips are lusciously thin, yet in full pout.
I gulped as my eyes descended even more. This person was clad in a gold attire. I felt like this person is even richer than any millionaire that I have seen. This person is wearing a see through gown. I blushed at the clear sight of her breasts, yet my frown increased when I saw the chiselled abs underneath those and a sticking manhood hidden underneath a pair of gold, silky pants. Despite this, his/her curves are so soft, softer than any other women I've seen, and his/her skin was so smooth and silky like a woman's skin despite the muscles that it possess.
His/her attire was completed with strange big ala Lady Gaga's shoes, only it was gold in colour, for accessories, he/she was wearing a golden crown, cape, and a golden sceptre like monarchs have.
I don't know how to address this person though, I can't decide wether she is a he or he is a she, but one look at her tells anyone that she was either a man or a woman, instead, this person possess the qualities of both.
I felt this strange creature eyeing us with his/her vibrant, golden eyes.
The strange person snapped his/her fingers, in an instant, a tall wooden desk appeared in front of her, together with the small hamlet and it's tiny platform. Making this creature look like a judge.
The Golden creature eyed us with her/his vibrant, golden gaze.
"Mikan Yukihara and Yoichi Hijiri? " He/she asked.
This creatures voice is soft and mellow, yet at the same time, hard and muscular.
Man, I'm really confused with this creature's identity.
I saw Yoichi nod, so did the same.
"I see, well, my name is Circe, you can call me he or she, it doesn't matter, but most of them refer to me as your honour, since I stay here and judge the fate of any soul that dies in the mortal world. "
"Can I call you gay or transgender then? " Yoichi asked bluntly which caused me to ogle at his blatant questions.
Circe raised his delicate brow at his honesty. Well, I'll just refer him as he. It's much easier.
"Nice try, Yoichi, but if you want to have a second chance in life, you have to do more than that. " He replied as he looked at me.
"Pardon us, Ms. Yukihara, for being rude not to notice your presence, anyway, I'm Circe, the judge of the purgatory, and the God who protects the middle part of the universe. I'm the one who is assigned to judge any new soul that comes to the celestial world. "
I looked at him in shock.
"Hey, Circe, could you play the accident for her? Seems like this idiot can't believe that she's dead already. " Yoichi said bluntly.
Sighing, Circe snapped his fingers again. In the process, a large rectangular screen showed. And it showed me, driving away from the Hilton manor.
"That's me! " I exclaimed. Ah, now I remember what happened.
"Yeah, idiot, just watch. " Yoichi reminded me.
I was driving in the screen, when a look of shock appeared on my face, then, as the screen went down, I saw that my clutch was loosened.
And before I could go to the side, a passing car suddenly rushed to meet me.
And then…
SCREECH!
I flinched when I saw my car being smashed in the front. I flinched even more when I saw my body being squeezed between my car seat and the front cover of my car.
That hurt…a lot…
I watched as my head bleed profusely, and my chest being squeezed tight between the steering wheel and the car seat, and then, I saw myself getting dizzy before falling unconscious on my seat.
"You bled so much, and your chest, since it was squeezed tight, it caused your ribcage to break, therefore, causing some of those shards puncture the lower chamber of your heart. " Circe explained as I looked at the wide screen.
Minute later, ambulance came in. It was then followed by Shiki's car. He looked absolutely terrified as he saw my body being wedged carefully out of the car.
"Oh, no Mikan! " I heard Shiki scream in agony as he rushed towards my limp body.
"Sir, please get out of the way. " One of the paramedics said as he put my body on the stretcher.
"I'm her manager and I have every right to demand what happened! " He screamed at the paramedics.
"Sir, we understand, but right now, let us do our work, please, if you want her to live, then please comply with us. " The paramedics said professionally as they hauled the stretcher inside the ambulance van.
I saw Shiki sigh in frustration and was gritting his teeth. It was obvious that he was holding out his anger.
I watched him in pity as he slumped on the ground and pounded his fists on the hard, rocky floors…
Circe snapped his fingers again, this time, the rectangular screen disappeared.
"So, that concludes it. " Circe said as he looked at me. "As much as I wanted to offer some sympathy, I believe it is time to judge you. "
"Judge me? " I squeaked, suddenly turning my mood from pity to curiosity.
Circe shrugged. "I need to. " He said as he fished a list somewhere. "Let's see, reasons why you need to go to heaven, and reasons why you need to go to hell. " He said and read it.
"Well, it says here that you're a generous woman, giving money to charity once a month, then reading your fan letters despite your busy time, you work hard, you give your best in everything, you- "
CLASH!
I was looking at him when bolts of thunder suddenly hit our surroundings. It made me jump in fear and caused me to embrace Yoichi like a stuffed toy.
"Get off of me! " Yoichi protested but I ignored him, I'm too scared.
Suddenly, another rectangular screen appeared again. This time, it was in a parallel position, and then, another flash of thunder occurred, and it revealed two beings.
Both of them are so beautiful, like beyond the wildest dreams of every female. They both possess a commanding aura too. Both of them are sexy, muscular, as well as oozing with loads and loads of sex appeal that I can't help but to stare. I swear, if these males are in the celebrity world, any married actresses will cheat on their husbands just to have them on their beds.
On the right one is a man with dark brown hair, it was long, yet it didn't hinder his beauty to be noticed, his eyes were a shade of golden green, his nose perfect and his lips promises sensual fulfillment. He was wearing a lavender white gown which was secured to his left side, revealing a part of his muscular chest to the right side. He was also wearing a big, thick golden crown embedded with white diamonds. He was seating there, looking calm and composed.
The second man on the left had a shade of purplish black hair, it was long, the same as the other man, his eyes a perfect shiny black diamond, his nose, well sculpted, and his lips promises seduction or a smirk. He was wearing the same gown as the other man, except that his is black with violet highlights. His crown is silver black, with black diamonds encrusted on them. He was sitting, just like the other man, except that this one is eyeing me with curiosity.
"So, this young lady was the one who died yesterday? "The man in the white dress asked as he looked at me.
"Yes, Zeus, she was the one. " Circe answered without taking his eyes on his paper and glared at them. "Need I remind you again not to disturb me while I'm reading my lists? "
"Ah, I think her name is Mikan Yukihara? Some of the souls who went to my kingdom was talking about her songs and how her face is very stone like. " The other man in black said as he looked at me, clearly ignoring Circe's sarcastic remark.
I flinched a bit at his last statement.
"I didn't know that you have gathered extra information, Hades. " Zeus mused.
Hades smirked. "When you've got nothing to do in the underworld, it's only natural to listen to the gossips around you. "
I looked in admiration to the beings. No wonder they are so beautiful and so perfect…
Because they are gods.
I'm not ignorant when it comes to them, I mean, I've studied Greek mythology and Roman mythology here in Hollywood. And I've learned all their names.
So that means…
"So, you're not fictional characters in a book? " I asked in amazement.
Hades smirked even more while Zeus laughed.
"Of course we're not! We're the Gods of the celestial world, and it is our duty to oversee our creations. " Zeus explained as he looked at me.
I stared at them even more. Oh my gosh, so the stories were true!
I was about to ask them about another Celestial stuff but then, Circe spoke.
"Alright, according to my messengers and according to all my data in here, you will go to… "
Zeus and Hades looked at Circe as he trailed his voice. Even Yoichi and I were focused at him as well.
He was about to say it when we heard a strong splash and division of water.
"Stop the judgement! "
All of us suddenly whirled our heads away and looked at the male blonde messenger who was wearing a white gown and with a flushed face.
"What is it this time? " Circe asked in frustration. I can tell that he was utterly displeased of being interrupted. I can tell that he's not the kind of God to waste time.
He stopped as he looked at his blonde haired messenger who arrived.
"Fiolle, didn't I tell you not to budge so suddenly whenever I'm giving my verdict? " Circe said, exasperated.
Fiolle flushed even more, but he looked straight at Circe's golden eyes.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, your honour, but this lady here… " He trailed as he looked at me. "Is still alive, her body just collapsed in a coma. "
"What? " We all exclaimed.
Fiolle nodded. "The doctors managed to make her survive though, her manager seemed to help her get through by giving her some of his blood. "
I gaped at him. Oh, Shiki, thank heavens you and I have the same blood type!
Fiolle walked past me and towards Circe. "And we know the great trouble of convicting an alive person to the Celestial world. If we do that, we will anger goddess Gaia. She will never forgive anyone who put all the creatures that she houses to sudden death. "
"Not to mention the Universe. " Hades murmured. "Once an alive person is sent to the celestial world, it will also cause imbalance since the mortals have the power to change destinies and fate. It will be such a colossal mistake. "
Circe sighed as he put his list down and looked at me.
"Seems like you escaped death, Ms. Yukihara. " He said dryly.
"You should've waited for awhile, Circe. " Zeus noted. "Humans at this age and time are discovering more and more scientific devices just to make their lives more comfortable. It appears that mortals have the power to do unpredictable things as well. "
Circe then looked at Fiolle filed with gratitude and apology. "Thank you for stopping us in time, Fiolle, I didn't know what would've happened if ever I sent an alive mortal to the Spiritual world. "
Fiolle smiled and bowed. "My pleasure, your Honour. "
Circe smiled then looked at me.
"It seems like you have a chance to live again, Mikan. " Circe said, but his eyes narrowed dangerously.
The faces of the others suddenly became gloomy as well.
"I-is there something wrong? " I asked. I mean, if that's the case, shouldn't they be happy for me? Or is it because I wasted all their precious seconds by staying here and gathering the other Gods and wasting their precious time?
I saw Yoichi grumble and look away.
"I'm afraid your life spells more trouble, young lady. " Zeus said. "You died during St. Mark's day. "
"And what about it? " I asked, for some reason, I have a very bad feeling about this.
"St. Mark's day is the day where unwanted souls roam around. " Circe explained. "Those souls were the ones who refused to come to the Spiritual world and escape everytime I sent a messenger to pick them up. These souls, however, have the ability of prediction, as they became a part of the passing of time, as well as nature, therefore giving them the power of fortune telling, as a result, they have the ability to foresee what will happen, most of them are giving warnings to their loved ones, especially if those loved ones are going to die, and to be able to do this, they will create a form, a doppleganger of their loved ones derived from their loved one's aura or from another aura, then sent it to things that can relay messages, such as mirrors, and finally letting it roam around for chances of warning or acceptance. "
"Most of the Souls love St. Mark. For reasons unknown, I think spirits can relate much more to him, hence, their sudden visits and abundance during his day. " Circe finished.
"Oh… " I uttered.
"But that's where the big problem lies. " Fiolle sighed as he looked at me. "You see, you died during St. Mark's day, the day where the spirits are roaming around and is on their pilgrimage towards the church. "
"What's the problem about that? "
Hades sighed. "Souls have the ability to sense who will die, therefore, since souls need or want energy, they could either get or not get any energy from the next dying person, most of them get energy though because of its many uses, therefore, in doing so, they will go to the destination of the said victim and take his or her existence energy. "
"Existence energy? "
"The energy that gives you the ability to live your life, the main reason why you exist. " Hades answered.
"I see. " I didn't know that there were such things.
"It should be fine though. " Fiolle said. "If you died. Since a dying person's existence energy will wilt away in days, but in this case, you are alive. "
"So? "
"If a person is alive, then the soul will have longer use for the existence energy, you see, the existence energy is a lot of power, and it houses lots of abilities to. As your Honour had said, those energies have the ability to form dopplegangers. Those balls of energy identical to a human being, or astral projection. Usually, it will only last for a little while, but since you're alive, it can lasts longer, since the souls will keep on getting energy from you. In other words, those souls can use your existence energy into something, something more useful, such as giving themselves some flesh and making people see their existence. And if a dead soul would manifests that power, it will be very dangerous, it will destroy the balance of the Universe. "
"In what way? " I asked, horrified. To be honest, I was really shocked and dizzy at all the information that they suddenly unleashed in front of me, who would've thought that surviving death could be this troublesome?
"By challenging the Gods. " Zeus answered. "Some of the souls can become so big headed and over confident since they possess much power. A soul will always be a soul no matter how powerful they are, and it's not easy handling them, they could easily slip through our hands since they don't have any body to be tortured with. A single soul is still alright, but a number of souls? It will cause a lot of trouble to the Gods to destroy those, and it's not easy. Just destroying one soul is hard enough, how about more if there are hundreds of them? "
"And souls who are unwanted are naturally rebellious, defiant and strong willed. It's not easy to bend them to other's wills. " Circe mused. "The question is, what should we do about this situation? I don't think the Gods would like to spend some time hunting for those souls, all of you seemed so busy to catch those lowlives, and I don't think many Gods would love to hunt those souls for the sake of a human being, except for Artemis or Athena maybe, but other than that, I don't think many would volunteer for that."
A pregnant silence befell on us, nobody seemed to be able to come up with any suggestion.
I saw Hades tap his chin. "How about if we let this young lady retrieve her own existence energy? " He suggested.
I saw the others looked at him in disbelief.
"Think about it. " Hades explained as he looked at me. "It's her existence energy, she should be able to find it, it's her own energy and she should be the one to look for it if she wanted to live again. "
That's a good suggestion, since it's mine, I could just get it, don't I?
But as I looked around, I met a strong vehemence among other Gods.
"You're letting a mortal travel through time and space? Have you lost your mind, Hades? " Zeus asked his brother.
Hades glared at him. "If she doesn't do it, then can you find enough Gods or Goddesses to retrieve those for her? I don't think they will risk their time in hunting for a mere mortal's energy. "
"Hey, that's so rude! " I protested. How dare them address me like that!
Both of them ignored me and looked at each other.
"But a mortal is forbidden to travel through time and space, you're going to jeopardize our situation even more if you do that. Remember, mortals have the ability to change time, space and destiny, they are able to fight fate because they are not bound by the rules of the celestial world, while we, in return were bound in those shackles, did you realize what you're risking in this situation? " Zeus argued.
"It's better than sacrificing our own heads, Zeus. " Hades said coolly. "And besides, if being a mortal will hinder this young lady, then all we have to do is give her some powers, and she'll be fine. "
"Giving powers to a mortal? "Circe asked in rage. "Hades, are you out for your mind? It's forbidden to make a God out of a mortal! "
"I didn't say we're making her one of us. "Hades said as he looked at me. "All we have to do is give her some power, enough to make her survive on her quest, then we'll take it away the moment she completes her mission, then we'll take back all the powers that we gave her, so that she could live another life again. "
Zeus and Circe were about to argue when a sudden WHOOSH! were heard.
I stared in shock as I saw the bluish purple black satin waters suddenly lift up beside the screen where Hades' screen appeared.
The colourful waves tumbled, then swayed a little, before dunking upside down, making it look like a faucet being turned over, showering the grounds with falls.
I stared at the giant man in front of me. He was beautiful as well, beautiful as Hades and Zeus. He's muscular, big, and has a commanding presence, except that his lower body ended up having shiny blue scales and which ended in a fishtail. He looked like an enchanting merman.
He's got a long, blue hair and stunning dark blue eyes, the same as the waters.
My guess is that, this one is Poseidon, the God of the sea.
"How are you, Poseidon? " Hades asked as he smiled.
"I'm fine, thank you, I was resting below when I heard your voices under the sea, curiosu about the fuss over here, I assessed the situation, and I found out that you're having trouble with this young lady over here. " He said as he looked from above, his eyes then immediately hovered at my tiny form.
"Who wouldn't land in an argument if Hades was suggesting a mortal to travel through time. " Circe explained.
Poseidon shrugged. "I don't think it's an insurmountable one, besides, it's just only one mortal, if you are so scared that she might forsake you all, then you better let her in on a contract to seal your agreement, that way, this young lady won't have any opportunities to dip her fingers to control time. "
"Don't talk to each other as if I'm not here! And another thing, I'm not an opportunistic kind of person! I'm not capable of doing that! And don't call me a mere mortal! I have a name! It's Mikan!" I snarled. These people kept on addressing me as a mortal, and it irritated me that they kept talking to each other as if I don't exist, who cares if they are Gods? Respect is something that anyone should have.
All of them looked at me.
"Look, will you all stop it? If you don't want me to be alive again, then so be it! If you want me to be alive again and not let those spirits use my energy for some reasons, then give me the goddamn contract and seal the deal! " I shouted at them. "You're making things so difficult. "
All of them looked at each other and sighed.
"Well, I think this lady has some guts. " Zeus said as he smiled at me. "A lady with a temper of fire, that's something a man would want. A fiery wench. "
"Don't start committing adultery again, Zeus, Juno will never tolerate it. She wouldn't hesitate to give a hissy fit if that's that last thing she has to do. " Poseidon sighed as he looked at me. "Alright, Ms. Mikan, as you can see, the answer is obvious, we can't let you enter the Celestial world since you're still alive, in other words, you have to struggle to regain your life back again, and in doing so, you have to find all the pieces of your existence energy. "
"I would if that's the last thing I have to do. " I answered directly.
Hades smirked. "Then that's settled, you're on a quest now. "
"A quest? "
"Yes, if you really want to gain your life back, you have to go within time and space. " Circe answered and looked at me with his golden eyes. "The souls have the ability to jump from any time, therefore, causing your search to happen across time. "
"Wait, you're saying that I have to go back in the past just to retrieve my energy existence? " I asked, surprised.
"Yes. And it wouldn't be easy. By now, the souls who have gotten your existence energy must've used that to form a body, making them exist in the eyes of the mortal world, now your job is to find those souls, stop them from changing time and history, then take your own existence energy and deposit it back within you. " Hades said as he looked at me, smirking. "So, are you ready to go time travelling, Ms. Mikan? "
I bit my lip. "Do I have any choice? "
The Gods smiled.
Circe then snapped her fingers, suddenly a golden orb floated above his hand.
"We never wanted to do this, Ms. Yukihara. " Circe warned. "But because your dilemma requires urgent and delicate handling, we have to resolve and take some risks in this mission. " He said as he pointed his hand towards me.
Suddenly, the golden orb that floated in his hand, went towards me, it then situated itself on my left hand, specifically on my ring finger, I saw it settle itself, then without warning, twin tiny bars went out from it's sides, then surrounded my ring finger.
The golden orb then stop glowing, as I stared at my left hand, I saw that it was a ring, a golden diamond ring. It's not classy, yet it was simple, elegant and rare.
"It's our contract to you. " Zeus said as he looked at me. "That ring will remind you of your one and only duty, to retrieve your existence energy, if you disobey, you will be punished by the eye of the Gods. "
"This ring is called the eye of the Gods? "
"Yes, eye of the Gods will only belong to you temporarily, after everything was finished, we'll take it back. And just to let you know, no one could ever remove that ring except me. " Circe added. "And from that ring, we can see everything, so don't you dare play games with us. If you disobey us, the ring will immediately put you in the most ultimate doom of your life. "
"Which is? "
"Eradication of your existence. In other words, your existence will be gone forever in one blast. All I have to do is snap my fingers, and you'll be a nothing in the history of the world. "
"To make it simple, you will look like you never existed in the world, no one would remember your name, your mother and father won't remember having you, and your fans won't remember the idol that sang those lovely songs to them. They will never remember you, as if you didn't exist in their lives. " Hades said.
I felt a strong pang of pain course through me. Not being remembered by the one you love? That's endless torture!
"Not to mention you will be in an endless cycle of torture. " Hades added as he snapped his fingers, suddenly, it showed a screen filled with mindless zombies ripping apart a body. As well as monsters feeding other creatures, tearing them and gnawing their victim's bodies apart like there's not tomorrow.
I gulped at this.
"So, if you don't obey us, you're going to suffer eternal punishment and torture, Ms. Mikan. "Fiolle said as he looked at her. "So you better head the God's warnings, you might be a mortal who was not bound by the Celestial rules, but that doesn't mean that you can outsmart the Gods. They are powerful, believe me. "
I exhaled at this, funny though, because I don't breathe anymore.
"Alright. I accept. " I answered. It's not like I have a choice in the matter.
"Good girl. " Hades answered. "Now as promised. We're going to give you some powers. Now come here. " He commanded.
I obeyed.
"From me, I will give you stealing and insertion powers. " Hades said as he pointed his index finger on my chest, then it suddenly glowed a dark violet colour.
"Nullification, for you to be able to cancel other powers. " Zeus said as he pointed his index finger at my chest, for him, it was an orange colour.
"Memory and healing powers, so that you could see and sense why the purpose of that soul. " Poseidon said as he pointed his index finger on my chest as well, this time, it glowed a blue colour. "
Suddenly, I felt warm energy travelling through my soul. I feel…strong…and powerful…
"Now that we gave you some powers, you must do all things necessary to find your existence energy. " Zeus commanded as he looked at me in the eye.
Circe then looked at Fiolle. "Tell me, what is the part that was destroyed and taken from her? "
"Her heart. " Yoichi answered before Fiolle could.
"So, that's what she should find. " Poseidon said, with his eyes closed. "But…it will be harder… "
"Why? " I asked.
"Because it's the organ of feelings. " Fiolle explained. "Feelings can be very overwhelming, it can hurt much more than anything else or it can show love like no one else, it's a cause of death for many, and if these souls got a piece of your heart, then you are about to deal mostly with love sick problems, Ms. Mikan. And let me tell you, it's not an easy thing to deal with the matters of the heart. "
I felt my stomach turn over at that. He got that right. But to deal with love sick souls of the past? Sheesh! This is going to be hard feat.
"But it's my heart. " I insisted. " I own the existence energy that surrounds it. Therefore, I need to find it and take it back to my own self. "
"Exactly. That's why no one could ever figure your heart better than you " Circe said as he looked at Yoichi. "Yoichi, you can go with her, since you wanted the same goal as her. You wanted to live again, don't you? "
I stared at Yoichi, but he remained his eyes on Circe.
"Yes. " He said. "But I have no intention of helping this ugly, idiotic hag. Afterall, my mission is different than hers. "
"Why you- "
"He's right, Ms. Mikan. Yoichi may go with you during time travelling, but he's got another mission installed for him. So you are on a different boat. " Poseidon said as he looked at him and smiled. "You'll do anything for her, don't you? " He teased.
I saw Yoichi bit his lip and look away again.
He likes someone?
I was about to ask when I saw Zeus rose from his seat.
"So that's it. Both of you can go. " Zeus said as he snapped his fingers.
I saw that the waves behind us suddenly stretched, then it's colours swirled a bit, and I saw the center opening slowly, only to reveal a black hole.
"Have a nice trip, you two! " The Gods said in farewell.
"What are you- AHHHHHHHHHHHH! " I screamed as I felt my body being sucked into the black hole.
I saw Yoichi falling towards me. We both drifted gently out in the dark. We watched, as the portal close immediately, and left us floating into the dim darkness.
And into the time warp zone.
Sheesh! I hope I could find the pieces of my heart, and I hope I could deal with those stupid love fools!
Please review!
Thank you all for reading!
I've got some questions about St. Mark's day, actually, it's a tradition that originated in the 8th century. According to the legends, a man of low social standing fell in love with a noble woman from Venice and in order for him to win her father's approval, he became a soldier in a distant war. However, he was mortally wounded, but managed to pick up a rose for his beloved and asked his companion to give the blood stained rose to his lover. This is what you will read if you google it, but if you read it in horror books, it says otherwise, according to some horror books, the wounded lover died, but that didn't stop his soul from giving his lover a present, his blood stianed rose. And so, by the eve of St. Mark's day, he took his rose, and gave it to his beloved.
There are other things as well, such as feast of St. Mark, where a repentance procession is held in the Catholic church and will end in the cemetery, according to some horror books and according to some of my friends, some people died during the procession, some of them still in repenting their sins, and some of them still couldn't find peace, hence, the procession of souls during St. Mark's eve. The only difference is that, the procession of souls starts at the cemetery, and end in the church. If some of you would want to correct me on this one, feel free to do so.
Anyway, I just got interested in this, so I used it as one of my basis in this story.
Thanks and have a great day!