A/N: Hey everyone! After a summer-long wait, Chapter 4 is here!
Well, as there was no general complaints last chapter- and speaking of which, thank you so much for all the feedback!!- we shall continue where we left off, though it's going to open with the sister part I mentioned last chapter. Moloch, my dear, we ain't on Weyard anymore. xD
A couple of notes: 1) For simplicity's sake, I think I'm going to have both worlds on the same clock. 2) I don't really remember the Naruto world map, so I don't remember the relative distance from Rain to Fire Country, nor the positions of the country's themselves; so, if you will, we shall pretend that the author has looked all this up and go along with it for the purpose of the story. And then kindly overlook it if it randomly changes later, correct that time or not. Thanks.
I have a question: should I be capitalizing Adepts or not? I'm not entirely sure. I think it is supposed to be capitalized, but….
Anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Golden Sun, or their world and/or characters. I own nothing copyrighted. The story and plot are mine. Everything copyrighted belongs to their respective owners, and as I am making no money off of this, I would appreciate it if you didn't sue me. It would be a lost cause anyhow, as I am broke and you would gain no money. Thank you.
Chapter 4
Outskirts of Rain Country
The steadily pouring rain fell in a soothing thrumming upon the foliage like a bedtime lullaby, drowning all those caught within its peaceful song. The clouds were thick, giving no indication as to when this (however slightly lessening) downpour was going to end, nor changing their shade of dark gray to any lighter shade, signifying the coming of the dawn. Only internal clocks could tell what time it was that night.
And the infamous rain that which so adequately bore the name of the country continued to fall- much to the continued dismay of two certain Leaf ninja.
Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura happened to be the two unfortunate Leaf ninja that were waterlogged and having their nerves worn thinner with each moment they spent skirting Rain Country's border. Although Naruto didn't carry the Nine-Tailed Fox within him anymore and the Akatsuki's plans to gather all the bijuu had been thwarted similarly, the two nins couldn't be more apprehensive traveling so closely to the land of Akatsuki's stronghold. Though defeated, the infamous group was hardly scattered. They were still just as strong and probably cooking up some other dastardly schemes to take over the ninja world.
Regardless, they weren't a force taken lightly. Having experienced that first-hand, it naturally made one all the more wary.
But the quickest way home from their mission happened to be by skirting the border. And with Naruto no longer a target, why shouldn't they take that route back home? Why should they be scared of Akatsuki?
Naruto and Sakura were quickly coming to regret this bravado reasoning, wishing they had gone the long way. It was too late now, though. Only way to go was forward.
So they trudged on through the drenched forests of Rain, praying Murphy was out to lunch.
Traveling in silence, as they had been since they stepped through the border, Naruto debated the worth of breaking it. Something had been worrying him, but he was afraid, with how worn-down both of their nerves were, if it was worth it at the current moment.
He really needed to get it out, preferably not back home, though, where anyone could overhear. Not that the middle of the border of Rain Country was any better, he thought to himself, but they were almost out, and nothing had happened, so….
Cautious, now, Naruto braced himself. Approach with care, because girls are scary when they're mad, especially Sakura…
"Hey, Sakura?"
"Hm?" Her sound wavered distractedly a little bit, subtly revealing the stress of their location on her.
Maybe it wasn't such a brilliant idea- like coming back from the mission through here in the first place, he added to himself- but like with that, nowhere left but forward.
"Er, there's something… I've been meaning to ask you…" Naruto trailed off, fidgeting a little nervously.
"If it's for a date, you're wasting your time, breath, energy, and it could've waited till we got back to Konoha so I could properly pound you," Sakura shot back, though the nuances of her joking manner were clear enough to read.
Naruto relaxed a little internally as he frantically denied, "No, no, it's not that!" Not that I wouldn't mind… he threw out for his own thoughts. "It's just that- I… I think it's going to sound crazy, and I-…"
Sakura looked at her best friend, concern lighting her eyes clearly despite the dark night. "What is it, Naruto?"
"Well… it's just-" Naruto broke off, certain his next words were so preposterous that they weren't worth mentioning. He was going to get laughed at, he was sure.
But he took a deep breath anyway, forcing the halting words from his lips, although he was also half-afraid of what he was suggesting. "Is it possible- to keep a bijuu's powers after it's been removed? As if it never really left?"
Sakura expression changed to one of pure shock. Obviously, of all the questions she had been expecting, those were not among them.
At least she's not laughing at it, Naruto thought. That's a good sign.
"It… It shouldn't be," Sakura finally replied, though her voice was laced with slight uncertainty. "I mean, sure Gaara could still control his sand, but he didn't retain the Shukaku's essence. It was fully removed. I don't see how you should retain any of the Kyuubi's actual powers, either," she concluded, sounding as though she was partially trying to convince herself as well. Sakura had never been posed with this question, or problem, before, and she wasn't sure as to the proper answer. After a slight pause, she questioned, "Why would you ask that?"
Naruto felt a mixture of relief and insecurity as he said, "It's just, well, my chakra's been… weird… lately, and-"
A split second's tremor in the trees was the only warning Naruto and Sakura got before the branch they stepped on exploded, effectively ending Naruto's attempted explanation as they leapt to different branches, narrowly avoiding being caught within blast.
"What was that?!" Naruto exclaimed, relocated on a new branch.
"A tag?" Sakura queried from the branch opposite him.
"Not quite," came a voice from behind them.
Frozen, they could do nothing as a strong force from behind them sent them flying to the rain-ridden ground with a splash. After a few seconds of skidding, they managed to catch their balance before they went through several feet of mud and muck. They never even saw what hit them.
Sakura and Naruto leapt up, kunai in hand, searching the area around themselves frantically. Where had that attack come from? What was it?
The ever-falling, thrumming rain was their only answer to their questions, thickening the ever-present mud from the undergrowth beneath their ninja sandals and seeping between their toes. The leaves whispered on the branches above them as they shifted in the growing chill. The unrevealing night drew out longer, hiding the attackers as quickly as they had come.
Sakura sent some healing chakra to mend her throbbing back, at the same time analyzing the results of that. Assessing it, she realized the damage was striped, as though several somethings narrow had hit her. This confused her. There was no one behind them- no one around them- since that voice and they had sensed nothing before the explosion. Had it been an exploding tag? What happened back there?
Her mind drew a sluggish blank. Sakura wanted to curse. The chill and rain was making it hard for her to think! And then the leaves in the wind-
Sakura snapped her head up in a realization, careful not to breathe in through her nose as she squinted above her, trying to see through the rain that was fuzzing her vision.
The branches were moving- and there was no wind around them to move them.
"Naruto!" Sakura exclaimed. "The branches!!"
"What?" Naruto whipped his head up. "So that's what got us!" Then he had to quickly look down, having almost breathed in water, snorting to clear his nasal passages.
What was going on?
Lowering her head, Sakura had just enough time to scream, "Naruto, behind you!" before another branch ripped at him from behind. Skidding slightly on the soggy soil, Naruto came to land next to her, moving back-to-back so they could defend themselves more efficiently.
Then the rain increased.
"What's going on, Sakura?!" Naruto shouted through the rain.
"It's the forest!" Sakura shouted back to him. "I don't know about the rain, but someone's controlling the branches-!!"
She halted, as a figure stepped from the water-drowned foliage, cerulean hair and eyes peeking out from beneath a cone-shaped hat that shadowed the rest of his face. Silkily, he responded, his voice easily carrying over the torrential rain without effort:
"You are correct."
Vale
The battle had initiated with a bang and was continuing just as strong. Isaac and Felix were thankful for the Jupiter djinni Sheba had given them. The intruders- Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame- had incredible speed, if that first display hadn't been an indication. They continued in their one-on-one battles before shifting toward tag-teaming, trying to determine the most efficient way of fighting them. After a short period of time, it was quickly determined that strength was best in numbers.
Isaac and Felix were back to back, their feet sinking in the sandy ground. There were patches of sandy soil left behind from the tremors they had summoned and mud from Shark Dude and hot, scorched earth from Red Eyes. Naturally, as Earth Adepts, Isaac and Felix could feel the repercussions upon the soil as much as they could feel the energy of the earth they used.
"Any ideas?" Isaac muttered heavily to Felix, catching his breath. Up against these unusual opponents- what was up with those funny knives, anyway?- while worrying about releasing too much psynergy and either waking up the village or destroying it while they were trying to protect it, it was beginning to make Isaac feel a little trapped. Any idea, any plan toward to a quick victory that could send these guys packing would be wonderful relief. He hadn't come up with anything since suggesting they tag-team.
"Not entirely," Felix responded. "But I'm working on it. We just have to hold on long enough for Jenna and Sheba to make it through the circle. Play it by ear?"
"Okay," Isaac nodded, albeit a little reluctantly. It wasn't what he was hoping for, but it would have to do. He trusted Felix and their ability to work together in a dire situation. He shook the trapped feeling aside; after all, the word 'trapped' did not exist in an Earth Adept's vocabulary.
A simultaneous water dragon attack courtesy of Kisame brought the Adepts back into the battle. Calling forth a djinni, Isaac drew the power into his clenched palm and then pounded then djinni-and-psynergy-laden fist into the ground. "Granite!" he shouted, summoning the djinni from his arsenal.
"Gotcha back, front, and all your sides, Isaac!" he heard his djinni squeak to him through their psychic link as it was summoned.
A golden psynergy shield laced with rock and diamond-hard granite manifested from the earth and spread all around them, surrounding the Adepts in a protective spherical bubble, extending even into the ground to prevent attacks from below. It negated the strength of the water technique, leaving it to fall harmlessly in rivulets down the sides of the shield.
"Hey!" Kisame barked. "It is not fair to summon your little djinni!"
"And where do you get off with these weird psynergy techniques that expand further than your element?" was Isaac's rebuttal. "It evens us up!"
Even though Kisame looked like he wanted to continue the banter, it dropped beneath maintaining the psynergy-enhanced djinni shield for their survival on Isaac's priority list. Kisame feigned hurt on the conversion being shoved aside, opting to send another water attack as Itachi attempted a fireball from a different direction.
Felix wasn't even paying attention to the cut-short banter. As soon as the psynergy shield had been erected and the attack diverted, he was planning. "We need to get out of here. We're sitting ducks; we're not going to have much time to move when it drops…." He shifted his stance, subconsciously hearing the slight crunch beneath his feet as the water cascaded down the side of the shield. "There's gotta be a way…." Isaac shifted beside him as he poured more psynergy into the shield, keeping the water from entering and strengthening where needed and relocating it where not as the attacks continued. He could feel the humidity from the evaporating water thanks to the flames attempting to enter their dry space within the shield bubble….
Felix eye's whipped down to toe the ground as Isaac said, "I can't hold this much longer, Felix." His voice was slightly strained from the intense concentration it took to maintain a 360º shield. But Felix could also hear the weariness in Isaac's voice, and that wasn't good. They couldn't afford to be tiring, not yet, despite their intense spar before this fight.
Felix looked in front of him this time, to where Itachi was preparing another fire technique, still aiming at destroying the shield. They'd either be fried or drowned if the shield gave out. He wouldn't be able to move with Isaac fast enough, no matter how much speed he got from setting Breath.
…If it didn't work, though he sincerely hoped it did. It should. If the ground was dry enough….
Felix inclined his head back toward Isaac and muttered, "How much longer can you hold it?"
"Maybe another minute," Isaac breathed.
"Okay, then listen fast," Felix muttered. "As soon as you drop it, Red Eye's going to cast his fire technique at you. They've foreseen some of what we've done, but I'm betting that's because they watched our spar, and we tend to go all out. But he doesn't know this one." Leaning in a little closer, he whispered the plan.
It was risky, but risky wasn't unusual for them. So, feeling more secure with a plan of action, Isaac nodded.
Kisame and he had them trapped, and there was nowhere for them to run. Itachi didn't know what they were planning, but there was no escape. As soon as the shield dropped, this fight was over, and they could go retrieve Catastrophe and Iris.
Just then, the shield began to flicker, starting to break apart. He saw the Dullahan-carrier's countenance contort in panic, trying to hold it together. It was futile though. The shield would fall.
Raising his finger to his lips, Itachi gathered chakra in his chest as he prepared to release another fireball. He could feel Kisame readying another water technique on the opposite side of their opponents.
Within the shield, however, Felix was calmly leaning down beside Isaac and, gripping his shoulder, whispered something quickly into his ear. Isaac nodded, then pulled his power back.
There was a loud crack! as the shield shattered, shimmering orange-gold fragments of light falling to the ground with the signature of the djinni summoned in a flurry of energy. Itachi released his fireball as Kisame released his water jutsu, and something Felix shouted was drowned in the onslaught of the attacks. There was a flash of light as his psynergy technique activated, and then the fire and water collided in a massive explosion.
Itachi's eyes narrowed. Had they been caught within the jutsus, or did Sentinel get the better of it? What had he hoped to do with his technique?
The fire and water dissipated, revealing nothing there but scorched, waterlogged dirt.
Itachi hissed. They had escaped. Where had they gone? Knowing Kisame had a better vantage point from his position, he turned toward his partner for the answer.
Kisame growled as he shook his head. "Sentinel shouted something I could not hear and then he and Dullahan melted."
Melted?
Then they had to be here somewhere….
Sharingan bright as he searched around them, Itachi knew they had not run away. They were too proud for that. All Kisame and he had to do was wait; for, even underground, Dullahan and Sentinel would have to reappear sometime.
Isaac watched the fire user warily as he began to feel Granite's power lessen. Knowing now was the time, he gave a slight nod to tell Felix he was going to let go of the shield, and then he pulled his power back. Granite's strength retreated from the shield, hollowing the manifestation of earth and psynergy with an echoing crack! before it fell, breaking into shattered psynergetic light and crumbled earth. He felt Felix's hand tighten on his shoulder; then, he heard the rush of the air entering the burst bubble as their opponents released their techniques and Felix shouted, "Sand!" Their connection stretched the spell to Isaac, and then his body was disintegrating into sand particles and disappearing into the earth as fire and water met with a heaven-splitting clash of fury where they were previously standing.
For a moment, all Isaac was aware of was pressure. Pressure and being one with the ground, knowing every grain and tree root and grass that resided above or below the surface of the soil. It was a connection to the essence of Venus as he joined with her. Then came the knowledge of the current state of the soil. She felt badly damaged, burnt and waterlogged and abused. Isaac felt saddened as he felt the earth reach out to him, weeping over her continued destruction and pleading with him for the pain to stop. Silently, his power reached out to the spirit of the earth, asking her to hold on for a little longer, and then she wouldn't be in pain anymore. He felt the soul become soothed somewhat, as though he had dried a tear from Venus's face.
As she began to pull away yet cradle him within herself, encasing Isaac with a feeling of protection as though in a mother's womb, he felt his consciousness begin to return to him, and he realized what he was doing joined with the earth in the first place. He and Felix had retreated into the ground using his Sand psynergy to momentarily recharge in the earth before rejoining the fight. He had suggested a sneak attack as they reappeared from behind, try to get in a good hit, and then return to double fighting so they could back each other up. Isaac was still going to be fighting Itachi, but that didn't surprise or bother Isaac. He would've asked for him if Felix had tried pairing him Shark Dude; after all, he still had a debt to finish collecting from Red Eyes for threatening Jenna, and he was nowhere near done collecting.
The only drawback to Felix's plan- that he unfortunately had to realize now- was that he wasn't exactly sure where he was going to end up. Felix had the most practice with this psynergy, so he probably knew what to do and had assumed Isaac would know what to do as well. However, having only used it once or twice- both times with the extension from Felix and coming out wherever Felix had dictated- Isaac didn't know how to make the spell drop him where he wanted it to.
This was going to be a bother.
Sensing her child's agitation, Venus reached out and tried to calm her charge's troubled soul, silently sending echoes of peacefulness, despite her own troubled spirit. Sensing his solution, Isaac silently queried the earth about what was he supposed to do. There was nothing for a moment, and Isaac considered maybe she didn't understand, but then an image of the soil entered his mind. He was filled with the entire network of the earth, so vast that it made his head spin trying to analyze it all. Once again sensing turmoil, the spirit of Venus limited Isaac's expanded senses to the immediate area, and not too far underground or reaching too high in the trees- just enough to get a basic idea from as 2D of a 3D diagram as possible.
Relieved over the now understandable information, Isaac could study the network and found that there were several sand-like and rocky paths among the earthy, clay-like dirt. That explained how they were able to use this psynergy in the first place. He felt out for where their opponents were, and he discovered that Itachi happened to be a distance from a particularly sandy spot- which the earth assured would be an optimal exit station- and slowly approaching. Perfect. Setting himself up for attack while giving Isaac time to plan his move on a silver platter. This guy was very generous.
One problem settled, Isaac now had to figure out exactly how he was going to mount the surprise attack. To his dismay, he realized he couldn't use psynergy while underground using the Sand psynergy (not that he'd ever been able to use more than one psynergy at a time, Isaac berated himself). How was he going to do this?
Isaac waited for a few moments, contemplating. Suddenly, he felt his connection to Flint and Echo reappear as they Set themselves- Jenna and Sheba must've passed through the portal. Excellent! Isaac cheered inside that they had made it safely. Now he also felt more open to what he could do, not worrying about if Jenna and Sheba were going to run into trouble.
Wait a minute…. Flint and Echo had Set themselves, and he still felt their connection, even though they were far away from each other. That hadn't happened before. He wondered if this was an effect of being combined with Venus. Either way, it had given him an idea: he could utilize the Set and Summon! He and Felix just might be able to summon from underground, or at least the split second between re-materialization and the fading psynergetic spell.
Isaac turned the idea over in his head before he reached out to Felix about it. What could he summon…?
Outskirts of Rain Country
The drowning air gave a muffled woosh as Sakura's chakra-enhanced punch barely missed her blue-haired target, who dodged away at the last second. With a flick of his hand, the water below Sakura rose up and swatted her away, sending her flying into a tree with a splintering crash.
Rising with a grunt, she realized Naruto had created a Rasengan and currently caught their opponent in it during his distraction with her, but he burst like a liquid bubble- a clone.
Hissing, Sakura leaped from her crouch to avoid a branch aimed at her, coming to once again stand with Naruto. They warily watched their elusive opponent standing before them, hoping he wasn't another clone.
Icy blue-green eyes bored into them, barely a glisten of sweat mixing with the rain water upon his porcelain skin. If he had been any paler, he would've appeared to have been a ghost. He had been silent beyond his initial introduction and occasional jutsu, and he had yet to reveal his name. He probably didn't intend to. With his long cerulean hair and ability to manipulate water and its forms so easily coupled with his silent and slightly ethereal appearance, Sakura thought he was the image of an ice oracle.
But he was an Akatsuki, and for the moment, he was only her enemy.
There were a couple of unusual details about this particular Akatsuki that bewildered Sakura, though. One was the fact that he wore boots as opposed to the usual ninja sandals. While this could be his own fashion statement, Sakura didn't think too much on it beyond the abnormality. The second was his obvious lack of a headband, signifying which village he had betrayed to join the said criminal organization. But that didn't prove much for anything, either. After all, Sasori hadn't worn a headband, but she had known he was from Sand.
However, the inconsistency that stuck out most in Sakura's mind was the lack of chakra he was using to control the branches. Wasn't he controlling them?
Her Inner reminded her that Akatsuki most often worked in pairs, and Sakura hissed under her breath as she said, "Naruto, watch your back. He has a partner somewhere. That's the one controlling the branches."
Naruto's surprised countenance whipped toward her as the Akatsuki member laughed, "You are correct once again. I do have a partner, and he is the one controlling the forest."
There was a moment's pause following his statement, in which he seemed to study the kunai he was holding in his hand, before he slipped it back into his weapon's pouch.
This seemed like a smarter move to Sakura. Over the short course of the battle, it was easy to tell that he wasn't skilled with a kunai as if he had used it all his life. In fact, he held it a little awkwardly, as though he had only begun learning how to use it recently.
Regardless, he was still dangerous. His aura was quietly cold, seeping into the air around him like a mist and chilling those before they realized what they standing next to. While his outer demeanor was masked with an air of innocence, the underlying shadows and his cat-like smile belied an icy heart. Sakura got chills just from looking at him. She knew there was more to him than met the eye. After all, not anyone could make it into Akatsuki. His skill had to lie elsewhere.
Sakura stared at the contemplating Akatsuki before her. What village did this one hail from? Hidden Snow? Rain? Mist?
The Akatsuki's deliberation apparently came to an end, as he reached into a different pocket within his cloak and withdrew a scroll. A slightly unreadable expression through his emotional mask, he murmured, "I wish to confirm something. I do not prefer to rely only on my eyes."
Opening the scroll, he bit his thumb before smearing the blood from the sliced digit upon it into foreign symbols. Sakura had never seen the like of it before.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Naruto shot at him.
The blue-haired man chuckled. "You'll see soon enough."
Alex had the most secure summoning scrolls of any ninja. Simply put, no one else could replicate the intricate mix of Mercury psynergy and chakra that was required for his summons to work at this point in time, and the ancient Imilian tongue that he used for his summon symbols did not even exist in this world. He was the only Adept of both worlds that could use Mercury psynergy and knew the ancient language he inscribed in.
Well, there was one other.
But she had no business here, and she never would, if he could help it.
He would never see her again, so he had no concerns over her.
Turning back to Naruto and Sakura, he could see the barest hint of an outline, something akin to a faint glow, surrounding each of them. Alex knew this was caused by the slowly manifesting summons. Every Summon Guardian developed that; that tale-tell light was like a flag that screamed it.
However, like chakra, one could work to mask the psynergetic light- like he had- but you had to know it was there first of all. The two before him were blissfully ignorant of their current condition, and it made pinpointing them easier than slipping on ice.
Perhaps he should… help their lights further develop. Once the summons fully manifested, anyone could see the light, not just those with summons themselves. Just to prove that it was there. Zetsu would be able to feel it, not just see it, from whatever tree he was hiding in. Yes, he would definitely be able to feel it. Summons created energy spikes akin to the Tailed Beasts, and coming into contact with psynergy or other summons should be able to bring them out.
Concentrating on the scroll he held between his fingers, he murmured the password in the Imilian tongue. There was a flash of blue light, a spray of icy droplets, and then his sword, encased in its sheath, was in his hand. Alex smiled, gazing lovingly upon the Glacial Blade. His hand running across gently across it, he realized how he had missed his sword. How naturally the hilt fit into the palm of his hand, and how it seemed to become an extension of himself as he unsheathed the blade, feeling the pulsing power through every droplet of water in the storm.
Alex smirked as he saw the looks of consternation flitting between Naruto and Sakura. They had felt the power surge of his mighty psynergetic blade. They didn't know what it was or the might of an Adept, especially one as powerful as him, but they would. He'd make sure of that.
Knowing the weight of the sheath would slow him down, he sent it back to where he had summoned it from, keeping only the sword. It was all he needed.
The faint glow surrounding Naruto and Sakura flared a little brighter as it came into contact with the psynergetic pulse. As the looks of perplexity and uncertainty increased on their faces, Alex felt a smirk grace his features. Whatever small power surge they were feeling from their awakening summons, they were going to need it.
After all, he was completely surrounded by and in his element. He may be an Adept in world full of ninjas- leaving him at an understandably natural physical disadvantage- but in an environment almost entirely of water, he was the absolute monarch.
If he wanted to, he could kill them then and there. They would never know that they had died until their ghosts were staring at their drowned bodies lying beneath their floating souls.
Their lives were in his hands, as they should be.
A/N: Wow, 13 pages with the author's note. Kept in line with the previous chapter. :)
Sorry for the long author's note. There's some points I wanna clear up, and some stuff are my own comments and requests for comments. xD lol Anyway, first off…
Have I fed Alex's ego enough? lol
And sorry Taromaru. Did I build it up to the battle and stop again? xD Don't worry; you'll get more fighting soon. I'm trying to balance psynergy with chakra at the moment. The fight is starting to reach the climax, though, and hopefully sometime I'll get to do a full explanation on the similarities and differences of psynergy and chakra for this story and more actual battling. Any comments on the battle so far, though?
Sorry if the Sand psynergy description was a little lengthy. The only time I really remember reading about the Sand psynergy (off the top of my head, I could've forgotten a story) was in The Truth is Painful, by Leoshi. (Awesome Sand/Lighthouseshipping/FelixSheba fic. If you haven't read it, read it now.) However, while my partner in crime did a great job with the psynergy, I decided to try a slightly different take on it, centering on the effects and beyond the little ball of moving sand. I was trying to envision what it would actually feel like to have your body dissolved and becoming a part of the earth, immersed in your element. I tried to stay away from them simply being visible mounds (too easy to spot for two Akatsuki, anyway), and this is what happened. Any comments on this either?
Yes, the meaning of the title is revealed by Alex. "A Guardian's Light" refers to the light which a guardian produces when they have a summon sealed inside them. Which summon(s) (pact summons are included in the count) does Alex have? Reviewing Chapter 1 might hint at something, or there might've been more to his statement…. Not telling, lol.
For those that have read Chapter 1 recently, I'll reassure that I'm not completely changing the explanation Pein stated then. Would you expect Alex to reveal the whole/real truth? Nope. That would be too straight-forward for our favorite ambiguous Adept!
Also, let it be known that I will be throwing some of my own summons into the fray, all taken from mythology, as that is where the normal summons appeared to have been taken from. I'm building the list, and if anyone has any suggestions for a new summon and their ability(s), while I can't promise it would be used, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Questions, comments, concerns- please drop your feedback in a review!! :D Thanks!