It's been a couple days since Evelyn was found and she has yet to wake up. Every few hours each day a new spirit takes over her body and tries to pull the bonds to call someone to her. To no regards of anyone around her body at the time, there still hasn't been any luck pulling anyone close.
"Today's day three that she's been here, papa. Do you think she will wake up today?" Kuina questioned softly.
Koushirou sighed, "I'm not sure sweetheart." He frowned watching as Zoro once again entered the room that Evelyn was located in.
A door slammed open as Zoro poked his head out, "Hey! She's awake!" He yelled out towards everyone.
Koushirou frowned, "You sure it's her awake this time?" He swiftly moved into the room, eyes widening seeing her clear purple cat like eyes shining in annoyance. "Kuina can you or Zoro go and get Dr. Shamal please?"
Zoro didn't respond before taking off, Kuina following closely behind him. Evelyn watched curiously as the two children left before turning her gaze back to the lone adult. "Where am I?" She questioned with a tilt of her head.
"I found you in the ocean on my way home. You were bleeding heavily, I had to patch you up quickly before you died." Koushirou began to explain.
Evelyn frowned, "...Thank you for saving me..." She told the man cautiously.
He shook his head, "It was the right thing to do child."
"Koushirou are they correct in saying our patient is awake?" Dr. Shamal questioned upon entering the room. His eyes widened when he saw her sitting up and staring right at him.
"..." Evelyn's eyes widened when she saw Trident Shamal in real life instead of the many pictures that were in her vault. "..Trident Shamal..." She murmured out.
His eyes narrowed, "How do you know that name?!"
"Relax Shamal, I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation." Renato ordered calmly.
Evelyn gasped, "You were the World's Strongest Hitman!" She said while pointing towards Renato.
Renato stiffened at the recognition he received. "Who am I speaking to currently?"
Evelyn frowned and tilted her head to the side slightly, "...I...don't know..." Grabbing her forehead she rubbed her palm along the surface. "Why can't I remember?"
"If you.." Dr. Shamal hesitated in concern, "If you aren't sure then how do you know about me and Renato?"
"I...I remember seeing pictures of you two with a small group of other people...do you know where I am?" She questioned cutely.
"This isn't good..." Koushirou murmured in concern.
"How don't you know who you are?" Zoro demanded in annoyance. "That ghostly lady said your name is Evelyn." He told her.
"Evelyn?" Evelyn murmured out, pouting in confusion. "It feels correct but for some reason it's not taking.."
"...huh...can you tell us about the scar on your forehead?" Dr. Shamal questioned carefully.
"Scar? I have a scar on my forehead?" She asked again, baffled.
"Here, take a look for yourself.." Renato told the girl handing over a small desk mirror.
Evelyn frowned slightly, a slow blink she looked at the mirror and took in her appearance. Tracing the small faint of a scar along her forehead, her brow creases. "I can't remember..." Turning her head towards the company that was near her she froze when another feature of hers caught her eyes. "...P...Purple..." She stuttered out in distress.
The occupants around the room all looked at one another as Evelyn's appearance changed to show her more Kitsune features.
"Purple?" Dr. Shamal questioned lightly.
"M-my eyes..they're not s'posed to be purple. They're green. Emerald green to be exact. Why purple?!" She muttered out, whimpering in distress.
Glancing around the room once more she saw her exit and took it. Dashing through the open door and over the wall of the family's compound. She headed directly towards the treeline and into the forest.
The group that consisted of three adults and one two children looked between each other. "Oh dear..." Koushirou muttered out.
"That's not good."
"One of us should go after her right?"
"One should, yes. But in that direction?"
"You have a valid point. The great forest of Jura.."
"What's wrong with the forest?"
"Nothing wrong per say. It's just..." Koushirou sighed, "It's home to many different races who all banded together under one ruler. Their country is known as the Jura Tempest Federation with their capital being Rimaru City. All of which is located towards the center of the forest."
"With the fact that she doesn't remember her own name correctly and the fact that she's still not fully healed. I don't believe this meeting is going to go well."
"None of us are strong enough to protect a young girl who's missing from another island."
"You two are hitmen from another world entirely! How aren't you strong enough?!"
Dr. Shamal and Renato looked at one another and sighed. "Our flames are not as strong as they used to be. With the death of our Sky our flames have weakened significantly."
"Tch! I'll go find her myself!" Zoro muttered in annoyance getting up to leave.
Ultimately he was stopped by a hand on his shoulder, "You are just a child! How do you expect to survive?!"
Zoro roughly shrugged the hitman's hand off his shoulder, "At least I'm willing to do something!"
"We understand the importance of rescuing the young lady, Zoro. However we are also worried about your well-being as well."
"My wellbeing is-" Zoro was cut off roughly by the hitman hitting him in the head with a fist.
"Your wellbeing is important! You are just a child as well!"
"Tch!" Zoro scowled, looking away from the adults in the space. "Then what are we supposed to do?"
"We will figure out something Zoro.." Koushirou muttered, gently patting the young man's shoulder.
Evelyn kept her pace as she ran through the forest. She was following a pull she could feel as she ran. In the distance she could just barely make out a clearing. With the sun shining in her eyes she cleared the treeline into a semi open area, a cave opening with magic pulling her towards it as well.
Frowning she stopped and closed her eyes to focus on the pulls she's been feeling. Frowning deeper she looked towards the cave entrance again. Sighing, she followed her gut and went towards the cave.
Further in the cave a small group of scientists could be seen watching a small crystal ball, after a small alarm itself had gone off with the young lady's appearance.
"Well now who do we have here?" A male voice murmured out watching the crystal ball as it showed the entrance of the cave.
"Who is she?" One of his colleagues questioned him.
"I'm not entirely sure." He answered back.
"Do you think she's from the Kingdom of Falmouth?"
"But that country is all humans! She can't be from there!"
"That is true but we can't put it past them. Their current ruler doesn't like our nation at all.."
"What should we do then?"
"Should we contact Lord Rimaru?"
"Let's not contact him just yet."
"And why wouldn't you want to contact him?" A monotonous voice question.
The group of scientists turned as one to see their kijin friend Souei. He stood at one hundred and eighty centimeters in height with a lean figure. His hair a dark blue that sat around his singular horn that protruded from his forehead. His outfit consisted of dark colorings to match his own personal colors, which he wore as a ninja would.
"Well you see Souei, this girl she just kinda stumbled upon in the cave. Here look at this.." the lead scientist rewound the crystal ball back to when she burst through the clearing. "As you can see she isn't lost."
"She's running from something." Souei murmured frowning slightly. "What is she doing now?"
"Now?" The scientist frowned and sped the crystal back up to locate her again. Only for the group to freeze up when they spotted her staring at her reflection at the back of the cave.
Souei 'hmed' "She's speaking. Does this ball have any sound?"
"Oh! Of course! One moment please." He muttered out in surprise before resting his hand atop the crystal ball and allowed his magic to seep into the ball. The ball itself glowed bright white before sound began to seep into the small area.
"Why?!" She whimpered. "My eyes are supposed to be emerald green! Why are they purple?!" She reached up and grabbed her hair and tugged slightly. "Why can't I remember?! What was I doing before?!"
She continued to tug as she went through her scattered memories trying to piece things together in her head. "I remember three boys close in age. Blue fire that was warm and safe. A bar? Maybe? Arrg!" She screamed in frustration.
"I have to remember!" She was watching her reflection and watched as some of her normal eye color began to return. She gasped, "My eyes..they are returning to normal..my memory is the key.." She sighed. "Ok. Ok. I can do this." Sitting down with her legs criss crossed she placed her hands on top of her lap palms up with her thumbs touching. Closing her eyes she began to breathe in and out until her mind sunk into the recess to sort the madness that is her memories.
"What do you suppose she is doing Souei?"
"She's meditating." He told the man.
The pair continued to watch and she meditated.
Evelyn looked around seeing all of her memories scattered all across her mindscape. "What a mess!" Frowning she began to walk around her mess of a mindscape. She peered left and right at all of the different sceneries her memories gave her.
{Activating the Portkey both mistress and servant felt a hook upon their navel whisking them away. Gilbert, having heard the final words spoken, "She's already left Shanks." smirking in triumph when he realized that they left in time before Shanks returned. That will make his mistress happy, or well..at least happier. And on that side note, "Mistress, I do believe we have arrived." He looked around to see all the guards with the sharp pointy spears in their hands and swords upon their hips.
Evelyn glanced around the brightly lit cavernous room, seeing all the dwarf-like creatures standing around the room holding their weapons. "I can see that Raven." She snarked back in jest giving a small kiss upon her mark on Raven's neck she jumped off the man as he shivered from the contact. Smirking slightly as Gilbert blushed from the contact, "Shall we go?" She questioned with mischievous mirth shining in her eyes.
"Please don't do that!" Gilbert begged, he kept his hand covering the mark on his neck after the electric jolt went through his system. He really didn't want to get attached to that feeling, Well maybe I do just a bit anyway. Shaking slightly from the jolt, That felt good. My mark is different though. Both the mistress and servant went to leave the room only for the guards to block their path. "Mistress?"
"I'm not sure what's going on either Raven." Evelyn responded, taking a small measured step back towards the center of the room.
"You are in direct violation of one of our laws, humans. What business do you have to be within this room in our hallowed halls?" One of the guards demanded in his nasal gravelly voice. His tone suggesting a great offense has occurred just by their mere presence within that room.
"I have given them the Portkey that brought them here." A new voice spoke up. A goblin much heftier than the guards strolled in. He was wearing an ornately jeweled crown atop his head. Dressed in your typical warrior outfit from the ancient roman era. He wore a giant battle axe strapped to his back, his cape draped over his right shoulder.}
Evelyn giggled, "Oh! I remember this! This is when I met the Goblin King for the first time in person!" She continued to giggle as she peered through another memory.
{Moving over towards the kitten Evelyn went to pick the stray up only to collide with the ground, "Move it freak!" a rude voice called out snidely.
"Freak?" Evelyn bristled.
"Why you insignificant little cretin!" An older female voice rudely responded. "Just look at what you did! My poor boy's shoes! Brand new! You'll be paying for the cleaning! Mark my words! Where are your parents?" She all but demanded after ranting about the dirt her own child put on the shoes whether they were new or not didn't make much of a difference. "Well?"
Evelyn remained quiet having heard enough of her grating voice, feeling an oncoming headache she turned to look at her butler, "Raven. We need to leave now, to make it back in time for our appointment." She pushed past the mother, son pairing fully aware of who they were having been told who to look out for. Bending over he scooped up the small black kitten with a funny looking tail. "Well now aren't you just unique." She tilted her head to the side hearing another voice speaking.
"It's Sleepy Ash. A vampire that's also a servant. He needs an eve to regulate his powers and just refused everyone until me that is." Evelyn could hear the sadness in the tone of voice, "I'll bet he would like his name back. Kuro. The one I gave him. Please take care of him." The voice explained before pleading towards Evelyn.
"Don't worry. I'll look after the kitten that's not really a kitten." Evelyn chuckled out holding Kuro close to her. "Let's go Raven." Evelyn told her butler again before moving back into the crowd and towards the trunk shop first. "Trunk first Raven. This way everything can be carried within it."
"Don't you walk away from me! You little cretin!" The angry voice from before snarled out. Her hand reached forward to forcefully grab Evelyn's shoulder only to have her wrist grabbed forcefully and held upward by the butler. "Let me go! She needs to be taught some manners! Her parents only fed her everything on a silver platter! Let me go!" She demanded, trying in vain to get him to release her.}
Evelyn growled, "That stupid insignificant woman! She was just as bad as the charlaton!"
Looking into the last memory of hers she sees her makeshift family giving chase to her and LuLu through the treeline, "We both agreed to take each others course so I could spend a little time with..." she scrunched her face up in concentration, "...with..." trailing off she looked towards another memory of hers.
{A giggle was heard close to Ace's ear causing him to jump and shriek just slightly because of the suddenness. He stopped in his tracks and turned to his left sharply. No one was there, turning around again he started his pursuit to get Luffy.
Evelyn giggled again, "So you're after me this time Ace? Remember the last time you tried to catch me?" She asked him, her voice carrying through the trees.
Ace growled, "Eve!" He growled out. Glaring at his mate in annoyance having to be reminded of the last time he failed in catching her followed by his fall into the trench whose territory were crocodiles.
Evelyn giggled darting forward and she gave him a kiss, stalling him by keeping him in place. Well that and because her bond demanded it. Breaking away for air after a few minutes she smiled gently, "Now you're not left out fully. The rest of the bond should start taking effect within the next few days." She told him before moving away and darting back into the trees.}
This one showcased the kiss they shared between each other, which coincidentally kick started the bond between the pair of them. "That's right..my bonds..Ace..Marco..Raven..Kuro.." and now two more bonds she has yet to officially meet. A few moments after she murmured the last name her memories began to shift and slot themselves back into place.
Turning around she began to search for her bonds, walking through her mansion like mindscape she went to the one place she was always the calmest. The center of the forest where her main defense resides, Shenra. My bonds...they will be protected here...Shenra is my strongest defense against any possible intruders.
Loud ominous growling could be heard as she approached, "It's ok Shenra. It's only me. I need to call on the bonds." She held her hands up as she approached the massive white tiger in her mind.
"It is still too early for you to be here child. You are not fully healed yet to open a portal to them." Shenra told her bluntly.
Evelyn smiled gently, "I am not here to open a portal to them. I only need to connect so they are aware I am still alive and healing."
"An admirable goal, child, however your bonds are too far and too weak for you to reach out."
"Hmm.." Evelyn began to think, "Is there a bond that is close by?" She questioned next.
"There are a couple bonds nearby that you can either pull on or follow, Wrath."
"Thank you, Shenra." Evelyn/Wrath nodded her thanks towards the great beast. She looked closer towards the bonds finding two that pulsed one green the other a dark red. Frowning, "This one is faint.." she murmured out, "He does not wish to change his views? Seems likely. I can respect that." Turning her gaze from the green strand she looked towards the darker red one.
"What's the matter child?" Shenra questioned lightly. His giant furred head tilted to the side in a cutesy type manner.
"It's just..what if he wants nothing to do with me?" She turned to look at the great beast.
"That is absurd child, they will want to be with you."
"But how do you know that?"
"They are your soulmate's child."
"Just because they are my soulmates does not mean they will want to be with me."
Shenra sighed, shaking his head, "They will want to be with you not because of the fact they are your soulmates, but because you are their soulmate." He pointed out point blank. "Trust in yourself and trust your bonds that mother magic deemed were yours."
Evelyn/Wrath frowned in concern before nodding, "Ok. Ok. We will do things your way. So how exactly do I connect with them through the bonds?" She looked back towards the bonds before looking back at Shenra.
"You only need to touch the one you wish to connect with and a link will open up with them. If you wish it.." Shenra's voice trailed off as Evelyn/Wrath tuned out the rest of his explanation.
Reaching out her hand, she paused, reaching for the dark red strand. Taking a deep breath she steeled her nerves before touching the strand only to jump back when the mate that strand was attached to appeared before her in her mind. "W-who are you?" She screamed releasing the bond and watched as the image disappeared.