Chapter 9 Reawaken

(Aliac POV)

It's been strange since this girl who Ammy claimed to know came. All I know is her name is Rose and she isn't from the Moon Tribe. Yet though why does she look like she's from the Moon Tribe then? Her golden blond hair, despite the icy blue streaks, resembled the Moon Tribe very close.

Even before she came, I've been having weird dreams. She was in it as well as two others. She was in this odd white cloak while the other two, who I'm presuming are older than her, were in the same odd cloaks but were black. I somehow had oddly resembled the older two. I had the pink haired one's hair color and style, while I had the blond one's eyes. I could see them talking but could never hear a single thing they muttered. Then I saw her being hugged by the blond haired one, her father? Could they be her parents even though they were both male? Yet though, I resemble them as well.

I've wanted to ask Rose questions but she's still asleep. Then when I was about to leave the room, I heard her stirring.

(Rose POV)

I'm not certain how long I have been out cold, but when I woke up, I seemed to be nowhere near Nippon.

"Where am I?" I asked looking around seeing a boy, around my age. He looked like the boy from my dreams, "Are you Kale?"

"Huh, how do you know my name?" he asked, "besides its Aliac now."

"Aliac huh, it's a nice name," I said, "I guess I could tell because that you easily resemble Vexen and Marluxia."

"Who are Vexen and Marluxia?" Aliac asked.

"How should I explained it," I said, "well to start with, I've been living the life you would have had been living and you've been living the life I would have been living. To easily say it, we've been switched after we were born. Vexen and Marluxia were Nobodies, beings who have lost their heart but still exist, and well, they were your birth parents who had raised me. But they had returned to their lives where they have their hearts again."

"If they still live then why did you come here?" Aliac asked, so persistent like Vexen.

"I wanted to know who were my birth parents," I told him, "I would assume they were the ones who raised you."

"You mean Sugawara?" Aliac asked, "You remind me so much of him. He was your dad, I know it would be nice to meet him but he died. I'm sorry Rose."

"Do you think I could stay here though?" I asked, "How I got here took most of my strength which I would lose again if I tried to go home."

"Sure, but you would have to ask the council first though," said Aliac, "They might be suspicious of foreign people who seek shelter."

With that in mind, Aliac guided me to the council where I was to ask if I could stay here. I was guessing the head of the council was Lin Wei since she was the one who I was guessing in charge of the council. (A/N: I came up with the name to sound somewhat like a name you would normally find in Okami or Okamiden. So, more random names are going to come up again in a later chapter.)

"What do you want dear Lotus? Why have you returned?" Lin Wei asked me, "If you knew the rule, once you leave for a new life far away from the Celestial Plain, then you could never return."

"I want to stay here for a while until I regain my strength and can leave," I told her, "besides if you need to know, my name is Rose."

"No! The rule is there for a reason, there are many things that someone could hide," said Lin Wei.

"Fine, but judge me, judge me now for whom I am alone, not from the past, or am I unfit to return to the Moon Tribe?" I asked.

"Fine then, you may stay and be judged, until then, you will stay with Aura," Lin Wei said.

(Aliac POV)

I was waiting for Rose to leave the council room, when I saw her leave; she had a bit of a discouraged look.

"Is everything okay Rose?" I asked her.

"I guess if you say being judged to stay for a while is a good thing, then yes, everything is okay," Rose told me.

We were walking back to my estate if you could say, since my foster dad, Sugawara died, he left the estate with me. Bummer since it is empty almost every day.

"Wait, who's Aura?" asked Rose, "Lin Wei said I had to stay with her, him whoever this Aura person is."

"Aura, oh she lives in the estate with me," I told her.

"Your married?!" she asked with a surprise.

"No I'm not married, yet," I told her, "Look Aura is my best friend. She is living in the estate with me because her parents had disowned her three years ago when she was eleven, right before her birthday even. It was a great heart break for her; luckily this estate had a lot of rooms so she could stay here."

"Aliac if it counts to be related by the person who raised you, would that mean that we are siblings?" she had asked.

"I guess so, I mean I've always wanted a brother or sister," I told her, "Anyway, what else happened?"

"Well Lin Wei called me dear Lotus, I don't know why though," Rose told me.

"Rose, you need to come to the library in the estate first, I think you need to know," I told her.

We went to the library at the estate; inside I found the book she needed to read.

(Rose POV)

"Rose I think you should read this," Aliac said, handing me the book.

"The Tale of the Lotus," I read the title, "Why should I read this?"

"I think it would tell you of your truth," Aliac told me then left the library.

I might as well just read it, there I saw this note:

Dear Lotus or what your name would be now,

If you are reading the book, then you came back, the reason you had to leave was written in a legend. I hope you would understand your past more now my dear.

Your Father,

Sugawara