Chapter 12 Tears at my Father's Grave

(Rose POV)

I guess free falling wasn't the best idea, when I landed, I found myself at my father, Sugawara's grave. I was still unsure of where to go now, so I went behind his grave and allowed myself to cry. I was lucky; no one was around to see me, not even Loxen. I miss them all, I couldn't believe why I left in the first place.

"My dear Rose, why would you be crying now?" a voice asked, when I looked I saw Vexen's spirit.

"Father?" I asked.

"Sugawara you should come to see her now," Vexen's spirit said, materializing as well as who I presumed to be Sugawara's spirit as well.

"Why would you be crying? You have lived a life no other member in the Moon Tribe has ever lived," said Sugawara.

"I wanted to go to the Moon Tribe to find Kale, or now as he is called as Aliac. I found the Tale of the Lotus, in the end it said that I was a traitor, yet I don't know why," I told them.

"My dear Rose they believed you were a traitor since you left the light to live in the darkness," said Vexen, "In the library in the Castle that never was, there was our rendition of the Tale of the Lotus, known as the Lost Son and the Rose, where we see you as a hero, sacrificing living in the light to live in the darkness."

"Sugawara, Vexen, I guess I want to say thank you, for being there for me, no matter if you were there or not," I said as Sugawara was wiping away my tears.

"Your welcome my dear Rose," they said and disappeared.

(Aura POV)

Rose was always there for me, she knew what it was like being different, and she was like a sister to me, even if we weren't blood related. I felt that she would have to leave, which meant that the Celestial Plain wouldn't be the same as what it was when Rose was there. I was glad Aliac came along, I always liked him.

"Aura, I just want to say something if we never find Rose or if we are exiled as well," Aliac said.

"What?" I asked.

"I… love you," he said and my heart leapt.

"I love you to," I told him.

Believing that was amazing, we both survived and found Rose. But I had this feeling we were being followed by someone.

"Rose, your okay," I said, before we went any closer to her a figure jumped in front of us, Lotus.

"My, my," Lotus said, "you left the Moon Tribe for her, why if I destroy her, you would have to come back."

"Over my dead body," Aliac said.

"That can be arranged," said Lotus.

Lotus was lunging towards Aliac with her celestial sword, mine as well as Aliac's were drawn as well.

"No, you won't hurt my brother or my friend," Rose said.

Rose summoned a weapon, a sort of key sword thing I think, and then did something I could never imagined by someone other than the 13 Brush gods and goddesses.

"Triple Blizzara," Rose said, out came three freezing spheres, all aimed at Lotus.

Lotus never learned evasive maneuvers and was forever frozen in the ice.

(Rose POV)

"Wow, I could never expect something like that," Aura said.

"You wield a keyblade? I thought it was rare," Aliac said.

"Yes I wield a keyblade, this one's known as Rose Frost, but how do you know about keyblades Aliac?" I asked.

"Because I wield one too," Aliac said, "Mine's known as Destinies Entwined."

With that he summoned his, the key was like Ammy's Solar Flare; the shaft was made of jade surrounded by an icy breeze flow like mine, except without the rose petals. The guard was like a wayfinder, first a cerulean blue to a rosy pink. The keychain was in the shape of crystal with what looked like a moonstone inside.

"That's amazing Aliac," I said, "I guess I should go home then."

"Wait let us come with you," Aura and Aliac said.

"Sure, everyone would get to meet you and I could say that this journey was worth it," I said.

"Where are we going?" Aliac asked, "And how are we getting there?"

"We're going to Radiant Garden, that's where my friends are residing now, getting there will be easy since we'll be using the Speed Cards. Just remember to enter the Speed Portal before I do okay."

"Okay," Aura and Aliac said.

(Aliac POV)

I was confused of Rose meant, she brought out silver and gold cards with jewels within them. Rose was leading us as far away from Lotus, towards North Ryoshima Coast where no one was. She laid the Speed Cards in a certain pattern.

"Betwixt here and another, towards a different world from Nippon to Radiant Garden," Rose said and the Speed Portal had opened.

The three of us rushed into the Speed Portal, Rose behind me and Aura, when the three of us had entered. The Portal closed behind; when the Portal had disappeared where we were outside a particular castle that Rose seemed to know.