EoS: Alright, here's another chapter. Review!
Lauren: Finally!
Electrifry:
EoS: Gi+Na
Infinity-darkmage-Zarfeeeer:
Lauren: Yes?
Hades' Worst Nightmare:
EoS: Who is Andrew?
Pokepimp:
EoS: He's in left field.
UltimateIRS:
Lauren: Yes he does.
EoS: Hey, I gotta have more cowbell.
EpicPika:
EoS: You're so close.
TheLightningPunisher:
Lauren: Yeah, not so original.
Sky Blue Storm:
EoS: Yes, it's Giratina's move.
Guest:
EoS: Maybe she is.
Mr. Brandloyal:
EoS: I know, right?
AlreadyCaught'EmAll:
Lauren: Maaaaybe.
Aurore's Moemon Adventure
Chapter 43
"Shadow Dragon Breath!" Gina said, opening her mouth, releasing a blast of dark violet flames that hit Reaper, burning his clothes, Reaper falling to the ground in pain.
"You're under arrest." Gina said, pressing Reaper against the floor, cuffing his hands together.
"Get off of me…" Reaper growled.
"Okay, let's take him to prison!" Gina said, smiling.
"Wait, you can't do that!" Lulu said, frowning.
"Why not? He committed the crime, so he's going to be arrested.
"Please, Reaper could get out of jail within the hour." Lulu frowned. "There's only one option to keep him from harming the general population."
"What?" Gina asked, confused.
"A cage!" Lulu said, smiling. Reaper was tied to a chair, sitting in the center of a large cage, the door locked tightly. The cage was in the basement of the hotel, located next to the C4 that Alder was diffusing. The basement was dark and dank, with only a small flickering light bulb hanging from the ceiling for light. It looked like it had once been a bar of some kind, judging by… Well, the bar that was against the wall.
"There, see?" Lulu said, smiling. "Locked tight! There's no way Reaper is getting out of here."
"Wait, why do you have a cage in your basement?" Gina asked, frowning.
"…For research." Lulu said, smiling innocently.
"Aurore…" Sakura said, staring at Reaper, tied to the chair, glaring at her with his murderous eyes.
"Aurore's dead." Lulu said, walking up to her, frowning.
"But he could still be in there somewhere!" Sakura said angrily.
"Nope, he's dead." Lulu said, shaking her head.
"But-"
"Dead, dead, deadedy dead." Lulu said, shaking her head even more.
"Sakura please, it's me." Reaper said, staring at Sakura. "You know it's me, don't you? Let me out and we can sort this whole mess out."
"Okay!" Sakura said, smiling, reaching for the key to the cage.
"Idiot." Lulu said, hitting Sakura over the head. Quite a big feat, considering Sakura was a good head taller than Lulu.
"Alright, I don't know about this whole cage business, but I do know that this guy is going to be arrested." Alder said, frowning.
"I'm afraid I can't allow that." A voice said. Everyone in the basement turned to see a woman standing in the doorway, looking down on them, Sora hiding behind her, shaking.
"Who are you?" Gina asked, frowning.
"Sephiria…" Lulu said, grinding her teeth.
The woman walked down the stairs with grace and elegance, but a stern expression on her face. She had long golden hair that reached down to just past her shoulders, and piercing sapphire blue eyes hidden behind wire rim glasses. She wore a black form fitting shirt and blue jeans, and looked at the people in the room with a disapproving frown.
"I didn't know what to do, so I called Sephy…" Sora said, frowning.
"It's a good thing she did, too." Sephiria said, frowning. "I was about to come here myself. I could feel its awakening in my blood."
"Um, who is this woman?" Gina asked, frowning. "Lady, you have five seconds to introduce yourself before I-"
"You'll do nothing." Sephiria said, frowning. "My name is Sephiria Lichtgestalt. I am Aurore's supervisor and member of the Reinhart Family."
"You're the woman that I talked to on the phone, aren't you?" Alder said, frowning.
"Indeed." Sephiria said, nodding. "Now, as I was saying, Reaper will not leave this place."
"Why not?" Gina demanded. "We've got him on so much, I can guarantee he'll be locked away for the rest of his life!"
"That is not my concern." Sephiria said, frowning. "It is my intention to allow Reaper to go free."
"Are you insane?" Gina exclaimed.
"I assure you, I am quite sane." Sephiria said, frowning. "However, in his present condition he must be kept locked up."
"Wait, so which is it?" Sakura said, confused.
"Lulu, as I recall, you met with Micah, did you not?" Sephiria asked. "I believe she informed you of the three sects that make up the Reinhart Family."
"She did." Lulu said, frowning.
"Well, it is my intention to allow the observations of Reaper to continue to go on. However, to do that Aurore needs to be released." Sephiria said, frowning.
"Why?" Lulu asked, frowning.
"…I've decided." Sephiria said, frowning. "It's time… I'll tell you about the Reinhart Family and Reaper."
"Alright, talk." Lulu ordered.
"Reaper is a curse that's passed down through the Reinhart Family. When the heir is born, he has the curse infused into his body. It's passed down from parent to child during conception."
"Wait, so Aurore turned into Reaper because of his parents?" Lulu asked.
"His father." Sephiria said, nodding. "His father passed the curse of Reaper down to Aurore, and did something all the heirs have sought to do every day of their lives."
"What?" Sakura asked, frowning.
"He killed himself." Sephiria said, frowning. "When Aurore was born, his father slit his throat and died."
"Oh my god…" Sakura said, holding her hand over her mouth, shaking.
"Since he was a kid, he was continually harassed by Reaper in his mind." Sephiria said, frowning. "He tried to kill himself over and over, but the immortality given to him by Reaper prevented that. Then, something changed in him."
"What?" Sora asked, frowning.
"You." Sephiria said, smiling. "We introduced the two of you together in order to suppress Reaper, and the two of you became fast friends."
"So I kept master from killing himself?" Sora said, confused. "I'm not sure if I should feel good or bad."
"You should feel good." Sephiria said, smiling. "Not only did you stop Aurore's attempts on his life, you kept Reaper from awakening."
"I did?" Sora asked.
"Yes." Sephiria said, nodding. "Reaper can only be awakened when the host feels incredible negative emotions. These emotions include high levels of anger, depression, contempt, guilt, envy, etc. But your presence drove those negative emotions from Aurore, and allowed him to keep Reaper suppressed for a long time… Until now, unfortunately. It seems that the sadness that came with him leaving to protect you from himself ironically caused the release of the thing he was trying to protect you from."
"However, it doesn't matter." Sephiria said, walking over to the cage, staring down at Reaper. "All that we need to do is find the light, and the light will destroy the darkness."
"That's good, right?" Sora whispered to Lulu.
"I think so, yeah." Lulu whispered back.
EoS: So, all they have to do is find the Light. That should be easy enough.
Lauren: So who is it?
EoS: That would spoil too much.