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Last chapter made me tired out desu -_-. Hopefully this will be a good enough length that I won't be tired from typing. On with the story and the suspense! I kept on forgetting as well that Sweden's human didn't have an s in it so it's Berwald and and not Berswald as I had used to spell. I need you readers to help me with these little mistakes so that I won't make them in the future.

Ayumi Kudou: It's Viet who's in danger. Lukas is European so he can find a way to get out of trouble. You'll have to read to find out what happens~


"Viet! Lukas! Are you two okay?" asked Michelle as she ran up to the European and Asian. She stopped and bent her back, trying to catch her breath. "What was that? I mean, I saw fire and a gigantic ball of water that was in the air then thrown at this huge cloud-like-cat-thing!"

"We barely know anything about it ourselves other than that we have the ability to create the fire and water. Don't ask anything because remember, we don't understand either," Lukas explained with no hesitation.

A hiss and shuffling of feathers were heard. Michelle's eyes widened as she saw a teal colored snake wrapped around Lukas' arm and the large bird with talons perched on Viet's shoulder. There was a moment of silence but then Michelle broke it with a squeal. Lukas' face became blank with confusion by the sudden squeak.

"They are so regal looking. I don't know how but they look like they like you guys! How did you guys make these friends Viet? … Viet? Are you okay?" Lukas turned to see the Vietnamese woman's head turned toward the open blue with a serious look in her eyes. She didn't seem to have notice Michelle coming or the noises that they have been making. He turned to see what Viet had been staring at for what seemed to have been for several minutes. The Norwegian saw ships with large, white sails open and puffing out towards the island.

Michelle's face became worried as well and stood there, forgetting about the animals that stayed in place, motionless as if they were only stuffed and put out for display as a prize for being hunted in the cabin of a hunter. Viet, without warning, quickly paced away from the Seychellois and Norwegian without a word.

"Wait Viet! Where are you going?" asked Michelle.

Viet stopped then slowly turned around. Her face was serious and scary-looking as her eyes met with Michelle's. "Those are French ships Michelle. There are three of them coming this way and if I'm found here, there is going to be chaos on the island and I can't let you get hurt… Hear me out first to what I'm going to explain."

Michelle slightly leaned her body towards her friend with anxiousness and anticipation. Sweat started to roll down her neck as she intently listened to what Viet was going to say. Lukas stood there, the snake now slithering on the sand, and his arms crossed, ready for what he was about to hear.

"I'm going to need a horse and a ship that sail me to the mainland of Africa. I'll travel up towards Europe then head east back into Asia. Finding food and water shouldn't be too hard saying that I know where I'm going and what food I should be eating."

"Why can't you just hide here? Not only that but those ships don't actually belong to the French. Actually, they belong to Monica." Viet was silent and her eyes that once expressed the need to escape turned into a small sign of surprise but then turned into a kind of sadness.

"Michelle, it doesn't work out that way. She's a part of Europe and as much as I want a reunion, Francis does not have the control over me anymore and my country is free. Who knows how our meeting will turn out?"

Lukas then stepped forward to Viet with only two feet between them. He then opened his mouth and said, "Don't forget that I'm here. I won't let you go that easily, especially as we know what our connections are."

"I realized that. Do you need to be bribed to keep your mouth shut?" Viet asked sarcastically.

"Sorry to disappoint you but I don't take bribes that easily." Right after Lukas stopped talking, multiple orbs of water started to form in midair. Viet's eyes widened and backed away quickly. The floating liquid then quickly shot at Viet, throwing her ten feet farther away. Another wave of water was shot at Viet but this time she was ready.

She quickly got on her knees and allowed a dome of fire to surround her soaked and sore body. Instead of water putting out the fire completely, the flames evaporated the water and if they did go out, the layer of fire underneath the first barrier took its place (she made two barriers of fire).

Viet, still with the shield around her, put her arm in front of her and pointed her palm towards Lukas. Suddenly, fire was shot out from the fire barrier at Lukas. Being taken by surprised, Lukas dodged barely just in time and only got his sleeve to burn slightly.

Michelle was frightened by the sudden change of situation. The snake that was on Lukas' arm slithered in front of Michelle and stared at her then spoke. "Follow me if you want to live and to ssssee thesssse two alive."

"You can speak!"

"Actually, I am using telepathy to communicate with you. Now come." The snake moved across the sand without any hesitation with the battle happening near him and Michelle's shock to the telepathic reptile. She hesitantly obeyed as an explosion of sand had burst into the air.

"So, since you can communicate with humans… Um… Do you have a name?" Michelle asked.

"I do."

"What is it?"

"I am Hydra (1), a servant of the Water Dragon" replied the snake. As they carefully walked away (in Hydra's case, slithered), a figure flew past them creating a hot gust of wind upon Michelle's neck. She looked up to see the falcon that was on Viet's shoulder, soaring through the sky and then landed on a branch of a fallen tree several feet away from the reptile and human. It's dark, reddish feathers gleamed in the light of the sun and the white feathers that ran down from its underside beautifully stood out from the darker colors. The bird held its chest high and seemed proud of its handsome features but also gave a gentle presence to Michelle.

"And I am Haru (2), servant of the Fire Bird, or as the legends here on earth call my master, the phoenix." Michelle gaped as the falcon could also use telepathy. But, the phoenix and the dragon… It couldn't be!

Shaking off the thought for the moment, she then asked, "Is there any way to stop those two from fighting? It's especially bad since the ships from Monaco are coming over here. I know that they may come here by around sun down but still!"

"Do not worry child. They must fight amongst themselves and we shall see to it that the outcome will not involve their death."

As the animals and Michelle was discussing, Viet and Lukas had distorted the natural look of the beach they were on. Hills of sand surrounded them. And many places were either soaked or unnaturally hot.

By this time, Viet and Lukas were sparring with each other with their sword and spear. The battle created scars, burns, cuts, and the result of Viet almost drowning in the water being thrown at her several times. Overall they were exhausted from the previous battle against the beasts yet they continued to fight for their beliefs of what their lives should lead to. Despite their weary minds and body, strangely enough they had enjoyed their sparring as if it were some kind of game.

Viet ran towards Lukas, her spear pointed at his abdomen. He spun around and dodged then swung his sword, aiming for her neck. The Vietnamese ducked and gave a low kick at Lukas' legs, making him fall on his back. The soft sand underneath her feet made it hard for her to climb up a hill of sand but she had made it. She looked down where Lukas was kneeling and was breathing heavily. Viet took in a deep breath and allowed a ball of fire to form in front of her. Lukas did the same thing except with a clear orb of water.

What coincidence it was for the two spheres of fire and water to be shot at each other at the same time. The second the two powers touched each other created an explosion of steam and sand. Lukas was able to stand his ground but Viet slipped and tumbled down the sand dune and into Lukas. Their weapons flew out of their hands and she landed on top of him, both of their faces millimeters away from each other.

A slight blush appeared on their faces but then Lukas' head went down and a sigh escaped from his mouth. "It looks like we failed to kill each other again."

Viet stared at him and then laughed. Lukas stared at him with confusion and hurt. "What are you laughing?"

"Because… ha… I agree… hehe… and this… was fun." She was now sitting against the hill of sand behind her. Her arms were covering her stomach as if she was in pain.

"You are crazy," Lukas commented on her behavior. He slowly got up and sat. The Norwegian then remembered the annoying voice of a certain Dane and the rest of his friends who he sometimes thought of as insane and the thought made him solemn.

Viet noticed this but didn't know what to say. She looked at the sky to see the blue becoming a darker shade and the other colors that appeared for the sunset becoming vibrant. "Maybe I am but it doesn't really matter to me because this is me and I do not see any reason why I have to change. Would it be strange if I said that-." She was cut off by a voice screaming their names in the distance.

"Viet! Lukas! Hurry and get changed or something! Monica is almost here!" yelled Michelle. The Seychellois was panicking. Viet looked down at her attire and saw that it was soaked, stained with black blood, and ripped in several areas. Lukas was burned in some places and his shirt had small holes from the attack of the large, dark, cat and the fire that was being shot at him from Viet.

Time skip (because I don't want to write anymore)…

Viet and Lukas had changed their clothing that was not stained with blood or ruined with sand. Lukas was in a white, buttoned-up shirt with sleeves rolled up right above his elbows, brown dress pants and business-looking shoes. Viet wore a white dress with two inch straps and a green sweater that was unbuttoned.

They were formally introduced to their telepathic guardians or so they called themselves and soon enough questions were being asked. The two animals explained their story and what was going on with the world.

"So the both of you are servants that work for the Water Dragon and Fire Bird in the legends, correct?"

"That isss right. You ssseem well verssse about the legend Lukas."

"You came to us because we are reincarnations of our ancestors who became guardians that protected the Earth from evil forces known as The Seraphic which contradicts who they actually are. That is, they want to cover the world in darkness and take over the earth."

"That is correct, Viet. This then leads to you protecting the earth."

"And you tell us that over two hundred years ago, The Seraphic were the ones who ignited the flame of the war by spreading false rumors about what Europe and Asia thought about each other."

"Yesss."

"Now we have to work together in order to stop them?"

"Correct. Well, just you and Lukas are to work together for now." A silence had spread throughout the room making Lukas and Viet think about the situation.

They then turned their heads towards each other and stared into the other's eyes of a shining gold and midnight blue. In unison they then said, "We refuse to work with each other."

"Why is that?" asked Haru.

"We were born and raised thinking that the other is the enemy," replied Viet.

"But the both of you work together very well when you went againsssst one of The Sssseraphic's beast." After that they didn't know what to say against that. The European and Asian knew that they helped each other just to survive but as a small feeling of compassion when they helped each other out.

"Our powers are limited to what we can do and fighting against The Seraphims is not one of them. We shall lead you to the orbs that will strengthen your powers and completely awaken our masters. They are awake but do not truly comprehend what they are doing because they had used their powers two hundred years ago to seal the major forces of The Seraphims making them go into something what you humans would call 'sleep walking'."

"You won't have to work with each other on that part becaussse the orbsss lie in different placesss being the land where you were raisssed." The sounds of multiple footsteps were heard outside of the room that Viet, Lukas, Haru, and Hydra were in. The falcon perched itself onto Viet's shoulder and the snake slithered under Lukas' chair. The door opened with a loud creak and two females walked into the room

One of the females was Michelle and the other was a small girl with a big, red bow that was clipped onto one side of her long, side-braided, blonde-haired girl. She wore glasses and had beautiful, blue eyes that looked like the ocean water shimmering in the sun. She wore a pink dress that had another red bow tied around her collar. Her eyes widened when her eyes lay on the Vietnamese woman.

"V..v.. Viet… Is that you?" she asked in shock.

"It has been a while Monica. How are you and your home in Monaco?" Tears started to form in Monica's eyes and she ran towards Viet and hugged her.

"Do you know how worried I've been about you? It's been such a long time and I have been worrying if you had died after all these years!" cried the Monegasque.

Viet was shocked by the sudden outburst but then her eyes turned soft and she patted Monica's head in comfort. Lukas just sat there and didn't know what to say. He had thought that the small country was going to be serious about the situation but instead, she was crying over a friend who she had lost and was a part of Asia.

Michelle coughed to gain the attention the two women having their little reunion. "So now that this is over, let's discuss about the problems at hand. First off, Viet is pretty far from her home and the only places that she could go to for food and civilization is Europe. Not only that but Lukas here is the representative of Norway and it won't be easy to let this slide."

Monica stood up suddenly then pointed her finger as if to blame him for a crime that he could have committed. "What do you plan to do now Mr. Lukas?" asked Monica sternly.

"Right now I plan on getting evidence as of why I should team up with Ms. Viet who I am supposed to save the world with." An awkward silence arrived in the room. Lukas' face was expressionless and showed no sign of embarrassment from what he just said; Michelle and Monica were completely confused and did not know how to react and Viet just felt awkward and wondered why Lukas had explained their situation.

Haru chuckled at the sight and flew to the table top that Lukas and Viet sat at. "If you need proof to our claims then we shall give them to you. Come here Hydra." The snake slithered up one of the legs of Lukas chair and then jumped onto the table. Both of their eyes started to glow to the point where their pupils or the white of their eyes could not be seen.

Viet closed her eyes as a blinding light filled the room. When she opened them again, she, Lukas, Michelle and Monica were standing in midair.

"Do not worry. This is our memories becoming an illusion. This is how the war started."


This was somewhat shorter than the previous chapter but with more dialogue. Anyway:

(1)-Hydra is one of constellations that are famous. It is known for several stories such as when the crow of a king had brought water to its master but he had put a snake in his cup trying to poison him. The king banished the bird and threw the raven and snake into the sky. Hydra is also known as just a water snake or the seven headed snake that Hercules killed.

(2)-Haru is Egyptian, meaning 'hawk-like' or hawk.

Monaco has arrived and seems willing to help Viet. The next chapter will be the flashback of two hundred years ago to see the actual reason on how the war sparked and dark secrets shall be revealed. A lot of the ideas I got were from movies, animes, or other shows that I watch like Pokemon: Heroes The Movie. Please R&R~