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I want to mention something but I forgot what I wanted to type…
Oh and I made Vietnam, Seychelles, and Monaco a trio of their own. They were French colonies at one point (I know Belgium was too but she has deeper connections with her older brother, Spain, and Romano) so I thought they would be kind of cool together.
Ayumi Kudou: I'm glad you like it~ I don't really believe in love at first sight or whatever. It's not realistic and it kind of bothers me. I watch a lot of anime with it and it bugs me (even though sometimes it's just funny to see their reactions). I'll try to put in more minor characters from the anime/manga as well if I can.
Moving on~
Lukas, Viet, Michelle, and Monica were stunned as they saw themselves standing on air. They were expecting to fall but the situation did not occur. They were only standing 10 feet above the ground covered in smoke and bright red, yellow and orange lights.
"Two hundred years ago many countries went to the extreme to burning villages and cities after hearing that there was going to be sabotage and betrayal between countries," explained Haru who stared down at the rising smoke and bright flames. "Let us go see what I had experienced during this time in this village of Athens…"
The group suddenly had their view zoom down to a certain part of the burning village. They realized that what they were seeing was just an illusion as they passed through a cloud of smoke that they could not smell or feel. Now they were standing a few inches over a cobblestone ground in an alleyway where the fire did not reach yet. A person covered in a dark cloak stood in front of them with a falcon of gleaming maroon and white feathers despite the blackness of the enclosed walls.
"Can you calm down the flames master?" asked a familiar voice. The falcon on the figure's shoulder fluttered its wings as if ready to get ready for flight.
There was silence that made the 'invisible' group nervous though they did not fully understand the situation. "There is no way I can calm it by myself Haru. Not even your comrade, Hydra and her master will be able to calm it with me… The Seraphim have more power now than we have predicted. We can only save those that we can save and fight to only the best of our strength will allow us. Come," the female voice answered in English with a foreign accent. She walked through Viet who felt a chill of familiarity as the woman passed through her body.
Viet immediately turned around to look at the mysterious once more. The current Haru flew onto her shoulder with sadness in his eyes.
"That was your ancestor Viet," the falcon briefly said.
"Let usss keep on going." Hydra slithered forward slightly until a loud blast was heard and the wooden wall of a building exploded in front of them. Viet's eyes widened and a blackish-purple flame came after the wall exploded.
The falcon of the past flew up high to escape from the dark ball of fire but Viet's attention was in front of her.
"Eh! What happened?" asked Monica shakily. She was hugging Michelle tightly, scared of what was happening.
"This is only an illusion," Lukas plainly said, not effected by the surprising destruction of the house. Viet on the other hand could not help but worry and stay quiet. Her silence was only noticed by Lukas who sensed something was wrong with the Asian female.
Another blast of fire, this time of red and orange color, was shot from where the wall collapsed. The hood that had covered the figure was now down, showed the face of a woman whose complexions was very similar to Viet's. The woman's face was scorched and her cloak was burned. The flames of anger glowed in her eyes as she glared at a man with white hair and red eyes (not Prussia/Gilbert… or is it?). He wore black clothing with gold trimmings and circular designs on them.
The albino laughed maniacally. "Do you really think you can run away from me?"
The woman growled but ran away into another dark alley. The man walked after the woman with arrogance and raised his hand in front of him, his palm faced where the woman had hidden herself. He smirked and a magical glowing circle appeared under his feet.
A small black flame formed and then was shot into the darkness. After several seconds, an explosion with purple flames engulfed the entire alley and smoke rose into the atmosphere. The falcon circled above the flames and around the smoke in search for its master. It screeched as if calling for the one it is looking for.
Red flames circled the red-eyed man and shot at him from all directions. A cloud of dust had spread throughout the perimeter blinding the group.
"Let us skip time. This battle will last for a long time and I do not think you would want to see more," explained Haru.
"Wait…" Viet said softly. "I hear footsteps." Suddenly a wave of water jumped over them and splashed onto the ground, sweeping away the debris. A man with blonde hair and a hooded cape jumped from a building in front of the group and ran towards the alley where the Viet look-alike was. Viet ran after him to see more. Lukas immediately chased after her and Michelle and Monica followed because they were afraid to be alone.
They saw the man bent down, holding the shoulders of the wounded woman. The falcon swooped down and landed on the man's shoulder to look into the face of its female master. A teal colored snake slithered from out of the man's cape and wrapped itself onto the left arm of the woman which was severely burned. Its eyes gave off a light-blue colored light and the burns started to heal into unharmed flesh and skin.
"Thank you." The dark-haired female then stood up slowly and the man kept his hands around her, ready to catch her if she fell.
"Are you okay?" asked the man. Lukas was slightly stunned as he saw his face on the man and a similar cross barrette that kept part of his bangs back like his own.
"I think so. I did not expect him to find me so fast. Look out!" warned the woman. Another black flame shot at them.
A blinding light flashed in front of the present day group's eyes once more. They then find themselves standing in the middle of a town square of some sort. There was no sign of anything or anyone alive in the burnt and broken buildings. The sky was gray with smoke but there were no signs of a fire anywhere.
"Where are we?" asked Michelle. She stared at the deserted with disbelief along with her comrades.
"There is no one here. Are you two sure that we are seeing the right memories of yours?" Monica inquired the animals.
"After those who were alive from the attack had fled the city, were saved, or captured, the fires calmed and the area became deserted. It was a day after that happened that we went back to check on the city."
"It wasss alssso the time where we had lassst ssseen our masstersss."
"What?" Viet and Lukas asked in shock.
The sound of running footsteps was heard a distance away. From a dirt road came the man and woman running away from a large dark cloud chasing after them. The other roads soon became engulfed by more black clouds, trapping the Asian and European in the town square.
"Shoot," muttered the Lukas look-alike. He and the woman stood back to back to analyze the whole area to see if there was a way to escape. Sweat rolled down the woman's forehead. Her eyes scanned the view in front of her frantically. Her legs were apart, ready to run when the time came.
A booming voice echoed from the sky, "Now look where you have found yourselves guardians of the Fire Bird and the Water Dragon. Give back what you have taken from me."
"Is that a demand? We will not listen to those who chose to do harm to the land and force the people of this earth against each other. To tell them that they held dark magic that they would use against each other… Do you know what you have done?" cried the woman.
"Even if we wanted to obey, though I doubt that, we do not have the power to bring you to your 'original' form," the man said.
"So be it. See your people fight against each other in pure hatred!" The clouds that filled the roads disappeared to show people that stood in its place with dull, emotionless eyes. One side of the square had people with dark hair and a yellow tone to their skin while the other side was filled with white skinned people with brown and blonde hair color. Their fogged eyes soon cleared and when their sights landed on the people in front of them, hatred was ignited.
"You white devils will pay for your damage on Asia! Your black magic will not penetrate our hope with our pure power!" yelled someone from the Asian side of the square.
"What are you saying? You are the ones that hold the black magic and want to invade and conquer Europe!" came back a German accent.
"Liars! Let us fight until the end to keep our freedom!" The Asians roared and lifted their fists in agreement.
"Stop this!" cried the Viet look-alike. "If we continue this fighting, what will it achieve? We have heard that the Europeans wanted to take over our world but what proof is there? If we fight, it will only create more flames between our two continents."
"Who told our leaders that the other continent wanted to conquer each other? How can you call yourself men when we only listen to what we want to hear and not to what is actually going on?" questioned the man who looked like Lukas.
The words silenced the men who then thought about these questions and tried to remember the events that led to where they were now. None had answers to any of the questions asked.
Suddenly a strong gust of wind traveled around the crowd making them frantic and confused. Six shadows gathered in a circle around the man and woman and six ghostly figures rose from the shadows. Their skin was pale and they had no faces. Their bodies were long and skinny, their clothing was black and so was their straight hair that hung over their slumped shoulders.
They glided around the man and woman but instead of attacking them, they moved faster than the couple's eyes could see to attack the people that stood on the roads that led to the town square. Person after person fell down with their blood splattering either on the people in front of them or behind them.
The six ghostly figures returned to where they once stood around the man and woman. Raging flames appeared on the border lines of where the roads met the opening to the center of the city.
"Everyone, run away from here!" ordered the woman. It took only a few second for the men that stood on the roads to run away from the city's center after they heard the command.
The woman ran towards the ghostly figure in front of her and threw a punch set on flames at it, only to learn that it moved to fast for her to land a hit. She stumbled and then felt a stinging pain in her stomach. She slowly looked up to see the figure standing in front of her with its arm, shaped like a knife, piercing her stomach.
It pulled back its arm making her fall and landing on her side, her hands wrapped around her bleeding abdomen. Water was shot at the figure, hitting it and making it being thrown into the flames that still encircled them. The man ran to the woman and was talking to her to see if she was okay but his voice was muted by a deafening screech.
The dark figures glided in a circle around them, ready to strike. A falcon flew from the sky and its feathers became flames. It slashed one of the ghosts, setting it on fire and then it disappeared. A snake appeared from under the man's cloak and its body became water. The snake hissed and in surprising speed, it strikes the figure in front of it and engulfed it in water.
The figure struggled but the torrent of the water kept it escaping. Soon enough it disappeared without a trace.
"Are you sure about this? You're still hurt." Viet and Lukas heard the man and wondered what he meant by that.
"We have to… We can't defeat them now but we have to stop them somehow! If the Seraphim continue, there will be no way for anyone to survive their wrath. They turned us against each other and one day, we will all go extinct. Their leader is desperate right now and I don't think he will show us mercy like last time… Please," plead the woman.
The man was silent as he took in her words. "Be careful," was all he said.
He helped the woman stand up and they held hands, not wanting to let go. Tears could be seen forming in the woman's eyes but she held them back. Two large circles with writing that the group could not read and designs that were alien to them, formed at the feet of the man and woman, glowing red and blue.
Fire and water mixed without extinguishing each other and they circled around the man and woman whose eyes were closed.
"The both of you are fools to think that you can destroy me with what power you have. Die and let this world be at peace from the fighting that you humans have brought to this beautiful land!" roared the voice from the sky.
Clouds swirled in the sky and the wind roared in defiance of the man's and woman's actions. The dark figures disappeared and the water snake and flaming bird returned to their natural forms.
"You are the one who is the fool, leader of The Seraphim."
"Let the heat of the flames rise and entrap the darkness…"
"…and allow the waters to wash away the pain."
"Dear Fire Bird, guarding the skies, come down from your haven to brighten up this darkness."
"Mighty Water Dragon, protecting the seas, rise up from your refuge to cleanse the world of its wounds."
The wind roared even louder, trying to block the voices calling out for creators of life and takers of death. The fire and water that encircled them had widened and now surrounded the city. The magical lights that were underneath their feet also grew but was only as large as half of the town square.
The man and woman could feel their energy being sucked out of them as the dark clouds above them started to move towards them yet tried to move from their magical grasp that was pulling it down.
A screech of a large bird was heard above the clouds and a roar came from the crashing seas. A phoenix dressed in flames swooped down and flew in circles around the cloud that was being sucked into the center of Athens. The dragon with scales of a translucent blue and a mane made out of water, also circled the cloud. A tornado of fire and water covered the surface of the cloud making its movements faster and indicating their power made the spell stronger.
"Seal this darkness and let this world be at peace for centuries more," the man and woman said in unison. The sky became clear and blue as the dark clouds disappeared into the center of Athens, not to be seen for another two hundred years.
The magic circle at their feet vanished and so did the flames and liquid that surrounded the city. The man and woman collapsed onto their knees and the dragon and phoenix returned to the sea and sky. The bodies of the couple started to become transparent and particles of light glittered in the sun's rays as it flew off of their body.
"Master!"
"Massster!" The past Haru and Hydra were shocked by their companions' disappearance.
"Haru… Do not try to bring us back. This is the price for sealing the Seraphim. They will slowly return to this world and try once more to bring destruction," explained the woman weakly.
"We need you to keep an eye on them for us…*pant*…We could feel that the Seraphim had cast a curse on the Earth making them forget what just happened," the man said this time.
"What do you mean by what jussst happened?"
The man gave a sad smile and turned his head to the woman. She understood what he was thinking and she hugged him ready to say goodbye. He hugged her back, taking in her scent and touch.
A dark maroon feather and a clear scale floated down and landed on their shoulders. They turned into a light that spread over their transparent bodies and they could hear the messages and spell that comforted their hopes.
"Our descendants shall one day save the land." The woman chuckled and felt that a blessing finally was given. Their bodies were almost gone but they smiled with hope.
"Haru, Hydra, no matter how long you must wait, go to our descendants and teach them about this darkness and lead them to the light. We trust that the both of you can do this job."
"Of course. We shall not fail our masters…" Haru shakily said. Now only, their head existed and hovered in the air.
The man and woman closed their eyes and the last of them drifted off into the wind. Michelle and Monica had tears streaming down their faces and Viet's eyes were closed, refusing to accept the fate that hers and Lukas' ancestors faced. Lukas stared with discontent in his eyes as he saw the lone animals hurting from the loss of the ones they loved.
Another light flashed and the group found themselves back in the room that they started to discuss about the situation.
"Isss that enough proof for you to believe usss now?" asked the snake sorrowfully.
"It is," replied Lukas. He wondered why he believed in this hurtful illusion that he thought as a possibility to be false information. His heart trembled though and he accepted what he had seen.
"It seems that you remember all of this now after two hundred years? How is that possible?" asked Viet.
"Over time the curse wore off. We believe that it became that way because the Seraphim thought that the ones that they had cursed would eventually die and at their moment of death, they will remember for a brief second and then they are gone. They most likely thought it was okay for the curse to wear off since they saw no harm to it but they either forgot about us or they thought we would die like everyone else."
"Do not explain thisss to anyone jussst yet. There may be sssome people who are already posssesssed by sssome messsengersss from the Ssseraphim and othersss who will not believe the ssstory."
"Little ones, what we need to do now are to leave at once. The orbs must be in your grasp otherwise it will be more difficult to save your world and end this war. We know where they are and we shall lead you to them."
Monica dried her tears and her face became serious. She was intent on helping her friends and ending this war. "If we should leave, let it be tomorrow afternoon. I can schedule for this to happen."
"If that is the case, we should stop at Egypt and split from there. I will head to Turkey and then find my way home. It will be easier on me that way," explained the Vietnamese woman.
"I can probably go as far as Egypt. Well, as long as I get to see you guys go to your respective continents safely then I think that's okay!" the Seychellois cheerfully said.
"It has been about three weeks since the battle in Seoul. If my little brother survived that and is on his way back to Europe then he should be arriving in about a week to Egypt, saying that he is going to be there. I can leave with him from there. We just have to keep a lot of things hidden."
"Then it is settle," said Haru. "Let us head off tomorrow and we shall explain more on the way.
What a long chapter but I think it's worth it. What do you readers want next for the next chapter? I have ideas but I think I'll go with what you guys vote for or something like that. I don't know if I can keep one chapter from action or violence though or at least for a while. Well, please R&R or give me ideas for the next chapter!
