~Chapter 73: Acceptance~
'What's the meaning in life...? All I'm seeing to it.. Is just mere slaughtering.. And nobody ever saved the innocent ones, look past the actions of the ones at fault. There's no such thing as right or wrong. There's nothing in this world that's worthy of remembering..'
Elsword laughed maniacally, however behind that laugh held emptiness. Blood rolled down the sharp blade and from head to toe, Elsword was covered in the crimson substance. He walked aimlessly, stepping on the lifeless corpses without a hint of concern.
The darkness dispersed and it was replaced with Hamel's ruins. There, stood the two Elswords. The Rune Slayer smirked as Elsword stared at them with the intention to kill, slaughter them. The Elsword that was frowning narrowed his eyes at Elsword before whispering to his magic-using partner.
"Is it alright? It's possible that he's already lost his mind.."
"It's fine! I know what I'm doing. Just sit back and watch. Plus... Isn't this what she wants?"
The Lord Knight stayed silent and nodded his head at his partner's words. The Rune Slayer approached Elsword and poked a finger at his chest with a wide smirk. Within a moment, Elsword swung his blade. Only to clash with another blade from the smirking Rune Slayer. Elsword summoned Cornwell, about to slash him, however his frowning partner jumped in and intercepted.
"Sit revixisisse mortuum."
Elsword's eyes narrowed slightly at these words. He put all his strength into his swings, slashing through Rune Slayer and Lord Knight. However, both of them merely gave him a smile.
"Don't be afraid of your own strength.. Also.. Good luck against Elsa..."
In the shadows, glowing blue cubes appeared in Glaive's hands. He flicked one of them away from him, slowly forming a portal in front of Elsword. A sound of a clock hand hitting a certain time rung, sounded throughout the area. Ara shifted slightly in his hands as he let his fingers run through Ara's soft locks.
"Let the battle begin..."
A shadow jumped out from the portal, slashing Elsword across the chest. Elsword coughed slightly as swung his blade without hesitation. However, it was dodged and he was slammed into one of the ruins.
Long ruby flowing hair swayed in the air as blazing eyes glared at him. Elsword stared at her blankly. The grip around his throat tightened as similar blazing eyes' glare intensified.
"Elsword.. I've only left for a few days.. And look at you. Losing control like that. I'm disappointed."
"Elsa...?"
"Unlimited Blade..."
Elsa threw Elsword across the area, crashing him into some ruins. His body arched from the impact as he slowly looked up. Elsa was charging towards him with full intention to fill. She charged forward, lashing out at him violently, performing barrages of swift slashes before ending it with a violent slash.
"Maelstrom Rage!"
Elsword was pushed back before he threw a Cornwell in front of Elsa, erupting into a frenzied storm of Cornwells. She was dragged into it, getting slashed, pierced by the Cornwells. Elsword immediately used the chance and launched her into the air.
Before Elsa could touch the ground, Elsword had already begin his assault. Swiftly, he slashed Elsa without hesitation and took joy in seeing the blood dancing around them. Immediately, he ended his assault with a Mega Slash.
Elsa kicked Elsword in the shin before giving him an uppercut to the jaw. She grabbed his right hand tightly and twisted it behind him. His blade was dropped. Elsword raised his foot, and kicked Elsa in the shin. She faltered a little, lessening her grip on him slightly. He took advantage of that and immediately slammed his blade into the ground.
"Triple Geyser!"
The blade burst into flames, the ground shook violently as flaming geysers erupt from the ground. Elsa trapped in the flaming geysers that burned through her skin and leaving burnt marks on her clothes.
She jumped out of the flames and grabbed Elsword's hand. She flipped him over her head, and thrust her blade behind her. Her blade pierced Elsword's stomach. She turned on her heels in a swift motion, she slammed her charged up blade into Elsword.
He immediately shielded himself from the impact and winced slightly. An aura surrounded her blade as it soon grew in size. She immediately thrust it towards him, knocking him backwards. Elsword immediately catch himself and did a quick somersault before slamming a Cornwell into the ground. A magic circle formed below the two red headed siblings and mini Cornwells quickly erupt from the circle.
"Rage Cutter!"
Elsa desperately tried to dodge all of the Cornwells, however a few stray Cornwells slashed her leg. The blood flowed down her leg as Elsword smirked widely. He charged forward as his eyes was crazed for the crimson substance.
"Saber..."
Elsa pushed down on her feet, ignoring the pain from Elsword's previous attack. She jumped high into the air, charging her blade up as she stayed in the air. Elsword paused in his tracks, staring at Elsa with crazed eyes before getting ready to attack her in the air.
"...Extinction!"
With the right timing, Elsa released a large crescent shockwave from her blade that pierced through his body. The blood flew in the air as he chuckled lowly. He dug into his wounds, staring at the crimson substance. He licked his fingers before narrowing his eyes and smirked widely.
"Elsa.. It's my turn now, right? I just thought of something... We're cursed. We're cursed siblings. One day, we'll be just like our parents. Going insane and causing innocent lives to go to hell."
Elsword launched himself forward, clashing blades with Elsa who was pushed back greatly. She cursed silently before digging her heels into the ground. Their blades clashed, two pairs of blazing eyes glared at each other as a small shockwave was released from their clash. The shockwave cut through the stones easily.
"Elsword.. It's about time.. You stop hallucinating. Accept your powers and stop fearing for the worst that could happen!"
His eyes widened at those words as Elsa began to push him back. She immediately swung her blade with as much force, knocking his blades out of his hands. Quickly, she performed barrages of deadly slashes. Each slash brought Elsword back to his senses. The final slash was the most violent as it knocked Elsword into the rough bark of a large tree.
"Elsword. These powers... They can consume you, yet you still chose to have them and tried to harness them. What was your purpose?"
"Isn't it obvious? It's for.."
"You don't even know the answer. Formerly, you wanted to grow stronger and find your sister. You found her, but your reunion didn't last long as she had to leave this world. Elsword. Let me ask you this. What other purpose do you have for these powers?"
"I..."
His eyes were soon closed. His memories coming back to him.
Elsword sighed in disappointment as he began to walk towards his dorm. The moment he reaches his dorm, Aisha was in front of his door, fainted. His eyes widened as he ran towards her, and hugged her. The moment he touches her body, it was hot as lava. He laid his forehead against Aisha's before bursting his door open, laying Aisha on his bed.
He looked for medicine in his cabinets, and getting a towel, wetting it with icy cold water. He laid the towel on her forehead before running around his dorm, looking for a water bottle. As soon as he found one, he poured it in a glass and getting out the medicine. He stopped in his tracks, and stared at Aisha, wondering how can he give her the medicine.
'Opening her mouth would be useless... Wait a minute.. There's another way, but then.. That's like taking advantage of her while she has a fever. Eh... Whatever, this is depending on someone's health..'
Elsword slightly glared at the medicine before putting it inside his mouth, drinking the water from the glass. He leaned down on Aisha and pressed his lips against hers. He began to use his tongue, creating a small opening for the medicine and water. As soon as the medicine and water left his mouth and making sure that Aisha swallowed everything, he got up and covered his mouth with a dark red blush.
He climbed on to his bed, holding Aisha's body up, and laid against the wall. He began to set Aisha's body against his, letting her rest against his chest, while he wrapped his arms around her waist. Elsword began to bury his face in her hair, blushing bright red, redder than a tomato.
He closed his eyes and drifted to dreamland with Aisha in his arms.
Elsword ignored the tables next to his and Aisha's and continued with his work. He crushed the milk chocolate and began to put the crushed chocolate into the pot, turning the flames on. He looked over towards Aisha and noticed that she wasn't mixing flour, salt, and baking powder correctly. He lowered the flames, and walked over to Aisha. He stood behind her and grabbed her hand softly.
"You shouldn't do that... It won't bring out the taste and fluffiness."
He began to lead Aisha's hand and slowly whipped it up, creating a white fluffy mix. Aisha smiled slightly before frowning as soon as Elsword lets go of Aisha. He went back to melting the chocolate before melting the butter.
"Aisha. Can you get another medium bowl? After the butter is fully melted, can you also mix it?"
"Sure."
Aisha immediately took out a medium sized bowl and after the butter was fully melted. Elsword slowly and carefully poured the melted chocolate and butter into the bowl. Aisha began to get another balloon whisk and began to whip up the melted butter.
Elsword rushed over to Aisha and slashed a metallic arm off in fury. His blazing eyes grew worried as his hand caressed Aisha's cheek. Aisha's eyes were closed while her heartbeat was faint. He pressed his head down, trying to make sure the faint heartbeat didn't stop, however... In his mind, the heartbeat stopped.
'Aisha... Is dead...?'
Aisha's bright smile came into Elsword's mind before a sudden cold wind rush by him. Elsword's mind began to fell into a void of darkness. While in reality, Chung continuously blocked attacks from Wally for Elsword.
During the silent night, the eyes of a certain purple head has finally opened. Aisha was awake, however... She could feel her consciousness slipping out of her grasp. She knew she can't stay awake for long. She stared at the red head in front of her. Her eye twitched lightly before she weakly tugged on his shirt.
Elsword tried his best to ignore the tugging on his shirt, however.. The tugging stopped just for a moment before his face received a weak impact of a slap. Elsword snapped open his eyes, grabbing Aisha's hand before it came in contact with his cheek. His blazing red eyes widened as they stared into the gentle lavender ones.
"A-Aisha..."
"Elsword.. I can't stay awake any longer than now. Just listen to me. Rena.. Watch over Rena. If you don't, then she might cause the blood shed."
"W-What do you mean?"
"Rena.. She will have this urge to kill and splatter blood around. I believe that it's symptom of a certain poison. I'm not very sure, but.. Once Rena sees a particular scene where something or someone precious to her is not by her side and makes her feel distant or confused, that's when it starts. She'll first see nothing, but black and white. It depends on when she was poisoned. As time passes.. She'll feel the urge to kill. That's when she'll see nothing, but blood."
"That's the poison's effect?!"
"Yeah. Another effect is that.. It slowly destroy her cells. Not only that, she won't feel pain at all. It may be a good thing, but it's not. As long as there's no pain, then she'll be just like a reckless killing machine. This particular poison doesn't take effect until a certain point. It could take seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years.."
"Is there a cure?"
"Yeah. Wally has the antidote, but his castle is destroyed as well as himself. Echo.. Is no longer here. Altera and their plains. It's also where the peaceful souls rest. And... Deep inside Hamel's ruins. There are 3 stages. Currently.. Rena is in the first stage. Seeing only black and white, and the intent to kill appears. It's easy to snap her back to normal. The 2nd stage is when she begins to hallucinations and the intent to kill becomes stronger. It's also when the poison begin to destroy her.. The last stage is also when she'll lose her sanity, become the reckless killing machine.."
"Alright. I'll watch over her, but... What are you going to do?"
"I should be sleeping, but.. Thanks to this certain person. He gave me a chance to warn you.. If you see him, be sure to thank him.. His name is.. Glaive.."
A certain sound, similar to a clock hand hitting it's destined time, Aisha's eyes slowly closed peacefully. Elsword shook Aisha's shoulders as he desperately called out her name. Her breaths were slow as he realized that Aisha fell back into her coma.
He stared at her before kissing her forehead softly. He silently climbed out of bed, pulling the covers over Aisha. He held Aisha's hand in his tightly before smiling softly.
"I'll be back.."
"I... I've decided. These powers.. I'll use them.. To protect Aisha."
"Hmm.. Interesting. Then.. Show them. These illusions.. Show these illusions that you're not afraid to use your full power. You're not afraid to hurt anyone with these powers."
Blazing eyes hot open as Cornwell was summoned in his hand. From the shadows, Glaive smirked lightly. Elsa narrowed her eyes at the determined, sane Elsword. Elsword grabbed his blade and swiftly launched himself in front of Elsa.
"Final.. Strike!"
With his Cornwell in hand, he quickly slashed the air, opening a black hole. The black hole immediately held Elsa in place. Elsword smirked and slashed downwards with both of his blades. Immediately, he thrust his blade forward, impaling Elsa and summoning three Cornwells behind him.
"Sword Blasting!"
In a swift motion, the Cornwells pierced Elsa, through her armor. She laughed lightly as she raised her hand, petting his head and ruffling his hair. She smiled as her body was disappearing into thin air. Her words remain echoing.
"You've gotten stronger... Don't lose focus and be sure to protect your precious one. Accept your powers.."
Elsword grinned as he threw his blade on his shoulders. He gave her a thumbs up and looked at the sky.
'I think.. It's time for us to get out of these illusions..?'
A bright light soon covered his vision as they enveloped him. Glaive carried Ara in his arms and went into a portal that he created.
"Everyone's out."
~Author's Note~
I'm not going to go through all the chapters and look for Elsword x Aisha moments.. XP Plus.. I can't find that many. Or... They're just too short. Damn. I need to word on them soon.
Oh yes... Elsa.. Since I portrayed her with skills from Lord Knight from the beginning, I chose Saber Knight. So.. Yeah. The skills she used as from Saber Knight, but some of them I got confused, so I didn't call out their names..
Anyways, I'm going to the beach on Tuesday~ :D With my friends. Well, I don't have that much to say since.. I'm running out of time! OAO I'm so easily distracted when it comes to listening to music and anime. :x
Here are my replies to my wonderful reviewers~
KoraDora: Ooh~ A BtM? Nice! I can't play Aisha since I have a problem with her levitation. O: Happy Belated Birthday! OAO I didn't know!
The Cynical Asian: Looks like.. He died. Would you like me to come to the funeral and bury some secret items I've stolen from.. His angels? :3 Elsword. Risk your life for a moment. I'll pay you. Yeah, that's Glaive. Elsword... You're one of the main characters. XD This chapter is focused on mainly you. XD Next will be shared. :)
KiyoKu: XD You have a few ideas? Give a shot! And.. It's a happy ending. I'm not a big fan of sad, tear jerking endings. :P
Konjiki No Yami: XD By the way... If I'm a boy, you'll marry me? XD I love you as well? XD Aww, don't worry about those illusions~ :3
Kat Neko983: OAO! Kat! *holds you back from anymore mercilessness* And don't cry.. Being alone is.. Not that bad? Well, to me, it's freedom. And thanks~ I'll never forget you once I get a career. XD
Mandy234619: OAO I got this story a stalker!
Sweet Trickster: XD Aye. I did the same thing. It's emotional and creepy for you? Well, Ara has some good points to her. XD And... Who else has a mask in the game? ;) Glaive~ Damn.. No worries~ The illusions are ending now! They're going to break out of it now. :D *hugs you* XD I can't hate you either. You're too sweet. XD
Tiffany Keyblades: Aye! I did that to my brother once, and he slept for a while. Lol~ I'm interested in Elsa's flashy moves and Ara's teleporting skills. XD Well, Elsword and Elsa are siblings. It's called "Incest", so... The game doesn't let them? XP The names doesn't sound racist. XD It sounds fine to me.
Helringo: Hooray~ I'm glad you had fun! Welp, how about Grind go in and save her? XD It's Grind, right? I didn't spell it wrong, did I?
SeouLee: XD Fahrmann is Ara and Aren's hometown. Eve got to Chung before anymore rampaging. Ara and Elsword are finally brought back~ Thanks to Glaive's interference. Ara's amazing sometimes. XD Yes, it's Glaive. Lol~ Ara had it tough. Ancient Waterways.. The damn mirrors! XD The shadow links from the boss are annoying.
An0n Author: XD Eh, I don't particularly care. :P *throws groundhog off meh head and throws it at your face* :D
sOdAPopgrl133: Well, it's creepy in a way. XD Aye.. Light hearted from the start, and then.. It made a huge turn and it's mainly dark. Did you enjoy being in Japan?! :D And without wifi sucks. :x Lol~ At least you can review now! :3 I think she's mainly of LK.. I mean one of her skills! It's almost like Armageddon Blade! But you are right about Saber- Extinction similar to Raven's Shockwave.. I'm sure you can keep up and glad you enjoyed it! :)
Tsurara-Oikawa Chan: XD Good enough. If that ever happens, I'd be the loner, doing nothing. XD No worries. *gets out a paper fan* This will lessen the damage~ :D If you do get it, I'll be responsible for it. XD Chillow.. Chillax. XD Welp, that's interesting. XD Yes, I can imagine that. O: I prefer the japanese voices as well! I love Eve's especially. XD Ah... Of course. It fits Aisha perfectly.
NobelTJ99: No problemo! Review anytime! You only missed like a few chapters, so it's no big deal. :D Darkestshade.. Alright. I'll try to remember that. XD Fishies... Eh. *fries the fishies*
Rosamanelle: XD You remember it? The Final Act? In one of the episodes in Kagome's flashback? Oh yes.. What was your favorite opening/ending song of Inuyasha?! Ara was killed in an illusion. XD No damage is taken for real in the illusions. Well... You're psychic. How did Chung become Dora the Explorer again? XD You have the guts to reread previous chapters. XP I'm too lazy to even read them.
Thanks for reading!
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