Chapter Sixty Three

Leea...

She thought it was the beginning of another dream, but her eyes snapped awake. She starred up at the glowing form of her best friend. She looked around, they had commandeered another home that evening. However, she was afraid that she wasn't going to get any sort of sleep that evening. She rolled over and sat up instantly, "Hoshi?"

I need you.

Leea's eyes widened as she looked at the slowly fading form of her friend, "where are you."

I told you before, there was an even exchange but I'm still so lost and I'm afraid I won't be able to find my way back by myself...

"No," Leea said as she reached for her friend who vanished.

Her voice left an echo in the air, please, leea...

Leea bolted to her feet as she heard a roar in the distance. She went to the window of the foreign home and saw White Blaze running down the street. She frowned, and ran out of the room, bumping into Kayura and falling on her butt with a large thunk. "Ouch!"

"She came to you didn't she?"

"What of it," she replied looking up at the dark haired woman in slight pain. She wasn't sure she could fully trust the woman. "We're you listening?"

"Yes," she paused as she held out a hand to help her up. "I suppose I was the only one to notice how cool the air gets when a spirit appears."

Leea took her hand, and looked her over. It looked like Cye had rummaged through some stuff to find her a decent outfit instead of the torn silks. However, she just looked odd in the pair of jeans and baggy shirt. She sighed, "I...I don't know how to get to her though!"

"What have you learned from her?"

"She said that the lion and the rabbit will lead us to the nether realm, but the wolf will find her," she answered sadly.

"There is your answer."

Leea just gave the woman a curious look, "I know it means Raleigh."

"Then that's who stick with," Kayura smiled. "I'm afraid we might be a little behind the lion and the rabbit though."

They heard Cye, Mia, and Raleigh stirring downstairs to meet the rabbit. Leea looked at the woman, "do you know what's going on, or where she could be?"

"Not in the faintest, but I'm afraid there's something not right."

Leea paused and slowly started to head towards the commotion of Mia trying to interrogate the tiger. She looked at her and she saw her flicker like she was a spirit herself, "are you real?"

"Just as you are."

"Then?"

"The disruptions between the two are making the distortions worse," she answered as she looked at her fading hand. She clenched it, "I'm not supposed to be here...I suppose."

"Kayura," she asked as the woman vanished completely and then ran downstairs.

She saw White Blaze and asked, "You are going to answer some questions!"

The beast looked at the angry looking angel woman but didn't say a thing.

"Where's Kayura," asked Cye with concern.

"Exactly, what I want to know," she almost growled at the tiger.

Raleigh starred at her curiously, he is a mysterious being...

"Quiet," Leea snapped and the tiger almost seemed to be nervous as he sat down and swished his tail. "I just saw Kayura vanish into thin air, and not purposely as I've seen these beings do. Like she was pulled out of here."

Mia looked down at the beast, "White Blaze..."

"I'm not sure that's going to work," Cye started to say but the tiger interrupted him.

The realms are slipping through time incorrectly, the tiger paused to look at Leea. At first, I thought it might be because you sealed up the nether realm but alas, I think it started earlier than that.

Mia looked at the tiger, "see it just took some persuasion to get him to talk..."

Not at all, the tiger smiled and he began to sparkle much like how Baroness did when she changed between forms. He became a very wise looking man with salt and pepper looking hair. His eyes were still cerulean blue, and his beard was long and braided and tied off with a gold ring. He wore a plain white and black sub armor, with claws over each gauntlet. He smiled, "I was just waiting for the correct time, Mia."

She turned red as she starred at the man, she saw Raleigh blush, "okay, who is he really?"

The man took a deep bow, "I am Prometheus."

Leea blinked and then said, "you mean the Prometheus? The one who helped Zues over throw the Titans and gave fire to man?"

"Indeed," he said with a smile.

Cye grimaced, "you mean you've been hanging out as Ryo's tiger for who knows how long?"

"Well, yes of sorts," the man smiled as he looked outside. "When my cousin freed me from my punishment," he paused to rub one of his wrists, "I decided to hang around humans for a while, and the ancient one was easy to travel with. I took the form of a tiger, but I feel I lost myself in it for a long time, it was only recently that I remembered who I was."

"Great," Mia frowned as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "You mean to tell me, that I was riding on your back this entire time?"

Raleigh glanced at Leea who asked, "so you're the tiger?"

"No," he answered. "The tiger armor may not appear at all in this case," he said stroking his beard as he thought, "history has been messed up and I'm not even sure that I was suppose to regain sentience in this time. Wildfire has sent me to retrieve you, him and the other ronins are in the nether realm, but I fear that the distortions are getting worse and this battle may not make much sense."

"Ryo is the nether realm," Mia gasped, "but they don't even have their armors!"

"They went after Baroness," he paused to consider the rest of his words, "and Cerule went with them. So far the Rabbit and the Lion have opened the gate to the nether realm. Your Wolf should lead you to Hoshi."

Leea looked at Raleigh with hope in her eyes, "can you?"

She nodded, I should be able to find my way to the nether realm.

"She should be able to find the girl just fine," he smiled as he looked up at the moon. "I can't return with you. There are too many enemies for me there."

Mia then said, "bailing on us now, huh?"

"Mia," Cye hissed at her expecting the old god to actually be mad with her.

"No, she's alright," he smiled and looked at Raleigh. "I don't know where she is exactly, but I am certain its not Elysium. My uncle would never allow her soul to run around if that were the case."

Raleigh nodded,Why won't you come with us, My Lord?

"Because, I belong among humans," he smiled as he turned into a tiger. He roared once more and took off.

Leea fluttered her wings, "let's go!"

Mia nodded, "It's not the wisest thing I've ever done."

Cye nodded, "definitely without our armors, this is going to be a lot harder."

Raleigh was already in her wolf form, let us go then, I still owe her my life debt.