Note To Readers: Hey GUYS! We've nearly hit 600 views in this month alone!? Can you believe it!? I'm SO EXCITED! Thanks for the comments. I know you're all worried about Bloom. But fret not your questions will FINALLY be answered in this chapter. Juggling Biology and everything else has made it hard for me to update as often as I want to. OH! and I hope you like the new Story picture ^^ I finally got around to making it. A new Amv to come soon. Keep ur eyes peeled! Alrighty here's Chapter 78! Please Enjoy!
Chapter 78: Relighting A Flickering Flame...
"RAEGER! RAEGER! Please! I'm...BEGGING YOU!" Roxy sobbed as she cradled the Guild Master's head in her lap as her body trembled feeling his weakened heartbeat. "Open your eyes...I need you...please...don't leave me..." the faerie wept as her tears trickled down her cheeks landing on his pale face. "...Please...I...I...you just can't..." Roxy choked through the deafening silence. Everyone looked and each other trying not to show their own tears. "You can't be...Raeger..." Roxy shook her head in disbelief. Without any more words, the faerie took the Guild Master in her arms and held her as tightly as she could unable to contain the sadness that overflowed from her. A soft groan broke through the faerie's sobs as Raeger's eyes fluttered open.
"Roxy...why...are you crying?..." Raeger asked softly before a gasp escaped from the pink haired faerie. Hearing his voice echo in her ears. Roxy gradually withdrew from him before her blue eyes met Raeger's auburn orbs. "...Rager?...OH RAEGER! I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE OK!" she threw her arms around him again nearly squeezing him to death. "I thought...I thought for sure I had lost you..." she sniffed trying to wipe her eyes afterward. "THAT WAS DANGEROUS, RECKLESS and REALLY SCARY! I don't EVER want to have to worry about you like THAT AGAIN!" Roxy told Raeger. He only frowned in response.
"I'm really sorry that I worried you so...but I have but a few friends in the world...when I saw Bright being taken over by The Wizards Of The Black Circle...I suppose I panicked and I tried to do more than I probably should have...but I couldn't just stand there..." Raeger apologized softly. "I'm just glad you're ok..." Roxy told him before she leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. The Guild Master completely taken by surprise lit up like a Christmas tree as his whole face turned bright red. Flustered Raeger dropped the satin bag in his hand. From it, a bunch of different colored stones tumbled out with golden lettering on each of them.
"Whoopsie..." Roxy blushed herself seeing the stones spilling all over the place. "Sorry about that." the faerie apologized. It took Raeger a moment before the Guild Master snapped back to reality. "U-Uh no it was m-my fault." the redhead studdered before they went to pick up the stones. "WOW! Just look at these stones! They're beautiful! All the different colors! Even the bag is FAB-U-LOUS!" Stella giggled. "Stella that doesn't belong to you." Layla scolded. "Good luck, Once Stella finds something she likes no one can get it away from her." Musa teased.
"Hmph! What's the big deal? I'm just taking a LITTLE peak is all!" Stella puffed up her cheeks. "Look. They have some kind of strange writing on them. Like letters." Techna observed as Yuki himself took a closer look. "Hmm yes...Runes...symbols that contain hidden meaning...they're said to be the language of the gods themselves..."Yuki murmured softly. "Fascinating...i'd love to learn more about these Runes..." the faerie admitted. "It takes many years to understand the language of the Ancients...and even a thousand more to translate them..." Marik muttered. "I am curious as to learn where you obtained these stones, however..." the Tomb Keeper told Raeger.
"Oh! Yes! Now I remember what I was going to say earlier." the Guild Master began. "When I fell unconscious a voice called out to me...something about a flame that couldn't conform and that it would have to be lit with another...the voice instructed me to use those stones to do just that...but I have to admit...i'm not quite sure what all that means..." Raeger sighed softly as he pondered it. "DAMN IT! I'm getting tired of this damn Cryptic messages! First Undine and now THIS!" Duke groaned ready to tear his hair out. "A flame eh?...Nope, i'm stumped too..." Cupid followed.
"Sounds like a riddle ta meh." Joey spoke up. "Maybe we gotta solve it in order ta understand da message behind it?" the blonde questioned scratching at his head. "Don't hurt yourself..." Duke scoffed. "LIKE YA COULD DO ANY BETTA DICE BOY!" the blonde twitched his eye. "Do you think it could be related to the Phoenix?" Bright asked Raeger softly. "...I do recall seeing colored fire now that you mention it...but the dream itself is so blurry...I wish...I could remember more of it..." the Guild Master admitted. "Try not to strain yourself too hard. You need to rest and let your wound heal." Roxy told Raeger.
"You know Bloom also had a lot of dreams and visions when we were back at Alfea. Maybe we could talk to Miss Faragonda and have her help you like she did Bloom." Flora suggested. "Really? You can do dat!?" Joey asked surprised. "Yes." the faerie smiled before she gasped as she saw Kaiba arise from the bed. "Kaiba! You shouldn't be up yet! The medicine hasn't fully had a chance to work yet!" Flora cried. "Like I give a damn...i'm going to see Bloom...and I dare any of you to get in my way..." the CEO spat as he ignored the burns on his body from earlier.
"W-Wait! You can't go through the Gateway without a Portal Key!" Bright exclaimed. "Otherwise you'll get zapped again!" Kaiba flared his nostrils before he grabbed Raeger. "Then i'll just take someone who has one WITH me!" CEO muttered and took the Guild Master with him. "H-HEY! KAIBA!" Roxy cried out afterward but she couldn't get up fast enough to put a stop to it. "Good luck trying ta stop him...once Kaiba's made up his mind not much can change it..." Joey pointed out. Roxy groaned. "I'm worried about Bloom too but I don't know how he thinks he can help but just GOING there." "...Who knows what he's thinking right now." Duke shrugged.
"I dunno but at least ya guys are in one piece! Da way dat fight was goin I wasn't sure wat was gonna end up happinin..." Joey told them. "These powas are hard ta control...i'm relieved those Wizards left when they did." "Me too. When they took Amourette as a hostage our hands were tied..." Layla admitted. "Ogron and the Wizards are despicable...and that Bakura even more so...OH if I could only get my hands on him!" Musa narrowed her eyes. "I only wish that we could learn more about our Celestix powers...it's all so...ERRR FRUSTRATING!" "It's definitely different that's for sure!" Stella pouted. "I hate things that actually take effort to figure out..." the blonde groaned.
"You act like using your brain is a BAD thing." Techna teased with a giggle. "Don't you think so Yuki?...Yuki? Hello am I talking to myself?" the faerie questioned as she looked around. It didn't take everyone very long to have their nostrils interrupted with the smell of fruit wafting through the air with an aroma of rich butter. Yuki stayed glued to the kitchen as he watched Amourette baking apples in the oven. It wasn't long before everyone started to peek inside out of curiosity. Especially Joey drooling at the juice dripping off the apples.
"What are you doing mutt?" Duke questioned before the Dice Master paused as Amourette held out to him a bowl and then Joey a bag of gram crackers. "I need you stir this and Joey-kun please crush up these for me." she offered a smile. "Uh sure..." Duke murmured as he started to whisk the custard. "ALRIGHT! GRAM CRACKER MEET YER MAKER!" Joey exclaimed as he started to take a spoon whacking it against the gram crackers in a sealed plastic bag. "We want to have something waiting for the others when they return." Amourette smiled sweetly. "ME TOO! I WANNA HELP!" Stella exclaimed
"ME TOO! I WANNA HELP!" Stella exclaimed as she ran over to the kitchen. "I call the next round of mixing!" Layla exclaimed. "Come on Marik!" "H-HEY!" the tomb keeper exclaimed as Layla pulled him into the kitchen. "Joey your drooling." Flora giggled as she pointed out. "Just TRY not to drool on the crackers." Musa teased. "Just what are you making anyway?" Cupid questioned. "That's a secret." Amourette giggled.
"Aw! Come on tell me!" Roxy joined in. "Apple pie right!?" "Whatever it is it looks good." Bright admitted. "If we added magic it would be done faster." Techna mused. "No, you can't-do that. Cooking must be done with your own two hands so that all of your work and care you place into your food comes across to the people you want to share it with." Amourette told Techna. "Really? to me, food tastes all the same." Joey murmured. "I feel the same way." Yuki agreed before they both shared a smile. "Oh, you too." Amourette giggled as the rest of the girls shared in their laughter. Duke and Marik just looked at each other confused at what everyone found so funny.
Meanwhile, Kaiba took Raeger with him to the Cherry Blossom tree stopping to catch his breath. Despite the burns that were inflicted upon himself he didn't let them stop him. "Thank the Phoenix for Flora's medical herbs...otherwise I might have opened up my wound..." Raeger sighed relief. "My apologies...but this couldn't wait...before we go to Earth I have a question for you...one I think only you can give me...or so I was told..." Kaiba muttered. "Um sure if I can provide one...what is it you would like to know?" the Guild Master asked the CEO.
"Someone told me that in order to learn the truth about my past I need to seek out The Legacies Of The Gods...as if I know whatever that means...however I was informed you as the Guild Master did... so...i'm waiting..." Kaiba muttered as he crossed his arms. "They are tablets that are said to hold the god's power infused in them. It's slightly complicated to explain completely...I can say however that they are practically myth. But if anyone knows anything about their locations i'd be willing to bet the previous Guild Master in Covenant would know where to look...but there's just one little thi-" Raeger found himself cut off as Kaiba spoke up.
"Enough I've learned plenty...now open up this gateway so I can enter Gardenia." Kaiba muttered. Raeger only let out a sigh. He wasn't very skilled with manner now was he? "As you wish. I The Guild Master command you to allow me to pass...Entry Way Earth!" the Guild Master called forth before the Gateway activated. "Thanks...and just to make sure I can get back YOU'RE coming with me..." Kaiba told Raeger. "W-Wait what!?" the Guild Master squeaked. Kaiba left no room to argue as he pulled Raeger into the portal with him.
Back In Gardenia...
Kenshin narrowed his eyes as Cellos appeared into the room. "...Oh, dear...it would seem my mistress was indeed correct..." the ghoul frowned. "Who are you? What do you want?" the bluenette's golden eyes glistened. "Wa-Wait Kenshin...I know him...he's one of Undine's companions...Cellos I think was..." Bloom spoke up as the bluenette was about to attack the purple haired male. A grin only manifested upon the ghoul's face.
"I'm flattered that you actually remember me, Miss Bloom!" Cellos exclaimed. "...How could I not...?" Bloom laughed drly. "Now, Now there's no need to be so nervous. I was sent on behalf of Undine herself. You see she's rather how you say...concerned about your current condition." the ghoul explained. That got Kenshin's attention. "Do you know something about why Bloom is not feeling well? I know it has to do with her source of power...but that's all I can tell given my current abilities. I'm afraid i'm not much help." Kenshin frowned. Bloom gently placed her hand on his shoulder."That's not true...you helped me figure out what was going on." Bloom told Kenshin. "
"AH! Indeed I do!" Cellos exclaimed as a matter of factly. "However. First an important question MUST simply be asked...just where does YOUR power come from Miss Bloom? Hmm?" the ghoul questioned. "That's no mystery. My power comes from the Dragon Fire the very source of power that created all of the Magical Universe." the faerie spoke up. "That's precisely right. Up until now, your transformations have all originated in YOUR particular universe...HOWEVER, Celestix itself did not originate in Magix..." the ghoul pointed out.
"Thus so when you used the Dragon Fire as your source of power as a Celestix Faerie your flame did not have the power required for the spell you cast and instead began to draw on your life's vital energy." Cellos explained as both Bloom's eyes and Kenshin's widened. "That would explain why she's so weak...it's like her body is fighting against this foreign power inside her..." Kenshin placed two and two together.
"PRECISELY!" the ghoul exclaimed. Bloom gasped as she placed her hand over her mouth. "I remember now! When I used my Celestix powers for the first time I collapsed because I felt completely drained after I purified all those souls back in Dawnshire...that's when all of this started..." "I'm afraid that seems to be the case yes...using your new powers weakened you because the Dragon fire and the Celestix transformation battled against one another...Mmm, a rather difficult situation indeed." Cellos mused before Bloom struggled. She nearly fell backward before Kenshin caught her.
"Thanks..." she murmured shaking. "You still need to rest. You're in no condition to be moving around..." Kenshin told her before Bloom's eyes met Cellos's. "So we know what's wrong and that's cool and all but what I wanna know is how do I fix this? Is it even possible? I don't want to be stuck like this forever! I got Celestix to become stronger, not weaker!" the faerie cried as tears fell down her cheeks.
"There There...there is no need for tears Miss Bloom. I assure you...my mistress watches and sees all that pass by her in all of the known worlds. It is not as if your situation is hopeless! Not all as a matter of factly! The solution Miss Bloom is one that is rather easily remedied. Taking such matters into consideration there just so happen to be ANOTHER powerful source of fire that exists in OUR world. "...Another flame that is as powerful as my Dragon Fire?" Bloom questioned as she sniffed.
"Even MORE powerful my dear!" Cellos winked in response. "You see the goddess of Rebirth and Life holds a colorful flame made up of many colors and her power is beyond that of any known magic that exists...in fact the Phoenix herself once lived among mortals and gave her life to save them...thus her life force showered all of the worlds in an eternal light of hope...but as the legends foretells another is always reborn from the ashes...and it is those ashes you must find! Only they will be able to re-light the flame within you! Or so my mistress told me" the ghoul instructed the faerie.
"...The ashes of the Phoenix?" Bloom questioned as Cellos nodded simply. "Unfortunately, however, Undine knows not EXACTLY where they are hidden...however there is someone who she is quite certain can assist you in learning of its location! Which is VERY good news if I do say so myself!" the ghoul told Bloom. "Tell me who is this person that I need to find. Do I already know them!? Please, Cellos I need to know!" the redhead cried as she grabbed ahold of his black cloak tightly Bloom's eyes filled with tears of desperation.
"Please do try to remain calm. Mr. Kenshin is right to be concerned about your wellbeing Miss Bloom. I shall tell you what you want to know." Cellos assured the faerie as Kenshin gently sat her back down on the bed. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean..." "Oh please don't worry yourself on my account! I assure you I understand your anxiety over the current predictiment...now what was I saying...oh yes! The individual you seek goes by the name Lady Of The Flame! Due to certain circumstances, she is situated in the BriarBlood dungeons...from what I understand you already are made aware of who bears those names!" the ghoul raised his brow before he, Bloom and Kenshin paused hearing the noise outside.
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