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 Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:13 pm
Lena coughed out a bit, then pointed in frustration at Kento, "HIM!"
She coughed a bit as Kento laughed, "Aww....how can you blame me!?!?"
ROwen looked vaguely annoyed, "Let's see...you're strangling us!!"
Kento looked on in amusement, then grined, "Yup! Lovebirds need to be sometime!"
Rowen and Lena simultaneously spoke, "Shut up, Kento!"
GLancing at each other, they looked away as they elbowed him off, Lena doing the same to Rowen as she stood, looking at Cye with a smile, "There!"
You looked like you were having fun....
"Gee...thanks Inigashi...."
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:37 pm
Tonga.
The only island that mattered to Arrow. It was the island where she expected to find her strength, the strength she knew she had but couldn't access yet- or didn't know how to call upon. She sighed as she got off the boat. This, after not being able to compete in the Olympics, seemed like a waste of time. Her home had been in Guam, but, with America's waning interest in the island as a naval outpost and colony to boot, Arrow McKenzie knew in her heart that she no longer belonged there, even if her parents lived there. She belonged on Tonga, the island where savages still roamed free and a king ruled the land. She belonged where people could challenge her.
The first few steps made her feel uneasy. She bit her lip, thinking to get back on the boat, but her better sense kicked in and told her to go forward. The next step was easier, and the next one, easier still. Before she knew it, she was walking. The jungle came upon her quickly, surprising her. She looked about for mosquitoes and other biting things, even though she had taken 20 different shots before leaving. Her right arm was still bruised from one of them. She took off her t-shirt, revealing a tank top beneath. Tying the t-shirt around her waist, she considered her bruised arm, using it as a focal point. She had to remember that she was safe on the island, as long as she stayed alert.
She sighed again and kept walking. She didn't know what she was looking for. She knew only that she would find it. It had to be something that would give her greater strength, or the ability to use her strength wisely. That was what it all came down to, really- strength. The strength to fight, or the strength to run. Either way, the weak never amounted to anything, Arrow decided.
She heard a rustling and sent a mental wave instinctively its way, feeling light-headed as she did so. Someone grunted. After a moment, a middle-aged, bearded man stood up.
"Didn't think you'd find me- wait..." The man stopped when he saw Arrow. "What's going on here? How did you find me?"
"By accident," Arrow admitted. The man looked neither strong nor weak physically- someone in between. His eyes, though...they were the eyes she wanted to see in her reflection, the eyes of an unvanquished warrior. "If you hadn't made that noise, I wouldn't have found you."
"It was a frelling parrot, consarn it," The man said. "Damn thing didn't even say anything, just got up out of its tree and flew at my head. Don't know why, it just did. Consarn it all."
Arrow smiled. "Well, shall we introduce ourselves? I'm Arrow McKenzie, from Guam."
"And I," the man said, "Am Batrias Kenketsu, from Japan and elsewhere."
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:22 am
Lance felt his face become warm as they walked together... He mentally smacked himself to himself he thought... "What am I doing? I cannot become attached to anyone.... what IS it about her?" He turned his head to look at her a bit better his mouth opened as if to speak but the only thing that came out was a heavy sigh as he hung his head down.*
"Nadeska?"
Her soft voice was kind, and seemed quietly bemused. Her presence carried the sense of age- for all she didn;t look like she was older than 20, the way she moved and the way she spoke seemed to speak of age beyond the apparent.
"You remind me of someone I once knew. What is it? Why do you sigh?"
"Oh it's nothing... Just trying to sort out a few things about my life.... Not really of any interest to anyone but myself." *not even realizing that he does it... he draws a little closer to her... close enough for her to feel the warmth of his body and see the redness of his face easily mistaken for a fever*
She reached up with her free hand, placing it on his forehead.
"You cant have a fever that quickly..."
(Medical-mode- give her a second, lol)
her slight turning gave him an interesting view down her bouse- enough so he could see again someting silver in the valley.
She shook her head with a soft chuckle.
"It's not a fever, is it?"
*Lance flushed a little more...* Um.... Hey are we close to where we are going?
*desperately trying to avoid the question.*
She chuckled softly.
"Give it a few minutes. There's enough chaos there right now anyway."
Her eyes slid sideways to him, and she smiled quietly.
"You're cute when you blush."
*Lance looked downwards with a faint smile on his reddened face.... he mutters softly, VERY softly under his breath...* "you're pretty cute yourself." *He takes a deep breath to compose himself and picks his head up.* "So how did you find me?... I could tell I'd be caught... but no one's ever been able to catch me before... Do you have shadow warrior training as well?
She chuckled. "No, I don't. I felt eyes on me. You would have been caught sooner or later, and if not by me, then by Korin or someone else-"
*lance exclaimed in pain as he retwisted his ankle, slipping on a loose rock, passing out with the pain**
She shakes her head asd his face saggs again into her bosom.
"Why am I not surprised?"
She readjusted how she was carrying him, and finally made it back to the house, stopping in the doorway when presented with all the chaos.
"What by all that is holy is going on in here?"
her eyes widened.
"Kaylyn?!?!"
She blinked, staring for a long second, Alaric holding Kaylyn close and chuckling at Asako's confusion= for the few seconds it lasted.
"It can wait, I;'m not bothering to ask, stranger things have happened. For right now- I found this boy spying on us, and have managed to find out that his name is Lance, and he works for the US government.... and he was sent to determine whether or not we are a threat. Apparently, the hijinks in japan got leaked over here. I'm going to go claim a room and lay him down somewhere."
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:52 am
"Sheesh!!! Uncle!! UNCCLE!" Meanwhile, Lena was fighitng to get out of the strangle hold Kento now had her in. Legs flailing, she fought not to hit anyone as Rowen somehow managed to get free and was laughing his rear off, Cye covering his mouth right beside him. The riot insued, only made worse for the girl by the fact that Inigashi and Zephyr were sipping in and out, Lena longing to yell at them but unable to.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:43 pm
co post with Shade))
Asako shook her head, carrying Lance up the stairs, looking for an unoccupied room to lay him in- and less than a minute later, she foiund one that had three beds in it, one of them a bunk. "Perfect." She laid the boy (young man) down and proceeded to splint his ankle a lot better. The same for his knee, as she used a roll of white cloth and bound both movable parts tightly and still.
The noise began to die down slightly, as the humor escalated. Arrow now nipped at Kento's leg. "OUch! Lena!! Get em off me!!"
Lena looked up from the strangle hold, "No! You won't let me go!" Rowen laughed a bit as she glared at him, "You should help me out!"
Rowen shook his head, "Nah...Sage can heal the wounds Kento gets...this is just hilarious."
Zephyr snickered, and taunted inigashi. You can;t Caaaaatch me! before the wind spirit dove to the floor below Lena and Kento.
Inigashi grumbled, then shouted, causing Lena to wince at the loudness of the yell from the spirit, I'll kill you, Zephyr!
Meanwhile, Lena was starting to dodge where the spirits went, not wanting to step on them at all. Her head hurt, her neck hurt...her back..shoulders...go on. SHe still had to reach her band and let them know she HADN"T dissapeared from the face of the earth....buut.....she was ready to outright blow her top at the spirits.
Asako closed the door behind her, fully expecting Lance to be out for a while, and once she reached the bottom of the stairs, edged along the wall, aiming for the door. Hihoshi chose that moment to show up. and that opened a whole new can of worms as the usually calmer fire spirit saw Zephyr, what was going on, and promptly lost it, moving with a speed a fire spirit should NOT possess to chase Zephyr as well- said air spirit weaving patterns aroundLena to avoid the now both angry others.
Kento laughed a bit, holding Lena despite her desperate dodges of the spirits, "You know you can't get me that way! You may be the fastest...but i'm the Strongest!!!!"
Lena rolled her eyes, "yea...yea..." Rowen added his tease, "Yea, what's up with that? You brag about being the fastest, yet Kento caught you!"
Lena nearly yelled, "Sheesh! Give me a break! You guys are stronger then me!" During all this insanity, Inigashi now chased Zephyr with Hihoshi at his side, yelling 'Get back here you damn wind spirit! I'm going to kick the crap out of you! And it will be fun too!'
Zephyr blew past Lena again, shooting a rasberry back at the other spirits as he passed, heading for the door.
Lena had it, finally blowing her top, "DAMN IT ZEPHYR!! Get back here you sorry excse for a freakin air spirit! Inigashi! Hihoshi! KNock that crap off!"
With a surge of strength that caught Kento off guard, she yanked herself forward, nearly strangling herself in his headlock, causing her to fall back agaisnt him. Both of them loosing thier balance, fell backwards, reeling right into Rowen, successdully knocking him down...who in turn, took Cye with him, creating a heep on the floor.
Asako had to all but dance out of the way as they tumbled at her feet, and she BARELY manag4ed to avoid stepping on someone. Finally making it to the door she slipped out, brething a sigh of relief. Zephyr darted in, blew a rasberry at Lena, said "And you sound like Celeste so I ain;t listenin!" and darted back out, leading the fire spirits off again
Ignoring the blank stares she got from people, and once again forgetting that others couldn't see them as she did, she made a fist at that spirit, "You infuriating creature! And who the heck is that?!"
Alaric was trying not to laugh his butt off, hugging Kaylyn, anf feeling good to have his wife there beside him- she was keeping a streight face better than he was. Zephyr didn;t come back to reply, leavig the infuriated Lena in a dogpile.
Lena grumbled, the fire spirits now gone. Glaring at the three guys now in a heap with her, she shook her head. Rowen coughed, "Cye! Get off!"
"As soon as kento let's go of my leg!"
"That's your leg?!"
ANd so on, the chaos insued, something that hadn't happened for a while. Arguments and such continued until they all pulled themselves apart. Grunting, Lena was the last to get untangled. Siging in relief, she rubbed at her neck, successfully tripping over something and falling back dowwn, "OUCH!"
The poor girl had her nerves stretched out, and the embarrisment wasn't helping.Rowen chuckled as everything calmed down. Leaning down, his subarmor gone, he offered Lena a hand, "Help up?"
Lena looked up at him and nodded, "Sure....thanks..."
She grunted, red in the face as she looked over at Arrow with a sigh. Looking around, her eyes were wide as she realized she just blew up at the "invisible" infront of everyone again. Sure....Ryo and teh gang knew...but theothers didn't, "I did it again..didn't I?"
Rowen nodded at the whisper, "Yea..."
"Crud!" Lena flushed as she looked around, "I'm...a...taking a step outside. Be back in a few!"
With that, she quickly walked outside. Kento looked at Ro, "What's wrong?"
Rowen chuckled, "She blew up at the spirits again....no one else around here really sees them...save Sage..."
He nodded at the blond as Kento nodded, "Oh..."
Outside, Zephyr was leading the fire spirits on a merry chase- only to freeze still when he reached ground level, looking off towards the forest where a branch was swaying with the passage of someone. Hihoshi had somehow dissappeared in the interim. Just watching the spirits flit about made her slightly angry. Biting her lip, her feet began to take her to go chase after them, following Zephyr as Inigashi chased him, "Don't they tire of this?!"
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:02 pm
Co post...Again! lol Guess with who!! ))
Zephyr quivered, seeming to hear something. "Inigashi, do you hear that?" Zephyr's tone had gone from two-year-old- to ten-year-old. And seemingly for once, the wind spirit was serious.
Inigashi stopped immediately, looking up in surprise, "Yea...I do..." lena caught up to them, panting, "Sheesh...do you guys WANT me to summon my armor?!?! Oi!" Inigashi turned to the girl, "Lena! You hear that?!" Lena blinked rapildy, notincing how serious her spirits were. Standing up straight, she tried to listen, "What is it?"
Zephyr began to drift towards the trees, seemingly entranced by whatever it was that Lena could not at the moment hear.
Oh heavens....." Lena sighed, trying to catch her breath as now INigashi followed Zephyr in suit. ROlling her eyes, she began to walk forward, her footsteps light as ever, movements graceful as she sought to catch up with them, "Where are you two headed?"
You can;t hear the song?" The faintest strains of what seemed to come from a musical instrument wwere now only barely audible to Lena, asn other spirits were appearing around her as she entered the woods.
"So I noticed....." She spoked, her voice in awe as she felt the jem at her neck begin to glow faintly. Her feet stepping forward, she looked to the sky then back at the spirits, following Zephyr for once in her life.
".....It's the Lady-" Hihoshi was blocking the path, sitting with his back to them, watching whatever was going on around the corner. It was obvuious now that Hihoshi was a greater spirit, size alone accounted for part of that, the detail..... hihoshi looked like a great being of flame.... (think the fire aeon from FFX)
Inigashi moved, switching his form as well, becomming larger, landing to the side of Hihoshi, nodding to him, showing that Lena had followed them. Lena herself moved silently, walking forward to where Hihoshi was, her own soul so intune with music that she ahd to listen...see....
Hihoshi slowly moved aside, though Zephyr had drifted past above. Spirits Lena did not recognize were slowly following towards the sound of the music.... Undine brushed past, the water spirit heading for a figure seasted on a rock- the one doing the singing. Long dark brown hair blew in the slight breeze. Shiva, one of the most powerful ice spirits, was seated on the rock near the figure, and Ixion, the Thunder horse, was calmly lying nearbu as well.
hanarerarezuni ita yo zutto
minareteru keshiki ga atta kara
Lena smiled at Undine, who has flowed passed her. She smiled at the little water nymph, happy that her water spirit had finally caught up with them. She needed her help between Zephyr and Inigashi. Glancing up, she smiled, listening to the lyrics of a song that sounded familar...
itsuka mata kono basho he kute mo
onaji sora o onaji you ni mite
kanashii to ieru no kato
boku ha kangae sugita no kamo shirenai
sukoshi no nemuri ni tsuite mata ashita isogou
Wind blew the brown hair back, and poiinted elven hears were revealed, along with a black t-shirt of teh singer's.
Forever unable to leave this place. Only because here there's a scenery that i'm familiar with...
If one day i were to return here again
Using the same eyes to gaze at the same sky
Will i still feel that it is just as beautiful ?
Maybe i am thinking too much
i should go sleep and talk about it tomorrow
Valefor, the delicate-looking spirit of the Southern Trade Winds had settled on a tree branch, and Bahamut, the spirit aptly nicknamed Lord of the Skies, hovered low overhead, closer to the earth than most people thought he could come. Leviathain, the water spirit of the Pacific Ocean, rested its head on land near the stone. The outline of the figure seemed familiar to Lena.... her voice, though... was unearthly, musical beyond what a human throat should have been able to produce.
Lena smiled as the song went on, stepping forward. Closing her eyes, she stepped forward, the wind blowing her own hair to the side. Lena held the hair ribbon in her hand, it having fallen out between the strangling and the wind. Pushing strands away from her face, she smiled gently, listening to the music. She recognized these larger spirits about her...with one of the Nature Armor...each had made themselves known to her at one time or another.....however, she closed her eyes then opened them, the gentle pinging of the Flute of Spirits that she had at her hip pulsing in time to the song....
kowagatte fumi dasezuni iru ippo ga
kasanatte isukara ka nagaku nagai
michi ni natte te okure ni nattarishite
sono uchi ni nani to naku ima no basho mo
warukunai kamo nante omoidashite
nani to ka jibun ni riyuu tsuketarishita
The step that is unable to be taken because of cowardice
As time goes by
Unconsciouly it becomes a long road
It feels like everything is too late
Slowly , i realise that the place i am in now is not too
bad either
i found myself a few good excuses
HONTO hanetatta no ichido mo rikai shinai mama de
subete ga wakatta FURI o shite itanda ne
To tell the truth , i have never understood
but i acted like i knew everything
The figure turned her head, and Lena recognized Asako's face in profile as she reached a hand out to pet Erde- the spirit of the Rocky Mountains. The earth spirit was shaped like a giant wildcat. Asako's voice rose again, singing the refrain plainitively, as if she were singing it because it echoed her feelings.
hanarerarezuni ita yo zutto
minareteru keshiki ga atta kara
Forever unable to leave this place
Only because here there's a scenery that i'm familiar with
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:43 pm
Lena sighed, stepping forward. She smiled as she looked up at Inigashi, the figure having taken on a dog like form, firery in body as it stepped next to her. She turned her face to look up at the figure, recognizing her as one who had laughed as she fell...not that it was a big deal for her. The jewel at her neck flashed gently...and Lena was grateful that it was under her clothing...The song was so beautiful, and Inigashi seconded it as he let Lena sit upon his back the way she did with Arrow when he transformed. Smiling gently. she reached at her side, fingering the flute that sat there at her leg.
nani daka subete ga chippoke de
chiisana katamari ni mieta no ha
aoida sora ga amari ni hatenaku
hiro sugita kara datta no kamo shirenai
kimo no tonari ni itakara kamo shirenai
All the feelings are so small it's not worth mentioning
It seems like it is just a slight brush
or maybe it is because the sky that you see when you raise
your head is too wide and endless
or maybe it is because i wish to stay by your side
That verse had been almost pl;aintive, as though she mourned for a lost love.... or for a love she left behind.... she tilted her head back, as other spirits finished closing in, making it appear to Lena that there was no real forest at all- unless you called it a forest of spirits. A great gathering, all of them come for the song.
atama de ha wakatteru tsumori demo ne
sure chigau doko ka no dare ka no koto
furikaette nagamete ha urayandari
even though it cannot be anymore clear in my head
but those strangers who brush by your shoulders
are still making me to look back with envy
nai mono ne dari o itsu made tsudzukete ikun darou
sou omoeta no ha kimi ni deatta kara desho
Longing for something that you don't have
how long do you want to continue wishing for it ?
When i begin to understand that feeling like this
started from the time i met you .
Lena smiled gently, showing that she recognized several of these spirits...yet, something nagged in the back of her mind. Closing her eyes, she felt it...an aura of power...something was different about this....She opened her eyes, gazing forward from her perch....could it be?
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
koko ni yume ha oiteikenai
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
kimerareta mirai mo iranai
Everything is in these pair of hands
Dreams cannot just be thrown here
Everything is in these pair of hands
Denying the pre-arranged future
Asako brushed a hand past her face, brishing away a tear that a number of the spirits followed, as they were starting to depart- though, shockingly, the greater spirits, Shiva, Erde, Bahamut, Valefor, Leviathina... all lingered. Hihoshi had started to drift closer to Asako, settling in place beside her as though ti was where he belonged. Zephyr was awed, still not looking too terribly important, as he begun to drift in Asako's direction, still entranced.
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
ugokanakya ugokasenai kedo
subete ha kitto kono te ni aru
hajimenakya hajimaranai kara
Everything is in these pair of hands
If there is not action , how can there be movement ?
Everything is in these pair of hands
If you dont take the first step , how can there be a
beginning ?
Lena watched, entranced to say the least as the wind itself stirred as if in response to the song. She herself, wished that she could sing like that...by all means...after all, she WAS in a band. A gentle smile on her face indicated as she listened to the end...sadness tearing at her heart. Closing her eyes, then opening them, she lifted her head...amazed. She glanced about, seeing the great spirits about them. They usually didnt' stay for anyone unless it was truly important...she herself should know. She had two of them with her now in Undine and Inigashi. Standing up, she let Inigashi saunter over to the woman, running his large nuzzle across he rhand gently...his way of saying he was there.
Asako chuckled softly. "I see my cover is blown. Well, Lena, you're not the only one who can speak to the spirits." Valefore trilled and lifted away, the lesser of the two great wind spirits attending duty... Bahamut lowered his head to snort in Asako's face before departing. Leviathian moved to poke at Hihoshi, the fire spirit and the water spirit beginning to irritate each other. Asako turned, her eyes slit-pupiled. "Zephyr. As hyper as ever still, are you?"
Lena blinked slightly, pointing to her face, "How'd you know my name? I never told you...." Zephyr grinned, Hehehehehe! Am I ever!!
Asako smiled quietly. "Zephyr and hihoshi told me. I can see Zephyr is still following around Celeste's bloodline- funny how he followed the Coud clan before that." She brushed her hair back, her eyes normal again, their color a soft silver. "Call me Asako. That is the name I go by these days." She poked at Zephyr- actually tickling the spirit. Zephyr giggled, squirming to get away.
Lena blinked rapidly, her mind still reeling in the information she was gathering, "Nice to meet you, Asako," she bowed, before slamming upright again, "Wait...Celeste? Cloud Clan?"
Asako blinked, as most of the greater spirits departed- leaving Leviathain messing with Hihoshi and Shiva trying to break the two up. "You aren't related to her? You look *just* like her. You've never heard the name of the gypsy lady before?"
Inigashi and Undine worked together, trying to help break apart the two with Leviathan. Lena's eyes widened as she shook her head, watching Zephyr flit about like a crazy thing, causing mayhem to the spirits on the side. Focusing her eyes, they shifted to a confused amber, "N-no...I haven't heard ANYTHING about her.....who is she?!" Lena was wondering as Inigashi shifted his head to look at Asako, his eyes showing that he truly missed the person he named...."I look just like her?!"
If I didnl;t know better, I would think you were her. your aura's even almost the same. Celeste was the leader of a gypsy Clan way back, before Kaos even thoght of working on mystical armors. Zephyr shadowed someone I knew from the Cliud clan- back then, there were dozens of different ones, not just the Ancient one."
Zephyr smiled, comming over to speak with Asako, whispering to her in his warm voice...Lena couldn't hear. She's related....
Lena blinked rapily, looking up at Asako, "What..how.....wait a tic!" Lena finally slammed everything together, "Y-you...you're the lady Zephyr keeps talking about....And gypsy clan?" Lena's eyes showed she was completly confused...she wanted to complement the woman on her song...wanted to complement her on everything about it...buut..."Other person you knew...?"
Asako looked at Zephyr. "She is? Direct or indirect descendant?"
Zephyr grinned, Why else would you think I would shadow? Direct!! You know who she's decended from! Come on....." He started getting hyper, I haven't had THIS much fun with a person since Celeste and Michael! Hehehe, Lena's fun to tease!"
"Zephyr, simmer down." Asako looked at Lena. "Well, the baka wins spirit answered my question. The other person I knew was Michael. He was a Warrior, and wore what ultimately became the Armor of Strata- the Tenku armor. And I probably am the lady Zephyr was talking about, he likes any excuse to talk to me he gets. We were friends way back when."
Lena's eyes widened slightly, still confused as she slumped to her knees...."So much information....so much...."
Asako chuckled. "Think through it, it'll make sense if you give it time." she whirled. "Leviathain! Hohoshi! Stop fighting and go back to where you are SUPPOSED to be! Shiva, it;s okay, I broke them up- Boreas!" the wind spirit boreas had just billowed her hair into her mouth playfully.
Lena blinked, shaking her head as she stood, "I suppose so...." She shrugged, looking up at Asako, "I will give it time....it's a good suggestion, but expect questions later..." Lena finally sighed, "Boreas! Get over here! Zephyr...KNOCK IT OFF!!" Inigashi, to prove her point, showing loyalty he never had shown to anyone save Celeste, Michael, or Asako...rushed to push Lena's point, trying to get them to quiet down. Rubbing her face, Undine sat on her shoulder, "Sheesh....Boreas finally made it as well..."
The spirits for once listened.... "I fully expect questions later. And don't be surprised if a few others call you Celeste- the is your ancestor."
"I...uh....." Lena blinked, shaking her head, "Right...questions later.."
Asako chuckled. "I'll answer whatever you ask, but I reserve the right to say nothing. Go, get unconfused. I'm going to sit in on Lance." Asako stood, and the great spirits departed- she didnlt have a permanent partner? She started to walk off, but paused. "About the song I was singing....."
Lena smiled slightly, "I thought it was a beautiful song...I truly did. Maybe you and I can sing something sometime....after all the questions...." She had apparently shaken it off.
Asako nodded. "Don;t tell the others about it. If I knew I would have company, I would have chosen something else. That song is.... personal."
Lena blinked, then adopted a smile often used by her ancester, "Sure! I promise I won't tell a soul about it!" SHe pumped her arm with a small bow...cheerful in every way, "Maybe sometime I can get to know you better...and you can tell me about it....who knows? But until then, I won't tell a soul!"
Thankyou. If you ask, choose your timing, I may not be willing to discuss it in daylight." Asako headed to the house, leaving Lena behind her, the young woman looking haunted. Sephyr drifted lazily, looking after Asako. **She lost someone, and she's older than dirt.**
Lena glared at Zephyr, "You be nice! Shw seems like a great person....no matter how old she is."
well, she IS older than dirt. And she';s STILL brooding- it has to have been a hundred thousand years ago now at LEAST.** Zephyr petulantly replied.
Lena sighed, rubbing her face, "Really...then tell me, what do you think of me? Or even this Celeste and Michael you spoke of?
**he was the only one besides Shadowsaage I ever listened to. and celecele was fun to tease- just like YOU aere fun to teas- but not as fun as inigaaaa---shi!** Zephyr dirfted near said fire spirit as he said the name, the tease evident by the wind spirits body language.
Lena grumbled as Inigashi shouted, switching to his smaller form as he zipped off after Zephyr in an angry furry, "Gee...glad tha I'm easy to tease......" She shook her head, beginning to walk back, "Ummm..." She realized she was lost, "Undine? Boreas...? Help?" The two looked at her and laughed, beginnign to show her the way. She, on the other heand, was heartily embarrised.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:10 pm
Dannin sat outside, listening to the crowd inside. She and Kaylyn hadn't talked very long before the silver-haired one returned to her husband's side. Dannin felt like she was being pulled two ways. She had been raised and brainwashed by the mortal enemy of her own clan. She had shed more blood in her own clan than anyone who had attacked them.
Kaylyn and Dannin sat across from each other, each against a tree. Both were silent for a while before Kaylyn spoke.
"I hold nothing against you," Kaylyn said, "you were under a control you could not break. I hold no malice against you."
"Kay, I still remember what I did," Dannin said, "I can't forget it. I have so much blood on my hands."
"All of which was repaid when you joined the Ronins against their Inferno armor," Kaylyn said, "you finished what I started and by so doing, have set the Wildcats at peace."
Dannin looked at her hands, "I can still see you in front of me, feel the blood on my blade and hands. I can't forget that easily."
"You don't have to," Kaylyn said, "for me, it has not happened and I need not know what comes. Please, for both our sakes, I need not know my own end. It is the past for you Dannin, it cannot be undone. For me, it is a future I do not know how to avoid. By doing so would alter many people here, least of all you, Korin, and the Wildfire. I do not ask you to forget Danni, I ask you to accept it and move on. You will have your own trial I am sure, where your inner demons must move to your command."
After that, Kaylyn had left and Dannin remained outside. Dannin was confused still, feeling that she was missing something.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:21 pm
The jungle air, fresh on another day, suddenly seemed stale to Arrow. She looked at this aging, muscular man (she tried to compare herself with him) and held in a sigh. He had said his name like it was supposed to mean something, but Arrow had no idea who he was. She recognized the last name as Japanese- maybe- but the first name sounded like something out of those fantasy books she used to read. Robert Jordan, Sarah Ash, John Marco...she might have written one herself if she hadn't failed to get in the Olympics.
"All right, first things first," Arrow said, taking control of her emotions. She had to stay calm. "How did you get here?"
"Someone struck me, and I flew," Batrias said, his face serious. He looked like he was telling the truth, but Arrow remained skeptical.
"Okay, I came here in a boat, see," She said, somewhat annoyed, "And I've never heard of a person flying that far. It just doesn't make sense, does it? What did they do, load you in a gigantic slingshot and punch you in the face? Is that waht caused you to fly?"
"I'm neither an idiot or a child," Batrias replied, "So do not treat me like one. I faced the Armor of Nimbus and lost. I do not know why as yet...my memory of the event is still hazy. It feels like it happened a long time ago. But, I am not insane, though you may think otherwise."
"Okay, wait," Arrow put a hand to her forehead. The bangs of her dark hair fell over her fingers. "You're saying, that, what? An armor with some kind of, I don't know, mystical power or something, put you here?"
"That is what I am saying," Batrias said. He pulled something from one of his pockets and showed it to Arrow. It was a little white golf ball- maybe a crystal- with a red symbol etched into it. Etched? Maybe burned. "This is the Armor of Holy, my armor. It is stronger than the Armor of Nimbus, stronger by far, but it could not prevail. I have since been here, trying to figure out why. You see, I made a pact with someone, a bond of honor, and until I know the reason for my defeat, I am staying here."
Arrow heard the man, Batrias (crazy name) saying what she had been thinking all along. I have to know why I lost, I have to know why I couldn't do it, blah, blah, blah. Arrow let out the sigh. "All right, I get you know. I don't know anything about armors, or whatever, but I think I want to know. Can you tell me what you know?"
Batrias smiled ironically. "To tell you everything I know would take a lifetime. I will tell you the basics, and you can decide whether my brain has been infected with some pseudo-disease or whether I am simply living in a world you have never visited. Deal?"
"Yeah, okay," Arrow agreed.
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:27 am
Kanita sighed heavily as she was watching the others around her play around. 'They act as if nothing bad will happen.' She thought as she had lit a smoke. The girl had never even thought about her dreams and actions that were some how tied together. Sighing once more, the girl climbed onto her bike and headed West, towards the mountains, there; She thought that she might be able to get a hold of her old friend.
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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:07 pm
Lena sighed, looking up at the sky as she made her way back. Shaking her head, she blinked, pulling her cell phone from her pocket. Now aws as good a time as any to call her band and let them know she wouldn't be back for a while....not that they probably didn't know already. She HAD missed her flight...if it was all the same to anyone else. Dialing the first of many numbers, she rolled her eyes, "My manager is going to kill me after this one....better call the girl's first..."
WIth that, she sent the call to Kanita, the first of the members in the band itself, "Come on...answer.....answer!"
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:32 pm
"Eh?.." Blinking rapidly, the young girl pulled out her cell. "Hello?" She asked as she continued to blink, she was ignoring the smoke that she had in her hand as she was staring out into the open.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:15 pm
Hello?
Lena blinked, smiling brightly as she sighed in relief, "Kan-chan! It's me, Lena! I was calling to let you know that i hadn't really dissapeared...."
Lena chuckled, knowing that she hadn't contacted any of them really for about a week or so.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:23 pm
The girl continued to blink as she heard Lena speak on the other end. "Lena-chan whare are you?" SHe asked as she had put the cigeratte out.
This was odd. She could of sworn that Lena was still in Japan. Sighing lightly the girl shook her head a little. 'It must of been that long since I departed from tehm.' She though with a small grin on her face.
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:26 pm
Lena fought the urge to laugh, "Akiko and the others hadn't told you that I "dissapeared?"
She mae the quote things to herself, causing Arrow to glance at her in slight amusement, the dog having shown up not that long ago, "I had several obnoxious messages swearing that if I didn't show up, they'd alert well....my aunt. I dissapeared after that benifit we were doing..."
Fingering the jewel at her neck, she smiled slightly, "I'm in the USA right now, Cali to be exact."
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