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 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:10 am
Juuni sat out on a rock amongst the sands of the beach, staring almost blankly out to sea. Though the Leviathans sang and played in the surf the neko-jin didn't seem to mention them, and with good reason too.
Deep within her subconcious Juunikyuu was contemplating. Many worrying rumours had come whispering to the Angel Senshi over the winds, involving a certain male and serial attacks on females close to the neko and senshi's heart. Chris.
The Senshi frowned. The light rune she still had placed on Chris' finger tip bone had grown weaker and she had had trouble tracking his movements. These attacks were the final straw. She knew it had been him, it could only be him.
It was time to finish this.
In a flurry of cocooning feathers the Senshi emerged, stretching up high while stood on the rock, her wings stretching out far and with a mighty kick off she fell up over the islands cliffs and temple, following what weak signal the light rune had left.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 2:55 pm
A soft breeze drifted over the Island's sandy beach carrying along it a stream of glowing, almost ember like, purple sparks. They began to swirl in a circular cloud, condensing together to create a circular portal about a foot or so in width.
From within the portal a young female figure fell down into the sand on her hands and knees, her head bowed and fists clenching at the sand as unseen tears streamed down her cheeks and her hair rustled in the same breeze that had carried her portal here. Her tunic with simple and black, her hair messy and almost unkempt while her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
Slowly, the Angel Senshi lifted her head skywards, choking back a sobbing gasp as she lifted her clenched fists to her temples, allowing the trapped sand to run through her fingers as she rocked to and fro on her knees, shaking her head.
"Why? Why? Why?!"
She asked herself again and again, clenching her eyes shut and continuing to shake her head.
"You can't be gone. You can't, you can't!"
But the aching lonliness she felt through every part of her body told her that it was indeed true. But still, the Senshi didn't want to accept it. Not again. It was like history repeating itself. Like losing the Koten she had once loved all over again. These feeling's bought back too many painful memories of both the Senshi and Neko. Feelings of emptiness and lonliness that neither could comfort the other for.
Lost in her anguish Juunikyuu bent over again, holding great clumps of her own hair in her clenched fists before releasing them and slamming her hands into the gritty earth, throwing her head back with a scream that echoed throughout the temple and over the waves, causing the Leviathan's cruising near the shore to pause in their melodious singing and listen to the mournful cries of a lost lover.
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:08 am
Night had fallen by the time the Senshi's sobs had lessened, her eyes red and sore from crying salty tears and her throat dry. She sniffed and lifted her head skywards, blinking up at the twinkling stars that were scattered like glittering gems over a sea of deep purple velvet. Lifting her hands up from the sand and sitting back, kneeling in the sand with her legs tucked beneath her the Senshi let out a long, shuddering sigh as the nights chill crept over her skin causing it to pimple with cold.
"Why did this have to happen?"
The senshi spoke up at the stars, almost questioning them. She didn't expect ban answer, so at least she wasn't disappointed when the only thing she heard was the solo calling of a deep sea leviathan that had come to the surface for air. Juunikyuu took a deep breath and hung her head again, her hair falling over her face.
"I can't keep going on like this. I can't keep letting those I love get hurt... Get taken away from me... I can't keep putting on this brave face, can I little one?"
Juuni didn't stir within the Senshi's mind, she had long since cried herself to sleep. Juunikyuu sighed and continued to gaze up at the stars.
"Are you watching me from up there Koten?" she whispered, "Can you see me now? I bet you're laughing, from wherever you are. Laughing because I've become exactly what you said I would..."
You'll become weak! Just like those humans you adore so much! And when you do, I'll sit and I'll laugh at how pitiful you are and watch as you can't protect those around you or those you care about! I will watch you fail!
A shiver ran up Juunikyuu's spine as she recalled the harsh words Koten had spat at her as he had tossed her down into that dark pit. That dark pit that had made Juunikyuu live out all her worst fears while the high council had decided what to do with her. And yet, nothing that she had seen in those dark confines had ever felt like this. She had never felt so helpless, so pathetic... So alone...
She had never felt such hurt.
"Failed... Have I truly failed? Was Koten right...?"
A spark flashed across the senshi's eyes as she lifted her head up towards the sky, the pale moonlight basking her face in a gentle tone, but that tone did not match her expression. Her face held a deep anger, almost like it had been fighting to get out and finally released. Her eyes flamed dangerously as the sand surrounding her began to shake and tremble in ripples.
"No. I did not fail. I have not failed!"
The stars began to twinkle brighter in the sky, almost as if they were whispering aprehension to one another as a breeze blew up around Juunikyuu in a swirl, slowly getting stronger as it picked up the sand and rustled her matted hair and tattered black tunic.
"I'll grow stronger! I'll protect them and avenge those I failed to protect!"
The wind blew away in a sudden explosion of purple flames around the Senshi, tendrils of shimmering energy snaking out in the sand surrounding her, forming intricate runes on the sands surface as if some invisable being was drawing them in with a painted stick. They traced a circle around the Senshi of twelve runes in total.
There was a hushed whisper that fell across the beach. Everything seemed to stand still as the runes glowed brightly like a roaring fire, the flames surrounding the Senshi burnt away her black tunic and cleansing her skin and hair of dirt, effectively stripping away the first few layers of skin. The Senshi screwed her eyes shut as two crosses her burnt into her skin on each shoulder blade as if someone had stamped them in with a branding iron. The skin sizzled and hissed, oozing blood in two thin trails down her back and onto the sande.
"Ha... Ha..."
Juunikyuu panted, her eyes wild and flaming with a thick purple mist as she reopened them. As if on some silent command, each of the twelve runes exploded with a beam of energy that was sent soaring upwards, connecting the ground with the heaven for just a few seconds as the stars energy used the beams like lightening would with a conductor, sending wave after wave of their throbbing raw energy down into the sand which was absorbed by the Senshi's skin.
Juunikyuu's body would feel on fire as the energy coursed through her veins, engulfing and taking over every cell in her body. Her screams echoed over the beach as the beams retracted back into the sand and were in turn absorbed by the flames of energy surrounding the Senshi, the runes disappearing.
With the runes gone and the stars energy absorbed the flames surrounding Juunikyuu died away and she tettered to the left before falling onto her side, her naked body bathed in sweat, hightlight by the moonlight with her chest rising and falling heaving as she panted. The two branded crosses on her back shone raw in the light, though the blood they oozed was no longer a deep crimson red but a shimmering silver.
"Become like... the life giving... stars..."
The Senshi rolled onto her back, a soft sheet of silver sparks forming over her naked form to create a simple white tunic in order for her to preserve her dignity as she closed her eyes and took deep breaths, not moving from where she had fallen in the sand.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 8:15 am
The exhausted and aching Senshi stirred on the sands. It felt like every part of her body had taken a beating from a flurry of sledge hammers, her head pounding like a bass drum as she forced her tired eyes to open.
Big mistake.
She had been to busy noticing how much pain her body was in to take into account just how warm she felt with the high noon sun shining down on her form and as soon as she opened her eyes its light flooded her vision causing her to cry out in annoyance as her eyes dilated at a rapid and painful rate to accomodate for such a bright light source and she shut them as quickly as they had opened her head pounding doubling.
"Urgh..."
Slowly she reopened her eyes, averting her gaze from the sky as she sat up, blind spots swimming in her vision as she bought her knees up tight against her chest and rubbed her temples gently, willing for the pain to be gone.
The two cross shaped scars that had been branded onto the backs of her shoulder blades were still blistered red against her pale skin and covered lightly in sand from where she had been laying on the beach.
With a grumble or two Juunikyuu forced herself to her feet, wavering slightly as she stumbled sideways across the sands before regaining her balance and taking a deep breath.
"Gotta get back..." she told herself as she looked blankly around the Island's beach, bringing her right hand up to rub her temple, "Anatomical changes sure suck..."
She stood firm in the sand, bracing herself as the blistered scars seemed to bubble slightly with silvered blood before they split open as two pairs of translucent shimmering feathered wings erupted from within them, dripping with the same shimmering silver blood as Juunikyuu doubled over with a cry of agony as they flapped and waved wildy, almost with a life of their own, spraying the surrounding sand with droplets of the thick silver liquid before they became still and Juunikyuu stood back up slowly. She swallowed hard and took a few deep breaths, ignoring the cold sweat that had formed on her brown before kicking up from the sand and into the sky.
The Senshi wavered unsteadily as she struggled to gain control of her new wings as they flapped out of time and caused her to veer violently from side to side before she managed to regain her balance and timing, soaring low over the seas surf towards the Stadium.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:29 am
*A figure slowly rises from the water along the southern shore of the island. The figure, being Enki, makes his way onto the beach, his body completely dry as he unsubmerges himself and begins looking around. He notices small, silver specks along the light-coloured sand and walks over to inspect them. He kneels down and looks closely. It resemples dried blood, slightly, but it is silver. He has no clue what to make of it and decided to head into the temple to look for Juunikyuu*
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:35 pm
Kana landed on the sandy beach of Leviathan Island as softly as a falling feather. Pale gray eyes scanned the area, finally coming to rest on the temple itself as she let out a soft sigh. Oh how she missed this place. Her heart ached for missing it and the family she once had. How many years had it been since she had seen her son, Alexander? "Oh Alex..." Tears welled up in her eyes, she would never forgive herself for abandoning her child.
With a sigh, Kana turned back to the water and then checked the bag she was carrying to make sure all the important things were in waterproof containers. It had been a long time since she had been to the cave, but she still remembered where it was.
Kana waded out into the water until she was deep enough that she could dive. Once again swimming through the waters of Leviathan Island, the leviathans themselves swimming around her, Kana felt at home. It was the first time in a long time that she had felt like that.
As Kana finally entered the cavern, she surfaced, gasping for air. She swam over to the water's edge and with a huff, pulled herself up on the rocky floor of the cave. Dumping her bag beside her, she sat at the edge of the dropoff, her feet dangling in the water. "I hope he won't mind too much..." She trailed off as the head of a young leviathan popped out of the water in front of her, probably one of the ones that had hatched while she had lived here. She reached out to stroke the head of the giant, talking to him. "Do you think he'll mind?" The leviathan didn't answer, and she smiled. Softly, her voice rose in song and she sang to the sea serpent. Her voice echoed in the cave, a most beautiful and haunting sound.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:24 am
*A larger Leviathan slowly starts rising from the cave, seeming to be nothing else then the serpant. As soon as it began rising, Enki's form began appearing atop the creature, looking much as if dripping water was revealing his form from his head downwards. Finally, his entire body was visible as he watches Kana, then smiles and speaks*
Alost as good as the Leviathans themselves... almost. And I don't think I'll mind much...
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:32 am
"GRAH!" Kana fell over backwards, startled to hear Enki's voice. She stared up at the ceiling of the cave, blinking a few times.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:36 am
*The Leviathan goes foreward a bit and Enki peeks over it's head, staring down at Kana*
Well... I see you're still as cute and jumpy as ever
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:42 am
"Heh... yeah... hi..." sweatdrop Kana looked up at him for a moment before slowly sitting up and scratching the back of her head. "Eh... sorry I kind of moved in unannounced..."
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:52 am
Hawkling, I know everything that happens on this island because of the Leviathans... nothing is "unannounced"
*He hops off of the Leviathan and smiles down at her, then lowers his hand, palm up, to help her stand*
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:54 am
"That's a good point..." She glared at the beasts. stare "You guys weren't supposed to tell him." xp Kana took his hand, pulling herself up off the ground.
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:59 am
*Enki helps her up gently. When he was sure that she has balance, he bows slightly and kisses the kuckles of her silken hand*
So why have you decided to move into the Leviathan breeding cave...? I doubt the Leviathan's would like that much, personally...
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:08 am
"I... didn't feel... comfortable... anywhere else..." Kana spoke softly as she stared at the ground. It was the truth, she didn't feel comfortable anywhere else. The stadium no longer felt like home to her. She wouldn't stay with Frosty, too much of a chance he would stab her in the back. The temple itself didn't even really feel like home to her anymore. But she didn't want to be completely alone and the leviathans were good company...
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Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:13 am
Well... as long as it's not mating season, I don't think shey'd mind very much... but if you ever need a warm place to stay, my bed and the extra rooms are always open...
*He reaches a hand out to his side and starts to gently pet the mother Leviathan*
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