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Elyse has a slight chill go down her spine, she's nervious about advancing as quickly as she is. Thoughts of Revlis, Envy, and Hanon race trough her head. She wrings her hands around the sheath of her long katana. The air around the Seireitei seems different, the mode around is sending a message that isn't being spoken, yet it is understood. happy times my be at an end and things won't be resolved easily

Where is she, I wonder if this is a prank. Dang it why am I so nervious, this is so unlike me...Strong,confident, brave and caring...*sigh* I can do this. Pausing a moment she began to stare at the hilt of her blade, and she started to think of Revlis. Revlis has thought me enough, it's about time me and you get better aquainted...

Elyse was nearly scared out of her hamaka when Envy suddenly shunpoed beside her. When she tried to speak Envy cut her off.

"AH!!!...Oh it's you Envy-chan..." She shut up to listen to the her words. then Just before she could reply Envy knocks the still quivering Elyse out. She tightened her grip on her znapakuto as she fell. To her everything faded to black...

Elyse felt the as if she continued to fall, dispite all logic telling her that the ground that was so squrely beneath her feet was that far down. She tried to open her eyes once she began to feel the slight brush of moist air pass her face. yet it seemed as if her Elyes couldn't open her eyes not matter what she tried. She began to panic thinking of what could happen if she couldn't see the ground bellow.

What the hell did she mean by talk to it. if I die how the hell am I gonna do anything but push up daisies. Dang it all to hell, I don't like where this is going.

Elyse continued to plumit until she meet with a wave of leaves. That softly pushed against her mid-air. The wave brought her down gently to lye her down on a soft piece of earth. She opened her Eyes slowly now, opening one as to peek out to see what was under her bed. Her surroundings were mystrious on first thought. She was taken away by how wast the area was. A light mist layed every where and added a mystical tint to eveything. The srangest thing was the unclear differance between the sky and the earth. Everthing seemed to be a reflection of the other. She was sure she was standing on earth but it seemed as if she was standing on top of a moutain lake. As she came to her feet slowly she found, she turned to find a sole wither tree.

"What's all this?" She asked this question due to her memory fading from standing in in *Awe* for to long. Her memeory quickly returned to her and she walked over to the three and placed her hand on it.
It's a shame I can only heal scars, but from what i can feel your not in all that bad shape are you...why am I imagining talking to a tree for?...Well I guess it's better than standing here looking stupid looking out at all of this.

Elyse tunrned and tried to see if she could run on the strange ground beyond the small island that the whittered tree sat uppon. She was scared witless of falling again with out being able to see what was below again but she wanted to say "Hello to her Zanpakuto's spirit. She took the first step and it seemed solid enough then the second and the third. By the fifty-ith hse began to feel the push of water trough her sandels. She took another step with out thinking and fell into the water. she tried to swim but the shock of suddenly falling into deep water out of no where made her actions too frantic. She began to sink losing her self in a unbound clear ocean. Her eyes remained open as she sunk down into the water. As her air bubbles trailed upward away from her. She began to see a vision of them turning into Sakura petales. She tried to grab one childishly as if they could save her. Head strong and full of so much energy she could drown in and lose her self in it, the world seemed to sum her up well. Then with out a warning a figure swam past her faster than any man made craft. It grabed her and centered it's self infront of her, with out any warning or tell the creature suddenly pressed it's lips against Elyse's. it began to breath life back into to her, and with that life was breath back into her drifting consious.

What...what am i doing...who is this...why should I hope to reach up for it, for him and him. I can't control the smallest urge in this body what makes me think I can hold on.

The figure shook her and made began to speak dispite the fact that it's lips were still presed against hers. " You know you really shouldn't count your self out. You've got more than you think inside, and I not just saying this. Heroes are my business, and to guide them is a benifit. Elyse you need to see clearly trough to the bottom of this lake to find me. From there we'll walk together towards a goal, just remember to return this power once you've finished your quest. If you keep the love you have in you heart we'll heal the wounds of this world and the next, just hold on and find me again."

Elyse was trown from the lake and sent back onto the mirrior like soil of the island. She laned right on her back yet she couldn't feel any pain. She slowly began to feel more and more numb until she ran back towards the tree. She realized the life of the tree reflected her self. As she was earlier doing the tree was drowning in the mass of water or energy flooding this place. Elyse fell asleep curled up next to the three breathing heavily. The odd thing was that she wasn't able to deam in this place. Even asleep she seemed to be looking into a mirrior reflecting a mirrior looking back uppon the strange world of her zanpakuto's. When she had awoken the light of the invisble light source of the area had seemingly set into the herizon. If there was such a thing here.

Elyse ad grown board trough that day and denied the creature it's wish for her to return and search for it with in the water. It was clear that the water could take her life but that wasn't what she feared. She started to carve faces into the tree to pass time and to stop her solitude to start setting in. She knew well enough that people were social creatures by nature and in her case she was comfortable alone. The faces resembled her brother Akira and Revlis-sama. As she looked at her brothers image she began to think of when they were kids, and how she would always look to him to help her. In her heart she began to take advantage, but as she looked at how diligent he was she fell far his strength. Revlis showed a pain and a strength she identified with her brothers. Still she couldn't swallow what she had to to face her fears.

The third day rolled in and left the same way it came, silent and still. Elyse began to go slightly mad talking to her images which began to range from everyone she knew in her squad and those of other squads sh'd meet. Also others she'd heared about. As to say the legend of Fiey Belboa made her sound like a dragon of wind. So Elyse dre her as a *chibi* dragon huffing wind as it flew. She was lost in this for two more days. till the point she began to think of her brother again, well not so much him but why'd he died and she'd died. Dispite all the struggling they fought why did they bought die at the same age, different times. The puuzzle of life was a funny inigma, and so she began to laugh at it all. Tears rolled down her face as she did so. Images flashing trough her head of a time lost and a time gained and those to be had.

Elyse once again stood to her feet,with no tought of the lake all around her island. when she looked at her tree it was in even worse condition than it was when she reached this place. Her heart sank as her eyes filled with tears. She was careless and the tree that had be come all of her world began to die. just because she choose a fantasy over her truth her self. A cry could be hear from behind her, the sound of waves rolled in with a voice, it was weeping as well. She ignored it at first and tried to use Chiyudou#1~Kai Kizu. The pieces of bark that were falling destroying the images began to heal, but quikly degenerated back intotwisted faces or scars.

As she continued to try and try to save her tree, her friends, her family, her feelings, her world. In the distance the crying began to sound like laughter, It taunted at the chaos, at her failure. Elyse had enough of death and sought to silence her tormenter. Turning her back to the tree, forgetting it and focusing on what laid ahead of her she ran for the edge of the island. The voice was clearly laughing now but she couldn't find the figure and she couldn't catch it with her ears. Another surge of weakness flooded to her eyes, but she pushed it back down with anger. She began to throw her fist at the water, splashing the water every where.

Elyse's hands began to go numb but she began to smile. Her mind lost in her passion she only saw this as a way to continue hitting at the water, which began to quake from her blows. She started topeer deeper and deeper into the darkness of the lkes depths. With in an instance between her viscious berrage she spotted her enemy. The creature of the lake, with out a second tought, Elyse lunged her entire body into the water, with her right fist guiding her way. The attack was more power full than a bullet train at full speed. the water seemed to part from the sheer force. The attack landed on the Creature.

Now Elyse was treading water in the lake with no fear,but a sense of deep self sadisfaction. Her accomplishment of defeating the demon of the lake was done. As she looked on at the figure trough the water it seemed to sink and then rise from the deepths on it's back. As it surfaced, it appeared that the creature was really a lady. She was addorned in a light white robe of sorts. She was left there drifting on the lake on her back , holding what appeared to be a sword. Elyse was striken with a tinge of shame as she looked onat the womans frail form.

...Hehehe...She shouldn...I can't be blamed, she kepth on taunting me. The demon woman KEPTH ON TAUNTING, TAUNTING!!!

Still weak even afeter finding,hmm.

"What,what's that, you're alive?...Oh thank god..."

The woman continued to lay on her back as her mouth moved. The lady of the lake grew impatient with Elyse. Oh thank god, Pathetic!!! Yo're surposed to be a Shinigami. this kind of thing happens, but if you think you can still avoid pain and death. Living a a hopeful dream I guess my hand has been pulled.

The Woman quickly sank back into the water as Elyse looked on horrified. A hand reappeared where she desended, the hand clendhed to form a fist. Then with the flik of her wrist the blade she was holding appeared in her hand. She didn't seem to preform her next move with much force, but what Elyse could feel and understand clearly ws the force she felt blow her away as the hand brought the blade down in a slash.
Elyse was blown away skimming like a rock tossed on a pond, back to her little island. Yet her tree caught her, she stood to her feet clenching her knee as she struggled fromthe blow and she rushed to fight, diving back into the water. The blade repeated the previous action blowing her away again. Yet she stood again, and again as her clothes were ripped off bit by bit by the force of the attacks. Her skin was peeling and rubbed bare as she fought against the blows protecting her tree.

The lady of the lake began to speak, " What do you want to save Elyse, What do you love, what will you do to have them, are you even capable of saving youer self!!

Elyse wasn't herself at this point but a fore shodowing figure of herself. she stood naked to the world and it's element she stood. Shaken and seemingly broken, but the fact that she stood showed power, and she knew for the first time that she had it, and knew how to use it. So she spoke from her heart, void of her onsticles and unafrade. Fool hartty but wise.

"I'm ELyse Sajima of Squad four seat five, beyond that I'm the younger sister of Akira Sajima Squad six, beyond that a hummble student of Revlis Roseheart. "

"To be true to what you asked I tell you this, i'll save everything, I love everyone, and I'll do anything to gain them may it be life or death....Yet I will always seek life over death. As for my life It's alone, a stranded island that i'll have to take care of, but i'll share it with those who have lost their own and I'll spread my self thin fighting for what i believe my life was ment for.So..."

Elyse took a step into the water, as soon as she touhced the water the blade began to crash down harder in an efort to reject her. Yet she some how pushed forward even with her eyes blinded by blood. her mouth filed with the crimson metal taste of her life force. Yet she wore a gentle smile of a mother. She glowed brighter than a star that day. Making everyhting away from her seem like it was standing in the darkness of space. She peered trough her crimson vail of blood to find that the hands of her aggresure were bleeding form attacking. Elyse reachd out a shakey hand and placed in on the "Lady of the Lakes" hand and the blade. She finally stopped. As soon as they touched the water parted carrying a tinge of blood which became pink and rosey.

The two stood in the mist of a vast void below but Elyse continued to smile as she leaned over to kiss the Woman. Thier lips meet withone another with tears of crimson and freshwater intertwining. Elyse pulled back as she gasped for a new breath of life. Yet her heart was still and calmed. She bowed hed head still holding the Lodies hands, with both of her own now. the blade was flipped back down and the two held on tight. Elyse still smiling announced her greeting to the "Lady of the Lake".

"My name Is Elyse, and you are?..."

With her head as well and spoke with the voice of a forbouding woman of age. Yet her respect was clear Beyond words.

" A Woman in the pressance of a knight and her Mistress. My name is NAMUEH"

"Well Namueh You seem to be in need of help, let me heal your wounds...

...Chiyudou# 1 Kai Kizu."

The wounds on namueh's hands healed as elyse stil wore her warm smile. Namueh in thanks asked Elyse to kneel. Raising the blade again Elyes felt the steel touch her once again, but in was gentle, and empowering.

" I knight the, Elyse Sajima a knight of the Lost Lake. May my flesh be your weapon, and may your judgement be always clear."

Elyse stood and embraced Namueh on last time befor emerging fro her sleep. Her body was fatigued and her frame seemed smaller. Yet now she wore a white and gold chain-mail. Her Aura began to surge brining back her youth and strength.

"I'm back..."