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Chapter 10:
Temple Of Stars Continued, Infinite Rooms and Memories
A monster made of pure stardust crashed down from the ceiling. Two sets of armor
came up as well, though there were no bodies in them. Sheena got ready to fight,
as did Zelos. Sheena now noticed there was another door opened out of the five,
the farthest right one. They would have to beat theses enemies first, however.
Zelos started off with a new spell, Element Toss. A glowing ball appeared and
Zelos threw it. A moon fell on Sheena’s blade; for this battle it would be the
moon element, effective against star. A light flew into Zelos’ sword; now it was
the light element. This could seem like a stupid move, but elements can greatly
affect the odds of winning. Sheena knew this and attacked like crazy. If she
kept this up she could win. Zelos was easily handling the knights. One caught
him off guard with a lance, and Zelos slammed against the wall.
Sheena felt rage welt up in her, “Okay. A new spell. Curing Seal!”
A white light shined upon Zelos. It had the spotlight effect, but it healed him
a lot. Zelos gave Sheena his thanks and kept fighting.
One of the knights was almost dead, but then it snuck up behind Sheena. Zelos
stabbed it just before Sheena noticed what was going to happen.
The spear fell to the floor. Sheena realized how close it was to her head.
She suddenly felt faint. The world began to get black. But if she stopped now,
Zelos could die. And that would NOT happen. She would never let another life be
taken. She had to keep going. So, she did. She raised her katana upon the other
knight, not facing her. Sheena stabbed into the helmet and then kicked the
knight away. Zelos then learned a new sword technique, and just in time, too,
for the knight was about to get back up from his fall.
“Whitehot Pyre!” Zelos jumped up, spinned, and then shot a white fireball from
his blade.(A/N : This says spinned isn’t a word, but it is!) The flame hit the
knight, and he fell over again. It wasn’t a klutzy fall though, such as
Colette’s. Sheena then got an idea.
“Zelos! Let’s try a Unison Attack now on the big thing!”
“Okay!”
Sheena stabbed the huge enemy once, and then used Glimmering Seal. Zelos then
used Whitehot Pyre. The two attacks combined to form a Special Combo, Shining
Flame. A colossal golden flame crashed into the enemy, and it kneeled down for a
minute. The two used this time to kill the remaining knight. This time, the foe
used it star magic for its spell, Raining Panic. Many meteors crashed
everywhere, and many of them hit Sheena. Zelos immediately cast Healing Stream,
and most of the damage was recovered.
Now Sheena saw an opening; whenever the monster attacked a spot on it would
glow. If she could hit it, she could score major pain on it. The monster began
to cast a spell again, and Sheena stabbed into the glowing spot. The monster
began to explode, throwing Zelos against a wall, Sheena barely avoiding the
blasts. She cast Curing Seal on Zelos, who reacted by stabbing the monster more.
When he did this, the spot got smaller. Sheena got impatient and continuously
stabbed the spot, which got at its smallest point and disappeared. The monster
then died, throwing two chunks of the Temple’s wall at the two doors that were
next to the middle. Sheena and Zelos figured the only way to get to them now was
star magic; but they knew it would be okay so the went in the newly opened door.
“You’re doing well.” the voice pounded in her head, “Two more Spirits until you
meet me. However, it will not be your first time seeing me.”
Sheena was dazed, but regained her composure quite quickly and focused on
the room that lay before her. It had many, many star shaped platforms risen in
random places. These pillars sometimes struck into the ceiling, but not all of
them did. The ceiling had star engravements on it; for this room, the warping
would be at the top. Strange. And anyway, how would they get to the ceiling? The
platforms were too high to jump on. Sheena then got an idea. If she summoned
Undine, the water could fill up this room to get she and Zelos to the ceiling.
“I’m going to try something,” she told Zelos. Then she began to chant, “Mystic
waters, come to my aid, and fill this room with pristine water. I summon thee,
Undine!”
Undine, the water spirit clad in an aqua green dress, appeared and began to
deluge the room in water. The liquid splashed everywhere, some landing in
Sheena’s mouth. It was a very sweet tasting water, it was the Undine’s after
all. The water almost was at the ceiling, but then Sheena told her to stop, as
their heads were almost in the water. Sheena then summoned Celsius, to spread
the water so it would be able to stand on. Celsius did as told, and then Sheena
summoned Cresenta, who used his lunar power to let Zelos and Sheena walk on the
ceiling. Celsius’ ice was in deed helpful, because since it was ground to jump
off of, they could get to the ceiling.
After this explanatory paragraph, the ceiling began to glow. Sheena took
Zelos’ hand as to not lose him during the warp. She didn’t and they warped to
the room right of the center door. Sheena was very surprised to see many
Sheena’s and Zelos’ in different costumes. There were also many mirrors, which
made the room all too more confusing. And what was worse all the Sheenas and
Zeloses began to attack. Sheena summoned Cresenta to deal with many of the
Zeloses. There were now 24 Sheenas and 2 Zeloses. Zelos then used his Whitehot
Pyre technique to kill two Sheenas. Basically, they were weak, yet very
annoying. (Exactly like the Marios in the Event Match Super Mario 128 in Super
Smash Bros. Melee for Gamecube. If you’ve played that you’ll know what I mean
=P) Zelos then cast a new spell he learned, Engravement Channel. A trench
twisted and turned all around the room, rocks stabbing in I many crazy
directions. This attack killed many of the Sheenas. Zelos killed the two
remaining Zeloses and Sheena killed the last 3 Sheenas. Now the floor began to
glow. A half of a key appeared just before Zelos and Sheena starting warping, so
Sheena grabbed it quickly, knowing it could have some importance. Right after
this the two were transported to the room to the right of the center door.
In this room there was an angel in it. An artificial one, not a real one,
like Colette. Sheena and Zelos killed it easily and focused on the room. There
were many pictures. It was a very spacious room, showing pictures of horrible
memories. The destruction of Mizuho flowed back into Sheena’s head Zelos saw
this as well. He also saw one of his worst memories, when he was a little kid…
It was the day, and Zelos was a young kid. The King told him since he was the
Chosen he should be allowed to live in the Castle. However, Zelos couldn’t
understand why his mother couldn’t come with him. He had asked this every day,
and he would never get his answer, at least not one that made since. So, she
didn’t have much money, his mom was nice; did money really matter? Zelos got fed
up and yelled, “I’m leaving. You’re stupid, and…”
The king suddenly yelled, “We sent your mother away to the ranch. She was your
mother, a worthy experiment.”
“Nooo!” Zelos yelled, “You didn’t!!”
“Of course in the form she’s in now… I guess it doesn’t matter, we set her
free.”
Zelos ran out of the castle and looked in the slums. A horrible monster was
there. Once Zelos ran in, it began to follow him.
“C’mon mom, let’s go!!” yelled the young Zelos.
The Exbula followed him outside of Meltokio, and into Garriochia Forest, a
forbidden place. He wished he could stay there forever, until two hours later,
when his mom turned back into a human.
“Mommy!” little Zelos yelled as he hugged her.
“Zelos… I always loved you… thank you…” was all she said. Then, slowly, she
died.
The modern Zelos’ tears welled up. He had always tried to forget that memory.
No matter how much he tried. But, he would fight for his mother. And his sister.
That was why he was the Chosen. These feelings went into his sword as he struck
the picture.
Now it was Sheena’s turn to overcome this fear. True, she did destroy Mizuho
once, but she was atoning for it by making it better. She would, and would keep
doing so. She would live. Sheena struck her blade into the picture. The floor
began to glow now, but another half of a key appeared. Zelos grabbed this one,
and the team was separated to the central room.
At this room, the two halves melded together. Sheena took the newly formed key
and said, “This is it. Well here goes…”
She opened the door and…
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