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Chapter 14:
Solar Adventure Part 2
“A-A-An Angel!?!?” Sheena stuttered, barely seeing the winged being through her
blurred vision. Form what she could see, he was very strong and equipped a very
big tipped spear. He also was about 12 feet taller than Zelos, but since the
walls in this room were so high and wide, the room didn’t collapse.
“Well now, more guests. No matter, I shall avenge Mithos this time!” the angel
yelled.
“Pretty polite guy, giving us his name and everything.” Zelos said as he
unsheathed his sword from its scabbard.
“As we see who’s talking…” Sheena mumbled silently.
“Silence! I will not lose to a couple of pathetic humans!” the aloft man
screamed.
“Dammit!” Sheena thought to herself, “How am I supposed to fight?!?!”
She then remembered her conversation with Cresenta, ‘Isn’t there some way to
fight while a Summon Spirit is still out?!’
‘Yes, there is, however, that was long ago, and also, the book on it is probably
lost, or gone. Archeological professors are probably the only ones I suspect of
having it.’
While recollecting this memory, Sheena felt a spark from within her. The answer
on how to keep both Celsius out and let her fight was…
Her answer was interrupted before she figured it out. A flat, silver triangle
was inches away from her face. It was the angel’s spear.
“What the heck!!” Sheena yelled at him, “Leave me alone!” She followed up this
command with a slow katana strike, which the angel easily dodged.
“I, Garrochia, will not lose to you!” her enemy yelled.
Sheena ran away from him and began to concentrate interrupted by a loud clinging
noise. Zelos had suddenly been unarmed, and Garrochia, seeing his opening, began
to cast a spell. Sheena ran up to him, and resorted to throwing a few cards his
way. This distracted him, giving Zelos the time to retrieve his blade. Once he
did, the angel went straight for him again. But now, however, Zelos was prepared
and threw a Whitehot Pyre in Garrochia’s direction. Within the time of this,
Sheena regained her track of thought, not even noticing Zelos was losing, and
that Garrochia was now coming for her, a crimson liquid tipped on his spear.
Sheena now saw these things, and the answer came to her.
“If I want to be a good Summoner, then I must know I can do this!” Sheena yelled
as her massive foe neared her, “Mistress of ice and snow, may your powers recede
my focus, but let it stay intact! I will fight!”
A sudden blue spark appeared next to Sheena, signifying Celsius was till out.
Just as the spear it was about to hit Sheena, she flipped away, bounding off her
hand and landing near Zelos. She cast Purgatory Seal quickly on him, and then
began to cast Curing Seal as well. However this was interrupted, and Sheena was
held responsible to distract the angel while Zelos healed himself. The Magic
Swordsman took no time to pull out a Miracle Gel, but did not use it on himself.
He used it on Sheena, by tossing in her left hand; the one she didn’t fight
with. The female ninja thanked Zelos quickly as she kept Garrochia’s spear at
bay. She was now doing well, and the battle seemed to be turning to their side
as Zelos healed himself. However, their foe began to cast a spell, the magic
circle looking different than the other time. Sheena recognized it as an
uninterruptible spell. She ignored it, though and hit Garrochia with her
Waterfall Impalement move. Garrochia finished the spell, Asteroid Rain, the more
powerful version of Meteor Storm. Gold flames were burned mahogany colored
rocks, which hit Sheena and Zelos quite hard. The woman of the group retorted by
using a Magic Lens to see how much health her enemy had left. It wasn’t much,
but he now had put a shield up, impervious to all attacks, it seemed. Sheena let
loose some power from her; another new attack, Starswarm. Lavender blades
blessed with star element struck the enemy and exploded on impact. The angel
disintegrated, and was dead.
“We did it!” Sheena yelled jumping up in the air for joy. The blue sparks
twinkled merrily, reflecting Sheena’s mood.
“You seem to be a lot more peppy.” Zelos stated, “What gives?”
“I mastered how to keep fighting with a Summon Spirit out!” Sheena replied, “But
my mana is almost running out…’ Zelos to out a Pineapple Gel and gave to Sheena.
“Well, I only have ten left.” Zelos said quickly, “We have to not use them a
lot.”
“Well then let’s hurry up!” Sheena said, running to the next room.
Inside was a piece of paper. It read…
“You, whom are trying to gain solar strength, the tests here will bend your
mental strength in ways impossible on Earth. I bid you good luck.”
These words disappeared and were replaced with…
“When the ones cannot see, the other sense must aid you.”
Sheena felt a strange sensation as the room became a jet black. She could not
see, but it felt as if her other sense were greatly enhanced.
“Watch out.” Zelos commented, “I almost fell in a hole. That must be the secret
to this room, to use your other senses to get by.
Sheena listened to his words, and then smelled a faint aroma of smoke.
However, it was wafting upward in to the room, so it must have some from below.
The female then got the idea of the room, which was if you smelled an aroma
coming from below it would be a hole. However, sometimes a smell would come from
the left, to distract the person. They used this tactic to get to the next room.
It was mostly peaceful, but at one point Sheena almost fell in a hole. She
wondered what the other room would be like.
In this room, Sheena and Zelos could actually see, but their sense of smell
was cut off, along with their sense of touch. A fire blazed at their feet, but
they did not notice. The fire began to grab Sheena’s clothes. Zelos’ had not yet
got enflamed, but they were about to. Once they did, there was a huge red glow
throughout the room. Sheena turned around to see her clothes. The flames had
reached up to her knees; w could she not have noticed?!? Zelos, meanwhile, was
trying to remember water spells to put the fire out, but he was failing. Sheena
immediately cast a Tethe Seal of Water on herself and Zelos. The fire was doused
form their clothes but their clothes were ruined. Sheena sighed and made Zelos
turn away as she changed in to her suit, one Astra had given her. It was a light
purple cloth suit, hard to rip, but very elegant. White stars were spread all
across the arms and legs and a huge opal colored star was on the back. Blue
streaks also flowed around the five pointed shapes. It was also very fit for
fighting, even though it didn’t look like it. Zelos suit was gold kimono, with
symbols of the spell Photon on it. Shining dots adorned the suit, it gleamed
lightly every time he moved. There was also the magic circle of Photon covering
the arms. In the center, there was a picture of the spell, with no person
casting it, but plain and simply it. Whoever made the suit obviously spent a lot
of time on it. Once they had changed, far from the fire, mind you, they went
into the next room.
Within this corridor the floor was slightly slanted, and the two people lost
all sense of direction, as well. Sheena kept falling over but quickly regained
her composure, noticing spikes at the walls of the room, except the some space
near the door, so you could get a grip on normality. Zelos and Sheena had to
keep rolling whenever they fell ,to avoid the thorns. After much dizziness and
slight headaches, they made it through the room.
“Hah…” Sheena sighed, “Oh man…that hurts…”
“Dizzy?” Zelos questioned.
“You think!?!” Sheena yelled, exasperated.
“Heh.” Zelos laughed, “Sorry.”
Sheena laughed it off and looked at the room before her. It was weird all senses
were intact, so those trials must be over. Until a court landed in the room. A
banner read “The Trial of Future Events Of The Mind of Sheena Fujibayashi” (A/N:
The sign is supposed to be this way. This trial will not happen in the sequel,
it’s just a foreshadowing I’m trying out.”
“You drove him to it you know.” the judge said.
“You said you hated him, and you probably did, giving him this death” the King
of Tethe’alla said.
“I didn’t!” Sheena heard herself yell. Strangely she was watching herself do
things from a first person view.
“You are an evil person. Sheena Fujibayashi, you should feel this pain. It is
all your fault.” the judge said.
“Court is adjourned!”
Sheena was pulled from her mental state, seeing an entranced Zelos coming after
her. She dodged a sword swipe, and was trying to get him back to reality, but it
was not working. She also noticed a katana cut on his right arm, from her,
perhaps? Sheena then saw a cut on her leg, from Zelos. What had Sheena done
while entranced? Zelos had a weird look on his face, as if recalling a memory…
“You, Zelos wilder are inscribed to be the Chosen. This day as meant to be. You
will rule Tethe’alla on day.”
This wasn’t in the past, but rather an event going on in Zelos’ mind. He was not
paying attention to reality, but he was entranced in his own mind.
“You have no other choice. Accept this blessing.”
People agreed to this all around the young red haired boy.
Sheena kept parrying his attacks until she could take no longer.
“Stop it!” Sheena yelled, slapping Zelos. He looked at her for a minute, but
continued to stay in his trance.
A sudden memory came to Sheena. At the Magic Laboratory at Sybak, she remembered
reading a book that said a kiss could break magic effects. Well, she had no
choice Zelos could have killed her. So she leant up to him and…
She kissed him.
She embraced him, her arms fitting in a position that seemed just right. Zelos
just stood there, stunned. He then subconsciously kissed her back, the spell
weakening. The spell broke, a few blue sparks flying every which way. Zelos
found himself kissing Sheena, and he began to kiss back. Sheena then realized
that glassy look was gone from his eyes, and she pushed away.
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