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Chapter 16:
Journey to the Cliff of Dreams
Sheena woke up an hour after being rendered unconscious. Zelos was in a deep
sweat, worrying about the female ninja. This was not at all like him, but when
Sheena saw the swordsman like this, he was probably thinking how he was to get
home. However, unbeknownst to her, he did care. Somewhat. Astra cast a healing
spell, and then Sheena felt good enough to get up.
“Wh…What happened?” Sheena asked to nobody in particular.
“You looked mortified.” Astra said, “Like you had seen a horrible entity.”
“You should not do that again.” Cresenta suggested, “This man was very worried
about you.”
Sheena blushed for a minute and regained her composure, “What do we do now? Go
to where?”
“We must go to where you first landed when you got here” Sola answered, “The
Cliff of Dreams is north of there.”
“ What is the Cliff of Dreams and how do ya know where we landed?” Zelos
questioned.
“We Summon Spirits are much like the ones in your world.” Sola replied, “We can
see what goes on in this world without having to leave our temples. Also, the
Cliff of Dreams is where Universa resides.”
“I see,” Sheena said, “anyway, shouldn’t we be getting to the Cliff?”
“Yes. The area where the cliff is south of here.” Astra commented.
“We have to walk?” Zelos groaned.
This was replied by two swift slaps from the women.
Wile they were walking, Sheena noticed Zelos was depressed. Surely walking
doesn’t make a person that sad.
“Zelos…” Sheena said, “what’s wrong?”
“Hm? Oh it’s nothing” the swordsman replied.
“That look on your face doesn’t mean it’s fine!” Sheena yelled.
“Sorry.” Zelos apologized.
“You didn’t do anything wrong.” Sheena told him, brushing a few strands of hair
away from her amber eyes, “Now tell me.”
“Okay…” Zelos obeyed, “Well, remember when I fell over when we fought Cresenta
and I couldn’t do anything but yell, ‘Now Sheena!’”
“Yes.” Sheena said, “It was funny when you said others with me and still on the
ground.” A laugh came out of her mouth.
“I didn’t want that to happen again.” Zelos said seriously, “I don’t want you to
die because of me.”
“Regal gave you this feeling, didn’t he?” the female ninja asked.
“I guess. Why?”
“Well, you would have never said anything so caring.” Sheena blushed, but the
redness faded away instantly, “You’ve changed a bit, Zelos.”
The Gleaming Knight smiled. Sheena had smile on her face as well as they kept
walking.
Also along the way a conversation between the Derris Summon Spirits was ensued.
“Cresenta…” Astra began, “What’s wrong? You haven’t been your normal self
lately.”
“Well, it’s strange” the Warrior of the Moon replied, “With these two, I feel
strange.”
“True.” Sola said, “We have not been summoned in quite a while.”
“Yet we remember how to fight as if it were yesterday.” Astra said, with a tint
of sadness in her voice.
“You seemed ashamed, dear sister.” Cresenta sounded slightly surprised.
“Well, it is a gift and a curse to know how to fight, how to kill.” The Mistress
of Stars replied, “You know how to defend a person in need, like my siblings,
but you also know how to kill, and with that, there is…”
“Death.” Sola finished for her, “You despise the word, do you not?”
“I have a reason to.” Astra answered, “After all, death is a burden. When you
kill someone, you kill all of their hopes and dreams, as well.”
There was a silence among the Summon Spirits for a moment.
“However, we shall only kill people when it is needed.” Cresenta finally broke
the silence.
“Yes.” Sola and Astra answered, ending the conversation.
When the finally got to the cliff, Sheena and Zelos waited while the spirits
performed a chant. The three magic circles below them were tremendously focused
and strong. When the incantation was finished, sparks of blue, yellow, and
purple flew everywhere falling form the cliff like a cascade of color. A man in
ceremonial robes appeared, looking a lot like Maxwell, without the floating
chair and the black robes. This Summon Spirit’s robes were blue, adorned with
yellow gems n the shoulders and amethysts and the legs, not hindering movement
at all.
“Who has awoken me?”
A/N; Kind of short, but still…this was more of a talking chapter. So let’s keep
reading to find out what happens next!
Raine: Oh no you don’t! Holy Lance!
Colette: Professor, why are you doing that!?!
Raine: Because it is amusing, Colette.
Colette: Oh…okay! Judgement!
Ow….
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