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Mothers
Mizuki opened her eyes and looked all around her. She saw only grass, flowers, and healing herbs that she had seen before. Looking at the herbs, Mizuki thought of her wound, and looked for it. She looked in vain, however, because there was no wounds anywhere on her anymore, which greatly confused her. She began thinking whether or not she was dead, and while pondering the thought, heard a sound from behind. She turned around and looked, but saw nothing. Then something tapped her shoulder, and she grabbed whatever touched her and turned to see who or what it was. Mizuki gasped.

The figure was tall, with green hair that seemed to be perfectly well groomed, and the figure was slim as well. She wore the same kind of clothing as Mizuki did, except that the figure before her had one that was larger, and in a white, yellow, and orange combination. The figure, which looked somewhat surprised at the movements Mizuki made, stood before her without fear of any damage Mizuki could inflict upon her. She motioned for Mizuki to sit down on the grass, and Mizuki cautiously did so. The figure joined her, and began to speak.

figure: "Hello, Mizuki."
Mizuki: "..hello."
Figure: "How was your day today?"
Mizuki: (opening) "Oh my god, I'm so glad someone asked that! It was so bad, you see:"-
and Mizuki told the entire trip with detail to the being, knowing that she wasn't dangerous enough to harm her... if she were even alive.
Figure: "I see. So you are ok?"
Mizuki: "I don't know... but that doesn't matter. We never properly introduced ourselves, though you know my name, somehow. What is your name?"
Figure: "I would rather not speak of it, but I would like to be called Iva."
Mizuki: "I see. Well, Iva, how did you know my name?"
Iva: "...I just knew."
Mizuki: "You just knew?"
Iva: "Yes."
Mizuki: "I see... Where are we?"
Iva: "You are in a special realm, one that has no name, because it would change depending on the person who thinks of it. It is thought of continuously by many beings, all over earth, and it changes with the strongest thoughts that the souls erect."
Mizuki: "Ok then..."
Iva: "Mizuki, you're not understanding everything yet, are you?"
Mizuki: "Not at all, I'm afraid."
Iva: "Don't worry about it. I'll show you."

Iva pulled the wooden box out of her kimono, and placed it in front of Mizuki. Mizuki took the box and looked at it. It wasn't very special, but it had a gear in its side with a little, metal, pink colored orb attached to the side. Iva motioned for Mizuki to pull the orb, and Mizuki pulled it cautiously. Suddenly the box opened up and shined a glorious light, one that made Mizuki drop the box and scramble backwards in surprise. Whatever was happening to it, though, Iva was perfectly still, and watched the box until the light died away.
"Look inside of it."
Mizuki obeyed, and moved closer to the box. When Mizuki picked up the box, she looked inside. There was a piece of paper. Mizuki picked it up, and looked at it. It seemed like a pretty ordinary piece of paper, that is, until Mizuki turned it over. Mizuki's eyes widened as she looked at it with continuously growing confusion, sadness, and a hint of anger. It was a particularly realistic sketch of her when she was very young, and she was being held by two older people who seemed to be her parents. 'One of them looks just like Iva...' Mizuki looked at Iva with a lot of vexation.

Mizuki: "Where did you get this?"
Iva: "Why, it's been held here for many years now. About a decade and a half, actually."
Mizuki: "Did you have it then?"
Iva: "Yes, I did have it. It was all I had left in the world."
Mizuki: "Alright then. Who are you really? How did you come across this picture? Tell me!"
Iva: "Alright. I am Iva, as you know. However, that picture was mine, and was given to me by an exceptional artist when he drew your family."
Mizuki: "Why does that woman look like you?"
Iva: "Because that is me."
Mizuki: "...but... if that's you... then..."
Iva: "That is right. I am your mother."
Mizuki: ".....if you're my mother... then who's my father?"
Iva: *sighs* "Your fathers name was Taran. He was a wonderful swordsman, one who was particularly kind, and always avoided fighting when able to. One day our paths crossed when I was carrying water and fell down some stairs. He was soaked, and I was embarressed, and all he and I could say was 'um'. Ever since then, we were together like salt and pepper and we eventually had you. You were the cutest bundle of joy in the world, and the bundle of joy part was never to be taken lightly. You see, almost everyone who saw you could not help smile at you, and you never stopped your smiles, or giggles for that matter. It was as if you were the embodiment of happiness itself, and that may very well be true. However, some people didn't love you as much as all the other people. In fact, they came to your father and I, and they gave us two choices. Either we could kill you, or we could leave you to die in the wild. We chose neither of them, and they left us with anger and hate. A few nights afterward, they attacked us in an attempt to kill you. However, we escaped thanks to your father's swordsmanship, and my ability to run at high speeds when motivated by last minute panic. Your father took us to his house in his mountain, one that could never be found by anyone other than our family, and we hid there. After about a year passed, we sent for someone to draw our family portrait, and your father made that box that held the picture."
Mizuki: "Oh... but, what happened? Where is father now?"
Iva: "Oh... a few weeks after we had the picture drawn, we were attacked in our sleep. Your father saw your danger, and immediately rushed to fight for your life. Unfortunately, the attackers brought in tame wolves, and attacked your father. Your poor father faught with all his might, but was overtaken by the wolves. Before that, however, your father injured each of the attackers. They had to leave because of the urgency of their injuries, and you and I were left alone with the wolves."
Mizuki: "So... you mean... dad's dead?"
Iva: "Yes... he is. But that is not the end of it all. You see, being left alone with you and the wolves, and being totally defenseless at the time, I ran to get you out of the house. I ran down all the stairs, and through the halls ignoring every scratch and bite that happened...... until..."
Mizuki: ".....until...?"
Iva: "......until I was bitten on my neck, and I was mortally wounded. I had fallen to the ground, and you came with me. You were awake during this time, and you didn't know what was going on. You saw one of the wolves, particularly one with greyish fur, and started giggling at it. The sound of your giggles comforted me, as I slowly fell... to my death."
Mizuki: "But....how? Why? Who did that, mother? Who did it?!"
Iva: "Mizuki.... the ones that took the lives of your father and myself are the Werewolf mages."
Mizuki: "The mages?! But why!? They have no business outside of their village. I know that for a fact!"
Iva: "Well... I was just getting to that. Mizuki, what I am about to tell you, you may be upsetting, and may confuse you, but you need to listen. Mizuki.... I am a mage. Particularly the seventh of the seven mages. No! Don't say a word yet. You see, I was also summoned by the werewolf village, and I came to it as the only live mage with the power to heal. I also had another ability, one that involved voice, and I shall now call it Tone. I was called the mage of Vocal healing. Not too bad of a name, but something that could use improvement..."
Mizuki: "So you are a mage?"
Iva: "Was a mage. I am dead now."
Mizuki: "...Does that mean I am dead...?"
Iva: "Oh, no! Oh my goodness, no... You're still alive and kicking, I must say. You've only gone into your dream state again."
Mizuki: "My dream state?"
Iva: "Yes. It's when you link into your dreams, which have the power to see everything, unleash power, or even lend power. Sadly, right now, you're not the only one who is alive you know."
Mizuki: "What do you mean?"
Iva: "As you should know, the Mages are still very much alive. However, no one who looks in their will see anybody, other than you, that was their when the fight happened."
Mizuki: "....."
Iva: "You don't have much time, Mizuki. I was able to see you right now due to your wishes of actually wanting to meet a true relative. But you and I must part soon."
Mizuki: "Wait! You knew the mages, correct? What are their weaknesses? Tell me!"
Iva: "I cannot do that, Mizuki. I am bound by my fate as a ghost to never speak that information. I was only allowed to see you and tell you about your past. Now that that is done, it is time for me to go."
Mizuki: "But... Mother! Wait! Please don't go.." *let's out a stream of tears that create a new feeling for Mizuki.*
Iva: *hugging Mizuki* "Now, dear, remember, your father and I will always be a part of you. You just had to awaken yourself to that. And now that you've found me, I can help you by giving you what I have left of myself.."

Iva stood up and left Mizuki sitting on the ground in tears. Iva started to spin, and spun in a wide circle around Mizuki, avoiding to hit her, or any trees or rocks. Eventually, she stopped, and grabbed Mizuki's hands. Mizuki looked up at her mother with tear filled eyes. She saw her mother's smile, and also saw her hair starting to fade away. Mizuki's eyes widened, as she saw her mother fading away, and desperately began trying to think of something to stop it from happening. However, Iva just shook her head and began to speak again.

Iva: "Do not bother, Mizuki. I am doing this of my own free will. I decided that it was time you inherited the powers that our family holds in it's name. The ability of Tone. No one else will ever have that ability, and no one else can hope to have it either. It is yours now, and yours alone. Just remember, as I fade away, I come a bit closer to seeing your fa-"

Iva's head had faded away at this time, and now the arms were fading away fast. Soon, it was down to her forearms...then her wrists... her hands.... and at last the fingertips that now touched Mizuki's cheek. When those faded away too, Mizuki began to sob convulsively, and didn't stop until the light in the sky finally engulfed her and held her in the air. She began to feel a sudden anger, one that was hidden inside of her, and then... it fell out of her. It came out in a little river, one that surrounded her body, and kept her inside of itself...

[ooc] We still need Dragon Dude... [/ooc]

[ooc] I'm back guys.. sorry for being gone for so long. Let's get started... Oh, btw, Razz, I hope you don't mind me controlling your character for this.... I'm afraid I need to in order to make this work. Same thing with everyone else, but you guys are minorly controlled. [/ooc]

Tacaeus looked up in the air, as Yanguz finally came down from the top of the temple. Shielding their eyes, Shinryu, ShoRyu, Yanguz, Kedjin, and Tacaeus were trying to look at the pillar of light in front of them. Yanguz took a step towards it, and tried touching it. It felt like a torrent of water.....

Tacaeus: "So everyones here now.."
ShinRyu: "What do you mean everyone? Where is Mizuki?"
Yanguz & Kedjin: "....."
Tacaeus: "You see that pillar of light?"
ShoRyu: "Yes."
Tacaeus: "Smack-dab-in-the-middle."
ShoRyu: "Then what of her health?!"
ShinRyu: "Can we not get her out?"
Yanguz: "Her life is troubled at this moment, but she seems to be healthy. I can feel it."
Tacaeus: "That takes care of that worry... But we can get her out."
Shinryu: "Why not? Surely we can do something to at least help her escape."
Tacaeus: "Believe me, I tried." *flashbacks*

Meanwhile, Mizuki was floating inside the light, in her little dream. It was calm and peaceful, but inside the it was a little too eerie. Nothing that normal humans could stand, and certainly nothing that an angel has seen either. It was something that was between Light and Darkness, but was still "light". However, it was not going to last long, because Mizuki was now awakening. Suddenly, the pillar of light began fading, and Mizuki was still in the air. Everyone slowly unshielded their eyes to the light, as Mizuki's light faded into the temple. They all looked at Mizuki, who was, apparantly, looking at them as well. She had a smile on her face, one that showed motherly love, and at the same time, Tacaeus seemed a little uneasy. He moved quietly forward, and stopped about 3 feet in front of her. Mizuki changed the direction of her gaze, and focused on Fang. Suddenly, her eyes fixed on Tacaeus, and he could tell that she wasn't normal: Her eyes were now pupil-less, and her smile was wicked.

Tears & Flow

Mizuki went close to Tacaeus, and touched his cheek in a sort of loving way. Tacaeus remained still. Something was definitely wrong here, and the fact that she had no pupils in her eyes was definitely a give away. Suddenly, he felt an immense pain in his ears and head, as he heard what sounded like millions of women singing in high-pitched voices. Then he was kicked away by Mizuki, who did a sort of backflip after the kick. She just stared at Tacaeus, who held his ears, because the pain was immense, and the voices were plenty. She began moving towards Tacaeus once more, who now backed away, and was holding her hands out. Everyone else sat behind on the side, watching, afraid of what they might have to do, or what may happen. Tacaeus hit a wall with his back, and looked at Mizuki in the eyes. He thought for a moment, and then decided on an action. He formed a ball out of what seemed like light, and channeled what seemed like more light into it.

Tacaeus: "Sorry, Mizuki; everyone. This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you..."

Then Tacaeus threw the ball at Mizuki, and made a direct hit. Mizuki, being hit by the ball, flew into the wall, and then she fell to the ground. The wall behind and above her began to crumble, and a lot of debris fell on top of her body.

ShinRyu: "...Lady Mizuki..."
Everyone: "......."
Tacaeus: "....Sorry.."

Tacaeus turned, and started walking towards everyone to tell them of why he had to do sych a rash action. The least they deserved was an explanation after all. However, a rock hit Tacaeus on the side of his arm, which was now broken. He held his painstricken arm, and looked around for the one who damaged his arm so much with one thrown rock. What he saw, though, surprised him and struck a little fear into his heart. Mizuki was floating in midair, with the rocks floating around her in large circles. She made a motion with her hand that meant "go there" or something. Suddenly a particularly large rock flung itself at Tacaeus with blinding speed. He escaped, though barely, with a large gash on his leg. Tacaeus began having to dodge the rocks being thrown at him, and soon began to try to get out of the temple itself. However, the exit at the top of the temple was now sealed with an ancient magic, that was lost in time for thousands of years. This spell was also blocking everyone from entering the fight between Mizuki and Tacaeus. Just at that moment, Mizuki dropped all of the rocks, and looked at Tacaeus with a tear-stricken face. She suddenly moved in with amazingly fast speed, and began to attack Tacaeus hand to hand. Tacaeus, with his speed, began dodging, yet, at the same time, he felt himself slowing down and he could not battle with his broken arm. Sadly, at the moment when he dodged a punch, Mizuki did a frontflip type of motion, and kicked Tacaeus into the ground. Then, without a show of remorse, she began to rush at Tacaeus in a flurry of punches and kicks coming from all directions possible.

Recieving a large amount of pain from the attacks of Mizuki, Tacaeus fought just to remain concious. If he were to fall unconcious, he would die for sure, and there would be no way to go see his sweetheart in heaven anymore.... but then Mizuki stopped the attacks, and Tacaeus sort of levitated without his knowledge or wanting to. He was forced to float around, and then was thrown out of the barrier, and into the crowd of friends that stood by, trying to keep him concious and alive.

ShinRyu: (Looking at Mizuki, who stayed inside the barrier) "Why is she doing this.."
Yanguz: "It's obvious that she has trned into the devil's slave. We must-"
ShoRyu: "NO! She is not a devil's slave! She is Mizuki: the sorceress who would give her life to help others. There must be some reason why she is doing this."
Tacaeus: "Well *cough*, actually, she's *deep breath* in a loss of mind right now. It has happened once before, a long time ago, I believe, when we were attacked by an Anacondaur at a weaker state. However *cough* *sneeze* she didn't attack us, she attacked it, and I must say, she definitely killed it. She left holes in it's body from an ice magic. But this time, she *cough* is attacking *wince* us. Why are we being attacked..."
Kedjin: "Maybe there is something in this temple that we need that may help her?"
Yanguz: " But what?"
ShinRyu: "There must be something..."
Tacaeus: "Let's go find it, before she get's out of the barrier... yet, at the same time, I won't exactly be too much help to you."
ShoRyu: "Doesn't matter... Let's go."

They all ran from the chamber with Mizuki, and hurried far into the temple to look for something to help her with. Fang was left lying on the ground unconcious, wounded, and unnoticed.

".....It is definitely not over yet."

[ooc] Ok, guys, this is what's up. You guys have to go to at least one spot in the temple and look for something that could be useful for help Mizuki's condition. I can't tell you exactly what it is, but that's what makes it so hard. You have to use your head for this one. Now.... there are a total of 15 rooms in the first floor of the temple that Mizuki is in. Every other temple has 10. Now.... here are all the rooms:

Temple of Tone (Mizuki's Temple):
Room 1: (occupied by Mizuki) Memorial
Room 2: Doll room.
Room 3: Harp room
Room 4: Playground
Room 5: A strange room, made entirely of diamond.
Room 6: A strange room, made entirely of Emerald.
Room 7: A strange room, made entirely of ice.
Room 8: Kitchen
Room 9: Dining room (about the size of a foot ball field)
Room 10: Room with many purple crystals..
Room 11: Herbology room
Room 12: Library
Room 13: "Memories of darkness....."
Room 14: A garden of roses
Room 15: A magical room, filled with real stars...

Temple of Fire and Water & Ice (Burn and Keith and Durageo's Temple):
Room 1: Pool
Room 2: Keith's Bedroom (You can tell by the frigid temperature)
Room 3: Durageo's Bedroom (you can tell by the water bed)
Room 4: Burn's Bedroom (you can tell by the thermal pillow)
Room 5: Kitchen & Dining room
Room 6: Memorial
Room 7: A beach
Room 8: Room filled with whirlwinds, fires, and rainstorms..
Room 9: "Gone with the wind..." or "I see dead people..." would describe this room...
Room 10: (Hidden) Room with lot's of purple crystals...

Temple of Time:
Room 1: Clock Room
Room 2: Memorial
Room 3: History of all the dead mages, of all kinds..
Room 4: Sadly, this one is empty.... or is it?
Room 5: This one's empty too... or is it?
Room 6: This one seems to be a room labeled "Men only"
Room 7: This room is one labeled "Women only"
Room 8: Sun room
Room 9: Room with lot's of purple crystals...
Room 10: Kitchen

Temple of Gravity:
Room 1: A replica of outer space.
Room 2: Memorial
Room 3: Kitchen
Room 4: Dining room
Room 5: Bedroom
Room 6: Clothes...
Room 7: More clothes...
Room 8: Guess....
Room 9: Jewlery!.... oh, and more clothes.
Room 10: (hidden...) Room with lot's of purple crystals...

Temple of Wind:
Room 1: Memorial
Rooms 2,3,4, & 5: Shrine to Lapine
Room 6: Shrine of all Mages
Room 7: Room filled with stuffed animals.
Room 8: Maelstrom room
Room 9: (Hidden) A special room, one that children shouldn't enter, and only mature adults should look at.
Room 10: (Hidden) A room filled with purple crystals...

Now, just remember that no matter where each one of you goes, each temple has lots and lot's of dangerous monsters waiting to just kill you on sight. Of course, each temples monsters will usually be of the same element as the temple... but your characters don't know that. Just remember that some monsters can stray too, and there is a certain monster moving around that I'll introduce in a few posts. Also, the rooms aren't literally next to each other, so you'll have to travel; and you have to remember this important fact: The hidden rooms are safe from monsters, the rooms with purple crystals are also safe, and so are the following rooms:
Temple of Tone: Room filled with stars
Temple of Time: Clock room
Temple of Fire and water: Beach
Temple of Gravity: jewelry and clothes room.
Temple of wind: Maelstrom room.... but it's not safe anyway, with the maelstrom inside, ready to kill....

Good Luck to all of you. Now.... Go and find something that could help Mizuki come back to normal! Her life depends on all of you... [/ooc]

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Edited By Roll on June 15 2003 at 01:59