[Last Time]
"Come to me. Guardian Of Lightning, show me that you are not weak, show me the real strength of guardian lightning." He glared at Reiz whom glared back heatedly at him. Kyle frowned while crossing his arm watching them from the side, 'what are you planning this time Ryuu?' His thought in whispered.
(Present Time)
KKTTAANNGG!!
TAAANGGG!!
Their sword and daggers contradict each other as they shoot cold and wary gazed. Ryuu pushed his sword forcefully made Reiz back up a few meters from him.
"Here I thought you were a good kid when you just a brat." Reiz said in annoyed tone within but Ryuu just stared blankly before swings his sword dangerously without giving a chance for him to rest neither to thought of how to defeated Ryuu.
"You've left too many opening, if this continues you will defeat and Yuki die." He deliberately poured more oil into the fuming fire, Reiz snapped. "I won't be defeated by a brat like you and Ice won't die! She strong. I knew that she strong, she has been alive almost 200 years." His purple eyes starting to flashed a lightning, Ryuu secretly smirked as if his goal finally hit.
Kyle saw his smirked, grin "this boy... Really unpredictable sometimes." Flora turned to him when he voice it out loud, "what do you mean by that?" She asked as the battle became more intense. "Ryuu just wants to test how strong he currently is," Flora gapped hearing it from Kyle. "But, he could just ask him to do mock battle. Why did he do these?" Kyle sighed heavily, closing his eyes for a moment before watching the battle infront of them.
"Don't ask me. It's not like I have ability to read others mind. I knew what he thinking is because I already knew his attic since we're child." He answered before focusing on them, Flora still and continue watching the battle back.
Reiz panting as he tried hard to injure him but Ryuu keep on dodging swiftly without breaking any sweats. Ryuu frowned, 'huh? Is he this weak? How come he became guardian,' his heart whispered as he jump back a few meters away from him.
"Weak." He said out loud made Reiz irked hearing it, "why you..-" Before he starts cursing, Ryuu loosen his blue scarf enough for a necklace that have a blue pendant being seen. Reiz froze in his place.
"If you can't defeated me, I'm wondering how can you're the Lightning Guardian. Listen here, I'm going straight to the point. If you can't defeated me your own comrades then you doesn't even have a chance to survive in the war. Also, don't forget Yuki is still in there. She can die from phobia." He said it harshly while glance at Ice for a moment, that's it. He already had enough playing around, Ryuu thought that at least Reiz going to figure out that he just wants to see how strong Reiz is.
Ryuu swung his sword harshly at his side, "you're not qualified to be the Lightning Guardian. You didn't shows it's real ability, the ability that only the Lightning Guardian can draw it out."
ZAAANGGGGG!!
BAAAAMMMMM!!
"COUGH!" Reiz coughing blood after got few slashes from Ryuu then thrown to the tree until it's fall down, he groaned in pain as his words ringing in Reiz's head. 'What... The real ability?' He asked himself, he quickly rolled to the side when feel the upcoming attacks. Reiz sweating trying to ignore the pain that crawling all over his body while thinking and dodging Ryuu's attacks.
Meanwhile at the side, even though Flora doesn't understand what exactly they talking about she anxious seeing Ryuu attack him as if he wanted to kill him off. "Kyle do something, please stop them. I can't watch this any longer." But Kyle shook his head indicating as no, "but-!"
"No means no. It's their own problem now, we can't interfere them. I know that this sounds selfish but I can't do anything about it, I want them to clear these thing up on their own." He said with a tense tone make Flora shut down, she sighed worriedly.
'What is... My ability?' Reiz keep on thinking the answers while dodging and held Ryuu's attack without giving him for a moment to rest. Sweats keep on flowing through his face and his breath became more heavier. His energy worn out little by little, 'what is it?' He thought in frustration.
Ryuu not giving him even a little space for Reiz, his body became a bit tense when he feels his aura began to changed, then jump back from him. He smirked and stop attacking him, a sweat roll down from his forehead. "Took you long enough to realise but I never thought that your memory will came at time like this, Rizia." He said coldly with a glared, Reiz purple eyes flashes into indigo with a lightning. He shoot back a cold smiled.
"Well, it's not my fault Yoshi. You just too harsh you know," he said in fake exasperated, "tch. Stop acting it's ugly also my name is Ryuu not Yoshiko." Ryuu states in unfriendly manners, he keep his sword inside the sheat on his right waist. This time everything changes drastically, he let Ice go from the box while Kyle and Flora came towards them.
'And here I thought, I finally got the real battle. How frustrating.' He thought with a disliking feeling of this 'frustration' thing, lately new emotions came out of nowhere that he doesn't understand why is it happened.
Kyle's silver eyes changes to yellow narrowed along with his aura, Flora freeze in surprise and confusion. 'What is happening? I don't understand what actually happened right now.' She whisper in exasperated. Ice realised that the heavy and serious atmosphere around them decided to stayed out of it.
"What took you so long to 'wake up' from your sleep Rizia?" He asked flatly make the other smiled sheepishly while wipe at the back of his neck. "Well... It's not my fault Airil. My descendant hardly figure things out." He answered with a strained voice, "in other words. He just dumb or have a slow brain," Ryuu said with an empty tone but his eyes betrayed him showing mechevious glints.
"So mean! Even if you're different persons your persona the same as Yoshi." Rizia muttered at the last sentence, everything around them became more tense. Not even the mother nature's dare to broke it.
Ryuu grunted when Airil look at him with distant gaze, "stop look at me like that." He said in irritation, Airil smiled distantly. "Well, I'm sorry Ryuu. Your personality almost the same as him, I can't help it." Ryuu just exhaled heavily and closed his eyes while crossing arm. It's not like he hate being stared like that it just makes him feel irritating, although he much more hate if anyone shoot him a 'sympathy' look.
Rizia eyes became narrowed as he gave a dark gaze towards Ryuu, "anyway do you care to explain what exactly happened 'that' day. I..- no we knew Yoshi well that he won't become fallen that easily. He is the strongest guardian when it came to anything related to mental, spirit and physiologically." With that demanded everyone gave attention towards Ryuu, even Ice heard their conversation clearly and she knew about them.
Ryuu glared at them fiercely in return, "I'm not going to tell you anything about it. Even if you force me to," he said stubbornly. Rizia gritted his teeth in irritation and yanked Ryuu's hoodie roughly, "what? You're being selfish now? What are we to you?" He stared at Ryuu in anger, Ryuu look away from him with bags shadowing his expression.
"That's enough Rizia, let him go." Airil demand clearly unamused of how he treated him, not that he can do anything with his own sadistic descendant. Rizia grunted and let him go unwillingly, even if Ryuu didn't say anything, Airil knew the other feels distracted.
"Furthermore, we still have someone that didn't understand what's happening right now." Airil said towards Flora whom decided to stayed silence even though she became more and more confused at the same time feel irritated because of how clueless she is right now. The others took a glance at her before decides to go somewhere more private and comfortable. Seeing the air a bit lighter, Ice stepping in. "You can stay at my place, there is more suitable since no one dare to steps in." She gives suggestions with a mature tone and everyone agree.
They headed there with Ice leading them, her expression hidden behind hair, a sweat roll down from her forehead. She clenched her teeth in silent, 'I knew something was up when Ryuu came back. I can't sense his emotions at all,' her heart whispered while glancing towards Ryuu once a while. He knew that Ice keep on looking towards him but he ignored it.
Infront of them is a castle made by ice, there's three floor inside the castle, dining room, rest room, library and the others separate onto difference room. The width of it almost 500 meters each of these rooms. Outside of the castle there is flowers garden along with a table and few chairs.
They all sat on the sofa and floor, there is a fireplace not far from them. Now, the sky showing them it almost night time. Flora who sat on the sofa exhaled breath heavily, "so can anyone tell me what's going on right now?" She asked with a narrowed eyes. To be fair enough she actually angry right now but somehow she can still control her angered.
Ryuu whom sat on the floor, leaned against the wall while crossing arm indicating towards the others, he didn't want to get involved with them. Airil sighed warily, 'you always remind me of him Ryuu. You make me missed him more than before.' He thought bitterly.
"You must be confused right now, Flora. We will just go straight to the point, okay?" She nodded wryly, they exchange glances towards each other including Ice. Since she knew half about them, she going to explain along with Rizia and Airil.
"Do you believe, the legends where one of the seven guardians became fallen after something accurate happened?" Ice asked carefully and Flora nodded in a bit confused. "Yeah... What's the connection between all of this?" Flora returned back the questions to her, she not oblivious. She knew that the person besides her is not Kyle, she pretty aware of it.
Rizia leaned further in the sofa, "that makes it easier to explain. You- no we all is not ordinary people, we're the reincarnated of the first guardian." Flora blinked a few times before snap back to reality, "p-pardon?" Her mind became blank, surely she believes in the legends story but to think that she is the reincarnated of them? It's unbelievable for her, she doesn't feels anything different than the other people's all this time.
Ryuu sighed heavily, can't they explained slowly or at least a bit details about it? Of course, she will found it unbelievable after all this time especially when her memory isn't return yet.
"What that idiot said is true," he said without caring when Rizia yelling at him that he not stupid. "Your memory wasn't return yet, that's why you didn't find yourself different from others. Or maybe because you haven't realize your real resolves and ability." Ryuu states rather lazily made Flora realize that she doesn't really have goals on why she keep living.
They just smiled at him, even when he said doesn't care about their well being, he actually does care its just he doesn't want to admit it. After pulling herself together and thought back what happens today, she finally understood that it's all make sense. Maybe what Ryuu said is true after all, maybe because she lacks of resolve or maybe because her memory didn't came yet.
"Umm... So can I ask something?" She asked nervously and they nodded saying to continue on. "If you didn't mind, what are the guardians ability and power?" They sans Ryuu gave a gaze before Airil started to explains.
"There are seven of us in total, every person's have their own abilities that only them can draw out. For me or my descendant, our power is Light, I'm the leader of the guardians. As the leader I can control two other power sans the light. My ability is authoritive and control over the other guardians, if one of them die or became fallen... We've to pay the sequence willing or not." Airil and the others grimaced when heard the last sentence of it, even Ryuu unconsciously wince from how Airil tried to hide the pain within his words.
Flora notice their reactions but decided not to prayed it more, Rizia continued lazily. "For me and my descendant, Reiz has Lightning power. I'm the third stronger among the other guardians, our ability is resourceful tactician and secretive schemer." He said with a smiled that can match a fox, Ryuu deadpanned. "Yeah, he is one stupid fox." Ryuu said with a small smile unfortunately they didn't realize it since they laughed at Rizia who crying waterfall because of being insult.
"Then, that's mean you can control other power like Airil?" Rizia shook his head, they then turn towards Ryuu whom grunted when he needs to tell her on his own.
"My main power is ice or water. I can hear the both nature and animals voice, I also can use fire but not lightning. I'm the second strongest guardian, my ability is strength of mental, spiritually and physiologically." He explained trying to minimize the words as possible, he even manage to dodge from mention about Yoshiko.
"I see... But why did every person's have different tribe?" Her questions make Airil smiled, "the observed one's I see... Well, that is the symbolism of how the Crystal World should be. There's shouldn't be any difference service towards each other. It's still makes me sad that everyone hate demon's tribe, they even became more violence than before." Airil smiled sadly make Ryuu muttered 'I knew that you shouldn't let them go that time.' He actually heard Ryuu's muttered it made him more sadder but he can still control his emotions.
"You see... It is the symbolic that even if we're different races we can still be friends and united as a family and so on. But not everyone seems to get it though, if there is some out there I'm not going to worried so much about the future." Flora nodded in understanding, she took a bit times to absorb everything that just revealed to her. She took a deep breath as her green eyes burning in new goals, "but I'm pretty sure. It's not just that you want to reveal to me." With that everything became serious, the silence in the castle makes thing more tense. Only the winds and burning fireplace can be heard.
"The demension that we locked Yoshiko starting to wrecked little by bit, it's probably because the demension is weakening or someone trying to destroy it." Airil said in serious manner make the other startled and their eyes widen, "no way!" Ice tried to object it but she knew that Airil won't play around with things like these. "The demension is weakening? Is that why you tried to find the others as soon as possible?" Rizia asked in anxious and Airil nodded with sweats rolling down his forehead. Unknown to them, Ryuu already left them alone at the rest room.
He walked through the silence balcony towards the flower garden, Ryuu panted heavily as his back leaning on the wall before fell down while clutching his head.
'Why are you hesitating? It's better for you to give up now Ryuuraki. Sooner or later they must have grown tired of you. They must thought of you a burden. Brought of bad luck. And trying to cursed them until the day they die!' The demonic voice keep on trying to swayed him, only Ryuu can heard the voice. He shivered unwillingly. He shook his head and gritted his teeth roughly.
"No... No! They won't! Leave me alone! They... They will never betrayed me... They won't!!" He screamed in pain and fear within, he doesn't even want to think of the day where they betrayed him. He... He believes in them. They won't betrayed him right?
'They'll betrayed you... Just you wait and when the times came I will took over your body. Ahahaha!!'
Ryuu shivered when the voice laughed slowly disappeared leaving him of the horror thoughts of they might betray him. The voice that always accompanying him since he was a child, whispering to him nothing but despair and haunted thought. His blue eyes became dim, "they won't betrayed me right? I know that... They won't... Right?" He muttered full of doubts.