"Verdict, Flaming Fate!" I slamed my hammer into the ground and from the ground a fire Dragon emerged.
They engulf the two True Beasts but the two cut the flames with their swords. However, I expected as much. Looks like I'll have to get serious if I wanna get rid of these guys.
"Verdict, Dragon Fate!" I slammed my hammer unto Alresha but she stops it. "Hehe, thats what I've been waiting for! "Flame Dragon Stamp!"
"Tch!" The she drew her hand away.
The hammer grows red and on the point where Alrescha stops my hammer a flame begins to grow till a dragon head emerges. The head grows and devours the two.
"I've still got more to go!" I said as I slammed my hammer down on the two.
The two take a direct hit from my hammer and fall to the ground. The impact leaves a giant crater on the ground.
"Look out!" Arata's voice warned me and I realized I was surrounded by the Pisces.
"Verdict: Lighting Fate, Thunderclap Stamp!" I slammed by hammer into the ground and thunderbolts destroy all the Pisces and their charged remains fall to the ground.
I turn my attention to Alrescha and Alpherg who were immobilized on the ground. I hold my hammer over them.
"Re... Rezia..." Alrescha's fleeting voice coughed out as I was about to lower my hammer.
"Azir..." Alpherg's last words before I lowered my hammer unto them.
Were those names? Or a spell they were trying to cast? Either way, the Verdict has been decided. The two shall die here by my hands.
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"Liam!" I jumped to hug him and my arms wrap around his neck. "You had me so worried!"
"Hehe, sorry." He patted my head.
"Arata..." Licht nodded me to the remains of Alrescha and Alpherg.
"I noticed this with Aldenaran, why don't they disappear like the Pisces?" Pres. Mayumi asked as she looked at the two bodies.
"Because they can't. Unless their put to rest by the Sacred Flower." I answered as I slid down the crater towards the two. "Growth."
Growth swiftly flew to my side and I plucked two feathers from his tail. I held one in both of my hands.
"Oh Ancient, your light is the light of hope, your darkness is the darkness of despair, Ancient that was and is, may you rest now..." I said and the feathers became dagers. "Take your leave from the stage of destiny, Alrescha, Alpherg. Au Revior."
I stabbed the two through the heart and their bodies begin to crumble and turn to ash that is carried by the wind.
"Rezia and Azir. Arata do you what those words could mean?" Liam who was behind me with the others asked.
I stood up and the two daggers flew to my hand becoming hollies. A farewell to the fallen ancients.
"Le Fleur." I tossed the two to the soies and the petasl scattered and repaired everything.
"Arata, Rezia and Azir, do you know what those words mean?" Liam asked once more.
"I don't." I answered as I turned away.
Leno, Cedar, Baran, Rezia, Azir. I wish I could offer a prayer for Ras Algethi, Canis Minor and Canis Venatici as well, just as I did for you.
I turn my attention the skies, maybe somewhere in the distant future I can offer a prayer for Ras Algethi, Canis Minor and Canis Venatici as well.
"Let's head home." I smiled.
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"Arata is hiding something from us." I said as we sat in a group, Arata was resting in his room.
"He is. I realized this with what he said earlier." Andrew said. "His eyes, they weren't filled with anger towards the Chimeras but..."
"Regret and Sadness." Theo stated.
"What is Arata hiding?" Theo asked.
"I might have an idea..." Will said as he looked down then up. "It might have something to do with Le Fleur."
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"On Isla Memorya, I learned that the Sacred Flowers were the ones who had to make some kind of choice." He answered. "About the destruction or continuation of the worlds."
"The Choice of Destiny." Licht said as he sets down his tea. "It's what Arata must make, I doubt he would worry over something like that. Arata... has already made his choice hasn't he?"
"Yeah. He will choose to let it continue." I answered.
"So, what's the thing his hiding from us?" Alistar asked.
"Maybe there was more to the story than what you were told?" I asked.
"I'm not sure Reinhardt. All I know is that Arata has a mission like that." Will answered.
"If that's all I don't think Arata would be like this." Van said. "There must be more."
"Is that really all Arata has to do I wonder." Zander said.
What is Arata hiding from us? With that smile of his that masks the sadness in his heart? Just what did he learn on the Island of Memories?
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"Hey, you okay?" Arata asked as he handed me a cup of hot chocoloate.
"Thanks." I smiled.
"I'm sorry your date didn't end well, maybe you can go again on another day?" He asked me.
"There's no need, Arata." I smiled. "Thanks, but Liam and I have talked it out and we've come to an agreement."
"What agreement?" He asked.
"That this live wouldn't bear any fruit." I smiled and he just stood there frozen, unsure on what to do. "Don't be like that. I should've noticed sooner. That his eyes were already on someone else."
"I'm so sorry." He apologized. "Maybe if I did more..."
"No need. I can understand why he would love that person a lot." I smiled as I looked at him.
Liam was right, Arata really is precious. A gentle person with a lind heart and an untold sadness behind his golden smile.
"Arata, can I ask for one last favor?" I asked him.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Please keep an eye on Liam and make sure he doesn't do anything reckless." I said and held his hand.
"I promise." Arata smiled like a child.
A sunshine after the rain that brings the rainbow. He really is a patch of light amidst the dark tunnel.
"And you too, don't you dare do anything reckless." I warned him.
"I'm not making promises." He just laughed. "You shouldn't do anything reckless to."
Liam, the person you love, is someone who is riddled with many scars and wounds. That's why his smile is as bright as the morning sun. You better keep him safe, because Arata... will indefinitely need you more than I do.
"Yeah. I'm not making promises either." I giggled.
I pray that the light that you've found in Arata will not go out as easily as that of others. Because Arata, is a hope for all Braves.