"The Little Dragon Continues To Grow, After Her Last Dance… What Awaits Her?"
Underneath The Moonlit Sky, Outside Of The Southern Tribe And In Some Woods… Jason And Azreal Stand Facing Off, Jason On One Knee With His Face Bruised And Bloodied.
Both Jason And Azreal Breathing Heavily, Azreal With Wounds All Over His Body.
Azreal(Breathing Heavily, Looking Off Into The Distance): Seem's Your Friend Has Killed Masayoshi…
Jason(Clutching Sword, Smirking): Seem's Our Time Here's Cut Short.
Azreal(Sighing): It Doesn't Matter If You've Been Spared Today… The Day Of You're Judgement Is Nearing…
Suddenly, Azreal Hears A Noise In His Ear… Jason's Eyes Slightly Widen In Confusion.
Azreal(Voice Low): What Is It?
Mysterious Voice(Urgent): Report Back To Base… You Have A New Assignment, It's Begun!
Azreal(Voice Firm): You're Luck Never Seem's To Run Out Kid…
Azreal Then Jumps Off Into The Distance, And Dashes In A Blur Through The Forest.
Jason(Internally, Standing Up): That Took Longer Than I Expected… I, Need'ta Get Back To… Dammit! My Body Hurts!
Jason Makes A Hand Seal To Perform His Instant Teleportation Technique, As He Drops Down On One Knee… Grunting From His Wounds.
He Suddenly Jolts Up, Sensing A Strong Spirit Energy… He Look's Behind Him And See's Aaliyah Approaching Him, Worry Etched On Her Expression.
Aaliyah(Eye's Widened): Oh My-
Aaliyah Rushes Up To Jason And Sits Him Up Against A Tree.
Jason(Grunting, Looking At Aaliyah): Azreal… He-
Aaliyah(Eye's Widened, Voice Firm): I Don't Care About Him… We Need To Get You Back To The Village!
Jason(Standing Up, Arm Over Aaliyah's Shoulder): I'll Recover… But Ma, Azreal Said Something Before He Left, He Said "The Day Of You're Judgement Is Nearing"…
Aaliyah(Looking At Jason, Walking): I Mean He Is After You…
Jason(Limping, Voice Low): He Was Talking To Someone On Some Sorta Earpiece, About Some "Job", He Said "It's Begun"…
Aaliyah(Stopping, Looking At Jason): Think It's Connected To Deimos?
Jason(Shrugging): That's The Most Likely Possibility.
Aaliyah(Sighing, Looking Forward): Let's Worry About That Later, For Now We Need To Get You Back To The Village So You Can Get Healed Up.
Two Night's Later In The Flame Faction's Village… Underneath The Moonlit Night, Many Lights Lit Up Through The Streets Of The Village, And Women And Children All Roam Through The Streets Wearing Masks And Eating Food, And Laughing.
Kaida Sits Down With Bandages Wrapped Around Her Body And Bandages Wrapped Around Her Left Eye, Watching The Village's Inhabitants Dancing And Having Fun… As She Smiles.
Looks Back, To See Jason Approaching Her.
Jason(Curious, Voice Soft): What's Going On?
Jason Sits Next To Kaida.
Kaida(Voice Soft, Smiling While Looking Forward): Oh Right I Forgot To Tell You, Tonight's A Special Night We Call "The Festival Of Fire", It's A Tradition Started By My Mother When She First Crafted Flame Dancing, Me And My Older Sister Did This With Our Mother Every Year, Usually It Was Just The Three Of Us, But Now I Share This Tradition With Everyone…
Jason(Smiling, Light's Reflecting In His Eye's): That's Nice…
Jason Glances Over to Kaida, Noticing Her Smile… Different From Her Previous Smiles Since Their First Meet.
Jason(Voice Low, Eyes Soft): You're Smile Seem's Different Tonight…
Kaida(Eyes Slightly Widened, A Faint Blush On Her Cheeks): How So?
Jason(Looking Down, Voice Barely Below A Whisper): You're Smile… It's Different Tonight. There's No Shadow Behind It Anymore.
Kaida(Looking At The Ground, Smiling): Since My Final Fight Against My Father… It Kind Of Feel's Like A Heavy Weight's Been Lifted Off My Shoulder's… Now That The Women And Children Have Been Saved, I Guess I Have Something I Can Genuinely Smile About Now.
Kaida(Blushing, Looking At The Ground): And…
Jason Look's At Kaida, Who's Eyes Are Stuck On The Ground.
Kaida(Voice Soft, Eyes Watering): Ever Since I've Met You… You've Inspired Me To Be Better, And When You Called Me Your Friend, It Made Me Happy…
Jason(Smiling): Thank You Kaida… I Really Needed To Hear That.
Jason And Kaida Look Up, To See Aria In The Distance… Flame Designed Hair Pins In Her Tied Up Dark Shaded White Hair, Wearing A White Kimono And Around Four Children Surrounding Her Pulling Her Hands For Her To Play With Them.
Young Girl(Smiling, Directing Aria): You Look Really Pretty Miss?
Aria(Blushing, Smiling): Aww… You're So Precious!
Kaida(Giggling, Eyes Closed): The Children Really Like Aria… They've Grown Attached To Her So Quickly.
Jason(Smiling, Looking At Aria): I Can See Why, She Has That Charm Around Her That Pulls People In.
Jason(Looking At Kaida, Eyes Slightly Widened): I Just Noticed, You're Hair… It's Shorter.
Kaida(Touching Her Hair, Smiling): Oh Yeah… It Happened When I Fought Against My Father…
Jason(Blushing, Looking Away): It Looks Good… I Like That Look.
Kaida(Blushing, Looking Away): You Really Think It Look's Good?
Jason(Flustered, Eye's Avoiding Kaida's Gaze): Yeah, It Definitely… Suits You.
Suddenly Kaida Smiles… As Then Everyone Gather's Around In A Crowd, Their Voices Growing Louder…
Kaida(Standing Up, Smiling): Guess It's Time.
Jason(Looking Up At Kaida, Curious): For What?
Kaida(Looking At Jason): This Part Of The Festival Everyone Gather's Around While I Perform Flame Dancing In Front Of Everyone…
Kaida Looks Over To The Crowd And See's Aria Standing With The Kid's Surrounding Her And Playing While She Laughs…
She Then Glances At Jason Who Is Looking At Aria And Smiling.
Kaida(Smiling, Looking Into Jason's Eye's): Well Im Gonna Go Entertain Everyone.
Jason(Nodding): Mhmm.
Kaida Head's Up To The Stage To Begin Performing A Special Flame Dance…
Meanwhile, Jason Walks Off And Eventually Sits Underneath A Maple Tree, With Dragonflies Flying Around The Tree.
He Places His Katana Next To Him Against The Tree, And Roll's Up His Right Arm's Sleeve And Look's At The Patterns Of His Curse Mark's… And Rubs His Arm.
He Then Look's Up At The Moon, While Letting Out A Heavy Sigh…
Selene(Approaching Jason, Voice Firm): You're Brooding Again Aren't You?
Jason Looks Down To See Selene Walking Up To Him, As She Sits Right Next To Him And Wraps Her Arms Around Her Knees.
Selene(Looking Up At The Moon, Voice Low): You Seem Tense, Ease Up A Little.
Jason(Rubbing Arm, Looking Down): It's Hard To After Everything That's Just Happened Recently…
Selene(Looking At Jason, Eye's Slightly Wide): This About The Tribe Leader's, And Your Friend's?
Jason(Nodding, Voice Heavy): Yeah… Now That One Of The Tribe Leader's Is Dead Now, I Dunno What They're Going To Do When They Find Out… And I Keep Thinking About What Azreal Said Earlier… "My Day Of Judgement Is Nearing".
Jason(Voice Heavy, Looking At Selene): I Keep Thinking About Going To See Miss Mel, Mr Jay, And Kai… I Know It's Best To Stay Away From Them For Their Safety, But I Still Want To Make Sure They're Doing Okay.
Selene(Voice Firm, Looking At Jason's Arm): If You Went To Go See Them, They Would Just Attack You On Sight… You're An Enemy To The Entire Universe Now… My Personal Feelings Speaking, I Don't Want You To Further Endanger Yourself Being Near Them For Now, Atleast Until We Find Out How We Can Restore Everyone's Memories.
Jason(Yawning, Resting Arms In Lap): I Still Haven't Made Any Progress On How To Do That… I Want To Ask Miss Athena If She Could Speak To The Celestial Court Guard's And Find Out If There's Any Way To Restore Everyone's Memories, But She's Still Not Back Yet With Mr Asura.
Jason(Leaning Head Back Against The Tree, Sighing): What's Worse Is That Deimos Still Has Been Quiet, As Well As Adira… I Know That's A Good Thing But, They Could Be Planning Something And We Still Don't Even Know Where They Are.
Selene(Looking At Jason's Arm, Voice Low): What About Malum?
Jason(Looking At Arm, Shrugging): He's Been Quiet Recently, Dunno Why But… I'm Still Kinda Afraid To Fall Asleep Because He Might Take Over Again.
Selene Looks At Jason's Face, As She Nudges His Shoulder With Her's…
Selene(Voice Soft, Arm's Wrapped Around Knee's): I Know This Probably Isn't What You Wanna Hear Right Now, But I Don't Want You To Keep Worrying About Us… Adding Too Much Responsibility On Your Shoulder's Won't Do You Any Good… Believe Me, I Know.
Jason(Leaning Forward, Right Arm Wrapped Around Right Knee): I Know But, I Can't Help But Worry About You, Ma, And Everybody Else… Knowing What You Went Through When You Were Around My Age, And Ma… I Know I Might Sound Childish When I Say This, But I Just Want To Give You And Ma The Life You Never Got To Have…
Jason(Looking Back Up At The Moon): You Once Asked Me, If I Had The Power To Change My Fate, Would I Do It… And Give My Burden Of Being Malum's Vessel To Someone Else, Would I Do It… Well After I Found Out That You Were Originally Going To Be Malum's Vessel, I Started Wondering If That Was Fate's Way Of Saying That My Role In Life Is To Carry Everybody's Pain An-
Selene(Interrupting Jason, Voice More Firm): That's Unrealistic… I Understand Where You're Coming From, But Hell Your Still Just A Kid, Burdened With Taking On Adult Problems. But Look What You Did With Kaida, Ma, Me And Even Aria… You Helped All Of Us Find Our Purpose For Living And Helped Us Along Our Way… You're Kinda Like Someone Who Guide's Lost Soul's… That's Pretty Cool.
Selene(Looking Up, Eye's Reflecting The Moon's Light): I'm Gonna Tell You Something Our Aunt Sachiko Told Me… She Told Me "There Are An Infinite Number Of Stars In The Sky… And Out Of All Of Them. You Are The Biggest And Brightest One, The Moon".
Selene(Looking At Jason, Smiling): In A Way, You're Like The Sun For Me… You Help Me Shine Everyday… The Sun And Moon Together Form An Eclipse, A Rare And Beautiful Moment Where Our World's Align, Casting Light Even In The Darkest Times…
Selene(Looking At Jason, Smiling): So In A Way, There Are Sometimes When The Moon Cannot Shine Without The Sun… And One Cannot Exist Without The Other… Remember That Night Some Years Ago When I Wanted So Badly To Just Die? Well You Saved Me, So This Time I'll Do The Same For You.
Jason Smile's… As He Wipe's A Tear From His Eye, And Half Hug's Selene.
Selene Hug's Him Back, And Smiles… As The Dragonflies Fly Around Them, Suddenly Lanterns Float Up In The Sky…
Moment's Later The Two Regroup With Kaida, Aria And Aaliyah At The Flame Faction's Main Quarter's.
Kaida(Smiling, Hugging Everyone): I Want To Thank Everyone Again, For Everything You've All Done To Help Me… Just So You All Know, You Can Think Of This Place As Your Home As Well…
Everyone's Eyes Slightly Widen…
Selene(Confused, Surprised): You Sure? Won't You Get In Trouble With Many Other Tribe's For Harboring Wanted Criminal's? You'll Be Putting Yourself On The Grand Elder's Radar.
Kaida(Scoffing, Looking Off To The Side): They're Already Probably Considering Me A Criminal For Killing One Of The Tribe Leader's Already… And You Guy's Are Friend's And Hero's In My Eyes… And You Don't Really Have Anywhere Else To Go.
Aaliyah(Arm's Crossed, Smiling): That's True I Guess.
Suddenly, Jason Grabs His Arm… And Rushes Outside, Aria Noticing Decides To Follow Behind Him.
Aria(Concerned, Face Tense): Jason?! What's Wrong???
Jason Roll's Up His Sleeve, And See's The Patterns Of His Curse Mark's Glowing An Ominous Red Color…
Jason(Shrugging, Eye's Widened): I… I Dunno!
Meanwhile Inside Of Jason's Psyche… Malum Sit's On His Throne… His Face Filled With Displeasure.
Malum(Internally, Voice Grim): …
To Be Continued, In The Next Story Arc!!!