Another Sky (Chapter 17)
Title: Another Sky
Author:kazu_chan_love
Rating:PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Akame, YuichixOC, Junda(friendship),Koki
Summary:Yuichi, Koki, Junno, Tatsuya and Jin are supposed to be the 8th generation rulers of the world called Mytan. Mytan had been dealing with their enemies, which are called Zygnotean for so many years but in order to defeat them they need to be strong enough. And In order to gain their full powers, all 7 heirs must be complete. Now that two Zygnoteans named Kazuya and Hikaru come to their life, would they be a big help in finding the missing heirs or will they be the reason of the heir’s failure.
Prologue / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4/Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9 / Chapter 10 / Chapter 11 / Chapter 12 / Chapter 13 / Chapter 14 / Chapter 15 / Chapter 16
Chapter 17
It was a peaceful day for Kazuya, He is at the terrace of his room staring at the garden of the castle in Zuthior. The castle wasn’t as big as what is in Atzukori but still they were able to maintain its beauty. Hikaru is finally healed and the mytanean had already accepted them to be part of the lead fighters. He didn’t expect that at all. He was surprised that majority of the Mytaneans are still trusting him. Trust, is something that isn’t easy to earn, he’ll be forever thankful for the second chance given to them.
He stared at the replica of the waterfalls in Himizatti, the mystical falls where Jin took him few weeks ago. He remembered how happy Jin looks during that time.
“I wouldn’t ask him to trust me again but I would want him to aleast forgive me for lying.” Kazuya mumbled sadly.
“Kazuya~!!” A voice singsonged and Kazuya was surprised to see how it came from.
“Tegoshi?”
“Just call me Yuya ne” He smiled.
“Why are you here?”
“The king is calling for you. We have an urgent meeting. Ryo-tan says that something bad happen but he’ll say it during the meeting”
“Ryo-tan?”
“A friend of ours. He even helped me convince the people to let you out of the prison.” Tegoshi explained. “You will like him, he is a nice guy.” Tegoshi added as they continue walking.
When they entered the room, the meeting had already started.
“So what is it about Nishikido.” Ryuji asked
“I just receive a report this morning. The Southern village in Kyumitsou was attacked yesterday. The phantom fighter is still there together with almost 50 Mytaneans that are held as hostage. It is the first time that a phantom fighter challenges the rulers for a battle. No villagers are harmed except for some who tried to fight back. He said he is going to release them only if the rulers and the heirs could defeat him. The others were safe now, we didn’t rush things because we can feel that he had killed the hostages already” Ryo reported.
“What?” Hitoshi shouted surprised.
“You told us that Kyumitsou is safe. Then why did a phantom fighter attacked it? I left Kyumitsou two days ago thinking that it is really okay to leave.” Ryo said sadly.
“Did they attack Kyumitsou just to taunt us? There must be a reason behind it.” Seiji said.
“A zygnotean doesn’t really need to a have reason to attack a village” Kazuya said.
“That is true but this past months they were actually busy gathering information about the portal. Of how could they go to earth. That is the reason why they do not attack that much, they will only attack if they can gather information about it.”
“Go to earth?” Ryo asked.
“Yes. That’s is the purpose of the seven phantom fighters. They built a base in each and every content in Mytan so that it would be easy for them to attack and gather information. Each base are protected by a phantom fighter. But they can’t gain any information about it in Kyumitsou.” Tadashi said.
“Kyumitsou is the latest continent that was discovered. No Mytanean knew about its existence when the portal was built decades ago. No information or books about the portal were send to Kyumitsou. Kyumitsuo is the most peaceful continent and we wanted to maintain it that way.”
“But then the Zygnotean had already attacked it.”
“There must be a reason why.”
“We do not have time for it now. Prepare your weapons, we need to save the villagers in southern Kyumitsou. I believe that the hostages are still alive.” Ryuji ordered.
“The lead fighters in Kyumitsou are already prepared for battle” Ryo informed.
“That’s is good. We will be going to the transporter first. Make sure everyone is ready. We will only be needing 50 lead fighters.” Hitoshi told the heirs then left with the other rulers.
“You have been away for so long. It is nice to see you again Ryo-kun. We could save everyone, don’t worry.” Jin patted him.
Ryo, Jin and Pi are actually the best of friends. Jin’s bond towards the heirs is special since we grew up together yet Ryo and Pi understands him more than the heirs do because those three are alike.
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When they reached the Southern Village of Kyumitsou, everyone felt sad to see what happened to village. Almost all the houses and buildings are put down.
Everyone tries to search for survivors and for the phantom fighter but it seems like no one was left in here.
“Where could they be?” Koki asked.
“They should be here” Ryo said.
“Wait” Kazuya mumbled to keep everyone quiet. They started hearing soft cries. They tried to follow the sound until they were able to see a kid and his mother hiding behind huge pieces of rocks.
“Are you okay?” King Ryuji asked worriedly and lean to the two. “Don’t be afraid, we are here to help”
“They have been here since last night, they haven’t probably eaten yet. We need to take them back to the castle, someone needs to check on them as well.” King Tadashi suggested.
“I know it feels hard for you but we are Mytaneans, we are the rulers. We wont hurt you.” The lady looked at her and the others and finally calmed down.
“The Mytanean fighter will escort you to the center village, okay” King Seiji smiled.
“But before that, Do you know where did the Zygnoteans took the others?” King Hitoshi asked.
“They went deeper inside the forest. Many Mytaneans were caught and one of them is my husband. We tried to fight back but everyone’s powers were no match to the Zygnotean fighters.” The lady said.
“Please save my Papa.” The kid mumbled.
“We will do our best, okay?” Koki smiled, the kid smiled back to him. They started heading to the way that the mother and child pointed.
“There is only one place we would end up if we headed that way” King Ryuji mumbled sadly.
“They could stay in the forest you know” King Hitoshi smiled. Yet King Ryuji was right, they tried to track the steps and it ended to his destroyed mansion. It was his and her wife’s mansion, he never loved Misaki the way he loves Queen Kimiko yet he started dreaming with her, this mansion was one of their dreams yet it was destroyed during a battle with Zygnotean just a year after it was built.
“Ah, I wonder why they choose to hide inside this place” King Ryuji smiled sadly. It isn’t just about Misaki, he remembers his missing son and daughter too.
“This place was actually rebuilt” Kazuya mumbled looking down.
“What do you mean?” Koki asked.
“It appears to be destroyed from the outside but the underground training room wasn’t destroyed. Since no one is using it, we used it as our training place, we built it as a customized training room.” Kazuya said.
“What? You mean my mansion became Zygnotean training area?”
“It was just me and Kazuya-nii. We never really know why we became Kazeno and Lady M’s favorite but this training area was built for us” Hikaru explained.
“Lady M?”
“She is Kazeno’s right hand. She is so loyal to him yet she is also the one who taught us this values, She told us that what the Zygnoteans are doing was actually not right. She said we could choose what we wanted to do.” Kazuya explained.
“Then why didn’t she became like you? Is she fighting for the mytaneans as well?
“She never killed anyone actually, She was just always there as a teacher and as mother to us but she never goes out of ZYgnotea except when she’s here in this training area. You know that I got the worst family and Hikaru never met hers. To be honest Kazeno and Lady M became our mother and father” Kazuya admitted sadly.
“So you know this place better than me now. What do you suggest that we do?” Ryuji asked.
“I suggest we must cut half of the group, only half should proceed inside.” Kazuya said.
“What? And you expect us to follow you?” Jin shakes his head. “We are only 40 here since the others are helping the survivors, but now you are suggesting to only let 20 people to attack the phantom fighter with his Zygnotean army? DO you really want to get us killed?” Jin held Kazuya’s collars, Hikaru tired to stop him.
“That is the opposite of what he wants, if the phantom fighter is already at the center of that mansion, the moment we step inside he could already see where we are and who we are with. It is full of cameras and it is a cubic training area. It was called cubic because it consists of different movable rooms with different traps but the only one who could manipulate those rooms is the one who is in the center of the mansion.” Hikaru explained.
“What? How did the Zygnotean manage to do that?” Hitoshi asked
“It was Lady M and Kazeno who did it. We really didn’t know how they did it but, Lady M is someone who is really knowledgeable about this kind of things.” Kazuya explained.
“And I wonder how could we trust you now after explaining to us how loyal you are to them” Jin said angrily.
“We are here for Mytan, Lady M was the one who opened our eyes, who teaches us to respect the Mytaneans and go against Kazeno, we are loyal to lady M but not to Kazeno” Hikaru shouted, Jin didn’t expect Hikaru to get mad that is why he wasn’t able to reply back.
“Jin, stop. Kazuya and Hikaru are just trying to help and I think they are right, if the mansion is full of traps and can be manipulated by someone, less people would be better. We could easily move and have an eye on each other.
“We’ll stay here outside just in case something went wrong” Kimiko and Seiji volunteered,
“Kazuya and Hiraku should obviously be part of the group that would stay inside since they knew the way better than us.“
“I want to go inside as well. Those people they captured are my friends. I want to save them.” Ryo said.
“Since it only me and Ryo are the present commanders here, I think I must go inside as well.” Yamapi volunteered.
“I’ll stay here with Kimiko and Seiji. Be safe and remember to go back outside alive, especially you” King Tadashi told Tatsuya.
“Yes, father” Tatsuya mumbled.
“So we only need few lead fighters to come with us. Massu and Tego, you are going inside” Hitoshi said.
“But, we are not even trained to be lead fighters yet.” Massu said.
“What is your pet, Massu?” Ryuji asked.
“A hawk sir.” He answered calmly.
“That would be perfect, you could see what your pet sees and feel what he feels. Some pets have a strong ability to sense things, in this case they might sense the traps and the enemy. They are going to be helpful. Kinari and Okaze will be helpful as well” Kazuya said talking about Jin and Koki’s pet.
“If Massu would be helpful then I don’t think I must be included as well. I don’t even have a pet yet.” Tegoshi said.
“We know what we are doing Tegoshi. You are going to be a big help” Hitoshi said.
“Should we go inside now?” Ryo asked as everyone nodded.
As they went inside, it look normal at first. Nothing unusual was happening but they remain alert. Kazuya had asked them to destroy each and every camera that they will see. They must avoid to be watched by the enemy.
“It seems like there is nothing dangerous here.” Koki pouted as he walked ahead of everyone.
“Maybe they are not here?” King Jirou said as he walked faster as well. He tries to look around to see traps.
“Some people were sent to look around the forest to make sure that they are not out there but until now, no one from outside is contacting us which means they haven’t found any traces of Zygnoteans there.” Hitoshi explained.
“But it seems so quiet in here which makes it more scary and mysterious. This is totally different from our mansion, the design was indeed the same yet it feels dangerous being inside here.” Ryuiji said as he noticed that even though it became bigger inside with less furniture, it still looks like a normal empty mansion and the wall’s design was the same as before.
But when they move further Kazuya heard some noise.
“Koki look up!” Kazuya shouted as he ran towards Koki. There are shards of blade falling towards Koki “Ao hono no Sutoraiki” Koki backaway but was too surprised to dodge it so Kazuya casts a spell to destroy the blades.
“Sorry, for being careless.” Koki said apologetically as Ryo help him get up.
“It seems like there are really traps in here that could kill us” Ryo said. Hikaru examine the wall. Indeed, there was nothing dangerous before because they are just entering the walls of traps.
“The next steps from here might be a little more dangerous. Every room are 10 x 10 meters, meaning there will be new traps every 10 meters so be alert. Do not touch or move anything, there are trap doors as well. It might lead you towards the enemies but it might lead you to death as well.“
“Why did you build it this way?” Tatsuya asked.
“It was for training purposes. It doesn’t only test our skills but also our minds, this is also a huge maze too.” Hikaru explained.
“Putting you lives into danger for the sake of training?” Junno asked a little worried, the Zygnoteans are really heartless.
“You are mistaken, as I said the one inside the room located at the center of this mansion is the one that controls everything, which means, he could stop the traps. Traps that could kill us are stoppable but there are some that are unstoppable, those traps could really injure us but it’s part of learning” Kazuya explained.
“It would still harm you.” Koki said as they start hearing loud noises.
“They are making the rooms move.” Kazuya said. They saw that there are bricks going down from above. That creates a huge wall every ten meters. Since it feels like there is a huge earthquake, no one moved from their spot and they had no choice but to let the wall divide their group into 3.
“Shit. Otosan!!! Otasan!!! Can you hear me?” Jin shouted. He was left with Koki, Kazuya , Ryo, King Jirou and King Ryuji. They are the smallest group as well.
“Jin stop shouting, they will not even hear you with this wall.” King Ryuji said.
“Why did I even walked forward and be left with you” He shouted at Kazuya.
“Am I your problem? You are being like that because you were left with me? Could you be a little more considerate and think about saving the people who were captured rather than thinking about getting rid of me.” Kazuya shouted back. “Stop being childish” He added. Everyone keep silent after that.
Behind that wall Jin’s father was also shouting for his son. He somehow heard Jin’s shout.
“Jin? Jin?” King Hitoshi said.
“I don’t think he will be able to hear you clearly, I’m sorry” Tatsuya told King Hitoshi. Their group is consist of Tatsuya, Junno, King Hitoshi, Massu and 3 more lead fighters.
“I..I’m sorry. This is just somehow unexpected.”King Hitoshi said.
“Why did this wall went down? Where is Tegoshi? Are they okay?” Massu asked.
“I don’t know what the one controlling this is thinking but I know that they are just behind the walls, they are going to be ok so don’t worry.” King Hitoshi smiled.
Just like Massu, Tegoshi was so worried when the wall went down and blocked him from Massu.
“Massu is not here,and so is Ryo” Tegoshi said sadly. He was not used without Massu around, he is his best friend. He is the most comfortable when he is with him.
“Don’t worry please. They are okay though I don’t really know what is going to happen when this room starts moving. “ Hikaru said.
“Starts moving?” Yuichi asked.
“As Kazuya explained earlier this house is consist of movable rooms, When the wall goes down, it only means that the rooms will start moving and when the one controlling it is satisfied with the positions, the wall will go up again.” Hikaru explained.
“So you mean, we might go further away from them?” Tegoshi asked worriedly. King Yusuke started contacting the other using the earphone communication device yet it wasn’t working.
“The communication device is useless” King Yusuke said. “I am worried about Hitoshi and his group. If my calculation is right, Kazuya and Ryuji are inside the first room while Hitoshi is in the second which means no one from their group have knowledge about this mansion.” King Yusuke said. Their groups is the largest, it consist of Him, Hikaru, Yuichi, Tegoshi, Yamapi and 3 more lead fighters.
Inside the first room, everyone are still silent after Kazuya and Jin’s small fight. The noise, still continues but they still can’t feel their room moving.
“Why are we still not moving?” King Ryuji asked Kazuya. “What if he decides to trap us here?”
“As long as we are hearing the noise it means that the walls from other rooms are still closing, once it stops every room we will move but if we don’t then maybe we need to start looking for trap doors or try destroying this walls” Kazuya said.
“He might lead us further away from the center” Jin said, finally in a calm tone.
“When the walls go up again, destroy all the cameras that you will see. At least that way, he won’t see where we are going.” Kazuya said.
“That’s the only plan you have?” Jin asked not even looking at Kazuya.
“The enemy can see almost all of the rooms in this mansion, he knew what trap he must activate to kill us. That is why as much as possible we shouldn’t move aggressively. “ Kazuya added.
Everyone was surprised when the noise stopped and room suddenly moves. The one controlling is now rearranging the rooms just like a piece of puzzle.
“We are going backward, he is really leading us away from him.” Jin said angrily.
“It is going to be hard for us to now where is the center of this mansion now” Ryo said worriedly. After almost 10 minutes the room had finally stopped moving.
“Now I wonder where are we. This mansion is somehow like a rubic’s cube ne?” Koki commented. As they started walking slowly.
“We are still lucky, even if we were divided into 3, it seems like each and every group had atleast 1 person that had earth as their element. We can’t trust our sense of direction, but people that uses earth elements can sense where are the others using the vibration from the ground or the walls. Some pets possess those kinds of ability but we can’t use them in here, only small pets like Massu’s.” Ryuji said.
“Ah! Yes that is why you let Massu and Tegoshi come with us.” Ryo said.
“Ryo, your element is earth right? Can you somehow feel where the next trap could be?” King Jirou asked as Ryo put his hand on the wall. “Jin, Koki summon Okaze and Kinari. But don’t let them run okay?” he added.
“We are far away from the others, one group is nearer to where the phantom fighter is. There are more or less 30 prisoners held with 27 Zygnotean including the phantom fighter. The other group is on the opposite direction.”
“According to the scent, my father’s group is the one nearer to the phantom fighter. We need to get moving.” Jin said then unsummoned Okaze.
“Ryo, can you try to find a shorter route to get there?” Ryuji said.
“The longer route is better” Ryo said as he try to find a better way to get to the center faster. “There is a shorter route, but there are traps around it. The longer route only have about 4 or 5 rooms with traps, we can dodge it easily, we can keep running.” Ryo said.
“Zygnoteans might caught them in surprised, We need to get there faster.” King Jirou said.
“But I trust Tatsuya and Yuya’s ability. As long as those groups have them, I know they won’t let the Zygnoteans harm them.” Ryo said as they start moving.
When King Ryuiji’s group reach a dead end, they stopped for a while and let Ryo look for a way out using his ability, Jin got bored and decided to play with the furniture he sees, when he was about to touch a huge vase Ryo felt a weird vibration on the floor so he tried to stop him.
“Jin, don’t!” Ryo shouted but it was too late. Jin had move a vase which open a secret door located on where he is standing.
“The underground lava.” Kazuya said worriedly. “Ryo please continue guiding them” Kazuya didn’t think anymore, he jumped down to follow Jin.
TBC..................
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“Tatsuya, you used so much power to get here. I think you shouldn’t cast strong spells anymore.” He said worriedly.
“And what, watch them get squished here?” Tatsuya answered annoyed and casts another. The children had already started crying.
Tatsuya was starting to feel hopeless, he doesn’t want to see any one die. It makes him mad that he feels useless again. Why couldn’t he help them? He clench his fists due to the anger, but suddenly he felt a strong power inside him that he just needs to let out.
“Tatsuya? Are you okay?” Junno asked but before he could come near Tatsuya, Tatsuya glows brightly. They didn’t hear him casts a spell but glowing tree veins started showing.
Yup, I know that i shouldn't stop here.... but if i'd include the next chapter i think it is going to be pretty long...hehe
and yes, the preview is weird but well, each heir will discover a different and unique powers. Tatchan will be the first one to discover it...:D
as always comments are loved and appreciated..♥♥♥
Thank you for still following this fic♥♥^w^
Author:kazu_chan_love
Rating:PG-13
Pairings/Characters: Akame, YuichixOC, Junda(friendship),Koki
Summary:Yuichi, Koki, Junno, Tatsuya and Jin are supposed to be the 8th generation rulers of the world called Mytan. Mytan had been dealing with their enemies, which are called Zygnotean for so many years but in order to defeat them they need to be strong enough. And In order to gain their full powers, all 7 heirs must be complete. Now that two Zygnoteans named Kazuya and Hikaru come to their life, would they be a big help in finding the missing heirs or will they be the reason of the heir’s failure.
Prologue / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4/Chapter 5 / Chapter 6 / Chapter 7 / Chapter 8 / Chapter 9 / Chapter 10 / Chapter 11 / Chapter 12 / Chapter 13 / Chapter 14 / Chapter 15 / Chapter 16
Chapter 17
It was a peaceful day for Kazuya, He is at the terrace of his room staring at the garden of the castle in Zuthior. The castle wasn’t as big as what is in Atzukori but still they were able to maintain its beauty. Hikaru is finally healed and the mytanean had already accepted them to be part of the lead fighters. He didn’t expect that at all. He was surprised that majority of the Mytaneans are still trusting him. Trust, is something that isn’t easy to earn, he’ll be forever thankful for the second chance given to them.
He stared at the replica of the waterfalls in Himizatti, the mystical falls where Jin took him few weeks ago. He remembered how happy Jin looks during that time.
“I wouldn’t ask him to trust me again but I would want him to aleast forgive me for lying.” Kazuya mumbled sadly.
“Kazuya~!!” A voice singsonged and Kazuya was surprised to see how it came from.
“Tegoshi?”
“Just call me Yuya ne” He smiled.
“Why are you here?”
“The king is calling for you. We have an urgent meeting. Ryo-tan says that something bad happen but he’ll say it during the meeting”
“Ryo-tan?”
“A friend of ours. He even helped me convince the people to let you out of the prison.” Tegoshi explained. “You will like him, he is a nice guy.” Tegoshi added as they continue walking.
When they entered the room, the meeting had already started.
“So what is it about Nishikido.” Ryuji asked
“I just receive a report this morning. The Southern village in Kyumitsou was attacked yesterday. The phantom fighter is still there together with almost 50 Mytaneans that are held as hostage. It is the first time that a phantom fighter challenges the rulers for a battle. No villagers are harmed except for some who tried to fight back. He said he is going to release them only if the rulers and the heirs could defeat him. The others were safe now, we didn’t rush things because we can feel that he had killed the hostages already” Ryo reported.
“What?” Hitoshi shouted surprised.
“You told us that Kyumitsou is safe. Then why did a phantom fighter attacked it? I left Kyumitsou two days ago thinking that it is really okay to leave.” Ryo said sadly.
“Did they attack Kyumitsou just to taunt us? There must be a reason behind it.” Seiji said.
“A zygnotean doesn’t really need to a have reason to attack a village” Kazuya said.
“That is true but this past months they were actually busy gathering information about the portal. Of how could they go to earth. That is the reason why they do not attack that much, they will only attack if they can gather information about it.”
“Go to earth?” Ryo asked.
“Yes. That’s is the purpose of the seven phantom fighters. They built a base in each and every content in Mytan so that it would be easy for them to attack and gather information. Each base are protected by a phantom fighter. But they can’t gain any information about it in Kyumitsou.” Tadashi said.
“Kyumitsou is the latest continent that was discovered. No Mytanean knew about its existence when the portal was built decades ago. No information or books about the portal were send to Kyumitsou. Kyumitsuo is the most peaceful continent and we wanted to maintain it that way.”
“But then the Zygnotean had already attacked it.”
“There must be a reason why.”
“We do not have time for it now. Prepare your weapons, we need to save the villagers in southern Kyumitsou. I believe that the hostages are still alive.” Ryuji ordered.
“The lead fighters in Kyumitsou are already prepared for battle” Ryo informed.
“That’s is good. We will be going to the transporter first. Make sure everyone is ready. We will only be needing 50 lead fighters.” Hitoshi told the heirs then left with the other rulers.
“You have been away for so long. It is nice to see you again Ryo-kun. We could save everyone, don’t worry.” Jin patted him.
Ryo, Jin and Pi are actually the best of friends. Jin’s bond towards the heirs is special since we grew up together yet Ryo and Pi understands him more than the heirs do because those three are alike.
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When they reached the Southern Village of Kyumitsou, everyone felt sad to see what happened to village. Almost all the houses and buildings are put down.
Everyone tries to search for survivors and for the phantom fighter but it seems like no one was left in here.
“Where could they be?” Koki asked.
“They should be here” Ryo said.
“Wait” Kazuya mumbled to keep everyone quiet. They started hearing soft cries. They tried to follow the sound until they were able to see a kid and his mother hiding behind huge pieces of rocks.
“Are you okay?” King Ryuji asked worriedly and lean to the two. “Don’t be afraid, we are here to help”
“They have been here since last night, they haven’t probably eaten yet. We need to take them back to the castle, someone needs to check on them as well.” King Tadashi suggested.
“I know it feels hard for you but we are Mytaneans, we are the rulers. We wont hurt you.” The lady looked at her and the others and finally calmed down.
“The Mytanean fighter will escort you to the center village, okay” King Seiji smiled.
“But before that, Do you know where did the Zygnoteans took the others?” King Hitoshi asked.
“They went deeper inside the forest. Many Mytaneans were caught and one of them is my husband. We tried to fight back but everyone’s powers were no match to the Zygnotean fighters.” The lady said.
“Please save my Papa.” The kid mumbled.
“We will do our best, okay?” Koki smiled, the kid smiled back to him. They started heading to the way that the mother and child pointed.
“There is only one place we would end up if we headed that way” King Ryuji mumbled sadly.
“They could stay in the forest you know” King Hitoshi smiled. Yet King Ryuji was right, they tried to track the steps and it ended to his destroyed mansion. It was his and her wife’s mansion, he never loved Misaki the way he loves Queen Kimiko yet he started dreaming with her, this mansion was one of their dreams yet it was destroyed during a battle with Zygnotean just a year after it was built.
“Ah, I wonder why they choose to hide inside this place” King Ryuji smiled sadly. It isn’t just about Misaki, he remembers his missing son and daughter too.
“This place was actually rebuilt” Kazuya mumbled looking down.
“What do you mean?” Koki asked.
“It appears to be destroyed from the outside but the underground training room wasn’t destroyed. Since no one is using it, we used it as our training place, we built it as a customized training room.” Kazuya said.
“What? You mean my mansion became Zygnotean training area?”
“It was just me and Kazuya-nii. We never really know why we became Kazeno and Lady M’s favorite but this training area was built for us” Hikaru explained.
“Lady M?”
“She is Kazeno’s right hand. She is so loyal to him yet she is also the one who taught us this values, She told us that what the Zygnoteans are doing was actually not right. She said we could choose what we wanted to do.” Kazuya explained.
“Then why didn’t she became like you? Is she fighting for the mytaneans as well?
“She never killed anyone actually, She was just always there as a teacher and as mother to us but she never goes out of ZYgnotea except when she’s here in this training area. You know that I got the worst family and Hikaru never met hers. To be honest Kazeno and Lady M became our mother and father” Kazuya admitted sadly.
“So you know this place better than me now. What do you suggest that we do?” Ryuji asked.
“I suggest we must cut half of the group, only half should proceed inside.” Kazuya said.
“What? And you expect us to follow you?” Jin shakes his head. “We are only 40 here since the others are helping the survivors, but now you are suggesting to only let 20 people to attack the phantom fighter with his Zygnotean army? DO you really want to get us killed?” Jin held Kazuya’s collars, Hikaru tired to stop him.
“That is the opposite of what he wants, if the phantom fighter is already at the center of that mansion, the moment we step inside he could already see where we are and who we are with. It is full of cameras and it is a cubic training area. It was called cubic because it consists of different movable rooms with different traps but the only one who could manipulate those rooms is the one who is in the center of the mansion.” Hikaru explained.
“What? How did the Zygnotean manage to do that?” Hitoshi asked
“It was Lady M and Kazeno who did it. We really didn’t know how they did it but, Lady M is someone who is really knowledgeable about this kind of things.” Kazuya explained.
“And I wonder how could we trust you now after explaining to us how loyal you are to them” Jin said angrily.
“We are here for Mytan, Lady M was the one who opened our eyes, who teaches us to respect the Mytaneans and go against Kazeno, we are loyal to lady M but not to Kazeno” Hikaru shouted, Jin didn’t expect Hikaru to get mad that is why he wasn’t able to reply back.
“Jin, stop. Kazuya and Hikaru are just trying to help and I think they are right, if the mansion is full of traps and can be manipulated by someone, less people would be better. We could easily move and have an eye on each other.
“We’ll stay here outside just in case something went wrong” Kimiko and Seiji volunteered,
“Kazuya and Hiraku should obviously be part of the group that would stay inside since they knew the way better than us.“
“I want to go inside as well. Those people they captured are my friends. I want to save them.” Ryo said.
“Since it only me and Ryo are the present commanders here, I think I must go inside as well.” Yamapi volunteered.
“I’ll stay here with Kimiko and Seiji. Be safe and remember to go back outside alive, especially you” King Tadashi told Tatsuya.
“Yes, father” Tatsuya mumbled.
“So we only need few lead fighters to come with us. Massu and Tego, you are going inside” Hitoshi said.
“But, we are not even trained to be lead fighters yet.” Massu said.
“What is your pet, Massu?” Ryuji asked.
“A hawk sir.” He answered calmly.
“That would be perfect, you could see what your pet sees and feel what he feels. Some pets have a strong ability to sense things, in this case they might sense the traps and the enemy. They are going to be helpful. Kinari and Okaze will be helpful as well” Kazuya said talking about Jin and Koki’s pet.
“If Massu would be helpful then I don’t think I must be included as well. I don’t even have a pet yet.” Tegoshi said.
“We know what we are doing Tegoshi. You are going to be a big help” Hitoshi said.
“Should we go inside now?” Ryo asked as everyone nodded.
As they went inside, it look normal at first. Nothing unusual was happening but they remain alert. Kazuya had asked them to destroy each and every camera that they will see. They must avoid to be watched by the enemy.
“It seems like there is nothing dangerous here.” Koki pouted as he walked ahead of everyone.
“Maybe they are not here?” King Jirou said as he walked faster as well. He tries to look around to see traps.
“Some people were sent to look around the forest to make sure that they are not out there but until now, no one from outside is contacting us which means they haven’t found any traces of Zygnoteans there.” Hitoshi explained.
“But it seems so quiet in here which makes it more scary and mysterious. This is totally different from our mansion, the design was indeed the same yet it feels dangerous being inside here.” Ryuiji said as he noticed that even though it became bigger inside with less furniture, it still looks like a normal empty mansion and the wall’s design was the same as before.
But when they move further Kazuya heard some noise.
“Koki look up!” Kazuya shouted as he ran towards Koki. There are shards of blade falling towards Koki “Ao hono no Sutoraiki” Koki backaway but was too surprised to dodge it so Kazuya casts a spell to destroy the blades.
“Sorry, for being careless.” Koki said apologetically as Ryo help him get up.
“It seems like there are really traps in here that could kill us” Ryo said. Hikaru examine the wall. Indeed, there was nothing dangerous before because they are just entering the walls of traps.
“The next steps from here might be a little more dangerous. Every room are 10 x 10 meters, meaning there will be new traps every 10 meters so be alert. Do not touch or move anything, there are trap doors as well. It might lead you towards the enemies but it might lead you to death as well.“
“Why did you build it this way?” Tatsuya asked.
“It was for training purposes. It doesn’t only test our skills but also our minds, this is also a huge maze too.” Hikaru explained.
“Putting you lives into danger for the sake of training?” Junno asked a little worried, the Zygnoteans are really heartless.
“You are mistaken, as I said the one inside the room located at the center of this mansion is the one that controls everything, which means, he could stop the traps. Traps that could kill us are stoppable but there are some that are unstoppable, those traps could really injure us but it’s part of learning” Kazuya explained.
“It would still harm you.” Koki said as they start hearing loud noises.
“They are making the rooms move.” Kazuya said. They saw that there are bricks going down from above. That creates a huge wall every ten meters. Since it feels like there is a huge earthquake, no one moved from their spot and they had no choice but to let the wall divide their group into 3.
“Shit. Otosan!!! Otasan!!! Can you hear me?” Jin shouted. He was left with Koki, Kazuya , Ryo, King Jirou and King Ryuji. They are the smallest group as well.
“Jin stop shouting, they will not even hear you with this wall.” King Ryuji said.
“Why did I even walked forward and be left with you” He shouted at Kazuya.
“Am I your problem? You are being like that because you were left with me? Could you be a little more considerate and think about saving the people who were captured rather than thinking about getting rid of me.” Kazuya shouted back. “Stop being childish” He added. Everyone keep silent after that.
Behind that wall Jin’s father was also shouting for his son. He somehow heard Jin’s shout.
“Jin? Jin?” King Hitoshi said.
“I don’t think he will be able to hear you clearly, I’m sorry” Tatsuya told King Hitoshi. Their group is consist of Tatsuya, Junno, King Hitoshi, Massu and 3 more lead fighters.
“I..I’m sorry. This is just somehow unexpected.”King Hitoshi said.
“Why did this wall went down? Where is Tegoshi? Are they okay?” Massu asked.
“I don’t know what the one controlling this is thinking but I know that they are just behind the walls, they are going to be ok so don’t worry.” King Hitoshi smiled.
Just like Massu, Tegoshi was so worried when the wall went down and blocked him from Massu.
“Massu is not here,and so is Ryo” Tegoshi said sadly. He was not used without Massu around, he is his best friend. He is the most comfortable when he is with him.
“Don’t worry please. They are okay though I don’t really know what is going to happen when this room starts moving. “ Hikaru said.
“Starts moving?” Yuichi asked.
“As Kazuya explained earlier this house is consist of movable rooms, When the wall goes down, it only means that the rooms will start moving and when the one controlling it is satisfied with the positions, the wall will go up again.” Hikaru explained.
“So you mean, we might go further away from them?” Tegoshi asked worriedly. King Yusuke started contacting the other using the earphone communication device yet it wasn’t working.
“The communication device is useless” King Yusuke said. “I am worried about Hitoshi and his group. If my calculation is right, Kazuya and Ryuji are inside the first room while Hitoshi is in the second which means no one from their group have knowledge about this mansion.” King Yusuke said. Their groups is the largest, it consist of Him, Hikaru, Yuichi, Tegoshi, Yamapi and 3 more lead fighters.
Inside the first room, everyone are still silent after Kazuya and Jin’s small fight. The noise, still continues but they still can’t feel their room moving.
“Why are we still not moving?” King Ryuji asked Kazuya. “What if he decides to trap us here?”
“As long as we are hearing the noise it means that the walls from other rooms are still closing, once it stops every room we will move but if we don’t then maybe we need to start looking for trap doors or try destroying this walls” Kazuya said.
“He might lead us further away from the center” Jin said, finally in a calm tone.
“When the walls go up again, destroy all the cameras that you will see. At least that way, he won’t see where we are going.” Kazuya said.
“That’s the only plan you have?” Jin asked not even looking at Kazuya.
“The enemy can see almost all of the rooms in this mansion, he knew what trap he must activate to kill us. That is why as much as possible we shouldn’t move aggressively. “ Kazuya added.
Everyone was surprised when the noise stopped and room suddenly moves. The one controlling is now rearranging the rooms just like a piece of puzzle.
“We are going backward, he is really leading us away from him.” Jin said angrily.
“It is going to be hard for us to now where is the center of this mansion now” Ryo said worriedly. After almost 10 minutes the room had finally stopped moving.
“Now I wonder where are we. This mansion is somehow like a rubic’s cube ne?” Koki commented. As they started walking slowly.
“We are still lucky, even if we were divided into 3, it seems like each and every group had atleast 1 person that had earth as their element. We can’t trust our sense of direction, but people that uses earth elements can sense where are the others using the vibration from the ground or the walls. Some pets possess those kinds of ability but we can’t use them in here, only small pets like Massu’s.” Ryuji said.
“Ah! Yes that is why you let Massu and Tegoshi come with us.” Ryo said.
“Ryo, your element is earth right? Can you somehow feel where the next trap could be?” King Jirou asked as Ryo put his hand on the wall. “Jin, Koki summon Okaze and Kinari. But don’t let them run okay?” he added.
“We are far away from the others, one group is nearer to where the phantom fighter is. There are more or less 30 prisoners held with 27 Zygnotean including the phantom fighter. The other group is on the opposite direction.”
“According to the scent, my father’s group is the one nearer to the phantom fighter. We need to get moving.” Jin said then unsummoned Okaze.
“Ryo, can you try to find a shorter route to get there?” Ryuji said.
“The longer route is better” Ryo said as he try to find a better way to get to the center faster. “There is a shorter route, but there are traps around it. The longer route only have about 4 or 5 rooms with traps, we can dodge it easily, we can keep running.” Ryo said.
“Zygnoteans might caught them in surprised, We need to get there faster.” King Jirou said.
“But I trust Tatsuya and Yuya’s ability. As long as those groups have them, I know they won’t let the Zygnoteans harm them.” Ryo said as they start moving.
When King Ryuiji’s group reach a dead end, they stopped for a while and let Ryo look for a way out using his ability, Jin got bored and decided to play with the furniture he sees, when he was about to touch a huge vase Ryo felt a weird vibration on the floor so he tried to stop him.
“Jin, don’t!” Ryo shouted but it was too late. Jin had move a vase which open a secret door located on where he is standing.
“The underground lava.” Kazuya said worriedly. “Ryo please continue guiding them” Kazuya didn’t think anymore, he jumped down to follow Jin.
TBC..................
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“Tatsuya, you used so much power to get here. I think you shouldn’t cast strong spells anymore.” He said worriedly.
“And what, watch them get squished here?” Tatsuya answered annoyed and casts another. The children had already started crying.
Tatsuya was starting to feel hopeless, he doesn’t want to see any one die. It makes him mad that he feels useless again. Why couldn’t he help them? He clench his fists due to the anger, but suddenly he felt a strong power inside him that he just needs to let out.
“Tatsuya? Are you okay?” Junno asked but before he could come near Tatsuya, Tatsuya glows brightly. They didn’t hear him casts a spell but glowing tree veins started showing.
Yup, I know that i shouldn't stop here.... but if i'd include the next chapter i think it is going to be pretty long...hehe
and yes, the preview is weird but well, each heir will discover a different and unique powers. Tatchan will be the first one to discover it...:D
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