"I'm not finished with
you yet! You'll never... make it... out of here alive
Dragonboy... COWER in
fear as I demonstrate my TRUE POWER
!" Sounds of cracking bone and stretching muscle could be
heard as Alex and his party turned in surprise to see Ghaleon
appear in the doorway only to fall to his kneels; a howl from the
depths of hell itself clawing its way out of his chest. The
Dragon Angels lay expired on the ground, dying from an electric
blast, this time however much more powerful.
"What the hell?! I
thought we already killed him!" Kyle exclaimed, summing up
what the rest of the party was thinking. Ghaleon was now almost
ten feet tall, with pale blue, shiny, armored skin. Horns
protruded from either side of his head extending a foot or so,
long black hair hung to his knees, cat like claws protruded from
his finger tips...
"You may have
killed that pathetic magic user... you will now die by the hands
of Athen!"
"Well damn... "
"Shut up Kyle!"
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"Luna...
I'm here." "I knew you would never abandon me to evil,
Alex." Alex looked up to his beloved as she floated in a
pillar of light. "Yes, now we can finally go back to Burg
together! "Though Ghaleon has perished, the Fortress of
Althena continues to bleed life from the world of Lunar. If it
does not cease, all Lunar will become as lifeless as the
Frontier. But if I leave the fortress, the stored magic will be
released too rapidly, and it may end up destroying the entire
world of Lunar... I'm a prisoner, Alex." Luna explained
tears glittering in her grief stricken eyes. "NO!"
"I'm sorry, Alex. I must stay here... for Lunar!" Luna
cried as she phased in and out of sight like that of a ghost.
Alex's brows formed a determined 'v'. "I won't give you up!
You musn't give up either, regardless of how hopeless things may
seem! There has to be a way!... We must believe in the power that
resides in each of us, Luna!... I believe that each of us is
entrusted with a future to realize, and this is not our
future!... Luna, if we work together, I'm certain we'll find a
way... just like Dyne did, remember?"
Alex moves up the stairs
with a determined stride that made no doubts of his intentions.
"Alex, no!" Luna pleaded. As Alex approaches his armor
begins to fade and his regular clothes are revealed. Luna's eyes
widened with panic. "Alex, you musn't try it! It's too
dangerous!"
Alex grunted in pain as he
passed through the barrier of light surrounding Luna. "We
will always be together... in the past, present, and future as
well. It's destiny." He held out his hand to her then as the
pain subsided.
"Luna... take his
hand... it is all right my darling sister. Go and be with this
man you love. He is right, it is your destiny... "
Luna felt the weight of an
entire universe lift from her shoulders, her tears of sadness
were replaced with those of joy as she fell into Alex's waiting
arms.
"Oh Alex... Alex...
"
"And that brings us to
the present." Luna finished her story and looked to each of
her friends.
"I hadn't realized
that so much more than we knew was at stake," Alex stated
morosely, putting an arm around Luna.
"I've gotta hand it to
him. Yasuo is definitely a trooper," Kyle added.
"I hope one day to
meet him. Mia has told me so much about him," Jessica said
as she leaned into Kyle's embrace.
"I feel so horrible
for the way I treated him! Even if I was under Kirei's
spell!" Nash looked down shamefully.
"Nash! Please do not
worry. Yasuo has already forgiven you for that! It couldn't be
helped." Mia touched Nash's shoulder hoping to help erase
his feelings of needless guilt. "I do not know Yasuo or
Portia that well I but they never seemed any different than
anyone else. It's still so hard to believe that he was actually
Althena's brother reborn!"
They were all silent then.
It still hadn't sunk in.
"My brother,"
Luna whispered. "He gave his life so that we could all be
happy. He saved not only the love I share with Alex, but saved
the rest of Lunar as well."
"If I were you I might
be a little perturbed that he took all my powers away," Kyle
commented.
"I don't need them
anymore. I have everything I want right here. With all of
you." Luna smiled, looking to all of her friends again,
truly grateful that none of their lives had been taken.
"I'm still confused
about the whole Kakari, Portia, and Kirei bit though. They were
all the same person?"
"Not exactly Kyle.
Five years before I was reborn, Kakari the eldest sister of the
Vile Tribe sisters died a mysterious death. Athen my twin brother
suspected that it was Royce, for she had proclaimed her love for
him but of course he could not return it for he was very much in
love with Kakari. This love between them caused much tension on
Lunar as you might have guessed. A god in love with one of the
Vile Tribe, sworn enemy of Althena. After Kakari's death Athen
was beside himself, there was no proof that it was Royce and he
truly believed her when she said that hadn't done it and had no
idea who had. He became so heartbroken... so obsessed with
finding her killer. He simply went mad. It was about this time
Althena decided that humanity needed to stand on its own, and
felt that it was strong enough to do so. She also believed that
Athen deserved a second chance at love. So, when Althena chose be
to reborn she had Athen reborn as well, he was in no condition to
refuse. Thus Yasuo was born and soon after Portia came along. She
had no idea what the consequences of her actions would be. The
madness had carried over to Yasuo. His memories of Athen were of
course buried in his subconscious just as Althena's memories were
buried in mine. Yasuo's changes were due to this madness, the
embodiment of Athen's madness. Portia's spirit caused Athen's
spirit to want to break free from Yasuo's. Athen wished to be
with Kakari and Kakari wished to be with Athen. Simple as that.
But when Yasuo and Portia were born they were born with their own
souls as well even though a part of Athen and Kakari were inside
them. I still do not know how Ghaleon found out about Yasuo.
Perhaps Dyne told him when they were still on good terms, or
Ghaleon may have witnessed Athen's rebirth himself."
"That's still amazing!
Dyne raised Yasuo!" Alex was still dumbfounded by this.
Yasuo had been the son of Dyne. Well, sort of.
Luna continued.
"Dyne's grief sent Yasuo to Vane with a nice lady by the
name of Juu. Althena had feelings for Dyne that she kept to
herself. She knew her responsibilities, maybe that was one reason
she decided to be reborn. She couldn't stand to see Dyne suffer
so either. Just as she couldn't bear to see her brother's madness
getting worse day by day."
"Who raised Portia
then? Did Dyne have her raised in Vane as well?" Nash asked.
"Actually, Portia was
raised by her grandmother. Portia had been born just like the
rest of you." Luna smiled and continued.
"Ok, well that's all
fine and good but how did Kirei become Portia? How did Ghaleon do
what he did to Portia and were Yasuo's dreams some kind of
memories? I'm still not clear on that."
"My Kyle your just
full of questions aren't you?" Jessica teased.
"That's not all I'm
full of." Kyle grinned.
"I couldn't agree with
you more on that one," Jess replied and smiled at Kyle's
smirk.
"As I explained Athen
and Yasuo were one so Yasuo had all of Athen's power inside he
just hadn't been able to unlock them. He wished so strongly to
see Portia again, all the while Ghaleon was destroying the part
of Portia that Yasuo was in love with and not only that but
Kirei's mission was to bring Athen out. Not all at once of
course, but gradually. How she had this power I do not know.
Somehow I think that Yasuo sensed her presence and she just
became the one that Portia's essence took over. Kirei was nothing
more than Ghaleon's minion. She wasn't human. So as Portia's
spirit began to inhabit Kirei it with the same token sped up
Athen's return through Yasuo."
"Damn, that's awfully
complicated." Kyle scratched his head.
Luna smiled slightly and
continued on. "As for how Ghaleon did what he did... I think
it was the same process he used to bring the dark Althena about.
I am not sure. He became quite mad and I'm not sure of his
methods. Yasuo's dreams were actually no dreams at all. There is
another world between Lunar and the Blue Star, it is where all
the spirits of the dead stay while they await to be reborn.
Because Athen had a hand in Lunar's creation he was able to go to
this world without being forced to stay. Any other spirit of
Lunar or the Blue Star would be forced to stay and their bodies
on this plane would perish. In Yasuo's dreams he saw Kakari her
spirit wanting her Athen back. She didn't care for Yasuo
whatsoever, all she cared about was making Athen's spirit stay
with her. Ghaleon called on a demon by the name of Himitsu who is
capable of traveling in between the worlds for a short period of
time without consequence, he was Ghaleon's link. Ghaleon made a
promise to Kakari that she could have her Athen back if she
killed Yasuo. All the while he was lying to her of course, just
as Ghaleon wanted Althena's power he was greedy for Athen's as
well. Once Yasuo died Athen's spirit, his power would be free and
Ghaleon was bent on capturing it. That is why he had Yasuo killed
in his chamber, Ghaleon was already near death and only Athen's
power could save him. The fact that he had Portia kill him was
just inhuman and just the actions of the demented madman he had
become. That is how Ghaleon mutated into the beast and was able
to fight you all a second time. One would believe that after
taking the power of a god he would be invincible but that's where
he made his mistake. Athen's spirit became weak when divided from
Yasuo's."
"So let me get this
straight Ghaleon did Yasuo a favor?" Jess interupted.
"On the contrary,
Yasuo would have died anyway if the madness had not left him.
Yasuo had a very strong will and spirit but Athen's godly powers
combined with the strength of his madness... it was too much for
Yasuo. Ghaleon never stood a chance the second battle. He was all
but dead and took on the powers of a God yes, but it was too soon
after the separation from Yasuo." Alex laid a hand on Luna's
trembling hands.
"Oh Luna, this is the
wrong time to be asking you to tell us isn't it?" Mia said
with concern.
"It is all right. I
have almost finished with my story."
"Very well... if you
are sure... what became of Yasuo's spirit then?" Mia asked.
"Yasuo realized as he
laid dying in Kirei's arms that she truly was Portia, and in that
moment she realized that she was Portia as well. He was able to
tell her of his love for her... yet as the fates would have it
when Athen's spirit left Yasuo became human, as human as I am
now. The condition he was in would have been no problem for Athen
to recover from. That is how throughout Yasuo's journey he always
somehow escaped certain death. This time however, his weakened
spirit and body could not keep him alive. H-he died in Portia's
arms." Luna finished with a crying stutter.
"Oh Luna!" Mia
and Jessica hugged her at once.
"But you said that
Yasuo saved us all right? So, there's got to be a happy ending
somehow right?" Jessica asked hoping to calm her friend.
"Yes... I suppose
so... Remember I told you that I heard Athen's voice in my mind
as Alex held his hand out to me? In that moment, all of Yasuo's
memories became mine. That is how I am telling you all this. When
you defeated Ghaleon for the second time, Athen's spirit was once
again free and it sought out Yasuo's. Only this time the madness
was gone... I think it's because Athen knew that he could be with
Kakari... however, Athen has somehow become two spirits, and
obviously Yasuo is the second. Yasuo's last wish was for me to
look after Kirei, he loved her with all his being yet he knew
that it was not meant to be. He erased her memories of him, she
know lives as though she never knew he existed!" Luna wept
more, but was determined to continue. "I could feel the
sorrow and anguish in his request and it nearly broke my heart...
he realized his place in destiny and it wasn't with Portia. He
can watch her from afar for the rest of her life yet he can not
be with her... "
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Luna was sitting alone in
front of the fire when Dyne sat in the chair next to her.
"There was something
you needed to tell me?"
"No... there is
something Yasuo needed to tell you..."
AUTHOR’S NOTE:
Thank you SO much for reading! I loved writing this, and I hope that everyone that read this felt every bit as much emotion as I put into it. The first few chapters are slow I know, but I really felt that I had a solid middle and ending. For those of you who are not Lunar fans I apologize for although I tried to write this for everyone in some ways it really didn’t turn out that way. A lot of things, such as the original characters and places had no descriptions… so for those who are familiar with Lunar I’m sure you had little trouble visualizing things.
Lunar is a game that is very close to my heart and this is the first and only story I’ve EVER finished. I have MANY unfinished works. This is a couple years old, I wrote this through the end of my high school days. It took three years to write in all. I would go through and edit some things but it’s almost like a written memory from my past and I really don’t have the heart to change it.
The “foreign/alien” language is loosely based on Arabic. I really liked “The Mummy” and I thought the Arabic was an awesome language. I used an English-Arabic dictionary, but I fear that most of what I wrote doesn’t make sense. So whatever impressions you get of the things Yasuo said are probably correct ^_^
There's quite a bit I'm sure I've forgotten to add in this Author's note, such as little Rei's reaction to Yasuo. One would think that a little girl and her mother would be terrified of a monster... especially being that they were all alone. But they did live closely to the Talon Mines and Cadin where monsters were common, especially since they were located in the Frontier. (Thanks to my friend Kathie for reminding me to add this!). Oh, and one line that always get's me that even I can't stand (yet again I don't have the heart to change it) is towards the beginning of the story when Yasuo is talking about running his hands through his "midnight raven hair"... that sounded so dumb when I read it allowed, so don't feel like you're the only one ;-P haha
One last thing, I am currently doing research for the sequel to “A Tear In Time”, the working title for now is “A Tear in Time 2: Dying of the Light”. I will most likely not post the chapters here as I finish them, but once I’m completely finished with the story. I’d feel too restricted should I post the chapters here because if something major changed down the line I’d be screwed ^_^’ heh.
Once
again, thank you SO much for reading, if you have any questions
or comments please don’t hesitate to email me or to send me
some messages via ICQ, MSN, or AIM.
Take
care now everyone *hug*
Danni
EMAIL: lordghaleon@hotmail.com
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AIM: PrettyGirlJean
MSN: lordghaleon@hotmail.com (Danni)
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