Chronicles: Resurection

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Fourteen: To Demolish A Future

Kyle got up from the table and turned. "Where are you going?"
"To sleep. I'm tired so I can hear the rest tomorrow. Good night, Mary, Xenex." He left for his room and closed the door. Mary turned to Xenex with a puzzled look. "I never knew about a prophecy." He did a small smile. "I'm going to sleep as well. He'll probably want the rest of the story tomorrow." Xenex got up and left for his room. Mary watched him go before doing the same.
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The next morning they were gathered at the table once more. They had just finished breakfest. "Last night I stopped after the prophecy. Now everyone in the room promised to keep it secret. No one wanted to spread a bloody prophecy now with the bad feelings from the attack still lingering on. Me and my brother swore to each other we would never kill the other, something he seems to have forgotten recently. Within a couple years, the Second Great War broke out. Once more our clans fought. We didn't participate because we we're to young. Novek began training again to catch up to me and I stopped so he could. We wanted to stay equal, so that neither could kill the other. Things started up again a few months before the war ended..."
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A tall teen in all black was lifting weights. His pure black hair was glistening from sweat. "So, how's the book?" He asked while straining with a particulary heavy lift. In the corner on a bench there was a teen of the same hieght wearing red, reading a book. "It'd be boring to you. It's more of a thinking style." He replied. His spiked red hair was easily noticable throughout them room. "You sayin' I'm not smart?" Novek asked while lifting a heavy weight. "Well you're more of an action type. Besides what do you care? You've never bother to even read a book that wasn't some training guide." Novek set the weights down. "I never should've asked. Toss me the towel will ya?" Xenex tossed him a white one as he returned to his book. "You know, you don't have to read here. I doubt the home gym is the best spot to read anyways. Why not go to the study?" Xenex peered at him over the top of his book. "Too quiet. Besides I stopped training so you could catch my level. How can I tell if you've reached it if I don't watch?"
"Dad getting on your nerves?"
"Shut up."

A few minutes later and the two were walking down a hall to the main room of the house. Suddenly thier sister walked up behind them. "Hey, you guys know if Dad's home?" Xenex shook his head while Novek said no. "Do you know when he'll be home." Again the same reply. "Well tell me when he gets back ok?" Novek nodded but Xenex simply asked. "Why Sela?" She blushed a bit but didn't say, rather heading off to her room. The brothers looked at each other with confused looks but then walked on to the main room. Seleen was there, napping on the couch. Xenex sat down and started on his book again. Novek however went to his room for a nap. It was silence for a few minutes before there was knocking on the door. Xenex slowly got up and went to answer it. When he opened the door he was greeted by Mary, wearing a bright blue dress, and a girl he didn't know. She had long black hair and deep purple eyes. She wore a deep purple dress and was looking down with a simle on her face. "Hey Xenex. You and Novek up for a show?" Xenex didn't answer for a moment, staring at the girl, before snapping backand answering. "Uh... maybe. Why don't you come on in while I get him?" The two came and sat down on a couple chairs while Xenex went to Noveks room. A moment later he came back with Xenex. "So, where we goin'?" He asked.

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Fifteen: The Fight

"All right. See ya later!"
"Good bye!" Novek and Xenex stepped in the front door of thier home. As they got to the living room thier father was there waiting for them. "Where were you two?" Novek quickly mumbled something and ran off to bed leaving Xenex alone to answer. Xenex sat down and grabbed his book from before. "We went out with friends." The father sighed. "Xenex, we're in the middle of a war. You can't just go without warning someone." Xenex avoided the statement by posing his own question. "Sela was looking for you. You talk to her yet?"
"Yes, and don't change the subject. You know how valuble you and your brother are. You two can't afford to be reckless nowadays."
"So we're just valuble things to you huh? Forget this. I'm going to bed." Xenex got up and walked to his shared room and slammed the door behind him. The father looked down, saddenend by the rift between him and his son. "I didn't mean it that way..." he said under his breath.

"Bastard. Leaving me to deal with dad." Xenex laid down on his bed and began to read his book some more. "Sorry but you know me. I hate getting yelled at by him. By the way I keep forgetting. what was the name of the girl Mary brought along?" Xenex thought for a moment, but once her image was in his head he forgot what he was doing, content to just imagine her in front of him. "Xenex!"
"Oh! Uh, I think it was Luna." Xenex hastily hid his face behind his book. "Luna, huh? Well tomorrow, I'm gonna ask her out."
"What?" Xenex put the book aside and stared at his brother. "I'm gonna ask her out. What, you like her or something?" Xenex hid his face behind his book again. "No. Best of luck to you."
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The next day Novek did just as he said he would. The two of them began dating over the next few months. Xenex was pained when he saw them together but did his best to appear happy around them. His sisters saw right through it and tried to comfort him. Still though he felt hurt by the sight of them together. Soon the war ended and thier father was home more. Because of how distant Xenex had become, his father couldn't tell what was bothering him. A couple months later when he was told by his daughters he tried to give his son some wisdom. "Just go tell her how you feel. Or tell your brother. Sorry if I'm not much help here. I didn't have a sibling to compete with." Xenex smiled though. "No, I think... I'll go talk to her." Xenex left to go see her. On the way he noticed his brother in a bad mood. Xenex ignored him and went to Luna's house. But before he knocked on her door he heard someone crying. He turned around to see Luna coming up crying her eyes out. "Oh Xenex. What're you doing here?" she asked as she wiped tears from her eyes. "What's wrong? Are you ok?" Xenex ignored her question worried more about her well being. She started to cry a little harder. "Novek... he... he broke up with me." In the back of his mind Xenex was happy to hear this but then she continued talking. "He said terrible things to me. Why... why would he do that? He really hurt me... I thought he loved me..." Xenex didn't wait to hear anymore but stormed off. Luna watched him go before she went into her house to be alone.

Xenex found his brother at the town square, staring out at the large fountain in the center of the large marketplace. "Who the hell do you think you are?" Novek turned around just in time to see Xenex punch him. Before Novek could even reacted, Xenex tackled him into the fountain and began to punch him continually in the face. The people in the marketplace watched as Xenex beat his brother. Suddenly Xenex was thrown off. Novek stood up and when Xenex charged in he managed to grab his fist and punch Xenex in the gut. Novek began to punch Xenex back until Xenex aas slammed against a wall. "What the hell are you doing Xenex!?" Xenex didn't answer but rather vanished and appeared with a punch to Novek's face. As Novek fell, Xenex pinned him down and continued punching him. "She cared for you and you hurt her! She's crying right now because you threw her away like trash! What the hell is wrong with you!?" Xenex continued punchjng his brother as the others around just watched in horror. Suddenly there was a flash of light. When it cleared Xenex was lying face down as his father held his arms pinned behind his back. His sisters were helping Novek to his feet. His nose was broken and his face was covered in bruises. "You ok Novek?" Novek ignored his sister and instead yelled to his brother. "F*** you! Who says you can judge me? Who gave you the f***ing right? Huh? F*** you! Next time you try anything like that, I'll f***ing kill you!" Novek stormed off and his sisters followed him. Everybody stared as thier father just stayed silent holding Xenex down as tears began to roll off his face.

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Sixteen: Love & War

That marked the first time the brothers had ever fought. The village seemed mortified by it and the story spread like wildfire. Soon everybody in both the Lunar and Solar clans knew of it. Since the fight, Novek wouldn't even look towards his brother and just concentrated on training. The way Xenex had easily defeated him showed he had a long way to go. Once he had calmed down Xenex felt terrible for what he had down and wanted to apologize, though his brothers refusal to even look at him made it hard. Thier sisters were also divided on the matter. Both agree Xenex went to far but Sela argued that Novek deserved it while Seleen argued that Xenex should've minded his own business. Thier father didn't have an opinion simply stating what's done was done. The fight seemed to rip the family apart and with thier father out fighting battles in the war a lot, people wondered who was holding them back from killing each other.As time passed Xenex went to see Luna again. She had heard the story and knew what he had done. At first she was confused as to why he cared so much, but once he asked her out she understood. The two began dating shortly after.

Xenex walked in the front door, a small smile on his face. "So, how'd it go?" Xenex sat down as Sela looked at him expecting an answer. "Fine."
"So what happenend and don't leave a detail out." Xenex rolled his eyex and sighed. "Again? Why is the contents of my dates so interesting to you?"
"Because we're girls and we gossip about this stuff." Seleen leaned on the back of his chair. "You to? I'm not gonna get out of this, am I?" Both sisters shook thier heads, grinning ear-to-ear. Xenex sighed, knowing the hopelessness of argueing with them. "We went to dinner. We talked a bit then I walked her home. Happy?" Both gave him a cold stare. "I said 'details' Xenex."
"Like what?"
"What'd you talk about? Did you kiss or was there anything better?" She asked, a grin on her face as she said the last part. "The conversation was pretty plain. I asked her stuff about how she was doing and stuff. She replied and asked the same thing. I honestly don't know why you two find this so interesting." He said as he looked from face to face. Sela sighed as Seleen spoke. "You forgot to mention if there was any kissing and stuff."
"I didn't forget, I left it out." Seleen hit him in the back if the head. "You know not to leave info out."
"Ouch!" He muttered something under his breath about satanic girls but they just smiled as Seleen hit him again. "Ow! I kissed her goodnight as we got to her house ok?" The sisters smiled, "Thanks bro. Always nice talkin' to ya." The two went away laughing, leaving Xenex clutching the back of his head. "Demon girls I swear." Suddenly there was knocking on the door. Xenex got up and went to the door mumbling something else about his sisters. As he opened the door he was shocked to see Mary was there. "You look exhausted. What's so important you had to rush here?" She panted to catch her breath for a moment before replying. "Xenex, it's... it's your... your dad. He... I mean... the elders just... just got word that he's dead."
"What?"
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"The death of my father, led to many problems. First off was how he died. He had died to protect someone, who immediately went and betrayed him by killing his forces. This led to the Heaven clans pulling out of the war. Without the help from the strongest demon clans, that side quickly lost the war. It was blamed on the captain who had angered them and he was swiftly killed. Next was an allience problem. When we pulled out, it was as bad as openly attacking our allies. However when offered land and wealth by the other side, we refused. This led us to a neutral point with both sides wanting our alliance. Yet we made no choice as to a side because we were enraged with one and hated the other. It was very complex. The final problem came with a successor to my father's rule." Xenex explained to Kyle. Mary knew most of the story that followed as she became a major part after his fathers death. Rather than relive what she called 'horrible afterthoughts' she went to her room. "See, by Lunar clan laws women could not lead. So my sisters, who were both highly capable and his eldest, couldn't even be considered. This ment rule fell to me and Novek, but people wondered if that was right. We had killed a man in cold blood as mere children, I had beat my brother to a bloody pulp all because of a girl, and now we were technically orphans. Not the best bet for a leader, huh? Still, Novek and I became joint leaders of the clan. At the back of our minds was the prophecy about us that the elders gave. It said we wouldn't rule together, that brother would kill brother and lead in everlasting peace. Obviously it didn't happen, but we weren't sure of ourselves or the other. With the Second Great War over, I got to date Luna more. A few months later and we were engaged. It was about that time that I was finally given a chance to make peace with my brother."

[Akira]

That was totaly awsome. Are you going to make a sequil or is that the end?

[GrandShadow]

i'm not done yet. i usually add a chapter every day or so. i won't be able to today because i'll be busy.

and Resurection is part 1 of 4.

[Akira]

sweet I look forward to reading more of the chapters.

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Seventeen: To Make Amends

Novek was walking down a hallway surrounded by other members of the clan leadership. While the final decisions came down to the current leaders, there had always been a group that advised and reported to only the clan leader. "Sir, the nation is demanding an answer. If we remain nuetral they will try to eradicate us, same as if we side with thier enemy. However an acceptance of thier alliance will bring the wrath of the other side. Among myself and the other advisors, we would like to remain nuetral yet avoid a conflict. With all our recent losses, avoiding conflict is our highest priority." They soon reached a room with a large table with plenty of chairs. Xenex was already thier with the rest of the advisors. "I take it you heard of this alliance problem?" Novek nodded and took his seat on the opposite side of his brother, a precaution as much as to spite his brother. "I'm with them, nuetral without a fight but getting that will be hard considering both sides want to kill us if they don't get our alliegence. We need to figure out a plan for this to be settled peacefully." Xenex nodded, "I know, I was running an idea by them when you walked in. My idea would be to make a treaty with each stating we won't attack or harm them but neither will we fight thier battles. They technically get an alliance and we remain peaceful."
"But when they find out we made a pact like this with the opposing side, wouldn't they take action against us?" Xenex sighed as Novek said that. "I know, and that's the only flaw in my plan. We don't know how one will react to knews of us dealing with the other."
"I suggest we ready our strength to defend ourselves in case of attack. And if we get attacked then we give alliegence to the side that didn't attack."
"But then we have to suffer in fear of a possible attack and the attack itself. I'd rather think up something else."
"This is just something we need an answer to. One false move and we get attacked, yet one correct move could meet the same results. There's just no right answer." Both brothers agreed on this while the advisors were shocked they could plan so well. Once the brothers finished they began offering plans of thier own that the brothers systematically pointed out problems with or rejecting. They couldn't reach an answer that didn't involve the risk of being attacked.

A few hours later and the meeting was over. They hadn't reached a plausible plan so the brothers decided to stop and continue tomorrow. Before he left, Xenex asked Novek to stay back as he wanted to discuss something in private. As the advisors left for thier own affairs, the brothers were left alone in the room. At first there was silence, until Xenex spoke. "It's been almost a year and still the only time we seem to talk is at these meetings for the clan. Look Novek, I... I wanted-"
"If you're going to tell me you're engaged then don't bother. Sela told me a couple days ago." Novek turned, he was about to get up to go. "No wait! It's... not about my engagement. It's about what I did. Novek, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have ever hit you. I should've minded my own business and left you alone. I'm sorry." Novek stayed silent. "All I was thinking about was hurting you for hurting Luna. Afterwards I realized that you were right. I had no right to judge you. No right to try to punish you. I just acted on my own feelings when I didn't know the full story. I'm sorry Novek, it's all I can really say." Novek remained silent. Xenex got up, he had said what he wanted. If Novek was going to stay silent then there was no reason to stay. "Xenex, I don't know what you really expect me to say." Xenex turned to see his brother still hadn't turned around. "You attacked me and nearly smashed my skull in, all because I dumped Luna. I could tell you liked her, I found it out while we were dating. In a way, I was happy to know that dating her hurt you. It was something I had that you couldn't. But then when I dumped her you attacked me. I was actually expecting you to be happy, not mad. You're now engaged to her. You seem happy with her, like I thought you would. I could never figure out while you attacked me. Even now it's still a mystery to me. And now you apologize and I don't know if I should forgive you or not. I knew you felt sorry for it. The way you were deppresed by my silence told me the whole story of your grief about the fight. Yet I still kept my distance and stayed silent. All because I didn't even know why. Why you wanted to attack me in the first place. If you want forgiveness then you're gonna have to wait. I don't know if you deserve it. If you just wanted to apolgize then fine. Either way, I've got stuff to do." Novek stood up and left. Xenex just stayed standing, silent as his brother left and he was the only one in the room.

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Eighteen: A New War

Xenex walked in the front door of his house. After him and Novek were named the new leaders they had gotten thier own houses. Besides that, they wanted to make sure they wouldn't hurt each other. As Xenex walked into the living room his pheonce Luna was waiting for him. "So how'd it go?" Xenex sighed as he sat down next to her. "New threats and pleas against the clan for allegiance. We're trying to think of a way to remain nuetral without provoking a war." Luna frowned, "That's not what I meant. I meant, how'd it go with your brother?" Xenex stared with a blank look for a moment. "I... I honestly couldn't say. I apologized and he said he didn't know if he should forgive me or not. He explained his reasoning and I can't lie, he's right. If the situation was reversed, then I wouldn't know if I could or even, should forgive him. He told me that and just left. I don't know what to say about how it went." Luna leaned in close and kissed him. "You did what you wanted to do. It's up to him now." She stayed leaning on hjm for several minutes, both content to stay that way, until there was a knock at the door. Luna got up to get it and returned with Mary. "Hey Xenex, nice to see you again." Xenex looked up to see Mary wearing a full suit of custom battle armor. It was gold and silver, shining with a light of its own. It was curved to the contour of her body and was made to be flexible as well. "Why are you wearing armor Mary?"
"Because the Solar clan is preparing for war." Xenex was shocked to hear the news and it shiwed because Mary began to explain. "The Lunar clan may want to stay nuetral but we know that a war is going to be inevitable. So we are preparing because we will be taking the plea for allegiance. Both our clans are linked, we know this. But we're not going to sit back and let you deny an alliance with one of the stronger countries when it could lead to our own destruction. Tomorrow, we're going to ally ourselves for the inevitable war. I'm simply here to let you know, staying nuetral will cause both our downfalls." Xenex stood, he had a seriousvlook in his eyes. "Have you spoken with Novek about this?" Mary shook her head. "Alright then I will. We'll meet with you tomorrow with our answer. Mary nodded and left. Xenex gave Luna a kiss before heading out himself. He went to Novek's and politely knocked on his door. Novek was shocked to see his brother. "We need to talk."
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Xenex and Novek we sitting at a table in a large room. The table was adorned with a sun and moon linked together. At the other end was Mary and her father, the current leader of the Solar clan. He spoke in a commanding voice with authority. "So what has the night decided?" Xenex and Novek looked at each other before speaking in unison. "We have decided to join the alliance and continue the allegiance with the day."

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Nineteen: The Start Of A Legacy

"The next day we went to a meeting with the leaders of one country. We signed a treaty allying ourselves with the country. In return the country promised to never attack or betray us in any way. As expected, when the rival country wasn't happy with our decision and readied its forces. We recieved word that they would attack and we instantly began preparations to defend ourselves. The next day it happened, the Third Great War began, because we defended ourselves."
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Xenex was running. He was wearing his black and red armor carrying his sword. Novek was with him, in his armor with his sword. They had a group of about fifteen enemy soldiers behind them. "Xenex..."
"A little more, just up ahead." They kept running till they reached a dead end and spun around. The enemy grinned and closed in for the kill. Suddenly five soldiers wer blasted with lightning and were incinerated on the spot. As they turned to so see what happened, three more were smashed into the ground by a large claymore wielded by a girl wearing black and blue armor. Before the rest could attack, Novek sliced through four and Xenex blasted the other three with fire. "Nice hit Sela." Sela lifted her claymore."Thanks, now whats next?" Seleen jumped down, clad in identical armor carrying her staff. "We need to help out the others on the outskirts of the city. These were the last of the enemies that managed to slip by the main forces." Xenex nodded, "Ok then. Lets go!" Seleen nodded and began to mutter something. She held up her staff which began to glow. Suddenly they vanished, leaving a black mark where they once stood. They appeared in a clearing inside the city. Seleen looked a little tired out so Sela told them to go on ahead. The brothers ran on till they reached the edge of the city. They looked accross a large field, taking note off the battle. Massive amounts of enemy soldiers were attacking a much smaller force, yet they weren't making any headway. The Solar and Lunar clan warriers were striking down foes and blasting off spells with little effort. A few cannons were firing on the city, but thier shots were being repeled by a barrier. "Look out!" A cannonball was about to smash Xenex when suddenly there was a large silver shuriken glowing in front of him, which repeled the attack. The weapon spun around back into the hand of Mary, clad in her silver and gold armor. She was holding another weapon just like it. They were hollow circles at the center where Mary was holding them. Many serated blades were sticking out of the circle giving it the appearance of a tribal sun. Xenex quickly thanked her before they rushed into the battle. Mary would spin and throw out her blades and control thier path with her mind, making it seem like the enemy was being attacked by a pair of flying saws. Novek would use his swordsmanship skills to strike down foes from every direction, moving swiftly accross the battlefield. Xenex was doing the same but also using fire and lightning spells to hit enemies at a distance while he slashed at a near one. The fighting continued for hours with the enemy forces thinning while the Heavens clan losses were relatively small. The enemy was easily outmatched but refused to retreat. A few hours later and Xenex slashed down the final soldier. He dropped to his knees, exhausted from the fight. Novek was standing beside him, breathing heavily. The battle was won, but the war had just started.

[GrandShadow]

Chapter Twenty: Loss Of The Twins

"The first battle of the war we fought and won. After that our allies began to retaliate and attack. Pretty soon the Third Great War started. Me and Novek fought in many battles, usually turning the tide to our favor. To the enemy, we became known as the bloody twins. To our allies, we were the Lunar Saviors. Despite this, our sisters were even more infamous. Magic & Might is what they were refered to by both sides. Seleen would cast many spells and obliterate the enemies forces or Sela would charge in and smash them to bits. They were an unbeatable team. About halfway into the war, me and Novek finally mastered flying. Now that we could attack from the air, the enemy was usually defeated faster. One day we got a signal from my sisters that said they were being chased down. They had got pinned at the bottom of Drogin Cliff, which wasn't that far away from our city. Some of our forces were dispatched immediately, me and Novek however ran to the cliff..."
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"What are you going to do Xenex?" Xenex was in his armor, looking over the side of the cliff. It was foggy and cold. Xenex turned back to his brother. "Get your armor and join me when you can." Novek looked a little apprehensive, "Xenex..." Without another word Xenex fell back over the cliff. As he was falling he activated his wings and began to fly down. "Reckless fool." Novek began to run back for his armor.

Sela smashed another soldier down with her claymore as lightning shot over her head, striking down another three. But the soldiers kept coming. Towards the back was a soldier on a horse, directing the others. He had a spear in his hand and chain in the other. Sela and Seleen killed wave after wave but more came still. At the rate they were going they wjuld be over run. Suddenly a lightning bolt was shot from above, killing five men. The twins looked up to see Xenex flying down firing off spells at the enemy. He quickly landed next to them. "Happy to see me?"
"Thrilled, now would you mind helping?" Sela joked as she slammed another away. With Xenex's help they began to push back the soldiers. Sela smashed the last one down. "Well that's all except the guy on the horse. Let's kill him and g-!" Sela stopped talking as there was a blade sticking through her chest from her back. She coughed up blood and fell to her knees as Seleen and Xenex ran to her. She died before they could even reach her. The soldier pulled on his chain and the blade in Sela's chest flew back to his spear. "Seleen no!" Xenex yelled as his sister ran towards him with lightning flying around her. The soldier said something and suddenly her lightning vanished. Before Seleen could react, he impaled her on his spear. "You let anger blind you, demon scum." He tossed her aside and looked at Xenex who glared at him with rage. Who is this guy? "Who am I? I am Captain Marx." What the? can he read- "Minds. Yes I can. That is why I can fight demonic filth like you on equal grounds. Give up. Surrender or flee, those are your choices." Xenex blasted off a lightning spell which was stopped by an invisible wall. "I'm also proficient enough in magic to create a barrier at a moments notice. Now, choose." Xenex charged in at the captain, swinging wildly in a rage. Marx began to parry them with a bored look on his face. He knocked Xenex off balance and aimed a stab at him but Xenex vanished. He reappeared with a slash that was quickly parried. "Fast, but still futile." Xenex screamed in anger and kept slashing away. Marx parried each one, content to let Xenex tire himself out. Finally he parried and shoved Xenex, causing Xenex to spin around. Before he could react Marx delievered a massive slash from his left shoulder to his right hip. Blood began to flow out of the wound across his armor, which Marx had cut straight through. Xenex fell to the ground as Marx raised his spear, to impale him. "Farewell, demon." A fireball blasted Marx back. Then another, and another. Marx quickly mounted his horse and rode off. Novek and about thirty warriors had come. Novek knelt by his brother as the warriors looked to Sela and Seleen. "Xenex... what... what happened?"
"He overpowered us. It's like, we didn't even exist."