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Shin hesatated at the outside of the shrine. His clothing was damp, but the air was so dry it wasn't much comfort. He unconciously clutched at Kaworu's hand tighter as he felt the pull from inside and the purple with in him began rushing up to greet it.
Kaworu rubbed circles on the back of Shin's hand, feeling an echo of the pull Shin was getting. "It'll be ok," he said softly. "I'll be with you."
Shin gave a very small smile. Taking a deep breath he entered the temple.
Almost instantly he was engulfed in a red glow, eyes going blank before filling with flames as they began merging into him. Kaworu's hand was foreced away as Shin's skin became too hot to touch. The red glow slowly guided Shin to the broken alter that lay before a stone wall who's carvings of tounges of fame almost seemed to move. Standing in the wreckage, Shin placed his hands on the wall, causing it to grow red as with heat.
The boy's lips moved silently, mouthing the same few sylabols over and over, his expresion emotionaly pained and frightened.
"Shin!" Kaworu forced himself to become calm and closed his eyes, entering the boy's head. He looked around to get his bearings and saw Shin strapped to an altar, one wrist bound in blue chains, the other in red. The chains grew into vines as the moved down the boy's arms, slowly turning purple as they reached towards Shin's torso, sliding under his shirt.
Kaworu shook his head slowly, pain on his face. He looked up and saw another figure above Shin, reaching down to fill Shin with more of the purple energy. In a flash, Kaworu was between the two. "You will not kill him," he said, voice deadly serious.
The form paused a minute, as if confused. It moved to gently push Kaworu out of the way.
Kaworu pushed back, using the god's own energy to keep it away. "I said you will not kill him."
The form flaired in irratation a moment before more focibally pushing Kaworu away.
Kaworu stumbled a few steps back. He formed a shield around Shin. "I said NO!" he said, getting back in between them.
"Why do you protest, Chosen?" The voice that filled the area was undesribable and inhuman.
"Because I love him," Kaworu said simply, "And I promised to protect him."
"You have already fufilled your duty. He is not yours to love. He is only here to fufill a profacy."
Kaworu's eyes blazed. "And he is not yours to kill! He is not one of your people!" His hands fisted tightly as he fought the urge to attack something intangible.
"He will be returned when his duty has been finished." The voice was flat, vaugly sounding like someone talking to a small child.
"You will kill him," Kaworu said with certainty. "I have given my word to protect him from any who would kill him." He took a deep breath, and his voice was flat for his next statement. "That includes you. If I have to learn how to make dry water to reseal you and save him, I will."
The god was silent a moment. "I have waited far too long for this opertinity to be denied it by the will of an easily swayed heart," it stated firmly.
"Then find a way that doesn't involve his death, because if you don't you will have to wait for another."
"I will not cause his demise while his duty has yet to be fufilled." The voice had an almost tired tone.
"You already are." Kaworu held out his arms, wrists up. "Feel how much of you I have in me. This is what he couldn't control. And you give him MORE. You will kill him before you are brought back."
"The energy must be housed," The voice said flatly. "His form can contain it."
"It can't," Kaworu contradicted flatly. "You will drive him insane and then you will kill him," he repeated firmly. "And then where will you be?"
"Insanity is not death."
"Insanity is the death of the personality. And when his spirit is dead will he be able to break your precious seals?"
"Then find another way for him to hold My energy."
Kaworu gave a small sigh of relief. "Could it be held in something not alive?"
"He will need constant contact with it if so."
"So... a jewel... an amulet?"
"It would sufice."
Kaworu nodded, looking down at Shin. He ran his hands over the vines, which bloomed at his touch. "Do you have to do this to him?" he asked quietly.
The god was silent a moment. "I did not set these condtitions." The voice was slightly softer.
Kaworu looked up sadly. The shield fell. "Do what you have to. I'll take care of him."
Shin moaned slightly, weakly trying to pull away as the energy coalsed above him. He gave a pained sounding scream as the grey-purple shot into the center of his chest.
There was the sound of a thunderclap as the scean desolved and Kaworu found himself looking at the split mural. Shin was spralled across the reformed alter, looking much like a sacrifice. The red around him faded, lingering around his wrist were the astral bond was.
Kaworu gathered the boy close and kissed him deeply, draining as much as he could with the contact. He broke away to trail his fingers softly down the boy's cheek, then lifted him and left the temple without looking back.
"Kaworu!" Houjun exclaimed, runing up to him. "What happened?" Her voice was heavy with worry. "Are you okay?"
Kaworu nodded tiredly. "We need to find him an amulet. For the god's energy, so he doesn't go insane." His expression grew determined. "And I need to learn to make dry water."
Houjun blinked at him. "Dry... water?" she repeated, mixed expresions in her voice and face.
"I told him I'd find a way to reseal him if he keeps hurting Shin," Kaworu said flatly. "He would have killed him otherwise." He held the boy tighter. "He sees Shin as nothing more than a means to get out." He looked at the boy. "I intend to keep my promise."
Houjun thought a moment. "What kind of amulet does he need?"
"Something that can hold the god's power safely. Some kind of jewel, with our energy in it to protect him." Kaworu swayed slightly. "And... I need... to sit..."
Houjun led him over to a bench. "Maybe if you put him down..." she sugested. "Next town we'll locate a jewel store and find something. It probably should be purple... a conbanation of our colours, and it seems most of the excess is that colour as well."
A wicked smile blossomed on Kaowru's face. "I know where I want to get it from." He shifted Shin into Houjun's arms. "Take care of him. I'll be back soon." He moved into the shadows and raced back to the capital of his country.
"How may I... KAWORU!" the man behind the counter exclaimed.
An older man hit him. "Idiot! Don't insult customers. Your street trash is five years gone." He turned to Kaworu. "Do not be insulted by my son, my lord. He sees things. Please, be welcome to my humble store."
Kaworu smiled nastily at the man behind the counter and followed his father. He looked through the drawers of jewels and chose three, asking for simple settings and waiting while they were made. He paid the father and put his purchases in his belt pouch.
"Kaworu..." the son said quietly.
Kaworu paused. "I'm not who you think I am," he said. "Lies follow you?" He looked at the man sidelong.
The son's eyes widened. "Kaworu," he said again, more surety in his voice.
Kaworu shook his head and left the building. The man gave chase, but by the time he got to the street Kaworu had disappeared back into the shadows to get to Houjun and Shin.
Houjun was looking at the boy, expression mixed, almost as if she was looking at a very cute house rat, unsure wither or not to want to kill it or keep it as a pet.
She paused, noticing Kaworu's return and quickly pushed the emotions away, looking up at him as if offering the still sleeping boy back to him.
Kaworu accepted the boy, smiling affectionately at the girl. "You could have given him to Jack," he pointed out quietly.
She blinked a moment, as if the idea hadn't occured to her, breifly turning to look at the preist. "So?" she asked, turning back to Kaworu.
Kaworu looked at Jack quickly, then leaned down and kissed her. "I love you," he said near silently. He pulled the purple-stoned amulet out of his pouch. "Put some of your energy in it?" he requested. He turned to the priest. "Jack, is there anything in your scrolls that would help me learn how to make dry water?"
The priest fidgetted. "It's not a good idea, Kaworu. All the inner texts about the gods say that after they used those powers they were drained for a day at least."
Kaworu shook his head. "I need to know this, Jack. I'll find a way without you if I have to."
The priest grimaced. "Kaworu..." He sighed. "I'll see what I can find. But right now, we need to find a place to stay for the night." He held his arms out to take Shin.
Kaworu nodded, giving the boy to the priest and turned back for Houjun.
Her eyes were closed in deep consentration. There was a breif glimmer of red from inside the jem and she exhailed slowly, eyes openeing again. "Done," she announced, handing it back to Kaworu.
"Thank you," he said, taking her hand. "Will you ride with me? I don't know how steady I am..." He looked as if he expected rejection.
She smiled at him happily. "Of course." She paused. "We'll just have to have the priest ride with the boy and link the extra horse," she reasoned.
He smiled, face reflecting immense joy, and nodded.
Jack had already lead the horses over and mounted, holding Shin. "If we get going we can make it to the next town by night," he said.
Kaworu nodded again and put his horse on a lead, connecting it to Houjun's. He held out a hand to help her up.
She accepted and slid into the saddle in front of him, smiling contently.
Kaworu rubbed circles on the back of Shin's hand, feeling an echo of the pull Shin was getting. "It'll be ok," he said softly. "I'll be with you."
Shin gave a very small smile. Taking a deep breath he entered the temple.
Almost instantly he was engulfed in a red glow, eyes going blank before filling with flames as they began merging into him. Kaworu's hand was foreced away as Shin's skin became too hot to touch. The red glow slowly guided Shin to the broken alter that lay before a stone wall who's carvings of tounges of fame almost seemed to move. Standing in the wreckage, Shin placed his hands on the wall, causing it to grow red as with heat.
The boy's lips moved silently, mouthing the same few sylabols over and over, his expresion emotionaly pained and frightened.
"Shin!" Kaworu forced himself to become calm and closed his eyes, entering the boy's head. He looked around to get his bearings and saw Shin strapped to an altar, one wrist bound in blue chains, the other in red. The chains grew into vines as the moved down the boy's arms, slowly turning purple as they reached towards Shin's torso, sliding under his shirt.
Kaworu shook his head slowly, pain on his face. He looked up and saw another figure above Shin, reaching down to fill Shin with more of the purple energy. In a flash, Kaworu was between the two. "You will not kill him," he said, voice deadly serious.
The form paused a minute, as if confused. It moved to gently push Kaworu out of the way.
Kaworu pushed back, using the god's own energy to keep it away. "I said you will not kill him."
The form flaired in irratation a moment before more focibally pushing Kaworu away.
Kaworu stumbled a few steps back. He formed a shield around Shin. "I said NO!" he said, getting back in between them.
"Why do you protest, Chosen?" The voice that filled the area was undesribable and inhuman.
"Because I love him," Kaworu said simply, "And I promised to protect him."
"You have already fufilled your duty. He is not yours to love. He is only here to fufill a profacy."
Kaworu's eyes blazed. "And he is not yours to kill! He is not one of your people!" His hands fisted tightly as he fought the urge to attack something intangible.
"He will be returned when his duty has been finished." The voice was flat, vaugly sounding like someone talking to a small child.
"You will kill him," Kaworu said with certainty. "I have given my word to protect him from any who would kill him." He took a deep breath, and his voice was flat for his next statement. "That includes you. If I have to learn how to make dry water to reseal you and save him, I will."
The god was silent a moment. "I have waited far too long for this opertinity to be denied it by the will of an easily swayed heart," it stated firmly.
"Then find a way that doesn't involve his death, because if you don't you will have to wait for another."
"I will not cause his demise while his duty has yet to be fufilled." The voice had an almost tired tone.
"You already are." Kaworu held out his arms, wrists up. "Feel how much of you I have in me. This is what he couldn't control. And you give him MORE. You will kill him before you are brought back."
"The energy must be housed," The voice said flatly. "His form can contain it."
"It can't," Kaworu contradicted flatly. "You will drive him insane and then you will kill him," he repeated firmly. "And then where will you be?"
"Insanity is not death."
"Insanity is the death of the personality. And when his spirit is dead will he be able to break your precious seals?"
"Then find another way for him to hold My energy."
Kaworu gave a small sigh of relief. "Could it be held in something not alive?"
"He will need constant contact with it if so."
"So... a jewel... an amulet?"
"It would sufice."
Kaworu nodded, looking down at Shin. He ran his hands over the vines, which bloomed at his touch. "Do you have to do this to him?" he asked quietly.
The god was silent a moment. "I did not set these condtitions." The voice was slightly softer.
Kaworu looked up sadly. The shield fell. "Do what you have to. I'll take care of him."
Shin moaned slightly, weakly trying to pull away as the energy coalsed above him. He gave a pained sounding scream as the grey-purple shot into the center of his chest.
There was the sound of a thunderclap as the scean desolved and Kaworu found himself looking at the split mural. Shin was spralled across the reformed alter, looking much like a sacrifice. The red around him faded, lingering around his wrist were the astral bond was.
Kaworu gathered the boy close and kissed him deeply, draining as much as he could with the contact. He broke away to trail his fingers softly down the boy's cheek, then lifted him and left the temple without looking back.
"Kaworu!" Houjun exclaimed, runing up to him. "What happened?" Her voice was heavy with worry. "Are you okay?"
Kaworu nodded tiredly. "We need to find him an amulet. For the god's energy, so he doesn't go insane." His expression grew determined. "And I need to learn to make dry water."
Houjun blinked at him. "Dry... water?" she repeated, mixed expresions in her voice and face.
"I told him I'd find a way to reseal him if he keeps hurting Shin," Kaworu said flatly. "He would have killed him otherwise." He held the boy tighter. "He sees Shin as nothing more than a means to get out." He looked at the boy. "I intend to keep my promise."
Houjun thought a moment. "What kind of amulet does he need?"
"Something that can hold the god's power safely. Some kind of jewel, with our energy in it to protect him." Kaworu swayed slightly. "And... I need... to sit..."
Houjun led him over to a bench. "Maybe if you put him down..." she sugested. "Next town we'll locate a jewel store and find something. It probably should be purple... a conbanation of our colours, and it seems most of the excess is that colour as well."
A wicked smile blossomed on Kaowru's face. "I know where I want to get it from." He shifted Shin into Houjun's arms. "Take care of him. I'll be back soon." He moved into the shadows and raced back to the capital of his country.
"How may I... KAWORU!" the man behind the counter exclaimed.
An older man hit him. "Idiot! Don't insult customers. Your street trash is five years gone." He turned to Kaworu. "Do not be insulted by my son, my lord. He sees things. Please, be welcome to my humble store."
Kaworu smiled nastily at the man behind the counter and followed his father. He looked through the drawers of jewels and chose three, asking for simple settings and waiting while they were made. He paid the father and put his purchases in his belt pouch.
"Kaworu..." the son said quietly.
Kaworu paused. "I'm not who you think I am," he said. "Lies follow you?" He looked at the man sidelong.
The son's eyes widened. "Kaworu," he said again, more surety in his voice.
Kaworu shook his head and left the building. The man gave chase, but by the time he got to the street Kaworu had disappeared back into the shadows to get to Houjun and Shin.
Houjun was looking at the boy, expression mixed, almost as if she was looking at a very cute house rat, unsure wither or not to want to kill it or keep it as a pet.
She paused, noticing Kaworu's return and quickly pushed the emotions away, looking up at him as if offering the still sleeping boy back to him.
Kaworu accepted the boy, smiling affectionately at the girl. "You could have given him to Jack," he pointed out quietly.
She blinked a moment, as if the idea hadn't occured to her, breifly turning to look at the preist. "So?" she asked, turning back to Kaworu.
Kaworu looked at Jack quickly, then leaned down and kissed her. "I love you," he said near silently. He pulled the purple-stoned amulet out of his pouch. "Put some of your energy in it?" he requested. He turned to the priest. "Jack, is there anything in your scrolls that would help me learn how to make dry water?"
The priest fidgetted. "It's not a good idea, Kaworu. All the inner texts about the gods say that after they used those powers they were drained for a day at least."
Kaworu shook his head. "I need to know this, Jack. I'll find a way without you if I have to."
The priest grimaced. "Kaworu..." He sighed. "I'll see what I can find. But right now, we need to find a place to stay for the night." He held his arms out to take Shin.
Kaworu nodded, giving the boy to the priest and turned back for Houjun.
Her eyes were closed in deep consentration. There was a breif glimmer of red from inside the jem and she exhailed slowly, eyes openeing again. "Done," she announced, handing it back to Kaworu.
"Thank you," he said, taking her hand. "Will you ride with me? I don't know how steady I am..." He looked as if he expected rejection.
She smiled at him happily. "Of course." She paused. "We'll just have to have the priest ride with the boy and link the extra horse," she reasoned.
He smiled, face reflecting immense joy, and nodded.
Jack had already lead the horses over and mounted, holding Shin. "If we get going we can make it to the next town by night," he said.
Kaworu nodded again and put his horse on a lead, connecting it to Houjun's. He held out a hand to help her up.
She accepted and slid into the saddle in front of him, smiling contently.