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CHAPTER 91
"Is something wrong?" he asked, noticing the way she was staring. She quickly averted her eyes out of embarrassment.
"Nothing. It's just that you look like someone else I know…I just don't remember who." The council leader's smile only grew. He was really starting to look familiar now, and it was bothering Jaida that she didn't know who he reminded her of.
"Ah, you must be thinking of my son," he told her cheerily.
"Your son?" she asked, confused. "But I don't know him…do I?"
"You do," Jaron insisted. "His name's Nero." Jaida looked like someone had just shot her. She didn't want to be disrespectful, but that had really been a shock.
"N-nero? He's
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Jaida marveled at the scenery before her. Everything about this planet was different, and she loved being able to experience it. She was starting to wonder if this was all real or just a dream. After all, no one would believe her if she told them about this world. It was kind of nice knowing that she was the only human ever to come to here…as a guest, anyway. The Deslyans had obviously seen a human before. She began to wonder if they saw them often or not. They fed off emotion, right? Maybe that was just a delicacy. Maybe there was something else they ate during the times they didn't have a human handy."Do you like it here?" Nero asked her curiously."It's amazing," she said with a smile. "Everything's so different…so beautiful.""Beautiful?" He just laughed a bit, enjoying her optimism. "I guess it is to someone who hasn't seen it. In reality, this place needs a lot o
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Jaida's smile fell just a bit more. She knew how hard it was. She loved her parents dearly, and she had wanted them to stay together so badly. It had really hurt knowing that she was powerless to fix her broken family unit. Lira quickly noticed the change in Jaida's expression, and her own softened greatly."Oh Jaida, I'm sorry," she told her honestly. "It must be hard." Jaida only nodded, lowering her head to avoid Lira's eyes. After all, she didn't need to be seen with tears in hers. She was amongst a strong, independent race. She had to try and be just as stable."If it makes you feel better," offered Lira with a smile, "at least Arius cares about you, which is more than most of us can say." Jaida's head shot up, a soft blush painting her cheeks. The tears that had been there quickly dried up, disappearing for now.
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Arius was soon only a few feet away from Lira, who was standing there, watching her children play with Jaida. They were thoroughly enjoying themselves. She eventually glanced back and smiled at Arius, obviously knowing beforehand that he had been there."Hello Arius," she greeted. "It's been awhile.""That it has," he answered, stopping next to her. He was just watching Jaida play with Zoro, Moril, and Kiro. They were all laughing, kicking around their bright red ball."She's a natural," Lira commented, giving Arius a sideways smirk. "She'll make a good mother one day." Arius just shrugged off the comment and continued watching. Jaida was smiling like she always was. He loved seeing her smile like that. It was nice knowing that her memories of his world wouldn't be horrible. He really did love his race, and h
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As they walked, they were probably receiving even more stares than when Jaida had just been walking behind. After all, Arius was their savior, the man they all loved and honored, and here he was, walking with a lowly human. However, he didn't seem ashamed of her at all. If anything, he pulled her closer, as if making a point. Maybe one day the Deslyan race wouldn't be so closed off towards humans. Maybe they'd come to realize that their races weren't that different. Sure, Earth had its problems, but Desy did as well. If only their worlds could merge. They would have the beauty of Earth and the comfort of Desy, a beautiful world with no problems. There'd be no murders, no wars, and no one would get divorced. It'd be an Eden, like heaven on Earth. It was too bad that that was impossible. After all, no one and nothing was perfect.Eventually they reached the gate, which had now reopened to let them pass through. Above was a cle
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Jaida pushed open the door to her house, taking off her shoes and setting down her book bag. She just sighed as she went into the living room and plopped down on the couch. She was tired, and it's not like anyone could blame her. She had just gone to another planet where she had been anything but welcome…though it hadn't been so bad. Not all Deslyans were human hating jerks.Arius came into the living room just as Jaida turned on the television. They had nothing else to do right now since Ms. Carlson wasn't home and they had finished their homework in school. Jaida just flipped through channels, looking for something of interest. She eventually landed on a news station, and the words out of the reporter's mouth quickly caught her interest."In other news, it seems more and more buildings have been burning down lately," he began, shuffling through his stack of papers. "Just today, the old warehouse on main mysteriously burst into flame
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Jaida glanced around a little, wanting to find a way to see the battle better. Her eyes soon caught sight of a fire escape that led to the top of the building. She ran to it, and out of curiosity, Mr. Owens followed."Up here," she told him as she began climbing. "We'll be able to see better." Mr. Owens made no complaints as he began going up the ladder after her, his eyes remaining on the battle above. It looked like they were currently evenly matched. They were fighting mainly with fists since both knew that they had a better chance doing damage like that. Magic tended to get dodged.Jaida and Mr. Owens were soon on top of the nearby building, now able to see the battle better. It was hard to tell who was winning. Jaida smiled brightly when she saw Arius grab Lucius's arm during a punch. The Deslyan threw him downwards, and it looked like he'd slam into the building across from them, but he caught himself at the last second. There was a de
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Arius snapped to attention as Jaida cried out after colliding with the ground for a second time that night. For now the thought of his bleeding arm was pushed to the back of his mind. He had to make Lucius pay for hurting Jaida. The angel was currently preparing to throw his sword downwards, aiming it at her. Arius wasn't about to allow something like that to happen.Just as Lucius began preparing to throw his sword like a spear, Arius came up behind him and grabbed it, his hand locking around the red and silver blade. Lucius glanced back at him, watching in slight surprise. Arius is bleeding arm was now pouring out even more as his hand was getting cut by the blade. However, in one quick motion, he pulled back on it, and the sword snapped in half. He quickly took the piece he had and thrust it towards Lucius. It ended up going through the angel's left wing.Lucius cried out a bit as his own blade pierced through him, and he found it to be d
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Throughout the game, each of them was getting to hit the tennis ball a decent amount of times, which was rather surprising. Arius was actually letting Jaida participate instead of taking every shot for himself. It was kind of nice knowing that he could work with her as a team. They made a good one at that."Hey," began Amy, returning Jaida's serve. "Do you know if Mr. Owens is back?""I heard some kids talking," began Seth as he slammed his racket into the ball, sending it over the net. "I think they said he's here.""Are they gonna rebuild his house?" she asked."I think so," responded Jaida as she hit the tennis ball gently. "He's staying with some friends for now, but I think he said it'd be rebuilt. We'll have to ask him.""Look out!" shouted someone from a nearby court. All four of them turned to see what was going on. Jaida's eyes widen
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