26 Voices In The Dark Revealed

[Atop The Village Wall]

Del and Rez sat atop the wall, this was their usual spot, where they came to relax. Currently, Rez was lying down near the edge of the wall as Del sat on the edge - both were waiting for the other to make the decision for both of them. They had been stuck in this situation since their fight with Sora had ended, neither one didn't want to seem selfish in making the decision, as both knew that they would follow eachother.

R: "Um..."

D: "Hm?"

Rez hesitated.

R: "We already said yes didn't we..."

D: "Yeah... but..."

R: "Are you sure you wanna go, Del?"

Del stayed quiet for a while.

D: "Well... I do, it's just, it's going to be a big change, something we've never experienced before in either of our lives. I've already said my goodbye's, now I'm just scared of getting used to a new place"

Del had already said her goodbye's to her family and friends as well as the hunters she had good relationships with. Rez had also said his goodbye's, neither had known this so they didn't know if the other wanted to stay.

R: "Yeah... well..."

Rez stood up, this wasn't going anywhere, so he decided to take the initiative.

R: "I'm going if you wanna go"

Del looked at him, she finally got her answer. Del smiled as she stood up and walked next to him.

D: "Guess it won't be so big a change as long as we stick together right?"

Rez smiled.

R: "Yeah, Sora'll be there too"

Del pouted. That's not what she meant...

She muttered under her voice.

D: "I was talking about just us you know..."

R: "Hm? Say something?"

D: "What?"

Del looked back at him with a carefree smile.

R: "Nothing..."

Del and Rez just needed eachother's answers to go. They didn't really know how eachother felt, after both accepting they were ready to move on to the next part of their lives.

...

[Outside The Arena, Where Multiple Fights Had Taken Place]

Multiple Fights had taken place, sometimes some powerful hunters would fight eachother for fun, some did it for personal reasons, and sometimes for other reasons. People were walking out of the arena now. Inside the crowd, a boy met up with his group.

?: "Oh so you're back"

?: "Yeah, had to keep hidden"

?: "So?"

?: "He said yes, I was watching him from one of the trees"

?: "We all guessed that, what now?"

?: "Well, we need to follow him after all. It's our duty"

?: "So? How're we gonna get in?"

?: "Well that Michael guy seems to be the best way to get in, but all we have to do is take the physical entrance exams and show off a little power..."

One of the older looking ones looked towards 2 people in the group.

?: "A LITTLE..."

?: "Hm?"

?: "Why you looking at us?"

The group talked for a little bit more time then began to walk back to the village, they split from the crowd and took a path into the forest.

?: "So? We can finally meet him?"

?: "Well... not now but..."

?: "Yeah, it's pretty soon"

?: "I can't wai-"

Before the 5 figures could keep walking something landed in front of them, the speed at which it came down was so fast that it left a crater, as the smoke cleared from the impact the figure that landed appeared to be Yuin.

?: "Hm?"

Y: "Alright... I've ignored you five since you entered my village a while ago... but it seems that you're weirdly linked to Sora... I'll ask once... who are you..."

?: "Umm..."

?: "So... we were found out..."

?: "Did you guys get drunk and spill?"

?: "No!!! I would never get that drunk!!!"

?: "Um... you were yesterday though..."

Yuin looked at the five figures argue in front of her, she had expected them to be more shocked than this. One of the more serious looking ones took a look at her.

?: "You must be on the level of a Legend, to think one would be here..."

Y: "Huh?! How didyou know that?!"

Yuin was now on guard, she sensed something different about these people, but how did they know she was a Legend.

?: "Well... I don't think it's a good idea to tell you that here, let's fly..."

The five figures disappeared instantly, Yuin could keep up with them though and followed them until they were almost 200,000 metres away from the village.

Y: "Why have you lead me this far?"

?: "Well..."

The figure speaking released his aura and immediately shocked Yuin, this one person alone was capable of killing her.

Y: "You... you're a Legend too?"

?: "Um... not just me..."

The other 4 figures released their aura's too, each and every one of them, and specifically 2 of them were much more powerful than Yuin, she knew now for certain that she couldn't even hope to act in front of these guys, whether running away or trying to fight back.

Y: "All... of you?"

?: "Yep..."

They all retracted their aura's, with the five of them here as well as Yuin, 6 Legends in the same place would attract alot of attention.

Y: "So... which ones are you..."

?: "Well..."

?: "We're the Aquatic Twins, Dezrin and Iona"

I: "Hello!!!"

(T)Y: "Top 20?!"

?: "Um... Soaring Calamity Seth. I didn't decide that name by the way..."

(T)Y: "Even further in the Top 20?!"

S: "This here is Natu, Manager of Nature right?"

N: "Yeah..."

(T)Y: "Are all these guys in the Top 20?"

Y: "Wait... so who are you?"

Yuin looked towards a purple-haired woman who had been quiet until now, she was the one who had the most amount of power when she released her aura, Seth's was already enough to almost make her faint, what of this one's?

?: "Oh, me? Um... I'm the Violet Singularity, Xion"

Yuin almost passed out. In terms of strength, Xion was close to the pinnacle of the Legends, she was a figure only known in Legends, some true and some fabricated. In any other situation, Yuin wouldn't believe any of this but the aura's that she felt a moment ago were enough proof to show her that this wasn't a lie, they were also all travelling together. This meant that they had a personal relationship with eachother, no Legend would travel with another unless they had complete trust in eachother. Yuin didn't know what to say to these people, she waited for them to speak first, they could say anything and she would force herself to follow, she couldn't be seen in a negative light by them. Some Legends were extremely scary, and she didn't know what these people were like.

D: "Well, as for what we have to say"

Yuin held her breath.

Dezrin bowed in midair.

D: "Thank you for taking care of us"

Iona followed.

I: "Yeah!"

N: "Thanks"

All of them bowed.

Yuin was extremely surprised by this, for the fact that they didn't have to lower themselves to her level, they did. Finding someone this polite among the Legends, let alone 5, was extremely rare, this fact was even more apparent when the Top 20 were taken into account.

S: "Lady, you have a really nice bar"

Y: "Huh?"

X: "I'll have to agree with Seth here"

Seth and Xion had already stopped bowing and began talking to eachother. Out of everyone, they were the most carefree. They knew Yuin was weaker than them, but they didn't care, from what they experienced today it was pretty obvious she knew something was off about them as soon as they came into the village, but she let them stay anyway. That was enough reason for someone to be thankful, plus they really did enjoy their time at the bar.

D: "So, If you don't mind telling us which Legend you are"

Yuin had already felt like they were being too polite, this question was one she was expecting anyway. She also bowed down.

Y: "Yuni, Lazy Fairy"

I: "Hmm?"

Yuin looked up.

Y: "Is there something wrong? Miss Iona?"

I: "Huh? Miss?"

Y: "Lady?"

I: "No, just Iona"

Yuin was surprised, why was this group so carefree? Most of the Legends she had met up to this point had been arrogant or scary, that's why she chose to hide from her position as one, she didn't want to be associated with them. But these 5 were a completely different change of pace, after thinking about it for a while, Yuin trust them more and relaxed, lowering her guard.

Y: "Um, can I ask what you guys were actually doing in my village for so long? If it isn't too much to ask..."

D: "Well. To put it in simple terms, we were here to help a friend"

Y: "A friend?"

D: "More specifically, Sora"

Y: "Sora? How do you know him?"

Yuin had a hunch this was about his power, maybe one of the previous holders of the power are linked somehow?

D: "Well, we're the teammates of the previous owner, and we wanted to help Sora grow up"

Y: "Hmmm... I'm guessing you played a part in Sora destroying his way through the rankings because of his power in hunts"

I: "Yeah, that was me"

Y: "Oh..."

Yuin didn't expect such a straightforward answer.

Y: "Well... I'm guessing you guys know about his power then?"

S: "Yeah, he told us about it..."

All of them took a pause, Yuin found this strange.

N: "Well, we wanted to help him power up whilst not making ourselves too obvious, Iona's magic was probably the furthest we went, as well as protecting the village from some demons"

Y: "What?! Demons?! When?!"

N: "A while back, I set up a defensive formation that looked like a storm, nothing got into the village, including the shockwaves and anything that could be felt from our fights, I fixed the land after"

Y: "That's what that was? I always felt that storm was weird..."

This was just a testament as to how much more powerful Natu was when it came to his control over elemental essence. Yuni wasn't named a 'fairy' for no reason, she was known for her natural attunement to wind, which, in turn, gave her a strong connection to nature. But Natu was even able to fool her when it came to the formation he set up years ago.

N: "Yeah... luckily, no one walked outside it or walked in from the outside - that would have ruined our entire plan"

Y: "So that's what it was..."

X: "Um..."

Xion looked at Yuin, who took a while to respond.

Y: "Oh, sorry, what did you want to ask me?"

X: "Is it... Yuni, or Yuin?"

Y: "Oh... well... my real name is indeed Yuin, but I used a different one for a while and that was the one that everyone knew when I used to travel. I changed my name so that no one would suspect me"

X: "Hm? Suspect you?"

Y: "Yeah, I wanted to split myself from the Legends, most of the ones I had met until then had been arrogant or scary, they weren't people I wanted to be associated with, but... you guys have given me a whole different impression, you don't strike me as any of those things..."

D: "Thank you for the compliment, do you trust us enough now?"

Yuin didn't know, she trusted them more than when she had met them but she still didn't really know, she only had her first impressions, it didn't seem like they were lying when they talked about being the team of the previous holder of the power though.

Y: "I don't know... but... even if I didn't trust you... there's not much I can do against people like you guys, the only thing I can hope for is-"

S: "We'll take care of him, don't worry - that's the duty we set up for ourselves"

D: "Quite right"

X: "Yep, and we intend to follow it through to the end"

I: "We'll do all we can!"

Natu nodded.

Yuin didn't feel like they were lying, the only thing she could feel from these people was hope, hope that their leader would come back to them. Whilst that couldn't happen, if Sora regained his memories from his past life, and if truly was similar to Azu, it was essentially the same thing, they wouldn't mind the change either, as long as he gave off the same aura that Azu did, they wouldn't mind following him once more. Yuin bowed to them.

Y: "Please take care of them"

All of them looked at her, they could tell she was a good natured person. They all bowed once more.

D: "Once again, thank you for taking care of us"

All 6 of the Legends rose and looked at eachother.

S: "We'll be sure to take care of the other 2 aswell, it seems our leader's taken a liking to them, who knows... they may become new members of our team"

Seth smiled.

Y: "Thanks"

Yuin could rest easy now, she was slightly worried about sending them off by themselves, but if these guys went, they would all most likely be fine.

Y: "Wait, but how are you gonna help him when he's there?"

S: "Easy"

X: "We're joining the school, 4 of us as students and 2 of us as teachers"

Y: "What?!"

Yuin didn't know that they had such a direct plan.

Y: "Won't you get recognised?!"

N: "No"

I: "I don't think we will"

Y: "What? How?"

D: "Aside from Miss Xion, we've all kept our presences pretty hidden from anyone that isn't a Legend, and even when it comes to Miss Xion, she's only really met once with some important figures, none of them from the school you're sending Sora to"

Y: "Really? Wait... you've seen the school already?"

S: "Well yeah, we kind of spied on some of the other invitations you gave to others before Sora, we could guess that you were going to invite him to the same one"

N: "Sorry..."

Yuin sighed, she couldn't even be mad, for someone on her level, if someone spied on her without killing her - that was already enough.

D: "We've already applied for the entrance tests, me and Miss Xion's positions as teachers have already been proven over a month ago, we just told them we would start coming in a month later"

Y: "You guys planned this far ahead..."

D: "Well..."

Xion pointed towards Dezrin.

X: "He planned it all, we just went along with it"

Yuin took a while to take it all in, this group was definitely not normal, how comfortable they were to talk to another Legend, the lack of arrogance they had. This just allowed her to feel even more relief for Sora, Del and Rez. This group didn't seem like one that would go back on a promise.

Y: "Well, I'll leave them to you"

The group of 5 looked at her and smiled.

S: "You don't have to tell us that"

X: "We've been doing that already, not much is changing"

I: "Yeah, we're just finally gonna be able to meet him"

N: "Can't say I'm not excited"

D: "Agreed"

As the 6 Legends finished their conversation. They all flew back to the village as quickly as they left, without a single person noticing their departure.