The Fox Goddess

As they got closer to where Sora was talking, the more people they bumped into. This only made Aika much more excited, because she realized that the more people there are, the better the event is.

"Wow, there are a lot of people here. I wonder what is happening there?" Anna blurted out, but when they reached the place. She finally saw what the people were crowding into.

They were doing a tale about the Fairy Race, about their whole existence, and many more. Like how they roamed around the heavens, what is their power, and what information about them? Naturally, Aika got curious as she is a Fairy, so she wanted to get a closer look at it to see what was happening.

The play was about a Fairy named Celeste, she was the one who led the whole Fairy Race, and after conquering a lot of land for her people. She was called the Fairy Saintess. It's said in the story that she was gentle, kind, yet benevolent to her enemies. Many people love her, not just because of her beauty, but also because of the Leadership she has shown for millennia.

The only sad thing about the Fairy Saintess is that she died without giving birth to an heir, that's why the Fairy Race has fallen to eternity. When she died, many evil people that wanted to take over the Fairy Race immediately sent an army to take them down, and this ultimately led to the fall of the Fairy Race.

Then just as the play was about to finish, Aika noticed that her eyes were watery after watching the play, and when Yumie and Katsumi noticed it. They immediately broke down in sweat.

"What's wrong Aika? Why are you crying, did someone hurt you or do something?" Yumi hugged Aika's body, and Fire soon began to come out her back. Many people were shocked, and soon they slowly backed away, afraid that they might get caught in something bad.

"No. It's because that Fairy Saintess looks so much like Mother Fairy, and soon Aika remembered her and began crying." Aika sniffled, she then wiped her eyes from the tears. Yumie and Katsumi sighed in relief after they heard her reason, but that got them thinking.

"There's no way right?" Yumie and Katsumi looked at each other, they had the same thought in their head. But they decided to keep it for now, and just ask Yuki when they see her later.

"A FAIRY!" Suddenly the old man that was the conductor of the story shouted, and because his voice was very loud, everyone heard him. They then looked at where he was looking and found Aika, in the middle of Yumie's arms.

Because they were immersed in the story, they just now realized that there was a real Fairy next to them.

"Little girl, what is your name?" Suddenly the old man appeared in front of Yumie and Aika and asked her.

"Kyaaa!" Aika screams in shock as she didn't expect the old man to arrive in front of her. Out of fright she took out her gun, and almost shot the old man. But before Aika could pull the trigger, Yumie stopped her and saved the life of the old man.

"Please back away, don't you know that you are scaring her?" Yumie looked at the old man with cold eyes, if not for that she doesn't want to let Aika see the man's head explode, she would have already done it.

"My apologies. My name is Soni, Soni Vipera. I am an old traveler that liked to bring stories that I got on my adventures, and out of all of them. My favorite is the Fairy Race, so I was just so shocked and excited to see a living Fairy. I hope you can forgive this old man, little girl?"

"Aika forgives you. Mother Fairy said that I should forgive anyone who realizes their mistakes." Aika answered the old man, but she was still hiding in Yumie's arms.

"You don't have to be scared of me, I'm not a bad person. I just want to talk with you." The old man showed Aika a gentle smile.

"Talk to her there. You don't have to come near her." Finally, the quiet Katsumi spoke up, after seeing that Aika was quite uncomfortable around the old man.

"Tch. Yes, that is fine too." Soni silently clicked his tongue.

"Hello. My name is Aika." Aika showed her an awkward smile, she then went deeper into Yumie's arm.

"Ahh, Aika. Such a lovely name. Who named you that?" He asked again, after knowing her name.

"It was my Mommy who gave my name?" She answered with a smile, it was as if she was very proud that Yuki was the one who named her.

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"Is that so? Then is this your Mommy?" Soni showed Aika a picture of the Fairy Saintess, but when Aika saw the picture. It only makes her sadder, she was right. The Fairy Saintess that was in the play was her Mother Fairy. Even Soni was shocked to see her cry because he hadn't done anything to her yet.

"Why are you crying? Did I do something?" Soni quickly reacted, he was so shocked about what happened.

"No. It's because I miss Mother Fairy." Aika sobbed silently.

"This woman is your Mother?" Soni's eyes brightened. He then looked at Aika, as if she was a priceless treasure.

"Your eyes. You better change them quickly, before I dig them out." Katsumi warned after seeing the clear greed in his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Looks like my story was wrong. Fairy Saintess has a child, I thought that she didn't have one, as the story said that she wasn't in a relationship even once." Soni coughed awkwardly.

"Little girl, would you like to join me? I'll show you some pictures of your Mother." Soni raised his hand and waited for Aika to take it. His eyes then brightened when he saw that Aika moved her hand slowly and brought it to Aika.

It was easy for him to trick Aika, just from one glance. He could see that Aika is naive and innocent. So it was easier for him to do his job of kidnapping her. But before Aika could touch his hand, Yumie brought Aika's arm away.

"Don't touch her, or else I will cut your arm off," Yumie warned him

"Big sister Yumie, but I want to go with him. I want to see Mother Fairy. Even if it's just a picture, and I also want to hear more about her." Aika looked at Yumie with teary eyes, she looked like she was about to cry again.

"Fine, but we will go with you." Yumie accepted it, but she declared that if Soni wants to take Aika away, she and Katsumi would also go.

"No, I can't do that. The information that I'm going to tell little Aika is confidential, and only she can know it." Soni immediately disagreed with Yumie.

"Then, we would not let you take her," Yumie said, then just as she was about to stand up. She smelled something different in the air.

"Sh*t! Katsumi, cover your nose! Don't breathe the air right now!" Yumie yelled, she then covered Aika's nose to not let her breathe it. At first smell, Yumie instantly realizes that it was a sleeping powder.

Yumie then exploded the area with fire to burn the powder all around her, but it was already too late, as she had already taken a small smell of it. Yumie then began to feel drowsy from it. When she looked around she saw that the Katsumi was fighting a lot of people, but it was clear that she was losing.

"Aika are you okay?" Yumie looked at Aika who looked like she was frightened about what was happening around her, and when Yumie saw this her heart felt heavy.

"Katsumi, are you alright!?" Yumie shouted, and when she looked around her, she saw that Anna and Sylvie were already on the ground unconscious. As for Sora, and Carlos, they were nowhere to be seen.

"Those two bastards!" Yumie shouted in anger, but now she cannot do anything about them. Her top priority is to keep Aika safe.

"Lightning Field!" Yuki made the ground filled with electricity, and soon the enemies slowly backed away. But just as she was about to sigh in relief, she felt that someone was behind her, and when she turned around. She saw Soni standing there with an evil smile.

"Don't worry, we will take good care of her," Soni said. He then threw a lot more sleeping powder straight at her face. But just then, two Ice Soldiers and an Ice Dragon appeared to protect them.

"Sh*t! Hurry up! These Ice Soldiers are made by that woman!" Soni yelled to the rest. They are incredibly strong, so it was not hard for them to destroy the Ice Soldiers that Yuki made.

"Big sister!" Aika cried out to Yumie, but it was already too late. Yumie's vision is slowly fading away, and because of fear Aika fired the pistol that Yuki gave her. But she missed the target and hit only the leg of the one who carried her.

"NO!"