Chapter 1: Such An Interesting Birth…

Gray stone illuminated by various lights surrounded the two separate groups as they came upon the oddity. It had taken them over a year to get this far. There armies had to battle all manner of foe, cross the vast sea, and much more. It was over a year ago there kingdoms felt and bear witness to the disturbance. Two of them were beyond eager to investigate the disturbance. After all… they could possibly get there revenge.

“My Lord!”

“My Lady!” shouted out two speakers from the groups.

In front of the groups stood two figures. One was a extremely tall and muscular man with black wave hair, tan skin, and red eyes. He was regally handsome looking, so much so that  most would be in awe of his looks. He radiated power and nobility and he walked with purpose and command. All this along with black and gold armored robe reminiscent of some sort Knightley monk and his extremely extravagant looking scythe made him to look as though he was fierce yet noble reaper of some sort. The other figure on the other hand is a woman.

She is tall too although not as much as the man is. Her long pale blonde almost white hair flowed freely from the hood over her head as her deep blue eyes peered keenly at the sight before her. Her long pointy ears twitched at the sound of her group calling out to her. Her hood did almost nothing to hide her great ethereal beauty. Nor did her short white and silver robe do much to hide her mind stopping curves, it in fact did the opposite. She was a beauty among beauties. Her looks could easily pacify even the most unruly beasts and endear her to the coldest of hearts.

“Leave me, I want a status report and the whole area mapped out when I am done here.” came the powerful and commanding voice of the man.

“As… he…  has order.” came the soft and elegant voice of the woman.

The two groups looked at each other and seemed to want to object but one look from the man and woman culled all would be opposition. The two groups bowed to their superiors and left throughout the large wooden doors behind them. When they were alone the woman spoke.

“My love… I… I think this is our child.” said the woman. Her voice was strong yet incredibly vulnerable sounding.

The man's head whipped towards her direction. A look of surprise and possible hope dawned on his regal features.

“Are… are you sure Bella? Our child was… ripped from your womb before it was it's time.” said the man. His voice coming out as an hopefully whisper.

“As my mother and mother's mother said “A Mother knows”. I don't know what that vile thing did to our child. But I have no doubt that this is somehow our precious child Lu-Bae.” said Bella with immense conviction.

The man gazed closer at the odd orb in front of him. With his great sight he could see the small form of a child in it easily and much more. He looked down and gazed at the lines that were burned into the cold stone beneath him. He frowned in thought.

“These markings… that thing tried some type of ritual on our child… but failed for some reason.” said the Lu-Bae in wonderment.

The two studied there surroundings keenly trying to piece together what happened here. It was a simple room surrounded by gray stone walls and had a large wooden door as it's only entrance and exit. The only thing of any real notice was the floating glowing orb and the complex lines burned into the floor beneath them. Even with so little they could tell much about what transpired in the room. How some type of ritual was used on their child and seemed to have failed. They could even see the expertly hidden runes on the walls around them.

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“I… I want to hold our little girl. I want our child in my arms.” said Bella as she gazed longingly at the baby in the orb.

Lu-Bae smiled at his love and his child. It was some time ago that their child was ripped from Bella’s womb due to a surprise attack from an unknown enemy. She survived but was never truly the same. And unfortunately due to many circumstances they could not actively hunt for the perpetrator. They could not even let it be known that she was pregnant less the considerable consequences be faced at the time. But now after much digging and searching, they not only found a lead to the target of their wrath, they found their unborn child. He too could now feel the slight connection he had with the baby. It was his without a doubt, that was his little… he looked towards Bella with a slight smirk on his face and spoke.

“Little girl? Are you not mistaken My sweet? Is this not our little boy?” asked Lu-Bae teasingly.

Bella glared at him slightly out of the corner of her eyes before sighing slightly and calling him towards her.

“Help me free our child from this… thing.” ordered Bella

With his smirk still adorning his face he approached the orb with Bella. They gazed intently at the orb for a while before raising their hands to touch the orb. But as soon as their hands touched the orb, it started to crack. But that was not the end of it, no the very world around them started to shake and bend. Then they felt it, a presence like no other surrounded them. It was only but a second but that was more than enough time for it to put them on full alert. They watched with wide eyes as the orb seemed to fade into nothingness and their child seemed to slowly float down before them. Bella did not hesitate to take her child in her arms. She held her child as gentle and as firm as she could to her bosom. As soon as her child was in her arms she took the child's features in and gushed.

To her this was the cutest and most beautiful child ever. From the small tuff of platinum gray-blonde hair to the alabaster mocha skin. Her child was beyond perfect to her. Lu-Bae was much of the same thought. They both gazed lovingly at there child, both promising to do their absolute best and beyond for their child in every way. As they gazed at their child in a love fueled trance, the child began to stir from it's sleep, while letting out the cutest little yawn they ever heard the child opened it's eyes. They slightly grasped at their child's eyes. They could feel some unknown power radiating from them,but that wasn't the only thing that surprised them. No it was the colors of their child's eyes. One eye was the deepest crimson red they ever saw but what was interesting was the small gold slit in the middle of the eye like one would see in a cat's eye. The other was a arctic ice blue with a small silver slit. While the child's eyes were beautiful beyond compare what caught the parents by surprise was what they held, intelligence beyond compare and no small amount of wisdom.

As the child stared at them the felt as though the child was looking at the deepest parts of their being and inspecting every part of there being. It lasted for only a few seconds and when the child closed it's eyes and was once again asleep, they let out a breaths they did not know that they were holding in. They stared at their child in bewildered wonder for a while before silently laughing to themselves.

“Our child is too amazing!” said Lu-Bae in a whisper as he quietly laughed.

“Indeed my love. Our little girl will become great one day.” said the smiling Bella.

Lu-Bae abruptly stopped his quiet laughing and frowned a bit. Seeing this, Bella rose an eyebrow in a silent question.

“Our child needs a name, something worthy, but first. What gender is our little bundle of love?” asked a happy but serious Lu-Bae.

Bella’s eyes widen slightly before she examined their child closely. Confusion showed on her face before understanding. She turned to Lu-Bae with a conflicting smile.

“Both and/or either.” she replied vaguely.

Lu-Bae adopted a confused expression, but before he could ask her to elaborate, she beat him to it.

“Our child seems to be special in many ways. Our child is a hermaphrodite.” said Bella

Lu-Bae froze for a moment, his mind processing what he heard. Then without paused, checked for himself.

“... What did that vile being do to our child!? This will make things more complicated… very much so. But for now… our little one needs a name. Screw traditions.” said a passionate Lu-Bae.

Bella gave Lu-Bae a beautiful yet gentle smile, she was going to speak but something powerful interrupted her.

“Ananta(An-Ah-Tah)… Infinite, Endless… Ananta Khim-Li Dargoth Omatsu . That is this child's name…” said a powerful yet soft voice.

The two parents heads shot up there eye's wide and mouths opened in disbelief.

“My love… was our child named by a “True Divine” just now?” asked a stupefied Bella.

Lu-Bae just nodded stupidly. Unfortunately before they could ponder on the event that just transpired. The doors to the stone room they were in burst open. The two groups that were with them came rushing into the room.

“My Lord! We have a problem!”

“My Lady! There is trouble!”

The two stared at their individual groups before sighing. This whole mess was starting to get on there nerves. They simply wanted revenge for the former loss of their child. Now that they had said child back, they simply wanted to find a nice big and comfy bed and enjoy being a whole family. But alas, they had duties and responsibilities to tend too. And they still wanted revenge…

“Lead the way…” softly ordered Bella.

“As she said…” ordered Lu-Bae

The two groups gave a short bow before leading them to something that would be a great blessing and unintentionally annoy them greatly. As the group walked with great haste no one noticed the heterochromatic eyes of little Ananta open in interest at the events going on around her/him.