Chapter 31: XXX Green Apples
Several individual stood side by side, mourning for their lost love ones. Everyone was wearing a white dress.
Standing in front of their lost one's grave are
John Eve and Summer Eve - for Rain Eve.
Lily Autumn and Willow Autumn - for Seth Autumn.
Brothers, Sieg Fang and the young child Jimmy Fang - for their father Navi'Fang
Navi'Sai was consoling them while also grieving for the lost of his masters and fellow carriers.
There were others present on the nearby graves who are also family and friends of other fallen Carriers.
John could not help but to cry again every time he recalls the memory of his beloved wife. His Summer daughter cried with him.
"Be brave young Summer, your mother save me and sent me back here." Lily hugged and kissed her niece. "I know you are confused of what I'm saying right now, but your father will explain this to you, on the right time."
Lily stood up and faced John. "Goodbye John, thank you for loving and taking care of Rain, I'm sorry this has to happen. I know you will be a great dad to Summer. If there is anything you need, you know where to reach us."
"Uhm, there is one thing I would like to ask Lily..." John said. "Will the kids know about the seal or anything that is related to it?"
"Yes, I believe they will discover it by themselves." Lily answered.
The young Summer Eve and the young Willow Autumn looked at each other and laughed. But they truly don't understand yet what their parents are talking about.
"I guess I'll be on my way to," Navi'Sai said to John and Lily.
"I will be training Sieg at Fang Temple, then, if we woul carriers and train them." Navi'Sai added.
a year, I would now go to the small temple acquired for me by Navi'Fang and Master Prez. From there, I will begin searching for the other
"If there is anything that I can help you with, don't hesitate to contact me." Lily said.
"Young master Sai, you can also contact me if there is anything I can help you with, you can also visit our Good Eve Mansin anytime, in case you need a vacation." John offered.
"Thank you so much, I will remember your entire offer," Navi'Sai kiddingly said.
Navi'Sai also talked to the others, asking them that if they need any guidance regarding the "seal", then they can go to him anytime for help.
A young boy named Ethan approached Navi'Sai and talked to him. "I heard from the others that there would be a mission to hunt down the demon who was able to cross here to the human realm. I believe I also have a seal, can you train me?"
Navi'Sai smiled back and replied. "It would be my pleasure, but your training will start after I train the master's son, Sieg."
"It's alright, I can wait. I know where the Fang Temple is, maybe I can visit there sometime so I can ask if when we will start." Ethan said. "Alright then."
Another young boy approached Navi'Sai who was still talking to Ethan.
"Hello, you are the new Navi right?" the young boy asked.
"Oh hello there, Yes I am Navi'Sai, you are the son of the late Master Prez right?" Navi said.
"Yes I am Rigs Prez."
A year after the war at the Crescent Island.
Sieg just finished his basic training with Navi'Sai.
"Thank you Navi'Sai for teaching me, may I ask, when would I begin my advance training?"
"I won't be teaching that to you, it's up to you to learn it, I can help you with a guideline but you must learn it from yourself, seek out for other learning and teaching, otherwise, you will only end up as a Navi'Sai version 2."
Sieg smiled and nodded.
"By the way, is he ready for training?" Sieg asked, referring to the young child playing at the lobby of the temple.
"Jimmy? He is too young, we can start teaching him after a year or two."
During their conversation, they heard a loud knock on the temple's main door.
Jimmy ran and took hold of the large bar of wood that was holding the door close. He looked at Navi'Sai, waiting for a go signal to open the door.
Navi'Sai raised a thumbs-up sign giving the young boy the consent to open the door.
"Hello everyone, mind if I join your party?"
"Ms. Lily!" Navi'Sai greeted and waved from afar.
Lily waved back then turned to young Jimmy who was reaching up and giving her a big hug on her hips.
"Hey there Jimmy, you are getting bigger huh young man, how about a kiss for Aunt Lily."
Lily bend down to give little Jimmy a hug and kiss.
"So what's up with you boys?" Lily asked while walking towards Navi and Sieg.
"Sieg just finished his basic training. It was almost a year since we started." Navi'Sai said.
"Almost a year from the war at the Crescent Island," Lily added.
"So what's your plan now Sieg?" Lily asked
"I might continue my training back at the Fang Temple, then, maybe start conditioning Jimmy for his future trainings."
"Lily, do you any updates about demon activities?" Navi'Sai asked
"Yes, I do have some news, and we might need a hand from Sieg for help." Lily said.
"I hope the basic that I know can do a lot of help." Sieg said
"Yes of course it will Sieg, anyway, here is the news, the arch-demons are after the much younger carriers, they will still try to lure us, but they sure know that it would be easier for them to capture the younger ones." Lily explained
"Who are the potential targets? And we need to have assignments on to who we are going to look after." Navi'Sai said.
"OK, here are the assignments...
Assigned to Master Navi'Sai - Rigs Prez, Ethan Cruz
Assigned to Sieg Fang - Jimmy Fang, Leroy Blue
Assigned to Lily Autumn - Willow Autumn, Summer Eve
...there are still others out there, and we need to look for them" Lily explained.
Navi'Sai and Sieg agreed to this.
The following week, Navi'Sai went to fetch Ethan and asked him to begin his training at the temple.
Then, on the following day, he went and search for the address given to him by the young Rigs Prez.
Navi'Sai finally found the remote address and asked for Rigs. It was Rigs' aunt who accepted and let Navi'Sai inside.
"I know who you are and why are you here." The aunt said to Navi'Sai.
"Is Rigs here?"
"It's summer already, Rigs and his
best friend usually hangs out at this nearby open field trailing this narrow stream, they practice this local martial arts called Yaw-Yan, They would stay there until late afternoon, only a few folks know this place, that's why they enjoy the exclusivity very much."
"OK, please tell me the way and I will go them."
Navi'Sai did a little hike to this very provincial surrounding going to this open field. Just when he reached the location, a young man about two years older than him bumped and stumbled past him. "Help! Help!" the young man gasped.
"It's Rigs" Navi'Sai said.
"There is this spirit...this smoke like thing chasing us, my friend was left there,please help us." Rigs said with a shaking voice, later did he realize that he was speaking to this young master he met during his father's burial.
Navi'Sai helped Rigs to get up and quickly ran to help his friend.
They saw Rigs' friend lying on his back with his hands raised covering his face from this attacking spirit creature who was above him.
"Oh no!" Rigs shouted
The spirit creature was about to pierce the young man's chest.
Navi'Sai unleashed his seal of light and teleported behind the spirit creature.
It was a matter of a second when the strike made contact.
"I was half a second late!" Navi'Sai said
White light of energy burst from the scene. The light faded leaving only the unconscious body of Rigs' friend.
"What did just happened?" Rigs asked as he rushed to aid his friend.
Navi'Sai was in shock of what just happened.
"Is it possible?"
"Is he a..."
His words were interrupted when the young man moved and reached for Rigs.
"Thank God, Mat you're alive!" Rigs shouted.
Rigs introduced Mat to Navi'Sai, later they both went training to his temple. They were yet soon to discover the seal and to the astral world (which they will be in to the near future).