"Strangers With Memories"
This chapter will be more on introducing the new
or other characters that will have major roles in
this story. This isn't only about FrancexAlgaia.
I won't be surprised if you find other shippings
too. XD This is the story that the visual novel will
be based on. Meaning, the bishounens on
the visual novel will appear on this one.
Algaia got home without having any idea why.
But knowing herself as a weird one too, she
believed she just forgot how and daydreamed
way too much and got home without noticing.
Now she hurries to prepare for school...
Although she'd prefer to stay home and
be on the computer all day... she has no
choice but to go to school, the place she
loathes the most... including everyone in it.
On her way to school, she's having negative thoughts
about the new transfer student who she currently knows
as "France". She feels uneasy around him and ever since
she saw those 'weird auras' all over some of her few classmates,
she begun to start being even more protective of herself.
"Hey, weirdo." France suddenly called out to her from behind,
that immediately sent chills down her spine.
"F-FRANCE?!" She exclaimed and took one step back
to keep away from him.
France smirks. "Good morning." and then keeps walking.
Algaia was left speechless, she didn't know how to react.
She also thought that moment that France is the REAL WEIRDO
She turned around and stared as his back, "What's up with
him..? Acting like we're close friends and all.. tch.. friends..?"
Algaia simply rolls his eyes while muttering to herself.
"Eww look at her drooling over France-sama's back and all!"
One of the girls who instantly liked France at first sight pointed
at her and started bullying her again.
"FRANCE-SAMA?" Algaia raised a brow and enraged deep
within. "Those sluts..." She walks away while muttering.
"And me, drooling?! YOU MUST BE JOKING!" She kicked
a rock on the way and accidentally hit someone without knowing.
"Ouch!"
"I-I'm sorry!" Algaia bit her lower lip then apologized.
"Who threw that?" Juha Fury looks back.
"Was it you?" He glares dangerously at Algaia.
"I-I didn't mean it!" Algaia explains herself nervously.
Juha Fury, one of her classmates. Another mysterious one.
He's probably not related to her in the past but he seems
to hold and will become a huge part in her future. He's a
a fine man with a genius mind. Has long pink hair and
lime green fierce-looking eyes. He normally appears
intimidating and a socialite at first but Juha truly hates
socializing.
"It's okay, niisan. She said she didn't mean it."
Yuha, the one Algaia accidentally hit with the rock,
smiled warmly as he gently tapped Juha's back.
Yuha Fury. Juha's twin and Algaia's classmate too.
Like his twin, Yuha's mysterious too. But despite that,
he had to put up with his public life as a star and an idol.
Simply put, he's a celebrity. His hair is lime green while his
eyes are pink. Unlike Juha, his eyes seemed more loving.
Algaia sighed out of relief. "Thank you, and sorry again."
Juha also forgives her and gives off a calm smile.
"Alright. Be careful next time." And turns around to leave.
"See you, Algaia-chan" Yuha smiled at her and waved
before leaving with Juha.
"R-Right..." Algaia unconsciously waved back.
"A-Algaia-chan?!" She felt strange.
But once again, while they're walking away from her,
she stares at their backs. She could sense something
different from them. She could see their different auras.
"Those two are the ones who are always with
that emo-guy Lucian.. if I'm right.." She mutters as
she proceeds walking.
"Don't call me 'emo', sheesh." Lucian popped up
from behind. As if fate decided to let her speak to those
people with strange auras today.
Lucian Jenova, as explained before, he's one of the
mysterious ones too. He seems to hold a bit of her past
too.. but none of them knows... not even the god of miracles.
He has shiny dark hair. It's originally black but he sometimes
dye it blond or chestnut brown. His eyes is cyan.
"Y-YOU WERE THERE?!" Algaia felt nervous.
"Sorry!" She bows her head and then runs away.
"Jeez! What's up today?! I'm so unlucky"
Algaia finally got rid of all the people she could bump into
and went straight to class. Ignoring everyone as she walks
in and sits down quietly without saying anything.
She closes her eyes for a bit and takes a deep breath,
thinking inside her mind, "(Today, I'll shut up and avoid
any stupid events.)" and then opened her eyes but only
caused her to punch the air suddenly. "Kyaa!"
But the person right in front of her dodged it like nothing
and smiled lightly, "Ah. Going to school with you and
being in the same class.. it sure feels different. I like it."
"What are you saying, France?" Algaia looks away.
"I never imagined I'd go to school like this and
live a normal life" He suddenly looked down but that
immediately changed as his smile returned "But nothing
can be normal for now, I guess."
"What the f*ck is this guy talking about?" Algaia says
in her mind, totally wondering what he is saying.
"But you always loved to study back then. You'd sit
down quietly and read a book in an elegant manner.
Then I'd bring a chair right in front of you, sit like this
and stare at your face. Right, I could do that for a whole day."
France keeps teasing her.
"Hey, hey, France. Stop teasing the outcast will you?"
One of their classmates said jokingly.
"I'm not teasing her!" France denies.
"'Outcast'... You say?" Algaia stood up with an angry face.
The class hasn't even started bu there's already a ruckus
going on. "How about I send you to your grave already?"
She clenched her fist and glared furiously at the guy.
The guy just bites his lip and walks away.
"You shouldn't hang around her, France"
"Don't tell me what to do, punk." France smiled
at him yet his smile seemed so cruel, it could
pierce through someone's mind.
"THEN STAY TOGETHER!" The guy yelled, pissed
off by the happenings.
"Sure, I don't need anyone else anyway." France
winked at her jokingly.
She fell silent. Wondering, "Why did he do that?"
"France-sama is so kakkoi!!" The fan girls squealed
in a corner.
Finally, their teacher arrived and begun the class.
That shut everyone up for it's time to listen.
Later, when the class finally dismissed...
Algaia decided to stay behind to finish some stuffs.
She believes she can't finish any of them when she's
home where her computer is. But before France exits
the room, he looks at her and stares for a while.
Algaia, on the other hand, pays no attention to him.
"What are you doing?" He asked with a cool expression.
Algaia blushed a bit when she heard his voice, she couldn't
look straight into his eyes. "Just finishing some tasks.."
She pouts as she said shyly.
"Why don't you finish them at home?" France puts down
his bag and asks again.
"I can't do it there.. there's a lot of distractions..
and right now, I can't finish it because of another
distraction called YOU!" She says in an angry manner
even if she doesn't really mean it, more like joking.
"Distracted? No, probably attracted." He chuckles
and walks up to her, he stares down at her notes.
"Wow.. you sure are smart.. it wasn't so obvious."
He jokes around her again.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" She prepares for
another punch.
"You can't hit me with that." He smirks as if inviting
her to a challenge.
"So.. you're challenging me?" Algaia glares at him.
"Fine then, I'll take you on!" She then smirked in a cool manner.
So, the two begun fighting. Although it seemed one-sided.
Algaia keeps throwing punches while France keeps dodging
them like nothing. The whole class room has been messed
up. Tables and chairs are all turned over.
"Why youuuu!!!" Algaia yells angrily and lets go of
another strong punch.
France dodged and her punch hit the wall.
She didn't notice but, France touched the wall
before dodging. The wall broke down. For most,
they'd think it was due to her punch. But the real
reason behind it is France's simple touch.
"O-Oh no!!" Algaia suddenly had dark clouds all over
her. "I-I BROKE IT!" She starts shaking and trying to
think of a way.
"Let's just leave it be, like the old days." He chuckles.
"...Like... the old... days..?" She repeats his words
with a huge question inside her mind. She wonders,
"(Is this guy... has a loose crew or.. did I lose some
of my memories?)"
"What? Staring at me like that. It's inviting, you know."
France sounded as if he was mocking her, but there's no
way he would. He's just normally... tricky.
"P-Pervert!" Algaia yells at him.
"Go home." France suddenly sounded serious.
"Why should I listen to you?!" She asks.
"Before it gets dark.." France stares out the window.
"Just do it."
"Duh! What about the wall? The room? My works?!"
Algaia starts going crazy.
"If you don't go now, I will do bad things to you."
France looked at her with an unusual expression
in order to intimidate her.
"W-WHATEVER!" Algaia immediately takes her leave
with no more hesitations.
She left with haste.
That moment, she was creeped out.
It's difficult for her to understand him.
Is he just being friendly?
Is he just playing around?
She doesn't know.
But one thing about him keeps bothering her.
"God of...Miracles..?" She whispers while
walking away.
Left behind in school.. France is the only person
there right now. He's fixed everything back to normal.
But that triggered the mark of Infinity to show up in
both his blood red eyes. He's sitting in the corner of
the rooftop. One wrong step may cause him to fall.
But that's nothing for someone like him. He looks
up to the sky as the wind gently caresses his spiky,
messy blue hair.
"Will I ever make her mine once again?"
He asked the heavens.
"Being a stranger to her.. is painful."
He seemed to be drenched in sorrow yet
he managed to show a sad smile.
He covers one of his eye with his hand while
he looks down. "I want to return her memories..
but that will be against her.. and my will."
Meanwhile, in the Diablo a.k.a Hell Realm...
"I grant permission." The Diablo King, The Ruler
of Hell Realm, Hellios The First said while sitting
calmly on his throne.
Hellios The First. The creator of darkness. His hatred
is the greatest. He bears a huge grudge against his
own brother, Hayven. This man is a dangerous one.
The father of two powerful diablo princes.
"Thank you, my father the king. I guarantee to thee
that I shall return with glory for our kingdom.
I will succeed." Hayce speaks while kneeling
down before his father, Hellios The First.
Hayce Infinity, also known as "The Death Haze" and
the most destructive and dangerous diablo. He's the
youngest among the three Infinity brothers. Although
France is only his half brother, half cousin. Has chesnut
brown hair but turns white once true form of their power
is unleashed. His golden eyes are very fierce and intimidating.
Only it turns red once in his diablo form. He's a nature lover
despite being destructive. Saying he only obliterates those
who go against him or the ones he care about.
"In that case, I shall go with you." Hellios The Second,
the first son of Hellios The First stood up and said so.
This man is a man of honor. Despite being one with the
darkness, Hellios II knows how to honor and respect others.
He's not very violent and mostly uncaring or uninterested
about everything. He's the most powerful diablo but his
calmness hides that away. He truly loves his brothers
dearly specially Hayce and acts as a good one.
"That won't do, niisan! You need to stay here for our
kingdom. I can do this by myself." Hayce looks at him
with eager eyes, like a little brother trying to convince his
elder brother to let him go.
"Your brother needs to go with you, he has a separate
mission. Do not worry for he will not interefere with yours."
Their father spoke, interrupting the two.
"Fine..." Hayce finally pipes down. "But what's this
separate mission?" He asks.
"I can't say for now. But I'll tell you soon enough."
Hellios II tells him calmly.
"No fair!" Hayce complains.
"Now.. Now.. Hayce. Focus. You need to start
now, right? Let's go." Hellios II calms him down.
"Oh right.. whatever.. let's go." Hayce rolls his eyes
and gets going.
Back to France...
"Is that really a problem?" An unknown voice answers
France. It sounds like a voice of a gentle woman.
"Is it not?" He asks in return.
"Then make her remember." The voice was giggling
while suggesting to him. "Do it in your own way. Without
your power... you can still do it. What was it for that you
came here after all?"
"I was banished." France chuckles, pitying himself.
"I'm pathetic, aren't I?" He continues to laugh.
"Fool." The voice sounded annoyed.
"Okay, I'm just kidding." He says.
"Do it." The voice says.
"Yeah." He smirks.
"You don't have to tell me twice."
He stands up from the roof and once again
looks up to the heavens... he then whispers
with a warm smile. "Arigato, okasan."
The story is just beginning.
The first arc hasn't opened yet.
"The Storm Arc" is only nearing.
Before we begin that, let's first start
with the major preparations.
Let's call this "The Frozen Enigmas Arc"
The next day... the moment she left her house..
She stopped right before she could step on a
pretty flower. She wondered what it is.
"Wow, that looks pretty."
But suddenly, she felt her head hurt for a second.
A blurred memory suddenly occured in her mind.
She was there... in beautiful forest. It was night time.
But the place was glowing like it was a magical place.
She was still young.. and with her, there was a young
boy about the same age as her. He was holding her
hand tightly.. as if she was a fragile flower. She could
not see his face very well and has no idea who he is
right now in the current her.
"Look, this is an iris. Pretty, isn't it?" The boy smiles
as he points to the flower.
"Iris... how pretty..!" She says.
Fun Fact!
Iris is the emblem of the country France.
"Fleur-de-Lis". Author-san never intended
to do this on purpose, but her character,
France, loves flowers such as Iris! (Not
the goddess of Rainbow, okay?) it is one
of his favorite flowers.
Finally, the flashback ended.
"What was that?" Algaia asked herself.
"It was a fragment." A beautiful girl stood out to her.
"Huh?" Algaia raised a brow. "Who are you?"
"I'm Iris." She cheerfully introduces herself.
"Teehee, I'm also in your class." Iris points
at herself.
"Oh.. Iris.. You're beautiful.. just like...
This.. flower.." Algaia started to feel groggy.
"Please hurry up and remember Prince Alistair already..
You're the only one who can give his soul the power..
To release himself.. from the chains he created."
Iris stares at Algaia who just fainted down and speaks.
"One frozen enigma.. has been found." She speaks as
if reporting to someone.
While from a different location...
"999 more to go." France whispers with a smirk.
Chapter 1
"Strangers With Memories"