The Heart Five

16: Romance Starts at Eleven

Yeah, what a way to end the war…

It sucked, it definitely sucked…

After the war, I realized how utterly weak I am against those beings. I even tried my best and I never realized some of the most important things. I almost sacrifice my children to that being. How long has it been? I’ve isolated myself for eleven years according to Maozter. Props to her for putting up with a little brother for a while now… she is an amazing mother…

Yeah so, after the war, I changed things. I removed the squad system and I really separated the world and lives of essential beings and essence beings. They are now like the mortals of Essence verse while we are the gods that they worship now better more than ever. It sucks that even that SEVENTH LETTER GUY got popular. They even made a temple for the GOD OF SLEEP. Of course, they built countless temples for each of us essences. I actually have no idea until now how many essences exist out there… like I care.

By the way, if you are confused to who is making this log or journal… others call it diary, the writer is the only Quintessential Being in the Essence Verse, Gazbleir Celxion.

“Gazbleir,” Maozter calls out to me, “are you going to eat your lunch here or I’ll have someone take it there at your door?”

“Shut up, Maozter, I am writing on my journal! Oh and yeah, place it at my door… … … …thank you!”

Now, where was I?

Yes, the changes…

The first thing was to make Yxede Cazgat aka Leadership aka Myco, the cool nickname I gave him, the new Head Captain. However I changed the title to President to make things complicated for them, unintentionally. Next, I added a Supreme Council of sorts and made Justin aka Wisdom aka Raxion Cazus the Chairman of the council because Denver aka Knowledge aka Quaza Ronxay declined the offer so I made him the Head Vice President. You see, I need someone to make proper and intelligent decisions with somebody having a sense of good leadership in mind. So, aside from the council, I added a judiciary system so that when crimes are made, somebody has to make proper judgment and someone to make sure that justice is served. Coincidentally, Justice is Suxil Zelvok who is Kevin and Semcaxa Dezlar, how is she actually? I heard that she gave up on visiting me along with the others…

I’m getting derailed at the moment. I’m so sorry.

So, she is Judgment. There is really nothing left for me to say. I’ve been locked up in this room and had a lot of people even Inspiration guy, Quezar Xarion trying to uplift my spirit together with Mr. Patience, Texilon Prozei, who is actually intelligent and intellectual. Actually, that’s redundant… I wonder who the essential being of intelligence…is I never heard of him in my entire life… or maybe I forgot because… whatever…

So I practically handed them down everything I’ve prepared. Maybe by now, they’ve improved everything. Working hand in hand with the mortal essence beings was the first step in achieving peace. I always told them that nobody even that gay father of ours is perfect. I love him even though he’s gay. I also reminded them that there will always be haters out there. You can’t really please anyone.

As long as it is peaceful and that it would never create any… I don’t know… conflicts? Also, Zeharp Coxinov… she is the essential being of peace and I think she is doing fine keeping things at peace. How many times have I said peace already? I’m derailing the log again…

“Gazbleir,” Maozter calls out again, “the food is at your door!”

“YES MOM! Geez, people can’t really wait… huh?”

“What did you say?” she reacts.

“I’m going to get it, Mao!”

“I thought so…” she could’ve sniffed out some air out of her nose. That’s what I heard…

Truth is… I can’t even help myself… even after helping everyone. Even Ms. Willpower, Zirack Xenode, gave up on me even having such a strong will. Let’s just forget Ms. Beauty, Zenphea Palx… she gave up on me first. However, of the four women chosen for me by my kids…

Oh yeah my kids, they visit me at my door each night. Sadly, I never got out to see them succeed in their own undertakings. I know… I am an awful parent. Every night, they talk to my door telling me how wonderful it is to live peacefully. Trouble seems to ensue sometimes with some essence beings and essential beings but that’s just how it is. This is nothing compared to the real mortals who suffer racial discrimination every single day of their lives.

Let me get my food, I am hungry…

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“Gazbleir,” Mao calls me out again. “Aren’t you gonna go out to the Annual Briefing? You should come out you need to see the Sun they are setting up for the essence beings and the moon too. I know you haven’t seen them in a long time. Forget about the stars because we see them daily!”

“I can see it outside by looking to my window, thank you!”

*CRACK*

*CRASH*

Maozter Divix, Happiness, breaks the only thing separating me from my room and the outside world. I am just, right now, scared of her sudden change of demeanor. She was like a real mother, a hippopotamus and an elephant mixed together just then… but… when I think about stampedes and jaw-crushers… she does seem to fit as an animal. Sorry, Mao for using your fatness like that but I am at the edge HERE!

“You’ve got no choice, mister!” she grabs a pair of scissors and turns on the light. “Time to cut that long hair of yours...

The light is so bright that I go, “KHEEEEEEEEEEEH!!!” like a cat threatened and ready to pounce, but there is no other choice for me…

SHE IS FULL ON HER MODE and she is not alone. She’s got essential beings of cleanliness or sanitation and care, I don’t bother knowing their names. I’m actually bad boy as of the moment so I am, yeah… I am not myself…

I actually forgot about my topic a while back…

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“After eleven years, he is back ladies and gentlemen,” Quezar Xarion doing his inspirational entrances, “I give you the former head captain and the leader of that led the war to a success, Gazbleir Celxion.”

Yeah, as I make my entrance, I received a standing ovation. Observing the crowd from a distance, I noticed new faces. A few of the so-called first generation are still there including Mr. Inspiration. I told him to make my entrance short and meaningful entrance… not the ones he used to make… those epic tale of an entrance. Trivia, our constant age as essential beings are twenty five. When I transform into an quintessential being, I can make myself younger up to fifteen years of age. The one I used in the war was five years younger so there really wasn’t any difference in the height there...

“Thank you for your warm welcome,” I nodded while giving them the most awkward smile that I felt in a long time… hopefully they won’t notice it. “I am back but as a normal… rather… regular citizen of Essential Core.”

“Ah but Head Captain Gazbleir Celxion… former… I mean, you will still remain special in our hearts.” Quezar is really making me want to choke him while giving out such sparkles and rainbows with his magical words. “We gave you a special seat in front… if you will.”

“No, that is too much.” I respectfully rejected his offer, “I want to sit with them…”

“As you wish,” don’t you freaking say it, Quezar, “oh humble one…”

I unconsciously cracked my fists in front of the audience, making Quezar flinch and break a sweat. As for me, I sat with Suxil who was near at the back. I really did not listen at the briefing. I chatted with Suxil and caught up with what I missed in the during my seclusion. A matter of fact, my anxiety of being outside is still obvious. I feel paranoid of their watchful eyes because of my fame… well I feel that it doesn’t matter anymore to them but still… I feel like being haunted for real. Then at the corner of my eye, I saw her again… the last one of the girls in my children’s list. The one who caught my interest during the war… Krozel Poxi the essential being of Jealousy. I knew I have to talk to her and spark some old friendship that was lost six years ago. She lasted longer before giving up on me. After the briefing, I had to do it. I am the god of courage… I can do this…

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“Uh h-hey, Krozel,” I immediately jumped in front of her after all those people shaking hands with me for my return to the world. “I finally caught up with you.”

“Oh hi,” she gives me this bland smile like I wasn’t that interesting. “Welcome back to the outside world.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while. H-hey… are you in a hurry? I wanna catch up with what’s been happening in the past.”

“Ask Suxil,” she looks for him in the crowd, “you seemed to be close friends with him.”

“Yeah, but… I want to ask it from you personally…”

“Why?”

“W-well, you know, I kind of betrayed your trusts and never got to properly speak with you as friends, you know…”

“Friends, yeah,” she pats my shoulder. “That’s how you see us…”

“Uh c-can we still be friends?”

“Of course,” she then looks in front as if trying to look for somebody. “I wanted to show you around but my children, who have grown up to maturity… we are going out for a stroll in the mall. Have you seen your children already?”

“N-no not yet…” I shook my head. “They usually return at night…”

“They never gave up on you,” she smiles. “You really were the best parent. Good for you…”

I knew that she wasn’t that interested in our conversation. She was looking at another man already. I saw her blushed as her eyes followed the person as he walked out of the room. Who is that person anyway? I feel somewhat… jealous. It was the same funny feeling when I was still with the previous incarnation of my daughter, Dizane. Should I back out now, I will regret this moment forever…

“I want to come too,” I mustered all courage left inside of me, “is it alright? I’ve never seen the mall…”

“That’s good, Suxil won’t be the only man then,” she nods as she tells me, “he is currently courting one of my daughters apparently.”

I nodded slowly analyzing the situation, “that’s surprising…”

“No… it really… does not surprise me at all…” she chuckles. “My daughter’s previous incarnation was his previous lover who died during the first war.”

“So it means that he never let go…” I covered my mouth while grinning. “Kevin… really…”

“Oh you need to wear something casual or normal,” she gives me her contact details. “We wouldn’t want to stand out because of our uniforms. Do you have a phone?”

“Why do we need to use phones?”

“Ah of course,” she hits her head with her wrist. “I forgot that you still need to keep up with time. I know, Mao is taking care of you, right? I’ll contact her so that you’d know where to go.”

“R-right,” I suddenly remembered the Analysis Lenses that I’ve finished making after eleven years of seclusion. “Thank you… I’ll wait for your message.”

“Alright, see ya after lunch…”

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“Hi, it dawned to me that you guys need an upgrade,” I spoke after wearing the lenses. “Do you have a moment, away from work?”

Azalan obviously reacts first, “MOMENT? Dad, it’s been so long since I heard your sweet-sweet voice! I’ll be there right now!”

“Not if I get there first,” I hear Dizane rushing to fix her things. “I’m coming father!”

“Wait kids, it is still morning!”

“There is nothing more important in the world right now but to see you, dad,” this time, I can hear the air current as if Axent is flying at high speed. “I’ll be there soon!”

“DAD! I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!” Zorg yells at the top of his lungs!

In a matter of minutes, they all arrived at the coordinates I set in the Analysis Lenses that I gave them way back. They all arrived at the same time arguing like kids, first, even though they look very mature now. Afterwards, as always they lunged themselves at me and we all got a good-good-good cry over it. I kept telling them how grown up they were and how proud I am to be their father. They also expressed their mixed feelings towards me. In the end, I knew that if I called them, they will really leave their works behind.

“Listen,” I sat down with them as I returned, for the first time, back to my home… the Black Rare Squad HQ which was the only Squad building left in Essential Core. Lying down on the very big bed to where we all slept when they were still young, I shocked them, “you know about the mission you did when you were young? I kind of want to tell you guys that I was, truthfully, the one who invented those Analysis Lenses.”

“That’s surprising,” Azalan, who really is very seductive, I’m proud that my daughter transformed beautifully, reacted maturely. I was hoping she would react like a child, but this change is fine. “I never would’ve thought that Zamel Rixia (Love) would actually show you her n-”

“Let’s not go back to that memory,” Dizane, who grew differently from her previous incarnation but still very-very beautiful, stops her sister from continuing. “We don’t really need to-”

“She didn’t show… she just told me the color,” I defended.

“But it says in the logs you made that,” Zorg cuts in, “you showed her!”

“You imbecile,” Axent yells at Zorg. “Read it again!”

Zorg reads it back, “she told him the color of her… ah…”

“That’s enough!” I yelled at them. “The point is I found somebody to love for real this time!”

They fell silent for a moment.

“I’m going to take an indefinite leave,” Azalan makes a call. “You don’t have to worry about this father because I am the boss of my job.”

“I was going to file for indefinite leave first,” Dizane makes an email to her office. “Actually, I can use this as a fieldwork so that means I’m not on leave.”

“Guys, you don’t need to help me this time.” I halted them from doing the unnecessary. “I just want you to choose good clothes for me.”

“Is MISSION REPORT 315150 back?” Zorg asks.

“No,” Axent raises his index finger, “this is a new one. We need to make father attractive to the every woman in town…”

“So you’ll help me?”

“Dad, is that even a question that need to be answered?” Dizane presses both of my cheeks, “OF COURSE WE’LL HELP YOU!”

“We want to help you succeed,” Azalan shakes with excitement. “We want to be a part of this.”

“Kids, I love each and every one of you. Choosing good clothes for me is the best help I can get from you… the others… I hope you don’t feel bad when I say this. You’ll just get in my way. I sincerely need to do this on my own, please.”

“We still want to help,” Axent presses his grown-up fist in my chest. “We are the Heart Five, aren’t we?”

“Yeah, we will help you but indirectly at least!” Zorg pushes Axent’s fist away.

“I almost forgot what the five of us are. We are the Heart Five.” I want them to be a part of this now, “Azalan and Dizane, you are in charge of the way I dress, alright?”

“Got it dad,” Dizane grins. “I’ll make you more handsome than ever!”

“Not just handsome,” Azalan raises her eyebrows, “Attractive!”

At least, it made me a lot happier and inspired, “Axent, you will make sure to find the best dating spots you could find.”

“On it, dad,” Axent updates his device and uploads it into his lens. “This will show you daily feeds and updates to where the best spot is, the gifts, and the food. You will be successful in your dates when you get to her!”

“How about me, dad?” Zorg becomes so excited.

“Remember when you had to do your missions like you were spies?”

“I think I want to have his quest,” Axent groans.

“Yeah,” Azalan mopes, “espionage is my thing…”

“Let us hear it first,” Dizane silences the two.

“You see… the woman I like…”

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TO BE CONTINUED

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