(A/N: This is literally one of the reasons why progression on Chapter 17 of Revenant's Tale: Orange Blossoms has been so slow lately. That and video games. I've been watching this series called Wakfu about two weeks ago and finished it off after my 18th birthday, which was on December 1st, and I immediately fell in love with it. I've only seen the first season so far, and yet the show is already one of my Top Five favourite cartoon/anime shows.

This particular part right here is based off of one of my favourite scenes from the show. This happens on Episode 26, which is the finale of Season 1, and as such contains massive spoilers for those who haven't watched it yet. If you don't want to see any spoilers, then I highly recommend you do not read this UNTIL you've watched Season 1. Best site to go to watch Wakfu is Aniwatcher. If you don't care about spoilers, then you may read to your hearts content. The story itself will be two chapters long; this one is based off of the episode, except in slightly more detail and focuses mostly on the main hero, Yugo. The second one will be right out of my imagination, so it may not . So be sure to look forward to that one soon.

And for those wondering about Orange Blossoms, I haven't forgotten about it. It's just taking me a while to figure out how to write Chapter 17 and end it off before continuing on to Chapter 18. I am currently working on it right now, but at the moment I wanted to get this on here since I already did so on DeviantART. Hope you enjoy the story so far, though! If you guys want me to make some more Wakfu fanfics, I will be happy to do so.)

~ Neoshadow574

Understanding – A Wakfu Fanfiction

Chapter 1

Even from a hundred miles away from the Sadida Kingdom, it was impossible to not see the giant clock that Nox had used to move around the world crumbling into pieces. Gears of various sizes and other sorts of machinery broke apart from one another and slammed onto the ground. More and more pieces fell until a great pile of machines was formed, growing even bigger as more parts were added. When the last piece fell, it was nothing more than a machine graveyard. The fact that the clouds had rolled in and darkened the sky in deep grey made it look even more ominous than it was before.

A blue light seeped underneath a small pile and exploded, sending them off in different directions. Nox stood where he emerged, his arms tucked in and fists clenched tightly before he fell to his knees. He begins to crawl around and searches the wreckage.

"Where are you, you cursed…?" He mutters out loudly before he sees a familiar light coming from underneath a few gears. He tosses them away, almost wildly, until the item in question was now in view.

The Eliacube… the source of limitless power, the consumer of wakfu… and his one chance of ever correcting his mistakes…

He could feel anger and sadness enveloping him as he began to speak to the cube, "Why lie to me? You were supposed to help me go back in time. To rejoin my family." Ever since he first obtained the cube, he felt as though it had talked to him. But now, there was no response. The cube just hovered there turning in place. The Xelor's rage boiled even more as he started to shout at it.

"Answer!"

Still, there was no response.

Nox's aggression completely took over and he raised both hands over his head, shouting as if he was screaming to the heavens.

"ANSWER!"

He slammed his fists down on the cube, hoping to make it shatter for all the things it made him do, for all the lives he snuffed out and the countries he destroyed. Sadly, that never happened, for the moment his fists connected with the Eliacube, a surge of electricity raced across his entire body, causing him to scream out and fall to his side next to it. He whimpered as he laid there, his anger towards the cube and himself now replaced with the sadness of his failure.

One of the larger gears down the hill that Nox was on moved up as if it was being lifted. Soon Adamaï, in his rock beast form, appeared and let his brother Yugo climb out. They both glared at the fallen Xelor as Adamaï let the gear go and fall back to the ground.

"You really thought that this item was alive?" Yugo shouted at him, his anger towards the Xelor for everything he's done clear in his voice.

Nox continues to whimper as he tilts his head slightly to look at them. He begins to pick himself up as he spoke, "The cube… He was really talking to me. I was supposed to succeed." By the time he finished saying that, he had already gotten up in a crouching position, tired and beaten from all that's happened. His arms hanged lifelessly and his head was held low, staring at the ground.

Now that they had a good view of him, they could see the extent of the damages that were on him. Pieces of his armour were broken or torn off and his right eye was cracked and flickered between on and off, an injury he received before from his fight against Grougaloragran. Loose pieces of the bandages that were wrapped around his entire body were torn from their place and billowed in the wind. But that didn't matter now. He was right where they wanted him to be, and they weren't going to let him off that easy.

Yugo barred his teeth as his right hand balled up into a fist, "All these people you've attacked, these countries you've laid waste to, the Soft Oak and Grougaloragran, and Sadlygrove!"

Grovy… just saying his name brought the young Eliatrope to tears. While he and Adamaï went inside the giant clock to face Nox, Grovy, Amalia and Eva stayed outside so that they can buy them some time. He didn't know what happened, but as soon as they travelled deeper into the clock, a great void had appeared within Yugo's heart. He quickly realized that that void was from Grovy, who had died in Eva's arms and his wakfu left the World of Twelve. Even when Nox had travelled back in time, they were still unable to save him. To Yugo, there was no greater pain then losing a friend.

He let his anger out on the Xelor and screamed at him, "All this because you are INSANE!"

Nox slowly turned his head away from the ground and off into the sky, the side of his face the only thing visible to them. He whimpers again and soon a single tear trails along his bandaged face behind his damaged mask.

Whatever anger that Yugo felt inside was immediately replaced with shock the moment he saw the tear. He knew exactly what the tear meant. He had shed some before when his adoptive father Alibert was turned into a plant by the Potters, and when Amalia was bitten by the red Demon Rose.

In that moment, Yugo finally understood everything. Why Nox had done all those horrible things for the past 200 years… Why he went through so much trouble to find Grougaloragran and absorb the Tree of Life. And it made him feel terrible for the Xelor.

Yugo heard his brother growling underneath his breath, "Completely nuts, for sure." He stated in response to what Yugo said earlier.

Shouts soon began to fill up the silence, causing Yugo to look back and see what was happening. Sadida warriors began to appear from the trees all around the wreckage. Some of them had even began to climb up the machinery, only stopping when they had gone in a few steps.

Nox soon took notice of the shouts and looked the opposite way. He saw the people who had been with Yugo since the beginning; Amalia, the princess of the Sadidas, Eva, the Cra who was being supported by the Enutrof Ruel Stroud. Along with them was Master Joris, who had come here for reasons Nox didn't know. They were all casting glares at him. He looked ahead of him and saw Prince Armand and King Oakheart coming into view. The King placed his great weapon firmly in front of him as he looked at the Xelor.

"In the name of the Sadida people," He began, his voice booming like thunder to all ears, "it is time to pay for your crimes, Nox!"

The Sadida warriors cheered in response and advanced towards the Xelor. They held their weapons tightly in their hands, and their faces were contorted with anger for what he did to their forest. Yugo began to look at each one frantically before looking back at Nox. This wasn't the right way, and he could feel his heart screaming at him to do something. Even after everything he's done, he still didn't deserve such a fate, not after Yugo had finally realized what his true intentions had been the whole time. Thinking quickly, he summoned a portal in front of him and stepped in. Seconds later, another portal appeared overhead in front of Nox and Yugo fell through, landing perfectly on his feet. He raised both his arms up and shouted loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Everyone stop!" They all did exactly just that and stared at him. Truthfully, Yugo didn't know why he was doing this, but for the moment he was listening to what his heart was telling him to do. He remained in this positioned as he looked at Oakheart sadly, and his tone became more solemn then it was before, "It's over."

Everyone, even Yugo's friends, looked at him in shock, thinking that he was either crazy or was being controlled by Nox. Even the King was at a loss of words, but kept a stern look on his face. Armand looked at his father, expecting him to ignore the Eliatrope and continue the attack. But he didn't. Whether it was because he had noticed the Xelor crying or that he trusted Yugo enough to believe him, Oakheart closed his eyes and bowed his head slightly. All the Sadida warriors saw this and lowered their weapons, suddenly losing interest in harming the Xelor.

Yugo smiled as soon as he saw this happen. They were doing the right thing in sparing his life. Too many people had already died today. Some very good people. He heard grunting coming from behind him, recognizing the voice as Nox's, and quickly looked back to see him standing up to his full height. The loose clothes continued to move in the wind as Nox looked down at him.

"Farewell Yugo the Eliatrope." He said to him before he teleported away. One of the clothes came loose and was carried away by the wind, heading deeper into the forest. The Eliacube, no longer having Nox bounded to it, began to dim down to a very faint glow and slowly went down until it rested on the assorted machinery.

Yugo looked at where Nox once stood and felt a great sadness filling up his heart. From the way he said it, it was as though it was his last goodbye. He thought about who Nox might have been before finding the cube and what his family was like. He wanted to know whether the cube really made him into the person he was now and if he was willing to go so far as to change the mistake he made of ever finding it. To correct all the crimes he committed for 200 years… To be with his family again.

No one understood Nox's desire to be with the people he loved more than Yugo.

(A/N: Comments, reviews and critiques are always welcomed.)