Shot from the Depths and straight up into the Dawn, Titane's particles all recollected into the same shape and form they remembered with their own conscious link and that they were the same entity they wished to make up before, making their assembly and disassembly rather easy, since All was One within the Kamigami (as it should be in those of the 6th.)
He found himself at the Gates of the Earth Sanctuary, of which he was Guardian.
"Mother Earrrrth~!" he knocked, awaiting the Virgo that he felt awakening, "... I'm Hoooome~!" He was gonna need to get inside quickly in order to be in place in time.
"So You've Returned Home, My Son..."
The Great Elder of the Earth spake unto him in all her Loving Abundance. "You have been Purified, I see, in your Mind, your Soul, your Body, your Energy, your Existence and your Heart. Therefore, it is now Safe for you to Enter..." And the All Giving Mother would Open the Gates to the Earth Sanctuary, which revealed the Root of All Life and their Connection to each Other in their Tails.
"Come... Protect this World and Me and I Will Give You All You Ever Need Through All That Is Me and The Earth."
Titane cheesed really big and wide with a grinning monkey face and threw his hands up into the air all excited and junk. "WOO!!!" He ran inside immediately, ready to go play~!! "... Wait," he paused with a sudden halt, "Don't I need the Brown Grimoire in order to make the final connections for the Alignment?"
"Hmmmm..."
"Did You Check On The Ground?"
He clearly didn't, because she would have known immediately.
"Check It Again."
From the very Roots of the Earth Itself would the book Blossom from the Ground and into its Form as though it were a Living, Growing Being no different from a Flower, which it, the Story it was Connected to, Was.
*GASP*
*picks up the book, eyes wide*
"Ancient Grand Mother Virgo Magics..."
He wrapped the book close to his chest, clutching it blissfully between his arms. It was warm and feeling, like Nature itself.
"THANKS, MOTHER!!! ... AND... GRAND... Mother. And probably an Auntie or something in there, too...?" It didn't matter. He would hurry on inside of the Earth Sanctuary and flip open the Book,
"We're Clear..."
"You're welcome, my son..." she said pleasantly, peacefully allowing the tranquility and sanctity of the Earth Shrine and all the creatures within, including the Child of the Earth to roam free and in peace. Yet, it wasn't long before she felt the trembling of the earth and the cry of the trees out to the south, far at the other end of the Great Hollow. "... Oh...?" She tuned in deeply on the seismic waves, tracing them back to where she felt the footsteps of what seemed to be a thousand men conquering the trees recklessly. "... Hm... It seems as though the Taurus has started to awaken..." And unfortunately, if there was nothing to tame him upon his awakening, being the stubborn and power-crazed bull-headed being he was, then he would continue to wildly conquer whatever he saw before him until he was matched or beaten, or at the very least calmed to a point of sedation. "That troublesome thick-headed..." She couldn't believe he would so haphazardly destroy the trees she so cared for... Perhaps, just to even clear the land for his own stubborn ambitions.
"Child!" she called to Titane, "A stampede has broken out down at the lower part of the valley. Go to it and stop what has started to flatten the land in the name of himself, and save the Trees in the name of the Earth!"
Hopping from tree to tree and randomly landing on animals that he could immediately ride and somehow tame the moment he touched them, Titane was having an absolute BLAST in the Earth Sanctuary. He snagged some fruit off of a random tree and hopped off an animal, taking a bite, closing his book and landing in a random tree, of which he could suddenly hear the voice of the Virgo again. She was asking him to like... Do some work, or something.
"Awww, COME ON, Mother Earth..." He gave her the pouty face, not even feeling like going out and doing real work, "I JUST got heeeeeere. ;; "
"Come oooooon~. Be cool."
*gives him 'The Look'*
"... *sigh* You right... >>; " All he needed was 'The Look' and he knew that he had to do it. "I AM the Earth God after all... And if I don't protect the Earth, then who will, right...?" Though, quite honestly, there were supposed to be like, some Guardians or some shit that were supposed to also be doing this, but those guys... Well, they needed some 'replacements,' so to speak, considering the events that happened with them on the Lost World. "Ittekimasu~!" He said, wrapping his tail around the branch of the tree and falling forward, only to loop around once and gain momentum, before looping again and hurling himself high up into the air and disappearing into the sky off the branch.
Virgo felt the power struggle between she and Taurus beginning to become more vivacious and dangerous, causing the very Earth itself to begin changing its landscape. She couldn't believe that he was being so stubborn and thick-headed right now; as to be expected of the old Bull.
"Taurus! Why do you destroy your land? We are BOTH of the Earth... Know you no Peace?" She would speak these words to and through Titane, of whom she would grant the Blessing of being able to manipulate all of the Trees in the Forest to His and Her will together as a unit. All of her power would go into Titane to do with as he saw fit, yet with her able to control it as well in the background. With each tree that fell, however, so too did her unlimited power. She drew strength from them infinitely, but without them, she drew no strength at all, which was why it was important that she not be trampled by the running of the bulls. "Will you kill one of your own for your own selfish desires?!"
-- Minor Time Skip --
Hurdling through the Great Hollow and all the way back to the Earth Sanctuary like a speeding rocket, Titane would reach up and outward for one of his 'Chinese Finger Traps' which would form as a hand made of vines that he would reach for and use to break his fall before landing at the gates of the Earth Sanctuary again.
"Mother Viiirrrgooo~!" he cried, "... Someone wants to talk to youuuuu~!" Since he finished his work, he finally got to play in the Earth Sanctuary all he wanted to, and hopefully that meant that there wouldn't be anymore interruptions in his fun. He pulled out the Sacred Item of the Zodiac, the Ankh, and presented it before the Gates of the Earth Sanctuary, which were guarded by the Virgo alone, currently. "Plus, I finished my work, so can I like... Ya know... Go play now~?" She was a really strict mother, but he knew that she was also very kind and loving after all the work was done. He personally preferred making all of his work his 'play', but these Earth Signs were really hard to convince to change. Including himself. "Come on, be cool. ;; "
By the time Titane arrived at the Earth Sanctuary gate, Virgo's face was already forming upon the Virgin Gate in order to greet with him. "Ah, yes, child... You may enter and have your rest in your rightful place. As a Legend." She smiled warmly at him before the gate at her breast opened up into the heart of the Earth; the Sanctuary. "You've done very well, child..." she praised him, before focusing her attention to the Ankh.
"... Hm? The Sacred Relic? But, why would...?" It was only Pisces who would release such a gift into the world again, and if that were the case, then the situation with the other Zodiac Signs may have been more dire than Virgo originally took it to be.
Before long, the Ankh shone and would remove itself from Titane's hands, shining before Virgo and releasing the Taurus that was within. The glowing spirit met the height and the eye of the great Virgin Gate, towering over the trees in all his magnanimity.
Taurus: ... There Is Little Land For Us, My People, Yet Your Forests Run Rampant. Are You Greater Than All The Other Signs Of The Earth?
Virgo: Hush. You know that is not the case. Your people have settled in the pastures at the top of the hill, and that land is under your jurisdiction. Come into the Earth Sanctuary and know Peace once again, Taurus.
Taurus: Hrmph. Now You No Longer Mind Your Tongue? You Must Still Be Groggy From Slumber...
Virgo: Still, you know that what you have done in your stubbornness was no way to handle this. We may make peace within the confines of the Earth Sanctuary, where we belong.
Taurus: If You Wish To Reconcile, You Must Know Your Place.
Virgo: As must you, you old fool.
Taurus: Hrmph!!!
There was static between the two of them, as though there was some sort of history. They were, even as elders, two of the eldest. Their affinity to the earth was with each other as well, and despite their bickering like an old married couple, the two of them knew when it was time to stop.
Virgo: ... Come now. I have prepared a place for you in most of the land, to compensate. Why not see what place is here within the Earth Sanctuary before you go on another rampage?
Taurus, hesitantly, "... Very Well. If You've Gone Through Such Trouble."
At that point, when the Virgin Gate opened, the Taurus Spirit would step inside and into the land provided specifically for him by the Virgo. Though his spirit was also within the Ankh and thus within his original Dwelling, it too would roam free within the Earth Sanctuary, passing over the plains that were designated for its rule. Once Titane stepped inside of the gates, they would close behind him and the eyes of the Great Mother would shut along with them, sealing off the Earth Sanctuary from all outside forces.
"Bitchin," he said, throwing up the V-sign with his fingers and smirking casually, "Peace, Earth Signs~! If you need me, I'll be in the Fortress Walls having all types of fun with the Earth~!" That made Virgo and Taurus as guardians in their rightful places, but what of Capricorn? He wouldn't worry too much about that one right now. He just wanted to go have some fun in the Earth Sanctuary under the protection of the two great walls of the awesome fortress. When the Third Wall was here, this place would be an impenetrable sanctum. But, you know, these two were pretty decent protectors in and of themselves. Capricorn was always so slow... Even slower than these two old peeps. "Yes~! That means... I'm a LEGEND now~!" That was always good news. He was gonna have loads of awesome fun as a Legend in this place. No doubt. Stepping inside the safehaven, the shelter of the Earth already felt more than divine just from walking through the gates...
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