"Congratulations Tiara Belknight, you are the new ‘Time’."
— Kivah
When the destruction of her village, the death of her parents, and the kidnapping of a sibling, Israel Belknight, leads Tiara Belknight on a journey, she discovers that her destiny is more then what she thought. Almost dying in the desert which her destroyed village had been on the outskirts of, Tiara is saved by a half-demon named Chrono Chardove and a Ghato (Wolf Demon) named Kivah. Then, despite going their separate ways Tiara ends up reuniting with them once more by accident (or not considering Kivah had set it up so that Tiara would appear in the Ruins of Arazoir to become 'Time') within the Ruins of Arazoir. There she encounters the demon named Vane Tarmikos who had destroyed her village and had taken Israel. After Vane destroys Tiara's heart, Tiara, in her last seconds of life, grabs a hold of the Sword of Time which was in the middle of the ruins and accidentally pulls it out as she fell and died. The Sword of Time, which then recognized Tiara as its new master making her 'Time', activated and performed 'Synchronization', an ancient magic that binds a broken body to a healthy one in order to survive, to bind Tiara to Chrono in order to save its Master's life. Because of this incident Chrono, reluctantly, and Kivah, happily, begins to travel with Tiara and ends up doing many adventures with her as she tries to find her brother and also balance the duties of being Time. And, along their journey, they meet up with a member of the lost race; the Hachi Clan, a Female Assassin, and an old acquaintance of Tiara's.Now has a Sequel: Chasing Time: Renewal.Currently and probably will always be Unpublished.
A Day in the Limelight: Santorym and Daith gets a chapter all to themselves to show a typical day in their lives before all hell breaks loose with Dr. Lumbar finally finding Asante's pack and kidnapping half of it it (including Asante and Santorym) in order to lure Kivah out.
All Genes Are Co Dominant: The half demons have the powers and durability of their demon parents but also all of the weaknesses of the species. They do not have an extended lifespan and instead ages like a human.
Almost Kiss: Happens with Tiara and Chrono at the end of Tani's Gate. After having saved Chrono from the worse point in his life, Tiara and Chrono, transfixed with each other, move in to brush their lips together when Chrono turns his head at the last second because he is distracted by the appearance of Tani.
Always Save The Boy: A non-romantic version is that of Kivah stating that, if she would ever have to choose between Chrono or anyone else of her True Companions/doing the right thing, she would always choose Chrono. And she wouldn't hesitate to do it. Of course, considering what Kivah is, this is unsurprising.
Annoying Arrows: Averted. Kivah, while in her Human form, gets hit in the back, piercing her lung and heart, by an arrow shot by Aron. She dies almost immediately, full with Blood from the Mouth and dying in Chrono's arms. However, thanks to a gift from Arazoir, Chrono is able to bring her back to life.
Artifact of Death: The Sword of Time turns out to be this for anyone who isn't it's master, but who got special permission to use it. This is what happens to Israel.
Attempted Rape: A part of Ray's back story. He prevented the rape of his mother by his step father by accidentally killing him. It resulted in his exile.
Bad Ass Damsel: Tiara. Depressed about her brother, her dead parents, and her Doomed Hometown doesn't make Tiara any weaker in a fight when she grits her teeth.
Badass Normal: Nira. She is the only one in the Time Group who doesn't have any powers and yet she is usually the one to defeat the most enemies. Not bad for someone who only has knives... and a temper...
Balancing Death's Books: Used twice. The first time was in a Flashback of Chrono and Kivah's past together in which it was the day Chrono was fated to die. However Kivah prevents his death but in doing so she unbalanced the scales. So, with prompting from the Hellhounds Vord and Hallow, Kivah kills a young maid by using her power to tip over the ladder the maid was standing on. The second time was when Kivah was killed by an arrow by Aron, the half God and illegitimate son of Victorei. Chrono was able to bring Kivah back by using a gift that Arazoir had given him but once again that unbalanced the scales. Kivah then proceeds to kill Aron, making him take her place.
Barehanded Blade Block: Ray does this from time to time while Chrono has at least done it once.
Bash Brothers: Ray and Chrono are this when they are not fighting with each other.
Berserk Button: Under any circumstances do not hurt anyone Kivah thinks of as important enough to care about. This goes especially for her little brother Sol, her mates Santorym and Daith, and Chrono. If you see her red eyes you are definitely fucked.
Beware the Nice Ones: Tiara, who is usually sweet and mindful, can turn into a very threatening person when angered. Ralph also counts though in his case it is more of Beware The Quiet One.
Blade Brake: Nira is rather fond of using her knives this way.
Blessed with Suck: Half Gods may have the powers of their Godly parents, but, due to the fact that their existence is unstable because they are of two different planes of existence, the Half Gods much give up the thing they would have cherished most to stabilize their lives on Mizet. This is what happened to Kivah and her siblings.
Half-demons are also blessed with suck for even though they get the powers of their demon parent and have a lot more durability than humans; half-demons are considered bad luck and tend to be ridiculed throughout Mizet.
Cain and Abel: Ray and his half brother Dwale. Ray actually does kill him in the end.
Also Kivah and her older sister Maroon.
Tiara and Israel are another example though in this instance, it is not voluntary. Israel, being Brainwashed and Crazy, will do anything Vane commands him to do, including hurting, killing, or even raping Tiara. Being in his normal state, Israel would never even consider hurting Tiara.
Came Back Wrong: At one point Ray gets his soul eaten by a monster and Tiara, reacting in a momentarily lapse of judgment, kills the monster before Ray's soul is returned. Ray's soul is actually returned (By Kivah's request to her uncle, the God of Death) but it was tainted (Type II) and eventually it does have a negative effect on his psyche.
Cannot Spit It Out: Chrono and Ray both cannot seem to come up with enough courage to tell the clueless Tiara that they love her. They eventually do but are both rejected until the end when Tiara chooses Chrono.
This goes likewise for Nira who cannot spit it out for Ralph. Ralph eventually does it for her.
Kivah meanwhile has this as a chronic disease, an example being her unwillingness to inform Chrono about how much he means to her. Chrono naturally has issues because of this. To be fair to Kivah though, she actually does have a good reason for her aloofness. Due to her Wandering Jew status, the only way Kivah can continue staying with Chrono is to keep a wedge of discomfort in their relationship so that she can't set down proper attachments, which she had given up in a Equivalent Exchange to stay on Mizet due to being a Half God.
Chekhov's Boomerang: The prayer stone given to Tiara by Kivah in the beginning of the story which transported her to the Ruins of Arazoir also plays an important purpose in the Sequel.
Chekhov's Gunman: In one of the chapters Tiara names and blesses two babies who later go on to be main characters in the Sequel.
Ralph. He is after all mentioned in passing as Tiara's crush but the reader doesn't actually meet him until later on in the story.
The Chosen One: Tiara who is chosen to be Time. Ultimately subverted considering Tiara was not supposed to be 'Time', her younger sister Sierra was. She was however made Time in a Gambit by Kivah to make her a readily available Love Interest for Chrono.
Claustrophobia: Ray. After accidentally killing his Step Father in self defense of himself and his mother, Ray is thrown into a literal, small hole in the ground for a week while awaiting his trail, leaving him traumatized every time he is in an enclosed space.
Close-Call Haircut: Tiara receives one while fighting a bandit. Afterwards Ray shows his ability to properly cut hair by evening it out for her.
Cool Sword: The Sword of Time, Kryba the sword of Humanity, and 'Faith'; Chrono's sword.
Couldn't Find a Pen: Kivah, who is separated from the rest of the Time group and stuck in the company of a bound Vane, takes advantage of the one-sided Synchronization between him and Israel to crave instructions into Vane's arm for Israel and whoever is with him (Ray) to come meet her.
Cry Into Chest: Tiara does this to Chrono after he rescues her from an attack. Due to them being mere acquaintances at the time, it being close to the beginning of the story, Chrono (who Hates Being Touched) is not at all happy about it but was unable to bring himself to push her away until the innkeeper came in.
Determinator: Everyone of the Time group shows hints of this, but Tiara gets a special mention for never giving up on finding Israel no matter how hopeless it seems to be.
Defensive Feint Trap: A favored technique by Nira. An example being Nira using an ankle injury to pretend that it had given out on her to get a demon to attack her. It resulted in a poisoned knife stabbing the ribs of the demon.
Dishing Out Dirt: Ray and the rest of the Hachi clan; proof that The Goddess of Earth had created them in her image.
Distracted by the Sexy: Santorym and Daith attempt this on Kivah. It actually does work for a while but Kivah wises up.
Don't Make Me Destroy You: Kivah at one point says this to Santorym during their time in Dr. Lumbar's lab though it was more 'Don't make Lumbar order me to kill you.' Of course, when it actually came to killing him, Kivah couldn't do it.
Downer Ending: Tiara, Chrono, and Israel are dead, Sin, who now possesses Vane's body, is not killed but only temporarily sealed away, The Ruins of Arazoir has collapsed on Tiara and Chrono's bodies as well as on Kivah, and Nira and Ralph are ultimately separated from Ray who collapses in the desert, crying.
The Dulcinea Effect: Ray, for a little village girl he met in a dungeon. The little girl turned out to be his Goddess, Era, in disguise who wanted to see if the darkness in his soul had been cleansed.
Dysfunction Junction: Every member of the Time group. Tiara found her parents dead and her village burned and had to watch Israel get kidnapped by one of the bad guys. Chrono was rejected by his birth mother due to being the child of the demon who raped her and even though he has a replacement Mother in Kivah, Kivah is very avoidant of informing him about her fondness for him (though she does have a reason for it) which causes him to have a Well Done Son Guy complex. He also has issues about being a half-demon and being hated by demons and humans both for something only skin deep. Ray got exiled from his home world for preventing the rape of his mother and even before that he was ridiculed by his year mates for having superior skill and power. Ralph, after going through a lot of trials to get the Kwan Dao of Rai, comes home to find his village destroyed and having to bury all of his people as well as his father. Nira watched her parents get slaughtered by a Ghato (who she believes might be Kivah though Kivah vehemently denies it) and grew up to become an assassin, emotionally distant to other human beings and having a deep-seated hatred for Ghatos. Kivah meanwhile is a Half God and was given up as a puppy by her mother to a Mad Scientist. She also had to give up her attachments to anyone or anything to stabilize her existence on Mizet and must forever be a Wandering Jew.
Early-Bird Cameo: Santorym, Daith, and Sol made an appearance in a nightmare of Kivah's in which it shows everyone she cares about slaughtered in front of her. They are not referenced to besides their physical appearances and they are not properly introduced for chapters later.
Elemental Eye Colors: Played straight with the water (Aliuri), fire (Firlys), air (Mata'i), and shadow (Magus) demons. Subverted with the earth (Hachi) demons who have Eyes of Gold and the light (Soarei) demons who have Gray Eyes.
Emotions vs. Stoicism: Kivah has this issue all by herself with her human form (Emotion) and her Demon form (Stoicism). Kivah is quite disturbed about how her emotions tend to run beyond her control while in her human form, and it is one of the things that she has to overcome.
Ensemble Cast: Even though Tiara is officially the main character, the rest of the Time Group get almost equal chapters dedicated to their perspectives.
Escalating War: Part of Ray and Chrono's schtick is to begin insulting each other until it escalates to full on physical blows.
Establishing Character Moment: Tiara insistently taking the cutting knife away from her pregnant mother to do the vegetable chopping herself despite her Mother's protest. This shows her major and even stubborn concern for her family members, which is later shown to be one of her main characteristics.
Kivah drugging an unsuspecting Tiara in order to get her to sleep. This shows that while Kivah does kind things, the way she goes about them are not necessarily moral. Lampshaded by her when she tells Chrono 'that (he) might not approve of what (she) is about to do next' as she is mixing the sleeping draft into some water right in front of him.
Chrono's ECM was when he gave Tiara his poncho that would protect her from the sun without any prompting from Kivah, showing his Jerk with a Heart of Gold status.
Equivalent Exchange: All half-Gods have to give up the thing they would value most in order to stabilize their existences on the mortal plane. This is due to the fact that they are born of two different planes of existence and thus are born unstable which would eventually lead to their destruction. Kivah and her siblings, Maroon and Sol, are of no exception. Kivah gave up her attachment or 'roots' while her older sister Maroon gave up her love and her younger brother Sol gave up his ability to grow up, mentally and physically.
The Exile: Ray was exiled from his world due to the fact that he accidentally killed his stepfather while defending his mother from getting raped by his Stepfather.
There is also a whole island of exiles called 'Exile Island' where the people from the different kingdoms are dumped on as punishment.
Eyes of Gold: Ray and all of the Hachi Clan (except for a select few whose eyes turn black when their hearts become tainted). It's more proof that Lady Era, the Goddess of Earth, was the one that created them.
Eye Scream: Subverted, though narrowly. Kivah stops a seven year Chrono from stabbing his eyes out after he decides that he doesn't want the 'cursed' Violet Eyes.
Fantastic Racism: Half-Demons are ridiculed by both Humans and Demons.
Also the Ghato (Wolf demon) and the Kissa (Cat demon) are considered less and weaker than the other demons species because neither of them have their own kingdom.
Fantasy Pantheon: Mizet, the world this story is held on, has its own Gods and Goddesses. There are The Seven Old Ones: Arazoir (Creation), Kalani (Sky and Storm), Theyis (Death and Judgment), Heriana (Love and Passion), Titano (Sun and Fire), Rante (Sea), Isides (Forest and Moon) who are all siblings. And then there are the younger generation: Mirva (Fate and Prophecy) who is the daughter of Heriana and Kalani as well as Kalani's wife, Thai (Travel, Trade, and Gold) who is the son of Heriana and Rante, Har (Games, Luck, and Victory) who is the oldest son of Mirva and Kalani, Karamai (Seasons) who is oldest daughter of Titano and Isides (who are married), Era (Earth, agriculture, and hard labor) who is daughter of Heriana and Theyis, The twins Victorei (Battle, bloodshed, men, and strength) and Phili (Women, Marriage, Childbirth, and Children) by Mirva and Kalani (They eventually marry), Suola (Domestic Animals and Civilization) who is second daughter of Titano and Isides, Zeles (Wisdom) who is only son of Victorei and Phili, and finally Kinkos and Kenkos (Light and Darkness, respectively) who are the twin sons of Suola and Theyis. There are also a lot of minor Gods and Goddesses with Lyna (Fear), Motros (Terror), Tani (Knowledge), Arte (Magic), Tallis (Music), and Hyatt (Gates) as examples.
Fight Off the Kryptonite: Chrono was able to do this once through sheer anger, pushing through his weakness to water/rain in order to attack Dwale, Ray's older half brother, with his flames after witnessing Dwale impaling Ray. He goes through excruciating pain though and would have died had Kivah not forced some of her energy into him.
Fingerless Gloves: Ray has a black pair of these that he wears at all times because it was the last gift his mother gave to him before his exile.
First Guy Wins: Even though Ralph is first mentioned it is Chrono who the reader first meets.
The Final Temptation: Arazoir's offer for Kivah to Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence so that she would have a home and no longer be a Wandering Jew. Kivah has refused him both times he had offered her this but Kivah states that eventually she would no longer be able to resist it.
Forged by the Gods: The Sword of Time and Kryba, sword of Humanity, are swords that Arazoir made.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Subverted. Several times Tiara brings up the name of her friend, Mika, who had died during Vane's attack on her village. She also remembers her parents and has Flashbacks of them a few times throughout the story.
Ralph also brings up his dead father a couple of times.
The Four Loves: There is a holiday that exists in the sixth human kingdom, Crio (The small kingdom known for pleasures), called Loving Day where everyone celebrating the holiday buys color coded bracelets to give to the people they love. Each different love; Romantic, Pure, Friendship, and Family, have their own colors: Gold for Romantic, White for Pure, Purple for Friendship, and Blue for Family. The Time Group gets mixed up in this holiday on their visit to the kingdom and Hilarity Ensues as the members try to figure out what color to give to each of their True Companions.
Also Tiara (Superego), Chrono (Ego), and Ray (Id).
Friendship Moment: Ray and Chrono tends to do this a lot in the rare moments when they are not bickering. Probably the best example for Ray was when he claimed that he wouldn't jump into the ocean to save Chrono from drowning but does so in practically the next scene without hesitating despite risk to his life through hypothermia. The best example for Chrono is probably when he comforts Ray after Israel's death by giving him a one-armed hug which, for Chrono, is a big deal. Also during that scene Ray states "We could have been great friends," (referring to Israel) and Chrono, mistaking Ray's statement as a reference to him, automatically says "We are friends, idiot."
Gender is No Object: Amongst all of the demon species as well as three out of five of the human kingdoms. The only two kingdoms where Gender roles come into play are the kingdoms Ranisa and Haidic which is a Lady Land and a No Woman's Land, respectively.
Ghost Town: The Time Group see many of these on the borders of the kingdoms.
Girl on Girl Is Hot: Kivah, in human form, does this at one point by making out with Tiara to get the attention of a crowd of men.
The Glomp: Ray does this to Chrono after finding him alive despite having believed that he had killed him due to an illusion cast by a Soarei demon who had a grudge against Ray. Chrono, predictably, punches him in the face before helping him up.
Grand Theft Me: Sin's ultimate goal is to possess Tiara's body in order to have control over Time. He actually does succeed in his plan using Tiara's brother as leverage but it doesn't last because a sibling'slove is powerful indeed.
Green-Eyed Epiphany: Tiara has one when she sees Ray get kissed by another girl.
Green Eyes: Nira has these which go along with her RedHair. Also Santorym though he was born with blue eyes like every other Ghato and his green eyes were a side effect of one of the chemicals injected into his body to see what a Ghato's body could take.
Grudging Thank You: Chrono does this to Ray after Ray saves him from drowning. It is even lampshaded by Ray.
Chrono: Ray… thank you.
Ray: (amused) How did that taste coming out of your mouth?
Chrono: (sincerely) Like poison.
Half-Human Hybrid: Chrono (Half Fire Demon) and also Kyo (Half Cat Demon) and Rynn (Half Water Demon) from the Sequel who are the most important though the Time group runs into these from time to time. It is noted that half demons are infertile and has about the same lifespan as a human. They are also neglected by both humans and demons and their Violet Eyes are considered bad luck. They however do inherit the powers of their demon parent and are a lot more resilient than humans.
It is also revealed that Kivah is a Hybrid though instead of being Half human and Half demon she is Half demon and Half ''God''
Hammer Space: One of Kivah's powers. Is called her 'Dimension Pocket' and holds virtually anything; it is even said to be able to sustain food and drinks such as milk. It however cannot sustain life and any living thing that falls into it would die automatically so Kivah could potentially use this as a weapon...
Happily Mated: Kivah and her two mates Santorym and Daith. They still do have their issues though....
Hey, You!: How Chrono addresses Tiara when they first meet. He starts calling her by her proper name after he rescues her however.
Hikaru Genji Plan: Arazoir suggests that this is what Kivah is raising Chrono for. Kivah automatically denies it but Arazoir stays mockingly convinced, even dubbing Chrono 'Concubine' much to Kivah's annoyance.
Ho Yay: A lot of it, especially between Chrono and Ray who usually find themselves in the most awkwardofsituations...
Also Ray stating that if he would go with a guy it would be Ralph. However Ray was only trying to irritate Nira by saying this and promptly got a punch to his face for his troubles.
Hufflepuff House: Thyili and Rthic, kingdoms of the Aliuri and the Magus, respectively. Even though they are essential to the setting to keep the number of kingdoms balanced between the Humans and the Demons (Crio, notwithstanding), they are irreverent to the plot since the Time Group never visits them.
Humanity Ensues: Due to a sword that changes demons into humans with one slice, Kivah (who is a wolf demon) is changed into a human for several chapters. After she gets changed back, she gets to actually keep the human form. Also the sword in question was actually created by her Father.
Human Mom Non Human Dad: Chrono and most half-demons. It's very rare for demon women to associate intimately with human men though it does happen.
I Am A Monster: Kivah thinks of herself as this because she is Half God. It didn't help that her Mother became so horrified when she found out that she couldn't look at her daughter and basically went through a minor Heroic BSOD.
This is what Ray thinks too after he kills his older half-brother. It results in his eyes becoming Kaleidoscope Eyes, alternating between Brown Eyes and Black Eyes depending on his mood.
I Have Many Names: Kivah, who has gone under the names Kayka, Karis, Kallen, Kaiya, and Kayless. The name 'Kivah' is also an alias. Due to a manipulation on Arazoir's part Kivah actually has two true names; Kaindri and Kylila. (See I Know Your True Name)
I Just Want to Be Normal: Kivah. This is also the reason why she goes under so many names, she tries to dissociate herself from what she is by going by different names.
I Know Your True Name: The Gods and Goddesses use your true name to control you and your fate. Your true name is the first name you are given after your birth; however there is a loophole. If one parent gives you a name and the other parent gives you another name at the same time those two names cancel each other out and therefore you don't have a true name. This is what happened to Kivah whose father, The God of Creation and Reality, named her and her siblings right when their Mother gave them another name thus the two names cancelled each other out. Of course this was done on purpose because Arazoir didn't want his children to be controlled by fate.
I Never Told You My Name: A little girl Ray meets in a dungeon says Ray's name before he introduces himself. Ray doesn't notice this however because he is distracted at the time. The girl is later revealed to be Era, Ray's Goddess.
Infant Immortality: Subverted, and then played straight. In the beginning of the story Tiara's Mother Annice was pregnant and about ready to give birth right when Vane came and slaughtered the whole village. It is not mentioned what happens to the unborn child but it is assumed to be dead. However later on in the story Tiara has a dream of her baby sister being alive and Tani, Goddess of Knowledge confirms it with Tiara's one question. For Phili, Goddess of Women and Childbirth, Marriage and Children, took the baby from her Mother's womb seconds before she was killed and then puts the baby with a childless couple. She did this as a favor to Arazoir who of course wanted the baby alive since the baby is Time, Arazoir's pawn. Tiara goes to visit her sister but leaves the child with the couple to raise her while Tiara tries to go after Israel.)
Ray is especially known for this, mainly going after human girls. He also had a one night stand with Raine, Chrono's older half sister. She is Firlys and a different demon species from him.
Intimate Haircut: Ray gives one to Tiara, though it was a one-sided intimacy. Ray was definitely happy to be having a chance to play with Tiara's hair while Tiara did trust him to do it. However she thinks they are just friends and felt nothing romantic about it.
Intimate Healing: Lots of it; Chrono being the most famous for giving Tiara a healing potion mouth to mouth in their first scene together. And she was unconscious. To be fair to Chrono though it was Kivah's idea...
It Amused Me: Let's just say that it's not a good idea to be around Kivah when she's bored...
It Gets Easier: What Chrono believes due to Kivah's upbringing. It is the reason for his Thou Shalt Not Kill vow. It is however Subverted with Ray, who, despite having killed at least three people, still mourns his fallen enemies like they were his best friends.
I Want Grand Kids: Asante is very blunt about her desire for Kivah to give her grandchildren but Kivah who doesn't want her children to have Godly blood in them due to the consequences of having said blood completely refuses all of Asante's attempts to convince her into conceiving much to Asante's and even Santorym's despair.
Kivah does eventually adopt a female Ghato pup who was abandoned by her biological mother because she doesn't have any Ghato magic. Kivah, seeing this, was able to give the pup portions of her, Santorym, and Daith's magic so that the pup can grow up to be a normal Ghato. She now stays with Kivah's Mother's pack and is mainly raised by Santorym and Daith but Kivah is no beyond parenting. After all she's had plenty of experience with Chrono...
I Will Find You: Tiara's motivation for going on her journey; to find her brother Israel. She actually does get him back in the end but only long enough for him todiein her arms.
Kill the God: The ultimate goal, to kill Sin. Tiara fails the first time, only being able to seal him away before she dies. She is however more successful in the sequel after Sierra saves her life.
Kissing Under the Influence: Nira and Ray do this after they get drunk, though they don't remember it in the morning.
Last Breath Bullet: Sin kills Tiara this way (and Chrono, by default), by shooting Tiara in the heart with one of Vane's powers just as Tiara was sealing him away.
Les Yay: Though not a noticeable as the Ho Yay, Tiara and Nira sure do have some questionable moments together...
Then of course there was that make outscene between Tiara and a human Kivah...
Let's Get Dangerous: Get Kivah pissed off or serious enough and you will really see how creative she can be in slaughtering you.
Loving a Shadow: Tiara realizes pretty quick that her affections for Ralph had more to do with his looks than with him. She is ashamed by it but eventually does grow to Ralph for him but it ends up being a familial love.
Love Martyrs: Santorym and Daith in relation to their love for Kivah.
Ray was also involved in another one between himself, a girl named Celia, and their best friend, Gabriel. Ray actually won that one but when he realized that Gabriel liked Celia too Ray, feeling guilty, left the dojo and when he returns Celia and Gabriel are married with a fifteen year old son. (Though it is revealed to the audiance that the child is actually Ray's).
Love Redeems: Kivah's love for Santorym and Daith saved her from becoming a Complete Monster in her past though she does still retain some sociopathic-like tendencies.
Mad Scientist Laboratory: Where Kivah, her older sister, and her mates grew up. Dr. Lumbar uses it to do multiple experiments on Ghatos in order to create a destructive weapon to destroy the world. He found his weapon in Kivah but he made the mistake of attempting to execute Santorym to teach Kivah a lesson. It didn't end well.
The Magic Goes Away: It is stated a few times that humans used to have magic but after the Battle of The Gods, when Sin tried to become Top God, Arazoir locked Arte, God of Magic, into a cell for all eternity because he was on the side of Sin. Arazoir also stripped him of his godly powers and actually put them into the Sword of Time, making Time (Tiara) the only human in the world who has magic.
Manipulative Bitch: Kivah. This is practically her most distinct characteristic.
Also played straight with Kivah and her mates Santorym and Daith. Since Kivah is immortal due to being a half god she will eventually outlive her mates.
Meaningful Nickname: Kivah's nickname for Chrono is "Little Crow." The logic behind this nickname is this: since Chrono is a half demon he is judged as bad luck because of a physical characteristic (His Violet Eyes) much like a crow is also judged as bad luck because of another physical characteristic (it's black body). As for why she calls him Little Crow... well she did meet him when he was five... and she kinda does think of him as a son...
The Messiah: Tiara though she is kind of a downplayed version of this.
My Parents Are Dead: During a conversation about family between the Time Group, Nira asks Kivah where her parents are and Kivah says that they are dead.
Nira: (nastily) "And where are your parents, dog?"
Kivah: (blandly): "Dead."
Of course, it is revealed later on that Kivah was lying and both of her parents are alive. With her Father being Arazoir, God of Creation and Reality.
My Sister Is Off Limits: Chrono pulls this after finding out that Ray had a one night stand with his older half sister, Raine.
Named Weapons: Kryba and Faith, The Sword of Time also has a name: Sitaus.
Nobody Calls Me Chicken: Chrono and Ray both reacts this way and are usually goaded by each other into doing random, dangerous stuff.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Kivah does this to the demon who kidnapped her brother and planned to use him as a main ingredient in his plot to become a God. It backfires majorly on her however due to the fact that Kivah was so busy being consumed with blood-lust and stabbing the demon turned human to death that Sol bled out and subsequently Ascends To A Higher Plane Of Existence.
Then again, practically anytimeKivah decides to fight, this happens. Just ask Dwale.
No Ontological Inertia: The reason Kivah doesn't erase Dr. Lumbar from reality despite a strong desire to do so. If she did, she would have been erasing everything Lumbar did in his life, including creating her. Kivah allows the Ghatos who Lumbar experimented on for years devour him instead.
Israel is definitely Tiara's with her desperation in getting him back and when she and her True Companions come upon a phenomenon called 'Red Snow' that reveals the one first in their hearts, Israel's image is who appears before Tiara. Israel's death is also the thing that breaksTiara'sPlucky Girl attitude.
Not Quite Flight: Ray can ride on rocks that he levitates with his power.
Not Staying for Breakfast: Gender Flipped as it is Ray who wakes up alone after he spent the night with Raine, Chrono's older half sister. Ray is, however, not upset by this considering they both agreed before hand that this would be a one night stand.
Omniglot: Kivah. Sort of justified though considering all Ghatos have this ability.
One Ghato Army: Kivah who, in her human form, slaughtered a thousand demons by herself to rescue her little brother from a demon that wanted to use Sol's Godly blood to make himself a God. It really wasn't a smart idea to piss Kivah off.
When Tiara decides to go after and kill Sin after Israel's death, you know that she has been broken for good. Of course, when it came down to actually killing Sin, Tiara didn't have the will or the strength to actually do it and instead seals him away. It led to her death.
Our Demons Are Different: There are eight types of demons, each created by a God or Goddess trying to surpass Arazoir by making a superior species to the humans. Kalani created the Mata'i (Air demons), Isides created the Ghato (Wolf demons), Rante created the Aliuri (Water demons), Titano created the Firlys (Fire demons), Era created the Hachi Clan (Earth demons), Kinkos created the Soarei (Light demons), Kenkos created the Magus/Dark ones (Shadow demons), and Suola created the Kissa (Cat demons).
Parental Abandonment: The whole Time group. Tiara, Israel, and Ralph's parents were killed in the beginning of the story, Nira's were killed by a Ghato, Ray's Dad is dead and his Mother (though she didn't abandon him) is out of reach since she is still on Ray's home world, Chrono's Mother hates him because he is a result of her rape and is a half demon and his demon father is dead, and finally Kivah's mom gave her and her sister up to a Mad Scientist and because of this Kivah hates her and refuses to rekindle their relationship.
Parental Substitute: Kivah serves as a Mother figure for Chrono since the age of five.
Parent With New Paramour: An odd case as Kivah was already mated to Santorym and Daith before meeting Chrono but she didn't tell Chrono about them. So when Chrono does find out about Santorym and Daith he does not take it well and becomes hostile towards them. Santorym and Daith also does not know how to interact with Chrono though they did know about him through Kivah. It turns out to be especially difficult for Santorym and is of course lampshaded by him and Kivah.
Kivah: (Playfully) "That’s why you should be nicer to him Daddy."
Santorym: "I hadn’t realized I was the Father of a teenager."
Passthe Popcorn: Kivah practically anytime her companions get into a fight much to their annoyance.
Please Don't Leave Me: Chrono is very upset about the prospect of Kivah leaving him, though he knows that it is kind of inevitable.
Please Spare Her, Arazoir: Kivah pulls this after Arazoir reveals that Tiara has to die in order to recreate the balance that Kivah had disrupted by making Tiara Time. She doesn't however actually get down on her knees and beg considering her Pride but in any case it doesn't work.
Power Gives You Wings: Inverted. At least for the Ghatos whose wings gives them their power and if a Ghato's wings are clipped they lose all of that power including their ability to speak.
Reality Warper: Kivah due to the fact that her Father is the God of Creation and Reality. Kivah however does not use this power often due to the fact that she can hardly control it and usually when she does alter reality the consequences tend to be quite cruel. One example being that due to the fact that she altered reality to make Tiara 'Time' it eventually resulted in Tiara and Chrono's deaths. This of course is a Nice Job Breaking It, Hero moment for Kivah though she does fix it in the Sequel by manipulating Sierra into going back in time and preventing Tiara and Chrono's deaths for her...
Tiara, being Time, is also a Reality Warper but only to an extent and she can hardly control it.
Really 700 Years Old: Kivah, who is about three hundred years old. This is especially noticeable in her human form where she looks in her early twenties.
Ray also who, though he claims to be fifteen, is actually eighty years old.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Vane, and also Kivah whose blue eyes turns red when she is particularly pissed and this tends to lead to a kicking ass moment for her.
Rescue Romance: Though Chrono did the actual rescuing for selfish reasons (i.e. due to the Synchronization, if Tiara dies he dies), afterwards Chrono becomes much kinder to Tiara and begin developing feelings for her especially after she thanks him, not for rescuing her, but for using her name.
River of Insanity: Ethylio, quite literally. The legend behind Ethylio is this; Rante, God of the Sea and waters, wanted to please his sister Heriana, Goddess of Love and Passion, so he created Ethylio for Heriana to throw in any man that displeases her. The results would be that, upon contact with the water, the unfortunate soul would immediately lose their minds. Kivah actually takes a dip into Ethylio but is saved by Har, her cousin and the God of Games, on her Father's orders.
Royal Blood: Chrono has royal blood on both sides of his family, being the son of the King of the Firlys and the son of the Queen of the human kingdom; Caaslm. However, he is illegitimate due to his father raping his mother and he has no claim to either thrones.
Sadistic Choice: Arazoir asks Kivah who she would choose to save if put in the situation: Tiara or Chrono? Kind of subverted when Kivah immediately says that she would pick Chrono.
Scars Are Forever: Nira has one across her throat from when she slit it (see Driven to Suicide). Kivah says that she will have it forever and it is mentioned to still being there in the Sequel.
Second Love: Tiara decides that she loves Chrono even though she had a crush on Ralph in the beginning of the story.
Seen It All: Kivah claims this after the Time Group finds out a couple they were trying to help are actually brother and sister.
Kivah: "I've seen worse."
Nira: (incredulous) "Where!?"
Self Harm: Tiara, in a moment of epiphany, realizes that despite the fact that Vane wants to rape her, he is consciously not striking her because he doesn't want to alert Chrono through the Synchronization until it is too late. Upon realizing this Tiara immediately begins to try and incite Vane into striking her and when that doesn't work, she bites down on her own tongue and even manages to cut her leg on a sharp rock.
Sexby Proxy: It is briefly implied that this will happen to Tiara or Chrono if one of them goes and has sex or does other things. This is due to the Synchronization.
Shipper on Deck: Kivah is the Queen of this Trope considering she went as far as altering reality in order to make Tiara 'Time' just so she has an excuse to keep Chrono and Tiara together. Of course the Synchronization didn't hurt either...
Shock and Awe: Ralph thanks to being the Master of the Kwan Dao of Rai.
Six Man Band: Doesn't work because of the huge pile up but lets try anyway...
Token Evil Teammate: Kivah (Though she is not necessarily evil, despite her more morallyambiguous traits, most of the problems the Time Group gets into is either directly or indirectly connected to Kivah.)
Sickly Green Glow: When the Time group comes upon the River of Insanity, Ethylio, Tiara immediately asks "What is that Green Glow?" Of course only she and Kivah can see the green glow, Tiara because she is Time, pawn of the Gods, and Kivah because she is Half God.
Snow Means Love: In one chapter the Time Group enters a village where red snows falls during the winter and if you stand in it the red snow will make the person you hold first in your heart appear before you in translucent form. The only ones the reader actually sees though is Nira's, Ralph, and Tiara's, Israel. Neither Ralph or Kivah goes into the snow, Ralph because he already knows who is first in his heart and Kivah because apparently the snow won't show anything if you have more than one most important person. This is what happens to Chrono and Ray who both enter the snow but neither of them are shown who they love most hinting that they each have more than one in their hearts.
Somebody Else's Problem: Kivah tends to think along these lines when it comes to people that she deems as 'uninteresting' but she has been shown to help... when forced by her True Companions.
Stepford Smiler: Don't let that grin fool you, Kivah has some serious psychological issues.
Suck Out the Poison: Ray at one point suggests Kivah do this when Ralph was poisoned. Kivah just gives him a look and goes on to make the antidote.
Super Drowning Skills: Chrono, though justified, since he is a fire demon (Well... half) and water not only stops his power but also drains his strength if he goes more than waist deep into it.
Survival Mantra: In the beginning of the story as Tiara is walking aimlessly in the desert of Arazoir the only thing keeping her from going insane is saying her name over and over again in her mind.
Synchronization: An old magic that was lost to humankind due to Arte's (God of Magic) imprisonment, though Arazoir put Arte's power into the Sword of Time which used Synchronization to save Tiara in the beginning of the story by binding her to Chrono. Basically what Synchronization does is bind a broken body to a healthy body in order to save the fatally wounded person. However by doing this the two bodies are now essentially one body while still being separated so anything that happens to one, be it pain, pleasure, or disease, happens to the other. And of course it goes without saying that if one dies so does the other.
Technicolor Fire: Chrono's flame, which is usually colored normally, is at one point colored in rainbows when he breaks the necklace Arazoir gave him to resurrect Kivah after she was killed by an arrow.
They're Called Personal Issues For A Reason: Chrono's reason for not knowing a majority of Kivah's past despite the fact that they have lived together for twelve years. Of course, once he finds out about some of Kivah's secrets he is not necessarily happy about them.
They Would Cut You Up: They would and they did. At least this is a part of Kivah's past within Dr. Lumbar's Lab.
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Tiara is very firm about not killing anybody. Chrono also has stated that he would never kill anyone, though not being as vocal about it as Tiara, due to his belief that Murder Makes You Crazy.
Threshold Guardians: Three of them that Tiara, Chrono, and Kivah had to face in the Trial of Tani's Gate. First the Riddle Caster who Kivah had to face. His trial was for her, as Wisdom, to answer five riddles. Second was the Beast Tamer that Chrono had to face. His trial for him, as Strength, was for Chrono to defeat five beasts. And the last was the Heart Master who Tiara had to face. His trial for her, as Heart, was for her to try to save at least one of her friends from the lowest point in their lives.
Two Lines, No Waiting: Tiara trying to get her brother back and also doing her job as 'Time' are interwoven with each other.
Unbalanced By Rival's Kid: Ray is definitely unbalanced after meeting the child of Celia, his former lover, and Gabriel, his former rival. However, he then subverts/inverts this trope once he gets over his shock and acts quite nice to the boy, Alan. He even acts like a big brother to him since they look the same age at fifteen. It is later revealed to the reader but not Ray that Alan is actually Ray's son.
Unrequited Love Switcheroo: After witnessing Ray get kissed by Chrono's older sister, Raine Tiara becomes jealous and realizes that she might have feelings for Ray after all. Too bad she already rejected him and he has given up on his feelings for her. Tiara then dies before it can be resolved.
Victim Falls For Rapist: Chrono's demon Father Visil, who was in love with Chrono's human Mother Chie, raped her as she rejected him in order to try and convey his feelings towards her. Averted in Chie definitely did not fall for him.
Very Special Chapter: At one point the Time group has to deal with Homosexuality when they come across a village where it is treated as inappropriate. While there a gay man asks Tiara to 'bless' him and his relationship and the rest of the chapter deals with the different views among the Time group and whether or not Tiara should do it. Tiara believes that it doesn't matter because everyone is equal. Ray is also for it because in the Hachi clan it is accepted. Kivah too is for it. Nira and Chrono on the other hand both speak against it, with Nira being quite bias about it due to her upbringing. Ralph, meanwhile, is predictably neutral.
Violet Eyes: The physical proof that you are a half demon and it is widely considered bad luck among both humans and demons despite no evidence to contrary.
Waking Up Elsewhere: Happens to Chrono and Ray after both of them faint, Ray because of hypothermia and Chrono because of a head injury. They wake up in a cell, chained to each other, and about ready to get raped by a Soarei (light) demon.
We Are As Mayflies: All demons are really older than they look and tends to live at least five hundred years. The half demons on the other hand actually don't have an extended life span but age like humans.
Where It All Began: The final fight with Sin is in the Ruins of Arazoir. Also Tiara and the Time Group rest in the cave that was Tiara and Israel's hangout after Israel's death.
Wild Card: Subverted with Kivah. Nira believes she is this but Kivah is actually quite loyal to her True Companions and has no intentions of betraying them.
Word Of God: This entire page has been written by the creator of the story, me.
Would Hurta Child: Kivah has killed children of her kind before (during her time in Dr. Lumbar's lab) and she does kill a little girl though that instance was a Shoot the Dog / Mercy Kill moment because the little girl had swallowed a slow-acting and painful poison that couldn't be cured.
Kivah: (ruefully) "I have killed children before, T. That was nothing."
Yaoi Fangirl: Kivah, despite her Shipper on Deck status (For Tiara and Chrono), sure loves to place Chrono and Ray into awkward situations (such as forcing them to declare their love for each other and even recording it for future reference). She is also mated to two males who are in love with each other as much as they are with her. Nira on the other hand subverts this trope hard with her bias against Homosexuality. (She gets better though...)
You Can Say That Again: Chrono says this in a conversation with Ralph. Ralph responds by saying his statement again.
You Monster!: Nira calls Kivah a monster after she sees a head wound Kivah received that Nira believes no one else could have survived. Kivah then mentions that Nira wasn't the first person to call her that.
0 reviews