First off a little explanation for this, Iseoie is my own character, and basically the story
remains the same, except in this, Iseoie has been travelling with Maxi, Kilik etc.. . This
begins at the end of Soul Calibur 1, with the battle of Maxi and Astaroth.....
All SC2 characters (c) Namco etc....
Iseoie (eye-zee-o-e) (c) me
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The rain beat down onto his tanned, smooth skin, heavily, unbearably. His deep, brandy
brown eyes narrowed, in disgust as he stared at the figure before him, looming over him with
his mighty axe. Astaroth repulsed him in every way imaginable, and Maxi didn't hate easily.
"I'm going to kill you, hack you into pieces worm!" the demon chuckled, confidently, even
though he had no idea of Maxi's fighting capabilities. "We'll see..." was Maxi's only reply,
his words uttered through gritted teeth. His deep eyes wandered over to his three
companions, Kilik, Xianghua and Iseoie. His gaze softened, he couldn't go on with them,
he'd travelled so far, for so long, just for this one battle, and he was going to finish it,
whether he walked out of it alive or not. This battle, to seel his vengeance, and let him be at
peace.
"GO!!" he commanded to the three, who were staring at him, as he spoke, the rain dripped
down his nose, and trickled down his even lips, causing him to shiver. "NOW!!" he shouted
again, harshly. Kilik and Xianghua were both stunned at their friends decision, but it was his
to make, they just prayed to the gods he'd come out alive, and their adventures together
would not be cut short as they ran to escape. "Isy!!, what are you doing, get moving!!" he
commanded to Iseoie. She was quite stunned, her long, golden hair matted to her shoulders,
she couldn't, it felt as though she'd be abandoning him if she did. "No!!" she yelled back, "I
can't just run away, not after everything!" the tears staining her face were hidden by the rain
that seeped down her pale skin, softly. "It's my fight Iseoie, go now, before you get hurt!!" he
was desperate to persuade her to leave, but knowing her stubbornness it may not work.
Astaroth was most amused by all of this, he chuckled, readying his axe. The steel glinted
menacingly as random droplets clung to it, the grey sky overhead, signalled that it was to be a
dark day indeed. He raised his axe, and brought it down sharply towards Iseoie, Maxi stared,
but his quick reaction, caused the axe to just be diverted by his nunchaku, Fatibal. "Dammit,
go, I'll catch up to you, I sware!!" he half pleaded, now gripping her shoulders, and half
shaking her. "But...." she sobbed. His eyes were rather harsh, and dark, narrowing to slits.
"Go" he said again, "I-" she was cut off, as he gripped her chin, pulling her face upwards, to
press his lips against hers, holding her there for a moment. "Now go Isy, it's my fight" his
voice wasn't as harsh now, he slowly backed away from her, turning to face Astaroth again.
"I'll wait...." she stammered, not sure if heard or not, as she dashed off, to find Kilik and
Xianghua.
She waited upon the hill that loomed over the wreckage of the former village that had once
been her home. "Come on, you swore you'd never brake a promise..." she sobbed, looking in
every direction for any sign of him. At this point, she'd well and truly lost Kilik and
Xianghua, she was alone. "He's gone..." she sobbed, realising Maxi wasn't going to show up.
She shook, and ran towards the docks, back to a crew that were just leaving, she bargained
passage, sitting in silence the whole ride.
4 YEARS LATER.......
Maxi sat on the bank by the river, the village was just to his right, and was innocently
bustling as always. The sun glided over him perfectly, as he sat by the river, one hand behind
his head, as the other clutched a flower that he twirled in his fingers. Although the scene was
very pleasant, and almost perfect, his expression didn't seem to match, he seemed to be
quietly thinking of something, regretting. "I should have died, then I wouldn't be feeling like
this..." he muttered to himself quietly. He didn't know how it happened, but after the battle,
that he won against Astaroth, he thought he'd died, only to wake up on the very river bank he
was sitting on, villagers swarming him, and taking him into their care. In the past four years,
he'd spent his time at the village, and become very popular and well known, he enjoyed the
peace and tranquillity of his new home. Yet, he regretted how he'd gotten there. "I wonder if
they're alive...." he questioned himself, "I wonder if she....is alive..." he questioned again.
A shriek from the village, made him look up and jolt to his feet nimbly. "Great, more thieves
I bet...." he commented quietly, he grinned, he always did love a fight, "I guess, I better go
and teach them the rules..". He dashed into the village, one of the villagers was slain, lying
dead in the middle of the town, blood surrounded his body, and his fingers had been severed.
"Where I'm from, that's the punishment for theft..." a cold voice stated. Maxi's attention was
drawn to a slender figure that was perched on a roof top, hidden by a hooded cape that waved
in the wind. She held a blade in her hand, a double sided blade, that was stained with blood
and gleamed menacingly in the light. "Well, we do things differently...." Maxi retorted,
holding his nunchaku up, as if readying for a fight. "You do things too softly, no wonder
there's no order around this place" the figure said wryly and slightly sarcastically.
She dropped down, her face shadowed by her hood, as she held her blade up to Maxi, he
knocked it aside and sneered. "I dunno who the hell you think you are....showing up here, and
telling us how to run our village, but, I think you better leave before I get nasty...". He struck
his nunchaku towards her, with a lightning like reaction, her blade shot up, to block his
attack. She snorted. "You won't hurt me..." she said spitefully. Maxi narrowed his dark eyes,
"Don't be so sure...". She tightened her grip around the hilt of her blade, and the two blades
shot back in either end, and she tucked the hilt into her belt. Slowly, she took down her
hood, revealing her features entirely.
She was beautiful, the face that launched a thousand ships. Her hair was a white blonde
colour, neat, and past her shoulders, with tinges of red. Her lips were a rosey colour, and
curled into a neat grin. And her skin was smooth, and delicate, pale like snow, as her emerald
coloured, gem like eyes, examined Maxi's face. He said nothing, but stared, gulping as if
swallowing his pride. "Isy?" he stuttered. "That's right...." she responded, her arms folded
across her chest at this point. The villagers were getting annoyed, how could Maxi just stand
there, when this woman had slain one of their villagers, one of their own people!. Maxi, do
you know her!?" a woman called, her raven locks tossed over her shoulders, as she gripped
one of Maxi's arms, trying to persuade him to rid the village of Iseoie. "Yeah" he said
bluntly, breaking free of the woman's grip, as he walked towards Iseoie, taking her hand and
leading her off somewhere by the wrist.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, watching the villagers incase they followed. She freed
herself of his grip, and bit her lip, looking at him. "He's back...." she said simply.....