Disclaimer: Okay. I don't own digimon so don't bother trying to sue me.
It won't work.
Okay. I do however own Skye Tarve, Crystal Tanner (This one is out to you Crysie), and Arvis Sandstone. I read lots of fanfiction so if you use them I will most likely find out. Also I they resemble anybody else's characters it is entirely by accident.
Okay this story uses the digimon characters from season on and season two, but they are in a world of my making called Lustari. It means lustrous star, or shinning star. There are no digimon, but what are known as magi warriors. They have command over some type of element (fire, wind, water, etc.) and can use weapon techs.
Ages: Tai, Sora, Mimi, and Matt- 16
Izzy-15
Joe-17
T.K and Kari-13
Yolie, Ken, and Davis-12
Cody-10
Skye, Arvis-17
Crystal-215
1 Thieves Honor
Kari sat on the window seat in her bedroom looking out across the plains that stretched around the castle. A river cut through the plains like a gash with blood flowing down it. A deep moat surrounded the castle and tall guards in armor with heavy pikes patrolled the walkways along the outside of the courtyard. Kari's own chambers were in the tower that pointed to the southwest. On the other side of the castle was a swamp that provided attack from that direction. The village was farther out in the middle of the plains.
Kari could see peasants still moving in the fields around the village in the sinking sun. Cattle moved slowly in pastures farther out from the village.
Kari was dressed in baggy white pants, a long sleeve white shirt, leather boots, and a pink headband that held back her short brown hair. The way she dressed had always made her mother angry, but Kari liked dressing in the warrior fashion that her best friends Yolie and Sora dressed in. Her bow of yew wood tipped with silver hung on pegs attached to the wall, a quiver hung beneath that, and an arm guard hung from the quiver. Her own powers granted to her by being a magi human gave her control over light and made her quite a formidable foe even without her weapons.
There was a low knock on the door. "Come in." Called Kari not bothering to turn from the window. She heard the door open and could pick out two pairs of feet moving with a warrior's ease.
"Hey, Sora. Yolie." Said Kari greeting her two friends.
"Hi Kari." Said Yolie in her normal happy voice.
"How are you doing?" Asked Sora in her normal caring tones.
"I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Asked Kari turning. She already knew the answer, but there was no point in bring it up if they didn't. Yolie had perched herself on Kari's bed while Sora had remained standing.
Yolie was a little younger than here, but a little taller. Her lavender eyes behind her glasses flashed dully in the late evening's sunlight. She was Kari's bodyguard and an easy friend that had been there for the past four years. She was dressed in a supple purple breastplate, purple gauntlets, purple pants, and purple armor encased her knees down. She had no helmet on her head, but her long purple hair was tied back with a piece of leather. Yolie's spear rested across her lap, ready to be in action anytime that it was needed. Yolie's magi powers let her control psychic energy and made her a limited telepathic.
Sora was older and had always acted as kind of an older sister/mother since Kari's own mother was always too busy helping to run the kingdom. Sora commanded a good part of the army that protected the castle. The kingdom was small so the army only needed two generals. One was Sora that watched after the defense of the castle. The other was Kari's brother Tai who ran the defense of the outer borders. She wore a red shirt, red skirt, and leather boots. Kari knew that there was a tough mail shirt underneath Sora's shirt. A red cape, the same color as her short hair and eyes, embroidered with the phoenix that was the kingdom's symbol, that set off her rank hung over her shoulders and fell almost to the ground. A golden wedding band with a large diamond was on her finger. A long silver sword hung at her waist. Her magi powers allowed her control over all languages.
"Well by the way that you stormed out of the throne room after your parents announced your betrothal to that prince Davis gave me the funny feeling something is wrong." Said Sora.
"He was a lot cuter than that last suitor." Said Yolie. "And he was actually out of diapers."
"He may be cute and actually my age, but I don't even know the guy. I don't want to marry a complete stranger." Said Kari.
"The marriage would be very profitable for the kingdom. Davis is the hair to the throne of the Green Dragon, which is much bigger than our little kingdom." Said Sora.
"Your not going to try to convince me that I should put up no fight and just take this marriage?" Asked Kari.
"Of course not. But as royalty you have to always do things for the good of the people." Said Sora.
"But I want to be able to love. You're lucky. Your betrothed to my brother Tai, but you actually love him."
"Yes, I do love Tai," said Sora blushing. "But it wasn't that way at first. We opposed our marriage as much as you do to marrying Davis now. We even ended up working together to try and break up the marriage. But in getting to know each other we found that we actually loved each other."
"I don't want to get to know this Davis." Said Kari. "What do you think of him Yolie?"
"I have only seen him a little, but I think he is rude, obnoxious, and a pig." Said Yolie. The frantic tolling a bell broke through their conversation.
"The alarm bell." Said Sora in a low voice. She walked to the door and left the room almost running down the hallways. Kari rushed over to her bow and pulled it from the wall. She attached the arm guard to her left arm, and slung the quiver of pink-feathered arrows across her back.
"Come with me." Kari told Yolie walking into the hallway. She nocked an arrow onto her bow as she walked.
In the general confusion of the alarm bell four figures slipped over the parapets onto the walkway. The four figures jumped silently down to the courtyard and hung to the shadows. They then proceeded quickly into the inner castle through one of the windows. In the torch light in the room the figures took of the black cloth that covered their faces.
The youngest one and the leader stood listening intently to the noise outside of the dark room. He unwrapped the black cloth around his face to reveal shaggy blond hair and intense icy blue eyes. The rest of his clothes were black and allowed no more of his skin to show except for his face. A black bladed katana hung across his back. His unusual magi powers allowed him to influence and even control people's emotions.
"T.K. we better get moving. Your brother, Matt's, bell idea is only going to confuse them for so long." Said one of the figures. It was T.K.'s friend Skye Tarve. His dark green hair was wild and unruly, and matched his green eyes perfectly. A long scar ran along his jaw and another scar parallel to that ran a few inches above that. He was well built and a little over six feet tall. He wore a green long sleeve shirt, brown pants, leather boots, and a leather belt. Two long knifes hung at his hips, a horn hung beside one knife, a knife was in a sheath on the back of his neck, and another knife was stuck into his boot. T.K. also knew about throwing daggers he had in wrist sheaths. His magi powers allowed him control over wind.
"Fine. Skye you're with me. Crystal and Dante go off by yourselves and search. Once somebody finds it just blow your horns." Said T.K.
"See you, too. And be careful. No more incidents like that last screw up." Said Crystal. She was older than T.K. by a good number of years (over 200), but only a little taller than T.K. Her long white hair was streaked with blue, and her golden eyes fit very well in her beautiful face. Her pointed ears gave away her eleven heritage. She was dressed in a short green and blue dress that allowed her complete freedom of movement and soft leather shoes. A staff of solid but light wood hung in her hands loosely. She had control over ice.
"Lydesk pi toma." Said Arvis in his native language. "May your weapon be swift and always hit." He translated. Arvis was the same age as Kai, but he was easily the biggest of the group. He stood almost six and a half feet tall and that was entirely muscle covered by ebony skin. His curly black hair sat on his head, and black eyes stared out with remarkable calm. He was from somewhere in the south, but nobody knew where. He was dressed in a red vest, red baggy pants, and heavy armored boots. A double- headed ax sat on each side of his thick leather belt in loops. A large dagger with a very heavy blade was jammed in the back of his belt. He had control over earth and limited control over already hewn stone.
"Remember try not to kill anybody if at all possible." Said T.K.
"We know." Said Crystal turning. She and Arvis left the room and went to the right.
"That leaves the right for you and me." Said Skye.
"Right." T.K. wrapped the black cloth around his face again leaving only his intense blue eyes showing. They went out of the room and walked to the left. They stayed in the shadows always searching. Finally they found a door that looked likely. It was a large wood door with a barred window and heavy iron hinges. A guard with pikes stood on each side of the door. "Get rid of the guards."
Skye stretched his arm out and pointed the palm at the two guards. A strong gust of wind sprung up on opposite sides of the guards. The guards were lifted from their feet and flung into each other, both falling unconscious.
"You must be losing your touch. You made a lot of noise." Joked T.K. Skye simply shook his head and chuckled. They walked to the guards and checked their pulses. "All is good over here."
"Same here. I was just wondering, but red and gold are the colors of this kingdom, right?" Asked Skye.
"Yeah. Why does that matter?"
"Because these guys are in green and black." T.K.'s blade rang softly as it was brought from its sheath. The light around them dropped a little and the shadows lengthened. T.K.'s black blade was an heirloom of his family and was virtually unbreakable. It was made by assassins, and made to holder virtually undetectable.
Skye drew the knife on right hip and held it with the blade pointing towards the ground. He reached forward and grabbed the handle on the door. He looked at T.K. and T.K. nodded. Skye flung open the door and the two took a step into the room with weapons raised. The room was a large bedroom with two beds resting in it. There was a boy sitting on each of the beds.
On of the boys was the same height as T.K. with brown hair and eyes. He was dressed in a dark jumpsuit underneath his full gray armor, a black cape hung from his shoulders and the handle of a broad sword stuck over his right shoulder. His helmet was on a table beside the bed. It was gray too with a horn sticking out of its forehead. By the look of fire burning in his eyes T.K. could already tell his magi power.
The other boy was the same age, but taller and more intelligent looking. He had short blue hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in black pants, shirt, leather boots, and a black trench coat. A whip and long dagger hung on his hips. Dark energy seemed to almost crackle around the boy.
"Shit." Said Skye. He flicked his wrist and two throwing daggers slid into his left hand. He threw the daggers and they pinned the shoulders of the boy in the robe to the baseboard of the bed. The other boy was up by this time and was reaching for his sword. T.K. slashed with his sword and drew a shallow line of red across his face. The two thieves jumped back and T.K. slammed the door shut. Skye grabbed one of the still unconscious guards' pikes and wedged the door closed.
Two groups came around each side of the hallway. The group that was closer had only two people in it: a girl in purple armor with a spear and a girl with a boy. The other group was two pikemen in red and gold, and four archers.
Skye backhanded the girl in armor knocking her into the wall and into unconsciousness. T.K. slashed the other girl's arrow cutting it cleanly in half. Skye grabbed the still conscious girl's throat and put her between him and the guards. T.K. moved behind them both while Skye moved his knife to the girl's throat.
"Unhand the princess." Yelled one of the guards.
"If you don't want her dead then don't move any closer to us." Skye yelled back.
"Don't hurt her." Whispered T.K.
"I didn't plan on it even if they attacked us." Skye whispered back. "Are you okay Princess Kari. Is my hand too tight or anything?" This last statement was directed at Kari. Kari was confused. These two guys were kidnapping her and then asking if they were hurting her. Kari just shook her head.
The two thieves started to back away and the group of guards followed not getting any closer but keeping the thieves in sight. The group backed up the stairs to the tower and emerged on the top of the tower. It was dark now and the only light came from the torches the guards were carrying.
"You can't go any farther. Give us the princess and we will only put you in the prison." Said one of the guards. The thieves had backed on to the parapet and only a long drop was behind them.
"I have a better idea. We'll just jump to our deaths." Yelled Skye. He wrapped his leg around Kari's and threw them both over the edge. T.K. jumped at the same time. Kari screamed, but the wind ripped her voice from her mouth.
A few feet above the ground a strong gust of wind hit their backs and brought them to an easy landing just past the moat. Skye sheathed his dagger and picked Kari up in his arms. A long and clear horn note sounded across the plains. They were already running across the plains.
Suddenly Kari heard Skye yell in pain and felt the sharp tip of an arrow poke her back. The arrow had to have gone through his whole shoulder to poke her. Kari could feel Skye's blood start to drip onto her neck and he stumbled. T.K. slowed and took Kari from his hurt friend and they continued to run into the darkness.
Kari felt sleepy as T.K. made her feel that way. Kari drifted into sleep as they still ran.
Kari slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by darkness. She could see trees above her head and could smell the pungent aroma of burning wood. She sat up slowly. She could see a small smokeless fire. Three sleeping figures surrounded the fire. Four horses were tethered to a stake near the group. Kari got slowly to her feet and started to sneak away from the group.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you. T.K. wouldn't like that at all." Said a voice startling Kari. A shadow seemed to detach itself from a tree and walk towards her. She recognized the green hair of the person who had kidnapped her. A knife glittered in one of his hands.
"Why did you kidnap me." Said Kari backing away from him. She was scared and sweat was beaded on her forehead.
"I'm not going to hurt you." Said the man sheathing his knife somewhere behind his neck. "And to why I kidnapped you. We could either kill those guards or we could have kidnapped you. Don't worry. We'll take you back in a little while.
"Who are you?" Asked Kari, her curiosity winning over her fear.
"I am Skye Tarve." He gave a long elaborate bow. "Proud member of the Blood Hawks. The person that was with me when I kidnapped you was T.K. or Takeru Ishida. The big black guy is Arvis Sandstone and the eleven woman is Crystal Tanner."
Kari had heard of the Blood Hawks from her parents. Supposedly they were a group of thieves that did not care about what they had to do to get money. They would not take victims, but kill and then mutilate their body. They would then leave the bodies in the roads. Kari whimpered and backed up even farther into a tree.
"Why are you scared? Oh, wait you have heard the rumors about us killing people and leaving their bodies all over the place." Said Skye smiling and siting down.
"You don't kill any people?" Asked Kari hopefully.
"I have never killed a person, ever. The only things I have killed with these blades are orcs and other things like that."
"Sorry, but I have always been told that the Blood Hawks were always horrible criminals." Said Kari sitting down beside Skye. She noticed his shoulder was wrapped with bandages that were soaked with blood. "Is your shoulder okay."
"It is just a little sore."
"Nonsense. Let me look at your shoulder." Skye turned so that she could reach his shoulder. She pulled back the bandages and Skye groaned in pain. She could tell why. It had been cleaned well but still bleeding lightly.
"The rich people always say that. The Blood Hawks always steal from the rich and give the money to the poor around the land."
"What were you stealing from my castle?" Kari asked as she placed her hands over the wound. Her hands glowed light pink, and then she pulled her hands back. The wound was completely healed and there was only a small hole shaped scar.
"We got some money and jewels, but not much because we caught too early. Thank you very much. It feels good as new. You might as well go to sleep. It is going to be a long ride tomorrow." Said Skye moving his shoulder around.
"Okay." Kari lay on the ground and closed her eyes falling into a deep sleep.
Yolie took a deep breath to steady herself. She reached up and touched the angry purple bruise that had formed where the thief had hit her. She could barely feel it though because of the deep sense of shame that burned in her. She had failed her king and queen and the worst than that she had failed her best friend.
"Are you all right my lady?" Asked a voice behind her. Yolie turned and saw Davis and Ken standing behind her. A shallow cut ran across his cheek and was still bleeding slightly.
"Fine." Said Yolie glaring daggers at Davis. "It is only a small inconvenience. I hear that the thief dealt you an easy blow."
Davis flushed slightly underneath the barb. "I was caught off of my guard." Yolie turned and smiled to herself. She opened the doors and walked into the throne room. The king and queen were seated on their thrones.
"Your highness." Said Yolie falling to one knee and putting her right fist against the ground.
"You may stand, Yolie." Said the king. "What happened?"
"I was in the princesses bed chamber when the alarm bell sounded. We armed ourselves and ran into the corridors so that we could help if we were needed. We were caught off guard as we came around the corner. The two thieves attacked us. I was knocked unconscious by one of the thieves, but the guards told me that they escaped by jumping off the west tower. Apparently one of the thieves was a magi warrior that controlled wind and he stopped them from dying on the ground. The magi was hit with an arrow, but still got away." She said after she stood to her feet.
"Were the thieves identified?" Asked the queen.
"There were two other thieves in addition to the two I was attacked by. Only one of the thieves out of the four was identified. It was Skye Tarve. He is a renowned thief that is part of the Blood Hawks. He is wanted for arrest for robbery, armed robbery, deserting the royal army, and other more numerous but less serious crimes. A magi of the wind and master of the knife bladed weapons." Said Yolie.
"Thank you for your report. You are dismissed." Said the king.
"Your highness I have something to ask of you."
"Yes."
"I wish to be included in any rescue operation that is sent out for Princess Kari."
"Request granted." Said the queen.
"Thank you." Yolie bowed her head and stepped back. Davis took a step forward and caught the king's eye.
"Yes, Davis."
"Your majesty if you will I would also like to be in any search party that is sent out for the princess." Said Davis.
"As the heir of the throne of the Green Dragon I can not let you endanger yourself."
""She is to be my wife and that makes her one of the green Dragon family. As another member of the Green Dragon it is my duty and it is my pleasure to search for the Princess."
"I give you permission to search for my daughter, but you will be under command of the person I choose to lead the search."
"Thank you, your majesty." Davis barely moved his head and then stepped back. He turned and his cape flared behind him. He walked out of the throne room with Yolie following him.
Tai jumped from his roan horse to the cobble stones of the courtyard. His spiky brown hair was dirty from dust on the road. His brown eyes however still shone with light. He was tall and lanky. He was dressed in red armor, a red helmet covered the back of his neck, and a long red cape with a golden phoenix hung down his back. His golden wedding ring glittered on his finger. A broad sword with a red blade was at his hip. His magi power gave him control over fire.
"Tai." Yelled a voice that he knew.
"Hey Sora." Tai yelled back. He turned and saw his wife Sora walking towards him with a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?"
"You sister has been kidnapped."
"What?" Tai jumped back onto his horse.
"Tai slow down. We have a search party being formed. Right now you are tired and your horse is tired. If you don't rest you'll run yourself and your horse into the ground." Tai sighed and climbed back off.
"Your right as usual, but this party better be ready soon because we are going tomorrow." Tai took off his helmet to reveal his hair tousled and trail worn.
"And I think you better take a bath." Said Sora.
"Yeah I guess." Said Tai laughing.
"Kari wake up." Said Skye shaking Kari.
"Just five more minutes..Please." Said Kari falling back asleep.
"Fine you brought this on yourself." Said Skye picking up a glass of water. He threw it on the sleeping princess's face and she sat up quickly sputtering. "Wakey, wakey little princess."
"That wasn't funny." Said Kari wiping the excess water off of her face.
"It was funny for me. We're going to be riding pretty slowly today so I'll just walk and you can ride my horse." Said Skye walking over to a middle sized chestnut horse. "This is my little Loser right here. He'll take good care of you."
"Loser?" Asked Kari looking at Skye confused.
"It is my nickname so I called my horse that. I am called Loser because I have never lost a fight yet."
"And the fact that he is a complete dolt." Said Crystal.
"Don't listen to the cynics here. They won't admit that it was I that kicked their butts at the annual tournament." Said Skye.
"I got taken out by Matt and Crystal was taken out by T.K. and he thinks that means he beat us." Said Arvis.
"All a technicality." Said Skye waving his hand in their direction.
"Stop the talking." Said T.K. pulling himself onto the back of his black horse. "We need to get moving. You will probably need to be armed." This last comment was directed towards Kari.
"Why would you give your prisoner weapons?"
"Because we are going through orc territory and I don't want a liability on my hands." Said T.K. looking coldly at Kari.
"Jeez. For such a handsome guy he sure is cold hearted. It is like he had his heart sucked out of him." Thought Kari. She climbed up onto Loser's back. Skye pulled Kari's bow and quiver out of the saddlebags on Loser.
"Here you go. Just please don't give me any reason to have to stop you from hurting us." Kari could see the pleading in his eyes.
"I won't." They all saddled up except for Skye and started forward. Kari noticed that even though they acted tough that even T.K. was scared about were they were. They hands kept working their ways over to their weapons and eyes darted all around.
"Skye why does T.K. always act like he doesn't care about anyone or anybody?"
"T.K. is only your age, but he has been fighting since he was seven years old. I was a friend of his before when he was just a normal boy of six. We lived a normal town in the kingdom of the Green Dragon. I was about ten around that time and already an orphan. We were good friends and that was where we met Crystal and Arvis."
"We were attacked one night by a band of orcs. They burned the whole village and killed almost everybody. Me, T.K., T.K.'s brother Mat, and Arvis were saved by Crystal and our own bad control over our powers. They killed T.K.'s parents. After that we found out that the king of the Green Dragon had sent the orcs. We formed the Blood Hawks so that we could strike back at the king for all he had taken from us."
"Why were you stealing from our kingdom?"
"The king has been cracking down on us lately, and we need money to keep our operation running." Skye was silenced as T.K.'s blade was pulled from its sheath. Skye's knifes were instantly in his hands, Arvis brought out one of his axes, and Crystal readied her staff. In front of them blocking the path were twenty tall orcs.
Orcs were a breed of humanoid monsters from somewhere in the south. Orcs are about the evilest creatures in existence. Averaging around eight feet tall and near three hundred pounds, with strength that is almost three times that of the strongest humans. Also having a thick hide that could block off anything but bladed weapons, and a great regenerative capabilities orcs could survive severe punishment.
"You will lay your money and weapons onto the ground and leave us with the female human and we may spare your lives." Said one of the orcs stepping forward. Kari guessed that he was the leader of this band of orcs. He carried a large evilly curved sword and a medal with the picture of a sword soaked in blood etched into the surface of the medal.
"I think that you can take your offer and shove it as far up your ass as it will go." Said T.K. with hate covering ever word that came out of his mouth. Kari noticed that all of the group's eyes stared with hatred at the group of orcs.
"If you are thinking of fighting us you should back down before we slice you to pieces. You are weak humans and we would destroy you so that your bodies could rot underneath the hot sun." Laughed the orc leader. Kari could feel energy surging around T.K.
"No." Yelled Skye apparently noticing the energy surge around T.K. "Not even these maggots deserve that."
"They are part of the same clan that killed my parents. I recognize the symbol on that things medal." The words came from T.K. as a hiss and he stressed the word thing very heavily.
"Thing am I. I remember you. I was the one that killed your parents. I enjoyed the feeling of their still warm blood flowing from my mouth as I devoured there still beating hearts." Said the orc. "And now I Orthas shall enjoy the taste of your blood."
"Hopes Flash." Yelled T.K. He glowed a brilliant gold that almost blinded anybody that was looking in even the general direction of him. The energy shot from T.K.'s body as a beam of golden light at Orthas. Orthas grabbed an orc that was near him and brought the unfortunate creature in from of the blast. The orc screamed in pain and withered, as his cells were ripped slowly apart. The screaming lasted several minutes until all Orthas held was a scrap off green skin.
T.K.'s eyes rolled back into his head and he fell backwards off of his horse to land in the dust of the road. Skye ran over to him and put two fingers at T.K.'s throat.
"He's still alive luckily." Said Skye.
"Kill them all." Yelled Orthas running away from the group and pushing the orcs in his party forward. Kari pushed the thoughts of T.K. out o her mind at the site of the charging orcs. She drew an arrow from her quiver and nocked it on her bow. She pulled the arrow back to her cheek and aimed. The arrow flew from her bow trailing brilliant white sparks from its enchanted shaft. It hit on orc in the front's chest and blew a hole through it. The arrow continued and buried itself in the orc behind the first orc. The two orcs fell to the ground, but their companions just ran over them.
Another of the front line orcs was surprised a three of Skye's throwing daggers embedded themselves it its throat. Its battle yell turned into a strained gurgle as its vocal cords stopping functioning properly.
"Mala Kathana." Yelled Arvis pushing his horse into a charge. "Death to all evil." His gigantic horse crushed one of the orcs underneath its spiked horseshoes. Arvis sliced down with his battle-ax burying it in an orc's chest. He ripped it out of the orc's chest and went thorough the neck of the orc beside him. "Rock spike." He pointed his hand at the ground and a spike shot up from the ground impaling an orc through its chest.
Crystal and Skye were also in the fight by now and Kari had moved over to T.K. His face was an ugly gray and his breath was coming out in small gasps. The knuckles were white in a death grip on the handle of his katana. Kari put her hands on his chest and her hands started to glow pink. T.K.'s breathing eased and his face returned to its normal color.
"Ice knife." Yelled Crystal. Crystal's hand glowed blue and she waved it through the air. Blades of ice appeared where her hand had passed. The blades of ice shot forward and buried themselves in two of the orc's heads slicing through the skull and into the brain killing them instantly.
"Wind pin." Skye pulled his arms behind his back, and he brought them forward. Knifes flew from his hands at the orcs. The knifes landed in a few orcs bodies and brought them to the ground, and two of the knifes shot back to his hands. The three of them had the rest of the orcs down in a few minutes without even taking a hit themselves.
The group hurried over to T.K. and Crystal and Arvis jumped off of their horses.
"What happened to him?" Asked Kari. Skye started unpacking a saddle bag on T.K.'s horse and waved at the other two standing to answer her question.
"It is a side effect from his move Hopes Flash. In his move he melds his emotions with who ever he happens to hits with his move. If he is angry he can rip a person apart and if he is happy he can heal a person from bad wounds. Nothing happens to him if it is a human, but apparently since orcs are spawns of evil I guess he got some backlash from the orcs emotions." Said Crystal.
"We have asked him before what happened after he gets better, but he just claims that he doesn't remember what happened. I believe that like I believe in Santa Claus." Said Arvis. Skye pulled some food from the pack.
"Feed this to T.K." Skye handed the food to Kari. Kari tore off a little piece of food and fed it to T.K. His mouth moved by itself chewing and swallowing the food. His eyes opened slowly and he looked around blearily.
"Did I get him?" Asked T.K. confused.
"Shhhh." Kari put her hand to his mouth to stop him from talking more and hurting himself. "He chickened out and pushed another orc in front of himself. You killed some other orc. Supposedly some type of backlash hit you and knocked you to the ground. Skye, Crystal, and Arvis killed the orcs."
"So he is dead?"
"No." Said Arvis. "I saw him running away from the battle while we were fighting."
"Damn." Said T.K. trying to sit up. He coughed up some blood, staining his shirt. Kari pushed him back into a lying down position. Her hands glowed pink again and T.K.'s coughing subsided. His eyes blinked heavily and then fell shut as he fell into a deep sleep.
"Get him up onto his horse." Said Skye packing the saddlebag. Arvis leaned over and picked up T.K. Skye started towards T.K.'s horse with the saddlebag. Kari however beat him to it and climbed onto the black charger. Arvis shrugged and placed T.K. onto her lap.
The rest of them jumped onto their horses and they rode hard out of the forest.
Tai was up before dawn and preparing his horse for the journey. His roan he had named Dancer was a large powerful mare built for war. Tai was in his armor from the waist down. His squire was nervously flitting around him trying to fit the rest of his armor on. As Tai fitted Dancer in his gray armor that covered Dancer's neck, back, and side he felt a pair of arms encircle his stomach.
"You know that there is such a thing as sleeping." Said Sora. "I missed you in the bed all the time that you were gone and when you come home I still miss you there." Sora waved at the squire and he put the armor down then left.
"I was in bed." Said Tai.
"And then you left tight after it was starting to get really hot." Whispered Sora lustily. She rubbed his bare chest with her hands.
"I'm sorry but I just couldn't concentrate."
"I didn't think I was getting that old to you." Sora pulled herself away from Tai. Tai turned and saw that she was standing behind him with her arm crossed across her chest and a hurt look on her face.
"It it's not that it is old or anything. In fact you always come up with ways to make it interesting." Tai was blushing a scarlet red by now.
"I was thinking of something new all the time that you were away." Said Sora smiling and walking close to him placing her hands on the inside of his thighs. Tai smiled and the two walked towards their room having a little trouble because their faces were glued together.
Two hours later the search party was gathered together with two of the members looking slightly at each other with tousled hair. The others in the search party were Davis, Ken, Yolie, Joe, and Izzy. There were also five swordsmen and five archers dressed in the green and black of the Green Dragon. Yolie, Joe, and Izzy were all staring knowingly at Tai and Sora who were blushing furiously from the knowing stares.
Joe was older than everybody else in the party, and taller than everybody else, too. His long blue hair was always clean since he was the only doctor in the kingdom. His glasses flashed over his dark blue eyes. He was dressed in leather boots, soft leather pants, a white long sleeve shirt, and a blue vest. A crossbow hung across his back and a quiver full of bolts was at his hip. His magi power gave him control over water.
Izzy was the youngest of the older kids, the shortest, and the smartest. His brown hair stuck out in every direction from long nights of staying awake and his eyes stared intelligently out of his face. He was dressed in leather boots, dirty maroon pants, and a shirt that was so dirty nobody could even tell what color it even was anymore. A weapon that Izzy called a rifle hung from his shoulder. Izzy said that the rifle propelled bullets forward by exploding gunpowder stored in the end of the bullet. The bullets could pierce through thick armor. Izzy had the power to control all electricity.
"Who gave you permission to bring soldiers?" Tai asked Davis turning back to his normal color.
"I thought that they would be of help." Said Davis anger flashing in his eyes.
"You set yourself under the jurisdiction of whoever would be leading this search party. All these foot soldiers are going to do is slow us down." Tai matched Davis's stare in intensity. Twin fires burned behind the eyes of both boys as they met gazes.
"I am the heir to the throne of the Green Dragon. I have the right to provide myself with the protection I deem needed." Davis's hand was inching near and nearer to the hilt of his sword.
"We are going up against magi warriors. These guys would get killed so fast it wouldn't do any good." Tai's hair began to glow faintly like embers in the wind. Sora knew what was going to happen.
"Tai, calm down." Said Sora sternly. Tai took a deep breath and his hair returned to its normal color.
"Fine. You, can bring them, but it's not our fault if they die really quick." Tai turned his horse around and started towards the gates. Davis stared at Tai's back venomously and then waved the guards away. The ten soldiers turned and left the group. Everyone else left turned and rode after Tai.
They rode almost all day until they reached where it looked like there had been a great battle. There were several orc bodies lying on the ground and the ground was churned all over the path.
"What do you make of this." Tai asked Izzy. "Sora see if there are any animals that saw what happened." Sora and Izzy got off of their horses. Sora went into the forest and Izzy walked towards the battle area. Izzy squatted down looking intently at the dirt.
"There were several magi warriors in this fight. I would say at least four. Wind, Earth, Ice, and some type of power I have never seen before." Izzy started moving around muttering to himself. Sora walked out of the forest with a squirrel perched on her shoulder.
"It seems that there were actually five people. One had something the squirrel called a twig shooter, I'm guessing that was Kari with her bow. Another had a tree killer, ax, branch, some type of staff maybe, long teeth, some type of sword, and many short teeth, which is probably knifes. They met many evil giants, probably the orcs, and the long toothed one talked to them. Then the long toothed one blasted the orc with some type of sunlight, and fell to the ground. Then one with the twig shooter went to take care of the fallen one, and the other three killed the evil giants." Said Sora. She chattered something to the squirrel and gave it a nut from her pocket. The squirrel grabbed the nut and jumped back into the trees.
Sora climbed back onto her horse. "Good job Sora." Tai put her hand on Sora's shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Sora would usually take on some of the animal's characteristics that she had talked to. Apparently she had a little of the squirrel's jumpiness.
"Thanks, Tai. Something confuses me though. The squirrel said that Kari had used her bow."
"How did she have her bow if she was being kidnapped." Said Tai finishing her thought. "This gets confusing."
"Maybe the kidnappers knew that they were traveling through orc territory and decided she was better armed than a liability." Said a soft voice behind them. They turned and saw Davis's friend Ken sitting on his horse behind them. "I don't believe that we were introduced. I am Ken." He extended his hand and Tai took it.
"Tai."
"Sora."
"I'm Yolie. Your quiet the handsome one." Ken blushed a faint scarlet at the comment.
"Th-Thank you, Yolie." Ken turned and walked his horse back over to Davis. Yolie followed him and soon they were deep into conversation. This seemed to annoy Davis a lot so Tai smiled.
"Have you found anything else out?" Joe asked Izzy.
"There was one orc that managed to get away. It also seemed that none of the people that killed the orcs were even hurt in his confrontation. That would take a considerable amount of skill to accomplish. But after the battle they rode hard down the trail apparently wanting to leave the area as soon as possible." Izzy climbed back onto his horse. "I suggest that we do the same as well."
"We'll get a little ways away from here." Said Tai. "But it will soon become to dark to ride."
"I think that we should ride through the night." Said Davis. "There is no way to know what those people are doing to Kari."
"I would normally agree with you, but our horses are tired and a tired horse can easily make a mistake in the dark." Said Tai turning his horse to look at Davis. Even Davis quailed under the glare that Tai gave him.
"Fine." Said Davis sulkily. The group rode quickly in the approaching darkness.
End Note: It was my first chapter and I like to think I was actually okay. If you disagree, agree, or want to give me any advice please e-mail me at physcoloser9@cs.com. The next chapter should be okay.
Okay. I do however own Skye Tarve, Crystal Tanner (This one is out to you Crysie), and Arvis Sandstone. I read lots of fanfiction so if you use them I will most likely find out. Also I they resemble anybody else's characters it is entirely by accident.
Okay this story uses the digimon characters from season on and season two, but they are in a world of my making called Lustari. It means lustrous star, or shinning star. There are no digimon, but what are known as magi warriors. They have command over some type of element (fire, wind, water, etc.) and can use weapon techs.
Ages: Tai, Sora, Mimi, and Matt- 16
Izzy-15
Joe-17
T.K and Kari-13
Yolie, Ken, and Davis-12
Cody-10
Skye, Arvis-17
Crystal-215
1 Thieves Honor
Kari sat on the window seat in her bedroom looking out across the plains that stretched around the castle. A river cut through the plains like a gash with blood flowing down it. A deep moat surrounded the castle and tall guards in armor with heavy pikes patrolled the walkways along the outside of the courtyard. Kari's own chambers were in the tower that pointed to the southwest. On the other side of the castle was a swamp that provided attack from that direction. The village was farther out in the middle of the plains.
Kari could see peasants still moving in the fields around the village in the sinking sun. Cattle moved slowly in pastures farther out from the village.
Kari was dressed in baggy white pants, a long sleeve white shirt, leather boots, and a pink headband that held back her short brown hair. The way she dressed had always made her mother angry, but Kari liked dressing in the warrior fashion that her best friends Yolie and Sora dressed in. Her bow of yew wood tipped with silver hung on pegs attached to the wall, a quiver hung beneath that, and an arm guard hung from the quiver. Her own powers granted to her by being a magi human gave her control over light and made her quite a formidable foe even without her weapons.
There was a low knock on the door. "Come in." Called Kari not bothering to turn from the window. She heard the door open and could pick out two pairs of feet moving with a warrior's ease.
"Hey, Sora. Yolie." Said Kari greeting her two friends.
"Hi Kari." Said Yolie in her normal happy voice.
"How are you doing?" Asked Sora in her normal caring tones.
"I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Asked Kari turning. She already knew the answer, but there was no point in bring it up if they didn't. Yolie had perched herself on Kari's bed while Sora had remained standing.
Yolie was a little younger than here, but a little taller. Her lavender eyes behind her glasses flashed dully in the late evening's sunlight. She was Kari's bodyguard and an easy friend that had been there for the past four years. She was dressed in a supple purple breastplate, purple gauntlets, purple pants, and purple armor encased her knees down. She had no helmet on her head, but her long purple hair was tied back with a piece of leather. Yolie's spear rested across her lap, ready to be in action anytime that it was needed. Yolie's magi powers let her control psychic energy and made her a limited telepathic.
Sora was older and had always acted as kind of an older sister/mother since Kari's own mother was always too busy helping to run the kingdom. Sora commanded a good part of the army that protected the castle. The kingdom was small so the army only needed two generals. One was Sora that watched after the defense of the castle. The other was Kari's brother Tai who ran the defense of the outer borders. She wore a red shirt, red skirt, and leather boots. Kari knew that there was a tough mail shirt underneath Sora's shirt. A red cape, the same color as her short hair and eyes, embroidered with the phoenix that was the kingdom's symbol, that set off her rank hung over her shoulders and fell almost to the ground. A golden wedding band with a large diamond was on her finger. A long silver sword hung at her waist. Her magi powers allowed her control over all languages.
"Well by the way that you stormed out of the throne room after your parents announced your betrothal to that prince Davis gave me the funny feeling something is wrong." Said Sora.
"He was a lot cuter than that last suitor." Said Yolie. "And he was actually out of diapers."
"He may be cute and actually my age, but I don't even know the guy. I don't want to marry a complete stranger." Said Kari.
"The marriage would be very profitable for the kingdom. Davis is the hair to the throne of the Green Dragon, which is much bigger than our little kingdom." Said Sora.
"Your not going to try to convince me that I should put up no fight and just take this marriage?" Asked Kari.
"Of course not. But as royalty you have to always do things for the good of the people." Said Sora.
"But I want to be able to love. You're lucky. Your betrothed to my brother Tai, but you actually love him."
"Yes, I do love Tai," said Sora blushing. "But it wasn't that way at first. We opposed our marriage as much as you do to marrying Davis now. We even ended up working together to try and break up the marriage. But in getting to know each other we found that we actually loved each other."
"I don't want to get to know this Davis." Said Kari. "What do you think of him Yolie?"
"I have only seen him a little, but I think he is rude, obnoxious, and a pig." Said Yolie. The frantic tolling a bell broke through their conversation.
"The alarm bell." Said Sora in a low voice. She walked to the door and left the room almost running down the hallways. Kari rushed over to her bow and pulled it from the wall. She attached the arm guard to her left arm, and slung the quiver of pink-feathered arrows across her back.
"Come with me." Kari told Yolie walking into the hallway. She nocked an arrow onto her bow as she walked.
In the general confusion of the alarm bell four figures slipped over the parapets onto the walkway. The four figures jumped silently down to the courtyard and hung to the shadows. They then proceeded quickly into the inner castle through one of the windows. In the torch light in the room the figures took of the black cloth that covered their faces.
The youngest one and the leader stood listening intently to the noise outside of the dark room. He unwrapped the black cloth around his face to reveal shaggy blond hair and intense icy blue eyes. The rest of his clothes were black and allowed no more of his skin to show except for his face. A black bladed katana hung across his back. His unusual magi powers allowed him to influence and even control people's emotions.
"T.K. we better get moving. Your brother, Matt's, bell idea is only going to confuse them for so long." Said one of the figures. It was T.K.'s friend Skye Tarve. His dark green hair was wild and unruly, and matched his green eyes perfectly. A long scar ran along his jaw and another scar parallel to that ran a few inches above that. He was well built and a little over six feet tall. He wore a green long sleeve shirt, brown pants, leather boots, and a leather belt. Two long knifes hung at his hips, a horn hung beside one knife, a knife was in a sheath on the back of his neck, and another knife was stuck into his boot. T.K. also knew about throwing daggers he had in wrist sheaths. His magi powers allowed him control over wind.
"Fine. Skye you're with me. Crystal and Dante go off by yourselves and search. Once somebody finds it just blow your horns." Said T.K.
"See you, too. And be careful. No more incidents like that last screw up." Said Crystal. She was older than T.K. by a good number of years (over 200), but only a little taller than T.K. Her long white hair was streaked with blue, and her golden eyes fit very well in her beautiful face. Her pointed ears gave away her eleven heritage. She was dressed in a short green and blue dress that allowed her complete freedom of movement and soft leather shoes. A staff of solid but light wood hung in her hands loosely. She had control over ice.
"Lydesk pi toma." Said Arvis in his native language. "May your weapon be swift and always hit." He translated. Arvis was the same age as Kai, but he was easily the biggest of the group. He stood almost six and a half feet tall and that was entirely muscle covered by ebony skin. His curly black hair sat on his head, and black eyes stared out with remarkable calm. He was from somewhere in the south, but nobody knew where. He was dressed in a red vest, red baggy pants, and heavy armored boots. A double- headed ax sat on each side of his thick leather belt in loops. A large dagger with a very heavy blade was jammed in the back of his belt. He had control over earth and limited control over already hewn stone.
"Remember try not to kill anybody if at all possible." Said T.K.
"We know." Said Crystal turning. She and Arvis left the room and went to the right.
"That leaves the right for you and me." Said Skye.
"Right." T.K. wrapped the black cloth around his face again leaving only his intense blue eyes showing. They went out of the room and walked to the left. They stayed in the shadows always searching. Finally they found a door that looked likely. It was a large wood door with a barred window and heavy iron hinges. A guard with pikes stood on each side of the door. "Get rid of the guards."
Skye stretched his arm out and pointed the palm at the two guards. A strong gust of wind sprung up on opposite sides of the guards. The guards were lifted from their feet and flung into each other, both falling unconscious.
"You must be losing your touch. You made a lot of noise." Joked T.K. Skye simply shook his head and chuckled. They walked to the guards and checked their pulses. "All is good over here."
"Same here. I was just wondering, but red and gold are the colors of this kingdom, right?" Asked Skye.
"Yeah. Why does that matter?"
"Because these guys are in green and black." T.K.'s blade rang softly as it was brought from its sheath. The light around them dropped a little and the shadows lengthened. T.K.'s black blade was an heirloom of his family and was virtually unbreakable. It was made by assassins, and made to holder virtually undetectable.
Skye drew the knife on right hip and held it with the blade pointing towards the ground. He reached forward and grabbed the handle on the door. He looked at T.K. and T.K. nodded. Skye flung open the door and the two took a step into the room with weapons raised. The room was a large bedroom with two beds resting in it. There was a boy sitting on each of the beds.
On of the boys was the same height as T.K. with brown hair and eyes. He was dressed in a dark jumpsuit underneath his full gray armor, a black cape hung from his shoulders and the handle of a broad sword stuck over his right shoulder. His helmet was on a table beside the bed. It was gray too with a horn sticking out of its forehead. By the look of fire burning in his eyes T.K. could already tell his magi power.
The other boy was the same age, but taller and more intelligent looking. He had short blue hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in black pants, shirt, leather boots, and a black trench coat. A whip and long dagger hung on his hips. Dark energy seemed to almost crackle around the boy.
"Shit." Said Skye. He flicked his wrist and two throwing daggers slid into his left hand. He threw the daggers and they pinned the shoulders of the boy in the robe to the baseboard of the bed. The other boy was up by this time and was reaching for his sword. T.K. slashed with his sword and drew a shallow line of red across his face. The two thieves jumped back and T.K. slammed the door shut. Skye grabbed one of the still unconscious guards' pikes and wedged the door closed.
Two groups came around each side of the hallway. The group that was closer had only two people in it: a girl in purple armor with a spear and a girl with a boy. The other group was two pikemen in red and gold, and four archers.
Skye backhanded the girl in armor knocking her into the wall and into unconsciousness. T.K. slashed the other girl's arrow cutting it cleanly in half. Skye grabbed the still conscious girl's throat and put her between him and the guards. T.K. moved behind them both while Skye moved his knife to the girl's throat.
"Unhand the princess." Yelled one of the guards.
"If you don't want her dead then don't move any closer to us." Skye yelled back.
"Don't hurt her." Whispered T.K.
"I didn't plan on it even if they attacked us." Skye whispered back. "Are you okay Princess Kari. Is my hand too tight or anything?" This last statement was directed at Kari. Kari was confused. These two guys were kidnapping her and then asking if they were hurting her. Kari just shook her head.
The two thieves started to back away and the group of guards followed not getting any closer but keeping the thieves in sight. The group backed up the stairs to the tower and emerged on the top of the tower. It was dark now and the only light came from the torches the guards were carrying.
"You can't go any farther. Give us the princess and we will only put you in the prison." Said one of the guards. The thieves had backed on to the parapet and only a long drop was behind them.
"I have a better idea. We'll just jump to our deaths." Yelled Skye. He wrapped his leg around Kari's and threw them both over the edge. T.K. jumped at the same time. Kari screamed, but the wind ripped her voice from her mouth.
A few feet above the ground a strong gust of wind hit their backs and brought them to an easy landing just past the moat. Skye sheathed his dagger and picked Kari up in his arms. A long and clear horn note sounded across the plains. They were already running across the plains.
Suddenly Kari heard Skye yell in pain and felt the sharp tip of an arrow poke her back. The arrow had to have gone through his whole shoulder to poke her. Kari could feel Skye's blood start to drip onto her neck and he stumbled. T.K. slowed and took Kari from his hurt friend and they continued to run into the darkness.
Kari felt sleepy as T.K. made her feel that way. Kari drifted into sleep as they still ran.
Kari slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by darkness. She could see trees above her head and could smell the pungent aroma of burning wood. She sat up slowly. She could see a small smokeless fire. Three sleeping figures surrounded the fire. Four horses were tethered to a stake near the group. Kari got slowly to her feet and started to sneak away from the group.
"I wouldn't do that if I was you. T.K. wouldn't like that at all." Said a voice startling Kari. A shadow seemed to detach itself from a tree and walk towards her. She recognized the green hair of the person who had kidnapped her. A knife glittered in one of his hands.
"Why did you kidnap me." Said Kari backing away from him. She was scared and sweat was beaded on her forehead.
"I'm not going to hurt you." Said the man sheathing his knife somewhere behind his neck. "And to why I kidnapped you. We could either kill those guards or we could have kidnapped you. Don't worry. We'll take you back in a little while.
"Who are you?" Asked Kari, her curiosity winning over her fear.
"I am Skye Tarve." He gave a long elaborate bow. "Proud member of the Blood Hawks. The person that was with me when I kidnapped you was T.K. or Takeru Ishida. The big black guy is Arvis Sandstone and the eleven woman is Crystal Tanner."
Kari had heard of the Blood Hawks from her parents. Supposedly they were a group of thieves that did not care about what they had to do to get money. They would not take victims, but kill and then mutilate their body. They would then leave the bodies in the roads. Kari whimpered and backed up even farther into a tree.
"Why are you scared? Oh, wait you have heard the rumors about us killing people and leaving their bodies all over the place." Said Skye smiling and siting down.
"You don't kill any people?" Asked Kari hopefully.
"I have never killed a person, ever. The only things I have killed with these blades are orcs and other things like that."
"Sorry, but I have always been told that the Blood Hawks were always horrible criminals." Said Kari sitting down beside Skye. She noticed his shoulder was wrapped with bandages that were soaked with blood. "Is your shoulder okay."
"It is just a little sore."
"Nonsense. Let me look at your shoulder." Skye turned so that she could reach his shoulder. She pulled back the bandages and Skye groaned in pain. She could tell why. It had been cleaned well but still bleeding lightly.
"The rich people always say that. The Blood Hawks always steal from the rich and give the money to the poor around the land."
"What were you stealing from my castle?" Kari asked as she placed her hands over the wound. Her hands glowed light pink, and then she pulled her hands back. The wound was completely healed and there was only a small hole shaped scar.
"We got some money and jewels, but not much because we caught too early. Thank you very much. It feels good as new. You might as well go to sleep. It is going to be a long ride tomorrow." Said Skye moving his shoulder around.
"Okay." Kari lay on the ground and closed her eyes falling into a deep sleep.
Yolie took a deep breath to steady herself. She reached up and touched the angry purple bruise that had formed where the thief had hit her. She could barely feel it though because of the deep sense of shame that burned in her. She had failed her king and queen and the worst than that she had failed her best friend.
"Are you all right my lady?" Asked a voice behind her. Yolie turned and saw Davis and Ken standing behind her. A shallow cut ran across his cheek and was still bleeding slightly.
"Fine." Said Yolie glaring daggers at Davis. "It is only a small inconvenience. I hear that the thief dealt you an easy blow."
Davis flushed slightly underneath the barb. "I was caught off of my guard." Yolie turned and smiled to herself. She opened the doors and walked into the throne room. The king and queen were seated on their thrones.
"Your highness." Said Yolie falling to one knee and putting her right fist against the ground.
"You may stand, Yolie." Said the king. "What happened?"
"I was in the princesses bed chamber when the alarm bell sounded. We armed ourselves and ran into the corridors so that we could help if we were needed. We were caught off guard as we came around the corner. The two thieves attacked us. I was knocked unconscious by one of the thieves, but the guards told me that they escaped by jumping off the west tower. Apparently one of the thieves was a magi warrior that controlled wind and he stopped them from dying on the ground. The magi was hit with an arrow, but still got away." She said after she stood to her feet.
"Were the thieves identified?" Asked the queen.
"There were two other thieves in addition to the two I was attacked by. Only one of the thieves out of the four was identified. It was Skye Tarve. He is a renowned thief that is part of the Blood Hawks. He is wanted for arrest for robbery, armed robbery, deserting the royal army, and other more numerous but less serious crimes. A magi of the wind and master of the knife bladed weapons." Said Yolie.
"Thank you for your report. You are dismissed." Said the king.
"Your highness I have something to ask of you."
"Yes."
"I wish to be included in any rescue operation that is sent out for Princess Kari."
"Request granted." Said the queen.
"Thank you." Yolie bowed her head and stepped back. Davis took a step forward and caught the king's eye.
"Yes, Davis."
"Your majesty if you will I would also like to be in any search party that is sent out for the princess." Said Davis.
"As the heir of the throne of the Green Dragon I can not let you endanger yourself."
""She is to be my wife and that makes her one of the green Dragon family. As another member of the Green Dragon it is my duty and it is my pleasure to search for the Princess."
"I give you permission to search for my daughter, but you will be under command of the person I choose to lead the search."
"Thank you, your majesty." Davis barely moved his head and then stepped back. He turned and his cape flared behind him. He walked out of the throne room with Yolie following him.
Tai jumped from his roan horse to the cobble stones of the courtyard. His spiky brown hair was dirty from dust on the road. His brown eyes however still shone with light. He was tall and lanky. He was dressed in red armor, a red helmet covered the back of his neck, and a long red cape with a golden phoenix hung down his back. His golden wedding ring glittered on his finger. A broad sword with a red blade was at his hip. His magi power gave him control over fire.
"Tai." Yelled a voice that he knew.
"Hey Sora." Tai yelled back. He turned and saw his wife Sora walking towards him with a worried look on her face. "What's wrong?"
"You sister has been kidnapped."
"What?" Tai jumped back onto his horse.
"Tai slow down. We have a search party being formed. Right now you are tired and your horse is tired. If you don't rest you'll run yourself and your horse into the ground." Tai sighed and climbed back off.
"Your right as usual, but this party better be ready soon because we are going tomorrow." Tai took off his helmet to reveal his hair tousled and trail worn.
"And I think you better take a bath." Said Sora.
"Yeah I guess." Said Tai laughing.
"Kari wake up." Said Skye shaking Kari.
"Just five more minutes..Please." Said Kari falling back asleep.
"Fine you brought this on yourself." Said Skye picking up a glass of water. He threw it on the sleeping princess's face and she sat up quickly sputtering. "Wakey, wakey little princess."
"That wasn't funny." Said Kari wiping the excess water off of her face.
"It was funny for me. We're going to be riding pretty slowly today so I'll just walk and you can ride my horse." Said Skye walking over to a middle sized chestnut horse. "This is my little Loser right here. He'll take good care of you."
"Loser?" Asked Kari looking at Skye confused.
"It is my nickname so I called my horse that. I am called Loser because I have never lost a fight yet."
"And the fact that he is a complete dolt." Said Crystal.
"Don't listen to the cynics here. They won't admit that it was I that kicked their butts at the annual tournament." Said Skye.
"I got taken out by Matt and Crystal was taken out by T.K. and he thinks that means he beat us." Said Arvis.
"All a technicality." Said Skye waving his hand in their direction.
"Stop the talking." Said T.K. pulling himself onto the back of his black horse. "We need to get moving. You will probably need to be armed." This last comment was directed towards Kari.
"Why would you give your prisoner weapons?"
"Because we are going through orc territory and I don't want a liability on my hands." Said T.K. looking coldly at Kari.
"Jeez. For such a handsome guy he sure is cold hearted. It is like he had his heart sucked out of him." Thought Kari. She climbed up onto Loser's back. Skye pulled Kari's bow and quiver out of the saddlebags on Loser.
"Here you go. Just please don't give me any reason to have to stop you from hurting us." Kari could see the pleading in his eyes.
"I won't." They all saddled up except for Skye and started forward. Kari noticed that even though they acted tough that even T.K. was scared about were they were. They hands kept working their ways over to their weapons and eyes darted all around.
"Skye why does T.K. always act like he doesn't care about anyone or anybody?"
"T.K. is only your age, but he has been fighting since he was seven years old. I was a friend of his before when he was just a normal boy of six. We lived a normal town in the kingdom of the Green Dragon. I was about ten around that time and already an orphan. We were good friends and that was where we met Crystal and Arvis."
"We were attacked one night by a band of orcs. They burned the whole village and killed almost everybody. Me, T.K., T.K.'s brother Mat, and Arvis were saved by Crystal and our own bad control over our powers. They killed T.K.'s parents. After that we found out that the king of the Green Dragon had sent the orcs. We formed the Blood Hawks so that we could strike back at the king for all he had taken from us."
"Why were you stealing from our kingdom?"
"The king has been cracking down on us lately, and we need money to keep our operation running." Skye was silenced as T.K.'s blade was pulled from its sheath. Skye's knifes were instantly in his hands, Arvis brought out one of his axes, and Crystal readied her staff. In front of them blocking the path were twenty tall orcs.
Orcs were a breed of humanoid monsters from somewhere in the south. Orcs are about the evilest creatures in existence. Averaging around eight feet tall and near three hundred pounds, with strength that is almost three times that of the strongest humans. Also having a thick hide that could block off anything but bladed weapons, and a great regenerative capabilities orcs could survive severe punishment.
"You will lay your money and weapons onto the ground and leave us with the female human and we may spare your lives." Said one of the orcs stepping forward. Kari guessed that he was the leader of this band of orcs. He carried a large evilly curved sword and a medal with the picture of a sword soaked in blood etched into the surface of the medal.
"I think that you can take your offer and shove it as far up your ass as it will go." Said T.K. with hate covering ever word that came out of his mouth. Kari noticed that all of the group's eyes stared with hatred at the group of orcs.
"If you are thinking of fighting us you should back down before we slice you to pieces. You are weak humans and we would destroy you so that your bodies could rot underneath the hot sun." Laughed the orc leader. Kari could feel energy surging around T.K.
"No." Yelled Skye apparently noticing the energy surge around T.K. "Not even these maggots deserve that."
"They are part of the same clan that killed my parents. I recognize the symbol on that things medal." The words came from T.K. as a hiss and he stressed the word thing very heavily.
"Thing am I. I remember you. I was the one that killed your parents. I enjoyed the feeling of their still warm blood flowing from my mouth as I devoured there still beating hearts." Said the orc. "And now I Orthas shall enjoy the taste of your blood."
"Hopes Flash." Yelled T.K. He glowed a brilliant gold that almost blinded anybody that was looking in even the general direction of him. The energy shot from T.K.'s body as a beam of golden light at Orthas. Orthas grabbed an orc that was near him and brought the unfortunate creature in from of the blast. The orc screamed in pain and withered, as his cells were ripped slowly apart. The screaming lasted several minutes until all Orthas held was a scrap off green skin.
T.K.'s eyes rolled back into his head and he fell backwards off of his horse to land in the dust of the road. Skye ran over to him and put two fingers at T.K.'s throat.
"He's still alive luckily." Said Skye.
"Kill them all." Yelled Orthas running away from the group and pushing the orcs in his party forward. Kari pushed the thoughts of T.K. out o her mind at the site of the charging orcs. She drew an arrow from her quiver and nocked it on her bow. She pulled the arrow back to her cheek and aimed. The arrow flew from her bow trailing brilliant white sparks from its enchanted shaft. It hit on orc in the front's chest and blew a hole through it. The arrow continued and buried itself in the orc behind the first orc. The two orcs fell to the ground, but their companions just ran over them.
Another of the front line orcs was surprised a three of Skye's throwing daggers embedded themselves it its throat. Its battle yell turned into a strained gurgle as its vocal cords stopping functioning properly.
"Mala Kathana." Yelled Arvis pushing his horse into a charge. "Death to all evil." His gigantic horse crushed one of the orcs underneath its spiked horseshoes. Arvis sliced down with his battle-ax burying it in an orc's chest. He ripped it out of the orc's chest and went thorough the neck of the orc beside him. "Rock spike." He pointed his hand at the ground and a spike shot up from the ground impaling an orc through its chest.
Crystal and Skye were also in the fight by now and Kari had moved over to T.K. His face was an ugly gray and his breath was coming out in small gasps. The knuckles were white in a death grip on the handle of his katana. Kari put her hands on his chest and her hands started to glow pink. T.K.'s breathing eased and his face returned to its normal color.
"Ice knife." Yelled Crystal. Crystal's hand glowed blue and she waved it through the air. Blades of ice appeared where her hand had passed. The blades of ice shot forward and buried themselves in two of the orc's heads slicing through the skull and into the brain killing them instantly.
"Wind pin." Skye pulled his arms behind his back, and he brought them forward. Knifes flew from his hands at the orcs. The knifes landed in a few orcs bodies and brought them to the ground, and two of the knifes shot back to his hands. The three of them had the rest of the orcs down in a few minutes without even taking a hit themselves.
The group hurried over to T.K. and Crystal and Arvis jumped off of their horses.
"What happened to him?" Asked Kari. Skye started unpacking a saddle bag on T.K.'s horse and waved at the other two standing to answer her question.
"It is a side effect from his move Hopes Flash. In his move he melds his emotions with who ever he happens to hits with his move. If he is angry he can rip a person apart and if he is happy he can heal a person from bad wounds. Nothing happens to him if it is a human, but apparently since orcs are spawns of evil I guess he got some backlash from the orcs emotions." Said Crystal.
"We have asked him before what happened after he gets better, but he just claims that he doesn't remember what happened. I believe that like I believe in Santa Claus." Said Arvis. Skye pulled some food from the pack.
"Feed this to T.K." Skye handed the food to Kari. Kari tore off a little piece of food and fed it to T.K. His mouth moved by itself chewing and swallowing the food. His eyes opened slowly and he looked around blearily.
"Did I get him?" Asked T.K. confused.
"Shhhh." Kari put her hand to his mouth to stop him from talking more and hurting himself. "He chickened out and pushed another orc in front of himself. You killed some other orc. Supposedly some type of backlash hit you and knocked you to the ground. Skye, Crystal, and Arvis killed the orcs."
"So he is dead?"
"No." Said Arvis. "I saw him running away from the battle while we were fighting."
"Damn." Said T.K. trying to sit up. He coughed up some blood, staining his shirt. Kari pushed him back into a lying down position. Her hands glowed pink again and T.K.'s coughing subsided. His eyes blinked heavily and then fell shut as he fell into a deep sleep.
"Get him up onto his horse." Said Skye packing the saddlebag. Arvis leaned over and picked up T.K. Skye started towards T.K.'s horse with the saddlebag. Kari however beat him to it and climbed onto the black charger. Arvis shrugged and placed T.K. onto her lap.
The rest of them jumped onto their horses and they rode hard out of the forest.
Tai was up before dawn and preparing his horse for the journey. His roan he had named Dancer was a large powerful mare built for war. Tai was in his armor from the waist down. His squire was nervously flitting around him trying to fit the rest of his armor on. As Tai fitted Dancer in his gray armor that covered Dancer's neck, back, and side he felt a pair of arms encircle his stomach.
"You know that there is such a thing as sleeping." Said Sora. "I missed you in the bed all the time that you were gone and when you come home I still miss you there." Sora waved at the squire and he put the armor down then left.
"I was in bed." Said Tai.
"And then you left tight after it was starting to get really hot." Whispered Sora lustily. She rubbed his bare chest with her hands.
"I'm sorry but I just couldn't concentrate."
"I didn't think I was getting that old to you." Sora pulled herself away from Tai. Tai turned and saw that she was standing behind him with her arm crossed across her chest and a hurt look on her face.
"It it's not that it is old or anything. In fact you always come up with ways to make it interesting." Tai was blushing a scarlet red by now.
"I was thinking of something new all the time that you were away." Said Sora smiling and walking close to him placing her hands on the inside of his thighs. Tai smiled and the two walked towards their room having a little trouble because their faces were glued together.
Two hours later the search party was gathered together with two of the members looking slightly at each other with tousled hair. The others in the search party were Davis, Ken, Yolie, Joe, and Izzy. There were also five swordsmen and five archers dressed in the green and black of the Green Dragon. Yolie, Joe, and Izzy were all staring knowingly at Tai and Sora who were blushing furiously from the knowing stares.
Joe was older than everybody else in the party, and taller than everybody else, too. His long blue hair was always clean since he was the only doctor in the kingdom. His glasses flashed over his dark blue eyes. He was dressed in leather boots, soft leather pants, a white long sleeve shirt, and a blue vest. A crossbow hung across his back and a quiver full of bolts was at his hip. His magi power gave him control over water.
Izzy was the youngest of the older kids, the shortest, and the smartest. His brown hair stuck out in every direction from long nights of staying awake and his eyes stared intelligently out of his face. He was dressed in leather boots, dirty maroon pants, and a shirt that was so dirty nobody could even tell what color it even was anymore. A weapon that Izzy called a rifle hung from his shoulder. Izzy said that the rifle propelled bullets forward by exploding gunpowder stored in the end of the bullet. The bullets could pierce through thick armor. Izzy had the power to control all electricity.
"Who gave you permission to bring soldiers?" Tai asked Davis turning back to his normal color.
"I thought that they would be of help." Said Davis anger flashing in his eyes.
"You set yourself under the jurisdiction of whoever would be leading this search party. All these foot soldiers are going to do is slow us down." Tai matched Davis's stare in intensity. Twin fires burned behind the eyes of both boys as they met gazes.
"I am the heir to the throne of the Green Dragon. I have the right to provide myself with the protection I deem needed." Davis's hand was inching near and nearer to the hilt of his sword.
"We are going up against magi warriors. These guys would get killed so fast it wouldn't do any good." Tai's hair began to glow faintly like embers in the wind. Sora knew what was going to happen.
"Tai, calm down." Said Sora sternly. Tai took a deep breath and his hair returned to its normal color.
"Fine. You, can bring them, but it's not our fault if they die really quick." Tai turned his horse around and started towards the gates. Davis stared at Tai's back venomously and then waved the guards away. The ten soldiers turned and left the group. Everyone else left turned and rode after Tai.
They rode almost all day until they reached where it looked like there had been a great battle. There were several orc bodies lying on the ground and the ground was churned all over the path.
"What do you make of this." Tai asked Izzy. "Sora see if there are any animals that saw what happened." Sora and Izzy got off of their horses. Sora went into the forest and Izzy walked towards the battle area. Izzy squatted down looking intently at the dirt.
"There were several magi warriors in this fight. I would say at least four. Wind, Earth, Ice, and some type of power I have never seen before." Izzy started moving around muttering to himself. Sora walked out of the forest with a squirrel perched on her shoulder.
"It seems that there were actually five people. One had something the squirrel called a twig shooter, I'm guessing that was Kari with her bow. Another had a tree killer, ax, branch, some type of staff maybe, long teeth, some type of sword, and many short teeth, which is probably knifes. They met many evil giants, probably the orcs, and the long toothed one talked to them. Then the long toothed one blasted the orc with some type of sunlight, and fell to the ground. Then one with the twig shooter went to take care of the fallen one, and the other three killed the evil giants." Said Sora. She chattered something to the squirrel and gave it a nut from her pocket. The squirrel grabbed the nut and jumped back into the trees.
Sora climbed back onto her horse. "Good job Sora." Tai put her hand on Sora's shoulder and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Sora would usually take on some of the animal's characteristics that she had talked to. Apparently she had a little of the squirrel's jumpiness.
"Thanks, Tai. Something confuses me though. The squirrel said that Kari had used her bow."
"How did she have her bow if she was being kidnapped." Said Tai finishing her thought. "This gets confusing."
"Maybe the kidnappers knew that they were traveling through orc territory and decided she was better armed than a liability." Said a soft voice behind them. They turned and saw Davis's friend Ken sitting on his horse behind them. "I don't believe that we were introduced. I am Ken." He extended his hand and Tai took it.
"Tai."
"Sora."
"I'm Yolie. Your quiet the handsome one." Ken blushed a faint scarlet at the comment.
"Th-Thank you, Yolie." Ken turned and walked his horse back over to Davis. Yolie followed him and soon they were deep into conversation. This seemed to annoy Davis a lot so Tai smiled.
"Have you found anything else out?" Joe asked Izzy.
"There was one orc that managed to get away. It also seemed that none of the people that killed the orcs were even hurt in his confrontation. That would take a considerable amount of skill to accomplish. But after the battle they rode hard down the trail apparently wanting to leave the area as soon as possible." Izzy climbed back onto his horse. "I suggest that we do the same as well."
"We'll get a little ways away from here." Said Tai. "But it will soon become to dark to ride."
"I think that we should ride through the night." Said Davis. "There is no way to know what those people are doing to Kari."
"I would normally agree with you, but our horses are tired and a tired horse can easily make a mistake in the dark." Said Tai turning his horse to look at Davis. Even Davis quailed under the glare that Tai gave him.
"Fine." Said Davis sulkily. The group rode quickly in the approaching darkness.
End Note: It was my first chapter and I like to think I was actually okay. If you disagree, agree, or want to give me any advice please e-mail me at physcoloser9@cs.com. The next chapter should be okay.