Oh, oh no...another new story! And it's not an Ouran story? I know, it's crazy. But I dunno, maybe this could work out. I like the idea of this story in my head...I hope you guys like it, too. :D Soo, not much to say EXCEPT that I do not own Assassin's Creed...duh. I do, however, own Kalila (which means 'beloved' in Arabic, just btw xD). I'm so excited for this story, you have no idea =] Anyway, enough chatter! Please review what you think of this and favorite if you like it! ;D
She stood atop a rather tall building and looked down at the city below her. The people walking around looked like tiny ants. That idea made her smirk slightly; she was so much mightier than all of them…
The 25-year old woman took a step forward onto the wooden perch, but a male's voice in her head stopped her.
"Don't do it Kalila…you'll get yourself killed."
The girl, Kalila, smirked wider, "As if, Father. You've just got to believe in me a bit more." She took a deep breath and continued out onto the perch. Now there was literally almost nothing separating her from the most amazing leap of faith ever.
Another deep breath and Kalila slowly spread her arms out…like an eagle.
Then, before she could second guess herself, she jumped. And for that split second it took to raise her feet from the perch, time seemed to stop suddenly. This time, she heard a female voice.
"Please dear, it's not your time yet…"
Kalila felt the wind rush through her long brown hair and as the ground slowly came closer into view, she smiled widely and exclaimed, "This leap requires a lot of faith, Mother…!"
After a few seconds, Kalila saw her target: a bushel of hay. She cringed and managed to do so a somersault in the air, to reduce her falling velocity. Finally, she felt herself surrounded by itchy straw…and a slight pain in her back where she landed.
Well, that's expected when one jumps off of a 500 foot building…
Kalila got out of the haystack not-so-gracefully and brushed herself off. A few meters away, a random store-owner stared at Kalila in confusion, considering she just emerged suddenly from hay…
She caught the man's stare at blinked in false confusion, "What? I didn't do anything…" The man gave her one last awkward look before going back to his stand.
Sighing heavily, the green-eyed girl looked up at the building from which she just leaped. She grinned to herself and thought, "The tallest building in all of Israel…and I just rubbed it into the dirt." She laughed at herself silently and began walking back to her cottage.
However, as she was walking, she shook her head to nobody and thought, "Why am I walking? I can jump buildings like it's my job!" Kalila looked around nonchalantly and then saw a nearby ladder. Grinning to herself once more, she went over to the ladder and quickly ascended it all the way to the top.
Kalila shook the nerves out of her arms and hands as she examined the gap between the building she was currently on, and where she wanted to go. It was decently far, but Kalila wasn't about to back down because of that.
The girl stepped back a couple of feet to get a good running start. She took a reassuring deep breath and started running for the edge. Just as her feet met the edge, she pushed off a hard as she could forward.
Now, she was airborne. Kalila looked down at the ground and noticed a few people look up at her in awe. Suddenly, she felt her feet hit the next building.
But she didn't stop there; she kept running on the roof of this new building.
She continued this for several yards: jumping from roof to roof to ledge, then climbing up walls to the next roof…then continued. The whole thing was incredibly exhilarating.
However, she got a bit too into it: when she jumped from another roof, she didn't look before she leapt.
There was now literally nothing between her and the rock ground.
Kalila cringed and crossed her arms over her face, bracing herself for impact.
"Wait! It can't end here!"
Kalila's eyes snapped open at the unfamiliar voice; it wasn't in her head, but all around her. Then, she noticed that all of her surroundings were completely stopped.
She looked to her right and saw an eagle staring her down in an absent flight. But then, the eagle suddenly flew off into the opposite direction.
Kalila's eyes followed the eagle until she saw a figure in a white outfit in the process of jumping between rooftops. A few yards behind him were several guards with their swords drawn.
Before Kalila could even question anything around her, she started falling again. She gasped and looked back down at the ground and, instead of seeing the rock ground, saw a pile of hay.
The girl landed safely into the hay, completely unscathed. As she stood up and brushed herself off, she thought, "That was…bizarre. Possibly one of those 'life flashing before your eyes' things." She didn't question it anymore…and decided to walk home instead of jumping.
As she was walking through crowds, the quiet town air was interrupted by a loud, bellowing man, "The assassin is getting away! Stop him!" Townspeople started to clear the area in fear, but Kalila only turned around to get a look at the madness.
But just as she turned around, someone collided with her roughly and they both fell to the ground.
Kalila groaned in slight pain and looked up to see…an empty face. Well, rather that she couldn't see the person's face since it was covered by a white hood. But this person was definitely male, considering their muscle structure, which was still on top of her.
Without a word, the man started to get up from the girl, but a guard's voice rang in the air, "He's taken a townsperson hostage!" Kalila raised an eyebrow to herself and thought, "As if I could be taken hostage…" However, she then heard the man curse under his breath.
The next thing she knew, she was being lifted up from the ground by this strange man and flung over his shoulder. Kalila cringed and shouted, "What on Earth do you think you're doing?" The man didn't answer and just kept running in unknown directions. Kalila looked behind the man to see that the guards were still chasing them.
One guard shouted loudly, "Wait, he's protecting her! She must be in alliance with the assassin! Capture her as well!" Kalila's mouth gaped open and she yelled at the mysterious man, "how stupid are these Acre guards? You see what you did? As an innocent bystander, now I'm considered a threat! I knew Israel would only bring me problems!"
Suddenly, the man turned a sharp corner and they ended up in an alleyway. Before she could even question the man, Kalila was dropped to the ground and the man was gone.
She was still in complete shock, but didn't get any time to tread on it. The guards had finally caught up with her and stared at Kalila menacingly. One man said sternly, "You aided the assassin to escape! Where is he?" Kalila stood up and held her arms up in defense, "Wh-What? I don't even know who that man was!"
One of the guards drew his sword and pointed it at her neck closely, "Tell us…or you will lose your life."
Kalila gulped loudly; she was incredibly confused. Why would some random guy drag her around the city, then suddenly just drop her and leave?
Suddenly, her eyes widened in realization; it made sense now.
"He used me to divert the guards away from him…"
The guards stared at the girl as she stared at the ground in shock and talked to herself, "He actually managed to use me, and so shamelessly…!" The guard with his sword to Kalila's neck growled and pressed the edge closer to her throat, surprising her, "You have ten seconds, woman!"
Kalila smirked to herself and shook her head, "Ten seconds…alright then. I'll start the countdown. One…"
Then, in a flash, Kalila did a back flip and kicked the sword out of the guards hand in the process. And just as quickly, she grabbed the sword off the ground and got into duel position.
"Four…"
Kalila then went forward and stabbed the original owner of the sword in the stomach. She continued this with another two guards. The three remaining guards got into the offensive as they also drew their swords out and attacked Kalila all at once.
The young girl took a deep breath and dropped the sword to the ground, "Seven…"
She then jumped up into the air and landed on one guards head. Then, she pushed down on said head, snapping his neck in the process; he died instantly and fell to the ground. Wasting no time, Kalila punched one guard in the mouth, causing him to pass out in pain, and the final guard earned a devastating kick to the groin.
Kalila breathed deeply once more and calmed herself down, "Eleven seconds…my bad."
Now that these guards were out of the way, Kalila finally had something to do tonight.
"That bastard assassin thinks he could use me so easily? I'll show him!"
Kalila looked up to the sky and shouted, "You hear that assassin? You better stay in the shadows tonight! I will find you and make you pay for thinking you could use me like that!"
The girl punched a fist into her hand and whispered to herself before running off into the shadows, "Nobody has any right to use me…in any way…"
Meanwhile, the white-clad assassin watched the strange girl high up on a nearby building. Simply by listening to her shouts, he felt a strange feeling pulling at his chest. He couldn't quite decipher what it was, but it was getting in the way of his keen senses.
"She seems lethal… I should probably keep a close watch on her…"
But there was something more he wanted to do. But still, he couldn't determine what it was. So instead of treading on it, he followed the girl at a reasonable distance, waiting for the moment he could get her alone…
I know what you're thinking, and the answer is: yes, this is supposed to be misleading and confusing. xD All will make sense eventuallyyy. And yes, the man is Altair :P Let's see, what else... I think that's all for now. If you have any questions, I'll gladly help you out though! So, until next update, if you liked this intro, show me that you do! Review and favorite! :D