Authors note: This is my first soul calibur fic, but don't be discourage beacause of that. You may flame if you like, it will probally help if you point some tips out also, like what I 'm doing wrong. Or if the chapters are too short. Stuff like that. Also, if you want to flame, go ahead, I don't mind at all, just please, back up your opoin, and please sign in, I won't flame you back, just please sign in.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Calibur...and never will,..sadly
~ Moonlight Horror
By: Beast Trainer
Proluge ~
The fire blazed higher in the air, as it used the wood for food. Xianghua sat by the fire, her arms around her knees which were scrunched up against her body. The fire was providing heat. "Which is nice after a long days of walking, training and gathering," Xianghua always said to Maxi one of her friends that travled with her. Maxi always rolled his eyes, but then, just went right back to work.
Xianghua looked up to see Kilik, her other "friend" which she travled with also. He was doing something she couldn't quite tell. She smilled to herself, she had had some feeling towards him. But she decided not to make a move on him quite yet, she wasn't sure what Maxi would think of it if Kililk felt the same way as her.
" Hey Kilik, I'm hungry. " Xianghua complained, as her stomach growled loudly. She hadn't eaten much, and her stomach knew that. Kilik looked at Xianghua, and smilled. She could tell he was laughing behind the smile, but it didn't bother her. She usually said she was hungry, and almost always complained to Kilik about that. Really, she sometimes wasn't, Kilik would think of what to do, like if there was enough food to eat at that moment, or if she should go out and search for eatable food. She found it cute when he was thinking, so she asked stuff that ment nothing to her, just to make him think, and look cute.
" Why don't you go search for food. " Kilik suggested after looking at the amount of food they had.
Xianghua sighed.
" I suppose " She answered back, even though, this time she had just wanted to eat.
" It's getting late, so don't take too long. " Kilik pleaded.
" And could you get some fire wood on the way. " Maxi asked.
" I won't. " Xianghua answered to Kilik, then turned to Maxi. " I guess I can get some fire wood. " A sound of doubt filled her voice as she answered Maxi's question.
Xianghua stood up and brushed the dirt off of her. She looked up into the sky and noticed it was sunset. ' I better be quick ' she thought to herself, she didn't want to be out in the dark.
Seeing Xianghua alittle doutfull about making it before sunset, Kilik suggeted that he'd keep the fire going so it would be easier to find her way home.
" Thanks " Xianghua nodded. She found a basket completely made out of wood, that she had bought at a town they passed not to long ago. It wasn't the best in the world, but it would carry food, so she turned and started to head towards the big, dark, large woods that surronded her camp.
~*~*~*~*~*
" Owch!! " Xianghua complained as she tripped over a root. ' So far not so good ' Xianghua told herself looking at her empty basket. It was already dark, and she couldn't find one source of food anywhere.
It was hard to see in the dark so Xianghua kept tripping over ; sticks, rocks, the occasional dead animal and roots. Once again, she stood up and brushed the dirt off herself. " I wander if Kilik and Maxi are worried. " Xianghua though out loud. She could just picture Kilik being so conserned about her, and Maxi telling him she'll be alright she can handle herself on her own. ' He would be worried about me, right? ' Xianghua thought to herself, she then wondered if that was just what she wished.
She sighed. She had usually been in her own world, Kilik crazy about her and her not crazy about him, but she of course still liking him . Maxi, proud they were together, her and Kilik getting married, and of course, no doubt finding the soul edge. She pictured her happily married to Kilik, with their mission succeeded. A loud howl cut her thought of " her world "
Xianghua looked up to see the full moon shining bright in the sky, no stars shining in the sky though. Another and another howl filled the air completely untill it sounded like a whole pack of wolves were howling, at the full moon, no doubt.
~*~*~*~*~
Kilik looked once again at Maxi, a conserned look on his face. Maxi seeing him look his way rolled his eyes, but just smirked. He knew, unfortunately, that Kilik loved Xianghua, same with Xianghua, she loved Kilik. Sometimes he wished they would tell each other and get it over and done with, and he also knew why Xianghua asked Kilik so may questions, it may fool Kilik, but it defiantly didn't fool him.
He himself, knew he also liked Xianghau, he couldn't help it. He loved that she was so strong, tried to act cute, and was full of pride all at once. Kilik, he could tell, even loved it when she acted so childish, but he thought that was the lowest side of her. He quickly decided not to think about, it was not like he was jealous, or so he convinced himself.
" Kilik, stop worrying about her, she'll be alright, she can handle herself on her own. " Maxi assured trying to presuade Kilik to stop worrying so much about Xianghua.
" I suppose, but I can't help but worry alittle, she might clown around or something and get hurt, or she could be attacked by a wild animal or-"
" Kilik! Please calm yourself, she'll be alright. " Maxi abruptly cut Kilik off.
Kilik nooded. " Yeah, I suppose your right. "
~*~*~*~*~*
Xianghua froze for a moment, she reached her hand down to her sword which was in it's scabbard. She had always brought the sword with her, and at that moment, she was as glad as ever. ' It isn't like I'm scared, or am I ? ' Xianghau thought, looking now, to her right, then left.
Seeing nothing, Xianghua felt a tad bit more relieved. She kept moving forward, checking each bush, vine, for any source of food. Unfortunately she couldn't find any. Xianghua then thought about going back, but her appetite got the better of her, so she kept walking.
Finally, Xianghua had enough, and she took some what of a fit. " There is no food ANY where!!! " She stamped her foot, but then all at once, her temper vanished. She sighed, she felt unconfident about her every finding food, so she decided she better head back to camp.
She looked high in the air, hoping to see any source of smoke in the sky. She saw just the thinest line of smoke, the fire was obviously dwindling, and she reliezed she hadn't collected any fire wood either. So, she decided that she better hurry up and get some fire would, while still searching for food.
One of the most unfortunate things happened that could happen, when your in a big woods, still can't find food, and not to mention it is dark out, happened. As Xianghua turned around to head the other way she saw, or what appeared to be a wolf. When your in a huge forest, no food, your only weapon is your sword you always carry around, your all alone, and it's night out, I suppose seeing a wolf isn't the best thing in the world, eh no?
The wolf had blood shot red eyes, that reminded Xianghua of blood when she was fighting, whether it was from her, or her oppent. The gray hair stuck up high like when you see pictures of a black cat around Halloween time. It's claws were sharp which remined Xianghua of a bird's talon, or even the point of a sword. It's Fangs as well, were sharp, blood was leaking out of the cracks between each tooth. It looked vicous and ready to attack, and after walking for a while, Xianghua really didn't want to handle the wolf.
" Wofly,can you please-" Xianghua stopped her sentence short, her mouth dropped open as she stared in astonishment. A whole pack of wolves were slowly making their way out of the bushes and into Xianghua's sight. Panick rushed threw Xianghua, but she tried to keep herself calm, Kilik had always told her when times like these occur, always remain calm. But even when she resorted Kilik's exact words, and kept repeating them over and over again in her head, it seemed to do almost nothing. None of the other wolves looked as vicous as the first, but they still looked mean in Xianghua's eyes.
All at once, the most vicous one leaped forward and attacked Xianghua. Xianghua, did as she always did during battle, pulled out her sword, which had no real name, or as Maxi said " The No Name sword " . Before the wolf could even touch her face, she slashed at his face, making him go flying in the air. Four other wolves leaped forward. Xianghau did a crescent kick to one, pounded another with her fist, and swung her sword out at the other two. All four wolves fell back, one had blood dripping rapidily to the muddy ground. The last three dashed for Xianghua, Xianghua kicked two knocking them to the ground, then did a thrust punch to knock the last wolf to the ground.
Xianghau eyed each wolf closely, then started to back away, slowly, that's what Kilik and Maxi always reminded her when in battle; never keep your eyes off the enemy. One wolf, which she had crescent kicked, leaped forward again. Xianghua easily slashed him with her sowrd, and the wolf fell back agian, this time, landing hard on it's back, it's poor spine....
Two other wolves, eyed each other as the last wolf fell to the ground. Then eyed the the leader of the pack, as if they were all communicating, then two, which dose not include the leader, dashed forward-but Xianghau took care of them by doing a side kick, and a quick figure eight to the other. All at once, even though Kilik and Maxi warned her never to do it, she did, she left one side open thanks to the side kick, Xianghua tried quickly to turn around, but the leader of the pack lunged forward and bit Xianghua on her left arm.
The pain flowed threw Xianghua fast and painfully, the fangs dug deep down ripping away her skin, red blood came out slowly at first but then it started to rapidly fall to the ground. Green, liquidly stuff drooled off the wolves teeth and mixed in with Xianghua's blood that still remained on her arm. Xianghua, longed for some kind of support in that moment, some one, and Xianghua did what she thought was best. Xianghua screamed in pain.
~*~*~ Sorry, we must interrupt this program for an very inportant message ~*~*~*~
Author note: Okay, heres one thing- I am NOT going to bash Maxi, Maxi is my third favorite character, I would never bash him, never ever. He will be paired up with SOME ONE. Anyways, this story got kicked off which I find stupid, just ' cause I wrote a poll, and did a quick chat, really, everyone dose that, yet I get caught. Life dose suck. By the way, if you feel I am mistreating wolves, your wrong. Wolves are my favorite animals, I love 'em. If you want to make an suggestion who Maxi should be with,that's fine...it's not a poll though, cause I basically already know who...but I've only seen it once, so it may sound odd...it may. Please read and review...well maybe not read, cause you may have already read it...but if your like me, I skim a story before I read it, check out the reviews and the author notes, and then decide if the story is good enough to read. So, yeh...just please read and review. By the way, the chapter is short because it is a proluge, a PROLUGE I tell you!
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Calibur...and never will,..sadly
~ Moonlight Horror
By: Beast Trainer
Proluge ~
The fire blazed higher in the air, as it used the wood for food. Xianghua sat by the fire, her arms around her knees which were scrunched up against her body. The fire was providing heat. "Which is nice after a long days of walking, training and gathering," Xianghua always said to Maxi one of her friends that travled with her. Maxi always rolled his eyes, but then, just went right back to work.
Xianghua looked up to see Kilik, her other "friend" which she travled with also. He was doing something she couldn't quite tell. She smilled to herself, she had had some feeling towards him. But she decided not to make a move on him quite yet, she wasn't sure what Maxi would think of it if Kililk felt the same way as her.
" Hey Kilik, I'm hungry. " Xianghua complained, as her stomach growled loudly. She hadn't eaten much, and her stomach knew that. Kilik looked at Xianghua, and smilled. She could tell he was laughing behind the smile, but it didn't bother her. She usually said she was hungry, and almost always complained to Kilik about that. Really, she sometimes wasn't, Kilik would think of what to do, like if there was enough food to eat at that moment, or if she should go out and search for eatable food. She found it cute when he was thinking, so she asked stuff that ment nothing to her, just to make him think, and look cute.
" Why don't you go search for food. " Kilik suggested after looking at the amount of food they had.
Xianghua sighed.
" I suppose " She answered back, even though, this time she had just wanted to eat.
" It's getting late, so don't take too long. " Kilik pleaded.
" And could you get some fire wood on the way. " Maxi asked.
" I won't. " Xianghua answered to Kilik, then turned to Maxi. " I guess I can get some fire wood. " A sound of doubt filled her voice as she answered Maxi's question.
Xianghua stood up and brushed the dirt off of her. She looked up into the sky and noticed it was sunset. ' I better be quick ' she thought to herself, she didn't want to be out in the dark.
Seeing Xianghua alittle doutfull about making it before sunset, Kilik suggeted that he'd keep the fire going so it would be easier to find her way home.
" Thanks " Xianghua nodded. She found a basket completely made out of wood, that she had bought at a town they passed not to long ago. It wasn't the best in the world, but it would carry food, so she turned and started to head towards the big, dark, large woods that surronded her camp.
~*~*~*~*~*
" Owch!! " Xianghua complained as she tripped over a root. ' So far not so good ' Xianghua told herself looking at her empty basket. It was already dark, and she couldn't find one source of food anywhere.
It was hard to see in the dark so Xianghua kept tripping over ; sticks, rocks, the occasional dead animal and roots. Once again, she stood up and brushed the dirt off herself. " I wander if Kilik and Maxi are worried. " Xianghua though out loud. She could just picture Kilik being so conserned about her, and Maxi telling him she'll be alright she can handle herself on her own. ' He would be worried about me, right? ' Xianghua thought to herself, she then wondered if that was just what she wished.
She sighed. She had usually been in her own world, Kilik crazy about her and her not crazy about him, but she of course still liking him . Maxi, proud they were together, her and Kilik getting married, and of course, no doubt finding the soul edge. She pictured her happily married to Kilik, with their mission succeeded. A loud howl cut her thought of " her world "
Xianghua looked up to see the full moon shining bright in the sky, no stars shining in the sky though. Another and another howl filled the air completely untill it sounded like a whole pack of wolves were howling, at the full moon, no doubt.
~*~*~*~*~
Kilik looked once again at Maxi, a conserned look on his face. Maxi seeing him look his way rolled his eyes, but just smirked. He knew, unfortunately, that Kilik loved Xianghua, same with Xianghua, she loved Kilik. Sometimes he wished they would tell each other and get it over and done with, and he also knew why Xianghua asked Kilik so may questions, it may fool Kilik, but it defiantly didn't fool him.
He himself, knew he also liked Xianghau, he couldn't help it. He loved that she was so strong, tried to act cute, and was full of pride all at once. Kilik, he could tell, even loved it when she acted so childish, but he thought that was the lowest side of her. He quickly decided not to think about, it was not like he was jealous, or so he convinced himself.
" Kilik, stop worrying about her, she'll be alright, she can handle herself on her own. " Maxi assured trying to presuade Kilik to stop worrying so much about Xianghua.
" I suppose, but I can't help but worry alittle, she might clown around or something and get hurt, or she could be attacked by a wild animal or-"
" Kilik! Please calm yourself, she'll be alright. " Maxi abruptly cut Kilik off.
Kilik nooded. " Yeah, I suppose your right. "
~*~*~*~*~*
Xianghua froze for a moment, she reached her hand down to her sword which was in it's scabbard. She had always brought the sword with her, and at that moment, she was as glad as ever. ' It isn't like I'm scared, or am I ? ' Xianghau thought, looking now, to her right, then left.
Seeing nothing, Xianghua felt a tad bit more relieved. She kept moving forward, checking each bush, vine, for any source of food. Unfortunately she couldn't find any. Xianghua then thought about going back, but her appetite got the better of her, so she kept walking.
Finally, Xianghua had enough, and she took some what of a fit. " There is no food ANY where!!! " She stamped her foot, but then all at once, her temper vanished. She sighed, she felt unconfident about her every finding food, so she decided she better head back to camp.
She looked high in the air, hoping to see any source of smoke in the sky. She saw just the thinest line of smoke, the fire was obviously dwindling, and she reliezed she hadn't collected any fire wood either. So, she decided that she better hurry up and get some fire would, while still searching for food.
One of the most unfortunate things happened that could happen, when your in a big woods, still can't find food, and not to mention it is dark out, happened. As Xianghua turned around to head the other way she saw, or what appeared to be a wolf. When your in a huge forest, no food, your only weapon is your sword you always carry around, your all alone, and it's night out, I suppose seeing a wolf isn't the best thing in the world, eh no?
The wolf had blood shot red eyes, that reminded Xianghua of blood when she was fighting, whether it was from her, or her oppent. The gray hair stuck up high like when you see pictures of a black cat around Halloween time. It's claws were sharp which remined Xianghua of a bird's talon, or even the point of a sword. It's Fangs as well, were sharp, blood was leaking out of the cracks between each tooth. It looked vicous and ready to attack, and after walking for a while, Xianghua really didn't want to handle the wolf.
" Wofly,can you please-" Xianghua stopped her sentence short, her mouth dropped open as she stared in astonishment. A whole pack of wolves were slowly making their way out of the bushes and into Xianghua's sight. Panick rushed threw Xianghua, but she tried to keep herself calm, Kilik had always told her when times like these occur, always remain calm. But even when she resorted Kilik's exact words, and kept repeating them over and over again in her head, it seemed to do almost nothing. None of the other wolves looked as vicous as the first, but they still looked mean in Xianghua's eyes.
All at once, the most vicous one leaped forward and attacked Xianghua. Xianghua, did as she always did during battle, pulled out her sword, which had no real name, or as Maxi said " The No Name sword " . Before the wolf could even touch her face, she slashed at his face, making him go flying in the air. Four other wolves leaped forward. Xianghau did a crescent kick to one, pounded another with her fist, and swung her sword out at the other two. All four wolves fell back, one had blood dripping rapidily to the muddy ground. The last three dashed for Xianghua, Xianghua kicked two knocking them to the ground, then did a thrust punch to knock the last wolf to the ground.
Xianghau eyed each wolf closely, then started to back away, slowly, that's what Kilik and Maxi always reminded her when in battle; never keep your eyes off the enemy. One wolf, which she had crescent kicked, leaped forward again. Xianghua easily slashed him with her sowrd, and the wolf fell back agian, this time, landing hard on it's back, it's poor spine....
Two other wolves, eyed each other as the last wolf fell to the ground. Then eyed the the leader of the pack, as if they were all communicating, then two, which dose not include the leader, dashed forward-but Xianghau took care of them by doing a side kick, and a quick figure eight to the other. All at once, even though Kilik and Maxi warned her never to do it, she did, she left one side open thanks to the side kick, Xianghua tried quickly to turn around, but the leader of the pack lunged forward and bit Xianghua on her left arm.
The pain flowed threw Xianghua fast and painfully, the fangs dug deep down ripping away her skin, red blood came out slowly at first but then it started to rapidly fall to the ground. Green, liquidly stuff drooled off the wolves teeth and mixed in with Xianghua's blood that still remained on her arm. Xianghua, longed for some kind of support in that moment, some one, and Xianghua did what she thought was best. Xianghua screamed in pain.
~*~*~ Sorry, we must interrupt this program for an very inportant message ~*~*~*~
Author note: Okay, heres one thing- I am NOT going to bash Maxi, Maxi is my third favorite character, I would never bash him, never ever. He will be paired up with SOME ONE. Anyways, this story got kicked off which I find stupid, just ' cause I wrote a poll, and did a quick chat, really, everyone dose that, yet I get caught. Life dose suck. By the way, if you feel I am mistreating wolves, your wrong. Wolves are my favorite animals, I love 'em. If you want to make an suggestion who Maxi should be with,that's fine...it's not a poll though, cause I basically already know who...but I've only seen it once, so it may sound odd...it may. Please read and review...well maybe not read, cause you may have already read it...but if your like me, I skim a story before I read it, check out the reviews and the author notes, and then decide if the story is good enough to read. So, yeh...just please read and review. By the way, the chapter is short because it is a proluge, a PROLUGE I tell you!