Before we atart...
Why is Selethen not in the character category?! Aack!
after that ranting...
Disclaimer (for all chapters in this story) I own nothing except Lilian. Everything else belongs to John Flanagan.
Lilian tried to keep herself from gasping when the Nihon-Ja healer peeled off her bandages. Cold air met her nearly closed gash and it stung like mad. The raw skin felt tight around it. She tried to move her hand to touch her backside.
"Dame, Dame!" The healer's frantic cries prevented her from doing so. She started jabbing at Lilian's back and arm, rattling off a string of Nihon-Jan that Lilian couldn't understand a word of. Unlike her friend Alyss, she wasn't very good with languages.
The healer left, and Lilian sat down, setting her chin on her hands. Lilian found herself constantly wishing for her friends to come back. She was getting restless, sitting here while everyone-even Shigeru was out!-was at the battlefield, facing Arisaka's huge army. She knew she wouldn't be much of a help with her injury and all, but she still didn't like the idea of being cooped up in here and doing nothing.
She had gotten her injury the last time she snuck out to the battlefield. Will had given her a glare and a 'I'll talk to you later' look. Lilian did inflict quite a bit of damage on the enemy with her arrows. She may not be as good as Will or Halt, but she was as good as any of the archers in Araluen. Then, she saw him.
Her face grew hot as she recalled how she stepped in front of Selethen to take the sword for him. She didn't- well, she did know why she did it. It had something to with her speaking incredibly fast whenever he was around, or noticing small insignificant details about him. Like, oh, how his eyes turned sort dark gold in the sun, or the way he smiled, or how even his slightly long nose seemed adoring.
So, even though knowing that Selethen liking her back was quite hopeless-she only seemed like Will Treaty's younger sister to him-she ran in front of him without thinking.
At any rate, whatever the reason, those katanas were extremely sharp. Luckily for her, she had somehow moved along with the sword, and her wound wasn't as deep as it would have been. She had barely been awake for the process of getting moved to the fortress, losing consciousness when they arrived at the healer.
After she awoke, worried faces were waiting anxiously for her. Not to mention several lectures about doing risky things like sneaking on to the battlefield. Her ears were still hurting from the berating she got from Will, Halt, Horace, and Selethen. She even got the honor of having the Emperor himself scolding her.
Lilian started pacing.
"Lili-San!" A young boy entered jabbering excitedly in Nihon-Jan. They called her Lili-san, a shortened version of her name. When she only looked puzzled at his Nihon-ja, he tugged on her sleeves and she followed him out.
A/N This is actually my first RA fic, which is really strange because I always thought I would write about Will/Alyss or something. Anyways, this story is actually a three chapter story, and I have all three chapters written, edited, and ready to go. So, I might actually post all of them at once. If I'm feeling nice. At first, I thought of changing the plot a little and having KAyss and Evanlyn stay inside in this chapter, but I realised that they probably wouldn't have done that, plus I don't like interfering with the plot too much (although considering that I just added Will's younger sister...)At any rate, read and review! Rmemeber, Positive criticism are always welcome! :)