Garen: Demacian Justice

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Prologue

It was a cold day in Demacia. Winter was certainly upon the city state, with frost lining all the surfaces outside. The golden rooftops of the city's skyscrapers glistened in the light of dawn. Birds were flying through the sky, relatively peaceful for the normally bustling city. This was Garen's favorite time of day, when it was quiet enough for him to relax and truly enjoy his favorite city. Garen was sitting in his room, cleaning his blade with a magical oil to prevent rust and other damage to it in battle. A Demacian soldier must keep tidy when about to go to battle. Of course, this wasn't a real battle. This was a Fields of Justice match, held by the League of Legends to settle the more petty disputes between Valoran's super-powers, Demacia and Noxus. Garen held a disdain for Noxus, with its lack of morals and embrace of the dark arts. Today he would be battling one of his oldest adversaries, Darius. Darius was a lot like Garen in more than a few ways. They were both the might of their respective nations, they were both chief representatives of their nations in the League, they both carried enormous weapons, and they both liked to spin in battle. They were also both very hard to kill. He hoped his team would lead them to victory in this battle on Summoner's Rift. He would be in the top lane, fighting alongside the golem Blitzcrank. Blitzcrank was a very competent ally, with his pull giving Garen the opportunity to give an enemy an uninterrupted pummeling. Also on their team would be the little girl, Annie, in middle lane, and Miss Fortune and Nunu in bottom lane. All the champions on his team complemented each other very well. However, this wouldn't be quite an easy battle, because along with Darius, who would surely meet Garen in top lane, would be Tryndamere, Teemo, and the assassins Talon and Katarina. Garen always loved an opportunity to meet Katarina in battle. The two loved to fight, but would often hesistate try to finish each other off, even when they clearly could. Of course, Garen would never let anybody know of this, as Katarina was in the High Command of Noxus, and he would certainly be exiled if anybody ever found out. Even with such worthy adversaries, Garen knew what he was doing, and believed that with proper strategy, he could win the day for Demacia once more. He finished getting ready, and was beamed off to the Summoner's Pool.

Garen and his comrades stood in a circle, purchasing their starting items. Garen bought a pair of boots, a health potion, and a sight ward. He knew Darius would try to gank him at any opportunity he could get. He and Blitz ran off to the bushes between his blue turrets and the other team's purple turrets. Then all of a sudden, he heard the one thing he did not want to hear going into battle.

"For Noxus!" came the cry of Darius. He spun out of the bush with his axe, hitting Garen hard. Garen struck Darius decisively, silencing him, and used his speed to run back to his turret. Blitzcrank had been hit by a few of Talon's daggers, but the impact wasn't anything to have to retreat over.

"Minions have spawned!" said the announcer, soon enough, the tiny creatures on a suicide mission were right in front of Garen and Blitz. Garen was slicing through minions, collecting some gold while keeping his distance from Darius. There wasn't much he could do to Darius until he could muster enough energy to use his execution blow, what he dubbed "Demacian Justice". He could harass with his trademark fighting style, which he calls "Judgement". He spun towards Darius and Talon, giving them a heavy beating, causing them to run back to their turret. Things were so far going pretty well. Katarina was giving Annie a hard time in middle lane, but Fortune and Nunu were giving hell to Tryndamere and Teemo. He felt a surge of power, and he devised a plan to win the lane for his team.

"Blitzcrank, on my mark, pull Darius towards us!" Garen commanded Blitz.

"Affirmative." Replied the golem. Blitzcrank may only be a robot, but that in no way meant that he knew any less than his comrades about battle. He probably could make short work of any champion in the League if he built appropriately and the aim of his pull were true. He aimed at Darius, and had him in his grasp. Darius struggled and grunted, but it was no use.

"DEMACIA!" cried Garen, as he spun at Darius. Darius attempted to make a run for it, but Garen dropped his sword on him, and he fell down, dead. Blitzcrank then went into overdrive, powered his fist, and struck down Talon.

"Exterminate, exterminate!" cried the golem. They then assaulted the turret with a great force of minions. As Darius and Talon were coming from the horizon, the turret exploded, and Garen ran into the jungle while Blitz fell back. Garen ran into a bush, and started to recover from his encounter. One of Garen's greatest skills was his ability to persevere through most any injury. He felt almost all better, when he found Katarina, en route to help the top lane.

"Greetings, Sinister Blade!" bade Garen, as he leaped from the bush to engage Katarina.

"Well if the isn't Bushren, the Might of Spinmacia!" quipped the Noxian assassin. She seemed to enjoy this opportunity to banter as much as Garen did.

"While I'd normally enjoy some good banter, I have a Nexus to destroy, so if you'd kindly get out of my way..." Garen retorted.

"Keep dreaming bush boy!" Katarina replied as she came at Garen, flinging her blades, doing much damage to the Demacian. Katarina was at an advantage, as Garen hadn't fully healed from his encounters with Darius and Talon yet. She was spinning and slashing at Garen vigorously as he spun to try to critically wound her. Garen was losing the fight still, so he ran and drank a health potion. Using a speed boost, he rounded a corner and entered a bush as Katarina chased him. His wounds began to fade at a very fast pace, and then he saw Katarina run by his bush. He held his sword ready to strike Katarina, and ran full force at her.

"Demacia!" shouted Garen. He was striking the Sinister Blade with all his might, silencing her attacks and critically wounding her. As he was about to dish out a final blow, something in him froze. He held back, just for a second, looking into Katarina's eyes, and seeing her wounded figure. He was motionless. He quickly pushed that sight away, and finished his execute. His sword came down heavily... on nothing. The slight hesitation cost Garen a kill and much of his time. Katarina fled, and in that time, Darius and Talon had destroyed the first blue turret in top lane. Garen had to gather his team.

"Everyone, abandon your lane, push the middle lane!" ordered Garen to the rest of his team. He quickly teleported back to base to heal and to buy supplies. He amassed a large sum of gold in his time fighting, and he purchased a Sunfire Cape, an Avarice Blade, and a Ninja Tabi. He was a sight to be seen, a fire blazing around him, engulfing any enemy. He rushed into battle, feeling as though he could take any hit from any enemy. The other team had also ordered all its members into middle lane.

There was an epic battle emerging in the middle lane. Miss Fortune was raining bullets over the battle, and Blitzcrank was reeling in Teemo for Garen to devastate. Darius had killed Nunu though, and he was about to strike at Garen with a crushing blow as he arrived, but then a high pitched cry resonated through the Field of Justice.

"Yay, Tibbers!" squealed Annie, as her towering monster roared and pushed the entire enemy team backward towards their inhibitor turret. Tibbers killed Tryndamere, and Miss Fortune shot Talon dead. Darius held them back at the turret, jumping and striking down Blitzcrank.

"Systems down..." croaked Blitz as he lost power.

"Die, Demacian Dog!" Darius cried as he ran at Garen. Garen used his courage to amass a shield around his body, absorbing much of Darius' attack. He then proceeded to hack at Darius with his sword. He slashed Darius in his torso, arms, and legs, and then used a spell which exhausted Darius, so he couldn't run away.

"The hand of Noxus has been cut off!" exclaimed Garen, as he stabbed through Darius, leaving him to collapse. Soon, the enemy inhibitor had been destroyed, and Garen's team was assaulting the turrets guarding the enemy Nexus. Garen dived at the turrets, letting them hit him multiple times. Absorbing the blasts of the turrets, he made way for his team to attack the Nexus. They would inevitably win. He had a triumphant feeling. He had proven again his superiority over the Noxian forces on the other team. It was a good day. Then, he felt a piercing pain slice through his chest. He dropped his sword, and clutched his gaping wound.

"GG, Demacian." whispered the voice of Katarina into his ear. Garen collapsed as the enemy Nexus exploded in a huge fireball.