I think that Kilk is Lexia's real Father, no matter what anyone says!
Kilik sat meditating by a river, continueing the endless journey he had embarked on 17 years prior.
He breathed deeply, trying desperately forget the letter that his former lover and travel companion, Xiangua.
It shocked him how she even considered contacting him at all is miraculos, after he deserted her like that, the way he let her return home with a broken heart,
He knew how she must have felt back then, and he also knew that he didn't deserve to share the same heart break that she surely felt,
He was still haunted by the memory of her tear stained face as he left her side, forever..
But the past was the past, and he had to move on, or at least that was what he told himself to get through the lonliness that spiked his heart every sleepless night without her,
But after reading the letter, there was no way in hell he could ignore the pain from his past any longer,
The letter, what the letter said was-
" Hey, Kilik! Your not still sulking, are you?" He heard the familiar rugged voice of his friend, and former travel companion, Maxi.
He heaved a slightly irritated sigh, then opened his brown eyes, his expression calm and serene,
But his placid look didn't fool Maxi's eyes, he could see that his friend was conflicted with the news that he just recieved.
" No, Maxi, I'm not sulking, I'm trying to figure out what I should do, that's all." Kilik said with a sigh, staring down at his reflection in the stirring river,
The river symbolized accurately what he was feeling, calm at a distance, but inside, he was stirring restlessly, like the river.
" Look, Kilik," Maxi began as he sat beside his long time friend," You need to tell her the truth."
" Yeah, wouldn't that be a pleasant conversation, " Hey, Lexia, I'm your real Father who abandoned your Mother and was not only absent for your whole childhood and left you to be raised by another man, but was completely unaware of your existence till just this morning,
Yeah, I can't see how that would possibly go wrong." Kilik said, with obvious sarcasm.
" Okay, it might be difficult, but still," Maxi tried to reason.
" 'Still' what? Lexia believes that that General guy is her Father, and to ruin that for her would just be cruel on my part, Xianghua has already suffered enough because of my selfishness, I won't do wrong by Lexia as well." Kilik protested.
Maxi heaved a sigh, he couldn't argue with him, he was right, Lexia was a sweet, innocent girl, and to shatter the foundation of the happy home she left behind in China, that just wouldn't be right.
" So what? Are you just going to ignore the letter, pretend that Lexia isn't your only Daughter? Just leave it in the air, just like that?" Maxi asked,
" No, of course not, I just, I don't know." Kilik replied, resting his face in his hands. He was so lost, he didn't know what to do, it was more then he ever thought he would have to face,
But the one he had to think about right now, was Lexia.
Then they heard some rustleing in the bushes,
The two men didn't have a strong reaction, they knew who it was.
" Xiba! Come out, you really suck at stealth!" Maxi yelled to his pupil.
Maxi stood up, with a look of defeat.
" You know, you shouldn't easedrop on people's conversations, right?" Maxi lectured.
" Aw, I'm sorry, Maxi, I was looking for you to see if you got any food, and then I heard the two of you talking, and just, kind of sat there, but I didn't mean to snoop, honest!" Xiba said, waving his hands in front of him.
Kilik couldn't help but smile at seeing how much Maxi had matured over the years, and the Fatherly look he took on when scolding his Student.
" Well, thats exactly what you did, so be sure not to do it again!" He continued lecturing.
" Hey, its not that big of a deal, Maxi," Kilik said calmly, then looked to the younger Warrior." How much did you hear, Xiba?" He asked, smiling kindly.
" Well, I heard, basically just the part about you being Lexia's real Dad, and how you don't know how to tell her, and considering whether or not you should at all." Xiba explained, seemingly unaware of the seriousness of it.
" So pretty much the whole thing?" Kilik asked with a light chuckle.
" Yeah, I guess I did." Xiba replied while nervously scratching the back of his head.
" Why are you so calm about this, Kilik?" Maxi asked, confused at his new calmness.
" Because I doubt that Xiba's the type to spread word about something that doesn't concern him, especially if it may hurt Lexia." Kilik said, still smiling, his calmness now was somewhat eery.
He turned back to Xiba, "You wouldn't do anything to hurt Lexia, right Xiba?" He asked, his smile making Xiba somewhat nervous.
Maxi saw what he was doing, he was making sure that Xiba wasn't going to say anything about it, which was understandable, but still, was scaring Xiba like that really necissary?
Yeah, it probably was, Xiba couldn't keep a secret to save his life!
" No! I'd never!" Xiba exclaimed, he really loved Lexia, and would do nothing to hurt her ever!
" Okay, thats good to hear." Kilik said, relieved.
" But I have to ask, Kilik, do you ever plan to tell her?" Xiba asked, being very uncharacteristicly serious.
This surprized both Maxi and Kilik.
" Well, I'm still figuring that part out, so I can't say for sure right now." Kilik explained.
" Alright, I'll leave it be, I wouldn't ever want to do anything to hurt Lexia, but the real question is, Kilik, do you?" He asked, his expression still serious.
" Xiba! You said you were goon spar with me today, come on, hurry up!" Lexia pretty song-like voice could be heard in the distance.
" Oh, crap! I forgot," Xiba said, slapping his forhead,"I gotta go, I'll see you two later!" Xiba practically yelled as he ran kicked up Kali-Yuga and ran off in the direction of the irritated Lexia.
" That, was, unexpected." Maxi said, confused still at Xiba's more serious side.
" For lack of a better word." Kilik replied, wondering himself just how much of that boy's nature was a mere put-on, and how much of it was real. " Still, I'm happy to see how protective he is of Lexia." He said with a smile.
" Yeah, he is, and hey, at least now he knows where to get his blessing when he didcides to ask her to marry him" Maxi said with a smirk.
" That is not funny, Maxi, not funny one bit!" Kilik said, then started to walk away, irritated.
" So would you give your blessing to him?" The former Pirate continued to tease as he followed behind him.
" Okay, Maxi, say Lexia was your Daughter, what would you do if Xiba wanted your blessing to marry her?" Kilik asked, challenging him a bit.
" Well, I'd give him my blessing because I'd know he would be a good husband to Lexia, he'd treat her right, and would protect her with his life." Maxi stated, without much continplation.
" I sometimes envy how easy it is for you to make a dicision." Kilik said, smiling once again.
But his smile would soon fade when they heard a distant scream!
" That sounds like Natsu!" Maxi yelled as he and Kilik ran in the direction the scream came from!
Natsu was always so fearless and confident, if whatever she was facing actually provoked her to cry out in pain, it had to be a very strong opponent!
Just one such creature popped into Kilik's mind, Nightmare...
They arrived to the horrific scene of the battle, and Nightmare was not the attacker.
Natsu was beaten bloody, and being hoisted up by her neck by a strange, completely Armored female warrior, her armor was shattered, with her blood trinkling down her arms and through the broken metal, her strawberry blonde hair was a frizzy mess, falling over her red clothed shoulders, her eyes now lacked her battle happy, fierce determintaion, and all that remained was a young girl, beaten within an inch of her life.
Solid Red eyes glared through her Helm, mercilessly about to take the young Kunoichi's life, a sadistic smile forming behind her Helm.
But as the Warrior was about to crush Natsu's neck, she was side-swiped in the face by a glowing Staff!
The impact of Kilik's attack knocked the unknown Warrior back, and on to the ground, dropping Natsu.
Maxi caught the young Kunoichi, who fell limp in his arms, she was alive, just severely injured.
" Maxi, take Natsu and the others and go on ahead, I'll take care of things here." Kilik stated as he took another battle stance, ready to sly his new-found opponent.
"Alright, you better not die on me, Kilik!" Maxi said as he carried an unconscious Natsu and went to get Xiba and Lexia to safty.
Good luck, Kilik. Maxi thought as he ran with Natsu in his arms.
Kilik waited till Maxi was at a safe distance, then turned back to his opponent, who now was standing up.
" So this is what you've become, eh, Tira?" Kilik asked cooly, as he looked on in half pity and half disgust at the troubled Woman that once faithfully served the former Nightmare.
" Oh, so you've already caught on?" She asked in a teasing tone, as she removed her Helm, revealing her pale, yet darkly lovely face, with a creepy grin on her painted black lips that made her look like a crooked and cracked porcelian doll.
Her long Raven hair was worn loose, and her fringes were grown out over her Wine red eyes.
" As you've already guessed, I'm the new Nightmare." She said joyously, her grin remaining as she displayed her new body Armor proudly.
Kilik's eyes narrowed, sensing a sinister plan in the making.
" Why are you here? And why did you just try to kill Natsu?" He demanded angerly.
" Oh, I didn't start that one, you see, I was looking for that cheery Chinese girl, and the Ninja girl went all noble, it was very, disgusting." Tira said mockingly, with a tone of disgust lacing her voice at the last sentence, in a tone reminiscent of the Gloomy side of her stattered mind.
Kilik felt distain wask over him as well, that 'Chinese Girl' that she was reffering to was Lexia!
His mouthed formed into an enraged frown at her demented giggling, then she continued her gleeful rant." Oooh, what's with that face, sourpuss?" She asked, with cheery Tira now in control.
" Why do you want Lexia?" Kilik demanded darkly, clutching his Rod tightly in his anger!
" I'm not gonna tell you!" She mocked in a sadistic sing-song voice, much like a demented child.
" Well, whatever the reason is, I'll kill you before you go anywhere near her." Kilik swore, raising his weapon in protection of his Daughter, and lunged at Tira with murderous intent!
The two Warriors engaged in mortal combat, both more then willing to destroy the other!
I wasn't there while Lexia was growing up, but I will take my long overdue responsibility for her and protect her from harm, I swear on my continueing love for Xianghua, I'll protect her!
There you go, chapter one, I don't own SCV, and I want a honest review, did I keep them in character?