Bishop X Kaya (oc)

Chapter one

It was in the middle of the night, or more like morning now that Kaya looked out the rock walled keep that she now called home. Oh well, it's not like I have to do anything important tomorrow. It was something that she had begun as a habit. Lately she was having trouble sleeping, what with all the thoughts of west harbor, Neverwinter, the Shadow King and every little detail that refused to leave her alone in the clogged atmosphere of her mind.

Instead of laying there listening to voices in her head try to make sense or argue about everything that she has done up till now, she decided to take walks around her keep. At first the guards would shoot her strange glances whenever they saw her walk past in nothing but her night shift.

But since she had gotten used to the idea of winter in the mountains, she had begun to wear her cloak and a light cotton dress, and they in turn had gotten used to her nightly ghost walks and barely moved an eyelid whenever she happened to pass by. (Though she still was barefoot.)

Her walks tended to clear her mind of every annoying thing that had decided to take permanent residence, the only real thoughts that passed through was either about the weather or the quiet peacefulness she had discovered on her walks.

She made sure that she didn't walk past any of the rooms her companions occupied, especially those who would like to escort her back to her room in the slight chance she might get a cold…..in other words she avoided the paladin's room at all costs. She tended to stray to the library often of late to read some interesting novel that Aldanon conveniently places next to her favorite stuffed leather chair near the fire place.

It had begun when she had caught the sage staying up late reading some interesting books that she had taken note of. It almost seemed as if there had been a bargain struck between them: he provided the books, and she discussed the different points of certain authors until they had chopped the contents into little pieces.

But it wasn't the library she sought out tonight; no…she wasn't really sure where she was going. Her feet just walked, and she followed. Without noticing where or how she got there, a root had "sprung" in front of her and like usually she tripped, all the while graciously falling flat on her butt. Coming back to her surrounding she realized she was now in the bordering woods that lay next to the keep.

Laughing quietly to herself she started to pull herself up onto her feet to start back towards the keep, but stopped midway when she heard a slight snapping of twigs to her right. Changing her stance so that she was crouched with her hand close to her shin where she kept an extra dagger in case of emergencies…..much like the one that presented itself to her now.

Swiveling to her right she lifted her eyes a few centimeters off the leaf covered ground where she had them in time to see a pair of boots step a little closer to the direction she was facing. Moving her hand slowly and cautiously around the hilt of the long knife, she pulled it free without making a sound.

Watching the boots continue to make their way towards her, she waited until they were a few feet from her lowered head, then with a burst of agility swung her feet around to the front and kicked. Taken by surprise the unknown individual dropped with a low hiss, and a muttered curse.

Without waiting for the intruder to make their move, Kaya bent forward again and jumped so that her knees were on either side of the prone body and her dagger hand inches away from their throat. "Hmpf, for a warlock you are pretty quick, but I guess being born an elf helps quite a bit."

Slightly surprised at the mocking edge to the voice, Kaya took her eyes off from her blade and lifted them to the disgruntled face of Bishop. Should have known, there is only one person here skilled enough to sneak up on me without me realizing until the last second. Even though she now knew who it was,

Kaya didn't take her dagger away from his throat and hissed "If I didn't know better Bishop I would say you make an easy target." Glaring visibly at her, he gritted between his teeth "As much as I am enjoying this situation we are in…" Shifting slightly, but not too much for fear of the blade that was inches from his artery,

Bishop lifted one foot and kicked her lightly in the middle of her back which sent her rolling off from him to the ground. "I am going to have to ask why the knight captain is out of her bed this late at night."

Grinning slightly in his twisted way Bishop picked himself off from the ground to stand in front of Kaya.

Doing the same so that she stood almost on equal footing with him (he would always be taller than she was) she replied "I could say the same thing about you ranger. At least I have the freedom to walk around my own keep but what reason do you have to be out here?"

Grinning again Bishop flashed an almost exasperated look in Kaya's direction "You really have to ask?" Kaya looked confused enough that Bishop let out an exasperated sigh to go with the look. "I'm a ranger, elf, and I am more comfortable out here than I am in a rock walled room.

Though, I can't complain about the tavern." Kaya nodded and began to brush off the leaves and dirt that remained on her cloak from their tumble on the ground. As she moved to sheath the dagger she noticed that Bishop was watching her with an expectant air. "What?" "I am waiting to hear why our leader is outside, in the woods, so late at night.

Since I answered your question before you had answered mine, I think it only fair if you give me the honors of your explanation." Looking straight at Bishop Kaya looked for signs of a tease in his eyes, but only saw blatant curiosity. Dropping her head, Kaya mumbled "I couldn't sleep…"

Waiting for a sneer, and a sarcastic laugh, Kaya was surprised to hear neither but a sigh escape his lips. Turning around Bishop looked up into the moon that was just visible between the clustered pines, he said

"This place is always a good place to think, it can let you say whatever you want, and it still stays quiet and peaceful. Never giving a sign of anger towards anything you have to tell it." Again Kaya was forced to lift her gaze to Bishop in order to make sure that he wasn't just pulling her leg. What she saw surprised her more than any uncouth or crude thing Bishop could ever have said.

The ranger had a look in his eyes that she had never seen before, something that was sad and yet completely peaceful. Maybe there is more to Bishop than I had first thought. Moving to stand beside him, she said, "It's the moon, it always watches us, shows us for what we really are. There are times when you don't even have to say anything at all and yet you get this feeling that it understands us, it forgives us for everything we have ever done and looks at us as if we had no armor. It sees our souls." Shaking his head Bishop turned to look down at the young women who had eyes only for the object of her speech.

What he saw there was someone who was utterly sad, but was forced to keep it hidden in case someone might see her falter at the wrong moment. He saw a woman who was forced to relive the horrors that she recently experienced; those that over shadow the good memories. And not be able to tell anyone in fear that they might think her weak. For once in his life Bishop actually wanted to comfort someone who wasn't related to him at all.

But he held himself back, afraid that his actions could be mistaken in her eyes as something that was unwelcome. "Of Course that's what you see, you're an elf." Blinking Kaya moved to look back at Bishop but the flicker of the person she thought she saw and could relate to was gone, replaced by the cold hard look of someone who didn't care enough to bother himself in their affairs. Regretfully Kaya took a step backwards and turned around until she faced the direction of the keep. She turned her head to look back at Bishop a last time, shook her head and disappeared into the foliage.