"Master Dilandau--"Chesta started as Dilandau Albatou, his silvery hair shining in the candle light, lounged on a chair, his feet on a table, swishing wine around in a glass and smiling secretivly, and quite evily.
Chesta was interupted by loud hissing sounds coming from the hallway. Something banged into the thick walls to the left, and all the Ryuugekitai's heads looked towards the walls, almost like they expected something to explain the sounds. Dilandau looked up slowly, his eyes glowing with impatience and anger.
"What IS that?"He demanded.
"I-I do not know sir!"Chesta stuttered. Dilandau smashed his wine glass against the wall.
"Well find OUT!"He yelled as Chesta and Migel started off towards the hallway. They broke into a run, but were stopped short, right before reaching the tall, open, stone entry-way. Three bodies hurtled into the room.
Chesta and Migel jumped out of the way, to avoid being ramed into by the three thrashing people. "What the-?"Dilandau stood up and stepped forward. "Chesta! Migel!"He yelled "Stop them!"
One of the three people broke away from the other two and backed away. It was a cat-girl. Long white-blonde hair, streaked with blood, covered her face. She was obviously younger than the other two, maybe three or four years younger. She had grey cat ears placed on top of her head, unlike the other two cat-girls, who backed off also, who had ears at the side of their heads. It was Eirya and Nariya, and an unknown girl. "Sister, shes not giving up"Nariya said. Her sides heaved, and a large gash along her ribcage was visible.
"Of course not!"The other girl said defiantly, although she had blood trickling out of her mouth. Her voice was not as breathy as Nariya's or Eirya's, and was not as high pitched as some catgirls, (namely, Merle), but was calm, confident, obviously feminen, with an underlying tone of superiority and mystery.
"Well that is not a good idea!"Eirya laughed and lunged at the girl.
"Stop that!!"Dilandau yelled as Eirya knocked the other girl down hard, and Nariya kicked her. The unknown girl imediatly stopped struggling at Dilandaus command, but only succeded in having Nariya and Eirya beat upon her even more mercilecly. The girl glanced at Dilandau for a mere second, her bright blue eyes flashing angerly. He glared and nodded stiffly, and she kicked out her legs as hard as she could. Eirya fell backwards, hitting the stone floor hard, and Nariya was breifly distracted. The girl rolled away from Nariyas punch and scrambled onto all fours, her body hunched over, a look of disgust on her face. Eirya struggled to her feet, pure and unbridled hatred coursed through her veins. She held her sore wrist to her chest and exchanged a look beetween Nariya. They both turned towards the other girl.
Nariya and the girl ran at each other at the same time, when Folken walked silently into the room. "Stop! Nariya! Eirya!" He comanded. Nariya stopped imediatly and turned to bow to Folken, when the other girl crashed into her. Nariya landed on her back and imediatly struck out.
"Chesta! Migel!"Dilandau ordered. Migel and Chesta ran towards the two fighting cat-girls, and were about to pull them apart, when Folken repeated Nariyas name, and Dilandau shouted "STOP!"
The younger cat-girl stopped fighting and backed away from Nariya, glaring and hissing quietly under her breath. Nariya backed towards Folken, her eyes not leaving the other girls. Chesta and Migel paused, and looked at Dilandau, uncirtainly.
"Nariya! Eirya! Come with me!"Folken commanded. Nariya and Eirya sulked towards him, breathing hard and glaring at the other girl.
"What is going on Folken?"Dilandau asked, forcing himself not to utter a string of insults at Folken for disturbing him with his cat-girls, whom Dilandau found annoying.
"Dilandau, I will deal with Nariya and Eirya, you can deal with that one"Folken said, impatient with Nariya and Eirya, who hadnt listened to him the first time. The bowed at his feet, and it looked as though Eirya might cry, for making Folken unhappy.
"What?"Dilandau smirked. "That is not MY pet"His angry laughed rang through the room, and some of the dragonslayers flinched.
"Well that is not MY problem, is it?"Folken demanded as he turned from Dilandau, his cape\robe swishing on the cold floor, and Nariya and Eirya following closely behind, Nariya limping badly, and Eirya holding her arm. He walked out of the room, intending to wait untill he was in his own room to speak with Nariya and Eirya about their disobeying him, but patted each of their heads affectionatly, to tell them he wasnt to angry at them.
"Yes Folken"Dilandau said though it was forced. He watched as Folken swished out of the room, and scoweled in disgust. "You!"He turned to the cat girl, who imediatly bowed before him. He raised an eyebrow, a bit perplexed.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!!"She said quickly. Yet again, an odd look crossed Dilandaus face.
"What is your name?"He demanded. The girl remained bowing at his feet.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau truly I am!"She cried.
Dilandau growled impatiently. "What is your name!?"He repeated louder.
"I have no name sire!"She replied, her head still down, and her forehead pressed against the cold floor.
"What?!"Dilandau said angerly. "You dare interupt me when I am relaxing, and then tell me you have no name?"He yelled.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!"The girl said again. She cowered beneath him.
Dilandau sighed and stepped away from her, she shook slightly, and he felt like laughing at her for being frightened. Of course she had reason to be frightened, but she took it to a new extent, shaking and refusing to look up at him, while bleeding excessivly. Dilandau crossed his arms and laughed scornfully. "What were you doing, fighting with Folkens little pets?"He said.
"I am sorry!"She cried "They said untrue and insulting things and I would not tollerate them as they spoke so unrespectfully!! I am sorry!"
Dilandau laughed again. "And what did they speak about?"He continued to laugh, thinking it would be about something small and fickle. Nothing of concern to him.
"They spoke of you sire!"The girl answered, her head still down, but her shaking subsiding.
Dilandau paused in his laugher and cocked his head to the side. "What?"
"They spoke of you! They said unrespectfull, insulting things about you!"
"And so you picked a fight with them?"Dilandau said, smirking, although he felt even more anger towards Folken and his insolent cat-girls.
"Sire, I intended to kill them."The girl replied. And with that, Dilandau started to laugh again. "I am sorry I bothered you Master Dilandau!"
He laughed "You intended to kill them? You are a very interesting creature you know that?"He said. The girl continued to bow "You wanted to kill them because they insulted me, yet you do not serve me, and as far as I know, you are not even part of the Zaibach empire! I havent ever seen you before, so why are you so devoted?"He asked.
The girls hair fell onto the floor, draping around her body, her white dress stained red almost all over. "I have lived aboard the floating fortress not a single night, sire!" She said quickly "But I have heard of you, Master Dilandau, and all the things you have done, and I worship you sire!"She paused Dilandaus face remained impassive "And I could not alow those girls to insult you, I am sorry I disturbed you!"
Dilandau watched her for a moment. And then looked towards Chesta and Migel, who stood rigidly where the cat girls had been fighting. Then he looked back towards the girl. "You say you have no name?" He asked.
She nodded numbly but replied "The other two called me Hitori"She said quietly.
"'Only One'?"Dilandau looked at her like she was extreemly stupid. The girl shrugged at the sound of his voice, and not the look her gave her, because she still had her head down. "That is a stupid name, and it reminds me to much of that bitch girl, Hitomi, from the Mystic Moon"He said, scoweling.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!" The girl said
Dilandau laughed. "Your amusing, you know that?"He said as he turned and walked to a large stone throne, at the head of the room. He sat down and leaned his head on his hand, while his elbow was on the armrest. "Chesta!"He said. Chesta stepped forward obediently. "Take her and tend to her wounds"Dilandau ordered. Chesta nodded and stepped towards the girl, who imediatly struggled to her feet, thinking Dilandau wanted her to follow Chesta out. She imediatly fell forward, and Chesta caught her. She bumped her head on his armour and whimpered so quietly no one but he could hear her, although she didnt know he did. The girl suddenly let go of Chesta, and dropped to her knees.
"I am sorry Ryuugekitai!"She said quickly. Chesta glanced at Dilandau, who smirked.
"You do not have to bow to him!"Dilandau told the girl, whe turned and looked at him, her large eyes blinking. She nodded obedienty, and looked down to pull a tattered peice of her shoe out from under her other foot, and then stood again, walking more carefully. Chesta walked towards the large doorway, the girl right behind him, trying vainly to hide the fact that she was limping, but the large cut on her leg was to obvious, and Dilandau smiled. She looked back once, her eyes traveling over the 14 Dragonslayers loyally standing beside Dilandau-sama, and then her gaze fell upon Dilandau, who sat, watching her. Her blue eyes held absolute admiration, and then, realizing Chesta was a couple steps ahead of her, bolted back so she could walk directly in his shadow, not wanting to displease Master Dilandau.
As soon as they were far from Dilandau and the other dragonslayers, Chesta stopped, and turned to the girl. "What is your name, really?"He asked gently, as she stood there, looking up at him.
"I do not have one, really"She answered, smiling shyly, but supressing the urge to bow.
"How old are you?"He asked.
"Fifteen"she said, her eyes focused on her feet as though they were the most facinating things on Gaea.
"Well, Dilandau-sama didnt send you to be imediatly killed, so I guess you might be here for a while"Chesta said, his blue eyes filled with warmth. The girl continued to look at her hands but smiled a little.
"You mean Master Dilandau does not hate me for being insolent?"She said quitly.
"If he did, he would have killed you himself."Chesta said as he put his hand on the girls tiny shoulder. She looked up and grinned. "Come on, your bleeding pretty bad"Chesta said as he gestured down the hall. The girl nodded and looked up at him admiringly. It was pretty obvious she admired all the Ryuugekitai and worshiped Dilandau. "You sure kicked the crap outa those other two though."Chesta laughed.
"Really?"The girl and Chesta walked down the hall, laughing and talking, though the girl still felt inferior, she was glad to be alive anouther day.
Chesta was interupted by loud hissing sounds coming from the hallway. Something banged into the thick walls to the left, and all the Ryuugekitai's heads looked towards the walls, almost like they expected something to explain the sounds. Dilandau looked up slowly, his eyes glowing with impatience and anger.
"What IS that?"He demanded.
"I-I do not know sir!"Chesta stuttered. Dilandau smashed his wine glass against the wall.
"Well find OUT!"He yelled as Chesta and Migel started off towards the hallway. They broke into a run, but were stopped short, right before reaching the tall, open, stone entry-way. Three bodies hurtled into the room.
Chesta and Migel jumped out of the way, to avoid being ramed into by the three thrashing people. "What the-?"Dilandau stood up and stepped forward. "Chesta! Migel!"He yelled "Stop them!"
One of the three people broke away from the other two and backed away. It was a cat-girl. Long white-blonde hair, streaked with blood, covered her face. She was obviously younger than the other two, maybe three or four years younger. She had grey cat ears placed on top of her head, unlike the other two cat-girls, who backed off also, who had ears at the side of their heads. It was Eirya and Nariya, and an unknown girl. "Sister, shes not giving up"Nariya said. Her sides heaved, and a large gash along her ribcage was visible.
"Of course not!"The other girl said defiantly, although she had blood trickling out of her mouth. Her voice was not as breathy as Nariya's or Eirya's, and was not as high pitched as some catgirls, (namely, Merle), but was calm, confident, obviously feminen, with an underlying tone of superiority and mystery.
"Well that is not a good idea!"Eirya laughed and lunged at the girl.
"Stop that!!"Dilandau yelled as Eirya knocked the other girl down hard, and Nariya kicked her. The unknown girl imediatly stopped struggling at Dilandaus command, but only succeded in having Nariya and Eirya beat upon her even more mercilecly. The girl glanced at Dilandau for a mere second, her bright blue eyes flashing angerly. He glared and nodded stiffly, and she kicked out her legs as hard as she could. Eirya fell backwards, hitting the stone floor hard, and Nariya was breifly distracted. The girl rolled away from Nariyas punch and scrambled onto all fours, her body hunched over, a look of disgust on her face. Eirya struggled to her feet, pure and unbridled hatred coursed through her veins. She held her sore wrist to her chest and exchanged a look beetween Nariya. They both turned towards the other girl.
Nariya and the girl ran at each other at the same time, when Folken walked silently into the room. "Stop! Nariya! Eirya!" He comanded. Nariya stopped imediatly and turned to bow to Folken, when the other girl crashed into her. Nariya landed on her back and imediatly struck out.
"Chesta! Migel!"Dilandau ordered. Migel and Chesta ran towards the two fighting cat-girls, and were about to pull them apart, when Folken repeated Nariyas name, and Dilandau shouted "STOP!"
The younger cat-girl stopped fighting and backed away from Nariya, glaring and hissing quietly under her breath. Nariya backed towards Folken, her eyes not leaving the other girls. Chesta and Migel paused, and looked at Dilandau, uncirtainly.
"Nariya! Eirya! Come with me!"Folken commanded. Nariya and Eirya sulked towards him, breathing hard and glaring at the other girl.
"What is going on Folken?"Dilandau asked, forcing himself not to utter a string of insults at Folken for disturbing him with his cat-girls, whom Dilandau found annoying.
"Dilandau, I will deal with Nariya and Eirya, you can deal with that one"Folken said, impatient with Nariya and Eirya, who hadnt listened to him the first time. The bowed at his feet, and it looked as though Eirya might cry, for making Folken unhappy.
"What?"Dilandau smirked. "That is not MY pet"His angry laughed rang through the room, and some of the dragonslayers flinched.
"Well that is not MY problem, is it?"Folken demanded as he turned from Dilandau, his cape\robe swishing on the cold floor, and Nariya and Eirya following closely behind, Nariya limping badly, and Eirya holding her arm. He walked out of the room, intending to wait untill he was in his own room to speak with Nariya and Eirya about their disobeying him, but patted each of their heads affectionatly, to tell them he wasnt to angry at them.
"Yes Folken"Dilandau said though it was forced. He watched as Folken swished out of the room, and scoweled in disgust. "You!"He turned to the cat girl, who imediatly bowed before him. He raised an eyebrow, a bit perplexed.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!!"She said quickly. Yet again, an odd look crossed Dilandaus face.
"What is your name?"He demanded. The girl remained bowing at his feet.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau truly I am!"She cried.
Dilandau growled impatiently. "What is your name!?"He repeated louder.
"I have no name sire!"She replied, her head still down, and her forehead pressed against the cold floor.
"What?!"Dilandau said angerly. "You dare interupt me when I am relaxing, and then tell me you have no name?"He yelled.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!"The girl said again. She cowered beneath him.
Dilandau sighed and stepped away from her, she shook slightly, and he felt like laughing at her for being frightened. Of course she had reason to be frightened, but she took it to a new extent, shaking and refusing to look up at him, while bleeding excessivly. Dilandau crossed his arms and laughed scornfully. "What were you doing, fighting with Folkens little pets?"He said.
"I am sorry!"She cried "They said untrue and insulting things and I would not tollerate them as they spoke so unrespectfully!! I am sorry!"
Dilandau laughed again. "And what did they speak about?"He continued to laugh, thinking it would be about something small and fickle. Nothing of concern to him.
"They spoke of you sire!"The girl answered, her head still down, but her shaking subsiding.
Dilandau paused in his laugher and cocked his head to the side. "What?"
"They spoke of you! They said unrespectfull, insulting things about you!"
"And so you picked a fight with them?"Dilandau said, smirking, although he felt even more anger towards Folken and his insolent cat-girls.
"Sire, I intended to kill them."The girl replied. And with that, Dilandau started to laugh again. "I am sorry I bothered you Master Dilandau!"
He laughed "You intended to kill them? You are a very interesting creature you know that?"He said. The girl continued to bow "You wanted to kill them because they insulted me, yet you do not serve me, and as far as I know, you are not even part of the Zaibach empire! I havent ever seen you before, so why are you so devoted?"He asked.
The girls hair fell onto the floor, draping around her body, her white dress stained red almost all over. "I have lived aboard the floating fortress not a single night, sire!" She said quickly "But I have heard of you, Master Dilandau, and all the things you have done, and I worship you sire!"She paused Dilandaus face remained impassive "And I could not alow those girls to insult you, I am sorry I disturbed you!"
Dilandau watched her for a moment. And then looked towards Chesta and Migel, who stood rigidly where the cat girls had been fighting. Then he looked back towards the girl. "You say you have no name?" He asked.
She nodded numbly but replied "The other two called me Hitori"She said quietly.
"'Only One'?"Dilandau looked at her like she was extreemly stupid. The girl shrugged at the sound of his voice, and not the look her gave her, because she still had her head down. "That is a stupid name, and it reminds me to much of that bitch girl, Hitomi, from the Mystic Moon"He said, scoweling.
"I am sorry Master Dilandau!" The girl said
Dilandau laughed. "Your amusing, you know that?"He said as he turned and walked to a large stone throne, at the head of the room. He sat down and leaned his head on his hand, while his elbow was on the armrest. "Chesta!"He said. Chesta stepped forward obediently. "Take her and tend to her wounds"Dilandau ordered. Chesta nodded and stepped towards the girl, who imediatly struggled to her feet, thinking Dilandau wanted her to follow Chesta out. She imediatly fell forward, and Chesta caught her. She bumped her head on his armour and whimpered so quietly no one but he could hear her, although she didnt know he did. The girl suddenly let go of Chesta, and dropped to her knees.
"I am sorry Ryuugekitai!"She said quickly. Chesta glanced at Dilandau, who smirked.
"You do not have to bow to him!"Dilandau told the girl, whe turned and looked at him, her large eyes blinking. She nodded obedienty, and looked down to pull a tattered peice of her shoe out from under her other foot, and then stood again, walking more carefully. Chesta walked towards the large doorway, the girl right behind him, trying vainly to hide the fact that she was limping, but the large cut on her leg was to obvious, and Dilandau smiled. She looked back once, her eyes traveling over the 14 Dragonslayers loyally standing beside Dilandau-sama, and then her gaze fell upon Dilandau, who sat, watching her. Her blue eyes held absolute admiration, and then, realizing Chesta was a couple steps ahead of her, bolted back so she could walk directly in his shadow, not wanting to displease Master Dilandau.
As soon as they were far from Dilandau and the other dragonslayers, Chesta stopped, and turned to the girl. "What is your name, really?"He asked gently, as she stood there, looking up at him.
"I do not have one, really"She answered, smiling shyly, but supressing the urge to bow.
"How old are you?"He asked.
"Fifteen"she said, her eyes focused on her feet as though they were the most facinating things on Gaea.
"Well, Dilandau-sama didnt send you to be imediatly killed, so I guess you might be here for a while"Chesta said, his blue eyes filled with warmth. The girl continued to look at her hands but smiled a little.
"You mean Master Dilandau does not hate me for being insolent?"She said quitly.
"If he did, he would have killed you himself."Chesta said as he put his hand on the girls tiny shoulder. She looked up and grinned. "Come on, your bleeding pretty bad"Chesta said as he gestured down the hall. The girl nodded and looked up at him admiringly. It was pretty obvious she admired all the Ryuugekitai and worshiped Dilandau. "You sure kicked the crap outa those other two though."Chesta laughed.
"Really?"The girl and Chesta walked down the hall, laughing and talking, though the girl still felt inferior, she was glad to be alive anouther day.