Title: Had Enough

Chapter: 2

Author: Permanentlyfrozen

Revised: 8/26/11

Rated: T/Slight M

::~

Kira punched the man who dared lay a hand on her. He was obviously intoxicated, and was not alone. She knew that two other men were hiding in the shadows, mistaking her for an innocent Kaletica. Inwardly, she grinned. She had found tonight's kill. He growled and wiped the blood from his mouth, lunging towards him. She let him grab her arm and twist it behind her back. She heard his filthy voice whisper in her ear, " You are a Kaletica, are you not?" His speech was slurred, and his blood was pumping weakly, she could tell.

She waited a few seconds. Then she heard the chuckles. The other men who had accompanied him had finally stepped out of the shadows and into the light. They were too busy leering at her to realize that she was already grasping her knife, that she had strapped to her hip.

With her free arm, she had her pocket knife freed and she embedded it deep in the man who held her. He groaned, falling to the floor instantly. His white shirt was pooled in crimson blood. Straightening herself, she gazed at him, her eyes cold.

" I am a Kaletica. Yet I stand proud." She said, as she saw his body fall in a heap. The other two men were frightened, turning to run away.

Yet she didn't spare them.

::~

" Please, have mercy." Said I.C's target, as he cowered on the ground in the alley she had chased him into. She would have rather had him in a more solitary place, yet it didn't matter. She would end him before anyone could hear his cries.

She smirked, as she twirled her custom dagger in her hands. It glowed a dark blue as she twirled it about. His eyes were large, and he was reduced to act like a baby. She hated that. The fact that Huidans were so tough when they were in groups. Yet, when they were alone, they were reduced to nothing.

" Where is the Order? I know you know about it." I.C said, taking a menacing step towards him. The man cringed.

" I- I don't know what you're talking about." He said. She narrowed her eyes. She raised her dagger, her other hand already pin-pointing where it was going to strike.

" He's sworn to secrecy." She heard a powerful male voice say behind her. She turned, her eyes flashing dangerously. It was another Huidan. He was of a different caliber. He was one of those that were bred from the castle.

He also didn't look like a regular Huidan. He had golden strands of hair, and gray eyes, whereas the Huidan typically has black hair, and redish eyes. Still, she wasn't unnerved. It wasn't like she hadn't killed one like him before. His build was strong, and he seemed to be looming in the small alley.

He stalked towards her as if she had become the prey. " What are you?" He asked. She gave him a scathing glare. Doing a backflip, she jumped over him, and climbed speedily up some rungs that were handing off of an abandoned building. Blasts of fire barely missed her as she climbed, the man attacking. She sent a swipe of ice at him, deflecting his attack and knocking him off of his feet. The man who was her mark stood, knowing he was protected.

" Colonel Dav!" He said, trying to help him up. I.C cursed, and threw the dagger.

She always finished the job.

::~

Kira ran where she never thought she would. Finishing off those men had caused too much commotion, and now the gaurds were after her. She turned a corner, running smack into someone. She was headed towards the castle.

" I.C!"

" Kira?" Both girls said in unison. They both ran in the same direction now, knowing it wasn't safe to get to the safe house.

" Did you get your mark?" I.C asked, and Kira nodded. They both saw the castle looming in the distance. It was completely stone on the outside, with a small forest around it. The clouds hung low over the castle, and it looked like it was touching the sky.

" What if they see us?" Kira asked, giving everyone they passed an evil glare, so they knew to keep their mouths shut. I.C shook her head.

" The won't." She said, as she barely missed an arrow that was headed towards her head. She picked up her pace. The guards behind them cut them off, by forming a circle around them,

" Hey, you!" Said a gaurd. Soon enough, his back up arrived. Both I.C and Kira unsheathed their swords.

" Any ideas? I.C asked. Kira narrowed her gaze. Then, she smirked.

" Let's plow through them." She said, an evil glint in her eyes.

::~

" Sir-" Noah shushed his doctor. He was sitting in his bedroom, on his four-poster bed. He was getting a clearer image of her. She was tall, yet not tall enough to reach his eyes.

And she was a fighter. " I'm going out into the city." Noah announced, putting on his tunic over his black loose pants. His doctor looked ready to have a heart attack.

" Sir, you cannot! You must sit and rest, you have been exerting yourself far too much!" Said, the doctor, walking over to him. Noah shrugged him off.

" I'll be fine. It's just a stroll around the city. And I'll bring Sachira with me, if it will get you off my back." Noah said, putting on his dark red cloak. He left the room, catching Sachira in the hallway.

He had to find out what it was about her, that made her so special to him.

He had to find out why he continued to see her in his dreams.

::~

" Surrender now, and we might spare you!" cried a soldier. Kira was filled with disgust. As if they would ever spare a Kaletica. They were cruel, heartless, and worth nothing. She would end them, bit by bit, and relish their cries of agony.

::~

" Get him!" Roya heard, as she was walking down a path in the fields, waiting for I.C and Kira to return. She saw a hoarde of soldiers chasing a young man that wore different clothing. He didn't look like he was from here at all.

She hid behind a tree as she observed them quietly. The man obviously had no protection, and those soldiers chasing him were armed with swords and spears. Yet, she would never help a Huidan. Not even a funny looking one.

The man continued to run, and fell, swiftly falling and hitting the rocks. Roya gasped, as she saw the soldiers advance on him quickly.

" Kill him!"

" How dare he insult a Huidan!"

" He's strange, let's teach him a lesson!" They shouted and jeered. Roya inwardly cursed, and stepped out from behind the tree.

She was going to regret this.

::~

" Well? Are ya gonna come and get slaughtered, or run off?" I.C said, baiting the soldiers. They were angry alright. Yet before anyone of them could make a move, they were trapped in a glowing, dark red miasma.

Sachira stepped out from behind the shadows. Noah stood by him.

" What is this? How dare you cause commotion near Lord Noah's castle. Who are you?" Sachira said, venom dripping from his voice. Kira felt a shiver run down her back. That man was ominous, and she knew so. His voice seemed familiar...

Both Kira and I.C hung their heads, their hair covering their faces. If they were caught-

" We apologize, sir. These two Kaletica were causing commotion, and-" Said a soldier, who was about ready to faint from the shock of seeing the Lord anywhere outside of his castle.

" Noah. You're out of the castle." Said a man, who emerged from the shadows. It was the same Huidan that I.C had seen when she was to execute her mark. He cast her a sidelong glance before his gaze returned to Noah's.

This wasn't good.

" Off my back, Dav." Noah snapped. Sachira's attention was still trained on Kira and I.C.

" My Lord, the Kale-" Sachira started, when he saw Dav narrow his eyes at the black-haired girl.

" Have you two escaped?" Noah asked, walking closer towards them. Kira bit her mouth so hard, she drew blood. She knew his voice. It was him. Her gut wrenched. She was screwed.

" We are not Kaletica." I.C spat. Sachira rolled his eyes.

" Nonsense. There is no woman in the world that is not Kaletica. I shall have you hanged for your impudence." Sachira said. Noah narrowed his eyes.

" You will not act without my orders." Noah said. He turned to the girls.

" Show me your faces." He ordered. They hung their heads lower.

" Your faces!" Noah snapped, grabbing ahold of the closest one to him, which just so happened to be Kira. He roughly held her chin and tipped it up to him. He gazed into her eyes as his stomach dropped.

" It's you." He said, incredulously. Kira averted her eyes, his scent intoxicating her. She tried to wrench out of his grasp, yet he had a strong hold.

" We were chasing them because they had just come from a murder. Especially the black-haired one." Said a soldier, pointing at I.C. Sachira narrowed his sinister gaze as he assesed her closely.

" They are indeed not Kaletica, as they said. They are a different breed altogether. I witnessed the black-haired one murder a council man Huidan a while ago." Dav said, recognizing I.C. She whipped her head in his direction, giving him a murderous gaze. Her cerulean eyes were strange and unsettled him.

" I'll have her hanged, then" Noah said, dismissively. Dav shook his head.

" You can't. We must think about this. They aren't normal." Dav said, pacing around I.C. Kira was still held by Noah.

" I vote we hang them." Sachira said, releasing the maisma on the soldiers. Noah shook his head, realizing that if they were able to kill so many Huidan without being spotted, there must be something different about them.

" No, Dav's right. We shall take them back to the castle, and decide what to do with them there." Noah finalized. Sachira narrowed his eyes. Noah had never taken anyone's advice but his. He never did like Dav, and now he had an excuse to like him even less.

I.C and Kira let the soldiers whisk them towards the castle. They both gave each other foreboding, yet certain looks.

Right there, the girls made a silent pact. They would trample over anyone that was in their way, if it meant they would escape from the castle. And they would, no matter what, come for the other.

And absolutely no one would touch them.

::~

" Get out of the way Kaletica!" Yelled a soldier that was stupid enough to push Roya out of the way. She was immediately up, as she delivered a blow that cracked his skull. They soldiers stopped as they saw her. She stood in front of the man who was being chased. She noticed he wasn't really a man, a guy really, not much younger than her, of not her age.

" Damn you." Said a soldier, as he thrust his spear towards her. She whisked out her daggers and deflected him, pushing him back so hard he fell on his bottom.

" Wh- Who are you?" Asked the guy behind her. He had white spiky hair, and light green eyes. He definetly was not from this world, and didn't look like a Huidan either.

" Out of the way, wench, before we kill you too!" Yelled the soldier that she pushed. Roya narrowed her eyes dangerously.

" Just try." She said.

::~

Zed stared in awe at the petite girl who moved fast enough to take out nearly half of the soldiers who were after him for some reason. She was petite for sure, and had black hair, and reddish- hot pink eyes. She certainly wasn't like the woman he saved from the unwanted advances of a man earlier.

Was that why the soldiers were after him? He didn't do anything wrong, he was just saving her! She was crying and screaming for help, so why go after him instead of the bastard that tried to force himself on a woman?

He gaped at her as the last man fell. Reinforcements were just in the distance, and he knew they didn't have much time.

" Come on!" Roya said, grabbing his hand and hauling him to his feet with a force he didn't know she had.

He followed her into the forest.

::~

" My Lord, we know nothing of these women. They are obviously murderesses." Sachira said, standing behind Noah, who was meditating in the Shadow Den. He was once again trying to locate Kira's link. If it was her, that is.

" Your point?" Noah said, a little annoyed at the fact that he couldn't concentrate.

" We must execute them immediately." Sachira said. Dav, who was casually leaning a wall of the room, now stood, uncrossing his arms.

" They obviously aren't Kaletica that have been bred from the same batch. The fact that they can hunt and kill so many Huidan men without being caught must mean something. My guess, is that they aren't the only ones." Dav said, stating his point. Sachira inwardly growled.

" Which is why we must get rid of them!" Sachira snapped. He took a deep breath in, and collected himself. Dav smirked.

" I want to learn more about them. There is no way I will let them get away with what they have done. I'll have them kept in the Kaletica chambers, to ensure they don't escape. The brown-haired one is not to be touched." Noah warned both Sachira and Dav with a look. Dav held his hands up in surrender.

" Give me the black-haired one." Dav stated. Noah nodded.

I will find out if it's her or not... Noah thought.

::~

" Dammit!" Kira cursed, as she threw herself against the cell door once again. I.C stared at her from the cot on the opposite cell.

" It's useless. They are inpenetrable. We have no weapons, Kira. Stop wasting strength you will need later." She called, from her cell. Kira huffed angrily and sat on her own cot.

" How the hell are we going to get out of here?" Kira snapped. Then, she looked apologetic.

" I don't want to be used again, I.C. You don't know what they do to you." Kira said, whispering. I.C gave her a sympathetic look.

Blue smoke flew out of I.C's eyes, and into Kira's. For a moment, I.C seemed to be more pale.

" I have given you a part of my power. Use it carefully, Kira, for if you use it in the wrong audience, they will end you." I.C stated. Kira nodded. I.C didn't look at her.

" Thank you." Kira said. She felt the strongest urge to cry, yet she didn't dare. No way was she going to show any sort of weakness in the castle.

" No matter what, you are not the pathetic Kaletica they had many years ago. You are trained, and skilled. Use your skills as well as you can." I.C said, looking down at the damp, cold floor of her cell. It smelled disgusting, and was dark. The only source of light was a lightbulb that hung between both cells.

" I know." Kira said.

::~

" Shh." Roya said, as he pushed Zed down behind a large bush. Soon after, they heard the constant padding of soldiers' footsteps. Once they were far enough away, Roya turned to him.

" Are you a Huidan?" She asked. Zed looked surprised. His eyes widened as he saw the pretty- yet lethal- girl train her attention on him.

" A what? No- I don't even know where I am!" He said, exasperated. Roya scanned him, and figured he looked harmless enough. He didn't even seem to have weapons.

" So you aren't from this world then?" She asked. Zed shook his head. She sighed. So he wasn't a Huidan. She would have to find out more about him later.

" Good. That means I'll spare you." She said, getting up, and starting to walk away.

" What? You mean you were planning on killing me if I were a whatever-you-just-said?" Zed exclaimed. Roya nodded. She didn't seem to be bluffing. In the world she lived in, lives were useless.

" A Huidan. And Yes. I would have. Now be quiet and follow, if you value your life." She said, as she walked away.

::~

I.C and Kira were pushed through the large elaborate door, and they quickly surveyed their surroundings. There were women, who were obviously Kaletica. The eldest, who seemed to be the leader, walked over to them. Her skin was dark, and she had brown eyes, that seemed sunken, and sad. They looked as if they had seen much about the world, and found value in nothing.

" I am Gin. It is not everyday that we get new women for the palace. Lord Noah is not like his father, and does not find much use in us." She said, helping them up.

" What are you names?" Gin asked. Both murderesses figured she seemed harmless enough.

" I.C."

" Kira." Both girls replied simultaneously. Gin nodded. She led them into the room. It was fairly large, yet it was unkempt. Like everything else in the castle, the walls seemed to be a dark red- almost like bleeding blood. The window was barred, so no one was able to leave. The beds where white, yet very dirty. They were very simple, yet they weren't any where close to the type of beds peasants used. They were worse.

There was one armoire in the room, and it was made out of dark wood. Inside, there was very little clothing- and the clothing that was there, was very skimpy. I.C scoffed at what she saw.

" You two must bathe. You don't know if you might have a calling-" Gin began to say, when the door was opened.

" The blue-eyed one is called for." Said the palace servant who entered." You have half an hour." He said, as he abruptly closed the door. Gin looked at I.C with a sad look in her eyes. I.C cast a worried look at Kira, yet Kira refused to look at her.

" Come, we must prepare you." Gin said, her hand on I.C's back as she led her away.

::~

" Where are we?" Zed asked, as he sat at the small chair in a hidden hut. Roya didn't answer as she poured him a cup of tea.

" You're safe." She simply said. He narrowed his eyes and his gaze darkened.

" You didn't answer my question." Zed stated. Roya shrugged.

" I don't have to." She replied. She gave him the cup of tea, and sat across from him on the wooden table in the middle of the small kitchen. A brick stove was off the side of Zed's right arm, and over that was a small stove, with steel pots.

The kitchen was quaint, and definetly feminine. Yellow chipping wall paper adorned the walls, and wooden cup boards were hung upon them. There had seemed to be three sets of everything dishes, cups and plates.

" What's your name?" She asked, as she sipped her tea. Zed waited for his to cool as he examined her. She was small, and very petite. He still couldn't believe that someone like her could have the strength to take out all of those soldiers. Her body was definetly toned, so she must do what she had done often. The question he had, was why?

" Zed." he said, finally answering. Roya nodded and set her cup down. She folded her hands together, and stared at him bluntly. He gulped, under her gaze.

" I'm Roya. Now, Zed, let's speak about how you got here." She said, hoping that he wasn't what she thought.

::~

I.C looked at herself in the mirror. She wore a long white dress, that had been requested by her caller. It wasn't revealing in any way, shape, or form. She had convinced Gin to not cake her face in make-up, do she wore blush, at her request.

That wasn't all.

Gin had asked her if she was handy with a knife. Kira had responded for her, saying that she was an expert. Gin had helped her strap it to her right thigh. She was now following a servant to her caller's room. She made a mental image of the places she passed, for the future. Alas, she arrived at a golden- red door. The door was opened, and there emerged the man who had witnessed her execution of her mark.

" You." She hissed with utmost anger. He grabbed her arm, and snapped at the servant.

" Leave us." He said. I.C squirmed, trying to get out of his grasp. He held her with an iron grip, and pulled her inside the room. His room was gigantic. The walls were purple, yet they seemed to be shimmering, like the stars. For a moment, she was dizzy. Every piece of furniture was wooden, right down to the bed. He had a small study in the corner of the room, near the white-draped window.

Immediately, he reached for her leg. " How dare you!" She said, trying to kick him away. It was futile. He pulled out the knife she had hidden.

" You won't be needing this." He said, burning it with his powers right in front of her very eyes. The smoke that it had caused barely allowed her to breathe, as her eyes became misty.

What was he?

" Now sit." He said, directing her to a chair. She gave him a scathing glare. She glanced at the chair it was in a corner of the room.

A corner he was sure she wasn't going to be able to simply slip out of his sight.

" Relax, I won't touch you." He said, knowing what she was thinking. " Now, tell me who, and whatyou are." he said, a flame dancing lazily on his palm. He appeared threatening, yet in the exterior she showed no fear to any of his ministrations.

This wasn't going to be easy.

::~

FAQ~

I understand that Noah and Zed came from the same place, Calm. Yet in this fic, Noah was already in this world, whereas Zed had just gotten there, so no, they do not know each other, nor are they best friends.

Dav is an OC. He is sort of one of Noah's most important friends. More about him will be explained later.

Please review!