Ken had perfect a view of a deer and aimed an arrow at it.

"No ken, like this." Tira lend over the boy, grabbed his waist and try to move his foot right position.

"Do I have to kill it?" He asked while still shaking

"You want to eat, don't you?" Ken took a deep breath then Tira backed up a few steps back. He waited for a few seconds then let go of the bow string. The arrow missed and hit next tree to the deer, it heard the sound when the arrow impaled the tree and started to run. Ken pulled out arrow but dropped it before he was able to put it in the bow string. He reached down to pick it up while keeping his eye on the deer. Seeing he was going anywhere, Tira threw ring at the deer and cut the poor animal in half.

"I'm sorry Tira." She when to go fetch her ring blade and what was left of the deer.

"Make sure the fire doesn't go out"

After skinning the deer she cut it up into small for them to eat, and then they place the pieces in the fire to cook. Ken ate more than Tira did when didn't surprise her, he seen hungry even he though he didn't say anything about it earlier. While he was finishing up Tira marked an x on the bark of a tree.

"I want you to practice you're aim." She placed her hand on the mark. "You will shoot the X until you eventually hit it."

"Okay" he stood up and took out one the arrow and aimed for the x. Tira sat under next to ken then he fired. He missed the first shot, he try again and missed the second one as will. Tira up in the sky and saw a crow flying in

"(master, I should have gotten back by now. But what am I going about the kid? If I show ken to nightmare he'll kill the boy. If he kills him then all my work up till now will for nothing, what do I do?") She let out a big sigh and put her head down.

"What wrong Tira?" the children ask seeming concern about her.

"What did tell you to do?" snap back.

"But I hit X just like you said." He point at the tree and she looked up.

"Do it again, I think you cheated." Ken walked over to the tree and pulled out the arrow. Then he stepped back up to where Tira was sitting. He took another deep breath, aimed then fired and the arrow landed in the X. "(interesting. I didn't think you could of that so quickly)"

"Tira are okay?"

"Sit down ken." He did what she told him. "Ken I have leaved but you can't come with me, so I need you to stay here." She could see how scared he was by looking at his face

"Can I please go with you?"

"If you come with me you're going to die." He put his head down. "I'll be as I can just stay here?"

"Okay." After saying good bye she set off for Ostrheinsburg Castle.


Once she got to the castle she was thinking over what excuse to make one how come she didn't show up earlier. She thought of a few but most of them didn't make any sense. Before she knew it was already in nightmare's throne room and of course the Azurel knight was sitting in his chair. He was in his usually blue armor that covered his whole body except his right arm that looked deformed, mutated and only had three finger also there where teeth on his shoulder . The only thing you can see when look at his face is his glowing red eyes; his left armed was holding up his head as he was leaning and his arm right was holding soul edge.

"Where have you been girl?"

"Um, I was soul hunting but the humans I found souls were too so I decided to just kill them." Even though that was pretty much true, her voices cracked a little at the end of that sentence.

"Knowing you it shouldn't have that as long it did." She was silent for a few seconds trying to think of what to say. Nightmare got up from his throne and walked over to his salve "You're hiding something from me." He pointed soul edge at her neck. "I'll ask you again where were you." Tira signed and designed to tell him the truth.

"After I got finished with the humans at the village, I found a boy. A little one" she put her left hand over her hip. "He's about this tall."

"Get to the point." He demanded.

"After I did some thinking I designed to make him my apprentice." There was a long pause then nightmare put his sword down.

"Bring the boy to me."

"But"

"I said bring the boy to me" she put her head down.

"Yes master" the Azurel knight turned around started to return to his throne. Tira started to think back from how she found the boy to when they we're eating earlier. It didn't seem like they did anything special to her, why should she care? Now she has to go to him and bring back with her so he can die. She watched nightmare go to his throne. "Master" he turn around. "Please let me train him, I'll do the best I can." He striated at her as she got on her knees "Please, I know it will take a few years but I know he can be big help to us, I just need time. (What the hell am I doing?)" She felt something on her cheek, when she slapped her face she notices that it was a tear and realized she was going to start cried. Out of all the she could think of do front her master, crying was one of the worst. She covered her face her face with her hands and try to think of something to say, she could only mutter out one word. "Please." Nightmare did a small groan and walked back throne. Tira could tell he was allowing her to have her way judging by the way he had made the sound, she knows he too proud to show any type of kindness so she couldn't mess this up. "Thank you master, I won't fail I promise."

When Tira a returned ken was where she left him. Ken spotted and gave her a hug "I missed you."


"Get off" she ordered "we need to talk" they sat on the ground.

"Is everything all right?" he asked.

"Ken when you were in that village that had to do whatever you had to so you could survive, correct?" he nodded "the same rules apply in the real world, only different is that you have to kill just like you did that man the other day. I can help you; I can make you my appearance. With my training you'll be so strong that normal people can't hurt ever again."

"What do you mean normal people?"

"I mean you wouldn't be human anymore. I work for a man named nightmare the people work for him are called malfested. First I'll train you then I'll turn you into a malfested then you'll have the power to protect yourself. Only catch is you belong to me. In order to get the power you'll have to cause suffering to a lot of innocent people and something you'll do it because I said so. Of course I'm not going to force you to do this, this is your chose. Do you want you want to be appearance or not?"Ken was silent for a little bit

"If I don't want to will I ever see you again?"

"No, to be honest I should kill you but I wouldn't"

"Then I'll do it, as long I can be you I'll be fine."

Ken you are going to willing hurt people for me." Ken nodded "good" Tira stood up "let's get started" she copped off a tree branch and handed it to ken "carve that into a staff" she ordered

"With what?" Ken asked

"The tip of the arrow you'll need a actually weapon." Ken did she said, while he did so Tira started to think to herself about why he seems so loyal to her. Her conclusion was that he needs her in order to survive, she could easily use his attachment to her to her advantage. Tira remembered how she begged nightmare to spear the child. She started to think her feelings for the boy could become a problem, the she smirked. "No this could work in my favor as well."


sorry for the long wait i kinda forgot about this story