Sorry for being late (again), school is getting rough, and sometimes when I have extra I spend it doing other stuff. Anyway special thanks to Akkiangel, MidnightRayn13, Ayumi night beauty, and Pikaboy999 for reviewing. All right here is the fourth chapter!
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" Lord Hector we have searched the entire area surrounding Ostia and Pherae," said a soldier.
" And what did you find?" asked Hector.
" Not a trace of Lord Eliwood."
" Eliwood…you better have not died." Hector put his right hand over his face, and put his left on the throne.
" We have brought news though my lord." Hector's hand motioned from and to the throne handle. " We fought a powerful group of warriors, we believe that these are the ones that attacked Lord Eliwood." " We won the battle but only because Lord Araphen and Lord Kin provided reinforcements."
" Eliwood is stronger than Lord Kin, meaning if they could win then he could."
" We didn't exactly win my lord, the enemy retreated even if it could have gone either way." " Their leader mentioned Eliwood and claimed that he killed him." Hector immediately jumped out of his chair, but before he could speak the soldier continued. " Before he said " Eliwood is dead, he is only flaming darkness" and vanished."
" What did he mean by…flaming darkness?"
" LORD HECTOR!" A General popped out from the door. " Lord Hector we are under attack!"
" It must be them, Oswin get all of our men battle ready." Oswin nodded and went to inform to the rest. " Eliwood…I will avenge you."
" I'm sure you are going to need some help," said a voice. Hector looked up and saw male about the age of 19. The man had baggy blue hair, a bluish headband, Sacaen green cloth. He also had a scratch on the headband, a scar on his right arm, and gloves. " Lord Hector it's been a long time."
" It sure has…Abdullah."
" Come Hector let's win this battle…and avenge Eliwood."
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" Lady Lyndis are you all right?" asked Kent. " You have been holding that arm all day."
" It's a nothing, just a mere wound I suffered," responded Lyn. She let go of her arm and was deeply shocked on what she saw. " There…is no wou…wound."
" Maybe you just imagined the whole thing."
" No…I saw it I blocked his attack with my arm…and my katti somehow ended up in my waist."
" Lyn, we have a report on Rebecca," said Fiora. " Please my lady, enter the room." Lyn did so and Kent soon followed. Farina was still tending to Rebecca, Florina was too freaked out, and Wil sat next to Rebecca, who was lying in a bed.
" Good thing we managed to get into this inn," said Lyn. Lyn appearance was somewhat different. Her ponytail was no more and her hair was cut, so that it wasn't too long. She wore mercenary clothes, and she put plenty of make-up and everything.
" From what the doctor reported…Rebecca has a 39 chance of living," reported Fiora. Everyone's eyes widened and the mouths open. " She lost a lot of blood and some of her right lung got slashed." " We were lucky that it wasn't her right…because if it was her right lung…she most likely wouldn't be breathing right now."
" Is there anything we can do?" asked Lyn.
" There is something, we have to continue our journey and lend her to Ostia or Pherae." " If we take her back to Lord Hausen, it would be not much of a difference." " Sacae doctors aren't as medically minded like those in Lycia or Ilia."
" Hold on guys, something is going on," said Rath. Just then the innkeeper popped into the room.
" We are being attacked, you're mercenarys correct then we'll pay you to kill these guys," said the innkeeper.
" Are they mere bandits?" asked Sain.
" No way, these fighters are far more powerful than simple bandits."
" Come on everyone grab your weapons and lets fight," said lyn. Sain and the rest grabbed their weapons. " Wil you don't have to fight, you can stay with Rebecca." " Florina I don't think you should come either."
" Lyn…I'm coming to…fight," said Wil as he got up.
" No Wil, I can't allow a emotional hurt friend to fight," said Lyn. " Don't even try Wil, I can see how hurt you are…I can't allow you too." Wil looked down and sat back down.
" Lyn…I can't allow another to get hurt…I'm coming to fight," said Florina. She grabbed hold of her silver lance tight. Her eyes showed no fear or a scared girl.
" She has changed," thought Lyn. Lyn nodded and Florina cheered. The group left the room leaving a sad Wil and a sleeping Rebecca.
" So where are the enemies," asked Lyn.
" Just north of this inn," said the innkeeper as he opened the front door. He looked up and was shocked.
" Hi there old man, we are looking for certain guests of yours," said a figure.
" Who…who are…you…looking…for?" whimpered the innkeeper.
" That's a good question old man, where are your guests." The figure stepped into the inn and looked around until he spotted Lyn. The figure smiled and then stabbed the innkeeper with his lance.
" You bastard, you didn't have to kill him!" cried Lyn. The figure grinned and pulled out his lance. Lyn took a closer look at the figure noticed he had white hair. He was tall as Eliwood, he wore red armor, and wore a black bandana.
" Ah, the gorgeous lady lyndis," said the man. " It's a pleasure to meet you, my master awaits to see you." Lyn prepared herself and readied her katti's. " Now will you come with me?"
" You must be Dark Shinobi, I'll never give myself up," lyn replied.
" If you want to go by force, then it'll be my pleasure." " If you defeated Ucher, you must be quite the warrior."
" Come on guys, prepare for battle," said lyn. The man grinned and clutched his lance as he slowly let the inn.
" Rath how many do you think there are?" asked lyn as they came out the inn as well. Rath took a look around the area and damage done to the town.
" I'm surprised but there are just ten," said Rath.
" Man what are you a physic or something?" asked Sain.
" Well I'm Sacaen and I learned a few things from our tactician." " How else do you think we knew how many enemies we were fighting?" Rath grinned. Sain had a lost face and he took out his silver sword.
" I doubt there are just ten there is no way that little group can do so much damage," said Sain. " Especially when we defeated that Ucher's large group."
" Sorry Sain but there are definitely ten." Rath pointed to the enemy, " and who are you? "It is not proper not to start a battle without the opponent's name."
" You foolish Sacaens and your rules…my name is…Lance." He smiled, " All right boys let kill them but bring the princess alive." Three berzerkers advanced and struck at Rath, Florina, and Kent. At that time Lance walked away to the shadows. Rath blocked his attacker with his silver sword, and pushed him back. Florina flew up and dodged the attack, and then she cut the berzerker with her lance. Kent received a big blow but managed to continue fighting. Rath immediately shot two arrows and instantly after he slashed with his sword. The berzerker fell and Rath smirked…but then the berzerker got back up. Rath was shocked and continued to give some blows. Florina along with her sisters performed the triangle attack. Surprisingly the berzerker got up and attacked with his axe at Fiora. Fiora dodged it and did another triangle attack as the berzerker fell. Kent was struggling due to the huge blow he received in his waist.
" That was one powerful attack for a axe-weilder," said Sain. Kent turned to find his boon companion aiding him. Sain and Kent kept double-teaming the berzerker until Lyn finally finished him. " These berzerkers seem…abnormal."
" You are abnormal," said Kent. " Let's help out Rath." Kent and Sain aided Rath as the remaining berzerker died. Lyn made a run to the pegasus sisters. Six more warriors appeared from the shadows. Two were snipers, three swordmasters, and one sage. The sage launched an elfire at Kent and hit him. Kent fell but Sain and Fiora held him up. The snipers shot arrows at Farina and Florina. Both flaco sisters were hit and fell, but still weren't out of strength. The swordmasters surrounded Lyn and kept striking as Lyn kept on blocking three attacks. Lyn slashed through one of them and killed him. The other two kept trying to cut throught her, but lyn kept on blocking. Lyn attempted to hurt one of the swordmasters, but he jumped up. Lyn hit the other swordmaster but then was hit by the other one. She held on the wound on her waist, and cut the other swordmaster, killing him instantly. The remaining swordmaster cut on Lyn's waist hard, and she fell grasping the wound.
" Hmm, you're coming with us," said the swordmaster as he reached to grab Lyn. Suddenly the swordmaster fell to the fell with his hand cut off. Lyn looked up to her savior to see a face she never seen before. It was a male with rough blue hair, a headband with a odd symbol, a scratch going straight over his left eye. He had brown eyes, local Sacaen clothes, and a rough face.
" Who are you?" asked Lyn.
" My name is Rameer and that is enough," replied Rameer.
" He looks oddly familiar," thought Lyn.
" I'll take it from here, you should take it easy."
" Now I'm fine…I can fight."
" You don't look like…more like a cleric." Lyn's face turned red and she looked angry as if Ninian stole Eliwood…again. " Well if you can fight then come." Lyn followed him angrily.
" Kent…Kent, you got to wake up man," said Sain.
" Sain leave him here, the others need our help," said Fiora.
" I'm sorry my friend…I vowed to protect you…but now I need to protect Kent," said an oddly sensitive Sain. Fiora was in awe, she never seen Sain so serious other than a girl. She smiled at him and went to help her younger siblings. Fiora flew towards them but only met arrows, she dodged three of them but was hit by the last one. She fell to the ground struggling to get back up. The snipers prepared more arrows and it seemed the end for Fiora. She tried to get up but suffered a severe wound on her leg. She closed her eyes tight but after a while she opened them. She was shocked to see Florina took the blow for her. Florina fell to the ground and her eyes shut.
" FLORINA!" Lyn just made it to where the sisters were, and she began to show tears. Lyn she looked to Rameer but he wasn't there.
"…Rameer…" Lyn looked around but couldn't find him. She looked at the snipers to find them dead.
" Those snipers didn't know what hit them," said a voice behind Lyn. Lyn immediately turned around to find none other than Rameer. He smiled but then looked at Florina. " Hurry lend her to me I might be able to save her." Fiora was still shocked and paralyzed, all she did was look at Florina. " Hey stupid unicorn lady." Fiora turned at Rameer in rage.
" I am not a unicorn lady, it's a Pegasus!"
" Okay stupid Pegasus lady, give me the sleeping girl, so I can save her." Fiora picked up Florina and gave her to Rameer, then she slapped him in the face. " What was that for?"
" Stupid blue-haired bitch," Fiora said then left. Rameer face turned red.
" OOOOOOOH, I'M SO GOING TO KILL YOU FOR THAT!" Just then an elfire was shot at Rameer. Lyn pushed Rameer out the way as she suffered the damage. " No ponytail girl."
" Save…Florina…hurry it up!"
" Oh yeah right." Rameer took her in the inn and tended to her. He gave her some vulnerarys and checked her pulse. " Luckily I managed to heal her in time, but her breathing is too slow." He gave her two more vulnerarys and then continued to tend her.
" Farina can you take out that sage?" asked Lyn. Farina nodded as she made her way to the sage as Lyn shot some arrows to distract him. Once Farina reached the sage, she attacked with her killer lance, but the sage dodged it. He then shot two elfires at Farina and successfully hit her both times. However, Farina's resistance was high so it didn't affect as much as the sage expected. Farina did a critical and finished him off.
" That's the last of them," said Farina.
" That's what you think," said a voice.
Farina turned around and couldn't find who said that. " Where are you coward?" Instantly after she said that, an axe hit Farina. Farina managed to get up and flew near Lyn. Once there she used a vulnerary and Lyn prepared herself. " Lyn there are only two of us."
" You're right but we can take this guy on."
" It was weird I couldn't see him, I…looked where his voice came from, but…I couldn't see him."
" A similar thing happened in the battle with Ucher." " But now is not the time to talk." Farina nodded as she used another vulnerary. Lance stood in front of the two, he attacked Lyn but Lyn blocked it. Lance rolled back then hit her with a sword. " He can use a sword." Farina hit him with her killer lance then dodged his attack. Lyn slashed through him twice as Farina attacked him again with her lance. Lance hit Farina with his axe as she fell. Lyn attacked him after that but was blocked. Lance performed a critical and hit Lyn. Lyn fell to the ground holding her injured waist. Lance then attempted to finish Lyn off, but Lyn dived to her left and dodged it. Lyn took out a killer sword and did a critical as Lance fell.
" That should be the end of him."
" Not quite my princess…" Lyn was shocked he was still alive, but he couldn't get up though. He attempted to stand but right then a sword went through his stomach. His killer took the bloody sword out and smiled.
" I got to kill him," said Rameer.
" How are the others?"
" Fiora and Florina are sleeping, whether they live or shall not I don't know."
" What about Kent."
" Shortly after Florina got hurt, Sain brought Kent to your rooms." " He will live but out of commission for a while."
" Lyn are you all right," said a voice. Lyn turned to find her fellow Sacaen friend, Rath. " I heard you were attacked…I came as fast as I could…but I was attacked by two berzerkers."
" It's all right, I'm glad you're not hurt."
" Where are the others?"
" They are being tended to right now…"
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" Eliwood you sure you don't want to rest?" asked Matthew.
" Yes I'm fine, no point in sleeping if I'm going to die in how long?"
" Forty hours…"
" Can't you two look at the positive side?" asked Mashayn.
" What positive side?" questioned Eliwood.
" The fact we reached Araphen in such a fast rate," answered Mashayn.
" You're right we are almost in Sacae…" " And then I'll save Lyn," thought Eliwood.
" We can't let that Sacaen hating marquess see us," said Matthew. " Let's go through the Jackal Forest."
" The name fits with the marquess," said Eliwood.
" The marquess is the biggest jackal and ass I've ever met," said Matthew.
" Hey I'm still fourteen, watch the language," said Mashayn.
" Yeah Matthew," said Eliwood.
" Soooooorrrrrryyyyy," said Matthew. " You two can be the biggest asses." Right then Eliwood and Mashayn punched Matthew on the head.
" SHUT UP!" said the two.
" Bastards…" Eliwood and Mashayn turned to Matthew with devil eyes. Matthew started running, "I'm an assassin, you can't catch me!" Mashayn's horse out ran him and she stood in front of him. Eliwood was right behind Matthew. " Then…again I could be wrong." Matthew once again got punched in the head by the two. " aray kootas!"
" Did you just curse in urdu?" asked Mashayn.
" How do you know urdu?" asked Matthew.
" I'm from Etruria they teach everything." " And aray kootas means hey bitches." Mashayn and Eliwood punched Matthew again.
" I have to get out of that habit," said Matthew as he held his head.
" Come on let's not waste anymore time, we have to go through the Jackal Forest." Matthew and Mashayn nodded as they entered the forest.
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It was late midnight and the trio decided to camp. Eliwood however wasn't excited with the idea. " We have to reach Sacae before I die!"
" No you can sleep though," said Mashayn.
" That's just wasting my thirty-four hours of life."
" No the poison isn't active when you sleep."
" What do you mean?"
Mashayn sighed, " This poison is only active when you are awake." " It's poison needs to work in a live body, not a dead one." " When you are sleeping you are pretty much dead." Matthew and Eliwood gave a confused look. " I don't know why, but I know it doesn't work when you're sleeping!" " There are special vulnerarys that give you an extra amount of life per vulnerary." " It randomly gives you extra minutes, it depends on the vulnerary."
" Then let's go get some," said Matthew.
" They are difficult to find and very, very expensive," said Mashayn. " Now let's just sleep."
" What if bandits come over?" asked Eliwood.
" Nothing can happen because it's Araphen's annual festival, and bandits don't come during that." " Now let's get our tents."
" What tents?" asked Eliwood.
" The ones I bought while in Araphen." Eliwood shrugged and along with Mashayn and Matthew they fell asleep.
" Eliwood I can save Lyn," said a voice.
" My dreams are going back to this again."
" Lyn is in danger…hurry to Sacae."
" I'm trying." Just then an image of Lyn with a sword going through her appeared. The image kept repeating, horrifying Eliwood. " STOP IT!"
" I Can't until you reach me…" The same image repeated the entire day…
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" My lord how did it go?"
" Eliwood horrified of seeing the woman he loves die every second."
" Soon he will be engulfed in Flaming Darkness."
" Yes he shall…did you get the dragons?"
" Yes my…lord…Roy."
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Sorry again for the loooooong delay. School has kept me back.
Lord Roy…you'll find out who he is next chapter or two.
Zang: fepro updated before you akki.
Zash: you mean again but when is our story going to get updated akki?
Benis: We are waiting…
