With the 3 horses they could make much better time and within a month they were almost at Yazuac where they all agreed is the best place to stop to get supplies. During all the travelling Kerwin hit a groth spurt and was now the height of Eragon and Brom and also a bit more muscular though that fact was hidden most of the time by his Trench coat. It was night out and they were about a half a day away from Yazuac when they stopped for the night. "Right we should hit Yazuac tomorrow so tonight we wont spar to hard plus you guys are both becoming very proficient with a blade." Brom said stepping into the light cast by their small camp fire. He got into a fighting stance and drew his blade while Eragon stepped up beside him and did the same, Kerwin got ready drawing a dagger and short sword and tossing them into the air to fight with mentally before drawing the last pair and holding them in his hands.
Turning to face Eragon with his own blades Kerwin set up a barrier blocking Brom so he cant try to fight him to before charging at Eragon and sending his other blades at Brom. Since Eragon was welding a two handed blade he had the advantage of power behind each swing but with Kerwin having a blade in each hand he was faster. Eragon swung overhanded at Kerwin who side stepped and batted it aside with his short sword before stepping forward and stabbing with the dagger forcing Eragon to step back or be hit, Kerwin didnt let up thought instead he stepped forward and swung with his sword forcing Eragon to block but before he could stab with his dagger Eragon side stepped and his sword was launched forward with no resistence throwing Kerwin off balence.
"Your still predictable." Eragon said.
"How do you know?" Kerwin retorted kicking Eragons legs out from under him. Eragon hit the ground and quickly rolled away before Kerwin could take advantage of him. Getting back to his feet he charged and swung side arm with one hand, not ready to block the unexpected swing Kerwin was off set and watched as it swung in finally stopping inside his shoulder, grunting in pain Kerwin stepped aside and forced it out of his right shoulder with a squelch and fountain of blood. Eragon knew that it might of hurt but already being told once not to stop he charged agian only to be forced back as Kerwins dagger and short sword came at him.
As Eragon was being distarcted Kerwin knealt down and healed the wound only leaving a slight scar behind from the split concentration. Finally ready he stood up again only to be stopped as a blade was placed against the back of his neck it was then that he realised that the blades fighting Brom were lost and lieing on the ground "I submit." he growled pulling back the blades fighting Eragon and noticing that they were both bleeding from many shallow cuts on their arms and cheeks. Brom put away his sword and collected the once that were fighting him before handing them to Kerwin, before either of them could say a thing Kerwin sent out some aura and healed them on the spot.
"Your getting better at fighting more than one person." Brom noted sitting down and sponing out some soup that was finished cooking on the fire. Kerwin just grunted and grabbed his own bowl before sitting down and eating it on the opposite side of the fire from Brom, Eragon just sat watching the 2 of them from his eating place against Saphira.
"Brom wheres the rest of my race?" Kerwin asked quietly.
"What do you mean?" Brom asked trying to avoid the question.
Kerwin glared at him before say "You know what I mean, where are they or what happend to them?"
"Most are dead, but the ones that did survive surve Galbatorix along with the other races classified as Abominations in Alagasia." He said sadly. Kerwin just looked down sadly before slowly getting up and walking away from them to think. If Kerwin was paing attention when he was by himself thinking he would have noticed the yellow eyes starring at him from the darkness.
They approached Yazuac and entered one of the side streets, "It's so quiet, where are the kids playing or dogs barking?" Eragon noted. Brom and Kerwin both nodded their heads and drew their blades Brom with his sword and Kerwin with just a short sword. They reached the centre of the village and Eragon and Kerwin almost gagged at the sight. In the centre of town was a pile of dead bodies and at the top impaled on a spear was a little baby. While Eragon and Kerwin stared Brom got off and inspected some tracks left in the dirt, "Urgals." he whispered. "Kerwin is there any living thing nerby."
Kerwin looked at him oddly but complied sending out a pulse of aura that could cover 3 kilometers. His eyes widened in shock and he sent up a barrier just as a small hail of arrows flew at them, "3 big brutes of creatures not human and then in a small house a couple streets down a person hiding out." he said.
"You go get the person me and Eragon will handle the Urgals." Brom ordered.
Kerwin nodded and took off keeping a barrier around them for as long as possible before being forced to let it go, he kept sending out pulses of energy and before long he was brought to a small church. Walking up the steps with Tornado behind him hidden in the shadows by the steps he approached the large doors, instead of opening them with his hands he sent out his aura and farced them open surprised when he wasnt attacked. Walking inside he noticed that it was still a roomy chruch with many pews and even a second level. Sending out another pulse of aura this one easily visible as a red bubble expanding around him. He quickly sensed the person on the first floor in shadows crouched down like an animal about to pounce.
With an animalistic growl the person jumped sailing the 20 or so feet seperating them easily. Kerwin summoned up a weak barrier and was hit by at least 200 pounds and crashed into one of the pews with the person on top of him, looking up he met the eyes of the person and came face to face with bright yellow orbs, 'A werewolf!' he thought in horror.
Puching at it with his palms he forced more aura out and it flew a couple feet away giving Kerwin time to scramble to his feet. "I dont want to hurt you!" Kerwin yelled out dodging again as the werewolf lunged at him.
"Why should I believe you?" it growled out in a deep yet unmistakably femine voice.
"Have I actually attacked you and hurt you?" Kerwin retorted causing the werewolf to pause and stand up looking at him.
"No..." It said.
"Listen I dont work for Galbatorix." Kerwin said.
"So your probably going to try to kill me like every other person that I've met in this form." it growled again.
"Why should I, I'm a demon your a werewolf were both hated." He pointed out showing her a red aura surrounding him.
The werewolf obviously believed him becuase she stepped back and shifted to a human form making Kerwin blush. In front of him stood a girl just a couple of inches shorter than him of maybe early 16 in age and fully developed. Which is fine escept she was half naked the only thing she had on was a ripped pari of pants that were just barely holding, so he could see more of her body than was actually covered. She had bright blue eyes with a yellow tint and blond hair that reached the small of her back. Gulping in nervousness now Kerwin took off his trench coat and handed it to her which was when she noticed what she was wearing and also blushed while she wrapped herself up in the preferred coat buttoning it up to cover herself.
"My names Kerwin." her introduced himself holding out his hand to shake.
"Jasmine" she replied shaking his hand and causing them both to blush again. Kerwin gently grabbed her hand and drew her outside of the church and lead her to Tornado. Lifting her up by the hips he placed her on the saddle and mounted up behind her before getting Tornado to gallop back to Brom and Eragon. "My friends are dealing with the last Urgals now but I was sent to find you." Kerwin explained.
Avoiding the centre of town so as not to see the giant pile of bodies they made it to where the front and main road was where he could sense Eragon and Brom. Getting there he was shocked to see a pale Brom with a bandaged and bloody arm, along with an exhausted Eragon. "Crap, can you guys ride?" Kerwin asked.
They both nodded and forced themselves on top of their horses before galloping off towards camp, "Saphira were on our way with a new travelling mate. Brom is injured and I think somthing happend to Eragon though I'm not sure."
"Very well. Ohh and sense when were you telepathic?"
Kerwin just noticed that he started the conversation and not Saphira, "I dont know but it dosent matter right now." Kerwin said.
They were almost to the camp when Brom started to slide off his horse Snowfire, with a curse Kerwin held him in place using some aura. Getting to camp they saw Saphira crouched and ready to fight but she relaxed when she saw us, "Eragon start a fire, Jasmine in my bags to the left of this saddle are some fresh bandages get them for me." Kerwin ordered not caring if he was ride or not.
They both nodded as they dismounted Kerwin gently took Brom off of the saddle of Snowfire and laid him down by the now roaring fire before gently taking off the soiled bandages and seeing a large gash all the way to his bone that was bleeding a lot. "Crap I cant heal it all the way." Kerwin muttered as he started to heal it going from the bone to the arteries and muscles and finally the lower layer of skin before being forced to stop from exhaustion. Jasmine walked up with the bandages and taking out some medical herbs to numb a wound and stop infection from the pouches on his ever present belt he made a paste by crushing them and smearing some in the wound it self and more on the badages he wrapped it tightly around Broms arm before leaning back with a sigh.
"There that should last for a day or two. Eragon you should get some sleep." Kerwin said.
Eragon nodded and walked over to Saphira who drapped a wing over him. Walking over to his bag he placed the bandages back in it and took out his spare pair of clothes before handing them to Jasmine, "There a little worn but they should do fine." He said to her.
She nodded and walked over to stand on the other side of the horses, Kerwin had to force himself to not take a peek as she changed. She came back around now wearing his clothes and tossed the rags of her old ones in the fire watching them burn as she sat down a respectful distance from him.
"Get some sleep were going to be forced to leave early tomorrow morning." Kerwin said handing her his blancket as he wrapped up in his coat. She nodded at him and watched thinking 'I know hes not the leader but the old guy is but even now I can tell he'd be a great one if needed to.' and with that thought she curled up as close as she could to Kerwin without him noticing and fell alseep with her new companions.
