Last update for today. I got a lot to work on and a fever to burn off. Enjoy this drabble, it's entirely Yuri's POV and will answer questions that you've probably asked yourself in the Code Vesperia fic.
I DON'T OWN Tales of Vesperia, Yuri's thoughts, Caryn, or Justin. I do have permission to use Justin and Caryn until they tell me no more XD I DO OWN MYSELF, KAIRI, and my work in this fic.
"You wait here with Liana and Kairi!" I shouted at Estelle who Kairi and I were holding back from dashing out of the hold for the little girl's doll. I darted out, the monster's looked a good ways away, I had plenty of time to grab that thing and get back. "So much for keeping a low profile," I grabbed the doll and looked up at the swarm of dusting heading this way, damn that was a lot, there was even a big guy right in the back middle of the pack.
"Yuri!" I heard Estelle shout, making me realize where I was and I began heading back, that's when I realized, the gate was shutting fast. Kairi was on her knees following the gate down, eyes filled with worry and horror, she was shouting as well, "Yuri! Please Hurry! Please!" Dang that's low, can I make it?
I slid only to have my feet meet the gate. I couldn't make it in time. "Dammit" The swarm of monsters was getting closer every second, this is great, now what do I do? I could hear something hitting the gate pretty hard and Kairi shouting for me. I could faintly hear Liana shouting somethings, but I turned to focus on the incoming monsters. Looks like I'll have to fight every single one and hope I can beat them all.
"Yuri! YURI! YURI!" Sorry guys, looks like I might not make it out of this one. I'll hope Hanks won't be too mad at me, Repede can look after himself just fine without me, and Flynn…You better get that aque blastia back for me…."YUUUURRIIIIIIII!"
When the monsters were practically feet away, a bright light enveloped me. I floated there for what felt like a good 15 minutes until I was suddenly staring at the sky, and landed right on my back on the ground surrounded by a multitude of color, "Ow. What the-how did I…?"
Looking around, I realized this couldn't be heaven, "Yuri!" I spotted Estelle looking at me with relief in her eyes. Seems like somehow I got into the hold from outside, but how?
"…Yuri…?" I heard Kairi's voice faintly from somewhere and I was looking around for her until my eyes landed on a more amusing sight. Liana was straddling some Knight, his helmet opened up, her fist drawn back to hit him staring at me like I grew two heads.
"…You see! There was someone out there! Next time, be a man you chicken, you're no knight to me!" She spat on him and got up off him, clearly done with the knight who was now trembling in fear, "Yuri, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good. Though I don't get how." I saw Repede by the trembling guy who had shut the gate, probably to either help Liana if things went south, or to help him if Liana got out of hand, couldn't quite say which it was, but I still looked around to find the last missing person of our group. I looked in the crowd, but couldn't see her, I turned and there she was, hands on the gate, not looking at us, "Hey, you okay there Kairi?"
She slowly began turning around, her eyes gaining more tears as she kept turning to me, "….Yuri…." Her bright blue-green eyes looked more like a pile of water than her actual eyes by the time she was facing me. Oh shoot! Didn't see that one coming! "Whoa! Hey. I'm fine, so you don't have to-"
She fell to her knees, covered her face with her hands and began crying out loud, "UUUWAAAAAAAAAUUUUUHHHHHHHAAAHHHHHHH!" I looked around in panic, everyone was looking our way now, Estelle ran over to calm her down since I was at a loss as to what to do, so much for a low profile indeed. Though when I looked to Kairi once more I noticed, her hands looked like they were covered in blood, some small shards were sticking up out of her hands…that pounding on the gate I was hearing, it had to have been Kairi.
Liana walked over and put her arms around her and pet her hair gently, "Kairi, mou nakanaide. Yuri wa daijoubu da yo." Huh? She just said my name, right? What language are they speaking? Oh right, I keep forgetting they're both aliens from another planet, I found myself smirking a bit. Though that smirk faded and I quickly looked around to make sure no one else was hearing this, but Estelle sure had heard it since she was confused as well.
"Hic…Honto ni?" I felt a bit terrible about that I had to hold back laughter, Kairi's eyes were still so badly watered, she was trembling terribly, and her nose had snot running down from nostrils to chin…but some parts of her face were stained with blood from her hands…
"Sou, kono otoko wa kizu ga nai deshou." At that Kairi looked over at me for a bit before nodding and wiping her face up of snot, tears, and blood. Yup they were talking about me alright.
Estelle began healing Kairi's hands up a bit as they began heading over towards me, "We need to get those splinters out before I can heal them again." Out? How deep in her hands were they? I found myself feeling guilty even though it wasn't my fault the gate closed up so soon despite the monsters being so far away.
I sighed, completely in thought until, "Oh, thank you so much mister!" I had a pair of tiny arms around my neck hugging me tightly. Kairi and Liana were just smiling at my inability to figure out what to do when a child just, hugs you…I'd hug back, but I felt like her mother who was watching would think I was a pedophile or something. I handed her back her doll and her mother came over to thank me, and I soon got up so we can leave.
"…I'm just thankful that everyone's safe…" Estelle suddenly said, "Whoa…" and with that she dropped to her knees. Guess she's had enough for a while. Kairi and Liana soon sat down too.
"All worn out, huh?" I joined the three of them on the ground between Liana and Estelle since the tension between these two still wasn't so good. Repede sat beside Kairi. Why he was interested and actually appeared to like her, I couldn't find out.
"It really is dangerous beyond the barriers with so many ferocious monsters around." I'll say, that pack was definitely not something you see every day at the capital. I wonder just how bad the rest of the way would be. "Oh Kairi, let me see your hands. I don't have tweezers, but I'll do my best to get them out" Estelle asked Kairi for her hand, and began taking out splinters one at a time. Getting a good look at her hands as Estelle wiped the blood….I couldn't deny it anymore, it had definitely been my fault for not making it back in time. If I had made it back, she wouldn't have been trying to break down the door with her bare hands.
"This place could definitely use a barrier against a pack that big," the splinter shards were in pretty deep, the majority of them were almost entirely embedded save for a tiny piece of the end sticking out of her hands. She winced and slightly jumped in pain as Estelle kept pulling them out one and the other…just how many are there?
"Couldn't they install a barrier blastia here?" Estelle asked, she looked like a plan had hatched in her head. I'd have to tell her the bad news.
"No. Barrier are a precious resource," Much like any blastia is, even if a barrier blastia was found, the empire would just use it for some other place or for something else…
"You're right…" Estelle frowned one more, "and with the current technology, we can't make anymore." Then it seemed like a lightbulb went off in her head, "If only we could recover the secrets of the ancient Geraios civilization…They created the blastia."
If the Empire could make blastia, I don't think it'd be a good thing for anyone, "Even if that were to happen, I can't see the empire using the knowledge for the common good." I really couldn't see it, what had happened in Shizontania was proof of that….they're willing to put an entire town in danger for the sake of making new blastia…and the captain…
I stood up when I realized a knight was heading our way, oh boy, we all made such a big scene, and we may have to run if things get hairy. Luckily, some muscles for brain idiots caught the knight's attention and we were let off the hook to look around to find a way out of here before these knights decide to get back to us.
"You there, how about coming to work for me? You'll be paid, of course." The woman showed me the bag of gald and I looked away. Money isn't everything, besides I got these 3's problems on top of my own. I don't have time to be taking on jobs.
"Watch your manners around the President. Well, whad-" Her bodyguard began say right before he was cut off by Liana and Kairi.
"JUSTIN!" the two shouted causing all of us to look at the three of them. Huh? They knew this guy? How? Unless…he came here like they had, but how? And if he did, do these people know? I watched their interaction, clearly interested to see what would happen.
"LIANA! YOU'RE HERE TOO?!" The other bodyguard shouted, his focus all on Liana. I saw Kairi quickly frown, well she did get upset when Estelle ignored the both of them, and she seemed upset that her friend just ignored her now.
"Excuse me Boss, I'm gonna talk to my friend for a while if you don't mind" So this woman is his boss huh? I saw her nod and he grabbed Liana's hand and took off before I could protest, but since Liana didn't appear hesitant, afraid, or unwillingly I let them be. Kairi stayed behind and I had to wonder why. Wouldn't she want to talk with her friend too?
"So about the proposition the President made, whaddya say?" the first guy had asked me again. I turned away, "So it's not bad manners to try and buy someone without even introducing yourself?"
"Watch your mouth!" he said as he tried to come up to us, his boss holding him back. "You're just as charming as I expected. I'm Kaufman of the merchants' guild, Fortune's Market. We handle everything from trade to distribution."
"Guilds, huh…" Hadn't talked to or dealt with a guild since Shizontania with the captain's friend, what was his name again, Melzome I think. Suddenly the whole hold began to shake, the gate looked sturdy enough, but give it time and it could go down, with my luck more sooner than later.
"You see, I'm in quite a tight spot, and it's all thanks to these tremors." No kidding, that's way more than when those monsters rammed into it earlier; this was much larger and more powerful. "I'd rather not know, but was that the work of a monster?"
"Yes, the Lord of the Plains," the woman answered. Estelle turned from staring the gate completely confused, "Lord of the Plains?" The guild lady turned to Estelle to answer her too, "He's the leader of that pack of monsters."
"The leader? Man, there's some amazing things out there" Come to think of it, there was that odd large one in the middle of the pack I saw, guess that must be the leader.
Estelle walked up to the woman, "Do you know if there's another way we can cross the plains? We're in a hurry." As enthusiastic to find Flynn as ever I see, though she turned away from Estelle, "Hmm, I'm afraid you'll just have to wait for the Lord of the Plains to leave."
Something seems off though, didn't she say her guild deals in trade and distribution? Shouldn't she be aware of other routes for problems like this? "Huh. I guess there's no point getting worked up over it." At that Estelle rushed over to me, her tone filled with impatience, "But I can't afford to just sit and wait. I'm going to get a second opinion!" And she ran off towards where Liana and the Justin guy went, Repede whining and trotting after her.
"I'll go with her to try to keep her out of trouble," Kairi told me before chasing after Estelle and Repede. Though who was going to keep her out of trouble? I felt sorry for Repede and couldn't help but be a bit amused at the idea of what Repede must be thinking of these three.
Once they were out of sight I decided to ask if there's another route, "You're with a guild that does product distribution, but you don't know any other routes?"
"I could hire you and just charge through once the leader moves on, but…you don't seem interested." She sure was persistent about wanting to hire me, though…"If it's bodyguards you want, why not hire the Knights?"
"Are you forgetting that we guild members have thrown away our rights as imperial citizens? Once you leave the empire behind, you can't expect them to help you a whole lot. So naturally, the Imperial Knights would never deign to escort the likes of us." Wow…That was, pretty impressive. "Wow. You really stick to your principles."
She walked up in front of me in my face practically, "Without that level of determination, one could never hope to run a guild." She's an aggressive one, I began to move away to look at the gate, "Well, maybe you could use your determination to do something about that Lord of the Plains." With no response from her I began to head over to where Repede and the 3 girls ran off to.
"Go to the Quoi Woods that lie to the west of here," I stopped to listen to her directions, "If you pass through the forest, you'll come out on the far side of the plains." So, there is another way.
"But the fact that you guys aren't going that way…must mean we have some surprise to look forward to." She just smiled at that, "I like a boy with quick wits, but I like one that doesn't waste a potential investment even better, just like Justin." Ok, I didn't really need to know that, guess we have to find out that surprise on our own.
"Thanks, I owe you one. Maybe I'll talk to you about that job if we meet again." I began heading down while she walked off. I bumped into Justin a bit down, running up into me in a hurry, "Whoa. Easy there, it won't help if you slip and roll down the hill after you made it this far." He just nodded at me before saying, "Sorry Yuri man, gotta catch up to my boss, I rather not get left behind" and with that he ran past me, guess I won't get to talk to that guy…Liana must have told him my name too.
I spotted everyone halfway down, Estelle sitting on the floor, "Guys."
" I…I'm not waiting around for the monsters to leave or anything. I'm just resting a little." Estelle replied rather poutily while Liana and Kairi gave me look that said 'we going yet?'
"Oh, I see. Well then, I guess I'll just have to take the other way around with Liana and Kairi." I quickly turned and started walking up the hill, Repede, Liana, and Kairi following behind me. Just as I had thought would happen, up came Estelle chasing after us, "What? How did you…? Hey, wait for me!"
During our walk we talked about some Earth things. Earth sure sounded interesting, wonder if there's any way I could visit it for one day. I chose to ignore the rest of the conversation when I heard Liana mutter something about 'porn' while talking about this thing called the internet. The fact that these two were so open in talking about Earth…I had to wonder if it was because they were beginning to get homesick.
"Did you hear something?" Estelle asked, I could definitely hear humming noises, and she ran right beside me, "My feet feel cold all of a sudden…Oh no! Is this the curse?!" I rolled my eyes, seems like the fear of this so called 'curse' is starting to get to her head.
"What sort of curse is it supposed to be, anyway?" Come to think of it I couldn't get any information from that Kaufman guild woman. "The voices of corpses buried beneath the trees creep up and lure us to our doom…" I seriously had to roll my eyes again, "Oh, brother."
Estelle began looking around and spotted something hidden in the brush, "…What's that?" I could barely make it out, so I walked up to check it, "A blastia?" Yup this was definitely a blastia, seems to be not working though, "What's it doing in a place like this?"
I turned to see the three ladies just about to collapse, guess we should stop for a while, "Let's take a break." At the mention of a break Estelle stood up from her position, removing her hands from her chest, "I-I'm alright." She sure was stubborn and determined to find Flynn alright, "Huh? What's this?"
She walked over and touched the blastia causing a blinding flash of light to come from the blastia, I shielded my eyes as best I could but was still blinded, "Ugh!"
"Aah!" I heard Estelle scream, then I heard a thud, followed by two more thuds, as my vision returned I saw Estelle unconscious by the blastia, with a bark from Repede I turned to see Kairi and Liana on the ground clutching their chests, gasping for air, still a bit conscious. "ESTELLE! LIANA! KAIRI!" I recalled the campfire talk I had with Kairi, how drawing in 'energy' into her body had caused her to feel like she couldn't breathe, I had to get these two away from the blastia and fast. I tucked an unconscious Liana under one arm, and grabbed an unconscious Kairi under my other arm since I didn't have the luxury or time to carry them.
"Repede!" I called to my partner, he had gotten Estelle over his back without me having to tell him, heh, he could read me so easily. We both began to carry the girls away from the blastia to a clearing when I noticed Liana and Kairi were breathing more stable. Repede set down Estelle and I set down the two Earth girls, thinking of what to do for now.
"Sorry to ask Repede, but can these two lay on you?" I asked Repede looking to Estelle and Liana, he merely whined, he hadn't been getting along with either of these two, and Liana for one was heavier than she looked. Though he sat down and motioned for me to bring them over. I placed Estelle on one side and Liana on the other, I began wondering what to do with Kairi.
I noticed a pair of fruits on the ground and picked them up before making my way to Kairi, I placed her head in my lap seeing no other alternative place to put her. Besides that…I just felt like it was the least I could do after making her worry that much back at the hold. After a while of watching these three, I cleaned off one fruit and set it aside, I cleaned off the other, wiping the rest of the dirt off it against my pants. I took one bite, "Damn, that's bitter." Yup there's no way I can eat these, bitter just isn't my thing, but if it's the only thing available to eat I'll do it.
I quickly noticed Estelle getting up, "You all right?" She sure got up fast, the other two still looked bad, I know Kairi explained a bit about their illness, but why did Estelle pass out as well? "Ooh…my head feels a little…I'll be fine." She turned to look at me, "What happened to me?" Couldn't really answer that since I didn't know either.
"You just fell over all of a sudden. Don't you remember?" Seems like she lost some of her memories there. "Perhaps it was the aer that made me dizzy."
"Aer. That's sort of like the fuel that powers the blastia, right? I heard that even though we can't see it, it's scattered through the atmosphere." Now that I think about it, this energy that makes these two ill, is it aer? If so, how are they ok inside barriers and such? Though they probably don't know either. If they do, Kairi would be the one who can say, she's been pretty honest and open so far.
"Yes, that's aer. I read once that dense aer can have negative effects on people." So, that explains these two, guess inside a barrier isn't dense enough to harm them as it does trying to take it into your body or having a dense amount near. "Hmm. Maybe that's what started the rumor of the curse."
At that Estelle got up, "Hey, you only just woke up. You should rest a bit more." She quickly got upset, "But I can't. If we don't catch up with Flynn soon…" Man she was pushy, but these two aren't ready to be moved yet.
"And what if you collapse again, and this time you're out for the whole night? Plus Kairi and Liana aren't in any condition to be moving… It won't do us any good to fight monsters with 2 unconscious people to guard." I meant that, sure Estelle wants to find Flynn, but what good does it do putting us all in unnecessary danger for it? We can head out once they can get up and move.
Estelle's serious expression soon changed to that of guilt, "…You're right. I'm sorry." She walked over and sat beside me, not saying a word or checking up on the two like I thought she would. I had an idea and handed her the fruit I bit into, she turned it to the other side and took a bite. Her face scrunched up in disgust, yep, that was one bitter fruit, "…Ugh." I chuckled at her face, that was priceless, "Heh, I suppose we'll never get full trying to eat these." She quickly turned to me, "It's delicious" she said plainly and with that she took another bite.
"Uhhhh, anyone get the license plate on that ride?" I looked over to see Liana coming too, I heard a whine from Repede, probably wondering when he can get up and move without Liana's weight on him. "So you alright?"
She turned her head a bit to see me, "Oh yeah, I'm just peachy." I thought I heard her tummy rumble and I heard Estelle take another bite of that fruit. I then heard Kairi groan groggily, I looked down at her in my lap, "Are you okay?" She was weakly trying to wipe her eyes, "Mmmm, I'm hungry…. Guuuuuuuu" her tummy had rumbled loudly.
I chuckled and had the idea to give her the other bitter fruit, but when I saw her hands wiping her eyes still, I stopped. She just came from another planet and was now wanted by the knights yesterday, she had been fighting monsters since after that rest at the lodge, she had cried her heart out and injured her hands not too long ago because of me, and she just collapsed due to some aer minutes ago. I stared at the fruit, she didn't need 'eating a bad tasting fruit' added to the list of what she's been through for today…she doesn't deserve that. I tossed the fruit, earning an odd look from Liana.
I heard another rumble from Kairi's stomach, "Hold on a sec. I can make something simple." Estelle looked at me like I had just obtained horns or a third eye, "You can cook, Yuri?" Is it really so surprising that I can cook? What is it with people and assuming just because I'm a man that I can't cook?
"I'm not exactly a royal chef. I just have a few recipes I learned growing up." Not really like I had a choice either, I had to help out around the orphanage once I got old enough, plus…Flynn's cooking…
"Uhhh what? Where?" I heard Kairi say as she began looking around, I looked down at her again, "Kairi, sorry to ask, but can you sit up?" At that her face turned red, I could feel her trembling in my lap a bit before she shouted, "I-I'm sorry! I-I-I'll get up!" She sprung up so fast she almost clocked my head, and when she put a knee up to make herself stand she fell backwards due to imbalance. I quickly caught her before her head would hit the ground, "Whoa! Take it easy. I just need you to sit up a while so I can make something for us to eat."
She stared at me still red, but now confused, "Huh? Grrrrruuuuuuuuu" She became redder it seemed and she lowered her head, refusing to let anyone see her eyes. I had to laugh a bit at that, she was just so helpless right now, as she tried to sit up I supported her to sit upright a bit until she could handle it herself. I pulled out the bread and eggs we received from the lower quarter to make some egg sandwiches…of course I can't remember which ones were the ones stuffed in Kairi's dress…oh well.
"Um, Liana, what are you humming?" I hadn't even noticed since I was focusing on not burning these eggs with the fire as big as it was. "I see a little silhouetto of a man~" I stared at Liana amused, she had sang that part so strangely, not harmoniously at all, just what was that supposed to be? "Aww c'mon you're committing a crime here Kairi!" I turned to Kairi who was fidgeting, her lips shut tight, and her cheeks flushed, if she wanted to sing it why wouldn't she sing it? Liana then let out a very devilish smirk, she was thinking of something.
"Now this is a story all about how,
My life got flipped-turned upside down,
And I'd like to take minute
Just sit right there"
Huh? What kind of song is that? "I'll tell you how I became the prince of town called Bel-Air" Kairi popped out. Huh? Prince? Bell Air? Well it's different from all the classical music here in Terca Lumireis, "Keep going, I sang most of that first verse" Liana demanded on Kairi who opened her mouth trembling and complied.
"In west Philadelphia born and raised,
On the playground was where I spent most of my days,
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool,
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school"
Liana then cut in and began singing the rest, "When a couple of guys who were up to no good,
Started making trouble in my neighborhood,
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared,
She said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air."
Pretty catch song despite how weird it is; looking at the sandwiches I prepared I called, "Well, dinner's ready." As we all began eating Estelle broke the silence that had formed, "What were you two sing- ummm Liana what are you doing?" Hearing that I looked up and saw Liana squishing my sandwich in the palms of her hands, I raised an eyebrow in confusion, "You have something against my sandwiches?"
Kairi only giggled, "You've had that weird habit since you were little, there's nothing wrong with eating the bread as is." A habit huh? Weirdest habit I've ever seen, "I know that, but…I just can't…I know it's weird…but it's like drilled into my being…any bread given to me and I just start squishing it like play-doh ever since I was very little, whether I'm conscious of it or not I can't eat bread without doing this first…" Kairi kept giggling, Estelle gave me a 'do you know why' look and I gave her a 'hell only knows' look, "Okay…"
"I was originally humming and tried singing the Bohemian Rhapsody, but Kairi didn't join in" Bohemian….Rhapsody? Earth had some strange cultures if the music indicated anything. "I know, I'm going to hell aren't I?" Kairi had sunk down, she looked pretty serious and Liana just laughed. "The one she caved into was the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. They're kinda popular Earth songs at least for those who speak English, not other languages…I think." Liana explained.
"Thank you for the meal," Estelle said, dang she finished that fast, she must want to get to Flynn badly. "It wasn't anything special," I replied, really I'm not that good, if anything this is all I know how to cook, odd I use to be able to cook more from when I lived in the orphanage with Hanks and his wife, perhaps I just forgot over time after Hank's wife died.
"I thought it was very tasty. I can't imagine being able to cook anything myself" Estelle said and there came Liana's smirk again, just what is she planning? "But if you don't know how to cook, how are you gonna snag a husband?" I smirked, she knew how to play with people that was amusing, and she knew just what buttons to press without going overboard, "H-Husband? Me? I-I" Estelle was soon flustered as Liana had hoped. Kairi giggled a bit as well until, "Oh don't even start Kairi, you can bake, but you burn regular food A LOT! How're you gonna snag a husband also?"
Kairi for once took on a serious expression, "You can cook Liana, but you can't bake, so you're gonna have buy cakes and sweets for special occasions?" Huh? Liana can't bake but she can cook, how does one cook, but not bake? Furthermore Kairi can bake, but not cook? How does one who knows how to bake not know how to cook?
"I too can bake!" Liana shouted her face turning red. This kind of reminds me of when me and Flynn would argue. "You made a cake too runny one time." I felt myself drawn into the conversation, how does one make a cake too runny?! "I-I-I just messed up on the recipe to that one!" Liana tried to defend herself, but it was confirmed that what Kairi said was true…how?!
"And the cookies that tasted like unsalted eggs?" I felt myself falling back, egg tasting cookies? Doesn't sound appetizing, "Or the-" Geez how many things can she have messed up?
"GAH I GET IT! I GET IT! I CAN'T BAKE! BUT YOU CAN'T COOK! SO STAY AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN UNLESS IT'S FOR SWEETS KAIRI!" Liana shouted.
"YOU TOO LIANA! YOU CAN COOK THE MEALS, BUT DO NOT EVER BAKE YOU HEAR ME!" Kairi shouted.
"DEAL!" they both shouted...Estelle and I were now lost, if one was bad at the other, why not show each other how to do the other?
"You gotta learn, by doing it though," I said, I had no idea how long this journey could be, so it would be helpful if they learned, "You all will be cooking in no time, so don't worry about it."
"IF SHE COOKS/BAKES I'M NOT EATTING IT UNTIL YOU ALL DEEM IT SAFE!" they shouted in my face. I backed away and immediately Kairi's face became red and she began apologizing. "Thanks for the food, Yuri" Liana said, and Kairi complimented my cooking as well. Repede got up signaling us to keep on going, "What is it, Repede?" I tried to read his expression, once seeing it wasn't monsters I got up, "Well, shall we be going?"
I saw Kairi hesitate in her magic, her hands looked like they were having a hard time gripping her staff. Before any of us could respond and help her from the oncoming Bee, Liana punched it and it burst at impact, "Ugghhh, bugs are so icky!" Kairi's hands must still hurt from the splinters, and Estelle had told her not to use them too much, she had been gripping her staff way to hard just to keep a grip on it. "Kairi, stand down and let us handle them!" We won our battle and I walked up to Estelle.
"Estelle, Kairi's hands are acting up, she could use some healing," I told her and she nodded and ran over to Kairi and healed her hands. "I said you need to not use your hands so much, you grab your staff way too hard, you'll have to stand back from fighting for a day or two or the pain will get worse." I turned away hearing a soft, "Okay…" from Kairi.
We continued until Repede crouched down at some rustling bushes, "Grrr…" I prepared myself for anything that might jump out, but clearly I wasn't prepared enough, "P-Prepare to die, eggbear!" I heard a voice say throwing me a bit off guard.
Hurray for complete presumed thinking! I really wanna try not to make a drabble per each chapter, but so far with the need to clear things up plus putting in Kairi's pieces, it kinda makes it hard since the main fiction is about me and Kairi…but focuses only on my thoughts while the drabble contains Kairi's parts and povs and things to clear up questions in the main fic. So complicated~
