Okay so I didn't really had time to check my selling again. But hopefully it won't show that much. If it does just try and try to ignore it.
And with that here is chapter 3
Published: May 28th, 2016
Edit 1: January 1st, 2017
Chapter 3: Journey Begins
Elise continued to drag her brother down the halls, ignoring the fact that she was going to fast and the her brother almost tripped on the carpet. on a few occasions.
"What?!" He finally managed to see once he regained some of his balance.
Elise finally stopped dragging her brother when they were outside of inner gate of the Castle.
"Why would you bring me here?!" he demanded, teeth clamped together and glaring at the young girl —something he rarely did. "I'm sure, I'm the last person Father would want to see right now!" he exclaimed in a hush voice, his face anything but happy at the moment.
Elise frowned at him. "It doesn't matter you need to talk to him."
His eyes went wide for a second. "Wha—. I'm lucky enough he didn't kill me went is disobeyed a direct order and now you want me to go talk to him? I'm practically asking for my own death."
"Alright, Kamui. Then let's go in there together." she said taking her brother's hand. "I'll help as much as possible. This is our father we're talking about. He has to forgive you, right?"
Kamui closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh. "Fine. Let's hope you're right. Otherwise I'll be a dead man."
"All right. Deep breath, and…here we go." she said and Kamui did as he was told and took a deep breath. "Father!" she called out from where she stood. "We have something we need to talk you about!"
Just as she finished she sentence Garon's evil laugh could be heard. "Gah hah ha!"
The loud sound of laughter made Elise flinch and back up.
"Father?" Kamui said as though he didn't recognize the man's voice then again he hardly ever heard his voice. Heck he almost never saw him to begin with.
"It sound like he's with someone…" she said taking her brother by the wrist and attempted to pull him away again. "Maybe we should come back later."
"Hrmph!" he clamped his laughed shut. "Who's there?" he asked a moment later. The two young royals heard his question from behind the door and winced.
It stopped Elise in her tracks. "Oh! Sorry to bother you, Father…"
"Yes, we apologize if this isn't a good time." Kamui added. He had to pause for a second to wonder if he should have spoken up at all after all he did just say that he was the last person his father would want to see right now.
The old king recognized the voice of his two children, but it didn't make any less happier about being interrupted. "What do you two want?" he cried out.
"Father, we're here to apologize." she looking at her brother. "Right, Kamui?"
"Yes, that's right." he affirmed after a moment. "I'm sorry for questioning you."
The king stayed silent for a moment before speaking. "You may enter."
The two opened the doors to see the king sitting on his throne. They nervously approached him a moment later.
"Kamui… You disobey a direct order from me. Ordinarily you would not still be alive."
Kamui cocked his head downwards and cringed his teeth. "I understand…"
"No!" Elise cried in desperation. "Father, I can explain-"
Garon cut her off. "Silence!" he yelled at her, afterwords turning to the second prince. "As you are my child, Kamui, I will grant you some leeway." Kamui red eyes went wide for a second then looked up to face the king. "I have something in mind for you. A mission. If you complete this task successfully, I will pardon your crime in full."
"Really?! What sort of mission?" he asked.
"There is an abandoned fortress perched on the Hoshidan border. I wish to know if the building there remains serviceable. You are to travel to the site and inspect the premises." Garon explained. "No battle will be required. Do you understand? I won't tolerate being disappointed twice…" he paused for a second. "Or for you to disappoint me like Corrin did…"
Kamui made a little bow all the while was once again reminded about his missing twin sister. "Yes, Father. It shall be done."
"Good. You take your leave later in the afternoon."
"Yes, Father." he turned to his little sister and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Come on Elise." he said making a small head gesture at he door.
The two exited the room with nothing else to say. Once outside Elise spoke again. "Kamui?"
"Hm?" Kamui said slightly turning his head so he could see Elise.
"Do… Do you know what happened to Corrin? I mean she's been gone for so long now. Do you think something might have happened to her?"
He sighed. "No. Xander and Camilla don't what t tell me any about it. Not even about what her mission."
"Do you miss her?" she asked in a sad tone.
The question stopped him in his tracks, he hesitated to answer the question at first but thought that Elise should know, since she was one of his most frequent visitors. "She's one of the only person I remember as a young child, and the only person I was able to stay with, while in the tower. I miss her a lot." he replied fighting of the urge to shed his tears.
"I'm sorry if I upset you Big Brother." she regrettably said taking one Kamui's hand into her own pair.
He shock his head and brushed his free hand in the wind. "No, it's alright. You can't help being curious about it." there was a moment of silence between the two, before Kamui broke it and turn to look at an intersection in the halls. "We should go met up with the other and tell them about my mission. I'm sure they'd want to find out."
"Yeah, but I don't think Camilla's going to take it very well."
Kamui sighed, thought it sounded more like a growl, placing his fingers on the bridge of his nose. "That's for sure."
-o-o-o-o-
Later that day the five royals sibling were back inside the inner gates of Castle Krakenburg, discussing about the middle child's mission.
"Darling, are you sure you're going to be okay out there?" Camilla asked, like a mother would ask her child before leaving him to be on his own for the first time. "I don't like this…"
Kamui smiled and rolled his eyes. His sister's worried attitude was to be expected. "Of course!" he exclaimed. "Please don't worry. It's just an abandoned fort." he added sounding as if nothing was going on.
Leo frowned at the red eyed royal. "You're acting rather casual about all this, Kamui. It isn't like Father to be so forgiving…" he said out loud, but the second part was kept to himself.
"Huh? What do you mean, Leo?" Kamui asked, not knowing what Leo mean by it.
The dark night opened his mouth to explain but was cut off by Elise before he could even make a sound. "That's enough, Leo! Don't be so worried all the time, sheesh." she said frowning at him, then slapped the back of his head as hard as she could, making the blond jerk froward, and the crack a smile. "And don't even try to scare Kamui before his first mission!"
"Hey! That's not necessary." Leo cried standing back up right and rubbed the back of his head.
Despite the scene happening before her Camilla didn't find it amusing at all. "I suppose I'll just have to come along. That way I know Kamui will be safe." She said ever so protective.
"I'm afraid that's not possible." A new voice came from one of the tunnel connection to the throne room. A man with black long messy hair with some sort of head piece, the back looking kind of like a a sun, at the back of hi head.
The royal family turned to face his and recognize him, as their father's right hand man.
"Why ever not, Iago?" Camilla asked the man as he stepped farther into the room.
"Lady Camilla, King Garon intends his expedition as a test of sorts. As his top advisor, I have been entrusted with coordinating this mission. He would like to know whether Prince Corrin is worthy… After all, he is a part of the royal lineage. Therefore, your assistance would simply muddy the results." he explained without showing emotion.
Kamui blinked and nodded. "Understood. Camilla, I need to do this all by myself. Surely you understand."
"Not all by yourself, Kamui." another voice came form the tunnel and the royal children quickly recognized it as the king's. He hand just walked into the room and father behind him was a very tall and intimidating looking man, with no hair on the top of his head.
Though he recognized the voice it still made Kamui jump at little went he hear it. "Father! I didn't see you there."
Garon payed no attention to his son's comment, and continued with what he came in the room to. "Rest assured, I don't intend to send you out there completely defenseless."
The man the was behind Garon stepped into the room. "…Milord." he made a bow in front of the prince.
"Wha the…" Kamui mumbled looking at the intimidating size of the man.
"This is Hans. He is a veteran warrior and will ensure no trouble befalls you." Garon said. "…Gunter and Felicia will accompany you as well, Child." he added coldly.
The prince stuttered saying hi next phrase. "T-Thank you, Father."
"Hmm…" Xander frowned looking at the man, he seem to recognize him.
Xander walked next to Kamui and spoke to him in a hush tone. "I'd be wary that man if I were you, Kamui…"
The second prince looked confused at his brother's words. "Why do you say that?"
"He's a criminal. A murderer and scoundrel. I arrested him myself, years ago. Father seems to think he's rehabilitated, but I'm not so sure." he explained looking at Hans for a slight second. "That said, he is a formidable solider."
Kamui toke his word seriously. "I see. Thank you Xander."
A few hours later the small party of four made in to the Bottomless Canyon. The area it was in looked liked and abandon cemetery, without the tomb stone and it's vegetation, there were almost no sighs of life save the few patches of grass. In addition the place was connected by a series of old bridges that looked ready to collapse at any moment, they're planks were old and a few of them were rotten of missing, Kamui Felicia and Hans left their steeds near a tree before crossing the first bridge. But it was amazing that Gunter and his horse even made it across the first few. And the skies weren't any better it looked so dry and it was proven by the way lighting clashed down almost every five minutes. All in all the place could be simply described as dead.
"Wow… Is this it? The Bottomless Canyon?" Kamui asked in aw despite the outlook of the place.
Gunter nodded, and explained. "Yes. It's the natural boundary dividing Nohr and Hoshido."
"It can't be really bottomless, can it?" He asked taking a few steps forward to look down into the canyon.
But his questioning made Hans roll his eyes in complete and utter annoyance.
The old knight walked up to the prince placing a hand on his shoulder. "Let the eternal darkness below be your answer. Those who fall in never return…" he paused to look down into the canyon as well. "I truly despise this place." he admitted. "Something about the land around here just isn't right." he looked up to the dead sky above him. "The sky here is always dark and foreboding, and lightning strikes all who fly across. This clearly a place us mortals were never meant to enter. Normally we'd go around… But the fort that King Garon wants surveyed is right over there."
Kamui laughed. "Oh, it's not so bad. Or perhaps I'm just happy to be outside in the fresh air! Compared to the inside of that fortress, this is downright exiting."
Gunter joined in his antics. "Ha! That certainly puts things in perspective, milord. Come, let's proceed."
The four were about to proceed to cross a bridge when they where meet with the Hashidan army.
"Blast!" Gunter exclaimed. "It looks like this fort isn't as abandoned as we thought. Why the devil is this place crawling with Hoshidans?"
"Hold on! Do not advance any farther, soldiers of Nohr." a Hoshidian soldier ordered moving in front of them, effectively blocking their passage way.
"Crossing that bridge is a violation of our border treaty. Turn back at once, or we'll be forced to attack!" A shinobi cried standing guard at the fort.
"What should we do?" Felicia asked awaiting the group leader's response.
"We're not here to fight." he told the Felicia, the message also got the samurai's attention, but it didn't make him lower his guard. "I suppose we'll have to turn back and report to Father." he added and started to turn around so that he could walk away form an unnecessary battle.
"Wise decision, Lord Kamui." Gunter added.
Even Felicia nodded in agreement, but Hans had other plans. "Who asked you, old man?"
"What?!" Gunter asked, even though he heard him he thought he deserved an explanation to his rudeness.
Hans didn't reply and instead rushed over to the samurai and struck him. "Gyaaah!" the berserker cried.
"AAAUGH!" was the last sound the swords man could produces before falling dead onto the bridge.
Hans wasn't satisfied with only one kill and was now out for more Hoshidan blood. "Ah ha ha! Die, scumbags!"
The ninja was at a lost for word at the outrage of the last member of the small Nohrian party. "You'll pay for this!" he finally, managed to say.
Kamui was enraged at what Hans had done. "Hans, what are you doing?! We had no reason to engage these troops!"
The man couldn't care less. "Pfft."
The young man grid his teeth. "We should have tried diplomacy first. We weren't sent here to fight!"
The berserker only laughed sharply at the Nohrian prince. "Speak for yourself, weakling." Once he scoffed at the prince he move on to attack move members of the Hoshian army.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kamui demanded, but it was too late since he had already run off.
Omuzu, the shinobi standing guard at the fort was just as mad as Kamui was. "Soldiers of Hoshido, hear me! Do not leave a single Nohrian alive!" he ordered.
"Prepare to attack!" his' lieutenant added.
"Argh! Looks like there's no getting out of this now. Get ready to fight, Lord Kamui." Gunter said readying his lance.
"Right! But what I said back during my test still stance. We are to conquer not kill."
"But Lord-"
Gunter couldn't even finish what he was going to say, when the prince cut him off. "That's an order!" he cried out. He normally never did anything like that but with how Hans acted out he wasn't in the mood to be friendly or even listen to reason.
"Scary…" Felicia mumbled, Kamui rarely got mad so seeing him like that was something she didn't expect.
Gunter obeyed. "Yes, milord." he paused, waiting for the prince to calm down a little, once he did he spoke. "Now then, Lord Kamui. There are two kinds of battle formations. You'll need to learn both, and fast! You can take a defensive position by moving to the same space as an ally. Your ally will benefit from your support, but you won't be able to attack. If you want to unleash the most potent attacks, stand in adjacent positions. From that alignment, allies may be able to attack simultaneously." he stopped there as more another Hoshidan soldier appeared. "I'd tell you more, but you're about to receive some practical experience…" he made a head gesture at the samurai.
"Okay then I guess it's time to put those battle positions to use. Gunter let's go we'll use the second formation you mentioned." he looked at pink haired maid. "Felicia I want you to stay behind us for this one in case one of us get's hurt."
Felicia replied quickly. "As you wish, Lord Kamui."
"Then let's begin." was the last thing he said, before the Hoshidan swung his sword at him, the samurai wasn't as strong as Xander or as quick as Kaze, so Kamui was able to doge then counter pretty easily.
Gunter delivered a second blow witch the samurai was able to avoid, but barely so Kamui toke the opportunity to attack again. The prince's second strike took him down but kept him alive and breathing.
Gunter smiled at him. "Well done, Young Prince."
"Yeah, guess I did it right." Kamui said.
The old knight looked across the bridge. "I'm afraid the enemy's position across that bridge may be impenetrable. We've got to look for another way across."
Kamui payed attention at the first part but trailed of once he saw Hans engaging in battle with the Hoshidans. 'Gods I hope they take him down!'
"Lord Kamui!" Gunter yelled at him since he had once again lost attention.
"W-Wha-?" he stammered.
"See if you can find a Dragon Vein around here." he ordered. "And remain focused. I don't think you want to die here"
"Right, sorry 'bout that." he then concentrated on finding a strong flow of energy beneath the ground. "I found two of them." he said a few moments later.
"Witch one will get us to the fort fastest?" Gunter asked narrowing.
"I, um… I thing it would be better if you just followed me there." he told them since he wasn't sure how to explain and because they're weren't able to sense the Dragon Vein themselves.
"Alright, but we better hurry, it won't be long until they're reinforcements arrive." Gunter added quickly.
"Yeah, okay..." the red eyed prince let them down the bridge to the south running past the first Dragon Vein he had sensed and moved father down were the second Dragon Vein was behind some dead trees. Gunter and Felicia were right on his trail when he activated it, once Kamui activated the Dragon Vein it crated a bridge out of fallen stone.
Omozu was completely stunned at what he just witnessed. "Gods! Did you see what just happened to the cliff? Who are we dealing with here?" he cried out loud.
Unfortunately most of the men we're battling Hans looked his way for a second and it gave the berserker the upper hand. "Gyaaah! Die!" he cried striking down an archer with his axe. He killed a few more enemy soldiers, before being hurt pretty badly by an archer. And despite his wound he was still laughing. "Bwahaha! Look like I've done enough damage for the time being. Time to lay low and see how this all plays out…" he reiterated looking back at the white haired prince, the Hoshidans didn't bother to follow the crazed killer seeing how strong he was.
Back down south of the battlefield, Kamui, Gunter and Felicia were making progress on making they're way to Omozu to defeat and seize the fort. They were almost across the bridge when two sky knights appeared not to far from them.
"Look! More troops are arriving from the south!" Felicia warned, that grabbed Kamui attention.
"You have got o be kidding me!" The prince exclaimed looking in the direction of the two sky knights it was bad enough that he had to watch kill people but the thought of having to knock out more people and still face their commander didn't sit well with the young man.
"More enemy reinforcements… Take caution, Lord Kamui." Gunter said out loud.
"They're still far away, if we work together we should be able to bet that ninja and seize the fort before they can get to us." Kamui told them.
"Are you sure that's wise, Lord Kamui?" Gunter asked.
"No, but no time to think about it right now. Let move." and he took of in a full out sprint.
The three continued on there way to the shinobi, once there Kamui made the first move. "Do you even realize what you've done here today? Hoshido won't stand for unprovoked attacks like this. Revenge will be ours!" the ninja roared before attacking. Kamui blocked the shuriken attack , with Ganglari, then attacked. Felicia took an adjacent position near Kamui and threw a dagger at the enemy shinobi. Finally Kamui landed the finally blow, knocking Omozu of his feet onto the cold ground. 'Damn you! This isn't over…' Kamui thought he head him say before he fell unconscious.
Gunter then seized the fort. The other members of the Hoshidan retreated once they're leader was defeated and they're fort was seized.
The three Nohrians figured that if the there were people at the fort then it should be still operational
"Well, that wasn't what I had in mind…but at least we've completed my father's mission." Kamui said in relief. But that relief didn't last very long since the Hoshidan army had once again appeared, from the south, this time with more and stronger looking units.
"You're the leader of these troops? Pah." A ninja with red hair said unimpressed, though Kamui couldn't rely tell since he was wearing a mask, covering the lower part of his face. "You're nothing more than a boy."
"Who are you?" Kamui asked, he didn't recognized him from before.
"My name is Saizo. I've come to claim your life." he announced pulling out a kunai knife.
Th prince quickly noticed the weapon. "Gunter! Felicia! We're still under attack! Get ready to fight!"
"Destroy them!" Saizo ordered the Hoshidans on his side.
They started to advance when a roaring voice stopped them. "I won't allow it!"
"That voice, I know that voice." Kamui mumbled, looking around to try and find the source of it. He couldn't be more happier went he saw his older brother, Xander, rushing to his side using the bridge he had created earlier.
"What?!" Saizo looked surprised went he saw the mounted paladin. "This must be their real commander…"
Xander paid no attention to the ninja's comment and looked at his younger brother. "What's going on here, Kamui?"
"Xander! How did you know were in trouble?" he said totally forgetting to answer his brother's question.
Before the paladin could reply Camilla, Leo and Elise appeared rushing to Kamui's side, just like Xander did a few moments ago.
"We've arrived just in time." Leo said mounted on his steed. "Your luck never runs out, does it, Brother?" he asked looking at Kamui.
"Are you all right? I was so worried about you." Camilla chimed in as worried as ever, she sounded, if Kamui when for a few hours and then suddenly came back.
"We're all here for you, Kamui!" Elise added cheerfully.
"Thank you, everyone! Um, but before we get too carried away… we are under attack." Kamui cried looking at the number of Hoshidans that were approaching them.
Camilla looked at the Hoshidans with a death stare. "Who dares attack my beloved Kamui?" he demanded. "I'll have their heads on a platter!"
"I'm not hurt, Camilla." Kamui reassured.
"But, darling…" she started then made her way to two Hoshidan samurais. "it's the thought that counts!" she pulled out a hand axe and easily killed the two soldier effortlessly.
Kamui stared dumbfounded "I never knew Camilla could be so…ruthless…"
Elise smiled. "Heehee! That's right, you've never seen her on the battlefield before."
"This is not going well…" Saizo said rather casually.
"Saizo!" an unknown female voice called out. "What's wrong? What's our status?" she showed herself when she asked the two questions. She was a kunoichi with long brown hair tied into a ponytail a white ribbon, as well as her long bangs covering the right side of her face.
"I misjudged the situation." he admitted. "We're outnumbered. Kagero, do we have anyone else on the way?"
"Affirmative. Lord Ryoma is right behind me."
"Ahh… Then I think this battle is as good as won."
"It looks like more Hoshidan reinforcements are on the way." Xander said.
"Indeed…" Leo agreed. "What should we do?" he asked looking at hie elder brother.
Xander glanced at the second prince. "Well, Kamui is safe, and the fort's condition has been evaluated. There's no reason to engage Hoshido further at this point." he said, thought the Hoshidan we're still in battle stances. "Kamui, you take the lead with Gunter. We'll follow close behind."
"Will do. Thank you, Xander." With that said Kamui and his retainers reiterated crossing the stone bridge.
The Nohrians we're about to cross the bridge on they're way back to the Capital, went Kamui noticed something off. He stopped about half way a cross the bridge and looked around. "Gunter, have you seen Felicia? She was here a second ago…"
The old knight looked around as well trying to find the pink haired maid, for a moment. "I'm sure she's right behind us. Now hurry up. I can't stand being on this bridge a moment longer."
Kamui didn't push the matter any further, and nodded. They wear about to make it to the other side of the bridge went they heard footsteps behind them.
The two turned around to see the berserker behind him with his axe in hand.
"Don't worry-you won't have to stand there much longer." he said with a grin.
"Hans!" Kamui exclaimed with anything buy joy on his face.
"What is the meaning of this?" Gunter asked with a wry expression.
Hans rushed forward getting ready to attack. "Less talk. More death." he yelled, completely ignoring Kamui and striking the old knight instead. Gunter was pushed onto a weak point of the bridge, because the wight of him and his horse and the old age of the bridge, the a few planks of the bridge collapsed and took Gunter down with it.
"Gunter!" the prince cried as his retainer fell into the canyon. he gritted he teeth and turned vigorously at Gunter's attacker. "Hans! Why are you doing this? Your own ally…"
Hans only smirked at him. "Aww, did I knock your babysitter into the ditch? Actually I think I remember doing something like this to a girl that looked like you.
Kamui eyes went wide at his words. "Corrin…"
"Yes that was her name. She was a better fighter that you though and her retainers of hers were much more of a challenge then that lousy old timer!"
The more Hans spoke the more rage and anger filled him until he longer could control himself. "You! You were the one who killed my sister?! And Jakob and Shade as well?!"
"Heh heh. Is the little prince upset, the poor thing." he said sarcastically, readied his axe again prepared to attack. "Tell you what if you miss them so much- you can join then in hell!" he was about to rush forward, but what happened next was completely unexpected to him or Kamui.
In his furry Kamui held his arm up and it transformed into something that looked like a a stalagmite.
"You'll pay for this!" He screamed.
Hans's expression was completely and utterly dumbfounded. "What?! What kind of…freak…are you?"
Kamui arm went back to normal, then placed his free hand over his face, his enraged stated concentrating spiritual matter onto it and it manifested into a dragon's head. Once his head was transformed the prince jumped in the air and barreled rolled on the berserker, Hans wasn't able to defend unfortunately for him the prince wasn't done with his assault. The prince spun around making his hand into a jab and struck him, he then jumped back slightly throwing his empty hand in the air, it transformed again this time looking like a large dragon claw witch shot a ball of water at him. Kamui reverted to normal once he finished attacking.
"It can't be…" Hans mumbled as he was struck by the dragon.
"I want answers, Hans! Why are you doing this? Why you provoke the Hoshians? And why did you kill Gunter?" he demanded and was not about to be patient. "Answer me!"
"Just following orders. King Garon's orders." he replied quickly not wanting to go another round with the enraged prince.
Kamui didn't believe him why would his own father do something like that to him. His son. "What?! You lie!"
Hans ran away, without saying anything else.
"Come back here!" Kamui ordered, Hans didn't comply.
The young man was about to go after when all of a sudden Ganglari went out of control.
"Huh? Noooo!"
Before he could do anything the sword dragged him in to the valley. He thought he was going to fall to his death and closed hi eyes seeing it was hopeless to escape from what was about to happen.
"My kin, my gods, my blood…" a voice came out from the valley.
"That voice is that… Lilith?" he wondered as he continued to fall, he might have just been hearing voices, despite he's theory he sightly opened his eyes and from the corner of one of them he thought he saw Lilith preforming some sort of prayer since she had her hands folded together, but then again he could have just been hallucinating, so he closed his eyes again.
"Dragons grant me strength! Great Moro, I beseech you!" Lilith finished her ritual she transformed into a small dragon holding a crystal ball. She grabbed Kamui and flew up into the sky.
When Kamui felt the small creature garbed him he took it by the waist and held on tight as he was lifted into the air. "Lilith? Is that you? What…ARE you?" he asked confused more that anything.
Lilith closed her eyes for a moment. "Lord Kamui… I knew this day would come eventually. This may come as a shock, but I am not a human." she said calmly expecting Kamui to freak out.
To her surprise he took in well and didn't lost it. "Well, I can see that. Are you a dragon?" She actually looked more like a fish, but since she had legs he decided to think she was a dragon.
"Yes, this is my true form. You've seen it before. Do you remember? That strange bird you rescued in the barn…"
"That… That…was you…?" he stammered, in shock, the 'bird' he and his twin found was actually a dragon that took human form, Those back then she didn't have fins on her back and he tail wasn't as split.
"It was." she affirmed. "Once I recovered, I was able to take human form. You were so kind to me that I decide to remain a human that I might serve you." she added with a smile. "But now I used a power that goes beyond the capacity of a human body. I will not be able to return to that form. I don't mind, though. The most important thing to me is that you're safe…"
Kamui was about to speak when Lilith was struck by lightning. "Eeek!" she yelped.
"Lilith! Be careful! Drop me if you must… I won't have you sacrifice yourself for me!"
She payed no attention to what he said instead performed another ritual. "First Dragons, I call on you. Grant us access to the astral plane!"
A gateway opened not to far from a bridge once Lilith was done with the ritual, she then flew into it.
"What just happened?!" Kamui demanded as he laid on his back. The last thing he remembered was Lilith being struck by lightning and was now in a completely different area. He stood up and calmed himself down a little. "Where…are we?" he asked looking around, the place was filled with cherry blossom trees and the walls of the looked like that of the eastern kingdom.
"This is a world parallel to the one in which you live, Lord Kamui. It is known as the astral plane." the little dragon explained standing next to Kamui.
"How were you able to get us here?" he asked looking around to try and find an exit.
"The First Dragons have granted us the power to inhabit this dimension. Under their protection, we are safe here." she explained. She then looked at Kamui who, to her, looked tiered from the previous battle. "Oh! Allow me to prepare a place for you to rest…" By using the energy beneath the ground Lilith was able to build a tree house in an empty space.
"Did…did you just use a Dragon Vein?" he asked at the sudden conjuring.
"Yes. The power of the First Dragons flows freely in this realm. You should know that space and time operate differently here as well…"
He looked around seeing if he could find anyone else around. "I have so much to learn… Is there anyone else here?" he asked after another moment of looking.
Lilith looked at him for a few seconds before responding. "No, we are alone. There's no one left here…"
Kamui looked at the little dragon who seemed rater upset after hearing the question. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to invoke any bad memories."
"It's okay, Kamui. I'm not lonely as long as I have you in my life. Now…you should get some rest."
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea."
"Okay, then why don't you go into your tree house for a while?"
The prince nodded in agreement. He spent a little while recovering in his new living space, looking around the place already have a bed, a bookshelf stock with a few books, there was also a shelf stocked with some food and a table with two chairs. He stayed in there for a few more minutes, most of the time just laying on his bed, looking around while hundreds of questions popped into his head. But he didn't bother asking Lilith, because she might not be comfortable talking about it right now, so he decided to just let it go for now, and asked again when it was the right time.
He was eventually able to get back on his feet and walked back outside were Lilith was waiting. "How are you feeling, Kamui? I know this is a lot to take in."
"Yes, it is." he confirmed, looking around again. "But I feel much better now. My wounds seem to have healed already. And my mind is racing! I have so many new questions about this world…"
"All in good time. For now, some business remains in the other world." Lithe told him witch confirmed his decision to wait to ask the questions he needed answers later.
The realization hit him pretty hard he had almost forgotten every thing that happened a few minutes ago. Gunter was knocked into the Bottomless Canyon betrayed by an ally, and his sister and retainer might have been killed by that man as well, that thought almost ignited his anger again, but he managed to shake it off. "Yes, you're right. I can't relax until I know everyone made it safely home."
Lilith nodded. "Of course. There is just one thing you should know before you go back." she got his attention pretty quickly went a condition came up, as he almost instantly looked at her. "When I open the portal, you will return to the same location you came from. That means you'll arrive right on the Hoshidan border. There may be soldiers lying in wait for you…"
Kamui didn't seem very phased by her warning, but knew he had to keep his guard up once he excited the astral planes. "I understand. I'll be ready for them."
"Very well. Then I will open the gate." Lilith concentrated her energy and quickly and easily, as a hand gesture, conjure up a portal back to the real world.
Once back Kamui took a quick look around. "Ah, I'm back. But…where is everyone?" he realized after a few seconds he was alone.
"You're mine, Nohrian!" a voice that sounded vaguely familiar called from behind him.
"Hmm?!" He turned his head around enough to recognize that person to whom that voice belonged too. "Rin-" he could even finish what he was about to say, when he was bashed in the head by Rinkah's club.
"Hmm… Well that was disappointing," she started looking over the white haired man's knocked out figure. Well she supposed at least, kamui was able to hear a few of her sentences before blacking out completely. "You put up more of a fight back in Nohr!" she said out loud event though he couldn't hear her.
"Well since you showed me kindness, I might as well do the same to you. You're lucky that Hoshidan aren't insane killer like you Nohrians. I mean what kind of savages are you people? You lock me and my comrades with close to nothing to eat of drink. You treated us like animal." Once she was done with was she was saying, she proceeded to drag his body out of the Bottomless Canyon and into Hoshidan territory.
She made it to the forest separating her and the Flame Tribe when she stopped at the cry of a snowy owl, it was a messenger bird most likely from Hoshido. She extended her free arm out so that the bird would fly over to her and perch itself on her arm with a message attached to its back.
Rinkah dropped the Nohrian prince for a moment so that she could take out the letter, the owl flew away once it was off of him. She then proceeded to read the letter, she couldn't believe what she was reading. Once she was done the Flame Tribe princess looked over at Kamui as though she had just killed someone she wasn't suppose to.
Despite that felling, she grabbed Kamui by his cape and continued on her way.
Once back into the Flame Tribe she was bombarded by members of the Tribe as to why she brought a Nohrian into they're territory. She had to explain it to to her father, the chief of the Flame Tribe, and his expression was the same as her's when she first found out. Once she had finish explaining the reason for her action, she brought the prince into her cottage, settled him on the other side of the room and waited for him to regain consciousness.
Okay to be honest I really didn't know what I was doing in this chapter so sorry about that. But thank for reading and see you all next time.
