The Grey Warden: the Forbidden Warrior
Chapter 4:
Meeting Uchiha Sasuke
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"Medor vaedi, shor saes medor vyrdaes, eil shia air air mai pas thas? Medor vylol, medor Ferelden..." Cursed Saber.
"You know, it won't help," Mouse said casually.
Saber only growled as a response. Mouse laughed.
"I bet that I not going to find anything there! They are only using me so that I might defeat the this… this… Bandana? I don't even remember his name, but-"
"Yeah, yeah…" interrupted Mouse.
Jimmy barked happily as he bounced.
"Well, at least someone is happy." Saber sighed.
They were walking towards the location what has been signed on the map.
"Say, Saber?"
"What?"
"Did you sense it?"
Saber nodded. "Yes. I definitely sensed something. Those darkspawn. I never sensed any like this. They are different from the ones in Ferelden."
"Yeah, they are uglier too! Those things looked like… plants?"
Saber laughed. "It is almost funny, don't you think? Maybe they have a sense of humor !"
"Yeah! C'mon mongrel! Take the chamber-plant!" Mouse shouted to the mambari.
Jimmy only growled disapproving what made Saber and Mouse laugh more.
They are coming towards us…
Black Zetsu looked down at the girl.
She is dangerous… I must warn Madara.
And the black Zetsu disappeared in the ground.
Saber stopped and looked around with a suspicious look on her face.
"What is it, Saber?"
"I just thought…" Saber then shacked her head. "No, never mind.
I could've swore I felt a darkspawn near.
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"Sasuke…"
Madara Uchiha, the feared enemy of the Shinobi's stood before Sasuke Uchiha, the walker of the lonely path and a missing-nin from Konohagakure.
"It is time to test your new sharingan, so I have a task for you that might interest you."
Sasuke remained silence, but Madara continued speaking.
"What can you tell us, Zetsu." Madara said.
Zetsu stepped out of the shadows.
"This one is a Grey Warden." Said Zetsu with his husky voice.
"A Grey Warden?" Sasuke asked
"Warriors from an very old order. They are legendary in the lands far from here."
Sasuke remained silent.
"She must be strong if she's allowed to join the Grey Wardens." Zetsu continued. "Only the best are allowed to be recruited and then it is still a question if they are strong enough to join their ranks."
"I have heard about this order…" Madara said darkly and turned from Black Zetsu and Sasuke. "Even I have great respect for this order. I faced once a Grey Warden. Very impressive, but if they have allied with the Kage's… That might be a problem…
Madara stopped talking and then turned towards Sasuke.
"I want you to eliminate this Warden, but do it discrete. We don't want to have the Wardens on our back. "
"Hn" Sasuke turned and walked away.
"Sasuke. I mean it." Sasuke stopped with walking.
"Don't underestimate this one."
Sasuke walked further and vanished in the darkness.
"I hope he is not foolish enough to do that…" mumbled Madara. "
"And if he's not?" Zetsu asked.
Madara narrowed his eyes. "Then do whatever is necessary."
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"Are we there yet?"
"For the one hundreds time, NO!"
"Why does it has to be so far? I am tired." Complained Mouse.
"YOU DON'T EVEN WALK! HOW IN THE MAKER'S NAME CAN YOU BE TIREDED?"
"I'm just saying it…"
Saber walked further, only to become more grumpier.
"Stupid Landsmeet…"
"Here you go again cursing the whole world. You know-"
"Just shut it, will ya?"
Mouse laughed. "How does it feel to be scowled by a mouse?"
"Miserably…" Saber mumbled.
Saber stopped suddenly.
"What?" asked Mouse.
Saber looked shocked.
'Impossible…' Saber thought.
"Can't you sense it?"
"Sense what?"
Mouse climbed lower and Saber putted her hand up. Mouse sat on her hand and looked at her questionable with his black eyes.
"The Veil… it's thin here…"
Mouse sat up and focused. "You're right. How's that possible?"
"The Veil is the line that separates the Fade from this world. The Veil becomes thinner if there are many death, or there's a lot of magic.
"How strange…" Mouse mumbled
Saber was disturbed by the idea.
'Who is messing with the Fade? Is there a mage here?'
Saber walked further while she was thinking deeply about the matter.
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I suppose this is the target…
Sasuke looked at the girl he saw before.
I knew she wasn't from here.
He remembered how she slaughtered the army.
A Grey Warden…
The girl was small, smaller than all the females he knew. She had a tattoo across her face, and even if she wore a hat, he could tell she had long dark hair. Her hound was still with her and followed his Master loyal.
The Grey Warden… are a bunch of losers if they consider that powerful.
He remembered the sentence that Madara said to him
We don't want to have the Wardens on our back.
Was he afraid of… that? A small young girl, lost in lands she didn't knew? He smirked wicked.
I shall show them what real power is and not to mess with an Uchiha.
Sasuke jumped off with these thoughts and raced towards the girl.
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"Saber, someone is approaching." Whispered Mouse.
Jimmy growled.
Saber nodded and took her bow.
"How strong is this one?" Saber asked Mouse.
"Pretty strong. He has some dark thing around him. Better be careful."
Saber looked around and was as silent as she could.
She could hear footsteps, who were going faster and faster. It came closer and closer.
Now!
Saber shot a arrow in the direction from the sound. Before she could blink her enemy had appeared. He had the arrow in his hand and a sword in the other.
Jimmy barked angrily and Saber felt the tension Mouse had formed.
"What do we do know?" Mouse whispered.
I can't kill this guy… that would mean trouble for the Grey Wardens! Unless…
"RUN!" Saber shouted and she did.
She knew the guy would follow her, but that was exactly her intention. If he would form a direct threat for her, than she has the full right to kill, not as a Grey Warden, but as a victim. She had no clue who he was. Heck, she didn't even knew how he looked, but she didn't care.
'First kill, then ask,' The first lesson her master Zevran taught her.
She ran, but suddenly she heard a sound that sounded like fire
Before she had the time to turn around, she saw black flames and she knew it would hit her.
Out of reflex she closed her eyes tight. Because of that, she stumbled and fell.
She never felt the hit and she knew Mouse had took the blow.
She opened her eyes and indeed, Mouse had took the blow. Saber recovered quickly and took her staff. She formed it into a sword.
I hope I have enough daggers with me…
She took her dagger from her mother, the Voice of Velvet. The dagger her mother got when she was the Commander of the Grey.
The appearance of the boy was still blur. He had something formed around him. I giant shield or something. It was something Saber never saw.
"Is this magic, Mouse?"
"No… this is something even I don't know. Same goes for those black flames."
Saber narrowed her eyes. She shoot a couple of arrows, but the arrows never hit the enemy.
'This opponent won't be a easy one.'
The giant now made a movement and Saber prepared herself. It had formed a arrow and fired it.
Mouse could luckily hold it.
"NOW, Saber!"
Saber ran towards the enemy. She felt a bit of fear to face something that was completely unknow by her, but she pushed it aside.
Black flames came again, but Saber warded it off by a magical shield. She kept running and she came nearer by the giant.
Saber already took a conclusion it was made of something indestructible.
Thank the Maker I had to study so much when I was in the Circle!
She remembered a spell that could make anything venerable. It was very old, but very useful in moment like these.
She whispered the spell over her sword and the sword began to shine by its magic.
"Don't turn me down now…"
Saber threw the sword and it hit the giant. There was nothing first, but then the giant began to crack.
First it formed a hole and the it slowly disappeared.
I think it worked. Saber thought triumphal.
Saber jumped with her dagger in her hand on the enemy. He draw his sword and countered her attack. They were now standing opposite of each other and Saber was faced with a couple of red eyes.
She jumped back and took her sword back. Saber ran away and signed to the mambari and the spirit to do the same.
The boy was fast however and followed her.
The boy tried to attack her with his sword and Saber hold it. She saw her chance. He left his legs defenseless. She hit his legs with her dagger and the boy let out growl. He fell on his knees.
'This is my chance! 'Saber's mind screamed and she was swaying her sword to kill the boy before her.
But suddenly Saber sensed that familiar feeling and they were pushed away by a heavy pressure.
Saber as well as the boy fell.
This is definitely magic.
Before them there was a darkspawn warlock. It fired magic, and Saber used her own magic towards it.
She looked if there was any way to escape, but they were now on the edge ravine. Saber looked again at the warlock and bit her lip. She was a bit tired from the fight and she didn't have a lot of mana left.
Behind her she heard screaming birds and saw that the boy formed lightning. Saber smirked and she did the same. They both fired a blue and purple lightning.
The darkspawn screamed and Saber knew it would die. Out of nowhere a darkness approached both of them and they were blown over the edge.
Saber heard the voice of Mouse, screaming her name.
She fell in something very cold and wet, and she couldn't breathe.
She was longed for air. She felt something pulling on her wrist and she was dragged above where she took a long breath.
She had to fight against the under flow of the river they fell in and she heard sometimes a curse from a male.
Sometimes she would go under water, only to long for air.
This is not much different than my life…
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The boy and Saber somehow had reached to surface and they were now lying there exhausted.
"I… suggest… we have… a truce…" panted Saber.
The boy only nodded and panted.
"What… was that...?" the boy said breathless.
"I… need… air…first..!" she didn't felt to explain the whole thing. Since she had no breath for it, and it was this guy who attacked her out of nowhere.
After a while their breath became regular again and they laid there silently.
"You… defeated susano'o…"
Saber looked up and she knew he meant the giant.
"That's… impossible…" the boy continued. "No… one can…. defeat it."
Saber sighed. "Well, I just did… My name is Saber, if it's interest you. I hope you give me your name, since I at least want to know my enemy's name."
"Uchiha Sasuke…" he responded.
Saber nodded.
She sat up and she looked at boy now. Her blue and green eyes widened as he returned her gaze.
"Maker's Breath…" she whispered.
He only narrowed his eyes, who were now black again. Great...
"If you're trying to be clingy, then I'll kill you…" he treated.
Saber blinked and then her gaze turned angry.
"CLINGY?" she snapped. "YOU'RE THE MOST UGLIEST GUY I EVER SAW!"
Sasuke would lie if he said he wasn't surprised. "…Excuse me?" he said after a while
"You've heard me! Being attacked and almost defeated by you…" her face only turned angrier. "IT PISSES ME OFF!"
She stood up. "I hope you die, Duck-ass!" she shrieked.
Sasuke was stunned at the reaction and kept laying down. Saber wanted to walk away, but then felt something pulling on her wrist.
"WHAT IS IT-"
Saber 's voice decreased and Saber looked stunned at the sight. Sasuke did the same.
They saw that they were stuck with each other, literally.
A chain connected their wrists.
Saber and Sasuke looked at each other still stunned and then back at the chain.
"WHAT THE-?"
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