Hello everybody! It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, and my life is a living hell. Yeah!
Okay so problem is that my friends are trying to decide how Mieu should laugh evilly. Raven and Shadow say that it should say Mieuhahahahahahaha, while Blaze and I ponder if Mieu can even laugh evilly. So you decide.
Schools out and I'm still in misery. Impossible right? Well not if you have to clean the house by yourself. Yeah, they best thing to do all summer right. Anyways enough of my moping for anyone who bothered to read this. On with the story!
Asch's Disclaimer: Emberstar- phoenix lover doesn't own any of the stuff. If she did, my life would be a living hell.
Es: I think it already is. I mean you have to put up with Dist and all that.
Asch: You now what? Shut up.
Chapter 7:
Where we get no where…
"Ready to go?" Guy asked.
"Yes!" We all chimed. I was happy knowing we were finally going somewhere.
"I'm sorry." A voice behind me said. I turned around and saw Tear looking at us apologetically. "I shouldn't have dragged you with us and now my brother wants to consult you. I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Why should you be? We kinda just tagged along. The commandant has something to tell me because he somehow knows me." I said smiling sheepishly. "Besides, we're ninjas from Mizuho remember?"
"Ninjas? More like children who don't know when to go home to mommy." Luke called out behind us.
Ouch. He deserves to get beat into the ground for that one. But I didn't say anything and kept a forward glance. I knew I wouldn't have to say anything before-
"You bastardly faggot. I'll kill you for that one." Raven screamed. I sighed and looked on as Raven shot the ground near Luke's feet screaming 'I'll kill you bastard'. It was like watching Raven and Blaze except Blaze had blond hair and golden eyes and Raven didn't have guns that she could kill you with. Ah, good times.
"Still Luke has a point. Children shouldn't be hanging around with the peace treaty commissioners." Tear scolded. "You kids can get seriously hurt or worse."
I looked back at Tear with determined eyes. "Tear let me tell you something that most people don't know." That got everyone's attention. "Back in Mizuho, we were trained to throw things as soon as we could speak and the real reason were tagging along, is so we can find Mizuho again."
Tear looked at us with disapproving eyes but said nothing more. Raven gave me a thoughtful look before walking up to me.
"So the translation of all that is, we're coming with you no matter what so we can get home. The training is talking about the fighting moves we watched on TV and manga and the game they're in and what we learned from combat 101." She whispered to me.
"Exactly." I said confident.
Everyone looked at us confused, like they were expecting an explanation. I decided to keep going at it.
"She was agreeing on my talk." I said. Whew, now that, that's off my chest, we can go and-
"So you don't know where Mizuho is?" Jade inquired. Damn it! "I thought you said you knew if it was in Malkuth territory." Damn it, Damn it, Damn It!
"Well you see, they never let us out of the village." Lies. "And so one day we got bored and…" think, think, think, Tear, Luke, hyperresonance? That's it! "We accidentally caused a hyperresonance and sailed out of the village." I finished.
Jade sent me another one of his calculating glances before turning around. "I guess that explains why there was whole in the ceiling of the Tartarus." He said over his shoulder. "As long as you didn't cross the border I find nothing wrong."
"Pass ports please." The guard said as Jade approached. Jade handed him the pass ports and we all walked through.
Raven, seemingly bored from walking went over and nudged the item bag on Luke's back then retreated to her original spot.
Mieu's head popped out and he looked around. "Mieu? Are we done walking?" he said.
"Shut up thing!" Luke yelled. He punched the top of Mieu's head and Mieu slumped back down into the bag. "Mieu…."
"Hey, where is room 302 anyways?" I asked. Everyone looked at each other then rested their gazes on Guy.
"Well Guy?" Jade said.
"What? Me? Um, I believe it is in the far corner of the town. Why do you ask Star?" he said.
"Guy, I thought you were smarter than that." I scowled and turned my head away. Great. Our favorite antagonist wants me to come to a deserted place in the back of Kaitzur. Perfect.
"Oh! You mean that place." He said putting a fist on an opened hand saying he figured it out.
"What? What place?" Luke asked. No one answered him and kept walking silently with all knowing faces. "Hey! Somebody answer me!"
When we got to the end of the path the guards once again checked our passports and let us through immediately.
We walked through the town and my first impression was… army people.
Kimlascan soldiers walked around aimlessly and children ran around our feet as we walked. I felt a pang of homesickness because I remembered Raven and Blaze running around Shadows and my feet, trying to kill each other as cruel as it sounded.
"Psst. Over here." I heard. I turned around slightly and saw a merchant waving to me. I looked at the others, who were still talking about directions and stuff, and walked over to him.
The merchant held up a single strand of freshwater pearls. "Does the pretty lady like?" He asked.
I blushed at his choice of words and fingered the pearls. They didn't feel as fake as the ones at home. I suddenly was aware I wasn't alone and turned and saw Yulia next to me looking at the accessories.
"Get that one." She said sweetly and pointed to a ruby circlet. It was a pretty little thing. Gold with a large ruby in the center and two smaller rubys on the side of the larger one.
The merchant, lets just call him Phil, followed my gaze and picked up the circlet.
"Do you prefer this instead?" He asked. I took it out of his hands gently and placed it on my head. It highlighted my flame colored eyes, unlike my hair which made them shadowy and dull. I flipped my bangs over it and you could only see the faintest hints of red.
Then I saw the price. 25,000,000. Wow ouch. Hey that just reminded me that, that Asch guy owes me a bag of gald. I swear by Yulia I'll get that money back. With interest.
"It looks good, will you buy it." Yulia asked.
"Are you crazy?" I murmured under my breath.
"Please Star! If you do I promise to help you with that arte. And I'll add the bonus of a special pair of shoes." She whined.
I stared at it reluctantly before giving it back to the man.
"I'll keep it just for you." He said and put it in a glass case off to the side. It took me a minute to realize he had seen the reluctance in my eyes. I thanked him and turned around only to see everyone staring at me impatiently.
"Umm, Raven told me to look at them." I lied. Raven looked at my with the betrayed trust look but didn't say anything. Instead she gave me the 'shame' fingers by rubbing one finger off the other.
"Well then Star. I hope you caught which way we're going because I seemingly forgot." Jade said shaking his head with his flawless grin. "My memory losses must come from being so old."
"Sure… Um we're supposed to go to….." Damn it! I could remember everything until now. " Kaitzur Naval Port?" I said. Oh how I wished that hadn't sounded so much like a question.
"We are?" Luke asked.
"Yessss." I said with little confidence.
"But Star, aren't you supposed to meet with master Van?" he continued putting a hand under his chin.
"Ah, I almost forgot!" I exclaimed. "Guy, where is the storage room?"
"Over on that side." He said pointing to an area to the left of us. I looked over and I swear I saw a tumble weed. It was completely deserted, except for Van was standing in the doorway smiling at us.
Tear looked at me warily before Luke roughly pushed me forward. I shot a worried glance back at them before walking up to Van.
"Ladies first." He chirped all to happily.
"Exactly so please step right in." I said and waited. How long until he catches on, I wonder.
"Are you implying something?" He asked kindly with an eyebrow raised.
"Three seconds, good job." I scoffed as I entered.
He closed the door behind him and a single lamp was the only light I had. A small table was in the center of the room with 2 chairs on either side. The walls were stacked with food and canteens. What was this? CSI?
"Please take a seat, miss Star." He said and pulled the chair out. I sat down lightly with a grim face.
He walked around the table and sat on the other side. He smiled and was about to talk but I cut him off.
"Please stop with the act." I said with a growl.
"Act? What act?" He asked with fake innocence.
"Please, it's written all over your face." I sneered. He suddenly snapped out of his smile and happy face and studied me closely.
"Clever girl." He murmured. Oh and now he was praising me. What a creep.
"You know it." I replied. Fine if he was being a smart ass, I'll be a smart ass.
"So Star, care to explain what you did on the Tartarus." He inquired.
"Did what?" I said sweetly, smiling. He gave me an evil look before taking a letter out of his pocket. I raised an eyebrow at the sight of it.
"This letter was given to me by one of my high ranking officers…" Hm, Weird arte + Legretta + Rank= Letter to Van. Damn it all to- "They said something about a different kind of arte."
"What? Can't different people have different artes?" I asked with a sly smirk.
"I guess, but have you ever heard of Yulia's descendants?" He asked.
"Yes, no, maybe. It all depends who's asking." Okay, I guess I'll give the guy a break. "You mean the people who sing the same hymns as Yulia?"
"Correct. You don't belong to the Fende or any other belonging to Yulian family, I can tell that. So who are you? "
"Me? Really? I'm a normal person." I answered truthfully.
"Oh and what about this arte I heard about."
"Um, I don't get how this relates to Yulia."
"It relates to Yulia because-" he never got to finish because the door burst open. And in comes Raven shaking her fist furiously at me.
"Star! How dare you do that to me!" She yelled. She picked me up by the collar of my sweater dress and started shaking me. "I want a full report, stat."
And with those final words she dragged me out the door and slammed it in Van's face. The sky was dark and it was almost night as she dropped me onto the ground.
"How many times have you saved my butt now?" I said.
"I believe it has been 3." She said with a grin.
"Now what did you want?"
"Do you have any cookies?"
"What?"
"gasp you have cookies and didn't tell me about it! Where are they damn it!"
"Huh?"
"Where is your giant stash of cookies Star?"
"I don't get what your saying. I mean I get the cookie part but that was a little too random."
"I know because that's just who I am. I'm randomly random" she finished.
"Hey Star, Raven!" We heard behind us. Both of us turned around and saw Guy jogging towards us. "Are you ready to head out?"
"Yeah!" Raven yelled and tried to hug him. Heh, not today or probably any other day. He backed up and started running away.
I let go of a sigh that I had had in that storage room. 3, 2, 1, 0 and…
"Gahhh!" Guy screamed as Raven cornered him.
"Huggles~" She said before he dived out of the way and started running back where he came from. I laughed and walked towards the hill he had ran off to. 3 minutes later Raven and I had joined up with the party and were heading out to Kaitzur Naval Port.
Along the way, monsters attacked us and Raven and I got a little practice and pointers from Guy and Jade. Most of Jade's 'help' was like, 'keep your sword up Star. You just might hit something if you do or, Raven stop firing the gun blindly and aim for once or you might hit someone. It would be a tragedy if you shot down one of our own.'
I knew he was helping us behind those words, but that still annoyed me.
Night fell like a deep blue curtain and stars dotted the sky along side the fonbelt. We stopped in pretty much the middle of a grassy field and set up camp. As we sat around the fire, I couldn't help but notice some things about the people.
They all looked tired and worn out, probably from fighting that whole time but they looked like they hadn't slept in days.
I got off the ground and went to go sit by Luke. I was sure he would make an insulting comment but he just continued to stare into the crackling fire we had made.
"So Luke? Do you miss home?" I asked. He gave me the 'are you crazy' look but only picked up a stick and twirled it around in his fingers.
" I guess? Hey Star…" He started. He hesitated and I looked at him with curiosity sparked in my eyes. "How can you do it?"
"What?" I asked. My mind searched for answers of what he had just said.
"How can you kill and look so calm?"
Oh, that's what he meant. Well time for the lecture. "I can do it because I have a purpose."
"A purpose?"
"Yeah, I have friends and family I have to make it back to. I have to kill to not be killed." He looked at me with renewed hope and stuck out his hand.
"I'm, I'm afraid to kill." He said and stared into his palm as if a magical answer who appear.
"Everyone is at first. It horrifying and sad to kill something." I said softly. I remembered the soldier from the Tartarus and winced.
"Hmph, I bet those two didn't. They're just cold hearted." He said pointing at Tear and Jade. I grinned at his childish accusation.
"You'd be surprised." I said and got up. Hm, he wasn't so bad if you got to know him. "Let's start over Luke. Hi my name is Star." I put my hand out for him to shake.
He stared at me in a weird way before shaking my hand. "Luke. Luke fon Fabre." He said with a smile. Yeah, nice people for the win.
The next person I walked over to was Ion.
"Hi Ion." I said softly.
He looked at me with a kind smile on his face then took his gaze up to the stars again. "Do you see how many stars there are." He suddenly asked me.
"Yeah, over a million or more." I said turning my gaze to them as well.
"I like to imagine the stars as people. I'm going to protect every single light up in the night sky. I will not let them burn out easily." He said with a determined face.
"It sounds like poetry." I said with a hum.
"Your right." He said with that soft smile of his. He was just too adorable.
After him I walked over to Jade.
"Hello Star. What a fine evening it is tonight. It seems you and Luke have made up." He said with a smirk.
"Yes, thanks for noticing." I smiled.
"Of course that still doesn't mean your getting off guard duty tonight." Oh, I should have seen that one coming.
"By myself?" I asked.
"No, I was thinking Raven would go after you and maybe Guy after that." He said.
"Poor guy." I said looking over at Guy. He was humming to himself while stirring the stew. "Your making him make supper and watch the camp at night?"
"Of course." Jade answered.
"That's just mean."
"Think on the bright side, he'll be very quiet in the morning."
"How?"
"He'll be too tired to talk."
"That's cruel."
"Oh really. I find that you will probably by in the same position as Guy." I edged away from Jade and bumped into Anise.
"Oof! Careful." She growled.
"Sorry." I said with a sweat drop on my head.
"Oh you're the one that the colonel's been talking about." She said with a growing smile.
"He's been talking about me?" I asked rather amused.
"Yeah he said you have no battle experience at all and that you would die if a monster attacked at any given moment." I fell of the log at that sentence.
"You don't say." I said getting up.
"Maybe you should ask Guy or Luke for help." She said.
"Maybe I will Anise." I said with a smile.
Now it was Tear's turn to talk.
"Hi Tear." I said as she bustled in and out of the tent.
"Hello Star. Could you help me for a minute." She asked.
"Sure." I said and went inside the tent. She lifted up a large package and handed it to me. It was fairly heavy but, then again I had to lift up heavier things at home.
"Take that to Guy." She said running around the tents some more.
"Take it to the boys' tent or Guy himself." I asked.
"Himself." Tear answered.
I walked out the flap of the tent and call Guy. He held up a finger and told me to wait but my hands were starting to get heavy and tired. "Please hurry." I called.
A minute later much to my displeasure, Guy came over to the tent. I guess he didn't see me because he started calling my name. What am I? Invisible or something?
The package slipped out of my hands and made a large boom. Guy turned around and saw me.
"Oh there you are Star." He said and walked over. Not too close though.
"Package for you." I said pointing to the package at my feet.
"Oh thanks." He said walking forward. I backed up remembering his weakness. He gave me a grateful look before picking it up and walking back to the camp fire.
"Dinner's ready." He called.
After a delightful dinner of stew I stood up and walked over to a rock. "I guess I'll guard first since I don't like getting woken up in the middle of the night."
Jade also came over and pointed to a blue star. "When the moon reaches that star it will be Guy's turn. Raven can stay with you tonight."
I nodded just as Raven waltzed over. "I guess I'm watching too?" Was all she said before seating herself next to me.
An hour passed and everyone went to sleep but the two of us who were having a great time telling stories about things.
"So Star. How much do you know about this place?" Raven asked.
"Well it's confusing. It's a game but the characters are so real, their voices are just like their voice actors, the characters do exactly what the game and anime did and, ugh this makes my brain hurt. It's like we're the sub-characters for a plot twist in the game." I explained.
"Wow it even sounds confusing." Raven said with a nod of her head.
"Yes confusing indeed." A familiar deep tone called behind us. We whirled our heads around to see Jade stalking out of the shadows. "Mind explaining that Star?"
I had the 'oh shit' look on my face while Raven turned pale. "Um, this whole adventure is like a game." I stammered quickly.
"Really? This peace treaty caravan is no more than a playing piece in your so called game then." He said. He pushed his glasses up to his nose so that a glare eerily shadowed his eyes.
"No that's no it." I yelled. That must have woken almost everyone up because Guy, Tear, and Anise poked there heads out of the tents.
"What's going on." Anise asked as she stifled a yawn.
"I was just asking Star what she was talking about. Apparently she sees this whole mission is just a game." Jade answered.
Tear and Guy gave me a look of mistrust. "Is this true Star?." Tear asked softly.
"No, well kinda of… Look I don't know okay. There are some things better left unsaid." I stammered.
"Everyone has something they don't want to tell." Raven inquired. We looked at each one of them. Guy, Tear, Anise, Jade. They all did and they knew it.
They looked away unsure of what Raven and I had just said. Jade was the first to recover.
"All right then Star. But one day I want to know what you meant." He said before walking to the boy's tent.
The others shrugged and drew their heads back into their respective tents. I sat back down on the rock with Raven next to me.
"Next time, we need to look out for Jade. He almost found out." I stated.
"That man could scare Chuck Norris." Raven answered.
"You never know." I replied and we both laughed almost painfully.
"Well this is taking too much effort. I'm gonna let you take my shift and that can be pay back for saving your ass before." Raven yawned then went inside the girls tent.
I sighed in defeat then looked up at the night sky. About an hour later of looking for nothing the moon was in position.
I stood up and cracked my back in the process. I walked over to the boy's tent and lifted the flap slightly.
Guy was laying near the entrance so I gently nudged with him with my foot until he woke up. I jumped backwards, remembering his weakness and slipped on a giant rock outside.
"What?" He mumbled groggily.
"It's.. your.. turn." I said pulling myself out of the dirt.
I heard rummaging inside the tent and then Guy's straw blond hair appeared. I back away a little and waited for him. I wonder if I could get help from him. Luke would probably say no or tell me he wants to sleep or go home.
His body came out 5 seconds later and he was scratching the back of his head like he was embarrassed.
"Sorry I took so long." He stammered.
"You took 15 seconds Guy." I laughed at this and walked to the middle of the camp. "Will you teach me how to fight?"
He paused for a moment as if thinking about the pros and cons.
"Please. It's not like thieves will come to a camp that has people sword fighting in it." I pleaded.
He paused for another moment before he nodded his head. "But I thought they taught you ninja's things like this." He stepped forward and kicked a pebble aimlessly that was just outside of the tent.
I pointed at my forehead knowingly. "They teach you to throw knives Guy. I need help with a sword." It was partially true. I mean I learned to throw knives when I was young. Practicing with a wooden stump to prove to my brother I could be better than him at something.
Guy brought my thoughts to a crash when he spoke up. "Can you get your sword Star?"
"Sure." I answered shaking my head to clear the thoughts. I walked over to the rock and grabbed my sword. The red eyes of the dragon in the hilt gleamed up at me and almost made me shudder.
When I turned around Guy had already drawn his sword and assumed a battle position. I drew mine rather slowly and when I looked up he was already in front of me and knocked the sword out of my hands.
"You have to draw your sword faster and keep your eyes on the enemy." He instructed. I rubbed my hand where the sword hit before smiling and retrieving my sword.
"Bring it on." I shouted and charged.
We practiced for the rest of the night and by the end of it I could finally pull my sword out without looking and had a sore butt and hand. Yeah! Epic fails ftw!
I went to sleep for about an hour before Tear woke me up. We hit the road again after everything was stored in the item bag or as I called them the bags of the abyss.
I walked along the road groggily while Raven was next to me prancing along. Jade was right. Guy and I didn't say a word as we walked.
We battled enemies along the way, the fights became a little easier than before thankfully, and soon we were in front of Kaitzur Naval Port.
"Finally." I whined and hit the ground in front the gates. "Can I go sleep at the Inn please?"
"Why Star, I didn't know you would give up that easily. Your making this old man younger than he looks." Jade said as he waltzed passed me.
"Shut up Jade. You didn't have to even guard." I growled and fumed. I started following them still fuming and I could almost feel Jade chuckling on the inside. Damn you Jade, I swear I will get you back somehow!
We walked through another path that lead to the port. "I'm almost home." Luke whispered.
"Mieu is that your country master?" Mieu asked cutely. I turned to look at Tear who had a blush on her face.
"Yeah." Luke answered.
"We still have to get a ship Luke." Tear inquired.
"Jeez, you can really ruin the mood you know that Tear." He answered he back.
We made it through the gates and Jade looked up towards the port.
"It seems there is quite a commotion back there." Jade inquired..
A screech filled the sky and a giant bird went across the sky.
"What's that?" Luke asked almost arrogantly.
"That's one of Gloomietta's pets." Anise spit.
"Gloomietta?" Guy asked.
Anise ran over and grabbed his tunic and started pounding on his chest. He started shaking violently at this action.
"Arietta! One of the six god generals! Arietta the Wild!" She yelled.
"Alright, Alright! Just please get off!" He yelled.
"Guy I know your enjoying your self put we really must be going." Jade said and walked off after Luke and Tear.
"Just get her off." Guy whined.
"Anise, come on I think I see Arietta up ahead." I called. As cruel as it was I had to snicker with Raven on how stupid Guy looked right about now.
"Gloomietta?" Anise asked and let go of Guy. He took this chance to run towards Jade and the others. I still had a smirk on my face as we entered the destruction zone.
The area was in flames as well as the ship to Baticul and dead ligers were scattered everywhere. Arietta hovered over the mass on her big flying bird like thing called a hraesvelgr, I think. A passed out engineer was in the birds talons. And right below her was Van himself who could mystically transport here in less than a day.
"Arietta! What is the meaning of this?" He shouted.
"Yeah Gloomietta! Why are you making everyone mad!" Anise shouted.
"You guys…" Van almost growled.
"I'm not gloomy Anise! Your just mean!" Arietta yelled.
"What happened here?" Tear and Raven asked in unison.
"Arietta unleashed her monster friends on the ships to Baticul." Van explained.
"Commandant, I'm sorry. Asch asked me to do it." She explained through her little demonic doll. It looked like a bunch of faces had been sewn together and made into a doll. Much to say, it looked creepy, demonic, and scary.
"Asch?" Van said incredulously.
"That's right Van. One of your god generals is a double agent. What now?" I thought with a smirk. I was doing the happy dance and laughing at Van mentally.
Arietta patted the hraesvelgr and it started to fly forward slightly then stopped. "If you want the engineer back, bring Ion and Luke to Coral Castle. If they don't come… They'll kill the engineer." And with that she gave me a very evil glare and flew off to the south.
"Well then." I stated and watched her fly off. What did I ever do to her?
"Van what's the ships condition?" Tear asked.
"Out of commission unfortunately." He replied. "You'll have to wait for the training ship to come back."
"What's this Coral Castle Arietta was talking about?" Jade asked his expression serious.
"It used to be Duke Fabre's old vacation home." Guy explained once more.
"Woo! I love vacations!" Raven yelled.
I face palmed myself but kept a smile on my face. "It's not going to be one of the best vacation homes Raven."
Jade pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose and looked at Star. She knew a little too much for staying inside a village all her life.
"Luke I want you to stay here and wait for the training ship." Van commanded.
"Yes sir." Luke said almost like a soldier to a marshal.
"Good. I'll deal with Arietta. Please take the fon master to the border line." He walked away then looked back his gaze resting on Raven and me. "Oh, I did enjoy our conversation Star. We'll have to do it again sometime with Raven accompanying us." With that he turned and walked away.
"Like hell we will." Raven and I whispered in unison.
"That reminds me, what did the commandant talk to you about." Jade asked. They all looked expectantly at me.
"Oh nothing much. Just asking personal information and giving me weird answers that's it." I spoke quickly and waved it off and started walking forward at a quick pace. "Lets get going to the border shall we, ahahaha." I forced the laughter out and all but sprinted to the entrance.
They were probably all sweat dropping behind my back.
"That sounds like a nice conversation." Ion said sweetly. Oh, he was so adorable and oblivious. Why? Why did he have to die… no I will not let that happen. I about stabbed the screen when Mohs did that to him and if he does it again I am so throwing him into the pit of the volcano.
We went to the item shop/weapon shop and bought some apple gels, orange gels, and life bottles whose purpose still eludes me. I bought a set of throwing knifes with the little money I had left while Raven bought a Chiffon cake to eat later. She also bought a small bag so she didn't have to keep fishing out of mine.
Anyways when we got near the entrance two engineers ran up and blocked the exit. "Wait please fon master!" they pleaded.
"What business do you have with the fon master?" Anise asked.
"Please rescue the chief." One of them pleaded.
"The score said he would have a good year. He has been a faithful follower for years." The other one shouted.
"I guess it can't be helped." Ion said. "I'm going to Coral Castle."
I'm going to protect each and every one of those stars. I won't let them burn out. Ion's words echoed in my head. I stepped forward and put a hand on my chest. "If Ion's going then I'm coming with him." I stated. He gave me a grateful look and I returned it with a wink.
"If Star goes, I go." Raven said stepping forward as well.
"My I guess we all have to go if our fon master and two ninjas here are going." He said with a shrug.
"Luke are you going?" Tear asked him.
"No." He answered arrogantly.
"Why not Luke." Tear asked again.
"Because master Van said I didn't need to go." He said arrogantly.
"Luke I'm so ashamed of you." I said acting like Jade. "Letting a fon master and two girls go by themselves. What kind of noble are you? And here Ion is showing more courage than you…"
"What did you say!" He screamed. Ohhhhhh, now I see why Jade did it so often.
"I said, Ion can kick your ass any day when it comes to courage." I said with a shrug of my shoulders.
"Fine I'll go if you'll just shut up. I don't know why we have to do this any ways." He stormed of in indignation after that while the engineers thank you's never reached his ears.
"My Star, if I don't say so my self I would say you were trying to act like me there."
"Maybe, Maybe not." Was my reply.
Jade smiled then walked after Luke.
"Off to Coral Castle then!" Anise cheered. She marched forward after Jade.
Tear gave a quick sigh before following. Raven and I followed Tear silently and Guy brought up the rear.
We traveled and traveled some more. It didn't matter what terrain we traveled on, forest, plains, deserts (thank Lorelei we didn't run into this one) . At least every single one of them had a hazard for my feet. Sticks, stones, and monster carcasses. The next time some one tells me that they would rather have no shoes, I will send them running through these fields in barefeet and see what they think.
It wasn't long before Coral Castle was in our sights…
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Finally I got done with this chapter. I've been busy beyond belief and I have stayed up at night writing this story. Til 2:30 once. I hope you enjoyed the chapter because it has been literally killing me. On with the skit!
Jade:…..
Star:…..
Jade: stop looking at me like that.
Star: stop looking at me like that.
Jade: Are you trying to copy me?
Star: Are you trying to copy me?
Jade: Stop that.
Star: Stop that.
Jade: I mean it.
Star: I mean it.
Jade: I like women.
Star: I like…. Dammit!
Next chapter: Where we finally get somewhere in the plot!