Chapter 7
I have seen Kirby call Meta Knight kn-kni, so I wasn't sure what it really meant. I am assuming it means father or mentor.
Seeing the silver starship ride into loading dock of the golden ship, Sword couldn't help but mentally scold himself. How could I let her escape me? I tried chasing her, but I couldn't let that Meta Knight character see me…
He stood on top of a rock on a mountain side, clutching his sheathed sword by his side. He wanted revenge so bad right now, but he knew if he tried storming the ship, he would not win against all the Star-Warriors. Sword groaned to himself, watching the ship get ready to head out of the canyons and toward space. He didn't know what to do, and he was usually the smart one.
"I thought you did pretty well." The voice startled Sword, but as he turned around, he saw his Kn-kni standing there. Sword immediately got on one knee to bow in respect of him, saying, "I'm sorry I failed-"
"That is quite alright. I didn't expect Meta Knight to arrive either."
Kn-kni then looked toward the ship through his mask that was similar in shape of Meta Knight, saying, "Oh well, no crying over spilt blood. There's still a chance Sword."
This had gotten Sword's attention as he stood up and looked at his Kn-kni. After a bit of silence, Kn-kni looked toward Sword, suggesting "You may be able to still gain her trust if you went aboard on the ship, claiming you were concern for her safety." When Kn-kni said this, Sword realized what his Kn-kni was thinking. If I play it out like I was concern for her, then surely I could stay close to Blade, while also finding out what the Star Warriors may be up to.
Soon the engines started on the golden ship, catching both the attention of Kn-kni and Sword. Sword started off in a sprint, but Kn-kni grabbed the back of his cape to pull him back. Sword looked to Kn-kni, wondering why he had stopped him. However, all Kn-kni done was open his hand out, as if he wanted something.
Sword realized this and reluctantly gave his black sword to Kn-kni. Kn-kni simply said after he received the sword, "I will lend my power to you when the time is needed. For now, take a simple sword, so that you won't intimidate the Star-Warriors."
Kn-kni gave a plain sword to Sword, who nodded his head in understanding. Then Sword took off from Kn-kni and headed toward the cliff that the ship was ready to pass.
When he got to the cliff, the ship was just passing by. Timing it right, Sword jumped off the cliff and landed on the ship's wing. However, the speed of the ship was a little too much for him and he was almost blown off. He caught the edge of the wing in time, and finally steadied himself on top of the wing.
Good, now I how do I get inside? Sword looked around him and saw near the end of the wing that was connected to the ship, there was a port-door for escape pods to exit. Wow, this was easier than I thought.
Sword crawled himself to the ship itself, as the ship's speed increased. It was now leaving the canyons and headed toward the sky. By the time it started up toward the space border layer, Sword reached the port-door, and used a mace to smash through it.
When Sword got inside, he manages to push the pod out of its place in the ship. He goes into the escape pod room, leaves the room, and used the outside door buttons to seal the doors shut as the ship finally went through the plant's atmosphere and went into the deep space.
Trying not to be too loud, Blade knocked on the door of Sir Arthur's Office. When she heard a "come in", Blade opened the door silently and saw Sir Arthur at his desk. Apparently, he was looking at some files.
"I'm sorry if I am interrupting you."
"No, please come in. I need a break anyway" Sir Arthur said as closed the file folder and put it down, gesturing her toward him with his other hand. Blade entered and closed the door, and sat down in the seat in front of Sir Arthur.
"How are you settling in since your vacation to another planet?" Sir Arthur joked.
Blade didn't know how to respond to that question well. Since the four hours that she and Meta Knight had returned, Blade had been bombarded by questions from Jerca and Sir Falspar, not to mention Dr. Stork who wanted to do a full medical exam on her. She then explained to them what happened since her trip through the pod up to her last conversation with Meta Knight. Blade had just finished her medical testing when she decided to see Sir Arthur.
"I seem to be doing okay…"
"Good then. So, what is it that I can do for you?" asked Sir Arthur.
"I want to know more about why I am here, sir"
"What do you mean by that?"
"I still feel like that something is wrong here."
Sir Arthur gave her a curious look while she continued, "I think that you have the wrong person here. Not to mention what you said about ideas and memories the other day. How can you be certain about me being some sort of descendent?"
Sir Arthur closed his eyes for a moment, making Blade wonder if he truly didn't expect her to ask that. He then got up from his chair and went upstairs to a large table. When Sir Arthur reached the table, he turned and beckoned Blade to follow him. Blade went toward the table and reached it as Sir Arthur was spreading some things on the table.
Blade looked at the table to her amazement. Some of the stuff on the table was hers from her cave, while most of it was unknown to her. Some were documents, while other objects had the YIN crest on them. He really must be dedicated to finding the Yin Sword if he has all these stuff.
"As you can see, I have spent many years trying to find a clue to the whereabouts of the Yin Sword", Sir Arthur gestured to the table with the many artifacts and papers on the table. "At first, I wanted to prove the rumors to be true. However, when I became a Star-Warrior, I thought it might be our only hope to defeat Nightmare."
Sir Arthur then looked at Blade, his eyes his time filled with sadness. "I feel that I have truly earned the distrust in my warriors though as many of them were hurt in my quest." Blade couldn't help but feel his sadness too as he continued, "I had almost given up in my search, until I found this."
Sir Arthur pick up a white stone with something engraved both front and back. Blade looked at it, and saw that one side was part of a picture while the other side had strange writing on it. "When translate, it bears something I had never thought about before, and the main reason why I could not find the Yin Sword myself." Blade looked at Sir Arthur as he placed the tablet down and picked up a journal that was lying next to it.
He then cleared his throat and started to speak what was in the journal page.
"To ensure the safety of our treasure, we will make ourselves scarce. However, we know that we will fail. Only our descendants will find the way to the Yin Sword. So it is prophesized that a lone descendent will live and find her way back to the sword itself. "
Blade looked at Sir Arthur as he finished reading the page to her. However, she was still not impressed to his evidence. "Sir, how do you know that I am the lone descendent?"
Sir Arthur looked at her and then gotten some papers off the table. He looked through the stack and picked out a single piece of paper. He gave that paper for Blade to read, and she took it before reading the contents. She noticed that the paper was a list of nobles under the name of the King Jūyōdenai of Esteria, the kingdom where the Star-Warriors found her at!
Blade continued reading the paper, until she noticed the name of her Nana. It stated, "Lady Serene Dawn, House of Light". Blade looked at that title, for she never heard of her Nana's family as House of Light or as a noble. Beside the name there was a crest that looked familiar. When Blade took a closer look at the symbol, she noticed that it was the same crest as the Yin Family! The only difference was that the ribbon on the shield was gone and the dark star was replaced with another light star.
I can't believe it. So it is true. I am the descendant of the royal Yin Family. That would mean that I can find the temple to the Yin Sword. But how? I never heard of this sword before and it isn't like I have a map of the universe!
"I see that you found the same thing I saw when I looked at the papers. At first, I wasn't looking for the Yin Sword that time. We were looking into the shopping network of N.M.E. for somebody in the noble family who was ordering monsters. I had asked for the information of every member in the last 100 years that had served the court of King Jūyōdenai. In the end, what I had found was the answer to my search, the descendant of the royal family."
"How am I supposed to find the temple when I didn't know anything about it till recently?" Blade asked as she put the paper down on the table.
"That is the reason I asked about ideas and memories. I was hoping it would be a simple task in finding the Yin Sword now, but now I know it will be much harder from here on out, especially since you knew nothing about it before now."
Suddenly, the phone rang off the desk and caught the attention of both Sir Arthur and Blade. They both ran down the steps and Sir Arthur answered the phone. "Yes, this is Sir Arthur speaking? Jerca? You found the reason for the damage in the Escape Pod Room? Hold on as I put you on speaker."
Sir Arthur pressed a button on the phone and then hung up. Blade thought that was a little rude, till a voice boomed through the speaker on the phone. "HELLO! CAN YOU READ ME-""Lower you voice Jerca!" Sir Arthur yelled with a stern voice. Blade sighed as Sir Arthur asked Jerca to continue quietly.
"Anyway, we were exploring the Pod room when we saw a problem in the release chamber of the pod. Apparently, it was bashed through. Huh? HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Blade cringed while Sir Arthur waited patiently as the rumble and fighting engaged, with some static and crashing followed by a battle cry from Jerca. Eventually, everything was quiet as Jerca's voice returned to the speaker.
"We also found the one responsible for the damage of the room. Shall we take him to the prison area, sir?"
"Permission granted Jerca. I will meet with you soon so do not interrogate the prisoner yet. Over and out."
After Sir Arthur had said this, he pressed a button on the phone, and turned to Blade asking, "Do you wish to come along?" Blade thought for a moment about this request. It isn't like I have anything better to do, so I might as well. "Sure" Blade answered.
Sir Arthur looked pleased as she said this. He opened to the door and let Blade leave first. Blade exited and then Sir Arthur locked the door and started toward the prison area, with Blade following him of course.
Take a wild guess who Jerca found.
This is a serious chapter for fully explaining Sir Arthur and his reasons with why he needed Blade and how he found her. I hope nothing is contradicting…
Jūyōdenai means unimportant in Japanese. That is exactly what he is.
