Chapter 6 – The Stalker

On the long path to the Dark Capital of Ostrheinsburg, our heroes Leonsritt and Cassandra, now accompanied by Hilde, walk in a forest. It has been days since they left Wolfkrone Kingdom, and though they were traveling towards the new location, something still wasn't feeling right with Leonsritt. He stopped and thought about this.

"Hey, Cassandra..."

"Hm? What is it?"

"Ever get the feeling we're being watched?"

"No. Not really. Why?"

"Leonsritt, are you okay?"

"Yeah, but Hilde, I ask you the same question... Do you get the feeling we're being watched?"

"No. Is that what's bothering you?"

"Yeah. Ever since we left Wolfkrone Kingdom, I've been felling this, like if I can sense it."

"You probably need some rest, Leo."

"That's not it."

"Hmm... I got it! Hilde, I'm gonna need some time alone with-"

"THAT'S NOT IT EITHER!"

"So then what is it you need?"

"I'm thinking..."

"Leo, you know we can solve your little problem with me and you-"

"No, not now. Later... (Geez, and I thought I was active.)"

"Fine..."

"Cassandra, let's go set up camp. Leonsritt, go get some fresh water."

"Sure!"

Leonsritt got up and walked to the sound of rushing water. He found a river and with a bucket he got from Cassandra, he picked up some water. He heard some rustling between the tress and, grasping his sword, he looked behind. Just a few small animals came out running. He kept picking up some water, until he felt someone embrace him.

"Okay, Cassandra, seriously, calm down. We'll do that when we get the chance."

"I FOUND YOU MY LOVE!"

The tone of voice sounded familiar, but it wasn't Cassandra. He turned and to his surprise, shock and whatever feeling there is, Tira had appeared.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?"

"WHAT THE-!"

Leonsritt knocked her off his back and ran. He ran so fast, he arrived at the campsite in 3 seconds.

"Leonsritt, what's wrong?"

"You won't believe it, but-"

"WAIT FOR ME MY LOVE!"

"Leo... explain... NOW..."

"I don't know how this happened... But I gotta run!"

Leonsritt ran, but somehow, Tira's jolly skipping caught up to him. He ran even faster, and Tira wasn't stopping at all...

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?"

"WAIT FOR ME!"

"Oh, God help me!"

The whole day they both ran. Hilde and Cassandra wouldn't stop worrying about Leonsritt, but Cassandra was more than just worried...

"Cassandra, are you okay?"

"Yeah, but it's just that... would Leonsritt really betray me like that?"

"In what way?"

"Him and I are together... it's been almost a month, yet would he do that...?"

"I see where you're coming from. Would Leonsritt be running away from Tira if he is with you?"

"..."

There was a long silence from both, until Leonsritt appeared. He collapsed to his knees and rested, catching his breath, tired from the chase.

"Leo!"

"Leonsritt!"

"Heh heh... finally got her off my back... You guys alright...?"

"We were worried..."

"Oh... sorry... about that?"

"How'd you manage to get her off you?"

Leonsritt ran and ran until he had fallen down a hole...

"Great... just great..."

"OH MY! WHERE OH WHERE CAN MY LOVE BE?"

"Aw crap...!"

Leonsritt stood quiet. Tira looked for him until she had found the hole. She jumped in there to find Leonsritt trying to get out.

"MY LOVE! I FOUND YOU!"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"AW, BUT I WANNA BE WITH YOU FOREVER!"

"AND I DON'T!"

Tira had embraced him. Leonsritt struggled to get away from Tira. She held him really tight. He managed to escape and Tira looked at him.

(Think of something... What can I do to get away from this hole?)

"Oh, you wanna do it?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Let's get married and have lots of kids!"

"Um... okay... (I GOT IT!)"

"So when do you want to get engaged?"

"Yeah, I hid the ring in here, on the ground... can you find it?"

"OH YAY! WHERE IS IT?"

Tira bent over to look for it on the ground.

(NOW'S MY CHANCE!)

Leonsritt jumped and bounced off Tira's back. He made it to the surface and ran as fast as he could. Tira noticed he got out. She started calling him.

"MY LOVE? WHERE DID YOU GO?"

(Sucker...)

"Yeah, that's what pretty much happened."

"She... HELD YOU?"

"Cassandra, this isn't the time to get jealous. Leonsritt, what are you going to do?"

"I'm already creeped out that I got a stalker on my back and all, so can we get out of here?"

"Leo, why did you let her hold you..."

"Look, Cassandra, I know you're mad and all, but this isn't the time to ask me this."

"Leonsritt is right. What we need to do is to get out of here before Tira comes to look for him again."

"Thanks, Hilde. Now come on, we gotta get out of here."

Cassandra agreed and everyone left the campsite. It didn't matter how dark it was, the three kept going and Leonsritt wondered if Tira was probably on their tail.

"You guys okay over there?"

"Yeah, we're fine!"

Leonsritt kept running with Cassandra and Hilde in front of him. He lost balance and tripped. Hilde and Cassandra stopped and helped. All of a sudden, Leonsritt fell down yet another hole, along with Hilde and Cassandra. Tira jumped in and held Leonsritt tight.

"GAH!"

"I KNEW YOU'D FALL FOR A HOLE, MY LOVE!"

"LEO! WHAT'S GOING ON?"

"Cassandra, Leonsritt... Calm down..."

Cassandra couldn't hold it any longer. She exploded in a rage so powerful, everyone flew out of the hole Tira dug. Tira held on to Leonsritt tight, as he landed with a really harsh thud. Tira landed on top of him, but Hilde landed safely on the other side of the hole. Cassandra jumped out and attacked Tira with rage. Leonsritt stood up and walked to Hilde.

"Wow, I can't believe Cassandra gets this jealous."

"I told her to calm down."

Cassandra kept fighting with Tira, as she kept deflecting Cassandra's attacks.

"How dare you touch him like that?"

"He's mine!"

"Hilde, seriously, this is getting ridiculous."

"Leonsritt, whatever you're thinking... don't get in there..."

Leonsritt grasped his steel paddle. He turned to look at Hilde.

"Heh, I'll take care of this."

"What are you going to do?"

"Hilde, go to the river, well, somewhere far."

"Why?"

"You don't wanna know..."

"Are you...?"

"Kill? No, something dirtier than that. Something more on the lines of... well..."

Leonsritt had made a certain gesture with his hands. Hilde knew what was going to happen, something more than a fight to split the two girls away.

"I hope you know what you're doing..."

"I'll deal..."

He didn't really like the idea, but he felt he had no choice. Two girls are fighting for one guy. It was a dream Leonsritt once had, but looking at this, it seemed more of a nightmare. Cassandra and Tira fought hard but to their surprise, Cassandra's Short Sword and Tira's Ring Blade we're stopped by Leonsritt's Steel Paddle. Both girls looked at him, and his expression had given them chills down their spine. He was furious...

"My love?"

"Leo...?"

There was no answer from him. The moonlight was shining on the bottom half of his face. Cassandra and Tira looked at him. A grin grew on him. He raised his left hand and did a grabbing gesture with his hand. Both girls got distracted, letting Leonsritt knock both weapons from the girls' hands.

"What are you doing?"

"Leo, what's wrong?"

There still was no answer from him. Both weapons fell and pierced the ground. He walked towards the weapons, lifted his steel paddle, and placed it between the weapons, piercing the ground as well. He turned and looked at the girls, his frown slowly turning to a grin. He took off his shirts and grabbed both girls from their hands.

"Where are you taking us?"

Both girls asked, but once again, there was no reply. He pushed both girls on to a big tree. Cassandra was the first to lock lips with him. Tira was going to pull him away from Cassandra, but she was stopped by his hand going down and messing with her. She let out tiny moans, and he proceeded to do the same thing with Cassandra. Both of the girls' bodies had grown hot and Leonsritt enjoyed the moment. Cassandra and Tira had kissed Leonsritt, causing all three to feel up on each other. Leonsritt had started to enjoy this, but deep down, he felt guilty for doing this. It seemed this was going to take all night...

Morning had struck and Tira woke up. She looked and noticed no one around.

"Leo, my love! Where are you?"

She got up and walked around, and no one was to be found.

Leonsritt and Cassandra had woken up, and noticed Tira sleeping. They quickly changed, picked up their weapons and left. Cassandra had looked at Leonsritt.

"Look, I had to do that because you two kept on fighting for me..."

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't help it."

"Well, whatever, but I'm not doing that anymore."

"But-"

"It was already a problem having some girl stalk me. And you getting jealous makes things worse."

"I mean, about you, me and her..."

"What about it...?"

Cassandra was blushing about that. Leonsritt admitted to Cassandra that he enjoyed that. Both of them stopped. They turned around and looked at Tira.

"Do you think we should just leave her there?"

"Eh, better that than having her chase me again."

They both walked away.

Tira had picked her weapon up and she looked in to the sky. She blushed at the thought of last night's event.

"My love... how I want you with me again..."

She thought about this and after a while, she decided on what to do.

"I WILL SEARCH FOR MY DESTINED LOVE! I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES! LEO! I'M COMING!"

And so she ran, to begin her own journey, to look for Leonsritt. One thing she was unaware of was, she was running in the wrong direction...

Leonsritt had explained to Hilde what had happened last night. Hilde was surprised at what she was hearing.

"So, uh, yeah, that's what happened."

"Well, you did get rid of her. But was that really necessary?"

"Hey, first of all, both of them were frisky. Secondly, I was pissed about this. Third of all, I thought quickly. Lastly, I had no choice."

"But you know you enjoyed it!"

"Cassandra, she doesn't need to know that..."

"Sorry..."

"Anyway, I solved it. So let's keep going."

"We'll be going through a mountain trail. We should be arriving towards a little village."

"Finally, I can't wait for a bed."

"Yeah, but how far are we from the village?"

"Just passing through the mountain trail... we should arrive in 2 days, the most."

"Heh. Cassandra won't be waiting for the bed."

"Hey!"

"Just kidding."

Our heroes walked towards the mountain path to the next village.


Author's Notes: Yep, as always, don't own SoulCalibur or anything related to it... Moving on, seriously, can I get the chance to even put a steamy scene in this story? I don't even know unless the people at allow it... or something... But if I am allowed then great. Seriously, I gots a crazy imagination, and you know sometimes adding a steamy scene like that makes a great addition to a romance-type of story, right? I need your opinion, people! Hey, good ones or bad ones, it doesn't matter. I need your opinions on this to make stories better!