Hey guys! Here is the sixth chapter of Tales of Asteria: Grand Voyage! Asbel and the gang come face to face with the Roxas' mighty king: Van Grants! Hope you liked it.


Ch. 6 – King of Roxas


Van Grants, the King of Roxas, stands before Asbel, Yuri, Luke and Jade just after their victory over the Battle Goliath.

"What's he doing here? I never predicted him being here?" Jade thought.

Jade never even thought of Van showing up at all.

Appearing behind them was Cheria, Tear, Repede, Mieu and Sophie, having defeat the third captain and his search party.

But upon reaching to where Asbel and the others are, their eyes become widened with a mixture shock, horror and a tint of fear.

"I-It can't be…" Cheria thought.

"Nii-san…" Tear thought.

Sophie and Mieu were too frightened to say a word.

Even Repede whimpered in a tint of fear.

"Well, well. I never would've imaged you exceeded my expectations, young prince." Van explained.

Van began to draw his sword.

"Why don't you show me, how strong you are?" Van asked.

Yuri, Luke, Jade, Cheria, Tear, Sophie, Repede and Mieu couldn't figure out what to do.

To fight. Or to run.

"We don't stand a chance against him." Tear thought.

"It's better to fall back." Jade thought.

However, Asbel choose the former: to fight.

"Asbel-kun!" Cheria hollered.

"You idiot!" Yuri and Luke hollered in unison.

Asbel charged at Van with sheer anger as he unsheathed his sword.

Asbel and Van clashed with swords at their finest.

But Van was easily gaining the upper hand.

Asbel gritted his teeth.

- Lightning Strike! – Asbel shouted.

Asbel attacked Van with a sword of lightning.

But Van was ready for that.

- Shining Dragon! – Van shouted.

Van countered the attack with ease.

Yuri and the others were extremely shocked.

"My god…" Cheria said.

"He blocked Asbel's attack like it was nothing." Yuri commented.

"Asbel-san…" Sophie said, in a concerned manner.

Asbel prepared another attack.

- Moonlight Circle! – Asbel shouted.

Spinning in a counterclockwise circle, Asbel hoped to get Van from below.

- Lightning Tiger Blade! – Van shouted.

Van countered once more and blocked Asbel's attack.

Asbel was shocked again, leaving his guard open.

- Frigid Blast! – Van shouted.

Van pressed his right hand against Asbel and released a powerful ice attack that pierced him greatly.

"ASBEL-KUN!" Cheria shouted.

"ASBEL-SAN!" Tear, Mieu and Sophie shouted in unison.

"ASBEL!" Yuri, Luke, and Jade shouted in unison.

Asbel lied on the ground, defeated but still alive.

"I was expecting more." Van commented.

Luke and Tear gritted their teeth in anger.

"That's it!" Luke hollered.

"You'll pay!" Tear hollered.

Luke and Tear charged at Van in a reckless manner.

"Damn it!" Yuri and Jade hollered in unison, forcing them to follow Luke and Tear.

Sophie and Repede followed in suit.

"Sophie-chan!" Cheria hollered.

Yuri, Luke, Tear, Jade, Sophie and Repede clashed with Van in a coordinated fashion.

But Van wasn't easily affected.

The six decided to attack all at once.

- Ghost Wolf! – Yuri shouted.

- Sonic Thrust! – Luke shouted.

- Pow Hammer! – Tear shouted.

- Double Moon! – Sophie shouted.

- Photon! – Jade shouted.

Repede attacked with Demon Dog.

Yuri, Luke, Tear, Sophie, Jade and Repede combined their attacks in hope of slowing Van down.

However, Van dodged all their attacks without effort.

Yuri, Luke, Tear, Sophie, Jade and Repede were shocked.

"Impossible…?!" Yuri thought.

"It's over." Van muttered.

- Holy Lance! – Van shouted.

Van fired multiple light lances at Yuri, Luke, Tear, Sophie, Jade and Repede.

All six took heavy damage.

Cheria and Mieu stood in absolute horror. Their friends falling one by one and they can't do anything about it.

"No… NO!" Cheria thought, deeply saddened at her friends falling down.

Van turned his gaze to Cheria and Mieu, causing the two to be frozen in fear.

- Holy Lance! – Van shouted.

Van unleashed his spear attack once more.

Cheria and Mieu closed their eyes and prepare for the worst.

- Stampede Strike! – Asbel shouted.

In the nick of time, Asbel used his ultimate technique to deflect all the spears.

Cheria and Mieu couldn't be anymore happy.

"Asbel-kun!" Cheria hollered.

"We're saved!" Mieu hollered, crying in tears of joy.

(A/N: Asbel saved them in the nick of time!)

Asbel grunted as he is still injured from Van's last attack.

But the prince wouldn't give up.

Van started at the prince and his party, but turned his back and walked away.

Asbel, Cheria and Mieu were shocked.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?!" Asbel asked, in an angry manner.

"Back to my castle. I've seen enough." Van replied.

"What?" Asbel asked.

"Today is a sample of what's to come." Van explained.

"But the next time we meet, my young prince…" Van continued.

Van sheathed his sword.

"… I will kill you." Van finished.

Van left in the deeper parts of the Greenvine Woods.

Asbel clutched his fists in defeat as small tears began to drop from his eyes.

- Pixie Cirlce! – Cheria shouted.

Cheria summoned a small green healing field shaped like a circle to heal everyone's wounds.

Mieu hovered above with worry.

XXX

A half-hour later…

Asbel and the gang exited the forest, now covered up in bandages in various areas as a result of their injuries.

None of them could say a word right now.

They held their heads in shame and failure.

But Asbel… his defeat was more painful.

He remembered Van's last three sentences before leaving.

XXX

"Today is a sample of what's to come." Van explained, during a flashback.

"But the next time we meet, my young prince…" Van continued, during a flashback.

"… I will kill you." Van finished, during a flashback.

XXX

Asbel gripped his fists once more.

Cheria began to eye Asbel with worry.

"Asbel-kun, I…" Cheria said.

"It's alright. I should've ran instead of fighting him." Asbel explained.

Cheria's eyes widened with surprise.

"Glad you noticed." Luke commented.

"Yeah. But even if we'd run, the results would've been the same." Tear commented.

Sophie continue to hold her head down.

Repede whimpered.

Yuri petted the dog's hair for comfort.

Asbel then turned his attention to Jade.

"I might have a guess what you want to say, but it wasn't your fault." Asbel explained.

"You may be right about that. But I should've heard more about the conversation when they were building that weapon." Jade explained.

"But despite our loss, we'd still destroyed that weapon." Cheria commented.

This brightened everyone's mood now.

Even thought they'd lost against Van, they still managed to destroy the Battle Goliath.

"Let's hope that's just one of them." Luke said.

"We can only hope." Asbel said.

Asbel turned his head to the sun, which is now coming down as evening starts to appear.

"We should keep moving." Asbel said.

"Right." Cheria, Yuri, Luke, Mieu, Tear, Sophie and Jade said in unison.

Repede barked in agreement.

Moving forward, Asbel and company continued to venture to their destination with no regret.


Preview Skit:

Yuri: We were lucky that time.

Jade: I'd get the feeling Van was holding back.

Yuri: You can't be serious after what he'd did to us?

Jade: I'm DEAD serious.

Tear appeared in the scene.

Tear: He's right.

Tear: If nii-san had shown his full power, we'd be dead in an instant.

Yuri, Jade and Tear were silent.

Jade: Care to do the honors for us, Tear?

Tear: Y-Yes, Colonel.

Tear: Next time: Chapter 7 – Mineral Hunting.

Yuri: When did I'd get left out now?


Did you enjoy it? Shortest chapter I've ever did right now.