The adventures of Fang in the League of Legends.

Chapter 8: Innocence and Instinct.

"So what are you making?" Asked Fang.

"Just some warm tomato soup. Should warm them up even quicker." Said Syndra.

"They're all awake now…but still skeptical about the whole thing."

Syndra Sighed: "Well it's not like I can force them to trust me can I?"

"That's true. But the again we did agree on one thing…"

"Which is?"

"We're going to stay here for a while if you don't mind."

Syndra turned around and looked at Fang: "But don't you want to celebrate in the capital or anything?"

"Well…we thought about it and decided that we want to see a nice view of the party from a distance." Fang smiled as he said this.

"Umm well ummm-" Syndra couldn't find the right words to say. This is the first time someone has asked if they could stay at her place and celebrate with her: "I would be very happy if you did…" Was all she could say.

"By the way I would focus more on the cooking, it seems to be overheating." Fang pointed out.

"Huh what? Oh yeah." Syndra turned around and returned to what she was doing.

"I think I'm going to go to the centre, get some necessary things and polish my sword. It's been through quite a bit the last time I sharpened it." Said Fang.

"If you want I can give you a map of the surrounding area so that you can reach the capital."

"Nah, I already know where to go." Fang got up and went to the kitchen door where he turned around: "By the way, while the others have agreed to stay here they don't trust you yet. Don't throw any temper tantrums."

"Don't worry, I'm not planning on doing anything over the top."

"See you then."

"See you later."

Fang then quickly left the kitchen and headed towards the main entrance, when he got to it he saw Gareth standing on the edge of the floating island that they were on.

"Enjoying the view?" Asked Fang.

"Damn right. For my father this would be heaven, these ruins would be something that he would love to explore…but with her around I doubt that will happen."

"I think if you ask nicely rather than barging in here she'll allow it."

"Maybe…You're going somewhere?"

"Yeah. I need to fix up my sword a bit, I want it ready for after the vacation…it does annoy me that I only got one match before the holiday."

"What are you, a battle maniac or something?"

"Just someone that wants to refine his skills."

"Just get going, at your speed you'll get there quickly."

Fang turned around and started to back up coming nearer to the edge.

"By the way, anything you want me to get?" Asked Fang

"Nope, I did hear Kezia wants some chocolate or something, not sure…wait, LOOK OUT MAN!" Gareth began to run towards Fang who stepped off the edge and began to fall backwards.

"Later then." Said Fang as he fell.

Gareth looked over the edge to see Fang stick his sword into the rock face to slow his decent and then quickly disappear in a dark flash.

"That guy is a massive show off…" Said Gareth.

As Fang traveled through the forest quickly he came upon a stretch of road. Stopping he decided to follow it towards its destination, which was the capital. Ionia's capital is a capital where there are lots of martial art temples, spiritual temples and dojos. As well as that there are plenty of markets along the streets which sell various produce such as fish or vegetables. Fang went through the crowded streets silently and came to a small shop. Going inside he looked around and asked the monkey that was sitting and juggling the swords in his hands.

"Yo Wukong, you seen your master around?" Asked Fang.

"He's round the back, working on something he calls his masterpiece. Don't suppose you're here to ask him to fix your own sword." Said Wukong pointing at Fang's sword.

"Yeah I am, you said he's round the back?"

"Mhm, I guess he'll allow you to go inside. He's left most of the shop duties to me."

"Right, see you then."

"See ya Fang."

Fang went round to the back of the shop where he saw Yi standing with a sharp sword, it wasn't finished since it was still red from the heat, but other than that the shape of the blade was complete. Yi looked up and asked: "What do you think Fang, I consider this to be my best work so far."

"It looks rough around the edges, who's it meant for?"

"I was asked by Irelia to make a ceremonial sword, I've been working for three months so far. But the hardest part is yet to come."

"I'm guessing you're not going to be able to fix my sword then?"

"Hmm…well there is a reason why it took three months to make the shape of the sword. I am using a very fine steel made from metals that are located in Zaun, Demacia and Ionia. But to make sure that the balance is exactly 33.33% between all metals I need to let it rest to return to its equilibrium."

"I'm guessing the last part is something important?"

"Hmm…the last part is unknown to me right now, but the closer I get to completing this blade the better I understand its wishes. Anyway you said something about your blade?"

"Yeah I need to sharpen it up a bit, how long will that take?"

"The usual, come back in two hours and I'll have it ready for you…I've heard that Riven wants to see you for some unknown reason."

"Riven?"

"Just go to the bar down the street, she's usually there the whole day."

"All right, see you soon."

Fang gave his sword to Yi and left the shop. He went down the street and went into the first bar he saw. Inside he saw lots of people, mainly men, but there was one woman who was sitting in the corner with a broken sword. Fang walked up to her. She was looking rather seriously at Fang and it seemed like she was inspecting him: "So you're Fang Reversi."

"That's me, what did you want?"

"What I wanted was to spar with you, I hear you're a quite capable swordsman."

"I'm afraid I'm swordless for the moment, try me in two hours."

"Yi gave me a spare sword, use that instead."

"Well…is it an expensive sword?"

"He said that: "Knowing you and Fang you guys will most likely destroy half of the arena, I'll give you a sword that won't break on the first strike"."

Fang sighed, he really wasn't in the mood to fight but he couldn't just turn down someone who went through the trouble of preparing this whole match.

"Fine, lead the way."

Riven got up, handed Fang his sword and together they left the bar. They walked a bit until they were in an open field where nobody would disturb them.

"Get ready, I'm going to go all out on you."

"W-Wait a minute, isn't that a bit over the top, it's just a spar."

"A spar to the death then."

Riven lunged at him with a thrust, Fang easily sidestepped it and backed away a few meters. Riven gave relentless pursuit as she began to attack Fang with a mixture of thrusts, slashes and kicks. Fang kept his ground by dodging everything she had to throw at him, but he still didn't return the favor.

"Come on please, I'm not going to fight you all out."

"Are you saying that I'm not worth the effort?" Riven jumped and brought down a powerful slash that made Fang's legs buckle.

"No…ghe…what I'm saying is…that I'm not going to hurt you outside the fields of justice." Fang eventually pushed Riven off of him and got up again.

"Then I'll force you to fight." Riven lifted her sword up, gathered energy, and in a flash of light the blade was re-forged and she swung it at Fang. A large wave of energy headed towards Fang who began to put his blade up to defend himself. The impact caused a large amount of smoke to come out from where Fang was standing. Fang managed to block some of the attack but still took a large hit, his left arm was useless as it lost any ability to move.

"Haaa…shit, that actually hurt." He said.

"Why did you not block it?"

"I did, it's just that the attack was beyond my expectations, but you can only use it once correct?"

"How did you figure that out?"

"Your entire body is trembling from the amount of energy that required to pull off. I wouldn't say it wasn't worth it but…"

Fang sheathed his sword and began to walk away.

"Where are you going? We're not finished yet." Shouted Riven.

"Well if you're going to come at me with a shattered piece of stone then so be it, but you should know that your hopes to beat me didn't become a reality…I guess if you train your magical energy and create a stronger, sharper slash you might really get me to a point where I can't fight, but for now that's not going to happen."

"You analyzed that during the fight?" Asked Riven.

"To be more precise I analyzed your destructive potential when you were gathering energy. You should also attempt to shorten the time that it takes to gather your energy. I'm gonna go treat my arm, see you around."

Fang left the field while Riven was looking at her sword.

"Stronger and sharper huh…how does that work…" She mumbled to herself.

Fang returned to the capital, he looked at the clock and saw that only half an hour passed since Yi took his sword for repairs. Thinking about what to do Fang wandered into the monk temple to see if there was anything interesting to do. He saw two men talking to each other. He recognized one of them as Lee sin, the monk that sat in a burning fire as an act of protest. The other was Udyr, who recently got the position of the spirit guard. Fang walked up to both of them to see if there was anything he could help them with: "Hey."

"Fang Reversi, it's been a while…" Said Udyr. "What brings you to this place?"

"I'm waiting for my sword to be repaired by Yi."

"I see…and that lead to your appearance in the temple?" Asked Udyr once more.

"Just walking about, trying to see if there is anything to do."

"As a matter of fact…there is." Said Lee sin. "Udyr tells me that the raids on the temple of spirits have increased in frequency, that means that something is going to happen soon. I think I'm right in saying that we need all the help we can get."

"That is correct, but whether this boy is able to keep up with the powers that are floating about is still in question." Said Udyr.

"I wouldn't worry too much Udyr, Fang has enough power to fight "him" by himself…of course it's not that he would win but he'd put up a decent fight." Said Lee sin.

"May I ask who exactly are you talking about?"

"The leader of the demon army, Garmaroth." Said Udyr. "He's been a constant annoyance to the Ionians but he never tried to do anything serious. Until now that is, he's sending his strongest demons to raid the temple, we need to set up a defensive barrier that can withstand the force." Udyr explained.

"So what we need your help with Fang is to help us defend the temple, simple as that." Said Lee sin.

"Well i-"

Fang was cut off by a rumble in the ground, shaking the whole temple violently.

"He's here?" Asked Udyr.

"I don't think so, he wouldn't attack in such a way that's for certain."

Udyr, Lee and Fang headed over to the origin of the rumbling, which happened to be in the centre of the temple. What Fang saw was a large snake like monster that wrapped itself around one of the pillars.

"So…you need help?" Asked Fang.

"If you would focus instead of joking right now that would be great." Said Lee sin.

"Just asking." Said Fang before Udyr jumped straight at the beast.