Chronicles of the Black Blood
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"Damn you." Elesis cursed again, trying to get out of my grip with success.
"Get inside the damn hut you damn mutts." my eyes narrowed at her words. Same goes for the other two we're with, specially Elesis.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Elesis asked impatiently and walked towards the girl, grabbing her collar.
Arme glared at her, something I never knew she would even do.
But... it's already given, isn't it?
The violet struggled and pushed the red aside. "You heard me you little piece of shit. Now pick the three little mutts, throw them inside, close the door and never open until I blow it up."
"I can fully understand why you have guts to tell me those rotten words but none of those idiots right there-" she pointed us. How cool. "-is a part of this fight!"
"I don't give a damn." her eyes narrowed into slits, "To anyone here."
Elesis seemed surprise.
"Heh." I turned to Jin and Ryan with their lousy grins.
"So that's how you repay people who help you,"
"And gave you a chance to live rather than killing you."
"I don't think I owe you people anything." she ran her right hand through the right part of her face and smirked back, "From the beginning, what did I said? I didn't want to join. And you people pursued." she let out a snicker, "So don't make it look like you people were the one who saved me."
I gritted my teeth then ran stood before her. Grabbing her right arm to remove it from covering her eyes.
"Really, huh, Shorty? I don't think that's what your eyes are stating!" I saw her... face sadden for moments before covered with another facade.
She slapped my hand away and resumed covering her face. "You know nothing of who I am. Now go back inside the hut before something uncool happens to you."
She began to walk towards the direction we came from...
...and stopped.
Turning, she flashed those klutzy smile again, "Lass, Elesis, Ryan, Jin, protect everyone, no matter what."
Why do I have this tingly feeling that I won't be able to see her again?
"Stone curse!" it hit us. The four of us were covered in rock with no time. Then, something lifted us and dropped rather harshly; when the rock broke, we were inside the hut.
"What the hell is with that girl acting as if she's so cool!" Elesis shouted, turning red in obvious anger.
I face palmed and sighed.
"H-here, f-for you." I turned to stare at the person before me, an indigo haired little guy.
A small smile built before my face as I patted his head. I took the cup of food he gave me and tasted it.
"Thank you, it's very delicious."
"Really!" from there, I realized the hut was filled with the people of this village, those who I was able to identify and those not. "I still cook perfwectly!"
A little girl with blonde hair smiled before me... wait, "Lire!" both Ryan and I shouted at the same time.
"Uh-huh!" li.. little Lire grinned and stood with much pride.
"You're so cuuute!" Ryan exclaimed and quickly sat before her. "B-but, well, I mean," Elesis, Jin and I snickered, "What happened?"
"Some guly guyl, made the foy of us ten yeys yongey!" a pink stood, chin held up high.
"Oh." I looked at Jin from the corner of my eyes.
"Jinny..." the pink ran towards the red. The red sat, his gaze not moving from the cinnamon of those of the dancer has. "I couldn't reach up to you with my plus ten years height. And now this." but Amy smiled, "Lower your head. I wanna pat you." I thought she wasn't able to talk straight?
There was the fluffy duo, gaining themselves a flowery back ground and a wedding bell BGM.
Ohh, well.
"What happened here, Ronan?" I turned back to the 10 years younger Ronan.
"Right after you left, there was this, wooooooosh! Then a person appeared that Arme knows then there were two of them, one turned us younger, Seighart left and Mari came with him said they will be going back to the mansion since Exii just said that Mari should come home abruptly and they just came to hang out and this and then Arme tried to stand up, which grown up Lire said that she should not but she did anyway and one of the two persons, the other spoke something then disappeared, saying that he would be waiting. We had to battle the other, and won, but turned us into kids in return that if we kill him we'll stay young forever and so we tied him and then Arme asked us to walk around the village and then she glow in green and the wall of the hut is fixed right after we gathered the people then she pushed the four of us here and we couldn't break out."
"...Alright. Understood." I let out a soft sigh.
"That damn idiot! What is she thinking? Is she trying to get herself..." finally. Elesis broke down and sat, she face palmed and let out a grumbling sigh. "I don't get her at all. Why is she so hard to put up with?" she sighed before yelling, "I hate her!"
"D-don't... please." we all were stopped as we turned to the other side of the room where a guy with ashen colored hair and red eyes panted, "Don't hate her." he was tied up tightly (probably courtesy of Amy).
Amy and Elesis with the same glance and look walked up to him and placed both of their hands over their hips.
"And who are you to talk?"
"I... I know her." the guy raised his gaze to stare on Amy and Elesis' faces. "What she says is always right."
"And how is that?" sneered Jin with a mocking look plastered on his face.
"She 'doesn't' give a damn about any of us." Ryan stated, leaning on the wall of the hut.
"Really? That's mean!" Amy shouted.
Yes. Go talk polar* people. I rolled my eyes and just stared at the guy. Ronan sat beside me, trying to reach his toes.
It's kinda awesome their cloths also shrunk.
People around them were giving weird looks and these braniacs had their own silly world.
"Now I'm wondering if Arme really cared for all of us..." said the busy-reaching-his-toes Ronan.
"S-she does," said the ashen haired guy, "Because if she says or do something unlike her, she's doing it for the sake of someone she has to protect."
We all froze.
"W-what?" Elesis sneered then smiled a smug look, "You have GOT to be kidding me!"
The guy looked at the ceiling then smiled, "Do I look like I'm going to play jokes on you? I mean, look at me, I could hardly move. But she, right now..."
A wide grin.
"...will probably just get killed by 'that woman'..."
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Arme's POV
"XP93...? Is that... you?" I looked at the grown up guy having grey locks and ruby colored eyes.
"How long has it been, AP18?" He smiled back at me, his smile... the one that always warmth my soul and gives butterfly through my stomach... but it's different now. It rather gave me a cold shoulder, as if telling me to shut up and just die.
"Only a month? I think." I smiled back, the same one I always give him. I lowered my gaze, giving my locks the opportunity to hide my watering eyes, "...I missed you." I whispered silently.
"Why did you sent those people away?" he said, ignoring my said words.
"I missed you..." I said, letting myself get so weak that tears dripped from the corner of my amethyst colored eyes.
"Do you hate seeing blood now, after being exposed to so much?"
"I MISSED YOU!" I bowed then sat down at the grass. "Why do you have to keep that stubborn attitude of yours!"
"You miss me?" when I looked up, he stood before me with blank eyes.
"Yes."
He smiled, and then knelt to my level, "I love you too, AP18."
There was it, the confession I was waiting for all of my life. This only guy that I've been harboring some feelings for...
...but why is it that I feel something's missing?
I pushed him.
"Aww, why, 'Arme'? That's your name now, right? My name changed into Nao, as 'that woman' said."
I tilted my head, barely avoiding a knife that came out of nowhere.
"'That woman' is actually Anad, am I right?" blood trickled down from the newly opened wound he made.
He snickered, "What good would it do to deny it?"
I hopped backward as a spear appeared from my previous place. "Where is she?"
"That I cannot answer." He stood up and cracked a smile, "I... work for her now."
"What...?" I thought a little too loud. "I thought... you, me and ZC37 made a promise not to harm another person?"
"You? You're the one to say those words! You're the one who has the guts to bring back past!" my eyes widened at his statement. "You're the one who broke that promise, bakamimi.**" he paused as I saw his crimson eyes flickering to hate, "You left bakamomo** and I. What do you think I'd feel?" he brought his fist to the cubit level and clenched it, "You left me heartbroken." He stared into my eyes with mixed emotions, "I love you all along, bakamimi."
I was... surprised, I lost the capability even to let a tear trickle down.
I let a small smile appear playfully on my lips, "I was surprise you haven't forgotten of those names yet... I shall, keep that name until the day I die..." I stood up and placed my clenched hand over my chest.
"And that day is today!" He shouted, my eyes opened wide and he summoned hoards of weapons appearing through the field. At our side is the stairs to the shrine.
I tried to dodge and being the slowly mage I am, I received a hit on my right leg, just a bit missing my bone.
"This is also painful on my side, bakamimi. So please just don't dodge." I quickly reacted and moved my right leg, ending up landing on the ground. "If you just stand still, I could kill you easily and you will no longer feel sad."
He walked over to my side, "Please." I looked away.
"Why do you have to be my opponent?" I closed my mouth and let few more tears drip.
"Why do you have to be the favorite pet?" he replied, "You - a mudblood that doesn't even have a gifted power."
"I really love you..." I clenched my fists again, "Let's not fight anymore... Just come with us. I know some people who's ready to help. They helped me, I'm confident they'll also help you."
"Those damn Grand Chase?" he stood up straight. Then looked down at me, "I doubt that." his eyes narrowed into slits as he said, "Goodbye, my dear."
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* Polar People = Those who talk from one sideand his/her conversation partner is at the other side of the room.
** Bakamimi&Bakamomo = Nicknames of Arme (AP18) and ZC37 given by Nao (XP93).
Zzzz… e.e Sorry if I took so long to update… I got caught in yet another online game called 'Dragon Nest'… Apparently I am veeery determined to learn to use Force User…
Hohoh! Anyway, I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS~!
"When you don't know what's the meaning of your life is... just make sure people will thank you. When the people around you are happy, their happiness will support you to continue on living. And their smiles will tell you that, your life is important for them..."
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