NAA: My name is Jake. And I'm poking. A flipping... Snake.
Rena: Wut?
NAA: I's fuuu~~~nnnyyyy~!
Rena: NAA doesn't own Elsword~!
Chapter Eleven:
And Elsa/Elesis Joins the Party!
Aisha's PoV
I trudged through the school like usual, dreading the hours to come. It would be so much easier to find the El if I didn't have to go to this school, it's completely unnecessary. I sighed, mourning the loss of all my time.
As I slid my the homeroom door open, the familiar clattering of a clipboard greeted me. Glancing up, I caught Elsword rubbing his head, the clipboard on his desk, it's papers askew.
"How many times do I have to say 'No feet on your desk'?!" I once again sighed, pacing to my seat. "Aisha! You're late." I flinched, pausing halfway to my desk.
"Y-Yes, I'm very sorry Miss Stella." Stammering, I hoped she wouldn't be too cruel.
"I'll let you off this time, but only because it was your first time." I nodded, terrified but grateful as I took my seat.
"Alright kiddies, listen up!" The class's chattering died down almost immediately, their attention completely riveted on Miss Stella.
"Next weekend, we are going on class trip to the Hope Bridge. Turn in your permission slips by the end of the week!" She said sternly, directing a glare at Chung. Weird.
"If you don't turn one in on time then you won't be coming, got it?" The class nodded stiffly, including myself. Perhaps going on this school trip would aid in my search? Getting to know the city better couldn't be bad, so it's ok, right?
I realized I was only making excuses, but didn't really care. Miss Stella walked around, passing each piece if paper individually. I took mine, avoiding eye-contact as best I could.
"Chung, wake up!" Said teen jolted, his snoring cut off quickly.
"S-Sorry ma'am!" His rushed apology was shaky.
"If it happens again..." She trailed off, sharing some secret with the blonde through eye-contact, who shuddered under her heated glare.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" Miss Stella turned, but paused for a moment.
"Don't call me ma'am." Chung nodded nervously, smiling like he knew he was going to die, but didn't want to admit it.
"A school trip~?" Rena sang, happily as she spun on her newly upgraded chair.
"Yeah, I've never been on one though so I'm..." I paused, looking at the laces of my borrowed shoes. "Nervous" Finishing, I sighed.
"Aw, don't be nervous~! It'll be fine, just go along with your teacher, and don't get lost~!" She reassured. If only she knew I had to wander off to find any traces of El. But, since the trip wouldn't be for a week, I was still going to check out Velder bank, one more time. This time when it's dark, just in case I fall off the roof again, then I can actually use magic.
"Right, Ok, thanks." I sighed, hopefully it sounded like relief.
"Good, oh and you know Raven?" I nodded, cocking my head afterwards. "Well he's now on the same floor on you, so if you see him, don't forget to say 'hi'." She informed, smiling cheerfully. I nodded, returning her smile.
"Ok, I will. See you later." Waving as I walked to the stairs, and then up them. I wondered which room that Raven guy was in while unlocking my door, but it soon jolted from my mind with Angkor's shouts.
"Aishaaa~~~~! Let me ou~~~~~~t!" I sighed, stomping over to the bathroom door.
"Whatever." I muttered as it swung open and I retrieved his cage from the bathtub.
"What'd I even do?" He pouted, narrowing his unnatural yellow eyes. Yellow like a sunflower, or rather; the sun.
"It doesn't matter anymore, it's fine." I smiled reassuringly, returning his cage to it's usual spot, which had collected a bit of dust. That's when I noticed the rest of the dust laying around. And the piles of clothing on the floor, and how my dirty laundry basket was overfilling.
I could only wonder-and shudder-as how the kitchen or bathroom must look. Perhaps I should use a quick cleaning spell? Or at least something to bring life to a broom, or duster like in the movies I hear so much of. I still can't grasp the fact that you can apparently gain entertainment from watching a screen as animated characters pranced around it.
I frowned, what if someone saw a hovering mop in the middle of the hall? No, a life-giving spell would not do at all. Just a normal cleaning spell then, one that would make the harwood under my feet sparkle, and the dust vanish into some unknown dimension. Yes, yes, that sounded nice. Now only if I could remember the words?
"Mundare Usque In Locus?" I muttered inquiringly, doubting it's stability. Still, the dust began deteriorating, the clothes disappearing soon after. Uh oh. Perhaps I should've been more specific? I hope Aisha Ostrum won't be mad. I sighed, not bothering to change as I climbed into the bed.
Even my shoes were still on, but I didn't much care. I was just tired, and that was the only thing on my mind. So, as soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out.
The next morning I heaved myself from bed, only now noticing the ache in my feet. Finally I ripped the black sneakers from my feet, and the sweaty, striped socks after. Once done with that, I shook my head of fatigue, my now oily hair falling into my face.
Huffing, I trudged to the bathroom.. A nice warm shower would do wonders to my mood, and my terribly greasy mop of hair. So, five minutes of first steaming hot, then freezing cold water, and I was properly cleaned.
I continued with my daily routine, you know, brushing teeth, buttering toast, scurrying out the door(almost forgetting my bag in the process).
"Oh Aisha~~~! Don't forget your permission slip~!" Rena sang as I strode lazily to the door.
"I don't have to turn it in until the end of the week." I informed, yawning afterwards.
"Better safe than sorry~!" And I left the building like that, half asleep with Rena's words echoing through my thoughts.
"Whatever." I had muttered, almost bumping into some random guy who seemed to be in a hurry. I glanced up, jumping when I realized it was that Raven guy.
"Oh, h-hi." I stammered, suddenly feeling rather shy. I composed myself.
"Good morning." He spoke with a steady tone, not quite poker-faced, but still straight.
"Well, uh, good day, heh." I smiled nervously, side-stepping, and dashing away. What an intimidating guy.
The rest of the week passed by quickly enough, I turned in my permission slip on Thursday, and laughed(along with the rest of the class) when Chung tossed his slip to Stella in paper-airplane form. And once Saturday came around, I prepared for another trip to Velder City Bank.
I stuffed a plastic-wrapped sandwich into my bag, casting a quick spell for it to not spoil. I buttoned a new bag, and head out, waving to Rena as I passed her. I only bumped into Raven once or twice, greeting him politely, and soon got over my odd shyness.
The bus I rode was a little cleaner than the last, but the people weren't. Most were grouchy, probably because it was around seven in the morning. I just hoped the bank would be open. Of course it was closer to seven-thirty when I got there, but the bank wouldn't open until nine.
I sighed, my shoulders slumping. A coughing from my bag caught my attention, and my head snapped to stare at it. A muffled voice mumbled something. Oh dear. I unbuttoned the bag, and braced myself.
"Aisha! It's dark, and musty in there! Not that I don't like the dark, but I kept on sneezing from all the dust!" He demonstrated his point with a tiny, and quite squeaky 'achoo'. I sighed and shook my head.
"Angkor, why the heck are you in my bag?" I hissed in exasperation.
"I didn't want to be left alone all day again!" He said in an almost-whine.
"Ugh, whatever-" I was cut off by a loud crashing noise that came from inside the bank before me.
"What was that?" Angkor sputtered as I bounded to the locked doors, jiggling the handles just in case.
"Someone's robbing the bank?!" He gaped at the grand building, his mouth in as close to a frown as it could be.
"Apparently." I grunted, looking around to find no one around. Not questioning the odd disappearance of the bus, I summoned my staff. I lifted it above my head, jumping up, and driving it with all my weight into the sturdy oak door.
It crumbled under a simple deterioration spell. Angkor regained his composure, gritting his pointy teeth.
"Let's go." I gestured for him to follow as I entered the quiet building. I took one step forward, glancing around my now eerily silent surroundings. Where had the crash come from? A sudden movement on the floor above caught my attention from the corner of my eye.
A sharp intake of breath, and I was soon muttering a quick incantation. I was near on the second floor in an instant, taking a step to rid myself of the sensation of teleportation.
A few glitters, with spears, paced up and down the hall, each going a different direction. I was on the West side of the building, where a row of iron safes stood a good four-to-six feet into the wall.
I held my breath as one of the spear wielding glitters approached, preparing a fire ball. I declined the fire ball at the last moment, afraid the building might catch fire. I swung my staff, sending a sparkling orb of rainbow colors towards the glitter at an exasperatingly slow pace.
It struck the glitter, shocking it before it slumped to the floor, presumably unconscious. I let my breath out, relieved before I realized there was another glitter quickly approaching it's immobile comrade.
Once it was close enough, I thumped it on the temple, and it too collapsed. Once again letting out a sealed in breath of air before peeking around the corner. Another loud 'BANG' emit. Now I knew the culprit.
A large muscly demon stood, beating it's feet against a particularly thick iron door. Surely it wouldn't notice me as it was making such a terribly loud racket. So, I crept tediously across the hall, staying close to the railing encircling the second floor, and occasionally hiding behind pots where random plants, and miniature trees grew.
Before long, OK, after long, I reached the huge thing. I once again prepared a Star-ball, hoping it would have a similar effect on it as it did on this thing's sentry. I took a quite breath, and let the orb loose.
Upon impact, the glitter- with arms the size of the columns holding the second floor up- shuddered, pausing in it's incessant knocking before turning around to face me. I gulped animatedly, clutching my staff 'til my knuckles turned white.
It jumped into action, swing a large, sinewy fist in my direction. I only now notice it's large gauntlets. I dove under his fist, sliding to a stop just in front of him as his wild punch collided with the floor, causing cracks to ripple along under it.
I kept myself from panicking, rolling onto my back and sending a large Star-ball at it's face. It roared in pain, clutching it's nose, and backing up a few feet where it's back met steel where it's previous punches had caused rather large dents to form.
It got over it's stupor quickly, bashing the ground I had just been on top of to smithereens with balled fists, repeatedly. Oh gosh, I'm gonna die.
"Saber-Extinction!" And the large demon stumbled forward, green colored blood spewing from a large gash at it's back. It tumbled over the railing, causing most of it to fall with it. I gasped, my eyes dashing from the dents in the steel safe's door, to the mashed up ground, and the broken railing.
That's when I noticed her, a tall woman with long red locks, and glimmering ruby eyes. Almost like a certain porcupine-haired, dimwit I know. She was scowling, a beautiful red, gold, and silver sword in her hand. Her striking eyes flicked to me, in my rather pathetic state.
"Are you alright?" She asked with a stern, but motherly tone. I nodded dumbly, astounded at her immense strength.
"Th-that was..." I trailed off, unable to grasp my vocabulary skills.
"That ugly brute got what was comin' to him!" She laughed heartily, throwing her head back, her cerise braid following. A sudden groaning from the ground below soon erupted into another roar. I scowled, now released from my confusion as I teleported down. Now that the hulking idiot was at least somewhat downsized, I felt my courage returning bit-by-bit.
And so, just before the thing was able to leap into the air, and(or at least I assume) drop to the ground with the force of Elephant and gravity teaming up, adrenaline moved my limbs and tongue for me.
"Screw Driver!" I only vaguely questioned why I would shout the title off the attack as a swirling mass of dimension formed at the tip of my staff. I ran forward, catching the glitter right in it's gut(it had squatted down). I smirked, satisfied as it stepped back to regain balance.
Taking this chance by the throat, as it was injured and confused, I rushed forward once more.
"Space Distortion." I whispered this time, summoning a hole in space to suck the giant demon into it's folds. The hole closed in on itself, leaving nothing but a large metal gauntlet as a reminder of the brute's life.
I sighed in satisfaction, turning to find the red lady behind me.
"Impressive." She smiled at me.
"Wait as second, who are you?" I demanded, still a bit confused.
"Elsa, Saber Knight, at your service~!" She did a little bow, smirking at my surprise.
"I'm-"
"Aisha, the Dimension Witch, I know this already." She stood straight now, her smirk never leaving as my mouth formed an 'O'. "You'll catch flies like that, you know." She winked, leaning on her great, wondrous sword. My mouth closed.
"Now," She continued. "Let's check what Mister Hound here was looking for." She turned swiftly, and started up the stairs. Hound? where did that nickname come from? Seeming to read my thoughts, she spoke.
"That big is- er, was Uno Hound, Commander of the Fifth division in the Demon Lord Ran's army." My mouth dropped open again. I begun to realize that I had gotten myself mixed up in something far bigger than I'd imagined.
"He came for the El, that, according to intelligence, has been transported to a certain safe in this bank." I hopped up the stairs behind her. "Though it does surprise me that Ran would send such a bumbling brute after something as delicate as El." I'm not sure if she directed that at me, or that she was making inquiries to herself.
"Unless..." She stopped, seemingly in realization. within the moment, she was skipping stairs, and dashing to the severely dented safe. I cocked my head, teleporting up as my legs began to feel like jelly.
Elsa shouted something as I appeared next to her. Her sword a blur as she swung a downward slash at the steel. It fell open, a clean cut down the middle. I couldn't help my jaw from dropping.
"H-How." I stuttered, but she paid no mind.
"As I thought. It's not here." I blinked, focusing on the now open safe.
"The El." I breathed, stunned. And when I tried concentrating, I found I couldn't sense the El anymore.
"Aisha! Aisha!" Angkor came flapping up from the open door downstairs. I glanced at him, narrowing my eyes. Elsa turned to, shocked at his sudden arrival.
"Angkor, now's not a good time." He scowled at me before directing his gaze as Elsa.
"Oh my," He purred. "What a delightful woman~!" I rolled my eyes, muttering "Pervert". He huffed indignantly at that.
"Anyways, I think you owe me an explanation." I stated, frowning at the red-head next to me.
"And as do you." She pointed, a smirk still evident on her features. A smirk I know all too well. "However, we shouldn't speak here. Why don't we head to your apartment!" She declared, and a wave of Deja Vu washed over me.
"Fine." I grumbled, grabbing the little bat next to me, and stuffing him none-too-gently into my bag.
"What an interesting story!" Elsa stated, leaning back into the couch she sat on.
"Let me guess: You don't believe me." I sighed dejectedly, slumping my shoulders.
"No, no, I believe it." My eyes widened. "But, I'm not surprised you wouldn't think so. Now it's my turn." She looked at me, right in the eye, and I swear I've seen her eyes before.
"I am Elsa, Saber Knight, of the Red Knights." I nodded, she had told me this. "We are an underground group of... Er, sort of rebels, I suppose." She elaborated, struggling to find the perfect words.
"Well, basically, some of us are from the other world, uh, whatever you want to call it. I myself was born in a small town north of Lanitoris." I gasped, leaning in more. "It was around sixteen years ago that I had traveled through the gate, before... Well, I won't get into the little details." I nodded, much more attentive now.
"Basically, my purpose, The Red Knights' purpose, is to protect the El, and the Gate. Although we didn't understand the El, we knew it was a life source; when we were near it, our hearts synchronized with it's throbbing glow." I nodded again, urging her to continue.
"During the past several months, mostly during the summer, we have detected a strange movement. His name is Ran, and he is king of the Glitter Demons. Lately, he has shown particular interest in El, though we're not sure why. We just have to stop him, for a king of the demons is an enemy of ours." I understood perfectly. Perhaps that was why Glitter demon's often attacked Lanitoris?
Perhaps that was why their numbers had recently begun to grow? There was a large El crystal underneath the local Church in Lanitoris, perhaps they were after that? But that meant that this Ran knew of the different dimensions. He was able to access them, most likely through Limbo.
"That is all that I can tell you now, and I hope we can find an ally in you, Aisha." She gave me that oh-so-familiar smirk. "Oh yes, there is one more detail I should share."
"What is it?" I furrowed my brow, a bit worried.
"Well, I'm Elsa, Saber Knight, of the Red Knights, and older sister to Elsword Sieghart!" She declared. My mouth dropped.
This beautiful, smart woman, was related to that idiot?!
NAA: I is sorry for the late update, I've been busy moving my stuff to new house. Plus the new house doesn't have wifi yet Q.Q
Raven: Poor you *pats NAA's head).
NAA: BUT I LIVE NEXT TO A LIBRARY SO IT'S OK 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD BOOK IN AAAA~~~~GES~(I've already read three books(two being manga) and am in the process of a new one :3)!
Raven: ... Ok...?
To Guest: Here is the next chapter, I hope you liked it~!
To G123u: Thankees. I was in a hurry to finish, and update, so that explains all the spelling errors. I do like VC, but not as much as BM(more than RF though). And, I'm glad you noticed :) I was wondering if someone would. Though in this chapter DW is rather casual, isn't she? Oh well.
Ok, Slimes seem like they should be weak. I've been wanting to play Grand Chase as I've seen SOOOO many ElswordxGrand Chase thingies all over the place, and it seems interesting enough!
Is that a tone of sarcasm I hear/see?
I hope so, ph my beloved RS- IMEAN...! Er, maybe, who knows*shrugs awkwardly*.
Raven: You're lacking in the review department, aren't you?
NAA: STOP BEING OOC, AND AVERT BACK TO STOIC, AND CRAP!
Raven: ...
NAA: Anywho, I actually like this chapter. I got a sudden idea while typing this that Elsa would be apart of a sort of "El Protection Program" thingy(I had already planned for her to rescue Aisha, though). I do think I made Uno Hound extremely weak, but I didn't want to drag the battle-scene out too much.
Toodle-Loodles,
~Not-Alone-Anymore