Hey! Here's another chapter of one of my favorite stories! (This is 'Len' by the way... It'd be incredibly narcissistic if 'Rin' said that XDDD) But anyway, leave a review for my little Rinny X3 And enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 5: The fight
"Where is he?" the queen asked.
"Where is who?" Piko asked nervously. He had been in the jail cell for weeks, and she finally let him out. The daylight coming out of the window burned his eyes, but his thoughts were more about how he was getting out of here without giving Len's location.
"Len. Where is he?"
"How would I know?" Piko asked slowly.
"Well, one of my soldiers told me you were with him."
The man stared blankly at her. She continued.
"Now, I'm going to ask you one more time: Where is he?"
Piko still stared at her with the same expression.
"You don't care about your life?" Meiko asked bitterly.
"But you won't kill me. Because I supposedly have information, don't I?"
"Yet, you say you don't."
He smiled. "Your son is dead. He killed himself."
"He is no son of mine. And, why would he do that?"
"Well, love can make you do a lot of things… He was quite heartbroken… Well, that's what they all say, but who am I to judge?"
"HA! LOVE!" the queen said hysterically. There was a long pause. "Kill him."
The guards grabbed him by his shoulders and then the young man screamed.
"Are you scared of your own son!? YOU'RE THE MOST WORTHLESS QUEEN I'VE EVER SEEN!"
…
Len pushed his sword into the man's neck. The soldier fell, lifeless. He was getting exhausted, and there were still a lot of men. But he had to protect Oliver, who was still behind him, avoiding swords that came into his way.
"WATCH OUT!" the boy yelled.
Len turned around a kicked the man in the stomach. Once on the ground, Len stabbed the soldier.
Next to him, Kaito and Luki were back to back, fighting against the army.
"We have to run," screamed Kaito.
All four of them ran to their horses, and quickly left.
…
It was nearly morning when the group finally arrived to their destination. They had ridden all night on their horses, and exhaustion took over all of them. Len turned around to see Oliver. The child's face was pale, and a dark circle underlined his green eye.
"Are you hurt or anything?" Len asked.
Oliver nodded and smiled weakly. "I'm fine, thanks."
There was a moment of silence, but Oliver continued.
"What you said earlier… About protecting me. Is it true?"
"Yes, I will do anything to do so."
"Why?"
"…I lost the one I loved… Because I couldn't protect her."
"I'm sure a good lady like her is in heaven, singing with the angels!"
Len looked at the boy and ruffled his hair.
"Yeah, she probably is."
…
"So, you let them go," questioned the king darkly.
The soldier tried to explain.
"S-Sire… They were quite powerful… And-"
"Powerful?" the king said, his tone mocking. "They had THREE men. And you had… what? Twenty? Thirty, maybe?"
"Numbers… can o-only do s-so much against s-skills like theirs…" the soldier stammered, dropping his eyes to the floor.
"SILENCE!" Meiko yelled at the top of her lungs. "You dare let them escape?"
"Well, they also had a kid with them…"
"And so?" she snorted. "A child is of no use to us. And surely, if he was with them, he's a rebel too. And-"
King Leon interrupted.
"Make yourself useful. What town where they headed to?"
"Espoir, my dear King."
"That town… is filled… WITH IDIOTS!" Meiko yelled. "KILL HIM!"
"Bu-but your majesty…"
"Have fun in hell."