"Home, sweat home…"
Dark bitterly hissed. He then walked up the pale cream stones. Daisuke shuddered. A sad atmosphere filled the place. The cream peach path led through the town towards the mountain. Small houses slowly allowed puffs of smoke come out the small holes in the roofs.
"Such a sad place…" Risa whispered as she walked up to Dark. The boys face was covered by his violet hair.
"Been like that for a while now…" Bitter words fell from his lips. A man walked by. He gasped when he saw Dark. The items he had been carrying fell to the floor. He pointed at the dark haired boy.
"You! What are you doing here! Leave, we no longer wish to be plagued by your presence!" With that said the man ran off. He ran towards the village hut. Dark looked to the floor. Red eyes looked towards him. Daisuke walked up to the boy.
"Dark…" The teen didn't look at him. Instead he walked away. He stopped as a group of villagers stood in front of him. They glared and hissed at him. The chief walked in front of them.
"Dark Mousy…I would like to greet you home, but alas, the scars of the past have yet to heal, so I must ask you to leave, you are no longer welcome here" The old man sighed. Dark kept his gaze locked with the floor. Risa stepped up. She frowned and clutched her hands together.
"Why are you being so mean! Dark hasn't done anything and this is how you treat him! He lives here-"
"Shut up!" Risa looked towards the dark haired teen.
"Risa…please…you have all rights to hate me…and I would have never come back…" He gritted his teethe. "I would have never come back here if it weren't for…for Melfice…" The crowd gasped. They looked at each other in fright. That one name could bring them so much fear…such pain…
"What? You brought Melfice here!" One of the men shouted. Daisuke now stepped up.
"Please we only come to find him, we mean you no harm" The man scoffed. The chief looked towards another teen who now stepped up. The boy had violent red hair and bright chestnut eyes.
"Harm! You already cause us harm, by bringing him and his brother here" Dark clenched his fists. The chief looked towards him.
"Fine…find your brother and do your business but then leave this village in peace…" Dark looked up. Shadows covered his eyes. The boy walked past the crowd. Quickly the rest followed.
They stopped. In front of them was an old building. The doors and windows were blocked as wooden planks had been nailed over them to cover them. Dust filled the small house while bricks fell loosely to the floor.
Dark walked towards the door. He touched the wood. His eyes saddened as he was reminded of his old memories. The others stayed silent. Purple watery eyes looked towards the small set of steps that lead to the back. He walked up them.
"Melfice…" His whisper was barely heard as he walked back down clenching a note in his hand.
"What does it say?" Krad looked towards his crush. Dark sighed and held the letter towards his face.
" Dark.
Time to settle this once and for all. Meet me in the place were it all started.
Love your brother Melfice" Dark scrunched it up and stuffed it in his pocket.
"Where did it all start?" Krad asked. Dark glared at Krad. "I don't know" He hissed. Quickly he walked away from them. "Go get us a room…I'll meet you at the inn…" Sad eyes watched him. Krad frowned. He walked away from the rest.
"Where are you going?" Satoshi coldly asked. The older teen shrugged and walked away.
Tears fell onto the grave that he sat in front. He placed a few flowers onto the grave.
"Reena…I need your help now more than ever…where would he go, what did he mean where it all started?" Dark stood still. He sat down next to the grave. A deep sigh escaped his lips.
Krad walked the street. He heard kids playing.
"Hey, guess what Dark is back!" One of the boys yelled as he lifted his toy shield in front of his face. The other smiled.
"Do ya think he'll teach us?" The other shrugged and then swung his wooden sword at the shorter one. Krad smiled slightly before walking ahead. He stopped when he felt a tug at his cloths. He looked down.
"Mr…are you with Dark?" The blonde nodded. The small girl smiled. She then looked up at him with her bright pink eyes.
"Please, tell him to come play with us again" Krad forced a fake smile onto his lips. He then ruffled the girl's hair. Soon he was walking again. A man in the corner glared at him. The man then returned to his work.
"What exactly happened to Dark here?" Daisuke sat in his room. He looked towards the wall. A light knock on the door made him look towards the second eldest boy of the inn keeper and his ten year old brother.
"Do you really want to know?" The red head nodded. The two boys walked towards the bed and sat down. The younger boy sat in his brothers lap.
"A long time ago. Dark and Melfice came to the village. They were found from a boat. I was around three when it happened so I didn't know much but one day while in the mountains…"
"Where it all started…" Dark whispered as he fell into his memories…
Two blades crashed. A ten year old Dark held his sword tightly while facing Keiten. The older boy smirked and quickly attacked Dark once again.
"Heh, have to better than that Keiten!" Dark happily cried as he blocked off the others attack. The two kept at it. Purple eyes watched his brother. He smiled.
"Me and Dark were close but not as close as he, his brother and Reena were. That day while training…"
"I am to be married to your brother" Reena smiled. Her pink hair slightly falling into her face. She ruffled the younger boy's dark purple hair. Dark smiled and hugged her.
"Dark…" Melfice walked towards them. He smiled as his brother hugged him. Reena winked at the younger boy and put one of her thin fingers in front of her lips.
"What are you two planning? Keiten do you know what there up to?" The other boy simply shrugged. Melfice smiled again and ruffled the dark purple strands of hair on Darks head.
"…We swore our oaths to fighting that day…"
Dark and Keiten stood on either side of Melfice. Each of them held up there blades towards the sky. Melfice spoke first.
"With this blade, I will protect my dearest, with his hand I will wield my sword, with this heart I will stay at one with the way of the swordsmen, I swear my life will be one of a swordsman…" The other two smiled and repeated the words of the elder Mousy. Reena smiled and watched the boys.
"…She told him and then…and then trouble happened…"
"Melfice, we are to be wedded, isn't it great?" The elder Mousy replayed the scene in his head. He clenched his fist and hit the table hard. A knock to the door stopped him. He looked towards the small boy.
"Yes, Dark?" The younger boy ran towards him. He hugged his brother tightly. Tears fell from the boys purple eyes.
"I had a terrible dream last night, it scared me…" He wept into his brothers cloths. "Tell me about it…" Melfice stroked his brother's head. The younger boy nodded. "It was when I was six…you…I walked into the room after hearing screaming…then…you stood there…you killed them…it scared me…" The older boy narrowed his eyes as he heard the words from the boy. Quickly he smiled and looked into Darks purple orbs.
"…I heard Reena and him had a fight…then…then the mountain grew angry…"
The ground shook violently. The villagers gathered around the chief. They whispered and silently screamed. Lighting filled the sky. Dark, Keiten and Melfice stood still.
"…That night, Reena, Melfice and a few others were sent to calm the alter, Dark and I followed…"
"Hush!...come on hurry up, we'll lose them if we don't hurry!" Dark yelled quietly as he ran up the grassy slope with his friend. Purple eyes looked ahead. The two stopped. There eyes widened. The villager's bodies lay lifelessly on the floor. They bathed in there own blood.
Dark ran towards a large alter. The stone bridge had fallen.
"M-Melfice!" Darks raspy voice shouted. Fear laced it. "Reena?" Dark yelled. Keiten joined the younger boy. The two called for the elder Mousy and village chiefs daughter.
"…The next thing…Dark saw him…Melfice had Reena…"
A noise from on one of the bridge pieces of the two towers caught there attention. They looked up. Melfice stood tall. Reena stood in front of him. A sword was pierced in her body. The sword connected with Melfice's pale hands.
He smirked and pulled the sword out of her. His purple eyes turned towards the two boys he smirked.
"…He took Dark…"
The elder boy jumped down. He walked towards his shaking brother. Keiten gritted his teethe and ran in front of Dark. The younger boy was trembling all over. Keiten was roughly pushed aside as Melfice continued towards his brother. He smirked and picked the younger boy up. Then he vanished.
"…After a few years…Dark reappeared…as did Reena's dead body…"
Keiten walked down the lonely street. He sighed and blinked. He gasped as he noticed the black figure on the floor. A dead body of a girl with pink hair lay next to the boy. Keiten ran towards them. Reena's dead body lay next to Darks breathing one.
"…I never found out what happened to him and I still don't know…but he left after his arrival…he ran away…" The boy looked to the ground. Daisuke stared at him in disbelief. He sighed and looked to the floor.
"Poor Dark…he's been through a lot…" Daisuke whispered. The boy frowned. He pressed himself away from leaning against the door. Golden hair trailed behind him as he walked to his own room.
Dark sat still. He looked at his ceiling. Then it hit him. A piece of the ceiling fell on him. He jumped as a light bulb flashed above his head.
"That's it! The place it all started Fire fly mountain!" Dark ran out of the room.
"Please, leave us in peace and do not come back…" The inn keeper yelled as the group left. He sighed and looked towards the floor. Daisuke stood next to Dark. Risa walked on his other side.
"Lets go…we have to go up Firefly mountain…the idles resting place…the place it all started…" The others nodded and followed him. Quickly they started the long climb to the top of the mountain.
All but Dark stopped and gasped at the sight before them. There was no grass, the trees were dead, a black liquid goo cover the cracked earth. Spikes stuck out at odd angles from the ground. The stench of death lingered in the air.
"What…happened…" Daisuke asked knowing very well what happened. Dark sighed and put one of his hands on a dead tree.
"This is the result of what happened when, my bro…Melfice took power into his own hands…" Dark walked on. The group stayed silent and followed. They walked past the broken wooden steps and kept a keen eye out for any monsters or creatures that lurked near by.
Dark frowned. He looked at the large wire that lay hanging from on end to another end. He carefully stood on it and walked across. The others followed him carefully.
The large wire creaked underneath them. They bit there lips as they walked further on. Dark jumped onto the ground. He looked back as the others carefully crossed. Krad flew towards him. The blonde stood next to his soon to be lover.
"Dark, just so you know, when we get there…you're not alone…" The blonde whispered quietly. Dark looked to the floor then continued his track up the mountain side. The words Krad had said lingered in his mind. Dark sighed. "…I'm afraid I am alone…" Dark walked quicker as they neared the top.
Daisuke looked over the scene before him. He sighed. The building was broken and falling. The ruins cream dusty walls had been died red. There was no grass here. The few trees were dead and had the black purple goo on them.
Red eyes scanned the area. He sighed. Dark walked towards an entrance. His purple eyes sadly looked in. Quickly he climbed in.
"Dark…What is this place?" Dark sighed. He walked towards a tunnel and climbed in. The others followed silently.
"This…this is the shrine of the idle…" They looked at him with questioning looks on there faces. Dark sighed and ran a hand on one of the stone walls.
"This village is known for its swordsmen, heavy blade, long blade, twin blade and so on…" He ran a hand through the red heads hair and walked towards the other side of the room. His pale hand moved across the stone.
"…An idle is what the town worshiped. It was said that one great swords man would rise from a boat and wield the blade, with Melfice being the older, they believed it was he…" Dark blinked then pushed his hand on one loose stone brick. A wall opened on another side of the room.
"…The idle was a sword of great power, so great that none except for one have ever had the blade…" Dark walked towards the new tunnel. He entered and indicated for the others to follow. They followed and stayed silent waiting for him to continue.
"…But with that blade, also lay this…" He slipped out of the tunnel. Daisuke gasped. He looked up. The others also looked up. A bright light sparkled in the large crystal. Several orbs floated aimlessly in the air.
"This…is a seal of valmar…" Krad hissed slightly. He looked towards Satoshi. The blue haired teen walked towards the crystal. He placed his hand on the orb and looked around it. A large crack caught his eyes.
"It's broken…" Dark nodded. He then sighed. "Melfice was corrupted and he took the power of valmar and the idle…only…only to have it take him…" Tears were slightly building up in purple eyes. Dark sighed and left the room. The others followed.
They stood back outside. The dim sunlight lighting up there features. Daisuke looked around as did Risa.
"I guess he's not here…" Risa whispered as she edged towards Dark as she felt the feeling of eyes watching them. They walked towards from where they had come. "Guess I was wrong…where it all…"
"…Started…"
All eyes snapped up. A figure stood on the corner of the mountain. Black strands of hair blew in his face. He smirked. Melfice licked his cracked lips.
"Welcome…brother…"
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Minceo:i know it took a long ime 2 update but i have looooooooooooaaaaaads a HM T-T Anyway yeah this chap manily is what happened to dark but please stay tuned for the next one and thankyou soooooo much to all thoses who
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B. For all the reviews ive had!
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Dark cried on the dead boy's chest. The others walked towards him. Soon bright red sparks flew against Dark. They coursed through his body making him scream slightly. Soon they stopped. Dark stood.