Chapter 35. Waiting Game

I woke up to the cold morning and the smell of rain. I left the window open so there was a large pool of water on the floor. I tried to go back to sleep for a few minutes but couldn't do I got up and got dressed. I slipped my clothes on and strapped my dagger's to myself before looking out the window. From how much light was behind the clouds it must have been around noon. I sighed as I slipped my overcoat on and laid back down. I didn't want to go downstairs just yet, I wanted to sort out my situation and what I should do. I arrived here around 3 weeks ago with the goal of talking with Zed about joining his order. He said his clan was built on a scroll that was made from one of the other hosts of a Living Shadow and explained how I was a host myself. He asked for me to join the order to help it grow stronger but I said I would aid it but not join it. He agreed and sent me off for a few days to prepare. In this time I met Ahri, Sona and Shen... I wouldn't call them friends, more so alleys. First I ran into Sona when I snuck into a tavern to see why so many people were crowding the place. Then after that I found another inn and stayed there only to find out Sona was staying there as well. She approached me asking to try to find a tune that would match my personality since what she was playing at the tavern did nothing to me. However all she did was find out about the Living Shadow and somehow sealed it to listen to me instead of taking control of me later. Then I met Ahri when she approached me for what I found out was some sort of life essence. I still don't understand what she meant. She started talking to me only to be interrupted by a group of bandits raiding the tavern. Me and Ahri dealt with them and tried to attack the bandits hideout only to be attacked the next day while we slept. I was able to escape with major wounds and passed out just as Shen came to help me. After I woke up Shen explained that Zed was actually trying to steal the Living Shadow from me, killing me in the process. He also said I needed to see what was in that scroll they had so we attacked Zed. I was able to sneak in and read the scroll while Shen and a female ninja named Akali attack Zed. However after I got back they couldn't beat him and I fought him. After a long stalemate I was able to beat him but passed out since the Living Shadow used it's power to beat him, draining mine. I woke up in a very damaged state, and waited to recover. While recover I decided to try to find a mercenary job that wasn't in Ionia. While doing so I ran into Que who said she wanted to take care of me but I declined. She challenged me and I lost since I was both still hurt from my fight with Zed and tierd from looking for a job the entire day. That takes me here. Now as for what I'm going to do... Maybe I could get Shen to help me with this... No he's done enough for me. Maybe Ahri or Sona? No I doubt I could find Ahri and Sona fairly busy... My best chance would be to fake my death at the hands of those noxians. Que doesn't understand my clone ability yet, I could make it look like I died only to run to safety since it was a clone. My train of thought was broken by the sound of knocking at the door.

"Blade are you awake?" I sounded like Rena was talking "Que and mommy wanted me to wake you if you're not".

All I had to do was wait for her to find me a job out of Ionia "I'm awake, what do you want".

Rena was about to open the door but I dash forwards the push it closed with my leg before she could "What" I responded again.

"Oh, t-they wanted me to wake you up since you've been sleeping all day. " She responded startled.

"Tell them I'm awake and if they need me I'll be up here" I said moving away from the door.

After a short 'Ok' I could hear her dashing down the stairs leaving me be again. I sit at the small table in the room and pull out one of my throwing daggers tracing the shape. I started to get used to the shape and put it back in one of the straps, then I moved my hand under the table focusing on the shape and weight of the dagger. I need to get used to my control over shadows. With that thought I felt something softly form in my hand and pulled it out to find a black shape in my hand. It looked like the shape of the dagger I had but it was pitch black and didn't reflect light at all so you couldn't see any detail just the shape, a pitch black smokey shape. The dagger slowly disappeared in my hand in a small cloud of black mist. I kept at this for a while, tracing the shape of a dagger then doing my best to clone it. At most I found I could only form three with practice but I don't think I would have the time to practice feeling the shape of my daggers in battle. Not unless I knew I would have to fight over and over in a long period of time. I threw the dagger at the door as someone started knocking and Que opened the door. She quickly opened it and checked the other side of the door to see the smokey black dagger sticking out of the door, then she gave me a disappointed look.

"If you were going to train you could have told me, I can show you where I train" She said looking at me saddened.

"I'll pass" I said as I held the pose I had after throwing the knife for effect.

She sighed and with a little trouble pulled it out of the door "Even if you don't want to train with me at least don't scratch up the house" She said tossing the knife to me.

I caught the knife and crushed it causing the dagger to disappear in a black puff of smoke. "What do you want" I said wanting to get to the point.

"Oh, Sylph wanted me to go buy a few things from a nearby town. I thought I'd bring you along" She said with a smile.

"For one not bring, Drag and for two why" I asked. I wasn't a fan of doing things without a reason.

Her smile slowly disappeared as I said that but quickly reappeared "But you need a new sword don't you" she said looking at my empty sheath. This was true.

Not wanting to give in just yet I rubbed my eyes trying to think of a reason not to go other then 'I don't want to' but couldn't. I sighed and got up with the sound of my boot's hitting the floor.

"Whatever" I said as I got up. I could hear a slight giggle at my defeat and I sighed knowing she had every right to. I'm not going to lie, my impression on her was only getting worse. She was annoying and had both bark and bite to back it up. On top of that I just so happened to look like her dead brother that... I cut the train of thought of since I could feel me gritting my teeth. She led the way as we left the house into the rain. She was wearing the same thing she usually does but she also had a large green cloak over it. She pulled the hood up as she stepped into the rain and I trudged through it closing my coat up. I left the straps around my waist open so I had quick access to my dagger's. The rain wasn't coming down that hard but because of the wind it made it seem worse then it was. The rain made you wet and cold while the wind kept you that way. My coat the thick but after a while it did soak through. Thankfully the rain stopped before we got to the town but the wind didn't. It did calm down though. Since the rain had stopped Que pulled her hood down and I undid the straps as we kept moving through the forest. We reached the town which was still empty due to the rain. Well not so much as empty but there was very few people out. Que kept moving along not talking to me and not stopping which I found slightly odd but didn't bother with to long. We walked down the main street. The road was made of bricks for this area since it was the main part of town. The shops had large signs that swung in the wind and large tall poles emitted light along the road. At the end of the road a large building could be seen with lots of people inside. The building had a large open door and inside you could see people had stalls open along with people buying from said stalls. Once Que saw the building she picked up speed "Come on that's where were going" She said as she moved quicker. However the only thing I could have my eyes on was a girl in black leather with long red hair. She set sights on me and started running towards me. Fucking perfect just what I wanted.

She slowed down as she got closer to me and so did Que "You're Blade aren't you" Katarina said as she stopped in front of me. Since I didn't want to let any of my knowledge about her out and I wanted to steal some of hers I acted like I didn't know her.

"Who want's to know" I said taking a step back to hide my hand gripping my dagger.

"My name doesn't matter, I asked if you're name is Blade or not" She said demanding and serious.

"If you're not going to answer you own question I don't know what you're talking about" I said aggressively. She was Noxian nothing got to her better then force.

"Unless you want to die young I would answer the question, Last time. Is you're name Blade" She said as she drew her blades.

By this point Que saw what was going on and ran up with a strange look in her eye's. She summoned her spear and ran towards Katarina. Then just she dashed to attack me she sealed her in a prison of fire. Katarina looked confused at first but whirled around to lock eyes with Que.

"Back off, Soul hasn't done anything to you" She said pointing her spear at Katarina.

Katarina at first didn't do anything but quickly calmed down and put her blades away "I'll be back for you" She said facing me "You will come back to noxus or die". Slowly the fire prison disappeared along with Katarina as she disappeared from sight. Perhaps that helped since now Que knew they were from noxus. Que ran up to me as her spear disappeared and jumped into me with a hug.

"Are you ok Soul? They didn't do anything to you did they" She started saying pressing her face into my chest.

She must of had a real attachment to her brother. "Snap out of it Que" I said as I pushed her back. She landed on her back and once she got up her eye's widened with horror like before. Tear's started to well up in her eye's and she started to sob. People started to stare and this was becoming more dangerous by the second. Katarina must have realized she can't with alone with Que thinking she was a bodyguard. I sighed heavily and walked over to Que crying on the ground. I pulled her up by one of her arms and started to drag her into the market. She slowly stopped crying along the way but people were still staring. I dragged her to a small hallway inside the building that was empty with Que still sobbing behind me. I gripped her arm as I threw her against the wall in front of me causing her to cough from having the wind knocked out of her.

"You need to hurry up and stop with this shit" I said walking up to her choking on the floor "I'm not your brother Soul, He's dead and has been for a long time" I said as I pulled her up from the floor. I pulled back my hand to slap her to reality but the look in her eye's was not what I expected. It was like what I had said caused her to snap. I know Rena said she denied it but is this what she meant. Since I hesitated it left me open to Que as she grabbed me by the neck and pinned me to the wall I threw her against.

She kept lifting me off the ground as she shouted words like 'Shut up, You're lying, He can't be' words of denial of her brothers death. I could deal with the choking at first but now I was starting to cough from it so I grabbed her arms and pulled them apart and away from my neck. With a light tap my boot's touched the ground and I pushed he back. Then with her open I pulled back my arm and sent her flying across the floor with a punch in her stomach. Along with the punch I used the same hand to hold myself up as it reached the floor. I started coughing and came close to vomiting for a minute and once I had finished I looked up to see Que was gone. Hopefully that's my part of the deal done I thought as I rubbed my neck.

-Authors notes-

I LIVE. No just joking. Well not really... Anyways sorry for not posting but my motivation is all but dead. I started writing as a way to escape boerum during school days. My dad would turn the internet off at 12 to make sure I wasn't up all night playing not league. So I started writing to pass the time. Now with school out of the way the witting is... slowed since I could play games rather then write. That being said I can kind of feel motivation coming back to me, no promises. I'll do my best to write but I'm not going to force myself. Thanks for reading- blade6309

P.S: If you want a not ranked Talon Mid to be on your friends list you can add me on league my usernames Blade6309.