Chapter 36. Black-Silver

"Maybe I hit her a bit to hard" I mumbled as I looked at my bleeding knuckles. Hopefully that would stop her act all together but I had no real way of knowing untell I see her again. I'll worry about that later however for now I should look for a sword I can steal. Buying would be fine if I still had the gold Zed gave me but I left that at Shen's hideout, and even then I doubt there would be enough for a sword. I started moving through the large market place to browse the stalls. There was a large selection of items you could buy here, from strange potions to herbs to magic wands. Plenty of just about everything, including guards. If I was going to swipe a whole sword I had to be quick about it. Luckily this place was crowded to hell and I doubt many people remember their every customer's face. That being said I do stand out from the crowd... My long black coat along with my hood and long black hair didn't match the strange clothing around me. My best bet would be to snag and run. I set my eye's on a few stalls, one of them had decent swords but they all seemed to look shoty and they were rather cheap. Easy to steal since there was so many, no one would look twice. Then there was the mid class option, a sword that was displayed as having magic channelling abilities, I'm sure a spellblade would love a sword like that. I wasn't that good with magic but I did try to summon a fireball before, I didn't go well. I shuddered at the thought as I looked at the high class option, a high price well guarded black-silver shortsword with a gem/leather finish. The handle was wrapped in leather and had a large gem in the hilt. The gems were shaped strangely but they both made a circle when but together. The strange white and red gems also gave a strange aura around the sword. The blade was darker them most of them since it had been made with a strange metal the stall keeper said was called Black-Silver. The hilt was also made with the same metal. However the sword was in a case along with other weapons and was sealed in most likely magic protected glass. The owner side had access to it from a panel that opened up with a key. The key was obviously attached to the owners belt. I wasn't interested in the two other options the more I looked at the sword. I started to plot how to steal it. I could try using my clone to distract the owner while I myself swipe the sword... but then how would I keep the other customers quiet. Of course I could always try to smash the glass but that would get me caught much faster. I could always try to kill my way through but I needed the sword to do that... What if someone were to try to buy the sword then as he reached in I would use the invisibility from the clone ability to steal the sword. After thinking it over that was my best bet. I found a nice spot to sit and wait that wouldn't make me seem out of place and waited for the owner to open the case to get the sword. I needed to be fast however, I would only have a few seconds of invisibility to get the sword and the moment I touched it I would become visible. Worst case scenario was I got knocked out and jailed. Best case scenario was I got away without being identifiable. So I waited.

The sun was about to go down but the market place still didn't calm down. They was less people but now there were different stalls set up, even a few suspicious settlements. That's when I saw someone that I wouldn't want to deal with right now. Katarina and Darius, and they were coming right for me. I sighed as I knew this was going to get ugly very fast as they pushed past people speeding up to get me before I ran. I was about to turn and run however just as I did I saw the stall keeper trying to open the case with one of his keys. Clearly he didn't keep track of which key did what and so I found this to be prefect. A distraction and a escape. I waited tell they were a little closer before fading away and leaving a clone behind. I quickly dashed to the stall and hopped over the counter getting ready to grab the sword. Just as the stall keeper turned the key to the case you could hear Darius yell out in front of me.

"Blade! For your betrayal of Noxus your punishment is death!" Before the sound of metal hitting the ground sounded out. Of course the stall keeper turned a looked away to see what was going on giving me my chance. I made my clone jumped out of the way to dodge the attack while I grabbed the sword and came into vision. However no one seemed to notice. I sheathed the sword and took a moment to set myself up to make it look like I was running from the Noxians. I made it look like I had jump hopped the counter and was hiding by sitting still. The stall keeper looked down at me as I put my finger to my mouth to make sure he didn't give away my position. He turned back to act like he never noticed me after giving me a quick nod. I quickly focused on getting myself out of here by using the escape ability I had read on the scroll. It took me a moment before a large patch of shadowy black fog appeared in front of me. I quickly dived into it just as I could hear the stall owner say "Wait a minute". Just like that I had disappeared.

When I opened my eyes I found myself on the outer parts of the town directly next to the forest. I chuckled at how smoothly that went and drew the sword from it's sheath. With the satisfying sound of metal on metal the sword let out a nice ring. The gems lightly shone in the night as the blade as nothing but black. Not like my shadow throwing knife's but more dark then holding a piece of metal in the night. I swung it around to find it surprisingly light. The sword itself was a double-edged shortsword that was slightly thicker at the base were the hilt and the blade met. The end of the sword was fairly thin, thicker then most short swords which made me think it would be heavy but... The handle held firmly in my hand as the dark leather made sure it wouldn't slip. The bottom of the handle had a small hilt the also had a spike poking out of the center. I'm sure this sword will last much longer then my last. I sheathed the sword and started walk into the forest back to my temporary home.

I arrived to feel my stomach growl and no lights on in the house. There didn't seem to be any forceful entrances but everything was rather quiet. I slowly moved up the to door pushing it open to see a few candles lit through the dinning area. I also saw Rena asleep on the large couch in the next room. I kept looking through the first floor. Everything seemed untouched which was alarming because of what Rena said Que would do when told that her brother and father were dead. Just like I did earlier today. Let's hope I was able to get it through her head and she's left everything alone. It would be troublesome if she killed Rena and Sylph that would mean I would have to find a job myself. Since Rena was alive I assumed Sylph was to and made my way to my room... for now at least. I opened the door to find nothing out of the ordinary other then a plate of food on the small table inside. I made my way in being sure not to made any noise when I noticed the room was recently cleaned. The bed was made and the dirt that was on the windows and floors was gone. There was also a new dresser next to the door as well. I was about to take off my coat and sheaths when I heard a knock at the door surprising me a little. The atmosphere was rather tense keeping me on edge. I didn't bother calling out as I walked up to the door and slowly opened it a little to see Que standing there looking down at the floor. She was wearing her nightwear which consisted of a small pair of shorts and what looked like a shirt without the sleeves. Her eye's were red and signs of tears was present as she looked up at me.

"Look..." She started "I'm sorry about what I've done all this time... I've just been using you to fill the void of my dead brother".

I kept quiet as she went on "I'm sure someone told you already, there's no way you would know all that just from watching and looking around... My brother was the only real friend I had for a long time" She continued "When I was young, I got really really sick for a long time. No one would go near me because they didn't want to get sick themselves so I couldn't see any of my friends for a long time".

"Let me guess, your brother was the only one who would see you" I said.

She nodded, doing her best to hold back tear's "He would always help me with anything I needed, though he would always say things like 'What are you doing looking so miserable' and 'Who said you could cry' he would always be there for me... It was like that for 3 years" She said taking breaths to get her composure.

I was honestly unphased by the story which triggered a slight depression in me "You don't need to explain with to me, as long as you stop I don't care" I spat as I was about to close the door.

However just before the door closed she pushed back on it stopping it from closing "Just for tonight... I want you to let me act like your my brother" She said clearly crying now. I thought it over as to why I should let her other then 'I don't want her to' I couldn't really feel anything from her story so I had to made a mental decision. I guess the fact that I will never make a decision based on my feelings is both a gift... and a curse.

"As long as this is the last time" I said as I stepped away from the door and took a seat at the small table. She slowly pushed the door open and stepped inside sitting in the other seat after closing the door. She didn't look uncomfortable but she did look anxious. I sat there watching her while I ate.

"Is your neck ok" She asked as she fidgeted and glanced at me.

I took a moment to stop eating before responding "I'd be more worried about yourself" I said as I held up my hand showing the trails of blood on my knuckles.

Her first reaction was shock as she got up to most likely get medical supplies before I said "Don't worry about it, It's minor compared to what I've dealt with before".

She slowly sat back down and waited as I ate. I could see she clearly wanted to ask me something but was hesitant to ask.

I finished eating and sighed before asking "What is it, you clearly want to ask me something" I said.

Her figgiting stopped as she was clearly distressed with something "I-I know I asked you to replace my brother for tonight but..." She trailed off.

There was one thing I remember from my days back at the orphanage at Piltover and that was one quote that got me to this point. "Don't let large obstacles scare you. Life will continue weather you don't want it to or not. Opportunities are not going to wait for you and neither will your life" I said as I got up and hung up my coat.

I turned around to see her standing up next to me about to cry again. For someone I found annoying she really was a cry baby. She took a few steps forwards and tightly hugged me like she did back in the town. I didn't bother to do anything currently she was dealing with her demons, no matter how annoying she was that was something I myself am still doing. Even if I despise her I can't look away from someone forcing themselves in my way to get my attention. I waited for her to finish crying before pushing her back after of which she finally spoke up.

"Just for tonight, is it fine if I sleep here?" She asked.

I know I told her not to hesitate but I was taken aback for a minute at her request. Then I just took a breath and responded "So long as you don't care about sleeping on the floor".

She slowly nodded and left the room to get her stuff. I thought over my actions very carefully while she was gone. I'll help her for today and push her away for the rest of my time here. I'll do what I can to insure she get's everything out of her system today... everything within reason.

-Author notes-

Well this is done, I'm back in the mood to write despite what I said last chapter. However something always bothers me about writing these chapters. That is how many words should I write? I've done my best to write above 1800 and so far I've kept up but how many do you guys think I should do? I'd apreciate feedback. Thanks for reading- blade6309

P.S: I recently got ranked and am now Silver 1. Hurra (Sarcasum)