A/N: Here is the next Chapter, we will probably spend at least 2 more in Ionia (If it doesn't become apparent, it is my favorite region).
Assuming I keep interest in writing this, I am hoping to have them visit each major human region (Bilgewater, Ionia, Noxus, Freljord, Demacia). I might throw in Shurima, then back to Piltover at the end.
Ionia was unlike anything the Sister's had ever seen. A far cry from the cities they were familiar with. Piltover and Bilgewater, while very different in design and aesthetic - were still similar. Large, imposing buildings. All uniform stone & dull wooden planks. Ionia, however, was full of natural beauty. Towns and Villages seemed as much a part of nature as the trees (and in some cases, where one and the same). In one, truly mind blowing, town the entire settlement was built on the back of a large, wandering creature - one not dissimilar to the sea turtles they had encountered around Bilgewater.
It was, in a word, magical.
Even the people were different. Kind and welcoming. In their wanderings, the sisters often found themselves simply given free room and board - with no repayment asked or expected. An unbelievable phenomena to two people raised in the slums of Piltover.
The sisters had been dropped off on the southern shores of Ionia, slowly wandering northward - a vague destination in mind, The Placidium, the closest thing Ionia had to a capital city. En route, they stopped at the 'city' of Zhyunia.
"Woah"
Looking down from a hilltop, Vi had to agree with her sister's enrapturement. Even by Ionian standards, their latest destination, Zhyunia, was impressive. They had visited port cities in the past. In fact, port cities were the only large cities they had visited. But Zhyunia was utterly different.
The city was constructed on large, mushroom shaped landforms, sprouting out of the crystal blue water. Joined together by ornately carved bridges. The buildings were just as unique, seamless blends of white marble, and purple plants.
Ships would anchor at the bottom of the landform, then people and goods could move up through tunnels into the city.
Chuckling softly, Vi reached out to pull her sister forwards. "Come on, you can gawk more once we get there."
Entering the city, they started a now normal process. Find an inn or bunkhouse to sleep in while they are there. Find the markets to stock up on supplies, to be ready for when they move on. Find the best places to visit.
However, Zhyunia was also the first place they would encounter the criminal underworld of Ionia.
Vi looked down in interest at the fight taking place below them. Almost by accident, they had stumbled into this underground tavern and fighting ring. Not something they had expected to find in the legendarily peaceful Ionia.
The fight was rather clearly one-sided, the larger fighter wearing an ornate fur coat was handily dancing around his opponent, toying with him.
"I could take him," Vi said to her sister, however her comment hadn't gone unheard, as the man sitting on the table next to them burst out laughing. Just as the winning fighter had tired of the game, and dropped his opponent in a single punch.
"Yo, Boss." he called down into the pit. "This little lady says she could take you".
'Boss' just laughed. "Well, she is welcome to come down and try," he shouted mockingly.
Vi wasn't the type to back down from such a challenge, and she hadn't had a good fistfight since Bilgewater. Taking off her jacket and dropping her bags onto the table. She vaulted down into the pit.
As soon as the fight started, Vi realised that he truly was good. His punches were clean and his reflexes were fast. But Vi was no amateur either. They traded punches for the better part of 10 minutes, until they both were bruised and bleeding. But the fight came down to a single thing.
Vi ducked under a brutal cross, nearing the end of her strength - he was definitely the best fighter she had fought. Better than Sevika. Better than any of the pirates in Bilgewater. Throwing the last of her strength into a brutal uppercut, she lunged for his Jaw. But she had failed to see his other hand, swinging quickly at her. Both fighters were thrown back. Her opponent staggered, close to falling, shaking his head to try and regain some focus. But Vi was worse off. Falling backwards, she desperately tried to push herself to her feet, even as her vision darkened. The last thing she heard before drifting into unconsciousness was her sister's cry.
Vi awoke with bleary eyes and a ringing head. Night had clearly fallen, the only light in the room was a lantern, casting shadows over her sister's worried face.
"Damn it Vi," she snapped, once she saw that Vi was awake. "Don't worry me like that."
Holding one hand to her aching head, Vi winced. "Sorry Pow"
Glancing at the unfamiliar surroundings, Vi noted that they weren't at the same place that had been staying.
"Where are we?" she questioned.
"Still at that arena, I wasn't going to try to carry you all that way," Powder explained. "I think you impressed them, their boss was happy to let us stay here."
Leaving the sleeping chamber, they were greeted with a loud, cheerful laugh.
"Here she is," The shout came from the head of a large table, where her opponent sat. Vi was happy to see he looked almost as beat up as she did. "Damn, can this little lady throw a punch. There was almost a new boss around here. Come on up and eat, you earned it. "
They made their way up to the table, sitting in an unoccupied section on the Boss' right.
"You got a name?" Vi asked after they had sat down.
"You don't usually run in these kind of circles, do you? I'm rather infamous. The name is Sett." Vi's face clearly showed she had never heard of him. "No? What about 'The Beast Boy Bastard'?"
Now that was a familiar name, and their faces showed it. When the sisters had been growing up, they had routinely visited the various fighting rings found in the Undercity. "Well," Vi said, "At least I didn't lose to an amateur"
"You're certainly no amateur either, where did you learn to fight?"
"Dad, when he was alive. Then spent a few years brawling in Stillwater. You?"
"Been fighting since I was a boy, ended up good at it somewhere along the way"
They spent a few more days in the city, enough time for Vi's wounds to heal. Sett and Vi bonding over the best ways to punch people. Before, once more, deciding they had stayed in one place long enough. Sett saw them off with a few parting words.
"If you are ever passing round here again, look me up. We should have a rematch some time"
Northward bound once more, their next destination - the legendary Placadium.