Chapter 2
Let's Become Sisters
Before long, Priestess and Sword Maiden arrive at the next town, just in time for lunch. The taller blonde is walking ahead of the tiny one. Priestess looks at her idol in question. She has a lot of things to ask about her that she doesn't already know. How does she know these goblins? Why does she have a blindfold over her eyes? And how in the world does she know where she's going with that thing on? Priestess clutches her staff as she continues looking at her and then observes her surroundings. The town seems crowded with people young and old. Some stores filled with people buying food and clothing.
"Are you hungry, young Priestess?" Sword Maiden asks, snapping her junior out of her thoughts.
"Ah! Y-yes! Yes, I am!" The petite blonde replies.
The taller blonde gives an elegant giggle and leads her to a small restaurant. They take a seat and order their food from a waiter. While they patiently wait, Priestess takes a look at her idol again. She's so beautiful, yet…she may be even more beautiful if she were able to take that blindfold off. But…now that she thinks about it, Sword Maiden might have a very good reason to have that stay on. Maybe because her eyes were damaged so badly she cannot let anyone see them. But if they were that damaged, how can she still see and know where she's going? That is the biggest question she has on her mind right now. But in this situation, Priestess believes that it will be for another time.
"Is something the matter, Priestess?" Sword Maiden asks.
The petite blonde jumps a little. "Ah! N-no! Nothing's wrong, Sword Maiden-sama!"
The Archbishop tilts her head in confusion. "You've been staring at me for quite a while." Then, she grins. "It's not polite to stare, you know~?"
"EEK! I-I-I"m so sorry!" Priestess squeaks. "You're just so pretty I couldn't help myself!"
"Fufufu! Don't worry about it. Everyone gets like that whenever they see me~" Sword Maiden assures her. "But you, dear Priestess, have a cute way of admiring me~"
"Uuuu….you're embarrassing me," the petite blonde whines.
A few minutes later, their food arrives and they begin to eat. They basically ordered the same thing: a simple chicken noodle soup with crackers. Priestess wasn't sure what to eat there, so she chose what Sword Maiden wanted. The holy maidens ate silently for most of lunch time until their bowls and small plates were completely empty. Sword Maiden pays for the food and the two leave the restaurant, happily refreshed.
"What do we do now?" Priestess asks as they take a stroll through town.
"Well…the better question is: what do YOU want to do?" Sword Maiden says. "You're starting your own journey, so whatever you decide."
"Hmmm….well, I was looking for an inn to stay for the night," the petite blonde replies as she puts a finger on her chin.
"Okay. We'll try to look for the best inn then," Sword Maiden nods. "Then, since we still got some time till sunset, how about we take a stroll around town some more?"
Priestess nods as well. "That'd be lovely!"
The two share a giggle and find themselves staring at each other for some reason. Sword Maiden's beauty and Priestess's cuteness is so hard to ignore. However, the petite blonde is still curious about what's under that blindfold. She wants to see Sword Maiden's eyes. She opens her mouth to speak.
"U-ummm…Sword Maiden?" she says.
But before the taller blonde has a chance to reply, both of them hear screaming from their right. They dash toward the sound and there is trouble at an inn. There are screaming and people running away from the building. And then…about 5 goblins run away, carrying bags full of money, food and probably other things from that inn.
"No!" a man comes out and shakes his fist. "Come back here, you filthy beasts!"
Sword Maiden rushes toward the young man with Priestess quickly following her.
"What happened?" she asks, putting her hand on the man's back.
"Those damn thieves!" he growls. "They robbed me! Those goblins took everything!"
Priestess gasps, cupping a hand to her mouth. "Y-you mean….those creatures? How did they get to this town?"
"They're good at hiding, remember?" Sword Maiden says. "They love to steal valuables. I can't believe they would be in this kind of town."
"I've lost everything," the man sinks down to his knees, head hanging low. "My business is finished…"
Priestess looks at the poor man. She can't let those goblins get away with this. "No it's not! Not yet!"
"Priestess!" Sword Maiden gasps.
"We'll help you get your things back!" Priestess says, gesturing toward herself. "As adventurers, we also help those in need! We cannot let the goblins ruin people's lives like this!"
The man smiles and shakes her hand. "You have my gratitude, dear adventurer!"
Sword Maiden smiles and nods. Priestess is so kind hearted and considerate. She kind of admires her for that. The taller blonde pats the man's back.
"Don't worry. We'll retrieve your stuff before you know it," she assures him.
Both of the holy maidens dash from the inn and in the direction where the goblins might have run off to. They take the path where the exit is and somehow find a trail of coins the goblins might have dropped. Priestess runs ahead and retrieves them, stuffing them in her pocket to give to the man later. Sword Maiden follows her. The trail ends just at the edge of the forest. Most likely, the goblins would take the stuff to the cave where they love to stay at. The two holy maidens look at each other and give a brave nod. They HAVE to do this. Go back to where Priestess first encountered them. They make their way toward the entrance and Priestess looks around for a torch, but Sword Maiden shakes her head. She takes a lantern out of her large back she's been holding for a while and lights it up, filling up the cave.
"Wow!" Priestess says. "I never knew you carried that around."
"Fufu! That's how I first found you~" Sword Maiden replies. "And the light that was shining from a distance must be you carrying that torch."
"Y-yes."
The two holy maidens enter the cave and look around. The goblins can be anywhere in here. They walk further and further down the cave until they can hear the sounds of the goblins. It's a sign that they are getting close. They run further and the sounds get louder and louder. It is then that they come to where the five goblins are gathering and setting the stuff they collected down. Priestess grits her teeth, looking at the belongings and money they stole from the poor man.
"They will never get away with this…!" she says and starts walking ahead.
"Wait…Priestess!" Sword Maiden reaches a hand out, but she's too far away.
"Hey!" Priestess shouts, grabbing their attention. "Those belong to an important person! If you don't return them, you'll be begging for mercy!"
The goblins growl and snarl as they snatch out their knives and run toward her. She is not well prepared for this. However, just as they are about to get to her, as quick as a flash, Sword Maiden rushes in and slashes one of them, cutting them in half and flying toward the rock wall.
"Stay back, Priestess! I'll handle this!" she says. "You get the stuff, okay?"
Priestess nods and heads over toward the collection. However…there are more sounds surrounding her. There are not just five goblins? One of them is way too close and tries to grab her. She cowers away and clutches her staff
"Uhhhh….S-S-Sword Maiden-sama!" the small blonde cries.
Sword Maiden turns around to see about 6 more coming her way. "Curses! It's an ambush!"
Priestess backs away, holding her staff close. Sword Maiden is busy with the other five who are surrounding her and the other 6 might get to her too. The goblins try to jump on her, but Priestess quickly rolls away. She stands up and another one tries to attack. She swings her staff like a baseball bat, sending it flying toward the rock wall. Two of them try to attack her at the same time. Sword Maiden rushes in and slaughters them in one strike.
"Hurry! We have to get the items before any more come!" Sword Maiden says.
"Right!" Priestess hastily grabs the items, putting them in a very large bag and Sword Maiden carries the bag of money as well.
They successfully retrieved all of the owner of the inn's items, but they hear more goblins coming. They must have been very angry for them trying to trespass their territory. Sword Maiden steps in front of the petite blonde, raising her sword.
"Can you really take them all down?" Priestess says with a concerned expression.
"I'm a high ranked adventurer," Sword Maiden replies as she slightly turns toward her. "No numbers has ever stopped me from fighting even the toughest enemies."
Despite the confidence her idol has, Priestess is still worried. Even if she fights valiantly, some goblins may be more intelligent than others. There are just too many to take them all and one of them might be able to outright attack the taller blonde. The best thing to do is escape and forget about slaughtering them one by one.
Before Sword Maiden can do anything and the goblins come closer and closer, Priestess steps in front of her idol, raising her staff.
"O' Lord let there be light. Stop these fiends from their path and shine bright! Holy Light!" The tip of her staff glows yellow and then shines brighter and brighter. It shines so bright that it blinds all the goblins and the light is only pointed in that direction.
Sword Maiden is amazed by such power from a starter adventurer. But she's happy she's got that kind of power. The light disappears and the goblins are confused. They use this distraction to make a run for it and exit the cave, carrying the items they retrieved. They stop when they are about 10 feet away to look back to see if the goblins are following them and thankfully, they don't. The holy maidens sigh in relief.
"Let's go~" Priestess says. "The young man is waiting~"
"Yes, let's~" Sword Maiden replies with a smile.
The two blondes head over toward town where the owner is and he is so happy that they recovered the items the goblins stole. And all of them are still in one piece.
"I can't thank you enough, brave adventurers~" he says, happily. "I shall reward you two with a free stay."
"Oh! Y-you don't have to do that!" Priestess says, waving her hands back and forth.
"It's the least I can do," the owner says. "How long will you be staying?"
"Probably tonight and then we're going to head out after we eat," Sword Maiden says. "Sorry."
"no, no, it's alright~" the owner says. "It's fine. You can stay for as long as you need."
"Thank you very much," Sword Maiden says.
With that, the two blondes enter the inn, helping the owner put back and fix everything the goblins did, which took a couple hours. But they finally did it and thus, they picked a room on the top floor and set their things aside. Priestess lies down on the bed, sighing heavily.
"What a day!" she says.
"Fufu! You worked hard today," Sword Maiden gives an elegant giggle. "Putting everything where they were took a bit of effort."
"Yes, but I liked it," Priestess sits up to face her idol.
"By the way, I didn't know you can cast such a spell like that," Sword Maiden says. "Even though you're just starting out."
"That's all I know for now," the petite blonde says. "I want to gain more experience so I can learn new tricks."
"You'll learn in due time, sweetie~" the taller blonde pets her on the head and then glances at the clock. She lets out another giggle, putting a hand to her cheek. "Oh, dear. We spent all that time fighting and helping this kind man that we nearly passed dinner time. Want to come and eat?"
"Sure!"
Priestess jumps from the bed and follows her idol downstairs toward the kitchen to cook some food. The petite blonde helps out a little bit and before long, the food is cooked and ready to eat. Some steak, rice and veggies. They sit down and eat silently, but they enjoy each other's company at the same time. Priestess enjoys it the most, though. She's so happy to have the one she admires stay by her side while on her journey to become a gold-ranked adventurer. It's like a dream come true.
Once they finish dinner, they help clean the dishes, clear the table and head up toward their room to get ready for a bath. However, Sword Maiden insists on coming with Priestess to the bath because it'll be faster that way. Embarrassed, but happy at the same time, she accepted the offer. They do the usual bath routine before getting into the tub, which fits them both pretty well. However, the petite blonde could've sworn she noticed something on Sword Maiden's body as she is scrubbing. But…was it her imagination? Those looked like…scars? This worries her a bit and decides to ask her later on.
The two blondes let out a blissful sigh as they sink a bit further into the warm water.
"Haaaah….refreshing~" Priestess says.
Sword Maiden giggles.
"Hey…why do you still have that blindfold on? Isn't it going to get wet while you shower or something?"
"Oh, this? Well you're right about that," the taller blonde says. "I'll take it off."
"Ah, y-y-you don't have to!" Priestess says, waving her arms wildly. "I'm just making a statement!"
"Oh, don't worry, silly. There's nothing bad about what you're about to see." She gently takes the blindfold off, revealing blue hazy eyes. But they are so beautiful it's hard to resist looking at them. "Feel better~?"
"Oh….my…!" Priestess cannot even speak. The raw beauty of Sword Maiden is unbelievable. Looking at those eyes of hers makes her heart pound rapidly. Her face is tomato red and it's not from the heat from the water.
"Ummm…Priestess?" Sword Maiden waves a hand in front of her face to get her attention. "Are you still with me?"
The petite blonde blinks and jumps. "Ah! S-sorry! It's just…oh, my gosh! You're so beautiful!"
"Fufu! Why thank you~" Sword Maiden replies. "Well, I guess we should get out of the water before we look like prunes~"
Priestess smiles and then it fades as the taller blonde gets out of the water first. Her scars are showing on her shoulder, her back mostly and some on her arms. Was she in a serious battle and those scars just won't go away? And what's with the blindfold on her face? She has so many questions that she doesn't know what to ask first.
After drying off, the two try to find some nightwear, which they do. Some white nightgowns for both of them with just the right sizes. Well…almost for Sword Maiden. Her large breasts almost stick out of the chest area, making the petite blonde pout adorably. She wishes she has a chest like that one day.
"Ready for bed?" Sword Maiden asks.
"Yes," Priestess nods in reply.
The taller blonde blows out the candle and they climb into bed together. Priestess immediately snuggles close to her idol and Sword Maiden giggles at this. She pets her tenderly while looking at her.
"You know…." she says. "I must say, you're a pretty good adventurer to travel with. It's like having a little sister with me."
Priestess squeaks and blushes at this. "S-Sister? Me!? Oh, my gosh! Sword Maiden-sama, this is so sudden!"
"Ufufufu~! Do you want to be my little sister?"
"Oh, would I!? Wow, I…I don't know what to say…!" This is shocking, but exciting at the same time. Sword Maiden just called her a "little sister". "I mean…I never had an actual family before. I was raised at a temple all my life after my parents passed away when I was very young."
"I see. I'm so sorry to hear that, sweetie. So I take it as a yes?"
"Oh, definitely!" Priestess says quickly. "I would LOVE to become your little sister!"
"Excellent. And I can be your big sister~" Sword Maiden says. "Just call me 'Onee-sama' from now on, okay~?"
"Onee…sama…" Priestess repeats slowly.
"Yup! That's correct~" Sword Maiden says. "And I can call you 'Priestess-chan' if you'd like."
"That would be…wonderful!" The petite blonde is so happy right now. Being called a "sister" is even better than ever. It's more than a dream come true.
"Then that settles it~" the Archbishop says. "We'll become sisters from now on….Priestess-chan~!"
"Thank you very much…O-Onee-sama~" Priestess replies and then hugs her tightly with a happy smile.
Sword Maiden returns the embrace and gently strokes her hair. No words can be said at this point. This moment is just too wonderful after being called "sisters". After a kiss on the forehead, sleep takes over for both of them. Priestess is snuggled against Sword Maiden's chest and is fully relaxed from it.
A/N: I'm surprised some people really liked this. So I decided to continue it. Hehe~! With becoming sisters out of the way, I might do Sword Maiden's past in the next chapter. I WAS going to do it here, but the topic here is becoming sisters, so I decided to save it for the next chapter.
The female fantasy crossover characters are coming soon, don't worry. Just…I'm not sure when. XD
As for Priestess's attacks and spells, all I know from the anime are Holy Light and Protection. If anyone can help me come up with some made up ones that would be awesome.
Also, it is a remake, but the rest of it is on my own. The series itself is just too dark for me to watch from start to finish. I just can't do it. You should see people's reactions on YOUTUBE when they watch the first episode. Like it's THAT dark. XD
A-anyways, hope you enjoyed this one.
Have a nice day!
