Chosen One

By: Kin'iro Hi-Torii

Chapter Four

"Take it easy Gret! She's only a woman for Christ's sake!" Gatty barked.

"Sorry Sir!" Gret quickly backed away from Chi. They had been sword fighting and Gret was getting too aggressive. He had poor Chi pinned against the wall.

"Oh for crying out loud Gatty! I'm not a fuckin' weakling!" Chi yelled, throwing down her sword in a fit of rage.

"I'm sorry Chi, but if you got hurt Dilandau-sama would kill us all!" Gatty said gently.  Chi just proceeded to be her cocky little self.

"I'm getting bored with Gret. I wanna fight someone else now!" Chi said, sticking her nose in the air. Gatty seemed perplexed.

"Ok then… Ryuon, you fight her now…" Gatty said, waving his hand absentmindedly. He was getting real tired of Chi's bad attitude. He had gotten orders by Dilandau to help train her. Gatty couldn't help but be mad for leaving him and Shesta, Ryuon, and Gret alone with the 'shrew'.

With her injury her power shows

With her injury his passion grows

Ryuon stepped forward and unsheathed his sword. The two circled each other, a sparkling malice shone in Chi's eyes. Ryuon charged her and she blocked. The fight ensued. They seemed to be pretty evenly matched. But Chi made a mistake, she shoved Ryuon's sword away but she didn't get hers back up in time. Ryuon's sword slashed across her side, making a HUGE gash into her stomach and side.

"OW! SHIT!" Chi fell to her knees, dropping her sword and clutching her side. Green liquid squirted out of the wound.

"MESSIAH!"

"CHI!"

They all rushed forward, save Ryuon who just stood there, sword still clutched in his hand with a dazed look on his face.  "I-I didn't m-mean to, I-" he babbled. Gatty placed his hands on  Chi's shoulder and pulled her backwards onto her back. The green liquid was everywhere, Chi had already passed out.

"GRET! We have to get her to the medical tent now! MOVE!" Gatty screeched.

"Right!" Gret rushed forward and scooped Chi up in his arms. He ran out of the tent, leaving puddles of green behind him. Gatty, meanwhile, rushed to Dilandau's tent.

"DILANDAU -  SAMA!!!!!!!" he yelled as he burst into the tent. Dilandau was sitting at his desk and looked up, alarmed.

"What do you want?!" he barked, oblivious to the severity of the situation.

"Sir! It's Chi! She got hurt…" Gatty panted.

"WHAT?!" Dilandau screeched, jumping up. "HOW?!"

"It was an accident… on Ryuon's part…" Gatty started.

"Ryuon huh?"

"Yessir, but Chi's hurt bad sir… real bad…" Gatty said.

"I'm gonna kill that bastard!" Dilandau yelled as he ran out the door to the medical tent. He ripped the door flap clean off in his haste. Gret and Shesta were proceeding to take Chi's shirt off to examine the wound more closely. It was a huge gaping wound on her side that went partway across her stomach, oozing green fluid. Chi's face was pale and her hair disheveled.

Chi's eyes suddenly opened and her chest heaved into the air as she gasped for breath. Gret pushed her back down to the table. Chi screamed out in agony.

"Calm down Chi! You're going to be alright!" Shesta soothed. But Chi just screamed again. Ryuon was standing in the corner, still holding his green-blood stained sword. He was wringing his hands along the hilt and stared wide-eyed at the scene unfolding before him.

"I didn't… mean… to…" He babbled. "It was… an accident…" Dilandau's eyes filled with rage as he stomped over to Ryuon. Ryuon didn't seem to notice until Dilandau's hand was wrapped around his throat, he choked. "S-sir! P-please!"

"RYUON! What the fuck have you done?" Dilandau barked. "I'm gonna kill you, you ignorant prick!"

"Dilandau-sama don't!!!!!!" Gatty yelled. Dilandau just gritted his teeth. "Sir we can't afford to lose any men! Sir!"

"Well Ryuon… your ass is temporarily saved, but if she dies, you die, simple as that!" Dilandau released Ryuon's neck and he coughed and held his throat. Ryuon's face was completely white. He knew the deep shit he was in.

"Raffe! Get over here!" Shesta yelled at the brown haired soldier. Raffe quickly sprinted over. "I need you to hold her down, she's thrashing too much!" Shesta indicated Chi, who wouldn't keep still. She kept screaming and throwing herself around, only doing more harm than good. Raffe pinned her arms  down and tried his best to keep her still.

"Why is she screaming like this?" Raffe yelled over Chi's stricken yelling.

"She's in shock! She doesn't know we're trying to help her!" Shesta yelled back. Gatty turned to the rest of them standing around.

"You all have to leave! We can't work with you all in here!" He said loudly. Everyone except Dilandau, Gatty, Shesta and Raffe left. "Dilandau-sama please… you're doing her harm by staying in here…" Dilandau stuck up his nose and left the tent. Everyone was standing outside with wide eyes. Dilandau just stomped away into his tent. As soon as the flap sealed the view inside the tent he dropped to his knees.

"Gods… I beg of you! Please… just let her be ok. My plan can't work without her…"

Back outside the medical tent, all the soldiers were standing around, quietly talking amongst themselves. Gatty emerged from the tent, wiping green fluid off his hands. All the soldiers immediately surrounded him, all asking questions at once. Gatty raised a hand to stifle the flow of questions.

"Where is Dilandau-sama?" he asked. All of the soldiers simultaneously pointed to his tent. Gatty walked up to it and knocked on the wooden tent frame.

"Come in…" came Dilandau's voice. Gatty came in and saw Dilandau sitting at his desk. He immediately jumped up. "How is she Gatty?"

"Not good, sir… I'm afraid that her wound is very deep, and the chances are slim that she'll make it…"

Dilandau hung his head. He saw that Gatty was wiping his hands and the towel was covered in green. "What was all that green stuff anyway?" he asked.

"Well sir, as odd as this may seem… it appears to be her blood."

 "Her blood? … Is green?"

"It appears so."

"I've never heard of green blood before…"

"Well I have… Back before I was with the Dragon Calvary, I used to slay dragons for villages that they terrorized." Gatty said, thoughtfully. "When they died… their blood was always green…"

"So…?"

"So… her blood is pure dragon's blood." Gatty pointed out.

"Pure dragon's blood huh?" Dilandau mused. "So that means that she has the powers of the Dragon Clan… only… more."

"Yeah… I guess…"

Dilandau entered the empty medical tent. Chi was lying on a medical table, out cold. Dilandau cautiously approached.  He sat in a chair next to her table. The edge of the table came up to the base of his neck. "Come on Chi… don't die on me… I still need you… you are the only one who can help me!" Chi didn't even move. "Damn you Chi! Wake your ass up!" he yelled. Chi's eyes squeezed together, but then she was still again. "Well fine then… stay asleep… but you have to be ok… you have to help me out… only you can…" Gatty entered the tent. "Get the hell out of here!" Dilandau barked. "I thought I said that I wasn't to be disturbed!"

"B-but sir! Her bandage needs to be changed!" Gatty stuttered.

"Get out of here! I'll do it myself!!!!!!!!!" Gatty scampered off. Dilandau gathered up a new bandage and anti-bacterial cream. He pulled off Chi's old bandage and was shocked to see what was under it. All that was there was a thin scar, barely visible. On the bandage, the stitches had fallen off and were sticking to it, as well as some green blood. Dilandau dropped what he was holding and stared at it in shock. He gently grabbed Chi's shoulders and shook her. "Chi? Chi, can you hear me?" she moaned, and her eyes snapped open.

"Why are you touching me?" she said flatly. Dilandau got mad and pulled her upright, right into his face.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" he yelled. "You scared the shit out of me!!!"

"Well I'm fuckin' sorry! Stop touching me, Monkey Boy!" Chi batted his hands away.  

"Back off, Shrew!"

"What did you call me?"

"A Shrew!"

Chi pounced on Dilandau and punched him in the face. "Don't you call me no Shrew, Monkey Boy!"

"I'll call you whatever I want! While you live here you live under my rules! You should serve me!" Dilandau threw her off of him.

"I serve no one!" Chi screamed. "Especially not a dick like you!"

Dilandau picked Chi up by the shoulders and slammed her into the wall. His face was about an inch away from hers. "This is something I've wanted to since the moment we met!" Chi's eyes widened in fear. Dilandau pulled out a piece of duct tape and stuck it over her mouth. A huge sweatdrop dropped down Chi's forehead. Dilandau turned away. Chi ripped off the piece of tape.

"Cute… real cute…" she said sarcastically. Dilandau just chuckled and smirked.

As their hatred builds once more

A rival to the Messiah arrives

Their toils can save Gaea

Or totally destroy it

Back in Adom village, the village people were burying and mourning the people lost during the attack. The little girl included. Flowers coated the graves, family members were sobbing on one another. Van hung his head. He couldn't stop thinking about Chi, and how guilty he felt for just letting her go like that. Van felt Merle latch onto his arm.

"Van-sama… you seem sad?"

"We're at a funeral Merle…" Van rolled his eyes.

"There's something else wrong Van-sama… what is it?"

"I feel bad for just letting the Dragon Cavalry just take Chi like that… if she dies it's all my fault."

"Don't be sad Van-sama, she was a bitch anyway!"

"You're so cruel, Merle…" Van said in an annoyed tone. The bushes started to rustle and a girl stumbled out. She was dazed and looked like she had been wandering for days. Van immediately recognized her.

"HITOMI!" Van sheathed his sword and ran to her.

"Van?" Hitomi mumbled. As soon as Van ran up to her she fell forward into his arms, out like a light.

"Hitomi…" Van held her still body close to him. "You're back…"

To be continued…