Okay. Now for part one of the story. This here is Brigades childhood and how he met Sazukies mother. Enjoy peoples =]
What's that? Someone's talking.....Is it them? Are they thinking up away to get rid of me?
Brigade opened his to see Nyomi and Kit at a table discussing something. He didn't know what they were talking about until he heard Kit said something about a village.
"I'm not joking! That man told me that a bunch of mages like our friend over there leveled a whole village. What are we going to do?
"What do you think? I'm going to raise him." Nyomi calmly stated. Kit was silent. Her friend was serious. Back in Narai, it was forbidden for a cat to raise a mage and vise versa. "He's already in my care. Do you really think I'm going to leave him all alone with those people? They tried to kill him!" Nyomi was obviously upset.
"Yeah but you have to admit they had a reason."
"Hatred isn't a reason Kit. Hatred is as dark as evil itself" she got up "you should never attack out of hatred..." She turned to Brigade who was looking at the two cats.
So they attacked me out of hatred? What's hatred? They hated me because mages that looked like me destroyed a village? Do they hate me now two?
Nyomi walked over to the child. He looked confused and scared still. She stroked his jet-black cheek and smiled. Brigade didn't feel scared anymore. He didn't know why but he just wasn't anymore. This feeling he had felt very good. He liked it a lot and wanted it to stay.
"You're going to stay here with me. Little Brigade." She went to the table where a bowl of hot soup was resting its load. Picking up the soup Nyomi blew the steam away. She filled the spoon with the liquid and walked back to Brigade. "It's soup. Very good and it helps heal your body." Brigade opened his mouth for Nyomi to put the spoon into it. The hot water like substance felt nice as it warmed up his mouth, throat, and stomach.
Mmmmmm. It tastes good. Warm and cozy. I want more. I like it.
The mage boy yawned as he finished his breakfast. He fell back to sleep curling up in the warm hammock bed. Nyomi smiled as she watched her child going to sleep. By agreeing to raise him she agree to have him as her son as well. Now she will be teaching him everything he needs to know for him to live on his own. As he slept she checked his head. The wound stopped its bleeding finally. He was going to live. She quickly realized that his jacket was filled with dried blood and could attract monsters to the house. Nyomi got up to the closet to look through cloths and shirts that were lying around. She found some gray material, a pair of pants and a button up shirt. It should fine for her purpose. Taking the boy's jacket off carefully, Nyomi took it apart and used the parts as the pattern. In no time at all a new jacket was made. There weren't any other colors so Nyomi couldn't sow in any designs with another color. Instead, she just sowed in the thread as the designs. Hours passed as she worked on the mages new wardrobe.
Kit was outside while all this was happening but she knew what her friend was doing. She started to smell the blood on the old jacket. The younger cat opened the door only to see the finish project. "That is so cute.." she was able to get out. She walked to examine it more closely. "Fine workmanship. Yup very good. Who's it for?"
"It's for Brigade. He needs new closes. His old ones are bloody to keep." Nyomi held up the blood dried jacket parts. "It would be wise to bury these. We don't need Fangs running around the house." Kit nodded as she took the jacket and headed outside.
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Weeks went by at the small broken down house. The small mage recovered from his injuries quite well. He had so much energy and questions. Nyomi concluded that people made Brigade by the questions he would ask. He was asking things that kids his age should already know. After awhile she started to give something that tasted ver nasty. It was a potion that extended life span of any creature. Nyomi didn't want to loose him to old age but by giving the boy the potion she didn't need to fear that. She noticed something strange was happening to Brigade though. The side affect of the potion was that he was growing. She was proud of this.
What's that?...Oh wait I remember now. It's a butterfly an insect that eats pollen from flowers or was it something else. Hey!
The insect landed on the brim of his hat. He tried to look at it but by tilting his headway back caused him to loose his balance. He fell flat on his rear.
Oh man. Now mom is going to get made that I got me close dirty
He looked at the jacket Nyomi made him and groaned. He got up to take off the jacket when he the butterfly again. Only this time it had a friend. Brigade watched them as he took of his jacket. He ran to the barrel that was sitting in front of the home. While going back Nyomi called out.
"Brigade! It's time for to take the potion I've been given you!"
NOOOOOOO! Gotta hide gotta hide!
The boy looked around frantically searching for a good hiding place. He heard Nyomi coming so he did the only thing he could think of. He runs to the back hoping to get away. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Kit standing in his path. "Thought you could get away huh?" she grinned "He's over here!" Kit called into the house. Brigade thought he would try to run to the front but Kit had him by his caller.
"Thank you Kit. Now tried to drink the rest of this Brigade." She handed him the bottle. He took a big gulp then looked at Nyomi who was waiting. He sighed. The boy gulped the rest of the potion down hacking afterwards.
"I don't like it mom... How much longer do I have to take it?'
"It's all gone. You're done taking it" She smiled at the mage. He jumped up and down with joy. That's when Nyomi looked a little worried. Brigade saw this and quickly grew a little scared. His mother looked up and down the filthy boy. He started to fidget a little. Nyomi was about to ask him what happened but Brigade started first. "I fell in the mud while looking at something." his voice shank "I'm sorry"
Nyomi couldn't stay mad at him. He was such a good child and really cute one. "Just be careful next time, all right?" The smile on he face reassured him that she wasn't mad. He smiled back with nod.
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Brigade watched Nyomi and Kit train in the back yard with much interest. It's been 5 months since the cats found him. He loved them both very much and would do anything for them. But something was bothering him. One of the lessons Nyomi tout was never to forget who you were. He was a mage and they were worriers. He wanted to know what it felt like to weald a weapon like the broadsword. The cats swung those swords like they weren't even there. They down that for several hours before stopping.
"Now that was a work out." Kit panted for bit. She looked to Brigade who got up and left. She watched him go into the house. "Ya know, I think something wrong with him. Do you think he wants to see other mages?" the young cat looked at her now aging friend. Nyomi looked worried. Brigade always was filled with life. The old cat followed the child. When she walked into the house she didn't see him. A noise was heard in the home. It sounded like someone was in one of the hammocks. The elder walked over to the beds to see Brigade just lying there in his hammock. He looked depressed of about something.
"Brigade dear? Is something wrong?" He didn't answer right away.
"I.... I don't really know. I watch you and Kit practice everyday. It should bother me but it does. It's like I feel something is missing...." He grew very quiet after that.
"Do you want to see other mages? Like your self?" she started to grow more worried for her boy when he she his head no.
"I...wanna learn how to fight...like. I know you said that I shouldn't forget who I am but...." He felt he was going to break down so he fought it hoping that he wouldn't end crying. He felt he was too big for that.
Nyomi wasn't surprise. She knew this was going to happen sooner or later. There was no one here to teach him magic nor to teach him how to be a mage. Luckily she had time to think about this. "If it means that much to you.. I'll teach you. Would you like that?" she knew she got her answer when Brigade looked at her with his eyes shinning brightly. He couldn't believe what he just heard. He was going to learn how to use a sword. Nyomi smiled when she received a hug from her boy. Later that day they both went outside and started the lessons.
Years would go by at the home of the two cats and the mage. The mage learned many things during those years. How to fight, how to combine magic and sword together. They tout him how to use some white magic and how to hunt by himself by tracking his prey. Out of all of those things he learned there was one thing that he'd never got the chance to learn how to be a mage. He never learned how to make potions nor how to focus his black magic. However, that was going to change. One day an old friend knocked at the door.
"It's been awhile Nyomi." an old mage stepped inside the house. He was short and a little on the heavy side. His jacket was a goldish brown color with plain designs in it.
"Arc, how are you?" The two shook hands in greeting. Brigade never really saw another mage until now. He was very shy and didn't want to come out. He was going to leave when heard the old mage ask.
"Who is that over there?" Brigade stopped in his tracks and looked at the two adults.
Now what am I going to do?....
Well that's it for now. kinda giving ya a cliff hanger heehee anyway did ya all like it? Please review nicely will ya =]. Hail Mages White and Black heehee. *hugs Vivi plushie* mages rule.