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"So what did you do to Kojai?" asked the elf. "We had to kill him." Viktor answered. "I'm still really sorry, Ryka." Flik apoligized for the tenth time. It's okay." Ryka said, for the tenth time also. "I wonder how much information Kojai had told the Imperials..." Odessa wondered out loud. "I wouldn't worry about that." Ryka stated. "Why not?" Flik questioned. "Because he was only a recent recruit, right?" Ryka asked. "Yeah, so?" Viktor answered. "And he normally was absent from the meetings, right?" Ryka continued. "Yeah..." Odessa said. "Then there wasn't much he could have told them." Ryka replied. "I guess you're right." Viktor commented, relaxing in his seat. "......." Humphrey said nothing. "Don't worry Humphrey! Everything'll be okay!!" Viktor said cheerfully, seeing his friend look so serious...as he always did.
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-~-~-~-Six Years Later-~-~-~-
~~~"So how goes the search?" asked a familar voice. The elf turned around, already knowing who was there. Viktor stood there looking over the elf's papers. A big, lopsided grin covered his face. She smiled and laughed a bit to herself. "You're the only one who can make me laugh in times like this." the elf commented. "Well I try." Viktor laughed.
"Hey! Ryka!!" called a voice from the next room. "Nani?!" the elf shouted back in question. "Did you find anything yet??" the voice asked. "Nope!" Ryka yelled, "You??" "Nothing." the now closer voice replied. "Why didn't you just walk over here instead of yelling?" Viktor asked. "Because Kirkis is too lazy!" Ryka laughed. The male elf walked into the room upon hearing his name. "I am NOT lazy!!" he shouted, playfully shoving the older elf. "Anyway....getting back to bussiness," Ryka began, "We need to find Rubi." "Why are you so intent on finding him? Eh, Ryka?" Kirkis winked at the female elf. Ryka blushed crimson. Viktor and Kirkis laughed seeing this.
That night, Ryka packed up her things. Careful not to wake any of her friends, she snuck out of the hideout that they had. She had to leave. It wasn't because of them, though. Hopefully, they would understand...and she had left a note for them.
Ever so quietly, Ryka tiptoed into the dark forest. She had a feeling that kept calling to her. If she ignored it any longer then she might go crazy. The elf walked down the dimly lit path. There were many smaller roads that branched off the one she was on. All of them were ignored. A couple times, Ryka thought she heard her name being called. Ryka...Ryka...Ryka. Each foot step called it. Every tree she passed, the calling seemed to grow louder. Even the wind whispered her name.
Suddenly a familar feeling swept through her spine. Ryka stopped walking and glanced about curiously. Was she being watched? The elf picked up on some movement in a nearby cluster of tree's. Whatever it was, stopped moving, realizing that Ryka knew it was there. The elf began to walk again, knowing that she might have a stalker following her. The shadow moved again this time, but it ran toward Ryka. The elf fell to the ground and rolled out of the way to avoid being hit. The shadow landed perfectly and charged at Ryka. The female elf jumped up and side-stepped the energetic figure. The shadow figured that Ryka would do that so they were able to pull a large knife out and held Ryka from behind. The elf yelped in surprized. She tried to pry the figure's fingers off the knife. That didn't work, so Ryka attempted to trip whoever it was. The shadow fell to the ground. Before they could get up, Ryka pinned them to the ground.
"Who are you?!" the female elf spat. Her own shadow, cast by the moonlight, covered up the figure's face. "Hn... I'm surprized to see you, Ryka." the figure mused. She gasped. "T-th-that voice!!!!" Ryka let go of the shadow. "So you remember me?" the shadow questioned, sitting up. He was an elf with light green hair and a redish-brown eye. His hair fell over his left eye. He couldn't of been much older than Ryka. "R-Rubi!" Ryka gasped, shocked that he was there before her. "In the flesh." the male elf answered. "How did?! Why?! Wha...?!" Ryka had so many questions that filled her head. "Come with me and I'll answer everything." the male said, standing up. He offered Ryka a hand. She took it and was pulled to her feet.
Walking down the dark forest path in silence was strange for Ryka. Rubi led her down several small paths without saying a word. Finally they reached a small cave. Ryka followed the male elf into its depths.
It was cold inside the cave and made Ryka shiver. Rubi paid no attention. Deeper and deeper the two elves traveled. The farther that they went in, the colder it grew.
Finally, they arrived at a small wooden cabin. Rubi opened the door allowing Ryka to enter first. As soon as Ryka had taken three steps into the cozy house, she heard a click. Ryka spun around only to see Rubi with a key in hand and a devious grin on his face.
"Na-nani!?" Ryka stuttered in shock. "Don't you see? Or have you not figured it out yet?" Rubi questioned, taking a step toward his guest. Ryka began to back up as Rubi advanced toward her. The female elf knew that she would bump into a wall sooner or later, but with her luck she would be caught in a corner. Sure enough, Ryka felt the two walls join behind her. Rubi continued toward her, pressing himself against the female elf. "Get away from me!!" Ryka yelled trying to push the male elf away. He grabbed her delicate hands with a swift action of one of his own hand. Ryka cringed in pain. "What's the matter?" Rubi breathed in her ear. Ryka couldn't respond. Her heart was pounding. She began to feel dizzy. Rubi used this to his advantage. He used his free arm to pin one of Ryka's shoulders against the wall. The female gasped in pain. Rubi then let go of her hands, which dropped to her sides. They were both red with finger marks where he had been holding them. Rubi then used that arm to lift Ryka's face up so that she looked him in the eye....~~~
Ryka bolted upright. "What the hell...?" she asked herself. She was still at the hideout. A dream..., she thought. Ryka pulled herself out of her bed and got dressed, not wanting an accident like yesterday to happen again.
"Oy! Ryka!!" shouted a rough, loud voice. The elf turned to face the bear man, who she had become best friends with. "What's up?" Ryka questioned, smiling that Viktor was happy about something. He had been kind of depressed and very quiet lately. "Well, Odessa thinks that she have found a good hideout for us! And... I think that I might've seen Rubi." smiled the bear man. Ryka laughed at his teasing. No one had seen Rubi for years. A sudden sighting of him would be too good to be true.
"Hey Viktor! Uh....hi Ryka..." a voice from behind called. The two turned around only to see a slightly red Kirkis. "Are you still embarassed about yesterday's morning event?" Viktor questioned. Kirkis, still red, nodded a little. "Don't worry about it. I forgive you." Ryka jumped in. "Really?!" Kirkis' red face went back to its peach tone. Ryka nodded, answering the young elfs question.
The two elves and human walked to meeting room where Odessa, Flik, Humphrey and Sanchez, the new council member, waited. "Where have you all been?" Flik almost screeched. "......" Humphrey gave a strange look to Flik. Odessa smiled weakly. "You really have to come on time." Sanchez commented. Kirkis hung his head with shame while Viktor and Ryka just kind of smiled. After spending so much time with Viktor, Ryka had become like a sister to him. Now they acted alike.
After the two hour meeting, everyone dispersed to do whatever they did for the rest of the day. Ryka and Kirkis went to train. Kirkis wasn't too skilled with his bow and needed some pratcie with it. Ryka taught the young elf how to quickly take his bow out and shoot a perfect shot with it...er...rather was in the process of teaching him.
"Now try it again. You'll get it sooner or later." Ryka tried to sound sure so that Kirkis would feel confident. Kirkis whipped out his bow, but his arrow wasn't alined. The arrow went to the left of the target and hit a tree trunk. Ryka sighed when the young male elf shrugged at her. "How about we break for now and pratice after lunch?" Ryka questioned seeing the young elf's frustration.
"I can't see how you can forgive me so easily..." Kirkis said. Ryka, who was walking beside, looked at him. "It was just an accident. No big deal." she replied. "But I should've knocked first instead of just running in on you like that." the young elf argued. "Do you want me to be mad at you?" Ryka questioned. "N-no! Of course not!" Kirkis felt his face flush from the re-occurring mental image Ryka the morning before. He had burst into her room when she had been changing.
A sudden scream brought the two elves' ears up. Ryka began to run, leaving poor Kirkis standing by himself. When Ryka had arrived on the scene, she found that Viktor, Flik, Odessa, and Humphrey had heard the cry for help. Kirkis soon showed up, realizing that he might be able to help whoever had screamed.
"What happened?" Ryka asked, stepping foward to where her friends were gathered. She gasped. There was dead body, smothered in crimson blood. "What is it-EW!" Kirkis began. He took one glance at the body and ran inside the hideout. "Ryka...you go see if Kirkis is okay." Odessa commanded. Just then Sanchez showed up, he came jogging and looked as though he had ran around the hideout. "I heard a scream. What was it?" questioned the old man. Ryka slipped past him and went to see if Kirkis was okay. She found him slumped in a chair, paler than normal. "Kirkis? You're not normally like this around dead bodies." the female stated. "I knew her." Kirkis looked up at Ryka. Her jaw dropped. "Na-nani!?!" she questioned, alarmed. "When I was traveling through the forest last, I met her and since she was lost, I helped her through. In return she paid for my stay at Kaku. Her name was Koiya." the male elf explained. "I....gomen." was all Ryka could manage to say.
"So what did you do to Kojai?" asked the elf. "We had to kill him." Viktor answered. "I'm still really sorry, Ryka." Flik apoligized for the tenth time. It's okay." Ryka said, for the tenth time also. "I wonder how much information Kojai had told the Imperials..." Odessa wondered out loud. "I wouldn't worry about that." Ryka stated. "Why not?" Flik questioned. "Because he was only a recent recruit, right?" Ryka asked. "Yeah, so?" Viktor answered. "And he normally was absent from the meetings, right?" Ryka continued. "Yeah..." Odessa said. "Then there wasn't much he could have told them." Ryka replied. "I guess you're right." Viktor commented, relaxing in his seat. "......." Humphrey said nothing. "Don't worry Humphrey! Everything'll be okay!!" Viktor said cheerfully, seeing his friend look so serious...as he always did.
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-~-~-~-Six Years Later-~-~-~-
~~~"So how goes the search?" asked a familar voice. The elf turned around, already knowing who was there. Viktor stood there looking over the elf's papers. A big, lopsided grin covered his face. She smiled and laughed a bit to herself. "You're the only one who can make me laugh in times like this." the elf commented. "Well I try." Viktor laughed.
"Hey! Ryka!!" called a voice from the next room. "Nani?!" the elf shouted back in question. "Did you find anything yet??" the voice asked. "Nope!" Ryka yelled, "You??" "Nothing." the now closer voice replied. "Why didn't you just walk over here instead of yelling?" Viktor asked. "Because Kirkis is too lazy!" Ryka laughed. The male elf walked into the room upon hearing his name. "I am NOT lazy!!" he shouted, playfully shoving the older elf. "Anyway....getting back to bussiness," Ryka began, "We need to find Rubi." "Why are you so intent on finding him? Eh, Ryka?" Kirkis winked at the female elf. Ryka blushed crimson. Viktor and Kirkis laughed seeing this.
That night, Ryka packed up her things. Careful not to wake any of her friends, she snuck out of the hideout that they had. She had to leave. It wasn't because of them, though. Hopefully, they would understand...and she had left a note for them.
Ever so quietly, Ryka tiptoed into the dark forest. She had a feeling that kept calling to her. If she ignored it any longer then she might go crazy. The elf walked down the dimly lit path. There were many smaller roads that branched off the one she was on. All of them were ignored. A couple times, Ryka thought she heard her name being called. Ryka...Ryka...Ryka. Each foot step called it. Every tree she passed, the calling seemed to grow louder. Even the wind whispered her name.
Suddenly a familar feeling swept through her spine. Ryka stopped walking and glanced about curiously. Was she being watched? The elf picked up on some movement in a nearby cluster of tree's. Whatever it was, stopped moving, realizing that Ryka knew it was there. The elf began to walk again, knowing that she might have a stalker following her. The shadow moved again this time, but it ran toward Ryka. The elf fell to the ground and rolled out of the way to avoid being hit. The shadow landed perfectly and charged at Ryka. The female elf jumped up and side-stepped the energetic figure. The shadow figured that Ryka would do that so they were able to pull a large knife out and held Ryka from behind. The elf yelped in surprized. She tried to pry the figure's fingers off the knife. That didn't work, so Ryka attempted to trip whoever it was. The shadow fell to the ground. Before they could get up, Ryka pinned them to the ground.
"Who are you?!" the female elf spat. Her own shadow, cast by the moonlight, covered up the figure's face. "Hn... I'm surprized to see you, Ryka." the figure mused. She gasped. "T-th-that voice!!!!" Ryka let go of the shadow. "So you remember me?" the shadow questioned, sitting up. He was an elf with light green hair and a redish-brown eye. His hair fell over his left eye. He couldn't of been much older than Ryka. "R-Rubi!" Ryka gasped, shocked that he was there before her. "In the flesh." the male elf answered. "How did?! Why?! Wha...?!" Ryka had so many questions that filled her head. "Come with me and I'll answer everything." the male said, standing up. He offered Ryka a hand. She took it and was pulled to her feet.
Walking down the dark forest path in silence was strange for Ryka. Rubi led her down several small paths without saying a word. Finally they reached a small cave. Ryka followed the male elf into its depths.
It was cold inside the cave and made Ryka shiver. Rubi paid no attention. Deeper and deeper the two elves traveled. The farther that they went in, the colder it grew.
Finally, they arrived at a small wooden cabin. Rubi opened the door allowing Ryka to enter first. As soon as Ryka had taken three steps into the cozy house, she heard a click. Ryka spun around only to see Rubi with a key in hand and a devious grin on his face.
"Na-nani!?" Ryka stuttered in shock. "Don't you see? Or have you not figured it out yet?" Rubi questioned, taking a step toward his guest. Ryka began to back up as Rubi advanced toward her. The female elf knew that she would bump into a wall sooner or later, but with her luck she would be caught in a corner. Sure enough, Ryka felt the two walls join behind her. Rubi continued toward her, pressing himself against the female elf. "Get away from me!!" Ryka yelled trying to push the male elf away. He grabbed her delicate hands with a swift action of one of his own hand. Ryka cringed in pain. "What's the matter?" Rubi breathed in her ear. Ryka couldn't respond. Her heart was pounding. She began to feel dizzy. Rubi used this to his advantage. He used his free arm to pin one of Ryka's shoulders against the wall. The female gasped in pain. Rubi then let go of her hands, which dropped to her sides. They were both red with finger marks where he had been holding them. Rubi then used that arm to lift Ryka's face up so that she looked him in the eye....~~~
Ryka bolted upright. "What the hell...?" she asked herself. She was still at the hideout. A dream..., she thought. Ryka pulled herself out of her bed and got dressed, not wanting an accident like yesterday to happen again.
"Oy! Ryka!!" shouted a rough, loud voice. The elf turned to face the bear man, who she had become best friends with. "What's up?" Ryka questioned, smiling that Viktor was happy about something. He had been kind of depressed and very quiet lately. "Well, Odessa thinks that she have found a good hideout for us! And... I think that I might've seen Rubi." smiled the bear man. Ryka laughed at his teasing. No one had seen Rubi for years. A sudden sighting of him would be too good to be true.
"Hey Viktor! Uh....hi Ryka..." a voice from behind called. The two turned around only to see a slightly red Kirkis. "Are you still embarassed about yesterday's morning event?" Viktor questioned. Kirkis, still red, nodded a little. "Don't worry about it. I forgive you." Ryka jumped in. "Really?!" Kirkis' red face went back to its peach tone. Ryka nodded, answering the young elfs question.
The two elves and human walked to meeting room where Odessa, Flik, Humphrey and Sanchez, the new council member, waited. "Where have you all been?" Flik almost screeched. "......" Humphrey gave a strange look to Flik. Odessa smiled weakly. "You really have to come on time." Sanchez commented. Kirkis hung his head with shame while Viktor and Ryka just kind of smiled. After spending so much time with Viktor, Ryka had become like a sister to him. Now they acted alike.
After the two hour meeting, everyone dispersed to do whatever they did for the rest of the day. Ryka and Kirkis went to train. Kirkis wasn't too skilled with his bow and needed some pratcie with it. Ryka taught the young elf how to quickly take his bow out and shoot a perfect shot with it...er...rather was in the process of teaching him.
"Now try it again. You'll get it sooner or later." Ryka tried to sound sure so that Kirkis would feel confident. Kirkis whipped out his bow, but his arrow wasn't alined. The arrow went to the left of the target and hit a tree trunk. Ryka sighed when the young male elf shrugged at her. "How about we break for now and pratice after lunch?" Ryka questioned seeing the young elf's frustration.
"I can't see how you can forgive me so easily..." Kirkis said. Ryka, who was walking beside, looked at him. "It was just an accident. No big deal." she replied. "But I should've knocked first instead of just running in on you like that." the young elf argued. "Do you want me to be mad at you?" Ryka questioned. "N-no! Of course not!" Kirkis felt his face flush from the re-occurring mental image Ryka the morning before. He had burst into her room when she had been changing.
A sudden scream brought the two elves' ears up. Ryka began to run, leaving poor Kirkis standing by himself. When Ryka had arrived on the scene, she found that Viktor, Flik, Odessa, and Humphrey had heard the cry for help. Kirkis soon showed up, realizing that he might be able to help whoever had screamed.
"What happened?" Ryka asked, stepping foward to where her friends were gathered. She gasped. There was dead body, smothered in crimson blood. "What is it-EW!" Kirkis began. He took one glance at the body and ran inside the hideout. "Ryka...you go see if Kirkis is okay." Odessa commanded. Just then Sanchez showed up, he came jogging and looked as though he had ran around the hideout. "I heard a scream. What was it?" questioned the old man. Ryka slipped past him and went to see if Kirkis was okay. She found him slumped in a chair, paler than normal. "Kirkis? You're not normally like this around dead bodies." the female stated. "I knew her." Kirkis looked up at Ryka. Her jaw dropped. "Na-nani!?!" she questioned, alarmed. "When I was traveling through the forest last, I met her and since she was lost, I helped her through. In return she paid for my stay at Kaku. Her name was Koiya." the male elf explained. "I....gomen." was all Ryka could manage to say.
