Chapter two
Van is sitting in a chair with Merle behind him with her paws on resting on his shoulders...Cid is in corner of the tent talking to Meg while Dryden is sitting next to Millerna with a small smile on his face...Gaddeth is talking to Allen...Allen is ignoring Gaddeth...Millerna is mumbling to herself...Kana is holding a quiet conversation with Kaja...all of them are in a large tent that contains a circular table with chairs going completely around it....
Van starts to look angry...
That does it! "What is going on here?" he demands while suddenly standing up and waving his arm wildly. "And why are you claiming to be Kana? And what are you wearing?!?!" he shouts at the same time pointing towards Kana. "Hitomi...what happened to you?"
Kana turns and looks at everyone who had originally been staring at Van during his outburst, but now they were looking towards her each of them silently demanding an explanation. Oh shit. "I'm not claiming anything. I am Kana. The ruthless murderer, as some people call me. Although truthfully I've never killed anyone who didn't deserve it. As for what I'm wearing I thought that was fairly obvious. A sword and some daggers with boots and pants plus a rather loose shirt. What happened to me was that instead of returning me to Earth my little sister," she points towards Meg who in turn waves at everybody as they look at her and then shift their attention back towards Kana, "ended up coming here. We got dropped in a place on Gaea that I had never been to before and accidentally ended up with an entire mercenary fleet at our disposal, but all that is another story."
Millerna is the first to speak. "How could you be Kana or a murder for that matter? The Hitomi I remember hated fighting and would faint at the thought of herself killing somebody."
Kana smiles a weak, sad little smile. "I grew up. Even though I wish I could return to the innocence I had before these past few years I can't." She replies with a sad, defeated shrug of her shoulders.
"So now you are the person who can win us this war right?" Cid asks looking her straight in the eyes.
"I can't make any promises. All of you got yourselves into a useless war of a bit of land causing a lot of innocent men to be killed. What I don't get is why? As far as I remember none of you ever wanted to fight ever again." She replied frowning at all of them.
"I don't think that is any of your concern." Answered Allen with a frown on his face and tight white lips. "After all you are different and I'm not entirely sure we can trust the new you."
"Very well. Then instead of doing the usual how do you do's that friends would how about we get down to business? What do you need my men for and how much are willing to pay us?" Kana said all of this with an expressionless face.
"We need you here," answered Dryden, "and we are willing to pay you exceptionally well. Your men would attack the foremost lines of the enemy and clear the way for our troops."
Meg and Kana's faces turn to stone as they look at the map noting the amount of force their men would be up against and the place of attack.
"No." answers Kana.
"Why not?" asks Dryden.
"Because it's a suicide mission. If I were to send my men there they would die and I don't care what anyone says about me I won't send my men out to die so that all of you have a little distraction. Gentlemen I have seen your offer and am declining." She turned and stormed out of the tent with Meg following close behind.
"HITOMI!" called out Van as he ran to catch up with her. "You don't understand!"
"NO! I understand perfectly Your Majesty. You think that just because I'm a merc captain that I will be completely willing to sacrifice my men's lives for money. I got a better offer from Kitash. At least they weren't going to ask me and my men to do a suicide mission!"
"You were approached by Kitash?"
"YES! They offered a job with a significant amount of money involved the only reason I turned it down was because of the friendship that all of us had had three years ago and the full belief that none of you would ever ask anyone to sacrifice needless lives."
Everyone looks ashamed except Dryden and Meg.
"We could pay you for whatever info you can give us on the Kitash forces instead?" offered Dryden.
"NO! The criminals that fill your prisons and dungeons are more honorable than all of you put together. To think that I would do something like that. I don't know who has changed more me or all of you?" she answers with a sneer. "Gather our men Meg we are leaving."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Interjects Dryden. "Guards seize them!" he cries out pointing towards Kana and all of her men.
"HOW DARE YOU?!?! YOU SCUMBAGS WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HONOR AND TRUST EVERYTHING HITOMI HAS EVER TOLD ME ABOUT ALL OF YOU MOST OF BEEN A LIE!! EITHER THAT OR ALL OF YOU ARE IMPOSTERS!!" screams Meg as she is being dragged away by four guards.
"I'm afraid that I can't take the chance that you might leave to serve Kitash," replies Dryden.
Two guards go up to Kana and attempt to grab her by her arms... "There is no need for that," she says angrily and turns to head in the direction Meg was being dragged off in. One guard shrugs his shoulders and goes to follow her to make sure she doesn't try to escape.
(author ~ you didn't think I would have Hitomi leave and that be the end of the story did you? Hmm you did...shame on you...anyway this chapter is dedicated to Kana and that anonymous person because both of them wrote reviews when no one else did...bad...people who are to lazy to write reviews...bad...o.k. I think I'm done chewing everyone out now...that wasn't so bad was it? Please write reviews...they boost my self-esteem :p )
Van is sitting in a chair with Merle behind him with her paws on resting on his shoulders...Cid is in corner of the tent talking to Meg while Dryden is sitting next to Millerna with a small smile on his face...Gaddeth is talking to Allen...Allen is ignoring Gaddeth...Millerna is mumbling to herself...Kana is holding a quiet conversation with Kaja...all of them are in a large tent that contains a circular table with chairs going completely around it....
Van starts to look angry...
That does it! "What is going on here?" he demands while suddenly standing up and waving his arm wildly. "And why are you claiming to be Kana? And what are you wearing?!?!" he shouts at the same time pointing towards Kana. "Hitomi...what happened to you?"
Kana turns and looks at everyone who had originally been staring at Van during his outburst, but now they were looking towards her each of them silently demanding an explanation. Oh shit. "I'm not claiming anything. I am Kana. The ruthless murderer, as some people call me. Although truthfully I've never killed anyone who didn't deserve it. As for what I'm wearing I thought that was fairly obvious. A sword and some daggers with boots and pants plus a rather loose shirt. What happened to me was that instead of returning me to Earth my little sister," she points towards Meg who in turn waves at everybody as they look at her and then shift their attention back towards Kana, "ended up coming here. We got dropped in a place on Gaea that I had never been to before and accidentally ended up with an entire mercenary fleet at our disposal, but all that is another story."
Millerna is the first to speak. "How could you be Kana or a murder for that matter? The Hitomi I remember hated fighting and would faint at the thought of herself killing somebody."
Kana smiles a weak, sad little smile. "I grew up. Even though I wish I could return to the innocence I had before these past few years I can't." She replies with a sad, defeated shrug of her shoulders.
"So now you are the person who can win us this war right?" Cid asks looking her straight in the eyes.
"I can't make any promises. All of you got yourselves into a useless war of a bit of land causing a lot of innocent men to be killed. What I don't get is why? As far as I remember none of you ever wanted to fight ever again." She replied frowning at all of them.
"I don't think that is any of your concern." Answered Allen with a frown on his face and tight white lips. "After all you are different and I'm not entirely sure we can trust the new you."
"Very well. Then instead of doing the usual how do you do's that friends would how about we get down to business? What do you need my men for and how much are willing to pay us?" Kana said all of this with an expressionless face.
"We need you here," answered Dryden, "and we are willing to pay you exceptionally well. Your men would attack the foremost lines of the enemy and clear the way for our troops."
Meg and Kana's faces turn to stone as they look at the map noting the amount of force their men would be up against and the place of attack.
"No." answers Kana.
"Why not?" asks Dryden.
"Because it's a suicide mission. If I were to send my men there they would die and I don't care what anyone says about me I won't send my men out to die so that all of you have a little distraction. Gentlemen I have seen your offer and am declining." She turned and stormed out of the tent with Meg following close behind.
"HITOMI!" called out Van as he ran to catch up with her. "You don't understand!"
"NO! I understand perfectly Your Majesty. You think that just because I'm a merc captain that I will be completely willing to sacrifice my men's lives for money. I got a better offer from Kitash. At least they weren't going to ask me and my men to do a suicide mission!"
"You were approached by Kitash?"
"YES! They offered a job with a significant amount of money involved the only reason I turned it down was because of the friendship that all of us had had three years ago and the full belief that none of you would ever ask anyone to sacrifice needless lives."
Everyone looks ashamed except Dryden and Meg.
"We could pay you for whatever info you can give us on the Kitash forces instead?" offered Dryden.
"NO! The criminals that fill your prisons and dungeons are more honorable than all of you put together. To think that I would do something like that. I don't know who has changed more me or all of you?" she answers with a sneer. "Gather our men Meg we are leaving."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Interjects Dryden. "Guards seize them!" he cries out pointing towards Kana and all of her men.
"HOW DARE YOU?!?! YOU SCUMBAGS WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HONOR AND TRUST EVERYTHING HITOMI HAS EVER TOLD ME ABOUT ALL OF YOU MOST OF BEEN A LIE!! EITHER THAT OR ALL OF YOU ARE IMPOSTERS!!" screams Meg as she is being dragged away by four guards.
"I'm afraid that I can't take the chance that you might leave to serve Kitash," replies Dryden.
Two guards go up to Kana and attempt to grab her by her arms... "There is no need for that," she says angrily and turns to head in the direction Meg was being dragged off in. One guard shrugs his shoulders and goes to follow her to make sure she doesn't try to escape.
(author ~ you didn't think I would have Hitomi leave and that be the end of the story did you? Hmm you did...shame on you...anyway this chapter is dedicated to Kana and that anonymous person because both of them wrote reviews when no one else did...bad...people who are to lazy to write reviews...bad...o.k. I think I'm done chewing everyone out now...that wasn't so bad was it? Please write reviews...they boost my self-esteem :p )