Chapter 13

Lilly watched as the other Dragonslayers looked at her. Looking would be just a glance but they were staring at her. It didn't bother her that much until she noticed that she was the only female around. Folken had already left, she was stuck with the Dragonslayers and Dilandau. Dilandau was glaring at her for some way. This was not her cousin. He had kind eyes. This mimic's eyes were full of nothing. Like they weren't real.

"So what is the schedule here?" She asked.

No one said anything. They just stared at her. Dilandau left.

"Wake up time is at 6:30, showers and ready time ends at 7:15 then it is breakfast, 8:00 is warm up and exercises, 10:00 is guymelef training, 12:00 is lunch 12:45 is base training, 3:00 is showers in between that time is free time and 5:30 is Dinner. After Dinner there is the Common room to relax there is a library, then there is your own room. Lights out is at 10:00. Breakfast is eggs and toast with a glass of water, lunch is soup and crackers but you can have a salad instead and water, and dinner is soup or salad with usually a slab of chicken or steak with water" Said one of the Dragonslayers

Lilly felt her head spin. So much to do in a day.

"I wouldn't eat the soup; Dallet swore he saw an eyeball in the pot." Said one with white curly hair.

"I can't believe that Lord Folken had a girl join the Dragonslayers." said one with blond hair.

They kept talking about a girl in the Dragonslayers. Gatti on the other hand was talking to Miguel.

"Dilandau is going to be harder than ever to get her out of here." Miguel pointed out.

"Yeah but she is related to him. So you never know." Gatti said.

"I didn't know that Dilandau was actually related to anything other than Lucifer."

"That's what we all think." Gatti said looking at the girl.

The next few weeks Lilly was already tired of. Not only was she the only female Dragonslayer but the one who was picked on. Especially by Gatti which she found out was actually rooming across the hall from her with a boy named Miguel. She was always sparring with him or Dilandau, which was hard. She knew Dilandau wanted her out but she wouldn't show him she had to be out. Gatti always offered to help her during free time but she would always say that things will go around about

"Private Sessions" she wasn't about to get a bunch of guys wound up. That would be bad. And to make matters worse since she was the only female she had to get up a whole lot earlier to get in the showers and out before any of them came in. She was allowed by Folken to leave ten minuets earlier before training got over to take her second shower. She was glad she was on Folken's good side or she would have a big problem.

Weeks went by and a whole month had passed. Dilandau was still a bit angry at Folken for bringing in a girl. But it didn't really worry him that much unless she goofed up then he could yell at her for doing so. He just couldn't hit her. And Folken enforced it by asking Dragonslayers about it even asking Lilly she would always say no.

Emperor Dornkirk had sent out flying ships called Vione's to the Generals for easier access. One was given to Folken for the Dragonslayer's first mission to take over a small village between countries. Calling it a service station just incase a war started out for supplies.

They were pretty close to Asturia's border when they had arrived at the village. They had stopped at a tavern for some food because Dilandau had been out voted to eat the Vione food. Even Folken wanted to get off the levi ship. The tavern was packed with people. There was a fight going on and some people were betting on it.

In the middle of the circle was a boy around possibly fifteen years old, he had long black hair that almost looked dark purple. He was beating another man probably a few years older than he. But this boy was much limber more than he. The boy did a back flip over the man and brought down the sword at its side on to the man. The crowd cheered as the bigger man fell to the floor. Some of the Dragonslayers watched in awe. Dilandau got a smirk on his face. The boy was handed bags of money.

Later that night most of the tavern had depleted in crowd as minuets passed. Dilandau got up from his chair and went over to the boy who fought that man earlier and sat down across from him at the bar.

"Pitiful life here is it?" Dilandau said.

"What would you like?" The boy asked.

"Nothing but a request." The boy arched an eyebrow.

"If you would fight one of my men you can become a Dragonslayer. And you will get paid more than this." Dilandau said.

"Not interested. Don't fight soldiers."

"How about the girl, she has only been with us a month."

"Nor girls."

"Oh well. What is your name anyway?" Dilandau asked.

"Viole Estalba." he said.

"Really, you know that you can become better at swords if you join?" Dilandau teased. "Sparring every day, and during your free time too. Just think Viole become a soldier under me, you can travel all over Gaea."

"Who do you want me to fight?" Viole asked.

"Let me talk with my men." Dilandau left.

Dilandau went over to the group. "Gatti you will be fight that boy over there tomorrow, no questions." Dilandau said, he then left them. Gatti nearly fell from his seat. Some of the Dragonslayers sniggered at this. Gatti thought of himself as dead right then. He looked at the boy, he was wearing a sleeveless green vest and black pants, and he had this weird feeling. The same feeling when he was about to fight Scorpion. Only green.

Later that night Lilly was walking through the halls of the inn where they were staying that night. Operations would go on in the early morning she may of had a room to herself she still felt that she was crowded. Too many guys, the only female on the Vione other than she was the nurse but she was always caught up in her own life that she had hardly anytime to talk to Lilly.

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"We want you to dispose of that Dilandau guy, Viole, once he is down then the others will be easily taken down. They will be like ants that lost their queen."

"Yes, I will think about it, but I don't know why we are doing this. I liked his proposal better." Viole replied.

The other man hit him over the face. Viole was about to unsheathe his sword but decided against it. Viole only being 15 was a problem to a man in his late thirties and thrice his size. Easily crushed.

"Well listen here you little punk, I don't care what he has to say, this is our home so you gotta protect it and well killing this man would be the best way." The man said walking over to a table to pour him some wine.

"Fine I'll think about it." Viole left. When he opened the door that female Dragonslayer was leaning against the wall she was smirking.

"Well, well, do you think that I didn't hear that? Then you are very wrong, listen I don't care if you kill him just don't underestimate him. I don't know what he can do but I have seen what he can do verbally and hand to face wise. Not a pretty sight." She said following him down the hall.

"Why are you following me?"

"You are the only one outside the Dragonslayers that is up." She said. "And plus I have a proposition myself for you. If you beat Gatti tomorrow and get in the Dragonslayers then I will tell Lord Folken to order Dilandau not to burn this town to a crisp in a couple days, Dilandau may not listen to me but Folken will." She concluded.

"You have a deal." He smiled.

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Then next day it was a couple hours before the fight and Gatti was pacing his, Chesta's, and Miguel's room at the inn. Chesta watched as the older slayer was breaking a sweat just pacing.

"You could be practicing instead of pacing."

"You're not fighting Chesta I am. So shut up."

"It was just a suggestion." He said then leaving.

"Gyyyaaaahhhh. How come Lord Dilandau has to choose me out of any other person? It is like he expects me to loose to that guy or something so he can get his way. Someone kill me now so I don't have to go through with this." Gatti yelled.

Miguel who was just watching is roommate spoke. "It might be to your advantage to figure out his weakness." he said looking up at Gatti.

"Like what. Observe his fights today." Gatti said. Then he rushed out the door. Miguel shrugged his shoulders and went back to reading.

When Gatti had run down stairs all he saw Viole doing was eating an apple. Gatti thought himself dead on the spot. The boy probably wouldn't fight until he fought Gatti. "I guess I need to make my will." Gatti said to no one in particular. He then crashed on a chair at a table. Dallet and Guimel were playing a card game and neither looked away from their cards at Gatti. Lee was on the other side of the table smirking evilly like he knew something his eyes were a yellowish color. Gatti guessed that his moods changed with his eyes. But it changed like one day he would have blue and he would be happy and another day green would be happy. Gatti let the thought go. Lee was just too weird for taste.

Dallet had just noticed Lee's look. "What do you know that I don't?" Dallet asked him.

"Such a bite remark. Question is what would I know?" Lee asked.

"Probably a bad play, easy access to win... take your pick." Dallet glared at the boy.

Lee's eyes turned a pale green color. "You can come up with more than that."

Dallet laid down his cards in front of Guimel. Guimel smirked. "Beat you pay up." Guimel did win the unknown game. Lee was smirking as Dallet paid Guimel some gold coins and then he took his dagger and cut a lock of hair off.

"Pleasure doing business with you." Guimel then walked off. Dallet was about to have a hernia.

"Yeah ya sheep boy." Some of the slayers laughed at Guimel.

"Really you are such a mermaid yourself." Guimel said. "Oh yeah...Bahhh."

When that happened a fight started. Dallet grabbed Guimel around the waist and threw him to the ground; Guimel being small was thrown farther than thought. The two were throwing chairs around. Dilandau was just watching amused.

Gatti thought this was too much for him. Viole just left. Lilly just came down the stairs, she was wearing a white peasant dress. With a black vest over it. She was wearing dress boots too. She looked quite pretty all in all. He wondered where she was going when she snuck out the door. Gatti followed her. He was amazed no one saw her leave like that.

"You know Dilandau would have a fit if he saw you like that. Where did you get it anyway?" He asked her. Might as well have a little fun while he was alive.

"Just great I get picked on because I am wearing a dress. I must have been truly stupid to wear this when I knew that one of Dilandau's people were going to watch me. Am I right?" She asked.

"Don't worry I wont tell him. You do look nice though." He said following her.

"Complements don't come well from your mouth they sound like criticism. The one who carried me to your toilet room and held me above the toilet threatening to drop me if I ever try to… what was it again… oh yes tell Dilandau that you disagree with everything that he says. Which I didn't even do that was some other blond girl."

Gatti had to remember that. He had dissagread with everything Dilandau said and Lilly was going to go tell that to Dilandau when she ran off Gatti chased her and when he caught her he did the whole toilet thing. She started to plead with him not to drop her. That was back in the day. Or maybe just a week ago.

"You don't accept my appraisal, then accept this." He picked her up and then walked over to a fountain and dropped her in the water and started to splash her. Her hair was completely wet. She got up. He was laughing at her. She pushed the hair out of her face and then kicked water at him.

"Gatti Hesho, not even the gods can save you from what I could do to you. And for this I will kill you." She tried to reach for her sword but she remembered it was in her room. She got out of the fountain. She went toward the inn.

Gatti pulled his own sword out, he followed her occasionally lifting the bottom of her dress a couple of time with it. The last time he did it was right before she turned and grabbed a stick off the ground and started to hit him with it. He had a couple of scratches before they got to the inn.

Lilly got rid of the stick and went strait to her room. The fight had already stopped also.

Lilly entered her room and changed. There was a swift nock at the door when she was done. The door opened. Lilly now dressed in a blouse and black pants and black boots saw Gatti poke his head in. She grabbed her sword from her bed and rushed at him. He brought his head back. She kicked the door and it almost flew off the hinges. She then threw open the door then went after him with her sword. She chased him to the stair case. He tripped on the carpet and was backing away from her.

"See how formidable I really am?" she said.

She swung the sword right in between his legs to close for comfort too. He backed up even more and his hand hit air as he started to fall down the stairs. She dropped to the ground and grabbed his boot.

"I want you to die when you fight that guy." She said.

Gatti almost had a heart attack when he had fallen. This was too much for him. He grabbed onto the railing and she let go. She then walked away back to her room.

"That is the guy you want me to fight?" Viole asked Dilandau.

Dilandau smirked. "Yes."

Later that night Lilly went to the kitchen to "help out". She had a red pepper in her hand that was cut open she snuck to the stove and opened it. A wave of heat hit her. She pulled the seeds out of the pepper.

"They say that it is the seed that is the true heat of the vegetable." She said as she then grabbed a knife and then stabbed one piece and put the seeds in and all over it. She smirked as she did the same with the rest of them. She wouldn't be eating tonight.

The fight was about to start and most of the Dragonslayers were giving Gatti some words of encouragement then turning around and betting against him.

The fight started Viole had most of the advantage the whole time. Though the same age Gatti thought he was sparring against a professional. Viole swung his sword and Gatti backed out of the way. He wasn't even getting a usefull attack in. He spent most of the time just keeping his head. When Gatti had attacked Viole tripped him then disarmed him and used his own sword against him. Making scissors about to cut off his head.

"You can go ahead and kill him." Dilandau said. Half the inn gasped.

"No. Fighting yes. Killing no." Viole threw Gatti's sword at a wall and it stuck there and helped him up.

"Wrong choice." Dilandau muttered.

Later on when food was served to the Dragonslayers everyone got their own plate of mashed potatoes with corn and a slab of steak.

Lilly was at the top of the stair case watching everyone as they did a toast. She was eating some fruit from a fruit platter that she looted away from one of the tables.

Someone started to choke. Then the whole lot of Dragonslayers started to choke. Except Viole and Dilandau. Dilandau took a bite. It was red hot. He spit out a seed. He guessed it was a prank by someone he looked around the only person not there was Lilly. He looked up toward the rooms she was sitting on the side of the stair case eating fruits and then she started to laugh. He knew she had something to do with this.

Back on the Vione Dilandau tried to push her off the side of the floating fortress when it reached the highest point but Folken saved her and put Dilandau on two weeks probation. Folken, to prevent this again, put Lilly under his orders, but to train with the Dragonslayers. For the prank.

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Well that is chapter 13 took me a while to do but it is pretty long so what do you expect I did this one long to make up for the previous one. So review.