Silver Blade
By, TigerWolf
~ Chapter Two ~
Death
Imagine being brought to another world, with no weapon, no idea of where you are or what you should do, and given a strange gift that you never asked for. There was no way home that was known of, and what was thought of as fiction was now reality. Survival was all that was left to identify; instinct was now what you lived off. The question of who you wanted to risk obtaining your answers from was all that was left to decide. Decisions. A fork in the road, a choice to be made. One that can make friend and foe, but who do you want as your foe? Who can you cross and risk being able to? Did the informants that inform you of the information you have reliable? All these questions raced through Silver's mind as she was carried away over Dilandau's shoulder. She remained lifeless by transcending from her body, waiting for the time to end her act.
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She felt her body laid onto a bed and the sound of footsteps leaving and the click of the door closing. Her eyes opened, shining like stars in the dark room. Moving slowly she stood up in the dark room. She walked over to the barred window and looked out onto the day. From what she could tell, she was on a floating fortress. Great, what a predicament I got myself into. I wonder if Hitomi really did come here? My guess is yes by the way Dilandau acted when I called him Celena. I obviously hit a nerve there. She turned from the warm clear sky outside. To be engulfed by the dark cold room. She looked at the lock on the door. Key pad, how easy to get out. I thought they where supposed to be smart. All you need is some powder, to see the fingerprints. She walked to a chair and brought it next to the bed, so she could use the bed as a footrest. She sat in the chair and waited patiently, listening to the sounds in the outer hallway and watching the door like a hawk. She had little patience but she had nothing else to do.
Two hours later the door opened to two men. One who Silver recognized as Dilandau and the other was a strongly built black man. He had a shaved head, and a silver emblem was branded to his forehead. He was dressed in a black robe similar to what Folken used to wear on Escaflowne. The two entered the room and the door closed behind them; Silver chose not to move and stared at them coldly.
"I am Lord Tokra, and I take it you have all ready met Dilandau." The black man said, in a deep cold voice. There was a long silence; Silver still just remained cold as ice. "Who are you and where do come from?" he ordered towards Silver.
Silver remained silent for a few moments. Her body half engulfed by the shadows and half lit by the dim light, and her eyes shown through like steal daggers lit by a bright light. "Silver, Silver Blade, is who I am. Where I'm from is rather hard to explain, I think. If tales tell right, you would call where I'm from the Mystic Moon."
"And what are these tales?
"The Vision of Escaflowne, it's a fiction about a girl named Hitomi who came to Gaea, a place where the earth and moon hang in the sky, and she meets the young king of Fanelia. Together they start an adventure to stop Zaibach from gaining the power of Atlantis, together they did just that, through the power of there love for each other. But it's just suppose to be a tale for people, it's not suppose to be real." She said, during her explanation she stood up and walked towards the window, but remained in the shadows.
"A tale that is accurate, but those events happened almost three years ago. How have you come to Gaea?"
So it's true then, Hitomi was here. What has happened since then? "I don't know. I crashed my motorcycle because of a strange little girl, when I opened my eyes a completely different forest was surrounding me. My guess has been there was a tear between realities and I was guided some how into one, because I know no pillar of light came down on me."
"Interesting theory. Where did you obtain that bracelet?" Silver looked down upon the dark red stone.
"In the forest, on Gaea. It attached to my arm and will not come off." She said. I'm not telling them any more, I think I have already said too much.
"Very well. Come with us, you need to be tested."
"For what?" Silver said with no fear at all, but determination.
Dilandau who was leaning against the wall the inter time watching the Silver eyed girl, spoke. "Now that's for us to know. Now move." He said sadistically.
"I'm not moving till you tell me." Silver replied with a challenging voice. Good job Silver, get the sadistic guy mad. Leave it up to you to do that.
"Don't make me have to teach you a lesson girl." Dilandau said walking closer to her. Silver did not move one inch as Dilandau steeped away from the wall.
"Threatening me, will not work. Not now not ever." Silver replied. Dilandau's face went into a half smile, as he threw a throwing knife inches from her face. Silver did not even blink. "It will take more then bad aim to scare me. What am I being tested for?"
Dilandau moved closer to the girl, she stood her ground. I like this girl, she actually has attitude. She stands her ground. She'll learn not to around me though, too bad. The distance between them was less then a foot away when Lord Tokra, came between them. "You're being tested for skills, to see what we might do with you. Now follow us, now." Silver nodded. Dilandau backed away disappointed. Tokra lead the way out followed by Silver then Dilandau.
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"Has the Girl found the Drag-Blade?" A voice said from behind a chair that was facing toward the window.
"Yes Sir." A man answered with shoulder length wavy blond hair. Dressed in a black leather jacket and black pants.
"Does she know what the Blade is yet?" Came the same mysteries voice.
"No, sir. She has not been in the situation to activate the blade. She is being guided already like the others. But this one is different this time."
"There all different. Not one is alike. They change from century to century. But always have the same flaws. She should be no different. Years of training should have thought you that."
"Sir, what I meant was the other hosts all had a common gift of love and humanity and need for justice between them. This one is different; she's already lost that. Death does not bother her but amuse her. Justice is a way of self-power to her, not a way of life. She is more like one of us, then the others."
"I see, and don't think I don't know that. I see all of that in her. Which makes me think she will be the one to complete the prophecy. Go now, you know what you must do."
"Yes Sir."
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Silver entered a large room. Other soldiers where sparring and practicing with various weapons. In the center a large ring was painted onto the ground. All the soldiers stooped what they where doing once we entered. "Everyone form a circle around the sparring ring." At once there was a loud 'Yes Sir' and all the soldiers stood around the ring. I get to spar for a test, just la-de fucking great! All I know is some kendo and tae kwon do. "Goka, you shall fight Silver to the death. Enter the ring." A brown haired soldier steeped into the ring wearing blue armor and a sword at his side. Silver was already in the ring, with no weapon, staring at the fighter that she would kill for the safety of her own life. Already she saw the HUGE disadvantage she had, with lack of weapon, skill, and protection.
The challenger drew his sword and circled Silver. Silver moved with his dance, while she tried to see what see could do to save her life. He charged her; she rolled under his sword and flipped back up to a standing position. They circled again and he charged again. She dogged to the side. This is not fucking fair. All I can do is dodge his attacks. Fuck them all. Fuck them. She looked around the circle and saw that Knight again, with silver armor. He rose his fist to her, on his fist was a red mark of a dragon. She blinked and it was gone. At the time of her distraction a blade was falling down on her from her attacker. "NO!" She yelled with anger. Then a blade meant the sword of the attacker. His face light with surprise and the entire ring gasped slightly. Silver flipped herself up.
She rose her fist in front of her. The back of her hand was covered in armor and half her forearm. The dark red gem of her bracelet stood out, and from it a red blade came out a little more then two feet. What? This is like WitchBlade, or whatever the show was on TV. Who cares right now, I'm using it. If I know how. "Pay back." She said, her silver eyes glowing from behind the crimson blade. It was a look that sent chills through anyone's spine, which had the misfortune of seeing it. Her attacker got his wits back about him and attack again, This time to meet the fury of Silver's blade. Their blades locked for a few seconds in which Silver took her left hand and grabbed his left sword hand and spoon into him, unlocking their swords and holding his away, as she slit his throat. His sword drooped from his hand, Silver watched as his eyes rolled back and crimson blood spilled from his neck. His body fell back and she let his arm go, and he hit the ground. So that's what it's like to kill another human. To take another life, may your sprit go free. That was awfully amusing though. The look of defeat as his last breath was drown, the way he almost pleaded for this to happen. Amusing. Silver smiled down upon the dead body, then steeped over it to come closer to Dilandau.
Dilandau stood with a smirk on his face. So the girl can fight, and has hidden secrets. She kills with no remorse, enjoys it. Lord Tokra steeped up to Silver. "Silver Blade you have passed your test. Better then both of us could have thought."
"Test for what? Sir." Silver asked. The crimson blade retracted and withdrew to the bracelet form.
"The test for becoming a Dragon Slayer, in order to do so you must kill another to take its place."
"What if I do not want to be a Dragon Slayer? After all I was a prisoner and forced to test, otherwise have the consequences. I had no idea that the test was for that, I thought it was for your own enjoyment."
"You shall be a Dragon Slayer or Die." He stated clearly.
"I choose Death."
~~~~~~~~ Author Notes ~~~~~~~~
Thanks all of you for your Reviews. I know My spelling stinks, I forgot to warn you guys last chapter about that. Thanks again so much. Sorry this chapter was so short; I did not intend it to be. Thank You Guys so Much again. And Please Review. It helps me a lot.
~TigerWolf~
Ps.- This is not suppose to bed like WitchBlade or be a cross over, I saw one episode of WitchBlade a long time ago, and thought it could be a cool weapon for silver blade. (I think the shows called WitchBlade?) So don't start thinking you got this figured out. Hope you enjoy what is still to come.
Special Thanks to Mary, AKA Tecera, for editing my spelling ;)