*~A Bandit's Most Precious Treasure~*
Chapter 6: Memories From The Past
When the swarm of men had diminished, Ayomi finally was able to discern Tasuki and watched in horror as the fiery bandit swung his tessen like a sword from right to left, knocking down a couple of Kaou bandits along the way. He had given up sending fire everywhere. It was useless in such close and mingled fighting; he didn't want to injure his own men by burning up the whole place.
But while he was busy fighting with two other men, he didn't seem to notice the soldier-bandit sneaking up behind him. Aiming his sword right above the area of his stomach.
Ayomi was struck by horror and fear. Without giving the situation a second of thought, she started running for all she was worth towards the crime scene. It was a good thing that she did, because she arrived just in time to kick the man in the guts before his sword had pierced through the heart of the red headed bandit.
The man groaned in pain and dropped his sword as he eyed Ayomi furiously. But before she knew what was happening, he had picked up his weapon again and aimed it directly for Ayomi's chest. She watched in terror as the sword came down on her. Paralyzed by the suddenness of the attack, she forgot completely about getting out of the way. She closed her eyes, not wanting to witness her own death. But jerked them open again, as she heard the clang of metal against metal resound in her ears.
She felt a metal fan in front of her chest, blocking the deadly weapon. Tasuki raised his tessen and swung it over the Kaou bandit's throat, finishing him off. He then turned his attention towards Ayomi. His expression was torn between anger and concern.
"What the hell do ya think you were doing? Playing some kinda hero? Ya could have been killed!" He kneeled down beside her to examine her carefully, making sure that she hadn't been hurt in any way. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I guess," she answered shakily as she got up on her feet again while taking a look around. "Well, seems like we got them all anyway." All the Kaou bandits had been indeed killed or scared away.
She breathed heavily, trying to stabilize the beating of her heart. But grinned as she thought about the irony of the situation; the mighty Genrou, who claims that girls are nothing but a burden, just got saved by one.
"So mister tough bandit, how does it feel now eh?" she smirked teasingly as her cool same back to her bit by bit.
"What do ya mean?" He crossed his arms in self-importance.
"Well, you know, getting your ass saved by a 'girl', " she taunted him while watching in amusement as the bandit's expression changed from puzzlement to embarrassment to a matter of seconds.
"Not that of course, the famous Tasuki-sama needed my help in ANY way," she added innocently.
"Your just gonna kept on rubbing it in aren't ya?" Tasuki stated in displeasure. He had forgotten how annoying she could be. "This is exactly why I hate woman. Always wantin' ta smart-mouth ya, never letting ya get a word in edgewise and. . .
A piercing scream echoed through out the forest, interrupting the bandit's complaint and making both of them turn around and search for the source of the sound.
"Looks like someone's in trouble," Ayomi uttered while pointing to the direction where she had seen a couple of frightened Kaou bandits take flight. "I'm going to go take a look."
"So, it's super Ayomi to the rescue eh? Well don't get too confident because I'll have ta save you again sooner or later," stated Genrou in a conceited tone with arms crossed and chin raised. But he soon dropped the act as he noticed that Ayomi's attention was drawn elsewhere. In fact, she was about to disappear into the woods, absorbed into the search for the origin of the scream.
"Reckless girl," he sighed as he effortlessly caught up with her. It wasn't for nothing that he had a "yoku" symbol engraved on his arm. The wing character was a sigh of his Suzaku seishi ability, speed.
"Ya know, one of these days, you're gonna get yourself killed," he said, hanging his head in exasperation.
Ayomi hadn't bothered paying attention to the bandit's last remark. More important things were at hand, like finding the person in need of their aid. She didn't have to search long though because another cry resonate in the forest.
"Tasuki, it's a girl. We have to help her," she uttered, remembering quite well the last time she had been lost in a forest. Ayomi grabbed the bandit by the sleeve of his midnight blue coat and quickened up her pace.
They didn't have to look long though, because who ever they were searching for ended up finding them first.
A black haired girl around eighteen came scrambling out of the dense forest, knocking down Ayomi as she ran into her.
"Gomen, gomen! I didn't see you. I was just so frightened and I didn't know what to do," she explained in a trembling voice.
"It's alright," Ayomi said while pulling herself up on her feet again. She frowned at the sight of bloodstains covering the girl's clothes. "Were you the one that we heard screaming earlier?"
"Yes, I was just passing through this forest when I got attack by this horrible man," she declared in a breaking voice. "I didn't what to do. . . I. . ." She stopped and stared at her hands maculated with blood.
"Where is he now?" Ayomi could feel rage slowly building up inside her. 'Those perverted bastards! All they can ever think about is how to lay and get laid,' she thought in disgust as the memory of the fat lard who had tried to make a move on her flashed in her head. She shivered trying to shake the image away. "Did he hurt you?"
"No. . . I. . . I. . ." The girl dropped to her knees and trembled greatly as she pulled a dagger smothered with blood. "I. . . I killed. . . I killed him," she whispered. And with that, she burst into tears.
Ayomi quickly knelt down and placed a comforting arm around the girl's shoulders while uttering consoling words to calm her down.
Tasuki, in the meantime, hadn't pronounced a single word. He kept gazing the new arrival wondering why she looked so familiar. He was sure that he hadn't meet her before so why did she seem so much like a childhood friend? "Ah, don't worry bout that asshole, he deserved exactly what he got and more."
The girl lifted her head to meet his eyes in a quizzical look. "You really think so?"
And then it hit him. 'But this is impossible, she died five years ago!' he thought in misbelieve. He shook his head again as if to snap out of a dream and stepped closer to have a better look at the blurry-eyed girl. His eyes widened in incredulity; without a doubt it really was her, only five years older. But how was this possible, could she really be. . . "Reirei???"
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"You have failed miserably," the man shouted while pacing up and down in the shabby tent.
"Not only did you fall short in stealing the tessen, but your men didn't even succeed in glazing that bandit!" The tone of his voice echoed dangerously in the room while the soldier knelt before him hoped for nothing more than to get out of his presence.
"Luckily, I was expecting you to fail. So, I came up with a backup plan, witch I hope will be more successful than your ruined attack," the man uttered grimly.
"Yes sir, I'm sure it will," the soldier muttered while preparing to retreat.
"Where are you going?" he asked witheringly as he noticed the warrior getting up and turning towards the exit. "I did not relieve you. Did I not tell you that I don't tolerate losers?" He looked at the insecure soldier haughtily. "Guards!" he called.
"Hai, sir!" Two men automatically came into the room and bowled towards their lord.
"Take the sergeant and dispose of him."
The trembling warrior looked up at his executor and almost fainted. "But, but sir. . . " he pleaded.
"There shall be no buts," the man declared visibly annoyed. "And let this be a warning to you all. I do not accept failures."
The two guards looked terrified but obeyed their master's orders silently as they dragged a screaming man out of the gloomy tent.
"Now that that has been taken care of, I wonder how my new plan is going along." With that, the room grew darker until only his glowing silver eyes could be seen, apparently in some kind of trance. . .
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A/N: Hell of a short chapter and it took me quite some time too, but at least the plot is growing bigger. Who is this new girl? Is she really Reirei? And what is that evil man up to?
You'll have to read to find out. No actually, you'll have to wait until I post up a new chapter, witch is. . . I don't know when since school in starting tomorrow and my grades come before writing fan fiction. Mouhahaha!!!
But hey! Look on the bright side, at least I didn't end the chapter in a big cliffhanger like I intended to. *Smiles innocently while slowly walking away. . . *
Next chapter: *~Things Are Not What They Always Seem~* I'll let you guess the rest. . .
Ciao ^_^
Chapter 6: Memories From The Past
When the swarm of men had diminished, Ayomi finally was able to discern Tasuki and watched in horror as the fiery bandit swung his tessen like a sword from right to left, knocking down a couple of Kaou bandits along the way. He had given up sending fire everywhere. It was useless in such close and mingled fighting; he didn't want to injure his own men by burning up the whole place.
But while he was busy fighting with two other men, he didn't seem to notice the soldier-bandit sneaking up behind him. Aiming his sword right above the area of his stomach.
Ayomi was struck by horror and fear. Without giving the situation a second of thought, she started running for all she was worth towards the crime scene. It was a good thing that she did, because she arrived just in time to kick the man in the guts before his sword had pierced through the heart of the red headed bandit.
The man groaned in pain and dropped his sword as he eyed Ayomi furiously. But before she knew what was happening, he had picked up his weapon again and aimed it directly for Ayomi's chest. She watched in terror as the sword came down on her. Paralyzed by the suddenness of the attack, she forgot completely about getting out of the way. She closed her eyes, not wanting to witness her own death. But jerked them open again, as she heard the clang of metal against metal resound in her ears.
She felt a metal fan in front of her chest, blocking the deadly weapon. Tasuki raised his tessen and swung it over the Kaou bandit's throat, finishing him off. He then turned his attention towards Ayomi. His expression was torn between anger and concern.
"What the hell do ya think you were doing? Playing some kinda hero? Ya could have been killed!" He kneeled down beside her to examine her carefully, making sure that she hadn't been hurt in any way. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I guess," she answered shakily as she got up on her feet again while taking a look around. "Well, seems like we got them all anyway." All the Kaou bandits had been indeed killed or scared away.
She breathed heavily, trying to stabilize the beating of her heart. But grinned as she thought about the irony of the situation; the mighty Genrou, who claims that girls are nothing but a burden, just got saved by one.
"So mister tough bandit, how does it feel now eh?" she smirked teasingly as her cool same back to her bit by bit.
"What do ya mean?" He crossed his arms in self-importance.
"Well, you know, getting your ass saved by a 'girl', " she taunted him while watching in amusement as the bandit's expression changed from puzzlement to embarrassment to a matter of seconds.
"Not that of course, the famous Tasuki-sama needed my help in ANY way," she added innocently.
"Your just gonna kept on rubbing it in aren't ya?" Tasuki stated in displeasure. He had forgotten how annoying she could be. "This is exactly why I hate woman. Always wantin' ta smart-mouth ya, never letting ya get a word in edgewise and. . .
A piercing scream echoed through out the forest, interrupting the bandit's complaint and making both of them turn around and search for the source of the sound.
"Looks like someone's in trouble," Ayomi uttered while pointing to the direction where she had seen a couple of frightened Kaou bandits take flight. "I'm going to go take a look."
"So, it's super Ayomi to the rescue eh? Well don't get too confident because I'll have ta save you again sooner or later," stated Genrou in a conceited tone with arms crossed and chin raised. But he soon dropped the act as he noticed that Ayomi's attention was drawn elsewhere. In fact, she was about to disappear into the woods, absorbed into the search for the origin of the scream.
"Reckless girl," he sighed as he effortlessly caught up with her. It wasn't for nothing that he had a "yoku" symbol engraved on his arm. The wing character was a sigh of his Suzaku seishi ability, speed.
"Ya know, one of these days, you're gonna get yourself killed," he said, hanging his head in exasperation.
Ayomi hadn't bothered paying attention to the bandit's last remark. More important things were at hand, like finding the person in need of their aid. She didn't have to search long though because another cry resonate in the forest.
"Tasuki, it's a girl. We have to help her," she uttered, remembering quite well the last time she had been lost in a forest. Ayomi grabbed the bandit by the sleeve of his midnight blue coat and quickened up her pace.
They didn't have to look long though, because who ever they were searching for ended up finding them first.
A black haired girl around eighteen came scrambling out of the dense forest, knocking down Ayomi as she ran into her.
"Gomen, gomen! I didn't see you. I was just so frightened and I didn't know what to do," she explained in a trembling voice.
"It's alright," Ayomi said while pulling herself up on her feet again. She frowned at the sight of bloodstains covering the girl's clothes. "Were you the one that we heard screaming earlier?"
"Yes, I was just passing through this forest when I got attack by this horrible man," she declared in a breaking voice. "I didn't what to do. . . I. . ." She stopped and stared at her hands maculated with blood.
"Where is he now?" Ayomi could feel rage slowly building up inside her. 'Those perverted bastards! All they can ever think about is how to lay and get laid,' she thought in disgust as the memory of the fat lard who had tried to make a move on her flashed in her head. She shivered trying to shake the image away. "Did he hurt you?"
"No. . . I. . . I. . ." The girl dropped to her knees and trembled greatly as she pulled a dagger smothered with blood. "I. . . I killed. . . I killed him," she whispered. And with that, she burst into tears.
Ayomi quickly knelt down and placed a comforting arm around the girl's shoulders while uttering consoling words to calm her down.
Tasuki, in the meantime, hadn't pronounced a single word. He kept gazing the new arrival wondering why she looked so familiar. He was sure that he hadn't meet her before so why did she seem so much like a childhood friend? "Ah, don't worry bout that asshole, he deserved exactly what he got and more."
The girl lifted her head to meet his eyes in a quizzical look. "You really think so?"
And then it hit him. 'But this is impossible, she died five years ago!' he thought in misbelieve. He shook his head again as if to snap out of a dream and stepped closer to have a better look at the blurry-eyed girl. His eyes widened in incredulity; without a doubt it really was her, only five years older. But how was this possible, could she really be. . . "Reirei???"
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"You have failed miserably," the man shouted while pacing up and down in the shabby tent.
"Not only did you fall short in stealing the tessen, but your men didn't even succeed in glazing that bandit!" The tone of his voice echoed dangerously in the room while the soldier knelt before him hoped for nothing more than to get out of his presence.
"Luckily, I was expecting you to fail. So, I came up with a backup plan, witch I hope will be more successful than your ruined attack," the man uttered grimly.
"Yes sir, I'm sure it will," the soldier muttered while preparing to retreat.
"Where are you going?" he asked witheringly as he noticed the warrior getting up and turning towards the exit. "I did not relieve you. Did I not tell you that I don't tolerate losers?" He looked at the insecure soldier haughtily. "Guards!" he called.
"Hai, sir!" Two men automatically came into the room and bowled towards their lord.
"Take the sergeant and dispose of him."
The trembling warrior looked up at his executor and almost fainted. "But, but sir. . . " he pleaded.
"There shall be no buts," the man declared visibly annoyed. "And let this be a warning to you all. I do not accept failures."
The two guards looked terrified but obeyed their master's orders silently as they dragged a screaming man out of the gloomy tent.
"Now that that has been taken care of, I wonder how my new plan is going along." With that, the room grew darker until only his glowing silver eyes could be seen, apparently in some kind of trance. . .
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A/N: Hell of a short chapter and it took me quite some time too, but at least the plot is growing bigger. Who is this new girl? Is she really Reirei? And what is that evil man up to?
You'll have to read to find out. No actually, you'll have to wait until I post up a new chapter, witch is. . . I don't know when since school in starting tomorrow and my grades come before writing fan fiction. Mouhahaha!!!
But hey! Look on the bright side, at least I didn't end the chapter in a big cliffhanger like I intended to. *Smiles innocently while slowly walking away. . . *
Next chapter: *~Things Are Not What They Always Seem~* I'll let you guess the rest. . .
Ciao ^_^