~3~days~later~ (night time)
Dilandau sat on his horse, overlooking the battlefield. Zaibach was suffering a severe loss, and he was pleased to see the sun was setting. The moment the sun set, he ordered his men to retreat and turned to three of the servents from the Vione who were standing by a rattling crate.
He grinned, then walked his horse away from the box.
"Kay, let her out!" He ordered. The men instantly opened the door to the cage and a huge panther burst out, tearing into the three men. Dilandau blinked in surprise, shaking his head. *Kali told me she couldn't control it, but I wasn't expecting that.* The panther caught the scent of blood on the battlefield and took off down the hill towards it. While the other team was celebrating their so called victory, Kali in her panther form tore down the hill and dived into the crowd, killing men instantly.
Dilandau watched from on top of the hill, grinning with excitment. *This is exellent! She is the perfect fighting machine!!*
Miguel could see the slightly insane look in Dilandau's eye, and looked down at the battlefield as the panther tore through a large guymelef and dragged the soldier inside of it out then killed him. *Lord Dilandau claims he found this animal, and he can control it, but I have a feeling there's more to it then we know.* Miguel glanced at Dilandau. *What's he hiding?*
In less then half an hour, Kali had killed everyone on the field. Dilandau turned his horse around towards the Vione, then turned in the saddle and looked at his Slayers. "See that she is put back in the cage and returned to the Vione before dawn." He then left the slayers, Miguel still very confused. *Where's that new girl?*
~The~next~day~
Dilandau watched as Kali treated a deep cut on her shoulder, the battle still fresh in his mind.
"Folken believes my story of your panther form being an animal I found in the woods and was able to tame it." Kali sighed and wrapped the bandage tighter.
"I don't approve of this, Dilandau."
"So?" He retorted. "If I cared about whether or not people approve of what I do, I wouldn't be General of the Dragon Slayers." This granted him a hard glare from Kali, then she stood and left. Dilandau narrowed his eyes, grabbed his sword and followed her out into the hall.
He entered the hallway in time to se her walk into the training room. Getting angered, he stalked down the hall and slammed open the door. "Kali, if you ever-" He was stopped as he was facing a growling panther. "Ahh, shit. Kali-" The panther snapped it's jaws, and Dilandau shut up instantly.
Without warning, the panther jumped onto him, pinning him down on the floor. For the first time in a very long time, Dilandau actually felt fear, and Kali quickly picked up on it. "Okay, what do you want?" ~*I think you know exactly what I want.*~ Dilandau blinked in shock, and was about to respond when both of them looked over to the door as it opened and Miguel entered.
"I apologize for interrupting, sir bu-" Kali got off Dilandau and stalked towards Miguel. Dilandau got up and grabbed Kali by the scruff of the neck, dragging her backwards.
"Make it quick, Miguel."
"Yes, sir. Lord Folken wishes for you to bring the panther to him, so that he can examine the creature."
"Tell Folken that he has no need to do so, the panther is under my control only, and I'm in charge of it."
"But, sir-" Dilandau promptly stopped Miguel with a hard slap.
"You KNOW I don't like sentences that start with "but", Miguel, now go!" Miguel instantly retreated out the door and Kali looked up at Dilandau. ~*Well, you're real nice.*~ "Shut up." He muttered, dragging her out into the hall. Kali broke out of his grip and stalked down the hall into her own room. Dilandau just shook her head.
After changing, Kali found herself entering the hanger and was walking around, looking at all the guymelefs. She looked out the window in time to see the Vione docking to a larger airship, and could tell by all the other smaller ship that it was a trading center.
Kali jumped when an arm was thrown over her shoulder.
"Ready to go, Kali?" A familiar voice teased, and she turned to see Viole.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we stop here every month for supplies from the military department, and I figured you were joining us." He pulled his arm off and started to walk away. "But if you'd rather stay here by yourself with the prison guards, I have no problem with that." Kali blinked in surprise, then ran to catch up, laughing when Viole tossed his arm over her shoulders again.
They spent the entire day there, and Viole never left Kali's side once. He kept his arm around her at all times, and when someone asked if they were a couple, he would respond to that question by dragging Kali's mouth onto his in a kiss that left her weak every time.
Kali was leaning over a jewelery stand while Viole was talking with some of his friends, (his arm still around her waist), when Kali noticed Dilandau walking by stoically, a shorter man following him, practically begging Dilandau about something. She swore she saw tears in the tiny man's eyes. Kali was confused, but could see why the man was upset. Just looking at Dilandau had a feeling of dread in her chest stir up. So she shrugged it off and turned back to the jewels.
Later that day, when they were back on the Vione, Kali walked into her room to see Dilandau sitting on her bed with battle plans spread out in front of him. He looked up as she closed the door behind her and grinned.
"You have another battle coming up tomorrow, sweetie." He hissed in a voice that made her want to shudder.
"What country am I attacking?" He looked down at the papers.
"Ramada."
"And why would you want me to do that?" He lookeed up at her again, his eyes studying her, then they flicked back down to the bed.
"I have my reasons."
"And what would they be?"
"They would be none of your buisness." He muttered, instantly turning cold.
"Fine." She sighed, walking over to her dresser and pulling her dark brown hair back into a ponytail. Her tail flicked back and forth rapidly, giving Dilandau the idea that she was rather irritated about something. *I don't care what she thinks about me using her for war. She is my Slayer, and I'll use her for whatever I want.* He thought to himself.
Dilandau gathered up all the papers and got off the bed, leaving Kali alone. She sighed and sat down, holding her head in her hands for a moment, then got up and walked into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
*** "So this is the scrawny little brat I have to take care of now?" A large man hissed, staring down at the 6 year old girl in front of him. The woman holding onto her shoulder pushed the girl towards the man.
The little girl looked away from the man; he was scaring her.
"She's one of the children that lost their parents in that war."
"So you want me to raise her here?"
"Yes Mavida, I do."
"Fine." He noticed the small fuzzy tail whipping back and forth behind the small child. "She's a-"
"Yes, and I knew you trained them, so I figured you'd want her." Mavida grinned and took hold of the little girl, dragging her into the training building.
The little girl looked around the room she was standing in, waiting for the man to speak. But he just stared at her and it was bugging her.
"So Zaibach killed your parents in that fight, but you lived?" She looked over at him, then nodded. "I can give you the chance to avenge them if you'd like that." Her eyes lit up slightly.
"What do I have to do?" She asked in a small voice.
"It's very easy. You train with me to develop your gift." She winced at the mention of what she considered a curse.
"It's not a gift." She said a little more loudly. Mavida looked up sharply.
"The first rule here is to not contradict your commander." He stood and walked over to her, grabbing her by her long brown hair. She cried out from the pain and he slapped her across the face. "Crying is a sign of weakness. I don't care how old you are, you will not be treated like a breakable ornament. Do you understand?" She didn't respond, so he pulled harder on her hair. "Do you understand?!"
"Yes, sir."
"Good." He pushed her away, causing her to fall hard.***
Kali sat up quickly, panting. She saw it was still light out and sighed, drying off her sweat covered face with her blanket. "Lord, I don't want to remember that." She muttered, covering her face with her hands. Laying down again, she stared up at the celing. She managed to stay awake for a few more minutes, but the battles had worn her out very badly and her body was screaming for rest. So
she gave into it and let herself fall asleep.
***An 11 year old girl was sitting on the floor in front of a tall woman. The little girl was sitting on the floor, carving a design on the floor in front of her with her dagger. The woman stared down at her in surprise.
"For having her for five years, you haven't changed her very much."
"She's a rude, disobediant little child. It will take her a while to come around." Mavida muttered.
"Well I think I have the perfect motivation for her." The woman dragged a little girl out from behind her.
"Kali!" The little girl cried, causing the one on the floor to look up.
"Aurora?!" Kali got to her feet and started towards her sister, but Mavida grabbed hold of her.
"As long as you do what I say, your sister will be fine." Kali hung her head as she was pushed back down onto the floor. "Find Aurora a room. I feel she will be with us for a while." Kali shut her eyes as she heard her sister screaming her name.
Kali looked up as Aurora ran into her room, tackling Kali.
"Kali, I've missed you so much!!" Kali just grinned and held her sister closely, then looked up as Mavida walked in, looking very mad.
"I found the little witch!" He called to someone in the hall. Mavida grabbed hold of Aurora, but the little girl bit his hand. "Why you little-" He pulled back to hit her, but Kali got in the way, making Mavida freeze.
"Leave my sister alone." She said, a hard look in her eye. Mavida stood there for a moment, then turned to the guards that just walked in.
"Take Aurora back to her room." He said quietly, turning back to Kali. "You defended your sister from me. Why did you take such a risk?"
"Because I love my sister."
"Love?! Ha!! You think that love will defend her? It didn't save your parents did it?!" Kali felt tears starting, but didn't let them fall. "You listen to me Kali. All love will do is hurt you in the end. Someone you love today could hate you tomorrow. Love is a weakness, just like fear. Anger is the only emotion that won't betray you."
"I don't care. I love my sister, and nothing you say will change that."
"Fine. You can prove you love her by taking the punishment she would have gotten for breaking free." Kali just stared at him. Grabbing her by the hair, he took the scabbard to his sword and, lifting up the back of her shirt to reveal her back, he began to stike her over and over. Kali just shut her eyes and thanked the Gods her sister wasn't getting this.***
Kali jerked awake, breathing hard, and sat up quickly, jumping when she saw Viole leaning over her.
"Viole!! What are you doing in here?" She asked, hiding her tail.
"Lord Dilandau sent me to get you. He said he wanted to talk to you about some war." Viole looked closer at her and saw she was trembling. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm alright." She said, getting up. The two of them left, and Kali headed on her own to Dilandau's room.
"What is it, Lord Dilandau?"
"About the battle with Ramada."
"Yes?"
"I'm delaying it for a few more days, so you can start to train. Ramada's a fairly large country."
"Yes, sir." She turned to leave, but Dilandau stopped her.
"Kali?" She turned back around, holding in an annoyed sigh.
"Yes sir?" An outfit was tossed at her, causing her to stumble back a few steps. Kali looked down at it, then up at Dilandau, confused.
"I got you a uniform that you might find slightly more comfortable." He dismissed her and she left the room, heading back down to her own.
Dilandau sat on his horse, overlooking the battlefield. Zaibach was suffering a severe loss, and he was pleased to see the sun was setting. The moment the sun set, he ordered his men to retreat and turned to three of the servents from the Vione who were standing by a rattling crate.
He grinned, then walked his horse away from the box.
"Kay, let her out!" He ordered. The men instantly opened the door to the cage and a huge panther burst out, tearing into the three men. Dilandau blinked in surprise, shaking his head. *Kali told me she couldn't control it, but I wasn't expecting that.* The panther caught the scent of blood on the battlefield and took off down the hill towards it. While the other team was celebrating their so called victory, Kali in her panther form tore down the hill and dived into the crowd, killing men instantly.
Dilandau watched from on top of the hill, grinning with excitment. *This is exellent! She is the perfect fighting machine!!*
Miguel could see the slightly insane look in Dilandau's eye, and looked down at the battlefield as the panther tore through a large guymelef and dragged the soldier inside of it out then killed him. *Lord Dilandau claims he found this animal, and he can control it, but I have a feeling there's more to it then we know.* Miguel glanced at Dilandau. *What's he hiding?*
In less then half an hour, Kali had killed everyone on the field. Dilandau turned his horse around towards the Vione, then turned in the saddle and looked at his Slayers. "See that she is put back in the cage and returned to the Vione before dawn." He then left the slayers, Miguel still very confused. *Where's that new girl?*
~The~next~day~
Dilandau watched as Kali treated a deep cut on her shoulder, the battle still fresh in his mind.
"Folken believes my story of your panther form being an animal I found in the woods and was able to tame it." Kali sighed and wrapped the bandage tighter.
"I don't approve of this, Dilandau."
"So?" He retorted. "If I cared about whether or not people approve of what I do, I wouldn't be General of the Dragon Slayers." This granted him a hard glare from Kali, then she stood and left. Dilandau narrowed his eyes, grabbed his sword and followed her out into the hall.
He entered the hallway in time to se her walk into the training room. Getting angered, he stalked down the hall and slammed open the door. "Kali, if you ever-" He was stopped as he was facing a growling panther. "Ahh, shit. Kali-" The panther snapped it's jaws, and Dilandau shut up instantly.
Without warning, the panther jumped onto him, pinning him down on the floor. For the first time in a very long time, Dilandau actually felt fear, and Kali quickly picked up on it. "Okay, what do you want?" ~*I think you know exactly what I want.*~ Dilandau blinked in shock, and was about to respond when both of them looked over to the door as it opened and Miguel entered.
"I apologize for interrupting, sir bu-" Kali got off Dilandau and stalked towards Miguel. Dilandau got up and grabbed Kali by the scruff of the neck, dragging her backwards.
"Make it quick, Miguel."
"Yes, sir. Lord Folken wishes for you to bring the panther to him, so that he can examine the creature."
"Tell Folken that he has no need to do so, the panther is under my control only, and I'm in charge of it."
"But, sir-" Dilandau promptly stopped Miguel with a hard slap.
"You KNOW I don't like sentences that start with "but", Miguel, now go!" Miguel instantly retreated out the door and Kali looked up at Dilandau. ~*Well, you're real nice.*~ "Shut up." He muttered, dragging her out into the hall. Kali broke out of his grip and stalked down the hall into her own room. Dilandau just shook her head.
After changing, Kali found herself entering the hanger and was walking around, looking at all the guymelefs. She looked out the window in time to see the Vione docking to a larger airship, and could tell by all the other smaller ship that it was a trading center.
Kali jumped when an arm was thrown over her shoulder.
"Ready to go, Kali?" A familiar voice teased, and she turned to see Viole.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we stop here every month for supplies from the military department, and I figured you were joining us." He pulled his arm off and started to walk away. "But if you'd rather stay here by yourself with the prison guards, I have no problem with that." Kali blinked in surprise, then ran to catch up, laughing when Viole tossed his arm over her shoulders again.
They spent the entire day there, and Viole never left Kali's side once. He kept his arm around her at all times, and when someone asked if they were a couple, he would respond to that question by dragging Kali's mouth onto his in a kiss that left her weak every time.
Kali was leaning over a jewelery stand while Viole was talking with some of his friends, (his arm still around her waist), when Kali noticed Dilandau walking by stoically, a shorter man following him, practically begging Dilandau about something. She swore she saw tears in the tiny man's eyes. Kali was confused, but could see why the man was upset. Just looking at Dilandau had a feeling of dread in her chest stir up. So she shrugged it off and turned back to the jewels.
Later that day, when they were back on the Vione, Kali walked into her room to see Dilandau sitting on her bed with battle plans spread out in front of him. He looked up as she closed the door behind her and grinned.
"You have another battle coming up tomorrow, sweetie." He hissed in a voice that made her want to shudder.
"What country am I attacking?" He looked down at the papers.
"Ramada."
"And why would you want me to do that?" He lookeed up at her again, his eyes studying her, then they flicked back down to the bed.
"I have my reasons."
"And what would they be?"
"They would be none of your buisness." He muttered, instantly turning cold.
"Fine." She sighed, walking over to her dresser and pulling her dark brown hair back into a ponytail. Her tail flicked back and forth rapidly, giving Dilandau the idea that she was rather irritated about something. *I don't care what she thinks about me using her for war. She is my Slayer, and I'll use her for whatever I want.* He thought to himself.
Dilandau gathered up all the papers and got off the bed, leaving Kali alone. She sighed and sat down, holding her head in her hands for a moment, then got up and walked into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
*** "So this is the scrawny little brat I have to take care of now?" A large man hissed, staring down at the 6 year old girl in front of him. The woman holding onto her shoulder pushed the girl towards the man.
The little girl looked away from the man; he was scaring her.
"She's one of the children that lost their parents in that war."
"So you want me to raise her here?"
"Yes Mavida, I do."
"Fine." He noticed the small fuzzy tail whipping back and forth behind the small child. "She's a-"
"Yes, and I knew you trained them, so I figured you'd want her." Mavida grinned and took hold of the little girl, dragging her into the training building.
The little girl looked around the room she was standing in, waiting for the man to speak. But he just stared at her and it was bugging her.
"So Zaibach killed your parents in that fight, but you lived?" She looked over at him, then nodded. "I can give you the chance to avenge them if you'd like that." Her eyes lit up slightly.
"What do I have to do?" She asked in a small voice.
"It's very easy. You train with me to develop your gift." She winced at the mention of what she considered a curse.
"It's not a gift." She said a little more loudly. Mavida looked up sharply.
"The first rule here is to not contradict your commander." He stood and walked over to her, grabbing her by her long brown hair. She cried out from the pain and he slapped her across the face. "Crying is a sign of weakness. I don't care how old you are, you will not be treated like a breakable ornament. Do you understand?" She didn't respond, so he pulled harder on her hair. "Do you understand?!"
"Yes, sir."
"Good." He pushed her away, causing her to fall hard.***
Kali sat up quickly, panting. She saw it was still light out and sighed, drying off her sweat covered face with her blanket. "Lord, I don't want to remember that." She muttered, covering her face with her hands. Laying down again, she stared up at the celing. She managed to stay awake for a few more minutes, but the battles had worn her out very badly and her body was screaming for rest. So
she gave into it and let herself fall asleep.
***An 11 year old girl was sitting on the floor in front of a tall woman. The little girl was sitting on the floor, carving a design on the floor in front of her with her dagger. The woman stared down at her in surprise.
"For having her for five years, you haven't changed her very much."
"She's a rude, disobediant little child. It will take her a while to come around." Mavida muttered.
"Well I think I have the perfect motivation for her." The woman dragged a little girl out from behind her.
"Kali!" The little girl cried, causing the one on the floor to look up.
"Aurora?!" Kali got to her feet and started towards her sister, but Mavida grabbed hold of her.
"As long as you do what I say, your sister will be fine." Kali hung her head as she was pushed back down onto the floor. "Find Aurora a room. I feel she will be with us for a while." Kali shut her eyes as she heard her sister screaming her name.
Kali looked up as Aurora ran into her room, tackling Kali.
"Kali, I've missed you so much!!" Kali just grinned and held her sister closely, then looked up as Mavida walked in, looking very mad.
"I found the little witch!" He called to someone in the hall. Mavida grabbed hold of Aurora, but the little girl bit his hand. "Why you little-" He pulled back to hit her, but Kali got in the way, making Mavida freeze.
"Leave my sister alone." She said, a hard look in her eye. Mavida stood there for a moment, then turned to the guards that just walked in.
"Take Aurora back to her room." He said quietly, turning back to Kali. "You defended your sister from me. Why did you take such a risk?"
"Because I love my sister."
"Love?! Ha!! You think that love will defend her? It didn't save your parents did it?!" Kali felt tears starting, but didn't let them fall. "You listen to me Kali. All love will do is hurt you in the end. Someone you love today could hate you tomorrow. Love is a weakness, just like fear. Anger is the only emotion that won't betray you."
"I don't care. I love my sister, and nothing you say will change that."
"Fine. You can prove you love her by taking the punishment she would have gotten for breaking free." Kali just stared at him. Grabbing her by the hair, he took the scabbard to his sword and, lifting up the back of her shirt to reveal her back, he began to stike her over and over. Kali just shut her eyes and thanked the Gods her sister wasn't getting this.***
Kali jerked awake, breathing hard, and sat up quickly, jumping when she saw Viole leaning over her.
"Viole!! What are you doing in here?" She asked, hiding her tail.
"Lord Dilandau sent me to get you. He said he wanted to talk to you about some war." Viole looked closer at her and saw she was trembling. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm alright." She said, getting up. The two of them left, and Kali headed on her own to Dilandau's room.
"What is it, Lord Dilandau?"
"About the battle with Ramada."
"Yes?"
"I'm delaying it for a few more days, so you can start to train. Ramada's a fairly large country."
"Yes, sir." She turned to leave, but Dilandau stopped her.
"Kali?" She turned back around, holding in an annoyed sigh.
"Yes sir?" An outfit was tossed at her, causing her to stumble back a few steps. Kali looked down at it, then up at Dilandau, confused.
"I got you a uniform that you might find slightly more comfortable." He dismissed her and she left the room, heading back down to her own.