Eye of the Dragon
Chapter Four: The Seerer and the Mercenary
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"HMPH!"
"MASTER!"
"MASTER!"
His servants came to his aide when he had collapsed.
"Master what happened?"
"It's alright Kaine."
"Master please tell us."
He looked at his two close servants.
"Alright then. Kaine, Liahn. Remember when I would have those nightmares when I was young, and you two were always there for me?"
The two nodded.
"Remember when I would tell you two what the dream was about? Before the empire was taken?"
They nodded again.
"Well, it has finally happened. And more is to come."
The two gasped at this. Then they turned as white as a sheet.
"But Master, doesn't that mean that destruction will come? All the terror that you told us?"
He looked at Liahn and nodded. Just then the drapes to his tent were opened and a man stepped into their tent. The two servants quickly hid behind their master, quivering in fear.
"What is it that you want from me?" he asked them harshly.
There was a soft chuckle as more men came to the doorway. He couldn't help but shiver involuntarily when his two servants shiver and whimpered behind him, cling onto him for dear life.
"We want the servants." One of the men said, coming into the tent and behind him, grabbing one of his servants.
"IYADA!"
It was Liahn that the man had grabbed.
"Feisty little one, are you."
The man had snickered and pulled the young man up with him heaving him over his shoulder has his master tried to calm his nerves.
"YAMETE!"
Nothing moved as he stood up in his tent. The soldiers's silent.
"Take me. Not them. Leave my servants alone and I'll take their places whenever you want. Leave them out of this."
There was another chuckle and the soldier that took Liahn put him down.
"Promise me that you and the rest will not touch these two. If you do, I will kill you all."
The man and the other soldiers nodded.
"Say it or I will never leave this tent as well as let you take my servants!"
They knew their master was doing it for good, but they also knew that he was still a virgin, one that was to be kept holy.
"Master please don't!"
The two cried, as they threw themselves at their master, trying to keep him from leaving and going with those evil men, they call 'soldiers'.
"We will leave your servants alone. As long as you please all of us."
Their master nodded as they cried harder into their master's shirt.
He just looked at the two and hugged them. Whispering comfort into their ears.
"Please, just hang in there. As soon as we can, well escape from this hellhole. Now have courage and stay in the tent."
He got up as Kaine and Liahn slowly accepted their master's decision, letting their arms fall to hold onto one another. They watched as their master was taken away, but they had an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomach, as well as their master.
As soon as their master disappeared into another tent that was larger, other men came in and grabbed them.
"MASTER! HELP US!"
His head snapped up as he heard his servants cry for help. Then he heard some slashing and ripping of cloth. He turned around to the door and went to help his servants when his arm held him back, their captor's vice grip keeping him from moving closer to the door.
"I thought you promised to let them be!"
He was angry with them but when the soldier spoke, realization hit him.
"Only some of us did. Not them."
"AHH!"
The strangled scream from his tent brought his attention back to his servants.
"HANASE!"
He was pushed onto the ground, and didn't worry about himself as he thought about his servants and of what the other soldiers were doing. As the older man leaned in above him, taking his silence as an agreement, he didn't notice one of the boy's legs move swiftly to hit him in his groin. The keeled over and moaned, clutching himself as he tried to stand up and grab the boy that escaped him.
He escaped and ran to his tent, hearing all the screams of his tormented servants. Pulling the flaps from his tent open, he stepped in. What he saw was something he will never want to see again.
His servants were tied down to the poles that held up the tent. Their legs spread wide open as the 'busy' men didn't sense his presence and kept up their thrusting.
"MASTER! HELP US!"
He was brought out of his mind with his servant screams. He noticed that he had to do something before he was caught. But his disheveled mind could only think of one thing. Death. Death to all of them who tried to hurt him and his servants.
His screams were heard as he saw the men hit his servants, wringing out a cry from them, and then stabbing them in the legs and arms, making them unable to do anything but scream.
The screams reached the whole camp of which they were kept in. As soon as the screams got louder, a bright light came from the center of the campus, blinding anyone looking and destroying any one it touched.
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He was riding his horse and looking for some job an hour ago when he gave up. He was taking his time to stroll on the road to the Dragon Kingdom when he heard screams coming from a small-uncharted part of the forest he knew of. He sent his horse running in that direction. He quickly stopped when bright light hit his eyes, making him turn his horse away from the blinding light. When the light faded, he looked up to see smoke coming form the secluded area he had thought the screams were from.
Leading his horse in that direction, he thought of what could have possibly given off such a light. When he arrived at the place, he saw that everything there was brought to the ground, scorched probably by the light that almost blinded him. Everything there were destroyed, bodies of what he presumed to be soldiers littered the ground. He kept going until he saw something move in the distance.
He lead his horse into a soft pace, trying not the startled what seemed to be a boy his age with two other boys at least a year or two younger. As he got closer, he saw blood soaking the ground around the three. He was five feet away when he got off his horse, and slowly walked to the three huddled there.
One of the boy had golden blond hair that only the people of Arian had. He also noticed that the other two boy barely had cloths on, blood oozing out of their cuts and wounds. The three were all dirty by the dust and soot, but he could see that the needed help.
"Are you all right?"
The blond boy's head rose up and he saw for the first time in his life, the sorrow, hatred, fear, pain and death in someone else's eyes other than assassins, mercenaries, and soldiers. The boy's eyes glowed golden-yellow. And he realized that this was the boy that had released the blinding light. His eyes the color of the sea, captivating him where he stood. Only the boy's question brought him out of his daze.
"Who are you?"
The boy"s voice was a commanding one that demanded an answer. He looked at the boy and saw what he wore. Realization hit him. This boy was of royal blood. He kneeled before him and bowed his head.
"I am Trowa Barton."
He dared not lift his head if he wanted not to end up scorched like the dead bodies around him.
"Take me to the nearest empire around here. Quickly, or I'll end your life here."
Trying not to show the boy his fear of such power and the situation he was in, he nodded his head and finally looked up into the eyes of the boy that had captivated him. They were now not glowing a golden yellow anymore.
"Hurry. Please."
Trowa nodded and quickly went to grab his horse, bringing it over to where the boy was holding the other two companions. When he returned he found the blond boy, checking their pulse. A relieved sigh escaped the boy's perfect lips as tears of relief spilled from his eyes.
He lifted his head when he heard the nearing of hooves. He looked up and was startled to see Trowa staring at him. Realization seem to come to the strange boy as he cough a bit in embracement of being caught staring.
"Help me put them on the horse." Was the blond boy's gentle command as he tried to stand up. When he succeeded, he help pick one of the boys up, carrying him to the horse. He got his companion on the horse and then returned for the other one, which he himself had picked up off the ground.
He saw that the blond boy had taken great care into putting his companion on the horse. Then he just realized that there was not enough room on the horse for four people.
"FUUIIPP!"
The high-pitched whistle startled him into loosing his grip on Liahn as he started to fall off the horse, Kaine following him. He was surprised to see that the boy who found them, helped settled Kaine back onto the horse. Then he heard hooves pounding on the ground towards them. He started to panic a bit when a strong hand was laid on his shoulder.
"Don't worry. It's just one of my other horse that I let run wild."
That calmed him down a bit until the horse came. Trowa walked up the horse and calmly talked to it. The horse neighed a bit and then went to stand next to blond boy.
"He'll let you ride him. Just make sure that you keep your companion against you so that he won't fall."
The blond boy nodded and then turned to gaze at the other boy. Worry written in his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll take him."
Trowa got on the horse with Liahn and he got on the other horse, taking full care to not jar Seisha's wounds anymore than it already is. As soon as they were ready, they left to the nearest empire there. The land was uncharted and he didn't want to know what was in it.
They soon arrived at an inn, before the sun was past the horizon. They rented a two rooms, one for Trowa and one for himself and his servants. Before Trowa left him to take care of getting the water and cloth he needed, he was startled by Trowa's question.
"Who are you?"
He hesitated a moment before answering.
"Quatre. Quatre Rabreba Winner."
Tsuzuku.
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What do you think? Guess at first you had no idea of who I was talking about, huh? Surprised? Maybe not because of the title? R&R please!
Chapter Four: The Seerer and the Mercenary
* * *
"HMPH!"
"MASTER!"
"MASTER!"
His servants came to his aide when he had collapsed.
"Master what happened?"
"It's alright Kaine."
"Master please tell us."
He looked at his two close servants.
"Alright then. Kaine, Liahn. Remember when I would have those nightmares when I was young, and you two were always there for me?"
The two nodded.
"Remember when I would tell you two what the dream was about? Before the empire was taken?"
They nodded again.
"Well, it has finally happened. And more is to come."
The two gasped at this. Then they turned as white as a sheet.
"But Master, doesn't that mean that destruction will come? All the terror that you told us?"
He looked at Liahn and nodded. Just then the drapes to his tent were opened and a man stepped into their tent. The two servants quickly hid behind their master, quivering in fear.
"What is it that you want from me?" he asked them harshly.
There was a soft chuckle as more men came to the doorway. He couldn't help but shiver involuntarily when his two servants shiver and whimpered behind him, cling onto him for dear life.
"We want the servants." One of the men said, coming into the tent and behind him, grabbing one of his servants.
"IYADA!"
It was Liahn that the man had grabbed.
"Feisty little one, are you."
The man had snickered and pulled the young man up with him heaving him over his shoulder has his master tried to calm his nerves.
"YAMETE!"
Nothing moved as he stood up in his tent. The soldiers's silent.
"Take me. Not them. Leave my servants alone and I'll take their places whenever you want. Leave them out of this."
There was another chuckle and the soldier that took Liahn put him down.
"Promise me that you and the rest will not touch these two. If you do, I will kill you all."
The man and the other soldiers nodded.
"Say it or I will never leave this tent as well as let you take my servants!"
They knew their master was doing it for good, but they also knew that he was still a virgin, one that was to be kept holy.
"Master please don't!"
The two cried, as they threw themselves at their master, trying to keep him from leaving and going with those evil men, they call 'soldiers'.
"We will leave your servants alone. As long as you please all of us."
Their master nodded as they cried harder into their master's shirt.
He just looked at the two and hugged them. Whispering comfort into their ears.
"Please, just hang in there. As soon as we can, well escape from this hellhole. Now have courage and stay in the tent."
He got up as Kaine and Liahn slowly accepted their master's decision, letting their arms fall to hold onto one another. They watched as their master was taken away, but they had an uneasy feeling in the pit of their stomach, as well as their master.
As soon as their master disappeared into another tent that was larger, other men came in and grabbed them.
"MASTER! HELP US!"
His head snapped up as he heard his servants cry for help. Then he heard some slashing and ripping of cloth. He turned around to the door and went to help his servants when his arm held him back, their captor's vice grip keeping him from moving closer to the door.
"I thought you promised to let them be!"
He was angry with them but when the soldier spoke, realization hit him.
"Only some of us did. Not them."
"AHH!"
The strangled scream from his tent brought his attention back to his servants.
"HANASE!"
He was pushed onto the ground, and didn't worry about himself as he thought about his servants and of what the other soldiers were doing. As the older man leaned in above him, taking his silence as an agreement, he didn't notice one of the boy's legs move swiftly to hit him in his groin. The keeled over and moaned, clutching himself as he tried to stand up and grab the boy that escaped him.
He escaped and ran to his tent, hearing all the screams of his tormented servants. Pulling the flaps from his tent open, he stepped in. What he saw was something he will never want to see again.
His servants were tied down to the poles that held up the tent. Their legs spread wide open as the 'busy' men didn't sense his presence and kept up their thrusting.
"MASTER! HELP US!"
He was brought out of his mind with his servant screams. He noticed that he had to do something before he was caught. But his disheveled mind could only think of one thing. Death. Death to all of them who tried to hurt him and his servants.
His screams were heard as he saw the men hit his servants, wringing out a cry from them, and then stabbing them in the legs and arms, making them unable to do anything but scream.
The screams reached the whole camp of which they were kept in. As soon as the screams got louder, a bright light came from the center of the campus, blinding anyone looking and destroying any one it touched.
* * *
He was riding his horse and looking for some job an hour ago when he gave up. He was taking his time to stroll on the road to the Dragon Kingdom when he heard screams coming from a small-uncharted part of the forest he knew of. He sent his horse running in that direction. He quickly stopped when bright light hit his eyes, making him turn his horse away from the blinding light. When the light faded, he looked up to see smoke coming form the secluded area he had thought the screams were from.
Leading his horse in that direction, he thought of what could have possibly given off such a light. When he arrived at the place, he saw that everything there was brought to the ground, scorched probably by the light that almost blinded him. Everything there were destroyed, bodies of what he presumed to be soldiers littered the ground. He kept going until he saw something move in the distance.
He lead his horse into a soft pace, trying not the startled what seemed to be a boy his age with two other boys at least a year or two younger. As he got closer, he saw blood soaking the ground around the three. He was five feet away when he got off his horse, and slowly walked to the three huddled there.
One of the boy had golden blond hair that only the people of Arian had. He also noticed that the other two boy barely had cloths on, blood oozing out of their cuts and wounds. The three were all dirty by the dust and soot, but he could see that the needed help.
"Are you all right?"
The blond boy's head rose up and he saw for the first time in his life, the sorrow, hatred, fear, pain and death in someone else's eyes other than assassins, mercenaries, and soldiers. The boy's eyes glowed golden-yellow. And he realized that this was the boy that had released the blinding light. His eyes the color of the sea, captivating him where he stood. Only the boy's question brought him out of his daze.
"Who are you?"
The boy"s voice was a commanding one that demanded an answer. He looked at the boy and saw what he wore. Realization hit him. This boy was of royal blood. He kneeled before him and bowed his head.
"I am Trowa Barton."
He dared not lift his head if he wanted not to end up scorched like the dead bodies around him.
"Take me to the nearest empire around here. Quickly, or I'll end your life here."
Trying not to show the boy his fear of such power and the situation he was in, he nodded his head and finally looked up into the eyes of the boy that had captivated him. They were now not glowing a golden yellow anymore.
"Hurry. Please."
Trowa nodded and quickly went to grab his horse, bringing it over to where the boy was holding the other two companions. When he returned he found the blond boy, checking their pulse. A relieved sigh escaped the boy's perfect lips as tears of relief spilled from his eyes.
He lifted his head when he heard the nearing of hooves. He looked up and was startled to see Trowa staring at him. Realization seem to come to the strange boy as he cough a bit in embracement of being caught staring.
"Help me put them on the horse." Was the blond boy's gentle command as he tried to stand up. When he succeeded, he help pick one of the boys up, carrying him to the horse. He got his companion on the horse and then returned for the other one, which he himself had picked up off the ground.
He saw that the blond boy had taken great care into putting his companion on the horse. Then he just realized that there was not enough room on the horse for four people.
"FUUIIPP!"
The high-pitched whistle startled him into loosing his grip on Liahn as he started to fall off the horse, Kaine following him. He was surprised to see that the boy who found them, helped settled Kaine back onto the horse. Then he heard hooves pounding on the ground towards them. He started to panic a bit when a strong hand was laid on his shoulder.
"Don't worry. It's just one of my other horse that I let run wild."
That calmed him down a bit until the horse came. Trowa walked up the horse and calmly talked to it. The horse neighed a bit and then went to stand next to blond boy.
"He'll let you ride him. Just make sure that you keep your companion against you so that he won't fall."
The blond boy nodded and then turned to gaze at the other boy. Worry written in his eyes.
"Don't worry. I'll take him."
Trowa got on the horse with Liahn and he got on the other horse, taking full care to not jar Seisha's wounds anymore than it already is. As soon as they were ready, they left to the nearest empire there. The land was uncharted and he didn't want to know what was in it.
They soon arrived at an inn, before the sun was past the horizon. They rented a two rooms, one for Trowa and one for himself and his servants. Before Trowa left him to take care of getting the water and cloth he needed, he was startled by Trowa's question.
"Who are you?"
He hesitated a moment before answering.
"Quatre. Quatre Rabreba Winner."
Tsuzuku.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
What do you think? Guess at first you had no idea of who I was talking about, huh? Surprised? Maybe not because of the title? R&R please!