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Legends Die Hard
By: Moonglow
Chapter 7: The 3 days till
Aeaea
Rest is not idleness, and
to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening
to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky,
is by no means a waste of time. Sir J. Lubbock
"I think we should practice for today,
and the last two days rest and focus ourselves on what's going to happen."
"That's the stupidest thing I ever heard."
Rowen scoffed at Lily's idea. "We should practice all three days. That
way we'll be even more ready. And we'll have time when we get back to
rest"
"But how do you know that were going live
to get home? Who knows, we could all die just getting to Aeaea."
"We'll get back."
"My aren't we confident, Blue."
"I think Lily's right Rowen." Sage said.
"Mia is the only one that needs training. I trust that the rest of you
know how to fight." All of them nodded their heads, but Mia who looked
outraged.
"I do to know how to fight!" She yelled.
"Not like any of us, you don't." Cye told
her.
"I may not of had training, but I do have
eyes yah know. I can see what you do and I can duplicate everything
you do and do it ten times better."
"Oh really." Ryo said. "Prove it."
"Fine." She said, accepting his challenge.
"I will."
~*~*~*~
"Sire, there is a boy to see you."
"Who is it Hirnam?"
"He says his name is Juren. He says he
has important information about the enemy troops."
"Send him in." A small boy of about 12
years old walked in. He had sandy blonde hair and deep green eyes. His
clothing was tattered in a few places, and he had in his arms a black
robe. He bowed to King Jinen, and Queen Polanna. There were a number
of other Kings whom Juren didn't recognize. There were even a few boys
and girls his age running around with guards chasing after them. King
Jinen then raised his hand for silence.
"Now, my boy. Tell us what you know about
the enemy troops."
"Well your majesty, I was captured by
a group of her soldiers and was given to one of her handmaidens to be
a fetch boy."
"And how did you escape?" The king asked.
"Well, the handmaiden gave me this black
robe, and sent me out a secret exit to leave."
"Why would she do that?"
"I don't know your majesty." He put one
of his hands to his stomach. "Please your majesty, may I have something
to eat? I'm very hungry."
"In one moment. I have one more question.
Where are they headed?"
"They're going to take half of their troops
to burn the Jungle Risnau, " He paused when he heard a gasp. He looked
around and saw a small lady with flaming red hair on a throne. Her crown
was made from golden maple leaves.
"It's alright Queen Ijena." King Jinen
told the woman. "We won't let them get that far. Go on my boy."
"Well, the other half is going to attack
Vir Kalam." A great cry of protest shot from everyone's lips. Juren
heard a lot of 'This is an outrage!' and 'That's our center of commerce!
If she takes that out, were done for!'. Juren didn't know what or where
Vir Kalam was, but it had to be extremely important if all these royal
people were worried about it. King Jinen got it back under control after
a little while and was about to speak when a man with graying black
hair and deep blue eyes rose from his ruby throne.
"I say we send all of the troops to my
country and keep them from getting any where near Vir Kalam." He said.
"King Ryko! What about my country." Queen
Ijena yelled, her voice going up and octave. "Are you just going to
sit back and watch them burn our jungle?"
"Kalam is more important than a few trees.
We have to keep it running or else all of Aeaea will dissolve." The
entire room exploded again with people saying what they though. A large
man with auburn hair stood up. His gold crown flashed in the light as
he walked to the center of the room. He winked at Juren before yelling
"QUIET! This bickering will get us nowhere!
Are we so stupid that we have to fight ourselves while Vanessa is out
there destroying out people? We'll take half of the troops to meet them
on both fronts. That's the easiest thing to do. We out number them two
to one. We have enough wars as it is, and we don't need one amongst
ourselves."
"Well said Anubis." A lady with a silver
crown and blueish black hair said. The man holding her hand had the
same blueish hair, and his golden crown was cocked to one side."
"It seems to me, Queen Kayura, that you
were yelling the loudest." Anubis told her with a sly smile.
"King Reva, how will the troops hold up
if they were divided." A man with Copper colored hair rose and replied,
"They are the best."
"It's decided then. At dawn we start the
march."
*~*~*~*
He had beaten Mia, and in doing so, he
had proven that she did need training. "What do you have to say for
yourself?" He taunted her, with his kantana point poised at her neck.
Her silver rod laid feet away from arms reach and she had no other weapon
to help her. She shook her head mournfully and replied.
"Your right, I'm not as good as you."
"Yeah that's right." He said to her.
"No, I'm better!" She yelled whist kicking
her foot up as hard as she could into his groin. Although he did have
sub armor on, so did she and the sound of metal against metal made a
scraping sound as she slid down into that protective curl. She laughed
as he moaned and instead of walking away triumphantly, she helped him
to his feet and picked out the grass bladed that were stuck in his hair.
He looked at her sheepishly and suddenly lashed his arms out. Mia reacted
quickly and grabbed both arms and flipped him over her head. He moaned
louder and squeaked out
"I was going to give you a hug!" Mia looked
abashed for a moment, but then laughed, helped him to his feet again
and gave him the hug.
"I'm hungry." Mia said. "Let's go make
some food!" And with that she walked away with a smug look on her face.
"Oh my." Was all Adela said before following
her into the house. And the others followed them in after a few minutes.
Inside, Cye went to the kitchen just like
very other day to start cooking dinner. But there he found Adela, with
the piece of hamburger that was to be the meatballs for the spaghetti,
which was to be supper. In one hand she held the salt and the other
the garlic. She was sprinkling it into a hot pan that was on the stovetop.
Kento walked past him and murmured a warning to him.
"Don't go in the kitchen man, she'll cook
you for dinner." And he walked away rubbing his and that was curiously
red, considering the fact he had done nothing today.
"Hey Adela, you want some help?" He asked
her after he asked up behind her. She whipped around quickly with the
wooden spoon in her hand.
"No." And she turned back around. "Get
out of my kitchen."
"Your kitchen is it?" He asked her hotly.
"I was here long before you were, and I think it's my kitchen."
"Oh really. I have been cooking since I
was about 4 years old. I work at a restaurant, I'll be head chef soon,
and I don't need you to help. Now, scat." She plopped the hunk of ground
beef into the pan and turned around. She waved her hands to shoo him
out of the kitchen, but he just stood there.
"Did I not make it clear to you that it's
my job to cook dinner?"
"No, you didn't. Maybe your job should
be to warsh the dishes."
"Excuse me? What was that, warsh? We don't
warsh things around here. We wash them. And you wash the dishes. I want
to cook." He wined.
"Would you like some cheese with that
whine?" She taunted. "This is my kitchen, get your skinny little butt
out of it."
"It's mine!"
"No, it's not." They both looked toward
the doorway into the doorway that led into the dining room, where Kento
and Mia were setting the table. Mia stood there with the silverware
still in the glasses, and on hand on her hip. "It's my kitchen, and
you will cook together. Now, I don't want to hear another word. Cook
together or not at all." And with that, she turned back into the dining
table and set down a few cups. Adela and Cye looked at each other.
"Okay then, you do the meat balls and the
sauce, and I'll do the noodles and the garlic bread."
"Fine."
"Fine." Just then Lily popped her head
in.
"Hey guys, I don't eat meat, so make sure
you leave a little sauce to the side for me. With out meatballs. Tanks!"
Soon, supper was ready to be eaten, even
Lily's little portion of no meat sauce. They all ate in uncomfortable
silence for a few minutes, but then the room erupted in pandemonium
as everyone talked at the same time. Sage tried his hardest to quiet
everyone one down, but to no avail. Circe, seeing him in his desperation,
put her two fingers in her mouth and whistled a shrill note. The talking
stopped and they all looked at Circe in awe. Sage coughed and spoke
up.
"Now, I know that we want to get to know
each other. Now, why don't we go around the table and tell about ourselves.
Ryo, your first."
"Yes councilor. " He mocked him. "Well,
my name is Ryo Sanada m 19 years old, and I'm going to school to be
a veterinarian. My birthday is August 15 and my favorite food is Natto."
Sage was next. "How can you stand those
sticky beans? Yuck. Well, my name is Sage Date, and I'm going to school
to be an accountant. I'm 19 years old my birthday is June 9. Okay, and
my favorite food is diatom.
"Now, diatom is gross. My name is Rowen
Hashiba, and I'm 19 years old as well. I'm going to school to be a M.D.
My birthday is October 10 and my favorite food is hamburgers."
Cye was after him. "My name is Cye Mouri,
and my birthday is March 14."
"Mine too!" Adela squealed. "How very strange."
"As I was saying, I'm going to school to
be a caterer, and I'm 20 years old. My favorite food is pike eel."
Next was Kento. "My name is Kento Rei
Faun, I'm 19 years old and my b-day is September 1. I'm going to school
to be a nutritionist, and my favorite food is everything."
"My name is Mia Koji, I'm 21 years old,
I'm out of school and I'm currently employed as a teacher at a local
school teaching myth and legend. My birthday is May 28 and my favorite
food is ummmmm anything noodely."
"My name Is Circe Li, I'm 20 years old.
My birthday is January 19 and I'm going to school to be a personal shopper
for a large clothing store. I also have a small reord deal with a local
company. My favorite food is salt and vinegar chips."
"My name is Adela Black, I'm from America,
and I'm 21 years old. My birthday, as I have already stated is March
14, and I'm soon to be head chef at Johnson's Café. My favorite food
is beef fried rice."
"My name is Lily Lehman, I'm 19 years
old, and I'm going to school to be a technical engineer. I'm from Germany.
My birthday is November 3 and my favorite food is Boca burgers."
"Okay. That's good. At least we know a
little about each other. We are going to be spending over nine months
together." Sage said.
"Well, okay then." Ryo murmured.
"Circe, what type of songs do you sing?"
Lily asked her.
"Any type you want."
"Can you sing country?" Kento asked.
"Yes."
"Punk Rock."
"Yeah."
"Opera"
"Yea."
"How about Pop."
"Yes Kento."
"How about."
She cut him off. "Kento, I can sing any
type of song you want. All of them."
"Okay." He looked down for a moment, but
then continued to eat his dinner.
"Mia, have you ever heard of Aeaea?" Adela
asked her.
"No, why would I have heard of it?"
"Because you're a myth and legends teacher.
I thought maybe it was in a legends or something."
"No, not that I know of. Nothing. It's
quite strange too. Later, I'll go check my grandfather's files to see
if there's anything in them."
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