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Beaten
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 10: Close one
Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews!!
"Your going to pay for what you've done!" Bit growled, Shiko put more pressure on her arrow.
"Your going to pay for what you were trying to do," Shiko replied sternly.
"You killed my friends!!" Shiko looked at Bit with a confused look.
"Your friends?"
"YEAH!!!"
"…..I haven't killed anybody."
"What?"
"AND you were supposed to try and invade my village!!!"
"Huh?" They both put their weapons down and looked at each other in confusion.
"Aren't you trying to invade my village?" Shiko asked cocking her head to the side.
"No…so you didn't kill anybody. But that escaped prisoner said that you killed the other prisoners."
"We have no escaped prisoners…"
Bit rubbed his forehead in frustration, "What's going on? EVERYONE SEIZE FIGHTING!!!!"
"THAT GOES FOR MY SIDE TOO!!!" Shiko shouted. Everyone stopped fighting and went to their respectable sides. Bit and Shiko didn't move. Leena walked up to Bit.
"Bit? Is there something wrong?"
"There's a rat somewhere," Bit growled, he then looked at Shiko, "We have some friends here, that you have prisoner. And we want you to let them go."
"Fine," Shiko motioned to the closest soldier to go get them. Moments later Leon, Brad, and Jamie came from the crowd of people.
"LEON!!!!!" Leena rushed towards her brother and hugged him. Jamie walked up to Bit and smiled sheepishly. Naomi ran to Brad and hugged him; let's just say he was surprised. Bit stayed focused on Shiko, so did Leon.
"Let's try to figure this thing out shall we?" Shiko said as she motioned them towards the main tent. The others followed. They got in the tent, and Raiko in there was waiting for them.
"I guess now is the time for introductions," Raiko said folding his arms. Shiko nodded.
"I am Shiko leader of this village."
"The name's Raiko."
"…Brad…"
"Naomi."
"My name is Jamie."
"Princess Leena of Gallion." Shiko's eyes widened slightly, everyone didn't notice this except for Leon and Raiko.
"Leon Tauros."
"Bit Cloud." Shiko stood there for a second; everyone stared at her. Then all of sudden a flood of images ran into her head. She clutched it in her head in pain. Leon was about to help her but Raiko beat him to it.
"Shiko? What's wrong?"
"I'm seeing too many images at once," she mumbled. Raiko tucked his arms under her legs and back and lifted her off the ground. He turned to walk outside.
"What's going on?" Bit asked.
"Long story," was all that Raiko muttered as he proceeded out.
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"BLAST!!!!!! HOW COULD MY PLAN FAIL!?!?!?!?!"
"Your Highness, there has to be another way to do this."
"I'LL FIND A WAY!!!!!"
"Please calm yourself your highness."
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"I wonder if she's going to be okay?" Leena asked while everyone else was silent.
"She didn't seem like there was something wrong with her on the field," Bit said thinking.
"Maybe there was something wrong but it didn't get worse until now," Naomi said.
"That's weird," Brad said.
"I guess we'll have to ask that Raiko guy when he gets back," Jamie said.
"Does Shiko seem familiar in a way?" Everyone stared at Leon after he made the weird comment.
"Why?"
Leon shrugged, "Just asking." Just then Raiko came in.
"Okay let's figure this thing out," he said getting straight to business.
"Okay, we found a man on the ground on a path towards here. He said he was an escaped prisoner, and that the others didn't make it. He told us what they looked like and we knew it was Brad, Leon, and Jamie," Naomi explained.
Raiko nodded, "Well, from our side there was this man that said he was a messenger from the Champ kingdom…"
Bit snapped his fingers, "There's your problem right there."
"Huh?" Raiko said in confusion. Leena informed him of Harry Champ and the whole marriage thingy.
"I knew it was Harry!" Bit growled.
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Shiko was resting in her bed, trying to sleep. But it was kinda hard when your head was throbbing. She heard a rustle outside and it came into her tent. She opened her eyes and saw a figure right next to her holding a knife just inches above her body.
"DIE ASHLEY MCLANE!!!!!"
"AAHHHH!!!!" She rolled to her side avoiding the knife. She tumbled out of the bed and tried to grab her daggers but the guy trying to kill her grabbed her feet and yanked her towards him.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!!!!!" He pulled her up, spun her around and was about to strike, but she gave him a kick in the stomach sending him backwards onto the bed. He got up and threw the dagger at her. She had no time to avoid it. She clutched her side where the knife went thru.
"Who are you?" She grunted.
"An enemy."
"No duh," Ashley managed to before blacking out. Just as she went into unconsciousness, Raiko ran in with Leon right behind him.
"What did you do!?!" Raiko shouted.
"My job is done," the guy cut thru the tent and ran off. Raiko and Leon quickly kneeled down to Shiko.
"He'll pay!!!" Raiko said with fury. Leon put his hand against Shiko's cheek.
"Ashley…Now I know it's you."
"What!?!"
"She is not this Shiko person, her real name is Ashley McLane!"
"Leon right? THIS IS NOT THE TIME!!!" Raiko scooped Shiko up and ran out of the tent followed closely by Leon.
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Everyone waited outside the medical tent to see if Shiko will be all right. Raiko paced back and forth while everyone was seated somewhere. Finally Raiko got the courage to ask Leon a couple of questions.
He stood in front of Leon with a determined look. "Yes?" Leon asked looking up at him.
"Got a couple questions…. Who do you think Shiko is?"
Leon stood up, "She is a friend, but she was kidnapped by Harry Champ. Who do you think she is?"
"We think that she is the daughter of our belated leader who died about 15 years ago. What's your relationship with her?"
"That's personal!"
"I'm not letting you off the hook," Raiko said his maroon eyes looking hard into Leon's blue ones. (Author's Note: Don't really know what eye color he has, so I guessed.)
Leon sighed, "I think I'm in love with her."
Raiko's eyes widened, "Ya serious?"
"Yeah." There was a moment of silence, but the Doctor walked in.
"Raiko you may see her."
"What about me?" Leon asked.
Raiko looked at him and smirked, "Family first." Then he walked in the back leaving everyone confused.
Author's Note: Ah yes, another chapter done! I really don't know what to say, I just have been busy with school and other things.
Phoenix: *Coughs* HER BOYFRIEND!!!
Crystal: *Blushes slightly* Cut that out!!!!
Phoenix: But it's true…
Crystal: *Giggles* your too young to understand the way my life goes.
Phoenix: I'm 12.
Crystal: I still consider you young since your 3 years younger than me! *Giggles*
Phoenix: Great this is just what I need.
Crystal: I'll start working on the next chapter soon!!!!
Phoenix: Yeah, if she has time in her schedule. *Gets whacked on the head by Crystal*