Chapter 20
Trowa looked up from his horse. After the fight with Myrugi, Bromly told
them all to get packed. They couldn't stay in a place when the enemy knew
where they were. Everyone was with their horses, except for Elanjila. She
had walked off into the forest after she had packed and had not come back.
Trowa tied his horse to a tree then went into the forest. He followed the path that Elanjila had taken. He walked a short distance when he spotted her sitting at the end of the path. The path ended at a cliff, and she let her legs dangle off of it. He watched her for a moment then went over and sat next to her.
He looked at her but she had a blank look on her face. He looked back down to his hands, not really knowing what to say to her. He had no idea what had gone on with her and this Myrugi guy, so he didn't want to say anything to make her more upset.
"Trowa if there is something you want to ask me you can," Elanjila said in perfect English.
"How do you know Myrugi?" Trowa asked after a long pause.
"I meet him along time ago. I had gone to a temple that was in my village to do some reading. It was one of my favorite spots and it was quite there," she smiled a little as if remembering. "He was hurt and laying on the floor. I helped him and we fell in love."
"Then why were you fighting him?" Trowa asked.
"Because he told me a secret that no one but maybe his family knew of, and I left him for it," she looked at her hands. "Didn't know how to handle what he told me, but after I left him, I felt guilty. I tried to find him, but he was gone. I felt so bad that I punished myself."
"By only speaking in Elven tongue right?" Trowa asked, looking at her.
Elanjila nodded. Her hands balled into fists and he could see a tear slip from her cheek to her hands. He put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it. She glanced at him then back to her hands.
"You know, you shouldn't keep all of it in. You need to talk to someone about all of it," he said.
"I'm talking to you right?" she asked.
"I meant like a woman. Women can talk about this stuff better then a guy can," he said, with a little smile. "We don't know how to show emotion to well."
"Oh," was all Elanjila said.
"Trowa?" Rain called, running up to where he was. "Bromly said we are leaving soon and wants both of you back at the horses now."
"Alright. We'll be there in a minute," Trowa said to her.
Rain looked at him then to Elanjila. She looked to the ground then walked back the way she had come. Trowa looked at Elanjila with confusion written across his face.
"Why did she looked kind of sad just now?" he asked her.
"I'm not sure," she said, and then stood up. "Well, we better do as Bromly says."
Trowa stood and followed her down the path back to where everyone else was waiting. Rain was sitting on the horse waiting for Trowa. He went over and climbed up behind her then took the reins from her. She was quite as they started on their way. He didn't like it too much. He liked hearing her voice and she was really never silent when they were riding.
He sighed and kept the horse going, deciding that it would do no good thinking about it. Instead his mind wondered where they would go next to rest. Bromly didn't want to go to any hotels because they were in the city and he didn't want to take the chance of having someone recognize them and tell the people that were after them.
Trowa's thoughts paused. If he remembered correctly, no one knew who the enemy was. Myrugi, and the two that were with him, had just come after Elanjila and Lithren. He didn't know rather to think they had anything to do with whatever was going on or not.
He shook his head. All of his years being trained as a Gundam Pilot made him look at everyone as a suspect and it annoyed him alittle. Even at times he thought that one of the people that was around him could be involved with the enemy.
He forced himself to look at Rain. She still had a blank look on her face, and seemed as if she was not going to talk any time soon. He looked at Bromly and Pixie. Bromly was sitting high on his horse, while Pixie braded the hair that fell on the horse's head. Trease and Faxon were beginning to fight about something again but it was so low he couldn't hear them. Lithren and Lilium sat quietly with Lithren holding onto Lilium so she wouldn't fall out of the saddle. Elanjila was a little slumped in her saddle as if she was sleeping but her eyes were opened and where looking at the ground. She looked so sad that Trowa wanted to stop everything to hug her, but he knew that Bromly would snap at him about wasting time.
Trowa looked the sky. It was early morning and the sun was sending pretty colors of reds and oranges across it. It was going to be a beautiful day.
Trowa tied his horse to a tree then went into the forest. He followed the path that Elanjila had taken. He walked a short distance when he spotted her sitting at the end of the path. The path ended at a cliff, and she let her legs dangle off of it. He watched her for a moment then went over and sat next to her.
He looked at her but she had a blank look on her face. He looked back down to his hands, not really knowing what to say to her. He had no idea what had gone on with her and this Myrugi guy, so he didn't want to say anything to make her more upset.
"Trowa if there is something you want to ask me you can," Elanjila said in perfect English.
"How do you know Myrugi?" Trowa asked after a long pause.
"I meet him along time ago. I had gone to a temple that was in my village to do some reading. It was one of my favorite spots and it was quite there," she smiled a little as if remembering. "He was hurt and laying on the floor. I helped him and we fell in love."
"Then why were you fighting him?" Trowa asked.
"Because he told me a secret that no one but maybe his family knew of, and I left him for it," she looked at her hands. "Didn't know how to handle what he told me, but after I left him, I felt guilty. I tried to find him, but he was gone. I felt so bad that I punished myself."
"By only speaking in Elven tongue right?" Trowa asked, looking at her.
Elanjila nodded. Her hands balled into fists and he could see a tear slip from her cheek to her hands. He put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it. She glanced at him then back to her hands.
"You know, you shouldn't keep all of it in. You need to talk to someone about all of it," he said.
"I'm talking to you right?" she asked.
"I meant like a woman. Women can talk about this stuff better then a guy can," he said, with a little smile. "We don't know how to show emotion to well."
"Oh," was all Elanjila said.
"Trowa?" Rain called, running up to where he was. "Bromly said we are leaving soon and wants both of you back at the horses now."
"Alright. We'll be there in a minute," Trowa said to her.
Rain looked at him then to Elanjila. She looked to the ground then walked back the way she had come. Trowa looked at Elanjila with confusion written across his face.
"Why did she looked kind of sad just now?" he asked her.
"I'm not sure," she said, and then stood up. "Well, we better do as Bromly says."
Trowa stood and followed her down the path back to where everyone else was waiting. Rain was sitting on the horse waiting for Trowa. He went over and climbed up behind her then took the reins from her. She was quite as they started on their way. He didn't like it too much. He liked hearing her voice and she was really never silent when they were riding.
He sighed and kept the horse going, deciding that it would do no good thinking about it. Instead his mind wondered where they would go next to rest. Bromly didn't want to go to any hotels because they were in the city and he didn't want to take the chance of having someone recognize them and tell the people that were after them.
Trowa's thoughts paused. If he remembered correctly, no one knew who the enemy was. Myrugi, and the two that were with him, had just come after Elanjila and Lithren. He didn't know rather to think they had anything to do with whatever was going on or not.
He shook his head. All of his years being trained as a Gundam Pilot made him look at everyone as a suspect and it annoyed him alittle. Even at times he thought that one of the people that was around him could be involved with the enemy.
He forced himself to look at Rain. She still had a blank look on her face, and seemed as if she was not going to talk any time soon. He looked at Bromly and Pixie. Bromly was sitting high on his horse, while Pixie braded the hair that fell on the horse's head. Trease and Faxon were beginning to fight about something again but it was so low he couldn't hear them. Lithren and Lilium sat quietly with Lithren holding onto Lilium so she wouldn't fall out of the saddle. Elanjila was a little slumped in her saddle as if she was sleeping but her eyes were opened and where looking at the ground. She looked so sad that Trowa wanted to stop everything to hug her, but he knew that Bromly would snap at him about wasting time.
Trowa looked the sky. It was early morning and the sun was sending pretty colors of reds and oranges across it. It was going to be a beautiful day.