Chapter 6: Forest Trouble
A/N: Yeah! Two chapters done in the same day! :: Applause::
"I felt strange around that guy." Sheba looked around the forested area.
"Why, did you like him or something?" Ivan teased, "you know he wouldn't fall for someone like you."
"Damn it Ivan, it wasn't that I felt!" Sheba hit his shoulder softly, "he had a strange type of power."
" You didn't have to hit me. Maybe he was an adept. I forgot to ask him."
" I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt you." Sheba leaned her head into his shoulder. He silently hesitated and blushed a little.
"You didn't hit me that hard." Ivan hid his blushing by turning away. Sheba laughed.
Off they went through the cool forests and hills. For three hours of walking, the air became much thinner and cooler. A cool river was nearby.
"Were rest here." Ivan threw himself on the grass and deeply drank out of the river. The water wasn't warm. It had a clean cool taste which quickly satisfied his thirst. He refilled his canteen.
" As the air gets thinner, we are going to have to watch ourselves. So if you feel out of breath anytime, tell me so we can rest." Ivan closed his eyes to regenerate his energy that was spent on walking.
"It's hard to breathe up here, we must be getting closer to the snow capped sections of the mountain." Sheba drank out of her canteen and refilled it for later use. "But I still dont understand how the desert can suddenly turn into a huge mountain region."
"Legends say that the Suhalla desert transforms into a mountain range every 1,000 years. I've heard this story many times around Suhalla and among the merchants when I went with Master Hammet to Silk Road." Ivan placed his hands in the back of his head for a head rest. He looked up to see a shiny amulet around Sheba's neck. It was the symbol of Jupiter, only in silver and purple plated crystal.
" I never saw you wear that before. When did you get that? It has some of the same ancient symbols of the gods themselves."
"Robin gave it to me. He said it will be very helpful across these mountains. She handed him a necklace with a pure gold lightning bolt. "I forgot he told me to give this to you."
"I sense a strong power flowing out of these necklaces. Could Robin possibly be a master Jupiter adept in disguise?" Ivan examined the bolt.
" Sheba watch out!" Ivan caught eye of a boulder rolling towards her from a nearby cliff. She tried to blast the rock away with a strong tornado, but it didn't work. Ivan quickly took action and pushed Sheba out of the rolling boulder's reach. He fell near the ground with Sheba close in his arms.
"You saved me....again." Sheba was starry eyed. Not because of what she said. It was because of the position she was in.
Ivan helped her get up. " That boulder wasn't an ordinary boulder. That's why you weren't able to blow it out of the way with your tornado."
" It had to be a golem." Sheba dusted her jeans off. " Thank you again."
She noticed the rock moving toward them again, " stupid monster," She took out her rod and began flogging it as it came by. She evaded every attack since golems were nothing but slow rock monsters. Ivan delivered painful shocks of plasmas and with the help of the Kikuichimonji blade, the might Asura was released and the golem was felled.
Sheba shook her head, " that was quite easy, there must be weak monsters here."
" It's because we've gotten much stronger for the last 2 years."
"We better watch our backs, you never know what will come and sneak up on you." Sheba took a rock and skipped it across the river.
"Like you?" Ivan sarcastically said and laughed.
Sheba smiled, "you like making jokes out of me don't you?"
" It's fun to make you annoyed." Ivan began running as Sheba chased him playfully.
"You're such a silly bastard." Sheba caught up with Ivan and rubbed his her hair, which made it it rugged and messy. That didn't matter. He needed a burst of childish play. It soon ended as they hit the snow capped areas of the mountain.
A/N: Yeah! Two chapters done in the same day! :: Applause::
"I felt strange around that guy." Sheba looked around the forested area.
"Why, did you like him or something?" Ivan teased, "you know he wouldn't fall for someone like you."
"Damn it Ivan, it wasn't that I felt!" Sheba hit his shoulder softly, "he had a strange type of power."
" You didn't have to hit me. Maybe he was an adept. I forgot to ask him."
" I'm sorry. I hope I didn't hurt you." Sheba leaned her head into his shoulder. He silently hesitated and blushed a little.
"You didn't hit me that hard." Ivan hid his blushing by turning away. Sheba laughed.
Off they went through the cool forests and hills. For three hours of walking, the air became much thinner and cooler. A cool river was nearby.
"Were rest here." Ivan threw himself on the grass and deeply drank out of the river. The water wasn't warm. It had a clean cool taste which quickly satisfied his thirst. He refilled his canteen.
" As the air gets thinner, we are going to have to watch ourselves. So if you feel out of breath anytime, tell me so we can rest." Ivan closed his eyes to regenerate his energy that was spent on walking.
"It's hard to breathe up here, we must be getting closer to the snow capped sections of the mountain." Sheba drank out of her canteen and refilled it for later use. "But I still dont understand how the desert can suddenly turn into a huge mountain region."
"Legends say that the Suhalla desert transforms into a mountain range every 1,000 years. I've heard this story many times around Suhalla and among the merchants when I went with Master Hammet to Silk Road." Ivan placed his hands in the back of his head for a head rest. He looked up to see a shiny amulet around Sheba's neck. It was the symbol of Jupiter, only in silver and purple plated crystal.
" I never saw you wear that before. When did you get that? It has some of the same ancient symbols of the gods themselves."
"Robin gave it to me. He said it will be very helpful across these mountains. She handed him a necklace with a pure gold lightning bolt. "I forgot he told me to give this to you."
"I sense a strong power flowing out of these necklaces. Could Robin possibly be a master Jupiter adept in disguise?" Ivan examined the bolt.
" Sheba watch out!" Ivan caught eye of a boulder rolling towards her from a nearby cliff. She tried to blast the rock away with a strong tornado, but it didn't work. Ivan quickly took action and pushed Sheba out of the rolling boulder's reach. He fell near the ground with Sheba close in his arms.
"You saved me....again." Sheba was starry eyed. Not because of what she said. It was because of the position she was in.
Ivan helped her get up. " That boulder wasn't an ordinary boulder. That's why you weren't able to blow it out of the way with your tornado."
" It had to be a golem." Sheba dusted her jeans off. " Thank you again."
She noticed the rock moving toward them again, " stupid monster," She took out her rod and began flogging it as it came by. She evaded every attack since golems were nothing but slow rock monsters. Ivan delivered painful shocks of plasmas and with the help of the Kikuichimonji blade, the might Asura was released and the golem was felled.
Sheba shook her head, " that was quite easy, there must be weak monsters here."
" It's because we've gotten much stronger for the last 2 years."
"We better watch our backs, you never know what will come and sneak up on you." Sheba took a rock and skipped it across the river.
"Like you?" Ivan sarcastically said and laughed.
Sheba smiled, "you like making jokes out of me don't you?"
" It's fun to make you annoyed." Ivan began running as Sheba chased him playfully.
"You're such a silly bastard." Sheba caught up with Ivan and rubbed his her hair, which made it it rugged and messy. That didn't matter. He needed a burst of childish play. It soon ended as they hit the snow capped areas of the mountain.