A.N.-
Magicman/Smokegirl- Thanks. It's not my best fight scene, I have a better one in chapter 15 of my Dead or Alive fic.
Southirst- Yeah, I chose the suggestion you made for the kid's name. First name that popped into my head when I tried to come up with the name. Like I said, I've made better fight scenes. What's D&D? Oh... I'm guessing Dungeons and Dragons. Well I've never played it, I think there's an old copy of it in the attic somewhere... from my dad's childhood.
Daughter of the Moon- Thanks for the compliment. I really needed one right now, thanks.
American BadAss- Thanks for reviewing again, please continue to r/r.
Fire Pendant- Well, I'm guessing you're skipping over parts of this cause the Dark Magician (Chanron), though not put actively in the plot, he is mentioned. The Celtic Guardian (Berriez) used to have a relationship with the Dark Magician Girl (Sabrina). That was also mentioned. Although, I guess it's kinda hard to overlook...
Formerly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:
-Celtic Guardian: Berriez
-Mystical Elf: Shannon
-Kojikocy: Koji
-Ancient Elf: Daimeon
-Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman: Masaki
-Neo, the Magic Swordsman: Neo
-Dark Magician Girl: Sabrina
-Protector of the Throne: Aya
-Dark Magician: Chanron -Gaia the Feirce Knight/Gaia the Dragon Champion: Gaia
-Black Luster Soldier/Dragon Master Knight: Ryuujin
-Souls of the Forgotten: Various spirts of dead warriors and nobility
-Swordstalker: Swordstalker
-King of Yamimakai:Kirgen
-Sorceror of the Doomed: Yaji
-Baron of the Feind Sword: Zenow
Newly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:
-Mr. Volcano: King Volcano
Of Elves and Demons
Chapter 4
By: Joey/Mai fan15
Berriez awoke to the stinging pain in his arm where it had been cut open by the Feind Sword the night before. He opened his eyes to see Shannon treating his arm using some magic. He was about to say something about how she's using magic and it still hurts, but realizing how she's doing this despite all the things he had said, he decided that he shouldn't.
When she was done all he could reply was a "thank you" which she replied with an enthusiastic "you're welcome". After Berriez finished putting on his solid armor, he jumped onto his horse and followed after the group. When he caught up, he again took his place next to Shannon.
"If we can hold out for twenty five more hours we can make it to the Pyros. They're neutral so we shouldn't run into any trouble unless the Feinds have set up an outpost there," the leader of the group, Ryuujin spoke as he looked off to the distance.
"Do we have to go there? I mean, I'd rather camp out another night than have to put up with King Volcano's temper. My father took me there for a meeting once and with the combined heat and hospitality it was like hell, literally," stated Shannon.
"Well, there are the humans but that takes us further out of the way. I guess we could camp out. But we'll need someone to stay up for watch duty. Someone might try to kill one of us in our sleep again, we were lucky Berriez wasn't killed," replied Ryuujin.
"Actually, I went for a walk," said Berriez, not wanting to let them know about yelling at Shannon, "And that's when I was attacked. I think it'd be better for us if we were indoors for the night."
"Fine. We'll go to the Pyros, but can we just go in as commoners? I don't want to have to put up with King Volcano's temper again," asked Shannon. Koji looked over at her from his horse, "Umm... princess, incase you don't realize, four of us are commoners."
Shannon appologised and moved a little closer to Berriez, "Berriez, I'm sorry about last night. But Sabrina... whoever she is. You have to get over her. I don't want you to end up like my sister. She was in love with one of the knights, but he died in battle. When the news arrived, she killed herself the same night."
Berriez held in the urge to release another outburst. Shannon continued to speak, "And I know you don't really consider me your friend, but I want to be friends. And I don't want friends to end up dead."
He looked down, he didn't want to remind anyone of a pain that bad. He never had any siblings so he wouldn't know what losing one was like, but he knew that it must be painful, "I'm... sorry."
"It's alright. Just let me help you with this... please?" pleaded Shannon.
Berriez couldn't do much but respon, not wanting to remeber his own pain, "Right now, I'd really like to forget this. The most you can do to help is to let me recover from it... by myaself."
Shannon backed off but couldn't help thinking, "That's what my sister said."
The Mystical Elf never liked the fact that all Berriez ever did was mourn over the loss of an old girlfriend when she was there, practically on her knees, begging for his attention. She did have to admit that it was probably hard to get over someone though.
But she never knew the intensity of how much it hurts to lose someone because she never did have anyone. All her life it was snotty little brats that just wanted a little extra power when it came time for them to reign over their own kingdom or wanted fame or money.
The group headed on, towards Kaki, the Pyro kingdom.
Kirgen watched over the training of the warriors. The Swordstalker had so far been their most poweful creations, but it did seem hopeless still. The three great gods would have to be summoned eventually, he couldn't let the summoners be the Elves or their allies. To win this war, the Gods would have to be summoned by the Demons.
The king walked into the armory, and looked up at the numerous weapons. Boned blades, unbreakable sheilds, taught bows, and black armor lined the walls. Kirgen could taste victory, knowing that the Elves wouldn't be able to prevail over his forces, even if he didn't summon the Gods, as long as the Elves didn't, victory would be unevitable.
Suddenly Daimeon burst into the room, "My leige, the Queen has dispatched a group of warriors to escort the princess to the Dragon kingdom. From there they can summon the Mythic Dragon, we should send a small army after them."
"I already sent Zenow. He should easily dispose of them," replied Kirgen. Hiding the fact that he forgot about the Mythic Dragon. If they got to it then the only way to beat them would be through the three Gods.
"Sir, he's already been defeated," replied Daimeon.
"Then send the Dark Assailant after them, tell him to just kill the princess and not to bother with the rest unless he feels confident that he can beat the others. By the way, the princess is the only one in the group who knows the summoning spell, right?" asked Kirgen.
"Yes, I'll go dispatch Dark Assailant now," Daimeon ran out of the room to get the Assailant on his way.
Kirgen turned back to the weapons, looking over them to make sure each one was sharpened to perfection. He took down a blade and brought it to his finger, softly pressing it in. As blood was drawn he smiled, "Perfect."
The group arrived at Kaki just before nightfall and they checked in at a nearby inn. One of them were recognised as royalty or knights because Shannon, Ryuujin, and Gaia all wore cloaks over their regular attire.
After getting settled into thier rooms, the group seperated to explore around the city, all except Shannon. She hated the king here and almost everyone else that lived here. She sat upright in her bed, just thinking about all the stuff that had been going on lately.
Shannon didn't know if Berriez had forgiven her yet, and just to be safe, she just assumed that he didn't. Of course then again, Berriez hadn't made a snide remark at her all day. She collapsed back into the bed and sighed.
She'd probably never figure it out anyways. Her thoughts drifted to her sister. She was human, but they still got along well. Ever since her sister died she had given up on love, beleiving that once it was over there would be nothing left. A knock on the door interrupted her and she got up to open it.
Shannon opened the door and Berriez walked in. Shannon sat back down on the bed, "So, anything worth doing here?"
"The market has lots of stuff. I bought fire arrows, and a few other things," replied Berriez as he pulled out a fire arrow. The tip was wrapped in a gasoline-soaked cloth, "It came with some flint to light it."
Shannon held her breath as to not inhale the fumes of the gasoline, "Put that away, it smells!"
Berriez smiled and put the arrow back into his pack and went to open a window to let the smell out. After a few more seconds, Shannon took a breath of fresh air, "Why'd you waist your money on that?"
"I dunno, I guess it's just that I've never used a fire arrow before," he answered.
"So where is everyone else?"
"Koji is probably in some bar getting drunk, Masaki and Neo are both still at the market, Ryuujin and Gaia... I don't know where they are," replied Berriez, "I'm gonna turn in for the night. After last night, I'm really exhausted."
The two said their goodnights as Shannon went back to her bed. Maybe he did forgive her, afterall he did smile. She loved his smile, it made her happy too. She thought that she'd tell him about how she felt about him after the war was over.
Cold night air blew in from the window that was opened eariler, as she went to close it someone's foot met with her chest, causin her to collapse to the floor. She regained her composure and looked up at the attacker, screaming at the sight of it's face. A skull with an eye tatooed over on it's forehead, it laughed at the terror he had caused her and unsheathed his Psyco Sword.
He raised it and brought it down, but she blocked it with a magical spell. She stood up in the time that the assassin recoiled from the defense spell. This time, he took out six knives, one between each bony finger except for in between his thumb and index finger. he then threw all six at her, this time a crystal wall appeared in front of her and the knives disinegreated on conatact.
Again, the Dark Assailant took out then knives and threw them at greater force, this time the wall turned red and the knives reflected, penetrating the Assailant's armor. Green blood flowed from the deep cuts.
The assassin shreiked from the pain, causing even more fear to Shannon. She took this time to go for her bag. She pulled out the legendary Book of Secret Arts and summoned an attack spell, blue fire came forth from her palms and enveloped the Dark Assailant who screamed loudly in pain before collapsing into a firey heap, then dissapearing along with the azure fire.
Shannon collasped onto the floor just as Berriez burst in with his sword, wearing nothing but white leggings, "Shannon, are you alright?"
"...Yes..." Berriez felt her forehead, which was burning hot, "What happened, I heard you scream."
"Someone... something attacked me," she replied, "Berriez, they're after me they know I'm going to summon the Mythic Dragon and they want to stop me!"
The Celtic Guardian held Shannon tightly, she was shivering too much, "Come on, I'm gonna get the rest of the group."
Berriez didn't want to have to get he up and moving, seeing that she was terrorized and all, but he couldn't leave her by himself. Shannon on the other hand couldn't move, "Berriez, please, just stay here. I can't go anywhere right now. Please, just wait for one of them to get back, then tell them to get the rest, please."
"Okay," Berriez lifted her up and put her back in her bed, where she instantly pulled the covers over herself, "I'm gonna go and get my stuff."
For the breif moments when Berriez was gone, she felt so venurable. She had never been attacked before, and was scared out of her mind of it. A few minutes later Berriez came back in with a blanket, a pillow, and a shirt. She watched as he set down his things and put his shirt on. As scared as she was, she took this opportunity to get closer to him, "Berriez, I'm scared. Can you come up here?"
Berriez didn't ask any questions and he climed onto the bed, and lied next to her. At this she became more relaxed, and felt safer with someone so close. She shifted to turn around and she met Berriez's gaze, "Thanks."
For a while the two didn't say anyhting and just staed at eachother, until someone knocked on the door. Berriez got out of bed to answer it, Ryuujin walked in. Noticing the blankets folded ot the side on the left side of the bed, he raised an eyebrow, "Did I come at a bad time?"
"No... someone tried to kill her. I heard someone scream so I ran in here. She wanted me to stay," he replied.
"Oh, okay. Well, everyone's back at their rooms, so we're gonna sleep now, but seeing as how we're not safe here either, we're gonna set two of us outside and change shifts every three hours. I'm assuming you'll stay in here?"
"Yeah."
"Remember, we're right outside so if we hear any screams, we're gonna come in," Ryuujin chuckled to himnslef at what he was going to say next, "Unless you two are screaming eachother's names."
Berriez turned red as Ryuuji walked off, chuckling to himself, to get Gaia. He went back to the bed and again took his place on the left. Shannon shifted again and looked up at the ceiling, "Thanks again."
Berriez was too nervous to respond. Shannon smiled before closing her eyes and retreatig into slumber.
A.N.- Okay, please r/r. I think I'm gonna make another one or two chapters in my song fic. What's better for Joey, Simple Plan's "I'd do anything" or Wayne Wonder's "No Letting Go". For those who don't know, I'd do Anything is a rock song and No Letting Go is reggae/R&B (I think). PLEASE R/R!!!
Magicman/Smokegirl- Thanks. It's not my best fight scene, I have a better one in chapter 15 of my Dead or Alive fic.
Southirst- Yeah, I chose the suggestion you made for the kid's name. First name that popped into my head when I tried to come up with the name. Like I said, I've made better fight scenes. What's D&D? Oh... I'm guessing Dungeons and Dragons. Well I've never played it, I think there's an old copy of it in the attic somewhere... from my dad's childhood.
Daughter of the Moon- Thanks for the compliment. I really needed one right now, thanks.
American BadAss- Thanks for reviewing again, please continue to r/r.
Fire Pendant- Well, I'm guessing you're skipping over parts of this cause the Dark Magician (Chanron), though not put actively in the plot, he is mentioned. The Celtic Guardian (Berriez) used to have a relationship with the Dark Magician Girl (Sabrina). That was also mentioned. Although, I guess it's kinda hard to overlook...
Formerly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:
-Celtic Guardian: Berriez
-Mystical Elf: Shannon
-Kojikocy: Koji
-Ancient Elf: Daimeon
-Masaki, the Legendary Swordsman: Masaki
-Neo, the Magic Swordsman: Neo
-Dark Magician Girl: Sabrina
-Protector of the Throne: Aya
-Dark Magician: Chanron -Gaia the Feirce Knight/Gaia the Dragon Champion: Gaia
-Black Luster Soldier/Dragon Master Knight: Ryuujin
-Souls of the Forgotten: Various spirts of dead warriors and nobility
-Swordstalker: Swordstalker
-King of Yamimakai:Kirgen
-Sorceror of the Doomed: Yaji
-Baron of the Feind Sword: Zenow
Newly Introduced Duel Monsters Cast:
-Mr. Volcano: King Volcano
"Do we have to go there? I mean, I'd rather camp out another night than have to put up with King Volcano's temper. My father took me there for a meeting once and with the combined heat and hospitality it was like hell, literally," stated Shannon.
A.N.- Okay, please r/r. I think I'm gonna make another one or two chapters in my song fic. What's better for Joey, Simple Plan's "I'd do anything" or Wayne Wonder's "No Letting Go". For those who don't know, I'd do Anything is a rock song and No Letting Go is reggae/R&B (I think). PLEASE R/R!!!
