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A/N: YES!! FINALS ARE OVER!! *does happy freedom dance* I meant to type this up earlier, but I had to cram for finals. Either way, here's Chapter 4. Please R&R!! You already know my many uses for flames.
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The first thing Renee felt when she came to was the cold. So very cold. She hadn't been aware it could even get this cold. Groggily, she opened her eyes. Everything was blurry. She blinked a few times, and her surroundings came into focus. She was in a dimly lit cave, far enough in to not see the entrance. "I'm probably in a cavern, deep in a network," she thought. There were a lot of caves back home. Shivering, she tried to get to her feet, only to get dizzy and nauseous. She settled back down, mentally cursing her thin garments for not being warm. Dimly, she wondered how she had gotten into this freezing cave, and what had become of Grau and Grou. She was about to make another attempt at getting up when she heard voices.
"I still can't believe we got her out of that fortress undetected. This is way too easy."
"Relax. No one was there. We weren't detected. Let's just kill the girl now before she is missed. Where did you put that sword?"
Renee felt as if a ton of lead had dropped into her stomach. "They...they are going to kill me," she thought, "I've gotta get out of here!" Panicking, Renee tried to crawl away, but her arms collapsed like jelly. Panting, she laid there, trying to figure out what to do. Frantically, she tried to calm her breathing. She took a couple of deep breaths, and the adrenaline subsided a little. She got into a sitting position. She could hear the people that had been talking across the cavern. They were rummaging through something, searching for the sword, and the noise emitted from them resonated off the cavern walls. As far as she could tell, they hadn't noticed that she was awake. Shaking, she pulled her eyes away from them. Her gaze fell upon a sword incased in its ivory sheath next to some leather sacks not three feet away from her. Trembling, she reached for it.
~~~scene change!!~~~
Meanwhile...
Grau and Grou had been busily eating all the ice cream they could get their hands on. They were halfway through their fifth gallon when Grou noticed that something wasn't quite right.
"Hey..."
"What's the matter?"
"Renee's aura is gone...oh, shimatta..."
Grau choked on his ice cream. "Oh, L-sama, we are gonna be in so much trouble when Dynast-sama finds out!!"
The twins teleported to the room where they had last seen Renee. Just as they had feared, she was nowhere to be seen and her aura had completely disappeared from the citadel. Grou walked over to the nightstand. "Hey, where'd Dolgoufa go?" he asked. "It's gone, too! Dynast-sama is gonna be so mad when he finds out!" Grau whined.
"Find out what?" an all too familiar voice suspiciously asked from behind them. Grau and Grou spun around to face their lord, both sporting huge sweatdrops. "Ah, well you see," Grau began, his sweatdrop growing larger. "Where is the girl?" Dynast asked, his patience wearing thin. "We lost her and Dolgoufa is gone too and we don't know where they are or who took them," Grou blurted out.
There was a pregnant pause as Grausherra processed this information. "Tell me, just HOW did you lose her, especially since I gave you specific orders to keep an eye on her? What were you doing that had you so engrossed that you failed to notice someone kidnapping not only her but Dolgoufa as well?" The Dynast was about ready to beat his priests to an inch of their lives. It would be foolish for him to beat them, though. He may need them in the near future, and they wouldn't be of much use if they were injured. If they had been lesser minions, it would be different. He'd have to think up a mind-numbing task or two for them to do. But his first priority would be to locate Dolgoufa and the girl. He could easily locate them because of the oryhalcon metal in the sword.
***and again***
Dolgoufa had been in a deep sleep when it felt someone unsheathe it. It was drowsy at first but quickly came to its senses. It felt for the aura of the person who was handling it to see who they were. If it had a mouth, it would have smiled. It was Sherra's reincarnation; there was no doubt about that. Given its rather unusual talents one of its fortes was identifying auras, or spirits, rather. Lady Sherra and Lord Dynast were the only individuals who it ever obeyed. It was rather picky when it came to choosing its master. Renee was staring transfixedly at its thin, black blade. It seemed familiar to her somehow. Then it hit her. This was her sword, that she was sure of. She delicately ran a finger down its blade, but quickly withdrew it when she made a neat slice on her index finger. She gritted her teeth to keep from squeaking. It stung like only a small cut can, and a blood seeped from the cut. It ran down her finger. Had the cave been more brightly lit, she would have been alarmed to discover that her blood was gradually darkening at a very slow pace.
Dolgoufa did its equivalent of a wide smile. (That would be a mental smile.) Considering how small the cut was, and how quickly she'd removed her finger, she'd be a Mazoku by next dawn, nearly eight hours away. It felt Lord Dynast's aura coming closer at a considerable pace. It strengthened its astral presence a little so the Dynast could pinpoint their location.
Meanwhile, the lesser Mazoku had finally noticed that Renee was conscious and alert, and that she was holding the sword they had been seeking. They ran over at an inhuman speed in an attempt to surprise her. It worked, but they had underestimated Dolgoufa. Even though the bulk of its power was locked away, it could still perform a wide variety of wicked black magic attack spells. When the two lesser demons had rushed up at her, Renee had instinctively swung Dolgoufa in an arc, and much to her surprise, bolts of fire shot out of the sword, forcing the lesser demons to teleport out of the way or be annihilated by the attack. The demons reappeared and began to counterattack, but were suddenly incinerated by lightening that had streamed up from a pentagram that had suddenly appeared on the floor. The shock of the most current events to happen to her, plus the exhaustion that had resulted from the spell Grau and Grou had cast on her was too much for her, and she fainted, Dolgoufa still tightly clutched in her right hand.
Dynast materialized in his human form, a handsome young man of about eighteen in a black tunic with golden trim, black pants, black boots, shoulder guards to match his tunic, and a white cloak. He had a very lordly feeling about him, and his eyes gazed with a cold harshness. He walked over to the unconscious girl and regarded her for a moment before resheathing Dolgoufa and scooping her up. He cast one final glance about the room before teleporting them back to his home in the Northern Footholds.
$$$^_^$$$
He reappeared in the room adjacent to his. He decided that it would be wise if he personally kept an eye on the girl until she was able to defend herself properly. Grau and Grou had placed protective wards in this room. He laid her on the ivory-white silken sheets of the bed and covered her. 'Wouldn't want her to get hypothermia,' he thought with a wry smile. He frowned when he noticed that she was already becoming a mazoku. He cast a questioning glance at Dolgoufa.
'She cut herself.'
"My, my," Grausherra said aloud, "so, you finally woke up?"
'Jeez, you're acting like I've never taken a nap before.'
"You were asleep for three years; that's hardly a nap."
... Dolgoufa decided to ignore that comment. 'It is a miniscule cut, unfortunately, so it'll be a couple hours before she is one of us.'
Dolgoufa fell silent when Renee stirred, but she didn't wake.
"...Did you find out who was behind this...incident?" Dynast continued his interrogation.
'Fraid not, Dynast-sama. They didn't talk much when I was awake; they mostly just attacked. By the way, how did they get past Grau and Grou?'
The Dynast's eye twitched. "They left her unguarded while they ate about five gallons of ice cream."
'Ooh, that wasn't the smartest thing they've ever done. How are you going to punish them this time? '
Grau and Grou seemed unable to mature beyond about ten years of age for the most part, but they'd never made a mistake this dumb. They always make dumb mistakes, however, and Grausherra always thinks up a chore for them to do in an interesting way. More often then not, the chore takes about five times longer to do than normal during these punishments.
The Dynast smiled. "I have to think up some for them." He sat down on the edge of the bed and quickened the transformation a little with some of his own energy. It would ensure that she wouldn't become unruly later on and it bonded them as master-minion. It was something all the dark generals did to their priests/generals. Now all there was to do was to wait. And think up some punishments for Grou and Grau.
*end chapter*
Author: Mwa ha ha ha ha!! I have soo many good ideas for next chapter!! ^o^
Please review this! I see a plot coming...
A/N: YES!! FINALS ARE OVER!! *does happy freedom dance* I meant to type this up earlier, but I had to cram for finals. Either way, here's Chapter 4. Please R&R!! You already know my many uses for flames.
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The first thing Renee felt when she came to was the cold. So very cold. She hadn't been aware it could even get this cold. Groggily, she opened her eyes. Everything was blurry. She blinked a few times, and her surroundings came into focus. She was in a dimly lit cave, far enough in to not see the entrance. "I'm probably in a cavern, deep in a network," she thought. There were a lot of caves back home. Shivering, she tried to get to her feet, only to get dizzy and nauseous. She settled back down, mentally cursing her thin garments for not being warm. Dimly, she wondered how she had gotten into this freezing cave, and what had become of Grau and Grou. She was about to make another attempt at getting up when she heard voices.
"I still can't believe we got her out of that fortress undetected. This is way too easy."
"Relax. No one was there. We weren't detected. Let's just kill the girl now before she is missed. Where did you put that sword?"
Renee felt as if a ton of lead had dropped into her stomach. "They...they are going to kill me," she thought, "I've gotta get out of here!" Panicking, Renee tried to crawl away, but her arms collapsed like jelly. Panting, she laid there, trying to figure out what to do. Frantically, she tried to calm her breathing. She took a couple of deep breaths, and the adrenaline subsided a little. She got into a sitting position. She could hear the people that had been talking across the cavern. They were rummaging through something, searching for the sword, and the noise emitted from them resonated off the cavern walls. As far as she could tell, they hadn't noticed that she was awake. Shaking, she pulled her eyes away from them. Her gaze fell upon a sword incased in its ivory sheath next to some leather sacks not three feet away from her. Trembling, she reached for it.
~~~scene change!!~~~
Meanwhile...
Grau and Grou had been busily eating all the ice cream they could get their hands on. They were halfway through their fifth gallon when Grou noticed that something wasn't quite right.
"Hey..."
"What's the matter?"
"Renee's aura is gone...oh, shimatta..."
Grau choked on his ice cream. "Oh, L-sama, we are gonna be in so much trouble when Dynast-sama finds out!!"
The twins teleported to the room where they had last seen Renee. Just as they had feared, she was nowhere to be seen and her aura had completely disappeared from the citadel. Grou walked over to the nightstand. "Hey, where'd Dolgoufa go?" he asked. "It's gone, too! Dynast-sama is gonna be so mad when he finds out!" Grau whined.
"Find out what?" an all too familiar voice suspiciously asked from behind them. Grau and Grou spun around to face their lord, both sporting huge sweatdrops. "Ah, well you see," Grau began, his sweatdrop growing larger. "Where is the girl?" Dynast asked, his patience wearing thin. "We lost her and Dolgoufa is gone too and we don't know where they are or who took them," Grou blurted out.
There was a pregnant pause as Grausherra processed this information. "Tell me, just HOW did you lose her, especially since I gave you specific orders to keep an eye on her? What were you doing that had you so engrossed that you failed to notice someone kidnapping not only her but Dolgoufa as well?" The Dynast was about ready to beat his priests to an inch of their lives. It would be foolish for him to beat them, though. He may need them in the near future, and they wouldn't be of much use if they were injured. If they had been lesser minions, it would be different. He'd have to think up a mind-numbing task or two for them to do. But his first priority would be to locate Dolgoufa and the girl. He could easily locate them because of the oryhalcon metal in the sword.
***and again***
Dolgoufa had been in a deep sleep when it felt someone unsheathe it. It was drowsy at first but quickly came to its senses. It felt for the aura of the person who was handling it to see who they were. If it had a mouth, it would have smiled. It was Sherra's reincarnation; there was no doubt about that. Given its rather unusual talents one of its fortes was identifying auras, or spirits, rather. Lady Sherra and Lord Dynast were the only individuals who it ever obeyed. It was rather picky when it came to choosing its master. Renee was staring transfixedly at its thin, black blade. It seemed familiar to her somehow. Then it hit her. This was her sword, that she was sure of. She delicately ran a finger down its blade, but quickly withdrew it when she made a neat slice on her index finger. She gritted her teeth to keep from squeaking. It stung like only a small cut can, and a blood seeped from the cut. It ran down her finger. Had the cave been more brightly lit, she would have been alarmed to discover that her blood was gradually darkening at a very slow pace.
Dolgoufa did its equivalent of a wide smile. (That would be a mental smile.) Considering how small the cut was, and how quickly she'd removed her finger, she'd be a Mazoku by next dawn, nearly eight hours away. It felt Lord Dynast's aura coming closer at a considerable pace. It strengthened its astral presence a little so the Dynast could pinpoint their location.
Meanwhile, the lesser Mazoku had finally noticed that Renee was conscious and alert, and that she was holding the sword they had been seeking. They ran over at an inhuman speed in an attempt to surprise her. It worked, but they had underestimated Dolgoufa. Even though the bulk of its power was locked away, it could still perform a wide variety of wicked black magic attack spells. When the two lesser demons had rushed up at her, Renee had instinctively swung Dolgoufa in an arc, and much to her surprise, bolts of fire shot out of the sword, forcing the lesser demons to teleport out of the way or be annihilated by the attack. The demons reappeared and began to counterattack, but were suddenly incinerated by lightening that had streamed up from a pentagram that had suddenly appeared on the floor. The shock of the most current events to happen to her, plus the exhaustion that had resulted from the spell Grau and Grou had cast on her was too much for her, and she fainted, Dolgoufa still tightly clutched in her right hand.
Dynast materialized in his human form, a handsome young man of about eighteen in a black tunic with golden trim, black pants, black boots, shoulder guards to match his tunic, and a white cloak. He had a very lordly feeling about him, and his eyes gazed with a cold harshness. He walked over to the unconscious girl and regarded her for a moment before resheathing Dolgoufa and scooping her up. He cast one final glance about the room before teleporting them back to his home in the Northern Footholds.
$$$^_^$$$
He reappeared in the room adjacent to his. He decided that it would be wise if he personally kept an eye on the girl until she was able to defend herself properly. Grau and Grou had placed protective wards in this room. He laid her on the ivory-white silken sheets of the bed and covered her. 'Wouldn't want her to get hypothermia,' he thought with a wry smile. He frowned when he noticed that she was already becoming a mazoku. He cast a questioning glance at Dolgoufa.
'She cut herself.'
"My, my," Grausherra said aloud, "so, you finally woke up?"
'Jeez, you're acting like I've never taken a nap before.'
"You were asleep for three years; that's hardly a nap."
... Dolgoufa decided to ignore that comment. 'It is a miniscule cut, unfortunately, so it'll be a couple hours before she is one of us.'
Dolgoufa fell silent when Renee stirred, but she didn't wake.
"...Did you find out who was behind this...incident?" Dynast continued his interrogation.
'Fraid not, Dynast-sama. They didn't talk much when I was awake; they mostly just attacked. By the way, how did they get past Grau and Grou?'
The Dynast's eye twitched. "They left her unguarded while they ate about five gallons of ice cream."
'Ooh, that wasn't the smartest thing they've ever done. How are you going to punish them this time? '
Grau and Grou seemed unable to mature beyond about ten years of age for the most part, but they'd never made a mistake this dumb. They always make dumb mistakes, however, and Grausherra always thinks up a chore for them to do in an interesting way. More often then not, the chore takes about five times longer to do than normal during these punishments.
The Dynast smiled. "I have to think up some for them." He sat down on the edge of the bed and quickened the transformation a little with some of his own energy. It would ensure that she wouldn't become unruly later on and it bonded them as master-minion. It was something all the dark generals did to their priests/generals. Now all there was to do was to wait. And think up some punishments for Grou and Grau.
*end chapter*
Author: Mwa ha ha ha ha!! I have soo many good ideas for next chapter!! ^o^
Please review this! I see a plot coming...
