Whoadie: So you really like it? Hmm maybe I didn't kill it TOO bad...*takes back author license* I'm not a failure anymore!

Dark Sorceress (authoress): well until you fail again which means this chapter...

Whoadie: :P

---Author's comments---
^_^;;; well um I have soo many ideas flowing into my head and all I can say is, HOW WILL I PUT THEM ALL DOWN!!! Some how I'll make it all fit under the plot I already set. *rubs back of head* oy... Oh yea and when I start writing the elven language I'll put the translation in one of these dealies [] ^_^ okie dokie? good! On with the fic!

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'..' will be thinking

"..." will be talking

[..] will be the english translation of the elven language

Rated: PG-13

Chapter 2

---Tribe---
"Quella tuulo' elea!" [spell: "invisibility"] Slowly, her form started to disappear as she ran. 'Now I can call out'
"Father!!! Touya!!!" Her feet were flying, her vision just as sharp even though her speed would have made the place appear blurry.
Sure there's layers of magic to hide her village's location, but everyone was gone. She felt no protection, that she usually felt from the ancient spell. The shield had disappeared.
"Of course, the day I FINALLY get a chance to actually kill Nicholas, something bazaar like this has to happen..." she muttered to herself as she kept looking.
That day was supposed to be the last day of training for the assassins-to-be. In order for them to become an Sereg'wethrin [Profession: Assassin] A tournament was to be held to find out the best of the best. Which means, only a few would come out on top. The others...well...wouldn't have it so good...
There would have been no actual "winner," this type of tournament was different. You were paired off with a partner you master thought was a fair match, according to your skill and progress over the past years of training. Then the fight would begin, involving: magic, fighting skills, and of course natural instincts. Sometimes these tournaments would take a couple of days to end.
Hunting was always involved since they were left alone in the forest with each other. Only on of the two would come back...alive... Sometimes the two elves would be hesitant in killing each, developing friendships over the years.
Which would soon die down to nothing but competitive agressiveness over the couple of days. It was a horrible way to find out who was to pass to the next level, but it had to be done. You can't have weaklings in this tribe.
----In the forest----

"Are you sure you want to go through with this sir?" A human soldier asked their commanding officer.
A cloaked figure turned to the mortal being. Humans disgusted him more than any other creatures. Their simple ways of thinking, morals, emotions, basically anything you could think of. They destroyed each other for stupid reasons like: women, money, land, greed, or just for the hell of it. Their sick, twisted minds that produced such cruel entertainment from their fellow kindred was more than enough to make anyone vomit. (A/N: for example, like way back when, when they hanged innocent poor ppl for stupid crimes like "taxes" and laughed as they squirmed. Yea that's what I'm talking about here..or something similar to it.)
"Of course I'm sure! Never question me again!" He slapped the soldier across the face with the back of his hand. A small smirk twisted on his lips as he watched the soldier fall to ground, clutching his now pink, swollen cheek.
"F-f-f-f-forgive me, my lord..." He rose to his feet but kept his head bent low. He retreated without ever looking up.
The cloaked man turned his glance to the rest of his army of mortals, which would be no more than a 30 armed men. Villages supplied such low quality humans for soldiers these days.
"Let that be a lesson to all of you, mortals. I am your superior, remember that!!" He turned on his heel letting his cloak billow behind him as he disappeared into his tent.
The soldiers stood at attention till they could no longer see his cloak. They let out a sigh of relief when he left.
"What's wrong with you?" A soldier, that went by the name Roiben, asked his fellow soldier who was slapped. "Have you no sense at all? You KNOW he's immortal..." He didn't wait for an answer, he just shook his head letting out a frustrated sigh.
"His idea on burning this whole forest is insane, not to mention strange. He has all the elves captured, why burn the forest?"
A man that was leaning against a tree, gently tapping the flat side of his sword against his leg. He had his eyes closed through the scene, it wasn't anything new to him. His voice was calm, with a mixture of a little annoyance in it. "That's because he's insane...the elves draw their energy from this forest because they were born here, if the forest were to be burned they would be powerless..."
"But that doesn't make sense, he's from the same forest!" He paused, thinking about what he'd just said. "He'd be powerless as well..."
"Wrong..." The man opened his eyes, revealing auburn colored eyes that matched the color of his hair. "He has something to keep his magic going..."
Roiben raised an eyebrow, "And just how would YOU know that?" He turned to his friend, recieving a shrug from him.
"Call it a 6th sense...but there's more that he wants from this place. I don't think the thing he wants, knows what's going on. He's going force them to leave..." His eyes were cold, the usual kind glint in them were gone.
The two other soldiers were quiet, wondering in their own little world what this "something" was.
A boy that looked no more than 13 years old ran up to Auburn man. His green tunic was smudged with dirt, showing his place in this army. A mere servant boy.
"Captain Li, we are ready to start the burning." He motioned to the rest of the army, then pointed to the tent. "My lord has just given the order."
"Right then..." Li stood up putting the sword back in it's sheath. "Assemble the men, have them light their arrows" He turned his attention to the two men he was talking to. "Get in line men, you'll see just what I was talking about..."
The two quickly got to their feet, running over to the other soldiers, who were placing their arrows on the string of their bows. The servant boy was running around with a torch, lighting each of the arrows. The arrows had a fist sized bag, tied around the head of the arrow. It was filled with flammable materials so that it would stay alight.
Li stood at the front of the line. "Ready. FIRE!" The twang of the bow strings echoed in the silent forest as the arrows were released. The whistling sounds of the arrows speeding off to unknown destinations, disappeared with a thud as it made contact with the ancient trees.
The trees imediately caught fire, the dead bark on the trees served as a great start of the future wild fire that would consume the whole ancient forest.
~~~The Village~~~
Sakura had LONG stopped her searching and was gathering her weapons. She had a long elegant blade that fit lightly at her side. The handly gleamed with elven characters it read, "The Goddess Blade, all who wield it are gifted with the light of heaven" If looked at closer you could see that it continued in smaller characters, "For they are condemned for eternity in the depths of hell"
Sakura glanced at the blade, it was her prized possession. It almost took her life trying to get this legendary blade. She knew what the markings said, she didn't care it wasn't like she would be dying anytime soon. "Condemned for eternity in hell..." She repeated those words to herself as she placed daggers along her belt and one in both of her boots.
She examined the point on the arrows before placing them in the quiver. She slung her bow over her shoulder so it was in easy reaching distance. She put other sorts of supplies in a bag, slinging it over her arms so that she carried it like a back pack. She looked down at her sword again. Unaware of the danger that approached.
"So mote it be..."
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Whoadie: well that was longer! ^_^ I hope it makes sense since I'm sick and like doped up on a variety of medicines...*coughs* Phew! I'm starting to see spots again...Well Review please!