Disclaimer: I don't own any characters at all but, ah what the hey!
A/N: Wow! I never used to get this many reviews! You like me! You really like me! *Tears of joy* I'm a bit wrapped up at the mo in other things (such as homework, yuk) but I'll probably be posting chapters every 3rd day and on my other story, every Saturday, okee dokee? Good
*** *** ***
Kilik, Maxi and Seung Mina, comrades in arms, left the small down of "Merak" behind them and head west. Their destination unknown, as was the almighty power that was facing them.
Kilik, for the first time in his life, felt nervous about this journey. It wasn't so much the nerves, it wasn't the fear, but it was the guilt of having killed Xianghua's sister, and now he'll have to kill Xianghua for the second time to get rid of the evil sword.
They had been travelling for 3 days without a break. They had walked all the way from "Merak" which was somewhere 100 miles outside of present-day eastern Germany, all the way to the centre of France, which seemed to be in some sort of revolution.
"Hey, Kilik, mind if we take this night off walking?" asked Maxi "'cos hell am I tired and worn out. How can you walk for 3 WHOLE DAYS without even going to the toilet on the way?".
"It's a matter of concentration and learning to control your body" he said in a cool calm manner. "Be back in a miniute".
"Ha! Cant hold it in any longer eh?" laughed Maxi heartily.
"No, I was going to get us some wood for the fire" snapped Kilik angrily. For some reason, Maxi's words had offended Kilik, but he didn't know why. He got up and hurried to the woods with a look of anguish on his face and his legs walking funnily.
"Boy. . . he must be desperate. . ." said Maxi reflectively.
"Do you mind talking about that in front of me?" said Seung Mina cruelly, as if saying to him to shut up or leave her alone. "If you want toilet humour, then go and annoy Kilik".
"Sorry if I offended you Ma'm! What do you think of the guy anyway?".
"Who, Kilik?".
"Who else! I mean, we don't even know his last name, we don't know where he comes from, or what he did in the past!".
"Well you trust him".
"But that's. . . different" said Maxi in a distant tone.
"How? And why?".
"I don't know. Its like we've met before but I just cant remember when, or how, or why as a matter of fact. All I remember is him, me, some girl and a ship, but that's all".
"Tell me Maxi, how much do you trust him?".
"I'd quite happily put my life in his hands".
"And I trust my life in your hands, so I must trust him too" sighed Mina. She began thinking about him and found herself half worried about him, yet half intrigued by his aura of mysteriousness, and felt it needed to be looked into.
Kilik emerged from the woods, with a pile of dead logs in hand and what looked like a small fawn in the other.
"Take your time!" joked Maxi. "We were-"
"-Just talking about me? Yeah I heard," he said indignantly. Maxi and Seung Mina were outstounded when he told them that he could hear a pin drop 100 meters away, and the fact that they we're shouting, which wasn't good if they didn't want any un wanted attention.
"So." said Kilik hoping someone would pick up a conversation topic.
"Where are we headed to?" questioned Seung Mina, glaring at him with a warm gaze.
"Spain, there's some one there who knows more about the Soul Edge than any of us, for he wielded it for over a century. His name is Cerva-"
"Cervante's" butted in Maxi. "I know that name from somewhere. . . I think we've fought before, he uses two swords, right?".
"Right. I remember fighting him too, but it was at sea over the-"
"Indian Ocean. On a boat called-"
"The sleeping dragon. How is this possible? Is it true that I know you?".
"I think so. I remember a crew, and a battle. . . and you were there, fighting along side me. . . and so was Xianghua".
"My crew were slain by a man, a monster, who went by the name of Astaroth".
"I've heard of him!" interrupted Seung Mina "He's a Golem created by the dark gods to retrieve the Soul Edge".
"He'd have a hard time now" said Kilik who dropped silent. He was obviously reminiscing what he had done to Xianghua.
A short while later they had a fire going and begun to cook the food which Kilik had caught. They eat their meal in silence, frightened to speak in case Kilik, with a look which could kill, would snap at them. The man was troubled beyond his years and had regret as far as the eye could see.
"So. . . um . . ." said Maxi, eventually plucking up the courage to talk. Kilik shot him an evil stare "I think I'm going to go over here and go to sleep now!" stuttered Maxi nervously. Kilik was obviously not a man to be messed with.
"I'm turning in too" said Seung Mina, sensing the chance to escape his eyes. "Good night".
That night, Maxi and Seung Mina slept silently, whilst one man stayed up, looking into the gentle fire as it licked at the sky, and the flames created an image of a familiar face.
"Xianghua. . ."
*** *** ***
I really appreciate all the support I've been getting on this story. I'm just gonna say thank you to all the people who have reviewed, without them this story would be nothing.
A/N: Wow! I never used to get this many reviews! You like me! You really like me! *Tears of joy* I'm a bit wrapped up at the mo in other things (such as homework, yuk) but I'll probably be posting chapters every 3rd day and on my other story, every Saturday, okee dokee? Good
*** *** ***
Kilik, Maxi and Seung Mina, comrades in arms, left the small down of "Merak" behind them and head west. Their destination unknown, as was the almighty power that was facing them.
Kilik, for the first time in his life, felt nervous about this journey. It wasn't so much the nerves, it wasn't the fear, but it was the guilt of having killed Xianghua's sister, and now he'll have to kill Xianghua for the second time to get rid of the evil sword.
They had been travelling for 3 days without a break. They had walked all the way from "Merak" which was somewhere 100 miles outside of present-day eastern Germany, all the way to the centre of France, which seemed to be in some sort of revolution.
"Hey, Kilik, mind if we take this night off walking?" asked Maxi "'cos hell am I tired and worn out. How can you walk for 3 WHOLE DAYS without even going to the toilet on the way?".
"It's a matter of concentration and learning to control your body" he said in a cool calm manner. "Be back in a miniute".
"Ha! Cant hold it in any longer eh?" laughed Maxi heartily.
"No, I was going to get us some wood for the fire" snapped Kilik angrily. For some reason, Maxi's words had offended Kilik, but he didn't know why. He got up and hurried to the woods with a look of anguish on his face and his legs walking funnily.
"Boy. . . he must be desperate. . ." said Maxi reflectively.
"Do you mind talking about that in front of me?" said Seung Mina cruelly, as if saying to him to shut up or leave her alone. "If you want toilet humour, then go and annoy Kilik".
"Sorry if I offended you Ma'm! What do you think of the guy anyway?".
"Who, Kilik?".
"Who else! I mean, we don't even know his last name, we don't know where he comes from, or what he did in the past!".
"Well you trust him".
"But that's. . . different" said Maxi in a distant tone.
"How? And why?".
"I don't know. Its like we've met before but I just cant remember when, or how, or why as a matter of fact. All I remember is him, me, some girl and a ship, but that's all".
"Tell me Maxi, how much do you trust him?".
"I'd quite happily put my life in his hands".
"And I trust my life in your hands, so I must trust him too" sighed Mina. She began thinking about him and found herself half worried about him, yet half intrigued by his aura of mysteriousness, and felt it needed to be looked into.
Kilik emerged from the woods, with a pile of dead logs in hand and what looked like a small fawn in the other.
"Take your time!" joked Maxi. "We were-"
"-Just talking about me? Yeah I heard," he said indignantly. Maxi and Seung Mina were outstounded when he told them that he could hear a pin drop 100 meters away, and the fact that they we're shouting, which wasn't good if they didn't want any un wanted attention.
"So." said Kilik hoping someone would pick up a conversation topic.
"Where are we headed to?" questioned Seung Mina, glaring at him with a warm gaze.
"Spain, there's some one there who knows more about the Soul Edge than any of us, for he wielded it for over a century. His name is Cerva-"
"Cervante's" butted in Maxi. "I know that name from somewhere. . . I think we've fought before, he uses two swords, right?".
"Right. I remember fighting him too, but it was at sea over the-"
"Indian Ocean. On a boat called-"
"The sleeping dragon. How is this possible? Is it true that I know you?".
"I think so. I remember a crew, and a battle. . . and you were there, fighting along side me. . . and so was Xianghua".
"My crew were slain by a man, a monster, who went by the name of Astaroth".
"I've heard of him!" interrupted Seung Mina "He's a Golem created by the dark gods to retrieve the Soul Edge".
"He'd have a hard time now" said Kilik who dropped silent. He was obviously reminiscing what he had done to Xianghua.
A short while later they had a fire going and begun to cook the food which Kilik had caught. They eat their meal in silence, frightened to speak in case Kilik, with a look which could kill, would snap at them. The man was troubled beyond his years and had regret as far as the eye could see.
"So. . . um . . ." said Maxi, eventually plucking up the courage to talk. Kilik shot him an evil stare "I think I'm going to go over here and go to sleep now!" stuttered Maxi nervously. Kilik was obviously not a man to be messed with.
"I'm turning in too" said Seung Mina, sensing the chance to escape his eyes. "Good night".
That night, Maxi and Seung Mina slept silently, whilst one man stayed up, looking into the gentle fire as it licked at the sky, and the flames created an image of a familiar face.
"Xianghua. . ."
*** *** ***
I really appreciate all the support I've been getting on this story. I'm just gonna say thank you to all the people who have reviewed, without them this story would be nothing.