Ryuu Angel-don't worry, Van will come in soon.
Dilandau-is-my-boyfriend-I can't remember which one I asked you to read.
Anyway, try reading the A Blessing From the Sky by dark faerie. Don't worry
about the chapters being short. The first one was just an intro.
MysticalDreamer-Really? I guess it does kinda sound like Inuyasha and ff10
now that you think about it. I don't know Kingdom Hearts though.
Little fairy-thanks! I'll continue this fic!
Yugismpuzzle-don't worry, I'm gonna continue my first fic. This one just
kept nagging at my head saying 'free me' over and over.
-Chapter One: A Letter of Destiny-
The woman opened her eyes and looked around the quiet field. She stood up and resumed her training.
About one hour had passed since she resumed her training. Her clothes were wet and she was panting like there was no tomorrow. She stopped swinging her weapon and listened to her surroundings. She heard footsteps. She looked at where the sound was coming from and spotted a young man, possibly six years younger than her, running towards her. He stopped in front of the woman and looked at her green eyes.
He had the same green eyes but his hair was a little lighter. He wore a loose blue shirt, brown pants and brown boots. He had something that looked like a big shuriken on his right arm. In addition, a dagger was located on his left hip.
He too was born in this era. It's such a shame that children are forced to become soldiers at such an early age.
"Sis, Dad wants to have a meeting with the Seven Shadow Warriors," the boy spoke.
The woman merely nodded and kissed the boy on the cheek. She then ran back to the village.
When she arrived, she saw a woman with short black hair and black eyes standing by the gate. She was wearing a brown shirt, black pants, and brown sandals. She had two swords resting on her back. Her name was Ellie Lonestar. Ellie was one of the best shadow hunters in the village. She was recently promoted as the vice captain of the Seven Shadow Warriors. She had knowledge of various healing herbs and thus she was also the medic of the group. A free spirited and kind woman, she never gives up and is always up for a challenge. Ellie and the woman with green eyes are close friends. Sometimes, they even spar with each other. In every spar they did, Ellie always lost to her friend but that never stopped her from trying to beat the woman with green eyes. The two met when they were assigned to the same team. When they made eye contact, they immediately understood each other though they were really the exact opposite of each other.
Ellie waved at her approaching friend. Her friend didn't wave back instead, she just smiled. Ellie looked at the sweat-covered woman.
"You always train."
"You always think about weapons."
"Got me there."
"Hehe."
"Anyway, the chief wants to see us all."
"Let's go then."
"You're going there like that?"
"No way! I'm going to change first!"
"I'll meet you there later."
"Yeah."
With that, Ellie and her friend made their way to the meeting place. Before Ellie could open the door that led to the meeting room, her friend had already disappeared. Ellie didn't seem to be bothered by this and just proceeded to enter the room.
When she stepped inside, she noticed that three of the Seven Shadow Warriors were there waiting. There was Luc, Phade, and Castor.
Luc Windhawk was sitting on the left side of the round table. He has dark brown hair and ocean blue eyes. He is wearing a blue shirt and black pants with dark brown boots. He wasn't wearing his armor at the moment, which made Ellie see his well-defined abs. Master of projectile weapons, give him a crossbow and he'll remodel it into a more powerful one. His only weakness is that he isn't good at close combat. But who needs it when your enemies would all be dead before they even got close to you?
On the other side of the table, directly in front Luc sat Castor Lirich. Dark skin, brown eyes. He was wearing a brown shirt, brown pants, and long black boots. The oldest of the seven and the father of the group. Whenever one of the members needs someone to talk to, he is always available. His specialty is wielding a heavy blade. Though not very fast, he is very powerful. One swing from his blade and the enemy is immediately cut into two.
Then there was Phade Astrol, sitting quietly by the corner of the table. He is wearing a green shirt with black pants and black boots. He doesn't wear any armor because of its weight, he had said that before when Luc asked him why he wasn't wearing his armor. Just as his name says, he can fade right in front of you and can reappear at your back. Magic? No. It is more of a hypnotizing technique. One only he and the leader of the group knew how to use this technique. It was one of the things they had in common. There was always something about their eyes that were mysterious. Even Ellie couldn't tell what. His master weapon is the dagger. It's lightweight and he can carry many of them. He usually carries ten up to fifteen daggers during a mission. If not in a mission, he just carries five.
Ellie sat at one end of the table and waited quietly for the others to come. They were not allowed to make noise in the meeting room. This was due to the fact that the meeting room was in the chief's house. The chief's house had to be quiet because this was also the place where people can meditate and relinquish their thoughts even just for a little while.
Seconds later, two persons walked in the meeting room and occupied two of the empty chairs. They were of the opposite sex. Hayden and Tio, the Mare siblings.
Hayden had long dark blue hair, which was until his younger sister, Tio, suggested that he cut it because it might get in the way of his fighting. Although he didn't like the idea, he had to admit that his sister was right. He is wearing a white shirt with a brown vest and brown pants. He and his sister shared the same color of eyes: golden brown. He is always protective when it came to his sister. His weapon of choice is a long sword. His fighting potential is quite impressive. Even more impressive is his teamwork with his sister.
Tio sat quietly beside his older brother. She too has dark blue hair only it was slightly darker than her brother's. She was wearing a short yellow dress that had a sort of armor at the waistline, black short boots, and a blue scarf. She looked like a weakling but others knew well enough not to toy with her. Under that cute yellow dress, different small weapons were attached. Daggers, throwing knives, poison darts; you name it, though she usually only keeps three to four different kinds of weapons. Her favorite though, was the chain circles.
The chain circles were two circle shaped blades with a long chain attached to them. It's usually used to capture an enemy. It's quite difficult to master one and she was one of the few who knew how to wield it.
The only ones missing now were the leader and the chief.
After a few moments, someone entered the room and sat beside Phade.
It was the leader, Hitomi Kanzaki. She was wearing a black shirt, brown pants with a brown leather belt, and black colored boots. Her hair was tied in a ponytail. Besides Castor, people can also talk to Hitomi about their problems. She is the strongest of the seven and has amazing leadership skills (probably from her father). She has little knowledge about medicinal herbs but enough to keep an injured or poisoned person from dieing. Her weapon of choice is her trusty katana, her mini bombs, and poison darts. She keeps all her armaments close to her waist resulting in her to always wear a belt or a sash. She has a little brother that she cares deeply for. If possible, she does not want him to see any bloodshed but it seemed inevitable.
Ellie smiled at her good friend.
'Heh, she managed to look presentable and not get late.'
After a few minutes of silence, the chief finally appeared. He was wearing brown pants, a leather belt, brown shirt, and long blue boots. Forty in age but twenty-five in fighting skills. He was the best in the village and was also one of the wisest. His experience made him see through enemy attacks. He had the same green eyes as the leader but his hair was blonde and already had streaks of white. Around his neck hanged a pink tear shaped stone. It was the proof of being the honorable chief.
He sat at the place in front of the leader and looked at everyone in the room. He took a deep breath and looked at the leader. He gave her a letter with a crest on it.
"Read it."
The female leader nodded and opened the letter. She read the contents with ease. After a while, she gave the letter back to the chief. The chief took it and read it out loud.
Dear Chief Lyon,
We apologize for this intrusion of your training but we are in need of your assistance. It seems that three days ago, shadows have appeared in the West Dragon Forest. They are not ordinary shadows therefore, we require you to send some of your best warriors. Of course, you will be paid for your services. Thank you and may the Dragon God bless you.
Your ally and friend,
King Gau Fanel.
After reading it, Chief Lyon folded the letter and put it back in its compartment. He looked at the six that had gathered. All had a look of thought.
"What do you all make of this?" he asked the seven.
"The king of Fanelia wants us to exterminate the shadows that are in his country but," Hayden answered.
"Yes. There is more to this that meets the eye," the chief spoke.
"Three days ago. it was the same day when we found out that shadows have appeared in the marsh. They were also not of the ordinary type," verbalized Luc.
"It was also the same time that the other Shadow Hunter Villages sent warriors out different locations." Castor added.
"In other words, the shadows are planning something big." Tio summarized.
"Yes. That is correct. What do you all think they are planning?" The chief asked again.
". I think that. they are waiting for all the best warriors to set out and then attack the villages with full force. Of course they may lose however, the damaged caused will be a great deal." The Hitomi answered.
Everybody had his and her eyes on the leader now.
"Exactly. That is why I had called you all here today. We cannot have the best warriors leave the village but we also cannot allow Fanelia to be ransacked with shadows. Therefore, I am ordering that you all split up. Who is going to stay here and who is going to Fanelia, I do not care, just do it. You will leave tomorrow and Hitomi, I want you to place your little brother in the team that is going to Fanelia. I want my son to experience battle so that he may be able to protect himself if the time comes. That is all, dismissed," The chief ordered.
With that done, he left the meeting room. Everyone stayed behind and all was visited by a haunting silence.
". Ellie, Tio, Hayden, and Phade, you three are going to stay here and guard the village and will be group A. The rest will be group B and come with me to Fanelia." Hitomi ordered.
All nodded and were still silent. Hitomi looked at the letter on the table. She took it and looked at the crest. She closed her eyes and seemed to be concentrating. When she opened them, there was a spark that wasn't there before.
"Group B, please start preparing, we leave tomorrow at dawn. Meet at the front gate. It will take us about three days to get to Fanelia. Ellie will be in charge of group A. Do a good job in guarding the village; I want to see it standing when group B gets back. That is all, dismissed," Hitomi ordered once again and went outside the room.
The five remaining slowly got up and left the room as well. They quietly made their way out of the chief's house. When they were out, Tio started stretching.
"Man, how could Hitomi stand all that formal stuff so long?" Tio asked.
"It's her job, Tio. I'm just glad that I'm the vise because I can't reach the expectations that the chief wants to meet." Ellie answered.
"Guys, have you ever wondered why Hitomi chose Castor and Luc to go with her instead of us?" Hayden asked.
". Probably because of the balance of the team. Tio has long range and I have long range. Ellie is the leader of group A and Hitomi is the leader of group B. Castor and Hayden both are experienced with close combat. Phade stays at the village because of his long-range attacks as well and we all know that Hitomi has long ranged assaults as well. So, it's really a well balanced team." Luc answered.
"Wait, why didn't Hitomi just stay in the village if she was worried about it? Why let Ellie stay here?" Tio asked again.
"You make it sound like you don't want me here," Ellie replied.
Tio just smiled and shook her head.
"Anyway, it's probably because of her little brother. She probably wants to be close to him in order to protect him," Castor answered this time.
"Aaaaand once again! Hitomi has proven what a good leader she is! Give her a hand for she is descending from her home and coming towards us!" Hayden merrily spoke.
When Hitomi reached the group, they all started clapping and cheering. Hitomi was surprised at their actions and made a questioning face.
"What's this all about?"
"We were just cheering at how a good leader you are." Castor answered.
"Cut it out. You people are lucky you aren't the leader. So much stress!" Hitomi complained.
"But you are doing a good job you know?" Luc praised.
"True, so true," Hitomi nodded resulted in her tickled by Ellie.
"I'm doin' a good job too you know!"
"Haha! All right! All right! You're doing a good job too!" Hitomi answered while laughing.
With that, Ellie stopped tormenting her leader. Suddenly air became serious.
"Ahem! Anyway, I want you all to be prepared alright?"
"Roger!" All of them answered.
After the informal meeting, they all split up in order to get ready for the busy day ahead of them. Hitomi was left all alone in front of the chief's house, which was her home. She couldn't shake the foreboding feeling from her and worst of all, she had been ordered to take her little brother along. She didn't know what has gotten into her father. They both had decided that it would be best if Mamouro, her little brother, not encounter as many battles as she did. They wanted him to live a peaceful life away from chaos but still to be able to protect himself. They didn't want him to live a life full of battles like they do.
She sighed. She wouldn't be able to figure this out no matter how hard she tried. After all, her level of thinking was different from that of her father's. Just thinking about it made her totally agree. He had more experience than she and he was better at battle skills.
She cleared her mind of all thoughts and just decided to prepare for the long journey and to find her little brother in order to tell him of the news.
-Chapter One: A Letter of Destiny-
The woman opened her eyes and looked around the quiet field. She stood up and resumed her training.
About one hour had passed since she resumed her training. Her clothes were wet and she was panting like there was no tomorrow. She stopped swinging her weapon and listened to her surroundings. She heard footsteps. She looked at where the sound was coming from and spotted a young man, possibly six years younger than her, running towards her. He stopped in front of the woman and looked at her green eyes.
He had the same green eyes but his hair was a little lighter. He wore a loose blue shirt, brown pants and brown boots. He had something that looked like a big shuriken on his right arm. In addition, a dagger was located on his left hip.
He too was born in this era. It's such a shame that children are forced to become soldiers at such an early age.
"Sis, Dad wants to have a meeting with the Seven Shadow Warriors," the boy spoke.
The woman merely nodded and kissed the boy on the cheek. She then ran back to the village.
When she arrived, she saw a woman with short black hair and black eyes standing by the gate. She was wearing a brown shirt, black pants, and brown sandals. She had two swords resting on her back. Her name was Ellie Lonestar. Ellie was one of the best shadow hunters in the village. She was recently promoted as the vice captain of the Seven Shadow Warriors. She had knowledge of various healing herbs and thus she was also the medic of the group. A free spirited and kind woman, she never gives up and is always up for a challenge. Ellie and the woman with green eyes are close friends. Sometimes, they even spar with each other. In every spar they did, Ellie always lost to her friend but that never stopped her from trying to beat the woman with green eyes. The two met when they were assigned to the same team. When they made eye contact, they immediately understood each other though they were really the exact opposite of each other.
Ellie waved at her approaching friend. Her friend didn't wave back instead, she just smiled. Ellie looked at the sweat-covered woman.
"You always train."
"You always think about weapons."
"Got me there."
"Hehe."
"Anyway, the chief wants to see us all."
"Let's go then."
"You're going there like that?"
"No way! I'm going to change first!"
"I'll meet you there later."
"Yeah."
With that, Ellie and her friend made their way to the meeting place. Before Ellie could open the door that led to the meeting room, her friend had already disappeared. Ellie didn't seem to be bothered by this and just proceeded to enter the room.
When she stepped inside, she noticed that three of the Seven Shadow Warriors were there waiting. There was Luc, Phade, and Castor.
Luc Windhawk was sitting on the left side of the round table. He has dark brown hair and ocean blue eyes. He is wearing a blue shirt and black pants with dark brown boots. He wasn't wearing his armor at the moment, which made Ellie see his well-defined abs. Master of projectile weapons, give him a crossbow and he'll remodel it into a more powerful one. His only weakness is that he isn't good at close combat. But who needs it when your enemies would all be dead before they even got close to you?
On the other side of the table, directly in front Luc sat Castor Lirich. Dark skin, brown eyes. He was wearing a brown shirt, brown pants, and long black boots. The oldest of the seven and the father of the group. Whenever one of the members needs someone to talk to, he is always available. His specialty is wielding a heavy blade. Though not very fast, he is very powerful. One swing from his blade and the enemy is immediately cut into two.
Then there was Phade Astrol, sitting quietly by the corner of the table. He is wearing a green shirt with black pants and black boots. He doesn't wear any armor because of its weight, he had said that before when Luc asked him why he wasn't wearing his armor. Just as his name says, he can fade right in front of you and can reappear at your back. Magic? No. It is more of a hypnotizing technique. One only he and the leader of the group knew how to use this technique. It was one of the things they had in common. There was always something about their eyes that were mysterious. Even Ellie couldn't tell what. His master weapon is the dagger. It's lightweight and he can carry many of them. He usually carries ten up to fifteen daggers during a mission. If not in a mission, he just carries five.
Ellie sat at one end of the table and waited quietly for the others to come. They were not allowed to make noise in the meeting room. This was due to the fact that the meeting room was in the chief's house. The chief's house had to be quiet because this was also the place where people can meditate and relinquish their thoughts even just for a little while.
Seconds later, two persons walked in the meeting room and occupied two of the empty chairs. They were of the opposite sex. Hayden and Tio, the Mare siblings.
Hayden had long dark blue hair, which was until his younger sister, Tio, suggested that he cut it because it might get in the way of his fighting. Although he didn't like the idea, he had to admit that his sister was right. He is wearing a white shirt with a brown vest and brown pants. He and his sister shared the same color of eyes: golden brown. He is always protective when it came to his sister. His weapon of choice is a long sword. His fighting potential is quite impressive. Even more impressive is his teamwork with his sister.
Tio sat quietly beside his older brother. She too has dark blue hair only it was slightly darker than her brother's. She was wearing a short yellow dress that had a sort of armor at the waistline, black short boots, and a blue scarf. She looked like a weakling but others knew well enough not to toy with her. Under that cute yellow dress, different small weapons were attached. Daggers, throwing knives, poison darts; you name it, though she usually only keeps three to four different kinds of weapons. Her favorite though, was the chain circles.
The chain circles were two circle shaped blades with a long chain attached to them. It's usually used to capture an enemy. It's quite difficult to master one and she was one of the few who knew how to wield it.
The only ones missing now were the leader and the chief.
After a few moments, someone entered the room and sat beside Phade.
It was the leader, Hitomi Kanzaki. She was wearing a black shirt, brown pants with a brown leather belt, and black colored boots. Her hair was tied in a ponytail. Besides Castor, people can also talk to Hitomi about their problems. She is the strongest of the seven and has amazing leadership skills (probably from her father). She has little knowledge about medicinal herbs but enough to keep an injured or poisoned person from dieing. Her weapon of choice is her trusty katana, her mini bombs, and poison darts. She keeps all her armaments close to her waist resulting in her to always wear a belt or a sash. She has a little brother that she cares deeply for. If possible, she does not want him to see any bloodshed but it seemed inevitable.
Ellie smiled at her good friend.
'Heh, she managed to look presentable and not get late.'
After a few minutes of silence, the chief finally appeared. He was wearing brown pants, a leather belt, brown shirt, and long blue boots. Forty in age but twenty-five in fighting skills. He was the best in the village and was also one of the wisest. His experience made him see through enemy attacks. He had the same green eyes as the leader but his hair was blonde and already had streaks of white. Around his neck hanged a pink tear shaped stone. It was the proof of being the honorable chief.
He sat at the place in front of the leader and looked at everyone in the room. He took a deep breath and looked at the leader. He gave her a letter with a crest on it.
"Read it."
The female leader nodded and opened the letter. She read the contents with ease. After a while, she gave the letter back to the chief. The chief took it and read it out loud.
Dear Chief Lyon,
We apologize for this intrusion of your training but we are in need of your assistance. It seems that three days ago, shadows have appeared in the West Dragon Forest. They are not ordinary shadows therefore, we require you to send some of your best warriors. Of course, you will be paid for your services. Thank you and may the Dragon God bless you.
Your ally and friend,
King Gau Fanel.
After reading it, Chief Lyon folded the letter and put it back in its compartment. He looked at the six that had gathered. All had a look of thought.
"What do you all make of this?" he asked the seven.
"The king of Fanelia wants us to exterminate the shadows that are in his country but," Hayden answered.
"Yes. There is more to this that meets the eye," the chief spoke.
"Three days ago. it was the same day when we found out that shadows have appeared in the marsh. They were also not of the ordinary type," verbalized Luc.
"It was also the same time that the other Shadow Hunter Villages sent warriors out different locations." Castor added.
"In other words, the shadows are planning something big." Tio summarized.
"Yes. That is correct. What do you all think they are planning?" The chief asked again.
". I think that. they are waiting for all the best warriors to set out and then attack the villages with full force. Of course they may lose however, the damaged caused will be a great deal." The Hitomi answered.
Everybody had his and her eyes on the leader now.
"Exactly. That is why I had called you all here today. We cannot have the best warriors leave the village but we also cannot allow Fanelia to be ransacked with shadows. Therefore, I am ordering that you all split up. Who is going to stay here and who is going to Fanelia, I do not care, just do it. You will leave tomorrow and Hitomi, I want you to place your little brother in the team that is going to Fanelia. I want my son to experience battle so that he may be able to protect himself if the time comes. That is all, dismissed," The chief ordered.
With that done, he left the meeting room. Everyone stayed behind and all was visited by a haunting silence.
". Ellie, Tio, Hayden, and Phade, you three are going to stay here and guard the village and will be group A. The rest will be group B and come with me to Fanelia." Hitomi ordered.
All nodded and were still silent. Hitomi looked at the letter on the table. She took it and looked at the crest. She closed her eyes and seemed to be concentrating. When she opened them, there was a spark that wasn't there before.
"Group B, please start preparing, we leave tomorrow at dawn. Meet at the front gate. It will take us about three days to get to Fanelia. Ellie will be in charge of group A. Do a good job in guarding the village; I want to see it standing when group B gets back. That is all, dismissed," Hitomi ordered once again and went outside the room.
The five remaining slowly got up and left the room as well. They quietly made their way out of the chief's house. When they were out, Tio started stretching.
"Man, how could Hitomi stand all that formal stuff so long?" Tio asked.
"It's her job, Tio. I'm just glad that I'm the vise because I can't reach the expectations that the chief wants to meet." Ellie answered.
"Guys, have you ever wondered why Hitomi chose Castor and Luc to go with her instead of us?" Hayden asked.
". Probably because of the balance of the team. Tio has long range and I have long range. Ellie is the leader of group A and Hitomi is the leader of group B. Castor and Hayden both are experienced with close combat. Phade stays at the village because of his long-range attacks as well and we all know that Hitomi has long ranged assaults as well. So, it's really a well balanced team." Luc answered.
"Wait, why didn't Hitomi just stay in the village if she was worried about it? Why let Ellie stay here?" Tio asked again.
"You make it sound like you don't want me here," Ellie replied.
Tio just smiled and shook her head.
"Anyway, it's probably because of her little brother. She probably wants to be close to him in order to protect him," Castor answered this time.
"Aaaaand once again! Hitomi has proven what a good leader she is! Give her a hand for she is descending from her home and coming towards us!" Hayden merrily spoke.
When Hitomi reached the group, they all started clapping and cheering. Hitomi was surprised at their actions and made a questioning face.
"What's this all about?"
"We were just cheering at how a good leader you are." Castor answered.
"Cut it out. You people are lucky you aren't the leader. So much stress!" Hitomi complained.
"But you are doing a good job you know?" Luc praised.
"True, so true," Hitomi nodded resulted in her tickled by Ellie.
"I'm doin' a good job too you know!"
"Haha! All right! All right! You're doing a good job too!" Hitomi answered while laughing.
With that, Ellie stopped tormenting her leader. Suddenly air became serious.
"Ahem! Anyway, I want you all to be prepared alright?"
"Roger!" All of them answered.
After the informal meeting, they all split up in order to get ready for the busy day ahead of them. Hitomi was left all alone in front of the chief's house, which was her home. She couldn't shake the foreboding feeling from her and worst of all, she had been ordered to take her little brother along. She didn't know what has gotten into her father. They both had decided that it would be best if Mamouro, her little brother, not encounter as many battles as she did. They wanted him to live a peaceful life away from chaos but still to be able to protect himself. They didn't want him to live a life full of battles like they do.
She sighed. She wouldn't be able to figure this out no matter how hard she tried. After all, her level of thinking was different from that of her father's. Just thinking about it made her totally agree. He had more experience than she and he was better at battle skills.
She cleared her mind of all thoughts and just decided to prepare for the long journey and to find her little brother in order to tell him of the news.