Disclaimer: I do not own Breath of Fire.
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Destiny is not the end of life, it is the beginning
Master Teacher Norvald Wingly,
Royal Teacher of the Wyndia Household
933-???
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All things occurred as one. Nina first born princess landed upon the royal cart, with much surprise to her parents and with a much different reaction to the crowd. As she landed panic ensued, the black winged ones, the one fated to destroy wyndia, one fated to be the simple beginning of the end for the proud wyndian race. The crowd fell into a panic. Nina's parents were in a shock, they couldn't believe what Nina was telling them. At that moment the young lieutenant had landed, bowing swiftly he began to speak of what was happening, pointing up to the flag of war that had been raised. At that moment the King of Wyndia saw it. He saw the black expanse moving towards them, he stood, yelling out loud to shut the gates, he himself wondering why they had not been shut yet, when Bow and Ryu jumped out of the window, gas masks still on, flash bombs erupting all around them. They say hell hath no fury, only circumstance upon circumstance. Welcome to hell Wyndia.
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"Hand over the Princess" Ryu yelled into his mask, the confusion from the flash bombs they had thrown was more so then he thought it would be, /This would be easy./
"DIE BLACK DEATH!" Ryu heard someone say, it came from a young man standing upon the pedestal with the king. He raised his sword above his head and lunged towards Ryu. /Black Death? I've heard of battle cries but that is ridiculous./
Ryu sidestepped the lunging attacker, grabbing his wrist as he flew by. With the elbow of his free hand he struck right below the armpit of his attacker, a nerve point for wyndians. The Lieutenant landed and his right wing hung limp, He tried to fly again, trying to take himself back into the air, into his advantage and found it impossible. While the Lieutenant struggled to take off Ryu lunged towards him, with an open palm punch to the mans chest he knocked him backwards, and out.
Turning around Ryu saw the king was gone, with his Daughter, and Bow for that measure. Bow had most likely gone after the king, it was no matter, Ryu and he knew where to meet up afterwards. What else he saw was what amazed him, an entire contingent of Wyndian foot soldiers was rushing towards him, being led by a Wyndian Highguardsmen who was making orders, giving them to the Wyndians who were part of the procession guard. /An entire contingent?? I think I'm screwed/ Ryu thought as he reached for his sword. But the contingent only passed by him. Turning around to see their destination and the enemy they were about to face Ryu cursed to himself. /Why today?/
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Bow had grabbed the girl in the confusion, putting her upon his shoulders and running into the crowds. Turning into an alleyway he dumped her into the corner, ready to shoot her with a paralysis arrow if the need should arise.
"Hi, my name is Rock" Bow lied, "I'll be your kidnapper today, please don't struggle or fight or my friend pain-" He said as he tapped his Rifle Bow, "-Will become quite intimate with your face, and your value as a ransom will be greatly depleted." He said finishing off with a chuckle. "Wait a minute...you have wings??" He said in shock, the Princess Mina wasn't supposed to have wings...
"You must be looking for my sister Mina, I'm Nina, older sister to Mina." Nina said with a smile. She should be afraid of this kidnapper but she could see that he wasn't all that bad of a guy, Also she had been thinking of running away from home, and now she wouldn't have to run away, she could be taken away, and maybe see the world. "Sometimes necessity is the greatest courage" Nina said with great amazement to Bow.
"Master Teacher Norvald Wingly...."He said in shock "You are Nina.." He muttered. "So all the stories that you died during ascension?"
"Total lies" She replied. "Although they were half truths, I have been, in affect, dead to the world for the past year or so, so I beseech thee oh great kidnapper, take me far from this place so I may spread my wings, no matter how black they be, and fly."
"All right fine," Bow said after some hesitation, "You must have some worth to you, if not in ransom there are many men who would pay high price for a night with the famed ex-princess of Wyndia. I could see the ads now, 'bang the Black off her wings and inherit her fortune.' You of course will make 10% of the profits, Bow said with a laugh.
"Oh no, the Black Death is coming" She said with a startled look on her face.
"Aww naw we cant call you the black death, it would drive customers away, they'd think you have some sort of disease" Bow said, still living in the moment of his joke.
"No, you sexist oaf," she said hitting him. "The Black Death is invading the castle, we have to help them."
"No we don't" Ryu said landing behind them. He had traveled on rooftops to the alley they were meeting at. "The war has been lost, the 'black death' outnumbers the wyndians on a scale of twenty to one, the front gates were wide open for the attack, the wyndian high guard was lackadaisical, The Royal family should have already fled with some highguardsmen by now. The capital has fallen, we on the other hand can keep you safe until we get our ransom after we run and leave."
Bow turned to Ryu, trying to find out whether or not he was bluffing. Even behind the mask he saw his friend was speaking the truth, and there was something else in his eyes. As Ryu spoke it was as if he knew military strategies, something Bow was sure Ryu didn't know.
"You're lying, you must be" Nina cried out, and as if on cue Gray flag was risen beneath the red flag. It signified the fall of a city, the castle guard had risen it as the Lords and Lady's fled as a warning to all who lived in the city /Flee/. Wyndia had fallen. Turning towards the street Ryu saw people running towards the castle, towards their unseen shelter, and behind them ran the enemy, the Black Death. A soldier happened to look into the alleyway and saw the rag tag group, but most importantly he saw Nina.
"OUR OBJECTIVE, GET HER!!!" He screamed as he ran into the alleyway /Objective??/ Ryu thought before quickly dispatched the oncoming assailant, sending him flying towards the back door of a restaurant, breaking it down. Ryu grabbed Nina.
"We have to live," He screamed as the Black Death poured into the alleyway.
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The Restaurant was of course closed, emptied at first word of danger. Ryu led them into the kitchen area, hearing the familiar sounds of Bow unloading arrow upon arrow into the hoard that attacked them, after a second he heard Bow curse, fire, and then a loud explosion ensued.
"Damn those exploding arrows cost a lot," Bow said, "And they can't be scavenged" He ran in after Ryu and Nina did, giving them cover fire as he did so. Ryu and Nina however were already on the second floor of the building, Ryu dispatching each enemy soldier methodically one by one. A machine of sorts.
"How are we going to-" Nina started, cut off by Ryu.
"Up, we're going up" He said. there was a door above them that most likely led to the rooftop of the restaurant. Kicking it down Ryu found himself staring down twenty enemy soldiers.
"I barricaded them downstairs so we got some ti....ahh shit" Bow said, seeing the enemy soldiers. "Why TODAY!" He screamed as he pulled out his boltgun, firing four shots into the crowd. As he did that Ryu lunged into the crowd, beginning the dangerous dance of death. The first soldier he met was shocked by the attack. He probably thought that by outnumbering them 20 to 3 it would at least slow down, if not stop the attack. But that is what Ryu thought he thought, and he needed surprise on his side.
Ryu's sword went deep into the enemy soldiers gut, whipping it out he began to spin the enemies foolish enough to be standing around him found themselves headless. As Ryu finished his spin he pushed his sword into the ground throwing himself high into the air /Agility/ he whispered to himself. Ryu's magic was limited to upgrade magic for himself, but that's what he needed. Even while flying in the air his speed increased ten-fold. While the remaining 12 soldiers looked up into the air Ryu had already fallen behind them, One by one he dispatched them all, some falling by his blade, some by the arrows Bow was shooting, but all in all they all met the same fate.
That's when he sensed it, something, no someone, was behind him. Before he could turn around he found himself on the ground, a swift kick to the back had knocked him down. Turning he found himself face to face with a soldier, but this one was different. He stood differently, his stance was exactly like the stance Ryu had known. Ryu rolled a few times on the ground and got up, staring at his newfound foe.
Then he lunged at Ryu, his speed was amazing but Ryu was ready, he ducked quickly as his enemies sword flew above his head, he then gave his assailant a quick shot to the ribs with the hilt of his sword, seeing the man stumble back he then gave him a swift uppercut whispering beneath his breath, "Strength". The uppercut launched the assailant into the air, the man however, corrected his flight, and doing a complete back flip he landed deftly on his feet. From that he lunged himself directly at Ryu doing a full front flip. Landing right in front of Ryu he quickly ducked under Ryu's blade. The mysterious soldier then brought the hilt of the sword onto Ryu's ribs. Stumbling back Ryu looked as the mysterious soldier sized him up then attacked. He lunged at the man kicking twice, the man however caught the second kick. He gave Ryu a sinister sneer as he threw the foot up into the air, Ryu somehow expected this, and in turn did a complete back flip and smashed his feet into the mans chest before landing. The attacker however grabbed both of Ryu's feet. He then spun around throwing Ryu several feet away. By the time Ryu landed the attacker was already on him, reaching his sword back and thrusting it into Ryu's skull.
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"STOPPP!!!!" Nina screamed, arms outstretched towards the two men fighting on the rooftop, besides her Bow was in the act of aiming his rifle though he was unable to get a clear shot.
"Yelling wont help Nina, we need something of more sustenance" He said turning to her. As he turned back however the fight was over, the man attacking Ryu had stopped with his sword but inches from Ryu's face.
"Magic my good friend, now lets get out of here" Nina said with a smile. They ran over to Ryu and helped him up. "No use shooting him Bow, its useless, when someone is stopped he cannot be wounded, he does not age, he is immortal yet immovable." Nina said looking at Bow who was in the act of loading his gun.
"Now you tell me...Lets go Ryu, there may be others like him and we need to get out of Wyndia." Bow said, putting his gun into a pocket that no one could see. Ryu mumbled a reply and ran with Bow and Nina towards the outer wall. Ryu however couldn't help thinking to himself, /I've met him before, but where??/
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Sir, the city has all been captured, the few rebellious cells are in the process of being routed out and destroyed, Wyndia is now-" The man was cut off by the purple haired man.
"No, not Wyndia. Welcome to Hyades. Now, where is Princess Nina?" He asked.
"Princess Nina was last scene fleeing the city, an Elite attempted to subdue them but Princess Nina and two others defeated him and fled."
"Send search parties for the three, I want Nina by my side. I need Nina by my side."
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"Bow, is there anyone following us?" Ryu said from the front of the Wagon. In the back Bow and Nina sat, playing cards.
"Naw, no one following us, but this damn girl is roughing me up for my money." Ryu looked back and almost didn't recognize the people sitting in the back. They had taken Nina's hair, which had been long and blond, and shortened and colored it. Sitting before him was now a shorthaired dirty blond girl. Her eyes, were a more complicated matter however, and it became necessary for Ryu to get her some contacts to change her striking blue eyes into a more subdued color more common in the common folk. Bow changed his dress and seemed like a completely different person, carrying a large quarterstaff he looked like a Plainsman monk on a sabbatical or something. Although he carried the Quarterstaff Ryu could only imagine where he was carrying his real weapons on him.
Ryu turned back, knowing he himself looked completely different. Changing his Blue hair color to blond and his eyes from blue to black he looked completely different.
"Town ahead," Ryu said, "Should we stop? The town doesn't come up on any of the Wyndian military maps we stole last year."
"YOU WHAT!!" Ryu heard Nina, scream. She still got angry when she found out just how many bad deeds Ryu and Bow had done in Wyndia, and there were still so many more to tell.
"Hey Wyndia has good maps, but a lazy military and guard, today's plan to kidnap you was an amazingly simple plan, and it went out without a hitch, although that could be due to the invading army, which further proves my point of a lazy military." Bow said, still looking down on the cards in his hand, and the cards on the floor of the wagon.
"Don't talk strategy when you can't beat me at a simple game like Chards," Nina responded.
"Anyways, your maps need to be updated but we're gonna stop here. If this town isn't on maps we could probably lay low here until we figure out our next move, a town that doesn't exist on maps cannot be found by the enemy" Ryu said from up ahead.
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A/N I'm 80% done with chapter 4 of this and its going to shift. I'm planning on showing a few other characters who have been shown before and a few who havent yet. The next chapter wont feature Ryu and his rag tag group at all and there is a time jump. The next chapter, although it doesn't say it, will take place a few months after Wyndia's fall. I'm trying to flesh out some of the action fighting sequences but alot of times the vision of the fight in my head doesnt translate well on paper. I'm glad that someone enjoyed the fight between Ryu and Master (Fou-Lou) that occured in Chapter one.
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Destiny is not the end of life, it is the beginning
Master Teacher Norvald Wingly,
Royal Teacher of the Wyndia Household
933-???
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All things occurred as one. Nina first born princess landed upon the royal cart, with much surprise to her parents and with a much different reaction to the crowd. As she landed panic ensued, the black winged ones, the one fated to destroy wyndia, one fated to be the simple beginning of the end for the proud wyndian race. The crowd fell into a panic. Nina's parents were in a shock, they couldn't believe what Nina was telling them. At that moment the young lieutenant had landed, bowing swiftly he began to speak of what was happening, pointing up to the flag of war that had been raised. At that moment the King of Wyndia saw it. He saw the black expanse moving towards them, he stood, yelling out loud to shut the gates, he himself wondering why they had not been shut yet, when Bow and Ryu jumped out of the window, gas masks still on, flash bombs erupting all around them. They say hell hath no fury, only circumstance upon circumstance. Welcome to hell Wyndia.
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"Hand over the Princess" Ryu yelled into his mask, the confusion from the flash bombs they had thrown was more so then he thought it would be, /This would be easy./
"DIE BLACK DEATH!" Ryu heard someone say, it came from a young man standing upon the pedestal with the king. He raised his sword above his head and lunged towards Ryu. /Black Death? I've heard of battle cries but that is ridiculous./
Ryu sidestepped the lunging attacker, grabbing his wrist as he flew by. With the elbow of his free hand he struck right below the armpit of his attacker, a nerve point for wyndians. The Lieutenant landed and his right wing hung limp, He tried to fly again, trying to take himself back into the air, into his advantage and found it impossible. While the Lieutenant struggled to take off Ryu lunged towards him, with an open palm punch to the mans chest he knocked him backwards, and out.
Turning around Ryu saw the king was gone, with his Daughter, and Bow for that measure. Bow had most likely gone after the king, it was no matter, Ryu and he knew where to meet up afterwards. What else he saw was what amazed him, an entire contingent of Wyndian foot soldiers was rushing towards him, being led by a Wyndian Highguardsmen who was making orders, giving them to the Wyndians who were part of the procession guard. /An entire contingent?? I think I'm screwed/ Ryu thought as he reached for his sword. But the contingent only passed by him. Turning around to see their destination and the enemy they were about to face Ryu cursed to himself. /Why today?/
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Bow had grabbed the girl in the confusion, putting her upon his shoulders and running into the crowds. Turning into an alleyway he dumped her into the corner, ready to shoot her with a paralysis arrow if the need should arise.
"Hi, my name is Rock" Bow lied, "I'll be your kidnapper today, please don't struggle or fight or my friend pain-" He said as he tapped his Rifle Bow, "-Will become quite intimate with your face, and your value as a ransom will be greatly depleted." He said finishing off with a chuckle. "Wait a minute...you have wings??" He said in shock, the Princess Mina wasn't supposed to have wings...
"You must be looking for my sister Mina, I'm Nina, older sister to Mina." Nina said with a smile. She should be afraid of this kidnapper but she could see that he wasn't all that bad of a guy, Also she had been thinking of running away from home, and now she wouldn't have to run away, she could be taken away, and maybe see the world. "Sometimes necessity is the greatest courage" Nina said with great amazement to Bow.
"Master Teacher Norvald Wingly...."He said in shock "You are Nina.." He muttered. "So all the stories that you died during ascension?"
"Total lies" She replied. "Although they were half truths, I have been, in affect, dead to the world for the past year or so, so I beseech thee oh great kidnapper, take me far from this place so I may spread my wings, no matter how black they be, and fly."
"All right fine," Bow said after some hesitation, "You must have some worth to you, if not in ransom there are many men who would pay high price for a night with the famed ex-princess of Wyndia. I could see the ads now, 'bang the Black off her wings and inherit her fortune.' You of course will make 10% of the profits, Bow said with a laugh.
"Oh no, the Black Death is coming" She said with a startled look on her face.
"Aww naw we cant call you the black death, it would drive customers away, they'd think you have some sort of disease" Bow said, still living in the moment of his joke.
"No, you sexist oaf," she said hitting him. "The Black Death is invading the castle, we have to help them."
"No we don't" Ryu said landing behind them. He had traveled on rooftops to the alley they were meeting at. "The war has been lost, the 'black death' outnumbers the wyndians on a scale of twenty to one, the front gates were wide open for the attack, the wyndian high guard was lackadaisical, The Royal family should have already fled with some highguardsmen by now. The capital has fallen, we on the other hand can keep you safe until we get our ransom after we run and leave."
Bow turned to Ryu, trying to find out whether or not he was bluffing. Even behind the mask he saw his friend was speaking the truth, and there was something else in his eyes. As Ryu spoke it was as if he knew military strategies, something Bow was sure Ryu didn't know.
"You're lying, you must be" Nina cried out, and as if on cue Gray flag was risen beneath the red flag. It signified the fall of a city, the castle guard had risen it as the Lords and Lady's fled as a warning to all who lived in the city /Flee/. Wyndia had fallen. Turning towards the street Ryu saw people running towards the castle, towards their unseen shelter, and behind them ran the enemy, the Black Death. A soldier happened to look into the alleyway and saw the rag tag group, but most importantly he saw Nina.
"OUR OBJECTIVE, GET HER!!!" He screamed as he ran into the alleyway /Objective??/ Ryu thought before quickly dispatched the oncoming assailant, sending him flying towards the back door of a restaurant, breaking it down. Ryu grabbed Nina.
"We have to live," He screamed as the Black Death poured into the alleyway.
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The Restaurant was of course closed, emptied at first word of danger. Ryu led them into the kitchen area, hearing the familiar sounds of Bow unloading arrow upon arrow into the hoard that attacked them, after a second he heard Bow curse, fire, and then a loud explosion ensued.
"Damn those exploding arrows cost a lot," Bow said, "And they can't be scavenged" He ran in after Ryu and Nina did, giving them cover fire as he did so. Ryu and Nina however were already on the second floor of the building, Ryu dispatching each enemy soldier methodically one by one. A machine of sorts.
"How are we going to-" Nina started, cut off by Ryu.
"Up, we're going up" He said. there was a door above them that most likely led to the rooftop of the restaurant. Kicking it down Ryu found himself staring down twenty enemy soldiers.
"I barricaded them downstairs so we got some ti....ahh shit" Bow said, seeing the enemy soldiers. "Why TODAY!" He screamed as he pulled out his boltgun, firing four shots into the crowd. As he did that Ryu lunged into the crowd, beginning the dangerous dance of death. The first soldier he met was shocked by the attack. He probably thought that by outnumbering them 20 to 3 it would at least slow down, if not stop the attack. But that is what Ryu thought he thought, and he needed surprise on his side.
Ryu's sword went deep into the enemy soldiers gut, whipping it out he began to spin the enemies foolish enough to be standing around him found themselves headless. As Ryu finished his spin he pushed his sword into the ground throwing himself high into the air /Agility/ he whispered to himself. Ryu's magic was limited to upgrade magic for himself, but that's what he needed. Even while flying in the air his speed increased ten-fold. While the remaining 12 soldiers looked up into the air Ryu had already fallen behind them, One by one he dispatched them all, some falling by his blade, some by the arrows Bow was shooting, but all in all they all met the same fate.
That's when he sensed it, something, no someone, was behind him. Before he could turn around he found himself on the ground, a swift kick to the back had knocked him down. Turning he found himself face to face with a soldier, but this one was different. He stood differently, his stance was exactly like the stance Ryu had known. Ryu rolled a few times on the ground and got up, staring at his newfound foe.
Then he lunged at Ryu, his speed was amazing but Ryu was ready, he ducked quickly as his enemies sword flew above his head, he then gave his assailant a quick shot to the ribs with the hilt of his sword, seeing the man stumble back he then gave him a swift uppercut whispering beneath his breath, "Strength". The uppercut launched the assailant into the air, the man however, corrected his flight, and doing a complete back flip he landed deftly on his feet. From that he lunged himself directly at Ryu doing a full front flip. Landing right in front of Ryu he quickly ducked under Ryu's blade. The mysterious soldier then brought the hilt of the sword onto Ryu's ribs. Stumbling back Ryu looked as the mysterious soldier sized him up then attacked. He lunged at the man kicking twice, the man however caught the second kick. He gave Ryu a sinister sneer as he threw the foot up into the air, Ryu somehow expected this, and in turn did a complete back flip and smashed his feet into the mans chest before landing. The attacker however grabbed both of Ryu's feet. He then spun around throwing Ryu several feet away. By the time Ryu landed the attacker was already on him, reaching his sword back and thrusting it into Ryu's skull.
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"STOPPP!!!!" Nina screamed, arms outstretched towards the two men fighting on the rooftop, besides her Bow was in the act of aiming his rifle though he was unable to get a clear shot.
"Yelling wont help Nina, we need something of more sustenance" He said turning to her. As he turned back however the fight was over, the man attacking Ryu had stopped with his sword but inches from Ryu's face.
"Magic my good friend, now lets get out of here" Nina said with a smile. They ran over to Ryu and helped him up. "No use shooting him Bow, its useless, when someone is stopped he cannot be wounded, he does not age, he is immortal yet immovable." Nina said looking at Bow who was in the act of loading his gun.
"Now you tell me...Lets go Ryu, there may be others like him and we need to get out of Wyndia." Bow said, putting his gun into a pocket that no one could see. Ryu mumbled a reply and ran with Bow and Nina towards the outer wall. Ryu however couldn't help thinking to himself, /I've met him before, but where??/
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Sir, the city has all been captured, the few rebellious cells are in the process of being routed out and destroyed, Wyndia is now-" The man was cut off by the purple haired man.
"No, not Wyndia. Welcome to Hyades. Now, where is Princess Nina?" He asked.
"Princess Nina was last scene fleeing the city, an Elite attempted to subdue them but Princess Nina and two others defeated him and fled."
"Send search parties for the three, I want Nina by my side. I need Nina by my side."
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"Bow, is there anyone following us?" Ryu said from the front of the Wagon. In the back Bow and Nina sat, playing cards.
"Naw, no one following us, but this damn girl is roughing me up for my money." Ryu looked back and almost didn't recognize the people sitting in the back. They had taken Nina's hair, which had been long and blond, and shortened and colored it. Sitting before him was now a shorthaired dirty blond girl. Her eyes, were a more complicated matter however, and it became necessary for Ryu to get her some contacts to change her striking blue eyes into a more subdued color more common in the common folk. Bow changed his dress and seemed like a completely different person, carrying a large quarterstaff he looked like a Plainsman monk on a sabbatical or something. Although he carried the Quarterstaff Ryu could only imagine where he was carrying his real weapons on him.
Ryu turned back, knowing he himself looked completely different. Changing his Blue hair color to blond and his eyes from blue to black he looked completely different.
"Town ahead," Ryu said, "Should we stop? The town doesn't come up on any of the Wyndian military maps we stole last year."
"YOU WHAT!!" Ryu heard Nina, scream. She still got angry when she found out just how many bad deeds Ryu and Bow had done in Wyndia, and there were still so many more to tell.
"Hey Wyndia has good maps, but a lazy military and guard, today's plan to kidnap you was an amazingly simple plan, and it went out without a hitch, although that could be due to the invading army, which further proves my point of a lazy military." Bow said, still looking down on the cards in his hand, and the cards on the floor of the wagon.
"Don't talk strategy when you can't beat me at a simple game like Chards," Nina responded.
"Anyways, your maps need to be updated but we're gonna stop here. If this town isn't on maps we could probably lay low here until we figure out our next move, a town that doesn't exist on maps cannot be found by the enemy" Ryu said from up ahead.
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A/N I'm 80% done with chapter 4 of this and its going to shift. I'm planning on showing a few other characters who have been shown before and a few who havent yet. The next chapter wont feature Ryu and his rag tag group at all and there is a time jump. The next chapter, although it doesn't say it, will take place a few months after Wyndia's fall. I'm trying to flesh out some of the action fighting sequences but alot of times the vision of the fight in my head doesnt translate well on paper. I'm glad that someone enjoyed the fight between Ryu and Master (Fou-Lou) that occured in Chapter one.