Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, names, places or weapons from Soul Calibur.

Sorry about the first chapter being so short. This one will be quite small too, but they will get longer as the story goes on.

Tethis opened his eyes. All he could see was the clear sky above him. A clear blue sky. He must have been out hours, maybe even days. Even worse, he had lost a fight. He never lost fights. That blonde guy would pay dearly. But not now. Right now Tethis ached all over and could feel the part of his face that had been hit. Then, suddenly he realized that there were people sitting around him. One of them was the man who had punched him. Immediately he forgot the pain and jumped to his feet, and for the fist time he saw the Fishing town of Dealven.

Dealven was just waking up, its inhabitants answering the call of morning and setting off to play their parts in a daily routine that would probably take up most of their lives. Dealven itself was a small town, unknown by most. Nothing of great importance had ever happened there, no heroes had been born within. Unless you class fishermen as heroes. The town was of Greek make, its roads narrow and winding. It stood at the base of a mountain, between the sea and the lush forests. In this town of no significance however, was a certain peer. At this peer, once a year, a ship would drop sails and stay for a week or two, bringing with it tales of adventure and heroic deeds. For this ship belonged to a certain man. A man called Maxi.

"I deserve a re-match, you cheated"!

"I did not cheat, I hit you".

"But you prepared to hit me while I was dealing with someone else".

"That doesn't count as cheating. Anyway, you were about to stab me while I was on the floor".

"In my books, that's not cheating"...

The argument had been going for hours. Link, Tikal and Cassandra stood against the wall of a bakery, waiting for their garlic bread and watching the pointless conversation. Some time passed before the baker handed them their bread and they decided to interfere in the little row. As they approached the two raging men, Link shouted "Sieg, want something from the bakery, this breads pretty good". Immediately, both Siegfried and Tethis simultaneously said, "Cheese roll, slightly toasted with onions and tomato". The silence that followed was broken by the sarcastic voice of Drauthyl.

"Tethis, I think you may have found true love".

Hearing the voice of the dead dragon, Cassandra said "and who, exactly was that"?

In a tone of voice that suggested that everyone was possessed by an ancient dragon spirit, Tethis replied "That's just Drauthyl. He lives inside me".

Cassandra began muttering something under her breath that sounded something like "Oh, is that it".

Before anyone could begin speaking again, Siegfried grabbed Tethis by the neck and slammed him against the wall. After Tethis stopped struggling he said, "Look, all I really want from you is the name of whoever sent you to kill me".

Siegfried loosened his grip slightly before Tethis said,

"A group called the Black Claw".

"And the man that you killed"? Inquired Siegfried.

"He was one of their Agents. Probably sent to kill me so that they wouldn't have to pay the high price of my services".

Opening his malformed hand, Siegfried let Tethis fall to the floor.

Turning to his companions he said, "Lets find Maxi and get out of here".

As the four warriors turned to leave, Tethis, gasping for breath said, "I'm coming with you, since the black claw tried to kill me too I'd quite like to get my hands around their necks, you need me to find them for you anyway".

The four friends stood still for a moment, then without having to talk amongst each other they made their decision. Link walked back to Tethis, helped him off the floor and with that, the five of them began to walk down toward the peers.