Tawanos: At last all shall be revealed. Well not all but most, kinda.
Well it tells a lot about what the hell is going on. Well any way I have
more chapters written on my laptop but I'm kind of hesitant to transfer
them because the comp that I use to put them on FF.net had the Worm Virus
that's been going around and I sure as hell don't want that thing in my
laptop. So you might have to wait a little while fore me to either clear
my comp or find another computer to load my stories from.
Chapter 9- Armor of Water, Wind, and Speed
Cautiously, Leena approached the waters edge, she had seen Azure Serpents before, and there were one small one, only ten feet long, in the lakes around the capitol. The largest one she had ever seen was 50 feet long one that had been caught off the coast while she was on tour with her father, that was the largest, that was until now. The Azure Serpent that Bit was stroking was easily four or five times larger than the 50 foot one she had seen.
They say that no matter how long a dragon lives it is constantly growing, that was why Leena was so amazed by its size, for it to grow this large Jager had to be at least 1,000 years old, and very powerful.
Leena was now at the shore, but she refused to go into the water like Bit, Liger was sitting on the shore's edge also refusing to go into the water. Then a voice appeared in her mind, it was like a breeze before a storm, subtle, but hinting at enormous amounts of power.
*Welcome back Liger Cloud, I have been waiting for you for a long, long time. * Said the voice.
"I am not Liger, but I am a descendant of his." Bit said calmly, as if he talked to dragons everyday.
*Yes, I see that you are not he exactly, but the resemblance is incredible, in body, in power, and in spirit. What are you called, young warrior? *
"I am Bit Cloud, the last in the line of Cloud."
*I am saddened by this news, those in the Cloud line have always been a powerful allies for the good. * There was what could only be described as a mental sigh. *To be the last leaves you with a great responsibility. *
"I feel as though there is stuff I need to do, things to get, things I need to do, but I don't know what."
*What you must collect is the Armors of Liger Cloud, what you must do is defeat the evil that I can feel, even now, approaching. *
"What are the Armors?"
*The Armors are magical artifacts imbued with great power. They once belonged to your ancestor Liger, but when he died they disappeared. Each armor had a soul of it's own, they are very powerful souls, when Liger died they went away to wait for another, like Liger, to find them. They have been waiting for you for over a thousand years, Bit Cloud. *
*There are three armors, one of them is here, I do not know where the others are, and they are each protected by two means. First by an avatar, a creature of great power with magic like that of the armor, you will know the avatars and they will know you and they will take you to the armors. Second by a barrier, one of Sapphire, one of Emerald, and one of Ruby, these barriers can only be broken by powerful magic. * The dragon lifted its head and looked at the enormous Sapphire, its tail curled around it again and lifted it over to Bit. *This is the first armor, the Armor of Speed, essence of Wind and Water, if you can break the Sapphire barrier it is yours*
Somehow Bit knew what to do, he stepped over to the Sapphire and put his hands against it. He took a deep breath and as he exhaled pored his magic into it, not all his magic, just the magic of wind and water. Deep in the sapphire there was a flicker of light, the flicker turned into a glow, and then it spread. The glow filled the sapphire and got brighter until it was flashing along the facets of the stone, then there was a sound, the sound of cracking.
The crack appeared between Bit's hands and spread. Light streamed out of the cracks. The dragon spread its wings, wind gathered under them and it lifted into the air. Leena looked away from the rising dragon and again looked at Bit, but turned away, the light from the cracks hurt to look at, she looked back at the dragon and saw it turn from its rise and was diving at Bit. Then it sounded like something had shattered, light boomed out blinding Leena for a moment.
*Thank you, my friend. * And the voice faded, but not before the dragon made a final triumphant screech.
When Leena could see again, she immediately looked for Bit. Where he had stood there was now a figure in blue armor. The figure had its back to her and was looking out into the lake. The dragon was nowhere to be seen. The armor its self reminded her of the dragon, the long, sharp fingers, fin- blades along each forearm, the figure turned its head and she saw that the helm had been made in the form of a dragon's head, with sapphires glowing in the eyes, the armor its self was hammered to look like it was made from scales, like that of the dragon.
"Bit? Is that you?"
The figure nodded but said nothing, and then Leena felt something tugging at her sleeve. Liger was lightly bighting the cuff of her shirt and was pulling her to the woods. She figured that Liger knew more of what was going on than she did so she let him guide her. He took her to the edge of the trees and stopped, Leena looked back and saw that Bit was walking across the water, not through the water but on top of it, making slight ripples where his feet skimmed the surface. When he reached the middle of the lake the water in front of him exploded.
Bit didn't even flinch. When she could see the other side again, Leena saw there was a woman standing there. She had purple hair and was dressed in a black suit, two men stepped out behind trees on either side of her, and they also wore the same uniform as she did.
"Stop right there." She called out. "Nice trick, walking on water like that. Now, I am here for the armor, if you will just hand it over we won't have to hurt you."
"No." Water began to swirl a little around Bit's feet. "Who are you and why do you want this armor?"
"I am Fuma, of the Back Draft, Fury's elite army. Now, why won't you give us that armor?"
"This armor is mine, not yours. Besides it doesn't want to go with you." Fuma put her fingers to her lips and gave a loud whistle.
"Look, I just called five War Sharks from the river, when they get here you will be shark food. Now give me the armor and I will call them off."
"No." He sounded angry. "You look, I am wearing this armor, and I am not giving it up, and it will take a lot more than just five War Sharks to defeat me."
He stretched out a hand over the lake, palm down. A globe of water, about a foot across, rose out of the lake into his hand. The water in his hand elongated and took on the shape of a spear, then it was suddenly ice and as hard as rock.
Five black fins could now be seen heading directly at Bit, Leena almost yelled a warning at Bit, but Liger stopped her, shaking its head it kept her behind the tree. When she looked at Bit again, he had taken up a fighting stance facing the oncoming War Sharks.
The first shark jumped out of the water, its mouth gaping wide as it came at Bit. In the blink of an eye, Bit had come up under the head of the shark. He jammed the razor sharp head of his ice staff up through the jaw of the shark, all the way to the brain. It was dead before it hit the water.
The next shark attacked form underneath, coming up at Bit's feet. At the last second Bit moved out of the way, the shark rushed up into the open air. Bit made some movements with his hands, razor sharp winds rushed around the airborne shark, cutting it to ribbons in a flash.
The next two sharks attacked at the same time, jumping at Bit from either side. Bit reached up with his hands and as he did two hands made of water reached up and grabbed the sharks in mid air. Bit made motions as to throw something away and the hands mimicked the motion. The hands threw the sharks away as though they were nothing more than guppies.
The last shark, which was smarter than the others ran for it, rather than fight Bit. The other two when they recovered from the shock followed it. Bit watched them go before turning back to Fuma back on the shore.
"Now you." He pointed a long, sharp finger at her. "If you want this armor come after it yourself, don't send your little pets. Fight with honor, or don't fight at all." To his surprise Fuma smiled.
"We will see each other again." She stepped back into the woods and faded from sight, the men followed her after a second. When they were gone, Bit turned and walked over the water towards Leena. Leena saw the emblem of an Azure Serpent, its wings spread, head curved up to the sky, on the breastplate of the armor. As he walked a glow spread out from the emblem. It covered the entire armor and then faded, and with it the armor faded until there was nothing left but Bit walking across the water dressed as he was before.
Liger walked up to him and looked up into his face. Bit smiled as he patted the large cats head.
"I'm fine, Liger. They didn't even touch me." Leena stepped out from behind the tree.
"Bit? What just happened?"
"To put it shortly, I just got one of the most powerful magical artifacts in history." He looked up at the sun, which had changed position since they had arrived at the lake. "We should head back to the Chariot. I hope no one noticed that we were gone."
Tawanos: Will anyone notice? Will anyone figure out what happened? And where did Jager go exactly? All will be revealed on the next chapter of Armor of the Liger Warrior. Not sure when that'll be.
Chapter 9- Armor of Water, Wind, and Speed
Cautiously, Leena approached the waters edge, she had seen Azure Serpents before, and there were one small one, only ten feet long, in the lakes around the capitol. The largest one she had ever seen was 50 feet long one that had been caught off the coast while she was on tour with her father, that was the largest, that was until now. The Azure Serpent that Bit was stroking was easily four or five times larger than the 50 foot one she had seen.
They say that no matter how long a dragon lives it is constantly growing, that was why Leena was so amazed by its size, for it to grow this large Jager had to be at least 1,000 years old, and very powerful.
Leena was now at the shore, but she refused to go into the water like Bit, Liger was sitting on the shore's edge also refusing to go into the water. Then a voice appeared in her mind, it was like a breeze before a storm, subtle, but hinting at enormous amounts of power.
*Welcome back Liger Cloud, I have been waiting for you for a long, long time. * Said the voice.
"I am not Liger, but I am a descendant of his." Bit said calmly, as if he talked to dragons everyday.
*Yes, I see that you are not he exactly, but the resemblance is incredible, in body, in power, and in spirit. What are you called, young warrior? *
"I am Bit Cloud, the last in the line of Cloud."
*I am saddened by this news, those in the Cloud line have always been a powerful allies for the good. * There was what could only be described as a mental sigh. *To be the last leaves you with a great responsibility. *
"I feel as though there is stuff I need to do, things to get, things I need to do, but I don't know what."
*What you must collect is the Armors of Liger Cloud, what you must do is defeat the evil that I can feel, even now, approaching. *
"What are the Armors?"
*The Armors are magical artifacts imbued with great power. They once belonged to your ancestor Liger, but when he died they disappeared. Each armor had a soul of it's own, they are very powerful souls, when Liger died they went away to wait for another, like Liger, to find them. They have been waiting for you for over a thousand years, Bit Cloud. *
*There are three armors, one of them is here, I do not know where the others are, and they are each protected by two means. First by an avatar, a creature of great power with magic like that of the armor, you will know the avatars and they will know you and they will take you to the armors. Second by a barrier, one of Sapphire, one of Emerald, and one of Ruby, these barriers can only be broken by powerful magic. * The dragon lifted its head and looked at the enormous Sapphire, its tail curled around it again and lifted it over to Bit. *This is the first armor, the Armor of Speed, essence of Wind and Water, if you can break the Sapphire barrier it is yours*
Somehow Bit knew what to do, he stepped over to the Sapphire and put his hands against it. He took a deep breath and as he exhaled pored his magic into it, not all his magic, just the magic of wind and water. Deep in the sapphire there was a flicker of light, the flicker turned into a glow, and then it spread. The glow filled the sapphire and got brighter until it was flashing along the facets of the stone, then there was a sound, the sound of cracking.
The crack appeared between Bit's hands and spread. Light streamed out of the cracks. The dragon spread its wings, wind gathered under them and it lifted into the air. Leena looked away from the rising dragon and again looked at Bit, but turned away, the light from the cracks hurt to look at, she looked back at the dragon and saw it turn from its rise and was diving at Bit. Then it sounded like something had shattered, light boomed out blinding Leena for a moment.
*Thank you, my friend. * And the voice faded, but not before the dragon made a final triumphant screech.
When Leena could see again, she immediately looked for Bit. Where he had stood there was now a figure in blue armor. The figure had its back to her and was looking out into the lake. The dragon was nowhere to be seen. The armor its self reminded her of the dragon, the long, sharp fingers, fin- blades along each forearm, the figure turned its head and she saw that the helm had been made in the form of a dragon's head, with sapphires glowing in the eyes, the armor its self was hammered to look like it was made from scales, like that of the dragon.
"Bit? Is that you?"
The figure nodded but said nothing, and then Leena felt something tugging at her sleeve. Liger was lightly bighting the cuff of her shirt and was pulling her to the woods. She figured that Liger knew more of what was going on than she did so she let him guide her. He took her to the edge of the trees and stopped, Leena looked back and saw that Bit was walking across the water, not through the water but on top of it, making slight ripples where his feet skimmed the surface. When he reached the middle of the lake the water in front of him exploded.
Bit didn't even flinch. When she could see the other side again, Leena saw there was a woman standing there. She had purple hair and was dressed in a black suit, two men stepped out behind trees on either side of her, and they also wore the same uniform as she did.
"Stop right there." She called out. "Nice trick, walking on water like that. Now, I am here for the armor, if you will just hand it over we won't have to hurt you."
"No." Water began to swirl a little around Bit's feet. "Who are you and why do you want this armor?"
"I am Fuma, of the Back Draft, Fury's elite army. Now, why won't you give us that armor?"
"This armor is mine, not yours. Besides it doesn't want to go with you." Fuma put her fingers to her lips and gave a loud whistle.
"Look, I just called five War Sharks from the river, when they get here you will be shark food. Now give me the armor and I will call them off."
"No." He sounded angry. "You look, I am wearing this armor, and I am not giving it up, and it will take a lot more than just five War Sharks to defeat me."
He stretched out a hand over the lake, palm down. A globe of water, about a foot across, rose out of the lake into his hand. The water in his hand elongated and took on the shape of a spear, then it was suddenly ice and as hard as rock.
Five black fins could now be seen heading directly at Bit, Leena almost yelled a warning at Bit, but Liger stopped her, shaking its head it kept her behind the tree. When she looked at Bit again, he had taken up a fighting stance facing the oncoming War Sharks.
The first shark jumped out of the water, its mouth gaping wide as it came at Bit. In the blink of an eye, Bit had come up under the head of the shark. He jammed the razor sharp head of his ice staff up through the jaw of the shark, all the way to the brain. It was dead before it hit the water.
The next shark attacked form underneath, coming up at Bit's feet. At the last second Bit moved out of the way, the shark rushed up into the open air. Bit made some movements with his hands, razor sharp winds rushed around the airborne shark, cutting it to ribbons in a flash.
The next two sharks attacked at the same time, jumping at Bit from either side. Bit reached up with his hands and as he did two hands made of water reached up and grabbed the sharks in mid air. Bit made motions as to throw something away and the hands mimicked the motion. The hands threw the sharks away as though they were nothing more than guppies.
The last shark, which was smarter than the others ran for it, rather than fight Bit. The other two when they recovered from the shock followed it. Bit watched them go before turning back to Fuma back on the shore.
"Now you." He pointed a long, sharp finger at her. "If you want this armor come after it yourself, don't send your little pets. Fight with honor, or don't fight at all." To his surprise Fuma smiled.
"We will see each other again." She stepped back into the woods and faded from sight, the men followed her after a second. When they were gone, Bit turned and walked over the water towards Leena. Leena saw the emblem of an Azure Serpent, its wings spread, head curved up to the sky, on the breastplate of the armor. As he walked a glow spread out from the emblem. It covered the entire armor and then faded, and with it the armor faded until there was nothing left but Bit walking across the water dressed as he was before.
Liger walked up to him and looked up into his face. Bit smiled as he patted the large cats head.
"I'm fine, Liger. They didn't even touch me." Leena stepped out from behind the tree.
"Bit? What just happened?"
"To put it shortly, I just got one of the most powerful magical artifacts in history." He looked up at the sun, which had changed position since they had arrived at the lake. "We should head back to the Chariot. I hope no one noticed that we were gone."
Tawanos: Will anyone notice? Will anyone figure out what happened? And where did Jager go exactly? All will be revealed on the next chapter of Armor of the Liger Warrior. Not sure when that'll be.