The Darkest of Knights
Chapter 2: Lefuryhelio
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Cesia looked over at Rath. He had tears in his eyes, the reminisce of their laughter. She couldn't even remember what they were laughing for; just that It may have been one of the happiest moments in her life since. ever. She smiled when he glanced at her. They stood up. She made her bed as he retreated, back into his room. She finished tidying the room and went to the lobby area to wait for him. Barl came over to her, normally Fiji would be nipping his heels like a puppy but that wouldn't ever happen again. Her eyes saddened in pity.
"Would you like some milfy? I just made some." His question brought her back to reality and out of her thoughts.
"No thank you. Rath and I, we'll be leaving as soon as he gets out here. I'm truly sorry for the trouble. The pain that we've caused you in our stay here." Cesia looked down in humiliation.
"Do not worry about it. I knew it would one day happen. That Gil," He swallowed hard at the mention of his brother's name. "Would lose control one day. I just wish he could have gotten me too." He looked down sadly and Rath entered. A questioning look started to come across his face but he nodded it away after a swift, hard stare from Cesia. He came over to them. He smiled and placed a hand on Barl's shoulder. Rath wasn't normally the sentimental type, which drew many questions into Cesia's head. She looked to him and Barl got to his feet.
"Thank you for staying at my lodge. Not many come by anymore. Not since they heard of the mountain demon. I'm sure that will all change once word spreads that it is gone." He finished and Rath dropped a satchel of coins into the old man's hand as Kai-stern came into the lobby. He looked horrible. His hair was mussed and he was stumbling. Cesia and Rath ran over.
"Kai-stern! What is wrong with you? What happened?" Cesia was on the brink of tears at the site of him. "I knew it was a bad idea for us to go after your wounds had barely had any time to heal!"
"Cesia! It's nothing! I'm fine! Just lack of sleep for a while has finally caught up to me." Kai-stern's face showed his weariness when he looked up at her.
"Where you awake reading up on the-" she stopped, Kai-stern knew what she meant.
"Yeah, and I found out where we need to go next, to finish what the Star Princess started for us." He looked worriedly at Rath.
"We can talk later. Let's get you back to the Dragon Castle. Rath? Can he take Fire? It isn't that long a trip, and we can hunt a few demons on the way." Rath nodded, his eyes showed his desire to learn of what they were speaking about. They exited the lodge, leaving Kai-stern and Fire alone to fly back to the castle with a report to the Lord. He had given Cesia directions to where she could find the object to complete her Wind Staff. They were headed to a remote town just south of Zulebiggia called Cimora.
A REMOTE FOREST ON THE WAY TO CIMORA:
"Hey Rath, idea." Cesia's sudden talkativeness surprised Rath. He jumped. He turned to look at her as they walked.
"What?"
"How about after we go to this Cimora place we hop a boat to Arinas? What do you say?" Cesia looked over to him and he nodded happily.
"Let's stop here awhile. I ache in places I didn't know existed." There was a small Inn-like building coming up on the horizon. Rath pointed to it, "Or we could stop over there. It looks nice." Cesia nodded and smiled at the idea of a hot bath and real bed. Rath shook his head. 'Talk about high maintenance.' He thought, laughing inwardly. 'Not really, but it's fun to pretend.' This time he laughed out loud but quickly stifled it with a hand. Cesia looked over at him like he was insane pulling a blush out of him. They reached the inn in about seven minutes or so. They received the room keys and Cesia ran upstairs to her room. She instantly flopped on the bed happily. She was asleep before she knew it.
Rath smiled and shut Cesia's door. He went into his own room, changed into pajamas, ((I don't know what else to call what he wears)) and went to sleep.
***sleep***
Cesia woke up as the soft rays of sunlight crossed her mattress. She opened an eye slightly and shut it, not knowing how to react to the sun, which she hadn't seen in hours. Slowly she got up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She looked through the, now open, door that separated her room and Rath's. Rath was standing in the doorway smiling. He waved and she smiled too. She stood and stumbled over.
"Ohayo." She spoke sleepily. Rath looked confused.
"Pardon?" He asked.
"Sorry, it's Japanese. It means 'Morning.'" She looked up slightly shielding her eyes from the sun that was entering her room from his. He smiled at the dreamy look on her face. She wasn't even awake yet and already up and about, talking in random languages. He flashed a quick grin and she smiled sadly. It was amazing how kind he could be on the outside, despite the pain and suffering on the inside. She blushed and walked back to the center of the room.
"I need to bathe and change." She said quietly. A stoic look was on Rath's face as he shut the connecting door. She went into the bathroom and slipped into the warm water that was running. "Ah, the marvels of modern science." She smiled and sunk in the bath. She got out twenty minutes later, very contrary since Rath's incessant shouts had disrupted her peace anyway. She dressed and entered his room. "WHAT!" she shouted.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted anything from room service." He looked back down at the menu. They've got EVERYTHING." Cesia thudded to the floor and stood up again. Brushing herself off she looked to him.
"No. thank you." You could tell in her face that she was straining not to strangle him. She walked out of the room and back into hers, shutting the door behind her. She dropped her bathrobe to the floor and pulled on a dress with a fur lined coat. The winter was fast approaching. She didn't feel like freezing before she could save Rath. She reentered his room with the map to the town they were headed for. In his hand she saw a bottle of alcohol that immediately made her drop the parchment roll.
"What." She pasued, disbelieving. "Is that?" She pointed to the bottle in his hand.
"Just some booze. It's that stuff, ummm, Lefuryhelio. Something like that. Why? Want some? Oh, never mind. You didn't want anything." He mimicked her as he said his last sentence. She growled.
"Lefury's pretty strong stuff. Maybe you should start with something a little less potent."
"You told me that last time and you suckered me out of my booze." He frowned. Cesia raised her eyebrows.
"Would I do something like that to you?" Cesia put on her best innocent face.
"Yes." Rath smirked.
"Good point." Cesia blushed and sighed in defeat. This was going to be a long night. "Pour me a glass." She drank deeply from the glass that Rath gave her.
Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Sings happily. Anyway. Read on to find out what happens next in: The Darkest of Knights: Chapter 3: Good Yokai Gone Bad.
Chapter 2: Lefuryhelio
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Cesia looked over at Rath. He had tears in his eyes, the reminisce of their laughter. She couldn't even remember what they were laughing for; just that It may have been one of the happiest moments in her life since. ever. She smiled when he glanced at her. They stood up. She made her bed as he retreated, back into his room. She finished tidying the room and went to the lobby area to wait for him. Barl came over to her, normally Fiji would be nipping his heels like a puppy but that wouldn't ever happen again. Her eyes saddened in pity.
"Would you like some milfy? I just made some." His question brought her back to reality and out of her thoughts.
"No thank you. Rath and I, we'll be leaving as soon as he gets out here. I'm truly sorry for the trouble. The pain that we've caused you in our stay here." Cesia looked down in humiliation.
"Do not worry about it. I knew it would one day happen. That Gil," He swallowed hard at the mention of his brother's name. "Would lose control one day. I just wish he could have gotten me too." He looked down sadly and Rath entered. A questioning look started to come across his face but he nodded it away after a swift, hard stare from Cesia. He came over to them. He smiled and placed a hand on Barl's shoulder. Rath wasn't normally the sentimental type, which drew many questions into Cesia's head. She looked to him and Barl got to his feet.
"Thank you for staying at my lodge. Not many come by anymore. Not since they heard of the mountain demon. I'm sure that will all change once word spreads that it is gone." He finished and Rath dropped a satchel of coins into the old man's hand as Kai-stern came into the lobby. He looked horrible. His hair was mussed and he was stumbling. Cesia and Rath ran over.
"Kai-stern! What is wrong with you? What happened?" Cesia was on the brink of tears at the site of him. "I knew it was a bad idea for us to go after your wounds had barely had any time to heal!"
"Cesia! It's nothing! I'm fine! Just lack of sleep for a while has finally caught up to me." Kai-stern's face showed his weariness when he looked up at her.
"Where you awake reading up on the-" she stopped, Kai-stern knew what she meant.
"Yeah, and I found out where we need to go next, to finish what the Star Princess started for us." He looked worriedly at Rath.
"We can talk later. Let's get you back to the Dragon Castle. Rath? Can he take Fire? It isn't that long a trip, and we can hunt a few demons on the way." Rath nodded, his eyes showed his desire to learn of what they were speaking about. They exited the lodge, leaving Kai-stern and Fire alone to fly back to the castle with a report to the Lord. He had given Cesia directions to where she could find the object to complete her Wind Staff. They were headed to a remote town just south of Zulebiggia called Cimora.
A REMOTE FOREST ON THE WAY TO CIMORA:
"Hey Rath, idea." Cesia's sudden talkativeness surprised Rath. He jumped. He turned to look at her as they walked.
"What?"
"How about after we go to this Cimora place we hop a boat to Arinas? What do you say?" Cesia looked over to him and he nodded happily.
"Let's stop here awhile. I ache in places I didn't know existed." There was a small Inn-like building coming up on the horizon. Rath pointed to it, "Or we could stop over there. It looks nice." Cesia nodded and smiled at the idea of a hot bath and real bed. Rath shook his head. 'Talk about high maintenance.' He thought, laughing inwardly. 'Not really, but it's fun to pretend.' This time he laughed out loud but quickly stifled it with a hand. Cesia looked over at him like he was insane pulling a blush out of him. They reached the inn in about seven minutes or so. They received the room keys and Cesia ran upstairs to her room. She instantly flopped on the bed happily. She was asleep before she knew it.
Rath smiled and shut Cesia's door. He went into his own room, changed into pajamas, ((I don't know what else to call what he wears)) and went to sleep.
***sleep***
Cesia woke up as the soft rays of sunlight crossed her mattress. She opened an eye slightly and shut it, not knowing how to react to the sun, which she hadn't seen in hours. Slowly she got up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She looked through the, now open, door that separated her room and Rath's. Rath was standing in the doorway smiling. He waved and she smiled too. She stood and stumbled over.
"Ohayo." She spoke sleepily. Rath looked confused.
"Pardon?" He asked.
"Sorry, it's Japanese. It means 'Morning.'" She looked up slightly shielding her eyes from the sun that was entering her room from his. He smiled at the dreamy look on her face. She wasn't even awake yet and already up and about, talking in random languages. He flashed a quick grin and she smiled sadly. It was amazing how kind he could be on the outside, despite the pain and suffering on the inside. She blushed and walked back to the center of the room.
"I need to bathe and change." She said quietly. A stoic look was on Rath's face as he shut the connecting door. She went into the bathroom and slipped into the warm water that was running. "Ah, the marvels of modern science." She smiled and sunk in the bath. She got out twenty minutes later, very contrary since Rath's incessant shouts had disrupted her peace anyway. She dressed and entered his room. "WHAT!" she shouted.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted anything from room service." He looked back down at the menu. They've got EVERYTHING." Cesia thudded to the floor and stood up again. Brushing herself off she looked to him.
"No. thank you." You could tell in her face that she was straining not to strangle him. She walked out of the room and back into hers, shutting the door behind her. She dropped her bathrobe to the floor and pulled on a dress with a fur lined coat. The winter was fast approaching. She didn't feel like freezing before she could save Rath. She reentered his room with the map to the town they were headed for. In his hand she saw a bottle of alcohol that immediately made her drop the parchment roll.
"What." She pasued, disbelieving. "Is that?" She pointed to the bottle in his hand.
"Just some booze. It's that stuff, ummm, Lefuryhelio. Something like that. Why? Want some? Oh, never mind. You didn't want anything." He mimicked her as he said his last sentence. She growled.
"Lefury's pretty strong stuff. Maybe you should start with something a little less potent."
"You told me that last time and you suckered me out of my booze." He frowned. Cesia raised her eyebrows.
"Would I do something like that to you?" Cesia put on her best innocent face.
"Yes." Rath smirked.
"Good point." Cesia blushed and sighed in defeat. This was going to be a long night. "Pour me a glass." She drank deeply from the glass that Rath gave her.
Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Cesia's a drunkard. Sings happily. Anyway. Read on to find out what happens next in: The Darkest of Knights: Chapter 3: Good Yokai Gone Bad.