The Darkest of Knights
Chapter 3: Good Yokai Gone Bad
Disclaimer: see chapter 1
((a/n: in this fic, Cesia is the wind dragon knight. The wind dragon rock reappeared when Nadil's head was severed. She found it some time in book four.))
Rath awoke groggily and looked down to see Cesia lying on his chest, sleeping. He blushed nervously but calmed down after a minute. He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair softly, as not to wake her. Her eyes fluttered open, slightly unfocused but quickly returned to focus. She looked up at him and felt her cheeks grow hot. She looked back down to see she was in her undergarments. She blushed harder and rolled off of him. Pulling the blanket up she mumbled something that sounded relatively like 'I'm sorry.' I smiled.
"It's okay, we were both umm" He paused, "Not being ourselves." He finished awkwardly. Cesia nodded.
"Right." She said quietly, "We weren't, were we?" She finished unsurely and quieter than Rath's ears could even strain to hear. He looked over to her.
"Let's hope none of the Dragon Officers are here 'traveling' or stalking us." He joked.
"You know, if you jinxed us by joking like that, you will be in a world of pain." Cesia looked so serious it was scary.
"Don't worry; see? No one's coming. I didn't jinx us." As if on cue a sharp knock sounded on the hard wood of the room door. Cesia rolled out of Rath's bed and bolted through the connecting door into her room, pulling on a nightgown and keeping the door cracked so that she could eavesdrop. She listened intently as Rath opened the door and jumped back. It was someone from the castle. Ruwalk. Crap. Rath smiled forcedly and invited him in as he pulled on a pair of loose pants and a white nightshirt. Ruwalk entered. Rath's eye twitched.
"Why are you here Ruwalk?" He said, twitching slightly. Cesia stifled a giggle at his behavior.
"Traveling. You're coming down from Mfartha, eh? Alfeegi was pissed when he found out Zoma was impersonating you. You're in for a load of shit when you get back."
"Why are you traveling, and to where? We're high in the mountains still." Rath relaxed a bit. Cesia bit her lip. This wouldn't be funny anymore.
"Actually, I wanted to talk to Cesia about something, so Sarazar located you and I came out here. It's of vital importance." Cesia entered with a toothbrush in her mouth.
"Raf," She said mouth full of suds from the paste. "Who is heye?" She sees Ruwalk, and went into Rath's bathroom to rinse and came out blushing. She looked to Ruwalk and said. "You needed to speak with me about something?" Ruwalk raised his eyebrow as to ask, 'eavesdropping again?' and nodded. He followed her into her room where she locked the door and cast a soundproof spell so that Rath couldn't steal her idea. She gave Ruwalk a questioning look and nodded to her wind staff.
"What is that? A staff will revive Crewger?"
"This isn't about Crewger anymore and it's the legendary wind staff. Only it's still incomplete. We are traveling to find the second piece. Without Rath's knowledge of our plan."
"Our plan?"
"It is to use the wind staff to revive him. It was Crewger's dying request." She looked down sadly. 'It was my fault he died.' She thought wistfully. 'No!' The smarter half of her yelled, 'you heard Rath! He knew he'd do that! You have no reason to feel guilty!' She gave in to her smarter half and looked back at Ruwalk. "He's dying you know." Ruwalk looked surprised, obviously, he hadn't known.
"No, I-I-I didn't!" Ruwalk stuttered on, "I will report to Lykouleon as soon as I am able. Thank you for relaying this information on me, Sir Cesia." He kneeled and began to retreat, "But couldn't you just use the wind dragon?"
"No, I can not yet control her."
"Her?"
"Yes, Kaze is a she." ((A/n Kaze means wind. Dues or Shin is light. Hano is fire Kohaku is water and Earth is Riku))
"Of course, the only female knight gets the only female dragon." He muttered under his breath. Cesia looked at him and smiled. She nodded toward the conjoining door and as Ruwalk opened it the spell evaporated. Cesia reentered Rath's room.
"What was that about?" Rath said seething.
"You can't know, why do you think I placed a soundproof spell on the room? Do you think it is because I like draining myself of all my energy? In fact I-" She drifted off on her feet and Rath caught her gently, despite the harshness of his previous words. He lay her on his bed softly and pulled the covers up to her shoulders. He smiled and got dressed in black pants and a black shirt/coat/duster/thing (what do you call what he wears in his first appearance in book 7?)
He went out into the kitchen of the Inn. He picked out a small pot and a few leaves, pepper jars and sardines. He dumped the entire pot of pepper into the pot, filled it with water and flour and cooked it. About five minutes later he added the sardines and some salt. Next came the sand and leaves and finally, he took it off of the fire and put some basil and rosemary on top. He mixed the entire thing for about a minute and brought it back up to his room. Cesia awoke to the horrible smell of Rath's porridge. If you could call that foul substance porridge.
"Rath, you do remember what that crap tastes like, right?" Cesia sounded as though she was scared of it. ((A/n I would be too))
"Yup, why?" Rath sounded clueless
"Do you want to kill me?!" Cesia's voice wavered.
"No, why?"
"THAT STUFF WILL!!!!!" Cesia screamed.
"But it makes you better." Rath said quietly.
"NO IT DOESN'T!!!!!!!!" Cesia shouted. "GET IT AWAY!!!!!!!!!"
"Okay. But it isn't poisoned you know." Rath said shortly.
"Your right," Cesia's voice softened, "IT IS THE POISON!!!!!!" She got up and ran into her own room, locking the door behind her.
To tell the truth, I would've written more but. I GOT WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Anyway. I'll write more ASAP. By the way, aku-weasel-girl? No more death threats. Or I will stop writing and all of my other readers ((the whole three I know that I have,)) will most likely create an angry mob outside your house. ((You will, right??? Guys???)) I dunno what the next chapter's going to be called but stay tuned!
Matte ne, Illuser's Gurl
Chapter 3: Good Yokai Gone Bad
Disclaimer: see chapter 1
((a/n: in this fic, Cesia is the wind dragon knight. The wind dragon rock reappeared when Nadil's head was severed. She found it some time in book four.))
Rath awoke groggily and looked down to see Cesia lying on his chest, sleeping. He blushed nervously but calmed down after a minute. He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair softly, as not to wake her. Her eyes fluttered open, slightly unfocused but quickly returned to focus. She looked up at him and felt her cheeks grow hot. She looked back down to see she was in her undergarments. She blushed harder and rolled off of him. Pulling the blanket up she mumbled something that sounded relatively like 'I'm sorry.' I smiled.
"It's okay, we were both umm" He paused, "Not being ourselves." He finished awkwardly. Cesia nodded.
"Right." She said quietly, "We weren't, were we?" She finished unsurely and quieter than Rath's ears could even strain to hear. He looked over to her.
"Let's hope none of the Dragon Officers are here 'traveling' or stalking us." He joked.
"You know, if you jinxed us by joking like that, you will be in a world of pain." Cesia looked so serious it was scary.
"Don't worry; see? No one's coming. I didn't jinx us." As if on cue a sharp knock sounded on the hard wood of the room door. Cesia rolled out of Rath's bed and bolted through the connecting door into her room, pulling on a nightgown and keeping the door cracked so that she could eavesdrop. She listened intently as Rath opened the door and jumped back. It was someone from the castle. Ruwalk. Crap. Rath smiled forcedly and invited him in as he pulled on a pair of loose pants and a white nightshirt. Ruwalk entered. Rath's eye twitched.
"Why are you here Ruwalk?" He said, twitching slightly. Cesia stifled a giggle at his behavior.
"Traveling. You're coming down from Mfartha, eh? Alfeegi was pissed when he found out Zoma was impersonating you. You're in for a load of shit when you get back."
"Why are you traveling, and to where? We're high in the mountains still." Rath relaxed a bit. Cesia bit her lip. This wouldn't be funny anymore.
"Actually, I wanted to talk to Cesia about something, so Sarazar located you and I came out here. It's of vital importance." Cesia entered with a toothbrush in her mouth.
"Raf," She said mouth full of suds from the paste. "Who is heye?" She sees Ruwalk, and went into Rath's bathroom to rinse and came out blushing. She looked to Ruwalk and said. "You needed to speak with me about something?" Ruwalk raised his eyebrow as to ask, 'eavesdropping again?' and nodded. He followed her into her room where she locked the door and cast a soundproof spell so that Rath couldn't steal her idea. She gave Ruwalk a questioning look and nodded to her wind staff.
"What is that? A staff will revive Crewger?"
"This isn't about Crewger anymore and it's the legendary wind staff. Only it's still incomplete. We are traveling to find the second piece. Without Rath's knowledge of our plan."
"Our plan?"
"It is to use the wind staff to revive him. It was Crewger's dying request." She looked down sadly. 'It was my fault he died.' She thought wistfully. 'No!' The smarter half of her yelled, 'you heard Rath! He knew he'd do that! You have no reason to feel guilty!' She gave in to her smarter half and looked back at Ruwalk. "He's dying you know." Ruwalk looked surprised, obviously, he hadn't known.
"No, I-I-I didn't!" Ruwalk stuttered on, "I will report to Lykouleon as soon as I am able. Thank you for relaying this information on me, Sir Cesia." He kneeled and began to retreat, "But couldn't you just use the wind dragon?"
"No, I can not yet control her."
"Her?"
"Yes, Kaze is a she." ((A/n Kaze means wind. Dues or Shin is light. Hano is fire Kohaku is water and Earth is Riku))
"Of course, the only female knight gets the only female dragon." He muttered under his breath. Cesia looked at him and smiled. She nodded toward the conjoining door and as Ruwalk opened it the spell evaporated. Cesia reentered Rath's room.
"What was that about?" Rath said seething.
"You can't know, why do you think I placed a soundproof spell on the room? Do you think it is because I like draining myself of all my energy? In fact I-" She drifted off on her feet and Rath caught her gently, despite the harshness of his previous words. He lay her on his bed softly and pulled the covers up to her shoulders. He smiled and got dressed in black pants and a black shirt/coat/duster/thing (what do you call what he wears in his first appearance in book 7?)
He went out into the kitchen of the Inn. He picked out a small pot and a few leaves, pepper jars and sardines. He dumped the entire pot of pepper into the pot, filled it with water and flour and cooked it. About five minutes later he added the sardines and some salt. Next came the sand and leaves and finally, he took it off of the fire and put some basil and rosemary on top. He mixed the entire thing for about a minute and brought it back up to his room. Cesia awoke to the horrible smell of Rath's porridge. If you could call that foul substance porridge.
"Rath, you do remember what that crap tastes like, right?" Cesia sounded as though she was scared of it. ((A/n I would be too))
"Yup, why?" Rath sounded clueless
"Do you want to kill me?!" Cesia's voice wavered.
"No, why?"
"THAT STUFF WILL!!!!!" Cesia screamed.
"But it makes you better." Rath said quietly.
"NO IT DOESN'T!!!!!!!!" Cesia shouted. "GET IT AWAY!!!!!!!!!"
"Okay. But it isn't poisoned you know." Rath said shortly.
"Your right," Cesia's voice softened, "IT IS THE POISON!!!!!!" She got up and ran into her own room, locking the door behind her.
To tell the truth, I would've written more but. I GOT WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Anyway. I'll write more ASAP. By the way, aku-weasel-girl? No more death threats. Or I will stop writing and all of my other readers ((the whole three I know that I have,)) will most likely create an angry mob outside your house. ((You will, right??? Guys???)) I dunno what the next chapter's going to be called but stay tuned!
Matte ne, Illuser's Gurl