DISCLAIMER: Legend of Dragoon and all characters from it are not in my possession. Hiro, Kraven, and all characters not in the game, however, are all mine. If I could trade them for the LoD ladies, I would. But I can't, so I won't.
Evening had arrived as Hiro and Kraven, with the baby sleeping on his stomach, approached the Limestone Cave. Their recently had been rumors about something in the cave but Hiro and Kraven hadn't spoken to anyone for almost two weeks so they had heard nothing. It was dark in the cave so Hiro set fire to a couple branches of nearby dead trees to use as torches. The air inside of the cave was stale and cool. Hiro and Kraven lowly discussed what had happened to them in the past few days. "I can't believe all of this. First, I save a baby and we get attacked by a flaming shadow, then in the forest we are attacked by a pack of wolves on steroids and this morning we got caught and captured by a horde of Lizardmen in a huge underground cave. This baby is more trouble than she's worth." Kraven commented. Hiro laughed and shrugged.
"Maybe so, but we came this far so we might as well continue on. Once we cut through this cave it's less than a days walk to Bale. Then, our baby-sitting days are over! Unless of course, you get too attached to the baby...." Hiro replied, grinning as Kraven glared. Kraven shook his head and punched his arm.
"Trust me, I am not getting attached to this baby. She's just our reason to go to Bale and nothing more." Kraven said. By now they had been pushing several cobwebs out of their way to get through and soon there were what seemed like cocoons hanging on the walls and ceiling of the cave. Soon, Kraven and Hiro walked into a large opening in which most of the wall and ceiling space was covered in these cocoon-like figures. Kraven and Hiro began to get suspicious of the many cocoons but neither said anything.
"You know what would be awesome? If two hot babes would just appear, right in front of us, like naked!" Kraven announced, in a feeble attempt to lighten the mood of the dank, dark cave full of cobwebs. Hiro shook his head, grinning and then they heard a faint, scuttling sound. Hiro looked up quickly, trying to discern the source of the sound but the sound had faded.
"Now you did hear that right, Kraven?" Hiro asked.
"Heard what?" Kraven replied.
"That.....that scuttling sound, like something walking!" Hiro answered, his face showing a little fear.
"Uhhhh. dude, what ya talking about?" Kraven asked, raising an eyebrow. Just seconds after Kraven's question another scuttling noise could be heard, echoing.
"That! That nose right there! Do not tell me you didn't hear that!" Hiro exclaimed rather loudly. Kraven pauses and grins.
"Yeah I heard it, just messin with ya." Kraven says and laughs as Hiro pushes him against the wall.
"Ya know what? Screw you! That wasn't funny, dumbass!" Hiro yelled at him. Kraven continued laughing. Hiro punched his arm and walked further into the cave. Kraven started to follow, snickering.
"It was funny to me, dumbass!" Kraven replied as he laughed. Hiro just flicks him off as he walks forward and heads down one of the corridors. Kraven noticed a long, thin leg covered in small hairs in the next corridor as it pulled back, as if the owner was ready to strike.
"Hiro! Watch out!" Kraven yells and Hiro turns to look at Kraven as a large spider jumps forward, kicking Hiro, sending him sliding across the floor of a large cavernous opening in the cave, slamming him into a large pillar of stone. He groaned in pain, holding his side. The spider lunged at Hiro but it stopped short as an arrow from Kraven's bow pierced it's leg. The spider spun quickly around as Kraven pulled a second arrow from his quiver and loosed it at the spider. The spider, swifter than Kraven's arrow, quickly ducked out of the way. The arrow bounced off of the stone pillar, mere centimeters from Hiro's head, severing a few hairs.
"Sorry bout that, Hiro!" Kraven chuckled as he dodged a limb of the spider, swinging the bladed end of his bow at it. Hiro picked the arrow up and threw it at Kraven.
"What the hell's wrong with you! Aim for the spider, not me!" Hiro yelled and darted forward, slashing at the spider's abdomen with his sword. The spider sidestepped so the sword missed it's abdomen but it did cut one of it's legs. Kraven ran so that he and Hiro were on the same side of the spider.
"We need to hit it at the same time! It can't dodge both of us!" Kraven suggested. Hiro nodded and they both ran at the spider, firmly holding their weapons. The spider raised it's front legs and swung them, hitting both Kraven and Hiro in the face, sending them sprawling. Kraven got up, rubbing his cheek. He looked down at the baby when Hiro wasn't looking and the baby began crying.
"Alright, that's it! We just got bitch-slapped by a giant spider and I am NOT standing for that!" Kraven yelled angrily. Hiro shook his head as he got up.
"And who's fault is that? You suggested we attack at the same time!" Hiro snapped. As they argued back and forth, a woman clad in light blue pants and a blue tunic with a trident strapped to her back ran a rib from one of the many skeletons on the floor through the end of one of the spider's legs. A high pitched screech escaped the spider as it turned towards the woman who unstrapped her trident and held it in a ready stance.
"Bring it on, bug breath!" She yelled and jabbed her trident at the spider. It stepped back and Kraven slashed one of it's legs with the bladed end of his bow as Hiro cut off a piece of one of it's other legs. The spider screeched again and stumbled forward. It turned and knocked Hiro back against a corner of the chamber and slowly approached him. The woman stepped forward to help but Kraven ran past her, handing her the baby, towards the spider, slamming the bow against the floor to launch himself in the air, front-flipping and landing on the spider, laughing.
"Did you guys just see that?! You saw that right? You saw my superior skills right?!" Kraven asked, laughing. Hiro glared.
"No, I'm sorry! I was too busy thinking of a way to not get eaten!" Hiro yelled as the spider bucked up and flailed it's legs in a feeble attempt at getting Kraven off of it's back. Kraven held on with one hand, holding the other in the air. He slapped the side of the spider with his bow as the spider bucked.
"Yeeeeeehaw!!! Guys, take a picture of this!" Kraven joked. Hiro rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, how many times in your life do ya see an ass ride a spider?!" Hiro replied. Kraven started to lose his grip so he took another arrow out, pulling his bow to it's maximum tautness, aiming for the spider's skull.
"Suck on this, biyatch!" Kraven yelled as he let the arrow go, which imbedded itself deep into the spider's skull, killing it instantly. The spider's limp body fell, and Kraven fell to the ground and stood up, grinning. Lillith handed the baby back to him and he strapped her to his stomach.
"Look who's the hero now, Hiro? In fact, I had fun. When's round two?" Kraven asked with a goofy grin.
"Is he always this immature?" the woman asked Hiro. Hiro nodded.
"Just a little bit. And when I say a little bit. I mean alot." Hiro replied. The woman laughed lightly as Kraven headed for the exit to the cave.
"Let's go. You can join us when we make camp, uhhhh, you didn't give us your name did ya?" Kraven asked the woman. She shook her head as they walked out into the dim light from the moon.
"No, I didn't. My name is Lillith. And you two are?" she asked as she pulled the hood of her tunic down, letting her long brown hair with blonde streaks flow out. Hiro turned to introduce himself and his eyes widened, his mouth gaping. Kraven busted out laughing.
"I'm Kraven, and my googly eyed friend here would be Hiro." he answered her, chuckling. She smiled shyly at Hiro as they found a place to set up camp.
"Y-your a Wingly aren't you? I didn't know winglys still existed." she remarked. Hiro nodded.
"Yes, we exist in colonies, hidden from humans. I, uhhhh, left my colony when I was little." he replied. She smiled and nodded and sat on a dead log, using it like a bench. Kraven gathered some twigs and sticks, laying them in a pile. Hiro powered up a small energy ball and fired it at the pile, lighting it on fire and then sat down a few feet away from Lillith. Kraven smirked and pushed Hiro so he was sitting right next to her.
"Awww, isn't this romantic? Go ahead, Hiro. Kiss her. Ya know ya want to." Kraven joked. Both Kraven and Lillith turned and glared at him.
"Shut up, Kraven!" they said simultaneously. Kraven shrugged and laid down on the other side of the fire with the baby on his stomach, both falling asleep quickly.
"So, why were you in that cave?" Hiro asked Lillith.
"I was supposed to gather some things for a doctor in the cave but I was chased by the spider into a smaller corridor that it couldn't fit into. When I saw it attack you two I went after it so I could get out of that cave. And it worked." she replied. He nodded.
"Where are you from?" he inquired. She pointed down the path.
"Bale. I help the clinic doctor there and live above the clinic." she answered.
"That's where we're headed. We're taking the baby to King Albert." he commented. She stretched and yawned.
"Well, I am exhausted. I'm going to get some sleep. Goodnight, Hiro." She said and laid down near the fire, dozing off. Hiro laid nearby, eventually falling asleep.
Evening had arrived as Hiro and Kraven, with the baby sleeping on his stomach, approached the Limestone Cave. Their recently had been rumors about something in the cave but Hiro and Kraven hadn't spoken to anyone for almost two weeks so they had heard nothing. It was dark in the cave so Hiro set fire to a couple branches of nearby dead trees to use as torches. The air inside of the cave was stale and cool. Hiro and Kraven lowly discussed what had happened to them in the past few days. "I can't believe all of this. First, I save a baby and we get attacked by a flaming shadow, then in the forest we are attacked by a pack of wolves on steroids and this morning we got caught and captured by a horde of Lizardmen in a huge underground cave. This baby is more trouble than she's worth." Kraven commented. Hiro laughed and shrugged.
"Maybe so, but we came this far so we might as well continue on. Once we cut through this cave it's less than a days walk to Bale. Then, our baby-sitting days are over! Unless of course, you get too attached to the baby...." Hiro replied, grinning as Kraven glared. Kraven shook his head and punched his arm.
"Trust me, I am not getting attached to this baby. She's just our reason to go to Bale and nothing more." Kraven said. By now they had been pushing several cobwebs out of their way to get through and soon there were what seemed like cocoons hanging on the walls and ceiling of the cave. Soon, Kraven and Hiro walked into a large opening in which most of the wall and ceiling space was covered in these cocoon-like figures. Kraven and Hiro began to get suspicious of the many cocoons but neither said anything.
"You know what would be awesome? If two hot babes would just appear, right in front of us, like naked!" Kraven announced, in a feeble attempt to lighten the mood of the dank, dark cave full of cobwebs. Hiro shook his head, grinning and then they heard a faint, scuttling sound. Hiro looked up quickly, trying to discern the source of the sound but the sound had faded.
"Now you did hear that right, Kraven?" Hiro asked.
"Heard what?" Kraven replied.
"That.....that scuttling sound, like something walking!" Hiro answered, his face showing a little fear.
"Uhhhh. dude, what ya talking about?" Kraven asked, raising an eyebrow. Just seconds after Kraven's question another scuttling noise could be heard, echoing.
"That! That nose right there! Do not tell me you didn't hear that!" Hiro exclaimed rather loudly. Kraven pauses and grins.
"Yeah I heard it, just messin with ya." Kraven says and laughs as Hiro pushes him against the wall.
"Ya know what? Screw you! That wasn't funny, dumbass!" Hiro yelled at him. Kraven continued laughing. Hiro punched his arm and walked further into the cave. Kraven started to follow, snickering.
"It was funny to me, dumbass!" Kraven replied as he laughed. Hiro just flicks him off as he walks forward and heads down one of the corridors. Kraven noticed a long, thin leg covered in small hairs in the next corridor as it pulled back, as if the owner was ready to strike.
"Hiro! Watch out!" Kraven yells and Hiro turns to look at Kraven as a large spider jumps forward, kicking Hiro, sending him sliding across the floor of a large cavernous opening in the cave, slamming him into a large pillar of stone. He groaned in pain, holding his side. The spider lunged at Hiro but it stopped short as an arrow from Kraven's bow pierced it's leg. The spider spun quickly around as Kraven pulled a second arrow from his quiver and loosed it at the spider. The spider, swifter than Kraven's arrow, quickly ducked out of the way. The arrow bounced off of the stone pillar, mere centimeters from Hiro's head, severing a few hairs.
"Sorry bout that, Hiro!" Kraven chuckled as he dodged a limb of the spider, swinging the bladed end of his bow at it. Hiro picked the arrow up and threw it at Kraven.
"What the hell's wrong with you! Aim for the spider, not me!" Hiro yelled and darted forward, slashing at the spider's abdomen with his sword. The spider sidestepped so the sword missed it's abdomen but it did cut one of it's legs. Kraven ran so that he and Hiro were on the same side of the spider.
"We need to hit it at the same time! It can't dodge both of us!" Kraven suggested. Hiro nodded and they both ran at the spider, firmly holding their weapons. The spider raised it's front legs and swung them, hitting both Kraven and Hiro in the face, sending them sprawling. Kraven got up, rubbing his cheek. He looked down at the baby when Hiro wasn't looking and the baby began crying.
"Alright, that's it! We just got bitch-slapped by a giant spider and I am NOT standing for that!" Kraven yelled angrily. Hiro shook his head as he got up.
"And who's fault is that? You suggested we attack at the same time!" Hiro snapped. As they argued back and forth, a woman clad in light blue pants and a blue tunic with a trident strapped to her back ran a rib from one of the many skeletons on the floor through the end of one of the spider's legs. A high pitched screech escaped the spider as it turned towards the woman who unstrapped her trident and held it in a ready stance.
"Bring it on, bug breath!" She yelled and jabbed her trident at the spider. It stepped back and Kraven slashed one of it's legs with the bladed end of his bow as Hiro cut off a piece of one of it's other legs. The spider screeched again and stumbled forward. It turned and knocked Hiro back against a corner of the chamber and slowly approached him. The woman stepped forward to help but Kraven ran past her, handing her the baby, towards the spider, slamming the bow against the floor to launch himself in the air, front-flipping and landing on the spider, laughing.
"Did you guys just see that?! You saw that right? You saw my superior skills right?!" Kraven asked, laughing. Hiro glared.
"No, I'm sorry! I was too busy thinking of a way to not get eaten!" Hiro yelled as the spider bucked up and flailed it's legs in a feeble attempt at getting Kraven off of it's back. Kraven held on with one hand, holding the other in the air. He slapped the side of the spider with his bow as the spider bucked.
"Yeeeeeehaw!!! Guys, take a picture of this!" Kraven joked. Hiro rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, how many times in your life do ya see an ass ride a spider?!" Hiro replied. Kraven started to lose his grip so he took another arrow out, pulling his bow to it's maximum tautness, aiming for the spider's skull.
"Suck on this, biyatch!" Kraven yelled as he let the arrow go, which imbedded itself deep into the spider's skull, killing it instantly. The spider's limp body fell, and Kraven fell to the ground and stood up, grinning. Lillith handed the baby back to him and he strapped her to his stomach.
"Look who's the hero now, Hiro? In fact, I had fun. When's round two?" Kraven asked with a goofy grin.
"Is he always this immature?" the woman asked Hiro. Hiro nodded.
"Just a little bit. And when I say a little bit. I mean alot." Hiro replied. The woman laughed lightly as Kraven headed for the exit to the cave.
"Let's go. You can join us when we make camp, uhhhh, you didn't give us your name did ya?" Kraven asked the woman. She shook her head as they walked out into the dim light from the moon.
"No, I didn't. My name is Lillith. And you two are?" she asked as she pulled the hood of her tunic down, letting her long brown hair with blonde streaks flow out. Hiro turned to introduce himself and his eyes widened, his mouth gaping. Kraven busted out laughing.
"I'm Kraven, and my googly eyed friend here would be Hiro." he answered her, chuckling. She smiled shyly at Hiro as they found a place to set up camp.
"Y-your a Wingly aren't you? I didn't know winglys still existed." she remarked. Hiro nodded.
"Yes, we exist in colonies, hidden from humans. I, uhhhh, left my colony when I was little." he replied. She smiled and nodded and sat on a dead log, using it like a bench. Kraven gathered some twigs and sticks, laying them in a pile. Hiro powered up a small energy ball and fired it at the pile, lighting it on fire and then sat down a few feet away from Lillith. Kraven smirked and pushed Hiro so he was sitting right next to her.
"Awww, isn't this romantic? Go ahead, Hiro. Kiss her. Ya know ya want to." Kraven joked. Both Kraven and Lillith turned and glared at him.
"Shut up, Kraven!" they said simultaneously. Kraven shrugged and laid down on the other side of the fire with the baby on his stomach, both falling asleep quickly.
"So, why were you in that cave?" Hiro asked Lillith.
"I was supposed to gather some things for a doctor in the cave but I was chased by the spider into a smaller corridor that it couldn't fit into. When I saw it attack you two I went after it so I could get out of that cave. And it worked." she replied. He nodded.
"Where are you from?" he inquired. She pointed down the path.
"Bale. I help the clinic doctor there and live above the clinic." she answered.
"That's where we're headed. We're taking the baby to King Albert." he commented. She stretched and yawned.
"Well, I am exhausted. I'm going to get some sleep. Goodnight, Hiro." She said and laid down near the fire, dozing off. Hiro laid nearby, eventually falling asleep.