Chapter 13~*~*~
"Roaul! How could you let me sleep till dark?? Now I'll never get to sleep tonight, plus I missed dinner!" Kel demanded as she stormed into the campsite. She was in a bad mood after sleeping in a very uncomfortable position.
"I TRIED to wake you up, but you wouldn't get up!'" He explained. "Oh yeah, Dom's here."
"WHAT!! He's here??" she gaped at him. "You know what? I gotta go." As she tried to mount Peachblossom, and Raoul tried to pull her back down, Dom walked into the campsite.
"Oh hi Dom, I was just going to go find you." Raoul cheerily explained.
Dom just stared at the two. Kel had one leg swung over Peachblossom's back, and Raoul had her other leg in a death grip and was leaning out, trying to pull her off the horse.
"What in Mithros' name are you doing?" he asked in disbelief.
"Um, you know, just, uh," Kel cleared her throat, "exercising."
"Kel was trying to run away." Raoul kindly put in, and grunted as he was kicked, hard, by Kel.
Slowly, very slowly, the edges of Dom's hard face became softer, and even though it took a very long time, a smile replaced the straight face and he started to laugh.
Raoul joined in next, as he thought the situation was funny to begin with, and Kel, Kel was in such shock that she just sat there looking a little dense for awhile before she too laughed.
Soon, Kel had fallen off her horse for laughing so hard, and Dom, without thinking, rushed to her side to make sure that she was alright.
And that was the end of their fight.
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Over the next few days, Raoul and Kel were more light-hearted, because Dom brought with him jokes and laughter. Yet things weren't the same between Kel and Dom. They were friends, although it was like there was a glass wall between them, and neither wanted to get too close.
One early morning, a small band of Scanrans attacked them. They were just packing up, when out of the brush men garbed in gray jumped at them. Immediately they were locked in battle. There were four Gray men for one Tortallan.
Kel swung her sword around and slew one man, and twisted the other direction and killed a man who was trying to creep up on her. "Kel look out!" Raoul yelled behind her, and Kel ducked only just in time. A tall, broad shouldered man swung his axe over her head, then brought it back down for another hit. She jumped to the side, as his weapon dug into her shoulder. She stumbled, but on his next attack brought her sword up and parried his blow, then swung her blade and shoved it into his stomach. Dom and Raoul quickly finished off their attackers.
Kel sat with a thump. Her head was spinning, and she couldn't think.
"You're hurt, Kel!" Dom exclaimed worriedly. He cut his cloak into strips and started to bandage her arm while Raoul inspected the Grey Men.
"Dom, Kel, come look at this," he called.
Pushing Dom away, Kel got up and slowly made her way over to Raoul. "What is it?"
"All of these men are wearing the same necklace, and though I can't place it, I know I've seen the design before," he explained.
"Yeah, I recognize it too," Dom added. "Have you seen it before Kel?"
She grimly nodded. Why couldn't life ever be simple? "It's the same charm that Grant wore."
Raoul and Dom said nothing.
Kel went over, looking over the other men, when she noticed that one of them was watching her. He was bleeding badly from a puncture in the chest, and was close to death. She decided to interrogate him anyway. "You, tell me, are you part of the Kirizo band?"
"Perhaps. I'd tell you, but the Boss wouldn't like it," he started to cough. When his fit was over, he went on. "Oh hell, I'm about to die anyway, right? What's the Boss gonna do? Bring me back from the dead and kill me again?" he laughed at his own joke. "Yes, we are of the Kirizo, and our mission was to kidnap you and take you to him."
"Who is the Boss? Who do you take orders from?"
"Well now you're talking about two different people. The boss has never actually shown himself to us. He gives us our orders through a friend of yours," and then, the man died.
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I've got a real problem about short chappies don't I? I also have a little obsession with cliffhangers. Oh well.
Did ya like this chapter? It was a little, off. I don't know what was wrong with it. I liked the idea of it and all, maybe I didn't word it all right. Oh well. Please, please, please review!!
"Roaul! How could you let me sleep till dark?? Now I'll never get to sleep tonight, plus I missed dinner!" Kel demanded as she stormed into the campsite. She was in a bad mood after sleeping in a very uncomfortable position.
"I TRIED to wake you up, but you wouldn't get up!'" He explained. "Oh yeah, Dom's here."
"WHAT!! He's here??" she gaped at him. "You know what? I gotta go." As she tried to mount Peachblossom, and Raoul tried to pull her back down, Dom walked into the campsite.
"Oh hi Dom, I was just going to go find you." Raoul cheerily explained.
Dom just stared at the two. Kel had one leg swung over Peachblossom's back, and Raoul had her other leg in a death grip and was leaning out, trying to pull her off the horse.
"What in Mithros' name are you doing?" he asked in disbelief.
"Um, you know, just, uh," Kel cleared her throat, "exercising."
"Kel was trying to run away." Raoul kindly put in, and grunted as he was kicked, hard, by Kel.
Slowly, very slowly, the edges of Dom's hard face became softer, and even though it took a very long time, a smile replaced the straight face and he started to laugh.
Raoul joined in next, as he thought the situation was funny to begin with, and Kel, Kel was in such shock that she just sat there looking a little dense for awhile before she too laughed.
Soon, Kel had fallen off her horse for laughing so hard, and Dom, without thinking, rushed to her side to make sure that she was alright.
And that was the end of their fight.
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Over the next few days, Raoul and Kel were more light-hearted, because Dom brought with him jokes and laughter. Yet things weren't the same between Kel and Dom. They were friends, although it was like there was a glass wall between them, and neither wanted to get too close.
One early morning, a small band of Scanrans attacked them. They were just packing up, when out of the brush men garbed in gray jumped at them. Immediately they were locked in battle. There were four Gray men for one Tortallan.
Kel swung her sword around and slew one man, and twisted the other direction and killed a man who was trying to creep up on her. "Kel look out!" Raoul yelled behind her, and Kel ducked only just in time. A tall, broad shouldered man swung his axe over her head, then brought it back down for another hit. She jumped to the side, as his weapon dug into her shoulder. She stumbled, but on his next attack brought her sword up and parried his blow, then swung her blade and shoved it into his stomach. Dom and Raoul quickly finished off their attackers.
Kel sat with a thump. Her head was spinning, and she couldn't think.
"You're hurt, Kel!" Dom exclaimed worriedly. He cut his cloak into strips and started to bandage her arm while Raoul inspected the Grey Men.
"Dom, Kel, come look at this," he called.
Pushing Dom away, Kel got up and slowly made her way over to Raoul. "What is it?"
"All of these men are wearing the same necklace, and though I can't place it, I know I've seen the design before," he explained.
"Yeah, I recognize it too," Dom added. "Have you seen it before Kel?"
She grimly nodded. Why couldn't life ever be simple? "It's the same charm that Grant wore."
Raoul and Dom said nothing.
Kel went over, looking over the other men, when she noticed that one of them was watching her. He was bleeding badly from a puncture in the chest, and was close to death. She decided to interrogate him anyway. "You, tell me, are you part of the Kirizo band?"
"Perhaps. I'd tell you, but the Boss wouldn't like it," he started to cough. When his fit was over, he went on. "Oh hell, I'm about to die anyway, right? What's the Boss gonna do? Bring me back from the dead and kill me again?" he laughed at his own joke. "Yes, we are of the Kirizo, and our mission was to kidnap you and take you to him."
"Who is the Boss? Who do you take orders from?"
"Well now you're talking about two different people. The boss has never actually shown himself to us. He gives us our orders through a friend of yours," and then, the man died.
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I've got a real problem about short chappies don't I? I also have a little obsession with cliffhangers. Oh well.
Did ya like this chapter? It was a little, off. I don't know what was wrong with it. I liked the idea of it and all, maybe I didn't word it all right. Oh well. Please, please, please review!!