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In the distant future, sometime after the fall of Myria, the god that had for so long kept the planet in a chain of peace, the desert began to spread, eventually consuming the entire planet. Now, the planet has been reduced to a life of hardships, as outlaws have become more driven to committing crimes that a task force known as the Peace Ranger Corps was founded, in the idea of upholding the codes of justice, and protecting the innocent civilians from the scum that swells all around the planet.
Called the Peacemakers, they are freelancing Gunsmiths that follow in the codes of their department, to uphold the law, and settle any hostile activity committed by the injustice thugs that terrorize the lands. Many Peacemakers have lost their lives only after a few years in the corps; veterans have always been fewer then any as most retired at the age of thirty, fearing they wouldn't live longer as grew older, their youth only a dream in the past.
Though, one of these Peacemakers has a talent nobody has been able to equal other then the head boss of the corporation. His name is Ryu; he is known to be one of the top classed Peacemaker's to ever quickly rise in rank.
It is in a town called Captain that our story begins.
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High noon, a time known for when outlaws and Peacemakers clashed in the center road of the town. Captain was known as a pit stop, for people traveling to the megatropolis city called 'Dimmsdale', one of the most exciting cites around, and brightest. Many went there for the gambling, others for its shows, and of course, many desired the food cuisine that many claimed was pure gold.
Captain though recently had a problem with an outlaw known as Madman Vincent, one of the more mediocre gun slinging outlaws in the area. He was said to get angered easily, just because of a small incident such as someone accidentally saying something wrong out loud and him being there to hear it. It was more obvious then the rumor was, considering he shot the person on the spot after giving a howl of anger and immediately pulling out his gun.
Ryu, being the Peacemaker he was, decided to take on the idiot, and end his terrorizing for good. The town was quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing the sand around into spirals, people looking out from windows, behind doors, to even barrels most of the cowards would hide in when word of gun slinging was about to commence.
Two men already were outside, one wearing a russet colored cowboy hat, with the black vest that shined like leather, the long pants and the boots with the stars chained to the back. His face looked like it didn't have a good shave in a good long while, it wasn't no five o'clock type either; his hair greasy, and glittered with dandruff. His leather skin belt held two guns on each side, his slacks hugging around his skin at the bottom. His usual buckskin brown boots remained buried in the sand; he looked up, with piercing blue eyes to the one who stood a few feet from him.
The male standing opposite of him was a Peacemaker, bearing a long navy blue trench coat with the Peace Ranger Corps insignia on the back in red stitching letters, the front giving his rank, and a list of around twenty- eight men. His boots also were a light leather brown color; his pants were a light crimson red color without any wrinkles, as he chose them himself for his uniform. His gloves black, but not leather more of a cheap, but usable material that lasted a decent amount of years.
His face gave a dashing look that many ladies found irresistible in a man, matched with his long sky blue hair that was restraint to a ponytail by an golden elastic band, and of course his emerald colored eyes, he looked more charming then a defender of the peace. Yet, his swords sheath held to his back by a strap that extended around the front of his body to his back, with the hilt at the reaching distance of his right hand. His coat though hid his arsenal firearm, a pistol, a colt type with a few customs added to suit the mans touch.
Once more, from a wide distance, hands at their sides, as the huge town clock began ringing throughout town, the loud dings and dongs rang all around the place, as Vincent gazed towards the tall Peacemaker, who had dared challenged him, in front of the bar. He remembered how the punk barged in, asked for Vincent, who at the time was busy getting a nice alcohol drink, relaxing in the quiet old western like bar, listening to the beats of a female folk singer on stage with the spotlight perfectly, a nice and young sweetheart, singing her voice out, a band supporting her in the background, the wind instruments and strings giving a nice rhythm to her voice.
"Are you Madmen Vincent Valentine?" Came a demanding voice from behind the man.
"Who wants to know?" he muttered negatively back.
Just as he did, he picked up his glass, about to take a sip, when suddenly he found it cut in half, a long sword stood between the mug he held in one hand, and the other half that was on the other side of the blade. He slammed the mug down standing up, his free hand reaching for his revolver gun, but he stopped short, when the nose of the Peacemakers firearm pressed threateningly against his forehead.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The Peacemaker said, as Vincent gazed to his side, spotting the Peacemaker, telling immediately it was by his list of fallen criminals on the left side of his Trench coat.
"Put your weapon down, if you want to live through the rest of this lady's concert, then best keep your firearm down. You know how it is done, meet me outside at noon, and don't try to run, or kill me, if you can count how many names are on my downed list, then you know full well how much of a challenge a average scumbag like are to me, easy money." Vincent didn't say a word, he only closed his eyes, snorting he had no choice but to only say a few words.
"Fine, see you in town at noon sharp." He groused, as the Peacemaker walked out, the gun still grasped within his hand.
That was last night and Vincent wasn't none to happy with what this Peacemaker did, barging in and ruining his once good evening. He knew whoever this guy was, he was no newbie Peacemaker, with all the kills he had on his left trench coat, Vincent knew he was dealing with one well trained, and top ranking son of a bitch.
"Well Peacemaker, just how good of a gunsmith are you, from what I can tell, your more of sucker puncher one then a true one with the way you threatened me yesterday." Vincent harassingly snapped, as the Peacemaker remained silent, staring back with a natural glance, as his hands remained at his sides, not once twitching.
"Vincent Valentine, your wanted for at least twenty-eight murders, five armed robberies, six counts of rape, and to top it all off, reckless endangerment of innocent civilians, I have no mercy for anyone like you.so killing you isn't anything I won't regret." In a blink of an eye, Ryu drew out his gun, shooting around the holsters where Vincent's guns were set to rest.
The bullets sent the guns flying out of the holsters, going a few feet from where Vincent stood, he stood shocked in fear, as Ryu only smiled, his gun smoking from the bullets shot off. His eyes giving a shine, mocking the now stunned foolish outlaw.
"Who's the sucker now, Vincent?" Ryu mockingly replied, his gun still held and aimed at the thug. "You know what, I'll give you three seconds to try and get your guns, or should I say gun, and try to shoot me, considering you're a normal outlaw going up against an expert like myself. Now then, on my count."
Slowly, he moved the gun down to the side of his torso, cracking a wide smile.
"One..." Vincent immediately turned around running towards his guns with all the strength in his already wobbling legs.
"Two..." Vincent jumped to grab his gun, as he rolled around on the ground, turning behind about to pull the trigger, but it seemed to meet only with a bullet from Ryu's gun, the strike forcing the gun from Vincent's hand, another shot from Ryu's weapon blowing a hole within the bullet wheel of the gun.
"Three...I didn't say I would let you shoot me, I said try." Ryu said mockingly with a wide smile.
"You bastard, your gonna-"
"Pay, hmph, you're a newbie compared to me, you may be the average outlaw when it comes to ranking you on a scale of outlaws, but compared to facing a top class Peacemaker like myself, you're an fool.a pure fool." Ryu lectured, taking a few steps towards Vincent. The outlaw tried pathetically jumping for his other firearm, only to miss it as Ryu shot at the magnum twice, the first to send it a few feet from his grasp, and the second blowing a hole within the bullet wheel.
Vincent smiled, knowing Ryu had fired all six rounds, and if Ryu was busy reloading his weapon, he would have a chance to run in and sack the Peacemaker in an instant. Vincent glanced up, a smiled curved on his lips, as he sprung up from his laying stance, and running at a ramming speed towards Ryu.
Ryu reached behind his back, grasping the sword holstered from behind his back, as he pulled it immediately out. At point blank range, Ryu brought the sword swinging down at a pace faster then the blink of an eye, the hilt of the sword smashed painfully in jaw with a force impact so strong, that it sent the brute flying back, and landing face first in the sand, around a cup load of sand filling his mouth up.
"Always carry a long range..." Ryu said, twirling the gun in his index finger, before grasping it once more, pointing it at Vincent's face.
"And a short range." He concluded pointing his sword intentionally down at him.
Vincent looked down towards the ground, only breathing slowly as his eyes remained open, as Ryu placed his sword back within his sheath, as he opened the bullet area, placing one bullet in the upcoming firing slot. Locking it in place, he smiled pleasingly, pointing the gun to the forehead of the outlaw, his index finger pulled fully back on the trigger, delivering the bullet straight into the heart of the heartless gunslinger.
"I have no mercy for scum such as yourself." With that said, Ryu placed his gun back into his holster, turning away, as Madmen Vincent Valentine slowly became another dead corpse lying in the always hot sands to wither away like the rest of the scum that was killed in any town a peacemaker had killed in the past.
Ryu turned, looking to the saloon, his tongue feeling dry, needing something of a strong taste; liquor would suit him quite fine for the time being. In all his years on the force, he never felt guilt when it came to killing outlaws such as this, anyone who murdered more then a few innocent civilians, or even a child, the person deserved to die, especially at times like this. For around six years had he been a Peacemaker, it wasn't a gun- slinging life each day for him, he more was a hunter, asking around towns for information on the whereabouts of a fugitive rumored to have passed through the area.
Not many came clear with a simple answer; usually they would beat around the bush, before cowering in fear when he saw through their lie. Others claimed they had information, but would only tell him if he paid a certain amount of zenny to him. He was tricked on numerous occasions into giving in, and it only paid off a few times.
Eventually, he found alternative ways of getting his info, the first was asking drunks, who easily came clean, as they were so intoxicated, it was like taking candy from a child and not dealing with the kid's parents. It was that path that had helped him rise to a top ranking Peacemaker, giving him a larger salary and a boost in which criminals he was allowed to hunt.
To only a small amount of people, the Peacemakers were ruthless gunslingers who were no different then the outlaws they hunted. Though, a larger majority of people claimed the Peacemakers were the law enforcers the world needed to put pressure onto the outlaws that roamed throughout the globe. Ryu neared the small flapping doors, about to push them open and walk on in, when a loud scream grabbed his attention.
He always had a good ear, he could tell by just how loud it was that it was within a small opening, preferably, an alleyway, where sound was able to travel at a vast amount of speed, and the distance between the alley was small, thus yelling just loud enough could easily draw everyone's attention. Ryu didn't waste a second, making haste, he ran to the second alleyway from the saloon, spotting the girl, being grabbed by four scruffy dressed males, who obviously were up to nothing but trouble as always.
"Hands off the girl!?" Ryu yelled furiously, the men glancing back, only to remain still, their eyes widening.
"Shit, he's a Peacemaker." One of the four muttered out loud, the four immediately letting go of the girl and fleeing in the opposite direction.
"Cowards, you won't be running off with your tails between your legs this time." Ryu called to them aloud, as he reloaded his firearm, and aiming for them in a less critical area, he fired several shots, each piercing the scoundrel's legs, stomach, shoulders or arms, as they fell to the ground, crying in pain.
"Argh, you bastard." "You'll pay for this Peacemaker." "The pain, it hurts." Each of them spat loudly, Ryu only shaking his head, glancing down to the blond girl, dressed in a brown cloak, looking up with sea blue eyes, she smiled springing up, as her arms wrapped tightly around Ryu's neck, the girl snuggled her face against his chest, as she looked up with joyful tears streaming from her eyes.
"Um, I guess that means your okay then, and judging by what just happened, this is your first time traveling I presume." The girl released herself from him, slowly taking a few steps back, before stopping and looking to him once more, nodding to him, as her fit dug into the sand they stood on.
"Yes, it is." She softly responded, glancing to the ground.
Ryu couldn't help but notice that there was a large bulge that seemed to stretch the back upper body area of the cloak to the left and the right sides of the shoulders. For the time being, he ignored it, he already was taking pity on the girl who had already because of her first run in with a few scoundrels and if not for him, would have a traumatizing moment unfold before her.
"The name is Ryu, I am a Peacemaker." He replied welcomingly, holding out his free hand.
"I am Nina...thank you for saving me." She said, bowing graciously to him.
"All in a days work for a Peacemaker such as myself, considering I am a top class one." He said with a smile emerging from his slowly moving lips.
"Well, I would feel more protected with a strong man like you by my side." Nina said with adorable eyes that no man could resist, and in a voice that men usually would gloat over.
"Why not hire a bodyguard, or a mercenary, they would be able to help you." Ryu coldly responded, it wasn't that he wanted to just leave her, but he didn't have much of a choice.
Peacemakers who were Top class were expected to search for another outlaw immediately after they had finished taking down a target they had chosen. Ryu of course planned to do just that after taking a short break, Peacemakers were allowed a day or two of resting, but afterwards, it was get back to work or they were fired.
"But isn't it the job of a Peacemaker to help those in need?" Nina asked, her face already frowning sadly, her eyes glancing deep into Ryu's, begging for his help.
"No, we Peacemakers are fighters; we take down outlaws wrecking havoc around the area, which is how we help people in need, by stopping murderous scoundrels dead in their tracks." He spoke with a rising enthusiasm, his eyes locking dead on with Nina's.
"It is also that I don't have any money...so I can't hire any part time guards." Nina replied, her eyes sinking to the ground.
Ryu sighed, he always was considered cold hearted when it came to helping others, but being a Peacemaker was something he took very serious, he put almost everything else aside, and he never did make many friends during any of his past encounters. This girl though seemed different, something about her made him turn a new leaf over, one that he almost never would turn over for even the prettiest damsel in town even with enough riches that anyone would take a bullet for them.
"Tell ya what, since I feel in a good mood, why don't you come along with me for the time being." He replied cheerfully, as he looked to her smiling.
Nina wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, snuggling against his rugged face, her sea blue eyes gazing deep into his. Ryu smiled, walking ahead, Nina walking alongside, hugging him still tightly, and leaving only space for him breath through his neck. He grasped her arms, pulling them away, and pushing them to her sides, as he walked directly ahead of her.
"By the way nice wings." He remarked blithely.
Nina blushed lightly, staring down to the ground, her hands reaching behind; pulling her wings down against her back, it was as if she almost wished they weren't there. Ryu walked on ahead, going into the nearly empty saloon, only a few people were seated inside the place, one group playing cards, the others chattering one to another. Ryu ignored the people, he needed a break, a good rest to be precise, even with a girl, it wasn't so bad that he possibly wouldn't be able to have a break.
"What'll it be mister?" Came a scruffy voice from the Grassrunner bartender, a chubby bulldog dressed in a black suspender, white collared shirt, with a black bow tie placed around the collared area of his shirt. Ryu glanced up, with a deep sigh, as his eyes slowly closed, with a deep sigh.
"Just give me some whisky, and make it a small glass, I have a companion." He said, motioning over to Nina with his thumb. The Grassrunner glanced over to Nina slowly, raising a brow, as he laid eyes on the now very childish acting Nina, who sat flatly on the wooden stool, spinning around wildly, and screaming joyfully like a little kid on an amusement park ride.
"How old exactly is your companion?" The Grassrunner whisperingly asked, as he pointed to her with his right hand, the left cloaking his mouth so he could speak to Ryu and not deal with the loud stern remarks of the very malice side of a young lady such as her.
"Beats me, but you know how ladies are with their age..." Ryu said, narrowing his eyes in aggravation as he glanced over, groaning in embarrassment as he witnessed her ever so childish behavior.
"She best be at least twenty-one if she planes to stay in here....." He muttered, shaking his head, as Nina giggled falling off the stool and onto the floor.
She stood up, dusting her cloak off, a few men looking at her, her wings once more making a bulge in her back. Ryu remained silent as he looked around, the bar had suddenly gone quiet as each of the customers noticed the wings on the girl, and stared in what looked to be shock and feart.
"Um, barkeeper, am I missing something here?" Ryu asked softly, as he glanced to the frozen in place Grassrunner, eyes locked directly onto the bulges that took shape on her back.
"Hello?" Ryu addressed, waving a hand in the dogs eyes, the barkeeper grasped his wrists tightly, grinning to Ryu with livid pupils.
"Peacemaker, you best get hind out of my bar, and the hell outta this town before all hell breaks loose." He yelled, as he breathed angrily, his shaking hand pointing to the exit.
Ryu pulled his arm from the bulldogs grasp, standing irritably up from his stool, and walking peacefully towards the exit, grabbing Nina's hand as he walked out of the bar, sighing in dismay.
"I guess I should have told-" She started to speak calmly, but Ryu cut in.
"That you were a Fae, I knew that already." He said sharply, as he glanced around the deserted town.
"Well, my kind is rare, I am sure you heard the legend." She said softly.
Ryu sighed, closing his eyes, as he turned to her, his face emotionless.
"From what I heard, the Fae's long ago found a fortress called Obelisk, an impenetrable fortress thought to be lost for over a millennium. With the land becoming a desert, the Fae clan chose to escape, and immediately moved into the massive floating fortress, and made it New Wyndia. Since then, they continued trade with the world until..."
"Fifty years ago to be exact! All my parents, butlers, maids, friends, that the outside world was ruthless; they were not worth our time, our effort. I wanted to know the truth, I wanted to escape, to see the real world, to see more then just the blue sky, I wanted to see the world with my own eyes, the truth, the lands, meet others different then me, perhaps I should just say I am adventurous." She lengthy answered with a short giggle afterward, closing her eyes.
"Wait wait wait, butlers, maids? Don't tell me you're the princess?" Ryu said whiningly.
Nina only giggled, as she blushed a bit.
"Well no, I am actually an aristocrat, but I guess I did grow up like a princess in a way." She answered.
"I don't know Nina, but..." Ryu thought back to what the bartender told him, just what did he mean by all hell breaking loose?
"Ryu, I think we better leave..." Nina said, grasping him tightly with both arms, breathing much more passively, her eyes shut tightly shivering in fear.
Ryu pushed her back, pulling out his gun, as he opened the bullet barrel slot, loading six bullets into each of the six slots, locking it back in place, looking from one side of the town to another. A calm wind blew across the hushed town. Ryu had experienced this environment once before, and it was an atmosphere such as this that could only scream the words danger. It was obvious the men that were after Nina wanted her for something more then a one night stand, and this time, they must have brought a few extra men to back them up.
BLAM
A shot rang out, the bullet striking a few inches from Ryu's own foot; he glanced up, there up on one of the roof of one of the many buildings in Captain did three men stand menacingly, the middle one holding a smoking gun. Nina stood behind Ryu, her head sticking out, glimpsing up to where his head was glancing to, she looked around, noticing a few extra men walking out from the alleyways in town, surrounding them slowly.
"Peacemaker, Top Class or Rank, you can't take out all of us...especially with a six round shooter, it would be suicide." The thug on the rooftop said mockingly, with a malevolent smile. "So hand the Fae over!"
Ryu remained silent; his heart throbbed, whoever these guys were was anything beyond the amount of people who he had dealt with in past gun encounters, especially out in the middle of town. He glimpsed around, gathering each aspect of the area, and quickly tried to conjure up a plan in his already tense head. He felt a soft nudge tap him against his ribs, obviously Nina seemed to have one.
"Ryu.you handle the ones on the rooftops, leave the ones standing on the ground to me." She whispered softly to him.
"What!? You must be insane, just what in the hell can you do?" He replied back, whispering bitterly.
"Trust me; we Fae's do specialize in magic." She said with a wink.
"If you say so..." he said with hesitation, and in the blink of an eye, he reached into his trench coat, pulling out his colt pistol, and gave off three shots, each one striking dead on, in the first ones leg, the second ones shoulder, and the third ones hand, each dropping their guns.
He then shot at the scopes of three other men hanging on the roofs with sniper rifles, delaying their attacks for a while, before reloading his weapon in a five second timing as he finished locking the barrel into place, he shot away once more, wounding the men in the arms so they wouldn't be able to make another shot off at all.
Nina at the same time as Ryu began his gunning, closed her eyes her hands folding together, gathering magic element around her body, and after only a few seconds, she opened her eyes up, as she screamed the top of her lungs, swinging her arms rhythmically, the element powers swirling around her body.
"CYCLONE!!" A fierce wind began blowing throughout the streets; the thugs standing tried best to resist and pushed against it, but the winds were too strong for them to even withstand.
The winds though were the kind no human could handle, unless their feet were roots that could dig down around ten feet into the ground in a split second, by then they would have a better chance. The winds blew stronger with each passing second; the buildings though were not affected. The reason was that Nina had and ability to control her magic in ways even ordinary people couldn't even do.
The men were lifted into the air, swung around in the huge twister of wind; the sand shifted into a dust storm, the shrill winds swinging the men fiercely in the air, throwing them off in the distance, where they were to possibly never going to return for a few days, perhaps hours. Ryu looked around, the town now in silence once more, not a outlaw in sight; he slowly turned around, looking over towards Nina, jaw wide open in amazement.
"Looks like the Peacemaker has been beaten by his cute little partner." Nina mockingly commented, as she hugged him tightly around his neck, blinking her ever so cute eyes.
Ryu could only remain shocked, his eyes wide opened, as he gazed to her. He thankfully was able to snap back into reality rather then stand there, having his name called out to him numerous times. He immediately grabbed Nina's wrists and pulled her toward the exit of town. Although, they still had a few things to buy before they headed on out and started their journey to another town. .
Before the two left the town of Captain, Ryu went shopping for supplies needed when on the move, hell, he didn't have to pay a thing for it, the people literally gave him what he wanted, begging him to leave, and take the Fae with him.
He easily took advantage of the opportunity that hit him, taking food, extra cloths, forty rounds of bullets, robbing the town of all the items he needed, and packing them in a backpack he carried around with him. He wasn't stealing anything, he was told to go ahead and take what he wanted, so who was to claim that he was committing a crime, the sheriff, hell no, that fool was under his desk, in a fetal position sucking his thumb like any of the sheriffs did in every town.
Peacemakers were never given discounts, even if they saved the town. Even the Top Ranking Peacemakers were treated like they were worthless in the idea's of rewards or of thanks, but either way, the payment was truly worth all the risks involved, you never could knew when you were going to die. Ryu though wasn't planning on dying just yet, he still planned to live, he wasn't going to die by the shots of a pathetic outlaw, he had planned to die at least of an old age.
As the two exited town, it was near evening, the sun slowly nearing the distance behind them, as they started to the northeast, Ryu planned to head to another town known as Scias, also was a pit stop for people and also where a Peacemaker station was set up, for reports to local Peacemakers to check in. Ryu put on his goggles, as he gave Nina a pair as well.
"Put them on your eyes, the sand isn't very friendly for the eyes in the opened desert." Ryu said, pulling the covers over his eyes.
It was around seven or nine hundred steps to even walk from there to Captain, but Ryu had planned to make the walk, even if it was a path through a desert, there was still a landmark with a large rock terrain area shaped in a few jagged rocks that would help him know if he was going the right way.
Ryu knew the way, considering he traveled around the area for the recent years he had hunted criminals. Ryu took lead, taking the first of hundreds of steps that would take them to their destination. The deserts were filled with more then outlaws, they contained creatures that were beyond aggresive. Goo's were only one of the creatures; their blue slimy gel was like acid, especially the skin of a normal flesh being.
Then there were the other such as the wild packs of cougars, an aggressive pack of wild four legged felines. Ryu though had two weapons, and he usually used his sword for the wild creatures that roamed the lands, that way, he wouldn't be wasting his bullets for times of desperate measure, such as ruthless outlaws and flunkies. Nina stayed close behind, walking in a graceful manner, her back upright, and her chest facing outward, hands swaying back and forth and her legs moving in a seductive manner, humming a gentle tune under her breath.
"Nina, just how long have you been on land, considering you're from that fortress in the sky?" Ryu asked placidly, his face still ahead.
"Well, for about a week...I didn't have much of a problem, until my wings acted up, and then I had all these men coming after me. I was able to handle them but they got a jump on me today." She said naturally, glancing to the ground.
Ryu gazed up to the sky, blinking as a few stars began to shine, the moon a crescent glow that a few romantic couples always looked up at when on a date. The sky though was a color of purple, the evening sky was a sight of beauty, somehow relaxing, and especially when the sun was setting as it was nearing at this point.
The two kept on walking, if there was one thing that Ryu didn't plan to sleep out in the open, he had heard many stories where anyone who camped in the desert usually ended up dead on the spot, their tents burnt to ashes, and their body nothing but a robbed corpse, left for the packs of carnivores to eat on up. That was something this Peacemaker wasn't planning on happening, never in his life or at any day.
They continued on, stopping only for a drink once in a while and a quick rest, and then moving on to their destination. It was only after around an hour that they reached the rocky trench and huge towering rocks with a few walkways that almost made the point a mountain. Ryu suddenly stopped, holding his hand out, and gesturing Nina to halt. The winds howled softly, silent the place was.
Silence, not a chirp of a bird, the growl of a cougar, and no sound of even a slosh of a Goo moving around. Ryu reached within his trench coat, pulling out his gun, opening the barrel compartment, dumping the shells out of the compartments. Reaching into a pocket with his free right hand, he picked around, his fingers feeling around for the quantity with six bullets arranged in a hexagon pattern.
He found the round shape, pulling it out, as he placed the new bullets in the empty slots. He threw the bullet holder pack into the sand behind them, locking the slot once more in place; he pulled his goggled off, his eyes glancing around the rocky landscape, hearing a few rocks fall down, he immediately aimed his gun to where the sound came from, but to his dismay, nothing, the sound was echoing all around the rocky area.
"Ryu, is there something wrong?" Nina asked, she knew something was amiss, and Ryu wasn't at all right in the head.
"Nina, get ready, cause it looks like this place is crawling with armed outlaws, and it is obvious their after you." Ryu said, his eyes glancing around, knowing someone was bound to make a shot soon.
BLAM
The bullet zipped down, inches from Ryu's own foot. It only took one second for Ryu to make a move, as he peered up, spotting the one who shot him, and making a clean shot, his bullet striking its target in the right shoulder, as the man fell back, and out of shooting range. More outlaw flunkies moved into firing range, bullets flying all around, as Ryu ran for cover, Nina a few steps ahead.
"Damn, they really are desperate. Nina, think you can pull off a few spells?" Ryu yelled, glancing over to her.
"Well, yes, but what about you, how are you planning on getting them?" Nina questioned, she knew full well they wouldn't try and strike her, but Ryu was a target, they would kill him on sight.
"Heh, simple technique, run, fire, duck, reappear, etc. or just a simple hit and run." He said smiling.
"Then let's do it Ryu." She cried out cheerfully, as she flipped her cloak off into the air, as it blew away, revealing a very sexy pink attire, and her bare legs showing from the sides of the front and back flaps that fluttered in the wind. Her white string panties showing more of her hips off, the upper body cut off from her neck and a her shoulders. Her high- heeled black pelts aligned with a few golden strandlines completing her clothing set.
Her hair short and curly blond hair that swayed ever so gracefully in the wind, her wings spread out, and her angle white feathers glowed in a holy luminosity of brightness, that easily matched her own eyes. It was a beauty to ever even lay eyes on, but for Ryu, that would have to wait. Nina's wings flapped furiously, as she hopped into the air, flying around gracefully as a few of the gunmen who spotted her held their fire, the sound of bullets being shot off silenced quickly. A large amount of magic element light rays began to gather around her hands, her eyes closed, as seconds slowly passed, before she opened her eyes, bringing her hands back, as she looked down at the men.
"MAGIC BALL!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, throwing the small bowling ball sized sphere at the men, a large blast of light glowing throughout the area, blinding the outlaws and anyone looking to them.
Ryu immediately ran out, glimpsing up upon the edge, where the light was slowly dying down. His eyes spotting a few men off guard, and right near him. Taking immediate action, he dashed out of cover, and opened fire among the armed men, the shotguns the thugs held flew out, and their barrels blown out by Ryu's accurate landed shots.
Ryu though still was easily outnumbered, from his left and right, men appeared up from behind the terrains, rifles in hand, fingers on the triggers and pulling, they opened fire on the Peacemaker's position. He once more jumped to the nearest boulder sized rock and hid from the direction of fire, the bullets hitting the rock, as they were stopped dead upon impact into the steel hard rock.
Nina remained airborne hovering over the thugs, who seemed only carry guns, and were not planning to harm her at all with them, which gave her a grand advantage over them. None though dared tried to shoot at her, possibly because they were afraid of killing the target, so it proved they wanted her alive. Nina brought her hand together, her lips whispering, as she gather magic element ray of lights, her body glowing from the gather, she opened her eyes once more, glancing dead on to the criminals below.
"TYPHOON!!" She cried at the top of the lungs, a fierce wind began sweeping around the men, and throwing them into the air, their bodies spinning faster and faster, before the winds sent them in flying all over the area, just about in every direction from the outpost, and impacting within the sand. They wouldn't be coming back anytime soon, that was for sure.
Ryu rolled on out, he had reloaded his weapon while still behind the builder sized rock, and now was armed and ready. Only a few slackers remained, they avoided the strong persistent winds from behind larges rocks. They were perfect targets for the already hotshot peacemaker, and Ryu wasted no time as he aimed accurately and fired, each bullet striking the firearms the thugs held, the force sending the guns flying back several feet and to fall down into a huge trench nearby.
"Looks like you guys are finished, if Nina didn't wipe your asses out with her magic, then I will beat you with my accurate shots." Ryu yelled, still grasping his gun tightly, knowing someone remained.
"What idiots, concerned with the girl's status of health, guess it is up to the leader to get the job done!" He yelled, pulling swiftly a gun out from his vest, aiming for the airborne Fae, he fired away, one shot that easily blew through Nina's left wing, the pain forcing her to fall to the ground, unable to control herself, the bullet hit forced her left wing, she couldn't flap it without the blood soaking her feathers and pain even more agonizing.
"BASTARD!!" Ryu yelled taking one clean shot that was sent directly to his head, instant kill for the human who was struck by it.
Nina fell down, screaming at the top of her lungs, falling at a birds diving speed, she was falling straight towards the rocks, on impact she was a goner, her head would crack open once she landed on her head.
"Ryu.....please...help...I don't want to die." She thought feeling fear, as she closed her eyes tightly.
Ryu though wasn't about to let it happen, he foot pushed off the ground, running at his top speed, placing his gun in the holster, knowing it was not going to easily slip out if he moved at an full throttle pace, determined to save Nina.
"NINA!!" He yelled out loud, his eye still on her, fear keeping him going. He pushed onward.
"Damn...come on Ryu...get it together, you can reach her!!" Ryu thought, he had doubts, he wasn't a Woren, he was human, his agility was nothing compared to theirs, his was a weak runner.
Almost as if by a miracle or something ever so unpredictable, Ryu felt a boost of energy, he felt himself accelerate at a much faster speed. The energy flowed deep within his veins, his body feeling more powerful, he felt beyond anything, speed of a Woren, strength of an Ox, and the divine power of a god. He easily caught up to where the Fae would crash land; Ryu though wasn't going to let it come down to that.
He sprung up into the air, one push of his feet and he was airborne, jumping higher then anything he could imagine, zooming straight towards her, the falling damsel, holding his arms out, Nina falling into his hands roughly, he grasped her tightly, slowly falling to the ground, as he landed, bending down to put less stress upon his knees, Nina laying peacefully in his arms, her eyes slowly opened, gazing into his watery, you phased eyes.
"I...I...I saved her!!" It was impossible to even believe, she was there, in his arms, and he had saved her, something he doubted.
He couldn't even believe what he did either, that speed, that jump, something he never thought he could do. It was a reality; he had saved her in a way he had never imagined. What was it that had suddenly burst, suddenly surged throughout his own soul, a power that gave him almost inhuman capabilities.
"Ryu...Ryu?" Nina spoke, her arms now wrapped around the lost in thought Ryu, calling his name.
Ryu finally came to, glancing down at her ever so innocent face, blinking for the first few seconds. He smiled, all he was pondering on before vanished, and Nina's own face seemed to just convince anyone with her bright smile that all was well. He slowly moved her legs to the ground helping her stand. She only grasps tighter around his neck, pulling herself closer to him, her legs trembling.
"Um Nina, he only got your wings, not your legs, and I know your not tired from those spells." Ryu said scowling, as he picked her up in his arms once more.
"For someone who is mesmerized by my beauty, and can seem to hold me while staring, your one to even whine." She said teasingly, rubbing her cheek against his chin.
"Just tell me why you're not standing, and why you are so close to me?" Ryu demanded, smirking angrily.
"I feel so comfy in your arms, I don't think I could move one bit. And I am close to you because you're just so adorable up close." She said with cute eyes.
"Well, can you at least load my gun; I doubt all of the outlaws are going to just step down even after all that, their going to get up sooner or later." Ryu mockingly mentioned.
"And my ever so silky smooth hands dirty, now I know you don't want that." She said innocently.
"My hands are full carrying you, and if I try..." He then slide his arm down from behind her back, she immediately fell backward, her head dropping down near the rocky ground, but his hand halted her fall, keeping her from smashing head first in the hard rocky ground. "Well, you're smart enough to figure that out."
Nina pouted, as she took the gun from the holster, opening it up the bullet chamber, emptying the gun of the empty bullet shells, afterward, she felt around in his pockets for loose bullets, the kind that could just be slipped on in ever so easily. Locking it back in place, she placed the gun back into the holster, sighing, glancing at her now dirtied hands, she looked up to Ryu with sad puppy begging eyes that almost nobody could resist.
"Damn it, you know you're annoying." Ryu ignorantly commented.
"Hmph, fine, be a hard ass." She spat, crossing her arms and looking away.
Ryu sighed, as he shook his head, as he continued heading northwest, knowing the town was closer now that they went through the huge rock terrain, thus, it was only a few stones throws away before reaching their destination. He listened closely, even after that spell Nina cast had knocked a few of the men out, and if Ryu had sent a few guns from the others hands, there was still a chance that they would get their weapons back and try and kill Ryu once more.
Still, he had already survived most of the fight; there was no chance in hell he was going down so easily. She looked up, leaning closer into him, her head against his chest, sighing in relief. Never, had she felt so close to anyone ever since she came here, here on this dry world of war. She found a few helpful people, who seemed to consider her just ordinary, but once they laid eyes on her wings, they immediately exiled her, and slammed whatever doors or windows that were once open to her.
Ryu was different from them, he seemed to respect that she had wings; he protected her even when the odds looked so bad, and he still put up with her when she acted annoying. Growing up, she was spoiled, she had everything, butlers and maids to do her laundry, cleaning, and cooking. While she did have schooling, it was all in only how to use holy healing magic, and many types of offensive magic. She had studied hard in the area for many years; her best skills were in only wind and holy magic, that she was an expert at casting both.
Her other schooling was in posture, and politeness, the kind of schooling she learned to despise. The teacher's strictness was the first problem, Mrs. Zhang was a teacher who didn't like students who fell asleep in her, and who didn't improve in a short amount of time. Nina was both of these types, and the teacher whipped her each time she repeatedly kept disrupting class, and failed in her exams. The second was the ever so picky things, from wearing the ever so fancy dresses, walking courteously while balancing books on her heads, and worse, being told to drink and eat a certain way. The last thing possibly had to be that she was forced to eat healthy foods, never any sweets or fats; she was forced to eat vegetables and low fat products, especially during her teen years.
Unlike most children who's parents were able to spend time with them, her parents were never there for her, her father was busy keeping his family business alive then to see his daughter and her mother, well, she was busy talking with her female friends, laughing, lounging, and drinking ever so sweet tea. She never had a quality time with either of them, only a few times a year did she have a dinner with her parents, talking about only her day in school and how things went.
She grew curious of the years, of the world below them, of what it was like, of what the people were like. Her history class was one of her intriguing subjects, she learned of more of the world below, of the different races, and of wars in the past. She wanted to go down, but at her age, she almost was a prisoner in her house. She was a person with a burden, her parents planned to pass on their wealth to her when she wed to someone else of her stature.
It wasn't until she was Twenty years old that she was told she would be wed to the son of a wealthy man who was friend of her fathers. This news set her off greatly, she didn't want to marry a man she never met, and she also didn't want to carry on the family wealth. What she wanted was to escape, to free herself from the chains that kept her bound to the life she had wished to always escape from, and leave New Wyndia for a world below. That she did, and her escape was almost impossible, she ran for the main edge, surrounded by a huge wall that had kept many Wyndians from escaping.
Guards were stationed all around, preventing people from leaving New Wyndia, like prisoners in a jail cell. She had ran for the gates, using a cloak, she stayed hidden within the shadows, during the night, it was easy to escape. She snuck past each guards, and eventually, she reached it, the edge of New Wyndia, below clouds, and the area below the huge shiny fortress of diamonds. She immediately jumped, falling down, down to the earth, the air swaying against her body, she flapped against the breeze, and found her way to a town, where her first encounter with the outside world began, but she had a cloak on to prevent her identity from being discovered.
She sighed, looking up to him, to the one she could trust, to her own protector, Ryu, perhaps it was someone like him that she was searching for, someone who would understand her, and perhaps someone who look at her for who she was, and not by trying to force her into something she didn't want to be. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly, a warm feeling flowing through her heart.
Never in her life had she felt so close to someone, never this close, especially for someone like him. He didn't see her as someone who was a whore by how she dressed; he seemed to even put up with how much trouble she attracted, nobody else was even this helpful, or even this brave. He was indeed her knight in shiny gold armor, and a handsome one at that.
Slowly she fell asleep, even with all that happened on this day, she felt safe, safe within his arms, she trusted him with her life, and she had no worries, no worries at all.
Next time:
People in the past always have an impact on the present. There those people who make a difference by inspiration, advice, or perhaps giving you the strength. But then there are people who were nothing more then a pest, a pain, a bully, or a person who in the past cause a traumatizing event. Draco is the kind of person who in the past was my only friend. but recently, were arch enemies.
Next Chapter: Familiar Face
In the distant future, sometime after the fall of Myria, the god that had for so long kept the planet in a chain of peace, the desert began to spread, eventually consuming the entire planet. Now, the planet has been reduced to a life of hardships, as outlaws have become more driven to committing crimes that a task force known as the Peace Ranger Corps was founded, in the idea of upholding the codes of justice, and protecting the innocent civilians from the scum that swells all around the planet.
Called the Peacemakers, they are freelancing Gunsmiths that follow in the codes of their department, to uphold the law, and settle any hostile activity committed by the injustice thugs that terrorize the lands. Many Peacemakers have lost their lives only after a few years in the corps; veterans have always been fewer then any as most retired at the age of thirty, fearing they wouldn't live longer as grew older, their youth only a dream in the past.
Though, one of these Peacemakers has a talent nobody has been able to equal other then the head boss of the corporation. His name is Ryu; he is known to be one of the top classed Peacemaker's to ever quickly rise in rank.
It is in a town called Captain that our story begins.
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High noon, a time known for when outlaws and Peacemakers clashed in the center road of the town. Captain was known as a pit stop, for people traveling to the megatropolis city called 'Dimmsdale', one of the most exciting cites around, and brightest. Many went there for the gambling, others for its shows, and of course, many desired the food cuisine that many claimed was pure gold.
Captain though recently had a problem with an outlaw known as Madman Vincent, one of the more mediocre gun slinging outlaws in the area. He was said to get angered easily, just because of a small incident such as someone accidentally saying something wrong out loud and him being there to hear it. It was more obvious then the rumor was, considering he shot the person on the spot after giving a howl of anger and immediately pulling out his gun.
Ryu, being the Peacemaker he was, decided to take on the idiot, and end his terrorizing for good. The town was quiet, only the sound of the wind blowing the sand around into spirals, people looking out from windows, behind doors, to even barrels most of the cowards would hide in when word of gun slinging was about to commence.
Two men already were outside, one wearing a russet colored cowboy hat, with the black vest that shined like leather, the long pants and the boots with the stars chained to the back. His face looked like it didn't have a good shave in a good long while, it wasn't no five o'clock type either; his hair greasy, and glittered with dandruff. His leather skin belt held two guns on each side, his slacks hugging around his skin at the bottom. His usual buckskin brown boots remained buried in the sand; he looked up, with piercing blue eyes to the one who stood a few feet from him.
The male standing opposite of him was a Peacemaker, bearing a long navy blue trench coat with the Peace Ranger Corps insignia on the back in red stitching letters, the front giving his rank, and a list of around twenty- eight men. His boots also were a light leather brown color; his pants were a light crimson red color without any wrinkles, as he chose them himself for his uniform. His gloves black, but not leather more of a cheap, but usable material that lasted a decent amount of years.
His face gave a dashing look that many ladies found irresistible in a man, matched with his long sky blue hair that was restraint to a ponytail by an golden elastic band, and of course his emerald colored eyes, he looked more charming then a defender of the peace. Yet, his swords sheath held to his back by a strap that extended around the front of his body to his back, with the hilt at the reaching distance of his right hand. His coat though hid his arsenal firearm, a pistol, a colt type with a few customs added to suit the mans touch.
Once more, from a wide distance, hands at their sides, as the huge town clock began ringing throughout town, the loud dings and dongs rang all around the place, as Vincent gazed towards the tall Peacemaker, who had dared challenged him, in front of the bar. He remembered how the punk barged in, asked for Vincent, who at the time was busy getting a nice alcohol drink, relaxing in the quiet old western like bar, listening to the beats of a female folk singer on stage with the spotlight perfectly, a nice and young sweetheart, singing her voice out, a band supporting her in the background, the wind instruments and strings giving a nice rhythm to her voice.
"Are you Madmen Vincent Valentine?" Came a demanding voice from behind the man.
"Who wants to know?" he muttered negatively back.
Just as he did, he picked up his glass, about to take a sip, when suddenly he found it cut in half, a long sword stood between the mug he held in one hand, and the other half that was on the other side of the blade. He slammed the mug down standing up, his free hand reaching for his revolver gun, but he stopped short, when the nose of the Peacemakers firearm pressed threateningly against his forehead.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The Peacemaker said, as Vincent gazed to his side, spotting the Peacemaker, telling immediately it was by his list of fallen criminals on the left side of his Trench coat.
"Put your weapon down, if you want to live through the rest of this lady's concert, then best keep your firearm down. You know how it is done, meet me outside at noon, and don't try to run, or kill me, if you can count how many names are on my downed list, then you know full well how much of a challenge a average scumbag like are to me, easy money." Vincent didn't say a word, he only closed his eyes, snorting he had no choice but to only say a few words.
"Fine, see you in town at noon sharp." He groused, as the Peacemaker walked out, the gun still grasped within his hand.
That was last night and Vincent wasn't none to happy with what this Peacemaker did, barging in and ruining his once good evening. He knew whoever this guy was, he was no newbie Peacemaker, with all the kills he had on his left trench coat, Vincent knew he was dealing with one well trained, and top ranking son of a bitch.
"Well Peacemaker, just how good of a gunsmith are you, from what I can tell, your more of sucker puncher one then a true one with the way you threatened me yesterday." Vincent harassingly snapped, as the Peacemaker remained silent, staring back with a natural glance, as his hands remained at his sides, not once twitching.
"Vincent Valentine, your wanted for at least twenty-eight murders, five armed robberies, six counts of rape, and to top it all off, reckless endangerment of innocent civilians, I have no mercy for anyone like you.so killing you isn't anything I won't regret." In a blink of an eye, Ryu drew out his gun, shooting around the holsters where Vincent's guns were set to rest.
The bullets sent the guns flying out of the holsters, going a few feet from where Vincent stood, he stood shocked in fear, as Ryu only smiled, his gun smoking from the bullets shot off. His eyes giving a shine, mocking the now stunned foolish outlaw.
"Who's the sucker now, Vincent?" Ryu mockingly replied, his gun still held and aimed at the thug. "You know what, I'll give you three seconds to try and get your guns, or should I say gun, and try to shoot me, considering you're a normal outlaw going up against an expert like myself. Now then, on my count."
Slowly, he moved the gun down to the side of his torso, cracking a wide smile.
"One..." Vincent immediately turned around running towards his guns with all the strength in his already wobbling legs.
"Two..." Vincent jumped to grab his gun, as he rolled around on the ground, turning behind about to pull the trigger, but it seemed to meet only with a bullet from Ryu's gun, the strike forcing the gun from Vincent's hand, another shot from Ryu's weapon blowing a hole within the bullet wheel of the gun.
"Three...I didn't say I would let you shoot me, I said try." Ryu said mockingly with a wide smile.
"You bastard, your gonna-"
"Pay, hmph, you're a newbie compared to me, you may be the average outlaw when it comes to ranking you on a scale of outlaws, but compared to facing a top class Peacemaker like myself, you're an fool.a pure fool." Ryu lectured, taking a few steps towards Vincent. The outlaw tried pathetically jumping for his other firearm, only to miss it as Ryu shot at the magnum twice, the first to send it a few feet from his grasp, and the second blowing a hole within the bullet wheel.
Vincent smiled, knowing Ryu had fired all six rounds, and if Ryu was busy reloading his weapon, he would have a chance to run in and sack the Peacemaker in an instant. Vincent glanced up, a smiled curved on his lips, as he sprung up from his laying stance, and running at a ramming speed towards Ryu.
Ryu reached behind his back, grasping the sword holstered from behind his back, as he pulled it immediately out. At point blank range, Ryu brought the sword swinging down at a pace faster then the blink of an eye, the hilt of the sword smashed painfully in jaw with a force impact so strong, that it sent the brute flying back, and landing face first in the sand, around a cup load of sand filling his mouth up.
"Always carry a long range..." Ryu said, twirling the gun in his index finger, before grasping it once more, pointing it at Vincent's face.
"And a short range." He concluded pointing his sword intentionally down at him.
Vincent looked down towards the ground, only breathing slowly as his eyes remained open, as Ryu placed his sword back within his sheath, as he opened the bullet area, placing one bullet in the upcoming firing slot. Locking it in place, he smiled pleasingly, pointing the gun to the forehead of the outlaw, his index finger pulled fully back on the trigger, delivering the bullet straight into the heart of the heartless gunslinger.
"I have no mercy for scum such as yourself." With that said, Ryu placed his gun back into his holster, turning away, as Madmen Vincent Valentine slowly became another dead corpse lying in the always hot sands to wither away like the rest of the scum that was killed in any town a peacemaker had killed in the past.
Ryu turned, looking to the saloon, his tongue feeling dry, needing something of a strong taste; liquor would suit him quite fine for the time being. In all his years on the force, he never felt guilt when it came to killing outlaws such as this, anyone who murdered more then a few innocent civilians, or even a child, the person deserved to die, especially at times like this. For around six years had he been a Peacemaker, it wasn't a gun- slinging life each day for him, he more was a hunter, asking around towns for information on the whereabouts of a fugitive rumored to have passed through the area.
Not many came clear with a simple answer; usually they would beat around the bush, before cowering in fear when he saw through their lie. Others claimed they had information, but would only tell him if he paid a certain amount of zenny to him. He was tricked on numerous occasions into giving in, and it only paid off a few times.
Eventually, he found alternative ways of getting his info, the first was asking drunks, who easily came clean, as they were so intoxicated, it was like taking candy from a child and not dealing with the kid's parents. It was that path that had helped him rise to a top ranking Peacemaker, giving him a larger salary and a boost in which criminals he was allowed to hunt.
To only a small amount of people, the Peacemakers were ruthless gunslingers who were no different then the outlaws they hunted. Though, a larger majority of people claimed the Peacemakers were the law enforcers the world needed to put pressure onto the outlaws that roamed throughout the globe. Ryu neared the small flapping doors, about to push them open and walk on in, when a loud scream grabbed his attention.
He always had a good ear, he could tell by just how loud it was that it was within a small opening, preferably, an alleyway, where sound was able to travel at a vast amount of speed, and the distance between the alley was small, thus yelling just loud enough could easily draw everyone's attention. Ryu didn't waste a second, making haste, he ran to the second alleyway from the saloon, spotting the girl, being grabbed by four scruffy dressed males, who obviously were up to nothing but trouble as always.
"Hands off the girl!?" Ryu yelled furiously, the men glancing back, only to remain still, their eyes widening.
"Shit, he's a Peacemaker." One of the four muttered out loud, the four immediately letting go of the girl and fleeing in the opposite direction.
"Cowards, you won't be running off with your tails between your legs this time." Ryu called to them aloud, as he reloaded his firearm, and aiming for them in a less critical area, he fired several shots, each piercing the scoundrel's legs, stomach, shoulders or arms, as they fell to the ground, crying in pain.
"Argh, you bastard." "You'll pay for this Peacemaker." "The pain, it hurts." Each of them spat loudly, Ryu only shaking his head, glancing down to the blond girl, dressed in a brown cloak, looking up with sea blue eyes, she smiled springing up, as her arms wrapped tightly around Ryu's neck, the girl snuggled her face against his chest, as she looked up with joyful tears streaming from her eyes.
"Um, I guess that means your okay then, and judging by what just happened, this is your first time traveling I presume." The girl released herself from him, slowly taking a few steps back, before stopping and looking to him once more, nodding to him, as her fit dug into the sand they stood on.
"Yes, it is." She softly responded, glancing to the ground.
Ryu couldn't help but notice that there was a large bulge that seemed to stretch the back upper body area of the cloak to the left and the right sides of the shoulders. For the time being, he ignored it, he already was taking pity on the girl who had already because of her first run in with a few scoundrels and if not for him, would have a traumatizing moment unfold before her.
"The name is Ryu, I am a Peacemaker." He replied welcomingly, holding out his free hand.
"I am Nina...thank you for saving me." She said, bowing graciously to him.
"All in a days work for a Peacemaker such as myself, considering I am a top class one." He said with a smile emerging from his slowly moving lips.
"Well, I would feel more protected with a strong man like you by my side." Nina said with adorable eyes that no man could resist, and in a voice that men usually would gloat over.
"Why not hire a bodyguard, or a mercenary, they would be able to help you." Ryu coldly responded, it wasn't that he wanted to just leave her, but he didn't have much of a choice.
Peacemakers who were Top class were expected to search for another outlaw immediately after they had finished taking down a target they had chosen. Ryu of course planned to do just that after taking a short break, Peacemakers were allowed a day or two of resting, but afterwards, it was get back to work or they were fired.
"But isn't it the job of a Peacemaker to help those in need?" Nina asked, her face already frowning sadly, her eyes glancing deep into Ryu's, begging for his help.
"No, we Peacemakers are fighters; we take down outlaws wrecking havoc around the area, which is how we help people in need, by stopping murderous scoundrels dead in their tracks." He spoke with a rising enthusiasm, his eyes locking dead on with Nina's.
"It is also that I don't have any money...so I can't hire any part time guards." Nina replied, her eyes sinking to the ground.
Ryu sighed, he always was considered cold hearted when it came to helping others, but being a Peacemaker was something he took very serious, he put almost everything else aside, and he never did make many friends during any of his past encounters. This girl though seemed different, something about her made him turn a new leaf over, one that he almost never would turn over for even the prettiest damsel in town even with enough riches that anyone would take a bullet for them.
"Tell ya what, since I feel in a good mood, why don't you come along with me for the time being." He replied cheerfully, as he looked to her smiling.
Nina wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, snuggling against his rugged face, her sea blue eyes gazing deep into his. Ryu smiled, walking ahead, Nina walking alongside, hugging him still tightly, and leaving only space for him breath through his neck. He grasped her arms, pulling them away, and pushing them to her sides, as he walked directly ahead of her.
"By the way nice wings." He remarked blithely.
Nina blushed lightly, staring down to the ground, her hands reaching behind; pulling her wings down against her back, it was as if she almost wished they weren't there. Ryu walked on ahead, going into the nearly empty saloon, only a few people were seated inside the place, one group playing cards, the others chattering one to another. Ryu ignored the people, he needed a break, a good rest to be precise, even with a girl, it wasn't so bad that he possibly wouldn't be able to have a break.
"What'll it be mister?" Came a scruffy voice from the Grassrunner bartender, a chubby bulldog dressed in a black suspender, white collared shirt, with a black bow tie placed around the collared area of his shirt. Ryu glanced up, with a deep sigh, as his eyes slowly closed, with a deep sigh.
"Just give me some whisky, and make it a small glass, I have a companion." He said, motioning over to Nina with his thumb. The Grassrunner glanced over to Nina slowly, raising a brow, as he laid eyes on the now very childish acting Nina, who sat flatly on the wooden stool, spinning around wildly, and screaming joyfully like a little kid on an amusement park ride.
"How old exactly is your companion?" The Grassrunner whisperingly asked, as he pointed to her with his right hand, the left cloaking his mouth so he could speak to Ryu and not deal with the loud stern remarks of the very malice side of a young lady such as her.
"Beats me, but you know how ladies are with their age..." Ryu said, narrowing his eyes in aggravation as he glanced over, groaning in embarrassment as he witnessed her ever so childish behavior.
"She best be at least twenty-one if she planes to stay in here....." He muttered, shaking his head, as Nina giggled falling off the stool and onto the floor.
She stood up, dusting her cloak off, a few men looking at her, her wings once more making a bulge in her back. Ryu remained silent as he looked around, the bar had suddenly gone quiet as each of the customers noticed the wings on the girl, and stared in what looked to be shock and feart.
"Um, barkeeper, am I missing something here?" Ryu asked softly, as he glanced to the frozen in place Grassrunner, eyes locked directly onto the bulges that took shape on her back.
"Hello?" Ryu addressed, waving a hand in the dogs eyes, the barkeeper grasped his wrists tightly, grinning to Ryu with livid pupils.
"Peacemaker, you best get hind out of my bar, and the hell outta this town before all hell breaks loose." He yelled, as he breathed angrily, his shaking hand pointing to the exit.
Ryu pulled his arm from the bulldogs grasp, standing irritably up from his stool, and walking peacefully towards the exit, grabbing Nina's hand as he walked out of the bar, sighing in dismay.
"I guess I should have told-" She started to speak calmly, but Ryu cut in.
"That you were a Fae, I knew that already." He said sharply, as he glanced around the deserted town.
"Well, my kind is rare, I am sure you heard the legend." She said softly.
Ryu sighed, closing his eyes, as he turned to her, his face emotionless.
"From what I heard, the Fae's long ago found a fortress called Obelisk, an impenetrable fortress thought to be lost for over a millennium. With the land becoming a desert, the Fae clan chose to escape, and immediately moved into the massive floating fortress, and made it New Wyndia. Since then, they continued trade with the world until..."
"Fifty years ago to be exact! All my parents, butlers, maids, friends, that the outside world was ruthless; they were not worth our time, our effort. I wanted to know the truth, I wanted to escape, to see the real world, to see more then just the blue sky, I wanted to see the world with my own eyes, the truth, the lands, meet others different then me, perhaps I should just say I am adventurous." She lengthy answered with a short giggle afterward, closing her eyes.
"Wait wait wait, butlers, maids? Don't tell me you're the princess?" Ryu said whiningly.
Nina only giggled, as she blushed a bit.
"Well no, I am actually an aristocrat, but I guess I did grow up like a princess in a way." She answered.
"I don't know Nina, but..." Ryu thought back to what the bartender told him, just what did he mean by all hell breaking loose?
"Ryu, I think we better leave..." Nina said, grasping him tightly with both arms, breathing much more passively, her eyes shut tightly shivering in fear.
Ryu pushed her back, pulling out his gun, as he opened the bullet barrel slot, loading six bullets into each of the six slots, locking it back in place, looking from one side of the town to another. A calm wind blew across the hushed town. Ryu had experienced this environment once before, and it was an atmosphere such as this that could only scream the words danger. It was obvious the men that were after Nina wanted her for something more then a one night stand, and this time, they must have brought a few extra men to back them up.
BLAM
A shot rang out, the bullet striking a few inches from Ryu's own foot; he glanced up, there up on one of the roof of one of the many buildings in Captain did three men stand menacingly, the middle one holding a smoking gun. Nina stood behind Ryu, her head sticking out, glimpsing up to where his head was glancing to, she looked around, noticing a few extra men walking out from the alleyways in town, surrounding them slowly.
"Peacemaker, Top Class or Rank, you can't take out all of us...especially with a six round shooter, it would be suicide." The thug on the rooftop said mockingly, with a malevolent smile. "So hand the Fae over!"
Ryu remained silent; his heart throbbed, whoever these guys were was anything beyond the amount of people who he had dealt with in past gun encounters, especially out in the middle of town. He glimpsed around, gathering each aspect of the area, and quickly tried to conjure up a plan in his already tense head. He felt a soft nudge tap him against his ribs, obviously Nina seemed to have one.
"Ryu.you handle the ones on the rooftops, leave the ones standing on the ground to me." She whispered softly to him.
"What!? You must be insane, just what in the hell can you do?" He replied back, whispering bitterly.
"Trust me; we Fae's do specialize in magic." She said with a wink.
"If you say so..." he said with hesitation, and in the blink of an eye, he reached into his trench coat, pulling out his colt pistol, and gave off three shots, each one striking dead on, in the first ones leg, the second ones shoulder, and the third ones hand, each dropping their guns.
He then shot at the scopes of three other men hanging on the roofs with sniper rifles, delaying their attacks for a while, before reloading his weapon in a five second timing as he finished locking the barrel into place, he shot away once more, wounding the men in the arms so they wouldn't be able to make another shot off at all.
Nina at the same time as Ryu began his gunning, closed her eyes her hands folding together, gathering magic element around her body, and after only a few seconds, she opened her eyes up, as she screamed the top of her lungs, swinging her arms rhythmically, the element powers swirling around her body.
"CYCLONE!!" A fierce wind began blowing throughout the streets; the thugs standing tried best to resist and pushed against it, but the winds were too strong for them to even withstand.
The winds though were the kind no human could handle, unless their feet were roots that could dig down around ten feet into the ground in a split second, by then they would have a better chance. The winds blew stronger with each passing second; the buildings though were not affected. The reason was that Nina had and ability to control her magic in ways even ordinary people couldn't even do.
The men were lifted into the air, swung around in the huge twister of wind; the sand shifted into a dust storm, the shrill winds swinging the men fiercely in the air, throwing them off in the distance, where they were to possibly never going to return for a few days, perhaps hours. Ryu looked around, the town now in silence once more, not a outlaw in sight; he slowly turned around, looking over towards Nina, jaw wide open in amazement.
"Looks like the Peacemaker has been beaten by his cute little partner." Nina mockingly commented, as she hugged him tightly around his neck, blinking her ever so cute eyes.
Ryu could only remain shocked, his eyes wide opened, as he gazed to her. He thankfully was able to snap back into reality rather then stand there, having his name called out to him numerous times. He immediately grabbed Nina's wrists and pulled her toward the exit of town. Although, they still had a few things to buy before they headed on out and started their journey to another town. .
Before the two left the town of Captain, Ryu went shopping for supplies needed when on the move, hell, he didn't have to pay a thing for it, the people literally gave him what he wanted, begging him to leave, and take the Fae with him.
He easily took advantage of the opportunity that hit him, taking food, extra cloths, forty rounds of bullets, robbing the town of all the items he needed, and packing them in a backpack he carried around with him. He wasn't stealing anything, he was told to go ahead and take what he wanted, so who was to claim that he was committing a crime, the sheriff, hell no, that fool was under his desk, in a fetal position sucking his thumb like any of the sheriffs did in every town.
Peacemakers were never given discounts, even if they saved the town. Even the Top Ranking Peacemakers were treated like they were worthless in the idea's of rewards or of thanks, but either way, the payment was truly worth all the risks involved, you never could knew when you were going to die. Ryu though wasn't planning on dying just yet, he still planned to live, he wasn't going to die by the shots of a pathetic outlaw, he had planned to die at least of an old age.
As the two exited town, it was near evening, the sun slowly nearing the distance behind them, as they started to the northeast, Ryu planned to head to another town known as Scias, also was a pit stop for people and also where a Peacemaker station was set up, for reports to local Peacemakers to check in. Ryu put on his goggles, as he gave Nina a pair as well.
"Put them on your eyes, the sand isn't very friendly for the eyes in the opened desert." Ryu said, pulling the covers over his eyes.
It was around seven or nine hundred steps to even walk from there to Captain, but Ryu had planned to make the walk, even if it was a path through a desert, there was still a landmark with a large rock terrain area shaped in a few jagged rocks that would help him know if he was going the right way.
Ryu knew the way, considering he traveled around the area for the recent years he had hunted criminals. Ryu took lead, taking the first of hundreds of steps that would take them to their destination. The deserts were filled with more then outlaws, they contained creatures that were beyond aggresive. Goo's were only one of the creatures; their blue slimy gel was like acid, especially the skin of a normal flesh being.
Then there were the other such as the wild packs of cougars, an aggressive pack of wild four legged felines. Ryu though had two weapons, and he usually used his sword for the wild creatures that roamed the lands, that way, he wouldn't be wasting his bullets for times of desperate measure, such as ruthless outlaws and flunkies. Nina stayed close behind, walking in a graceful manner, her back upright, and her chest facing outward, hands swaying back and forth and her legs moving in a seductive manner, humming a gentle tune under her breath.
"Nina, just how long have you been on land, considering you're from that fortress in the sky?" Ryu asked placidly, his face still ahead.
"Well, for about a week...I didn't have much of a problem, until my wings acted up, and then I had all these men coming after me. I was able to handle them but they got a jump on me today." She said naturally, glancing to the ground.
Ryu gazed up to the sky, blinking as a few stars began to shine, the moon a crescent glow that a few romantic couples always looked up at when on a date. The sky though was a color of purple, the evening sky was a sight of beauty, somehow relaxing, and especially when the sun was setting as it was nearing at this point.
The two kept on walking, if there was one thing that Ryu didn't plan to sleep out in the open, he had heard many stories where anyone who camped in the desert usually ended up dead on the spot, their tents burnt to ashes, and their body nothing but a robbed corpse, left for the packs of carnivores to eat on up. That was something this Peacemaker wasn't planning on happening, never in his life or at any day.
They continued on, stopping only for a drink once in a while and a quick rest, and then moving on to their destination. It was only after around an hour that they reached the rocky trench and huge towering rocks with a few walkways that almost made the point a mountain. Ryu suddenly stopped, holding his hand out, and gesturing Nina to halt. The winds howled softly, silent the place was.
Silence, not a chirp of a bird, the growl of a cougar, and no sound of even a slosh of a Goo moving around. Ryu reached within his trench coat, pulling out his gun, opening the barrel compartment, dumping the shells out of the compartments. Reaching into a pocket with his free right hand, he picked around, his fingers feeling around for the quantity with six bullets arranged in a hexagon pattern.
He found the round shape, pulling it out, as he placed the new bullets in the empty slots. He threw the bullet holder pack into the sand behind them, locking the slot once more in place; he pulled his goggled off, his eyes glancing around the rocky landscape, hearing a few rocks fall down, he immediately aimed his gun to where the sound came from, but to his dismay, nothing, the sound was echoing all around the rocky area.
"Ryu, is there something wrong?" Nina asked, she knew something was amiss, and Ryu wasn't at all right in the head.
"Nina, get ready, cause it looks like this place is crawling with armed outlaws, and it is obvious their after you." Ryu said, his eyes glancing around, knowing someone was bound to make a shot soon.
BLAM
The bullet zipped down, inches from Ryu's own foot. It only took one second for Ryu to make a move, as he peered up, spotting the one who shot him, and making a clean shot, his bullet striking its target in the right shoulder, as the man fell back, and out of shooting range. More outlaw flunkies moved into firing range, bullets flying all around, as Ryu ran for cover, Nina a few steps ahead.
"Damn, they really are desperate. Nina, think you can pull off a few spells?" Ryu yelled, glancing over to her.
"Well, yes, but what about you, how are you planning on getting them?" Nina questioned, she knew full well they wouldn't try and strike her, but Ryu was a target, they would kill him on sight.
"Heh, simple technique, run, fire, duck, reappear, etc. or just a simple hit and run." He said smiling.
"Then let's do it Ryu." She cried out cheerfully, as she flipped her cloak off into the air, as it blew away, revealing a very sexy pink attire, and her bare legs showing from the sides of the front and back flaps that fluttered in the wind. Her white string panties showing more of her hips off, the upper body cut off from her neck and a her shoulders. Her high- heeled black pelts aligned with a few golden strandlines completing her clothing set.
Her hair short and curly blond hair that swayed ever so gracefully in the wind, her wings spread out, and her angle white feathers glowed in a holy luminosity of brightness, that easily matched her own eyes. It was a beauty to ever even lay eyes on, but for Ryu, that would have to wait. Nina's wings flapped furiously, as she hopped into the air, flying around gracefully as a few of the gunmen who spotted her held their fire, the sound of bullets being shot off silenced quickly. A large amount of magic element light rays began to gather around her hands, her eyes closed, as seconds slowly passed, before she opened her eyes, bringing her hands back, as she looked down at the men.
"MAGIC BALL!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, throwing the small bowling ball sized sphere at the men, a large blast of light glowing throughout the area, blinding the outlaws and anyone looking to them.
Ryu immediately ran out, glimpsing up upon the edge, where the light was slowly dying down. His eyes spotting a few men off guard, and right near him. Taking immediate action, he dashed out of cover, and opened fire among the armed men, the shotguns the thugs held flew out, and their barrels blown out by Ryu's accurate landed shots.
Ryu though still was easily outnumbered, from his left and right, men appeared up from behind the terrains, rifles in hand, fingers on the triggers and pulling, they opened fire on the Peacemaker's position. He once more jumped to the nearest boulder sized rock and hid from the direction of fire, the bullets hitting the rock, as they were stopped dead upon impact into the steel hard rock.
Nina remained airborne hovering over the thugs, who seemed only carry guns, and were not planning to harm her at all with them, which gave her a grand advantage over them. None though dared tried to shoot at her, possibly because they were afraid of killing the target, so it proved they wanted her alive. Nina brought her hand together, her lips whispering, as she gather magic element ray of lights, her body glowing from the gather, she opened her eyes once more, glancing dead on to the criminals below.
"TYPHOON!!" She cried at the top of the lungs, a fierce wind began sweeping around the men, and throwing them into the air, their bodies spinning faster and faster, before the winds sent them in flying all over the area, just about in every direction from the outpost, and impacting within the sand. They wouldn't be coming back anytime soon, that was for sure.
Ryu rolled on out, he had reloaded his weapon while still behind the builder sized rock, and now was armed and ready. Only a few slackers remained, they avoided the strong persistent winds from behind larges rocks. They were perfect targets for the already hotshot peacemaker, and Ryu wasted no time as he aimed accurately and fired, each bullet striking the firearms the thugs held, the force sending the guns flying back several feet and to fall down into a huge trench nearby.
"Looks like you guys are finished, if Nina didn't wipe your asses out with her magic, then I will beat you with my accurate shots." Ryu yelled, still grasping his gun tightly, knowing someone remained.
"What idiots, concerned with the girl's status of health, guess it is up to the leader to get the job done!" He yelled, pulling swiftly a gun out from his vest, aiming for the airborne Fae, he fired away, one shot that easily blew through Nina's left wing, the pain forcing her to fall to the ground, unable to control herself, the bullet hit forced her left wing, she couldn't flap it without the blood soaking her feathers and pain even more agonizing.
"BASTARD!!" Ryu yelled taking one clean shot that was sent directly to his head, instant kill for the human who was struck by it.
Nina fell down, screaming at the top of her lungs, falling at a birds diving speed, she was falling straight towards the rocks, on impact she was a goner, her head would crack open once she landed on her head.
"Ryu.....please...help...I don't want to die." She thought feeling fear, as she closed her eyes tightly.
Ryu though wasn't about to let it happen, he foot pushed off the ground, running at his top speed, placing his gun in the holster, knowing it was not going to easily slip out if he moved at an full throttle pace, determined to save Nina.
"NINA!!" He yelled out loud, his eye still on her, fear keeping him going. He pushed onward.
"Damn...come on Ryu...get it together, you can reach her!!" Ryu thought, he had doubts, he wasn't a Woren, he was human, his agility was nothing compared to theirs, his was a weak runner.
Almost as if by a miracle or something ever so unpredictable, Ryu felt a boost of energy, he felt himself accelerate at a much faster speed. The energy flowed deep within his veins, his body feeling more powerful, he felt beyond anything, speed of a Woren, strength of an Ox, and the divine power of a god. He easily caught up to where the Fae would crash land; Ryu though wasn't going to let it come down to that.
He sprung up into the air, one push of his feet and he was airborne, jumping higher then anything he could imagine, zooming straight towards her, the falling damsel, holding his arms out, Nina falling into his hands roughly, he grasped her tightly, slowly falling to the ground, as he landed, bending down to put less stress upon his knees, Nina laying peacefully in his arms, her eyes slowly opened, gazing into his watery, you phased eyes.
"I...I...I saved her!!" It was impossible to even believe, she was there, in his arms, and he had saved her, something he doubted.
He couldn't even believe what he did either, that speed, that jump, something he never thought he could do. It was a reality; he had saved her in a way he had never imagined. What was it that had suddenly burst, suddenly surged throughout his own soul, a power that gave him almost inhuman capabilities.
"Ryu...Ryu?" Nina spoke, her arms now wrapped around the lost in thought Ryu, calling his name.
Ryu finally came to, glancing down at her ever so innocent face, blinking for the first few seconds. He smiled, all he was pondering on before vanished, and Nina's own face seemed to just convince anyone with her bright smile that all was well. He slowly moved her legs to the ground helping her stand. She only grasps tighter around his neck, pulling herself closer to him, her legs trembling.
"Um Nina, he only got your wings, not your legs, and I know your not tired from those spells." Ryu said scowling, as he picked her up in his arms once more.
"For someone who is mesmerized by my beauty, and can seem to hold me while staring, your one to even whine." She said teasingly, rubbing her cheek against his chin.
"Just tell me why you're not standing, and why you are so close to me?" Ryu demanded, smirking angrily.
"I feel so comfy in your arms, I don't think I could move one bit. And I am close to you because you're just so adorable up close." She said with cute eyes.
"Well, can you at least load my gun; I doubt all of the outlaws are going to just step down even after all that, their going to get up sooner or later." Ryu mockingly mentioned.
"And my ever so silky smooth hands dirty, now I know you don't want that." She said innocently.
"My hands are full carrying you, and if I try..." He then slide his arm down from behind her back, she immediately fell backward, her head dropping down near the rocky ground, but his hand halted her fall, keeping her from smashing head first in the hard rocky ground. "Well, you're smart enough to figure that out."
Nina pouted, as she took the gun from the holster, opening it up the bullet chamber, emptying the gun of the empty bullet shells, afterward, she felt around in his pockets for loose bullets, the kind that could just be slipped on in ever so easily. Locking it back in place, she placed the gun back into the holster, sighing, glancing at her now dirtied hands, she looked up to Ryu with sad puppy begging eyes that almost nobody could resist.
"Damn it, you know you're annoying." Ryu ignorantly commented.
"Hmph, fine, be a hard ass." She spat, crossing her arms and looking away.
Ryu sighed, as he shook his head, as he continued heading northwest, knowing the town was closer now that they went through the huge rock terrain, thus, it was only a few stones throws away before reaching their destination. He listened closely, even after that spell Nina cast had knocked a few of the men out, and if Ryu had sent a few guns from the others hands, there was still a chance that they would get their weapons back and try and kill Ryu once more.
Still, he had already survived most of the fight; there was no chance in hell he was going down so easily. She looked up, leaning closer into him, her head against his chest, sighing in relief. Never, had she felt so close to anyone ever since she came here, here on this dry world of war. She found a few helpful people, who seemed to consider her just ordinary, but once they laid eyes on her wings, they immediately exiled her, and slammed whatever doors or windows that were once open to her.
Ryu was different from them, he seemed to respect that she had wings; he protected her even when the odds looked so bad, and he still put up with her when she acted annoying. Growing up, she was spoiled, she had everything, butlers and maids to do her laundry, cleaning, and cooking. While she did have schooling, it was all in only how to use holy healing magic, and many types of offensive magic. She had studied hard in the area for many years; her best skills were in only wind and holy magic, that she was an expert at casting both.
Her other schooling was in posture, and politeness, the kind of schooling she learned to despise. The teacher's strictness was the first problem, Mrs. Zhang was a teacher who didn't like students who fell asleep in her, and who didn't improve in a short amount of time. Nina was both of these types, and the teacher whipped her each time she repeatedly kept disrupting class, and failed in her exams. The second was the ever so picky things, from wearing the ever so fancy dresses, walking courteously while balancing books on her heads, and worse, being told to drink and eat a certain way. The last thing possibly had to be that she was forced to eat healthy foods, never any sweets or fats; she was forced to eat vegetables and low fat products, especially during her teen years.
Unlike most children who's parents were able to spend time with them, her parents were never there for her, her father was busy keeping his family business alive then to see his daughter and her mother, well, she was busy talking with her female friends, laughing, lounging, and drinking ever so sweet tea. She never had a quality time with either of them, only a few times a year did she have a dinner with her parents, talking about only her day in school and how things went.
She grew curious of the years, of the world below them, of what it was like, of what the people were like. Her history class was one of her intriguing subjects, she learned of more of the world below, of the different races, and of wars in the past. She wanted to go down, but at her age, she almost was a prisoner in her house. She was a person with a burden, her parents planned to pass on their wealth to her when she wed to someone else of her stature.
It wasn't until she was Twenty years old that she was told she would be wed to the son of a wealthy man who was friend of her fathers. This news set her off greatly, she didn't want to marry a man she never met, and she also didn't want to carry on the family wealth. What she wanted was to escape, to free herself from the chains that kept her bound to the life she had wished to always escape from, and leave New Wyndia for a world below. That she did, and her escape was almost impossible, she ran for the main edge, surrounded by a huge wall that had kept many Wyndians from escaping.
Guards were stationed all around, preventing people from leaving New Wyndia, like prisoners in a jail cell. She had ran for the gates, using a cloak, she stayed hidden within the shadows, during the night, it was easy to escape. She snuck past each guards, and eventually, she reached it, the edge of New Wyndia, below clouds, and the area below the huge shiny fortress of diamonds. She immediately jumped, falling down, down to the earth, the air swaying against her body, she flapped against the breeze, and found her way to a town, where her first encounter with the outside world began, but she had a cloak on to prevent her identity from being discovered.
She sighed, looking up to him, to the one she could trust, to her own protector, Ryu, perhaps it was someone like him that she was searching for, someone who would understand her, and perhaps someone who look at her for who she was, and not by trying to force her into something she didn't want to be. She slowly wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly, a warm feeling flowing through her heart.
Never in her life had she felt so close to someone, never this close, especially for someone like him. He didn't see her as someone who was a whore by how she dressed; he seemed to even put up with how much trouble she attracted, nobody else was even this helpful, or even this brave. He was indeed her knight in shiny gold armor, and a handsome one at that.
Slowly she fell asleep, even with all that happened on this day, she felt safe, safe within his arms, she trusted him with her life, and she had no worries, no worries at all.
Next time:
People in the past always have an impact on the present. There those people who make a difference by inspiration, advice, or perhaps giving you the strength. But then there are people who were nothing more then a pest, a pain, a bully, or a person who in the past cause a traumatizing event. Draco is the kind of person who in the past was my only friend. but recently, were arch enemies.
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