Chapter 8: On with the chase!
Disclaimer: I disclaim FY. Questions?
M. Quavers: Sorry I've been away so very long, I'll try and upload more often ;D Well, on with the show!
Akire's hand shook as she held her sword, ready to hack this guy to pieces. Three...two...one.
"AAAARRRRRRRGGGH!"
"HELL! DAMMIT WOMAN, YOU ALMOST SLICED MY HEAD OFF!"
Akire's sword slashed through air as the would-be attacker instinctively ducked his head. She paused to look at her "assailant", who turns out to be Tasuki. Out of shock and sudden relief, she collapsed on her knees, sobbing. Rolling his eyes, Tasuki sat cross-legged beside her and said, "What in hell did I do now, 'Highness'?"
Still sobbing, Akire suddenly lunged at him with her sword, pinning him down. She held the blade to his neck, and shouted, "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! EVER! AND STOP CALLING ME HIGHNESS!" He tried to get up to the point of pushing her aside, when she collapsed, her cheek pressed against his shoulder. Safe to say, he's totally bewildered by this, and quite doesn't know what to do.
Akire felt relieved and safe, now that she's with someone she knows, especially now that she's in the arms of, of, of, "AAAAAKK!" Oh, well, it was too good to be true anyway (in short, mushy moments never lasts a minute in my watch). She quickly pushed herself away from him and stood up, brushing away dust and sheathing her sword. "Really, Tasuki, there's no need to go all mushy on me." Tasuki was about to open his mouth to argue, then thought the better of it and muttered, "Women, really."
He remembered the note he was clutching in his fist and was about to give it to her, when he changed his mind and quickly withdrew his hand. "Oy, what's that?" Akire said, glancing at his fist, and seeing her name on it. He smiled, showing his pointy teeth and said, "You'll never know." Akire bit her lower lip and grabbed at his hand. "Give it!"
He raised his hand above his head, waving the little piece of paper gleefully. Not really thinking rationally, she kept on reaching for the paper, tiptoeing and stretching her arms, but he kept right on pulling the note away from her. "I'll never let you have it," Tasuki said in a singsong voice. "Then fine!" Akire exclaimed, crossing her arms. "Then I'll tell Miaka that you're just an insensitive moron who picks on people! I'll tell her you're no better than the pathetic pickpockets in your dirty streets! And I'm going right on telling her that the minute I get back! So don't you give me that paper, I dare you!" Frowning, but also realizing a bit of truth in her words, tossed the note to her. "What am I going to do with it, anyway?" he muttered.
"For Akire's eyes only," she read silently. "Dear Akire. So nice to hear from you. We're all fine. If you want to find Ikegai, remember that he channels his powers using magic based on different beliefs. I know every time you use you Paladin powers depletes your strength, but try using them to track down his energy signatures from different elements. Good luck. If not, you can always right back. –Daryll." She smiled and was about to fold away the paper when she saw a small note scribbled below the message. "PS. When ARE you getting a boyfriend? That way, you won't be alone all the time." She hurriedly crumpled the note.
"So, what's it say?" Tasuki asked impatiently.
"Shut up, and what's it to you?" She turned away and clutched her ring. A faint light appeared on the stone, and she quickly wrapped her hand with her cloak to conceal it, as she crouched down with her ear to the ground, pretending to listen to who knows what (couldn't have her blow her cover, right?). "D'you really think you'll hear him when you do that?" Tasuki needled again.
"SHH!" Akire said, closing her eyes, as she concentrated, trying to find the trails of energy that Daryll said led to Ikegai. Finally, she could feel a thread of energy leading south. She quickly followed it, with her hand touching the ground. "T-this w-way," she urged Tasuki, as she felt her energy being drained. After half an hour of stumbling and nearly losing the invisible trail, she collapsed, her face dripping with sweat. "Boy, you tire easily," Tasuki remarked. Not letting herself be humiliated in front of him, she unbuckled her sword and used it to support herself. "Only a little way to go, the, um, sounds, are getting stronger," she whispered. "Or you're losing your sanity," Tasuki snickered.
Tasuki's POV (first time I did this, eh? Sorry if I get it wrong - Quavers)
Whoop-dee-do. What a lousy afternoon. And here I thought I'm gonna get some action. Instead, I get stuck with this idiotic girl. Only a short distance of walkin and she's all weak and tremblin. Look at her, as if she really can hear that Ikegai person. Next thing I know she'll try to ditch me or somethin.
Tryin to salvage the rest of my time, I look around the place. You never know what you'll find and, hold on. A shadow flickered by awhile ago. Ahh, what the hell, Akire-baka ain't gonna notice I'm gone, so might as well look closer.
I quietly walked over to where I saw "it", and found nothing interesting. I started to turn back and follow Akire again, when this fist just appeared out of nowhere and socked me on the nose! Before I could dent his head, two more pairs of hands appeared and pushed me over a cliff, which I SWEAR wasn't there before.
So here I am, fallin down, waitin for the ground to compress my head, and, what the HECK am I doin? I quickly took out my tessen and shouted out the incantation. If I'm gonna fall, I sure as heck will make sure the bad guys fall in after me. "LEKKA SHIEN! HA, TAKE THAT YOU--!"
Tasuki can't respond, having this big, bloody mess on his head, since he already hit the bottom of the cliff...
This really isn't Akire's day. Her energy's all drained trying to trace Ikegai, and now the trail just, poof! disappears. And, to top it all off, there are three Ikegai's circling her right now! "I so am tired," she remarked weakly, slowly crouching down to the ground. As her eyesight dimmed, she could see that one of Ikegai's hands were all bloody and black and, yes, smoking. "Ha! Good, old, Tasuki."
Great, no-one conscious to get a POV and, wait a minute, I think there's one more guy, hold on...
Ikegai's POV
I'm such a cheater, aren't I? Now, don't give me all that nonsense about using astral projections of me to harm others is a cowardly act. I got my dear, sweet Akire now, haven't I? And I got rid of that foulmouthed guy who's bothering her.
Dear me, though, I wish I hadn't been there to watch my "holograms" do my work for me, that Tasuki guy injured me again! On the same arm! On the same week! The same way! Huh, at least he won't be bothering anyone anytime soon.
I march off to my hideout, which very nearly got discovered by my resourceful Akire, if not for me, myself and my intervention. I had the other two carry the orange oaf, while I get to carry my empress to my castle.
"Put him in chains and be done with it!" I chuckled, as my mental- projection minions tie him up and hoist him a few feet from the dungeon especially rough. And how about Akire? No, I won't put her in a cell, no, not in the same cell as Tasuki, anyway.
But before I tie HER up, she has something that I've been meaning to have for a very long time now. Something that may just sway the whole of Amria to do my bidding, and hold all dimensions under my command. Couldn't leave her with that kind of power, now, couldn't we? And that's exactly why I have to take Akire's ring, the source of all her extraordinary abilities.
(M. Quavers: Hey, dudes! I now dedicate this chapter to the 24th Altruist. Why? What special hidden meaning must we delve in this chapter? Nothing! I just want to dedicate it.)
Disclaimer: I disclaim FY. Questions?
M. Quavers: Sorry I've been away so very long, I'll try and upload more often ;D Well, on with the show!
Akire's hand shook as she held her sword, ready to hack this guy to pieces. Three...two...one.
"AAAARRRRRRRGGGH!"
"HELL! DAMMIT WOMAN, YOU ALMOST SLICED MY HEAD OFF!"
Akire's sword slashed through air as the would-be attacker instinctively ducked his head. She paused to look at her "assailant", who turns out to be Tasuki. Out of shock and sudden relief, she collapsed on her knees, sobbing. Rolling his eyes, Tasuki sat cross-legged beside her and said, "What in hell did I do now, 'Highness'?"
Still sobbing, Akire suddenly lunged at him with her sword, pinning him down. She held the blade to his neck, and shouted, "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN! EVER! AND STOP CALLING ME HIGHNESS!" He tried to get up to the point of pushing her aside, when she collapsed, her cheek pressed against his shoulder. Safe to say, he's totally bewildered by this, and quite doesn't know what to do.
Akire felt relieved and safe, now that she's with someone she knows, especially now that she's in the arms of, of, of, "AAAAAKK!" Oh, well, it was too good to be true anyway (in short, mushy moments never lasts a minute in my watch). She quickly pushed herself away from him and stood up, brushing away dust and sheathing her sword. "Really, Tasuki, there's no need to go all mushy on me." Tasuki was about to open his mouth to argue, then thought the better of it and muttered, "Women, really."
He remembered the note he was clutching in his fist and was about to give it to her, when he changed his mind and quickly withdrew his hand. "Oy, what's that?" Akire said, glancing at his fist, and seeing her name on it. He smiled, showing his pointy teeth and said, "You'll never know." Akire bit her lower lip and grabbed at his hand. "Give it!"
He raised his hand above his head, waving the little piece of paper gleefully. Not really thinking rationally, she kept on reaching for the paper, tiptoeing and stretching her arms, but he kept right on pulling the note away from her. "I'll never let you have it," Tasuki said in a singsong voice. "Then fine!" Akire exclaimed, crossing her arms. "Then I'll tell Miaka that you're just an insensitive moron who picks on people! I'll tell her you're no better than the pathetic pickpockets in your dirty streets! And I'm going right on telling her that the minute I get back! So don't you give me that paper, I dare you!" Frowning, but also realizing a bit of truth in her words, tossed the note to her. "What am I going to do with it, anyway?" he muttered.
"For Akire's eyes only," she read silently. "Dear Akire. So nice to hear from you. We're all fine. If you want to find Ikegai, remember that he channels his powers using magic based on different beliefs. I know every time you use you Paladin powers depletes your strength, but try using them to track down his energy signatures from different elements. Good luck. If not, you can always right back. –Daryll." She smiled and was about to fold away the paper when she saw a small note scribbled below the message. "PS. When ARE you getting a boyfriend? That way, you won't be alone all the time." She hurriedly crumpled the note.
"So, what's it say?" Tasuki asked impatiently.
"Shut up, and what's it to you?" She turned away and clutched her ring. A faint light appeared on the stone, and she quickly wrapped her hand with her cloak to conceal it, as she crouched down with her ear to the ground, pretending to listen to who knows what (couldn't have her blow her cover, right?). "D'you really think you'll hear him when you do that?" Tasuki needled again.
"SHH!" Akire said, closing her eyes, as she concentrated, trying to find the trails of energy that Daryll said led to Ikegai. Finally, she could feel a thread of energy leading south. She quickly followed it, with her hand touching the ground. "T-this w-way," she urged Tasuki, as she felt her energy being drained. After half an hour of stumbling and nearly losing the invisible trail, she collapsed, her face dripping with sweat. "Boy, you tire easily," Tasuki remarked. Not letting herself be humiliated in front of him, she unbuckled her sword and used it to support herself. "Only a little way to go, the, um, sounds, are getting stronger," she whispered. "Or you're losing your sanity," Tasuki snickered.
Tasuki's POV (first time I did this, eh? Sorry if I get it wrong - Quavers)
Whoop-dee-do. What a lousy afternoon. And here I thought I'm gonna get some action. Instead, I get stuck with this idiotic girl. Only a short distance of walkin and she's all weak and tremblin. Look at her, as if she really can hear that Ikegai person. Next thing I know she'll try to ditch me or somethin.
Tryin to salvage the rest of my time, I look around the place. You never know what you'll find and, hold on. A shadow flickered by awhile ago. Ahh, what the hell, Akire-baka ain't gonna notice I'm gone, so might as well look closer.
I quietly walked over to where I saw "it", and found nothing interesting. I started to turn back and follow Akire again, when this fist just appeared out of nowhere and socked me on the nose! Before I could dent his head, two more pairs of hands appeared and pushed me over a cliff, which I SWEAR wasn't there before.
So here I am, fallin down, waitin for the ground to compress my head, and, what the HECK am I doin? I quickly took out my tessen and shouted out the incantation. If I'm gonna fall, I sure as heck will make sure the bad guys fall in after me. "LEKKA SHIEN! HA, TAKE THAT YOU--!"
Tasuki can't respond, having this big, bloody mess on his head, since he already hit the bottom of the cliff...
This really isn't Akire's day. Her energy's all drained trying to trace Ikegai, and now the trail just, poof! disappears. And, to top it all off, there are three Ikegai's circling her right now! "I so am tired," she remarked weakly, slowly crouching down to the ground. As her eyesight dimmed, she could see that one of Ikegai's hands were all bloody and black and, yes, smoking. "Ha! Good, old, Tasuki."
Great, no-one conscious to get a POV and, wait a minute, I think there's one more guy, hold on...
Ikegai's POV
I'm such a cheater, aren't I? Now, don't give me all that nonsense about using astral projections of me to harm others is a cowardly act. I got my dear, sweet Akire now, haven't I? And I got rid of that foulmouthed guy who's bothering her.
Dear me, though, I wish I hadn't been there to watch my "holograms" do my work for me, that Tasuki guy injured me again! On the same arm! On the same week! The same way! Huh, at least he won't be bothering anyone anytime soon.
I march off to my hideout, which very nearly got discovered by my resourceful Akire, if not for me, myself and my intervention. I had the other two carry the orange oaf, while I get to carry my empress to my castle.
"Put him in chains and be done with it!" I chuckled, as my mental- projection minions tie him up and hoist him a few feet from the dungeon especially rough. And how about Akire? No, I won't put her in a cell, no, not in the same cell as Tasuki, anyway.
But before I tie HER up, she has something that I've been meaning to have for a very long time now. Something that may just sway the whole of Amria to do my bidding, and hold all dimensions under my command. Couldn't leave her with that kind of power, now, couldn't we? And that's exactly why I have to take Akire's ring, the source of all her extraordinary abilities.
(M. Quavers: Hey, dudes! I now dedicate this chapter to the 24th Altruist. Why? What special hidden meaning must we delve in this chapter? Nothing! I just want to dedicate it.)