SOUL CALIBUR 2: A BOND OF SOULS AND SWORDS
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this story... I do own the plot however! ^_^
A/N: R&R Please everyone!!!!!
CHAPTER ONE: THE ATTACKS
Hong Yunsung was at the dojo where he had grown up. He took out his sword "White Thunder" and gazed at his reflection in the fine sword. Seung Mina had given him this blade. She said it would help him to realize things. He did feel different when he received it, and had fought with the strength it gave him ever since. Still looking at his reflection, he saw something behind him through the sword. He turned around.
"Seung Mina! I was wondering why you were not here... How have you been?" Seung Mina did not answer Yunsung. She walked toward him a strange light in her eyes. "Hey... Are you all right?" Yunsung took a step back. When she got close enough to him, he could see her eyes clearly. They were not her usual soft brown color. It seemed as if a mist had settled in her eyes, corrupting her vision, and they were black with a red rim.
"Hey Mina, what's wrong? Why don't you answer me?" Yunsung asked, a bit anxious. Not expecting an attack from his long-time friend, he took the blow from her staff head on. Seung Mina did not flinch when she struck him or say anything. Yunsung flew onto the ground, uncertain of what to do. He rubbed his shoulder as it stung agonizingly. He sat there confused as Seung Mina raised her staff again. Yunsung dodged that strike, and tried to reach for his White thunder, but Mina hit his outstretched arm.
"Mina, stop it!" Yunsung yelled pulling his stricken hand back. She did not stop, or make any notification that she heard him. All she heard in her mind was, "kill, kill, kill." He was still unsure of why his friend was attacking him, but he did not feel like getting beaten to find out why. Yunsung threw a quick kick to disarm Mina. He hoped this would give him enough time to grab his White thunder and get out of there. No such luck. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, making him choke on his own breaths. She lifted him up in the air with such strength that Yunsung didn't think she had. She threw him brutally against the wall of the dojo. She walked slowly over to him.
"Why are you doing this?" He coughed, his blood seeping through his white shirt. Mina had regained her staff and held it high in the air to beat him.
"Seung Mina!?" her father, and owner of the dojo called, looking positively baffled at what she was doing. Given this distraction, Yunsung rolled out of the way of the incoming attack and painfully got to his feet. Running as fast as his stride would take him, he grabbed his White thunder. Without a word to Mina or her father, he ran out the door and into the stormy night. He made in just in time because as soon as he shut the door, a knife was flung into the door way, sinking merely into the wood. Yunsung did not look back. He just ran through the muddy plain and crossed the bridge into the village.
Maxi was in his house not too far away from the scene of Yunsung and Seung Mina. He was in his chair thinking when there was rapid knock on the door. He could hear sobs from outside, and rolled his eyes. It must be Xianghua. Walking calmly over, he opened the door almost being pushed down by Xianghua, reaching forward and crying into his chest. He patted her back awkwardly.
"What's wrong? What happened?" He asked softly.
"Kilik...... (Sob)..Kilik.."
"What?" Maxi asked. Xianghua would not answer so Maxi drew her away from him. His eyes opened wide. There were many cuts and bruises across her face, and slashes down her arms.
"What happened to you?...."
"Kilik attacked me!....... I didn't know what to do, I didn't have my sword with me and I couldn't fight Kilik, he's my friend!...... (Sob).. He said he would come for you next!..... I needed to warn you! He hurt me Maxi!" Maxi refrained from rolling his eyes. Xianghua should have fought him, friend or not. She was a fighter, and that is what fighters do. Maxi did understand in a way though. Kilik and Xianghua had traveled with Maxi on a quest, and during that time, they had created a bond. Why would Kilik do such a thing? For no reason; whatsoever?
"Did you ask him why, Xianghua?" Maxi asked softly.
"Yes. All he said was.... Nightmare. And something about, "Needing more souls." " Maxi got a blanket from his closet and draped it over her. She looked up at him with her big brown eyes. "Does this have something to do with..... The soul edge?"
".......You must be freezing. why don't you sit by the fire....." She smiled the tiniest bit and put her hands near the fire. Maxi stood outside sheltered by the rain a little, when suddenly a man appeared out of the corner of his eye. Carrying only his rod and a scowl, he walked unambiguously towards Maxi's house.
"Halt." Maxi commanded. Kilik ignored him or didn't hear. "Kilik-" Maxi started but was cut off.
"I do not recognize that name anymore." He answered in a monotonous tone. Maxi shook his head, confused.
"What happened?" Maxi asked, looking into his hazed over eyes. Kilik did not answer, but drew closer with the rod still in his hand. "Do not come any closer," Maxi warned, whipping out his weapon.
"You are not my master," Kilik answered in that same tedious tone.
"Who is your master?" Maxi asked gripping the door knob to enter his house.
"Nightmare."
"Shit...I was afraid of that....." Maxi answered and entered his house. "Come Xianghua. Kilik is here. We can leave out the back door." Xianghua swiftly pulled herself together and left with Maxi.
They were both silent for about ten minutes when Xianghua finally spoke.
"Where are we going Maxi?" He didn't answer her.
"It isn't the same without Kilik..... Will he be all right?"
"I don't know Xianghua....." Maxi sighed and turned his head away from her. They ran far and fast as the sun was setting in the distance. They could see a figure in the distance. Xianghua peered closely at the figure. He had red spiky hair and he was drenched from the rain, running as well.
"It's Yunsung!" she exclaimed. As she was about to run to him, Maxi caught her arm and held her back.
"You never know....." He said. When they crossed paths, Maxi could look into his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. They were not black or hazed over.
"Maxi, Xianghua, the strangest thing happened...... whoa, Xianghua, what happened to your face?"
"I fear the same thing that happened to you," Xianghua pointed at Yunsung's blood stained shirt. Completely without knowledge of anything that was going on, or knowing what to do, they stood in the rain, trying to figure things out.
Cassandra's sword was in her hands as she squinted her eyes and let it swing, striking only air. Not being swift enough, she felt muscular arms covered in armor grab her neck from behind.
"This is the end!" He hissed in her ear. She struggled with his arms, twisting and turning, only to end up in the same position. The man swung his sword called the soul edge high in the air, bringing it crashing down, and cutting inside Cassandra. With the soul edge through either side of her, Cassandra slid down to the ground, her eyes wide and her mouth gasping for air. The man let her struggle watching and waiting. Cassandra's vision was slowly slipping away from her, as if a haze had settled upon her eyes. Not being able to see, she slipped into panic, and passed out on the floor, the soul edge still inside of her. Sophitia suddenly appeared in the room, though Cassandra did not know this. Sophitia screamed in terror, to see her sister, sprawled out on the floor, crimson blood spilling out from her wounds. Sophitia's sword was already pulled out and she charged at Nightmare with a roar that caused her throat to go dry.
"Foolish." He muttered holding out an arm to stop her. Sophitia did not care if she was foolish. She did not care what he called her. She fought blindly, Nightmare was quite surprised. While Sophitia was struggling with Nightmare, a brown haired, brown eyed small girl poked her head into the room. She silently ran to Cassandra, and as soon as she picked her up, Nightmare's head spun around to face her.
"ARRRAAAHH!!! MY SWORD!" The girl's face shone with determination and she tried to flee, but the sword weighed Cassandra down. It was hard enough to carry just her! Nightmare actually jumped on Sophitia to get to Talim and Cassandra. His massive weight of armor landed right on Talim and she let out a yelp. Cassandra was not totally underneath them, but her leg was, as Sophitia figured out when she tried to pull her away. Sophitia could still reach the sword though, and so she yanked it out of Cassandra, and her eyes flew open. He vision was not blurred anymore and she could feel everything again. She had a brutal wound in her stomach, but now was not the time to dwell on that. Nightmare was without his sword, but he was still dangerous. His iron hands punched Talim, and he finally stopped when he saw Cassandra, on her knees in front of him. Nightmare kicked her so that she flew outside of the house, rolling onto the muddy grass. She wanted to get up..... she needed to get up! But she could not. Her wounds would not allow her, and she slowly drifted off again. Nightmare had regained his sword and swung it high up in the air to bring in down into Talim who was underneath him. Sophitia's eyes grew wide and without thinking she flew in front of Talim taking the blow for her. Talim finally got a chance to get out from underneath Nightmare, and went to Sophitia, the soul edge within her. Her eyes rolled back into her head and Talim grabbed the hilt of the sword. Just as she had gotten about an inch of it out of Sophitia, she felt a sharp pain in her side and she was flung out into the muddy grass, passing out before she hit the ground.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this story... I do own the plot however! ^_^
A/N: R&R Please everyone!!!!!
CHAPTER ONE: THE ATTACKS
Hong Yunsung was at the dojo where he had grown up. He took out his sword "White Thunder" and gazed at his reflection in the fine sword. Seung Mina had given him this blade. She said it would help him to realize things. He did feel different when he received it, and had fought with the strength it gave him ever since. Still looking at his reflection, he saw something behind him through the sword. He turned around.
"Seung Mina! I was wondering why you were not here... How have you been?" Seung Mina did not answer Yunsung. She walked toward him a strange light in her eyes. "Hey... Are you all right?" Yunsung took a step back. When she got close enough to him, he could see her eyes clearly. They were not her usual soft brown color. It seemed as if a mist had settled in her eyes, corrupting her vision, and they were black with a red rim.
"Hey Mina, what's wrong? Why don't you answer me?" Yunsung asked, a bit anxious. Not expecting an attack from his long-time friend, he took the blow from her staff head on. Seung Mina did not flinch when she struck him or say anything. Yunsung flew onto the ground, uncertain of what to do. He rubbed his shoulder as it stung agonizingly. He sat there confused as Seung Mina raised her staff again. Yunsung dodged that strike, and tried to reach for his White thunder, but Mina hit his outstretched arm.
"Mina, stop it!" Yunsung yelled pulling his stricken hand back. She did not stop, or make any notification that she heard him. All she heard in her mind was, "kill, kill, kill." He was still unsure of why his friend was attacking him, but he did not feel like getting beaten to find out why. Yunsung threw a quick kick to disarm Mina. He hoped this would give him enough time to grab his White thunder and get out of there. No such luck. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, making him choke on his own breaths. She lifted him up in the air with such strength that Yunsung didn't think she had. She threw him brutally against the wall of the dojo. She walked slowly over to him.
"Why are you doing this?" He coughed, his blood seeping through his white shirt. Mina had regained her staff and held it high in the air to beat him.
"Seung Mina!?" her father, and owner of the dojo called, looking positively baffled at what she was doing. Given this distraction, Yunsung rolled out of the way of the incoming attack and painfully got to his feet. Running as fast as his stride would take him, he grabbed his White thunder. Without a word to Mina or her father, he ran out the door and into the stormy night. He made in just in time because as soon as he shut the door, a knife was flung into the door way, sinking merely into the wood. Yunsung did not look back. He just ran through the muddy plain and crossed the bridge into the village.
Maxi was in his house not too far away from the scene of Yunsung and Seung Mina. He was in his chair thinking when there was rapid knock on the door. He could hear sobs from outside, and rolled his eyes. It must be Xianghua. Walking calmly over, he opened the door almost being pushed down by Xianghua, reaching forward and crying into his chest. He patted her back awkwardly.
"What's wrong? What happened?" He asked softly.
"Kilik...... (Sob)..Kilik.."
"What?" Maxi asked. Xianghua would not answer so Maxi drew her away from him. His eyes opened wide. There were many cuts and bruises across her face, and slashes down her arms.
"What happened to you?...."
"Kilik attacked me!....... I didn't know what to do, I didn't have my sword with me and I couldn't fight Kilik, he's my friend!...... (Sob).. He said he would come for you next!..... I needed to warn you! He hurt me Maxi!" Maxi refrained from rolling his eyes. Xianghua should have fought him, friend or not. She was a fighter, and that is what fighters do. Maxi did understand in a way though. Kilik and Xianghua had traveled with Maxi on a quest, and during that time, they had created a bond. Why would Kilik do such a thing? For no reason; whatsoever?
"Did you ask him why, Xianghua?" Maxi asked softly.
"Yes. All he said was.... Nightmare. And something about, "Needing more souls." " Maxi got a blanket from his closet and draped it over her. She looked up at him with her big brown eyes. "Does this have something to do with..... The soul edge?"
".......You must be freezing. why don't you sit by the fire....." She smiled the tiniest bit and put her hands near the fire. Maxi stood outside sheltered by the rain a little, when suddenly a man appeared out of the corner of his eye. Carrying only his rod and a scowl, he walked unambiguously towards Maxi's house.
"Halt." Maxi commanded. Kilik ignored him or didn't hear. "Kilik-" Maxi started but was cut off.
"I do not recognize that name anymore." He answered in a monotonous tone. Maxi shook his head, confused.
"What happened?" Maxi asked, looking into his hazed over eyes. Kilik did not answer, but drew closer with the rod still in his hand. "Do not come any closer," Maxi warned, whipping out his weapon.
"You are not my master," Kilik answered in that same tedious tone.
"Who is your master?" Maxi asked gripping the door knob to enter his house.
"Nightmare."
"Shit...I was afraid of that....." Maxi answered and entered his house. "Come Xianghua. Kilik is here. We can leave out the back door." Xianghua swiftly pulled herself together and left with Maxi.
They were both silent for about ten minutes when Xianghua finally spoke.
"Where are we going Maxi?" He didn't answer her.
"It isn't the same without Kilik..... Will he be all right?"
"I don't know Xianghua....." Maxi sighed and turned his head away from her. They ran far and fast as the sun was setting in the distance. They could see a figure in the distance. Xianghua peered closely at the figure. He had red spiky hair and he was drenched from the rain, running as well.
"It's Yunsung!" she exclaimed. As she was about to run to him, Maxi caught her arm and held her back.
"You never know....." He said. When they crossed paths, Maxi could look into his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. They were not black or hazed over.
"Maxi, Xianghua, the strangest thing happened...... whoa, Xianghua, what happened to your face?"
"I fear the same thing that happened to you," Xianghua pointed at Yunsung's blood stained shirt. Completely without knowledge of anything that was going on, or knowing what to do, they stood in the rain, trying to figure things out.
Cassandra's sword was in her hands as she squinted her eyes and let it swing, striking only air. Not being swift enough, she felt muscular arms covered in armor grab her neck from behind.
"This is the end!" He hissed in her ear. She struggled with his arms, twisting and turning, only to end up in the same position. The man swung his sword called the soul edge high in the air, bringing it crashing down, and cutting inside Cassandra. With the soul edge through either side of her, Cassandra slid down to the ground, her eyes wide and her mouth gasping for air. The man let her struggle watching and waiting. Cassandra's vision was slowly slipping away from her, as if a haze had settled upon her eyes. Not being able to see, she slipped into panic, and passed out on the floor, the soul edge still inside of her. Sophitia suddenly appeared in the room, though Cassandra did not know this. Sophitia screamed in terror, to see her sister, sprawled out on the floor, crimson blood spilling out from her wounds. Sophitia's sword was already pulled out and she charged at Nightmare with a roar that caused her throat to go dry.
"Foolish." He muttered holding out an arm to stop her. Sophitia did not care if she was foolish. She did not care what he called her. She fought blindly, Nightmare was quite surprised. While Sophitia was struggling with Nightmare, a brown haired, brown eyed small girl poked her head into the room. She silently ran to Cassandra, and as soon as she picked her up, Nightmare's head spun around to face her.
"ARRRAAAHH!!! MY SWORD!" The girl's face shone with determination and she tried to flee, but the sword weighed Cassandra down. It was hard enough to carry just her! Nightmare actually jumped on Sophitia to get to Talim and Cassandra. His massive weight of armor landed right on Talim and she let out a yelp. Cassandra was not totally underneath them, but her leg was, as Sophitia figured out when she tried to pull her away. Sophitia could still reach the sword though, and so she yanked it out of Cassandra, and her eyes flew open. He vision was not blurred anymore and she could feel everything again. She had a brutal wound in her stomach, but now was not the time to dwell on that. Nightmare was without his sword, but he was still dangerous. His iron hands punched Talim, and he finally stopped when he saw Cassandra, on her knees in front of him. Nightmare kicked her so that she flew outside of the house, rolling onto the muddy grass. She wanted to get up..... she needed to get up! But she could not. Her wounds would not allow her, and she slowly drifted off again. Nightmare had regained his sword and swung it high up in the air to bring in down into Talim who was underneath him. Sophitia's eyes grew wide and without thinking she flew in front of Talim taking the blow for her. Talim finally got a chance to get out from underneath Nightmare, and went to Sophitia, the soul edge within her. Her eyes rolled back into her head and Talim grabbed the hilt of the sword. Just as she had gotten about an inch of it out of Sophitia, she felt a sharp pain in her side and she was flung out into the muddy grass, passing out before she hit the ground.