SOUL CALIBUR II: A BOND OF SOULS AND SWORDS
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Soul Calibur characters, however I will
borrow them if I please...... ^_^
A/N: I didn't really expect this chapter to come out this way, but that's okay ^_^.... Please read and review!!! I hope the next chapter will be out sooner then this one was..... k, please review to tell me what is missing or what is good so far..... See you next chapter... (Hopefully it will come
out sooner then this one! -_-;;) A/N: IMPORTANT!!!!! I have changed Link into Talim!! Haha, Link isn't in the story anymore..... I put Talim in there instead. O_O okay.... that's
all ^_^
CHAPTER TWO: A Nightmare come true
Cassandra woke up to remember a horrible memory and a very injured stomach.
"Ugh....." She grunted, and was startled by voices. She did not know where she was.
"She's waking up!" said a female voice.
"Yes, we can see that Xianghua......" A male voice said. Xianghua? She knew that name...... Cassandra opened her eyes to find familiar faces. One was a girl with short brown hair that flipped up, making her appear as a cutesy type, which she is. Another was a boy with flaming red hair and an expression that was unmistakably Yunsung and there was a man with black hair and light brown eyes on the right of her. Maxi. She smiled at her friends.
"Wow...... Um, hey guys," Cassandra tried to laugh. "What's the occasion?" Xianghua gave a little squeal and bent down to hug her. Yunsung smiled, and Maxi spoke, looking down at her wounds.
"Do you remember what happened?" Cassandra did not answer for a while but suddenly, it hit her.
"Where am I?"
"Seung Mina's dojo, it's peaceful now," Yunsung said.
"Where is Sophitia?" She asked, suddenly alert.
"Sophitia.....? I don't know Cassandra....... We didn't find her."
"Where is Talim?"
"Right beside you......." Yunsung said his eyes still upon Talim.
"Sophitia and she saved my life......"
"Who..... Did this to you?" Yunsung asked.
"Nightmare..... He was trying to turn me into his slave...."
"How?...."
"He stuck his sword..... The soul edge into me...... and.... It felt like dying. I thought I was dead.... My eyes..... They glazed over..... I couldn't see..... And well the next thing I knew I was looking up at my much bloodied sister and Talim was taking the wrath for me..... As soon as I got onto my knees, I was kicked out of the house..... And I passed out. It all happened so quick..... And I don't know what happened on their part..... But they risked their lives for me!"
"Wow..... Well that was nice," Xianghua said tilting her head. Yunsung rolled his eyes.
"Fortunately we did not meet with Nightmare himself, just one of his minions......"
".......Who?" Cassandra looked at the troubled faces of her companions.
"Seung Mina," Yunsung answered.
"Kilik," Maxi said. Xianghua looked away.
"And unless there was some miracle there, I'm guessing Sophitia is too."
"What do we do?" Xianghua asked, refusing to let tears leak out of her eyes.
"Unless anyone has any better ideas, I will go to save them. Kilik is like my brother, and I will not let the same thing that happened to my crew happen to him."
"What of the others?" Cassandra asked.
"Who?"
"Taki, Ivy, and such. What do you think happened to them?"
"Do I need answer this question?" Maxi shook his head.
"Nightmare will pay," Cassandra said, clenching her teeth.
"When will Talim wake up?" Yunsung asked.
"Soon, I hope. I don't really know."
"Soooooo..... Are we just going to sit here until tomorrow? For all we know there may not be a tomorrow. We will have to split up to find the right information, savvy?" Maxi said, his inner pirate shinning through.
"Aye, aye, Captain!" Xianghua giggled. He rolled his eyes.
"We will leave as soon as Talim wakes up. There is no time to spare. Get your things and you had all better be ready by the time Talim is awake." Maxi commanded.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, who made you the captain of this ship??" Cassandra asked with her strong temper.
"No pun intended," Yunsung chuckled.
"I did," Maxi said bluntly and turned to grab a bag. Cassandra opened her mouth to say something, but closed it quickly. Cassandra at a loss for words is one thing you do not see often. She was reluctantly dragged away by Xianghua into the next room.
"Talim's........ Okay.... right?" Maxi looked at Yunsung with a sly smile that he was trying to hide was spreading across his face.
"No, she's going to die Yunsung...... Why do you care anyway? All you care about is yourself," Maxi sniggered. Yunsung glared at him and looked down.
"Harsh," He said softly.
"Well you deserve it! Remember last year in the tournament, when you had won the battle against me, you laid down on the ground and said, "Man, I'm much better looking then you," while fanning yourself. Come on man! Didn't think I would remember that huh?"
"......Yeah...... I remember winning." Yunsung grinned remembering the thought.
"But then Taki clobbered you in the next match you ass. Look. Yunsung. If you're going to help on this mission, then you have to use your brain. You know, that thing, in your head?"
"Yes." Yunsung glared. He usually did not take this crap from anybody, but he had to cooperate with Maxi if he wanted to save Seung Mina and the others.
"Good. Now I was thinking you could go with Xianghua and Cassandra, Talim and I would go together."
"Uh, er, but....."
"But what?....." Maxi sniggered looking away. Yunsung punched his arm, and Maxi laughed harder.
"Okay, but you have to behave yourself, and stay focused on the mission. Not on her. Savvy?"
"Yeah, yeah, pirates honor, okay?" Maxi glared at him and then turned his head to go find the girls. Yunsung was left there in the dojo with an unconscious Talim at his side. He looked at her with a new respect. She lay there with many cuts and bruises on her, but Yunsung still found her beautiful. His hand obeyed his thoughts and reached out to brush brown hair out of her face. When his hand had barely touched her beautiful skin, Talim's eyes flew open and grabbed his shaking hand. She gasped.
"Yunsung? What are you doing?"
"I er- uh......." Not having an answer, he did not respond. Talim stared at him with puzzled eyes, not understanding.
"Oh, no. What did you do? I thought we had an agreement," Maxi said leaning against the door way. Yunsung shrugged at a loss for words and Maxi softly chuckled.
"I told you to be ready by the time Talim woke up. You are not. Where is your head Yunsung?"
"Sorry...." He muttered passing Maxi. Maxi filled Talim in on what was happening, and Yunsung, Cassandra, and Xianghua got their things together. They all finally entered the room and Maxi turned to them.
"All right. Cassandra, you'll be coming with me, I think our fighting skills will be a good offset to each other. Talim, Xianghua, and Yunsung..... Will go together I suppose. Talim, you will have to be the brains there."
"Hey!" Yunsung said and Xianghua cocked her head.
"We have three days to gather any type of information. We need to know where Nightmare is, what he wants, and who exactly he has corrupted. We will meet back here in three days..... Savvy?" Cassandra rolled her eyes.
"Yes sir, savvy and all that." Maxi shook his head and clapped a hand on Xianghua's shoulder.
"For Kilik," He whispered in her ear. She nodded. "Keep an eye on Yunsung, could you? He has a very strong will." She nodded again, but then she turned to him and he saw tears in her eyes. Xianghua hugged him close.
"Awww....." Cassandra sniggered. She tugged at Maxi's black hair. "Those three days are going to go pretty fast...." Maxi patted Xianghua's head awkwardly and broke away from her. He opened the door to exit, and let his companions pass. Before he left the dojo, he took a long look at it....... it was possibly the last time he would be seeing it.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Soul Calibur characters, however I will
borrow them if I please...... ^_^
A/N: I didn't really expect this chapter to come out this way, but that's okay ^_^.... Please read and review!!! I hope the next chapter will be out sooner then this one was..... k, please review to tell me what is missing or what is good so far..... See you next chapter... (Hopefully it will come
out sooner then this one! -_-;;) A/N: IMPORTANT!!!!! I have changed Link into Talim!! Haha, Link isn't in the story anymore..... I put Talim in there instead. O_O okay.... that's
all ^_^
CHAPTER TWO: A Nightmare come true
Cassandra woke up to remember a horrible memory and a very injured stomach.
"Ugh....." She grunted, and was startled by voices. She did not know where she was.
"She's waking up!" said a female voice.
"Yes, we can see that Xianghua......" A male voice said. Xianghua? She knew that name...... Cassandra opened her eyes to find familiar faces. One was a girl with short brown hair that flipped up, making her appear as a cutesy type, which she is. Another was a boy with flaming red hair and an expression that was unmistakably Yunsung and there was a man with black hair and light brown eyes on the right of her. Maxi. She smiled at her friends.
"Wow...... Um, hey guys," Cassandra tried to laugh. "What's the occasion?" Xianghua gave a little squeal and bent down to hug her. Yunsung smiled, and Maxi spoke, looking down at her wounds.
"Do you remember what happened?" Cassandra did not answer for a while but suddenly, it hit her.
"Where am I?"
"Seung Mina's dojo, it's peaceful now," Yunsung said.
"Where is Sophitia?" She asked, suddenly alert.
"Sophitia.....? I don't know Cassandra....... We didn't find her."
"Where is Talim?"
"Right beside you......." Yunsung said his eyes still upon Talim.
"Sophitia and she saved my life......"
"Who..... Did this to you?" Yunsung asked.
"Nightmare..... He was trying to turn me into his slave...."
"How?...."
"He stuck his sword..... The soul edge into me...... and.... It felt like dying. I thought I was dead.... My eyes..... They glazed over..... I couldn't see..... And well the next thing I knew I was looking up at my much bloodied sister and Talim was taking the wrath for me..... As soon as I got onto my knees, I was kicked out of the house..... And I passed out. It all happened so quick..... And I don't know what happened on their part..... But they risked their lives for me!"
"Wow..... Well that was nice," Xianghua said tilting her head. Yunsung rolled his eyes.
"Fortunately we did not meet with Nightmare himself, just one of his minions......"
".......Who?" Cassandra looked at the troubled faces of her companions.
"Seung Mina," Yunsung answered.
"Kilik," Maxi said. Xianghua looked away.
"And unless there was some miracle there, I'm guessing Sophitia is too."
"What do we do?" Xianghua asked, refusing to let tears leak out of her eyes.
"Unless anyone has any better ideas, I will go to save them. Kilik is like my brother, and I will not let the same thing that happened to my crew happen to him."
"What of the others?" Cassandra asked.
"Who?"
"Taki, Ivy, and such. What do you think happened to them?"
"Do I need answer this question?" Maxi shook his head.
"Nightmare will pay," Cassandra said, clenching her teeth.
"When will Talim wake up?" Yunsung asked.
"Soon, I hope. I don't really know."
"Soooooo..... Are we just going to sit here until tomorrow? For all we know there may not be a tomorrow. We will have to split up to find the right information, savvy?" Maxi said, his inner pirate shinning through.
"Aye, aye, Captain!" Xianghua giggled. He rolled his eyes.
"We will leave as soon as Talim wakes up. There is no time to spare. Get your things and you had all better be ready by the time Talim is awake." Maxi commanded.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, who made you the captain of this ship??" Cassandra asked with her strong temper.
"No pun intended," Yunsung chuckled.
"I did," Maxi said bluntly and turned to grab a bag. Cassandra opened her mouth to say something, but closed it quickly. Cassandra at a loss for words is one thing you do not see often. She was reluctantly dragged away by Xianghua into the next room.
"Talim's........ Okay.... right?" Maxi looked at Yunsung with a sly smile that he was trying to hide was spreading across his face.
"No, she's going to die Yunsung...... Why do you care anyway? All you care about is yourself," Maxi sniggered. Yunsung glared at him and looked down.
"Harsh," He said softly.
"Well you deserve it! Remember last year in the tournament, when you had won the battle against me, you laid down on the ground and said, "Man, I'm much better looking then you," while fanning yourself. Come on man! Didn't think I would remember that huh?"
"......Yeah...... I remember winning." Yunsung grinned remembering the thought.
"But then Taki clobbered you in the next match you ass. Look. Yunsung. If you're going to help on this mission, then you have to use your brain. You know, that thing, in your head?"
"Yes." Yunsung glared. He usually did not take this crap from anybody, but he had to cooperate with Maxi if he wanted to save Seung Mina and the others.
"Good. Now I was thinking you could go with Xianghua and Cassandra, Talim and I would go together."
"Uh, er, but....."
"But what?....." Maxi sniggered looking away. Yunsung punched his arm, and Maxi laughed harder.
"Okay, but you have to behave yourself, and stay focused on the mission. Not on her. Savvy?"
"Yeah, yeah, pirates honor, okay?" Maxi glared at him and then turned his head to go find the girls. Yunsung was left there in the dojo with an unconscious Talim at his side. He looked at her with a new respect. She lay there with many cuts and bruises on her, but Yunsung still found her beautiful. His hand obeyed his thoughts and reached out to brush brown hair out of her face. When his hand had barely touched her beautiful skin, Talim's eyes flew open and grabbed his shaking hand. She gasped.
"Yunsung? What are you doing?"
"I er- uh......." Not having an answer, he did not respond. Talim stared at him with puzzled eyes, not understanding.
"Oh, no. What did you do? I thought we had an agreement," Maxi said leaning against the door way. Yunsung shrugged at a loss for words and Maxi softly chuckled.
"I told you to be ready by the time Talim woke up. You are not. Where is your head Yunsung?"
"Sorry...." He muttered passing Maxi. Maxi filled Talim in on what was happening, and Yunsung, Cassandra, and Xianghua got their things together. They all finally entered the room and Maxi turned to them.
"All right. Cassandra, you'll be coming with me, I think our fighting skills will be a good offset to each other. Talim, Xianghua, and Yunsung..... Will go together I suppose. Talim, you will have to be the brains there."
"Hey!" Yunsung said and Xianghua cocked her head.
"We have three days to gather any type of information. We need to know where Nightmare is, what he wants, and who exactly he has corrupted. We will meet back here in three days..... Savvy?" Cassandra rolled her eyes.
"Yes sir, savvy and all that." Maxi shook his head and clapped a hand on Xianghua's shoulder.
"For Kilik," He whispered in her ear. She nodded. "Keep an eye on Yunsung, could you? He has a very strong will." She nodded again, but then she turned to him and he saw tears in her eyes. Xianghua hugged him close.
"Awww....." Cassandra sniggered. She tugged at Maxi's black hair. "Those three days are going to go pretty fast...." Maxi patted Xianghua's head awkwardly and broke away from her. He opened the door to exit, and let his companions pass. Before he left the dojo, he took a long look at it....... it was possibly the last time he would be seeing it.