Chapter 7:
"So you say that the kingdom beyond here is called Galseran?" Dark asked a traveling man who was mounted on a horse along the forest path.
"Y'sir. Tat be da place I do m'tradin." He said with a nod. "You can get in der wit' out much trouble. Tis a very nice place." He continued as his horse became impertinent and tugged on the reins. "S'cuse me sirs...I'll be on me way now. G'luck to ye..." He said and led his horse on forward.
"Thank you!" Dark called out then turned back to Krad who was leaning up against a tree with his arms crossed obviously tired and bored. "Looks like the neighboring country is the complete opposite of the one back there. What do you say to us heading there to gather more information and finally get a nice bed to sleep in? You can bunk with me if you have any nightmares." Dark said with a grin.
Krad opened one of his eyes and glared at him, "I think I'll pass on the last part..." He said and walked over to directly in front him still arms crossed. "And what information do you plan together? That we're lost? That we're in a different time period? That we're already on a cities most wanted list and we haven't even been here two days?" Krad asked angrily, "Tell me Dark! What do you plan to learn that we already don't know about?"
"Well, I've been thinking..." Dark said casually still grinning, "We want to go home right? Back to our more present time?"
"I was tired of the middle ages back when we lived in the middle ages..." Krad growled, "What's your point?"
"Well, if we got here through the painting...then that might be our way back." Dark said walking slowly around Krad who was following him with his eyes so he didn't make any fast ones. "So...still not trust me?"
Krad eyed him for a moment, "Hmph...guess that lump three feet above your ass is good for something..." Krad said plainly and spread his white wings taking off into the air.
"HEY!" Dark called after him, "YOU HAVE SOME REAL PEOPLE SKILLS ISSUES!"
"Tell me something that I'll actually care about..." Krad said as Dark flew next to him.
"Okay how about my plans for the evening?" Dark said with a smirk.
"I say again, something I care about..." Krad growled.
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Back at the kingdom of Madria, the kingdom is on edge still wondering who the unidentified visitors were who attacked the city. A feared and worried soldier stood shaking with one knee upon the ground as he bowed his head low in the presents of his king.
"So..." The king said with his back turned to the lowly soldier and in a deep and lowed voice that held no anger, only understanding, "You're telling me...two men entered my beautiful city possessing the ability of sorcery and you let them escape... after they injured nearly a quarter of my officers who keep my people safe, and they destroyed part of the wall around my kingdom?" He asked.
"W-W-Well sire..." The frightened man stuttered, "We...we think they were spies...but it's not confirmed my lord..."
The king stood still standing at a window overlooking the lavish courtyard, "...You know...I hear you all tried to eliminate them..." He said casually.
"Y-yes my lord." The shaking soldier replied with a hint of satisfaction in his voice that it sounded as though the king approved of their disposal.
"...Are you all so incompetent?" The king asked turning to the soldier with a face that could light a fire with its anger. "FOOLS!" He shouted.
Everyone in the room shrank back and the lone soldier could barely breathe let alone breathe.
"We are at war with that damn city that just so happens to have two sorcerers! And two lone sorcerers just happen to walk in here and you try to kill them!" He roared marching down the steps leading from his throne down to the soldier.
"But...but sir! We don't know if they were rouge! We thought they were spies from Galseran!" The soldier tried to speak with courage, but couldn't help the terror in his voice.
The king leered down at the doomed man with only pure hatred in his voice, "I for saw them coming you fool!" He roared and stopped in front of the kneeling soldier. "Those two are our ticket to winning this war! And because of your stupidity and daring to think that I would allow anyone into my city without me knowing about it...!" Draws his sword and brings it down upon the soldier's neck severing off his head. "You've sealed your fate..." The whole room stared in silence at the decapitated corpse that lay in a pool of blood on the ground, it was a gruesome and unjust sight, but now one dared to move and anger the king farther.
The king simply stared down at the murdered man for a moment then turned to the group of on lookers and returned to his normal composer, "Now...I do not want these two killed...I want them alive and brought to me at once. Find them quickly and quietly. I don't want Galseran catching any wind of this," he said and sheathed his blade. "Now go my loyal subjects...and do not fail me..." He said turning back to the dead man that lie at his feet, "Or share his fate..."
(Back to Krad and Dark)
"Wow..." Dark said in amazement as they entered the city of Galseran, "This place is huge!"
The city was much larger then Madria and the houses were all built of beautiful stone, the streets were made of brick instead of dirt, and the sounds of laughter and enjoyment filled the city. This place was indeed the complete opposite of the hellhole from back there. There was greenery and smiles everywhere; it was quite a pleasant feeling.
"I like this place! What do you think Krad?" Dark asked stretching his arms above his head. Still looking around.
"I think your immaturity has gotten worse over the years." Krad growled, "You act like a child in a candy store...it's embarrassing." He replied and glanced around at the eyes starring at the two.
"Oh come on Krad...you can't tell me you're not enjoying this place too." Dark said eyeing Krad. "Let's head to a pub!" He said with a cheery smile.
"Now is not the time to get drunk..." Krad said annoyed.
"No, no, no," Dark said shaking his head, "Bars are the best places to gather information." Dark said and spotted one on the street corner, "Come on!" He said and grabbed Krad's arm and jolted towards the bar.
"HEY!" Krad said with a start as Dark pulled him into the bar.
When the two entered, all motion and conversation stopped. Everyone stared at the two and dead silence fell over the room. The place was full of people, a bit early to get smashed Dark thought, but it didn't really matter. Dark tugged on Krad's sleeve a bit then walked over to the bar counter, then he realized it wasn't Krad everyone was starring at, it was him!
"Hm...its kind of rude to stare ya know..." Dark said raising an eye brow and turned to the bar keeper with his hands on his hips, "What's these people's problem?" He asked as some of the people's faces turned to anger.
The Bar Keeper was an elder gentleman whose hair was whiter then snow and had a relatively solid build. The Bar Keeper crossed his arms and glared at Dark, "Young man, we don't serve Madrian scum here..." He said in a stern voice.
"Huh?" Dark replied confused, "Madrian Scum?" Then Dark looked down and realized he was still wearing that trench coat he 'barrowed' from that Madrian soldier. "Opps..." Dark said realizing his mistake.
"GET HIM!" One man cried out from a corner and broke his bottle on the table as a crowd of people circled in around Dark.
"Uh-oh...um, hey Krad!" Dark said backing up towards the bar counter, "Uh, a little help here?" He asked then hit the front of the bar realizing there was nowhere else to go.
"Hmm...nope." Krad said casually leaning up against the doorpost of the bar entrance.
"WHAT!" Dark yelled out a bit betrayed and confused. "Krad I'm being serious!" He said as the circle tightened.
"And so am I..." Krad said with a grin, "Besides, you got yourself into this mess...you can get yourself out." He said with a nod and a chuckle.
"Grrr...damn seraph..." Dark growled then got a brilliant idea and smiled, "Oh captain! Captain and loyal servant of his majesty of Madria! Your humbled underling requests your aid in battle against these filthy Galseran common folk! Oh captain!" Dark called out pretending to be in distress.
"What? He's a dirty Madrian too!" A man called out leering at Krad.
"Kill'em both!" And another cried and one half of the group charged at Krad while the other lashed out at Dark.
"WHAT! Dark you little bastard!" Krad roared and punched an attacker in the face causing him to go unconscious, and barely dodged a man with a sword.
"What's wrong M'lord?" Dark taunted as he jumped up onto the bar counter and kicked a man in the face sending him flying into the crowd, "You weren't really going to leave your helpless alone and defenseless in a bar fight would you?" Dark asked and leapt off of the counter and onto a chandelier hanging above the bar room, "Because you know, that would just have been so mean of you."
"HELPLESS MY ASS!" Krad raged and sent a table flying into a crowd, and backed away as the ones still standing, oh about fifty or so, continued to advance.
Krad decided that reveling his true powers was way to risky and could blow the whole place up, but as long as it killed Dark he continued to contemplate this option. Finally, while continuing to back up he'd found his back against a wall with nowhere else to go.
"Damn..." Krad growled to himself left without many options.
Dark was amused at the sight an watched on with amusement, "Now, really captain! I must say I am truly disappointed in you!" Dark teased and Krad looked up at him with 'kill Dark' written allover them. "Now I could help you...but then again you did get yourself into this mess didn't you?"
"LIKE HELL I DID!" Krad nearly screamed, "You're the one who put me in the middle of this, you son of a..." Krad yelled, but was cut off from above.
"Now let's leave my mother out of this shall we?" Dark glared and continued to stand starring at Krad from his high vantage point. "Say you love me!" Dark said with his smile returning.
"WHAT!" Krad asked not believing what he was hearing.
"Say you love me and I'll help!" Dark said with another grin.
"Oh yeah I love you...LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO WANT TO BREAK YOUR NECK!" Krad yelled back as the mod of people stood no more then three feet from him.
"Hmm...Good enough..." Dark said and cut the rope on the chandelier, "Heads up!" He called out bellow.
Krad quickly jumped out of the way as the heavy and Round Table sized chandelier came crashing down upon the hostile group. It caught almost all of them underneath it, but the few who weren't trapped under it fled.
Krad stood there panting as Dark dropped down from the ceiling behind him.
"Well, that was fun! We should do this more often!" Dark laughed.
"Really...you think so?" Krad asked in a low voice and whirled around to strangle Dark went he was stopped by a loud sound at the entrance to the pub.
"Drop any weapons you have and don't move!" A firm voice called out.
Dark and Krad turned to where the ruckus was coming from and came to a sight of what seemed to be several heavily armed soldiers and one in particular stood out, or at least to Dark that is.
"RIKU!" Dark yelled out in surprise.
"You know her?" Krad asked confused and looked back at the tall young woman with short brown hair that stood with her sword raised in their direction.
"Take them!" The young woman shouted, "His majesty wants them alive..."
Note From The Author:
Wow! 7 chapters, I'm on a roll! XD Meow! Hope you all are enjoying the story so far! Cause there's loads more of suspense and yaoi goodness to come! Bows Thank you to all of those who have read and commented! Love you all! Please review!