Les Guardiens de ordre: a story of loyalty, honor and love
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0000000000000000000000000 Chapter 7: RevelationsI've traveled long and hard
My souls yearns for a place to belong
Your eyes met mine
And I know
I know
Saitou threw his jur to the floor as they entered the main hall of their castle surprising everyone inside, still seething at what happened just a while ago.
Hatred looked confusedly at the quietly raging Saitou, to the downcast faces of the other three as they entered the castle gates. Standing from his position, he crossed his arms on his chest and eyed GK for an explanation to their gloomy countenance as the rest of their guild mates sat quietly waiting for his explanation.
"Alright, what happened to the four of you? Got severely beaten up by some dessert monster or what?"
GK ushered Blessed to take a seat before looking at their guild master. He sighed. "No. We didn't even had the chance to train…"
"What? You didn't have the chance to train? Why what happened?" Cutewinky asked him as she came down the stairs with Crunchy by her side
Hi-Jakkk answered her, "We saw Mizu outside the pyramids."
"What?!!!!" came the shocked reply from everyone
Hatred strode forward and gripped Hi-Jakkk on the arm. "Saw her? Where is she? Why didn't you bring her back?!"
Shrugging his arm of Hatred's tight grip, he shook his head. "You'll never believe it…"
"What?!!!!"
"She's part of the Underground Assassins now…" GK told them
"WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!"
Blessed shook her head as she stared blankly ahead. "But… I have a feeling that she's just being held against her will…" she whispered, "Don't you remember what that assassin did to her? He held his jur right at her neck! I'm sure he threatened her!" she told them as she whipped her head towards GK.
"Aa… I guess he did. So… Hatred, what are we going to do?" he asked looking directly into their guild master's eyes.
Hatred frowned and looked at everyone. "What do you think we should do?" he asked his team
Blessed stood and turned to face Hatred, skirts swirling around her as she did. "We have to get her back… we have to!"
The rest of their guild mates looked at each other and nodded grimly. "She's a part of our guild, our family. We're not gonna rest until we have her back now that we know she is." Shadow told him
Hatred nodded and looked at all his guild mates. "You do know that the Underground Assassins are notorious all throughout Midgard… there's only seven of them but no guild has ever beaten them."
"The hell with it! Are just going to stand there and leave Mizu with those jerks?! You said it yourself, they're notorious… I've heard a lot about those creeps and they're known to be soulless demons, and you expect us to just sit here and leave her suffering with them?!" Dark growled at him as the rest nodded in assent.
Hatred grinned ruefully, he knew there was no dissuading this group once they've set their mind on something. Truthfully speaking, he really didn't want to leave their youngest member out there, if truth be told, he would go out himself and face those assassins alone just to get her back. Besides, it was his fault that she left in the first place.
"Very well then. Prepare yourselves. A guild siege is coming up and we only have a month to prepare. We're going to the lost city of Morroc and we'll get Mizu back."
A deafening roar of approval sounded from the entire group as they raced to prepare themselves for the upcoming guild siege.
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"Saitou."
Breathing deeply, Saitou slowly turned to face the deep penetrating eyes of their guild master.
"Tell me, what really happened out there?"
Saitou lowered his gaze and told Hatred the entire story. Starting from when he saw Mizu up to when the four of them had been left behind by the Underground Assassins with Mizu in tow. His hands clenched harder on his weapon. He shouldn't have let them go…
The knight eyed him thoughtfully and saw the barely concealed rage that was evident in the assassin's eyes. "Don't lose your cool when we get there."
The assassin merely raised an eyebrow in question and surprise at the knight's words.
"Don't lose your cool. They're only seven but they're tough… that's why I've never made the decision to attack them out front, out of respect to their strength I guess…" Hatred shook his head, "You know what I mean…" was all he said before he left the silver haired assassin alone with his own thoughts.
Saitou looked up at the evening sky and clenched his fists his dark eyes glittering with determination.
"I'll get you back Mizu… I promise…"
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Hi-Jakkk watched his girlfriend as she fumbled with her armor, looking across the room, he saw Dark sitting on the balcony looking out at the evening sight of the city of Prontera, Gk and the others busy with their own preparations as well. Each and everyone of them knew that they we're in for the fight of their lives. Moving to sit beside his girlfriend, he took her trembling hands into his own. Her greenish emerald eyes revealing the fear deep within her.
"Blessed…"
The young priestess sighed dejectedly and burrowed her face in his neck. Hi-Jakkk has always been with her, she was too blinded by what she thought was love for Fubu that she didn't see that there was someone right here who loved her even more. After her breakup with Fubu, she realized that he gave her time to think, to heal before he made a move on her, he even said as much… and she was forever grateful for it.
She shuddered. "Jakkk… I'm worried… I want to get her back… I want to… but I'm even more worried at what will happen…"
The hunter wrapped his arms around her whispering quiet words of encouragement, but deep inside, he was worried.
How the heck are we going to pull this off?
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Mizu stared at the evening sky and sighed. Everything's changed… what the heck am I going to do now?
Two weeks have passed since the pyramid fiasco. She knew she never hated Shinta even more than she did at that time, but now… Now I'm thoroughly confused… I know I hate him but… after what Sano told me… groaning, the silver haired priestess leaned her head back, He's been through a lot… just like me… turning to eye the calm sea, she sighed and stood up. Slowly making her way to the other end of the quarters, she sighed as she stared at a large wooden door. Before she could knock, the door opened to reveal the glittering eyes of Shinta.
"What do you want?" came the cold question
Mizu sighed. "Can I talk to you?"
"It's the middle of the night… what do you want to talk about?" he growled out quietly but he stepped back so that she can enter his room. Closing the door after her, he stood and watched her as she gracefully turned to meet his steely golden eyes.
"Nice room."
He grunted. "What do you want?" he asked her as he walked past her to his bed and sat.
The priestess looked at him as he smiled and opened his window and sat at his balcony.
"Nice view…"
Shinta frowned. He was about to order her out of his room when he heard her faint words.
"I never had a family of my own… the only family I ever knew was my guild mates… I really love all of them, I really don't know how to properly show my emotions, so I only did what I could… I became a brat to them… a little witch that would pull all kinds of pranks on them. I know that it irritated them to no end..." Mizu shook her head ruefully, "Hatred even threatened to remove me completely from the guild if I didn't stop terrorizing our other members…"
Shinta stood and moved to where the priestess sat and positioned himself directly across her and listened quietly. "Why hasn't he expelled you?"
Mizu shrugged, "Dunno. Maybe it was because Blessed already sees me more of a sister rather than a friend. Blessed is second in command in our guild… so maybe… I don't know…" she whispered.
Shinta looked at the priestess across from him, "Why are you telling me this now?"
There was a sad smile on her face before she turned to face him. "Tell me… why did you kiss me?"
The assassin stared at the clear blue eyes before turning to face the dark sky behind him, remembering the kiss he gave her a few weeks back after he saw the silver haired assassin hold her arms and shake her a bit, questioning her.
"Who was that assassin anyway?" he asked her instead.
Mizu tilted her head to eye him closely. "His name is Saitou, he's one of the Les Guardiens assassins. Why do you ask?"
"What is he to you?"
She blinked at the blunt question before she gave an unlady like snort before she laughed. "Sait is just a friend of mine… nothing more…"
"Doesn't look like it to me."
The priestess eyed him, "Why? Why would you care what my relationship to him is?"
Shinta gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. What the hell was wrong with him? He's been on the edge ever since she came here. He knew that he should feel nothing… he should feel dead… but… even with the slightest look, even when it spoke of hatred and fury, he could feel long dormant emotions come back to life. Emotions like anger, amusement, irritation, worry, concern… jealousy…
His eyes snapped open. Jealousy? If he was jealous then… could it be that he was… "No!" unsheathing his blade and pressing it to the delicate curve of her neck, he pressed her body back to the wall, his face inches from her own. He could feel her breath on his face as she gasped, could feel the thundering of her heart and he could clearly see the shock in her eyes, tempered only by the question in her eyes. Why are you doing this?
His hands shook as he looked into her eyes. He loved her. He didn't know when, how… all he knew was that he had fallen in love with this beautiful termagant that wrecked havoc to his normally controlled life. His weapon fell to the floor noisily his normally cold emotionless visage replaced by anguish and pain as he stepped back before dropping to his knees.
"What have you done to me?" he whispered hoarsely
Mizu stood there watching in shock as she eyed the most formidable assassin all throughout Midgard collapse to his knees, trembling like a little child, lost and alone. Her eyes misted over. Throughout her stay here, all she did was irritate him to no end, sure she was happy with her new found friends, but when it came to this particular person, all her sunny countenance would jump right out the window. She really wasn't like that… but there was something about him that pushed her to irritate him, something that wanted coax a reaction from his usual stoic form. Unable to bear someone looking so miserable, she kneeled down before him and cradled his head in her arms and stroked his head.
Shinta looked up at her face in question.
" I… I can't stand anyone looking so miserable…" she whispered
"Even after all that I've done to you? You'd still come to me?" he choked out
She smiled, "Even if you kill me after this, if it'll make you happy and put a true smile to your face, then that's good enough for me."
Shinta stared at her before he lowered his head in her arms and wrapped his own around her trim waist. Holding her slight form to his, he breathed in deeply, his lips forming a wry smile. Roses… she smelled of roses.
"I see me in you…" came the muffled voice
"Eh?" Mizu looked down at the red haired assassin in curiosity. "Eh?"
Amber eyes looked up to meet confused blue orbs. "I see me in you…" he told her
"Me?!" she choked out, shocked. "Why do you say that?" she asked him, a light flush coloring her cheeks.
He merely shook his head. "Your eyes tell a lot about you… do you know that?"
The light flush staining her cheeks deepening in color.
Shinta raised himself up until his face was only inches from her own. One calloused hand came up to cup her cheek, "Fiery of spirit, a lot of determination, will to survive… you always seem so happy but your eyes tell me a different story. Haunted… sad… lost…"
Tears came unbidden to her eyes. No one had ever seen her the way he did… "Ho..ow?" she whispered
"I don't know… but… it was your eyes that drew me to you…"
Tears fell from her eyes. "What are you trying to tell me?" she whispered quietly
"I don't know… I'm not sure…" he groaned and leaned his head towards her. "I want you… that I'm sure of…" he chuckled at that… "I'm an idiot…"
Mizu chuckled. Now I know what Sano meant when he told me that Shinta has finally found his heart…
Her arms tightening on its own accord, Mizu leaned back until his head rested on her chest. Resting her head above his fiery mane. Closing her eyes, she smiled. Now I know what I've been missing all this time… now I finally know…
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