Les Guardiens de ordre: a story of loyalty, honor and love
AN: Whahahahahahahaa!!!! I'm finally through with this chappie… The longest one!!! Whoieeeee!!!! I'm almost nearing the end… hope you guys like this chapter. Although I have to apologize if I can't describe some of the skills here clearly… I'm not really familiar with those skills… /swt /heh… reviews minna!!!!!
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Chapter 9: In the battle groundThe world around me crumbles,
I could hear my soul crying out
All I can see is blood
All I can see is death
Oh how much I want death to take me
Yet where is death?
"Hatred…"
The knight looked at the wizard behind him and watched as the rest of their guild mates stood in position for the battle. Their banner flying high and proud. Apprehension thickened the air as the fighters waited for the castle gates to open, it was one of the rule of the annual guild siege, the attacking guild should wait in their positions and wait for the defending castle gates open signaling the start of the guild siege.
As the gates creaked open, Hatred gave one final instruction to his guild before raising his spear forward and bellowed…
"LES GUARDIENS… ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!"
With his signal, the entire Les Guardiens, composing of twelve members, stormed in the castle. As they entered the castle, they were met with three members of the Underground Assassins.
A tall curvaceous wizard stood in the middle of the room and smiled saucily at them. "Hello, my name is Kitsune and may you allow me to welcome you to our humble abode… me and my guild mates," nodding to each on her sides, "Misa and Ame, are the guardians of this area, our guild master told us that we may allow six of you to pass… the rest will have to stay here and face us. If they wish to pass… then they will have to get through us." At the mention of their names, Hatred noticed a female huntress and a young female wizard appear from the shadows to stand on both sides of the tall wizard.
Eyeing the trio, he nodded his ascent and motioned for his guild members to step forward. He was about to unsheathe his spear when he felt a tug on his metal clad boot. Looking down, he saw Crunchy shake his head. GK appeared on his other side and told him in a low voice, "You'd better leave the rest of the battle to us Hatred, I'm guessing you'll need your strength when you face their guild master."
Hi-Jakkk came close to him with Blessed beside him, "You'd better bring Blessed along with you…" he told the knight before he hoisted up his girlfriend to ride in front of him. Hatred nodded and looked at his members and nodded.
GK urged his peco-peco forward as Cutewinky, Fubu, and Aries followed his lead with Crunchy moving to the side to help support them, while the rest moved forward to the next area closing the door behind them with a loud bang.
Misa discreetly eyed the priest standing to the side and flickered a look towards the wizard at the other side of the room. Ame, noticing the look Misa threw to her, clenched her fists in assent. Kitsune on the other hand noticed the message being passed from one fighter to the other. Pursing her lips, she gave the fighters before them a saucy smile and threw her long raven locks to the side before raising her hands to the air.
GK watched as the wizard before him raised her hands to the air wondering what attack she was going to pull of, it wasn't until he saw a dark cloud hovering above them that he realized that she was already summoning a spell. Unsheathing his lance, he charged forward, intending to attack the wizard before she completed her spell but was thrown off his peco to the side as a huge wave of energy directly hit him.
Fubu removed his katar from its place and quickly moved forward to down the young wizard. Jumping to the air, he punched the ground.
"Grimtooth!!!"
Underground spikes shot up towards the direction of Kitsune but was blocked by a wall of fire by Ame. Misa soon attacked everyone with her own skill,
"Arrow shower!!!!" Arrow shot from all directions, and hit most of the opposing group. GK tried to stand but the arrow that had impaled in his leg and arm made it difficult for him, Aries, wobbly stood to attack, he knew that he stood no chance of laying down a trap because of the snipe at the left and the wizard at the right, he turned to Crunchy and yelled to him to bless him and protect him, when he saw from the corner of his eyes the young wizards assessing him, arms upraised. A spell has now been said…
"Quagmire!!!!"
"Shit!" Fubu yelled as he felt himself grow weak, the spell was used to reduce the opponents agility, dexterity and moving speed. Cutewinky, raised her own arms to release a spell of her own, "Meteor Storm!!!!" huge fiery balls fell from the heaven targeting the young wizard, unfortunately for her, the members of the Underground Assassins have been trained both for physical and power attacks, thus Ame managed to dodge the large meteor balls.
GK's eyes widened as he tried to reach for his lance that had been thrown to the side when he was hit by the spiritual attack of the wizard, noticing that all of them had been completely reduced of their speed and strength, except for one, and he saw the huntress and the wizard attack simultaneously at that one target.
"CRUNCHY!!!!! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he screamed as the two assassins attacked.
Crunchy's eyes widened when he saw the attack. He had been too busy trying to support all of his teammates that he completely left himself vulnerable to any attack. He tried to summon a shield around him, but he never got the chance to finish his prayer when everything blacked out.
"CRUNCHY!!!!" Cute's eyes watered as her boyfriend fell unconscious on the cold hard ground. Her eyes blazing fire as she stood up and tried to summon a spell of her own. Aries glared at the three who was still poised to attack, Misa raised her bow and aimed it directly at the assassin.
"Double strafe!!!"
Two arrows launched simultaneously at the assassin but missed when Fubu disappeared and managed to appear before the huntress and attacked her close up. "Sonic Blow!!!" double attack from his weapon nearly knocked the huntress unconscious except for the fact that she had managed to block some of his attacks. She kneeled to the side gasping as she glared at the assassin.
GK stood and held his lance, he focused his attention to the young wizard who had managed to imprison both Aries and Cutewinky in a wall of ice before completely encasing them in ice.
Despite his injured leg he ran towards Ame before bringing his lance on her… only to be surprised when it hit something hard. He jumped back and swore darkly, "Damn!" it was only then that he noticed the whitish wall that surrounded the two wizards, they had been protecting themselves from the very start by using a safety wall. The only person who was practically vulnerable was the huntress who was now struggling to deflate all attacks coming from Fubu.
Misa's eyes flickered towards the wizard at the middle and back to the assassin furiously attacking her, turning her back to him, she made a mad dash towards the middle of the floor where the rest of the fighting les guardiens were sprawled unconscious or trapped.
Ame closed her eyes and whispered words and yelled out loud, "Safety Wall!!!" immediately, a white wall appeared in the middle of the floor just as Misa reached that spot, a loud clang could be heard as Fubu's katar and GK's lance hit the wall. Fubu growled as he eyed the tired yet smugly grinning huntress. GK quietly eyed the huntress and assessed their position. His eyes widened and swore our loud as he realized the predicament they were in.
"Fuck! Fubu! Let's get out of here!!!!!" he growled as he tried to make a mad dash outside the circle.
Kitsune's eyes glowed darkly as she yelled her offensive spell made to annihilate anything in its path.
"LORD OF VERMILION!!!!!!!" A massive thunderstorm rained down with dozens of lightning bolts over the fighters of the Les Guardiens. As the smoke cleared, only three remaining fighters stood.
Misa sighed as she collapsed to her knees, exhaustion seeping in her body. Ame leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes and promptly fell asleep. Kitsune grinned at Misa as they saw Ame fast asleep, "How are you holding up there, Misa?"
The huntress glared at her. "I'm sore all over, I've got multiple injuries and slashes courtesy of that damned assassin and to top it all of, I don't think I have and energy left for another bout."
Kitsune chuckled and eyed the figures lying on the floor. "They were quite tough weren't they?"
"Yep. Though I'm quite impressed with the assassin and knight." The huntress told her
The wizard kneeled beside her, "Oh? Why is that?"
"Well, that knight was the sharp one. He was able to realize what our plans were… and the assassin was very consistent with his attacks."
Kitsune chuckled, "Well, he did manage to get the idea of our plans… only a minute too late."
"Yep. A minute too late… I wonder how the others doing…" Misa wondered out loud as she leaned to rest on the wizards thighs.
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Blessed looked back worriedly at the closed doors as they moved forward. She leaned worriedly against the cool hard metal plated chest of their guild master.
"Don't worry… they can take care of themselves quite enough."
The green haired priestess looked up at the knight and sighed. "I know… but…"
"We're here…"
Blessed looked up at the huge doors that marked the second area of the castle, as the doors swung wide open, they were met with a tall blacksmith, another tall and emotionless knight who sat on his peco-peco and a small wizard who sat on top a high column.
The icy blue-eyed knight came forward and introduced himself. "I am Shino second in command of the Underground Assassins, and the blacksmith there is Sano and Hiko, the wizard. Who is the guild master of the Les Guardiens?"
Hatred urged his peco-peco forward. "I am."
Shino looked at him and nodded. "Our guild master awaits you at the main hall."
Before Hatred could pass by him, Shino blocked his path with his spear. "You are to enter by yourself."
The other knight nodded and went back to his guild mates and deposited Blessed into the arms of Hi-Jakkk. "Good luck and take care…" he quietly told his guild mates before he turned to leave.
Sano looked at Shino and nodded. He sharply eyed the silver haired assassin standing beside the brown haired hunter. "Are you Saitou? The assassin we almost fought with back at the pyramids?"
Saitou's eyes sharpened. "I am."
Hatred looked at the blacksmith and back to the assassin in his guild. "You are to join your guild master in the main hall." Sano told him
Saitou smirked darkly, "It will be a pleasure to be seeing him again…" he said quietly.
Sano merely nodded and let the assassin and knight move past him. As the larger doors closed, he eyed the rest of the Les Guardiens and grinned maliciously… "Now… shall we begin?" he told them as he cracked his knuckles out loud.
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Hatred entered the huge halls of the castle with Saitou beside him, he saw Shinta standing quietly by the window, his eyes trained at something on the second floor. As they came into view, the two of them saw what the assassin was looking at. Hatred and Saitou's eyes widened as they saw what or who exactly the Underground Assassins guild master was looking at. Mizu stood at the second floor, gripping the hard at the railings as she continued to stare deep into Shinta's amber orbs.
Shinta broke their eye contact when he turned his deadly amber gaze towards the new arrivals. "I presume you're Hatred, guild master of the Les Guardiens?"
Hatred merely nodded while Saitou continued to glare at him. Shinta smirked. "I'll give the two of you a proposition…"
The knight eyed him cautiously, "What proposition?"
Giving Mizu a fleeting glance, he turned his icy gaze towards the guardiens guild master. "If you defeat me… you can have your priestess back, capture our castle as your own and you'll never hear from us assassins disturbing your guild… ever again."
"And what if you win?" Saitou asked him coldly.
Amber flashed murderously at him as a malicious smile crept its way to his lips. "I keep the priestess."
"We don't care about your castle or your guild, we only want our priestess back." Hatred told him
Shinta merely shrugged. "So what? If you win, you get the priestess, you get our castle and we'll just disappear… either way, you won't have any other loss… just a guild mate."
Saitou flared. "Just a guild mate?!!! Mizu's just a guild mate to us! She's our family and we're not giving her up!!!" he yelled
Shinta only smirked
The knight continued to eye him carefully. "How are to know that you will not renege?"
Shinta looked at him directly in the eye. "On my honor."
Hatred looked at him and nodded. "How are we to fight then?"
"Anyway you want. I don't care… but this fight is a fight to the death."
A loud gasp echoed in the entire room as the full import of his words sank in. Mizu gripped the railings even harder and collapsed as she heard her guild master's approval to the battle conditions and the sound of metal clashing to metal as the fight began in earnest. Tears streamed down her face as she watched them fight, her loyalty belonged to the Les Guardiens but her heart…her heart belonged to the dark assassin who have captured and ensnared her soul. But who was she to choose? Which is greater? Her loyalty or her heart?
"Sonic Blow!!!!"
Shinta easily dodged Saitou's attack as he blocked an incoming pierce from Hatred, disappearing to the right, he kicked Saitou hard until the latter was thrown to the side and crashed to wall. Turning his attention to Hatred, he jumped up in the air to avoid the knight's spear. Just as he jumped up, Hatred reared his peco- peco back and threw his spear up.
"Spear Boomerang!!!"
The spear barely missed him as it whizzed past his body and back to its owner. Almost flying downward to attack him from the air, his jur clashed against his just as Saitou blocked his aerial attack. Flipping over their heads, Shinta dropped gracefully a few feet before them before Hatred charged.
"Brandish Spear!!!!"
Internally wincing as the cold metal hit his flesh, Shinta skidded to the side as blood dripped from the wound on his side. He smirked darkly, charging he disappeared before their eyes.
"Hide!"
Saitou and Hatred's eyes narrowed. Saitou closed his eyes and centered himself, feeling an energy to his right he swerved and slashed. Shinta appeared beside him, their weapons grating with the pressure.
"You could never have her…" he whispered harshly
Saitou's eyes flared, "Neither can you!!" he growled as he tried to push the red head assassin away
"Pierce!!!"
Shinta rolled to the side before the knight's spear managed to injure him again, he moved with lightning speed and attacked Saitou.
"Grimtooth!" As Saitou evaded the underground spikes, he turned only to find Shinta right behind him.
"Sonic Blow!!!"
The silver haired assassin didn't have the time to protect himself and crashed down on the floor, barely conscious he watched as his guild master fought with the deadly assassin. Shinta had managed to injure Hatred just as the knight whirled his spear to his side.
"Counter Attack!!"
Shinta crashed to the side when he felt the knights counter attack just as he dodged his jur. Standing weakly, he charged yet again, closing his palms he flipped over the knight and threw some dust to the knight.
"Venom Splasher!!!"
Hatred shook his head to shake off the poisonous dust, only to be thrown backward off his peco-peco as something exploded in his chest. He grimaced as he rolled to a kneeling position, covering his bleeding chest in his hand. He stood up despite the pain to finish the fight, even without his peco. Shinta did the same, his hands clenching tighter on his jur.
Charging at the same time, the two fighters continued to battle until the main hall was nearly decorated with the spatter of their blood. As the two fighters broke off and stood at opposite sides, they waited and anticipated the attack from the other. Shinta's fiery hair now fell freely to his back, his face and arms covered with blood, and at his chest was a wide gaping slash. Hatred wasn't any different, his metal armor stood no chance from the repeated attack, now armor discarded, his mail covered with blood, face, arms and legs slashed and dripping with blood.
Lifting the katar to his face, the assassin's amber eyes twinkled dangerously as he eyed the knight's hold on his spear tighten.
"Time to put this fight to an end." He whispered before charging with a harsh battle cry.
"STOPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Time stopped as the two fighters paused in mid-attack as a teary-eyed priestess stood between them. Mizu stood between them, her arms spread wide, her back to Hatred and her facing Shinta as tears continued to fall.
"No more… please… no more…" she whispered.
Shinta lowered his jur and looked at her, Hatred did the same.
"What are you going to do, Mizu?" the assassin asked her.
"I… don't… I just…" she whispered, her voice to garbled by sobs to speak.
She lowered her head and whispered. "My loyalty is to them…to the Les Guardiens…"
Shinta lowered his head until she could no longer see his eyes or his face.
"Shinta…"
He sheathed his jur. "I understand."
Looking towards the window, "So, this is your decision?" he asked her
"Hai…"
Shinta gritted his teeth. "Then you may go." He told her coldly before he moved past her to go up to his chamber.
"Heal!"
The assassin stopped as he felt his wounds close. Another heal, he could feel his energy returning, turning to the priestess, her face streaked with tears, and saw her mouth move soundless words… words only meant for him. "I'm sorry…."
Mizu turned to attend to her guild master, and taking a blue gemstone from her pocket, she closed her eyes and prayed. "Resurrection!!!!" A bright light engulfed Saitou's body before her could feel him limbs once again, turning to face the priestess before him, she smiled at him weakly before she healed him as well.
Grabbing a hold of his peco-peco, Hatred moved out towards the front door with Saitou behind him, Mizu stood there for a moment looking at the assassin lurking in the shadows with sad haunted eyes. "Thank you…" she whispered quietly before leaving the room as well.
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revies again minna????