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Chapter 8
Era yawned as she continued to walk with the male and female she had met up with in the forest, which now lay far behind them. She was tired, but she had felt worse and she wanted to get to Ensuren as fast as she could. She could not help but wish, however, that she could be Zeek at the moment as he was fast asleep on her shoulder.
"This rain is annoying," the male of the group complained. It was raining quite hard clouding over what would have been a nice day with depression and tears.
"At least we're off the mountain," the female replied, "We'll be at Ensuren shortly."
Upon hearing this Era felt her heart lighten slightly, but something was causing her heart to feel stricken with sadness, much like the day, so the feeling of happiness seemed minor. She did not know what bothered her, but she knew it had to be of some importance. With a shrug she let it drift to the back of her mind as she figured the reason behind it would reveal itself soon enough.
"Hey kid," the male said, shaking Era from her thoughts, "Who are you meeting in Ensuren?"
"Mis friandas," Era shook her head, "My friends."
The female looked at her in confusion, "What was that language you just spoke in?"
Era shook her head, "No important."
The couple shook their heads. "Can't you speak properly?" The man asked.
Era sighed, but said nothing not wanting to explain the reason behind it; not that she thought she could in the odd language that she was still learning.
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Jin walked around the city in search of his comrade. He had not seen Touya since the night before when he had left the group within the hotel. With a sighed he sat down on the outer barrier of a large fountain, "'ere are ya Touya?" He asked the air.
He looked into the sky, letting the rain drops run down his face. The day was thoroughly gloomy, even he, the seemingly always perky wind master, felt the effects of the day. He hoped the storm would subside soon so that he could feel exuberant once again.
He got up and started walking again in the direction of the entrance that they had come through the night before. As he neared it he felt a very faint, yet familiar, power coming from the other side.
"Touya?" He asked silently to himself. To evade the guards he quickly and quietly flew over the wall. Upon landing he saw the ice master sitting on a concrete ledge, the wall right behind him.
He walked up to his comrade, "Touya."
The ice master gave no response, making him wonder if he even heard him. Jin bent down and carefully took his friends arm, or at least tired to. Touya smacked his hand away without a glance at his friend.
Jin was shocked by this action, "Touya 'at's 'appen to you?"
With a glance from Touya all of Jin's questions were answered. In the ice master's light blue eyes pain beyond words was seen clearly. Touya had never been one to show emotion, but as of late something within him had changed. To Jin the change seemed to be for the worst.
The wind master was at a loss for words. What could he say to cheer up the pained ice master? He did not know how to cheer his friend up, the only thing he could think of that might offer some comfort was to give him some company.
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Era brought her hair in front of her and squeezed out the water. It was a mindless motion, something of a habit, since it was still raining. She was tired and soaked to the point were she wondered if she would ever be dry again, which was an odd thought since she was a water demon. She thanked Eralasea that her cloths did not become transparent when wet.
Era loved the rain without a doubt, but she had been in it for almost a full day and all she wanted now was to get to Ensuren as soon as possible and dry off. The desire to reunite with her friends was high and she could not help but wonder if they had made it there yet, or if they were even waiting for her there.
"Could this day get any worse?" The man asked in aggravation. As if hearing his question the rain poured down even harder.
"You just had to ask didn't you?!" his mate cried in annoyance.
A sigh of dismay escaped the ancient being. She wondered if the sky's tears had anything to do with her, but could not see how or why.
Zeek shifted on Era's shoulder as he awakened from his slumber. He stretched his small muscles before shaking the water off of his scales. Era gave a faint smile and patted the creature on the head.
"What's that?" The female asked as she pointed out something through the rain.
"Maybe the city," the male replied. It was hard to see through the rain and what was thought to be the city appeared to them as a blurry mass.
As they came closer to the unidentified mass the rain let up enough for them to see what it was. Era smiled happily, "Ensuren!" If the ground had not been so drenched she would have ran, but it was soaked and she did not want to risk breaking her ankle.
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Touya sighed and stretched out his aching limbs. 'How long have I been out here?' he wondered. 'About half a day,' his mind told him. His mind was weary but it fought the urge to sleep with a great amount of will.
"You alrigh'," Jin asked.
Touya only nodded in response. He had not spoken in over a day and he questioned if his voice had left him for good.
Something caught his attention and that something was walking towards them. There were three of the actually, but only one intrigued him and that was the form of a drenched girl clothed in all white. Touya quickly got to his feet and walked to the path that led into the city, as that's where he expected the trio to walk down.
Jin, upon seeing what had caught his comrade's interest, got up and moved beside his friend. With a smile he said, "Era's 'ere."
Touya started walking forward as the trio neared the path. As if she had finally realized who was walking towards her Era took off running down the stone path. When she was close to the ice master she launched herself onto him, nearly knocking him off his feet.
Touya was neither angered nor upset of her action. In fact he was heartened by it. He wrapped his arms around her and, for the first time since her fall, smiled.
Zeek shifted, when his mistress had launched herself on the ice master he had shifted forward and had been half on Era and half on Touya. Once curled around Era's neck he rested there uneasily.
Jin walked up to the duo just as a guard came out. With a glance at the ice and wind masters the guard recognized them as part of the group that had entered the night before, but it was no them that he needed to see. "You are to fight in the contest of strength."
Era, who had pulled away from Touya when Jin had come up to them, looked perplexed. Jin asked the question that brew on all their minds, "What do ya mean she has to be fightin'?"
"She has been nominated to do so by the group she has traveled with," the guard replied.
Era looked behind her and found that the two she had been with were no longer there.
She had fallen for their trick and now she had to pay the price.
Uh oh. Era's gotten herself in trouble once again --;; So what's going to happen? Will Jin and Touya be able to get her out of this mess?
Find out in the next chapter.
