I do not own ToS, but I do dearly love my copy of it! Yay!
OH NO! Ive got SPOILERS in my pants! So many, many spoilers. Well, not too many in this chap any way. But who knows. lol
I wrote this while I was bored. lol But Ive been thinking about the plot all day at school for the past week so Ive got some ideas for future chaps. lol This is sort of an intro chap, so dont expect too much.
Many tall, ancient, towers loomed in the sky. A large city, far below, formed a tight circle-ish shape around them. Their gray bricks turning shades of pink and yellow as the large sun reached halfway behind treacherous looking mountains, which were many miles off but also in all directions. There were no sounds, except the wind brushing past plants and old tapestries, causing them to scratch against the stone. Red and white panels created all the useful paths in the city. Two large, empty statue holders laid on each side of the four major exits of the quiet city. All paths seemed to lead to the center of the tightly building packed city, to an empty, cracked, and amazingly large fountain.
It was useless. There was no way to leave this enchantingly strange city. Yuan sighed, frustrated, and turned to Kratos, who was sitting on the edge of the fountain – his arms crossed and his face of deep thought. After kicking a small rock into the distance and down a dark ally, Yuan quickly turned from the auburn haired man and thus began pacing back and forth. The cape behind him snapping with each of his sudden movements. He stopped in front of Kratos. "Now what!" he asked bitterly, spreading his arms wide.
Kratos grumbled something before slowly standing up. He dusted off the pants of his dirty judgement costume and rested a hand on his sword hilt, starring past Yuan at the mountain ranges. He sighed and combed his free hand through his chaotic hair. "… Well…" he started, racking his mind. Yuan glared at Kratos through slitted eyelids and clenched his fists to his sides. "… I don't know…" Kratos ended with a sigh.
"Oh great!" Yuan twirled around and took a few paces. He growled and looked up at one of the weird buildings that surrounded them. It had very odd architecture, very detailed with strange creatures and beings and random shapes, was about three stories tall and the front of it curved inward slightly to contour the fountain. Large, reflective glass framed the door. "Ahhg!" He yelled in anger and ran up to the mirrors. He clenched his fist tightly, shook it a while at his reflection, then slammed it into the mirror. The cracks grew from his fist, engulfing the whole panel to one side of the door. Breathing heavily, Yuan bowed his head, his fist still implanted in the many shards of glass.
As the shattering sound echoed through the silent allies and paths of the city, Kratos seemingly appeared next to Yuan. He grabbed Yuan's fist tightly and pulled it from the glass with a jerk, causing more pieces to fall to the beautifully tiled ground. Yuan and Kratos exchanged angry glances. Then Yuan's fist uncurled and Kratos let go of Yuan's wrist. Pulling his hand quickly into the shadows of his cape, Yuan glared at Kratos a while before turning to face the broken mirror.
Kratos sighed heavily, "Why did you do that? Someone might get-"
"Shut up Kratos! There's NOBODY HERE!" he growled angrily.
After a few moments, Yuan sighed and brushed back his long, blue hair from his face. "Both you and I know very well there are no inhabitants in the area. And from the looks of it, there hasn't been for a long… long time." He swallowed and finally calmed down. A hand reached up and rubbed a temple.
"Hump" replied Kratos. "That may be true, but what about over the mou-"
"– Kratos!" Yuan interrupted, obviously irritated, "There's no possible way to cross those damn mountains! But if you want to try again, PLEEEAASE, feel free!" He added the last part with a couple of rolling eyes and flicks of his wrist in a 'shoo'ing motion.
Shuddering, Kratos looked over to the ridge of mountains. He then shot an evil eye at them and turned back, "No thanks." He said bitterly.
"That's what I thought." Stated Yuan smugly.
Both men looked around. They had explored most of the city and rooms – all except the few locked ones that Kratos insisted they not knock down like a pair of barbarians. Most the rooms were empty anyway, except for the occasional empty flower pot or rotten piles of wood. They had not explored inside the towers either, for they had no doors or windows, but they decided to fly to the top of one of them anyway to scout out the surrounding. Amazingly, the fly up drained their energy much more than they had thought and were stuck up there for nearly five hours, mealy regenerating in the harsh, cold wind. But they did find, from the red, dusty roof, that the area outside the city walls where of a lush green color. There were some large ponds, or small lakes, a large dense forest, and tons of large rocks shot from the ground in random areas. The duo had stayed in the city for maybe a week or two before venturing out to the mountains.
Knowing they couldn't use their wings, for fear of getting overworked again, the two decide to take it on foot. It seemed to be the most evil and taunting mountain either had every seen. They climbed for two days. Two whole days of bloody hands and sore limbs, of falls and tumbles, of cussing and fighting with each-other to release their anger of the damned mountain that not even them, incredibly powerful angels, could climb. And the worst part, the mountain was so huge that they made no progress. None at all at what they had to do. Thankfully for both of them, a wobbly bolder caused Yuan to slip and be crushed by another, which broke his leg into a 'Z'ish shape. Though the ordeal was incredibly painful, it caused them to turn back. Which is what both of them had wanted for a long, agonizing time.
"AHHG!" Yuan yelled in anger, pounding a fist into the bolder that had landed on his leg. The powerful fist broke it almost in half, and caused it to fly away and tumble down the steep mountain.
"GAH!" Stumbling, Yuan leaned against a sturdy rock. He growled, pounding a fist against it, cracking it slightly. His eyes shot up at Kratos, "Help me, Damn it!" Blurted Yuan, angrily, seeing Kratos just stand there.
Kratos winced and carefully descended a few steps and next to Yuan. He knelt down a little and inspected Yuan's leg, some grime falling from his face as his nose wrinkled. Straightening his back he faced Yuan, and eyebrow raised. "I could use a first aid but that would tire-"
"DO IT!" Yuan's face burned with anger.
Sighing heavily, Kratos took a careful step back and shot a stiff, flat hand in front of his chest. He chanted quietly and raised his hand, which glowed a bright greenish light.
"Ah - " Yuan winced and shut his eyes tightly as the glow covered his leg. After a few more moments he sighed and rubbed it gently. "Thanks…" He mumbled.
"No…" Kratos breathed heavily, "N-No problem…" His feeting stumbled as he tried to stay upright.
Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Kratos?" His fellow angel raised a hand, blinked a few times and fell to his knees. Yuan caught him before his face slammed into a large, sharp bolder. "Gah… get…" Struggling greatly to keep Kratos from falling foreword, he decided to push him to the side. Bad idea. Yuan's eyes grew large as he realized he had just pushed Kratos halfway off the edge of their little ledge. And Kratos was slipping off. Reaching out his hands quickly, Yuan grasped the falling man by the ankles as tightly as he could. Leaning back to help pull him up, the small rocks beneath his feet began to give way.
Blinking slowly, Kratos wondered why his hair was flying upward and why his hands were feeling heavy and in the air. And also, why was there pointy rocks right in front of his face. Eyes slowly growing wide, watching small pebbles fall past his face, he remembered he was on the most evil mountain he had ever seen. He flailed his arms, "YUUUAANN!"
Of course, Kratos moving around wasn't helping. "W-what!" Yuan replied angrily through grunts. Suddenly, the feet beneath him slipped out in front of him, causing Yuan to slam against the rocks behind him with his back. "Ge- DAMNIT! - AAAAAHH!" The weight of them both pulled them off the edge, yelling.
Both of the men suddenly shuddered, remembering the hurtful slam into the rocks below and the painful five day trek back down, at the same time. They both looked at each-other with painful faces. "This place sucks." Stated Yuan angrily, his voice echoing slightly. Kratos nodded slowly in total agreement, glaring evilly at the only thing moving, a crumpled dead leaf in the breeze.
NOTE: Comments and Crits are very welcome. And ... yea lol.