Hmm this got deleted when I finished it. So on with another chapter. Now for chapter nine and now we will find out what is really going on and some stuff happens but what all happens is a secret. Disclaimer, I don't own anything all. The rich people at Microsoft own it so go ask them why it wasn't the best RPG of all time. So here it is,
Chapters nine, The City of mirrors part one.
Nahadia walked with a free spirit and a happy face. She would bend over and smell the flowers as she ran around with childish enthusiasm. She took the first red flower she saw in the wide field and she picked it and finally got back on the wagon the rest of the team was on. She took the flower and gave it to Raven.
"Here, I picked it just for you." She blushed but Raven gave it back to her and put it in here hair.
"It looks better on you." He sat on the wagon. She walked around and sat down next to Desonus and smiled. "What is your problem?" She asked as the big beautiful blue cat with features of a lion. Desonus was maybe the least happy of the group as he sat with a mournful scow on his face. He looked at her with slight apathy but decided to answer any way.
"I am afraid of what might happen to you when we do go and try to kill pain. I mean first off we have no clue what kind of power this 'staff of Aeons' has." This quickly made contact with Raven's ears and he butted in.
"Does this rod have anything to do with the sword of Aeons?" He looked intently at them.
"Well I believe they both carry extreme magical and physical abilities. I also believe that only the true wielder can hold the blade. See try to hold the staff of Aeons." Desonus informed Raven. Raven sighed and walked over and touched the staff. It let out a sharp electrical impulse and cut his hand the longer he held it. He flinched at the pain and let go of the staff.
"So the true handler can hold the blade. Interesting I will ask the academy once I get back." Raven sat with udder awe on his face at the blade's powers.
"Did you say the academy?" Eli finally said something the first time on the journey in the horse pulled carriage.
"Yes I have finally been inducted to the Raiders and they have sent me to find the sword of Aeons." Raven sat back talking to Eli why staring at the lustrous landscape filled with flowers, large trees, mountainous hills and a blue sky. Wherever they were at is where they needed to stay. Raven could just stay here and sleep it was a welcome change to his normality lately of being attacked by guardians and finding more crazy people that want to join his quest.
"I see. Just watch your back Raven I don't need anyone else I meet dying on me. I knew a guy once that was almost killed for not taking a order from them." Eli smirked. "I am sure you can handle yourself though."
"Yhea I think I will be fine." Raven smirked as his blade out and showed it to everyone. "This is what they have intrusted me with. My father's essence is in this blade. When he died his soul was bind to this blade for some reason but my guess is that he left it for me. But I will know the truth soon enough." He slowly washed some off the blood off his blade.
"I think it is sweet that your father left you a part of him to remember him by." Nahadia smiled.
"His entire soul is locked into the blade." Raven didn't even break a sign of emotion. He just stared into the sky.
"Oh…I am sorry." She looked at her feet as they hanged out of the wagon afraid to look at him in the eyes.
"It is fine. It happened for a reason and as of now it is helping me immensely." He just went on.
"I believe we should make camp here for the night." Desonus instructed his team. He got up stretched his legs. His age had to be older than everyone else as his cat like eyes held wisdom and had many combat scars on his face and chest. He wore strange beads around his neck along with bracelets of many colors and jewels. His main coat of fur was a light blue and he had graybeard that came down to the lower section of his neck. They all got out of the caravan and began to pitch tents and began to gather wood to make a fire for making food. That night they feasted on delicious fish and potatoes made over an open fire. They all sat haply and began to eat when Silver brought up the first sign of conversation.
"So how old are you Nahadia?" Silver asked with the last of the fish in his mouth.
"Sixteen, why?" Nahadia looked at him with innocent eyes.
"Damnit!" he whispered to himself looking at the sky. "Just curious I guess." He replied.
"I happen to be three hundred and seventy eight years old." Desonus looked at Silver with his lion like eyes. "Is that old enough for you?" He growled with the last remark. For the rest of the dinner no one said anything but there was small chitchat between Raven and Nahadia as well as Silver and serge. Eli looked like he wasn't in the mod to talk and neither was Desonus. They all ate themselves silly and finally Eli and Desonus began to talk.
"Anyone one up for a bear handed fight to burn off the food?" Eli asked.
"Sure no one here can make a decent beer so why not. That is the way of a warrior booze and fighting." Serge cracked his knuckles and stood up. "Now let me warn you kid, I don't want you crying when you end up with a broken rib or something." Serge began to taunt the much smaller Eli.
"I will make sure of that, also don't cry when I win." Eli calmly got up and took off hi red robe. Underneath the robe was a rubber like mesh that was all black. Desonus also got up,
"Any one want to have a magic fight with me?" His large figure looked menacing but Silver was the first to accept.
"I will gladly challenge you to a quick fight." Silver got his scrolls and got up.
Eli and Serge looked at each other with a warrior's determination as they walked around in a circle waiting for the other to land the first blow.
"Well are we going to go around in circles or are we going to fight." Serge said with his bellowing voice.
"I bid you fair warning, I will beat you." Eli then charged Serge and punched him right in the chest making a loud thump sound as it knocked back Serge.
"So you do pack quite the punch for such a little guy." Serge got up and then threw a large upper cut to Eli's chin sending him flying into the air and then landing on his back.
"You have some strength yourself Serge." Eli shook off the blow as if it was nothing. "But you'll have to do better if you want to beat me." Eli than tried to land a large overhead kick but Serge grabbed Eli's leg and slammed him into the ground. Serge then launched him down the hill they were on and watched him roll down the remainder of the hill. Serge began to run down the hill to step on his fallen comrade but he then felt something hit him square in the stomach with the power of ten bulls. He fell over and had to catch his breath, Eli had landed a powerful gut punch on Serge .
"No…fa…fair…. you…you cheated you….ass." He wheezed as Eli helped him up.
"Sorry about that I got carried away. I guess by disqualification you win Serge. Savor this victory cause it won't last long." Eli then walked back to the camp where Silver and Desonus were about to fight.
"So are you sure you want to use magic?" Silver asked as he got out his first scroll. "I am a high class monk so I just want to warn you, you may have met your match."
"Such arrogance. This shall be your downfall Silver. Now remember nothing but magic no Physical attacks. Fight until the other gives up." Desonus then put his hands together and began to conjure a spell. A red glow formed in his hands as he smirked because he knows that if this hits he wins. "One thousand needles!" He shouted as a thousand little red needles shot out from his hands. Silver quickly put out a protective scroll and all the needles were absorbed into the shield.
"Now it is my turn." Silver then took out another ancient scroll with the eastern words as he chanted. "Holy light." A flash of light went over the field and Desonus was blinded for a split second but that was enough for a devastating blow to be landed. Silver then used his spell Holy blast. Another wave of white light, this time heated, charged at Desonus and hit him dead on in the chest. He was sent flying backward with his beautiful coat a flame. Desonus quickly healed himself and got to his feet and grinned.
"Do you know what Desonus in my creatures language means?" He asked Silver.
"No what does it mean?" He replied.
"It means copycat!" He laughed as he used Silver's blinding spell and Holy blast against him. Silver was on the ground cursing his luck when Desonus decided to take pity on him and helped him up.
"Do you wish for this to continue?" Desonus asked Silver got to one knee.
"Actually this match is just getting started." He then casted energy wave which knocked Desonus off guard. Silver then took off his right arm guard and used his magic hand. He began to drain life from Desonus and Desonus couldn't do anything until he would black out.
"If that is what you wish." Desonus was going all out, having an idea of what he was doing, was going to throw all of his power into one attack. He put his hands into the air and a lighting streak hit him on his hands. "This Silver is one of the most deadly attacks if not harness correctly I can kill you with this." He then formed the lighting into a small ball of powerful electricity. "This is the attack at ten percent of maximum energy and it will still will knock you out." He grunted as he threw the ball at Silver but Silver didn't make an attempt to move out of the way.
"This my friend is where you messed up." Silver put his hand out and absorbed the lighting attack and reflected it back at Desonus and it landed dead on with his body. His fried body lay on the grass as Silver casted a seal spell making sure Desonus couldn't cast another spell once Silver revived him. Silver used heal and awoke Desonus and he admitted defeat.
"I see you have a lot of skill but if this was an all out battle I can assure you that I would win but until that day I will have to settle for second place." Desonus bowed his head as he went back to where he was sitting earlier.
The moon was high when all of the fighters went to bed except Raven and Nahadia. Raven couldn't sleep that night and was staring at the sky when Nahadia went to use the bathroom she sat next to him.
"Beautiful aren't they?" She asked as she slowly got closer to Raven and he didn't even notice.
"It is and it is a shame that Pain is destroying it piece by piece." Raven looked at the millions of stars even though he knew that they had to be millions of years old.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" She asked as she moved practically next to him and laid her head on his shoulder. "Everyone else is."
"Except you I take it." Raven still looked at the stars.
"I guess your right. I will leave you alone then." Nahadia apologized.
"No I like your company." Raven finally looked at her and smiled. "I have no choice this could be a long quest."
"Thank you." She laughed as she hugged him. "Thank you for helping Desonus and me. Every one of your friends are so funny. I hope we get to live together after the quest." She looked into the night sky.
"I promise you that once we fix this I will buy everyone here a cottage to live in with me in hook coast." Raven looked into the sky and saw something odd. A strange formation of stars surrounded what looked like a large eye. The clouds around the eye looked like souls and the eye was bleeding. It was the strangest sight he has ever seen but he didn't want to scare the girl.
"You promise?" She asked him with a bright glow in her eyes.
"Promise." Raven then pulled her into his arms and held her. "Do you have any idea where we are going?" Raven asked he had been playing this quest by ear until now.
"Yes. I do believe we are going to a town called Neville but you can't see it until we get access." She waved her wand at the ground and some grass floated around and began to dance in an orderly form.
"Why can't I see it?" Raven asked.
"Because it is the city of mirrors. You can only see what the other people see outside of the town. We have to go there and I will learn one of my first summoning. I have no clue what I have to do but Desonus says the prophecies say that I will find out on my own when the time is right. Until then I have to play it by ear." She finally made the grass fall into her hand.
"So tomorrow we go to the city of mirrors? I hope it brings something new to us cause killing guardians is getting kind of dull." Raven smirked as he saw her play with the glass.
End of chapter nine.
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