the wizard walked towards shio and rane "hehe! It's time" the wizard started laughing and the assassin attacked shio
"guys protect rane alright?" shio ran away from Rane and started using magnum breaks againts the assassin while the wizard started killing the people protecting Rane… Rane was horrified at what she is seeing dead bodies everywhere she couldn't help screaming
"huh? Did I just hear rane?" the hunter stood up and tried to look for the priestess
"if she's not here… then… (he began thinking bout ghosts) ghosts? Naahh…" his falcon started to fly around the room again "something is wrong… I guess I better go to aldebaran" the huter went out " she might actually be in trouble this time" he ran towards the nearest warper
while Rane was looking at the people dying she heard a voice telling her that she is a hopeless person (sigh….TT) Rane tried to look for the person but she coulnd't find him
"hopeles?... why??" the voice answered her "look they're dying to protect you because you are too weak to protect your own…." "too weak? I'm too weak..?"
"your too selfish you even sacrifice others just for you to live"
"no! that's not true!!"
"Just like what happened to your mother and father they died because of YOU!"
suddenly she saw flashbacks from her parents death "they died because of me?!"
"it's all your fault!!" Rane covered her ears and closed her eyes tears started falling
"Rane!!" rane opened her eyes and saw a wizard infront of her Shio tried to go to her but the assassin kept attacking him
"Rane now why are you crying?" hao the brown haired wizard wiped the tears going down her cheeks "c'mon let's go' the wizard tried to pull her up but she pushed his hands away and she used holy light the holy light damaged his left arm
" my arm! Heh be thankful girl our master doesn't want you hurt!" the wizard raised his right hand and was going to cast a spell but an arrow went through his right arm he looked back and saw a brown haired hunter "a hunter?" the wizard teleported and so did the assassin but before the assassin teleported he manage to stab Shio in his chest
"AH!!!!" shio went down to his knees. Rane ran towards her brother and healed him a couple of times but her power coulnd't heal his wound for it was too deep
"shio! Shio!! Don't leave me please!" Rane cried while the hunter ran towards her
"Rane…. Don't worry…. I won't leave your side……" rane took shio's hand and more tears went down her cheeks the hunter went beside Rane and when shio saw Hawk he smiled at him "hawk-san… take care of rane… please…" those were the last words of shio…. Rane cried in shio's chest
"Rane…." Hawk felt guilty he didn't know what to do… so he just kneeled beside Rane and put his hands one her shoulders…. " Rane I'm sorry" Rane turned around and cried on Hawk's chest. Hawk hugged her trying to comfort her and all….
After few hours hawk buried shio's body. Rane was still sad and silent.
"Rane… we better leave now… " as soon as he finished talking they started walking there was no one to warp them so they just walked… this trip was a silent one. Hawk felt different It wasn't his first trip with rane but it was his first time to see Rane silent
Normally she would smile and laugh and tease him nonstop. After a few weeks:
It was already duska gain so Hawk decided to set camp for them. He did cooked dinner and even tried feeding Rane but rane wouldn't eat.. she just went to sleep….. Hawk was disappointed or some sort he just looked at Rane sleeping and sighed "rane… sorry…." He went to sleep.
Mean while a place not so far from their camp
"hao what're you doing?" the assassin asked the wizard who was summoning something
"shh… I'm playing with her" the wizard smiled
"playing with her thoughts? Again??" the assassin sighed
"yeah and I'm adding something to her dream" the wizard continued doing his work
"whatever…" the assassin disappeared
manwhile rane was having a dream… a dream about her parent's death
"Shio take Rane and go!!" mom?... why am I here?...
"We won't let you touch them!!" a crusader drew his sword and fought the bandits while a huntress attacked the monsters…… we were running…. For our lives… we left mom and dad alone… I heard some screams I tried to look back but… I was too scared.
"shio?.... what happened to mom and dad?" a young girl asked her brother. The boy looked at her and hugged her
"rane-chan they… they went somewhere…" the boy held back his tears
"what? Brother when will they be back?" the girl tried to break free from her brothers tight hug
"I don't know… but don't worry I'll protect you we'll always be together ok?"
the boy who was a swordie tried to smile
"sure!" the girl smiled sweetly
that time… when our town was attacked by bandits… I didn't know what was happening back then… good thing I had my brother with me….
That day I saw a kid get beaten by some bullies I felt bad when I saw them and I wanted to protect the kid somehow so I went to my brother who just became a knight
" shio…. I want to be an acolyte… help me please?" the girl pleaded
"sure… so I guess I have to tank you" the knight nodded and smiled at his younger sister
"thank you!" the girl smiled
(suddenly everything becomes black)
huh?what happened ( rane was back to aldebaran… and saw everybody's death all over again) brother!! Sachi!! Everybody!! No….!!! "ALL! Your fault!! Everybody is gone because of you!! MY parents died because of you!! And I thought you wanted to protect me!! The kid!! The kid who was being bullied!! I didn't mean to!!
"murderer!!" (the kid disappeared and rane saw her brother leaving her
"good bye rane… I thought you love me" the knight turned away
"I do!1 I do love you brother!!
" hopeless!! Youre even a priestess!! You failed in your job!!!" (a priest appeared infront of her) mother mathilda? I failed in my job?! I tried my best…
"hopeless!!!"
Rane woke up…. She sat down and laid her head in her knees (I can't explain it properly sorry!!!!) She started sobbing…. Hawk heard sounds so he turned around and saw the girl crying. Hawk immmediately went near the girl
"rane? What's wrong…?" he tried his best to be nice….
"I'm hopeless… "
"what?" the hunter was confused
"I'm a useless priest… I failed in my job…" she kept repeating it that Hawk was already annoyed. Hawk pushed her down and pinned her
"you're not!! The truth is you're a great priest!! Ok!! So stop…. Crying… cause…"
hawk was shocked when he realized their position. Rane looked at him
"why?...." rane looked at him
"because…. For me you're the best…" hawk blushed Rane was a bit happy to hear this from hawk it was the first she heard hawk tell somebody a nice thing
"you're lying…" Rane looked away
"no I'm not! For us you are the best!1 I swear!!" hawk looked at rane who was still crying a bit…. He moved his face nearer to her's and he touched her cheeks…
"please don't cry…" Hawk looked at her blue eyes…. It seemed so empty…
"why is it so empty it used to be full of life…." Hawk felt sad…
"don't worry Rane, from now on I'll protect you…" Hawk gave Rane a gentle kiss on her forehead
rane looked at him " thank you…."
"we better sleep now" hawk smiled at her
"good night" she went back to sleep
Outside
"those eyes…" the assassin remembered the eyes of the priestess….
"Did I do the right thing…. Why did I have to kill her brother anyway…" he sighed
"Don't tell me your already backing up?" a wizard appeared behind him
"hao! I'm not backing up!!" the assassin looked at the sexy wizard!!!!
"of course if you want your memory back you should lock all those emotions of yours"
the wizard disappeared "this assassin and his emotions.. hm… I could play with him! I know how to make this game better!!" the wizard laughed like a lunatic buhahhaha!!!
That morning Rane woke up and saw the hunter beside her… she smiled at him and thought that he was cute sleeping
"Id better cook breakfast…" she stood up and prepared breakfast.
"sachi could you hand me the…" before she could finish her sentence she realized Sachi wasn't there anymore… she felt a pain in her chest but she just ignored it…. Hawk smelled the aroma of what Rane is cooking and he felt hungry. He stood up and went outside the tent
"hi sleepy head" rane smiled at him. When he saw the smile he coulnd' tbelive it she was smiling again! He felt so happy
"come eat this" rane handed him something that looks delicious