Chapter 4
"hey you guys any idea where we are?" the priestess was already complaining because they have been walking for ralmost 5 hours. She sat down
"are you alright?" the assassin went near her and helped her up
"here drink this" Hawk gave her some water
"thanks guys!" the priestess smiled
"so hawk any idea?" kira went near hawk
"wait…. We should probably wait for falco" the hunter sat down under a tree
"yup hawk's right! As usual!!" Rane sat down beside hawk
" I suppose so" Kira sat down infront of them. Rane was so damn bored that she started opening hawks bag and exploring it…. Hawk just looked at the priestess who was playing with all his stuff "you're just like a kid" he was amused with her while the assassin smiled at her
"hey hawk! Can I have this rocker doll? Please?!" the girl looked at the hunter while holding a cute green doll
"sure get it" the hunter turned away while Rane still messed up his things
"what an ugly doll!" Rane threw the osiris doll
"hey!! That one's rare!!" the hunter ran after it. When he finally got it he just glared at the priestess and sighed
"hey Kira tell me something bout you?" the priestess turned her attention to the assassin
"sure waddya wanna know?" the assassin looked at her
"well… what happened to you? I mean before we found you?"
"I fell from a cliff"
"why?" Rane looked at him…
The assassin didn't know what to answer…. He just made up a lie
"Monsters attacked me… causing me to fall"
"oh…. I see" she took out a dead branch and broke it into 2 pieces…. Suddenly a monster came out…. It was a ghoul
"the hell!" before the hunter could attack the undead monster Rane healed it
"what're you doing?" the assassin looked at her
"yeah! You could've been hurt!" the hunter added
"chill you two! It's just a harmless ghoul!" the priestess stood up and saw falco
the falcon landed on her shoulder "hey falco is back!" she said cheerfully
the falcon flew and they followed it
and after a few hours
"I think we're near geffen" the assassin prepared his katars
"yeah… also I think enemies are coming" the hunter raised his Rudra's bow
"kobolds!" the priestess went near the two.
"Nice! I've been bored for the few last hours!" the assassin started to attack the kobolds while other kobolds went near the priestess and the hunter… suddenly a wander man appeared in front of rane and attacked her causing her to fall in the cliff
"Rane!!" the hunter jumped of the cliff "Kira! Don't leave there ok! Falco help Kira"
The hunter stretched his hand and grabbed the priestess and held her tightly
"darn!" they were falling fast
"darn it… hey falco take care of the kobolds will yah! I'll take care of this wander man"
The assassin attacked the wander man and after many attacks it finally fell down
Meanwhile
Rane woke up and saw she was in the arms of hawk who was unconscious and was wounded
"what happened?" she tried to break free from the hunters grasp… causing him to moan
"Hawk? Hey hawk!" Rane watched at the hunter as he opens his eyes
"Rane?" Hawk felt a pain in his back
"what happened ?" Rane healed him
"we fell " Rane stood up and continued to heal his wounds
"geeze! Why did you have to do that! You could've been killed!" Rane glared at him
"and let you fall?!"
"I… but still… you could've died"
"I told you I'd protect you" Hawk touched her soft cheeks
"stupid jerk"
"still you call me a stupid jerk? You're so annoying" Hawk looked at her and Rane just looked away
"You''re so childish and care-free! And besides you're so innocent… but"
"but?" Rane looked at him
"I think I'm in love with you" Hawk held her hands and Rane just stared at him for a long time
"what did you just say?" Rane couldn't believe it and continued staring at him in disbelief
"I love you…." Hawk gazed at her… and this time Rane blushed hawk put his hands in her cheeks again and Rane put her hand on top of his hand
Hawk gave her a peck
"When did you…."
"since I don't know… maybe when I first saw you" hawk smiled at her
She smiled back
"you know I'm so happy!! The cold most handsome hunter told me he loves me!!"
she giggled
"and I would like to know… does the prittiest priestess feel the same?"
"yup! I love you too!" Rane gave him a slight kiss
"really? I'm glad" hawk cupped her chin and kissed her….
After their (romantic kiss)
"you know that was my first kiss" Rane smiled at him
"I thought your first kiss was with that knight" hawk asked her
"no! yuck! Remember you saved me before he could even kiss me!" rane smiled at him
"huh?" the hunter had the "what are you talking about" look on his face
RAne sighed
"you see… about 5 months ago a perverted knight kidnapped me and tried to do something to me… but suddenly you appeared out of nowhere and shot him with an arrow"
"oh… I remember now!" the hunter smiled
"Hey should we start walking now! Kira might be waiting for us already!" Rane stood up and Hawk noticed her somewhat already looked like a mini skirt
"wait… what happened to your uniform?" hawk asked
"well I used it to bandage kira's wound and maybe it got damaged when we fell"
"it's too short already" hawk shook his head
"well… we can't do anything bout it" rane started to walk
"I guess so…" hawk followed her
After a few hours
"Hey falco look it's Rane and hawk?!" the assassin stood up while the falcon went to it's master
"hey kira are you hurt?" the priestess went near him and healed him
"thanks it was starting to bug me" the assassin smiled at her
"I saw some travelers a while ago they told me it will take an hour to reach Geffen"
Kira looked at Hawk
"I see then we better start moving it might rain later" the hunter started to walk and the two just followed him
It suddenly started to rain
"great!" the priestess was already soaking wet and her clothes was sticking to her body… Hawk saw this and blushed… Kira wanted to laugh but Hawk might shoot him with an arrow
"hey guys I can see geffen already!" Kira pointed the city Hawk just nodded
"at last!" Rane ran towards geffen
When they finally arrived in Geffen they went to the nearest inn
"my my… you're soaking wet!" the lady gave them towels
"it's raining hard outside" the assassin told the lady
"anyway do you have any dry clothing with you?" the lady asked them
"none they're all wet" Rane sighed
"I see… then I'll let you borrow some clothes wait here while I'll get some ok?" the lady went up
"what a nice lady" Rane smiled at Hawk. Hawk just nodded
"it's getting cold…" Rane shivered a bit
"are you alright Rane?" Hawk went near her and put his hand on her forehead
"I'm alright" Rane took his hand and laid it down
"are you sure?" kira asked her
"yup. I'm alright" Rane smiled. Finally the lady was back and had clothes with her
"here you go miss and for the two of you take this" the lady gave them some shirt
" you can change here and for the two of you change in that room" the lady smiled at them
"thank you very much" Rane went to her room and Hawk went to his room and so did Kira
A girl appeared and looked at hawk as he went inside his room
"what a very handsome guy" the girl sighed
"c'mon now Lucy he probably has a girlfriend already" the lady smiled at the thief
"yeah probably… but that assassin looked hot too!" she grinned while the lady sighed
"oh Lucy… I guess our guests must be hungry already… I better start cooking"
the lady went to the kitchen
Meanwhile
Rane sat in her bed
"he told me he loved me…" she started to blush as she thought about their kiss
"I still can't believe it" she stood up and looked at herself in the mirror
"Shio you'd probably laugh at me…" rane went outside
Outside (in the Living room or soomethig)
Kira was amazed when he saw Rane she looked very beautiful with the red dress…
"wow…" Kira gazed at her
"uhm.?" Rane looked at Hawk and Kira who were both wearing a nice polo
"you two look cute in those things!" Rane smiled… Hawk looked at Rane
"you look beautiful in that red dress…" hawk stared at her
"thanks" Rane sat beside Hawk… While Lucy sat beside Kira
"hi guys I'm lucy nice to meet yah" the thief introduced herself
"Hi I'm Rane this is Hawk and that guy is Kira" Rane smiled at Lucy
"Kira…. Eh… hmm…" Lucy looked at Kira and examined him
"he sure is handsome also he has a nice body… he's totally hot!!" Lucy stared at him
Kira was already feeling weird with the girl staring at him
"ehhrm…"
"oh sorry bout that!" Lucy smiled at Kira and tried to get closer to him… While Kira was just still
"so miss Rane is Mr. Hawk your boyfriend?" Lucy looked at RAne
"what?..." Rane blushed madly and she looked at Hawk. While Kira was waiting for her answer too… Of course Kira can't deny he was interested too because he has a crush on Rane and besides it's his mission
"it's ok if you don't wanna answer" Lucy just smiled
"Everybody dinner is ready" the lady called them
"c'mon guys aunt Myrna is the best chef here in geffen so you wouldn't wanna miss what she prepared" Lucy stood up and dragged Kira to the dining hall.. While Rane and hawk followed them
"hmm… smells great!" Rane looked at the delicious food
"please eat a lot" the lady smiled at them
"Itadaikimasu!" Lucy began to eat
After dinner everybody went back to their rooms and slept
And it was already midnight (again) when Rane was having the same dream again..
"again…" she was crying again… she decided to get up and went to the balcony she sat down a bench and thought about things deeply….
Meanwhile Kira couldn't sleep either so decided to refresh his mind and he saw Rane…
"Rane?" Kira went near Rane and sat beside her
"Kira?" rane looked at the assassin
"why are you crying?" Kira wiped the tears going down her cheeks
"I dreamt about my brother" Rane felt like being open to him
"what about your brother?" Kira asked her with concern
"about his death… He was killed by an assassin"
"so you must hate assassins.." Kira bit his lower lip
"I do… I hate them except you…" Rane tried to smile"Kira I only hate the assassin who was evil enough to kill my bro. I swear I'll find him someday and kill him" there was hatred in her eyes… Kira was hurt when he heard her and when he saw her blue eyes
full of hatred and sorrow
"I see" Kira was devastated… How could he ever tell her that he was the one who killed Shio… She trusts him so much… he felt guilty…
"what's the matter Kira" Rane looked at him
"nothing…" kira turned away
"thank you… I'm going to sleep now ok? You should sleep already too" Rane stood up and walked away………; as soon as she was gone Hao appeared
"dear Kira are you feeling guilty?" Hao went near Kira
"get away from me!" Kira looked at him with anger
"hehe don't forget about your mission alright?" hao disappeared… Kira just sighed and went back to his room
That morning
"Rane? Wake up Rane" hawk shooked the priestess slightly
"..huh..? what happened?" Rane woke up and looked at the hunter
"Lucy's been kidnapped" The hunter looked at her with concern
"what?!" Rane stood up and the lady with an assassin behind her went inside her room
"Miss Rane, mr. Hawk and mr. KIra please help me find my daughter" the lady pleaded
"yes we'll help you don't worry" Rane held the lady's hand and smiled at her
"thank you" the lady cried
"don't worry we'll get Lucy back right guys?" hawk and Kira nodded
"yup, so we gotta start preparing now" Kira went out
"yup we'll wait outside Rane" Hawk went out to and the lady followed her
"poor Lucy…" Rane changed into her priestess uniform
"guys let's go" Rane went out
"hey guys wait! The lady gave me this" Kira gave hawk some awakening potions and a letter
"what's this" Hawk looked at the assassin
"A letter left by those kidnappers"
"If you want the girl back bring with you 8 million zennies and drop it in the upper most hut in geffen" Hawk read the letter
"let's go" Rane started walking
"where will we get 8 million?" Kira asked
Rane looked at hawk
"hey! I don't have 8 million zennies ok?" Hawk looked at her and Rane just smiled
"no, ofcourse not… these kidnappers might just be a lowlife creep so we could easily defeat them!" Rane continued walking again
while the two just sighed and followed her
After an hour they finally arrived at the hut "should we knock?" Rane asked the two
"suit yourself" hawk just waited for Rane's action
"okey then!" Rane knocked at the door It suddenly opened and the three entered it
"nice." Kira was amazed by how big that place was! It wasn't a hut it was a mansion
the door suddenly closed
"stick together they might attack us" Hawk told his partymates
"but this is such a big place! Where can we find her?" Rane sighed
"I'll go this way you two go that way" Kira pointed two directions
"ok" hawk started to walk
"but! Are you sure you'll be fine?" Rane asked him
"yeah don't worry I'll be alright" Kira walked towards the left portal
"Rane let's go" Hawk waited for Rane and they entered the portal
"rane?" Hawk looked at the priestess
"what is It hawk?" Rane smiled at him again…
"here…" Hawk gave her an egg
"what is it?" Rane asked while holding the warm egg
"It's a poporing egg" Hawk smiled at her
"Really?! Thanks Hawk!" rane embraced him
"I thought you'd like it" Hawk smiled
"I can't wait for it to hatch!!" Rane put it in her bag
hawk heard some noises "get behind me Rane" Rane went behind him and suddenly thieves, rouges and even swordsmen began to appear… carrying loads of weapons with them
"hehhe nice catch we have here we could sell her at a high price" one of the thieves went nearer
"don't you dare lay even one finger on Rane!" Hawk began to attack them and RAne just casted spells and holy lights to help Hawk.
Suddenly a knight appeared and beside him was a rouge and a blacksmith
The Knight was riding a peco-peco and started to go near to Rane and hawk
When Rane saw the knights face she automatically recognize him
"your!" Rane's eyes became bigger
"heh.. glad to see you miss Rane" the knight went near her and hawk tried to attack him but he missed
"you bastard don't go near Rane!" hawk and rane was already pushed to a wall Hawk kept attacking but they we're just too many… finally he already used all of his arrows
"heheh you're the assh0le who shot me with an arrow" the knight pointed his spear in Hawk's neck causing a cut to appear
"hawk" Rane healed hawk and used holy light againts the knight
"Rane teleport now." Hawk looked at her
"but you have fly wings don't you?" Rane looked at him and held his hands
"I don't" hawk smiled at her
"no, I'm not going to teleport" Rane shouted at him
"anyway this place has magic in it causing you to be unable to teleport"
The knight laughed as his men grabbed hawk's arms causing him to kneel down
"hawk!" Rane tried to go near hawk but the knight lifted her to his peco-peco
"let go!!" rane tried to break away from his tight grip
"Rane!!" Hawk tried to fight them but something hit him in his back causing him to faint
Meanwhile
"help!!!!!" Kira ran towards the voice and used his skill hide
"that's Lucy!" Kira hid himself and waited for the guards to move away from each other
After sometime Kira attacked the guard and they both fell
"Kira!" Lucy jumped at kira and gave him a kiss
"Lucy are you ok?" Kira tried to look for some bruises
"I'm alright thanks for saving me" Lucy kissed Kira and kira just blushed furiously
"c'mon let's look for Rane and Hawk" Kira broke the kiss and carried Lucy and started walking
Meanwhile
Rane woke up and found herself in a very big room
"the hell?" rane looked around and saw a knight walking towards her
"Are you alright?" The knight looked at her with concern in his eyes
"Glaze!" Rane hugged him
"Rane why did you go here?" Glaze brushed Rane's hair with his fingers
"We were here to find a friend" Rane looked at his red eyes
"I see…" The knight smiled
"what about you Glaze what're you doing here?" Rane looked at him
"Me, I was ordered to go here" Glaze sat down
"Glaze I'm glad it was you not that perverted idiot named Khan" Rane smiled at him
"Yeah, Khan… he's the reason why I'm here"
"why?" Rane asked in very soft voice
"I was forced to work for him" The knight told that with anger in his eyes
"what? How come?" Rane asked
"The officials ordered me" the knight frowned
"What?! that's stupid"
"I know! They're acting weird these past few day especially when that wizard appeared"
The knight added
"wizard?" Rane looked at him in his eyes
"yeah, a long brown-haired wizard with the name of Hao I believe"
"hao? That's the same guy who…" Rane's eyes was filled with sadness
"who??" Glaze hugged Rane as soon as he saw tears in her eyes
"the one… who caused my brother's death" Rane's eyes were full with hatred and sorrow
"the killer of my bestfriend?! Then he must pay" Glaze stood up
"c'mon Rane we have to get out of here… besides the perverted man might try to touch you" He took Rane's hand and ran
In a dark cell… Hawk gave out a soft moan and he automatically felt pain in his head
"aww.." hawk touched his head and remembered Rane… he looked around for possible exits but only saw one door which was guarded by 2 thieves and a swordsman
"heh… this is gonna be fun" Hawk stood up and got something from his pocket
while the guards were chatting Hawk went near them and used a dagger againts them
after a few minutes they fell down… Hawk grabbed one thief and began to push the dagger into his neck threatening them
"were did you put the priestess!?" Hawk grew impatient and pushed the dagger making a "paper" cut in the theif's neck
"sir! I don't know please spare me!!" the thief pleaded
"darn it I'll have to find her myself" Hawk ran and left the thief unconcious
Hawk was gliding along the walls and luckily for him he saw Kira and Lucy
"kira!" Hawk caught the attention of the assassin
"hawk? Where's Rane" the assassin looked around
"their leader got her" hawk looked at him
"..kuuso… where's your bow?"
"they got it.. but I still have a dagger with me" Hawk had a malicious grin on his face
"good enough let's go!" they went to find their beloved priestess
Meanwhile
"Rane… did you tell anybody about "that" incident yet?" the knight looked at her
"no…only the three of us knows about it.." Rane tried to avoid his eyes
"I see.. are you sure nobody saw it yet?" the knight made sure
"no, I never used it…"
"I see…. Just keep it a secret ok?" they continued to walk
"Glaze?... Does Reina know about Shio already?" Rane asked… Reina is Shio's girlfriend and she was worried about REina
"no, I can't tell her… she might do something stupid" Glaze looked down
"I see… I'll be the one to tell her…" Rane followed glaze