Chapter 2: Comrades; A New Start

Kyouchou

"Master forgive us for failing, we had been spotted by the two guards." We bowed in respect to our master behind the big table.

"You imbeciles! Good for nothings! Tell me then; what the hell did you two do there?" A booming voice echoed in the room, making our spines shiver.

"At….Lea…least… We…took these…." Handing a stack of papers forward, our master levitated them to his seat and read them.

"Ahh… Now you've both done well…" The unseen voice gave us relief though we still didn't know what we had taken as we were both illiterate.

"Free the Zombies and order them to attack the two half-bloods!" We hurriedly ran towards the cells and sent the Zombie Prisoners to brutally slaughter them.

Eiyorei

"Hey, we reached already! Don't look so dull." Reaching our house, we observed that it was unusually untidy, with drools and black fingerprints on the papers.

"Is it time for spring cleaning already?" Kamaite groaned, spring cleaning was done once every 5 years and from the mess, ya would know we don't like to clean up.

"Well? Let's get started then." I forced myself to give out an enthusiastic smile and began clearing up the papers, empty food packaging and the unpleasant heap of shit which Ichimotsu had left here yesterday.

Clearing up the tons of paper at the corner, Kamaite soon gave out a dreadful shout, "Oh my Lord Odin! Come here Eiyorei!" I ran towards the corner where Kamaite had started clearing the papers first.

"Grawk…." A groaning cry came out from our feathered friend, Ichimotsu. He was stabbed in the chest with a protruding jagged dagger, Kamaite was knocked back to his senses and quickly casted heal and cure on the creature.

"Heh heh…. Looking for us?" A low voice answered form the door of the shack. It was a bunch of Undeads.

"Magmus Exorcimus!" Kamaite was surrounded with white light and held his hands open, charging the spell.

"Magnum Break!" I shouted and surrounded with fire, I knocked the Zombies back, stalling for more time.

"Grrrh…!" One of the zombies hit me on the arm and acidified away my outer clothing, screaming in pain, I somersaulted to his face and spun around slashing him with my still fiery tetsuya. Its eye sockets fell out and he was burning in flames.

"Get out of they way!" I dived towards the balcony as Kamaite threw down a white circle from nowhere. The circle glowed a marvelous white and immediately dispersed the Zombie's particles to the air around us. Holding my wound, I thanked Kamaite once more and started to attend to Ichimotsu. Unable to heal him, Kamaite and I carried the heavy bird to the Geffen Tower. We entered the beautiful city gates and stumbled our way down the stairs, moving as quickly as we can.

Upon seeing us, the guard outside the tower, known as Kyonai, the unbelievably charming wizard in the city of Geffen, saluted to us and casted a levitation spell on the bird. Kyonai was not trained in the advanced magic of wizardry; he had created a new form of skill, of telekinesis and unseen power.

"Thanks for the help dear Kyonai, Phew… Can u fit him through the door?" Rubbing our sore arms, Kamaite and I curiously asked.

"Minimize!" Kyonai grinned; the once huge bird was now at the size of his palm.

"Wow… Now that would be useful." Kamaite rubbed his arms and stared in awe at the small Ichimotsu. The door of the tower magically opened and an elevator dropped from the ceiling and appeared in front of us.

"When…did you install that thing?" I had my mouth wide open and stared at the glass elevator.

"Haha… I forgot, you guys didn't come here for 7 years now… It was installed quite long ago, useful huh?" He flashed his pearly white teeth and smiled charmingly. It was no wonder every girl he meets falls over and on him… I on the other hand, my girlfriend died when we were 14 and since then, there seemed to be no more for me.

"Dannn…" The elevator reached the 7th storey and we stepped out. There was a royal red carpet with 6 high wizards in the room. In the middle of the room sat a muscular, blond haired sage eating grapes.

"Oh lord, we have news to report." The three of us bowed down humbly and awaited his answer. The lord, known as Seishoku, was the Ministry Of Magic and had mastered all forms of magic. He mumbled a few words to heal and maximize our friend and gave us a friendly answer, "What is it my good pals?"

"There have been recent sightings of undeads at the bridge north of Geffen. These undeads obviously don't come from here and they attack out of nowhere." Showing him the hole in my shirt, I pleaded him to send more guards to the area, especially female ones…

"Stop being so kinky! You are a guard, a protector of Geffen." He laughed at me.

"Well… I'm human too ya know…" I defiantly answered back, standing my ground. He then waved his hand and a blue portal began to open in front of us. Out stepped a beautiful blue haired lady, so sweet looking and her body full of perfect curves.

"I'll introduce you to my daughter, Airashii…" I stared at the beautiful lady starting to drool.

"Pak!" She gave me a slap and looked away from me in disgust.

"Airashii, be nice. I'm assigning you to guard the north bridge with these two." Seishoku deeply answered.

"But daddy…" Tears started flowing down from her eyes and I began to think to myself… Is it really that bad to be assigned to me?

"Airashii! Stop pretending to cry! You're always like that." He angrily shouted at her.

After a long heated argument between the two, Airashii was walking behind us sulkily… Upon seeing our home, she gave a sheik so high that all the pink Porings in the area burst into jellopys and apples. I picked up a Poring card and gave it to her…

"Well… At least this is cute… Thank you!" She smiled. I stood there motionless, blushing harder by the minute. I energetically started clearing up the mess in my room, planning to give it to her. I burned unnecessary paper with fire balls and made the paper fly back to their shelves with a light storm gust. She was beside me, staring at the marvelous things I could do.

"There you are, all done!" I exclaimed, trying very hard to hide my tired look. Watching her bouncing on my bed, and unpacking her things, it made me realized how much she resembles my past love…

"So… What's it like staying here?" She titled her head to the side, letting her blue hair down. To me, it seemed like seduction. I shook myself out of it and gave her an uneasy reply, "Well, its cool and you get to see loads of stuff."

"Can you do that snow thing for me another time? It's cool…" Looking at her cute innocent face, I gave in… Leading her to the tower at the top, we were high above the clouds.

"Storm Gust!" I shouted as loud as I could, bringing about the prettiest snow even I have ever seen. She laughed cheerfully enjoying the snow. It seems that she had hardly gone out of the Geffen Tower and seen the beautiful things nature could give. I began to think to myself… Since there are only two guys here and Kamaite stands a lower chance with his protruding beer belly and smelly occasional farts… She would pick me right?

Back to packing the shack, I soon found an unfamiliar mysterious book, entitled 'The Realms', it was covered in slime and was fairly old.

"Hey Kamaite! Do ya remember this?" I shouted across the hall looking for him. He came out and took the book from my hands. Solemnly, he shook his head and began reading it. He promised he would figure out the depths of the book and tell me later. Meanwhile, Airashii was at the bridge thinking deeply. Concerned, I went over.

"Hey, wad ya doing?" I curiously asked, taking a seat beside her. The view of the lake was simply romantic and untouched. It was like a dream come true…

"Nothing much… I'm… thinking of my past, that's all…" Giving a confused look, she told me she had been thinking of her past boyfriend whom had died in the Dragon's Valley whilst on a rescue mission. I started to give up hope, knowing that she still thinks of him.

"Excuse me; I need to answer my phone…" I walked away for a moment to pick up my cell phone.

"Eiyorei, its Kamaite here. I've read the book. It's amazing come quick!" With those words, Kamaite hung up.

"Airashii! I'm going up to the shack, Wanna come along?" Airashii quietly nodded her head and with heavy footsteps, she followed behind me.

"Eiyorei, the book speaks of different realms where power elements are kept, these realms are very dangerous and the guardians of these realms are usually MvPs." He gave me an excited look, "How about an adventure?"

"Umm…. We had better talk to Seishoku about this." Hearing her father's name, Airashii opened her eyes wide and took the book into her hands.

"Hey, I've heard of this… My dad's got the Sprit Orb from the Realm of Ghosts. It's given to him by my grandpa and he treasures it dearly…" Upon hearing that her father's a keeper of a Realm Orb, we went to consult Seishoku about it…

Walking down the stairs and reaching the tower's gate, we found that Kyonai wasn't there anymore and the place was heavily guarded. All the merchants outside the tower were gone and hardly any townspeople were seen. Sensing something was amidst; we walked towards the tall building. The guards bowed low and one of them directed us to the meeting room. In the room, there were at least few dozens of advanced classes. Seishoku brought us to a private room separated from the main meeting room.

"Purpose of visit?" He spoke in a serious tone, much different from before.

"We would like to request permission to obtain the Realm Orbs." I bowed down before him and waited for his answer.

"How did you come to know about them! The trouble in the city is caused by these Orbs! Come with me immediately to the meeting room at once." At the meeting table, Dozens of people sat around and spoke.

"Who are these people Seishoku? What are they doing here?" A blacksmith demanded to know more about our backgrounds.

"They know about the Realms and have requested permission to get it. They are Eiyorei, Kamaite and my daughter, Airashii." With no delay at all, hoards of laughter we heard from all corners of the room.

"Can they even get the Orbs? They look pretty weak and pitiful to me." A hunter stood up and glared at us. I swear I could feel his power surging through my head, hurting it through as I stared back.

"I believe they can do it, and I volunteer to help them!" A crusader stood up, raised his cross in his hand and confidently volunteered in helping us.

"If he goes, I go too!" Another hunter stood up and sat between the crusader and Kamaite.

"Well, it's decided then, the five of you will go hunt for the Volcano Orb; the rest will be spilt into six groups among yourselves to hunt for the other Orbs." With that, Seishoku walked out of the room and lead us to the weaponry room. Inside the room, far advanced weapons were seen, a triple shot bow was for the hunters, a jagged spiked sword for all crusaders and knights, a four swing mace for blacksmiths, monks and priest, but; best of all, and it was for the wizards. Kamaite took a sulphur shooting staff. And I got a special weapon from Seishoku himself. A unique double claymore.

Without delay, Seishoku opened warps to different realms. When the Fire Realm was opened, the five of us gripped our new weapons tight and fearlessly stepped in.

Wow…. I did it…another chapter! Budden this chap seems bad…. Oh wellz… A few new characters were introduced here, if ya haven't read the prologues. I recommend ya read it… It's gonna get a bit hard to memorize these names… Even for me… .

The hunter and the crusader are both named Seido and Sonshi respectively. Seido is an orphan since young and is mastered in the arts of advanced hunting. Sonshi is a legendary crusader in Rune Mingard which had created a new form of fighting; he is well known and hardly needs any introduction to the others.