Hethra: Well, I'm back again. It's been awhile but I was rather enjoying my summer. Actually, it's been crap. But oh well. This is chapter 5 of my SCII Christmas story. But before I get too far into that, here's what I promised last time.
YOUR NAME FOR FINDING THE EASTER EGG!
There were quite a few of you. For correctly identifying Kenshin Himura in the story (Hitokiri Battousi) here we go.
Khetum – You're right! Kenshin was only known as the Battousi to everyone but his friends. But I did say that Mitsurugi and Kenshin fought together, so it all works out.
Emmy-Chan – I'm pretty sure if you read the character bio for Nightmare in SCII, it says that Siegfried was German.
Spider-bear – Yeah Kenshin is very cool.
Jarock16 – Thank you, and like you guessed, Kenshin is the Easter Egg. It's nice having a constant reviewer. Thanks!
Hethra: And to my other reviewer...
Ajax O'Brien – I wouldn't know, so I'll just take your word. Don't worry, there should be more updates coming. They might be irregular as the school year up here in Ontario, Canada is about to begin. But I'll try to keep the story going.
Hethra: Well that's about it for reviews, so onto the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Calibur 2. It belongs to those lucky ...umm, people, yeah that's it, those lucky people at NAMCO, who are also the lucky owners of Tales of Symphonia (great game) so I do not own anything but the story. Onwards!
An SCII Christmas
Chapter 5: Waiting Out The Storm
It was a dark and stormy night...
At least it was now. Siegfried was baffled at how quickly the sky had gone from starry to star-less. It had been a matter of seconds. So he was now squinting through the rain to keep up to Mitsurugi, who was trying to yell over the deafening thunder.
"WE'RE ALMOST THERE!" Mitsurugi shouted to Siegfried, who nodded eagerly to show that he understood. Mitsurugi turned and had to duck to avoid a tree branch that had fallen from a very large tree. Siegfried heaved it out of the path. Just then a light shone from behind them on the path. Mitsurugi's hand drifted to the hilt of his sword, and Siegfried grabbed Faust from his back. The light grew, and suddenly there were three people standing in front of them, obviously shocked at the sudden appearance of two very wet looking warriors. Siegfried and Mitsurugi were both shielding their eyes and only saw the silhouettes of the three. A very familiar sounding laugh barked out, and another familiar voice came forward.
"You two look a little wet." That voice joined the other laughing voice, and then a female voice joined theirs. The woman spoke up.
"Haven't you two ever heard of an umbrella?" Her voice was barely audible over the fresh peal of thunder, plus she was giggling quite a bit. Mitsurugi was grumbling something to himself in Japanese, obviously recognising the figures, when the second voice said,
"Better watch what you're saying Heishiro, 'cuz I know Japanese too." Suddenly the light was lifted, and the three people standing before Siegfried and Mitsurugi were revealed. Mitsurugi grumbled.
"Not you three again."
Standing behind the wet warriors, under a very large umbrella were Maxi, Kilik and Chai Xianghua, who were all doubled over laughing. Siegfried was somewhat relieved to see them, as it appeared that the umbrella was big enough for more users. Xianghua caught Siegfried eyeing the umbrella, smiled and said,
"I'm pretty sure that you can fit in here too, if you want." Siegfried jumped at the opportunity to get out of the rain, and ran under the umbrella. Mitsurugi on the other hand, turned his back to them.
"A true warrior doesn't need protection from the elements." He grumbled, just looking for an excuse so as to not accept their offering. And he took a step before he felt the end of a staff press against the back of his head. Kilik spoke to him in Japanese,
"A true warrior also knows better than to turn his back to his adversaries" Mitsurugi froze. Kilik just laughed, and then withdrew his staff. "So then!" he began "What brings you out into this beautiful weather." Siegfried noticed that Mitsurugi still looked sour at being taught a lesson he already knew, so Siegfried took the liberty to fill in the new three on what had occurred between the time he left his home, to when they were trying to get to the Alexander's home. All three of them looked rather shocked at what he had to say about the bandits, and Hethra, but Siegfried assured them that he had been okay, so they went along with it. None of them noticed as Mitsurugi dragged Kilik away from the rest of the group.
Once they were out of ear range of the others, Mitsurugi turned to Kilik.
"We've got problems." He said in Japanese. Kilik nodded.
"You're telling me. This rain isn't about to let up, we don't know how far it is to the Alexander's, and to boot, I haven't had any time alone with Chai since we left." Mitsurugi sighed.
"That's not what I meant. Take a look at this." Mitsurugi produced Hethra's letter and gave it to Kilik. He read it over, paled, then read it again to make sure he had gotten it right.
"He-He's not joking?" Kilik breathed. Mitsurugi shook his head.
"Hethra doesn't joke about things this serious. So we need to find someone who would know a lot on this matter. Because we need help, before it happens again." Kilik swallowed loudly.
"Does Siegfried know?" Again Mitsurugi shook his head. Kilik sighed. "I see."
Just then footsteps were heard coming from the path. Kilik rushed.
"The only one I can think of that could help us is Cervantes." Mitsurugi shuddered.
"I guess we have no choice." He said. Then Maxi, Xianghua and Siegfried appeared. Siegfried was grinning.
"The rain has stopped." He said. "And the Alexander's are just down the road. I can hear music." Mitsurugi grinned.
"Well, What are we waiting for?" He looked around at everyone, and then took off at a run. "I'm damned hungry! Let's go!" And with that all of them ran after him, towards the long anticipated party.
Hethra: Well, that'd be chapter 5. I've been listening to Alter Bridge a lot. If anyone needs to know, they're a new band composed of some old Creed members, since Creed broke up (sniff) but they're pretty good, so it all evens out. So anyway, R&R and tell me who you want to see at the party first. Until next time!
-The Unknown Warrior