Chapter 2: Answers
Stratos opened his eyes. He tried to move his arms, but they were tied with a thick rope to the bed. His head felt like it had been it by a tree. He pulled at the bonds harder. The bond on his right arm snapped. He used his free hand to untie his other bonds. As he got to his feet he gasped. He noticed the bandage on his chest. (what happened to me) he thought. He heard footsteps outside the room. He ran to the window and climbed out. He peeked over the ledge to see a strange looking man with silver hair and furry ears on his head.
"Where'd he go?" shouted Inuyasha.
"What's going on?" yelled Kagome running into the room.
"We need to find him." Said Inuyasha.
"I'll go tell the others while you search," said Kagome running out of the room.
Inuyasha looked around the room and sniffed the air. (where is he) thought Inuyasha. Stratos broke off running towards the forest. (there) thought Inuyasha jumping out of the window.
Kagome ran into a large house short of breath.
"The kid's escaped." She panted.
"What?" shouted Sakura.
"He broke the bonds and escaped." Said Kagome.
"Well than we'll just have to spread out and search for him." declared Kurama.
The four of them left the house and ran out in different directions. Inuyasha chased Stratos down the street unable to catch him. Stratos suddenly turned around and a bolt of blue energy shot Inuyasha in the face knocking him 20 feet away. Stratos turned back around and continued running.
"There he is," shouted Sakura.
The rest of the group gave chase. Kurama's rose whip struck Stratos in the back knocking him over.
"Finally….we've got him." Sighed Kurama.
Kagome helped Inuyasha to his feet. Inuyasha rubbed his head.
"Man……that kid packs a punch," exclaimed Inuyasha angrily.
(3 hours later)
Stratos opened his eyes slightly. He could see blurs of figures around him hovering over him like vultures. He felt a cold washcloth on his forehead.
"Where….am….I?" he managed to say.
"Kaedae village." said a voice.
"Well ………. The kid is finally awake." said a tired voice.
"Who are you people?" asked Stratos.
"We would be the people that rescued you." said the same tired voice.
"So…..what's your name?" asked a more friendly voice.
"Stratos." said Stratos still weary.
"And where would you be from Stratos?" asked the friendly voice.
"I am a realmer, from the floating city of Eribriel," he said.
For the first time the group noticed that the boy had deep misty sapphire eyes. For hours they all talked and they all asked questions. Eventually Stratos knew all their names and they were satisfied with his story.
"So the empire destroyed Eribriel and all the realmers except for you?" asked Kagome.
"exactly, and I was their prisoner until I woke up and killed them all." Said Stratos.
"but if realmers are so powerful, how come the empire was able to defeat you all?" asked Kakura.
"They had surprise and numbers on their side, besides only 3 of our warships were in the air." said Stratos sharply.
"and now you want to go back and most likely get killed by the empire on some insane crusade?" asked Kurama.
"That's the plan," said Stratos grinning.
"We'll help in any way we can," declared Kagome.
