RO4
A/N: Aha! The fourth chapter! School has been hectic, my goodness, I just might have an anxiety attack! But I hope not, because I really want to finish this story! So, onwards! Aha! The fourth chapter! School has been , my goodness, I just might have an anxiety attack! But I hope not, because I really want to finish this story! So, onwards!
Mind you, this is another pointless chapter, hence the title. ;
Chapter 4: Another pointless "Crime"
Dear Sadine darling,
There are many things I would like to tell you in this letter, as to where I'm going, but I can't. Paul's coming back soon and I have to be gone before he does. I'm sorry if you're going to be mad—which you probably will, and I beg your forgiveness. But I had enough of him. I'm off to find a safer place, where I can actually live in peace.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not telling you until now. I'm sorry that you will have to be the one forced to tell the others. And I'm sorry that the first friend I ever made will be the one I'm leaving right now.
Always,
Gilliane
Gilliane looked at the letter on the table. The words sounded stupid. The words sound pointless. Yet, what else could she do?
Alexa Lane's Innocent Kills, page 78
Everyone gaped. Even the victim.
"… Excuse me?" the knight started looking infuriated.
"Yep! Meet her boyfriend, er… Astule." Yuzuna's fake smile faltered as Dark shot her the most venomous glare she had ever seen.
"… Astule," the knight repeated dumbly.
Yuzuna's smile widened again. "Exactly. Say hello, Astule!"
Behind her, Zeffy was dying—from laughter.
The two men stared at each other, the tension sparking between them.
"… Hello." Dark narrowed his eyes.
The knight nodded curtly back. Then turning back to his friend, he whispered something, and the Rogue disappeared into the crowd.
Turning back, the knight shoved Dark aside crudely, yet not obliviously, and gave Mimi(who edged back even further) a sickening smile.
"Hey, darlin'," he swung his heavily-armored arm around her shoulders, making her buckle under the weight. "… don't you remember me?"
"Um…" She grinned weakly at him, while trying to push his arm off as politely as possible. "… no…?"
"Well," Zeffy whispered to Shivon, "At least this trauma woke her up completely."
"Awww…" he leaned closer to her. "I'm hurt... let me refresh your memory for you…? You were at the bar, looking so alone. So I came up and made you happy again… babe."
Mimi looked frustrated. "… I was alone, trying to get some sleep, and you did not make me happy...!" she muttered under her breath.
He didn't seem to hear her. "In case you forgot, my sweet, I'm Keithe. Keithe Urhban" She could smell his putrid breath, as he leaned even closer.
"… That… that's nice…"
"So what do you say?" he gave her a revolting wink. "Wanna go get something to drink and then… I don't know… go have some fu—"
Keithe never got to finish his sentence. He was thrown to the floor.
"… My Odin… are you cheating on me, baby?" Dark pulled a very shocked assassin to his chest, looking at her gravely, eyebrows raised.
For a moment, she was silent. Then seeing the look in his eyes, grinned. So that's what he was doing…
"Of course not, darling… whatever made you think that?" she teased back, pouting.
The wizard turned to the red-faced knight on the floor.
"Did you hear? My baby doesn't even know you… bastard." Dark's eyes blackened as heat started radiating off his body.
But the knight wasn't going to go without a fight. Luckily, the people were too busy partying to notice the brawl.
Getting to his feet, Keithe glared at Dark, then Mimi.
"… No one rejects me," he hissed.
Mimi shrugged. "… I'm sorry, but I already have someone I'm in love with." She looked up and smirked, winking.
"That's right, babe," Dark cooed back, then turned his attention to the knight who had his hand on the hilt of his sword. "So I highly suggest that this fake in front of us gets out before he finds a fire-bolt planted firmly on his armored butt."
"Bring it on." The knight brows lowered menacingly.
"Do you think we should stop them?" Shivon looked panicked.
"What, you serious? And miss out on the best fight in a long time?" Yuzuna grinned. "Not a chance in the world."
Zeffy beamed. "Yeah, Shii! Don't worry, we can make it up later by guarding Miss Lyrecean with gusto!"
Shii's jaw dropped. "Oh My Odin…! Lady Lyrecean! I forgot about her!"
Yuzuna laughed. "Don't worry, me 'n Zeff have got it under control. I snuck off while the lovers were having their fight. Already sent out a… warning."
"Whoa," Shivon looked immensely relieved. "… Thanks."
Zeffy beamed. "You can thank us later! C'mon, let's go before we miss out on all of the fun!"
Turning, they followed the angry knight and his "rivals" behind the house, where there was a portal leading out into the fields of Geffen.
As they got outside, Keithe wheeled around and pointed his already unsheathed sword at Dark.
"Alright, here's the deal… whoever wins gets her." He grounded out, glancing at Mimi all the while.
Dark shrugged. "Fine. But in the meantime, stop lusting over her. Get your head in the game."
The knight leered. "You're right. This is a game. But then, you're so pathetic, it doesn't seem worthy of calling it that."
"Whatever suits you."
And with a flash of silver gleaming in the sunlight, the knight brandished his sword and charged. Dark remained where he was. Calm, unruffled.
Then as he neared, Keithe slowed down as rivers of moss-colored fog rolled from behind Dark.
"Quagmire," he had time to gasp, before the attack hit him.
The others watched as Keithe continued to run, though seemingly in slow motion.
Zeffy grinned, as she cheered the wizard on. "Dark—I mean Astule's too smart for his own good."
Yuzuna nodded, agreeing. "So smart that he thought of that plan, and just call him Dark—my own genius is confusing me."
"… Alright. I wasn't going to call him anything else, but yes, it was smart, though it got us in this situation," Shivon still had worry written on her face.
"Nn…" besides her, Mimi gave a yawn.
Yuzuna smirked and leaned across Shivon to speak to Mimi.
"Awww… you're sleepy? So does that mean Dark's still free for the taking…?"
The other assassin glared as best as she could in mid-yawn. "… you know very well that I only played along."
"Oooh!" Yuzuna mock-swooned, grinning. "… I can't believe it! Now I can have hottie over there all to myself!"
Shut up," Mimi muttered as she tuned back into the fight.
Finally, Keithe reached Dark, and as he swung his sword slowly, Dark jumped above him and the fog disappeared.
Swinging around, the knight made furious slashes towards Dark, who dodged them with ease, swerving left, right, up, down.
Then, summoning his wand, Dark thrust the butt of it into the knight's stomach.
Gasping, Keithe stumbled back.
Dark glanced at him. "… it could have been worse if you hadn't been wearing your armor. Consider it lucky."
Keithe's eyes began glowing red, as a red aura started whipping around his body. His sword grew a blinding white, and the cold wind began to blow.
"… Berserk…" Shivon muttered as her hair flew.
"Thor—Destroy my enemies one after another!" Keithe yelled as he swung his sword, meeting the air. The air current that followed his swing sparked and crackled, forming an air bend of hissing electricity.
The wind now lifted its speed, causing the spark to grow in length and width. With a roar, Keithe swung his sword down vertically, sending the attack in different directions. The streams of electricity flew back above Keith's sword, forming a giant ball of light, then shooting at incredible speed towards Dark.
"… fire of the south, surround me…" immediately, Dark was surrounded with walls of flame.
"Tsch." Keithe shook hair out of his eyes and charged again.
Dark gave a ghost of a smile. Then, just as his arm twitched, Keithe was thrown in the air and fell back to the ground with a thump, frozen solid.
"Whoot! Nice Storm Gust, Darkie!" Zeffy cheered enthusiastically. Yuzuna grinned.
The wizard ignored the calls from his "cheerleaders" and walked up to the frozen knight.
"There you go," he murmured, glancing at the shocked expression below him. "As I said, whatever suits you… but then, I'm the victor, and I prefer you to be solidified."
As he walked back to his guildmates, a sudden burst of acid exploded in front of Yuzuna's face.
"Urk," the assassin made a face, fanning the air in front of her. "… it seems our time has run out."
Shivon looked anxious. "I just had about enough too… it's better if we go back quickly. I can't stand not being where I'm suppose to be…!"
Dark nodded, staring at the already darkening evening sky.
"… Let's go."
"I see…" The lady pushed up her over-sized glasses up her nose for the umpteenth time. "… so you're looking for Lady Lyrecean…"
Yuzuna's eyes held a maniacal, yet desperate glint. "Arrck! For the love of Odin, woman! YES!"
"I see…" Mimi watched as the glasses slid down again. "… so you're looking for Lady Lyrecean…"
"This has been going on for quite a while," Zeffy whispered to Shivon, as Yuzuna proceeded to stomp on the lady—the only thing between them was Mimi. "… d'you think we should just search around by ourselves?"
Shivon was about to answer when a figure came rushing over.
"Mrs. Jenadine, whatever seems to be the matter?"
"Oh… Lady Lyrecean… these young children were asking for you," the old woman glanced blankly at Yuzuna's attempts of murder.
"Holy Odin—that's Altera Lyrecean!" Zeffy gaped wordlessly.
She was rather stunning. Though with just a simple priestess dress, Altera Lyrecean seemed to radiate a firm kindness. It did a rather forceful realization for them, since the impact came also with soft russet twisted up and mauve which shone upon its beholder.
"Oh, yes. I have been expecting you." Altera smiled on them. "Please, continue whatever you were sent to do. I do appreciate it." With that, she laughed softly at seeing their expressions, and floated away.
"Wow…" Zeffy's eyes were still widened. "She's beautiful!"
Yuzuna growled fiercely as old lady trotted faithfully after the infamous beauty, sagging in Mimi's arms.
"Of course she's beautiful! Their whole family is exquisite."
Zeffy sighed. "Yeah. 'Kaykay. So should we split off as usual?"
"Same old, same old." Shivon nodded.
"My Odin… it's been three hours of being cramped up in this same position. Someone come rescue me…" Zeffy whispered desperately into her communicator.
'Shut up. I'm worse off than you.' Came the irritated reply.
But being where she was, and feeling what she was, Zeffy was not going to give in.
"Oh yeah? Then were're you hiding?"
'I'm plastered against the ceiling. Now shut up!'
She giggled. "Yeah. You are worse off than me. Where's the others?"
'Here.' Shivon's reply came back as quick as lightening.
'Nn.'
Silence.
"Where's Mimi?" Zeffy demanded into the communicator.
'Tsch. Probably asleep somewhere. You can never count on her to stay awake—' Yuzuna was cut off.
Mimi's voice entered their chat. 'Shush. I'm awake for once. And a good reason too.'
'What? Why?' Zeffy could just imagine the nervous expression on Shivon's face as she said that.
'There's a suspicious person I'm following. Northeast, bar.'
And with that followed the soft click. Mimi's line was dead.
'Mimi? Mimi! What's happening?' Shivon half-screamed, half-whispered into the device.
Zeffy felt panic surge uninvitingly through her chest. She hated situations like these.
"Mims? Where did you go!" she decided to add her own voice among those of Shivon's and Yuzuna's.
Their question was soon answered, as suddenly, the house shook violently and the lights went out.
People could be heard screaming and yelling in every direction.
Zeffy suggested in her mind screaming too, and she really really felt like it as a voice next to her whispered calmly in her ear.
"… Where is Altera Lyrecean?"
3 Oct. 2005
A/N: Hihi! I'm 13 now! Though I don't feel any different, I'd much rather be 12 again—I'm more fond of that number! ; But I decided to post this chapter up as a birthday present to myself( ), because I am too lazy to host a birthday party this year!
Kk, I have taken down the individual comments, because has gotten quite strict. ; sorry! If you want to see it, I have it on my profile page. Hopefully!
I'm so sorry this chapter is slow! My computer decided to break down on me for the millionth time(and on my birthday too!).
I'm beginning to see a pattern here… ;
Thank you so much!
-hopelessmine!
