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The encounter
Please be careful. Merle said with worry.
Don't worry sister I will be okay. Van answered. You will be in charge when I am away. Are you agreeing with that? He asked.
Yes of course! Merle answered half-hearted. You always let me in charge when you are away, so why this time would be different from the others? She admitted.
But this time I will let Vargas to stay here to help you. Van explained.
Why? Merle asked surprised. I can manage all the things here without any help, don't forget I am use to do that. Besides Vargas is more needed with our army than here in the castle. He is our best captain and also our best man. You know that. Merle explained.
Yes sister but this time things are different, he will stay here with you to help you. Van said finally. Well I need to be going to the meeting place. He added.
Goodbye brother. Be careful will you? Merle whispered to him while she was hugs him. Giving a tender kiss in her forehead, he let go of her, and mounted his horse.
Bye sister, take care of all! He greeted, riding off the castle.
In another place, King Dilandau was in his way to the meeting point.
Uh! I hope to get first to the meeting than that good for nothing king of Fanelia. I will show him who is the best of all. Uh! I am furious. I cannot stand him and now I will see him in the same mission for who knows how much time! Ah! I hate him! Dilandau thought. He was so concentrated thinking bad things about the Fanelian king that he did not see a girl seating in the middle of the road, but fortunately his horse did and stopped in his tracks right behind the girl, startling the youth king
Hey! Get out of my way bitch! Dilandau shouted very angry at the girl.
The girl stood up off the road and turned around to see the face of the man who has shouted to her, then with a calmly and tender tone of voice she asked: Sorry I think I didn't hear you quite well. What did you said?
Dilandau looked at the strange girl. He had never seen such a beauty before around the place: Black straight long hair, dark eyes with cold gaze, tall with all her curves in the right places and her provocative clothes made this girl a goddess herself to his eyes. However, he was not the kind of man who could fall in the temptation. Oh no! He was not!
I said get out of my way bitch! He repeated again, while hi was getting off his horse to face her at the same level.
Oh! She exclaimed looking at him in amazement.
Is that the only thing you are going to do? Say "Oh. Get out of my way now! He shouted. This girl was getting on his nerves. I don't care if I have to punch your pretty face! He added.
Suddenly her factions started to change from peaceful ones into a malicious, and madness ones, but she kept her tender and soft voice. You know…. She said like a whispered looking to nothing in particular, but not looking at him. Nobody has ever called me bitch! She spoke this time turning her gaze to stare at him.
Well "bitch" there is always a first time for everything! He replied stressing the word bitch with a sardonic tone of voice.
Suddenly she closes the distance between both, until she was inches from his face. He stared into her eyes startled: What is she doing? Why I am felling so attracted by this unknown girl? Ahhh! ……… The girl punched Dilandau in the stomach. He falls on the dirty road squirming with pain. Ahh! Bitch you will pay for this. Aja,ja,ja! She started to laugh. What are you laughing for? I am the king of Zaibach and I swear I will make you pay. He shouted to her with angry.
She stops her laugh and stared at him with a malicious smile. I don't care who you are. She said while she was approaching to him again. He stared at her with wide eyes. Nobody insult me and gets rid of it without a painful pay! She said and then she knocked him out.
Hours later…
Pain… So much pain…. Ahhhhhh! Where am I? Dilandau woke up felling a hard and continuous pain in his back; something was hitting him with a monotonous knock. When he recovered his consciousness, he realized what was happening. A horse was dragging him, but that horse wasn't his horse. He also was tied from legs to arms. He couldn't move. He could see his horse traveling at the right side of the other horse. Then he saw her! The same girl that hours before has knocked him. She was riding the other horse, and then his rage grows up at high levels.
What are you doing stupid bitch! He shouted with such kind a rage he didn't know he could feel. I am a king! Ahhhhh! He shouted with pain.
Ops! Sorry for that rock. I didn't see it, but if you shut your mouth, I promise to pay more attention to the road and avoid the futures rocks. She said stopping the horse and turning upside down to see him. And don´t worry I am not planning to kill you or anything like that, I am only want to give you a painfull pay.She added.
Are you sure you will do that? Another woman who suddenly appear infront of her in the road asked.
You don´t believe me? She asked to the woman turning around to see this woman in the face with a challengeable look.
Well the only thing that I am certain is that you like the man you are dragging with your horse. Otherwise he would be dead by now. Am I right? Or not? The other woman questioned her with a mock in her face.
What can I say! You know me better than anyone!. She said with resignation.
Yes I do Alexia, yes I do! The other answered very quaiet.
What road did you take to get here? Because I hadn´t seen you before on the road. Alexia said with a firm voice and questioned eyes.
I took a short cut. She replied.
Meanwhile Dilandau was waching all the scene in silence. He had heard all the conversation between the grils, and he wasn´t sure what to do.. One side of him was telling him to tease her and insult her even more, and the other side was telling him all the opposed things: to be shut up and be good to get to be free soon. But after all he was a man with a particular personality, and you can call him masochistic if you want. This Alexia girl was something unique or at least for him so he started again…..
Well! My ladies I am really sure you two can go on with this talk later. Now Ms bichy Alexia I give you my apologies for the rudeness I showed you before, but don't you think I have paid enough for that? Interrupted Dilandau.
What did you call me? Alexia shauted to him, turning around abruptaly to see him again.
I am the king of Zaibach Ms. So I think that title give me some rights to say and talk about everything I want. Isn´t it? Said Dilandau doing mocks with his face to her.
This is it! I am tired of you! You will get what you deserve now! She shouted desmounting her horse and walking fast to him meanwhile she was throughing knives to him with her glare.
Uh! Alexia? The other girl called her with doubt in her voice, like if she wasn´t sure to talk to her at the moment.
What do you want Hitomi! Alexia shouted turning around to see her with a death glare.
Ahhhh! Whispered Hitomi with indecition. I think I need to be going. You know how Isacc reacts if we get late at a meeting and we are very late right now. She said with shame for interrup her friend from what she was going to do.
Ok don´t worry. I will be there too in a few hours when I finish whith this pretty king that we get here! Alexia told her dryly and then she went to Dilandau.
What are you going to do my little girl? Dilandau teased her. Are you going to kill me or are you going to punch me again?
I am going to punch you very hard, that´s what I am going to do, and then I will carry you with me like if you where my pet o better my slave! She told him, her eyes sparkling and her face showing and evil smile.
For a little moment Dilandau was afraid but then he sourrended to whatever ´s going to happened.
Hitomi for the other side started to move leaving them alone.
At the meeting point two strangers were waiting for some days now. One of them was a youth with long straight black hear tied in a ponytail, black color eyes, very tall. Two prominents earrings were in each of his ears and a large black tunic was hiden all the features of his body. The other man was older, maybe he was in his lates fourties, he wore the same black tunic and he was also very tall. His hair was a mixing with blonde and white, and he had deep blue eyes.
You must be Isacc the master of the sorceress from the south. Are you? The sorcerer Ivan who ´ve just arrived with his apprentice to the meeting point asked to the older man who was already there.
Yes I am! The man answered. And you must be Ivan the master of the sorcerers from the north. Am I right? He asked aproching to Ivan with an smile in his face.
Yes I am! Is nice to meet you at least my brother! The master from the south greeted him shanking hands.
After many years of talking with you only by letter I must say I am very glad to meet you! Isacc said.
Well I thought you would be older than you are! Ivan told. I won the master title when I was fifty and if I don´t remember wrong by that time you already were the master from the south! Really there are a lot of things I don´t know nothing about the south! He finished to say.
Well if you need to know we don´t use to live much! Our people usually died young and only a few reach their old age. Isacc replied with a lot of sadness in his voice.
Master Ivan was perplexed because of the answer his brother gave him, he didn´t want to push the subject deepest because it wasn´t the time and the moment to do it, so he made a mental note to not forget to ask about the matter later and quickly change the subject of the conversation.
Well why don´t we make the presentations Isacc? This youth at my side is Henry, he is my best aprentice. Ivan introduced him.
Henry a fifteen year old boy with short brown hair, brown eyes, quite short high and a little stout, greeted them. Hi! Is a pleasure to me to meet you!
Well thank you Henry and this is Aeolia! Isacc introduced his partner. I could say he is almost my aprentice! When Isacc finished his last sentence Ivan quickly saw him with a questioned and surprise look but his surpise was cut when Aeolia talked.
Nice to meet you too! Aeolia answered with a very rash voice.
At that very moment Ivan went up to Isacc and asked him in a wisper. "What do you mean he is almost your aprentice? I don´t get it"
Isacc replied in the same tone of voice. " Well, he is interesting in the sorceres history, has the ability and knowlegde to became one of us, but he also has some birth responsabilities. Because of this I said almost my best aprentice" He finished his explanation.
"I still don´t undertand why!" Ivan went on.
"He is a prince. Isacc explained. "He doesn´t have the time to be my aprentice all the time, but even so he is the best of all the aprentices I have. Also please becarefull how you or your people talk to him, he doesn´t have much patience" He finished.
"Well I must say you the southers have strange manners and forms to do things" the north sorcerer said laughing. "And don´t worry we will be carefull with him" then he added. When did you arrive to this place? It seems like you were camping quite long time here?
"Yes we were". He answered. "We arrived four days ago. "
"And why is that? We had agreed to meet us here today! He asked with strangeness.
"Yes we had Ivan, but the best southers are not exactly the most responsibles, specially when we are talking about time. So I told them to come here four days ago expecting they would arrive at least four or five days late." Isacc did all his explanation.
When more Ivan talked with the souther master, more he realized that the south was very different in all the ways you can imagine, and he wondered what would happened with the crash cultures. But in that precise moment his lines of thoughts were interrupted when king Allen arrived followed by King Van and he went to greet them. " Hi my kings. How are you?"
"We are very good Ivan, thanks for your concerning!" Allen answered for him and Van.
"Well so! May I do the introductions?" He asked to them.
"Yes of course master we would be very glad with that" Van said smiling first to Isaac and then waching straight in the eyes to Aeolia with a serius face. "I don´t know why I have this bad feeling that I won´t get along with that guy and I don´t even know him yet" Van tought to himself.
"Well first of all, he is Isacc the master of the sorcerers from the south." Ivan started the introductions pointing to Isacc. " And his partner is Aeolia his almost best aprentice" he went on pointing to Aeolia. "And this kid here is Henry my best aprentice" He finished.
"I am King Allen from Aulis and is a pleasure to me to meet you" Allen greet them with a reverie face.
"And I' m Van King of Fanelia and is also a pleasure to meet you" Van said with an smile. "And why did you say he is almost his best aprentice?" Van asked.
"Master Ivan!" Henry cut the conversation. " Someone is coming" he added.
All the present turned around to see who were coming.
"Hitomi!" Isacc explained. "You are late! I was expecting you here four days ago! " He repressed her with a serious voice.
"It wasn´t my fault Isacc" she answered while she was desmounted. "It was Gatti´s foult. You know? He was supposed to be travelling with me but I lost him in the middle of the road. I traced him for some days but then I gave up because I couldn´t find him." Hitomi explained fast.
Van was astonished. This girl was beautifull, long sandy brown hair, green eyes, atletic body, and a lovely voice. All the things a man could want from a woman. Ok from his point of view of course.
"Always the same" Isaac answered with a harsh voice. "Hitomi I want to introduce you to Ivan the master of the sorcerers from the south. Henry his aprentice. And the King of Aulis, Allen Schezard. And the King of Fanelia Van Fanel," He introduced them.
"Uhhhh. Hello. I am Hitomi" She said only that to them, then she turned her face to Aeolia and went up to greet him. "Hello Aeolia. How are you my lovely and violent friend?" She asked him with a wide smile in her face and then she gave him a hug.
Aeolia smile to her.
"I am OK!". That was his short answer smiling to her.
"And Hitomi what do you do in the south? Of course if you can tell us" Allen spoke.
Hitomi only saw him but she didn´t replied, was Isaac who answered for her.
"She is the Queen of the Bright silver Kingdom in the south"
Hitmoi looked at him puzzled and then she asked him. " Am I a Queen? Because you know I can´t remember the coronation part Isaac. I think you are making a mistake here. She added with confident in her voice.
"Of course you can´t remember Hitomi, because you missed that part for the theird time, or don´t you remember you would had been in Platea two months ago to your own coronation, but you never appearded?" Isaac explained almost screeming to her and losing his patience. Hitomi in the other side was surprised, well, all the presents were surprised. "So your councelors and I decided to became you a queen without your presence, because we ended to the determination that you would never be in your own coronation. And don´t tell me that story that you forgot it! He said screeming the last sentence.
"But Isaac I really forgot about that. I had to take care of some more important matters in those times" She answered him very quiet, showing any emotion in her face.
But Isaac went on with the discussion. "Yes how to gamble more and more. Don´t you? Because play and gamble is the only thing for you to worried the most.
"Well" Aeolia cut the conversation. "I think we need to talk about more important things now"
"No we can´t " Ivan replied. " We need to wait for the others two of you and for one of us, that are meesing in this meeting."
"Yes you are right" Said Van. "I wonder what happened to Dilandau. I thought he would be the first to arrive, specially when he is always competing with me" He spoke with a little evil smile in his face.
"You said Dilandau?" Hitomi asked him startled.
"Yes, Dilandau the king of Zaibach. Why?" Van asked her.
"No, nothing" She replied thoughtful. "Ahhh! Master Isaac I think I have to do something I forgot to do near hear, so I must go now to finish it. Ok? So I will see you all in a few hours more. Bye! She said with a nervous smile.
"No you can´t Hitomi!" the master told her. " We need to do a lot of things and when the others arrive we can´t be waiting for you again" He said in a reproching manner.
"Ok" Hitomi said with decition. "I will tell you what I know"
"What are you talking Hitomi?" this time was Ivan who asked.
"First of all I lost Gatti near the convent, so he will take a few days to arrive here, specially because he was interestaing in the novices from that convent." She explained.
"He is a casanova" Aeolia informed to every one.
"Second when I was coming to here I met Alexia in the road, she was fighting with a man" Hitomi said.
Fighing? Aeolia asked. She usually kills or tortures. He explained.
"Well not exactly, she was dragging him with her horse and the last time I saw them she was starting to punch him again, at first I thought she liked the man , because she didn´t kill him when he insulted her, but he insulted her again and she lost her control and there is when I left the place." Hitomi informed them.
"And? I still don´t undertand the point you want to reach with this Hitomi" Isaac questioned her.
"That man said he was the King of Zaibach, Dilandau? And because of that I want to go to there to stop Alexia to kill him?" She retorted with a lot of sarcasm.
"I can´t believe this!" Shouted Isaac histerically. "The first approach to the north and you do this kind of things! Hitomi don´t you know that kill for nothing is a bad thing? How could you leave them alone without doing nothing?
"You are not specially an Angel Isaac!" Hitomi shouted him. "You were the one who teached me when I was a kid the basical rule: first kill, then ask."
"Because that´s the only way to survive in our lands, but I thought I also taught you how to differentiate the evils from the goods " Isaac replied with a harsh voice.
"You taught me that too? I don´t remember that!" She said with an innocent face.
"Please Mrs. We can take this a little easier?" Allen started. "We all here have our own faults. For example I am also a casanova like your friend Gatti. Dilandau is very violent and he likes to insult an tease the persons.Van has bad mannered and he is always very stubborn. So how you see we need this meeting to be work out for good, for our people." He finished his speech.
"I am not bad mannered and stubborn". Van said to him very serius. Hitomi turned around to see him straight in his eyes and said whith an evil smile."Yes you are, and a pig-headed too"
"How could you say that ? You just knew me some minutes ago. You don´t know me at all to affirm that" He asked her very angry.
"I don´t know! I am just know that" She teased him.
"She is coming" Henry who wasn´t in the centre of the conversation but waching the surroundings advice them.
"Who is coming Henry?" Ivan asked him.
"A girl in a horse, but she is taking with her another horse, and it seems that she is dragging something" Henry answred.
"Must be Alexia" Hitomi said.
Many thanks for all the people who reviewed this story and very sorry for the delay in the update. Also very sorry for the grammatical mistakes and all of that in the chapter, but inglish is not my first language, but I hope to improve my writing and my inglish grammatical in the next chapters. This story will be very long, but hopelly I will be updating soon.