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He brandished his scythe and held it up to his enemy. "I won't let you harm them!" he bellowed, and stood on the offensive. His enemy smirked and drew his sword. "Foolish Elvaan, do you really believe you can defeat me?" He rushed towards his enemy with his scythe held high above his head and drove a powerful blow down aimed for his enemy's head, but he was too quick. His enemy dodged his attack and forced his sword into his abdomen. In the first blow, he fell to the ground, blood pooling around his almost lifeless body. "You cannot defeat me, fool…" his enemy whispered, and he disappeared.
She woke up seeing small black eyes staring down at her. She pulled the covers over her head, shaking in fear.
"I see you're awake." Said Rollingthunder as he pulled down the covers. "Don't be scared, mithra. You won't be harmed if you tell me what you were doing watching us."
Tears rested on the bottom of her eyes as she shakily replied, "I… I'm an adventurer. I saw food by the fire and-"
"She sounds like a thief to me…" Javain interrupted as he entered the tent.
"Let her finish, Javain." Rollingthunder said. Javain grumbled and sat beside the mithra . Rollingthunder then motioned her to continue.
"Well… I saw the food and I thought I could bring it to my companions back at camp. That's all." She said, her lip quivering.
Rollingthunder smiled and wiped the tears off her face. "Companions you say?"
She nodded and sat up. Rollingthunder started out the tent and looked back at her. "By the way, what is your name?"
"S-Sabreskye… My friends call me Sabreskye."
Rollingthunder smiled at her again and replied, "I'm Rollingthunder and the Elvaan beside you is Javain."
"Yo." Javain waved his hand and left the tent.
"You're welcome to join us for breakfast. After that, we'll take you back to your camp." Rollingthunder left the tent as well. Sabreskye smiled and followed suit. As she came outside, she saw that they were well ahead with breakfast. An elvaan in white armor with gold lining was tending to the grilled hare as a mithra wearing a burgundy and silver breastplate came, carrying with her more wood to fuel the fire. The elvaan in white turned to Sabreskye and grinned.
"G'morning Beautiful." He said, his voice sounding deep and mesmerizing. Sabreskye blushed and tried to hide her face, and the elvaan laughed. "My name is Glubit. I am the Paladin of this group."
Tyoko dropped the wood into the fire and watched as it flared around. "I'm Tyoko! I'm the White Mage of this hapless group." She said cheerfully, smiling.
"Hapless…?" Javain and Rollingthunder said in unison, both cocking a brow.
Tyoko simply nodded. "These two are Javain and Rollingthunder."
"Ah, yes. I talked with them when I awoke."
Isn't that right?" "Oh really?" Tyoko said, smirking at the two. "Then they'll happily introduce themselves again.
Rollingthunder shrugged and began to introduce himself. "I am Rollingthunder. I am a Samurai whom has come out of retirement."
"And I am Javain, Dragoon and former warrior." Javain saluted, and Sabreskye smiled.
"My name is Sabreskye, Red Mage of the HybridLycans, nice to meet all of you." She bowed respectfully before them.
"HybridLycans?" Glubit questioned, rubbing what little hair he had on his chin.
"They're a linkshell group renowned for their adventures…" Javain said, brushing his golden hair out of his eyes. "Their leader is named Ryudo and is co-run by his friend, Ryse. Both have immense power, but rarely display it anymore."
"You seem to know a lot about this linkshell." Glubit said, still rubbing his chin.
"Erm, L-let's eat breakfast now, shall we?" Javain said, his eyes shifting around from Glubit to the grilled hares.
"Huh? Oh yeah, let's eat!" Glubit exclaimed, rubbing his stomach.
All of them plopped down to the floor, satisfied with the meal.
"Boy, that stuff tasted wonderful!" Sabreskye smiled. "Where'd you learn to cook, Glubit?"
"Culinarian's Guild in Windurst." Glubit sighed, again rubbing his stomach. "Worth taking the time to learn, in my opinion."
Rollingthunder laughed. "For once he's right!" Everyone laughed as Glubit cursed them.
"Haha, you know we love you." Javain said as he ruffled Glubits hair. Glubit snorted and rolled his eyes. Javain grinned and stood up, stretching.
"Alright, are you ready to go back to your camp, Sabre?" Javain said as he rubbed his stomach.
Sabreskye cheerfully nodded and jumped to her feet.
"We'll be back." Rollingthunder said as he slowly lifted himself to his feet. "Oh, and Tyo."
"Yes?"
"Watch Glu."
Rollingthunder grinned at Glubit who was mumbling curses. "Well now, let's be on our way, shall we?"
Together, Sabreskye, Javain, and Rollingthunder strolled into the forest in search for Sabreskye's camp.
"Hmm…" the Red-haired hume mumbled, rubbing his chin. "She's been gone for quite some time."
"That she has." Replied the elvaan as he polished the blade of his scythe. "Why, are you worried about her, Ryudo?"
"Of course I am!" The Hume shot angrily as flames pulsated from his hand. He glared at the elvaan, trying not hold his rage inside him.
"Don't look at me like that, fool." The elvaan glared back, his grip tightening on the handle of his scythe.
"Thataru is enough, you two!" shouted the tarutaru as he jumped in between the glares. Ryudo turned away and slumped behind a tree.
"Justaru calm downy-wowny, Ryse." The tarutaru said, cautiously waddling towards the elvaan.
Ryse gritted his teeth and sighed. "I liked you better when you were a maniacal Black Mage, Devien…"
"Well too bad I'm a Samurai, now is it?" Devien said with his small hands at his side. "Now go and apologize to each other."
Ryse sighed again and brushed his fingers through his hair. He cursed under hi breath and lazily lifted himself up. He then dragged his feet towards Ryudo whom was still sitting behind the tree. "Yo, Ryu."
"What the hell do you want?" Ryudo Growled.
"Just wanted to sat that I-"
"Wait, you hear that?" Ryudo interrupted.
Ryse's Long elvaan ears twitched. "We got company…"
They both brandished their weapons band stood silent, listening to the forest and it's occupants.
"You sure this is the way to your camp?"
"Yeah, I'm sure… I think…"
Ryse and Ryudo acknowledged each other and jumped towards the dark figures.
"Look out!" one of them shouted. Ryse swung down onto the figure with great force, but was blocked by the figures lance. "Who are you?" Ryse grumbled as he stared down his enemy through the deadlock.
Ryudo lunged towards the behemoth-like figure, only to be knocked off-balance by its great katana. Ryudo caught himselfand swung at its side. He, too, was caught in a deadlock.
"We mean no harm!" It shouted as it pushed Ryudo away.
"Please! Ryudo, Ryse, Stop!"
"Sabre?" Ryudo gasped as he jumped back from the giant figure.
"These people were just escorting me back here!"
Ryudo sheathed his sword, as did the figure. Ryse pulled back from his opponent and in unison, they latched their weapons to their back. Sabreskye rushed towards Ryudo and they embraced each other.
"You got me so worried." Ryudo said, digging his face onto her shoulder.
"It's alright." She said rubbing his back. Ryse stared at the two in disgust. He turned to his opponent, and his eyes widened.
"Javain…?"
Javain grinned. "Hey Ryse. It's been a while."
Ryse examined Javain. He noticed that his overall physique changed greatly, but his hair was still that goofy bowl cut. "You've changed some, I see." Ryse said , patting Javians shoulder.
"So have you, Ryse." He said. "Most notably, your strength."
Ryse laughed and gave a cheesy grin. "Can't handle this?"
"Ryse, stop showin' off." Ryudo said, his arm around Sabreskye.
Ryse scoofed at Ryudo. "Fool…" Said he.
Then out of the bushes, Devien tumbled out with his great katana drawn. "What's going on here?" he said, bouncing left and right.
Rollingthunder laughed as he watched the tarutaru bounce around. Devien turned to Rollingthunder and gasped. "An Orc!" He screamed. The tiny tarutaru charged blindly towards Rollingthunder.
"Wait… did he just call me an Orc?" Rollingthunder fumed. He grabbed the tarutarus head and lifted him up to eye-level. "Take that back, you midget!" He growled.
Devien flailed his limbs wildly, trying to cut away at Rollingthunders torso. "Lemme go you meany-weany Orc!"
"I'm not an Orc, Damnit!"
"Dev, he's a galka." Ryse pointed out. Devien stopped flailing about for a short moment, and started again.
"Lemme go you meany-weany galka!"
"That's a little bit better…" Rollingthunder said, then he dropped the tarutaru.
"Owwie!" Devien cried, rubbing his bottom. He bounced onto his feet and sheathed his great katana. "you could've justaru setaru me down onto the ground, you know."
"Well," Rollingthunder started, " You called me an Orc, so you deserved it."
"Oh yea," Ryudo said as he turned to face Rollingthunder. "Thank you for bringing Sabre back to us."
"And sorry for ambushing you guys." Ryse added.
"No problem." Rollingthunder said, bowing before them.
Sabreskye then stood out and asked, "Would you like to stay with us at camp for a short while? Please?"
Javain looked at Rollingthunder and shrugged. "How about it Roll, shall we?"
Rollingthunder nodded. "Sure, we'll stay for a little while."
Sabre smiled, as well as the others. Together, they walked to their camp with new friends.
"So, uh…Dagorin, you know where we are, right?" Shadowfox asked, poking Raginghurricane.
Raginghurricane shook his head. "Honestly, I think we've been lost for the past hour or two."
"But we were on a trail…"
"Yes, I know that."
Shadowfox's eyes grew large and she jumped onto Raginghurricanes head. "What if something comes by and eats us?" she cried.
Raginghurricane sighed. "Calm down." He looked around and saw a small campfire in the distance.
"There." He said, pointed towards the fire. "There should be some people who could send us in the right direction."
He pulled Shadowfox with him and stood before another mithra whom sat beside a snoring Elvaan.
"Can I help you?" Asked the mithra, smiling warmly.
"Yes, can you please tell us how to get to South Gate?" he replied.
The mithra frowned and shook her head. "Sorry, can't help you there. But maybe Glubit can."
"Who?"
She pointed to the drooling elvaan whom was sleeping beside her. She slapped him with great force and he jumped up from his slumber.
"What the hell, Tyo?" he growled, wiping the saliva off the side of his mouth.
Tyoko pointed to the galka who stood before them.
"Ya?" he said, staring blankly at the galka.
"Do you know which was to South Gate?" Raginghurricane repeated.
Glubit shook his head and sighed. "Nope. I'm no good with directions. You'll have to wait until Roll and Javain."
"Excuse me?"
"Rollingthunder and Javain." Glubit repeated.
Raginghurricanes eyes widened and he smiled. "Mind if we stay here until they get back?"
"No, not at all." Tyoko smiled. Raginghurricane replied with a smile of his own and sat in front of the fire.
"Oh, I'm sorry for not introducing ourselves. I'm Raginghurricane, Warrior of Bastok." Raging hurricane said, giving the Bastokan Salute.
"I am Shadowfox. I'm a wandering Thief also from Bastok." Shadowfox said, grinning at Glubit.
"She can mug me any day…" he whispered to himself. He was promptly punched upside the head by Tyoko.
"Anyway, I'm Tyoko, a White Mage." She said, rubbing her knuckles as she glared at Glubit for the past remark.
"I'm Glubit, Paladin of San d' Oria." He said, rubbing the back of his head.
Raginghurricane and Shadowfox chuckled amongst themselves as they watched the two adventurers bicker.
"So," Ryudo said, poking at the dwindling fire. "We haven't learned your guys names yet."
Rollingthunder smiled. "I'm sorry. Let us introduce ourselves."
"I am Javain, Dragoon and former Warrior." Javain said, giving the San d' Orian salute.
"I'm Rollingthunder. I've given up the civilian life to become what I'm renowned for; A Samurai." Rollingthunder said.
"You're Rollingthunder?" Devien bounced, staring at Rollingthunder. "Amazing! THE Rollingthunder, sitting in front of me! ME!" Rollingthunder gazed t the tarutaru, confused.
"You're very-wery well knon among theranks of many aspiring Samurai!" Devien just couldn't stop bouncing.
Javain nudged Rollinthunder as he whispered, "You really did make a name for yourself, eh?"
"It doesn't matter, as long as I'm not being stalked." Rollingthunder said jokingly. They both laughed quietly as Ryudo began to introduce himself.
"Well, my name is Ryudo, as you know. I'm a Red Mage and leader of the HybridLycans."
"And I'm Ryse," he said with a menacing grin. "I am a Dark Knight and co-founder of the HybridLycans."
A sudden chill ran down Rollingthunders spine, nut he shook it off. Devien jumped up and began to introduce himself.
"I'm Devien!" he said cheerfully." I'm a Black Mage turned Samurai!" He gave a cheeky smile.
They all nodded and said "Nice to meet you."
"So, what are you guys doing here?" Javain asked.
"We were headed to bastok to meet a comrade returning from Jueno." Ryudo replied as he held sabreskye in his arms. She purred seductively and both smiled.
Devien jumped onto Rollingthunder and waved his arms wildly. "How about you come with us?" he asked, arms still flailing around.
'This taru needs to lay off the sugar…Goddamn…' Rollingthunder thought to himself. He then replied, "Sure. Our group doesn't really have any set destination anyway."
Devien smiled and waddled towards Ryudo and the others to tell them the news. A smile grew on Ryudos face as Devien whispered into his ear. Ryudo then stood and clasped his hands.
"Alright, the more the merrier, as they say." Ryudo said.
"Alright then. I'll go gather my party and meet you by the outpost by La Theine Plateau, is that cool?" roll said as he grabbed his great katana beside him.
Ryudo nodded and told his group to move out.
"Come, Javain." Rollingthunder said, motioning Javain to follow him. "Let's get back to camp and be on our way."
Javain nodded and latched his lance onto his back.
A/N: I don't know what it is, but this chapter didn't seem right...oh well... R&R please!