Chapter 4-The Past
Sin walks along in the woods, while his team members are all asleep. He is thinking about his strange power and his past. He wonders why he has such power, and more importantly, where is it come from.
"Everything must come for a reason and a place, yet I just can't figure out what is the reason of my power or where is it came from." Sin thinks, however he doesn't notice the quiet footsteps that are approaching him.
"Guess who am I?" Lyn comes out from behind; she uses her hands to cover Sin's eyes and asks.
"Lyn, that is quite enough you know. Why aren't you a sleep?" Sin looks at the girl. He sees that she is grinning from ear to ear, which of course, is a very bad sign for him. "Ah, what do you want, Lyn?"
"Hey, don't give me that look, OK? I am not giving to eat you alive you know." Lyn says "I just want to spend some time with you."
"OK, I believe that you DO want something from me. After all, I did live with you for the past 2 months you know." Sin says. Lyn's grin suddenly drops, replace by a frown on her face.
"Well, you see, I am worry about my grandfather. I am afraid he and the royals may not accept me."
"Why is that?"
"You DON'T know! Oh, wait. You lost your memory." Lyn holds her chin with her left hand and thinking how to explain the situation to Sin. "Well, you see…my father is from Sacae and my mother is from Caelin, so it makes me a half blood. However, in some parts of this land, people see us Sacaen as animals, so it makes them to hate us so much."
"You mean that you are afraid of rejections and hatred, especially from your grandfather, am I wrong?"
"Yeah." Now, Lyn is holding her head with both of her hands. She seem to be crying, but Sin knows her better, she would die rather than showing her weakness. But considering of being a friend, Sin circles his arms around Lyn and pull her into a hug.
"It's alright, Lyn. I am sure that your grandfather won't dislike you or hate you for who you are inside. He is the one who sent Sain and Kent to come get you after all."
"But…but Sain and Kent said that my grandfather wishes to see my mother, ONLY my mother. He didn't even mention me…" Sin immediately put his figures on Lyn's lip so she can be quiet.
"Don't worry, Lyn. Even if your grandfather rejects you, I am still here, right?" Sin holds the girl at an arm length, looking into her eyes. "You are never along in this world, Lyn. You will have friends by your side, and I am the first."
"Oh, thank you. Thank you so much for be there with me, Sin" Lyn hugs Sin harder than ever, which cause Sin to call out to whoever around to save him.
"AIR, NE…NEED AIR. LYN, GET OFF ME!" After Lyn hears Sin's outburst, she immediately releases him.
"Sorry."
"Don't worry, I am FINE." Sin says with a hint of sarcastic, However Lyn didn't notice it. "So, where are we going anyway?"
"Oh, so you noticed." Lyn says innocently.
"How COULD I not notice? Sain and Kent says that we should go south, but you kept saying there is an easier road, which is east direction. From what I remember, you had never been outside of Sacae, haven't you?"
"Well, you are sharp, Sin. You see the reason that I want to go to east is because there is temple I want to see."
"Why? I am sure there are many temples in the south, right?"
"Yes, but this temple is special. My father told me that there is a powerful sword been seal inside of the temple. He told me thousands of years ago; this land was ruled by the great dragon race. They are the most beautiful creatures ever. Scale with different colours, able to use any kinds of magic, and able transform into any form they want to. However, the peace dragons and other races didn't last…"
"What happened?" Sin asks Lyn, he seems to be interest in the story.
"The dragons attacked other races." Kent comes out of the wood and continued Lyn's story. Lyn and Sin look at Kent with a confused look.
"Wait, I remember that my father told me that human droved dragons into an other world because of our desire to be the one and only ruler in these land." Lyn asks Kent.
"Yes, but that's because there are some dragons who helped us, and we drove them away as well. At that time, there were death and chaos everywhere. Everyone thought the end was near, and then they came."
"Who are they?" Sin asks Kent.
"The eight angels, not much are known about them. All we know is that they all have pairs of big huge white angel wings and each of them was holding a different weapon. Beside them there were eight human heroes, and they all have eight other kinds of weapons made by humans, like Blaze Sword, Thunder Axe, and Fenrir. After the great battle, the heroes manage to defeat the dragon armies, but their leader, the great fire dragon came out to challenge the wing angels. The angels refused the challenge since they were almost out of energy and stamina, but the great fire dragon still attacked them. The angles had no choice but to use one of the forbidden magic and seal almost all of the dragons into the shadow world…at the cost of their own lives." Kent ended the story with a sigh. He seems to be upset about something.
"What a sad story, but why are you telling us this?" Sin says
"Because, Lyn, from what I heard, the sword that you wish to see could be the very sword that belong to one of the angels."
"No way…" Sin can't believe that he is going to one of the greatest sword in the world, but something bothers him. His heart tells that something bad would happen. However at that moment, he couldn't careless.
"By the way, where is Sain?" Lyn looks at Kent, she has been thinking about this ever since Kent came without Sain.
"Ah, let just say I am trying to prevent him to…ah…well, being a pervert." Kent scratches his head nervously.
--Near the camp--
Sain's arms and legs have been tie to a really huge tree with nothing but his underwear on his body. He screams: "KENT, I AM GOING TO KILL YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
--The second day, inside the temple with the great sword--
"Please leave here now, you are going to anger the spirits. They will punish us all…" An old man kneel on the ground, begging that the bandits to stop.
"You know what old man, I am always get whatever I want, and this sword will be no exception." The leader of the bandit pushes the old man out of the way and tries to enter the room with the sword, but suddenly a flesh comes out and blasts the bandit out of the temple.
"What the hell was that?" The leader grads the old man by his neck and questioning him.
"The sprites are angry, it will be a matter of time before the seal is broken. Until then, we will be all doomed." After the old man finishes, he fainted.
"What a weakling. Now since you don't let me in, then I will burn this temple to the ground." The leader orders his men to get firewood and oil so he can burn this place, although there are many who resist, he kills them without hesitation. "Now, get back to work, you scum."
--Back to Lyn's army--
"Please calm down, and tell us what going on there?" Lyn asks an old woman who just rush out of the village. She is looking for help or something like that. However, in her state right now, no one can understand what is she asking for.
"Help…Bandits…sword…in the temple…spirits…" The old woman says between her breaths.
"Do any of you understand what is she saying?" Sin asks others.
"No, but it wouldn't hurt to go have a look, right?" Lyn replies.
"Sure, I don't see any problem with that." Kent leads others into the temple, but Sin chooses to remain outside. He has a strange feeling about this place and the thing inside.
"Maybe I should remain outside. I am sure that others can handle thing very well." Sin thought to himself.
--Outside of the temple--
"Hey, where is Sin? I thought he was right behind us." Sain looks around. He still won't talk to Kent, considering what happen last night.
"Oh, he says he doesn't feel good, so he chose to remain behind. Don't worry, we will do just fine…even without him." Kent says. "By the way, Lyn, are you sure it is wise to waste so much time on such useless things?"
"They are people you know, besides I don't wish to see any more death. Let's go." Lyn talk back to Kent sharply, she is clearly anger by Kent's words.
Before Lyn and others even have a chance to enter the temple, a huge blast destroys the building and kills everyone inside the temple. Lyn and others being push back at least fifty feet, and land on their butt. A man with fire all over his body running past Lyn and head straight for the water pool near by. However, before he reaches the pool, he is already dead.
"What happened?" Lyn looks at the dead man with her huge eyes. Kent and Sain are looking at the temple or…what is left of the temple.
"Let's ask the villagers about this situation, also if none of you are in a hurry, then I think it would be best for us to remain here for a while." Suddenly, Sin comes out of the bushes without anyone noticing him, this causes everyone around him having heart attack.
"DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT AGAIN, YOU GOT THAT?" Lyn screams at Sin for him unexpected arrival.
"If that was a joke, then you did a very good job at making us look like fools." Kent says sarcastically. Sain only stand behind Sin trying to think the best ways to kill him.
"Don't worry, you are going to experience this kinds of things again…just to lighten the mood." Sin says the last few words under his breathe because no one are in the mood to listen to him. "So, what happened?"
"We don't know, the temple just exploded." Kent replies.
"Well, I think I can answer your question." A young man comes out one the houses, he looks no different from other villagers, but Kent and Sin can't help but notice the strange mark on his forehead. "But answer me first, are you after the sword?"
"Yes and no, we are here to seek the bless of the sword, not here to take it."
"Alright then, I will tell you everything I remember. There were many who came to seek the power of the sword, but every time when enter the inner temple, there was a huge blast come out and kills everyone near the temple. The elder say that the sword is angry, without its master, it cannot press the power within. So I beg you, please by gone, the sword is dangerous. You cannot stay here."
Just as the young man finish, a large beam shoots out of the temple into the sky. The clouds fly apart and reform into a giant hole. A dragon rises out of the temple; it looks at the sky above him and roars. The dragon has sliver scales on its body. It also has a pair of large wings and many horns on its back. The great dragon moves its head toward the village and roars again.
"THE SWORD IS ANGRY. IT HAS COME TO DESTROY US ALL! EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" The villagers are all trying to escape from the terrible beast. It is clear that not many people have notice that the dragon is nothing but a ghost.
The dragon flies around the village as if it is searching for something. When the dragon set its eyes on Sin, it suddenly stopped and approaches Sin's group.
"Look out, the dragon heading for us!" Kent shout at everyone to take cover, but they are too scared to do anything. At the last moment, all of them realize their situation and they all get into the attack position.
"STOP!" Just before the dragon and Lyn's army attack each other, Sin shout to everyone. "Put down your weapons now or I will personally make sure that you never see the daylight again!" It is very funny considering the speed that dragon and others back away from Sin. However at that moment, no one wants to piss him off.
"The great dragon, please be gone. We have no wish to fight against you or your kinds. The war had long ended." Sin says to the dragon. The dragon looks at the Sin for a moment, and finally it return to its sword form.
"See, the sword only attacks those who tries to hurt it, it would be natural to use kindness to calm the sword, but I must say it is a weird sword." Sin uses both of his hands to hold up the sword. The sword is about 1.5 m long, and 30 cm wide. Its body is the colour of white, and the sword hilt is made of a white dragon's claw with a large pearl on its end.
"Such magnificent sword." Kent says. Others only nod at his statement.
After the villagers saw that the dragon is gone, they start to come near the group and looking at the sword. The elder stand at front of Sin and says: "So, the sword has chosen you as its master, young man."
"What do you mean?" Sin asks the elder. He is confused by the elder's words. "Why am I the master of this sword? I am no one special, right?"
"This sword is called the Phoenix Wing, but of course, you can name it otherwise. The elder continues.
"Then I shall call you Moonlight, what do you say?" Sin asks the sword, the sword responses Sin with a flash of white light.
"I think the sword likes its new name." Kent and Lyn says together.
"I am glad to see the sword finds its new master, which had not happened for at least over 1 thousand years. I am a really lucky man indeed. Hahahaha…"
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Sorry that I don't update earlier, but I got few exams just before the winter break so I barely got time to write the story.