Chapter8

On the way

Duo was surprised when he finally laid eyes on the city were the perfect warrior was sealed. This place looked far from deserted. When the group made it over the hill and saw the massive plain below and built with houses and massive buildings that would make even a architect speechless, they all almost had to pinch themselves to see if it was real. The plain was a good location for a town but the fact that their was a super killer pined to a massive marble wall only a mile or two away was damning for anyone to live here, not to mention it was open on all sides except for were 'he' was, which made attacks from the creatures residing in the forest even more of a mystery. When the warriors started walking thought the town they were all gaping except Trowa who looked only slightly impressed. The streets were wide, eight feet as Wufei could guess, lined with a rusty color brick that that made a quiet tapping sound as the group walked further into the center of the town. Tall houses surrounded them on either side and they got even more elaborate as the group drew closer to the governor of the town's home. The houses were so tall on either side of the road that they drew lines in the sky, fancy and intricate crafting and statute work was were decorated on the houses along with cascading waterfalls, running horses, and various pictures of people and flowers. The city reminded Quatre of the ancient city of Grenza, that he read about in various history books that his tutors would make him read.

As the group got farther into the town they noticed that none of the towns people were paying any attention to them at all or asking questions as to why they were their. There was every color skin in the town and many different languages being spoken. This was quite a shock especially when in all the other town they had visited all had separate parts for the different races of people.

Once they actually made it to the centre of the town, they were greeted by a huge fountain. Water cascaded down and pooled in the basin at the bottom. The group was to busy looking at it to notice a pudgy man open the mansion door behind the fountain. Trowa was the only person to see him and gently taped Quatre's shoulder to draw his attention away from the statue. The man stood waiting, his hands at his side in a neutral position. Which Duo replied with his trademark grin. From what the group could tell this man was the governor of the town and it surprised them that the man looked so welcoming. The first words out of his mouth made the group stop and turn their heads to look at him in an owlish way.

"I know why you have come" he said his face shifting from his earlier expression to a more serious one. The man must have noticed the slightly frightful expressions on their faces, for after a few moments he said in a noticeably happier voice if they would like to come inside.

Sitting in the living room of the mansion was mind boggling to all of them except Quatre who had lived in a mansion bigger then this all his life. Dou couldn't sit still on the fine leather couch, his eyes were always moving and it almost made Quatre burst out laughing at how Duo's hand would twitch every time he saw something of interest. Trowa was sitting calmly in a side chair looking as passive as ever but still taking in the surroundings of the room. Wufei looked pissed simple as that, but his body relaxed when their host handed them each a cup of tea and sat down on a wooden chair in front of a medium sized fire place. After taking a sip of his tea the man talked "As you probably guessed already I am the governor of this town, the names Bechinal, don't worry about introductions I already know a lot about you"

"What are you a stalker or something!" Duo blurted out "DUO!" Quatre exclaimed putting his head in his hands. "What? I have a right to know if I'm being stalked its not my fault I like to know these things if I was you I would want to know these kind of things too, why wouldn't you want to know your stalker? Me and my stalker have a good relationship who knows you and Bechinal could become best friends, I can see it now Q-man you and your new friend could hang out, and Tro and Fei could be their and.."

"Maxwell! How many times do I have to tell you my name is Wufei W.U.F.E.I. not Fei not Wu-bear, WUFEI!"

"Whatever you say Wu-man"

Quatre decided that this was the perfect time to start the fight that was sure to happen if he didn't intervene "How do you know about us?" Quatre asked bringing everyone's attention back to the matter at hand.

"Every governor of this town always knows were the four warriors are and things about them, since you are the only ones that can release the warrior its my obligation to know were you are and details about you, for obvious reason I'm sure you can figure out."

Trowa slightly nodded his head in agreement and so did the others at Bechinal's statement. "So you know why were here?"

"To get the perfect warrior, correct?"

"Yes, why aren't you.." Dou waved his hand around in a circular motion "what?"

"You know, freaking out!" Duo yelled "Why would I be?" Quatre began to say something but Wufei cut him off "Because the legend says that whoever has the perfect warrior on their side of the war will win with the battle field riddled with the bodies of his fallen enemies." Quatre piped in "Aren't you afraid of the war that is to come?"

Quatre, Duo and Wufei were all looking at Bechinal with questioning looks, then turned to look at Trowa shocked "The war is already on and at our doorstep. The only way to stop this war with the least amount of casualties is to unlock the perfect warrior. Bechinal knows this, and deep down so do you, you are all afraid but what happens happens we can not change the past or the future that is already set to happen."

Quatre sighed "Trowa's right" he looked around the room at all of their faces "We have to do this, so lets go get it over with."

Bechinal smiled "Since you got that figured out" he clapped his hand three times and a servant ran out and came to Bechinal's side. "Yes sir"

"Can you go get Ninga at the shrine?"

"Of course sir, and what should I tell him the reason is sir?"

"The warriors have come, they need a tour and the rules explained to them, he's the best qualified for it"

"Yes sir, he will be as soon as possible" The servant bowed his head and disappeared behind one of the many doors.

The room was silent; the unpleasant kind of silence that happens when no one knows what to say, and everyone eyes everyone else. Finally Wufei couldn't stand the silence and the nagging curiosity was getting to him. "Who is Ninga?" Wufei exploded angry at the fact that he was the one that cracked after only five minutes of silence.

"Ninga is the head keeper of the shrine"

"What is a keeper?"

"On I'm sorry" Bechinal laughed "I forgot that you are not from this area, a keeper is someone who looks after the shrine or temple, they also look after the upkeep and decide when people are aloud to visit and look at the scrolls and ancient books."

"So in other words they can do whatever they want to the shrine, there like the owners?" Duo asked.

"Ya that's pretty much it"

"Ok I understand that, but why are we going to a shrine in the first place" Wufei asked

At that Bechinal smiled "For the four warriors you don't know much about the perfect warrior"

"We were… dropped into our roles suddenly"

Bechinal gave a small nod and not saying anymore on the matter witch all of them were glad of "The villagers place flowers around the shrine and it's a place to thank the perfect warrior for protecting the village from the monsters in the forest, his ora keeps all the monsters away."

They nodded in understanding and a door opened a middle aged man with read hair stood in the door way. He was skinny and dressed completely in white robes, and had stern yet understanding light brown eyes. "Are these the four warriors Bechinal?" his voice was soft yet spoken loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

"Yes they are" Bechinal said taking it upon himself to introduce everyone.

"Nice to meet you all, I was hopping this day would never come but" Ninga shrugged his shoulders "things happen, I'm Ninga the keeper of the shrine. Come along I'll give you a tour and tell you all the things you need to know about him" Ninga made his way to the door and out of the house with the group following close behind. Ninga was walking fast almost running and although the shrine was a good distance out into the clearing they still made it their in a relatively short period of time. The town was a mere outline, and the walls were the perfect warrior was sealed was covered by a two level building, using the wall as the forth side of the structure. The shrine was huge. Three great pillars lead to the entrance a nice moss green color covering the whole building and black vines along with black writing cover the whole thing. Duo couldn't understand what the printing said so he assumed it was Drarshina or Algena. Entering the building they were surrounded by stakes of bookshelves on either side and tables were scattered about with people dressed similarly to Ninga reading scrolls and quietly chatting. The dark marble floor below their feet made a gentle tapping sound as the group drew closer to the huge double doors at the end of the huge library. The doors were covered in the same picture of the angle statue in the town only carved in gold. Ninga made his way to the door and stopped, turned his back to the door and looked at the group with a serious expression.

"There are a few things you should know before you can unlock him, first you have to make sure you always keep your pendants on! No matter what you must never take the pendants off! Only you can take them off yourself the pendants make it impossible for anyone else to so you don't have to worry about someone else yanking it off all of a sudden or it getting stolen off your neck. The perfect warrior only needs one of you to take the pendant off to be free, its like a link in a chain one goes the rest are weakened, and that's all he needs. If you take it off and then put it back on then the spell will be sealed once again, but the time in between he's free so I wouldn't suggest it. Understand?"

"Don't take the pendants off or a super killer is on the lose" got it Duo said

Ninga sighed " Alright a couple more things that you four should know, one he never speaks unless spoken to or asked to, two he cant he cant touch you or hurt you, three he cant leave without one of you within a mile radius of him, four and he cant kill without you consenting it or telling him to."

"What do you mean he can't touch us?" Quatre asked

"It is against his training, and besides, he tends not to like being touched. Don't concern yourself with it, just leave him be and everything will go fine" Ninga said, placing his hand on the large wooden door. It slowly opened, letting the darkness behind emerge