To Tame a Beast
AA!!! I forgot to do the disclaimer!! banging head on the closes wall Damn it.... Well here it is, better late then never. I do NOT own escaflowne...or Dilandau....even like many fans, I wished I did. BUT I do own Rei.
Chpt 2 Touch, and I break
He growled from his throne, what on Gaea were the generals thinking? Sending him a weak girl. What kind of joke was this? She stood across the large room with Folken. Whatever he was saying to her, she didn't look as if she was listening. There were three others present in the room, two of the lower class soldiers under his command and one of his personal Dragonslayers, Guimel. The soldier out on the floor nervously swung his sword; Rei barely glanced up as he did so. Folken held out a long sword but she pushed it back into his hands and walked out on to the floor. This made the soldier even more nervous, bad enough going against a girl, but one not armed? Dilandau sat his head on his hand, this was going to be short.
"No arms?" She just shrugged an answer to him. Brushing her braid off her shoulders, she signaled for her opponent to begin. With a loud cry, the blond charged, but with a quick ease Rei moved over to the side last second, and brought her fist down on his exposed neck, a loud cracking sounded echoed before he fell down unconscious. Dilandau's head snapped up, the battle hadn't even begun and it was already over. She kicked the unconscious boy off to the side and beckoned the next out. His soldier shuffled uneasily. Snarling, Dilandau motioned him ahead to continue. This time, the young soldier waited for Rei to make the first move unlike his friend. Which didn't really matter, in less then a minute she had unarmed him, and had him pinned to the floor. Now he was frowning, the two were the top of their ranking, and they had been beat by a girl? Now it was Guimel's turn, unlike the two in ahead of him, he didn't let her make the first or second move; actually he 'tested the water first' before charging but instead of swinging, he back handed her sending her to the floor. Dilandau smiled as Guimel took his sword back up to finish it, but he missed the grin on Rei's face seconds before the sword came down. But, not the sound of metal hitting metal.
Lying on her back, she held the sword off with two short daggers crossed above her head. Unfortunately, it seemed, as she reared her foot into Guimel's groin, she could be a very 'low' fighter. Backing off with a groan, Guimel took a few steps back before retaking his stand. This was a mistake; Rei was already back on her feet with one dagger singing through the air at him. He didn't have time to block it as she charged forward with the other, knocking his sword aside and holding the dagger to his throat. The battle was over in less then ten minutes. This infuriated Dilandau, how the hell could a GIRL defeat one of his top soldiers!? Pulling the dagger out of Guimel right shoulder, she smirked at him as she put them back into her boots. That was it, he had had enough of this game.
"All of you out! You too Folken!" If the blue baka was expecting this he didn't show it. He just handed her the sword before following the others out with a funny smile on his face. Not really caring at the time, Dilandau turned his attention to the girl in front of him. She was staring coldly at him like she had before. "So, you want to become a Dragonslayer..."
"Who said anything about wanting to become anything?" Her responds was fast and cold like her glare. Dilandau just smiled, as he started to circle around her.
"Alright, if that is so then why are you here?"
"Heh, because I'm following orders."
"Who's?" He stopped in front of her, arms crossed.
"Ask Folken, I stopped listening after awhile." She smiled, half heartily, Dilandau returned it. He stood there for a few more moments looking her over. For a fighter, she carried no scars, but something about her eyes told a different story. Unconsciously his hand move to tilt her head up a bit so he could see them better. Big mistake, her hand was gripped down hard on his wrist. "Touch me, and you'll find out just how many bones are in your wrists."
Due to the sudden writer's block that just came up... I'll have to do the other thing I planned for the next chapter...... That and six reviews in less then...ooo three days?, I'll start to think someone is going to kill me if I wait any longer for the next chapter r&r