Hey hey! I guess that none of you expected me to update this fast…
Ha. I could have updated sooner, but someone stole our phone lines (in the whole village) and so our internet was down!
Damn those phone line stealers.
Okay, here's my story… One night, at around 9:00pm, I was suddenly brimming with creativity, confidence, and inspiration: all three that you need in order to create a story (or at least a chapter of a story, if you write as long as I do…). I was able to finish typing up the fifth chapter and a chunk of the sixth chapter. Actually, I found the fifth chapter too long and decided to cut the chapter into two.
And so, chapter six was born! Or rather, the part two of chapter five…
P.S. For those who really want to know what time I slept, I finally slept at around 11:00. I would've gone longer if my mom didn't tell me to go to bed…
P.P.S. Has anyone read chapter 5 yet? I checked my stats and saw that no one has checked chapter 5 yet…
Disclaimer: I don't own Ragnarok Online! I just happened to play the game and really liked it!
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Chapter Six-Of Thieves and Spiral Towers (Part 2)
Ryo wiped the sweat from his forehead. Five thieves lay sprawled on the ground, unconscious.
Man, I have to get to Aoi now or else… he thought.
And so he ran out of the PVP Room.
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Hikari just stared at Akiru. She did not know whether to be mad at him for not following her instructions or to be grateful to him for saving her life.
Akiru looked at her and said, "Don't worry, not much damage done. Nothing a good heal can repair." There was a little spite in his voice when he said the word Heal.
Forgetting all grateful feelings she had, she said in reply, "Umm, excuse me, I wasn't wondering how much that backstab damaged your forehead or something! I was really wondering how much damage it has done to your brain! Thinking that I'll be-"
Akiru countered, "Oh, yeah? Man, if it weren't for Midori I wouldn't have gone out of my way to save your sorry ass!"
Hikari was stung by his words, but she did a good job of hiding it by saying, "Really? You must really like Midori so much if you would follow all her orders without even-"
Akiru knew that she meant something else by the way she said the word like. "She's not my girlfriend! She's a girl and she's my best friend, but she's not my girlfriend!"
"And so? I didn't say anything! And anyway, there's nothing wrong with calling a girl best friend a girlfriend! Sheesh, get a grip on yourself!"
Now, Akiru was really pissed, as it was the second time he has been told off like that (A/N: As those who have read chapter two will know…).
While the two were arguing, the rogue faked a loud cough and said, "Grr… you may have ruined my plans, but you're not getting away with this!"
Instead of catching their attention, Hikari and Akiru continued arguing.
The rogue fled (rather, teleported away), carrying Aoi's potion book, but leaving her cart behind.
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At a dark alley in the outskirts of Prontera…
"Master, I have found the key ingredient to the poison."
"Very good. Make sure that plan A is executed at once."
"Yes, sire."
"And apply the poison immediately."
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10 minutes later…
Hikari and Akiru were still having a shouting match. But suddenly, a loud, ear-splitting whistle was heard.
They stopped arguing, realizing (just then!) that it was not the right time to argue.
A bunch of thieves and assassins appeared out of nowhere. They smirked at them and bared their weapons.
"Damn!" thought Akiru as he drew out his sword and raised his shield. At the most, he could probably hold them off, but they were too much, even if he had a priest with him.
He scanned the crowd hopefully, only to find out that there was no more crowd. They all fled, those cowardly chickens…
Two against many, that wasn't fair…
Suddenly, a blacksmith came out of nowhere. He was followed by none other than Midori and Aoi, who regained consciousness (also had an arm braced around Midori's shoulders for support).
Aoi let go of Midori (even if she was still pale), ran to her cart and joined the red haired blacksmith. She drew out a potion bottle, filled with a green, nasty looking liquid.
"It's payback time!" said the blacksmith, bringing out his weapon (an axe).
"Yeah, Ryo, it's payback!" said Aoi, clasping the bottle tightly.
Midori followed the same suit, by hoisting herself up on her Peco and drawing out her spear.
Akiru, grateful to see all of them, said, "Hey, thanks everyone! It's still not fair, but the odds are better!" and jumped on his Grand Peco.
Hikari did not know what to do, so she just shrugged and put on her gloves, not bothering with using her Chain, which was slung on her waist.
And thus, the battle began.
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A/N: Hikari casts the buffs at all of them…
"Kyrie Eleison!" She formed barriers around each of them.
"Impositio Manus!" She blessed the rest of them, boosting their attack power.
"Blessing!" A swirl of angels formed around their heads, giving all of them a good boost.
"Increase Agi!" (self explanatory)
"Lex Aeterna!" She cast this on the thieves and assassins, an angel sending a rain of swords on them.
"Magnificat! Gloria!" Hikari started muttering an incantation and eulogy.
And what happened to the other party? Basically, they were mincemeat.
"Spear Boomerang!" Midori knocked out a good number of thieves.
"Shield Boomerang!" Akiru did basically the same thing as Midori.
"Hammerfall!" Ryo stunned a good number of assassins, and started pounding on them. "Adrenaline Rush! Weapon Perfection! Power Maximize!"
"Acid Terror!" Aoi threw the potion bottle with the green liquid at the enemies. Their armor/clothing was melted, until they had… um… nothing on, and shamefully walked away (think of dog with its tail between its legs…). Aoi smiled in triumph. She truly caused a terror.
And how did the other team react? (rather, what was left of them…)
"Envenom!" A thief tried to poison Aoi, but was unsuccessful, as Aoi immediately tossed a fire bottle at him, causing a Fire Wall to form.
"Sonic Blow!" This time, an assassin tried to do Akiru in, but the Kyrie barrier absorbed most of the hit and Akiru had Reflect Shield on, so the rest of the hit bounced back at assassin, sending him flying.
"Venom Dust!" Just as the assassin was about to throw the poison powder into the air, Midori accidentally on purpose ran over him while mounted on her Peco-Peco.
"Double Attack!" (okay, this is a passive skill, but anyway…) A thief pounced on Ryo, but Ryo tossed some coins at him and went, "Mammonite!"
And how were they able to finish all the thieves and assassins? Aoi brought out one of her acid bottles and prepared to toss it at them. Just like that, all of them made a run for it.
But just as they were all about to breath a sigh of relief, someone shouted:
"Grimtooth!" A line of sharp spikes appeared from the ground towards Hikari. All of them watched in horror, as the spikes made their way toward her…
(A/N: Grimtooth is very unavoidable, as the user of the attack is hidden…)
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"Arrgh…"
"No, Hikari, just stay still!"
"Huh…"
"Don't move! You're going to worsen the-"
"Just. Hold. Her. Still!"
"YEOOUUCH!"
Hikari suddenly became alive when someone pulled at her leg. When her eyes flew open, she first saw Akiru on top of her.
SLAP.
"What did I do now!" Akiru shouted, holding his stinging cheek.
When she slapped him, she also noticed that she had a needle on her arm, which was attached to a pack of blood.
Hikari ignored Akiru's outburst and looked around her surroundings. She was in some sort of infirmary, and when she saw the big cross with Jesus Christ on it, she immediately knew where she was. And the stark white gown she was wearing which beared a cross on it also helped her guess where she was.
Prontera Santuary, AKA the Church.
"What…"
Aoi was sitting on the bed next to her, with Ryo beside her, sitting on a chair. Midori and Akiru were crowding around her together with none other than Sister Lynna and Father Augustine.
Hikari looked away, embarrassed, when she noticed Sister Lynna and Father Augustine. She's been to the infirmary a million times already, but not as a patient, but as a healer.
Father Augustine apparently read her thoughts. "Hikari, there's no need to be ashamed of yourself." He said.
Despite his words, Hikari didn't feel any better. Trying to prove that she didn't need their help, she tried to sit up, but ended up wincing in pain.
"Look, Hikari, you just injured your back and your leg, so take it easy." Said Sister Lynna.
Hikari remembered a row of spikes coming towards her, and that she blacked out. And then…
She said in a panicked voice, "How long have I been…"
"Umm… about 48 hours… 2 days…" replied Sister uncomfortably.
Hikari paled when she heard it. She felt embarrassed about the people crowding around her bed, waiting for her to wake up…
"Wait… but I thought you can heal wounds in a jiffy or something! Why am I still… I mean, you've handled stuff worse than this…"
Sister Lynna was about to speak, but Father Augustine interrupted her. "The assassin…I'm not sure, but he or she probably attacked you as soon as you got hit by his/her grimtooth attack. He or she probably meant that as a distraction, so that no one will notice when you get attacked…"
Sister Lynna butt in and said, "He also used a special weapon…"
Hikari was clueless. "What…kind…of…"
"We don't know, but it seems to be laced with something other than poison… More deadly…" Father Augustine trailed off.
At hearing this, Aoi murmured, "So that's what he was after…"
They all turned and faced her when she said that. "What did you say?"
Aoi blushed a little. "Well, you see, remember the story I told you? The man who attacked me was asking me the secret of making poison bottles. Right now, I think, everything is becoming a little clear… He probably wanted to know what would make a poison deadly…"
"Well, I have a question… what happened when I blacked out?" asked Hikari.
Aoi took a deep breath and continued, "Well, the next thing we knew after the Grimtooth attack, you were already sprawled on the ground. And you were bleeding so much…"
Ryo took over when he saw Aoi getting tired, "Okay, then Aoi said that we had to take you to the church, cause the people there, can, you know, heal wounds (A/N: Pun intended) in a minute or so… She told Midori and Akiru to search the place just in case the thieves left something…"
"And we-" Akiru butt in, but Ryo ignored him and continued,
"And so, I carried you all the way to the church. The priests (gestures to Lynna and Augustine) were kinda surprised to see you, but anyways, they rushed you to the infirmary and I put you on the bed. And so, when we took your clothes off…" Hikari looked panicked when she heard that, but Ryo said, "Oops, sorry. I mean, Sister Lynna and Aoi were the ones who did it…"
When Aoi noticed that Ryo was having a hard time continuing, she said, "Anyway, I noticed a big purple bruise on your left leg. Well, but it's not there anymore. Then, I took a blood sample from you (at that part) and found out that it was poison…but a different kind. Not the normal ones assassin use, but something else…"
"And so, as soon as I found out that it was poison, I tried out all my antidotes on you, but nothing seemed to work. Even Sister Lynna's Detoxify skill didn't work. Well then, I noticed among your bloody clothing was this necklace. At close examination, I found out that it was a locket. I opened it, and to my surprise, I found that it contained a bezoar (A/N: For those who haven't read Harry Potter, see my note at the end of the chapter). Knowing that you were poisoned, I immediately took it out of the locket and stuffed it down your throat…"
"After a while, the bruise started to disappear, and you stopped bleeding, but you still lost a good amount of blood. From that time onwards, we just decided to wait for you to wake up…"
When Aoi finished, Hikari and Father Augustine gaped at her.
"When I examined it closely, there was no crack or whatever…" both of them said at the same time.
Then Hikari faced Father Augustine, shocked. "You looked and examined my stuff?"
He looked down, guilty. "Hikari, I'm-"
But then (surprisingly), Hikari got up (even if she was in pain), yanked the needle off her arm (ouch), and stomped out of the room.
Aoi looked at them, embarrassed. "I'm sorry… Did I cause trouble?"
Father Augustine replied, "Look, it's not your fault… It's mine… I had no right to…"
Then, Midori said, "Look, do you think we should go after her? I mean…"
She turned to face Akiru, but Akiru was already gone.
"Oh, man… Where did he go?" Exasperated, she stepped out of the room.
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As for Aoi, Father Augustine, Sister Lynna, and Ryo…
"Look, Father, you don't believe me? Look at the necklace…" Aoi insisted. She went to the bedside table of Hikari, opened the first drawer, and pulled out a necklace.
Father Augustine brought out a magnifier and hovered it above the necklace.
At really close inspection, they saw that there was no crack.
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End of chapter 6!
Some stuff you should know…
When I write an argument between two characters, I can go on and on for a long time. If it weren't for my self-control, I could probably fill one whole chapter with just an argument between two people. I have a real talent for that…
Skills (for non-Ragnarok players):
A bezoar is a stone found chiefly in a certain animal's stomach (forgot what) and is said to have contained magical properties, one of which is its ability to cure ANY kind of poison.
Regarding the origin of my characters' names…
Hikari Asahi: Roughly translated, it means 'Light of the Morning Sun.' Doesn't make much sense, but I still like it… (her looks are based on how my priest looks like…)
Midori Kirishima: This came from my friend. She wanted her character in the story, and so I added Midori here… (but actually, in pRO, Midori Kirishima is an acolyte, not a knight…)
Akiru Kisaragi: A person I invented, partly for comic relief, partly because I needed another slightly main character… (A/N: Kisaragi came from FFVII's Yuffie Kisaragi, and Akiru came from my Japanese dictionary. It means 'punch.' Hahahaha.)
Ryo Kunisaki: Ryo is my sister's favorite male character name. Kunisaki came from Shugo Kunisaki from .hack/DUSK.
Aoi Kosutero: Favorite name of one of my other friends who doesn't play Ragnarok. I don't know what it means, but it is special to her, so…
So far, these are the characters I have introduced that play a pretty big role in the story. And guess what, I still haven't introduced the antagonists… leave that to the future chapters…
Okay, signing off:
-Kaylee
P.S. Please review, and tell me what you think about my story…
P.P.S. I have a feeling that there will be a Part three…
P.P.P.S. The chapters seem to be getting longer and longer… This was 500+ words longer than the last chapter.
P.P.P.P.S. Watch out for chapter 7!
