Soul Calibur
Written By: Johnny Lee
Chapter II: Through The Eyes Of Her Crow
Walking through the Snowgreen forest, hours away from the clock tower. The young woman who was no older then seventeen, walked through the forest as she herd the hoots of owls and smelled smoke in the air. Sniffing the air trying to conform the smell for sure, a crow then swooped down from the air and landed on her left shoulder. Turning her head and giving it a kiss on the head, she then looked towards her right and the crow followed the sight of her eyes.
"Nuxe, what are you trying to tell me?" Following her crow, she came across a young girl about seven years old that was sleeping in the forest. As the crow landed next to the little girl, the young woman shook her head at the crow and started to walk away, but stepped on a branch and caused the little girl to slowly walk up.
Looking at her crow and cursing it in her mind, the young girl then opened her eyes, slowly sat up, and saw the young woman looking directly at her. "Who...who are you?" "...Shut up and go back to sleep you little brat." "Why your so mean?" "None of your business kid." "It's not much..." The little girl said as she reached for her bag and pulled out a rice ball and continued asking questions. "Hungry?" "No!" Denying her hunger, her stomach then began to growl like a tiger purring. "Go ahead, take it. I don't mind. I have a few more."
Looking away from the little girl trying her best not to kill her, she then accepted the rice ball and before she knew it, she was sitting back next to the girl eating rice balls. "So, whats your name miss?" "What's it to you kid?" "I'm sorry, ju..just wanted to know." Seeing that the little girl fed her, she thought about the least she could do was tell the little girl her name. "...Tira." "Huh?" "My name is Tira." "Tira?" "Yeah." "I'm Ruby. Why are you wondering around out here this late?"
"Why the hell do you ask so many questions?" "Don't know, I never thought about it." Looking next to Tira's left leg, Ruby saw a sharp object and wondered what it was for. "What is that?" "This? This is my ring blade." "What you use it for?" "Pests like you." "Huh?" "...Never mind." Growing annoyed from the little girls questions, Tira then got up off the ground, grabbed her ring blade, and began walking away. "Thanks for the rice balls kid." Tira said as she was walking and the crow landed on her left shoulder again. Leaving for she won't happen to kill the Ruby from asking to many questions, she felt that she was sparing the little girl's life.
"Thats enough of that." Tira thought to herself. "I need to get back to the Lost Cathedral to speak to Nightmare. See whats next in the plan." Disappearing into the dark forest, Tira was now out of the Ruby's sight. Spreading it's wings, the raven on her shoulder flew off and headed in the direction of which she was going. Taking steps towards her destination, her surroundings grew more silent with each step she took. Knowing that she was being followed, she turned her head to the right toward a batch of bushes as it shook. "What you want you little brat!" Thinking it was the little girl that was following her, she felt no need to put up her guard.
Seeing a dagger coming towards her from within the bushes, she was barely able to dodge it and obtained a cut on her left arm. "I'm guessing that's not the little girl." She thought to herself. Before she could tell the attacker to show himself, two men came from out of the bushes as two more dropped from the tree behind her. Looking like a pack of thieves, she already knew what there agenda was.
"Hey beautiful, what your doing wondering around out here by yourself?" Looking at the two men before her, she then looked to the side and watched down the path she was taking to get to her destination. "Stay away...you irritate me." "Oooo..." All four men began laughing as one behind her placed his left hand on her right shoulder. "Calm down little lady, how about a little fun tonight huh?"
Turning her head and looking at him with a smile, she then looked at the man next to him staring at her as if she had something valuable. "Fun...huh?" She replied with a question of her own. "Yeah, fun. What do you say? Let us make you happy." "I would love that. Wanna make me...happy, right now?" "Yeah lets get to it." Before the man knew it, Tira had turned all the way around and grabbed him by his throat, chocking the life out of him. "Ww...whats going...on!" "Your making me happy. To make me happy, I'm gotta kill you, you ready?" "N...NO!" Before the man knew it, Tira crushed his windpipe, killing him painfully.
Turning to the rest of the men who stood in shock by her death grip, she gave them a smile and step towards them. "He he he he...Don't worry, I won't take anything but your lives."