Chapter 9: Meet Mr. Cloak
We entered the woods and continued walking till we reached a fork in the path. Then I noticed that Auron and Tidus were missing. "Could someone please go get those two slowpokes," I said and Rikku instantly took off to find them. I turned back around to see the entire group glaring at me. I was a little startled and scared. "What," I finally asked after they had stared at me for what felt like hours. "You do love Rikku don't you," Lulu replied. "Yes, okay now drop it... oh and also, Tidus figured it out way before you guys, so I guess that makes him smarter then any of you," I laughed at this and the others kind of looked shocked. Finally Rikku came back with Auron and sunuh not far behind. "What's going on," she asked seeing me still snickering and the others still looking dumbstruck. "Nothing," I replied, "nothing at all, shall we get going then," I finished as Auron and Tidus caught up. We departed on the left path, and now that I think about it isnt a fork in the road three paths... oh well so theres only two whatever. So yes we went down the left path and walked down it for quite some time. I was bored of walking so slow and encountering so many fiends. Then I remembered that I had secretly stored a handful of those candys in my pocket before we left. I pulled them out and stuffed them in my mouth when no one was looking. Rikku turned around and saw my cheeks all puffed up. "What's in your mouth," she asked a little worried. "Noshing," I replied my mouth to full to talk correctly.
Suddenly the sugar kicked in. Rikku came a little closer and I jumped off the tree that we were walking on and on to another one up ahead. I continued jumping from tree to tree down the path. I stopped when I noticed that I had gotten really far ahead. "Oops," I said thinking of the reasons Auron would give for yell at me. Probably not yell just scold in his usual emotionless tone, and he would just scold me for leaving my summoner one guardian short or something. I sat there a few minutes till someone came plowing over me. When I had landed with my stomach on the ground I saw that it was Barthello running blindly and looking for Dona. I stood up to wait for the others now. I stood there for only a little while when I suddenly heard a voice behind me, "Your here already," I turned to see a man wearing a brown cloak that covered his entire body and a hood that coverd his face. "Do I know you," I asked noticing his voice sounded strangely familiar. He looked startled and took off running away from the others. "Hey," I yelled after him and started running too. I saw him near the end of the woods. When I got closer though he jumped over a wall of ice. I recognized the ice wall as the one that hid the spring where the big elemental jelly thing was. I'll wait for the others right here I thought stoping right in front of it to catch my breath. Who was that, and why did his voice sound so familiar, I thought as I waited for the others.
When they finally caught up I explained what that guy had said and that he had gone behind that wall. "Good," Auron said, "we have to go that way anyways," he finished slashing the wall open. I ran through ahead of the rest of them. I slowed down and stopped inside a little ways. I looked around and spotted him running into the trees. I ran after him, I had no idea why I was chasing him, it felt as though I had to. I ran through the trees to a small clearing and quickly lloked around. "Your still following me," I heard his voice say. "Who the hell are you, and why does it seem like I know you," I yelled into the woods making sure he could hear me. "My identity is of no importance, as for why you know me, you know me and yet you do not," he replied completely confusing me now. "Stop speaking in rhymes and come out of hiding you coward," I yelled back. I just barely heard him say in a low almost hissing voice, "Gladly." I quickly pulled out my swords and got into a defensive stance but not quite quickly enough.
The man came running over so fast I only saw him for a split second. He slashed and hit my left arm, with a sword that closely resembled my own. I backed off but did not drop my sword. I jumped at him and brought my sword down toward his head but he blocked it with another sword that he pulled from its sheath just that instant. He thenjabbed my arm with his fist that still held the one sword. I heard my left arm crack loudly. I screamed in pain, he had just re-broken my arm. I yelled and lunged at him with my other sword. He knocked it away, kicked me back to the ground and held his sword to my neck. Then I noticed my sword, the new one, was only a little ways away from my hand. It was my right hand though, and supposedly I shouldn't touch it with my right hand plus my left arm was broken again anyways. I decided I would try it anyways. I quickly reached over and grabbed it and quickly stabbed him right where his heart would be as long as he was human. "Fool," he said as the cloak went limp, I saw my sword glow a little and then I felt a huge burning sensation go through my right arm. I dropped my sword and fell to my knees. I felt very dizzy and almost like I was going to throw up. Then my vision went completely white, I felt myself hit the ground and I passed out.
I woke up with my head on Rikku's lap and I bloted upright. I felt no pain as if I had been healed. "Did you guys heal me," I asked starting to get confused. "We gave you a potion when we found you," Lulu said. "Those won't mend bones though right," I said remembering that Rikku told me that. "Right. Why you askin', ya," Wakka asked. "That guy I told you all about, he broke my arm and then I killed him. At least I think I killed him, my sword like... absorbed him or something," I replied now completely lost at what was going on. The others looked just as confused as I was so I finally decided weshould get going. I started toget up but Rikku pulled me back down. "Are you sure your okay, we did find you unconcious on the ground," she said with obvious concern for me. I smiled and nodded, "I'm fine, don't worry about me," I replied getting up again. This time I came to a full stand before my arm burned a bit again, I made no movement to show it, so as not to worry Rikku. We continued on again heading for macalania temple still.
As we walked it became increasingly colder with every step but I didn't notice I was too busy thinking, mostly about the man in the cloak. I had woken up with his cloak in my hand I didn't know why but I just stored it with everything else and now I'm still wondering... Who was he?
Yes, Mr. Cloak (thats what I'll call him till we know his true identity) beat the crap out of me and now he's been absorbed which is sorta one of my shadow blades powers. Please review and you can guess at who Mr. Cloak is if you feel lucky.