Chapter three
The pirate launched an air slash towards me, the injured one.
"Sohee!" I hear Aika yell as I quickly dodged it by turning half of my body side ways.
"It was too obvious." I said as Vyse and Aika sighed in relief.
"You brat." The pirate cursed.
Vyse quickly launched himself to the pirate injuring his right arm as he tried to dodge it.
"Here goes!" Aikas' over sized boomerang slapped the pirates' stomach leaving him in short pain.
I quickly concentrated myself in casting a blue spell.
"Moons, give me strength!" Holding my two hands forward, I unleashed 'Wevli' by then slashing in mid air with my katana.
Blue winds harshly attacked the pirate who ended up getting up after my blow.
"Why you-" The pirate charged towards the three of us and ended up attacking Aika.
"Ah!" The sword had made a deep cut on her left leg.
"Aika!" Yelled Vyse as he turned to his friend.
"Vyse! I'll heal her, concentrate in attacking the pirate for now." I said while casting a green spell.
"Moons, give me strength!" I did the same gestures as before and unleashed a curing magic on Aika. The cut on her left leg quickly disappeared.
"Thanks! Now pay time!" Aika went running towards the busy pirate that battled with Vyse and prepared steadily her boomerang from behind.
"Take this!" She jumped and made a hard blow on the pirate making him stand up after the blow.
"I'll just have to kill the magician first." His eyes and words darting towards me.
"Ah!" I exclaimed as he ran towards me.
"Sohee!" Both Aika and Vyse exclaimed.
The pirate took up high his sword and landed a blow on my right arm.
"Ahhh!" I winced in pain as blood spurred from the cut.
"Sohee! Cure yourself!" Ordered Vyse as he ran towards the pirate near me.
"Ok! Moons, give me strength!" I tried to make the same ritual for spells as my right arm came more loosened and weak, after casting, no pain was felt over all my body.
"You know, I should have done it in the beginning." I added as I prepared Blue dragon, my katana.
"Mind if I join you?" I said entering to the battle ground where Vyse and Aika fought fiercely the pirate.
"That'd be great!" Vyse said as he prepared his attack and landed a quick blow on the pirate.
"I won't be wasting from the Special attack meter." I said while looking at the pirate.
"Back off!" Aika began to turn her boomerang in a circular way consecutive until reaching an incredible speed it. "Alpha storm!" Circular bright waves surrounded the pirate as he took damage.
"Cool!" I couldn't contain myself; I had never seen such attack in life!
The pirate took quick steps and ended preparing his sword on Vyse.
"Hey! I exclaimed to Vyse even though he received the blow on his arms.
"I'll heal you if you want!" I said getting near to the injured Vyse.
"It's just a scratch." He said as he prepared his two cutlasses again.
"…Oh, Ok." I said preparing my katana; I was finally able to attack.
"Haa!" I swung my katana in a rising manner from the bottom making a damaging blow on the pirate.
"Heh, not bad." I heard Vyse from behind as he advanced forward and slashed with his cutlasses the pirate.
"Curses…" The pirate was not in a battle position but a fatigue one.
"Aika!" I yelled.
"I got it!" She ran towards the pirate and made a quick blow, swinging with her left hand her boomerang towards the pirate.
"Naïve kid." The pirate dodged it turning his whole body backwards and again.
"What?" Aika stood her ground.
"It's ok!" Vyse said towards Aika.
"You little brats!" The pirate really had a pissed expression and swung his sword horizontally towards me. Being able to block most of the blow, he sliced quickly my left side waist. I gasped quickly and prepared for an attack.
"You little- Excuse me guys." I was going to use my only Special Attack. I took my katana at my side and pulled it backwards, I was going to use it to somebody outside the training ground at long last.
"Wha-?" Aikas' face showed curiosity as the two of them watched me.
I quickly concentrated on my only enemy; it felt as if being in a different dimension than the battlefield I was; my background felt as a dark night, a phantomlike blue full moon up high as it watched me and the enemy. I prepared once more my katana by crossing my two arms aggressively leaving the katana at my left side.
"Don't mess with me." I glared at the enemy in front. I dashed, almost as if I had jumped all the way. I swung horizontally from the left and then from the bottom right swung it diagonally up making my katana end up at my high left. "Sword of Night!" I exclaimed my Special attack ending in a flash behind my enemy, in a different position with Blue dragons' tip facing forward.
"Curse you…" The pirate fell forward to the solid ground.
"We did it!" Exclaimed Aika as the battle had ended.
"That was some attack back there." Talked Vyse as the three of us had just finished the battle.
"Ha ha why I am glad it resulted right."
"It was awesome!" Exclaimed Aika, chirpy and active.
"Man! You guys have your Special Attacks too! I bet Aikas' 'Alpha Storm' can kill more than one enemy!" I said remember back.
"Ha ha! That's right! It can be more than one enemy!" She talked proudly.
"That's right; I haven't seen your attack yet Vyse!" I remembered.
"I'll introduce it later; let's go back to the main deck!" He said.
"Man! That's right! Sorry, I had never done a battle like that before." I said satisfied.
Vyse and Aika looked between them with confusing eyes.
"Hey, is something bothering?" I asked confused.
"I'll have my questions clear after we swipe the black pirates, let's go Aika, Sohee." Vyse said as he hurried his way up the stairs, Aika and me following from behind.
"Hey guys and…what do we do about…him?" I was looking at the half dead man we had battled.
"Just leave him there, let's go." With a blank expression on my face, Aika pulled my arm as we took the stairs.
As we made our opening through the metal door of the bridge, Baltors' ship had no longer contact with this ship but now miles from ours.
"Vyse, Aika. You're late." A tall brown haired man with black pants and a short sleeved blue coat said with crossed arms.
"Sorry Dad, I mean, captain, we had some company back there." So that was Vyses' dad.
"Sohee!" Mom was with Dad and Sokil between the people from the blue flagged ship.
"Mom!" I exclaimed back with a happy smile seeing that my family was unharmed.
"Black pirates have been attacking frequently, I'd like to warn you if going through the skies." Said Vyses' dad.
"Thank you for helping us." Dad thanked, he truly seemed grateful.
"Yes, thank you very much." Mom added.
"Not at all, your ship was lucky to be in our current area. Now you can travel back to Valua." Said Vyses' father.
"If I am not impudent, is Valua your hometown?" He asked.
"Oh yes, we live there." Answered Mom.
"I see. Well then, sail carefully." Vyses' dad said as he walked to his ship with his crew.
"Thank you very much captain Dyne, Dyne was it?" Asked Mom.
"Yes. From the Blue Rogues." He sure seemed straightforward; the atmosphere he gave to the air was quite respectable.
"Excuse me." I interrupted making my path through the men.
"Are there two types of pirates over all the skies?" I asked. I should get as much information I could.
"It would be better to have people guard your ship when crossing the skies; black pirates' attacks are more often." He said.
"O-Oh… Ok, thank you." I answered back.
"Sohee, there are two type of pirates over the skies. The black pirates which where the ones that attacked your ship and the Air pirates such as us the Blue Rogues that don't harm the poor or innocent." Explained Vyse, happy and proud for his position.
"Ahh… I see thanks. I am sorry for my questions but, I am clearly the most ignorant about those things." I apologized; it must have been such an obvious question for the pirates that saved us.
"You don't have to apologize; I've been looking the right moment to ask you something-"
"Excusing ourselves, we need to continue sailing." Dyne interrupted Vyse as he afterwards walked towards his ship with his men following.
"I was just gonna ask her only one-"
"Aika, Vyse, we go. Sail carefully." He really seemed in a hurry but oh well, what to do.
"Oh well, we'll talk someday and I'll be sure to answer what you want and ask what I really need to know." I said cheerfully.
All the Blue Rogues were now aboard their ship.
"See ya! We gotta meet one day!" The voice of Aika projected.
"Keep up training!" I heard Vyses' voice too.
"Understood!" I yelled at the now distant ship.
"The Blue Rogues helped us out. If it weren't for them…" Mom stopped.
"Indeed. Lets all be grateful." Added Dad.
"Now, lets reach Valua before another black pirate begins to call me missy!" The four of us laughed. We were now able to continue our journey back home…
"… Lord Galcian?" A Valuan soldier of wide armor stood straight, behind a big a man whose black capes surrounded his entire body which made him look thicker and yet bigger. His white hair was short and pulled back, his deep blue eyes…as profound as the mysteries of an enigmatic soul and spirit that purged the airs around him, if it was of pure mystery or something related to evil.
"Report full stats of the whole family, each and every one of them." His voice was grave and deep.
"Understood!" The Valuan soldier made his way to the door and opened it, as he did, a young pale haired young man with deep emerald eyes stood beside the door.
The Valuan soldier quickly bowed and continued his way.
The young man who the Valuan soldier called Ramirez entered, closing the door behind.
"Ramirez, it's a pleasure to see you." The man named Galcian smiled…
"Lord Galcian…I…" Ramirez stood firm, his wide armor intact and silent.
"I won't force you, Ramirez, for it is you to decide." Galcian turned his body and looked through the window. The dark clouds and yellow lightings over all the sky.
"I've seen it… the ambitious people… the selfish people… wretched huma- I-I beg your pardon." Ramirez lowered his eyes after showing an aggressive expression.
"Heh heh." Galcians' lips curled upwards turning into an evil grin. He walked towards Ramirez and placed his hand over his shoulder.
"Wretched humans aren't they? I promise in my name and title, Ramirez, that our same goal shall rule over everything that exits in this world." Galcian spoke as Ramirez slowly began to lift his head.
"Rule…" Ramirezs' eyes widened as his lips curled as well.
"Yes, Ramirez, with you in the Armada, we shall rule and extinguish those people and conquer everything as one." Galcian spoke.
"Extinguish…those people…" Ramirezs' eyes grew.
Suddenly, a knock was heard on the door.
"Lord Galcian, I have come to deliver each one of the family full stats." The same Valuan soldier of before said from the other side.
"Enter and leave at once." Ordered Galcian as the soldier quickly entered and left papers on the wide desk.
Galcian stretched his arm and began to explore the papers on the desk.
"Heh heh…" A smirk painted on his face.
"Ramirez… You can take a look on those papers." Said Galcian as he walked towards the window.
Ramirez took few steps to arrive to the table and examined the papers. Dark and white photos of people in each paper. As he ventured more in the information, he noticed the physical differences.
"These are…From the land of the blue moon." Ramirez said. His hand began to venture more through the thick piles of papers until suddenly glancing at one; he completely stopped his searching as his hand laid on the desk calm.
"The blue moon." Galcian spoke.
Ramirez focused lightly on the paper he had stop into. A black and white one where a short dark haired young girl stood with her katana in hand… Her name written on the top of the big sized photo.
"Sohee…"