Trelós
I Obviously Don't Own Tales of the Abyss.
ENGLISH SUCKS SO IM LOOKIN FOR BETAREAD CLEAR?
Author's Note: *shocks* im so stunned to see instant 6reviews on the second chap! yay! I just hope you bare with the english and hope that you don't think of it as a half-ass work, its full of effort ! Thank you so much for correcting me about 'Yuri''s surname...*dies* -coughs coughs- i knew it! something is wrong! i always wonder why there is two yuri blah blah so i got confused...*snorts* silly me.
sorry for the long update, oh its already march!
Critic ok, but no flame -w-
Just help me anyway XD i based their personality on radiant mythology~~so if you find it ooc, well,,i tell you that in theater tales it was really like that. What is it? Secret! XDD
this might be a boring chapie..hope not.
Chapter 3 - Weirdness.
"Get away from him! His my prey! Ice dragon FLURRY!" A blue wave appear from Asbel's blade as it destroyed the rock. His opponent weren't there nor did the Light of the sacred flame.
"huh?" A voice came behind him said, "Is that how you greet someone?" he immediately look back to see Yuri holding Luke like some bag of potatoes. "That's dangerous you know." a hand on his waist, "It could have killed."
Asbel positioned himself to face Yuri-still his sword pointing. "I'm Asbel Lhant! The eldest son of Aston Lhant!"
Yuri shrugs, "Don't know who."
Narrowing his eyes-focus to the purple head. "I'm here to take that person you're holding!" says Asbel as he eyed Luke-Luke on the other hand gave a confusal look and so did Yuri.
Luke shakes his head, "Don't ask me."
"Prepare!" Asbel said setting his sword into a fight stance and he dashed to them both. "hahh!"
Asbel charged forward to slash Yuri,and he just gracefully dodge, still not re-sheating his sword out. Not until Asbel's sword cut through Yuri's left shoulder-on where Luke is still there being carried. Luke almost died when the sword sliced some of his hair, that was when he decided to struggle on Yuri's grip. "Hey! Put me down!"
Yuri ignored as he simply smirk, "Relax kid. Didn't biiig brother told you i'll take care of everything?"
"Shut up!" trying to remove Yuri's hand's to his stomach. "Just let go! You're suffocating me!"
"Wel-"
"Don't ignore me!" a sword stabbed the ground, Yuri almost tripped back and Luke scream in panic.
Yuri turned serious as he let go of Luke throwing him into a safe bush-he opened his sword sheet-revealing the thin sharp blade and it move forward to Asbel's face-Asbel jumps away but still his face got wounded.
Blood drip from his forehead. So this guy is dangerous.
He cleaned the trails of blood running through his forehead into his nose-to chin. But it still didn't stop so he ignored it and became calmer. Yuri didn't say anything, and Luke seems to be alright behind the background-sitting and rubbing the back of his behind.
"I must..." Asbel muttered. Yuri remained silent, his sword's point pointing to the floor, but it doesn't mean that he isn't ready.
"I must win in order to protect my love ones!" Asbel's eyes blaze in pure determination and he run towards his enemy their sword met eachother-blocking.
"Hehh~" Yuri smiled in amusement. "You got skills kid."
Asbel didn't like the 'kid' calling but he more focus to taunt him. "How about you give him to me and this would end without much more of violence?"
Yuri chuckled, "Sorry. But i got him first so.." Giving more strength to make the other fall. "Try to get him away from me if you can!" Yuri's swayed his sword like he just slashed a tree-it ripped Asbel's clothes.
"No can do!" but the other payed back fast by scratching Yuri's left cheek. It was fast that Yuri had no choice but to grab a soil down him and threw it to Asbel's very face.
The soil exploded all over his face , "My eyes!" Yuri took the opportunity to kick him in the stomach. Asbel tries not to trip with unseeing. Brushing away the dust in his face, he got piss off. "Hey! That's Cheating!"
"In battlefield, no one care if they cheat as long as they win." grinning, Asbel gritted his teeth. "Cheater!"
"Nahh, you're just not really that bright."
Meanwhile Luke who kept silent with two male sword fighter killing eachother just to obtain him. Wait that isn't the right word...He's not some jewel to be obtain, he's a human. "For some reason this is tiring..." then he saw a shadow of a big bird flew. He moved back a bit to hide himself from a tree shadow. He look up to see Yuri and Asbel still arguing of who to get him.
"Seriously. If i were you, you should duck down or else a bird will get you." Yuri warned but he was having the poker face so Asbel didn't trust him.
"ha-ha. You can't trick me."
"No i'm serious." Yuri's smile widen, "If you really don't duck down, a bird will get you."
"That's an old trick! Really you cheaters are the worst-WAAH!?" A bird grabbed Asbel's shoulders away from the earth.
"Curse you Cheateer! were not yet done!" he kept screaming some words but they couldn't hear it anymore for he were already being take away far by the bird. Within the echoes Luke watched him beyond the clouds in no sight.
"Cheater?" instead of being insult he just shake his head. "I did warned you, but you didn't believe me."
"That wouldn't have happen to him if you didn't threw a soil to his face." Luke commented
Yuri could only laugh.
"Tsk Jade. He really is Jade's twin."
From Estelle's feet she saw a shadow of a big bird, she looked up the sky to see the bird was already far. Noting her attention back to a certain Asch who've been grumpy for 2hours. Yes 2 hours. They have been walking for 2hours, still no sight of other human being, in a place of an open field that fits for battle. Rocky mountains in view, Estelle didn't like the dusty sand.
"damn it!" Asch broke the silence by his own, Estelle startled a bit with his sudden uproar.
"Damn it! Why I can't hear anything from him?!"
Estelle blinked, so, does Asch guy had a communicator?
"Um, excuse me, if you don't mind, what do you mean?" taking a careful step on the bunch of rocks around. Asch didn't even look at him, got ignored.
Asch thought, 'damn.' Everyday, Asch would always hear Luke's emotional thoughts, yes...it was everyday, and those thoughts were just bunch of giving himself down to whatever he is guilty and feeling sorry at, Asch didn't care. He would always send Luke good headaches so that he'll just shut up. But worst, everynight he would hear his replica scream in his nightmare. Sadly he couldn't peek inside Luke's dreams, for it was out of their reach. Luke could actually connect to Asch if only Asch taught him how to use their mind-connection ability. But hah, he wouldn't even teach him. Asch wants all the advantage by all himself.
Though he is indeed a bit bothered to Luke's midnight nightmares. Was Akzeriuth really that bad? Since Asch was little he killed blood and flesh of his opponents, he never did give a damn, there was no remorse at all if he killed someone. As long as it gets on his way, it didn't matter.
But Luke is Also him. If that's true, then why is Luke so afraid of taking lives?
Does that mean that even he felt nothing in killing, the waves are Luke's fear?
Van did explain him before that they are perfect isofon's Jade did said so. Their personalities are similar, their face, their voice, the hair -except that Luke had more light colour- but still they are same. So if it his, Luke shouldn't feel guitly. It was meant to happen, even after knowing it did, Luke is still hurting. He wondered what he can do for the stupid replica to shut up and just forget about the damn guilt. Wait, did he just...just now..worried?
Mentally slapping himself, "No, i'm not."..a soft voice pulled him out.
"Uh E-excuse me?" Estelle blinked on Asch sudden muttering.
"Nothing." A cold reply made Estelle blink on her spot. 'sighs.'
Asch kicked some small rocks on the way, Estelle follow avoiding to get hit by the rocks.
'damn,damn,damn...that stupid..replica..that stupid...replica..'
Walking.
'why did he shut up when its needed?!"
Right, right now he needs to know what's goin on to Luke's group, now that he needs to know Luke's position he ain't speaking at all!
'damn.' if that replica not going to contact him, he'll make his head ill!
Asch suddenly stopped walking, Estelle just kept in wonder.
"That's it." why the hell did he forgot. "That's it!"
"eh?"
He remember when he tried to call Luke in the middle of lunch, whenever he contact's Luke with their heads, Luke would end up having painful headaches.
"Asch! If you need something from me, just go call me face to face! Not using the mind contact!" clutching his head, there are still left traces of terrible pain he got when Asch called him out. "You don't know how much it hurts."
"Like i care." Luke didn't say anything, but his eyes were focus on the floor. The dreck looks sad.
Why should he care if its painful for him? He deserve it, he stole everything away from him. Not to mention he also experience the same pain, when Van kidnap him and force him to extract his DNA cells was really painful, and it didn't end just like that, he were been tested all over again until they finally completed the replication.
But that was long time ago, For Luke's case, ever since he was born he would have random headaches that makes him feel awful and sometime's it was Asch's fault just to mess around with his replica, but mostly it came from Lorelei.
Not however when Dist kidnap's Luke and make their minds fully connected, ever since then Asch had the free will to give Luke more tormenting headaches. It was fun. But...He's starting to feel bad about it.
Hell no. No one's gonna stop him to contact Luke now. No matter how pain the other will receive. He had to.
So then he concentrated, closing his eyes, going deep inside of his very mind, Estelle watched Asch in puzzled look. 'what is he doing this time.' she had to try.
"Hello?" waving one of his hands in Asch's face, his eyes remained close, but his lip twitched.
"Are you alright-"
Asch grabbed her hand, darkening his voice. "Don't disturb me."
"o-...ok..." Estelle made a puppy sad eyes. Ignoring the girl, he continued to the important matter.
'Hey Dreck. Do you hear me?'
"I guess you have to come with me." Yuri smug a grin, Luke shivered. He had no choice, he had no clue where the right direction of east city anyway. He stood up only to feel a sudden sharp pain run through his head. "Argh!" Yuri looked back in questionable face. What made the other let out such a pain? Is he wounded from the fight?
"Luke...?"
Luke let out another grunt, his hands crawled up into his head-nailing deep with his fingers. "It hurts!" he falls on his knees-left to still clutching hard on his head.
"Luke?!" In no time he was on Luke's side, observing if any part of the boy got injury. But none. "Luke, what's wrong?"
"My.." Luke tried to speak but his heavy breaths getting int he way. "..my..he..head..!"
"You're head?" Yuri did notice that he is indeed holding his head, but his eyes snap in bewilderment. "Hey stop that!" he grabbed Luke's left wrist, "your hurting yourself!"
"But it hurts!" Luke said in annoyment putting back his left hand to his head. "It doesn't stop!"
"It doesn't stop or not, Your nails could dug in your head. You might bleed!"
But Luke couldn't hear him, he wasn't even aware that he was screaming his voice.
He could hear words, no, it's a voice, but it's unclear. It enter's his head like a broken channel radio.
'He-y D-eck-!,-An-s-we-r m-e! D-r-eck? -rec-k!'
Luke couldn't hear Asch's voice at all, it was nothing but blank noise. However to Asch, he could hear Luke's screaming. "Hey Dreck!"
Luke cried this time, it was really terrible, small droplet of tears came out from the side of his eyes, noticing this Yuri decided to take him to the doctor.
"Hang on Luke, I'll take you to the doctor." Yuri ready to grab Luke but his hands been swatted away. A Questionable look, Luke explained fast. "I hate..Doctors.." wow, despite the agonizing pain, when you mention 'doctor' he can fight back huh?
Sighs "Luke, is that more important than your health?"
"I.." Before Luke realize the pain had droppen and it disappeared. "..it's..It's gone." opening his eyes in clear sight of Yuri-still blurred from his tears, he rubbed them away. Blinking, he smiled on his own assuring Yuri that he doesn't need to send him into a doctor. "It's gone!"
"You sure?" Yuri doubt, but then the kid looks fine now. So maybe it is.
Luke stood and Yuri still in crouched position. "What was that?" he heard him and Luke looked at him.
"Who knows."
Another doubt.
"Ahh..well, when i was 10, i got kidnapped by our kingdom enemy , ever since then i got this weird headaches."
Yuri decided to stand up this time. "I see."
Luke brushed the conversation right away with another topic, "So where are you going to take me?"
"hmm" Yuri hummed contemplating "For now let's go find a spot to rest since the sunset had already come...And when morning comes, we'll search for my comrades and..."
Luke thought he was a creep. "I see. so i'm stuck here." he sighed completely giving up.
"Relax kid, i'm not going to do anything to you." smirking, "Unless you want me to."
"S-Shuddap! Get away from me!"
"I was just kiddin. Ok let's go."
Luke grumbled as he followed him.
"Dreck? Dreck!" this time Asch said it outloud, but the connection got cut. "hey! You damn replica! Answer me!"
..."What the?!"
Estelle was taken aback by the sudden outburst. "A-Asch-san, is everything alright?"
"No." shooting Estelle a look, ignoring her again, "what the hell, What's goin on? Why can't i contact him?"
Estelle tried to search a communicator on Asch ears, but found nothing. What kind of communicating tool could it be?
The sunset had fallen, the stars appeared, this is all their first night.
Throwing driftwoods into the fire wood, Yuri sipped his coconut shell, you can see that he just did cook something and left some for Luke, for Luke is asleep. Yuri wondered about Luke's headaches...
"Kidnap ..huh?" closing his eyes, he let the crickets do the job to give him peace.
A small sound came from that silent. Snapping his eyes open with his sword ready to slash an enemy if someone dares to jump out. There was no one seem to appear, but he heard the faint whimper again, he's eyebrow knot up, and following the sound of the unknown whimper...There to his left side, he could only see half of Luke's figure for he was far from the fire wood but not far from his guarding. Luke was tossing on his sleep making sounds as if he was having a nightmare.
"..?" he listened carefully, Luke seems to be saying something. He heard him.
"I..m..sorry.."
Clear eyes sparked, he decided to see him close. What's goin on now?
He heard Luke talk again in his sleep, "I-..i..!" this time Luke's voice turn hysteric. "Ahh!" his hands moved above him as if he was pushing someone away, Yuri could only go near him so that he could wake him up.
"Luke." he called out but Luke still shifting to the other side and the other side again, his eyebrows curled upward, he was shivering in his dream. Gee this kid sure is complicated.
"Luke WAKE Up." shaking him, Luke kicking him now, "Luke, wake up!"
He was about to slap Luke when Luke jerked up"AHH!" making their forehead hits eachother hard.
BAM!
"Ouch!" both exclaimed, Rubbing their forehead. That hurt.
Still rubbing his forehead, Luke seem to be awake from his nightmares. "I-I.." Luke could only gasp his mouth open, he didn't want to think that this stranger saw him having nightmare, it was really embarrassing when Guy happen to witness him having nightmares every night and will always wake up in such a distressed face.
Yuri secretly watched Look while rubbing his forehead, for some reason, he got curious.
"So.." clearing his throat, a smile that looks like a smirk, "Having nightmares?" he was just trying to lighten up the mood but Luke looked away, depressed.
"..."
"..."
Yuri thought this will get nowhere, it's best to leave him alone ..alone for now-
"I'm sorry if i disturb you." he heard him.
"...Actually.." Actually it didn't mind him at all. He doesn't really care to personal issues, but indeed, Luke is odd, but Estelle is also weird. "It's ok. Atleast now you're awake." moving away, Luke watched his back, still feeling bad. He didn't want to move from his position right now, he didn't want to sleep either. He recalled the painful headaches backthen, "not again..." He actually had no idea what was that. It wasn't Lorelei.
He didn't heard anything, it was a broken radio.
He was pulled out from heavy thoughts when a bowl of carrot soup shoved into his face. "Eat."
blinks.
"T-thank you..." taking the bowl, Yuri returned from his sit. Eyes speculating the soup.
Yuri smirked, "It's not poisoned."
"I-I know!" blushing, then he took his spoon, gulping down. "D-Delicious. Did you made this?"
"Yes i did. Why thank you-you like it."
Luke tried to give back the smile but fail, he is still disturb by everything. Yuri again secretly observed him.
Wish it would end there...
Morning came...
Guy and Flynn were now also to the rocky mountains, Flynn had a horse with him, don't ask where it came from, Guy was also riding on the horse-Flynn is the one is leading the white horse to move.
The horse slowed it steps, as Flynn hault him. Guy seize his eyes to zero, to see a bunch of people gathering in the center of open sand field?
"What's that?" Guy pointed, Flynn followed the trace.
"Trouble?"
They came down to see what's up with the people being in the middle of deserted rocks.
A a mouth of the cave coming from the ground,slanted, there were soldiers pulling out some kids and some where teens.
"Excuse me," Guy tapped one of the commoner, "What's going on?"
"Oh, well, the kids and teens that were kidnap are found over there" the man with beard pointed to the cave and they did saw poor little children trembling in fear. It reminded him of Luke. Not to mention there were also between 16yrs old girl and boy were pulled out of it.
"Kidnap? why?" Guy pressed to pull out more information.
"We don't know, but i think it's some thugs...They say they were looking for a Big existence."
"Big existence?" Guy had the most puzzled face. The beard man chuckled and rubbed his beard, "Sorry, i didn't explain very well...Umm it's like this, Our king is looking for a big existence to save our land..."
Now that plot seems familiar, but h still continued to listen, the beard man went on, "Then there are rumors that, the big existence could be either a child or a teen. So then some thugs kidnapping kids and above...Becuz they don't want the king to get it."
Nodding his head in understanding, Guy thanked the old man as he moved next to Flynn who happens to talk one of the soldier.
"Flynn." he called him, Flynn nodded an excuse to the soldier and faced Guy. "Yes?"
"I got an information to you."
Flynn nodded knowing, "Yes, i heard. And also you wouldn't believe this." he gave him a crumpled paper, still dusty so Guy coughed as he opened the paper. It was a poster with the picture of Guy looking for.
"Luke!?" he gawked inside his mind, knowing he shouldn't be saying it outloud.
Flynn patted his shoulders. "Looks like your friend is in danger."
Guy started to feel more troubled than ever. He is worried, what if Luke is been kidnap again?
"Let's hurry."
A nod, they moved.
Finally out of the forest, Luke and Yuri found themselves in an open rocky moutain field. A vast space mix with dust and sand. The sky is wide open looks dangerous. Luke look down to see that they were actually standing in an edge of a cliff, it wasn't that tall but you could still die if you fall. Moving away from the edge he bumped on Yuri's back, Yuri only looked at him as he started to explain what their going to do next. "So, we are out of the forest, mind to hear your choice if we should go back inside the forest and find another exit or continue with this vast land?"
That wasn't a plan, But he is glad Yuri gave him a choice of which to go. "I think it's best if we-"
"THERE YOU AREE!" a voice came above, Not again. It's Asbel!
Luke felt Yuri's hand pushed his chest-pushing him away for he is defending himself from Asbel sword with his sword.
"I found you! Thief!"
"Oh it's you. You're still alive-!" he throw Asbel but Asbel landed on his feet, he said, "Now Cheria!"
A fast shadow appeared-and gone to Luke's back, his hands were sealed by gripping hands and a dagger of knife restraining him to move any further.
Luke knew this girl, she is the one chasing him too! So..Does that mean Presea is..? Luke hope she is still alive.
Cheria breathed as sweat trailing to her neck, "Please just come with us, we need your help Luke."
Luke could only spat his face in disbelief. "I could have done that if you guys weren't trying to take me by force."
"Oh." Cheria had a crack laugh, "Um, we didn't mean it, It's just we thought we can't talk about it properly...you know...negociate." shrugging her shoulders, Yuri's eyes looking to Cheria,to Asbel and to Luke. He is ready for another action. He swung his sword in order to make Asbel jump away, but Asbel didn't, instead he used another sword magic. "Ice Dragon Flurry!"
The same magic appeared but Yuri slashed it in half, shock, Asbel didn't even see him coming to knock him by the thief of his katana-no blade.
"Ack!"
Cheria, "Asbel!" horrified, Asbel came with a quick reply, "Cheria don't let go of Luke!"
"o-ok!"
"Not if i'm here." Yuri attacks Cheria, to his dismay when Cheria dodged she took Luke with him, Luke could only do nothing but mute with everything.
"Lady. Give him back."
"No. I won't. Asbel said i must not!"
Yuri sighed "I guess i have no choice." he took another dashing attack and Cheria threw her knives, "Asbel!" Off guard Yuri thank the lady called his name or else he would have his back slashed..Another sword blocking.
Far away but can see in sight, Guy and Flynn saw four small figure seems to be having ruckus.
"Hey wait isn't that?" Guy wasn't sure, as for Flynn he silently trying to see those small figures.
He gasp in realization. "Yuri!?"
"Luke!"
Guy called but none of the occupants could hear, they were busy handeling eachother...
But then.
A mysterious guy seems 15, punched the wall of the side cliff mountain, the ground on where Luke and Cheria standing started to crumbled.
"What-!?" (luke)
"Ahh!" Cheria falls but Luke grabbed her hands fast throwing her back to the land which made Luke fall instead.
"No!" Yuri ran his best, Asbel catched Cheria whose been thrown back to the safe zone.
It was too late.
On Guy and Flynn's sight, they saw Luke falls from the cliff.
"Luke!"
Everything went blank.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Chill down, its focus on asch/guy/luke...and oh I was talkin about that Luke could make Yuri obey him in theater tales...Aww Guy seems to be jelly..XD i had a headache on this chapteeer...
Of course we must give space to the other chara's to make sense 83 and secret way XDD i promise you that it will have bombmers surprise. X3anyway tell me what you think 8D
I hope my suck english still can be understood :v
