A one-shot, updates, and a new chapter all in two weeks? It must be Christmas! ANYHOW! Here is the rewrite for chapter two, hope ya like it! Before we start though...
... The disclaimer. Only have Kane so here ya go!
Kane|| I-D doesn't own Minecraft, Hero, or Steven; they only own the plot, story, and me.
Nearly a week after his first visit had gone by and Steven was finally making his way back to the village. He had decided to stay at home, and most of his time had been spent fixing up and modifying his new house, or catching up with Hero. But as things got done around the house, and Hero and he told each other what all had happened since they'd last seen each other, the miner had started to get restless- bored even. So he'd finally decided to come back to the village. As he approached the outer walls, he began to feel a bit uneasy, like he was being watched. He shook his head, 'Don't be a baby Steven, nobody is watching you' he told himself, nodding before continuing on in. However, the feeling just wouldn't leave. He stopped, looking around. The part of town he was in was somewhat run down, and looked as if most of the houses were older than the ones farther in. He took a deep breath before walking again, soon finding he should've trusted his gut feeling. As he was passing by an extra shabby house, three figures jumped out, each brandishing on old sword. All three had black cloaks with hoods on them, of which were up so he couldn't see his face. Before he could take action, the three had him pinned down, and one moved to dump out and scrimage through the bag the human always brought with him. Panicking, he threw his arm out, successfully hitting the tallest one across the face which made the figure apparently angry, and they took too hitting, beating, and kicking him. When they finally got up, they left the same way they'd came, leaving a bruised Steve, the man bleeding from a few minor cuts and one major. He managed to drag himself over to lean against a house before the world went dark.
Kane was making his way back to town, a bag slung over his shoulder with the profit of the trip he'd taken this morning out to the forest. He had gone to both get some meat for himself and also the Edgefield family- Some of the only people he'd socialize with in town. The family consisted of a mother, father, and two boys, one age 8 and the other 4. The Edgefield's, however, were notoriously poor and the father could not provide for them since he was sick, and had been for awhile. Kane had taken it upon himself to help them out when they needed it. He had his reasons, one being the family had been one of the few to have shown him kindness when he'd first came to this village, and also for the kids. He loved the two brother's almost like they were his own siblings. As he made his way into town he thought he'd caught a glimpse of movement out of the corner of his eye through a whole in one of the houses. When he rounded the corner he saw a man leaned up against the house. He tilted his head before walking over and upon closer inspection realized he knew who it was. 'It's that guy from the blacksmith's shop last week! What was his name again... Steven was it?' He kneeled down beside him and saw he wasn't conscious, so he tried shaking him a few times. When that didn't work he looked at the cuts, taking out a canister of water he'd brought on his hunt and uncapping it before pouring it over the injuries, washing out the debris and the blood.
It was almost 30 minutes later when Steve regained his consciousness, groaning before opening his eyes. He yelped in surprise when he saw the outline of someone beside him, fearing one of the thieves had come back, only for his vision to focus and see it was someone else. He pushed himself into a sitting position before looking over at the man.
"Oh good" came the sound of a soft voice"You're finally awake!"
He nodded, rubbing his head and staring at the other a bit confusedly
"Oh, sorry! You probably don't remember me! I'm Kane Ichorus, we met at the Blacksmith's the other day. Steve right?"
He took a few minutes before his memory clicked, chuckling softly, nodding
"Yeah, I remember now, and yeah that's my name, don't wear it out."
Kane helped pull him up into a standing position
"You looked pretty deflated, for a minute there I thought you were dead. Guess you got lucky. What happened anyway?"
"Oh... Uh... I got jumped by a couple of people. They took my stuff"
He sighed, looking towards his discarded bag with an annoyed look.
Kane nodded "Ah, okay, well if you want I got some wraps at home, can get you wrapped up?"
"That... would be appreciated"
Minutes later Kane and Steve were off to the first's house. It took them about 15 minutes, but they soon arrived. Kane pointed to a couch where the miner could sit until he got the stuff. Steve did so without a fight. Kane came back out with some wraps, walking over and handing them to the miner, who quickly used them up on where he needed them before slowly standing up.
"Thanks, I appreciate the kindness, though I should probably get back to where I was going."
"Where would that be? Like I've said, I know this place pretty well so I could help ya find it!"
"Uh... the library was where I was headed"
"Oh yeah, that's an easy find, follow me."
No more than 10 minutes later both boys were sitting at a desk in a library, neither talking as both were immersed in what they were reading. Hours went by and soon darkness began to fall. The decreasing light pulled the two from their thoughts, and Steven visibly cringed.
"I need to get back home before night falls, thanks for helping me out Kane"
Kane nods "No problem, and don't thank me yet. I'm walking you home. Twos better than one with those guys around that jumped you right?"
The other human gave a nervous chuckle "You really don't have to, I'll be fine. Trust me"
"Nope, let's go. You won't change my mind"
With that, the two of them took off, Steven leading the way with Kane in tow. Five, ten, fifteen minutes went by before they finally spotted a light in the woods. Steven came to a dead stop, Kane almost running into him. The black-haired male shook his head, looking at his companion.
"This is good, I thank you for thewalk home. and for everything else" Steven abruptly said, looking at his newest friend.
Kane nodded his head, talking slowly "It's no problem... uh... see ya later then?"
Steve nodded, then took off, getting to his house and leaving a confused Kane to stew on the way back home on what his friend was hiding. If there was anything he hated it was not knowing something. Kane was going to get to the bottom of what Steven was hiding. Little did he know that he wasn't the only curious being in the area at the time, as two white beams stared out of a tree as the human made his way back to his own home.
