Chapter 2 – I'm sorry
In this Chapter: Main Character; Ahri;
(Ahri's point of view)
I stepped out of the woods and rush to where the soldiers were.
"Let's have some real fun".
They looked petrified, well, not that I wasn't used to that reaction, it's not everyday that you witness such a beautiful view.
"This is such a coward act... beating a weak boy. Why don't you try your luck with me?"
They all charged blindly at me... It was over in a matter of seconds.
As the rain stopped and the sun began to unfold the blood filled the field. Their blood, as well as the boy's blood... He was losing blood really fast, I tried to stop the bleeding but that proved to be a failure, only causing my hands to be soaked.
"Don't you die on me...please."
I was running out of time, he was losing blood really fast, there was only one thing that I could do.
I drawn essence from my tails and shape it in form of a orb, as soon as it was completed I put some of my humanity in it.
"Please..."
I injected in the wound, praying to the heavens that it worked. Miraculously, the wound started closing, although it left a huge scar, but that was of no concern right now, what mattered was that he was safe.
"I have some questions for you, you'll come with me."
I carried him on my back using my tails as support so he didn't fall, I had some sort of tent I had builted near the village, although most people that passed by didn't noticed, it was really big in height, tough it was smaller inside, it only had space for me and my nine tails, if they were all spread that is, but I think that if didn't stretch them there would be plenty of space for both of us. We walked... Well I walked, he was still unconscious, past a bunch of trees till where my tent was. As soon as we arrived I layed him down and gently put his head on my knees.
I put one of my tails by his side, which he hugged strongly.
"You... Feel really lonely, don't you?"
He hugged my tail with even more strength this time.
"Just like me..."
He was tall, really tall, the same size that I was, and taller than my tails, his hair covered almost his entire face almost touching his shoulders, black as the night, and... Really beautiful indeed.
I started stroking his hair and sing a song I remember hearing a woman singing to their children.
"Every child in Valoran has heard the tale before,
About the cursed mummy boy who felt his heart no more..."
(Main Character's point of view)
I felt like... Someone was touching my chest...
I fell asleep.
I felt the warmth of the sun on my skin...
I fell asleep yet again.
I felt a sensation that I hadn't felt in years... Similar to when you fell asleep in the couch and your mom has to carry you to the bed... Yes... That was it... I felt like I was being carried, I must have slept all night at the training ground. Yes, someone was carrying me home... I can't seem to open my eyes... I'm tired...
I fell asleep yet again.
As I started to regain conscious I noticed that I was laying down, yet, not in my room, but somewhere...
"It ...ed that ...er ...all ...one become his fri...
It ...ged that he ...all be ...ne ...til his end"
there was... some sound that I couldn't identify.
"The moment when ...umu realized what he ... Done
Too late it was, fo..., for them, the evil curse ha... ...n"
As my hearing began to return to normal I heard a song... Some type of lullaby:
"The anger and the anguish overwhelmed his fragile soul,
And caused a wicked tantrum that he never could control."
I did not know that voice, yet it was calm, beautiful if I dare say it, it was a girl's voice. A girl's voice that I didn't know, or, at least, didn't recognize.
My eyes were felling heavy, I tried to open them but... All I could see was white, nothing more, just white.
"Am I... In heaven...?"
That was the only thing I was able to say before falling asleep again. Maybe it was just in my head but... I think I heard her laugh... Maybe I was hallucinating...yeah, that's it!
As I was able to finally wake up, I noticed that I was laying in someone's lap, in some sort of tent, a really small one, it fitted one, maybe two persons at maximum. I felt something soft on my left arm. I turned my head to the left, I was underneath some kind of fur blanket.
"Good Morning Sleepyhead!"
It was when I heard this, that I looked up and I saw...it.
It was a woman with fox ears, it was... No.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!"
I tried to jump away the fastest my recent awaken body could, but I just managed to hit my face on the ground. I rolled right so I could at least put some distance between me and...it.
As I was getting up I noticed that it wasn't a fur blanket that was covering me, it was... Tails... That...thing's tails.
"WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?"
I must've felt asleep in the training ground that's the only explanation.
"I..."
"SO THAT'S WHAT YOU DO RIGHT? KIDNAP A PERSON WHEN SHE'S SLEEPING?"
"No, you don't understand I..."
As I reached out for my sword I noticed It wasn't there.
"Tchh!"
Must have dropped it in the training grounds.
"This is your lucky day Demon Fox, don't come near me again, cause if you do... I WILL kill you!"
I rampaged out of the tent, just to realize I didn't know where I was... Well, didn't matter, one way or another, I would be back to the village by dawn at best. This would be just like a dream... Yes a dream. I had a strange dream last night... I dreamt that I was fighting Noxian soldiers and... That I was killed... No... Just a dream, I'm still alive. But... If that was a dream... Maybe that incident with Master Shen also... No. No that was real... Unfortunately.
I was able to get on one of the tracks that lead the village, it was just as I got halfway that I noticed my clothes were covered in mud.
"Really?"
That Demon Fox must've been dragging me in every puddle it could find.
"Oh well, I have to go to the river to see if I can wash this."
I took the long route, I didn't want to take my chances with that Demon Fox while unarmed, I could pass by the training ground and pick up my stuff after washing.
I looked at the sky trough the trees, it was a sunny day, no one would've said that it was raining just... Hum... By the way...I didn't know how long that Demon Fox held me unconscious. Well I could sort that out once I got back, for now, I was headed to the river. Although I took the long route I didn't take too long, it gave me time to think. Maybe Master Shen was right, I wasn't ready for that kind of fight, even in my dreams I couldn't defeat the Noxians, not even one. Next time I'm in Ionia's capital I'll be sure to apologize personally. Maybe I should forget all these fight and warrior stuff and just get some smaller work. One where I could get enough to live a comfortable life... Yeah... That's it. Everyone was right, I'm not suited to be a warrior, everyone on the village knew it, only the elders supported me but... I know they were lying, just trying to cheer me on because they had nothing better to do but to make fun of a boy trying to make his dreams come true... That's it... That's my decision
"Oh, there's the river."
(Ahri's Point of View)
It's always the same thing... They don't give me time to even express myself... They assume that I am a demon... They all think that way...I hate them... I hate them all.
The ground beneath my face started to get wet.
(Main Character's Point of View)
"Oh, there's the river."
As I took of my clothes and started to wash them I noticed there was more than mud in them, it was... Blood?
"What the hell?"
My clothes were stained in blood, not only that but they had a huge rip in the chest part, wait wasn't that...
Then I started to remember.
The soldiers... A big grey sword with golden details... The final blow... My body going numb... And nothing else.
But what did this mean?
I put my hand in my chest, just to notice it also had a huge scar.
"I've been healed..."
But by who? The best thing to do was to pass by the training grounds, to see if I could get a clue of what the hell happened.
As I get to the training fields, what I see almost makes me puke. Seven bodies... Seven bodies laying there on the floor lifeless, almost like they were drained. Drained of their life essence, the smell of rot filled me, as I fell to my knees and puked whatever was still on my stomach.
What was that? What the hell happened here?
As I passed trough the corpses there is one small detail that catches my attention.
A big grey sword with golden details...
That wasn't a dream, that really happened. I died.
As I look to the soldier near that sword, I start, yet again, to feel that pain where the scar was.
"It was him..."
But his body... The rotting of the bodies was nothing compared to this one.
It had scratches and bites all over his body, like he was tortured. His face frozen in what looked like an expression of fear... Or whatever it was, I couldn't really see with nothing but rotten flesh.
Then I realized.
"She... Saved me... I have to go back! Go back and apologize!"
Apologize! Heh funny how things unfolded, I had to give two apologies in a short matter of time.
I had to apologize to Master Shen for my rude behavior, I'll do it as soon as I can. For now I need to thank her...yes...that was it...
I turned my back and started heading to the way that lead to her tent.
As I was walking I stepped on something metallic. It was my sword. Was. Now it was broken in half, no more use. I did not believe in destiny or Karma or whatever but I tough that meant something.
"Maybe I won't be able to apologize to Master Shen."
One last look at the soldiers.
"Maybe she'll kill me... Well she has the right to. I have nothing to live for anymore anyway... Maybe that's better."
Without thinking on anything I continued walking.
I got to her tent after a while.
As I got to her tent there was only thing in my head. I said it really softly.
"I'm sorry Master Shen, I hope you can forgive me, in this life or the next."
Trying to put my fear aside, I entered.
The tent was dark, shaped in cone like shape, it didn't allow much sunlight to enter.
I stood on my knees.
"E-Excuse me? A-A-Are you there?"
My voice and my hands shaked with fear.
I just heard a really weak voice.
"Go away."
My eyes could not move from the ground.
"P-Please I... I just need to..."
"GO... Away."
"Listen I j-just need to..."
"I SAID GO AWAY!"
For some reason, something didn't seem right, her voice sounded like she had been crying just moments before.
"I...I'm sorry..."
Silence.
"I'm really sorry, I should not have called you... That."
Silence again.
"I realized now that you saved my life. And, for that, I'm forever thankful. I owe you my life."
I lowered my head to the ground. Maybe this is the end.
After a short moment, I heard footsteps coming from inside the tent, my heart was racing like crazy.
Then she stepped out. What appeared before me was a goddess-like figure.
"Y-Y-You are..."
"Hideous? Monstrous? Demonic? Pff, I know I'm used to that kind of rea-"
"Beautiful."
"W-What? What did you just said?"
She was tall, almost as tall as me, long black hair tied in a braid, and two black ears. Was wearing a short red and white dress, and had nine tails. Nine white tails.
"Yes, beautifull indeed."
(Ahri's Point Of View)
It was the first time someone said I was beautiful...
"T-Thank you."
The boy just stood there staring at me, not even a word. And, like he had woken up, he lowered his face into the ground.
"You saved me, I owe you my life. You can do as you please with me."
He was visibly shaking, and he was stuttering a lot... He was afraid.
"Are you afraid? Of what?"
"I recognize the consequences of my acts, I also know you can kill me anytime you want."
"Huh? What makes you think I'll kill you?"
"I don't really know but... I don't have nothing to live for anyway, I might as well be dead."
"Why do you say that? Don't you aim at anything?"
"I... No, not anymore."
With this last sentence he looked sad, maybe related to what happened later?
"Well..."
I put two fingers on his chin and softly pulled it up.
"... First of all you will look up. I don't like people looking down, on me or on themselves. Second of all I'll help you, with whatever you want to achieve."
"W-Why? What do you get out of it?"
His words repeated themselves in my head.
"Beautiful."
"Yes, beautiful indeed."
"I'll think of something along the way."
"It's impossible, it cannot be accomplished."
"Is that so? We'll see about that. In the meantime, take a seat i want to ask you a few questions."
He did not move at all, well, I could understand that, he was clearly scared. *sigh* Oh well, I could not be bothered by that there were something's about him that were making me curious.
"Ok so, first of all. What's your name?"