CHAPTER 6
Flashback
With a rope around Galven's legs and hands, he was vulnerable to the men who were bringing him somewhere. As the men dragged him, they suddenly stopped, right in front of a door. One of the bigger men that pulled him kicked open the door. Shoving Galven inside they laughed and locked the door while walking out. Standing up Galven noticed a desk with a man sitting on the other side.
The man who was sitting on the desk stood up and pointed a gun at Galven. "Get up" he said in a gruff voice.
Using his legs Galven stood up facing the man with the gun. The man grabbed Galven by his neck and pushed him on the chair. Still aiming the gun at Galven the man sat down in his chair and said "make 1 move and I will kill you, besides. I might need you for work."
Laughing Galven replied "what makes you think I would do that."
"First of all, your at gun point, second of all you killed one of our most skilled assassins and third of all I will kill you if you don't accept." He said smirking.
Quickly Galven pushed the desk up with all of his strength into the man. As the table fell Galven snatched a pair of scissors off the desk. With his bound hands he quickly ripped the scissors in half. The man with the gun was on the floor, stunned from the table hitting him he tried getting up off the ground but felt the cold steel of something on his throat. As fast as possible Galven sliced the man's jugular. As blood spilled in Galven's hands he cut the bounds on his hands and feet. He grabbed the gun out of the dead man's hand and rubbed his wrists, his wrists looked terrible because of the rope that had practically rubbed off all of the skin on them. After searching the man's desk he found a knife which would substitute his scissors. Cracking the door open, he peeked outside to find no one in the hallway. Swiftly running into the hallway he saw a man carrying his belt, which has all of his weapons on it.
Whistling out loud, the man with his belt turned around and was greeted by a punch to the face that was so strong it knocked him out. Franticly Galven grabbed his belt and ran off.
Present time
Thinking about what Galven just said she thought to herself for a minute, she liked Galven without a doubt, she thought he was handsome, but never did she think that he liked her. Thinking of a relationship with Galven seemed nice but once they make it to the institute of war they were probably not even going to talk. She had never even been a relationship, she always used her good looks to trap men and kill them. She had never gotten into a relationship let alone kiss someone. Deciding that if Galven asked her out or made a move she would respond with a yes or flirt back. Walking out of the guest room her golden eyes looked around and found Galven… His shirt was off and he was doing one handed push ups.
Standing up Galven immediately saw Ahri standing there "Hey, my mom and I are going to go into the city and grab something to eat." He said while tossing shirt on.
Nodding Ahri replied "When are we going?"
Walking face to face with Ahri he said "Soon."
Smiling Ahri examined his handsome face with her golden eyes. They were literally just stood there for a minute looking at each other. When suddenly Kelly walked in. When Ahri heard Kelly walking she immediately looked away from Galven while blushing. Kelly saw what happened, it was quite humors to get that they could just zone out while staring a each other.
Blushing Galven pulled all of his weapons off of his belt. Tossing them on the couch his mom saw it and said "do you have to put your weapons on my couch?" Muttering something Galven picked them up and put them on her table. "Much better, now Ahri dear, would you like something eat before we leave?"
"No thanks I am not that hungry, besides Galven told me that we're going out to eat when we leave." Ahri said while looking at Kelly.
"Anyway, I will see you guys at the restaurant" Galven said while running out the door.
"W-where is he going?" Ahri exclaimed loudly.
"He told me that he did not get the chance to work out on the ship. So I guess he making up for that by running. We will take a taxi." Kelly said while grabbing her purse. "Come on, we are going to take a taxi." Watching Kelly curiously, she followed her outside into the shining lights of piltover. As Ahri took in the sight of the city, Kelly watched her, right when she walked outside her ears perked up which made her chuckle. "Do your ears always do that?"
Realizing what Kelly said Ahri replied "I uhh… never really notice when I do perk my ears up."
"I think it's cute, you told me earlier that you wanna become fully human correct?" Kelly asked while waving her hand for a taxi. Turning her head around to see Ahri nodding. "Well I think you look just fine, besides normal is boring. I also think your fox like features would get a lot of men." Kelly said while getting into the cab. Slightly smiling Ahri stepped into the cab.
"Where can I bring you two fine ladies?" The cab driver said while eying up Ahri. After Kelly told the cab driver a location he set the car in drive and took off.
"So tell me Ahri, how exactly do you fight?"
Kelly said while glaring at Ahri.
Facing Kelly Ahri said "I use magic, or I guess you could call it life essence." Quickly Ahri pulled up a hand and summoned a fox fire on her palm.
"God… I have not seen magic in a long time."
Kelly said while examining the fire in Ahri's palm. After a few conversations about magic and fashion with Ahri, Kelly had begun to take a liking for Ahri.
"We are here, that will be 36 gold." The driver said while parking.
As Ahri dug into her purse Kelly said "don't worry hon I got it." Pulling some gold pieces out of her purse, she gave them to the driver while giving him a wink. Strapping her purse around her shoulder she stepped out onto the sidewalk. When Kelly looked at the restaurant she found Galven surrounded by girls around his age. As she walked closer she could clearly hear the girls flirt with him. "Hey Galven!" She said to him which broke his attention away from the girls. "Come on let's go eat." She said while grabbing him and pulling him in the restaurant. Finding a table she, Galven and Ahri sat down. Finally getting a close look at her son she saw that his dark brown hair was a little wet from running. "So you guys haven't exactly told me how you met." Kelly said while picking at her fingernails.
"We took the same transportation to the docks from inland, When we got to the harbor Ahri asked me if I would travel with her. I said yes and we took a ship from Ionia to piltover, we had to share a room because of how expensive each room is." Galven said while glaring at his mom.
"What can I get you guys to drink?" The waiter cut in from out of nowhere.
"I will have a lemonade." Ahri said while browsing the menu.
"Same" Kelly said happily.
"Surprise me with a drink." Galven grunted while sneaking looks at Ahri. As Kelly watched him look at Ahri in bewilderment she couldn't help but laugh inside. She was also surprised that Ahri didn't see him looking at her. Tearing his eyes off of Ahri Galven looked at his mom who was smiling at him, realizing that she probably saw him glaring at Ahri he blushed slightly.
"Do you always say surprise me?" Ahri asked while smiling at Galven.
Galven let out a small chuckle then replied back "yeah, I guess I do a lot. I just usually don't feel like scrolling through the whole menu, I practically like all of the drinks on there so why chose?"
Laughing Ahri looked at Kelly then said "If it's not a touching subject I was wondering… Where is Galven's father?" Immediately after Ahri said that she regretted. Kelly's face grew from happy to sad fast. "N-no I am sorry for bringing it up!" Ahri franticly said.
"It's ok Ahri dear, My husband got killed in a bandit trap, back when we lived in Ionia." Kelly said while putting her hand on Ahri's.
"Oh… I am sorry to hear that." Ahri said sadly while her ears dropped down.
"It's quite alright, anyway I need to go to the bathroom I will be right back." Slowly Kelly got up from her chair. She walked over to Galven then whispered in his ear "I like her, you need to ask her out Galven." After she said that she walked away into the bathroom.
Blushing slightly, Galven looked at Ahri again and took in her beauty. Her long black hair, her golden eyes, her silky smooth skin and her amazing curves. He wanted to kiss her so bad, but he didn't know if she liked him. If he asked her out and she said no they would no longer be friends right? Shaking the thoughts away from his head he realized the waiter dropped off there drinks. But he was still there, he was literally standing right by Ahri starring directly at her slightly exposed cleavage. Ahri noticed the waiter was staring and faced her chest away from him.
"Hey back off! Give her some space!" Galven said while standing up. He was about 5 inches taller than the waiter. Quickly the waiter scurried off into the kitchen. "God…" Galven muttered while sitting back down.
Blushing Ahri pulled her shirt up to cover her slight cleavage then she looked into Galven's green eyes happily, she said "thank you." sheepishly.
Smiling Galven picked up his drink which had a red like liquid in it. Swallowing the strong drink, he put it back down and yawned. "They could of gotten me a stronger drink than that." Galven muttered. "Anyway Ahri, I wanted to ask you if you wanna have a little skirmish after we eat." Galven asked while looking at Ahri.
"Yeah I don't mind but uh, where would we fight?" Ahri asked while drinking her lemonade.
Right as Galven was about to reply, Kelly came out of the bathroom and sat back down. "We can fight in my mom's backyard, it may be small but it's big enough for a little duel."
"If I may ask, who is fighting?" Kelly cut in while glaring at her son.
"Ahri and I are going to have a little duel." Galven grunted at his mom.
"W-what c-can I get you to eat?" The waiter cut in. Right as he said that Galven looked at him with a deadly look on his face
"I will have a chicken wrap." Kelly said
"Just a burger." Galven said while still looking at the waiter.
"Chicken sandwich" Ahri said while looking away from him. Quickly the waiter walked away.
"Why are you guys going to fight?" Kelly asked while exchanging looks from both of them.
"Well I wanted to see how strong she is, besides I haven't had a good duel in a while." Galven said while grinning. "Let's hurry up and eat."
On the cab ride back to Kelly's house, Ahri sat in between Galven and Kelly. Fiddling with her hands, Ahri had to admit to herself that she was nervous. The last time she fought someone was about a year ago when a man tried to rape her. Hearing the car screech to a stop she watched as Galven opened the door for him and her. They walked into the house, right away Galven attached all of his weapons to his belt. He pulled out a very small box and clicked a button on it, converting it into an orange pole. Putting his mask off of his pelt he put it on his face and looked at Ahri. "Ready?" He asked while adjusting his mask. Nodding Galven told her to follow him. As Ahri followed him she took in the scenery of Kelly's little back yard. It had yellow flowers along the sides of the house, green grass in the middle and some lawn chairs.
Standing on one side of the yard she summoned her orb. Twirling it in her fingers she threw it up in the air and caught it on one of her tails. "Ready?" She asked Galven who was twirling his pole in his handed.
"Yeah, fight!" Galven said. Quickly Ahri threw her orb at Galven, sidestepping it he ran to get closer to Ahri. Responding quickly Ahri spirit rushed away and sent fox fires at him. Easily he deflected them with his pole and got closer to her. Her grabbed a throwing knife and threw it, it just grazed one of Ahri's tails. Throwing her orb once more Galven shifted out of the way. He got behind Ahri and pulled a knife to her throat. Deciding what to do Ahri pushed her hands on Galven's chest and used her charm. Strangely he still held the knife to her throat. Galven pulled the knife away and put it back on his belt. Ahri turned around to see Galven looking at her. "Have not had that hard of a fight since… Kalista."
"H-how did my charm not work on you?" Ahri asked astonishingly. Galven pulled up the sleeve on his right arm and pointed at his tattoo.
"I blocked with my tattoo, kinda weird but I guess that's some of the stuff I can do as the Gladiator God." Galven said as he shrugged. Pulling off his mask he picked up his throwing knife that was impaled on the side of the house. "Ahri wanted to ask you if you wanna leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" Galven asked while stretching.
"I don't care, I just thought it would be nicer to get to the institute of war as soon as possible." Ahri replied
"Yeah me to, I think we are going to take a train tomorrow morning." Galven said while walking back into the house. Going to the kitchen he grabbed a beer and sat down on the couch. Cracking it open he let the bitter liquid flow down his throat. Feeling his hair it felt greasy and sweaty. Chugging the rest of the beer down he stood up and went to the bathroom. Turning the shower on he threw his beer can In the trash and took his clothes off. Walking into the shower, his mind started wandering to the institute of war.
Sitting on the guest bed Ahri recalled when the waiter just stood there and looked at her chest. She hated when people do it, almost every man that sees her immediately stares at her breasts. Of course she had seen Galven sneak looks at them before but when he does, it makes her feel beautiful. She saw him plenty of times look at her with lust In his eyes. Laying fully down on the bed, Ahri pulled the covers over her head and laid there just thinking about Galven. When she Curled her tails around her waist it reminded her when Galven wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in. Deciding to go to bed Ahri stood up and pulled a nightgown on. Walking into the kitchen she grabbed a glass and started filling it with water when all of a sudden she heard Galven walk in. He had black sweatpants, no shirt on, his hair was wet from taking a shower and his green eyes seemed to be shining. As he reached for a glass Ahri noticed a very long scar along his hip to his back.
"Where did you get that?" Ahri asked quietly.
"The spear of vengeance" Galven said with a very small hint of anger in his voice. Quickly Ahri stepped forward and placed her pointer finger on the scar. She traced it all the way back to his hip. Right as she was about to apologize Galven grabbed her and made it so they were face to face. "What were you doing?" He asked with a cheeky grin.
"N-nothing!" Ahri said franticly.
"Sure didn't seem like nothing." Galven said while laughing. "Anyway I am going to bed see you tomorrow." Galven said as he walked away from her. Deciding she should go to bed she walked into the guest room and layed down. Letting sleep overtake her.
As sun light glared through Galven's eyes as he opened his eyes, right in front of him his mom was watching tv. Standing up he stretched his sore body and sat down. "what are you watching?"
"Anything thats good, I am waiting for the next League game to turn on. I saw your fight with Ahri, didn't seem to hard for you." Kelly said as she grinned at Galven.
"It wasn't but she is one of the harder ones I have fought, probably her and Kalista." Galven said as he put a shirt on.
"So what time are you guys leaving?" Kelly asked as she flipped through the channels.
"I am not sure depends when Ahri wants to, I don't care." Right as Galven said that Ahri came out of the guest room. She was wearing jeans with some holes in them, a tight white shirt that really showed off her frame, and her hair was loose like usual. As Galven admired the view of her, he thought about how he was going to be tracing with her all day. Realizing he was staring he quickly looked away and asked "when do you wanna leave Ahri?"
"I don't care, we are taking a train right?" Ahri said, watching as Galven nodded she said "why don't we take the train that leaves the soonest."
"Might as well, mom do you know when the next train to the institute of war?" Galven asked as he snuck peeks at Ahri.
"No I don't, I can check online." Kelly said as she stood up from the chair. Walking over to her laptop she turned it on and started using it. After about 5 minutes of awkward silence Kelly broke the silence when she said "11:30, it's 11:00 right now I would leave right now."
Sighing Galven walked over to his mom and gave her a hug. "I will visit you as soon as I can."
Smiling while crying she whispered in his ear "I love you, next time you come you and Ahri better be together."
Watching her son pull away he rolled his eyes at her then said "ready to go Ahri?" Looking around he found Ahri holding her bag. Quickly Ahri wrapped her arms around Kelly and said "thank you for letting me stay here."
"No problem honey." She said smiling.
Galven grabbed his bag and smiled at his mom "bye, see you soon!" He said as he walked out the door. Walking out onto the street he waved his hand at a taxi which stopped for them.
"Where do I need to take ya'?" He asked annoyingly.
"Train station" Galven muttered. Sitting down in the can he tinkered with his mask. After about 5 minutes they reached the train station. Pulling out his wallet Galven asked the man "how much?"
"It's on me, wasn't that long of a drive." He muttered.
"Thanks, come on Ahri let's go." Galven said as he stepped out of the taxi. Walking over to the man who was selling the tickets Galven pulled out his wallet once again and asked the man at the booth "how much is a ticket to the institute of war?"
"70 gold a person." The small man in the booth replied as he fiddled with the register. Quickly Galven grabbed 140 gold out of his wallet and handed it to the man. The man grabbed the coins and set them in the register.
"Come on Ahri we gotta hurry the train is gonna leave soon." Galven said as he grabbed her small hand and pulled her. Quickly they stepped onto the train and handed the woman the tickets. Finding a seat Galven and Ahri sat down near the end of the train. Sighing Galven laid his head back and let sleep overtake him.
Hey guys sorry for the late upload, was pretty busy. But anyway I still need ideas for the gladiator god's power. Since the chapter was a little late I made this one a little longer than usual. Also I am going to be changing this story to M. Anyway see you guys next time, make sure to leave a review!
