Chapter 9

Opening his eyes Galven wiped his eyes and stood up in his bed. Looking around the blank room he heard some breathing to his right. Looking over to see Ahri sleeping peacefully on the bed. She was stirring slightly and then she rested her head on Galven's thigh, which gave him a great view of down her nightgown. Trying his best to not stare at her cleavage he laid back down which made Ahri wake up.

"Galven…" She muttered silently. Realizing he woke her he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her close.

"Sorry to wake you." Galven said quietly while embracing her.

"No… It's probably time that we got up." Ahri said. Easily she turned around and faced Galven. They were face to face, pushing herself up against him. He leaned in and kissed her, enjoying every second of her sweet smell. Pulling away Ahri stepped out of the bed and looked at Galven. "Can you go into the bathroom or something? I have to put clothes on." She said, seeing Galven nod he stood up and walked into the bathroom. Satisfied when she heard the shower turn on she pulled off her nightgown and put on a bra. After that she put on her shorts and t-shirt. Satisfied with the way she looked, she walked out into the kitchen and started making some breakfast. Right as she was gonna grab a pan the whole institute of war shook. It was so violent Ahri almost fell on the floor, tons of stuff fell onto the floor breaking.

"What the hell!" Galven said as he ran into the kitchen.

"I don't know it j-" Ahri was saying as she got cut off as another thing shook the institute.

Quickly Galven threw his mask on and ran outside of the apartment. The first sight that Galven saw was brutal. The man he saw a yesterday who was called Graves was decapitated in one of the hallways. Crazy thing was it looked like he didn't even have enough time to shoot his gun… Shaking the thought from his head he ran even further to the center of the institute. Everywhere he stepped where bodies upon bodies of summoners and people. The weird part was there where tons of purple monsters, that were laying lifeless around the place. Hearing a loud scream of a woman Galven quickly ran as fast as he could in the direction of where it came from. Coming to a stop he saw a terrible scene. A woman summoner was being held by a purple looking man sized Beetle.

Without hesitation the Beetle looking thing slit the woman's throat with his claw. Right after he slit her throat he bit into her shoulder taking a big chunk out of it. Seeing this unfold Galven rushed straight at the Beetle and struck it across the face with his elbow. Regaining his balance the bug looked at him and screamed "FEAR THE VOID!"

Realizing what he was talking about Galven wrapped his hand around the bugs neck and shoved him into the wall. Channeling his energy into his tattoo he ripped the bug off of the wall and then slammed the bug back into the wall.

Galven quickly grabbed his knife off of his belt and stabbed the Bug. Right as he put the knife into the the bug, the bug started glowing then said "I would run Gladiator God. This place is gonna blow." He said while smirking. Suddenly the bug disappeared from Galven's grasp. Taking in what the bug like creature just said Galven ran straight back to his room.

"AHRI!" Galven screamed as he ran inside the room. There Ahri was in the middle of the room with bugs from the void surrounding her that were dead. Running up to Ahri Galven checked her for and injuries. Finding none he said "Ahri we gotta go, the institute is going to blow up."

"But what about th-" Ahri was saying but was cut off when Galven picked her up bridal style and ran off to the exit. "Galven I can run just put me down!" Ahri complained as Galven ran with her in his arms.

"It would take to long." Right as they reached the exit of the institute they heard a really loud *tick* *tick* *tick* like sound and as if an instinct Galven curdled Ahri into a ball and covered her body with his. Using his powers he put a shield around them.

Then the institute blew up. The sound was extremely painful, it felt like a air horn was blowing directly into his ears. His shield was hardly able to take the blow, it let pieces of rocks and glass pierce through it. Most of the glass cut into Galven's back making him grunt in pain. Finally he looked back to see the institute. The once glamering building was blown to bits, the big crystals that floated were lodged into ground right by the institute.

"Fucking hell!" Galven screamed as his tattoo was burning bright. "Right as we get here the damn void just had to blow it up!"

"What? The void?" Ahri asked while watching Galven.

"Yes… the void have been contacting me in my dreams lately and right as the place was about to blow up a bug looking thing practically said it was the void." Galven said to Ahri as he ran a hand down his face.

Realizing Galven was upset, Ahri walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "It's all my fault… I should have warned the institute, all of the deaths are my fault." Galven said to himself. Wrapping his arms around Ahri he returned her embrace.

"It's not your fault, how would you know they were gonna attack the institute?" Ahri asked while tracing a hand over his prickly face.

"I guess you're right, we got to make it back to Ionia and figure this out." Galven said softly.

"Turn around Galven, I have to clean the wounds on your back before we decide to go anywhere." Ahri said while letting go of the hug.

Muttering something silently Galven pulled is shirt off and faced his back towards her. Examining his wounds she noticed how chiseled the his back was. Not to mention all of the scars that ran all over his back. Grabbing a cloth out of her pocket she pulled shard of rock and glass out with her hand while wiping blood away. Pulling away from him she said "Done."

Pulling his shirt down Galven said "Thanks Ahri, let's go find a train to piltover."

"B-but Galven shouldn't we check the wreckage? There still might been stuff of are that we can use." Ahri asked innocently.

"I wouldn't the bodies are…" That's all Ahri had to hear for her to realize what was in there. "The league paid us money when we agreed to join them, I have all of mine in this pouch." Galven said while pointing at a pouch that was strapped to his belt.

"I don't have mine, like I knew this was going to happen." Ahri said while her ears dropped down.

"Don't worry about it Ahri, I can pay for you. Why wouldn't I?" Galven said as he hugged her once again. While embracing her he kissed her on the lips, taking in her sweet taste. Pulling away from her he said "let's go to the train station." After walking for about 2 minutes they found the train station, which was destroyed. "Alright." Galven said while running his hands over his face. "There is a town about 10 miles away from here, once we get there we could figure out some sort of transportation to Ionia." Galven said as he looked at Ahri.

"When we get there, are we gonna stay in an inn for the night?" Ahri asked while watching his eyes scan over her body.

"It is pretty early in the morning, if we can't find a way to piltover from there we might have to walk. If we have to walk we will gather supplies then stay the night in that the town." Galven said while in deep thought.

"Well let's go then cause I am hungry, I never got to eat this morning." Ahri said while looking at Galven.

Smiling Galven said "You are really skinny for how much you eat."

Grinning back at Galven she said "perks of being half fox."

Right as Ahri said that Galven face went from happy to serious. "Ahri, I have been wanting to ask you a question." Seeing Ahri shake her head up and down for him to continue he said. "Are you still planning on becoming fully human?"

The question struck Ahri hard, she hadn't thought about it for a while ever since she met Galven. When she met him the thought of coming fully human didn't seem important at all. As a matter of fact being around Galven made her feel as if she was fully human. At least that's what he made her feel like.

"I… I haven't really thought about it. Why do you ask?"

"Because I don't think you need to become fully human, why be the same like everybody else." Galven said while looking her straight in the eye. It recalled Ahri that what he just said was the same as Kelly told her. "Honestly Ahri do whatever you want we can talk about it as we walk." Galven said while already starting to walk in the direction of the town.

Realizing where he was going Ahri quickly ran to his side and said "Your mom said the same thing."

"Seems like something she would say." Galven muttered silently. After about 15 minutes of walking they heard screaming, hearing this Galven ran in the direction of the screaming and found a woman with long blond hair, a revealing suit that looked like a swimsuit and a staff. She was laying on the ground with a ghostly looking thing on top of her. He had 2 side blade that ran down each arm and shoulder pauldrons.

"Embrace the darkness!" The creature screamed and disappeared into darkness. Galven couldn't even see 1 foot In Front him because of the darkness. Quickly Galven put on his mask and allowed it to track down the ghost looking thing. Because of the spear of vengeance Galven had to make a mask that would track down undead ghostly spirits, which was the purpose of his mask. Signaling were it was Galven pulled out his orange pole and stuck it as hard as he could across the chest area. Hearing the creature grunt in pain Galven channeled his energy into his tattoo and released it all at once. The blow was incredible, it disintegrated all of the vegetation around Galven and ripped the spirit in half while screaming. After everything was light once again and Galven could see he felt the heat radiating off of his tattoo. Galven's vision went blurry and he felt extremely weak.

"Galven!" Ahri screamed "are you alright?" Suddenly Galven just fell down on the ground unconscious. "No! Galven!" Ahri said as she kneeled down and put a hand on his neck to feel a weak pulse. Deep in thought on what to do the woman who Galven saved walked out of nowhere.

"That… That power was amazing how?" She said with wide eyes. "I have never seen anything like that."

"HEY LADY!" Ahri screamed. "You think you could help me?"

"Oh yes of course I am sorry." She said with a soft voice. Kneeling down with Ahri she felt Galven's pulse then put a hand on his forehead. "He should be fine, but he used a lot of power there. Tell me is he one of the new champions that was joining the league?"

"Yes me and him." Ahri said while touching Galven tattoo, the heat was extremely hot and burnt Ahri's finger.

"How is he this strong? He channeled all of his energy into his tattoo and just blew this place to smithereens." The strange woman said.

"He is the Gladiator God." Ahri said while figuring out what to do to help him.

"That would explain what he just did. That means we might have a chance against the void and the shadow Isles." The woman said.

Confused Ahri looked at the strange woman and ask "What do you mean against the void and shadow isles?"

"Well since a couple weeks ago there were rumors of the void and the shadow isles taking over Runeterra, the summoners seemed to blow it off as nothing so I didn't think it was real." The woman said while brushing her white hair to the side of her ear.

"Wait so an all out war is going to happen?" Ahri asked with wide eyes.

"Unfortunately yes, Vel'Koz has used his powers to take over all of the void creatures minds." The woman said "my name is Janna by the way."

Right as Ahri was going to respond Galven grunted and sat up. "What the hell…" looking around Galven saw Ahri and the woman who he saved standing there looking at him. Relived inside that Ahri was alright he stood up and looked down at his tattoo. The 'S' like shape had burnt darker into his skin, also the heat coming from it was insanely hot. While examining his tattoo Ahri ran over to Galven and practically jumped on top of him.

"You idiot! I thought you were dead at first." Ahri said to him while he was holding her in a hug.

"I think it's gonna take more then that." Galven said as he pulled Ahri into a deep kiss.

"Ahem." Janna grunted.

Realizing what was happening Galven quickly pulled away and put Ahri back down. Looking at Janna they were both blushing hard. "I would like to thank you both for helping me. Nocturne would have killed me if it wasn't for you, I am in your debt. I will be on my way, I have to make it back to Zaun." The woman said before she quickly flew away leaving Ahri and Galven alone again.

"We need to keep walking if we wanna make it to that town soon." Galven said. Seeing Ahri nod in agreement, Galven once again started walking in the direction of the town.

"Galven I need to tell you something." Ahri said while walking to the side of Galven.

"What?"

"The woman that you saved, her name is Janna and she told me that a war is starting, the void and the shadow isles have teamed up and are going to take over Runeterra." Ahri said while walking.

Not saying anything Galven just nodded and continued walking. After about 3 hours of walking they reached a little town that had lots of old people walking around and buying goods. "Let's go get some food, there has gotta be some sort of restaurant here." Galven said while looking around. Finding a old looking place Galven motioned for Ahri to follow him and they walked into the place. Finding a table they both sat down and ordered food. "Ahri I need to do something quick." Galven said as he stood up from his table.

Slowly Galven walked over to a table with a man who had brown hair. Galven pulled his knife off of his belt and slammed it into the table, just missing the man's hand. The man didn't even flinch.

silently Galven let go of his knife and sat down. "Why are you following me?"

Without any emotion on his face the man bent forward and said. "Because gladiator God, Ionia needs you for this war."

Yay another chapter done! And it's also early! Thanks a lot for the reviews guys it's helped a lot. Anyway hoped you enjoyed this chapter. If you like this story you might also like Rise Of The Wind, one of my other stories. Make sure to leave a review. Anyways see you guys next time!