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Chapter 3: A New Friend

When Veitriyx and Nidalee woke up, they stretched their limbs and realized that Ahri was staring that them. Ahri was sitting down on the edge of the bed and was cautious. She was twitching her fox ears and stared at the two of them intently.

"She's awake." Veitriyx said.

"I know, I can see her, now can't I?" Nidalee sarcastically.

Ahri plainly snarled against them.

Their weapons were drawn. Veitriyx summoned fire in his palms and Nidalee held up a spear with the same blunt tip she used to pin Ahri. Ahri instinctively willed her fox fire to circle her and she summoned a glowing orb at her fingertips. The tensions were high and unstable until Veitriyx decided to put his weapons down. He extended a hand which got burned because of Ahri's fox fire.

"Arghh!" Veitriyx screamed.

His hand got a second-degree burn. Veitriyx held his hand in agony. Nidalee threw a blunt spear at Ahri, this time it was coated with a sleeping solution. Ahri got hit in the arm and felt drowsy. She tried to fight back against Nidalee but her body was failing her. She was sleepy and finally fell down on the bed.

Veitriyx panted due to the intense pain rushing up his arm through his hand. Nidalee rushed over and tried to help him with her magic. She tried touching it but he shouted in pain.

"Arghh! Nidalee! Please don't!" Veitriyx begged.

Nidalee held his hand anyway and tried healing it. She concentrated and her eyes turned green. There was a distinct green aura around her and there was light on his hand. Veitriyx's skin on his hand had begun replicating at amazing speeds. A few seconds later, his hand was back, full, unmarred, and functional. However, Nidalee collapsed due to the intense magic she had given to heal his hand. Luckily, Veitriyx caught her when she fell, and thus, placed her on the bed beside Ahri, who was still sleeping. "What kind of magic does she posses..." Veitriyx wondered in his mind, when Ahri regained her conciousness and tried to cast her Charm on Veitriyx. However, he dodged it, tapped on the feather, and said "Silentium!". Ahri's fox fire dissipated immediately. Ahri was shocked and scared at the same time. She backed herself against the bathroom door as Veitriyx approached.

"Can you speak any language?" he asked politely.

"I can speak in your language." Ahri said cautiously, as if one wrong word would destroy her.

"You burned my hand, did you know that?" he asked.

"Y-y-yes.. I-I-I did. I'm so sorry." she replied, sobbing silently.

"It's alright Ahri. My hand is alright now." he said with care.

Veitriyx was holding Ahri's hand and trying to let her calm down when he noticed that one of her tails had a piece of wood stuck in it.

"What happened?" he asked as he moved in to inspect her tail.

"N-nothing." she said and as she hugged her injured tail, she winced in pain.

Her tail was bleeding and it looked like it hurt so, Veitriyx pulled some rope from his hat and said "Vincolorum." The ropes immediately tied around her at once, everything was bound except her wounded tail.

"I'm so sorry I had to imprison you Ahri, but you wouldn't let me fix it." Veitriyx said with a monotone voice.

Ahri squirmed as he tried to reach out for the tail. She willed her injured tail to hit him in the face. But, such actions had also consequences. As she hit him with her tail, the piece of wood got driven in deeper and she screamed. Veitriyx got his balance back and held Ahri's tail firmly. He uttered "Aufer ligno" and the wood pulled itself out. Ahri stopped squirming and sobbing for a second, then she realized that he had taken off the wood. He plainly chanted an incantation and burned the rope off. As for the gaping hole in her tail, Veitriyx knew that it was better to just bandage it. Ahri knew his intentions as she could read minds. She willingly gave him her wounded tail and her other tail grabbed the bandages, offering it to Veitriyx.

"T-thanks?" Veitriyx said awkwardly.

He wrapped the bandage around her tail and left it there.

"It should hurt for a week or so, but then it'll be all fine." he assured her.

Ahri was so happy that she gave Veitriyx a hug, which was unexpected.

"Thank you so much!" Ahri said in gratitude.

"I-i-it's alright." Veitriyx said, not expecting a hug from her.

After a couple of seconds in her hug, Veitriyx broke away with Ahri trying to follow after. Veitriyx pushed her away gently.

"I'm sorry Ahri." Veitriyx sad solemnly.

Ahri grabbed Veitriyx's arm. "B-b-but I can come with you! Right?" Ahri tried to say.

"Uhm, yeah, sure I guess so." he said.

After a few hours, Nidalee begun to regain conciousness and sat up straight. She saw Ahri combing her hair. Veitriyx was sitting on a chair near the door. She had a splitting headache and groaned, enough for Veitriyx to hear.

"Nidalee? Are you alright now? he asked with concern.

"Yeah, but I have a splitting headache and I still feel drained." she replied groaning.

"Hmm, maybe I could transfer some of my mana to you?" Veitriyx suggested.

Suddenly Ahri stood up and tried to volunteer.

"Me! I can give some of my mana to her." Ahri said with a smile.

"Ok. Ahri, come here beside me." he said.

Ahri came to where he designated and he held her hand and also held Nidalee's hand.

"Ok. Just think of it as a transfer. I am the connector. Just calm down." Veitriyx said.

The floor beneath him began to glow blue. He uttered only one word, "Transfero" and mana came out of Ahri's body and went into Nidalee. After the transfer was done, Veitriyx was exhausted. The transfer took away most of his energy, but Nidalee was alright and energetic now. They took their luggage with them and went through the streets of Demacia. They tried to find their way back to the port, but they found a dead end most of the time. Finally, when night fell, they found the port. Veitriyx bought three tickets for them and proceeded to sit on the benches provided. Nidalee couldn't sleep because of the mana Veitriyx gave her. However, Ahri was already fast asleep before the ferry even left the dock. Ahri laid down on Veitriyx's lap with some objection from Nidalee. Veitriyx ignored Nidalee and allowed Ahri to sleep on his lap. "Ahri's really pretty, but after that last thing she did, I am scared of her" he thought.

"Hey Nidalee, can I give you something when we get back to the Institute?" Veitriyx asked.

"Uhm, yeah sure." Nidalee said awkwardly.

The ferry ride took 15 hours to complete. They were finally at the Institute. The group was greeted by many summoners and other fellow champions. They first went into the Council Hall to greet the Head Councilors and apologized for their tardiness.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN. YOU HAVE NOT COME BACK FROM YOUR SCHEDULED DATE OF ARRIVAL. WHY IS THAT SO?" The Head Councilor said angrily.

The Head Summoner beside him tried to calm him down, but it didn't work. He was fuming with anger, until he saw Ahri cowering near one of the pillars.

"Wait, where in Runeterra did you find her? She was noted missing for weeks now." The Head Councilor asked with curiousity.

"Uhh, sir? We found her trying to seduce a man in Demacia. We followed and subdued her and brought her here. We treated all wounds we inflicted on her, which explains why she has a bandaged tail, sir." Veitriyx said with formality.

"Ah, I see. Please escort her to the Infirmary section and notify a healer at once. We shall investigate for her absence. You are forgiven and can be released now. Nidalee and Veitriyx. The Council thanks you for your capture." The Head Councilor said.

The pair turned towards the door and left. Ahri followed them, not knowing what was in store for her. They reached the Infirmary section and requested for a healer. Kayle attended to Ahri.

"Please if you will, just leave Ahri in my care." Kayle said with a gentle voice and smiled.

They left Ahri there in the room to be observed and analyzed. Kayle was dressed in a nurse's outfit, except with her wings sprouting from her back. When the two left Kayle, she immediately beckoned her to the X-ray room. There she saw an amonaly. There was some thing square-ish inside one of her tails. Kayle immediately brought her to a ward to change rest for awhile and change attire.

"W-what did you find?" Ahri asked nervously.

"Uh, it's just a little... something." Kayle's wings fluttered nervously while she said it.

Ahri took off her clothes in public and put on the gown in the hospitals. Kayle then pushed her bed to the Operating room. She was met with a yordle wearing a surgeon's clothes and a mask.

"Hello. My name is Kennen and I will be your surgeon for the day." he said as he smiled through the mask.

Kayle was assisting Kennen in today's operation. Kennen grabbed a syringe filled with a blue-tinged liquid. Ahri was about to ask but she didn't have any time at all because he put in the liquid in her. She was getting sleepy. The last thing she saw was Kennen holding a scalpel and some foreceps.

When she awoke, she felt horrible pain in one of her tails. She saw that she was on a bed recovering and her injured tail is on a cast, hanged above her. Kayle went in to check on her.

"Are you feeling any better now Ahri?" Kayle asked.

"Not really. My tail hurts." Ahri whined.

"It's alright. It should hurt for two to three more days." Kayle said suggestively.

Ahri nodded and Kayle left her room. Ahri sat on her bed with her tails extending, except her injured one of course. She huddled and hugged her knees and was longing for companionship.

Day after day passed. It seemed like an eternity to Ahri. Until one day, a knock was heard on her door. Kayle came in bringing in two familiar faces, Veitriyx and Nidalee.

"How are you?" Nidalee asked in an excited voice.

"Are you alright?" Veitriyx asked in a concerning voice.

"I'm alright you guys." Ahri said happily.

"Alright Ahri, it's ok for you to be released from the ward." Kayle said happily.

Ahri tried standing up but her feet felt like she hasn't walked in ages. She tried walking again, but this time she almost hit the ground, but Veitriyx caught her in his arms and slung one hand over his shoulder.

"It's alright Ahri. You'll get used to it again." Veitriyx said with assurance.

"Wow. Veitriyx is such a gentleman. He's also kind and loyal." Ahri thought while she was supported by Veitriyx. Nidalee was behind them and was kind of jealous. Ahri was brought back to her house to rest for awhile. Veitriyx laid her on the bed and removed the bandage on her tail. Ahri tried to flick them to test her healed tail. It seemed to work properly. Night was falling fast. Veitriyx tried to leave with Nidalee, but then Ahri stood and hugged Veitriyx tightly.

"Thank you." Ahri said with gratitude.

"N-no problem." Veitriyx answered.

Nidalee just grunted and motioned him to go. Veitriyx waved goodbye and teleported with Nidalee to her home. Ahri just waved back solemnly and went back to bed. Veitriyx and Nidalee arrived at her home. Nidalee was tucked into bed by Veitriyx. Before he left, Nidalee gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"T-thanks." he said awkwardly.

He returned back to his home and saw it burnt down to the ground. He saw a Noxian soldier stab his little sister.

"NO!" he shouted.

He jumped over the logs and placed his hand and ignited the soldier. He used the excess power the hat gave him and threw a solider to hit another soldier. He then turned into the soldier that killed his sister. He made him fly a few inches above ground, took his weapon and broke it in half. Before he went back, he gave his sister a proper burial. He grabbed the Noxian soldier by the collar and teleported them to a secret place. He chained the soldier and left food for him. There was absolutely no exit. He shut the door with magic and runes. "How dare he.. he.. just killed my sister infront of my eyes, but I am not like him. I will not kill him by my hand." he thought. He reopened the door and let him go. He ran away, probably going back to Noxus. He teleported back to his home and did not appear at the Institute for many days. Nidalee began to become suspicious and tried to find him, with no luck. She found the help of Ahri. Both went to the teleporting chambers.

"The place where Veitriyx lives." Nidalee said.

The chamber glowed blue because of the power needed to teleport two people to the same place. They finally appeared in a cloud of dust. Ahri coughed to let the dust go away. She suddenly stopped when her ear twitched.

"Shh, somebody's crying." Ahri whispered.

Nidalee understood. They went near the source of the sadness quietly, and couldn't believe that it was Veitriyx who was sad. Nidalee and Ahri sat in the both sides of him and tried to ask what was wrong.

"M-m-my.. sister... -is dead." Veitriyx sneezed and sniffled.

Veitriyx laid down on the bed sobbing and grieving. He kept talking to himself about his regrets and mistakes.

"It's ok Veitriyx, we'll find the one who did this to her." Ahri said.

"I found him, I let him go." he answered.

"Why?" Nidalee asked?

"Wouldn't you want revenge on him?" Nidalee asked another question.

"No. I am not like him. I was born on Ionia. I wanted peace and equality more than anything. But then until now, there is no equality. I must make equality myself.

Ahri and Nidalee thought he was joking, but he was intent on realizing his goal.

"Woah there, how are you planning to do that." both of the girls asked.

"You'll see. Just, wait and see." he smirked, which was something he had never done before, and tipped his top hat."

Ahri sensed darkness starting to consume him. She told Nidalee when they left. They knew who to bring him to. They brought him to a top of a mountain in Ionia. There they saw a hooded man meditating.

"Master Yi?" Ahri asked.

"Yes my child, what is it?" Yi asked.

"This guy here, name's Veitriyx. I sensed darkness coming over him. Can you try to drive it away?" Ahri asked politely.

"I cannot, only he himself can do that." Yi answered in a monotone voice.

"Well, can you help him remove it?" Nidalee asked.

"Certainly. Leave him with me and I will try my best." Yi said.

Nidalee and Ahri left Veitriyx with Master Yi. The pair went inside Yi's humble abode. There they meditated.

"Clear your mind and relax." Yi said calmly.

"I'm trying, but my mind is foggy." Veitriyx complained.

Veitriyx tried to do it again and he somehow succeed. Like someone lifted up the barrier. His face was at ease. He meditated with Master Yi for two days. Ahri went home but Nidalee was just hanging around the stout tree, waiting for Veitriyx. Riven came when Veitriyx was still inside the hut with Master Yi.

"So, what are you doing here, huntress?" Riven asked.

"I'm just waiting." Nidalee said.

"Waiting for?" she asked.

"Him." she said, gesturing at the door.

"Would you like some company?" Riven asked.

"I sure wouldn't mind it." Nidalee said happily.

The two talked for hours and hours with no sign of stopping, until Riven asked her a personal question.

"Do you like Veitriyx?" Riven asked curiously.

"I-I-I, well, uhm.. Maybe." Nidalee said blushing, obviously embarrassed.

"Oooh, so you do like Veitriyx. Does he like you back? Did you do anything already?" she asked excitedly.

"Slow down. One question at a time. Uhm, I don't think he likes me back. I've kissed him once, does that count?" Nidalee answered her questions in a short span of time.

"So, how long have you two been dating?" Riven asked.

"About 6 months now." Nidalee said.

"WHAT?! And all you did is kiss once?" Riven exclaimed, surprised.

"Yeah." Nidalee said.

"You guys should lighten up a bit." Riven said laughing.

Riven stood up and polished her blade on a nearby rock. Nidalee sharpened her spears idly. Nidalee's mind was troubled on the state of Veitriyx's mind. She didn't sleep for the past few days already. Riven often went to the local village and bought her food. She munched on them happily while answering Riven's almost infinite river of questions. Nidalee just looked on the door and hoped for the best.


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