Chapter 12: Friends
Hey everyone. This chapter is pretty random with randomness. Sorry it's taken me sooooo long to update. There are good reasons though... anyway I am going to catch heck for my ending -laughs evily-
"Why'd you call us Zero?" Chris asked as he entered the meeting room of the base.
"I just wanted to explain something to you guys," Zero answered looking at the group that had assembled in front of him. Nardi, Max, Chris, and Kazé were all in the meeting room with Zero.
"Which would be?" Nardi asked.
"One of the generals of darkness has been slain," Zero explained.
"By who?" Max asked.
"Me," Zero continued.
"When did this happen?" Kazé asked.
"Yesterday… Chaos attacked me and I slaughtered him," Zero explained.
"Chaos! But!" Kazé shouted.
"Yes… The general that killed my family," Zero sighed.
"Zero…" Chris muttered.
"It's alright…" Zero sighed, "I've told you Chris you don't have to worry about anything."
"Thanks Dad," Chris smiled.
"Well now what? Scath is in spirit form and out of commission and now Chaos is dead. The only ones left are Omega and Seraph," Kazé asked.
"I don't know. The Origin is most likely to send Seraph after us now…" Zero muttered.
"Seraph… He's the most powerful general of the group," Nardi muttered.
"In any case we're going to be in trouble…" Zero muttered, "But I have a plan."
"Which would be?" Max asked.
"We're going to relax," Zero smiled.
"Huh?" Nardi gasped.
"We need a break. We've been building the base and fighting evil with no down time. So now we're going to take the day off," Zero explained.
"That's…" Nardi mumbled.
"Never happened," Kazé finished.
"What you said," Nardi muttered.
"Do what you want, I'm going to the spring," Zero rose towel over his shoulder and left the building.
"WOOHOO!" Nardi's voice could be heard through the village.
"To be expected," Zero muttered. Zero made his way to the spring while his friends continued to stand stunned.
"What are you guys going to do?" Nardi asked.
"I don't know. I haven't had a day off in a long long long long time," Kazé smiled.
"Well I'm going to talk to Cierra," Chris smiled.
"I knew you liked her," Nardi smirked.
"No point hiding it," Chris smirked blushing, "Anyway I'm going to head over to her place." Chris stood to leave.
"Hey if you see Ein and Fia making out take pictures!" Nardi shouted.
"Whatever," Chris smiled leaving.
"Like father like son," Max laughed.
"What are you going to do?" Nardi asked.
"I'm going to help that Ritz guy in the mine," Max answered.
"That doesn't sound like relaxing," Kazé muttered.
"It's better than fighting The Generals," Max waved leaving.
"What are you going to do Nardi?" Kazé asked.
"I think I'm going to go to our little spa we secretly built," Nardi smirked.
"Good call," Kazé waved.
"What about you Kazé?" Nardi asked.
"I'm going to sleep," Kazé stood. He and Nardi left the meeting room and went on their separate ways.
Chris continued his journey towards Ein's house, which is where Cierra was currently living. Chris knocked on the door and waited for a bit.
"Who is it?" Cierra's voice called.
"It's me Chris," Chris announced
"Just a second!" Cierra announced. When the door opened Chris smiled and handed her some flowers he had picked.
"Here," Chris smiled.
"Thank you Chris," Cierra smiled, "They're beautiful."
"Your welcome," Chris blushed.
"Come in," Cierra blushed as well.
"Thank you," Chris bowed entering. The house seemed to be empty for the moment. "Where is everyone?" Chris asked.
"Ein and Fia have gone off on their own somewhere doing couple stuff as if everyone hasn't already figured out that their together. Ledah and Rose are having a picnic in the grove of response, Serene is off doing something with Jack, and Lina is off playing," Cierra explained.
"Wow, this place is almost never empty," Chris smirked.
"I'm enjoying the downtime," Cierra smiled putting the flowers in a vase.
"Cierra I was wondering if I could... You know… Take you to this spot I found?" Chris asked blushing.
"Sure," Cierra blushed as well.
"It's this way," Chris announced leading Cierra outside. The two walked past the mine and turned off the path. They made it to a second spring with a slight waterfall.
"I've never noticed that. How did you?" Cierra asked.
"I built it," Chris said.
"Huh?" Cierra muttered.
"Zero and I are endowed with special… Uh… Gifts. We can control the elements, fire, wind, water, earth, thunder, ice, light, and dark. Zero has been training me in manipulation. During my training I built this place up in practice of earth and then used my control over water to make it into a spring," Chris explained.
"Wow… It's beautiful…" Cierra smiled.
"I haven't shown anyone else yet," Chris smiled.
"It's really beautiful Chris," Cierra leaned on Chris.
"I even put up a small barrier," Chris pointed out.
"Wow," Cierra blushed.
Zero was sitting in the spring his mechanical leg sitting on the ledge next to his towel his arm and chest sealed and waterproof. He had removed his eye patch and had his many scar's showing.
"I should have done this sooner," Zero smiled leaning on the small ledge he had made with his towel still wrapped around his waist.
"Is Ein following us?" A feminine voice asked from the entrance of the spring.
"Oh no…" Zero muttered turning redder than Ein when you talked about Fia. He quickly clasped his hands together and caused a barrier separating the springs into two sides.
"What was that?" Another female voice called looking into the spring, "What happened?"
"I put up a barrier," Zero announced.
"Huh Zero!?!" Rose's voice shouted.
"That's why I put up a barrier," Zero shouted back. Zero heard some whispers.
"Alright were going to come in!" Lilly announced.
"What!?! You're here too!" Zero shouted.
"Yea. It's me, Rose, Fia, Lina and Serene," Lilly announced.
"This has become unbearably uncomfortable," Zero sighed. –Splash x5- "I'm out of here," Zero muttered wrapping his towel around his waist and getting ready to reattach his leg.
"Hey Zero," Lilly smiled peeking her head over the barrier.
"Huh?" Zero muttered blushing again.
"Where are you going?" Lilly asked.
"Away from here," Zero muttered attaching his leg, "No mater how many times I reattach that leg I'm never going to get used to the pain."
"Pain?" Serene asked her head popping over the barrier.
"Attaching all the nerves at once is very painful," Zero explained.
"Ow…" Lilly grimaced.
"I just wanted to show it to you now just in case Zero makes me tear it down," Chris sighed.
"Well in that case…" Cierra smiled. "Why don't we use it?"
"Huh?" Chris stuttered.
"I'll run by and get a towel and meet you back here," Cierra winked running off.
"This was not what I had in mind," Chris sighed going to the base to get a towel as well. Minutes later the two met back up in front of the spring.
"Well shall we," Cierra giggled. The two entered opposite sides of the springs and the hot water started to relax their troubles.
"I should have done this sooner," Chris smirked.
"Yea," Cierra smiled. –Unsplash-
"Cierra?"
"Don't worry," Cierra smiled. She walked around the barrier and got into the men's side of the spring.
"What are you doing?!" Chris shouted.
"Don't worry I still have a towel on," Cierra smiled moving closer to Chris.
"I do to but that doesn't make it any less awkward," Chris muttered.
"Don't you like me?" Cierra asked.
"No Cierra I love you," Chris confessed blushing and looking away.
"Huh?" Cierra stuttered.
"I love you," Chris confessed.
"Chris…" Cierra smiled.
"Do you love me?" Chris asked.
Zero continued on his way very very far away from the spring.
"Stupid girls making me leave the comfort of that really nice spring… Wait… What about the spring Chris and I built?" Zero pondered to himself.
"You finally cracking Zero?" Ledah asked, walking up to with a towel over his shoulder.
"Not exactly. And if I were you don't go to the spring," Zero nearly ordered.
"Why?" Ledah asked.
"Because a group of women just entered and forced me from my comfort zone," Zero sighed.
"That must have been difficult," Ledah laughed.
"Not really," Zero sighed.
"Well what are you going to do now?" Ledah asked.
"I don't know…" Zero answered.
"Well maybe we could spar?" Ledah asked
"Huh?" Zero muttered looking at Ledah with a sideways look.
"Yea, Max says I've gotten good enough to injure you at least once," Ledah smirked.
"Ok you're smirking and it's creeping me out," Zero shivered, "but I'll accept your challenge Ledah." Zero shook Ledah's hand and the two headed out to the training field.
"Nardi what are you doing?" Ein asked.
"Uh… Do you want the hard truth or an easy lie," Nardi smirked from his position peeking inside the window of Ein's residence.
"I want the entertaining lie first and the truth after," Ein asserted.
"Ok, the lie is I'm looking for you," Nardi smiled.
"That's much less entertaining than I thought it would be," Ein sighed.
"Who do you think you're dealing with?" Nardi smirked again.
"Alright now the truth," Ein commanded.
"You sure you don't want another lie?" Nardi asked.
"Just tell me!" Ein shouted.
"I was trying to spy on you and Fia making out," Nardi smiled.
"Who told you?" Ein shouted/asked.
"You want a convincing lie or the unbelievable truth?" Nardi smirked.
"JUST TELL ME!" Ein shouted.
"Ledah pointed it out to me several weeks ago," Nardi smirked.
"I'm going to get him," Ein grumbled.
"What's the deal anyway, wouldn't being a couple be a good thing?" Nardi asked
"Shows what you know," Ein growled.
"Sorry grouchy McGrouch pants," Nardi laughed.
"You're annoying," Ein shouted.
"And I have who to thank?" Nardi asked.
"Huh?" Ein asked.
"The person who's standing behind you," Nardi smirked.
"Huh?" Ein whirled around. Finding no one Ein turned to yell at Nardi but only found a small note on the ground, which read 'Yoink' "How I didn't see this coming a mile away eludes me," Ein sighed.
The barrier went up as Ledah and Zero readied their weapons.
"Hey Z!" Nardi shouted entering the field.
"Oh lord," Zero sighed.
"Hey Ledah I'd watch out for Ein if I were you, I told him that you told me that he and Fia were together," Nardi smiled.
"I am going to kill him," Ledah steamed.
"Take a number," Zero muttered.
"If I did what number would I be?" Ledah asked.
"67,359," Zero answered.
"You missed Ein," Nardi smirked.
"It's almost as if you're proud of how big your number is," Zero sighed.
"What about your number what would it be if I took one," Nardi shot jokingly.
"8,934,756 including the forces of darkness, 665 not including the forces of darkness," Zero answered.
"Dude," Nardi exclaimed, "Only one more and you'll get you're symbol back,"
"Hardly, Now Ledah where were we," Zero raised his blade.
"Right," Ledah smiled. Zero flew at Ledah who jumped out of the way, this didn't cause Zero to stop however, Zero wasn't attacking Ledah. Zero skidded to a halt at the higher ground. "What are you doing?" Ledah asked flames starting to form around him, "If you don't hurry… You might get burnt!" Ledah sent a column of fire towards Zero, who swatted it out of the way. Ledah came flying out of the smoke lance poised and ready.
"You're too slow!" Zero shouted sending a monstrous blast of ice towards Ledah who was engulfed ending the match.
"What was that?" Ledah asked as he emerged from the barrier.
"Pretty good huh?" Zero smirked.
"I guess…" Ledah mumbled.
"I don't know what to applaud, Your stupidity, or Your power," A white winged figure announced descending from the sky.
"Uh Ledah…" Nardi muttered.
"Huh?" Ledah muttered.
"Run," Zero shouted drawing his blade. The man landed and unfolded a second set of wings that had covered his upper body. His hair was long and white and his skin was pale, with yellow eyes. He had on a grey robe with the Origin's symbol embroidered on the front. A third set of wings covered his lower body.
"Hello Zero. News is you've been doing pretty well for yourself," The man smiled.
"The final General, Seraph," Zero growled.
"I'm glad you remember," Seraph smiled drawing a small rapier like blade.
"He's not overly arrogant like the others," Ledah noted drawing his lance.
"Though he would be the only one who deserved it," Nardi muttered drawing his two black chakarums.
"If only you served the Origin with your talents," Seraph sighed drawing a white long sword.
"Never thought of it," Zero smirked.
"Tis a pity," Seraph said from behind Zero.
"Hey Serene," Jack smiled meeting her in front of Ein's house.
"Oh have you seen Ein?" Serene asked, "Fia asked me to help look for him,"
"I don't know… Have you checked the spring?" I heard from Kazé he was headed there."
"Nope but I will. Thanks," Serene smiled turning to leave.
"Hey wait, Serene!" Jack shouted
"What?" Serene asked turning around
"I should have come before you killed Chaos," Seraph sighed looking at Zero, who was impaled to a tree with white spears in a crucifix like position, "This will be your second experience being crucified right?"
"Bastard," Zero muttered looking past Seraph to see Ledah face down in a pool of his own blood with Seraph's rapier in his back and Nardi who was leaning against a tree unconscious with several white spears sticking out of him.
"You're a fool," Seraph sighed swinging his long sword at Zero's head.
Suspense on several fronts. R&R. I did the suspense ending for one reason. I might not be able to update for a while. I know I'm evil but I'm moving and that always puts me in a bad mood thus making me evil... Oh well
Ch 13 Not Alone
Seraph is dealt with as reinforcements arrive with little time to spare. Jack comes into a very complicated situation, something very contrived that I thought of, as he fights Seraph.