Ash the Manslayer

Chapter 8

Silver's Shine

SLASH!

May expected her death to hit her but she felt nothing and heard a scream. "AHH!" She heard. She opened he eyes slowly and saw Ash with his sword drawn attacking the shadow dragon soldiers. They were trying to attack Ash but to no avail. The last one ran of into the castle to warn everyone. Ash ignored him and walked to May and cut her loose. May stood up and looked at Ash angrily and slapped him hard. "I deserve that." Ash said sadly. He expected another slap to hit his face but May just jumped into his chest and cried happily. "I knew it, I knew you weren't evil." She sobbed. Ash looked down and wrapped his arms around her. "May," He spoke slowly. "I sorry for everything that happened, I love you." He spoke. May looked up with tears in her eyes and a smile. She stood on the tips of her toes and kissed him passionately on his lips. Ash kissed back passionately. They both wanted to stay like they were forever but they parted and Ash spoke up. "Come on we have a royal family and our friends to save don't we." He said. May smiled and they ran towards the dungeons.

On the way soldiers charged at Ash foolishly trying to stop him. "Death to the traitor!" They cried out. Ash just slayed them one by one until they were all dead. When they reached the dungeons everyone was shocked to see May alive and with Ash. "What do you want traitor." Richie yelled. "To get kill this organization." Ash relied. He opened the cell and Richie just came and punched him in the face. "I deserve that as well." Ash said. He and Richie just stared at each other. "Why did you betray us." Richie questioned. Lance got out of his cell and stared to open the kings. "Richie its like this if we went in we probably wouldn't have made it through all those men and the other three saint dragons and my father." Ash explained. "So I only played the part as a traitor to get us out of their." Ash finished. "Then why didn't you tell us that might happen." Richie asked. "Then my father would have seen through an act and with all that anger and me attacking you guys made it believable." Ash finished. "I was wrong about you Ash. "Me too Ash I guess the king always has a good sense of judgment." Lance added in. The king and his wife were hugging May glad that she was alive. "What do we do next Ash?" Norman asked. "Well your majesty you and your family will abandon this castle and get away from here as fast as you can." Ash said. Norman nodded and agreed. "Come on lets get out of here." He said to his family. May didn't move when he said that. "No I don't want to go." She said. Ash walked to her and looked at her sternly. "Listen I don't want you to get hurt and if you did I could never go on to forgive myself." He said. "May looked down and nodded and ran of with her family. Ash watched her run out of the castle and turned to Lance and Richie. "Come on lets go." He said and they were off.

The three ran down the corridor down to the castle. "Where are we heading Ash?" Lance asked. "To the thrown room where my father is waiting for us." Ash replied. "Then we'd better turn this way it's the quickest through three rooms." Lance called as he led them in down another corridor. Soon they came to a pair of doors to the first room. "Lets go." Richie said and opened the door. Ash and Richie looked at the huge room. There was no furniture or anything it was just plain, but they were amazed at how huge the place was. "This room is huge." Richie said. "Yeah it was used for parties and feast for lots of people and the next one is through that door and down a corridor, the next room after that, and corridor to the thrown room after that." Lance explained. "Well there's the door so lets go." Richie said. As soon as they walked forward a wind blew at them and pushed them back to the door. "What the hell was that." Lance cried.

They looked to se a figure at the jump down to the middle of the room. He was dressed in a white and blue kimono with the wind symbol on it. He had blue and shit hair long hair with half of his head covered by it and the back in a ponytail. He was carrying and long thin sword on his side looking ready to fight. "It's Shiv the wind dragon." Ash said. "Nice to kill you." Shiv said. "No problem there's three of us, we can take him." Lance said. "No." Richie said. Lance and Ash turned to him. "I'm his opponent you two go on ahead I have a score to settle with him." Richie said. Lance was about to object and try to talk him out of it when Ash stopped him. "He's right not all of us have to be here to take one guy on lets go Lance." Ash said. Lance agreed and the two ran of past Shiv and towards the door. Suddenly Ash stopped. "Hey Richie you better join us after you beat him." He called. Richie smiled and nodded. "I'll be there." He called back and watched his friends disappear. "Oh how touching makes he feel like sick as shit." Shiv said mockingly. "Well you don't have to feel like it since you already look the part." Richie spat back. Richie drew all two swords and stood ready. "You know I never thought I'd see you again." Shiv said. "Well I'm glad you did." Richie said as he placed his third sword into his mouth and charged in and Shiv began as well. "You'll loose like before and this time I'll kill you." Shiv said evilly. "That isn't going to happen this time." Richie cried as their swords connected and they flung each other back and charged again. "I"LL KILL YOU!" They each screamed.

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Next chapter: Heart's Sword

Preview: Richie and Shiv face off in a titanic grudge battle that leads Richie down memory lane to why he started hunting and killing Shadow Dragons

Sorry that I haven't updated in a while.