Author's Note:
Disclaimer in previous chapters. Violence and Sexual Contant. Blah blah blah. You know the drill.
Over the next few days, Troy found it difficult to focus on his mission. If it wasn't Neo or Onyx, it was someone else constantly keeping their eyes on him. Eyes, always watching, glaring. He could handle it though. He was a soldier, a leader and he could handle anything thrown at him. Than why couldn't he handle this constant attraction to the naïve leader? He was always watching her while he gained his information. She was bound to slip up and spill something. The only problem he faced was that he couldn't get close to her because Neo was constantly swarming around her. If it hadn't been for that damn kiss than maybe he'd be able to get closer. At times when Neo disappeared he was able to get close to talk to her but she hardly ever spoke of the pendants and their powers.
It was night tine now, and Troy lay on his bed with nothing on but a sheet that covered the lower portion of his body.
Always training, always ready. Those pendants have to be used as some form of communication or something. Not to mention the fact that somehow one of the monsters was able to heal a broken arm on their own the other day.
Troy could see the pendants glowing when he walked through the village, but never saw lips move or anyone stray from their activities.
There is a hidden power here and I NEED to find out what it is. They may be strong and able to do things that men can't, but with a force of over 100,000 men and the perfect plan, we can defeat them.
Troy winced when he heard noises coming from the room next door. He didn't want to think about her, or that thing she was sharing her bed with. His thoughts wondered back to his mission until a voice inside him spoke up.
She's not going to come willingly.
I know that you fool! Troy, tired and weary, snapped back at his internal voice. I have to take her with me, so that she can expose the power of the pendants to myself and my lord. She knows how they work and she WILL make it work or else.
Troy finally drifted off into sleep with a smirk on his face.
In the room next door, Kate lay on the bed, tossing and turning in her sleep. She sat up suddenly, panting, sweat pouring down her face. Neo sat up beside her and set his hand on her shoulder.
"Kojika?"
Once the girl finally caught her breath she turned her head to face him.
"Kojika, what is it?" He said as he gently ran his fingers over her cheek and jaw line. His voice was laced with concern for his lover.
"I-I had a vision." She mumbled, struggling to keep the fear out of her voice. Neo worried about her no matter what, and it was worse when she had a vision. Aside from being painful, they were frequently terrifying.
Neo caught her eye and kept the contact. "Tell me." He said softly.
"I-I was on a strange horse and....."
Neo kept watching her eyes as tears welt up in them. Gently he placed his other hand on the other side of her face, holding it softly, but making her feel comforted.
"Go on." He said.
"I fell off the horse, and then men in black armor with red bands around their middle surrounded me. Oh, Neo, it was terrifying."
She pulled her head from his hand and buried it in his chest, wrapping her arms around his body. Sobs racked her slender form as she released her fear to him. Neo wrapped his arms around her and held her gently, laying her back down on her pillow and covering her with the sheets once more. He thought about what this dream or vision might mean. Kate had had visions before, and usually they were pieces of what was yet to happen. Neo didn't like the feeling of this one, and he held her shaking form close to his body. He comforted her and eventually soothed away her worries, dropping her into a peaceful sleep. Neo carefully took the visions from her head and held them in order to show Onyx the next day.
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The next day, Kate stayed in bed, still feeling sick from her vision. She slept thanks to a sleeping spell given to her by Veronique that left her with only pleasant dreams. After the days training, Neo found Onyx in one of the lower hallways, one occupied largely by various libraries and planning rooms.
"Ony-sama," he greeted, bowing. "We have a problem."
She raised an eye brow at the swordsman. "We seem to be having a lot of those recently."
"We have another one."
Onyx gazed at the monster for a moment before motioning him into an empty study. Closing the door behind them, she motioned to him to sit on one of the wooden chairs. Without a word, Neo took the seat and sent Onyx the images he had gathered from Kate the night before. A glazed look came into the woman's eyes, as though she was staring at nothing, and Neo knew she was examining the visions.
"I see," she said after a long moment. Walking to the desk, she sat on the corner of it and stared steadily at the monster, silently inviting him to speak.
"Her visions always tell us something, and I don't like this one." Neo said honestly.
Onyx gave him a sharp look, but after a moment turned to gaze at one of the tapestries on the wall. "I know, and nor do I," she answered softly, and looked as if she was deep in thought.
Neo stood quietly.
"Go to breakfast." Onyx finally said.
"But...."
She glared at him before he bowed and left the room.
Standing silently, the Yami walked over to the tapestry she had been gazing at a moment before. She had been surprised when the vision had showed the armor that the men wore. At the back of her mind, her past remained, unforgotten, but rarely discussed. Now, glaring at the tapestry as though it were at fault for everything wrong, she tore it from the wall and threw it to the floor before vanishing from the room.
The tapestry was a scene of an ancient battle, one waged many years before, by the King's army, against his dark foes, sorcerers and wielders of dark majic. The army of the King, depicted in tiny stitches, was clad in jet-black armor, with blood red sashes bound around their waist. They were lead by two women on horseback, both of them with long black hair.
After leaving the room, Neo sent for a tray to be brought up to Kate's room so they could have breakfast together. He had just rounded the corner into the corridor when he found Troy standing at Kate's door, looking like he was ready to open it.
"What are you doing?" Neo growled as he advanced on the man, stopping a few feet away.
Troy turned and looked the swordsman square in the eye. "I was going to check on her."
"She doesn't need you checking on her." Neo continued to growl as he glared at Troy.
The stranger glared right back at him, knowing that his presence annoyed the swordsman made it all the more fun.
"Well, I'm concerned about her." Troy said.
"You shouldn't be. She's fine."
"If she's fine, why wasn't she at training?" Troy said with an arrogant hint in his voice.
"Because she didn't sleep well last night and she's resting."
"But you just said she was fine. I don't believe not sleeping constitutes being fine."
The two were throwing fierce glares at each other.
"Why don't you just go to breakfast?" Neo growled.
Troy growled. "Because I want to check on her."
Neo wanted so badly to smash in the head of the arrogant man, but figured he better not. Well, not just yet that is.
"Leave her alone," he threatened. "She loves me."
Troy smirked as he got a thought that he knew would piss Neo off.
"That's not what she said yesterday when I had her up against the wall."
Neo's eyes flashed. "Take that back! She would never do anything with you."
"Really?" Troy hissed.
With that Neo threw a punch, hitting Troy square in the face. The man stumbled backwards a few steps, but regained his footing quickly and attacked the swordsman.
The soldier's first strike was high, aimed at Neo's head, but the blond ducked it, aiming a fast kick at Troy's legs, hoping to end this quickly. Troy was better than he'd thought, though, and easily jumped over the kick, retaliating by throwing a kick of his own into Neo's stomach. The monster was thrown backwards a few strides, but regained himself and leapt forward, throwing his next blow into Troy's side. Troy felt a piercing pain in his chest, and realized with disbelief that the monster had cracked one of his ribs with the blow.
Drawing in as deep a breath as he could, the soldier threw a feigned punch at Neo's shoulder. When the swordsman ducked away from it, he took Troy's real blow squarely in the mouth. His lips split, he kicked out, aiming at Troy's injured side, but the soldier grabbed his leg and twisted, forcing the monster to the ground. It was a mistake, though, for Troy found his own legs swept out from under him a second later. Landing hard on his back, he found the blond lunging towards him with deadly intent in his eyes. Drawing his legs up, Troy kicked the monster squarely in the chest a second before Neo could strike him. The swordsman, thrown backwards, caught himself on his hands and turned a flip, landing on his feet a second later. Troy, already standing, tensed as he prepared for another round.
"Stop it!" Both men ignored the yell and lunged at each other, but they were suddenly thrust apart by strong arms.
"Stop it! Both of you!"
Both men turned their shocked gazes to the person between them. There stood Kate, her arms stretched in order to keep them further apart. She was wearing a flimsy nightgown and her hair was a mess. Her eyes were still glazed over with sleep.
"Stop it, both of you! What the hell is going on?"
The two men just growled at each other over her head.
"Stop it!" After looking at the men, she called out, "Dian." The healer appeared promptly and bowed to her.
"Yes, my lady?"
"Attend to Troy while I attend to Neo, in my room."
The healer nodded and took Troy's arm, leading him to a chair in the corridor that was still standing. Kate pushed Neo into her room and closed the door before shoving him before her to the bedroom.
"Sit!" She barked.
Automatically, he sat down on the edge of the bed while she looked over his cuts and bruises. She didn't say anything for a moment as she touched Neo's bloody mouth, taking the wound onto her own lips before healing it.
"Kojika...."
She held up her hand and continued to take his wounds, healing them quickly. When she was finished she looked him in the eye.
"Tell me what happened." She asked, her voice softening slightly.
Neo couldn't help but admire how nice she looked, still flushed from anger and rumpled from bed.
"Neo!"
"I'm sorry. He insulted you."
Kate raised an eyebrow. "Insulted me?"
"Yes, I was protecting your honor, and he just attacked."
Kate glared at him. "Did he throw the first punch or did you?"
Neo sighed. He couldn't lie to her. Not this time, anyways. "I did."
"Neo, he's our guest!"
"But he insulted you in the most horrible manner!"
"What did he say?"
"That you... that he bedded you. And against a wall, no less!"
Kate stared for a moment before looking the monster in the eye. Neo wasn't sure if what Troy had told him was true, and she could see that worry in his eyes. Gently placing a hand on the side of his face, Kate answered his unspoken question.
"I don't want anyone but you. I would never break your trust by sleeping with someone else, especially a stranger."
Neo could sense the honesty in her words, and knew well that Katie was a poor liar. "Do you forgive me?" He asked, after a long moment.
With a slight smile she nodded. "Yes, I forgive you."
"Good, because I can't keep looking at you like this." He grabbed her around the waist, pulling her into his lap and assaulting her lips with his own.
She giggled. "Neo, please."
"You look so beautiful all angry and messy just out of bed." He said with a grin.
She couldn't help but smile. Later, she would confront Troy about this, but right now she just wanted the blonde holding her tightly.
It took almost an hour for Damus to find Onyx that afternoon. When he did find her, it was deep in one of the higher mountain caves. Onyx was dressed as he had rarely seen her, all in black leather with her feet bare and her hair loose. She was practicing her martial arts with impressive skill, lethal punches and incredible kicks destroying imaginary foes. He waited until she dropped to her knees, exhausted and gasping for breath, before he approached her.
"Mistress, Troy came to me a short while ago with a complaint." Conjuring a towel and a glass of water, he handed them both to her and took a careful step back as she stood up.
"He seems to have little else on his lips, what is it now?" The question, hard and angry, did little to deter Damus. He knew from experience that the anger was not directed at him.
"He claims that Neo attacked him in the corridor, and that it was both unwarranted and unprovoked."
Onyx drained the glass of water, which refilled, and drank half of it again before she had controlled herself enough to respond without anger.
"I will accept that it was perhaps unwarranted, but not unprovoked. No matter what his feelings for Troy are, Neo does not attack anyone without provocation or orders."
Wiping the towel across her face, the Yami took another deep breath, sighed, and glanced at Damus. "We'd best go and deal with this now. Otherwise, we'll have larger problems down the line."
Damus nodded slightly and the pair of them popped out of the cave together, heading back for the village.
"...it was completely unprovoked!" Troy, flushed and furious, leapt from his chair, pointing a finger at Neo, who glared at him from the opposite side of the table. Katie set a hand on Neo's arm, wisely preventing the blond monster from rising from his own seat.
Onyx raised an eyebrow at Troy. "So, what you are telling me is that you were walking down the corridor while Neo came up from the other side, and that my monster, completely out of the blue, came across the hallway to attack you?"
"I didn't say that."
"You did," came the soft growl from Daragon. The half-dragon had been called to the counsel room by Onyx before the meeting had begun. Now, the dark woman rose from her seat as well, motioning Troy to sit back down. He did, though reluctantly.
Onyx turned her gaze to Neo. "May I?"
The blond man nodded. "Of course, Mistress. My memories are yours to see."
The Yami nodded slightly and sat back down in her seat, her pendant already starting to glow softly. A second later, Neo's pendant began to glow as well. It did not take long before Onyx gave a grim, though satisfied nod. Turning to Damus, who sat beside her, she set her hand briefly on his pendant, apparently transferring something between herself and her mage.
Veronique, seated at her end of the table, turned slightly to glare at the girl sitting next to her. "You might have mentioned this sooner, Kate."
The blond girl glared back. "I was hoping that Neo and Troy would stop acting like morons and that this wouldn't happen!"
Sarah and Celtos both shook their heads slightly. The four leaders of the village, along with three of their monsters – Daragon was standing next to the doorway and Gartic was not present – were seated along one side of the long table, with the two Yamis occupying the seats at each end. Troy was left to sit alone, on the other side of the table.
Kate was sitting there trying to figure out what exactly was going on. She had heard the men fighting and had stopped it but she knew little more than that along with the partial cause. She sat there, continuing to hold Neo's arm to keep him from assaulting Troy again.
Now, Damus quietly picked up his staff, which had been resting against the table next to him since he'd sat down. Now, he stood up, pointing the staff at the far wall, which was blank, empty of any tapestry or torch.
To Troy's utter shock, horror and disbelief, the entire scene, exactly as it had happened from Neo's line of vision, began playing out on the wall. In sheer disbelief, he watched and heard himself taunting Neo.
"That's not what she said yesterday when I had her up against the wall." His own words, damning him, echoed dully through the room, followed by Neo's angry shout and the dull impact of flesh on flesh. The color drained from Troy's face, leaving him shock-white and shaking. What kind of demon was Onyx, to extract thoughts and memories directly from the minds of her monsters?
Kate stared at the scene feeling sick. No wonder Neo had asked her those questions! She had been sick all day from the vision, and now she couldn't hold it. Quickly she got up, knocking over her chair and ran from the room. Neo threw Onyx a despairing glance, and the Yami gave him a curt nod. Her permission gained, Neo leapt from his seat and raced after the girl. Veronique glared at Troy, her eyes flashing and making his blood run cold. She had that same look Onyx had had.
"Unprovoked, was it?" Veronique growled.
Troy just sat quietly, slouching slightly in his chair.
Kate had run outside and around the corner of the mansion before she lost everything. She fell on her knees, crying from the pain and the anger that she felt. She couldn't control it anymore and began to shake violently. A moment later, Neo's arms came around her, holding her, and his voice came, whispering Elvish in her ear. He knew that the musical language soothed her, calmed her, and he knew that she needed calming now.
Slowly she began to calm down until she was sick once more. Neo hid the expression on his face and held her gently as she let it all out. When she was finally finished she wiped her mouth on her sleeve and leaned against him.
"All better now?" He asked.
She nodded. "A little."
The soft light from the moon fell upon the two of them as he held her close. He continued speaking to her in Elvish as he gently touched her stomach. A soft glow appeared before the nausea was totally gone from the girl.
"Come on. Let's go back inside." Neo said softly as he helped her up.
Wrapping her arm around his waist she spoke again, "I can't go back in there. I'll just get sick again."
"No one said we had to go back in that room." He said as he helped her around to the front of the mansion. "If you'd like, you can stay in my house for the night."
Kate looked at him with a grateful look in her eyes. "That may be best."
Back in the conference room, Onyx turned to Troy, absolute fury radiating off of her. There was a knife in her hand, Troy realized suddenly, and, not for the first time, feared for his life at the hands of the Yami.
"Daragon," Onyx said, her voice tightly controlled, "take this scum to his room. Make sure his door is fastened and assign a guard outside the room. His access to the village and all areas of the mansion is hereby restricted and he is to be under guard at all times." Turning the knife upside down in her hand, Onyx brought the handle of the knife down on the table like a gavel. "Dismissed!"
Daragon took a firm grip on Troy's arm and all but dragged him back to his room. "Scum," the half-breed hissed in his ear as they walked. "Neo is my friend." A few seconds later, Troy found himself unceremoniously thrown on the floor of his room. The door was slammed behind him, and Troy found himself lying on the floor of his room in the dark.
Sitting cross legged on the floor in his living room, Neo closed his eyes and tried to focus on calming himself. Although he didn't often meditate, it was a useful way to control his emotions, especially as far as fear and anger were concerned. After a moment, he felt a gentle nudge at the edge of his mind, and recognized the presence as Onyx.
'Mistress,' he thought quietly. 'I have Katie with me. She wishes to stay in my house tonight.'
'I think that is for the best,' came the calm reply. 'Daragon volunteered to guard Troy for the night, so you will have the house to yourselves.' Because of the huge number of monsters in the village, it was customary for two or three monsters to share a house, although those higher in the command structure, like Damus and Celtos, were given their own.
Neo sent a quick acknowledgement back through the pendant and rose, slowly. He stretched out his arms and back, stripped off his shirt, boots, and socks – his armor was still back at the Mansion, in Katie's closet – and tossed them on the floor before walking through the gold velvet curtains that separated his bedroom from the living room.
Kate lay quietly on the bed, wearing not much more than one of Neo's shirts that was slightly large on her. She turned her head to look at him as he entered.
"Hey." She said softly as she looked him over.
"Hi." He said as he moved over and climbed up on the bed next to her and pulled her close.
"I'm sorry Neo." She said, trying not to let the moisture that came to her eyes fall.
Gently he ran his fingers through her hair. "What are you sorry for?"
"For bringing him here and causing you such pain."
Neo sighed. "It wasn't your fault. You didn't know he was going to turn out to be a complete jerk."
She wriggled closer to him, making him become very aware of her presence. "I know but I could have prevented all of...."
Neo laid his finger against her lips. "Do not think about that tonight." He whispered.
Kate looked into his eyes and realized that it was not worth it to argue. Besides, she hated when she argued with him, but they never stayed mad long.
"I'm just glad you trust me as much as I trust you." She said.
"It would take a lot for our trust to break." Neo said, running his finger gently across her lips, than her jaw line.
After a few moments Neo was kissing her softly. This was another way to calm her down as well as himself, in a sense that is.
Troy pushed himself up off the floor. The room suddenly felt very cold. After removing his boots be climbed into bed. A new set of thoughts ran through his head.
How the hell am I suppose to get out now? She probably won't even come near me. Damnit, what have I done? Well I'll just have to think up a better plan. Knock out my guard or something.
He stayed awake the rest of the night thinking about what to do and when to do it.
The next day, Troy woke with a splitting headache from the lack of sleep. He felt as if someone had slammed his head into a wall. He dressed, but realized he'd have to wait in order to be let out of his room. He was a prisoner in this strange land, but hopefully it wasn't for long.
Down in the village, Kate lay asleep in Neo's bed as the swordsman was up and dressing. He turned back and looked at her, a smile spreading across her face. She looked good tangled within his sheets, her hair spread over the pillow. Carefully he knelt back on the bed, leaning towards her. She stirred slightly but became still once more. Neo gently moved the stray strand of hair from her face before placing a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"Sleep my love." He whispered before getting up off the bed once more and leaving the house.
In the village Square, it was Sarah, not Onyx, who met him. "How is she?" the Hikari questioned, motioning for the monster to fall in beside her as they walked to the training fields.
"I left her sleeping." When he saw Daragon practicing with a quarterstaff on the other side of the field, he glanced at Sarah questioningly. "Who is watching Troy now?"
"Amazia," she answered, and Neo nodded slightly. The Amazon Archer was an attractive but dangerous woman, and had broken a few noses of the male monsters brazen enough to come onto her.
"She'll let him out at breakfast time," Sarah explained, "but not before. I'm overseeing the guard duties for the time being, Onyx is off doing combat training in the mountains, but she said she'd be back by dinner time."
"I sincerely hope so. No offense to yourself or any of the other masters, but Ony-sama is the only one that can truly control him."
"Of course... if that's your idea of control."
Neo sighed softly, and, looking grim, the two walked to the practice field.
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Kate woke up suddenly, the visions racking her mind once more. Oh god, the visions! If only they weren't in pieces. She groaned as she fell back on her pillow. Not to mention these visions were becoming physically painful as well. Looking at her leg after moving it out from under the blanket, she saw a large bruise on her calf. Carefully she healed the wound on her leg and continue to lie in the bed, tangled within the warm sheet. They would have been warmer had Neo been by her side, but she knew he had to train with the others. She looked around the room. It was awfully lonely but with these visions, she couldn't find the strength to get up. She closed her eyes and attempted to drift off into dreamland.
Back in the mansion, Troy sat quietly in his room trying to figure out a plan. After seeing how powerful Onyx was, he was hesitant to try anything with the woman who now stood outside his door.
The only way to do this is to knock out the guard, find the girl and get the hell out. My men will be waiting.
They were supposed to meet in three days, so he'd have to put a plan into action soon.
When Veronique spotted Neo on the training field, she quickly and carefully approached him.
"Neo." She said, making the swordsman turn to face her.
"Veronique-san," he said with a bow.
"How is my light?" She asked, looking slightly worried, but trying hard to mask it.
"She's well. Sleeping when I left her."
"Is she okay? I mean she's not distraught over..."
Neo placed a hand on the Yami's shoulder. "She's fine. She just needs rest and time."
Veronique sighed. "Thank you," she said before walking off.
Neo stood quietly for a moment as he felt nervousness, fear and guilt run through him. He wasn't the one projecting it though. Quickly he left the training field and headed back to his house. He went inside and moved the curtains to his bedroom. Kate was tossing and turning on the bed again but this time so violently that the blankets were all over the ground. Quickly he hopped on the bed and grabbed her arms, forcing her to stop moving.
"Kojika! Kojika I'm here! Wake up."
The only thing Kate could see was a sea of black armored men. She was standing over them on a balcony and she was terrified. She could not stand heights as all and this made her thrash more.
"Kojika, wake up!" She heard.
Finally she managed to open her eyes. She had been holding her breath. She started panting, trying to get air in as the sweat covered her body. Neo hovered over her before pulling her up into his embrace. Holding her shaking form he spoke to her in Elvish once again to sooth away the nightmares. Instantly he took them from her mind in order to supply them to Onyx once more. This time though she hardly stopped shaking. She was soaked with perspiration and crying violently at times. Neo wasn't sure of what to do at first but than he figured it out. He'd have to ask Onyx to sit down with her.
Finally Neo was able to calm her down, but the only thing was that she now refused to sleep.
"No." She said, shaking slightly.
"But Kojika, sleep is the best thing for you," he said with concern in his voice.
She looked him in the eye. "Every time I close my eyes, one of those visions comes up. I can't take them anymore Neo."
Neo sighed. "Than give them to someone else if you can't handle them!"
Kate just looked at the swordsman for a moment, he had a point. Slowly she moved away from him and stood up.
"Kojika?" He looked confused. She only pushed him away, anger flaring within her.
Slowly she pulled her breeches on before taking off the shirt she borrowed and pulling on her own. She sat down on the edge of the bed and began pulling on her boots.
"Kojika, what's wrong?"
"I'm going to find someone." She replied as she laced up her boot.
"Who?"
"The one who can handle these damn visions." She laced up the other boot and stood up.
"You should go back to training."
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" He asked as he came around the side of the bed and stood before her.
"Yes." She said before wrapping her arms around him and kissing him deeply on the lips.
He kissed her back before letting her go. They walked out the door together before walking together to the training field.
"Who are you going to give them too?"
"That's a surprise." She said with a smile.
He was glad she wasn't feeling bad anymore, though he could tell she was limping slightly. He had seen the bruise on her leg, but couldn't figure out where it had come from, until he looked at the visions. He cringed at the thought of these things really happening. The thought alone made him pull the girl tighter to his side. When they made it down to the field, Kate's eyes searched the area.
Where are you Celtos? She wondered.
At the opposite end of the training field, Celtos was sparring with another Celtic Guardian. This one, a young Elf by the name of Seltis, was younger and less skilled than his older counterpart, but nearly his match in strength and speed. As Katie approached, Celtos used a sweeping twist of his own blade to disarm his opponent, sending the other Elf's sword spinning away to land on the hard ground several feet away. Panting slightly, the young Elf bowed to him.
"Your match, sir."
Celtos nodded slightly. "You are improving, Seltis, but you need to control your temper when you attack. It's getting you into trouble, because you attack rashly, and without thought of the result."
Seltis bowed once again, retrieved his sword, and quietly walked to the edge of the training field to wait for the end of the day's session. Kate approached Celtos quietly, still debating if this was the right thing to do. She was looking at the ground when she heard him speak.
"Morning Kai-san. Feeling better?"
Kate looked up at him. "A little."
Celtos looked into the young girl's eyes. They were still filled with fear and he could tell she was trying to keep her hands from shaking. Gently he placed his hand on her shoulder after sheathing his sword.
"What is it, Kai-san?"
She looked at him for a moment. "Can you get down on your knees for me?"
Being shorter than him, Kate couldn't give him the visions if she couldn't reach his head. The Elf raised an eyebrow.
"I beg your pardon?!"
"Please, Celt, just do this okay?"
Hesitantly the Elf got down on one knee, making his head come to about the middle of her chest or so. He looked up at her with question in his eyes. Kate just sighed before placing her hands on the side of his head and mumbling some words. After a few moments a blue light began to emit from Kate's hands. Some of the monsters that were training nearby had stopped and were watching carefully. Though Kate has some majical powers, this looked strange. After a few moments the blue faded from her hand and she steps back, releasing his head.
"Kai-san?" He asked.
"I couldn't handle the visions any more Celt." She pulled up her right pant leg.
Celtos looked at the bruise stretching up her leg that slowly began to fade before his eyes.
"Y-you gave me your visions?" He asked, sounding a little choked up.
"Yes. I respect you and trust you will use them to help everyone."
Celtos pulled her into a hug. "Oh Kai-san! Thank you! Thank you for trusting me enough to give me your gift."
Kate smiled and hugged him back. "You're welcome."
The other monsters quickly went back to their training before Kate left Celtos. Neo walked up to her before she got far and gently took hold of her elbow.
"Are you going to be all right?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm just going to go take a bath and change. I'll see you at breakfast."
Neo nodded before kissing her cheek and walking off to train.