Memory Of Light Waves
By Firestarr
Chapter Twelve – The Tarou rat
I was taken captive accused to Aelyn's deth I tried to tell the truth but Lyan wasn'y even there. We head back to prontera I walked while my hands were chained they took my weapons and armor and every single zeny I have thay all confiscated it and including the necklace I have I have. Its been another day but that night I can over hear Jhayz, gunner and Lyan arguing about me from a small wagon I was kept inside. Maybe Jhayz was trying to defend me. But Lyan didn't listened. As we head bak to prontera I was taken in the knights barracks. That morning. I thought they would lock me up in the dungeon of the castle. my throath was dry I can't speak clearly, they haven't given me water to drink and sora from screaming and crying, but still no body believed me. i heard that moring Jhayz and Gunner left Lyan maybe thaycan't stand what has happened to me.
When I was brought to the barracks it was the second time I saw Lyan since theincident last night he was the one who brought me in custody in the barracks of prontera, buthe never looked at my eyes, he looked different and his eyes were so cold. He drag me inside the room. I felt my tears come out from my eyes it wasn't like him to do that to me.no man has drag me like a rag doll to be tossed at the corner of the room. I felt so hurtful. I just cried in the corner of the room then he walked towards me and bent down as he stared at me.
"Lyan… I didn't killed her. Why would I do that for such shallow reason?" I pleaded. He just stared at me I can see he was trying to control his rage from his eyes. But it was filled with tears and then he looked a way.
"that's what I saw Valenarr… my eyes saw you draw it out from her body, what should I believe. .?..."
"Then you still don't believe me? " Vale asked
"Aelyn. . . is a daughter of one of my superiors. I don't even know what to believe anymore.. if she was killed by the doppelganger.. or by you.. "
Then Lyan threw out her necklace on the floor Valenarr picked it up.
"What about my things.."
"IT'S NOT MY CONCERN!"
"lyan but I'm penniless …"
"… there's nothing i can do for you ………………….go.." Lyan opened a small hatch leading to an underground tunnel.
"huh?..."
"GO leave now……..before I change my mind!"
Valenarr quickly stood up on her knees as she head down the tunnel "lyan….. I… I'm sorry………" but Lyan shut the hatch he didn't bother to listen to her. There's nothing more she can do.
I crawled out from the tunnel drainage it lead to the culverts, it was slippery and cold I didn't have any protective gear with me. so instead I just ran across the sewer dranage trying to avoid large thief bugs. It was horrible and disgusting . I climbed out of the sewer that led to the outside of the city wall
I don't have any place to go but I remembered the old house we live in prontera field from the east plains I walked my way back hom , as the sun sets It felt cold I had no coat with me , the autumn breeze was cold during this season, Hungry and cold, the sole of my feet are aching I want to sleep its been almost from dusk til dawn i haven't rest. No food nor water nor any thick coat wrapped before me, my zeny gold armor and weapon and all were taken away I have none but myself… I'm trying to be strong am I strong? Or blind I'm such a fool to believe. I said to myself.
The whole afternoon a threaded the path leading to the end of the long walk, and their in the middle of the foothill of the prontera grass land is home. When I entered I felt such sorrow, the old table by the small stove was dry and full of burnt wood. .. I can't help the tears came out from my eyes.. as I walk towards the corner o the house lies a small doble deck bed my uncle made for me and Vyze..
"Uncle, Auntie… eventhough you raised me as my foster parents … you were my family.." Vale whipered touching the cloth of the mattress memories satred to haunt her. The whole house was empty and dusty it was only like yesterday it was her birthday and they went to the city for the first time Valenarr saw Prontera ina different aspect.
"Vyse… you little spunk kid… where ever you are youwere always in my thoughts.." she said. Vale climbed up from the roof of the small cottage, on the roof top where she used to watch from above
" I thought I would never set my foot here not like this all alone…" she said as she stared at the sky and watch the vast landscape seen from the top.
"Midgard……you are beautiful land that seemed peaceful, yet you have different tales.." Vale sat down and unfold a small piece of cloth inside it is the necklace. Her uncle gave her, and made her travel from afar, and returned by the knight who betrayed her. Vale began to cry.
" Napchore… I don't know if I will find you I lost every thing.. I'm hopeless" Vale cried and cried.. under the stars that night.
Before the sun came out there was a smoke coming from the roof. Vale opened her eyes when she gained consciousness from sleep.
"Somethings burning?z' she whispered. Someone was here? she thought slowly she peeked from the roof top window. And notice something was simmering in the stove Someone was here maybe because of may deep sleep I didn't woke up why haven't I notice I t yesterday there was a burnt wood meaning there was someone using the stove
She heard footsteps coming back inside .. she moved away slowly from the roof window and looked , and didn't moved an inch. Some how the intruder felt her presence. As it came close by the roof window , valenarr didn't take any chance to look back who was it since she was defenseless
She has no idea who was it and waited for a couple of minutes until she felt the door closed as the intruder left the house. Valenarr slowly peeked by the window . no one's there, aand she creeped down the small hatch back inside on her bed she moved slowly and looked outside the window, no one was outside
"Good thing he didn't notice that im on the roof" she thought and looked at the stove. It was a hot pot of simmering curry stew. Since she haven't eaten for almost two days. She took a small spoon from the dusty cupboard and wiped with with a dry cloth, although she didn't want to eat. And took a spoon full of the stew.
The hungry rogue took a couple of sips almost half way full of the simmering stew , but then she heard foots steps coming back at the house. Quickly she hid herself underneath the bed as the intruder went in she saw his feet walking towards the stove, "What the!..." he gasped noticing the stew was half way full.
A man…….. she thought recognizing g the male voice oh dear how can I get out now! Vale remained curled underneath the bed as she observe the man inside the house , he moved fromevery corner of the room and looked in every corner of the house even behind the door.
"No one's here?... it must have left?" he said not noticing the bed as he moved slowly towards it Valenarr's was perspiring so much thinking she mightget caught, but it stopped as he sat on the bed. as she felt the man picked up his legs and he laid down for a rest Vale felt his weight buldge underneath the mattress
damn't how can I get out now.. I can't even move from my place but then the man sat up from the bed and went by the table she can't see what does he looked like , she watched closely from beneath the bed as went back and lied down. She heard him munching on something
He's eating damn't I'm so hungry then her stomach growl Oops oh no! some how the man stop from eating Damn't Valenarr! Your stomach is making noises , but the it continued muching again
Oh no did he heard my stomach growl good thing he didn't notice it
There were nuts scateered on the floor He's eating cahew nuts ,messing the whole house dripping those nuts will attracts rats here what a stupid guy! She thought but still he continued eating , somehow Vale can't help her hungry but stare at the nuts on the floor , and then a handful dripped again as a few pieces rolled underneath the bed and vale took and ate it as the intruder continued eating on the bed
Oh dear how pathethic of me eating left overs.. I'm so very hungry she thought then a handful of nuts as it rolled again underneath the bed
Wait a minute he must have notice it im inside the house.. Vale didn't took it even it's tempting her ..after a couple of minutes passed . The whole bag of nuts fell on the side of the bed as she heard him snore
Good he's asleep she slowly moved an inch and slowly she took the bag full of nuts and slid it underneath the bed and ate it suddenly a water fell on the floor Oh Good Water now I'm thirsty she slowly moved and inch to reach it but it was too far away
She creep slowly out of the bed but suddenly she was nabbed with a cloth covered her
"GOTCHA YOU TAROU RAT!" the man nabbed her lured her from the trap , the two of them fell on the floor as Vale try to struggle free underneath the cloth , the man was strong he dragged her onto the bed and held her hand
"YOU IDIOT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN' IN MY HOUSE!" he yelled at her , but she continued to struggle free as , double deck collapsed beneath them
"Let me go!" She yelled
"Huh! A woman!" he recognized the female voice ,Quickly the she ripped the cloth
"You!" they were both surprised when they saw each other.
"YOUR HOUSE ! ARE YOU STUPID I USED TO LIVE HERE!" she said
"I 'TS YOU AGAIN HEY MISSY…. YOU USED TO LET ME REPHRASE THAT I LIVE HERE IN THIS ABANDONED SHACK!...I THOUGHT IT WAS A TAROU RAT INSIDE MY HOUSE.. BUT IT WAS A BIG RAT… THE NAKED RAT STUCK BY THE STREAM IN KORDST HAHAHA" he laughed
" NAKED !YOU PERVERT… I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED YOU TO HELP ME.. AND NOW HERE YOU'RE NESTING IN MY HOUSE..!" she shot back at the monk
"WHO'S THE INTRUDER HERE NIBBLES FROM FOOD SCRAPS UNDERNEATH THE BED.. BUT A TAROU RAT LIKE YOU!" he yelled and took her hand as he pulled her out of the house.
"What re you doin'!" trying to push him back inside the house.
"Hey HEY! I told you this is MY HOUSE!i and you STAY out I hate intruders!"
"hey I saved your life yesterday from being shot!"
"…… and I saved yours.. that is repayed .. and I saved you before that by the stream okay.. YOU ATE MY BREAKFAST YOU ATE MY NUTS! You have enough okay? And you stays out of my house!" She pushed her away and he closed the door shut , Vale knocked at the door.
"You creep! Let me in!"
"no!'
"LET ME IN YOU MORON!"
"NOT IN A LIFE TIME!"
Vale kicked the door "GO AHEAD TRY TO WACK THE DOOR YOUSAID IT WAS YOUR HOUSE AND WRECK IT!" the monk said. She remembered there was a roof window behind the house she went at the back of the house and pushed an old wooden barrel the was set aside, she used it and went on the roof and when she got on the roof she saw it was closed
"HAHAHA …… I NAILED IT SHUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN ENTER LITTLE TAROU!" he laughed
Vale was so irritated that day "Let me in!" she said but he wont "NOT in a lifetime you even ruined my bed!" he replied. So she stayed on the roof for a few minutes , she heard fixing the bed , it was useless Vale stayed on the roof top that time , a few hours passed, still she asked him to get in but he wont let her instead laughed at her.. another hour passed it was high noon she could smell he was cooking from the inside
"What are you cooking?"she asked
"None of your business ! starve if you wnt you ate my stew this morning!" he said
"Fine ! who cares! Hmph!" she yelled, but the poor hungry rogue was really starving ..a few minutes Valenarr smelled something was burning! She could hear him scream so irritatedly vale laughed " I could smell something's burning from the stove! Hahaha!"
"…Shut up!" he Yelled valenarr just laughed he could hear her laugh and irritates him so much.
"what rae youcooking I can't even guess it all I could smell it burnt coal…. Yousure know how to cook?" she asked
he didn't answer but he just yelled "What's wrong!"
"Shut up now I'm just going to ate burned rice .. it cost me a lot to buy grain at the market!'
"If you like feed it to me I can eat it myself." She laughed
"Not a chance "
"You know youcan fix that do you have garlics with you and salt?" she asked
"…. Yeah why what about it?"
"You can sautee it with minced garlic and a pinch of salt, and you can eat it" she said . after a few minutes she heard him cooking again , and smell the scent of garlic rice "You've got it right? See I told you" she said
"yeah I got it right….so what do you care ? you think you're going to get some.. not a chance" he exclaimed and laughed.
Vale was so irritated " See if I care . she didn't mind him instead she just stayed on the top of the roof til the evening
What a guy he got some nerve to stay at my own house and let me stay out… im really hungry he must be taking an anfternoon nap.. why do I ran to cruel people. He does look like Napchore but he is way rude conceited selfish and stupid as well he doesn't even know how to cook for himself and what a filthy idiot he eats on bed, he doesn't mind food scraps on the bed. or maybe he's just luring me to be caught she giggled thinking of his stupidity
"I can hear you laughing there" he said behind the roof door
"Oh I see now you're sleeping on my bed you got it fixed" she exclaimed
"and so what is it to you? So this was your bed wow now it's mine.."he laughed
"You moron.. it's not yours… ……and it's not mine either" she replied
"not yours?i thought you lived here?' he began to ask
"I used to .. my this is my uncles' house.. I was raised here as their own , he made this when he was still a hunter during his days I grew up here ."
"where are your real parents?" he asked
"I don't know they've said they were gone .. maybe they have died.. i take them as my real family.. I don't know where they are" she said
" I remembered.. what happen to you where are your things, the last tiem isaw you was during the uprising n britonian.. you were with that knight I saw him back then " he asked
Vale didn't answer… soon after that he heard her crying " Hey whats' wrong are you crying?" he asked but still valenarr continued to cry that time
"….. He lied to me and left me penniless.." she said
"What!... I thought yout two were…"
"….. I was accused he thought I killed his love one.. I didn't know he was to be wed, the real thing is I was looking for someone else, but I .."
".. you stayed with him ? why would you trust someone easily like that?"
".. he told me he was never to be found.. I'm looking for someone dear to me… but now I can't even find him…." She said…
"You shouldn't have trusted him….. you're Valenarr right?"he asked
".. its too late for that .. how did you know my name?" she asked
"I heard it when that knight called you by the stream"
"and what is your name..?"she asked again
" Ruiseto…."
"ruiseto nice name…what does that mean? "
"Small ruler in oriental language .. . you know you should be wary of your actions and decisions. Look what happened to you.. the last time I saw you .. you fought gallantly during what happened……. What an insolent fool fo r knight he is….. and taking advantage of you, you know you shouldn't be that stupid. I remembered the last time I told you not to rely to others.. and look what happened to you now you have no where to go but eating table scraps .. you should use your head girl hey….. are you listening to me ?...are you okay now?" he asked but she didn't answer
"hey snap out of it say something?... you know I like the view from up there.. I can see the stars when I feel lonely…" he saidbut she didn't answer
Rui opened the roof hatch and saw her fast asleep , she was a pretty sight curled up on the roof sleeping like a cat, Rui smiled "Silly girl.." he sighed.
I woke up in the middle of the night I found my self inside the house lying on the top deck. Wrapped in cloth , " he must have brought me inside" she thought. She looked at the bottom of the bed Rui wasn't there.
"Rui?" I climbed down from the bed I saw the door was opened as it toggle back and forth because of the cold wind I took the thick blanket and wrapped it around myself. I want outside , far across the distant I saw an lit torch carried by someone. running towards back at the cottage it was Rui
he rushed inside the house and took the blanket she was holding and placed on the table.
"Whats happening!' she asked as Rui placed his things in the blanket and knot it into a bag
"YOU DIDN'T TOLD ME THEY WERE LOOKING FOR YOU.. I WAS IN THE CITY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR CAPTIVE KILLER YOU .. IT WAS YOU!"
"I told you I was only accused.. I didn't killed her you got to believe me" she pleaded . rui stooped for awhile an thought of what to do.
"they only saw me when I was trtying to save the priestess I didn't stab her."she pleaded
"No not only that we have to get out of here.. there will be an attack in the city again " he said
" you got to believe me please!"
"I KNOW! I Believe you OKAY SNAP OUT OF IT! But it doesn't mean I trust you come lets go…" he drag valenarr outside and went back in the house , Vale saw Rui opened the stove and took out the torch
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" he grabbed Rui's arm he was setting fire on the roof as the flame began to ate the edge of the roof..
"ARE YOU INSANE IT'S MY UNCLE'S HOUSE! STOP IT!" she cried Rui pushed her away and she lost balance on the floor
"I HAVE TO BURN IT DOWN… THEY KNOW THEY USED TO LIVE HERE.. VALENARR…………. IF THEY FOUND YOU WILL BE SENTENCED TO DEATH! GET ON YOUR KNEES ………………STOP CRYING VALENARR YOU ARE A WARRIOR!' Valenarr took a deep breath as Rui grabbed her arm, and they quickly sarted walking away from the burning cottage, Vale's tears dripped from her cheeks as they went half a mile ,s till valenarr was crying. Rui letgo of her hand
"THIS IS POINTLESS.. YOUWANT ME TO LEAVE YOU HERE!" he yelled at her.
Vale was silent " VALENARR IF YOU DON'T MOVED ON.. YOU WON'T EVEN SURVIVE. OR YOUWANT ME TO LEAVE YOU HERE ALONE. ?"
For some reason he was right she didn't said any word and stopped crying .. Rui was beginning to get irritated and started to walk away.
"Wait.. I'm coming with you" she followed… as she catch up …."where are we heading?""
"amatsu…."
"Amatsu but that way to far.. from…"
"Are you just going to complain! I Know that is too far but that's were we need to be safe!... Authorities also knows that there is a monk residing in the cottage of yours .. and that is me… AND FOR NO REASON IT'S THE TWO OF US ! WHO WERE HUNTED DOWN! OKAY!" he yelled at her
she didn't said anything after that as the went to Alberta port for Amatsu.