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Part Two: Adventure

Blade Lord Chapter 4: Let me Stay a While Longer…

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This is the second to last and longest chapter of Blade Lord. It will be complete with a daring rescue, teary eyed reunion, badass killings, and moglins!

Lyn recently has passed through the Lost Soul's Nirvana. In it, she killed Nevan, Agni&Rudra, and the Demon Horde. If you've played DMC3, you'd know that those three bosses were some of the toughest during Mission 18.

You'll get a bit of an update with Link's progress during this chapter.

Oh, and sorry, but no Beowulf meetings until the end of Adventure mode.

You can probably guess what my favorite FE pairing is in this chapter. So, R&R!

Faron Woods: Spirit Spring

Otacon had to be caught by Vergil when they were hurled forcefully out of the portal. Lyn landed safely. They were standing in the middle of a spring. Surrounding them were several unusual rock formations. Vergil could sense the spirit of light at the spring, but he didn't talk. Something wasn't right about the spring. It had a strange smell to it that even Otacon noticed. But before they could test it, they heard a rumble that sounded like some kind of stampede. Vergil pulled out his sword, but didn't notice the creature watching him because its stench was hidden by the spring. It fired an arrow at Vergil. It was coated with sleeping poison, Vergil was hit. He grabbed his side and ripped out the arrow, but the poison knocked him out quickly. Lyn pulled out her own bow and shot the creature through the head, but the rumbling was growing closer still. Lyn pulled out her sword. Otacon was about to turn on his Stealth Camo, but then they were blown back by the force of a huge armored boar like creature smashing through the gate behind them. Otacon was blown back, so was Lyn. She rolled back through the waters and tried to get a firm footing, but there were other boards behind the big white one. On the largest boar, a huge green creature was mounted. He looked at Lyn and smiled evilly. Two other boars went through the gates; on their backs were four more of the creatures. One of the smaller ones shot an arrow at Lyn, she dodged and took a stance to do an attack, but as she did one of them fired at Otacon. She swung the sword to cut the arrow after him out of the sky, but as she did the huge creature whacked her with the blunt side of his axe. She was thrown a few feet before landing roughly on her gut. She tried to get up but trying to move made her feel unbelievable pain. The monster that hit her then used his axe to roll her over so that she wasn't face-down in the spring. She looked up at him from the shallow pool. He smirked again and started to reach down to grab her, but then he heard hoof beats of two approaching horses. He turned; Lyn looked to her right to see. An arrow flew through the smashed gateway and into the monsters head, between his eyes. He fell down dead off his boar. Lyn then saw a large horse with light brown fur and a black mane ride through the gateway. Its rider was a tall figure wearing strange clothes and carrying a sword with a vicious curved red blade. He also was carrying a bow on his back, identical to Lyn's. He drew his sword; the monsters were too slow to make any defense from his stroke as he cut the two creatures off their mounts with force that flung them into the rock wall outside of the spring. The other's turned with arrows ready towards the rider, when they were hit with another arrow. This one exploded. Soon another horse rode in. Its fur was a lot darker brown than the first horse, and its mane was pure white. On its back were two people. One was wearing a green tunic and hat. He was carrying a composite bow that looked similar to Lyn's. He also had a sword and shield on his back that concealed several other pieces of equipment. Riding with him was a lady. On her back was a large missile launching gun. She was wearing a simple white shirt, but on her hips was a tiny skirt of holsters and gun clips. She was carrying four handguns and one machine gun on her strange skirt. Her face had a tiny scar across her nose, and her eyes were two different colors, one blue and one brown. Lyn recognized them, but still couldn't talk.

The first rider that stormed in and rescued Lyn walked over to her. His black hair was long like Snake's, and his face was a rough one. He was also wearing a headband with a strange pattern, similar to one that was on the collar of Lyn's clothes. Lyn recognized him, but at first thought that she must be hallucinating. She then saw the second rider walk up to check her. She recognized Link, and she recognized Dante's partner Lady behind him. She tried to look towards Otacon but even thinking about moving seemed to hurt. She then heard footsteps through the water next to her. Otacon spoke. "Thanks for the help their Link, we'd be screwed without you."

Link nodded slightly. Otacon walked over to Lyn and made a startled face. Lyn then felt the blood from her head wound touch her hand as it warmed and thickened the water. She was about to panic, but then noticed Link's movements. He pulled a bottle out from a pouch on his belt which had several packs. He undid the cork on the bottle and opened it up. Lyn saw the thick red mixture in the bottle, but didn't recognize it. He gave it to the man next to him, the one that was carrying Sacaen weapons and wearing Sacaen clothes. He took the bottle, opened it, and then took in a mouthful of the liquid. He then opened Lyn's mouth with his hands and lowered his mouth to hers, forcing the liquid down her throat with his tongue. He did that three more times until the bottle was empty. He handed it back to Lyn. Her pain slowly dulled, and all she felt then was a bit of dizziness from the blood she lost. But she wasn't about to pass out before she knew the name of the man who had just helped her. She opened her mouth, ignoring the pain that still came, and talked. "Rath… is that you?" She asked in a low whisper which was the best she could muster. He touched Lyn's face with his hand.

"Lyn of the Locra… I've missed you. We parted at Caelin, but I see that you've kept yourself alive." Rath replied. He wanted to say more, but Lyn then passed out. He crouched down lower towards her and talked in a worried voice. "Is she okay?" He asked.

Otacon was about to speak objection, thinking that the blow should've killed Lyn, but Link beat him to the talking. "She's safe to move, but that dose wasn't watered out Red Chu Jelly. We'll need a strong dose of red potion before she can walk again." Link said.

Otacon didn't know what was going on. Lady turned to Vergil. He saw her get an enraged look on her face for a second before talking. "Is he a friend or foe?" She asked.

Otacon thought a second. "Well, he's been helping us so far. Do you know him?"

Lady's hand was twitching and was resting right next to her gun. "He's Dante's twin brother. I thought he was stuck in hell."

"He did seem to know about that Lost Soul's Nirvana place." Otacon became nervous when seeing Lady's reaction to Vergil.

"I thought he stayed behind when Dante fought him… what's he doing here?! She then looked at his neck. "I also thought Dante took back that part of the amulet!"

Vergil then woke up. "No, I just loaned him a dose of my power from the stone so that he could use a stronger Devil Trigger. He knew I wouldn't give him the amulet without a fight." Lady jumped when she heard him talk.

"What are you doing here?!" She shouted.

"I was at first looking for Lyn. I was watching the tournament from hell and I saw her speed, I wished to test it for myself."

Lady didn't relax after hearing that. "That's not all, is it?!"

Vergil laughed. "I was hoping for a chance to face Dante and Lyn again in the tournament."

Lady reached for her gun but Vergil passed out again. "What the hell?!" She shouted. Link walked by her and looked at him. "Is he an enemy or not?" He asked Otacon.

"No." Otacon said. "He might have strange motives, but I think he just wants a fair fight instead of a chance to kill. If he did want to kill us, he would've done it when we first bumped into him. He's helped us more times than hindered us also, so I can't think of anything wrong with him traveling with us."

Lady let out a sigh. The conversations over, she helped Link pick up the unconscious Vergil. Rath picked up Lyn.

Village of Ordon

Otacon checked his watch, it had been a day and a half since they started traveling, and he needed some rest. He lay back on the bed that a few of the villagers had set up for him. He thought a moment before he went to bed. How did Lyn know Rath, and how did he get involved in the mess? Why was Lady so angry when she saw Vergil? He was about to begin pondering his answers when he fell asleep.

Link was still awake though. He had his lantern out and was traveling back towards the village with a lantern in his hand. He had just traveled to the northern section of the Faron woods to retrieve some potion for Lyn. As he was heading back, he saw Vergil. He stopped. Vergil saw him. "I owe you thanks." Vergil said.

Link could tell by appearance and aura alone that Vergil was a demon, but he didn't strike because Vergil wasn't burned when he had touched the spirit spring's waters, meaning that he wasn't evil. He decided to talk. "What for?"

"That man, I don't know if you had already known, but he is a deep friend of Lyn's."

Link started to walk, Vergil followed. "I know, Rath told me about Lyn. About how they had become close friends. They fought together."

"Lyn's soul was slightly torn when we met, she was longing for something, but I didn't know. That's why we had to pass through a portion of hell while we were traveling using my portals. But Rath, he was what she needed. She just wanted to see him again."

Link didn't reply. He lowered his head as his thoughts went towards someone else. Vergil noticed. "If it makes you feel any better, I know your friend is still alive."

Link stopped when he heard that. "Ilia?"

Vergil nodded. "I can sense activity of the portals through my amulets; she just passed through one, along with someone else. His presence was strong, as strong as hers, so she is traveling with someone powerful."

Link started walking again. "Thanks… I've been worried about her as you can guess."

Vergil and Link walked back into the village. Link stopped off at the mayor's house where Lyn was resting. He walked in and saw Rath sitting by her bed, patiently watching her. Link set the bottle of potion on the table next to Lyn's bed. "I don't know how well the Chu jelly worked; she may or may not be able to move on her own when she wakes up. If she can't, you'll have to help her drink the potion down. But regardless of how much the first dose did, the dose on the table here will completely heal her."

Rath only nodded. He didn't talk much anyway. Link walked out. Rath's eyes were fixed on Lyn. They didn't move for another four hours.

Four Hours Later, Sunrise

Lyn was riding on a horse, paralyzed and in pain. She was shouting as she looked behind her and saw her father collapse after her horse started dashing. She then saw her mother. She watched in horror as she saw a bandit ruthlessly cut her arm off. Lyn shouted. The bandit noticed, her mother shouted out to the bandits to ignore the horse. To not follow Lyn. A bandit grabbed the horse they had snatched Lyn's mother from. He tried to climb on it but the horse wouldn't let him, it leapt up and kicked wildly. Lyn could see him as he cut the horses head off with his large axe. He saw his leader pull out a knife and let out a sadistic laugh as he cut the belly of Lyn's mother open. She then saw a bandit on the roof of one of the houses. He noticed her and threw a hand axe. It whirred towards her, but it seemed to stop in midair before it hit her. She then opened her eyes and woke up in a panic, shouting a little as the images still danced in her head. Lyn then noticed what was happening around her. She wasn't in her village, she was in Ordon. She wasn't on a horse; she was being cradled by Rath who was there when the nightmare began. She felt his touch and leaned into him, feeling his presence chase off the nightmares in her head. Lyn raised her arms and hugged Rath, breathless from the nightmare. She then heard Rath's voice. "Lyn, it's okay. I've got you."

Lyn didn't reply. She had fallen asleep again, feeling relaxed with Rath holding her. He didn't lower her back down though, he didn't wake her up. He held on, not letting her go.

Otacon saw the events from a window. He was passing by and had heard Lyn shout. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw it was just a nightmare and saw that Rath was there. He walked back towards the house in which he was staying. The woman who owned the house wasn't there, she had gone off with her baby to the sundries store. He sat down on the sofa and turned on his Codec.

Blade Lord will have an extra chapter. Lyn and Rath are reunited, and the next chapter will have Link's departure, and you will hear a bit more about Rath and Lyn. For now, R&R! Next update soon!