Disclaimers; I do not own Breath of Fire IV and its characters. They belong to Capcom. I only own Nilam, Ah-Lur, and 80 plot of this fic.
Chapter II: The Mysterious Girl's Identity and Fou-Lu's Past
Having thrown Molotov to General Yohm, the mysterious girl teleported to the forest of Soma. The forest of Soma was the nearest forest to Chedo, the capital of Fou Empire. The sun shone brightly and the air was fresh when they arrived there. There was no sign of danger here. Poor Mami, she looked confused. 'Where are we?' said she.
'We are in the forest of Soma. The God Emperor must be around here.' said the mysterious girl as she looked around.
'God Emperor? Who is God Emperor and who are you?' said Mami.
'Well…I think we will find the answer if we meet the God Emperor. Now, let's go!' said the mysterious girl as she held Mami's hand.
"Hey! Where are we going to go??' said Mami in surprised.
'Hiding.'
'Hiding? Why?'
'I think we have to hide in order that the God Emperor won't be shock if he meets us there.'
'But… I think hiding is not a good idea.' said the brown-haired woman.
'I know…but I think that we should hide and try not to surprise him. Do you remember that you had saved Fou…I mean Ryong from that freak general and his troops? Can you imagine what will happen if you come to him while he thinks that you had already died?'
Mami fell in silent for a moment then she said 'I don't think so…Ryong may be surprised but…..' Mami stopped talking. Her brown eyes looked at the mysterious girl. There were happiness and disbelief in her brown eyes.
'Ryong…' she whispered.
'Ryong? I'm not Fou…I mean Ryong.' said the mysterious girl.
'That's Ryong. RYONG!' said Mami as she ran to Fou-Lu who was walking behind the mysterious girl. Hearing Mami's voice Fou-Lu looked at her and shouted 'YOU! How do you….'
'Ryong…Ryong…I'm really glad to see you again. I think I can't meet you again.' said Mami as she managed not to cry.
Ignoring Mami's words, Fou-Lu said 'Mami, how do you survive and who is she?'
'She? I'm sorry… I don't know who she is but she had saved me from the general leading his troops to the village of Sonne and wanting to sacrifice me' said Mami.
('Sacrifice? That's must be Yohm!')
The mysterious girl, who was silent for several minutes, began to talk.
'My majesty, please let me introduce myself to you.' she said.
'What did you call me?' said Fou-Lu. There was no emotion in his voice.
'Majesty…my name is Nilam and I'm a descendant of a very loyal subordinate in your era. His name is Ah-Lur.' she said.
'Ah-Lur? A very-loyal subordinate in my era? I don't believe you! I don't have any loyal subordinates. All of them are betrayers!' he said fiercely.
Hearing his statement, Nilam didn't want to give up. She took a golden emblem from her pocket.
'How about this emblem?' Do you forget about this one?' said Nilam as she showed it to the God Emperor. 'Fou-Lu looked surprised when he saw the emblem.
'That's….' he said in disbelief. It was true that the emblem was given to those who were loyal to him when he led his empire in his golden era. The symbol that was in the emblem was similar to the symbol that was in his belt. The symbol was the symbol of his empire.
Fou-Lu took the emblem from Nilam's hand and his dark past appeared in his memory suddenly. He remembered when he watched almost all of his loyal subordinates and servants died tragically. One of his loyal subordinates, Ah-Lur, was still on his side. He tried to protect him but he finally collapsed after one of Soniel's follower shot him with arrows. He remembered when he was finally defeated and fell into web magic and was trapped into it. After having been trapped, his power was sealed and he was faint. When he woke up, he was in Tomb and met Won-qu. At first, he didn't know who the mastermind was, but he finally found that the mastermind was Soniel. He actually was a malice and ambitious man. He had never shown his hatred in front of the God Emperor but he banished him after he became the 13th emperor of Fou Empire. To banish the God Emperor, he got some helps from a lunatic scientist working in his empire. The scientist was Yuna. Fou-Lu thought that Yuna probably was not only a scientist but also an advisor for Soniel. So, Soniel could take the throne easily.
'Majesty? Are you okay? Please forgive me. I don't mean to….'
'You don't need to apologize, Nilam, the descendant of Ah-Lur! Everything is clear, now! Come! We'll go to Chedo.' said Fou-Lu. The two young women nodded and followed him.
A/N: This is the end of the second chapter. I hope you like it. I'm really glad if you want to leave your comment but no flames please.
