A HARSH DECISION
Chapter 6: Chivalry's not dead!
A/N: This chapter describes what Ryu and Rei were doing before the events in the girls' camp, and how they come in. Thank you all for reviews.
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Rei and Ryu stared into the skies.
"Let's walk faster Rei – Ryu took a long breath, these cliffs were really something – the girls aren't going to be safe in the camp without us there. It's around 3 PM already and we are still far way from the camp" He finished.
"Doesn't that just beat all? Look at me, man! – He took his legs with his hands – I am not exactly healthy – he looked to Ryu and smiled - not that I was really before the fight, tough." He said while walking in a abnormal slow speed for a woren.
"The fight…this is exactly what worries me the most" Ryu replied, a worried tone on his voice, like he could foresee something bad was going to happen.
"I hate to admit it, but I guess you're right, so…" Rei did not finish the phrase and looked at Ryu.
"So…?"
"What if we use our powers to run there at full speed?" He asked.
"That's not a bad idea, Rei, but I am tired from the last battle, and you probably are as well. There's the chance that we simply exhaust while flying or running and end up fainting, or even worse, losing control over our powers and going berserk - Ryu finished the sentence and looked at the horizon – what can we do, then?"
"Hmm….there's the oasis, we could go there and borrow some…horses?" Rei asked.
"Horses...they aren't suited for long travels, I guess a Rakda could do it"
"But this isn't a super long north-south travel. We just need to get to the camp, and we need speed, right? Horses are faster" Rei finished.
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30 minutes later.
"Oof…I hope that's it" Rei exclaimed pointing to the oasis.
"It is it. Thank goodness they're all there"
"How'r u m' frends! Welcome t' da dese't" The Sheik of the Oasis cme to greet them.
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10 Minutes later
"So, what brin' you 'ere m' frends?" The Sheik Ab'leh asked them, with his amazing hospitality.
"We need 2 horses, Ab'Leh. We need to come to a certain place as soon as possible" Ryu finished his sentence, impatiently shaking his hands.
"Oh, I se' 'ya in da running, aren't you? I will order Carlos to get ya 2 horses and 3 scouts!"
"Thank you Ab'Leh – Rei shakes hands with Ab'Leh -That's the second time we need your help already!"
"Don't worr' m' frends, I shall receive foreigners as better as possible. That's th' rule on our holy AlcooRon."
"What's a Alcooron?" Rei asked
"Our holy Bible". He replied.
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20 Minutes Later
Ryu was standing by the gates of the Oasis. He was soon introduced to Carlos, the leader of the oasis' army. He was accompanied by two mans, and there was 2 horses by his side. One for Ryu and another for Rei.
"So, where are we heading to?" Carlos asked they both. They pointed west.
"What? We're heading west?" Ryu and Rei noticed a different tone on Rei's voice.
"Yeah. Is there something wrong?" Rei asked.
"One of my seekers saw the shadow army going west. I guess it wouldn't be a good idea going there now" He finished.
Ryu suddenly felt a pain in the heart. The shadow army was heading towards west, and the girls were there.
"Carlos, our friends are there. They are girls, and they won't be able to fight much long without our help" Rei exclaimed.
"I am afraid we can't. The shadow army is a long ago enemy of us, and we fought badly 3 months ago. We almost had our village destroyed. If it wasn't for our prayers, we would have been ripped apart. Our army is still not strong enough to beat them, they're too many!" Carlos was a brave man, but he knew that his enemy wasn't weak as well.
"But we must go there! I will never be able to forgive myself if something bad happens to Nina or Momo because I wasn't there to protect 'em!" Ryu replied, in an anger tone.
"I see you're brave and determined. But even if we go at full power to ram 'em, there is still the chance we lose the battle. Last time we fought there was over 1000 soldiers on their side, and our full army is composed of around 200 people" Carlos replied, showing Ryu the number of soldiers in the Oasis headquarters.
"Man, lemme introduce you to the situation. This blue-haired guy is one of the dragon clan, and I am a woren. We're stronger than we look, that's for sure – Rei looked to Ryu and smiled – you can count us not like 2, but as 800, which exactly makes 1000, making the fight fair to both sides"
Ryu smiled "I guess Momo's science is getting to Rei's" he thought.
"Not to mean we beat some bad, bad guys before- Rei exclaimed. Carlos looked at him with a questioning face – never mind" he finished.
"You guys… - Carlos called a little boy that was playing by the river and whispered something in his ear - …just wait."
Ten minutes later, there was a army, with Ryu, Rei and Carlos on the lead. There was about 300 people with them.
"Let's go" Carlos, Ryu and Rei said in unison. They all booted their horses and started to run at full speed, with the army following them.
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1 Hour later
"We will reach the camp in something about 20 minutes!" Rei yelled at the army.
"My friends! We're walking for about 1 hour and there is still no sign of the shadow army, except for the footsteps on the ground. If they aren't here, there is a high chance they're really up to something bad in the camp of our teammates friends'! If this is true, please unsheathe your weapons and get ready to fight! We can't afford to lose, because they will probably attack our village in the way back to their city, Hesperia. My friends, we can't afford to let women die neither! Whether Ryu and Rei had showed up or not, we would have to charge the shadow army the same way – He unsheathed his blade and took it high in the air – Shall our blades means their death and not the grieve for our women!
These words were like a spell or something. The entire army unsheathed their swords and yelled "Fiiight!". With that, Ryu raised the throttle of his horse to full speed, and the entire army did as well.
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5 Minutes before the arrival of Ryu's army.
"Congratulations girl, you're not as weak as you look" Another man appeared on the screen. He sort of reminded the girls of Heracles, but he seemed to be much stronger. He clapped his hands, and many, many shadow men appeared on the field.
"I just hope you're really good" He finished.
"There is about 1500 shadow soldiers by the look, I guess" Momo thought
"Momo, come here! We're stronger together!" Nina said. Momo come closer to her and aimed her bazooka at the guy who seemed to be the master of the shadows. "We won't give up!" she said.
"And we're not alone! Ryu will be here soon!" Nina exclaimed, hopefully and strongly.
"Ha, do you really think Ryu can come here to help you at this point: It's almost night already, he would never be able to come here by a foot, and he is tired from fighting my Jack comrade." The master said arrogantly.
"So, you'd met him already? Where's Ryu?" Nina asked, tearfully.
"He's probably crossing the desert by – but he stopped. He heard what sounded to him like horses throttles – the oasis. Ryu's far away from here Nina, better to started your prayers!"
As soon as he said this, he was going to charge Nina, but he stopped. The sound was very high and close now.
"Oh, maybe some paladin comes to save the princess? - he laughed at his own juncture – Hahaha, what am I thinking of? Chivalry's dead…"
He hoped his army to laugh as well, but thre was no laughter to be heard. When he turned around, all he saw was a huge army, almost as big as his on the other side of the field.
"…Or maybe not, my friend" Ryu said.
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