"Hmm…this certainly is unpleasant news for us…"
A certain white haired lord knight said as all of the captains were gathered in a dark private room, the entrance guarded by guild guardians to prevent any members from disturbing them. One would think twice about eavesdropping when there are two huge mechanical knights standing in front of the door.
"Yes and I fear they will come upon my sub-guild." Shinryu said his mask on his face once more as it turns out no one other than Julian can take his true face without losing his senses.
"But that doesn't make sense." The navy haired assassin said as he crossed his arms. "If they're thinking of attacking the weakest guild wouldn't it be The Black Cross?"
"That's true but." The blonde scholar put up a finger. "Although they lack physical strength they have a tremendous amount of magic and mental strength. If magic is used technically and with a good strategy it's almost impervious."
"Take it into fact that Red Wing is our newest guild." Yue said as he went through the lay out of the guild in Rachel. "Not all the defense are set up yet."
"And no offense to the new classes but…" Oscar said as he gave a wary glance to the soul linker who mere nodded to continue. "Since the new classes are much more…flawed than any of the other transcendent classes I don't they'll able to last in a guild war. And to add onto that they're almost complete newbies when it comes to a guild war. Heck if a guild raided Red Wing they won't last a day."
"Then I would assume we'll be assigned to Red Wing to eliminate the threat." Xeonhart said icily as Sir Xeno nodded.
"Yes and I also make a quick sketch of the plan to who to send." Sir Xeno said as he took out a single paper. Before he could announce his plan Griever choose to interrupt him.
"But sir, not all the captains are present." The perverted assassin said only to receive a daggering glare from his leader.
"Yes I am well aware of that Griever. Neo, captain of the blacksmith, is currently at Lightenhazen in a private mission. Kamyu, captain of the alchemist, is at Al De Baran along with Clef, captain of the bard."
"Wait what about Night?" Keiki said as Sir Xeno sighed in irritation when the name 'Night' was heard.
"Night, captain of the rouge, is currently missing. More like erasing his presence to avoid any detection. Keiki, you know how much he hates to follow commands and he rarely completes any missions I assigned to him."
"Okay, okay sorry I asked." The scholar said knowing he hit a button. Sir Xeno coughed as he continued.
"For now I am planning to said Xeonhart along with some of his best subordinates. With Kai and Camus, since he is one of the best subordinates so far. Along with Julian and Orpheus."
There was a mere of surprise as the groups were said. Griever, was once again the first to speak up.
"I can go with sending Xeonhart and Kai but Julian? I know she's one of the strongest Lord Knight beside you but do you think it's……I don't know…safe…to send her to Rachel?"
"Sir I'm also going to have to side with Griever on this one. Sending Julian is one thing but sending Orpheus along with her is only going to make more trouble." The bunny eared high priest said as he recalled the moments where Julian almost trained Orpheus to death. Heck even the calm and intelligent Richard can agree with him.
Their leader sighed. "Yes I know of the consequences that may follow however, I think it is necessary for Julian to realize the importance of her trainee."
"Wait but I have another argument!" Griever yelled only to bring more sighed from several of the captains. The assassin cross stood up and pointed two accusing finger at Xeonhart and Shinryu.
"We all know that's Xeonhart is a closet pervert and Shinryu is trying to win Julian! (there was an angry yell of protest from the high wizard and the soul linker stood up furious) I don't know about you people but I CARE about Julian and her safety! I'm not going to let her go off with two people who are clearly after her virginity!"
"……how do you know she's a virgin?"
"I've been with her since she was FIVE!" The assassin retorted as he threw up his arm for drama.
"Since she was five? How come she didn't remember you when she met you when she was officially a member of the Lion's Pride?" Yue said as he straightened his bunny band.
"Well…back then my hair color was…blonde…"
There was an awkward silence as everyone in the room tried to picture the feared assassin with blonde hair only to evoke laughter as Yue fell off his chair.
"A BLONDE Griever?! Boy that's priceless!" The high priest laughed as he held his stomach with both feet up in the air. Griever flushed red as he slammed his hand onto the table.
"Shad up! Her mother wanted me to inherit her hair color and made me dye my hair blonde!"
There was another roar of laughter at almost all of the captains were laughing. Sir Xeno, Shinryu (well you couldn't tell because of the Alarm mask), Eden and Kai were the only people who were able to keep a straight face in the uproar.
Sir Xeno shook his head and put a hand on his forehead. "Dear Valkyrie…can't we have one meeting where there isn't any unnecessary interruption?"
The captains scattered out of the room recovering from the laughing as Griever came out absolutely mortified of what just happened. The blonde priest came up behind him and gave him a pat on the back.
"Don't worry Griever we all have our embarrassing moments."
"Shut up…" The navy haired killer said as he hung his head.
"By the why what did you mean by 'her mother'?"
"?! You actually caught that?! I was sure all of them would shrug that off because of the laughing……" Griever said with an absolute shocked expression as he looked at Yue.
"Hey I'm a man of mysteries. Now tell me. Or do I have to use the blackmail method? You know I can send this picture of you in a teddy bear suit to the Assassin Guild in Morroc…"
"NO!!!!" Griever shouted as he tried to grab the picture out of the priest's hand but Yue was too quick for him. "I thought priests were suppose to holy people!"
"Oh I'm holy but that doesn't make me a completely innocent person." Yue said as he smirked.
"Fine I'll tell you but you have to SWEAR not to tell anyone else!"
"Of course!"
"……." The assassin looked at him doubtful not entirely convinced that he could trust him. However, little option did he have. "Well first off I'm a orphan. When I was ten I was left in the woods in the middle of the winter. I was only in the thief class then and wasn't very skilled……I was almost killed by the monsters…that was when they appeared…"
"They?"
"The Douglas family."
Flashback
"Why…why did they leave me here to die…" the young thief whispered as he laid still on the cold ground waiting for the finishing blow.
Only it never came…
There was a yelp from the monsters as sword slicing through metal was heard. The thief felt a pair of warm hands pick him up. He looked up to see a soft kind face of a woman. Her soft blonde curls hanging down her shoulders as it seem to shimmer on her pink high priest robe. Her warm green eyes looking straight into his eyes, completely mesmerizing him.
"Is the young one alright?" Another voice as a man armored in a lord knight uniform came up behind them. With one swift movement he sheathed his sword as he knelt down beside him. The knight's striking blue eyes seemed to snap him out of space.
"He's been suffering quite an injury Logan. Best if we take him with us, we can't leave him out here…"
"……I agree. Child, what is your name?"
"L-Leon…" He replied shakily. Still nervous with the unknown people surrounding him, the high priest seem to take notice of that.
"Logan he's terrified…maybe you shouldn't look at him with such a stern face.."
"Le-o-n?" Another voice piped this time a small child, short blonde hair much like the high priests and blue eyes much like the Lord Knight's.
"Julian, this is Leon. He's going to be staying with us for awhile…" The lord knight said as he gently pushed the child in front of the young thief.
"Le-on!" The 5-year-old child smiled completely catching him off guard. Thus began his new family..
End of Flashback
"So you were practically like an older brother to Julian?" The priest said completely shocked by the story.
"I guess so…I don't know how she feels now that I left the Douglas family for a good…8 years…" Griever said only to receive a confused look from Yue.
"You left them?"
"Yeah…I wanted to become an Assassin Cross and I knew that wouldn't be good in the history of the Douglas family…not to mention it will put dirt on their names…"
Flashback (again)
"Sir I am thinking of leaving the Douglas family for good…" Assassin Leon said as Logan Douglas sat across him not pleased with his decision.
"Julian will miss you dearly…you are like a brother to him.."
"Yes I know…and I am grateful for what you and Lady Anna has done. You have accepted me like a son and this family will always be a part of mine. Even though we are not related at all…that is why I am leaving…an assassin can taint the name of the Douglas family…and I do not want to take any risk of that."
"Are you going to dye your hair back to blue again?"
"Unfortunately yes. I'm afraid Julian will recognize me if I continue to dye my hair blonde…"
"You are going to tell to Julian correct?"
"………" Leon paused looking a bit hesitant as Sir Douglas stood up and walked up to him. He put both hands on his shoulder and looked straight into the assassin's face.
"Tell her. You must or else she'll endure a pain that will never leave her. You and I both know how much Julian means…"
"Yes sir…"
"Leon…I will miss you and so will Anna…"
"……" He turned to leave the room as Sir Douglas stopped him.
"Before you leave…can you say your good-byes to Anna also?"
"……of course……"
Leon left the room and cloaked himself as he quietly when down the hall. Several minutes later he reappeared at a garden where a certain blonde young novice was practicing sword skills with a wooden sword.
"Julian…"
"Ah! Leon!!" The blonde novice ran up and hugged him around his waist. Leon gave a pat on her head as he knelt down bring his eye level to the same height as the 9 year old.
"Julian…I have some sad news to tell you…"
"…did Poyin die?!" The innocent novice looked at him in horror as Leon sweat dropped. Poyin was her pet poring her father gave to her as her 9th birthday present.
"No Poyin is fine…"
Julian sighed in relief as a pang of guilt struck the assassin. He felt terrible to leave her behind but he knew it had to be done.
"…I'm afraid I'm going to be going away…"
"You'll come back right? Just like always!"
"…no Julian I won't…" Leon shook his head from side to side sadly as the novice's expression dropped.
"……no! I don't want you to leave! Not like mommy did! Did I do something bad?! I'll promise I'll be good girl! I won't do anything bad!"
"…good-bye Julian…I'll miss you…" The assassin disappeared in front of her as the young novice began to cry. Leon turned away not daring to look back for he did not want to see her crying face…
After few hours of walking he ended up behind the Prontera church completely undetected. Checking if there was anyone he approached one tombstone of the many behind the church. He had a bouquet of white lilies in his hand as he knelt down in from of the tombstone.
'Anna Douglas A loving mother and honorable high priest.'
"Lady Anna…I had came to say good-bye and that I am grateful for letting me in your family. Please…protect Julian from heaven and I will protect her from the shadows…"
"Whose there?!" A young acolyte yelled as he heard voices from the graveyard, only to see no one but a single bouquet lying in front of a tombstone…
End Of Flashback
"So…she doesn't have a single clue that you were the assassin back when she was nine?" The two were now sitting under a shady tree relaxing under the shade and the gentle wind. Griever nodded as he looked up to watch clouds slowly pass in the blue sky.
"And I think that's the best…I'm afraid I'll bring up painful memories if I tell her that I was the assassin back then…"
"…and I thought you were just a pervert who had a thing for Julian…" The priest said with a smirk on his face. Griever returned with one of his childish smiles.
"I'm a man with many mysteries."
"Griever!!! You didn't turn in your paperwork again!" A yell from a certain female lord knight broke their smirks. Griever stood up and with one of his stealth movement appeared beside Julian.
"Come on you can't expect me to do paperwork all day. Why don't I take you out to the Prontera marketplace?" The navy haired stealth profession said only to be hit on the head with a clipboard.
"Of course not! I don't want to be up late again finishing your work!" Julian yelled flustered by his irresponsible behavior. Griever just shrugged.
"Augh!" Julian ran a hand through her hair in frustration. "Why can't you take things seriously?!"
"Oh come on…hey what if I say I treat you for ice cream? You know the one near the flower shop?"
"Now how did you know that's the one place I can't turn down……" The blonde glanced at him in complete defeat as Griever just winked.
"Let's just say I know more that you can imagine."
End of CHAPTER!!
Before I answer reviews I guess I should make the ages of the members clear.
Julian: 17
Griever: 21
Yue: 21
Sir Xeno: 24
Xeonhart: 22
Keiki: 23
Oscar: 24
Shinryu: 22
Richard: 19
Kai: 18
Kamyu: 17
Neo: 25
Night: 23
Eden: 20
Orpheus: 15
Edward: 15
Camus: 13
And I think that's it……
Steel Heart- Yes I did get this idea from that series! That's anime is the best :D
Melodic Art- Your just gonna have to use your imagination on that! Julian has a habit of yelling because there's weird guys surrounding her XD
DalisaY-17- no I haven't been eating sweets…but I finished my COLLEGE APPLICATION!! WOOT!! I'M FREE!!!
Yumi Sakura- The everlasting Griever fan has returned! Well this chapter had a lot of Griever in it so I hope you enjoyed it!
FireyFlames- Eh I don't know the respectful suffix in Korean so I just used my Japanese knowledge :P But really Julian has to stop being dense XD
Attic-window- Well looks like Camus just got assigned to an important mission! Time to see the aco in action in the next chapter!!
Yuleen75- you're welcome! And I'm glad this fiction is expecting your enjoyment level!
Filir- No it's not a boys love fiction XD And no kidding about Shinryu. People in the Prontera main street are gonna collapse like dead flies.
-jAzTiNe- -Of course the main character has to been dense! That's what makes everything funny!