Side Story 2 - Celebration
Jan and his unit had finished rounding up the survivors and placed them all in the castle's dugeon. After that, they had their celebration.
At the grand dining room, Jan and his friends celebrated their victory for Grandall. Girardot then stood up.
"Everyone! I would like to propose a toast." he said with happiness, "To Jan."
"Me?" asked Jan.
"If it wasn't for you the people you have around you wouldn't even be here having a nice time."
"Uh, thanks!"
"CHEERS!" everyone yelled as they raised their glasses.
"Riese, I think you had too much." said Aeneas.
"What? You're blind!" said Riese, "This is my first drink."
"Exactly. One drink is too much." said Aeneas, taking the wine bottle.
"Hey, give that back!" Riese said, reaching for the bottle.
"Aww, c'mon Aeneas." said Ailian grabbing the bottle, "We are celebrating!"
"Yeah, lighten up!" said Kanon.
"Hey Meiga, aren't you gonna join?" asked Eurydice.
"I'll just stay here and eat." he replied.
"Hey Jan, this reminds me of the time when our unit was made!" said Riese.
"Eh?"
"How did you guys meet?" asked Kanon.
"We all went to the same academy." said Abelia.
"Yep, she's right!" said Riese with a big smile, "Back in the day, me, Jan and Aeneas became a group that became the best in the academy but the only person out of us who came out on top was Jan."
"That's because you neglect the lessons." said Aeneas.
"And you kept being shot down by the girls."
"Urk!"
"Now Riese, don't remind Aeneas of anything he doesn't want to remember." said Jan.
"Okay." said Riese in mischevious manner.
"Hey, I'm gonna head out." Jan said
"Why?"
"I just want to."
"Okay then, but you're gonna miss the rest."
"Heh, I don't mind."
Jan then walked out of the grand dining room, walked through the castle and stepped outside.
"Hey, Sol?" said Jan.
"Yes Jan?" said The SoulCalibur
"What's gonna happen?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, now the war is over and we gonna head back to Grandall. Peace will then be back in all of the land but..."
"You still wish to fight, right?"
"Yes."
"A true warrior does not fight because he wants to. There are reasons for every warrior like you to fight."
"That's the problem though. What AM I fighting for? Before it was my friends and all of Grandall but now I'm not sure what it is anymore."
"My purpose to rid the world of the Soul Edge."
"And we haven't even found it yet. Didn't you say someone near has the Soul Edge?"
"Yes, but after our encounters, I don't know who would hold the Soul Edge. Many of your opponents had the best chance of weilding it."
"Maybe that's our purpose."
"Hmm?"
"To find the person weilding the Soul Edge."
"Would you really want to do something that dangerous?"
"Well..."
"JAN!" yelled Riese.
"Huh?"
"Come and check this out!"
Jan headed back inside the castle and followed Riese upstairs. There, Jan found everyone in the hallway looking inside the rooms.
"Hey, what are you guys doing?" asked Jan.
"Jan, there are bedrooms that look really nice!" said Kanon.
"Yeah, one gold, one blue, one silver and so on." said Ailian.
"Well, then where is the master bed room?"
Ailian brought Jan to the door at the end of the hallway where inside was the Master bedroom. Jan opened the door and the bedroom was amazing. Fine silk and gold in every piece of the room and a red sheet covered bed was huge in size.
"It's amazing!" said Jan, "But too girly for my taste."
"Hey, don't say that!" said Riese, "Unless you want me to have it."
"No, I'm taking this room."
"Awww."
"I'm going to sleep, g'night guys. See you in the morning."
"Good night!"
Jan then closed the door and took of his armor. Underneath it was slacker pants and sleeveless shirt.
"Whew, I've worn this armor for so long, I forgot how it felt without it." Jan said stretching.
"Looks like you can finally have some rest." said the SoulCalibur.
"Not true. One day of sleep can't recover months of endless battling." Jan laughed, "Well then good night."
"Good night."
As Jan went to sleep, everyone else headed back to the grand dining room. As they went back in, they found Abelia knocked out with her head on the table.
"What the?" said Aeneas, "What happend to Abelia?"
Riese found something next Abelia at the other side of the table.
"AH! Look what she had!" Riese then picked up three empty wine bottles. "Looks like she had too much drinking."
"Wow, three bottles?" said Ailian.
"Someone like her, I'd never knew." said Leraje.
"Hey, Riese, Eurydice, listen." said Kanon.
Kanon, Riese and Eurydice then went closer to Abelia and heard something coming out.
"Uhhh, Jan..."
"She's talking about Jan?" said Eurydice.
"Shh, keep listening!" said Riese.
"Jan...why? Why did you leave?"
"Leave?"
"Uh...don't leave me...again..."
Kanon, Eurydice and Riese gasped of surprisement.
"D-did she actually say that?!" said Eurydice.
"She did!" said Kanon.
Riese then had an idea.
"Hey, girls I gots me an idea. Hey, Ailian! come over here!"
"Uh, sure." said Ailian
"What do you think they are doing?" asked Xiaoxin.
"I have no idea." said Jinkai.
"It's another one of thier silly ideas." said Girardot, "Just leave them be."
"Are you sure?" asked Aeneas, "Riese's plans tend to get off line."
"Just let them be." said Meiga, "It got nothing to do with us."
The girls then carried the drunken Abelia to the master bedroom where Jan is sleeping. They quietly opened the door to avoid waking him up.
"Shh! Don't wake Jan up. It's gonna ruin the surprise." whispered Riese.
"What's the surprise?" asked Kanon, quietly.
"I think I know." thiught Ailian.
"Okay, Eurydice put up the sheets."
Eurydice carefully moved the sheets and then Riese, Kanon and Ailian placed Abelia, who just started to sleep, on the bed. Eurydice then put the sheets back over Abelia.
"Wait." said Riese.
"What?" said Kanon.
"We have to take out her armor."
"what?!"
"Hey, keep it down!"
"Why?!"
"The armor will cause discomfort and then leading to waking up the two and thus ruining the surprise."
"Wa? Fine."
The girls then took off Abelia's armor quietly and carefully. All that was left were her pants and her shirt.
"It's still not enough." said Riese.
"No, it is!" said Ailian grabbing Riese's back.
"Hey, let me go!"
Ailian then dragged Riese out of the bedroom with Kanon and Eurydice covering her mouth.
"Well, those are an odd bunch." thought The SoulCalibur.
Around midnight, everyone was tired and somewhat drunken and headed of their own bedrooms and slept. The next morning, the sun rose. The light had flashed through the window and reflected off the SoulCalibur into Jan's face. Jan then woke up and saw then sun rising up. He yawned and strecthed.
"Good morning, Sol!" said Jan.
"Good morning, Jan." said The SoulCalibur.
"Ready to head back?"
"Yes but before you get out of your bed, look at the other side of the bed."
"Heh?"
Jan then looked at the lump that was under the sheets and found out it was Abelia. Jan's face turned red with shock, fear and embarrasment. The SoulCalibur then tried to say something.
"Jan?"
Jan screamed so loud it woke up everyone and ran to the master bedroom to see what was going on.
"Jan! What happend?!" said Aeneas.
Everyone then saw Abelia wake up, sitting right next to Jan.
"G-good morning." said Abelia, "Huh? Why is everone staring?"
She then looked right next to her and saw Jan. She then looked at her clothes and saw she was stripped down to her shirt and pants. She started to turned red and gave a scary stare to Jan.
"A-Abelia?"
"YOU!" said Abelia, in a scary tone.
"HEEE!"
"HOW DARE YOU!!!"
Abelia then knocked out Jan with one big punch.
"Ouch." said Xiaoxin.
"He can stand slashes and magic but a punch from a scorned maiden knocked him out completely." said Jinkai.
"Sorry Abelia." said Eurydice.
"Huh?"
"It was Riese's idea for me, her, Kanon and Ailian to bring you to Jan's bed."
"Y-YOU MEAN?!"
Abelia's eyes were full of anger it looked like they were glowing.
"Uh oh." said Ailian.
"It told you it was bad idea." said Eurydice.
"It was worth it." said Riese.
Abelia then started to go on a rampage throughout the entire castle. After Abelia started to calm down, everyone got ready to head back to Grandall.
"Hey, Jan?" said Abelia.
"Ye-yes? "said Jan, recovering from the blow earlier.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. Hey, you want to come to the celebration?"
"I guess."
"How about with as your escort? Just for fun."
"Um, okay. I guess."
"Heh, well what do ya know?" said Aeneas.
"Boo, why only for fun?" said Riese.
"I guess Jan is to nice of guy to know a girl's feelings. Oh, by the way, wanna come with me?"
"I don't think one guy is good enough."
"You want more to yourself?"
"No, me and my friends. Right, Eurydice?"
"Yep!" Eurydice said with a smile.
"Eh...hey Meiga!"
"Forget it." said Meiga, "I had enough female problems these last few months."
"Uh..."
"Well, back to Grandall." said Jinkai.
"Too bad we didn't stay long right?"
"I had splendid time." said Leraje.
"What are we gonna do once we're at Grandall?" asked Kanon.
"Don't worry your little head. Just wait." said Ailian.
"I'm not little."
"This war has finally ended." said Girardot, "But why do I have this feeling that it's not?"
Well, that's that for that chapter. There were some parts I was going to put in but I felt might be too much. The next side story is in Girardot's view (though still narrated regulary) once Jan and his unit has made back to Grandall.
Hope you enjoyed!
- R2J