Outcast lost in RuneMidgard Chapter 11: Party and party, a ragnarok online fanfic

Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic. I don't own Ragnarok online I also don't own the characters of that story or the plot; taking out the changes that I will make and the characters that I will create. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.

Signed: Benji Himura

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Chapter ten: Party and party

"Sorcery sucks." Benji commented sitting in one of the benches in Geffen's square. "It isn't all that bad." Atsuko replied with a smile. "Your build is for a fighting class and not sorcerer." "It still sucks." Benji said feeling uncomfortable with those damned mage robes.

"You are just five levels away from level 50 come on Benji it only took your three weeks." Atsuko cheered. "You can do it, let's get back to Niff were you can kill some Lolis and get those levels."

Benji sighed looking at the monk, he couldn't understand why she is so excited about his development, but was nice to have her around. "Fine but I am taking out these." Benji said pointing to his robes. Atsuko pouted and nodded, she loved to dress up Benji with new clothes on each new job that he changes. After a quick change of clothes to a simple set of pants, shirt and jacket Benji and Atsuko are moving to the Kafra, Atsuko wants to store few things before they leave.

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Back as an assassin Benji sighed in pleasure wearing the clothes that he likes, it took him a total of one month to finish all the basic jobs and he filled as many skills as he could in those classes, he even learned a pair of new skills as an assassin. "What now?" Atsuko asked to the once again assassin. "You are still level 97." "Leveling up some more." Benji answered. "You still are edging to move to 98."

"It is okay for you not being in your guild for so long?" Atsuko asked worried. "We aren't in the WoE yet." Benji answered. "Now the guild is focused on leveling and in this past month everyone leveled nicely. I can still move around, I still haven't found any new members for my guild."

"I feel offended that you haven't asked me." Atsuko said with a pout. "You already are in one guild you said that to me." Benji replied teasingly. "Still it would be nice." Atsuko replied sticking out her tongue.

"For the umpteenth time we aren't recruiting!" Layla shouted at an annoying archer that was following her and her party in Glast Heim. "And even if we would only the general can recruit and he isn't here, besides no one here would put a good word for someone as annoying as you are!"

"I am not giving up." The archer replied in the same way. Erika sighed at the young male archer, casting a warp portal the archer runs on it trying to follow them. Erika smiled and closes the portal. "Where you send him?" Layla asked curious. "Niff." Erika answered.

"He is dead." Alexis commented casually. "He deserved that, god he is so annoying and was stealing our experience." "But sending him to Niff is a bit harsh." Ami now a knight said feeling sorry for the archer. "If Benji-taisho were here the guy would be nursing a broken jaw." Haruka commented.

A female crusader walks towards Layla and Layla can already foresee the incoming question. "Where you got that hat?" She asked looking at Layla's bunny beret. "My guild leader gave me." Layla answered. "I don't know how he made it or got it." The crusader nodded understanding and walks away.

"At least everyone likes your new hat." Erika commented teasingly. "And it also gives a nice flee and accuracy bonus. We should ask for taisho to teach us to make more of those."

"Yeah I also wanted one of those." Ami commented looking at the beret. Layla sighed since he gave her that beret everyone inside and outside her guild were teasing her and asking her about it, yes she loved the beret but the fact that is unique and new makes everyone want it.

"Back to what is important." Layla said seriously. "How much loot we got anyway?" "My cart is half full." Melissa commented. "So we should have at least a couple of millions here." Layla nodded pleased, it was a drop in the bucket when compared with the amount that they have stored in the guild treasury after the duel with Dante.

"Nice hat." A male voice said from behind the silver haired knight. "I don't know where he got it!" Layla shouted turning around. She gasped seeing the familiar face of her commander and blushes madly at her reaction, hurriedly apologizing profusely and embarrassed. Benji laughed softly at her reaction. "So they are bothering you a lot because of it?" He asked casually, he wasn't angry at Layla's reaction.

Layla blushed even more and muttered an affirmative. "Benji-taisho what you are doing around here?" Haruka asked surprised but happy in seeing him after three weeks. "My partner and I are helping an aco in here." Benji answered. "But the aco fainted and returned to Prontera and my partner is waiting by the Kafra to bring her here. I was just killing time around here. And you girls?"

"We are fund raising again as well leveling." Erika answered with a smile. "Speaking of funds…" Benji commented pulling an envelope from his pocket. "Using the bar that I took I made some money and bought some cards." He hands to Layla the envelope. She checks it and gasped. "Six doppels, four Phreeoni, two Baphomet, three mistress and two pairs of Dark Lord and Dark Illusion cards." Layla exclaimed shocked. "Where you got those?"

"I bought them." Benji answered. "I also got some weapons and armors too but they are in my storage." "We also made some purchases." Layla said hurriedly storing those cards in her inventory; they were worth a fortune and wouldn't risk losing them. "We bought some cards for armor, footgear and accessories, also clips and gloves."

Benji nodded pleased. "It is hard to believe that a guy would just give us that much money as if he was giving out pocket money." Benji commented, all the girls nod agreeing. "Anyway we should and will use it for our benefit. Well managed we can make that money grow even more."

Melissa nodded agreeing, even now the other merchant class of the guild was in Prontera selling the goods that the guild collected and returning home with small fortunes.

"So how much we have in the treasury?" Benji asked to Layla. "Since the bar were worth five hundred millions, we had seventy nine millions in the treasury not counting a equal amount expend in equipment for us of the inner circle, not counting the one hundred and twenty five millions that we expend in cards, arms and armor we have there four hundred seventy six millions." Layla answered. "Not counting the amount that is with you."

Benji nodded surprised with the value. "Well from the five hundred that I had." Benji said. "Adding to the money that I had on my own stock I am with four hundred and six millions." "It is too much money." Ami commented impressed with the cipher. "And you are looking good as a knight." Benji said noticing that Ami is armored and not with her swordswoman's dress. "Thank you." Ami replied fidgeting embarrassed at his compliment.

"Our arsenal is also quite big." Erika commented. "I believe that we have enough arms of good quality and carded to fight in the WoE without problems. Some of the girls of lower level are using doppel arms and are leveling faster." "We also raised our average level to eighty." Layla added.

"That is really good." Benji commented. "In what level you are?" "I am on ninety three." Layla answered. "It is so hard to level now." Benji nodded understanding. "And how are the others taking this new routine?" Benji asked. "They are taking very well." Haruka answered. "Everyone is happy that they are getting stronger, but where are the people that you said that were trying to recruit?"

Benji chuckled. "I haven't found any good prospective members." Benji answered with a smile. "There is the monk that I am hanging around with but she is already in a guild." "Finding good members is something that takes time." Layla commented understanding.

"Anyway I will go back to the entry." Benji said to them. "Layla, Erika I want both of you to PM me when you two reach level 94." The two look at each other confused. "Sure but why?" Layla asked confused. "I will be taking you two to level up." Benji answered. "Show to you two how it works in those levels since is very hard, then later you two cal show to the others, so I will be teaching the training routine."

Erika and Layla nodded understanding. "Should we take any other members of that level too?" Layla asked. "Sure, I think that will be okay." Benji answered. "You girls keep up the good work."

Layla looks jealously at Atsuko as the blonde monk chats with Benji casually as they get ready to a new excursion on Nifflheim, Erika, Haruka, Alexis and Melissa are also there. Layla had to admit that the girl was hardworking, it took one month for her to get on level 94, in that time Haruka jumped from level 76 to 94.

"Okay here is how we do it." Benji said turning to his guild members. "I will lure the mob, Erika cast Magnus Exorcismus around me who will be their target, Haruka you cast another area spell, your select the one that you think that is more effective. Alexis and Layla you two will be in charge of keeping Haruka and Erika safe."

"And she?" Haruka asked pointing to Atsuko. "She will be aiding me." Benji answered. "Buffs, heals and battle support if needed." "We took a Lord of the Death by ourselves." Atsuko commented cheerfully. "Our teamwork was great in the beginning and now that we practiced it a lot we are almost one hit killers."

"How you two killed that MVP by yourselves?" Layla asked in horror. "Well it wasn't exactly easy." Benji replied looking at his watch. "Benji packed splash damage and cleared the area and weakened him and I came from behind and used a combo with an Asura finish." Atsuko answered. "Girl I still don't know what the hell Benji was packing or using but he was destroying all by himself against mob."

Benji sighed inwardly knowing exactly what gave him the absurd bonus that he had back then. "And now that Benji covered all the classes in multi-class he also has several more stats bonuses thanks to skills." Atsuko added cheerfully. "But it was expensive to move through all the classes." Benji commented. Layla nodded agreeing.

As they move on the usually mob and adventurer crowded Nifflheim the group levels in a steady pace, Melissa was using greed on the loot for more found for the guild and leveling expenses.

In a break in Niff city to unload the cart Layla walks to Benji. "Taisho you are in what level now?" She asked checking if they were far from the others, especially Atsuko. "I got on 99 one week ago." Benji answered. "Now all my experience is going to the guild."

Layla nodded in silence with two months to their first time in WoE the guild was becoming stronger but they still lacked members and allies. "We don't have allies." Layla said seriously. "We can't count only with our guild to defend on the entire day of the WoE, many guilds will be attacking, an unknown number of adventurers charging all day long at our castle."

Benji nodded agreeing he was also worried about that. "I know but isn't like we are in the good side of many people." Benji commented. "We turned down many people who wanted to join either by our fame or because they think that in our guild they would have a harem. I don't have many friends since most of my time I was leveling like crazy."

"Erika and I are checking with our friends." Layla said. "But some of them are already in other guilds and they are comfortable there, you know in those guilds that are just a group of people that help the other to level and occasionally MVP killing and partying." Benji nodded understanding, originally his guild was supposed to be like that.

Benji sighed recalling his prospective new member Alan, after he changed back to assassin he met her several times and saw that she had became an assassin too, but the girl was really mad when she saw Atsuko kissing him, from her expression he was more than sure that she would join a rival guild out of anger.

"After we get you girls on level 99 we go scouting." Benji said seriously. "And who are those we?" Layla asked. "I was thinking in you and Isis." Benji answered. "That not counting me. Alexis and Erika would take care of leveling the others with Haruka."

"And that monk?" Layla asked pointing to Atsuko. "Atsuko is a trustworthy person." Benji answered. "We are traveling together since I first left the guild, she is reliable." "She is from a different guild." Layla replied. "She doesn't even tell us her guild."

"As I haven't told her mine, she saw because that incident in Payon." Benji said seriously. "And who know we might make an alliance with her guild?" Layla remained in silence she was still suspicious of Atsuko but she would remain in silence since Benji trusts on her.

"Anything wrong Layla?" Erika asked to her friend as they enter on their room in the inn. "I don't like of that monk that is around our leader." Layla answered unbuckling her sword's belt. "She is hiding her guild."

"We are also hiding our guild from others." Erika pointed out resting her staff against the wall next to her bed. "People have many reasons for hiding the guild brand; we do to prevent being harassed."

Layla throws her sword over her bed and starts to remove her armor. "Or you don't like her because she traveled all alone with our leader for two months?" Erika asked with a teasingly tone, from the way that Layla flinched at the question Erika knows that she hitted in Layla's sore spot. "You are jealous of her."

It wasn't a question but an affirmation, the knight knew that. "Yes I am." Layla said throwing her plate armor and chain dress over her bed staying only with her undershirt, panties and greaves, her bunny beret was carefully placed over the pillow. "You saw how she acts, how they move together."

"They do have a good rhythm together." Erika commented taking out her dress. "But you are forgetting that both of them have similar fighting styles, we know very well that taisho uses unarmed attacks." "It is more than that!" Layla exclaimed sitting on her bed. "I can tell she is all over him."

"Let's say that it is true." Erika replied sitting on her bed and facing her friend. "Isn't his choice? You know as well as I do that one of the main reasons that our sisters love him so much is that he could have told us to have sex with him because of our oath of being his to command as he sees fit, but he doesn't command us to do that, he respects us, he treats us like human beings and understands our trauma. Isn't it natural that he seeks a relation or even just sex from someone outside our guild or even from the girls that he brought in? He doesn't take advantage of any of us."

"Haruka is willing to do anything for him, why he goes out to look for it?" Layla asked. "Because he saved Haruka from being mobbed to death in Amatsu's fields." Erika answered. "Isis told me how he woke her in the middle of the night all wounded and covered in blood with Haruka lightly wounded asking to be healed."

Layla remains in silence. "And if you really like him why you don't tell him?" Erika asked in a gentle tone. "If he likes someone else or don't see you as a lover it might be a bit awkward for a while but I am sure that after a while you will become stronger, we know that he wouldn't turn you down harshly."

Layla could almost hear herself saying a similar speech to Haruka; now in Haruka's shoes she understood why the wizard was having so much trouble to tell him her feelings.

Two weeks had passed since the beginning of the recruitment period Layla and Haruka stare in disbelief at the scene before their eyes, just moments before Atsuko were saying that she needed to return to her guild and was saying goodbye to Benji and that she would send him a message when she was free to travel again. But before stepping inside a warp portal that she had cast Atsuko grabbed Benji's collar and pulled him to a passionate kiss.

"You will be seeing me soon." Atsuko said with a smile before moving to the portal. "Count on that." Before Haruka could finish her cast or Layla draw her sword the monk warped away. "What happened between the two of you?!" Haruka asked angrily. "Few things." Benji answered; while the relation with Atsuko hasn't advanced to lovers they became really good friends. "Now we have some recruiting to do."

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Mana takes a parcel from Cleo; the young girl is now a hunter thanks to the castle's dungeon and her message transporting missions. "Shina received hers?" Mana asked while cutting the string from it. "Yes." Cleo answered; once again Mana was sited in a window frame gazing outside beyond the camped enemy.

Mana nodded and Cleo moves away to deliver the remaining mail. Mana sees an old edition of Rune-Midgard's newspaper, reading the big, black and bold headlines Mana laughed and laughed hard and heartily. In another part of the castle Shina is laughing in the same way, Mana noticed the camped enemy looking up at the castle when hearing the laughter.

The sound of metal against metal signals the arrival of Shina. "You saw it?!" Shina exclaimed excited. "He won a one on one against that Dante! A one on one against a lord knight!" "I saw it." Mana answered with laughter on her voice.

"Benji Himura, the great blue dragon general, now also known as knight killer took part of a duel against Dante, the golden knight and scourge of the battlefield." Shina read from the newspaper on loud. "A duel deciding the fate of the members of the Golden Years guild who are now in prison for several accounts of rape and one account of assault. Fifteen members of the Seiryu's legions whipped out the forty seven members of the Golden Years guild in a fight in Payon; a party composed of ten members of the Kingstone guild who were passing by interrupted the end of the fight preventing deaths, after a short conversation Dante proposed a duel that was accepted by Benji Himura."

Mana chuckled imagining the scene, Shina did the same. "Wounded, bruised, bleeding and with most of his equipment damage even prior to the assault of the Golden Years Benji Himura took the first strike against Dante gaining the appraisal of the lord knight." Shina continued reading. "After a battle worth of a legends Dante using a spear repelled Benji Himura after his last attack, Dante then conceded the victory to the fallen assassin who were lying in a pool of his own blood trying to reach his damaged sword."

Shina and Mana stop laughing when reading that. "His hand fell limp on the ground when the piled up wounds over came the last of the powerful will of the assassin." Mana read seriously. "Dante exposed the damaged breastplate with a broken hole of the size of a fist over his heart, saying that he was led during the entire duel by his opponent Dante gave to him the righteous victory that was denied by a faulty blade."

"Helen, the white siren healed the fallen dragon after speaking with his faithful followers who were willing to die to protect their master." Shina said while sitting next to her friend. "Thanks to her powerful healing magic the blue dragon general was restored to his former glory, Dante admitted his defeat towards his enemy and declared a desire of face the general in battle once again during the War of Emperium."

"Then the general gave the rights of capture of the Golden Years members for the Kingstone guild." Mana continued. "Dante handed to his still recovering opponent what he called in a later declaration of winner's spoils. The exact contents of those spoils are still a secret because the crowd's noise using that moment. Benji Himura left Payon standing over his own legs followed by his guild companions."

Shina and Mana sighed in relief at that. "This is good." Mana said with a smile. "He became fairly powerful, for that Dante concede victory and declare rivalry it means that Benji is strong and will become even stronger."

Shina nodded agreeing. "And Ami is also stronger; she also took place of the battle." Shina commented showing a picture of the members of Seiryu's legions in the front page. "If she allowed us to call our other allies."

Mana nodded agreeing, she was stuck on that castle for almost nine months, yes the guild's fame and reputation were skyrocketing for holding a castle for so long but all the guild members are losing morale on each passing day locked inside the castle.

"I miss the desert's wind and sun, I miss eating whatever I wanted when I wanted." Mana complained gazing at Benji's picture on the newspaper. "I am horny and sick of being locked in here!"

"You and everyone else here." Shina replied. "Let's hope that our leader calls for our allies soon." "I really wanted to be there to aid him in his first WoE." Mana sighed folding the paper and placing back in the parcel. "Me too." Shina replied, she wanted to be there when her sister was knighted, she wanted to aid on her first WoE too.

Mana passionlessly checks the other contents of the parcel. "What is this?" Mana asked when moving aside some issues of her favorite magazine reveals a black beret with two bunny ears coming from it. "That is cute." Shina commented.

Mana pulls the beret and a small card falls from it on the floor. Shina picks it up and read it. "Ramirez told me that now and then a person from your guild visits his shop to buy items, so I asked him to send you this beret too. There are only three of them in the world." Shina reads on loud. "Benji."

Shina checks her own parcel and finds a similar beret. Shina smiled finding a similar card inside her beret. "We should send him some news." Mana said putting the black beret over her red hair. "So how it looks?"

"Cute." Shina replied at her brown skinned friend as he puts on her own. "How I look with it?" "It is for sure something unusual." Mana commented with a smile. "But it is cute too it you ignore the heavy armor."

"I wonder who got the third one." Shina mused playing with the bouncy bunny ears. "Well if Benji is wearing the cat ears it isn't him so must be someone from his guild." Mana commented. "But let's see what else we got on our mail, Benji wouldn't only send us berets and small cards." Shina nodded and they move to their rooms.

Ami sighed annoyed, sure leveling up with Benji and the others were fun but she wasn't pleased with how things developed, her sister told her that Benji would be a lone adventurer with on the tops a small party and in the beginning it was true, but in the same day that she arrived he got himself a guild.

She couldn't be angry at him for rescuing those girls, but annoyed her a little that Benji created a guild so casually solely to help those girls, sure everyone in the guild was nice and the girls were fun and friendly. In the beginning the mood was a little heavy, but their time in the castle and the injection of friends of the members in the ranks make it become much lively and happier.

"Anything wrong Ami?" Saya, the guild's monk asked seeing the young knight brooding in the empty mess hall, she was aware of the new period that the guild is passing by, first was the mass leveling to at least level 84, after it was leveling even more to get as far as they could, some of the girls outside the inner circle and Benji's companions before the guild reached on level 90 and the inner circle many achieved the level 99 thanks to him.

"I am having trouble with how things are developing." Ami answered to the older woman. "How our guild became one of the most famous and rumored more powerful non-transcendent guild of Rune? Why we have to fight for this castle?"

Saya smiled gently at the young girl, she was one of the rescued women from the Wasted Years, but she wasn't as active as the girls of the inner circle even belonging there, Saya preferred to give spiritual guidance to her troubled sisters.

"Because this castle is our home." Saya answered with gentle but serious tone. "I know that you can't fully understand why this is so important, but for us who were saved from the Wasted Years this place is our safe haven, it gives us physical and spiritual comfort, the sights of this castle sooths the troubled mind, the sakura garden that is the entrance of the dungeon, the sakura hot spring, it brings peace to us. Everyone here is willing to fight for our home."

"But I didn't want to enter in the WoE." Ami replied. "I wanted to have fun, savor traveling, meeting new people and new places, fighting mobs and get rare items." "And what you think that our leader wanted?" Saya asked seriously. "You think that in the day of the liberation he wanted to take care of twenty three women who were raped almost non-stop by an unknown amount of men for the profit of the monsters that captured them? That when he woke he said 'Now I will go out there and find a rapist guild, free their victims and take care of them and their recovery.'"

Ami remained in silence. "He didn't wished for this, but when we, actually I told him that we were hers to command as he saw fit and Layla handed him the Emperium he looked at us." Saya said seriously, no one outside the girls that Benji rescued knew that. "He was thinking, not hesitating or considering in how to use us, he was thinking if he should and could shoulder the responsibility, being our catalyst, a pillar of support that we could rely on, even after he was given this castle by Amatsu's ruler he thought about us, he moved us to this gorgeous place you have no idea of how this castle healed us."

"Then why he recruited your friends?" Ami asked. "He couldn't heal us alone." Saya answered. "Even trusting on him, he is a male, many of us were uneasy around males, afraid of them, having familiar faces here helped us to heal faster. Yes keeping this castle is another reason that he recruited them."

"Look Ami you are confused, you aren't the only one." Saya said gently. "The last four months were really intense for everyone; look at your friend Haruka. She was a novice in the very same day that this guild was created and today she is a level 99 multi-class wizard. This period was intense for her too."

"Haruka is almost fanatical about Benji." Ami pointed out. "If he asked to her strip naked in the middle of this hall while everyone was here eating so he could have sex with her she would." "It is a very colorful picture that one of yours." Saya commented. "But yes I also felt that about her, but she loves him and she isn't the only one in our guild that does. After all he is our focal point. You would be surprised with the number of girls in our guild that would willingly warm his bed pretty much on request."

Ami stared slack jawed at the monk's words, yes she felt that most of the girls stared Benji with admiration and some even adoration but that was a bit too far from what she imagined. "And you just accept that?" Ami asked in horror.

"What there is for me to not accept or refuse?" Saya questioned. "I don't control the hearts of my sisters or his will, if he wants and the girl wants there isn't anything wrong in them doing it. Ami everyone here looks up at him as an invincible figure, a man among men. It is natural for some of us wanting to bear his child."

Ami shivers at the idea. "We are drifting from the subject here." Saya said. "You said that you are having trouble in how things developed. Why you feel troubled about the guild?"

"I hardly have time for myself." Ami replied. "I like hanging out with the girls and leveling but in the past months I haven't met anyone outside the guild. Whenever I am speaking to someone I have to be careful to not slip the name of my guild, not let them know that I am from Seiryu's legions, I spoke with Tsugumi she was attacked because she was Benji's pet. I don't want to imagine what they would do to one of us."

Saya nodded, she was finally getting on the core of Ami's issues, it was fear of being attacked, a natural fear to have. "Everyone else here has that same fear." Saya said seriously. "That is why we move in groups, carry fly and b-wings. We had our share of attacks too, some angry adventurers after refusing to let them join us breaking dead branches where our group was, adventurers attacking us because we refused their advances and requests. But we also found good people out there."

Ami remains in silence. "Look this is a very troublesome period for everyone." Saya added. "After that first battle things will calm down in one way or another. If we defend the castle it will show that our strength is enough to hold attacks and we can move in a more leisure pace, if we lose then we won't have to worry about it anymore. It will hurt us but we will find another home. If you think that things are bad for you try thinking in how bad it is for our leaders, the people who have the responsibility of managing every one of us."

Ami remained in silence, she knows that after Benji's departure he created a ring of vice-leaders, Layla headed the list supported by Erika and Melissa who dealt with all the tasks that Benji used to take care all by himself. Alexis was now learning to take care of some of the tasks with the aid of Erika and Melissa. Ultimately the chain of command was getting stronger and more visible on the passing months.

Benji was the dragon, Layla and Erika are the second in command ranked fangs, Alexis and Haruka became talons, Isis and the other healers were ranked as soothing rain if they climbed high enough in the other posts, military Benji was the general, Layla and Erika captains, Alexis and Haruka led the team of lieutenants, Isis was part of the medical squad, and bellow the three ranks of lieutenants there was two ranks of sergeants, two of scouts, the remaining posts were reserved for new members in their trial period, needless to say that they are currently empty as most of the guild members reached the lower sergeant rank.

Ami was comfortable in her second lieutenant rank, in that way she was spared of most of the pressure of the higher ranks which are mostly occupied by inner circle members who are actually part of the group that was rescued by Benji.

Ami knows that the whole hierarchy was needed, they trained countless hours in strategies and other plans of defense and attack to use on the WoE, her position made her gain a medium importance spot in the defenses as one of the protectors of a group of hunters that are assigned to snipe out the enemy that enters by the gate.

Everyone was aware of their role in the defense and the most important spots to defend as well how to defend it. In the months in the castle all the girls know how to move inside the castle with ease, but strangers would get lost inside the maze like halls.

The large castle as all the official castles has a separate living area that isn't accessible for the attackers during the WoE or in any other period, the battle occurred on the so called main areas as halls, rooms and doorways, the area with the dinning hall, bedrooms and other private guild areas are protected from the WoE.

Saya leaves the knight alone so she can think more on things, she doesn't know if she helped the knight but at least she gave her something to think. The monk smile seeing Benji's pets walking towards the bathroom with a group of girls, the two pets helped everyone to relax; other guild members had their own pets but were mostly porings and baby desert wolves.

Marine one of the wizards has a Munak pet and the Munak often chatted with the Sohee and the Loli Ruri. Saya herself had a lunatic, Jannine was looking for an Alice egg or taming item, others preferred not having pets or haven't found one that they want.

"Anything wrong?" Jannine asked seeing Saya standing in the middle of the hall. "I am wondering few things." Saya answered turning to the priestess. "Maybe we need Benji's presence here, I spoke with Ami and she sounded troubled about things." Jannine runs her fingers on her sand blonde hair. "When he is around even in his office working the air here gets lighter." Jannine commented.

Saya nodded agreeing, she had long realized how attached they were to the assassin. "But we can't just force him to stay here all day long as a sculpture in a display." Jannine added. "We already took a lot of his liberty in our servitude." "I also know that." Saya commented. "My hope is that once we prove ourselves in the WoE things will be easier for everyone."

"It is a possibility." Jannine said. "Now grab Marine, Katia, Miura, Karen and Makie, I was thinking in throwing a party to celebrate the new levels, Alexis, Isis, Layla, Erika, Karen and Haruka reached level 99 everyone else broke the barrier of level 80 so I think that we deserve a party to celebrate it. I even called our boss he said that he will bring the booze and few more things if we decide to make the party, so we have to start arranging things." Saya laughed softly. "Fine, let's organize that party; it will most likely cheer up everyone anyway."

Haruka had to laugh at the scene in the dinning hall, Makie were making some of the girls dance the choreography of Beat It while the music was playing on Makie's CD player and portable sound boxes. The worst is that Benji joined to the happiness of the girls, even the ever demure Tsugumi joined the group.

A strong beating sound comes of from the speakers confusing the girls, Benji and Makie look at each other with grins. "BUCK DICH!" They shouted moving their heads and flaying their long hair while punching the air with both hands. Erika shrugged and joined the duo.

"That was fun." Makie commented adjusting her hair. "So you have anything that you want to add on the mix?" "I thought that you were never going to ask." Benji replied with a grin pulling a hard plastic CD case from his pocket. "That thing plays MP3?" "Of course it does." Makie answered casually. "So what you have in there for us?"

"Lots of things moving from anime songs to Rammstein." Benji answered putting in a specific song. "But now some Ricky Martin after all this is a party." "Now that is more of my liking." Haruka commented moving to the 'dance floor'. "Come on girls I will show how to dance on this one."

Benji smiled seeing a large group of girls dancing at the music; he moves to one of the tables and fills a cup of wine. "You won't join them Ami?" Benji asked seeing Shina's sister looking at the group while sipping some juice. "I don't know how to dance." Shina answered.

"And you think that I do?" Benji replied. "Or anyone other than Haruka and Makie? But they are there having fun, why not join them?" "Why you aren't there?" Ami asked. "I am taking a break since I already danced and head-banged." Benji answered. "Now I am drinking something, you don't look tired to be sited like that. And don't come with not dancing with armor because Layla is doing a really good job over there."

Ami blushed seeing the silver haired knight moving sexily at the beat of the music. Benji downs his wine and pulls the girl to her feet. "You are going to dance even if I have to drag you there and make you dance." Benji said pulling the knight to the dance floor.

"Makie hold on her for me." Benji said with a grin. "Sure thing boss." Makie replied holding Ami by the shoulders as Benji changes the music. Makie laughed as the music starts. "You…" She said with a large smile. "Considering from where you came I am not surprised."

"Ami you are going to get something nice." Makie purred on the young knight's ear making her blush fiercely. Benji holds Ami again. "Now it I remember right…" Benji whispered adjusting the knight on his hands. "Let me give you a hand too." Makie said placing her hands on Ami's hips. "I will make her feel the movements and move along too. When she gets it I let go."

Benji nodded and they start to dance lambada to jealousy of many of the girls. Ami is blushing madly at the lewd movements. "I am not a dancer!" Ami shouted embarrassed. "I don't want to dance like this!" "You will join the other ones?" Benji asked teasingly. "Yes just let me go!" Ami answered.

Benji chuckled letting go of the embarrassed knight. Makie laughed at the redness of Ami's face. "Now let's show to them how it is danced." Makie commented taking Ami's place. "So how you know it?" Benji asked. "I studied dance." Makie answered. "And you?" "Childhood memories." Benji replied.

Several hours had passed since the party began but since there wasn't worries about neighbors the party continues to move deep in the night fueled by the girls desire to relax and have fun, and a large variety of liquor available, Makie and Haruka taught the girls how to dance.

Benji slipped out from the dinning hall and is looking at Sakura Keikoku from one of the towers of the Silver Moon Castle, the ever blooming cherry blossoms falling as snow under the full moonlight. Benji sits on the window frame loosely holding on a wine bottle that he carried when leaving the party hall.

The party had lifted everyone's spirits even Benji's but after few hours Benji started to miss his own world as they partied and had fun with music from his world coming from Makie and his own personal supplies.

Once again Benji felt like a stranger in the world, the beautiful sight doing little to comfort his heart, but the little comfort of the sight and the sweet tasting Amatsu's cherry wine was welcomed.

Drinking more from the bottle Benji sighed looking at the breathtaking landscape; it was worth fighting for that sight. It was Benji's heart was telling him, in his mind he was trying to come with reasons to fully embrace that world as his, let go of his past and live as the multi-class assassin who leads the Seiryu's legions guild, a guild composed of gorgeous women.

Benji knew that while starting harshly his life in Rune-Midgard turned sweet and joyful after being saved by Mana and Shina, becoming stronger than he ever dreamt Benji saved twenty three women of endless rape and a twenty forth of being initiated on that horrible scheme. His acts were repaid with a small army of loyal followers and worldwide fame.

But there was times just like that one that he just misses being home, seeing his family, his friends, and even his annoying brother, in those times Benji felt alone even in the crowd of women of his guild, he felt the same in Payon after Mana and Shina left, and he fully became aware of how alone he is.

Benji takes another swing of the bottle and a familiar voice called. "Taisho?" Layla enters in the watch room, her face showing worry contrasting with the cute beret that she was always wearing since he gave to her. "Is anything wrong?"

Benji forces himself to smile, since Atsuko bought him that pussycat bell he couldn't hide his emotions anymore. "I am just watching the blossoms." Benji answered. Layla walks towards the window leaving the shadowed area of the room and entering on the moon lithe area.

"It is a pretty sight." Layla said looking at the window. "But you looked lonely like that." Layla's eyes drift from his face as she looks down until she sees the bottle loosely held in his left hand. "It is cherry wine." Benji said offering the bottle to the silver haired knight. "Want some?"

Layla nodded taking the bottle from him, taking a long pull of the bottle. 'This should give me some courage…I hop…!' Layla's thoughts are shattered when the strong alcohol that she gulped made her throat contract as it burned down on its way to her stomach.

"Easy there!" Benji said standing up and patting the knight on the back. "It is cherry wine and not cherry juice!" "It is too strong…" Layla said in a hoarse voice. "That can't be wine…"

"Distilled cherry wine." Benji said seriously. "It is stronger than the average wine, but it is good isn't it?" Now that the pain lessened Layla started to appreciate the flavor, it was rich and strong, also sweet and refreshing, and she could almost feel the scent of the cherry blossoms as if she was surrounded by them in a hot spring day.

Benji takes the bottle from the knight and exam it. "Damn girl you drank nearly one full glass of it." Benji commented when seeing the liquid against the moonlight. "You should be more careful." Layla nodded as Benji drinks a much tamer sip from the bottle. "This wine is hard to find."

Layla nodded but accepts the bottle as he passes to her again, taking a small sip from it Layla let the rich wine fill her mouth with its strong and sweet flavor, it was quite good if she drank a little at time, taking courage Layla asked. "Why you came here alone?"

Benji looks out of the window again. "There are times that I feel alone." Benji answered looking at the distant trees in the mountains and the valley. "You know why I based in Amatsu?"

Layla nodded denying but realizes that Benji is looking outside and not at her direction. "No." Layla replied. "Because of all the cities that I visited, of all the places of Rune this city is the only one that holds a shadow of a resemblance of the place that I came from." Benji answered. "Actually of the homeland of my ancestors, so it is the closest thing that I can get of home. I can't deny the beauty of this land, but there are times that I miss my own land."

"Why you don't visit?" Layla asked gripping on her sword's hilt. Benji smiled bitterly. "I can't." Benji answered. "My land is so far away that I have no idea of how I came to Rune." "Then why you came up here to stay alone?" Layla asked passionately, it hurt her to see the object of her affections in such pain. "Why you didn't stay with us?"

"Why you didn't came to me?" Layla asked in verge of tears. "Why stay here and suffer of loneliness alone? Why you didn't seek comfort and company? We are that repulsive for you? Our past make us so undesirable?" Benji was surprised in hearing Layla's passionate words. "We are here for you… everyone is gathered here just because you…"

Benji gently embraces the crying woman, it surprised him to realize how small and frail she really was as he easily wraps her shoulders with his arms, he gently pushes her head against his shoulder.

Layla was stunned with the gesture, she wasn't thinking clearly and being gently wrapped in his warmth surprised her, her arms trapped between their bodies, the gentle soothing voice as he holds her is too much to her; holding tightly on his back Layla cries and sobs loudly, letting out all the pent emotions gathered in the eleven months that she was trapped and abused.

End of the chapter ten: