Hey guys! I'm continuing the story now and the events that will take place may surprise some of you. Enjoy!
Back at Dagian's Camp Headquarters
The entire camp was fairly peaceful thanks to the great news. Arieyan was in the small kitchen, rapidly making a small cake. Sweat rolled down her face as she was mixing the batter in a wooden bowl on top of the table. Tera was hanging out somewhere, probably training, and Dagian slowly entered the kitchen.
Dagian was shocked at the sight of Arieyan. He took another step towards her and she didn't notice. "She's working really hard on cooking...I wonder why.." He thought, placing his hand on her shoulder. Arieyan immediately turned around, her jet black hair swirling with her. Some of her hair hit Dagian's face. "Oh! Dagian! Sorry.." she exclaimed, resuming back to her cooking. Dagian took a chance and asked, "What are you making?".
He received no response for a few minutes since Arieyan ran over to the small cabinet to get some more ingredients. "A cake." she bluntly replied. Dagian chuckled a bit. Arieyan found that a bit annoying and frowned. "Why are you laughing?" she questioned with a hint of rage in her voice. Dagian chuckled even more. "Nothing..nothing..." he replied, which obviously got Arieyan annoyed even more. "It's not funny!" she finally exclaimed, pointing her wooden spoon at Dagian's chest. Dagian finally stopped, knowing that Arieyan was very sensitive and her yelling at situations like this equaled...a bit of rage and sorrow.
Arieyan immediately threw the spoon out the open entrance to the kitchen, dashing to her tent. Dagian immediately panicked. "No, wait! Arieyan! Arieyan, listen to me!" he exclaimed, running after her. By the time, he entered Arieyan's tent, he saw a heartbroken [or what appeared to be] Arieyan. He immediately ran to her side, stroking her long, jet black hair. Arieyan tried repelling Dagian away by pushing him, but it was no use.
"Arieyan..look, I'm sorry for what I said before and I'm sorry for laughing..." Dagian finally admitted. Arieyan finally stared at him. Her sapphire eyes stared into his dark-blue eyes. Then she finally opened up to him.
"No Dagian..nothing is your fault. It's just that I-I-I.." Arieyan couldn't finish her sentence. Dagian raised his eyebrows, urging her to go on. She faced away from the black haired assassin, unsure of what to say. "Have I said too much?..." she thought, unsure of what was going to happen next.
Arieyan took a deep breath and- "Dagian! We have to run now! It's some of the people from that group that is against us and Lass! What was it called?...The Grand Chase!" a familiar voice exclaimed, interrupting the conversation. The voice belonged to none other than Tera, who dashed right into the tent.
Dagian immediately grabbed for his weapon while Arieyan did the same. "What? How!" Dagian exclaimed, demanding answers. He wasn't worried about himself, he was worried about the team, and especially Lass and Arme. Tera took a breath. "I don't know. They've been patrolling tons of villages and today they were patrolling the nearby village! Some were sent out in the areas near our camp and the others are at the marketplace!" he replied, getting ready to evacuate the camp.
"Oh no...We're going to have to evacuate the camp..but we have to get Lass and Arme too.." Dagian muttered. He gripped his dark Nodachi, signalling everyone to do so with their weapons. In a heartbeat, they dashed out of the tent.
Nearby Dagian's Camp Headquarters
"Dio! Zero! Ley! How long do we have to follow you guys? I thought you said that this presence you sense was close!" A whiny immortal exclaimed. That immortal was none other than Sieghart, who was dragging his Soluna across the ground, making a long trail along the hard mixture of dirt and minerals. With him were his comrades, Zero, Dio, Ley, and Mari. Mari stayed emotionless, walking with no expression, but having some concern for Sieghart's laziness.
Dio, Zero, and Ley were leadiing the group. That was because they were demons and they "sensed" some presence ahead. "We said that we sensed a presence ahead, not that I sensed a presence that was close.." Dio replied, trying to find some way to make Sieghart shut up. At that exact moment he suddenly stopped walking. Ley and Zero did too.
"You feel that?" Dio muttered. Zero nodded. "There's someone..maybe or than one person..." Ley replied, concentrating a bit more. Sieghart immediately went into his battle stance, ready for any action that came ahead. Mari did the same. "And the aura..it..seems more like Lass's aura.." Dio said. Sieghart immediately got pumped up and ready to destroy with his Soluna.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" he exclaimed, dashing forward. Dio groaned. "I hate to say it, but I agree with the Highlander.." he said, immediately following Sieghart's path with his scythe. Ley, Zero, and Mari followed along too, getting ready to fight.
About 15 minutes later...
"Damn it!" Sieghart exclaimed, driving his Soluna into the ground with rage. He was right in front of Dagian's Camp Headquarters. The others were behind him, surprised to see the remains of the camp. "We were too late! Now what do we do?" he exclaimed. Fortunately, this was one of these moments where Dio would show off his cleverness, so he spoke up. "We can search the camp for any clues that can be helpful to us.." the Asmodian Devil said. The others nodded and began to search.
Dio began searching in Tera's room, Ley searched in Arieyan's room, Sieghart searched Lass's room, and Mari searched in Arme's room.
At Arme's room, Mari was most intrigued by what she found. She found a specific purple and pink dress that had a few white stains. The second Mari smelled it her eyes widened with shock. The smell meant that...Arme probably had a moment with Lass... "How do I tell this to the others?.." she wondered. In the end she decided to avoid it for now and keep on searching.
At Lass's room, Sieghart didn't find much. He kept on searching through Lass's stuff, inspecting every item. He soon approached a frame that had a photo of Lass and Arme together. Arme was wearing a beautiful purple dress and her hair was up in a ponytail. Lass was wearing a suit with a blue tie. His hair was combed neatly. The two seemed to be at the highest balcony of the entire Chase castle. Behind them was a sky full of beautiful fireworks. Sieghart immediately recognized the picture. It was taken last year during New Year's Eve... Arme and Lass became a couple about a week before it...
After a while, they all came out of the rooms in disappointment. Their faces said it all. Nothing was found at all... Despite that Ley did have a sneer on her face. "Ley...what are you hiding?" Dio said sternly. Ley smiled a bit and showed it. In her hands was a small diary. The cover had drawings on it and other stuff. Dio was about to take it from her hands when Ley pulled it away. "This one is gonna be a keeper for me.." she said. The others sighed...
So how'd you like it? The entire idea of this was going to be different. It was going to be a part where nothing happens to Dagian, Arieyan, and Tera while Lass forces Arme to rush to the camp, taking on Jin, Ronan, and Ryan all on his own. Then Lass was supposed to escape with some wounds which Arme would heal and all that stuff.
