Me: I hope this is long enough...
Brendan: You see? Just type for 3 days straight while playing your PSP then you can make a chapter long enough for satisfaction.
Rena: Trust me you're gonna love this chapter and the one next to this!
Siegfried: He's reaching the halfway!
Brendan: Start this chapter already!
Chp. 12: You Made Me...
"I'm Sarah!" she introduced herself turned around and pointed at the hole on the roof that's letting the sunlight go in. "You fell from the sky." She tilted her head once again "Scared me."
"So you saved me, huh?" I sat down from being laid on the ground
"Not really…" she turned around and placed her hand near her mouth as if calling for somebody "Helloooo! That's all I did."
I laughed at what she did finding it quite hilarious. Then, I yanked myself up using only my legs and I heard her gasp lightly.
"Thank you so much Sarah. I'm Brendan." I introduced myself and I cross my arms and walked around "I have to repay you somehow."
"Don't worry about it." she shook her head but I'm not let this chance pass. She is kinda beautiful to start with
"No, no…" I placed my hand on my chin to show her that I'm thinking even the fact that I already have something in mind "Hey, what about one date?" I raised my index finger symbolizing the one date that I'm asking her
Sarah placed her hands behind her "What is that? Don't be silly!" and rejected my offer which was a total downer
"I should get going now." I turned to the large door behind me and walked towards it
"Alright…" she replied but I sensed sadness in it as if she doesn't want me to leave so I stopped on my tracks and turned again to her
'Guilt.'
"So… You alone here?" I asked her to try to make another conversation
"Yeah." She suddenly turned happy again when she heard my question "Where are you going?"
"Come to think of if… I'm not sure myself." I really am hopeless
"I'll take you there." She approached me
"Where?"
"Not sure either…"
"You just want to spend more time with me, don't you?" I joked
She blushed afterwards and now she can't even look at me directly "Yeah." Her blushed went more crimson and she hid her face in embarrassment. I on the other hand became frozen in shock.
"W-wait… You said… You wha?"
"I want to spend more time with you."
Sarah then hugged me and buried her face on my chest to hide her blushing.
'Sweet mother of Thanatos! I must be dreaming!' I suddenly became oblivious of my surroundings and as for Sarah, she doesn't want to let go until her blushing subsides and her hug is getting tighter every second. This is something else… but what about Rena?
She's more than a friend to me…
"Hey! Get me some water you fox!" Brendan opened a cage where someone is in
"I'm not taking some orders from a malevolent, heartless guy like you!" a girl yelled from inside the cage
"Follow my order because you owe me your life. Your tribe was living in our land so we had to wipe them off permanently since they can't be enticed with good conversation. You're lucky that you're their princess and you have the looks or you would have suffered death by now."
"Then kill me!" she caught Brendan on his collar and shook him
"Just be a good dog and fetch me some water from the well."
"Hey, Rena!"
"Hmm?" Rena looked out of her cage to see Brendan
"Can you get me some water?" Brendan held up an empty pail
"Can I do that later?" she replied
"Mom's getting angry with me."
"Then do it yourself!"
"I'm trying to be nice here!" he threw the pail at her but terribly missed
"I'm trying to do something here! Get a life!"
"Rena!"
"What's up white?" she answered back
"Guess what!"
"What?" she asked full of curiosity
"You're going to live inside the mansion now!"
"Really?" Rena bursted in excitement
"First get me some water." he smirked
Rena then smacked Brendan in the head as hard as she could and the two of them just laughed at it like normal friends.
Rena was sitting in the middle of a flower patch. She picked up a daisy and started to pick off its petals. She was about to pick the last one when Brendan cam along.
"This is where you are." he crossed his arms and raised one eyebrow
"Problem?"
"Will you get me a pail of water?" Brendan handed over a basket to Rena
She looked at Brendan as if Brendan was a weirdo. (Well, he is a weirdo…)
"With a basket?" Rena chuckled
"Yes."
"No way I'm doing that! It's impossible!" Rena threw the basket back to Brendan "Brush my tail first."
"Why would I do that?"
"I already did what you made me to do." Rena picked several flowers and smelled them
"I haven't told you to do anything since last week."
"That's where you're wrong."
Rena put the flowers in the basket and drew close to Brendan to the extent that they're faces were an inch away from each other.
You made me love you.
I didn't want to do it.
I didn't want to do it.
You made me love you.
And all the time you knew it.
And all the time you knew it.
Rena whispered to Brendan then she held his face and kissed him on the lips for some period of time. A gust of wind blew sending petals gliding in the air surrounding the couple making the moment more beautiful and breathtaking.
More than I ever imagined…
TPV
"So, Brendan left. Is that what you're saying?" Knight Master asked the Chase
"Yes KM." Elesis answered
Aurora paused to think while the Chase waited anxiously for her thought about the matter.
"I'll have to consult her highness first." KM decided "For now, wait for my return."
KM left the room leaving the Chase with an awkward silence.
"BRENDAN!" Elesis yelled and started to swing her sword violently "You're such a royal pain in the ASS!"
"So this is what your mansion looks like." Brendan scanned the outer look of the mansion
It was colored white. There are many flowers surrounding the mansion and it had a golden door. Not to mention that it's freakishly huge inside and out.
"Is something the matter? You don't like it?" Sarah asked Brendan after looking at his sad face
"Nothing… It's just that it kinda reminds me of home." Brendan smiled to hide his emotions since she's in front of Sarah and he doesn't want to worry her
Sarah paused for a moment and tilted her head to the right and another awkward silence took place. Just then Sarah put up a big smile.
"Hooray! I knew you'll say that!" Sarah clapped her hands, like a little school girl that's about to receive some candy from her teacher as a reward of answering correctly in recitation, and skipped away happily while Brendan followed lazily
"Is that something to be happy about?" he sighed
After some minutes of walking and a glass of lemonade courtesy of Brendan's Transato, they were halfway through the forest. While walking Sarah had a question in mind.
"Hey, Brendan…"
"Yeah?"
"If you can transport things with your magic, then why not teleport us to town?" Sarah asked
"I don't like to rely on my special abilities to much. Besides, we can have some quality time together if we just walk." Brendan answered his usual answer to that kind of question
All of a sudden they heard two consecutive ear shattering roars that made them cover their ears. Right after the roars subsided, a tomahawk came flying towards Sarah. Brendan summoned Luminous, he's sword, and parried the tomahawk back to where it came from.
"Where in the world did that came from?"
He soon got his answer when two ogres emerge in front of them. Brendan told Sarah to hide so he can face the two monsters alone.
"You wanna play huh?" Brendan spun his sword and took his battle stance
Both of the ogres threw their tomahawks at the same time. Brendan flipped out of the way. He smiled at Sarah afterwards. Not seeing it the two giants punched him throwing him away. He managed to recover in mid-air and he stabbed a tree. He made use of his sword like a bar used in gymnastic and vaulted himself. Using the spinning momentum that he got, Brendan used a skill. His spinning became more rapid as he came close to the ogres and flames started to engulf his sword. The two attempted to block him using their palm but was unable to stop him. The two ogres staggered being not able to handle Brendan off. Taking the opening, he teleported to their back and bashed the ground causing an explosion uplifting the ground. The two monsters fell dead and sliced in half. Brendan stood up and withdrew his sword.
"That's what you call a Storm Blade!"
"Look out!" Sarah yelled alerting Brendan who quickly looked back
Another ogre came charging at Brendan with a giant axe as large as it is. Brendan ran away from the ogre that is swinging its axe violently. When he met a dead end he did a back flip, utilizing a tree as a boost to go over the giant monster. The monster roared in frustration and charged at Brendan again but this time Brendan did not run away instead he ran towards the ogre. Just before they crash into each other, Brendan did a sliding tackle like a soccer player and summoned his shotgun and shot the monster from bellow taking the giant down permanently, or so he thought. The moment that Brendan stood up, the ogre grabbed Brendan in his leg and held him upside down. The giant stood up and roared at Brendan.
"Dude… You should brush your teeth." he joked in spite of the situation that he's in
The ogre slammed Brendan him to the ground five times before throwing him away like a pebble. Some thin trees snapped due to the strength of the throw until Brendan bumped into a Nara tree that is hard and resilient but it still produced some cracks. Brendan gasped in pain and opened his eyes. He pointed his shotgun at the nearing monster just to realize that his shotgun was not in his hands.
"Oh no! Not good." He said realizing his situation as the ogre's axe was right in front of him
The monster raised its axe and was about to cut Brenda in half when it happened to be that the monster was the one who cut in half. The monster fell dead for real this time. Brendan stood up and saw someone familiar.
"You're really hopeless…"
Brendan's eyes widened because of who he is seeing right now.
"B-Brenda?" he stuttered
"Yes sweetie. It's me!" she smiled
Brendan was amazed. She has flesh now and she looked around 17 years old. She looked like how she looked in the history books. Unlike when she was a spirit where all you can see is white pile of smoke floating around.
Brendan and his mother are viewing a book about their clan's history. Brendan had so many questions about who that person is, what weapon is that, where is that place, why some events occurred, when did they happen and how things go. He had so many questions. Brendan was 8 years old. He had no headband back then; he wore a plain black t-shirt with a phoenix feather printed on it, plain brown short, blue and red colored shoes and a pair of reading glasses. He can often be seen in the library of their huge mansion or in his room reading books. He loves books but even so, he is very skilled in combat with his Magnum and can also defend himself even with just a book. Brendan was raised in brute and wisdom, books and swords, muscle and brains.
Brendan flipped the page once more and saw a snow white-haired girl that looked about 17 years old "Who's this mother?" Brendan asked his mom while pointing at the picture of the said girl
"Why she's Brenda, you're great grandmother." His mother answered "She's a chosen just like you. Unfortunately, she failed to fulfill the prophecy."
"That's one more you owe me."
"Owe you?"
"You lost your focus."Brenda offered her hand to Brendan and the moment that he accepted it; they were at the center square of town in a blink of an eye and Brenda is nowhere to be found
"We're in town already?" Sarah said amazed
Brendan looked around searching for Brenda but she was nowhere to be found.
"Thanks Brenda."
Me: If you liked this chapter then you're gonna love the next one!
Sarah: The much awaited meeting will occur next!
Aika: Hooray for longer chapters!
Sayoka: Review please!
Notes:
1) Rena was captured by Brendan and his dad when they retook their land from Rena's tribe.
2) Note of the Fox. This will greatly help in knowing Rena more.
3) Starting from enemies, then friends, close friends then to a couple. L.O.V.E.
4) Sarah will play a large role in this story's sequel but not much here. Yes, I'm planning to make a sequel.
5) Brenda was also a chosen.
6) Brenda looks 17 but her age tells a different story.
7) Brendan's intelligence... You know where he got them. Although his smartness is a big pain due to his devious schemes and mischievous acts.
8) Brenda and Brandon got out of Brendan's body causing him to faint in the past chapter is also required in fulfilling the said prophecy.