the door creaked as it opened, i was extremely scared now, rush walked in first, then me, i breathed a sigh of relief when only emma was in the room, she smiled softly when she saw us
"hey boys" emma said happily
"hey miss.h" rush chuckled, ok i was going to ask what that is about
"erm emma why does rush call you 'miss.h'?" i asked curiously, both emma and rush laughed happily
"he calls me that cos when he was younger he couldnt pronounce my name, so i let him call me that instead" emma said happily
"oh" was all i could say
"so why are you both here?" emma asked curiously
"i came to tell him" i said quietly
"ahh i see and rush is support" emma guessed
"correct" rush chuckled, and emma nodded before the door creaked open once again, we all looked to the door to see my father, he smiled at us all but became confussed once he saw rush
"hello david" he said happily
"hello father" i replied happily
"who is this young man?" he asked, sitting next to emma, who sat also, i lost my voice, luckly rush found his, he walked forward and bowed slightly
"im rush sykes sir" rush said smugly but politly, my father smiled
"ahh so your rush, i have had to deal with torgal talking about you for nearly 7 years now" my father chuckled, so he had heard of rush aswell
"yep torgal and bloctors top student" rush said smugly, but still polite
"hmm i thought you were ment to be extremely cocky and smug?" my father asked raising and eye brow, rush chuckled
"i am but you see i was taught to respect you elders and royalty" rush said seriously, my father smiled more
"you are a fine young man, well trained and well moraled" my father chuckled, same as rush "hmm i wonder" he muttered
"what may i asked?" rush asked
"would you like a job?" my father asked, my jaw dropped, emma became shocked and rush was practically jumping on the spot
"of course lord rolan" rush said happily, my father nodded and held out his hand, rush shook it, sealing the job, rush was a genral now! this ment he can stay
"so what is the meaning of your visit david?" my father asked, i forgot my voice again, rush smiled softly at me before turning to my father
"you see sir im gay" rush said proudly, showing no fear in his voice
"well good for you but what does this have to do?" my father asked, rush smiled and linked his hand with mine
"it appears you son is aswell" rush said happily, emma was smiling happily, and my father looked stunned
"is this true david?" my father asked
"yes it is" i said finally, my father nodded, i gulped loudly and my father chuckled
"david are you scared of me?" he asked
"no" i answered
"they why did you feel so scared to tell me?" he asked, humour in his eyes, i couldnt answer "david never feel afraid to tell me anything" he chuckled, i smiled and nodded
knock knock
"come in" my father yelled, the door creaked open and torgal walked in, smug smile on his lips
"ahh torgal look who is now a new genral" my father boasted, torgals eyes widened and locked straight on rush, who was smug beyond belief
"hmmm well done rush i am impressed" torgal said slyly, rushs eyes narrowed, ive never seen torgal like this, so competetive, not even with bloctor
"thankyou torgal" rush chuckled darkly, torgal walked over to us, smiling darkly and slyly, same as rush, i was confussed
"hmmm" torgal muttered before turning to my father "my lord how would you like to see how good rush is?" torgal said smugly, rushs smile grew to a very large size
"that would be entertaining" my father said happily, torgal turned to rush
"thats fine with me, 15 minutes!" rush said darkly, letting go of my hand and walking straight into torgals face "bring it" he hissed darkly, my jaw hit the floor, noone had every talked to torgal like that and survived, this rush certianly is somthing, torgal smiled darkly
"oh i plan to rush" he promised darkly before leaving the room, leaving me is a state of shock, emma worrying and my father looking normal, which is happy, rush returned to my side
"thats going to be fun" he chuckled, casually
"hmmm indeed i cant wait to see" my father said happily
"erm we'll be going now" i said happily, grabbing rushs hand and pulling from the room, once outside i pinned him against the wall
"whoa dave" rush said, worried
"are you insane?" i asked
"i dont think so why?" he asked
"youve just challenged torgal! TOTGAL!" i said annoyed
"and?" he asked, i looked at him like he was mad
"torgal is one of the top fighters around and your challenging him" i explained
"so what i used to do it all the time, and i always won" rush said casually, my eyes widened and i released him
"you what?" i asked
"ive fought torgal before, he hardly ever beats me" rush chuckled, my jaw was hanging, rush a boy of barely 20 has beaten torgal whos...i forget!? it isnt possiable, rush smiled, placeing a finger under my chin and closing my mouth, he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer "you scared for me?" he asked seriously, i nodded and he smiled softly before kissing me lovingly "dont worry, he wont win" rush promised, and when he said that his eyes flashed red, i decided to ignore it
"MY LORD!" someone bellowed in alarm, rush growled silently, eyes flashing again only blue this time, we turned to see bloctor charging at us, swords drawn, rush chuckled
"hey bloctor long time no see" rush said happily, bloctor stopped dead in his tracks and walked carfully over to use, sword still in hand, but loosely, he looked rush up and down before glaring "oh come on bloctor cant you remember me?" rush asked hurt, bloctors wakled straight up to rush, pulled me out the way and held his sword to rushs neck, rush smiled darkly, his eyes flashed red again
"who are you?" bloctors said, pushing his sword into his neck, nearly breaking the skin, rush sighed, he flexed his hands and there in them appered torgals prized swords, they were extremely long, they glowed red and were extremely sharp, aswell as very very rare, and he had both, there are only 2, bloctor still didnt back down, rush smiled before quickly knocking bloctors sword out his hand, and pointing his own swords at bloctors neck and heart, it happened in maybe a forth of a second, too quick for bloctor to stand a chance
"now do you know who i am?" rush asked darkly, bloctor smiled happily
"RUSH!" bloctor said happily, the moment bloctor said his name the swords vanished, bloctor hugged rush tightly, rush only laughing, when really he should be chocking from loss of air "sorry i did that i didnt recognize you" bloctors said sorrowfully, rush smiled happily
"hey its ok bloctor, now i would love to stay and chat but i have a challenge to answer" rush said smugly, bloctor nodded
"you and torgal i know hes already invited me and pagus, lets see who wins shall we" bloctor chuckled
"yes lets" rush chuckled darkly, eyes flashing blue, that was begining to scare me slightly, bloctor chuckled before walking off, i glared at rush "what?!" he asked
"how did you get torgals sword? and the other one?" i asked, he shrugged and i glared more
"fine, when i left training academy torgal gave me one of them as a parting gift, the other i found" rush explained calmly
"where did you find it?" i asked curiously, he sighed and began to walk to the arena, i walked next to him
"i began to search for it, and i found it in blackdale, it was very hard to get i had to fight some man" he stopped there, eyes far away
"rush?" i asked, his eyes re-focused and he looked at me
"sorry where was i?" he asked
"you were at you had to fight some man" i said calmly, he nodded
"well this man wasnt exactly easy but" he stopped again and put his hand down his top, i became confussed until he pulled out a necklace, on it was a green talisman, cased in gold, very pretty "this helped greatly" he said looking at the strange talisman, his eyes far away again
"who was this man?" i asked, his eyes re-focused again
"he said his name was the conqueror" rush said calmly, before opening the doors to the arena
"good luck rush" i said worried, he smiled
"ill be fine" he chuckled before drawing his swords and heading into the arena, i ran up the stairs to the stands, where emma, emmy, bloctor, pagus and my father where, i sat beside emma, toral was stood ccasually in the center of the arena, rush was stood acroos from him
"as lord rolan i declare this challnge to begin there are NO RULES!" my father shouted, NO! no rules, that means....