Chapter 16:
Stone, scissors, paper ?!
- Noon -
- Vosk, in front of Cattleya's House -
In the early afternoon everyone sat outside in front of the house and was watching Silver and Alleyne making a sparring fight. He with a normal sword and Alleyne using her main weapon, a spear. As Alleyne charges at Ingo, he dodge it easily, but in truth he had a hard time dodging her attacks. Alleyne overpowered him easily so that he was fast out of breath.
Since Alleyne wanted to know what Silver can do, she wasn't holding back. No matter that she was in love with him and Echidna saw this, but she saw that Silver had problems with sword fighting and was more fixed on his footwork. As Alleyne saw that he had problems with sword fighting she jumped back, to give him some room but she already gave him a score about 10 points.
This time Silver rushed forward and attacked her, but Alleyne easily evaded the slash and was now standing behind him. As Silver noticed this he used his leg to strike into her back. But Alleyne saw this coming and grabbed his leg, with an easy throw she send Silver flying on the ground. And before he could stand again, she pointed the tip of her lance on his chest.
"Death." Alleyne simply said, but she saw his red face what she confused
The reason Silver's face was red was, he could take a good look under her skirt and saw her green leaf panties. Even though he already saw her naked it was still awkward for him.
"W-Where are you looking at..." Alleyne respond and started to blush too.
"S-Sorry..." He respond as he stood up and rub the dirt from his cloths and he noticed that everyone was watching the both, so Ingo waved to them with a bright kind smile
Kaithlyn waved back and turned then back to Sylphi as Echidna started to speak.
"Femi boy, isn't that great at swordmanship, but his footwork is perfectly nice." She said
"Igi, was never good at swordsmanship. Our Mother trained us how to fight and I always beat him in a sword fight, but he is a great one hand combat fighter." Kaithlyn respond as she heard the mumbling from Echidna
"So, your brother is a better brawler? Now that is interesting." Echidna respond and turned back to the both and saw that Nowa looks on with excitement.
Back to the pair, that was standing and starring on each other, begun Alleyne to judge about his skills...
"Your swordsmanship is pitiful, you just use your sword arm for strikes and slash and your forgot to use it as shield too. 10 points! But your footwork is quite excellent, 40 points!" Alleyne said strictly at him and saw that he was surprised at her words.
Actually he was wondering the whole time why she was giving everyone points, but he never asked, though.
"Well... I was never good at sword fighting anyways..." Ingo scratched his head as he said this with a embarrassment look at Alleyne
As Leina this heard she recalled the event in Karakure, where he easily overpowered that giant man. She was confused now.
"If he was never good at swordmanship, then how could he beat, Duncan?" Leina asked worried herself and was question her own abilities
"L-Leina...?" Tomoe turned to her with worried eye's
"Let me guess, it was you who fought against Duncan. Right, Kaithlyn?" Echidna said and draw from everyone the attention
"I-I don't know, in that fight we was mix up maybe my abilities fused with his endure and physical prowess. I don't know."
"Physical Prowess ?" Sylphi asked curios
"Yeah.. so much I can remember, Ingo was always able to perform seemingly physically impossible workouts, which are above of normal human standards." Kaithlyn said and remembered as they were kids, that Ingo was called a monster.
"Seriously..? He was called a Monster!? Such a cute boy?" Shizuka asked with wide eye's
"Yes..."
"I know that he has something special, but that he can do that is really impressive. He remind me a little on Owen, in his younger years." Cattleya said and fall silent, what wasn't unaware of Leina.
"Is he still not back, Cattleya?"
"No and I don't know where he is..."
"Anyways, Cattleya so much I remember your husband is strong and he killed a dragon, so he can watch himself." Echidna said coldly and walked next to Nowa, to watch the upcoming battle better.
Back to the both fighters, Alleyne was still pointing her spear on Ingo and noticed his depressed look.
"You said you not good in swordsmanship, then which weapon you prefer? A staff or a lance or maybe a spear, like I do?" Alleyne asked still not satisfied from the little fight, she wanted to see his full power.
"No, nothing what you say." He respond to the elf girl
"Then which you prefer?"
"My hands." Ingo respond and clenched his hands to fist
Alleyne cracked surprised an eyebrow up and begun to smile. As Ingo put the sword in the ground and went in a battle positionm, decided Alleyne to do the same and put her spear against a tree.
"Please use your spear." Ingo said to Alleyne's surprise and she turned to him with a curios look on her face
"I should fight you with a weapon?"
"Yes. And Alleyne, please don't hold back this time."
"W-What are you saying I wasn't holding back..." Alleyne respond with a blushing face "How could he know that i was holding back..." Alleyne thought as she walked in front of him with her spear.
Alleyne was really holding back as she noticed that he wasn't good at swordsmanship, but this time she won't do it. But it was already to late for her she was to long distracted from her thoughts, that she didn't saw how he was rushing towards her.
Alleyne prepared to defend herself, but Ingo suddenly jumped over her, by using his hands on her shoulder to get behind her and attempt to strike her with his leg but through her excellent agility and speed, could she expect the strike and block it with her spear. As Alleyne was holding his leg with her spear, she could feel that something was different. He was much stronger, than before.
As Alleyne pushed him away she saw that he made a back flip and waited for her next move. As the rest saw this they looked all cheering for their favorite.
Alleyne was truly surprised and decided to attack him. As she dashed forward she used her spear to make the same trick as he did. But she failed and was surprised that he know what she was planning. Alleyne prepared to defend herself again, but she was to slow and Ingo used his right fist to make a straight strike into hers abdomen, but he stopped and Alleyne felt his palm of his right hand against her stomach. It was a calm and cold touch, she also noticed that he was holding her spear with the other hand. As Ingo looked into her eye's she started to blush and to gulp.
"Alleyne... Why do you holding back... is it because of that what we did in the bedroom. You said later, as you put your cloths back on, that you feel sorry for what you did. And even in the living room you asked me to train with you. So please don't hold back... there is one thing that my Master told me, in a battle it doesn't matter if you fight against a friend or a foe, you have to act cold or it will hurt your even more." Ingo said as he was staring in her blue eye's
Alleyne was somewhat enjoying the gentle touch on her belly, but also blushed even more from the lecture. As Ingo jumped back and released her, she took a deep breath and just hoped that nobody heard what Ingo said.
Realizing that he was right, Alleyne decides to use one of her signature moves in trying to catch him off guard and to end this fight. To prove that her feelings for him don't distract her anymore. So she charges in front of Ingo, hoping to make him think it was a normal strike, and sticks her spear into the ground for leverage. Her body then lifts up and started to spin.
Although the move surprises him, but he quickly reacts and clap his hands against to use his magic, as he put them on the ground a wall from root appeared to protect him, but the attack was strong enough to destroy the root wall and knock him back a few feet down on one knee, but his durability and magic surprises both, Alleyne and Nowa and of course the rest of the girls and boys.
"Amazing, Ingo used root's to protect himself and to block Captain's Tornado Strike." Nowa watched with excitement.
Alleyne stands back with a surprised look on her face, and smiled. Since only a few people has ever dodge this attack.
"You're not bad at all, with your hands. Among all these years of fighting, I have never met a male opponent as strong as you. But why didn't you use your magic in the first round."
"Since it don't belongs to my body, I prefer not to use it..."
"Handsome, cute, honest and a quite good warrior. I truly found a special person..." Alleyne thought and could feel how her heart started to race "Well then, shall we continue?" Alleyne ask with a smirk.
"Only if you want." He prepares himself.
Alleyne charges at him again and uses her spear for leverage once more. This time she makes a jump at a high altitude. Nowa, Echidna and Leina immediately know what move she is planning to do.
"Igi is done, no way that he can block Captain's Eagle Talon."
Alleyne know if he don't made something against her Eagle Talon, he will be finished. Ingo examines her and saw that she has one weakness, just like he has. So Ingo prepared a evade move.
Ingo begun to count the right time, when he should jump and made a counter attack. Alleyne noticed that he wasn't moving or intend to do anything, but it was already to late to stop her attack.
What nobody know and even Echidna not. Keltan was moving towards Kaithlyn. Everyone was stunned from the fight and was waiting for the finish blow. The whole air was filled with tension, waiting up for the movements of Ingo against Alleyne's Eagle Talon.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kaithlyn suddenly screamed and broke Ingo's concentration
"Kai!?" He turned to her and wasn't waiting anymore in a battle pose.
Alleyne saw this and panicked, herself she didn't want to hurt him. But it was way too late for stopping her Eagle Talon.
"I'm sorry..." Alleyne suddenly said and saw that Ingo turned back to her with a shocked expression on his face, he could do anything to dodge this attack.
But Alleyne draw her spear back so that her leg could reach him. With a desperate move she kicked Ingo in the side, to push him away from the deadly blow of her Eagle Talon.
As Silver got hit by her leg he flow towards Echidna who catched him, but both crushed against a tree and Ingo found himself with his face between Echidna's big soft breasts. He suddenly felt how an arm was wrapping around his neck and the other one was between his legs.
"Oh my. I never thought that you like elder woman, Ingo. So~ you want lose you innocence trough me." Echidna said in a seductive voice and patted his head with a giggle.
"..." No respond from Ingo, he was overwhelmed from her skillful touch and that Echidna's hot breath was blowing into his ear
What he didn't know was that Echidna was just joking, since she don't like man. But she also could feel the annoyed stares from Alleyne and the others.
"Normally, I don't like man but for you I make a exception. Just for you femi boy~." Echidna said and prepared to kiss him until...
Echidna simply dropped him on the ground and stood up, took Keltan from Kaithlyn's leg and walked towards Alleyne and Nowa. But Nowa run like everyone else towards Ingo.
"Why don't come out, Lizard~boy~" Echidna said towards the air and Ingo suddenly stood up holding is side in pain and walked next to Echidna.
As Alleyne saw that he was holding his side, she felt anger about herself. But soon she heard a rattle from the bush and she turned to the source of that sound.
Suddenly a lizard like creature walked out of the bush and stared at Echidna and the others. He then lifted his head and let out a load caw. A split Second afterwards all the other lizard like creature jumped out and surrounded them. Everyone was surprised, because they didn't notice that they was being watched. Just as everyone analyzed that they could not run away from them and that the only one who had weapons with them, was Silver and Alleyne. But also Echidna had a weapon too, her pet snake Keltan. Keltan's poisen was extremely dangerous, to any live form.
Echidna was holding Keltan around her hand, so that he could attack fast. The one who looked like their leader points out at Echidna and motions that she should get out of the ring. But she didn't want to leave and walked slowly towards Alleyne and starred evil on the leader of those beings. Just than two of them walked up to Echidna, Kaithlyn and Alleyne and grab them. Escorting them out of the ring, Harshly. The leader was smiling when he saw Echidna cursing at them, when they threw her into a tree trunk.
He then turned his head to Ingo, who was staring at him. The leader was not surprised by this. But it wasn't a stare of scare or anything else, it was more an annoyed look.
"I have found you Silver, or should I say Ingo." He said.
The leader saw surprise in his gaze. He used his lack of concentration to attack. But since Ingo was injured from Alleyne's hit he wasn't fast enough to react and the leader of this group charged and rammed Ingo with his head, Ingo barely missing the horns on his armor and fall to the ground, biting on his lips from the pain in his side.
The other girl's gasped as they saw him lying on the ground holding his side.
"Do I have your attention now?" The leader snarled at him.
"Bastard... what do you want..." Ingo respond in a rather pissed mood and got up to attack him, as payback.
The leader of them blocked Ingo's attack easily, and pushed Ingo back, flying across the field. Then suddenly there was a large explosion near the feet's of their leader, what made him jumping away to prevent any major injuries. Unknown to both and the other's. Shizuka could throw a fog bomb. It happens fast, but Ingo noticed that his opponent was attacking him again, maybe with a killing move. So he clap fast his hands together and pushed them to the ground, to summon a stone wall. As he did this he jumped out of the steam cloud and heard a loud screech. Ingo saw the attack coming. The attack of this thing went right through the stone wall. As Ingo evade it with another jump he suddenly heard a loud hiss, from behind. So he turned around to see Leina, which was knocked down against a tree and she was injured. Ingo begun to ask himself what had happened, but to her luck everyone run towards her and stand in front of the lizard thing that throw her against the tree.
The reason Leina was knocked down was that she wanted to help Ingo. She didn't wanted to lose him again, so she grabbed her reforged sword from Ymir and rushed towards him. But she was caught by a female lizard and got a hit from the tail. Which throw her against a tree and since she wasn't wearing her armor, was it very painful for her.
But the leader used Ingo's lack of concentration, again, to launch an attack. This time Ingo was to slow to cast a spell or to counter his attack so he used his new arm to dodge it. The claws of his opponent tear something apart, but it wasn't flesh that Ingo's enemy tore. It was just his long-sleeved shirt and exposed now his mechanical arm.
"So what my scouts said was true. Your right arm is not organic. That is very interesting." The leader snarled at Ingo.
"What do you want and how do you know our Names!" Ingo shouted.
The leader smiled at Ingo's comment and continued.
"I have followed Leina and you since Karakure Village. I know almost everything that happened."
Everyone stared in amazement as he continued.
"I was there when that Man almost killed Leina. I was there when Ingo was attacked at Ganios. I was Even there when Elina attacked Risty, Sylphi, and Leina near that one hideout. Almost everything that has happened to you I have been there."
Ingo stared at lizard with hate in his eyes.
"I don't believe you!" He shouted.
The leader then turned back to Ingo and snarled.
"You don't believe me? Ask Echidna."
Everyone looked at Echidna. She got up and nodded.
"He is Right." She said.
Everyone of the girls gasps at this. Nowa was hiding behind Alleyne, and she was scarred and crying. He smiled, as would he know that Nowa was scarred. And he looked from Kaithlyn to Nowa and back. He started to laugh.
"You still have those two? Even after what happened at the Horse Train?"
There again was a gasp and the lizard sighed.
"What do you know about it?" Ingo asked, threateningly.
"Who do you think kidnapped them?" The lizard said with a smile.
Again everyone gasped, and the feathers on the lizard's arm started to ruffle.
"It was You!" Alleyne then shouted at the lizard sighed and motioned for the lizard's to grab Alleyne.
Two of them broke rank and walked towards Alleyne. She would never give up, but because of Nowa behind her she didn't done a thing and let grab herself from the lizard. One grabbed each arm and held her in place, waiting for more instructions.
"Yes, it was me and three of my subordinates. We easily over powered them. I never would have believed humans, and elves, are so weak. Though that one..." The leader then pointed at Kaithlyn "Killed many of my subordinates, so I have a score to settle with her. That's why I'm here." The lizard snarled when he finished.
Alleyne tried to get out of the grasp of the lizards, only for their claws to cut her arm. As the claw cut Alleyne's flesh she let out a small whimper. Ingo could see that the leader smiled.
He then looked than at the leader, and looked back. Ingo was already pissed, because he just attacked him. But that he was the one who kidnapped Kaithlyn filled him with pure hatred.
"I'm going to kill you, you ugly, disgusting bastard."Ingo said and clapped his hands again together.
His enemy unsheathed his sword and stood in a battle position.
Everyone had a shocked face when they saw this.
"You are not the only Species that can learn how to use a sword!" The leader hissed before attacking Ingo. But got interrupted as he saw that his right arm turned into a long blade.
The lizard attacked then, but Ingo blocked every attack very well, but always missed when he attacked him. And with every slash of his right arm his side started to burn. He also could feel that his shirt started to get soaked with blood. Since it started to burn he decided to use the same tactic as he was fighting Roy. So he clapped again his hands together and created a large dust explosions.
He could not evade so Ingo paused attacking and went in a defence. The explosion sent so much dirt in the air that it was hard to see. He knew that his opponent was in the inside of the dust cloud, so Ingo closed his eye's to collect his left straight and to hear where he was.
"There!" Ingo thought and turned around with a slash, but his blade got hold up from something and he saw him standing in front of him.
It looked like he has holding his blade.
"Hey there." The lizard said right before he punched Ingo.
Ingo then fall to the ground. The leader saw him get back up, but very slowly. As Ingo was up the lizard jumped at him and pushed him back to the ground, standing now on his chest.
"Shit... my side hurts..." Ingo thought as he saw that his opponent was struggling against something. But he dropped his snout next to Ingo's ear and snarled.
"I thought you where different. You are just as weak as any other Human. You disgust me."
Ingo wasn't scarred of him or to die he was more scarred about too leave his sister alone... He could barely talk trough the pressure of his chest but Ingo was able to mutter something.
"What... the... hell... are... you?"
He could see that this angered his enemy even more, so the leader put the end of his snout barely three inches away from Ingo's Face.
"I thought you would recognize us. My Master thought you would also. We are Velociraptor." The raptor snarled.
The Raptor climbed off of Ingo. As He tried to get up the raptor kicked his legs from under him. What let him again falling to the ground, and let his side not feeling good. As Ingo shook his head to throw the pain away from his mind, he suddenly felt how another raptor was holding his hand-claws over his throat.
Out of fear to leave his sister alone, Ingo closed his eye's and was waiting for the death blow. He started to curse himself over and over and he also could hear that Kaithlyn was yelling at them.
His heart started to race, and fear made it impossible for him to move a single muscle. But the death blow wasn't coming, instead he suddenly heard how something got sliced. First Ingo thought it was his throat, but he was alright. He heard the girl's gasp and many footsteps fast running away.
"This is not Over!"
Ingo could not open his eye's, it was like he was paralyzed from fear. But than he felt a warm and gentle hand caress his cheek. As Ingo open up his eye's he didn't wanted to believe his eye's. He saw a death raptor and a girl standing above him. Ingo was more shocked about the girl as about the fact that this girl killed the raptor with one slice.
The girl had pinkish white hair that seems to be tied into pigtails in the back layers of her hair, and she had reddish eyes. As she was still caress his cheek, his view fall a little down and he saw that she was wearing a tight lowery red leotard with red spoilers. He also saw that she showed plenty much skin. On her legs she wore black tight socks. On her hip she wore some separated long straps, that looked like petals.
The girl suddenly stood up and walked towards the corpse of the raptor, she suddenly stamped on the skull and broke it open. Even though she was brutal, Ingo was speechless. He also noticed that her back, showed the same amount of skin like her front. Even more and that the leotard had the shape of a swimsuit.
The girl turned a last time back to Ingo and disappeared before he even could say something.
After a few minutes Echidna and Alleyne followed the girl, with their weapons and plenty of fog bombs from Shizuka.
Later on the same day, after that unknown attack. Everyone was in the bedroom of Cattleya's House. But only Echidna and Alleyne wasn't there, both of them tried to find a clue where those Raptor's were, or at last to find a clue who that girl was. But Leina, who was beaten down by one of them, was still lying in a bed with everyone staring at her. Sylphi used all Heal-spells she know to heal her, but something wasn't right. It was like she was in a deep sleep, like she was cursed or something.
"I don't understand this... Nothing works... Leina..." Sylphi respond and was on the edge of crying, but then she suddenly felt how someone was hugging her from behind.
"Have faith in you Sylphi, Leina would never give up! I know her too well for that!"
"T-Tomoe..."
"Tomoe-sama is right. Just keep trying it!"
"Shizuka... You're right I can't give up and I won't give up. Everyone stay back." In that moment Sylphi stood up and was holding her hands over Leina's body, she closed her eye's and started to speak in a language which nobody has ever heard before. As several runes appeared in a blue light above Leina, were everyone stunned at the blue light and let out a gasp, as it flow straight into Leina and brought herself to a glowing blue light.
But just as she casted the spell, Sylphi fall pale back to the ground, but she got caught by Cattleya and everyone turned concerned to her.
"Watch it, if you collapse now. Neither, Leina or Ingo won't forgive you." Cattleya smiled kind
As Sylphi calmed down and stood back on her feet. Echidna and Alleyne came back too from their seek and weren't really happy. Because they could not find neither the girl or those Raptors.
"Did you found really nothing?" Ymir asked as she looked at them worried
"Not a single clue. But we found some strange impact's in the trees and plenty of blood on the ground. Not that of a human, though." Echidna said with an annoyed tone and walked towards Leina "Is she alright?"Echidna asked as she patted her head
"Sylphi did what she could do, now it' up to her."Airi said changing the towel on her forehead
"Why is Ingo sleeping and where is Kaithlyn?" Alleyne asked surprised as she noticed that Ingo fall asleep
"Kai took care of his side that was hurt and he fall asleep as she did this, afterwards she went outside..." Nowa respond on the strict look from her Captain
"I see..." Alleyne respond and gave herself the blame that he lost this fight
"More improtant is! What was that for a creature. I never saw them before." Ymir asked worried waving her head between Leina and Silver
"Hachiel said that those creature's are not supposed to be existing, because they are from a past that is very long ago."Cattleya respond watching at everyone
"Where are they now?"Leina suddenly asked as she woke up
"Leina!" Sylphi cry out with tears in her eye's as she heard Leina's voice
And everyone turned with a happy face to Leina. But they saw that Leina's view got dark and depressed as she saw that Silver was lying in a bed.
"I-Is he alright?" Leina respond with a shocked expression
"He is fine, he just took a nap. Kaithlyn took care of his injuries, from that battle." Sylphi respond
First shocked about the fact that he was hurt, but soon that she heard he was just sleeping, made her really happy. Alleyne waved her head between Leina and Silver with a small hint of jealousy. Alleyne already know that Leina and the rest of the girl were in love with him. She herself could no longer deny it, that she wanted him too. But her deep thoughts were interupted by Nowa...
"Nowa is so happy that you are alright..." Nowa jumped on Leina and was holding herself on her with tears in her eye's.
Everyone in the room turned to the both and started to smile, until Cattleya sigh with a bright smile. "Okay! Let's move into the living room and discuss what we are going to do next. I'm going to make something to eat." She said
Sitting on the table in the living room, everyone drunk a cup of tea. But nobody of them know how long they were sitting already in front of the table, but they even didn't notice that Echidna was outside to look for Kaithlyn. Eventually, the both of them walked back in and saw that Kaithlyn was visibly exhausted and had slight scratch on her legs. Walking behind her was Echidna with a rather worried expression. First they thought that Echidna did something to her, like the usual sexual harassment thing. But Kaithlyn just passed the others and turned to the bedroom. As Leina saw that she was injured, she felt a mix of different emotion. From worry and self hate. But soon as Echidna sat down she simply made jokes about those Raptor's.
"That is nice and maybe funny, but why was Kai injured? You didn't do anything to her, did you?" Leina asked concerned
"No. But I saw her kicking against a tree and yelling on someone. I don't know with who she was talking, but maybe she just needed to clean her mind. I would prefer some lovely sex for something like this, but everyone has is own ways." Echidna respond to Leina and drunk a little tea too.
At this comment about sex, everyone's face turned dark. Only Rana's and Nowa's face made a quizzically expression. And to avoid any embarrassment question from those both, Tomoe throw a new question into the row.
But before Tomoe could speak, Alleyne stood up and walked to the bed room.
Entering the bedroom, Alleyne saw that Kaithlyn was lying next to her brother. Watching the both closely, Alleyne felt again a high amount of jealousy in her heart. But she totally forgot that the both were brother and sister. Moving closer to the both Alleyne noticed a pair of Black Boots on her leg's adn she was suprised about those boots...
"What is this...? She didn't have them on as she passed us." Alleyne respond as she saw those strange boot's
But she shrug it off and Alleyne decided to take a nap. But first she changed the bandage and used some elven medicine. Eventually Alleyne crawled in her bed and let herself fall on it. It was then that Alleyne started to dream, a very unpleasant dream...
She found herself walking alone on a way. Which was surrounded by an old temple. She could hear the sound of three people fighting, as she realized from who and where those voices came, she speed up her movements and reached a big yard. On the left she could see Nowa which wasn't moving at all and of the other side, she saw an unknown person in a black coat. First she was shocked about that Nowa was lying there and thought that this person on the other side was responsible for it. But her view was soon fixed on a person in red, what looked like a human but something on this person was dangerous and not human.
Despite that Alleyne asked several times who he was, she got not a single respond from him. The only respond she got was that the unknown man raised his lance and attacked her. Alleyne used all of her skills to fight back, but nothing what she did showed any visible effect. As if this person just an illusion or a ghost...
Still fighting she could feel that she was nearly at the end of her strength and could no longer dodge any attacks of her still unknown opponent. The strange thing was, she already beat down that mask that he was wearing and it exposed a man of the east. With a clash of both weapons, the man finally begun to speak.
"You are so weak... Your heart is full of doubts. Are you still thinking on how you can make him love you. If you not stop thinking like that it will poison your mind and you will lose him permanently along your precious pupil." He said coldly and smashed his lance at Alleyne's weapon and throw her along with her weapon into a wall. As she crashed into the wall and fall to the ground, she could see the face of that person in that black coat. As she realised that it WAS Ingo, she gasped and started suddenly to cry.
She saw that he had several injuries and that his eyes were blank. There was no doubt that he was dead...
Reaching out her hand to his. Alleyne snapped her eyes open and could feel that she was truly crying. Question herself what was wrong with her, crying about a dream she realised that it was the same dream that she had back there in the train. Also she realized that she was full of sweat and that she had blood on the corner of her mouth.
"Blood...?" She respond as she wiped the blood away and turned her head automatically to the bed where Ingo and Kaithlyn slept. But she saw neither one of them. First she was shocked, but she realised that on the bed were some towels.
"Ah... They are probably in the bath. But why is my heart beating so fast..." Alleyne respond with a sigh and recalled what that man said.
For her was it cruel to have this dream again along those doubts in her heart, despite that she already said that she like him. Eventually Alleyne decided to shrug those feelings away and wanted to take a bath, where she hoped that she could speak again with Ingo.
Standing in front of the Bath door, Alleyne moved into the changing room and saw everyone's cloths, lying in several basket's. Just then as she saw Nowa's cloths, she found Silver's set of cloths too. Somehow she found herself, holding his shirt in front of her and was sniffing on it.
"Such...sweet scent..."Alleyne respond with a blushing face, despite that what she just did was extremely pervert and would more fit Echidna.
But since that night as she saw him in the forest, she felt herself attracted to him and so Alleyne put his shirt back into the basket and started to strip off her own cloths. First taking off her red beret, waving her hair in the air, followed by removing her cloak. After that her glove's and boot's. As she remove her top and exposed her well-formed breasts, she noticed that only tiny towel's were left and that she know which fault that was.
"E-Echidna... your pervert bitch..." Alleyne respond with a dark expression
But to her luck, she found a big pink towel and continued to strip off her cloths. As she removed her belt she could her that Nowa was screaming. Something about 'Teach me how I can get a bigger bust size'. Alleyne know that Echidna was again playing pranks on her cute little Nowa. After she finished her changing, she put the towel around her body and entered the bath.
As Alleyne stood on the edge of the pool, she could see that everyone was enjoying themself. Ingo and Kaithlyn were sitting back on back. Nowa was rubbing on a soap cucumber, but was frustrated that nothing was cumming out, even though the sea cucumber was moving horny and was pretty big. So Nowa trow it away and was frustrated that it doesn't worked. But as the cucumber smashed on the water surface, it let out a huge amount of soap.
"UAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"Ymir suddenly started to scream, because she was hit by the cum from the cucumber and was full of it. "What is this.. sap.." Ymir tried desperate and frantic to whip it away, but it was so sticky...
Nowa floated fast towards Ymir and helped her to whip the sticky sap from her face using her towel. As result Nowa left with Ymir, Cattleya and Rana the bath to take care of this sticky soap sap. But soon after they left, Cattleya send Nowa and a clean Ymir with something to drink back. As Tomoe saw the both returning she had to think on that scene from earlier. She recalled everything and was wondering now who of the both were the adult...
Looking at Ymir with quizzically eyes, Tomoe found herself looking at the braids of Ymir which looked like drills.
"Her hairstyle is impressive, right Shizuka?" Tomoe whispered to her friend
"Maybe it is her secret skill!? If you not watch out she shoot them like rockets at you!" Shizuka respond in attempt of making a joke
"Really!?" Tomoe respond and was imagine it how Ymir stood in front of her opponent and extended her arms with an evil lough.
But at the picture were her drills would shoot out like rockets at her enemy, she herself had to lough and draw so the attention of Ymir. "PH HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Seeing that the both were laughing about her. Ymir appeared in front of them and was pretty annoyed. "What the hell are you laughing at!?" Ymir respond
"AHHHHHHH! NOT THE DRILLS!" Tomoe and Shizuka cried out in fear, holding each other and hiding behind a tree.
Pissed, Ymir turned around and saw that Echidna was drinking some of the sake that gave Cattleye them. "Sake is a must at hot springs." Echidna said as she saw Ymir looking at her. "Care to join me? You're old enough to drink, right?"
"Ah, guess I'll have some, too." Ymir respond at Echidna who pointed a bottle of sake at her.
5 minutes later...
Echidna was amazed at the view of Ymir. "I heard rumors, but... so this is high level drinking, huh. And even Femi-boy is drunken..." Echidna respond at the both drunken
"AHHHH~ This is a good one... hicks."Ymir respond as she drunk the whole bottle in one attempt
Another set of 30 minutes later...
Ingo was lying on the small island and slept a sleep that was pretty deep, but since he was just drunken he could still understand the girls.
"Stone, scissors, paper!" The voices of the girls cried out and Ingo was question himself what the meaning of this was.
But he only could fell that he lost his awareness and that his body was pretty hot... Also he suddenly felt a cold breeze and that someone shouted, what sounded like a attack or something similiar 'Waltz: Mist Wind'...
Some hours later in the living room, Kaithlyn was busy with the exchanging and the wring out of a water soaked rag. What she directly dip back into the water bowl and placed the rag back on the forehead of her brothers.
And just as she put it down on his forehead, with caution. Kaithlyn noticed that her brother started to moan.
"..Ng..."
Kaithlyn was always playing his nurse when he was sick or was overworked, and she never had anything against it. Sha actually loved to take care of her brother. But her heart was always heavy when she saw him like this. But suddenly as she was thinking on the days back, her brother suddenly jumped up in a upright position and scarred her to death.
"Whoa! That was a surprise." Kaithlyn respond in her thoughts as she recovered from the shock, that her brother gave her.
"Kaithlyn?" Silver asked with wide open eye's and a face that told everyone that he had no idea where he was.
Kaithlyn sat down on the chair that she put in front of him and was truly relieved that her beloved brother has awoken. With a big sigh of relieve she turned her head to him.
"You wake! I'm so relieved. I was really worried about you, Igi. Why didn't you listen to me, as I said you can't hold any alcohol by you."
"That was just a dream...?" Ingo respond with a curios face
"Huh...? What was just a dream?" Kaithlyn asked curios
"I guess I had a really dirty dream there..." He respond in all honesty towards his sister and saw that her eye's turned wide open
"A-Anyways... I found you passed out in the bath and drag you back here. Does your head still sting?" Kaithlyn asked in a concerned tone and a blushing face, since she saw him naked and even put his clothes back on. But she know what he mean, because she interupted Echidna's pervert game. All the girls suddenly played Stone, scissors, paper in the hot spring. To decide who is allowed to sleep with him first...
And since Kaithlyn was against it and found that idea pretty stupid she used the Black Boots she got from that strange being that she saw earlier and was shouting at...
"Where am I?" He asked Kaithlyn which had still a concerned glance on her face. He could see that her face was red and that something was uncomfortable for her. But he shrug it off and was waiting for an answer of his sister.
"We are in the living room from Cattleya's house. And everyone else is already in the bed and fall asleep. But anyways! Welcome back, Igi." Kaithlyn smiled at him kind and Ingo could see that her beautiful hair fall down from her shoulder
"She is so cute, with her long hair tied into pigtails."Ingo thought as he saw her.
Suddenly both heard loud scream from the bedroom, which remind more on loud moans of one or that someone were kicked into their butt. Ingo and Kaithlyn just sigh as they heard this.
"I stay better here." Ingo started to lough weak and let fall himself on the couch, he was sitting on.
"Do you mind if I sleep next to you?"Kaithlyn stood up and lay herself down next to him.
"N-No..." He respond to her question.
As Kaithlyn was lying in front of him, Ingo could smell the sweet scent of her hair. And for Kaithlyn she could feel that her heart was racing.
"I don't have to hate myself, for my feelings..."Kaithlyn said in her thoughts as she wrapped his arm around her and snuggled her young body on his body.
On the next morning Ingo was running away from Rana, Ingo couldn't keep the smile off his face. Since both were playing tag, as everyone else was watching the both Vieth siblings and Rana playing around. Such a simple thing as playing tag with a nine-year old could still bring them both joy, was a nice thing to know. After all that life had done to them hadn't stifled their ability to enjoy such simple things. The rhythmic pounding from steps and laughter beneath the green meadow, was a clear sign that Rana was happy. Normally Rana was only happy, if he was able to hang on her mother's waist. For Cattleya was it a nice change of things, that Rana had a new friend.
"The three really have much fun." Leina said fully dressed and smiling on the three
"I agree." Alleyne said sill fixed on her small young husband, still knowing that she wasn't the only who sleept with him
"Captain! Can Nowa play with them too?" Nowa asked in a burst out of cheerfulness
With a simple nod from Alleyne, Nowa run towards with Ruu to the three and jumped on Ingo's back. Seeing now the four playing around filled everyone's heart with a nice and lovly warmth.
"He will someday become a good father. I'm sure of it." Cattleya suddenly said with a bright smile on her face and catched everyones attention.
At Cattleya's comment, they drifted into some daydreams which showed them stand next to him and that he is holding a small baby in his arms. Of course each one of them saw a different version of it. Tomoe and Shizuka were back in Hinamoto and had a pair of twins with him. Leina was living with him in a small village and he took care of their daughter and the houshold. Ymir had so much children that she couldn't count them anymore and had in the same time so much customer that she and her husband become the greatest Blacksmith familie that ever existed. Alleyne lived with him and Nowa in a small shack, near the Elven Forest and had a child too. But their daydreams were suddenly interrupted by a loud scream from Airi. As they looked at Airi, they saw that Ingo grabbed her waist and startled her. The other three started to lough and saw that Ingo was now running away from Airi, who chased him with an angry expression on her face and her scythe.
After some more rounds of playing tag, the five fall on the ground and were breathing hard.
"You... I.. hate...you... Ingo..."Airi said with a blushing face and a sweaty body
But Ingo and Kaithlyn just lough along with Rana at her. And realised that they were pretty tired from playing tag, but it was also time to say goodbye, to Cattleya and Rana. After a little lunch break they decided to continue their journey, but this time the target was Gainos. After saying goodbye, Rana suddenly hold himself at Ingo's and Kaithlyn's leg, showing that he didn't wanted that they left them alone.
"Please, promise me that you come back and play with me again." Rana respond with big tears in his eye's
Cattleya sigh at the view of Rana and took him in her arm. And turned back to the both Vieth's with a kind smile.
"Make sure you come back. You both are always welcome her." She respond to the both with an even bigger smile and a sad-looking Rana.
With a nod of the both and small tears in their eyes, they said that the both would come back and visit them, also they promised Rana it with a pinky promise. Seeing them walking towards the station, Rana started to ask something his mother.
"Will they really come back to us?"
"I'm sure of it, and if they not coming back. I bet that Airi will drag them back to us." Cattleya respond to Rana's question and patted his head.
What Cattleya and Rana, including Ingo and Kaithlyn too, didn't know was that Leina, Alleyne, Echidna, Tomoe and Shizuka found a note on the door this morning, from a very annoying bird that ended up on Alleyne's head. The note itself had a message on it what sounded like a threat to everyone. She said 'We are Watching you. -RG-'. They decided that nobody of them told Cattleya, Kaithlyn or Ingo something about it. Despite that not every one of them got well along or had a own agenda, they decided to team up against this unknown enemy also to cast away their rivalry, for now.
On an other place, despite the fact that already a day has gone, the girl who saved Silver was still around in a small forest. And looked at herself in a small water spring. She reached out her hand and tried to touch her reflection, which was on the water surface, but a faint feeling of pain overcome her body as had someone injected long and fine needles in her body. Falling to the ground and holding her head in pain the girl started to cry out and tears run over her cheek. Also picture of a person that were similar to Silver rushed trough her mind. She didn't notice that someone has approached her and was holding the tip of his large-caliber autorevolver, on her neck. The girl suddenly passed out, but the bullet who should kill her never left the revolver. Instead she felt how she was carried away.
"I can't kill you... You are the only one who can save him, Sylphi..." The man said as he left the forest with her in his arm's, turning around to see that he wasn't alone.
The man know who it was, and know if they would attack him. Those enemy's would die a quick death...
to be continued...
Damm Damm Damm, first plot twist! muhahahahahah. Sylphi is alive!