Chapter 3 Discoveries:
"What the hell was that!?" I shout as I'm paralyzed. by the roar that came out of nowhere. I look around me but. I see nothing. I smack my cheeks "come on Elsword, focus!" I reassure myself. The safety of Ruben is at stake, and I promised Elsa that I'd protect it until she returns. I keep running forward till I hear "Whaaaaaaa! Please don't eat us! W-we are not tastey" And then I see it as I approach the clearing. A giant wolf like- thing. "What in the world is this?" was all I could muster. "I don't know who you are kid, but it would be in your best interests to leave and never come back" spoke the blue demon
"Holy shit! You can talk!?" shout as I couldn't believe my eyes, "I won't ask you again" the wolf monster threatened as it gripped something in its hand. I glanced at it closely, realizing that it was the stolen elshard. "Where'd you get that monster?! Give it back!" I demanded. "Times up" I heard the monster say.
"Uhrrr" I let out as I grit my teeth as the demons patience has wore thin. "Too bad kid, you're future is canceled!" as he swiped at me. "Eyehh" I grunted as I barely missed the swipe.
"Lightning Bolt!" I hear from somewhere behind me as I turn around quickly to see a stream of blue lightning heading my way. "What the!?" I shout as I hit the deck; a bolt singes the top of my hair as the hit the beast behind me.
?'s POV:
"Gyaaaaaaaaar" bellowed the beast as my attack crashes into its chest. "hehehe, just in time" I giggled as. the monster stopped in its tracks.
"'The hell!? Watch were you're pointing that thing!" the boy yelled at me. How rude, after I just saved his life too. "Give me back the El shard you bastard!" he yelled at the monster that was still paralyzed. "Mega Slash! He yelled as his sword glowed red before it crashing down in the monster's chest. "Gyyooooooaarrrh!" went the monster as it landed on its back, flinging the elshard high in the air in the direction of the sea. The monster held its hand over its face and laughed. "This is rich… me, the demon lord, bested... by a couple of toddlers... hahaha too funny… hahaha... too funny. Well... no matter, things are still going according to plan anyways." he said as black smoke began to surround him "thank your stars that there's more serious matters at hand to deal with than you." as the demon poofed away.
"Well, that went better than I thought" I said as I let out a sigh. "You're lucky I was here to save you. That thing would've killed you if I haven't showed up when I did" I boasted. I wasn't even thinking at this point, just flapping my gums away like I was in grade school. I haven't even noticed the faint blush on my face. I've done many things on my journey but saving a boy was a first. "By the way, my name is A-"
"AW HELL WHERE IS IT?!" I heard him yelling.
"Um no, like I was saying" I chimed in. "my name is A-" I stopped as I saw him raise his sword at me.
"And just who the hell are you!" he shouted as he glared at me, raising his sword at me.
"W-what the!? Is this how you thank someone who saves your life!?" I shout back.
"Saved my life?! More like failed to kill me you- you fail assassin!" he shouted back.
"Fail assassin!? First of all if I wanted to kill you, you would've been dead already, not here arguing with me. And "second of all, is that how you talk to a lady?! " I shouted back at him.
"You?! A lady?!" He shouted back. "Acting like this? A real lady wouldn't act like this! A real lady is…is… more mature. Besides..." as he eyed me down. " You don't even look older than me, much less a lady"
"Oh yeah you brat! Wanna bet!" I shouted back.
"Yeah!" He shouted back.
"So how old are you!"I demanded.
"Heh, 14." he said rather smugly.
"Hah, 16!" I said with an inflection of triumph in my voice.
"Hmmph" he pouted as i watched the look of defeat plastered on his face. "W-well whatever, you still have a long way to go before you're a real lady..."
"A real lady?!" I sparked back up, shaking my wand in fury.
"Yeah, a real lady." He said wearing a lecherous grin while he motioned an hourglass frame with his hands.
Elsword's POV:
I don't know why but we continued arguing for the better part of 15 minutes. I pause in the midst of the yelling. Wait a minute? Why the hell am i wasting time arguing here? In all honesty I don't think this girl is even capable of stealing the elshard anyway "So um w-what was your name again?" I asked, starting to cool down. "What!? Now you want to know my name?! After all that?!" She harped. Yes damn it, just tell me!" I barked back at her. Why is she so eccentric..."Fine! Since you want to know so bad its Aisha" she said with a pout. "And you?" She asked. "The names Elsword" I replied "Ok Aisha, so since you're not after the elshard did u happen to see what happened when the monster had dropped it?" "Well it all happened so fast but it seems like he was gonna teleport it, either that or eat it. I noticed the spell he was using for transport but when we attacked him it flew high in the air that way" she said as she pointed behind me. I look in the direction she pointed. "That's actually where the coast is... you don't think it's that far off do you?" I asked. "It might be..." she replied. "You'd be surprised at how far the spell can send things" she said with a giggle which made me smile a little bit. Hehe despite being a crazy lady that giggle is kind of cute. I shake my head. What am I thinking you idiot Well let get going as I gesture her to follow me as we looked for the elshard on the way to the coast.
At the coast:
"Rrrrrrrrr damn it! How far did you fly!?" I shout to the sky. We've been walking for the better part of 20mins and not even a faint glow. We take a breather on a nearby rock. "You don't think that fell in the ocean do you?" Aisha asked while resting. My heart sunk. Oh no! Is that why we can't find it?! If it fell into the sea its gotta be miles away by now! Shit! Damn it! As the eccentrics raged on in my head I began shivering with anxiety. "Noooooooo!" I yell as I race off towards the beach to search the coast.
Aisha's POV:
"E-Elsword?!" Where are you going?" I called out to him as i watched him dash off towards the coast line. "What's the matter with you I scolded him as I caught up to him. "Just calm down you moron you won't find anything that way" I said. Although it does look kind of bleak... As I scour the beach. I notice a faint flicker of light as jog on over to it. "Hey Elsword, I think I found something." I called out to him as he wandered on over to me. We walked over to the light which was coming out from under what looked to be a ruined lifeboat. "What the? That's a little small to be a shipwreck" said Elsword as he glanced at the ruined lifeboat. The boat, although broken, looked rather sturdy. It was about 20ft x8ftx8ft and despite being shipwrecked it was still intact. I notice the light shining thru a hole in the wreckage. I look inside the hole and inspect the inside to see the elshard he was searching so franticly for. "Hey Elsword, I think I found it. It's in this wrecked boat. Here, look." As I called him over. I peep inside the hole as Elsword is walking over. I wonder how long this thing has been h-! -Gasp!-I let out. "Elsword!" What's wrong Aisha?" he responded. "Quick, help me turn over this boat!" "Why?" he asked with concern. "Because, I think there's someone under here!" I replied. I used a levitation spell to pick up the boat slightly. D-Damn… this thing… is...heavy. "Hurry!" I shouted.
Elsword's POV:
I quickly grab hold of the side Aisha dug out with her magic and work my magic. "Haaaa…Yaaaah!" I yell as I lift the boat's side slowly over my head. "Whoah…" I heard escape from Aisha. I guess she was impressed. "Errrr…yaaaah!" I yell as I jump and push the heavy ass boat up, causing it to topple right side up again. "Pheew!" we both let out as we fall on our butts winded. I turned to look at Aisha, who was red In the face. She then turned to me and got redder; quickly turning the other way. "S-show off" she stammered. "What did you even need me for?!" I just smiled with my eyes closed as a sweat bead ran down my cheek ^_^; I don't know whether she's embarrassed or impressed. I wish you had taught me other stuff too besides swordsmanship Elesis. Oh well… you can tell me when you finally come home again. I let out a sigh and look up at the contents of the ship. It looked to be knight white armor with blue flags. There was also a large cannon which was the same size as the knight. What kind of knight are you…? As Aisha checks to see if the knight is still alive I continue to survey it. The helmet was very peculiar as it looked like a wolf and had blue hair gushing from the top.
"Awwwoooooooah" groaned the armor as we both jumped back in surprise. "Holy shit! He's alive!?" we both shouted. "Quickly, we need to get his helmet off and check his condition!" shouted Aisha as she was searching for a way to open the armor. I also check the helmet myself as I notice a clip just behind the place where his ear should be. I tug at it. "Hey Aisha, I think I found something" and I tug some more and feel a snap and air brush past my hand as the helmet cracked open. As Aisha levitated his head a bit off the floor I tried to work the helmet off. Then I heard some mechanics as the helmet quickly shrunk into his back. Aisha and I both gasped as we layed eyes on a young girl around our age inside the armor, instead of a hardened man. She had a kind of bowl hair cut and two bangs on each side that resembled "dog-ears". There was evidence of her being wounded as there was a small trail of blood from her left side of her face. She was panting heavily as we noticed her eyes open weakly. Her blue eyes weakly surveyed the area weakly before resting on mines. I blushed slightly. Damn it why am I blushing?! I've blushed more times today than I've done in the last five years!
"I…is….that you E…Elesis?" the girl said. I nearly snapped. "Elesis! How do you know that name!?" I shouted. I don't think the girl heard me correctly. She closed her eyes and giggled. "Same brash behavior…as always I see…looks like…I made it…after…all" as she stopped talking. ""Brash behavior…as always…" as I try to nudge her back awake. "Elsword?" "But…I've never seen you before in my life…" "Elsword!" I haven't noticed that I was shaking her now. "Get up…come on you …Get Up! " I shout as I unconsciously shake her harder now. "Elsword!" "You cant just spout stuff like that and go to sleep…WAKE UP DAMN YOU! " "STOP IT ELSWORD!" *SMACK!* went Aisha's hand as it smacked my face, bringing me back to reality. "I don't know who this Elesis is, and I don't know who this girl is either. But if you keep up this crazy shaking then both this girl and what she knows of Elesis will die! Now wake up and help me get her back to town!" she ordered me. "R-right…sorry" I apologized to her. "Never mind that" she said. "I'll take the girl, you go grab that cannon of hers and lets head back to town." She said as she levitated the girl and rested her on her back so that she could drag her. I turn to lift the cannon and stumble at the weight. The hell! It's almost twice the weight as my sword! How the hell did she lift this thing!? I continue to curse in my mind as we head back to Ruben village.
End of Chapter 3
Digi: Phew finally finished this one. Hope you all enjoy it and always comments and reviews are mot appreciated ^_^