Hey guys, I am soooooooooooo sorry for not updating in a long time. I got busy writing my other stories that I forgot charmed, though it's one of my favorites, hope you can forgive me, please?
Thx a lot Akiko Suzuki for giving me my 80th review =]
Let's see what happened in the previous chapters (that's the third recap in a row, which shows how much I was updating -_-'):
Shun and Dan get a mission to kill a girl named Alice, after the king got an info that she's still alive from a witch named Seera (who is Runo's aunt). Runo, Julie and Miono got their first mission, which is to protect the same girl the two Voldons (Dan and Shun) must kill. The teams fought and Runo got captured and Shun noticed the similarities between Alice and his dead fiancée, Alicia.
Yep I guess that's everything, thx again for your support and many of your questions will be answered soon.
Disclaimer: I, sadly, own nothing.
Charmed
chapter 7: Runo's in trouble!
After about two hours of flying, Liria finally reached Valdolit. Dan and Shun glanced below them at the roofs of the houses, where people stood looking at them with surprised expressions. Even in the world of fantasy; it's not every day when you get to see a dragon.
Dan looked at Runo's body lying in the bubble; he was fighting the urge to kill her. It was pretty normal for Voldons to hate wizards for what they had done in war, the fire of war reached nearly every village and many people died. It was hard for Dan to sit and watch one of them breathe next to him, he knew if Shun was the one to question her; he would let her go and that was something he couldn't take.
Liria let out a screech as she saw the court yard in the distance.
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"Sir, I have a very important information to tell you," a soldier said as he opened the door to a room where a young lady at the age of eighteen sat down in her chair. On her desk rested a pile of paper, ready to be signed.
She sighed, her blue eyes filled with exhaustion, she moved a few strands oh her black hair away from her face so she would see the man kneeling on the ground.
"What is it? Is it more paper work?" she said sweetly for a girl in her position.
"No, general, sir. I came to inform you that the red and green assassins have returned," he said. A smile appeared on her face.
"Thank you, dismiss," she said and he left the room.
She got up from her seat and walked to where the mirror was. She took her time combing her hair and fixing it, she then put on a different dress. It was a long navy and white dress that reached the ground, yet again, in Valdolit that's how all the dresses reached the ground for it was an unacceptable thing for one to show her ankle. She took one last look at herself in the mirror and walked out of the room, skipping happily like a little girl to be more precise.
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Dan and Shun got down from Liria's back to land safely on the ground, with Runo floating near them with closed eyes. The young lady made her way to them, her eyes set on Shun the whole time.
"I see you've returned. Welcome back, Shun," she said; a faint blush appeared on her face. "Oh, and hi Dan," she added quickly when she noticed he was standing next to Shun.
"Thank you, general. Came to take the report of the mission?" Shun asked, taking no notice to things she had done to get his attention. The lady looked at him, slightly disappointed.
"No, not today. The king wants you to tell him the report yourself, the mission seems a big one this time," she answered. Dan let out a 'yes' and looked at Shun with a victorious smirk, he was happy he was the one to question the girl.
"Fine, you win, but…make her death quick and painless," Shun said. From the look on Dan's face, he knew he wasn't going to listen to him. He sighed.
"D-do you want t-to take a walk in t-the garden when you're done?" she asked, stuttering through it and looking at his eyes hopefully.
"I'm sorry, Kia, I have to continue the mission afterwards," he answered. She shook her head to say it was okay, and then left with a hurt look in her eyes.
"She likes you," Dan stated, looking at Shun.
"I know," Shun simply said. "But, I am not interested," he added.
"Maybe you should give her a shot, you know. She is sweet, but powerful in the field and battle, and she's a noble. She might heal the old wounds," he said. Shun looked at him with a death glare.
"I already love someone else, and when a Voldon chooses a girl to stay with, he never change her," he said and started walking away.
"WHAT IF THE GIRL IS DEAD?" Dan shouted so Shun would hear him. The said assassin said nothing and kept walking.
Dan sighed, he will get over her sometime, he thought and turned to look at the witch lying on the floor with a smirk.
Runo slowly opened her eyes, her head hurt a lot. She tried to use her hand to get up, only to discover she was tied up. She tried to untie herself, but failed. She closed her eyes to get ready to use magic against the ropes.
"Don't even think about using magic, you know. It won't work, those ropes are not affected by it," Dan said as if reading her mind. Runo looked at him with hatred in her eyes.
"Let me go! What do you want from me, you jerk?" she yelled. Dan looked at her a bit confused; he didn't quite understand the meaning of the new word she had used. Yes, English was the main language in Valdolit, but many words were still unknown to the assassin. He quickly shook it off.
"I don't know what 'jerk' means, but for you, I'll take it as a complement," he said. Runo rolled her eyes.
"Just, LET ME GO!" She repeated.
"I don't think so. You and I are going to play a game of questions and answers, I ask, you answer," he said. She looked at him, raising her eye brow.
"Question one: why do you want the girl?" he asked.
"Ya, like I'm going to tell you," she said rolling her eyes.
"I'll forget you didn't answer this one. Question two: what was the nature of your mission and where is the girl?" he asked his second question.
"I'm not telling!" she said. Dan looked at her, he was still wearing his cloak, so it was still hard for her to know what was he up to, but she knew it was no good. He held his sword and slashed a chair that was in the middle of this dim lit room. He walked towards her and pointed the sword at her face.
"Changed your mind?" he asked. She took a deep breath; she knew if she didn't say, he was going to start torturing her, painfully, to make her talk. Her heart skipped a beat or two, out of fear, I'm sorry guys, she thought and opened her mouth to talk.
"Our mission was the same as yours, idiot, but instead of killing her we had to protect her," she said. Dan smirked, knowing he was going to get what he wanted.
"And where is she?" he asked. Runo was hoping he wouldn't demand it. He moved the sword, threatening her to talk or die. She was not the kind of girl that would get scared easily, but now, she wasn't in a position where she could defend herself.
"She's on Earth, in Japan, but I won't say more," she said, turning her face the other way.
"And the answer of the first question?" Dan asked, reminding her of the unanswered question.
"I don't know, they won't tell us, it was our first mission!" she asked, getting annoyed from his interrogation.
"Too bad, first and last," he said in a blood-thirsty tone. "I got everything I wanted from you, don't worry, I'll make your death, slow and painful,"
He started moving closer to her until he was by her side. He held his sword and put it on her neck. Runo stiffened; he was going to kill her even after she had told him everything. What was she expecting from an enemy, who is known for keeping no prisoners? She felt stupid for giving him the information, now she put, not only herself, but her friends in danger.
"What's your name, sweetie?" Dan said in a mocking tone. He was happy he was going to get rid of her, at last.
"What's it to you?" Runo spat, she was quite annoyed from him right now.
"I like to know the names of my victims," he answered. His answer made Runo even more scared, but she didn't show it. When he got nothing, he put his left arm around her shoulders and, with his sword, left her medal to read the name written on its back. His eyes widened when he saw the name.
"Runo Misaki, is that your name?" he asked, leaving her shoulder and stepping back from her a bit. She was really confused because of his actions, his tone had unreadable emotions in them and she didn't know what to expect next when she nodded her head.
Dan's hand that had the sword in it was raised; Runo closed her eyes, scared. Moments passed, nothing happened. She slowly opened her eyes, only to discover that her hands were free, she blinked at the assassin, in confusion.
Dan shielded his sword and knelt in front of the puzzled witch.
"I'm sorry, I had no idea who you were," he said then stood up and pointed towards the wall behind her.
"There's a hidden gate over there, use it before my partner returns," he added. Runo stood a little shaky, still not believing.
"Is this some kind of a trick? Are you trying to kill me the minute I turn my back to you?" she asked, more like yelled in his face.
"Hey! If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it already! You are not exactly 'nice to be around'," he said. She glared at him
"Jerk," she said and walked towards the wall, still expecting to get a stab in the back. Thankfully, it didn't happen. She held her medal and pointed it at the wall.
"Katarka," she said and a blue portal appeared.
"Hey, we will meet again," Dan said before she stepped in the portal.
"I shall hope not," she said and walked into the blue gate, then they both disappeared.
Dan stood in the room with a smile on his face. He took off his cloak and gazed at the wall, happy he didn't kill her. It was weird he ended up feeling like that, but she was Runo, so it all made sense.
"Bad, Bad, Dan. Why did you let her go? She's a WITCH!" Nigity said getting out of the red pearl. She looked at him, rage apparent on her face.
"Well…umm, it's complicated kay? Please, don't tell Shun, he'll mock me for the rest of my life, please," he said looking at her with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Why should I? It'll be fun to watch," she said, evilly.
"Cause you're my guardian fairy," he pointed out, she sighed.
"True, but if he asks me, I won't lie," she said and returned to her pearl.
Dan sighed in relief then turned to look at the wall again with the same smile on his face. That was until the door was opened, revealing Shun. The brown-hared male looked at him and gave him a nervous laugh. Shun raised an eye brow at him, but then let it go.
"So, is it…over?" he asked, feeling sorry for the witch that had to be killed by Dan, he knew she suffered…a lot.
"Yep, it's over, her body is gone, everything is done. Now, what happened with the king? Did he get angry?" Dan said and asked very quickly it was hard for Shun to catch what he was saying.
"Well, I expected him to be, but he got more worried and somewhat scared because of it. Then he said: I see, dismiss. That's it," Shun said.
"You're right, that's weird," Dan said.
"So, what did you get? I hope it was worth it," Shun said, Dan nodded.
"I know exactly where to find the girl," he said.
A blue shiny portal caught the eyes of the three young ladies sitting in the attic. Runo stepped out of the portal, unharmed and safe. Almost instantly, Julie and Miono rapped their arms around Runo, embracing her in a very tight hug. They let go when she started having trouble breathing. Alice stood afar, with a smile on her face, happy Runo was okay.
"But…how, they never keep a prisoner, how come you're alive?" Miono asked. Runo looked at her and thought of how that assassin let her go for reasons she doesn't know.
"I…escaped on my own, they are not that strong," she said, she thought it would be better not to tell them.
"Wow, I'm impressed, you are really strong," Miono commented, Runo gave her a nervous laugh.
"Sadly, I wasn't able to before telling them where we are, I'm guessing they'll come after us, so we must get prepared," Runo said, Julie and Miono nodded.
"I'm sorry for what I put you through. That wouldn't have happened if I just gave myself in," Alice said, looking down, not coming closer to the group of girls.
"That's a fact," Miono huffed and folded her arms in front of her chest. Runo ignored Miono and came closer to the girl and gave her a hug, she didn't know why this feeling was familiar, it felt like she had done this before. She shook the feeling away and just smiled at Alice as she parted.
"Its okay, Alice. I'm fine and that's what counts, come on now, let's go and show you your room," she said, kindly. Alice looked at her and smiled then nodded her head.
The four witches left the attic to go downstairs to where the bedrooms were.
Dan and Shun stood on the roof of one of the houses in Japan. They looked at the house across from them, this time not wearing their cloaks. A hologram of Seera stood next to them, glancing at the house as well. It was a normal house with a diner placed in the first floor, but to the two Voldons it looked really strange for a house.
"So…what are we waiting for? Let's attack!" Dan urged as he was about to jump to the ground, but shun stopped him.
"Not too fast," he said and threw a rock at the house.
Once the stone hit the house it was demolished to nothing, as a red force field appeared surrounding the whole house. Dan's eyes widened, he wasn't thinking them to be this smart. Shun, on the other hand, looked at it, knowingly.
"They were trained well," Shun remarked. Seera nodded, and then turned to face the young teens.
"Dan, I would like to thank you for not killing Runo," she said. Shun looked at Dan with a smirk on his face. Dan slapped his forehead.
"You are welcome. She's a Misaki, so she can't be killed," he said. And tried to change the subject immediately, but failed.
"Sure it was. You mean it wasn't because you loved her?" Shun said. Dan turned away trying to hide his blush.
"N-no, it wasn't because of that," he said, stuttering. "You just had to say that in front of him," he added, this time talking to Seera.
"I'm sorry," she said, giggling. "What are you planning to do about the mission?" she asked. Shun started thinking about it, and Dan thanked Seera mentally for driving Shun's attention away from him.
"I think we will leave it till tomorrow, we could sneak into the diner as customers," Shun suggested, Seera nodded.
"Yes, but if you are going to do that, you would need to look like earthlings," she said then instructed Shun to say a spell. He said the words: dressayasa earth. Some dust twirled around Shun and Dan, when it was gone, the two were wearing earthling clothes.
Shun wore a tight light brown pants, with dark brown boots. He wore a green shirt and a white jacket with a green collar. The heart-shaped necklace rested between his collar bones.
Dan was wearing a pair of blue jeans and black converse sneakers, his shirt was white and blue and he had a red jacked on. The jacket had black markings. The two gazed at each other, it felt really weird for them, for the clothes looked and felt strange and they were uncomfortable to wear as well. The two sighed knowing they must wear them.
Shun closed his eyes and said another spell, his hair got shorter and when he opened his eyes they were now onyx instead of green. A goggle appeared on Dan's head as well.
"That suits you both, good thinking, Shun," Seera said. Shun nodded, but something still didn't feel right.
"What's wrong?" Seera asked worriedly.
"It's just…if Runo was there, then the silver-haired girl must have been Julie, both are from protected families. Not to mention they were our friends ten years ago. Then, why did Verona choose this team to face us? Did she want us to kill each other?" he wondered, Seera looked at the sky.
"Maybe, she enjoys this, hurting people. She must be up to something, so, be careful," she said and her hologram disappeared.
"I think we must go to Seera's house on earth, right? Oh, I can't wait till we finish this mission then go and see Runo," Dan said, but then regretted it.
"Ya, I bet you do wanna see her," Shun said, mockingly. "Well, too bad, she won't remember us, she has the worst memory ever," he added.
"YES SHE WILL!" Dan yelled, disturbing the silence of the night.
"Sure, because you shared a lot," Shun said, laughing inside himself as Dan's face turned the deepest shade of crimson.
"We were eight years old, quit it!" He shouted. Dan was expecting Shun to say another remark, but instead, he was looking at the necklace in his hand, deep in thought.
Shun was thinking about the time they used to spend on earth and how fun it was. He remembered Alicia used to come with them as well, that made him think about Alice once more.
"How about you get the chance to see her first," Shun asked looking at Dan with serious eyes.
"You want to delay the mission? Why?" Dan asked, getting what his friend meant.
"Just a feeling, I'll tell you when I am sure. I need three nights, that's all," Shun said. Dan nodded agreeing, and then he turned to leave the roof.
"You are coming?" Dan asked. Shun shook his head.
"No, I'll stay to watch, you can go," he said. Dan shrugged and left.
Shun looked at the place he was sitting in. He noticed he was on the roof; it was certainly a long time since he last sat on the roof, he looked up at the sky, you were right, Alicia, the sky is beautiful.
Runo and Alice entered Runo's room. Alice sat down on the bed while Runo took her PJ's out of her closet and entered the bathroom to change. Soon, Runo went out and at the same time the door was opened, revealing Miono and Julie, in their PJ's as well.
Julie looked at Alice, who was still wearing her gown and opened Runo's closet to find her something to wear. After minutes of looking she found a white night gown. Alice touched its fiber, she was not sure, but the girls urged her to go and try it on. She closed her eyes and said: dressayasa dress. Dust danced around her as she switched clothes. They looked at her with widened eyes.
"You GOT to teach me how to do that!" Julie squealed, Miono covered her ears and Alice giggled.
"Sure thing," she said.
"You have a bracelet too," Runo said looking at Alice's left hand that had the purple bracelet on it. Alice looked at her bracelet, and then looked at Runo.
"Julie has one too, how did you guys get it? I want one," Runo added.
"I had it since I was a little girl, I really don't know how I got it," Alice said. Runo sighed.
"I really wished you would tell me. It's something amazing you have it, I really feel like I should have one. Maybe because I want it so bad, yet I don't know why," Runo said.
"Well, from where I come from, there's a legend about those bracelets, but it's just an old saying" Alice said.
"Say it, I like stories," Julie said.
"It's said that those bracelets are the mark of the holders, people who have the power to end war and bring peace to the world," Alice said.
"Yay, I will bring peace to the world," Julie said, actually believing what she was hearing.
"Well, you ain't saving anything if you don't sleep," Miono said and dragged Julie out of Runo's room to go to theirs, muttering their goodnights.
Runo giggled at her friend's actions and closed the door behind her. She turned to the beds and said a spell. Two sleeping nets appeared, floating near the floor. She grabbed Alice's hand and pulled her towards one of the nets so she could sleep in. Alice, unwillingly, laid herself down on the net, once she did that, it started flying till it was near the ceiling.
"That's how witches sleep in here," Runo said and did the same. Soon enough, she fell asleep.
Alice, though, stayed up; no matter how much she tried she couldn't fall asleep. She sighed and used her magic to bring the net down. She jumped to the floor and walked to the balcony. She used her magic once more to climb up the roof and sit on it.
She breathed in the fresh air of the night, the wind was quite chilly, but she didn't care. She looked at the sky where some clouds flew across it, luckily for her, some stars were apparent. She moved a few strands of her hair away from her face. She closed her eyes and started singing a lullaby.
"Trasdae noki for mayo,
Sosn nota mayo,
Lamaneta sharenoforla,
Hdgrty oinoso onkaya.
Neara fo malakis resy,
Sho ma re foly,
Liaka maseeno reky,"* she sang.
Shun was almost asleep, when a voice singing waked him up. He looked towards the house to find out it was Alice singing. He gasped, yes she was singing, but she was singing a very familiar song, one he knew for a long time.
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The palace was dancing on the tones of the music played by the royal band. Everyone was dancing, even the king and queen.
Shun searched the ball room looking for his fiancée, she disappeared after their last dance. He sighed, he knew she hated going to those parties. He got out of the ball room and started looking for her in the garden for she liked walking in there at times.
"Shun, did you find her yet?" a voice asked from behind him.
"No, madam, not yet," he answered.
"I'm your mother, you don't have to call me, madam," Shiori said, he nodded, but she knew he would go and say it again to her. She let go of that and put her hand in her pocket then got out a heart-shaped necklace.
"Give it to her as we agreed, it'll be a great birthday present," his mom said giving him the necklace then left not before giving her son a wink.
He held the necklace in his hand and took a deep breath before he started looking again.
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"Gotcha," Shun said as he appeared from behind a chimney on one of the roofs.
"It took you a while," Alicia said, not turning her face to look at the boy. She kept watching the sky. Shun came closer to her and sat down next to her, careful not to sit on her long white dress.
"Why is it when I always look for you, I find you here?" he asked looking at her, she looked at him with a sweet smile then turned back to the sky.
"Because here, I feel closer to the sky. I can see its stars clearly," she said, Shun looked at her with confused looks.
"Girls are weird," he stated.
"No, boys just don't understand the beauty of the sky,'' she said. She felt two arms rap around her neck; she looked before her to see it was Shun, when he packed away, she felt a cold thing around her neck, she looked at it to see a golden heart-shaped necklace.
She held it in her hand, she saw the Alicia flower drawing on it. She lightly, clicked it opened to find some words written on them:
'ternamsn leka reno,
Sho hdf jkl jaro,
Nenena rakade masaki oly,
Shra hska samaro icony,' **
She had tears in her eyes when she finished reading those words; she gave Shun a hug and cried lightly on his shoulder.
"Happy birthday, Alicia. Now, you must return to your own party," he said. She wiped the tears away and nodded. She stood up, but Shun made no move to follow her.
"You're coming?" she asked. He shook his head.
"I think I'll sleep here for a bit, you won't mind, will you?" he said and laid himself down.
"No, not at all. I might join you after my 13th birthday party, they are making a big deal out of it, right?" she said the last sentence in an annoyed tone, but she returned to look at the sleeping Shun.
"Since you're staying here alone, I would sing you something,
Trasdae noki for mayo,
Sosn nota mayo,
Lamaneta sharenoforla,
Hdgrty oinoso onkaya.
Neara fo malakis resy,
Sho ma re foly,
Liaka maseeno reky," she sang.
Shun looked at her and gave her a smile. He then returned to sleep.
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Shun's eyes widened. The two were singing the same song in a language only Voldons know how to talk in it. He looked at Alice again, who didn't seem to notice his existence, they both looked the same and knew the song that only Alicia knew, so that would mean one thing. They both were the same person.
"It's crazy, Shun. She died years ago, in front of your very eyes. How could this be possible?" a sweet famine voice spoke.
"Stop reading my mind, Sarity," he said to his fairy, who sighed and returned to her pearl.
Am I really going crazy…or is she really Alicia?
That was a VERY long chapter, hope it made up for the late update. So, Shun thinks Alice and Alicia is the same person, I don't blame him, did you check out the names? Anyway, what do you think? Is he correct? You'll find out next time. The clothes he and Dan are wearing are the ones from Mechtanuim Surge.
Oh, almost forgot:
*: "Oh bright moon,
Dear moon,
Watch over him
While he sleeps.
And when the time comes,
And the sun shines,
We will play,
So close your sleepy eyes,
And listen to what I say,"
I know it's weird and funny, but I was only seven when I wrote this lullaby, so don't say a thing.
**: you will know the translation in the next chapter.
Tell me how it was and remember to R&R please =]