Chapter 19. Ionian enemy

I stopped for a moment, I wasn't sure what to think or do. I just stood there and eventually slowly turned around. Standing there just behind the corner I had turned was Que looking at me shyly behind the corner. She wasn't wearing the rag she had the last time I had saw her and she was also looking much much more healthy. She wore a strange white and blue dress with large pink flowers across the dress. She also wore a strange detached sleeve on each of her arms. I was very unfamiliar with what she was wearing. "It is you" she said as she slowly let go of the corner to approach me. I waited a moment before a large amount of adrenaline kicked in. At first I thought it was because she was a illusion of mine but then I could faintly hear something behind me. I drew my sword and in a instant turned at split a arrow flying for my head in half. I then took my time to look around while I got ready for battle. Slowly a large group of soldiers approached me. They didn't wear any type of metal armour but did approach me with different strange weapons. I sighed as I tilted my head to the side letting out a loud crack as I got a kink out of my neck, One part to get ready one part for intimidation. "You noxians should learn your place" one of them said as they charged me weaponless. The only weapon you would almost always have on you being your fists, the man had his hands wrapped in bandages as he attacked me. He tried for a few fast jabs however most of them I had dodged... barely. I was on the defencive since all I could do was dodge I couldn't attack. My only chance would be to counter or to push through one of his attacks. One thing I found strange was that none of the other guards tried to attack I kept that in mind as I drew my dagger getting ready to attack. I finally got my attack in when he tried for a wide kick for my head. I quickly ducked under his attack and followed up with a slash as I rose up across his body with my dagger. I didn't wait to attack again as I followed up with my sword, Slashing him vertically. With my arms crossed around my I attacked one last time. I flipped my dagger so I was holding it properly now and pulled both my arms together slashing the man with both weapons across the chest. The man backed off, staggered from the amount of blood he was losing. He fell down onto one knee as he looked up at me expecting me to finish him off. However since I had no reason to I flung the blood off my sword and dagger and sheathed my dagger. I got ready for another attack when one of them spoke up "Your not a noxian are you".

"What" I asked confused"

"Your not from noxus are you" He said again.

"Making assumptions like that will get you killed" I sighed as I sheathed my weapon. Noxians and Ionians had a bad reputation with each other. They must have attacked me due to my clothes.

"Any other noxian would have killed me, If your not from noxus who are you" The man asked.

I stared at the man on his knee doing his best to close up the wounds I dealt with the bandages on his fists. "Is there a reason you need to know my name" I asked.

"Simply out of respect, If you don't want to of course it's fine" He responded. I thought about it for a moment, since it was out of respect I didn't have very much of a reason to hide it. There wasn't much he could do if he did know either.

"My name is Blade, I don't know my origin so don't ask" I said as I started walking back to the ship. It was only after I passed another corner did Que start to follow and spoke up again "I'm sorry but Ionians and Noxians don't really get along" she said looking down at the ground.

"Do you need something from me" I asked finally.

She looked a little surprised and confused "Not really I was just glad to see your fine".

I decided to explain the situation between us from my point of view. I didn't want to have any confusion "I only saved you, the noxians would have done the same. Other then that I've done nothing for you, I was just faster then the noxians. If you think you owe me consider your dept dropped, I don't want or need anything". The entire time I said that Que was just shaking her head.

"It's just something I have to do. If I'm not doing it for you I want to do it for me. I hate not repaying favours" she said as she looked up at me seriously. Most people would take this as a direct approach of love. Even if it wasn't true males can be stupid very easily. However I neither cared nor wanted any of it.

"I said leave me alone, our relations end here" I said as I turned and walked to the ship. I could faintly hear her whisper something but I didn't catch it as I walked away. She didn't follow me this time, returning to where she came from. All I could think while I walked away was, When did I become this cruel?

I arrived at the boat to see something I was very hostile towards. A large group of Noxians on the boat I had just arrived from. It had been around an hour since I arrived and Swain must have sent these men at get me. All of them wore basic Noxian armour, the leader must not be around. One of them saw me and pointed my out, the soldiers all readied their weapons as they approached me.

"Blade, You are under arrest by Noxian laws" One soldier yelled. A crowd began to gather, all I did was look around to see very hostile eye's on the noxians.

"You can go back and tell Swain I'm not joining. He can send his deadliest assassins for me. I'll be sure to send their armour and weapons back when their dead" I taunted "I'm not a noxian nor do I want to join you idiots. You and leave with or without your heads, your choice".

The soldiers got their weapons ready to attack me as I drew my own. There was only 7 of them and assuming their leader was around that makes 8. This wont be easy but I wouldn't want it any other way. One got ready and charged at me while the rest followed shortly after. My adrenaline started a steady stream of power to my arms as I got ready to fight. Attack myself would be foolish, my best bet would be to counter. With my free hand I grabbed two daggers and threw them towards the leader (Of the charge). One of them hit the man in the leg while the only hit him in the chest. He fell to one knee as I quickly followed up with adrenaline in my veins. I kicked the man spinning him around as I grabbed him from behind. I pulled my sword back and with a cry of pain from him send it through the soldiers chest. I pushed the body off my sword as I flung the blood off my sword. The rest of the soldiers were mere moments away as one of them swung to attack me. This quickly went from a reveal to an attack. I dived over the men just barely gliding over most of them as grabbed one of the soldiers shoulders sending him onto his back to break my fall. I swiftly followed up by standing up and swinging my sword slicing his neck clean open. Since the others had charged behind me most of them had no time to turn around as I took the opening I quickly used Heartbeat to slice past two soldiers. They hit the ground not dead, not yet. Only three remained as they turned to face me. Rage filled their eyes as they knew that I had already dealt with most of the soldiers. The crowd of people was larger then ever now with people throwing things at the remaining soldiers as well as spitting words at the soldiers. I stared at them as I flung the blood off my blade again. I drew my dagger as I stared at them. They took the time to get ready as I slowly let my adrenaline build. I felt as if time had slowed as we just stared at eachother, I could see their rage slowly turn to fear. One of the soldiers had started to breath heavier and he had a hard time holding his sword. The fool, out of fear charged me alone with the other soldiers trying to catch him to hold him back. However they couldn't stop him in time as he swung for my head. I simply ducked and sent my sword throught his chest. He dropped his sword as he started to bleed I held my dagger to his throat and cleanly slit it open. He choked on his own blood as his slipped off my sword. Yet again I flung the blood off my blades, the floor was begining to be coverd in blood. With only two remaining I decided to take the offencive and attack first for once. I dashed forwards and slashed at one of them, He barely blocked it with the large axe he was holding I then tried to drive my dagger into the other soldier since they were side by side however he was faster with only a sword and dodged. Since he dodged he was only going in on direction so with the momentem of my sword I swung to were he was going towards and slashed him in the arm. The axe man had started to pull back to swing his axe at me however axes are heavy and take a long time to pull back so I easly dodged the axe. With his arms down below him I took the chance since he was looking dead at me his neck was clearly exposed. I quickly kicked him from his axe which was stuck in the ground stepped fowards and with one clean swing slit his throat with my sword. I then kicked him onto his back however since there was no more ground he fell into the river turning it from the clear colour it was to a slight red. The other man tried to attack me thinking I was open after kicking the man off the edge. He swung at me from the side causing me to follow his friend into the water. However this only made things easyer as I grabbed him as I fell into the water. He hit the water before me which caused my dagger to slam into his chest. As we sunk into the water I had a hard time getting my dagger out and he saw this. Taking this opentunity he drove his sword into my shoulder. However since we were under water it took more strength to move and since I had just stabbed him he was getting weaker and weaker. The sword did him me but didn't deal and serious damage. I finally pulled my dagger from him and swam up to the surface. I sheathed my weapons and pulled myself up and onto the pier. I turned over one of the soldiers that I had severly wounded with my attack. "Wheres your leader" I asked.

"I'll die before I tell you" He spat back.

I sighed as I pushed my foot down on the wide cut along his wasit showing he had been cut open. With a satifying scream he tried to push my foot off his wound. "I wont ask again, where is your leader" I asked.

"H-he'll find your first, and when he does...".

I shook my head and said "Wrong answer" as I stomped on the man throat crushing it. I stepped back from the grusom seane as some people cheered me while other started to leave seeing the fight was over. Among them I could see one of the two ninja looking at me. I took a quick moment to look around before aproching him. He turned at led me away from the group and before long we arived at a large training ground "Were here".