Chapter 22. True awakening

I stopped for a moment and stared at the door. I hadn't finished wrapping my shoulder but someone was at the door. I may not react how I think I would but I'm not rude... Well not extremely rude. "Hold on" I called out as I did my best to finish wrapping my bandage before getting up to see who was at the door. I quickly threw on my shirt and slowly opened the door, I was expecting to see someone outside my door but I was greeted with silence. I stuck my head out of the door to check down the halls for people but didn't see anyone. I retreated back into my room and closed the door again. I moved over to the table and drank from the waterskin sitting on it. I wasn't in very good shape, I was still recovering from Noxus and I was very sore. I moved a lot slower now that my body had time to relax and I spent a while just sitting at the table. I tried to go to sleep but my body wasn't letting me, I was going to go outside before I remembered that their might be 'assassins' out in the streets. There was also the leader of the soldiers that I still hadn't found. There were to many risks to leave the inn at this time I put on my coat and decided to get some air at the entrance of the inn. I Grabbed my dagger and straped it to my waist and hide my belongings in the chest. I locked the door and locked it before moving to go downstairs. My head was starting to feel fuzzy as I got to the first floor and walked outside. I sat down just beside the door and looked at the town in the middle of the night. You could still see the lights of the taverns and inns but no one was outside them. Everyone was inside sleeping or drinking usually but I couldn't hear the sound of drunken babble or even music. Just the sound of the air in the night and the faint noise of crickets.

I thought I would fall asleep their of a moment, but of course all good things come to an end as the inn door slowly creaked open. I didn't know who it was until I was the instrument once again and realized it was the musician. I was going to get up and hide in the shadow just next to me but the best I could do was hide the left side of my body in it, leaving the rest in the light. She exited and closed the door, at first she didn't see me up to the point when I took a sharp breath. She didn't look surprised but rather she looked like she knew I was there all along. She turned to face me and we locked eyes since I could read any emotions in them I sighed and turned back to the lights of the town. However she just kept staring at me, it got to the point where it was honestly a little creepy. "What" I asked sharply. She jumped at my sudden response. She didn't respond as she opened a satchel hanging from her arm and pulled out a note pad and a pencil. She started to write something that I couldn't see until she finished and held it up for me to read. 'I apologise if it seems like I'm following you, everything seems to be convenient for me as of late' was written on it. I sighed before turning away "Whatever". I wasn't in the mood to overthink anything, she seemed to frail to be an assassin and even if she was I would get a jolt of adrenaline before anything happened. I just stared into the night breathing the cool air and trying to relax. Before long I felt a tap on the shoulder, the girl was holding up the pad again with something new written on it 'I'm not really a fan of silence so if you don't mind I'd like to make small talk if we can'. I thought over what to say but my head was still fuzzy, It was honestly making me suspicious "As long as I don't have to answer all your questions". She briefly nodded and began writing something again 'It's fine, I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable. My names Sona, what's yours?'. I sighed briefly before quickly spitting the words "My name is Blade" out. She looked at me a little disappointed or sad I couldn't really tell she held up the pad again 'You were the person who was watching me play from the roof right?'. Was I not seen after all? "Yeah, why" I responded. She went back to writing and didn't change her expression as she held it up again 'You didn't look like you enjoyed it as much as everyone else' So I was seen. I noted that I was just being questioned and decided to question her myself "I'm not to interested in music, since your just questioning me I'm going to ask you questions as well" I responded. I could get some information from her about Ionia, I didn't know a lot about this place. "Why is everyone inside this early after dusk, wouldn't there be even a few people" I asked. She turned and started writing on her pad again 'There is a large amount of ninja in Ionia, most of them are ruthless and honorless like the order of the shadow other are broken like the Kinkou'. Interesting, so people know the order of the shadow as honorless. "Alright then, whats the order of the shadow like" I asked. She looked at me and shook her head with a light smile and held up her pad again 'It's my turn, why are you here'. I thought about what to say, I couldn't get much info if I said I was here to help the order of the shadow. Not if their known as honorless. "If you answer my last question I'll answer your question" I replied. She quickly glared at me a started writing again. 'Their a clan of ninja who force people to join them or die. They train in an art the Kinkou clan sealed and abuse it. Ever since they slaughtered the Kinkou and took over their homes they have been growing with no end'. That gave me a little to think about, Zed talked about the Kinkou like they were the enemy. If Zed just killed them all and took their homes then they are not better. I chuckled for a moment and decided I had nothing to hide. "I'm here because I have a thing inside me called a 'Living Shadow'. The order you just explained wants to harness the power of the Living Shadow from me so they took me here. I'm here while they prepare something, but if they are actually homeless then I might just betray them" I said in a grim voice. Sona looked at me in shock for a moment before she began to write on her pad again 'So you were recruited by them'. I shook my head "I was brought here to be recruited by them, but I said 'I will not join you but I will help you'". Sona stood there thinking as she tapped her pencil on the pad in front of her. I slowly pulled myself to my feet as I stretched hearing a quiet crack from my back. Sona tapped on my shoulder and held up the pad again 'Is it fine if we go inside, I want to try something. If it's ok with you'. I didn't have much better to do and the look on her face from before only made me think she 'couldn't' be a assassin.

I nodded my head and I followed her inside. She took my to the second floor and led me to her room. It wasn't much different from mine, the only difference was it looked like someone had been here longer. She gestured me to sit down as she sat across from me on another chair. I sat down and she began to write more on her pad 'Do you best to sit still and calm down. If you feel uneasy tell me'. She put the pad on a table just beside us as she closed her eyes and began playing her insterment. I just sat there for a while and waited listening to the music. It progressively got heavier and heavier until she was playing a very dark tone. In one moment however she played a tone that simply put, rippled through me. I couldn't really explain it but it shot my adrenaline up, for a moment I thought to grab my dagger and kill her but she just sat there focusing. I did my best to calm down as my breathing got heavier. Not much longer I could feel my energy leaving me and going somewhere else. Then I opened my eyes to see from someone else's eyes. I could see three men reaching towards me. The sound of growling and loud screeching as they tried to reach at me. I wasn't in control of my body as I jumped at one of the men as I saw my hands were claws leaving large bloody trails on one of the men's faces. I got grabbed from behind and thrown into a cage, but no normal cage. I could feel my current body slam against the black cage as it didn't move a dent. Then everything was dark for a while. I wasn't sure if I was asleep and eventually I could hear the sound of the cage again. I felt my body being lifted as I as blinded by light. I couldn't see anything but I could hear a noise. It sounded like whurling as I was being lowered onto something. Then I felt a sharp pain go through my chest and everything went black again. I came back to my real body to feel someone shaking me awake. I slowly opened my eyes to see I was on the floor. I could see Sona above me looking extremely worried but looked relieved after my she saw my eyes open. I tried to lift my body up only to feel a large amount of pain on my chest. The wound Talon had given me was seeping blood out from under my shirt. I lifted it to see my bandages ripped along with my stitches. Sona saw this and got up right away. She grabbed something from a drawer and returned to me. I saw she had medical supplies as she started to dap around my wound to clean up the blood. I closed my eyes and felt my weight leave my body as I passed out.

I woke up to find myself in my room in the inn. I looked around to see no one near me and checked to see my wound stitched up and bandaged once again. There was less pain this time as I pulled myself to sit up. "So your awake" I could hear the voice once again. The voice of the Living shadow inside my head. "So your back" I whispered. "That girl released my final locks to your mind, but she put another seal on me that forces me to do what you want" it spoke in a growled voice. It reminded me of the vision I had seen. "So now you do what I tell you the" I said as I pulled myself to my feet. "That's how it has to be now, Anything you ask I have to answer and anything you want to do I'm forced to help" It said annoyed. "Alright then, What's my full name" I asked. It Living shadow growled as it spit out "Blade Tenebris". I chuckled as I stood up and moved to put on my coat and sheaths. "So now that I have your full power tell show me something new I can do" I said. I could hear more low growling as my body moved on it's own. I felt energy surge to my hand as I grabbed onto something under my coat. The thing was I was grabbing as the empty space under my coat but I was holding something that felt like metal. I pulled out a clone of the strange throwing dagger I found in Zaun. It looked exactly like it expect that I was only a deep black that made no shadow on the floor and that the light didn't change it's full black darkness colour. It eventually disappeared in a small could of black mist. "Interesting" I said then I was startled by a loud banging on my door. Then shortly after the door burst open as two people burst in with weapon's drawn.