Soraka lstood at the end of a long alleyway, separating two buildings that were dedicated to the foundation of balance, whatever that was. The alleyway itself was hardly large enough for one person to walk through and it reeked of some mould she had never seen before. She had wondered if she had been a little hasty fleeing from Irelia and if she should return to the house, but she knew she couldn't get back into the house without being seen, and even if she did, what if Irelia actually was what she had feared? "Assassins, warriors….All they do is ruin other people's lives for their own benefit."
Having eliminated that plan, Soraka knew she needed to find somewhere safe and quiet where she wouldn't be spotted. If only she knew where exactly somewhere safe was…..
She looked back the way she had came but all the buildings along these streets looked completely identical. "It would be a lot easier to find my way around if these buildings didn't all have something to do with enlightenment. If only there was some way to get directions…."
Then she noticed the child standing on the corner of the street. "Perfect."
On the opposite side of the street a woman looked up from her newspaper to see what the commotion was about. Her accomplice had started yelling about something. Again. She checked her list. Nobody to assassinate until next week. So what's the noise about?
The man sitting next to her looked up as well.
"Shouldn't you and Shen be doing something about that?"
"Whoever started the commotion is, they're not on the list."
"Perfect."
Akali looked up, saw the man bolt across the street towards the commotion and facepalmed.
"Those two….."
Soraka walked up to the child standing on the street corner. "Excuse me…."
The child turned around. Then she noticed the ears. And the shurikens.
"Never mind I'll just-"
"YOUR SPYING ENDS HERE. NOXIAN!" Soraka ducked as the creature threw a shuriken at her. As the creature followed up and fired a lightning bolt out of its hands Soraka threw all her magic into blocking the attack, causing the lightning to vanish in front of her. "I just want to-" Another bolt of lightning came flying at her and she was forced to block it again.
"THIS ENDS HERE! LIGHTNING RUSH!" The creature turned itself into a ball of lightning and as it charged towards her she dived out of the way and as soon as it turned back she silenced it again. "YOU SHALL NOT ESCAPE!" Just as Soraka was trying to figure out how to stall this out further another man dressed like a ninja ran around the corner directly towards her, and a smoke bomb landed directly between her and the ninjas. Silently thanking whoever had thrown it, Soraka turned and quickly sprinted into the nearest building.
Karma was silently cursing to herself. She'd convinced everyone to show up to learn about enlightenment, and the final speaker hadn't bothered to show up. She stood up and grit her teeth. At least most of the people wouldn't realise there was a missing final speaker.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our final speaker appears to be running very late, however I would just like to conclude this session on celestial beings with-"
She suddenly found her speech interrupted when a celestial being ran into the theatre, leaving her completely speechless. The celestial being turned around, saw the enormous crowd and also stood there speechless. There was an awkward silence for several seconds, then the astonished crowd stood up and gave a thunderous applause.
Soraka stood on the theatre's stage, completely rooted to the spot in fear. There was one person on the stage with her and about 100 people in the audience and every single one of them was looking directly at her. She looked over to the person on the stage and was about to apologise profusely when the entire crowd started applauding. Had she missed something?
She hastily tried to back off the stage and out the way she came but the other person on the stage grabbed her arm. "I can help you. Follow me." The speaker made her way over to the microphone. "Our final speaker has encountered some unexpected issues, and as such this session is over." Confused, Soraka followed the woman backstage. As soon as they were backstage and away from the crowd the woman swiftly locked the door behind her. "I don't know who you are or what you're doing here but we need to talk."
Irelia's mind was in a blur. She still could hardly believe the news that she had heard, but she knew it had to be true. Father…dead. After all he did for us. Not even his riches or his skill could save him in the end. "….As is customary, his property and money will be left to the elder son Zelos. However as he specifically stated in his will, his sword will be left to his eldest daughter Irelia…."
Irelia looked up in shock. That's impossible. There must be a mistake. If he's giving me the swords then what he's giving to Zelos…?
"Finally, he also specifically stated that in the case of his death but Zelos be promoted to sergeant in his stead. May his soul continue to find balance in the next life. Thankyou."
As all the guests drained out of the packed theatre Irelia glanced around. I need to find Zelos fast. If he does something stupid... Then she saw him, quickly moving away from the church. "Zelos, wait!" As he cleared out of the church she could see he was angry at the situation from the way he walked. Or rather angry at her. "Zelos!" Again there was no response, and Zelos was getting further and further away. I don't care if Zelos wants to talk or not, I'm following him anyway. She dropped back, hoping Zelos would think she had stopped following him, and watched as he entered the woods. Waiting until he was just out of view she followed him, using the trees as cover. Eventually they reached a clearing a short distance from the woods. Irelia watched as Zelos walked to the very edge of the clearing and then turned around.
"You can come out now, sister."
"Zelos, I'm….."
"You're not sorry."
"….You should have gotten his weapon."
"Well it's yours now isn't it? You can go out and do all the fantastic things that father did and I can just sit here doing nothing!"
"I can't just magically turn into father overnight now I have his weapon Zelos!"
"You can't? Why did he give you the weapon then? You've always been the brilliant one, the intelligent one the honourable one. You've always been the one with a future but he takes my future away from me and gives it to you!"
"Zelos….I actually am sorry."
"Just….just go."
"…"
"JUST. GO."
Irelia, knowing it would be best not to talk to Zelos when he was in a mood like this decided to head back to the Placidium alone. However the argument with Zelos still worried her.
After all we've put up with together over the past few months and he abandons me like this….
Like Soraka.
She tried to get the thought out of her head but it persisted.
Why would Soraka leave in the middle of the night after following me all that way?
Why do I even care about her in the first pla-
Irelia paused so suddenly that someone crashed into her from around she saw the Fist of Shadow standing behind her acting as if nothing had happened.
"Oh hey Irelia! Fancy meeting you here!" Irelia looked at Akali for a few seconds, trying to figure out what was going on. Akali talking to me? She hasn't spoken to me in months…
"Um….hi?"
"We haven't spoken in ages and I was just wondering if you wanted to do something relaxing together!"
Irelia ran through what she knew about Akali in her head. Ninja, follows people around, breaks chains with her bare hands…
"What have you got in mind?"
"We could go to the bathhouse together!"
Irelia froze. Somewhere in the distance a bird chirped. Breaks chains with her hands….
"I'd love to but…."
"I've already got the bookings!"
"This wouldn't have anything to do with Shen would it?"
As Akali had started to look like she was turning a completely different colour, Irelia changed the subject.
"Yeah sure I'll go! It should be fun!"
Akali stopped changing colour.
"Thanks…I guess."
The bathhouse was one of the most popular places to go in the Placidium, mostly because of its sheer size. It managed to contain 2 pools, an enormous spa and sauna and according to the ticket that Irelia held "private rooms". Irelia was wondering how private the rooms actually were when Akali opened a gate that said "No Entry" on it and walked straight through.
"We're here…."
Irelia looked inside the small room in front of her. There was a small lake in front of her, probably just big enough to fit 4-5 people comfortably and about 2 metres deep. "Do you want to go in first?" Akali's voice seemed to drop midway through the sentence.
Irelia moved forward hesitantly and sat on the edge of the lake with her feet and legs in the warm water. With the door to the room shut the entire room had began to fill with steam, to the point where Irelia could hardly see in front of her. She heard someone entering the water from the other side of the room "Akali?"
"Are you going to take your clothes off or should I?"
Irelia was trying to figure out what that sentence meant when Akali came out of the steam and kissed her. Hard. Irelia tried to break away from the kiss but Akali wrapped her arms around Irelia's head and continued kissing.
As Akali released the kiss she moved her hands down to Irelia's clothes while Irelia was gasping for air. As Irelia was released from her armor she felt butterflies form in her stomach and began to weakly try to protest. "I…..relax…"
"This is relaxing, you're just not used to it." Akali purred into her ear. "Just let me show you…" Akali climbed out of the water and began to climb on top of Irelia, forcing her into a lying position. As Irelia laid there helplessly Akali began kissing her small round breasts, forcing Irelia to squeal. As Irelia lay on the ground completely rigid Akali pressed Irelia's hand into her breast "C'mon Irelia why don't you start having some fun as well…."
Irelia was nearly completely unable to speak at this point but managed to gasp out a few words. "But…..Why….me?"
"Shen turned me down and all my other friends were making fools of themselves. I was about to throw the tickets in the trash when I saw you…and then I realised how curious I was."
"But…."
"You'rethinking too hard. Nobody knows we're in here, so you need to stop controlling yourself. Don't you agree?" Akali began purring as she finished the sentence and ran a finger down Irelia's chest down towards her legs.
As Akali said that Irelia felt all the muscles in her body loosen and as Akali's finger finished it's journey she realised how hard it was to disagree. "Yesssssssssss….."
Then everything slowly faded into warmth.