Me: aw, what a cute couples you 4 make.
Hitomi: thanks but I wish he make me his mate already.
Toru: don't sweat it, It'll happen.
Me: you're covered in blood mind telling me whose is it?
Toru: uh, well its kind of a combination of people and dragon I'm not sure which one is more but, yeah.
Me: amazing how you can talk about this stuff so casually. Remember I own nothing but my own characters.
Previously:
As they walked a familiar southern laugh echoed through the trees as they saw Hannibal Roy Bean sitting on his bird in a nearby tree.
Toru's stomach lurched as she saw him.
Chase on the other hand had given a smirk. "So Hannibal finally decided to meet your end."
"Not at all, Chase, in fact you and dear Toru will be the ones dying on this day." The bean said with a wide grin.
Toru scoffed as she unsheathed her sword. "What you're actually gonna face us by yourself, without your magical toy? Pretty brave for someone born lower than dirt."
Hannibal sneered, "I suggest you watch your mouth, girl. But you two won't be killed by me-and Toru, think you'll enjoy this the most."
A tall creature then stepped out of the shadows with his glowing violet eyes as Toru's eyes widen with shock.
"Jason?"
Chapter 31: Didn't I Kill You
Beach
Morning had finally arrived the sky still had a shade of purple in it and the clouds where giving the perfect amount of shade. Orion got up and yawned, his giant canines flashing and gently nudged Hitomi's face.
"Rise mikró, we must depart." The Spartan simply said licking her face.
Hitomi's eyes fluttered open as she yawned. "Do we have to?" she groaned.
Orion chuckled. "Yes, mikró, we have to."
Hitomi took on her human form and stretched as did Orion. "Ok."
The couple was walking back to the Land of Nowhere when Hitomi suddenly stopped as her ears twitched.
"Is something wrong mikró?" Orion asked.
"I think I hear something."
Then out of nowhere something crash lands only 10 feet from them, crashing through trees and boulders in the process. Orion and Hitomi ran over to see what fell from the sky and shocked to see that it was Toru.
"Toru!" Hitomi shouted as she ran over to the crater.
"Ow." Toru said rubbing her head. "Ok that last punch hurt."
"Oh, my God, Toru are you ok?" Hitomi asked franticly. "Why did you fall out of the sky?!"
Toru got right back up as if nothing had happened. "I'm fine, really. Now go on, go-go-go back to your date." She said trying to shoo her.
"Apparently that fall scrambled your brains; I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what happened. Whoa!"
Orion had tackled Toru and Hitomi out of the way of an energy blast.
Toru coughed getting the taste of dirt out of her mouth, "Thanks Orion."
"Who shot at us?!" Hitomi shouted
"He did." Everyone looked up and Hitomi's eyes widened; Jason was alive? But how? Toru killed him; at least she thought she did. No, Toru might have felt bad for the guy but there was no way she would risk punishment, especially since everything was going well between Chase and Toru.
"B-B-But how could he still be alive?" Hitomi said completely shocked.
"I'll let you know once I find out myself." And with that Toru flew off into the sky and charged at Jason and kicks him to the ground. "Alright, how about you show me what you really are."
Toru used a technique to peer into Jason's soul and what she found was interesting to say the least. "Ha. You're a clone, a pathetic copy of the original." She said with a wide smirk.
Jason frowned. "I am not a clone!" he shouted
Toru then laughed evilly. "Try to think back, 'Jason', you were mortally wounded from you're lack of training after challenging my master, your beast was tearing you apart from the inside out, and you were on the ground bleeding internally; dying."
Her words resonated with Jason as they shattered memories of his broken passed came flooding back. Jason could never remember what happened to him, he just believed what Hannibal told him since he did seem to know more than he did. But what she said was making his head hurt. He was starting to remember, but only bits and pieces, he saw himself fighting Chase and shouting something but he couldn't remember what. Then he remembered something that enraged him, the sight of Toru plunging her sword into his chest. He couldn't remember the look on her face for if he did then he would have remembered the look of regret on her face for having to kill him and the feeling of contempt he had as he died.
Jason tightens his hand into a fist and pulled a golden strip that elongated into a gauntlet.
Toru could tell by his actions that his memories weren't whole; if they were then he wouldn't be on the offensive. She unsheathed her sword and took a defensive stance and lunged attacking him.
Toru slashed left and right but none of her attacks were getting through and it was all because of that cursed gauntlet, it was creating a shield. She had to get that thing away from him either destroy it or cut his arm off.
Toru then unleashed a few magic blasts that were blocked by the shield and kicked up a lot of dust. Jason lowered the shield as Toru came out of the smoke and slashed down. Jason blocked it with his gauntlet, but when the weapons clashed a surge of pain went through the both of them. After they separated Toru fell to her knees and coughed up blood.
'What the hell just happened?!'
'Look at the emblem on his gauntlet'
The warrior-ess look and her eyes widened a bit for the emblem on his gauntlet was the same one on her sword. How could this be?
"Alright, clone, come at me." Toru said tauntingly.
"I AM NOT A CLONE!" Jason shouted as he lunged.
They switched to hand-to-hand combat and were matching each other blow for blow. Toru eventually got in a good blow and managed to send a surge of lightning through Jason sending him to the ground.
Jason tried to get up but his body wasn't responding. "W-what did you do to me?" he said demandingly.
"I've short circuited your nervous system. The brain sends out electric signals to your body creating movement, all I did as stop them." she grabbed her sword again. "Your helpless, and I'm gonna take that gauntlet of yours as my prize. But don't feel too bad you put a much better fight than last time."
Jason looked at her hatefully. "Tell me, witch, is this how you felt when you killed me the first time."
"SHUT UP!" Toru clench her sword tightly trying not to drop it. "What do you know, you're just a clone! I…actually…regret killing him. And I never regret my decisions. All you have are bits and pieces of the real Jason's memory, you're not him, and your existence just bastardizes his true memory." She holds up her sword in front of him. "Good-bye. FULMEN!"
The lightning blast incinerated the clone leaving only a scorch mark and the gauntlet. After she sheathed her sword Orion and Hitomi soon joined her.
Hitomi looked at the scorch mark. "Wow that's all that's left of him?" the clouded leopard asked.
"Yes." Toru simply stated.
"Lady Toru where is Lord Chase?" the Spartan asked.
"When Hannibal suddenly appeared out of nowhere with his clone of Jason it was a surprise to say the least. I had told Master Chase to let me handle them since he gave me the order to kill him in the first place. He had left it to me but soon after he did the rotten bean disappeared before I could get a good shot at him. So all that was left was for me to fight this clone, and you see the end result."
Chase Young's lair
Toru walked to her master's throne room where he was waiting for her.
She bowed respectfully. "I…failed my task, master." She said wanting to bite off her own tongue.
Chase lifted a brow. "Failed? In what way, Toru?"
"Hannibal escaped, master, and I was too preoccupied to stop him." she said looking down in shame.
"Hannibal is of no importance to you, in the end I shall be his death, and he will answer for his crimes." Chase remarked coldly.
"I understand."
"The gauntlet, Toru, where did you get it?" Chase asked looking at her hand.
"The clone of Jason had it and to the winner goes the spoils. I believe there is a connection between my sword and this shield, I would like to do more research on it."
Chase then got up from his throne and walked towards his mate. "Later my mate I believe I said I would show you not to doubt my feeling for you."
They went to Chase's bed chambers and made love for a few hours. After Toru's regained the feelings back in her legs she went to her room and scoured book after book.
'Nothing. How can there be nothing? Nothing on this emblem, nothing on their powers. How can this be?!'
'Perhaps the answers lie with in their place of origin'
'We don't know where the gauntlet came from'
'No we don't, but we know where the sword came from'
'So what, you want to go back to Aranea's island?'
'If they were created in the same place then it is only natural that it would hold some answers, perhaps even some she doesn't know'
'I guess its better than sitting around here looking through books aimlessly.'
Hitomi soon walked into her room.
"Ah, Hitomi good you're here, I was just about to call you."
Hitomi's ears perked up high. "What's up?"
"Pack your overnight bag, kitty, 'cause we are heading to Spider island."
"You mean I'm finally going to meet Aranea?" Hitomi said gleefully. She had wanted to meet the spider queen for quite some time.
"Yes you are and hopefully find a connection." Toru said looking at her sword and her new gauntlet.
Done! Sorry I'm a bit late guys, I have a bit of a cold and hand no energy to write. So whats the big deal with these weapons anyway? I think Hannibal is a major dick making a clone of Jason to try and mess with Toru. the bean must die! but not just yet. The second to last arch in my story is coming up everyone so that means it will end soon. Plez review. Remember 5 and I update next week.