Natalya

"That was rather easy," I muttered to myself as I observed the group of men that lay down by my feet. I had defeated them within some minutes and could not be proud enough about it. My hands were completely healed and my spirit heightened. Even if I was a loner in battling, it was still a nice experience to lead an army. No one questioned my decisions and every one of the Borussian soldiers followed my lead. But another reason for this could be the presence of their General, who was fighting next to me. He was the first one – with the exception of my former crew – who trusted me. Toris had respected me since our first meeting; he had never abandoned me even if he was aware of my true character. I was not a woman that would be swoon by a man's romantic actions; I would be more content to get a nice blade, instead of flowers. And he was aware of all of these aspects and accepted them nonetheless. I eyed him as he fought next to me. "Everything all right?"

"Yes," I replied sheepishly before raising my voice again, "We are moving forward very quickly."

"Well, the Borussian army is famous for their ground troops and our forces are incredible strong; so we won't have any problems to fight here." Toris looked at me, causing my face to heat – which happened often lately – before I focussed back on the battlefield. We were a strong army and I did not doubt our victory; even if the others would have problems on the sea, they still had a magical mermaid and dragon that were capable of frightening and killing the enemies.

"Our defences on the east area are strong, we are almost at the border," Toris proudly said while his hands lay on the patch on his arm. He was communicating to the albino Prince who was still the head of our group.

"Good, push them back behind the borders. Don't attack the villages and the innocent people," Gilbert replied, "We will need some time here and I believe that Edelstein is on one of the ships."

Toris nodded, before he repeated the orders to the rest of the army. After the commanding, he turned around; his eyes gazing into mine. "The Borussian army is not famous for their marine or fights on water; that is why we will have an easy job here."

Despite the situation, I liked to stay by his side – especially during these fights – and enjoyed it; we were a good team as I had already concluded on the ancient island when we had fought together. As he had introduced me to his army, they had immediately shown respect. Some of the soldier's faces had expressed fear and dismay but this had quickly changed after I had trained with them. They respected their general and his opinion of me. I had never thought that I would train the Borussian army one day; I was sure that my skills could bring me further in a career of becoming a General in this army. But then … Did I really want to stay here?

We were pardoned from our criminal acts and I knew that Feliks wanted to do other things than pirating. Elizabeta would be promoted to be an admiral of the crew and I was certain that she and the prince would confess their love to each other – even a blind person could see that coming. They were meant to be together and the odd friendship they shared was more than just an acquaintance. We all knew; the prince risked everything to save her live – including us. We would not die by the Borussian Kingdom because of his intervention. Feliks and Elizabeta were my family, and if they decided to stay here then I would stay here as well. My blue-violet eyes observed the General . . . Toris would remain too; his promotion kept him here . . . The feeling of my fast beating heart was disrupting my thoughts. I could not leave any of my friends nor him behind; but would I really be ready for a future in this Kingdom?

"Miss Natalya? Are you feeling unwell?"

There it was again; his worried tone, his need to inquire after my well-being. No one had ever asked me of it; No man had even bothered to care about my feelings because they thought I was cold-hearted. And now it was him that had lightened that part in my life. In my heart.

"Everything is – "

A shudder went down my spine . . . Someone stood behind him, and he was not a member of our army.

"Get down," I shouted, pushing Toris to the ground. Within a second I threw my knife in the enemy's head. Needless to mention that I was the last person he saw in his life before he fell.

The cold façade my face had, melted as I noticed the blood on my hands. A frown graced my face; I had not cut myself, so why was I bleeding. Instantly, my eyes wandered to Toris who clasped his hands on his stomach. "Oh no," I whispered. He was hurt, and it somehow made me feel distressed and helpless. Even if I had taken down the enemy, Toris' injury was still weakening him.

"General!" Some of the men screamed and hurried to us.

"Nothing bad has happened, only a scratch," the green-eyed General mumbled with his hand firm on the wound. "The question is; how he could have advanced towards me this quickly?"

"He must have hidden himself under the bodies of his dead comrades," I concluded, following the footprints of the culprit.

"Examine the surroundings, look under the bodies of the enemies!"

After Toris' command, I quickly helped him in steading his body against mine. During that process I could not shake off the blush on my cheeks.

"We need to bandage your injury," I murmured, turning towards him to look at his face. Instead of a grimacing face because of the pain he felt, the man smiled as if God had fulfilled all of his wishes.

"T-Toris?"

His smile did not cease, but only grew after he hurt my stuttering. "You are so beautiful," he said with such a low voice that my heart froze. What had gotten into him? Was the wound infecting his brain? He could not speak in that manner to me in the middle of a battlefield! The surrounding soldiers nudged themselves in the ribs, grinning at the two of us . . . Oh God, they had heard.

"You really need someone to take care of your wound or Sakura will handle it," I huffed, turning my head away from him. This would have consequences when he would recover but not before I would crush the enemy's army with my own hands. How dare they hurt Toris and make me carry him to the sick bay!

[A/N: Tsundere Belarus gives me life :D and Toris is only increasing this behaviour of hers :D I love it :D. I kinda lofe Nyo!Lietbel too :3].

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Mely-Val: Yes :D I think they are really cute together :3 and they definitely need more love :3