Chapter Fifteen: Going Out
Frost's POV
This man... This old man! How much of the luggage do I have to carry? Argh... It weighs like a bloody boulder with solid gold encased inside like roots! We walked, and obviously, I was at the back, keeping my back as straight as possible as I wore a large, light blue backpack that was almost as large as me, containing over FIFTEEN zippers. Worst of all, I was the only one who carried the baggage, and NOT the others. I can understand the old man and White but... What about Nova and Melody? What physical problems do THEY pose... Dammit, I'm getting heated for nothing. I have to keep my composure... The road we walked on was made of yellow, slight brown stained sand that was about a good two meters wide and vegetation grew to the sides of it, creating an illusionary boundary. All around us, after the small growth of shrubbery and the sandy yellow road, was a vast, grassy plain that had many strange rocks resting in the most unusually areas. Some resembled people while others resembled weapons and at certain areas, you'd be able to see some strange text. The light blue sky hung high above us with the sun just beginning to rise up to the middle of the sky, proving that it was close to high noon. Small, wispy clouds that resembled fairy floss dotted the sky like large stars, shining down a ray of happiness and calamity over those who'd look up and smile at them...
Every step I took, felt like another weight was being added. I'd been a couple of hours of non-stop walking and it's surprising that I was able to make it this far without any fatigue or broken bones. White and the rest of us still wore our old clothing due to the fact that we HAD no others, but they all looked relatively spotless. Well, except for White's shorts that covered about a half or a bit less of her thighs. The bandages were still on her legs since there was still some bleeding. Nevertheless, she forced herself to walk. She's something...
Beads of salty sweat dripped from my forehead as we continued to walk in silence. Not even the wind dared to make a move in these plains as this old man was someone not to mess with. Literally. His appearance was strange, yet he looked better than many old men I've seen. Although he did in fact have wrinkled skin, he didn't look TOO much like an old man. But that's what he is. A white, long moustache that arched down from his cheeks like whiskers, slightly narrowed eyes, a white robe with a black, cotton belt strapped around his waist and most of all, he had some sort of samurai sword on his back... One that looked like Milk's in almost every aspect... I want to know why. I began to pant now quietly as my body slowly began to react poorly, like I just had some alcohol overriding my brain cells... Damn this... How much longer until we make it?
"Come on now. Only a few hundred meters away then we'll be there", The man finally said after what felt like an eternity of silence. A silence that I was just getting used to but of course, things like this ALWAY have to happen to me.
"Where exactly?", White asked in a calm, pleasant tone, glancing back at me with a smile that I returned happily. Haha! I love it when she smiles!
"The sacred grounds of my family", He replied almost immediately in a wise tone of voice that struck me with wonder.
"Sacred grounds?", White asked in mystery slowly, staring at him with a wondrous face that looked like she was thinking hard about the topic.
The man sniffed gruffly, and replied to her question. "A place where my family were trained. But, we haven't used it for a long fourteen years ever since the bomb was dropped on our home town... Many of my relatives died, including my beloved granddaughter", He explained without any emotion, making my eyes slightly widen to what he had just said as that was close to Milk's history... Impossible... He doesn't even have any hair let alone cat-like ears! Or is there something I'm overlooking...
I blinked, taking in a deep breath of the air quietly, painfully expanding my lungs before I exhaled the negative thoughts of my own troubles out entirely in the form of a warm, transparent breath...
"Are you a Guardian?", I asked seriously with a hint of curiosity in my voice, causing him to suddenly stop in his tracks to what I had just said... Damn, maybe that was the wrong thing to say.
I stared at him and so did the others as we all stopped in our tracks as still as stone, wondering what was going to happen or WHAT was happening.
"Funny, my wife was one. But I'm a Human", He replied, turning around to face me, making me blink as we stared at one another with dangerous yet friendly gazes. "What made you ask?", He asked almost immediately.
"Because what you said sounded similar to one of my close friend's history. She's a FrostBitten Guardian who came from parents who too were Guardians for the Royal FrostBitten", I explained thoroughly, making him smile warmly at me before slowly walking up towards me, both hands held behind his back...
"My eldest granddaughter. Milk?", He asked curiously, making me give him a happy nod that made him smile more vividly... "That girl... Always acting like other peoples problems are her business. But... Is she ok?".
"Yeah. She's happy where she is now. Even if we're not there for her, she'll always have her little sister, Cream with her!", Nova exclaimed, instantly making the old man choke on the air and blink rapidly, like what he had just heard was a recite from a devilish book... I think that was too much info... Damn... I forgot that Cream used to be dead, but somehow, I managed to bring her back which gives me chills at times... Argh! Even like now!
White's POV
Putting everything that happened an hour ago aside and forgetting the fit that the old man went through, I kept a dangerous glance at Melody as she held her bow with her left, outstretched arm with an icy blue arrow drawn and aimed right for my heart. This is the first stage of the training. A fight with using whatever you have. Frost, Nova and the old man stood still to the right of us, observing for flaws and weaknesses. All around us, was short cut, light green grass that smelt like perfume and five massive stones that were the shape of a rectangle, towering up to as high as eight meters. They surrounded us and formed a barrier between this place and the outside world. Sacred and normal.
"The battle is like a song, play by the rhythm and you'll be able to conduct the beat", The old man said in a wise tone that really got me to think about the overall battle seriously. A song eh? I think I know what he may mean.
"Give it your best White!", Frost cheered me on loudly, making me slime warmly and flush a light shade of red, tightening the grip of my right hand around the black, leathery handle of my Moon's Rhythm whilst the Exzera slept in it's white case on my back.
"Win it Melody!", Nova cheered on, making Melody smile at me warmly and blink a good three times, shifting her pose a bit wider. My blade rested in front of my face and my body was turned to face the left, making my stance as thin as possible. I breathed normally. Not a single bead of sweat formed on my forehead and my body felt like it was it's calmest... Not even my legs hurt, but, they felt slightly numb due to how tight the bandaging of the bandages were.
"Ready! Set! GO!", Frost cried and at once, I lunged forwards, narrowing my eyes slightly as she released the back of her arrow and immediately reeled back her right hand to grab another from her brown, leather quiver.
As fast as I could, I slashed at the flying light blue arrow with a vertical slice from left to right, causing it to split into two separate fragments that pass by head by a mere inch, instantly injecting my bloodstream with adrenaline. Again, he now was loaded and immediately shot as I was a mere meter away from her now. I watched the arrow carefully, gritting my teeth and hearing nothing but the scrunching of the grass from underneath us explode in a battle melody. Blindly and instinctively, I spun to the right counter clockwise, barely dodging her devastating arrow as I held my blade out in front of me, spinning once again and JUST slicing the arrow with the tip of my blade as Melody gasped in pure shock and terror to what had just happened. Haha! Nothing is faster than light!
"Wha?", Melody said in shock, taking a step back as I stood before her with bent knees and burning light red eyes that held nothing but the will to win as I smiled in a friendly manner, greatly intimidating her. Without a second to loose, I didn't waste this opportunity to lunge straight at her with immense speed, holding my blade in front of my chest and finally, made contact with her light blue, fabric shirt and a couple strands of her hair... I ceased immediately, holding my pose with bent knees, right hand down to my waist and a smile. The blade just BARELY touched her, meaning that this is indeed, my victory. We shared deathly stares at one another as she growled in anger and shock to how she had just lost and how her arrow was dodged.
"I knew you'd win White!", Frost called from the right, making me flush a slight red as I repelled back, drawing my blade down to my right with lightning speed, striking the grassy ground with the tip of Moon's Rhythm. A small burst of green confetti shot up into the air around me as I continued my glance at melody, still baring a friendly smile across my face that greatly intimidated her.
"Nothing less from White Heart. Next will be Frost", The old man said, instantly making my eyes widen as I gasped quietly, feeling my heart throb right after a beat was skipped painfully. Melody sighed, blinking once and shaking her head from side to side, regaining her composure as a strange, calming wind blew from behind me, causing my attire and hair to flutter in the wind and make rustling noises along with the endless field of grass..
"M...Me?", Frost stuttered in shock, causing me to turn to my right, staring at the other three with widened, light red, glowing eyes that shone in the bright afternoon sun. He stared at the old man with slightly widened eyes, looking somewhat frightened... But he's stronger than me, isn't he? "What about Nova?", Frost asked in a frightened tone... Huh?
"What's the matter? Can't hit a girl, can you?", Melody joked, slowly walking up to Frost, making him turn to her with a flushed face which made her chuckle loudly.
Immediately, Frost snapped back with a blazing red face that made me smile and too, turn red as my heart began to race against a whole bunch of emotions plummeting down onto my heart. "I can!", He exclaimed, clenching his fists as tight as balls, staring into her dew-coloured eyes that resembled a vast magical woodland filled with many strange beings and plants.
"Then why do you look so frightened?", She asked Frost, making him grit his teeth slightly and begin to quietly growl with what looked like anger... But I could see a bit more in his eyes. A bit of happiness and anxiety?
"Because she's almost as fast as Mindy!", He exclaimed out of a fit of the building anger and frustration inside of his heart.
"So you're scared?", The old man asked Frost, making him take in a deep breath of the calm, cooling air of the light breeze that influenced the grass and out attires to dance gracefully underneath the bright, warm sun. "Tell us what you're feeling right now inside of your heart, Black Heart".
Frost smiled warmly, exhaling out all of the warm carbon from his mouth before he stared at me with a reddened face, causing me to flinch in embarrassment as I too blushed a deep shade of red from around my cheeks... Argh...
"I'm excited!", Frost claimed... Excited huh?
"Eh!? How could you say that! You're fighting against a white devil!", Melody exclaimed, grabbing Frost by the collar with both her smooth hands and began shaking him back and forth as if he was just a rag. I chuckled, finding the funny side to it before Melody suddenly ceased and, out of the blue, flicked his nose with her right hand... Frost backed away, quickly grasping onto his nose as he let out a funny yelp to the sudden stinging sensation that struck his face like a bee sting... "She's even able to dodge my arrows that are KNOWN to never missed a single target!". She makes it sound like I'm evil!
Old Man's POV
After this, we should head back home. It's getting too late and I completely forgot that tonight is the night when 'They' come again to get our resources... Every fortnight, the come... But this time, they might do something drastic... For the sake of everyone, I pray for their safety... Please
These two should really put on a show. After all, no matter what, they both have the same level of strength. This could end out as a draw. But I'm just wondering why they both carry a spare sword on their backs.
Frost's POV
This feeling of nostalgia is incredible! My heart's racing for it's life and my mind can't even comprehend the other cluster of emotions I'm feeling right now! This is going to be a really good fight... I can tell. Haha! I'm all fired up for this! I can't wait for our blades to clash for the very first time!
White's POV
This is going to be fun! Finally, a match between me and him without any interruptions! I'll make sure to give it all I've got so he doesn't get disappointed. In return, he should do it as well! I can't wait! I stood before him, a good eight meters away as the others stood to the right of me, smiling and anxiously observing entirely. They all knew that this battle, will be one of the most spectacular ones they'll ever witness safely!
Drago's POV
Forsheer... When he said that he changed history from the roots, he wasn't fucking kidding! Frost has a legitimate little sister!... Dammit... Not only that, but now White is COMPLETELY related to Mindy's family by blood and now has an ELDER sister! How much detail did Forsheer put!?
Colour Plane
Just a simple fight wouldn't hurt now would it? She stood before me in an endless green plain, holding her beloved white revolver in her left hand and her mighty white blade in her right whereas I held my black revolver in my right hand and my legendary black blade in my right... We both smiled at one another warmly, awaiting for someone to make the first move... And of course, it was her... But she did something completely unexpected... Instead of full charging at me, she transformed her white revolver into a giant, mechanical cannon that had a white ball of glowing electricity building up inside of the barrel... Eh!?