Okay, I don't know why anyone isn't reviewing this story! I put all my thoughts and hard work into this story; I was hoping to get some words of encouragement. Anyway, here's the third chapter of Synchro Beast, Crimson Rose!
Chapter 3-Visionary Sights of the Sealed
It have been years since he was bounded towards the Eternal Tree of Life; his trust and views of the world broken down into nothing but dust. He never been able to even trust his own clan; the family that his great-grandfather had left him under his rule. But, almost three decades later, the family he was supposed to rule betrayed him and none have even come to give their respect to their befallen lord. The western queen have made quite a treachery to him and his clan, but only those who he trusted the most knew the true story of his highness and started to work upon a counter-spell to dissolve the one cast on him, but so far, every counter-spell has failed and not even the sages knew how the western vampiress obtained such a spell.
Over the years, contact was diminished into dust, and only his trustworthy have visited him to explain what has been happening within the walls of their kingdom. His anger grew much more intense with every report, but the one that made his power spark out of control was no longer than sixteen years ago.
Soon after his trust for the mortals vanished, his younger brother have appeared once more to tell him about the lies that the western queen has told their brethren: the vampire hunters have placed a hex on him and he became a traitor when he fell in love with someone within the village. The seductive vampiress has also told that he has broken the code of the vampire and spilled out all of the secrets to the hunters, outraging her to take action and slay the traitorous lord. This set a complete outburst from the vampire lord and a quarter of the forest was completely destroyed from the central point. The trust of his clan was gone as soon as the fools took in the lies that was said within the corridors of the castle. However, only his most trusted soldiers along with his family knew that he would never do such a thing, and sent out to uncover the truth.
Now, only they knew the true story to why the vampire lord never return from trying to save the village years ago.
The leaves around the Eternal Tree of Life bristled through the wind as a shadowy figure touched down to the ground and lifted himself from the greenish ground. His blackish hair with yellow highlights was quite unlikely for a young vampire himself, but he was one of several who knew what fully happened to the vampire lord himself. His blue cloak bellowed in the air as he approached the tree, kneeling down to one knee to address the lord himself.
Cold, amethyst eyes glanced upon the figure as he sat under the tree that which he was bound to. He stood up in the same attire that he wore for years, his fangs baring with such malice and dripping with blood as his meal dropped to the ground, unable to move its' four legs and run from its' attacker. The vampire lord, known as Yami, ordered the figure to rise up from his current position, knowing the person all too well.
"I see that you were 'feeding' once more, my lord. I come at a bad time, no?"
"Yusei..." Yami began. "You do not need to address me as lord; you are family and will address to me as Yami."
"But, I've been calling you that for years." Yusei remarked. "It's grown to be quite the habit to break. Hell, if only my friend Kiryu was around, I would have been calling him lord instead of you."
"Ah yes," Yami said. "The eastern land was showing very much promise to new techniques and powers. It was quite the disappointment that the territory was attacked before the new development of spells."
"It was also my home." Yusei added.
Yusei was one of the few survivors from the eastern land that had the power of Synchro, an energy that gives the power unique spells that only they can use. Barely anyone can mastered such a technique like this one, not even Yami knew how this type of power was developed. Though, he concluded that the eastern district was also the youngest out of all the territorial lands, which would explain why he wasn't able to draw out the Synchro power that Yusei and his comrades have.
"I know you did not just come here to chat." Yami said, changing the subject. "State your business."
"It seems we have much more developments on the spell that was used towards you, Yami." Yusei said. "Seto, Yugi, and Crow were able to decipher the code of the spell's contents. Yami, the spell itself...was a forbidden one at that."
Yami widen his eyes. The spell used on him was forbidden? How could he not have seen though the aura around for years? Yusei noticed the expressional change on his face and proceeded with his report.
"Yami, even lords before you couldn't see the spell itself until they are told in person." Yusei said. "However, we also realized that the binding spell that Tèa used wasn't fully adapted to her powers, making the barrier around you much less potent. But, like you said, it's attached to her heart, making the barrier reinforced and impossible to escape."
"Have you been able to find a counter-spell?" Yami asked. "Or some kind of weak spot in the barrier?"
"No to the counter-spell; somewhat yes for the barrier." Yusei said. "Apparently, I cannot enter since the spell is bound to you, making our species unable to break you from this curse. The only other way is to find someone within the mortals to earn your trust."
"I have not been able to trust the mortals, even those hunters ever since they forbid anyone to enter or even cross through the Forest of Filaroya." Yami said. "The only people that I see are those fucking hunters making rounds to see if I'm 'behaving' right. Heh, I can try to invade someone's mind and get them here to entertain me."
"I see that your sense of humor is still there, Yami." Yusei chuckled. "Actually, I have received information from Rafael that an important individual is about to make her errands within the forest about three days from now. It seems she's gathering herbs for a spell or potion that she's studying, and she's not alone. A helper from the village along with a hunter will be escorting her through the forest until dusk."
"...Interesting." Yami smirked. "I have yet to see this girl for my very eyes. How does she look, Yusei?"
"Haha, what point of me telling you about her would make such a difference?" Yusei laughed. "I'll let you decide when the times comes."
"Very well, if you insist." Yami said. "Is that all to report to me?"
"At the moment, yes." Yusei said. "We'll be going through over our scouting duties during the night; better to be much more careful when you do return to the castle, my lord."
"I thought I told your ass to call me Yami." Yami chided.
"And I told your ass that it's a hard habit to break." Yusei retorted. "Good day, my lord."
With spiriting speed, Yusei was gone and left Yami to wander towards his meal, discarding it seeing that all of its' blood has drained out of the body. He looked up into the orange sky, pondering if there was truly a way to break free of the spell that Tèa had placed on him. Laying his back towards the tree; he slid down to sit down, both arms crossed and his head deep in thought. He needed his rest as he waited for the girl that Yusei have mentioned to him.
'That boy...' Yami thought. 'If he weren't my cousin, I wouldn't know what to do with him. Tonight I rest; I need to be in top condition to meet that girl Yusei mentioned.'
The trees hid shadows of the undead as many villagers placed lit lanterns outside their houses with special scented oils to ward off any vampires lingering in the forest. Normal vampires would have a set distance because their bodies were not atoned to the smell. Other types of vampires, such as Yusei and Rafael, were strong enough to withstand the smell for periods of time, yet they still hated the bitter smell in their lungs. As the hunters readied themselves for another night round of patrol, Yusei headed towards the location that Seto told him to rendezvous with him and two others for the recon meeting. He knew that many of the meeting were taken place of where there was little to no guards at all. Once he got there, Rafael locked eye contact with him as well as the other multi-colored haired individual.
"Yugi, what are you doing here?" Yusei asked. "Shouldn't you be over at the southern district to interrogate the survivors of why they were attacked?"
"Yes, but I leave tomorrow at sunset." Yugi inquired. "I need to overlook some things before I depart. I know that my brother would miss me, but we need more information of why Tèa and those other rogue vampires attacked our brethren years ago."
"I see," Yusei muttered. "And where's Seto? He's not one to be tardy."
"I'm right behind you, dumbass." a cold, shrilling voice said.
"Glad you can make it, Seto." Yusei said, sarcastically. "I was so scared from your surprise entry."
"Can it, Yusei." Seto said. "Let's get down to business, now shall we?"
The four gathered in a circle in the dimly lit ground, careful to be unseen by the hunters themselves and also from the villagers' eyes.
"So, any information on the whereabouts of Kiryu's body, as well as any other survivors from the eastern district?" Yusei asked.
"Unfornately, no." Rafael said. "There's still no sign of the eastern lord's body, but apparently we found more bodies of our kin in the rubble. Let's just say that Jack wasn't too happy when we found his wife Carly as one of the victims. As for the villagers, not one living body remains and all of their blood been washed away."
"As expected of that report; but it also explains why Jack's been so damn moody these days." Yusei said.
"We uncovered more information when my men revisited the site." Rafael said. "For some unfathomed reason, the chambers leading to the convents of the underground library were breached, and all of the forbidden spell books were stolen. The trail became cold soon after we discovered that charred ashes were used to destroy any scent of the perpetrator."
"You mean the Sacred Books of Mylomti?" Seto asked. "The same books that carried a spell that almost destroyed a continent? Have those bastards lost their fucking minds? Our forefathers have to put aside their differences to detain such a destructive spell!"
"Yes, those books." Rafael replied.
"This is bullshit!" Yusei hissed. "If the assault on the southern district was for the same cause, then we're in a whole lot of danger. Almost all of us aren't familiar with those spells since the war started!"
"That I have to look into once I arrived there." Yugi said. "If what you said is true, then we're heading to a battle that we might not win. Without the knowledge of our forefathers, it's only a matter of time before everything is destroyed for good."
"Onto to other matters," Yusei said. "It seems that our lord is getting restless about finding that counter-spell. I informed him about that individual that's gonna enter the forest in a few days. He was quite intrigued about this person."
"You mean that woman with the pink hair?" Rafael asked. "She's been getting special attention from the Hunter's Legion ever since that siege years ago. Looks to me that's she got herself a brand new escort, and I must say she's quite the feisty one; that red-headed one. She's not so bad-looking either."
"Now you know that Yusei likes his women very feisty indeed." Seto smirked. "You better keep your hands off her, less you want to be the one to face Yusei's wrath."
"Ok, seriously..." Yusei retorted. "Why are we discussing my love life?"
"I'm afraid we might to cut our meeting short, fellas." Yugi remarked. "Daybreak is approaching, and I must prepare to leave first thing tomorrow."
"Agreed." Seto said. "Report to us as soon as you return from the southern district."
"Let us depart for now. Keep me updated on my brother's status and see if you can still find the counter-spell within our library."
Finally done! Thought, I don't know why the hell I can write when it's close to morning and be lazy during the whole day! I'm weird that way...
Next chapter: The errand goes horribly wrong as Amy is separated from her escort and friend, but is saved by Yami himself. The two of them finally meet...
Please review! I want encouragement!
P.S.: I'm being extra generous today and let my two-month update for this story slide for this chapter. Rest assured that the next update will definitely be on the fifth of next month.