Battle for the Medicine in the Forest
Chiaia is seen flying in her Mechanoid as she goes to where the boys were taken, hoping to get there in time before something bad happens to them, even though they tried to kill the Empress last night they were only doing it to back get home to their family. If she were to be put in the same situation as they are, she would do anything to be with her family again though she wonders how is that Kenpachi and Kenshi are brothers, both are opposites of each other, yet they care for one another.
Then her thoughts were interrupted when she heard some loud banging noise coming close.
"Is that… gunfire…" Chiaia asked, realizing that something bad is happening with the boys right now and flew to where the fight is.
Meanwhile, Aura kept flying away from the mysterious Mechanoid Master, but the Masked Boss is catching up to her.
"Fine, you'll kill you three together!" The Masked Boss declared holding the sword above.
"(I need help.)" Aura hoped that the person who told her about the ship can help her.
And just her luck, the woman Mechanoid Master is standing by with a rifle gun ready to shoot.
"I'm pleased you rescued them. Let me help." The woman fired an energy-like projectile stopping the Masked Boss from chasing Aura.
"Who is that?" He asked, wondering who else could be out here.
Aura use this opportunity to escape while the Mechanoid Master is distracted, then she saw a familiar pink Mechanoid flying pass her knowing who that is.
"Chiaia Flan!" Aura called out. Chiaia stopped herself seeing the dark-elf's Mechanoid.
"If it isn't Aura Shurifon." Chiaia greeted, then gasps seeing the brothers looking unwell. She decided to entrust them to Aura consider she rescued them first.
"You go on ahead. I'll take care of this." Chiaia offered to hold off the enemy while Aura escape to the Swan.
"Gladly." Aura accepted and made her way while Chiaia ready herself for a fight.
The Masked Boss hides under the trees from Chiaia's view as he wasn't expecting her to come. He had hope to finish off the boys back on the ship but consider everything that just had it's unlikely he'll get his first kill.
"This might be more obstacle than I can handle… I need to retreat." The Mask Boss said, having no other choice but to head back to the ship hoping to come up with another plan to attack.
Chiaia saw the blue Mechanoid heading back to the ship, she could just go after the person in charge of the attack and bring him in for questions to learn of the enemy's plan, but figure that would be foolish to go in alone thinking there maybe more men on board. So, she sighs decided to let them go for now and headed back to the Swan hoping that she and the others will be ready for them next time.
(The Swan)
"Please, Princess Shurifon, you can't go in!" Angela begged, but the dark-elf princess wouldn't listen as she walks to the palace while carrying Kenshi and Kenpachi.
Chiaia shows up in Aura's way.
"As we are on a pilgrimage, the Swan has the special rights. My apologies, but you cannot enter." Chiaia said, even though Aura is a friend there are rules to follow.
"But as a member of the Pilgrimage Route Guard, I cannot let this go… I will need some answers." Aura countered with her rank, wanting to see Empress Lashara about this.
"I'll certainly explain the situation. However, first I would like you to surrender the boys to me." Chiaia demanded, hoping she would corporate.
"These boys are my exclusive witness, meaning I won't simply hand them over and I would prefer to hear your explanation from Empress Lashara herself." Aura stated as she walks pass Chiaia thought was stop when she grabs her arm.
"I only informed HQ that I saw something suspicious. As long as the situation is reasonable, I won't need to report it." Aura assured.
"Yeah, though I figure you would have trouble carrying two people at once." Chiaia pointed out, thinking Kenpachi might be a little heavier than Kenshi.
"The one with the eye-patch saw me hiding and jump like he knew I was going to catch then, knowing he didn't have any other choice to escape." Aura explained.
"Let her, Chiaia, she has our permission to board." Lashara granted appearing outside with Wahanly.
"Empress Lashara Earth, please pardon my demeanor during this crisis." Aura apologized.
"Of course, it would highly inappropriate to discuss these matters out here, would care to talk over tea?" Lashara asked, to talk about this under a more calm mood.
"Well, if that's the case then I take it from here." Kenpachi said, standing up and removing himself from Aura.
"Oh, you're awake, seems you're tougher than your brother." Lashara commented.
"I been through more than him, now if you don't mind…" Kenpachi groaned in pain as he fell on his knees.
"Hold on, I don't think you should be moving for a while." Aura said.
"I heard Kenshi and Kenpachi are back." Mexiah said, entering the scene.
"Mexiah…? Where have you been?!" Chiaia asked worry.
"Miss Mexiah, what are you doing here?" Aura asked, but the older woman notice how the brothers aren't feeling well with Kenshi being unconscious and Kenpachi barely holding together on his knees.
"Oh no…" Mexiah worried, checking on Kenshi and Kenpachi, and he didn't try pushing her away.
"I'm sorry, but it's likely aho sickness from my Mechanoid." Aura apologized.
"No, I think it's more to it than that." Kenpachi said panting.
"He's right, look at the rush on their necks!" Mexiah said, showing the rushes her mentioned on the boys.
"It's Rodeshiatore: the altitude sickness." Mexiah revealed the illness on the boys.
"Rodeshia-what?" Chiaia confused, never heard of that sickness before.
"They gotta to be from somewhere that has a really high altitude. Rodeshiatore is an illness specifically from the Ena Ocean." Wahanly explained.
"So, you've had it, too?" Chiaia asked.
"Oh, no way; I'm fine, but I've already had the vaccination for it." Wahanly said.
"If these two got it, they could die." Wahanly informed then Kenshi falls from Aura to the ground.
"Kenshi, come on you idiot, stay with me." Kenpachi begged then he felt his body feeling worse clutching his hand to his chest.
Mexiah touch their foreheads to feel the temperature, and it's not good.
"We gotta do something; they're burning up." Mexiah said.
(The Masked Boss's Ship)
"Honestly, I'm surprised you tried killing them. Riskless behavior." A man said communicating to the Masked Boss.
"Already know much about our plan for the Empress and they were tagged to track us, it's too dangerous to let them live!" The Masked Boss pointed out.
"Jealous that there are those better than you?" The man asked sarcastically, revealing himself to be Babalun Mest.
"And besides, I'm assuming that Lashara already knows." Babaun said.
"Which is why I'm going to kill that girl before she enters the Holy Land." Masked Boss said.
"At least you know what to do, see that is done." Babalun ordered.
"Yes, sir." He bowed, then ordered his men to have his Sacred Mechanoid ready and move the ship before the Pilgrimage Route Guard arrives.
(Swan, Medical Room)
The girls and Ulyte are gathered around the bed where Kenshin is lying there as he breaths rapidly while Kenpachi just sat there not bother to lay down.
"At this rate, Kenshi has about six hours into a coma and suffers heart failure. Kenpachi, yours will go a little faster if you keep pushing yourself." Ulyte informed.
"I don't care, I'm dying until my little brother is safe." Kenpachi panted.
"You, smart girl, know any herbs that could heal this?" Kenpachi asked Wahanly.
"Well, it's the natural antidote is the Triam herb." Wahanly answered.
"Hmm, Triam is rarely used as medicine, so we don't normally carry any on board." Ulyte mentioned.
"Then I'll go find some myself." Kenpachi said, getting though struggling a bit.
"No, I shall go and find some." Aura offered to go as Mexiah offer herself to tag along.
"Listen here, bitches, to be honest I still don't trust any of you here. If I feel like it, I could just kill you, but my brother seems to take a liking at you people, so I'll tag along to make sure you two aren't playing around." Kenpachi glared at everyone with death in his eyes, sending shivers down their spines and scared like he's a demon in human clothing, like the whole room has been consume by his dark-red aura.
"(Whoa, it's like he's crushing everyone's spirit with his will alone!)" Chiaia thought scared of this.
"V-very well, we will allow you to company Aura and Mexiah to search for the herbs." Lasharar stuttered in fear.
"Good, now let's get moving." Kenpachi walked to a wall and just punch his way through.
"Uh, you know there's a door here." Mexiah shocked of seeing Kenpachi brute strength despite his ill-condition.
(Outside)
"Triam grows in the shallow of rivers and lakes, but we may have difficulty finding any since the herb is not in season." Aura said.
"I don't give a fuck what season it is, we're gonna find some even if it kills us!" Kenpachi declared.
"You really do care about Kenshi." Mexiah said.
"He showed me that even a monster like myself can find happiness in life and he's the only one ever helped me in my darkest times, which is why I'm willing to shed blood if it means keeping him safe." Kenpachi proclaimed, tightening his fists.
"(He's willing to go that far for the love of his brother, such an odd yet noble soul he is)" Aura thought commented.
(The Swan)
Lashara is watching over Kenshi thinking about one important theory that has been proven right.
"(So, they are from another world, and yet the question is how they summoned them here?)" Lashara thought asked herself.
"(No matter, what's more important is keeping them alive. We have a feeling they're going a play an important role here.)" Lashara thought, feeling that this world is about to change.
(Back with Kenpachi and Aura)
Aura and Kenpachi arrive at a lake, hoping that there are some Triam around here then Aura dodge a sneak attack seeing the attacker.
"Nicely dodge." A familiar girl said.
"A Black Sacred Mechanoid?" Aura shocked.
"Oh great, it's Doll." Kenpachi annoyed, not wanting to deal with this now.
"You know that Mechanoid?" Aura asked.
"Yeah, she's one of the bad guys Kenshi and I were forced to work with to kill Lashara. LOOK OUT!" Kenpachi alerted of an incoming attack.
Aura try to dodge, but Doll's Mechanoid was too fast and got push against a tree.
"Damn it, we don't have time for this." Kenpachi growled.
"Then we'll spilt up, you go find the Triam while I keep her busy." Aura planned.
"I guess that's our only option since Doll doesn't like going attack the weaker ones, just be careful with her power and that scythe." Kenpachi warned.
"I'll keep that in mind." Aura said.
Kenpachi jumps of Aura's Mechanoid and start running into the forest hoping to find some Triam though there is something troubling in his mind.
"(It's so weird, Doll suddenly attack us after we spilt up from Mexiah. It's almost like she knew where we were and what we're doing, and I'm getting the strangest feeling in my gut that those two are somehow connected.)" Kenpachi thought theorized about this, but he'll worry about that later. Right now, he needs to find those Triam before he and Kenshi die.
Kenpachi may not seem like the type of guy who doesn't care about studying for the wild and such, but he was glad that the family were able to put some knowledge in his head though he still doesn't know what Triam looks like exactly. He searches through the forest but found nothing so far, then he looks up seeing Doll chasing after Aura getting close, but the green Mechanoid suddenly burst a dark sphere pushing Doll away and forcing her Mechanoid into a cocoon state.
"Not if that's a Mechanoid feature, but I'm glad we won't have to deal with Doll for a while." Kenpachi smirked.
He heads off to where Aura had crashed landed and surprise to see Mexiah arriving at the same time as well.
"Fancy seeing you here after Aura almost got her butt kick." Kenpachi said.
"What, was it the enemy?" Mexiah asked Aura.
"Yes, it was a Black Sacred Mechanoid that Kenpachi knew her called Doll." Aura informed.
"And you face it alone? Why didn't you let me know, and why did let Kenpachi out in his condition?" Mexiah asked worry.
"Shut up, we spilt to get things done faster. Anyway, did you the herbs?" Kenpachi asked.
"Yes, this is Triam, right?" Mexiah showed Aura a box full of Triam Herb.
"Yes, let's get back quickly." Aura said, getting up but nearly trip as Mexiah catches her.
"(Why is she so weak? She must've activated her field.)" Mexiah thought.
"By the way, what was that dark thing you did on Doll?" Kenpachi asked.
"It's called a Dark Elf Field, though I hope to never use it." Aura said as she goes to her Mechanoid.
"I swear Aura, you are beyond stubborn. Try not push it too hard, you still haven't been baptized, you know." Mexiah reminded her.
"Baptized, what's that?" Kenpachi asked then groans painfully as he fell unconscious.
"Kenpachi! Damn it, I knew you were pushing yourself too much." Mexiah worried.
"Then you both better hurries up, that kid is tough but even he can't fight death for long." A woman's voice said, appearing before them.
"Wait, you're…?" Aura shocked.
(With Masked Boss)
"I'm sorry sir, I failed." He apologized.
"We'll get them next time, concentrate on personal duties for now. We won't waste our time on the princess." Babalun ordered before hanging up.
The guy decided to take off his mask revealing himself to be a young boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, angry about tonight.
(Early Morning)
Kenshi and Kenpachi are seen sleeping peaceful with the treatment with the Triam herbs healing them from the deadly sickness, they slowly wake up seeing each other then everyone in the room as they are glad that they're all better.
"Wonderful, you're both fully awake!" Lashara smiled.
"Man, I feel like I was walking into a desert." Kenpachi commented as he sits up.
Mexiah press her forehead on Kenshi's feeling his fever is gone, she wanted to do that on Kenpachi but gave her the 'don't even think about' look, which only made her giggles seeing he's okay.
"It's surprising. The herbs are good, but you're still recovering swiftly." Aura complimented on their recovery.
"Heh, we're tougher than we look." Kenpachi smirked.
"I hope you appreciate all of this." Chiaia said.
"And don't worry about paying us back; you can just do it whenever." Wahanly said, annoy to Chiaia.
Kenshi sat up barely looking at everyone and spoke.
"Thank you so much." Kenshi thanked.
"Yeah, thanks for saving us from death." Kenpachi thanked too.
The girls were a little shock getting a thank you from two strangers that are kind, especially Kenpachi as well.
"Come here!" Mexiah jumped at Kenshi to hug him but got grabbed in the face by Kenpachi.
"Sorry, no hugs for today. Chiaia, here." Kenpachi tossed Mexiah to Chiaia as she catches her. Kenpachi thinks now she and Doll are definitely connected since Mexiah shows up after Doll's defeat, he'll have to keep an eye on her from now on.
"Sorry about her, you two make sure to get some rest until morning." Chiaia said, leaving while Mexiah who just waves goodbye to them.
"We suppose we can take that advice." Lashara said as Wahanly let out a yawn.
"You know kid-sorry, Lashara, I think we're gonna have some big adventures sticking with you lots." Kenpachi pointed out.
"We believe so too." Lashara chuckled before turning off the lights and everyone leaves the room.
Kenpachi and Kenshi look at each other, glad that neither of them are dead and will continue being by each other's side, they got off the beds and walk outside to the balcony seeing the sun raising from the horizon seeing the scenery.
They knew this is the start of their biggest adventure in their life and may call this world this new home, at least until they find to get home beat the shit of that mad science old hag who send them there in the first place. And along with their family, maybe.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Kenshi and Kenpachi have survived a deadly illness thanks to the help of the girls on the Swan as they make their way to the Holy Land, it was tough, especially Kenpachi powering through the illness all to find the Herbs to help Kenshi. Now they'll have to face the most difficult and toughest challenge of their life: going to school and girls.
And you'll find out who the mystery woman in the next chapter.
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