Chapter 5- Act 1 Is this what you call preparation?
Between the darkness and the light, Nathan would be sitting in a room alone Imaging to realizes himself from this area, "Why do I have a familiar feeling that I can't even remember for some reason" Nathan would remove himself from the couch as he wonder his way through the room, following the light as he check each and every room to view the same black space as he visualize into the living room that he was in before. "I have been walking for how long that I can't remember as I'm unable to find a way out, Maybe I should talk to this person who's just sitting down on that one spot?" The girl would turn her face to him as Nathan could only stare at a faceless face. Walking, staring and wondering as he slowly walk toward her from the girl carefully turn away and pat the couch to see it next to her.
E҉m҉i҉: : "Ðð ¥ðµ rêmêmßêr †hê †ïmê whêñ wê £ïr§† mê† ñå†håñ?" Nathan couldn't face her from the chills that was running down his body during the moment as she hasn't turn her face to him until his answer lead to him shaking his head to continue her question, "ɨ ɦǟʋɛ ǟ ʍɨռɖ ȶɦǟȶ ʏօʊ աօʊʟɖ ֆǟʏ ռօ ǟռɖ ɨ'ʍ ռօȶ ֆǟɖ ȶɦǟȶ ʏօʊ ƈǟռ'ȶ ʀɛʍɛʍɮɛʀ ʍɛ ɮʊȶ ɨ ǟʟաǟʏֆ ʀɛʍɛʍɮɛʀ ȶɦǟȶ ʄǟƈɛ ʄʀօʍ ɛʋɛʀʏ ǟռɖ ǟռʏաɦɛʀɛ ʏօʊ ɢօ, ȶǟʟӄ, քʟǟʏ, ʄɨɢɦȶ, ǟռɖ ɛʋɛռ ֆʟɛɛք ɮʊȶ ʟɛȶֆ ռօȶ ɢɛȶ ȶօօ ʍʊƈɦ ɨռȶօ ɖɛȶǟɨʟֆ." As soon as Nathan quickly turn to face her, she was already gone.
"Who are you and why did you bring me into this place" Within a blink, Nathan would end up standing in a room, where there's nothing to see nor hide from but he carefully listens as he following the sound of the girl singing "You could give me a name to remember who you really were but please don't do anything funny or something that you're planning to do," he heard faded call of a name from his own voice "I'ɱ ʂσɾɾყ ƚԋαƚ I ƈσυʅԃɳ'ƚ ʂαʋҽ ɱყʂҽʅϝ ϝɾσɱ ρɾσƚҽƈƚιɳɠ ყσυ, ҽɱι," Nathan stop for a second because he wasn't sure if he just spoke or It is something imitating his own but as soon as he turn around, he felt pain and blood that was flowing out of his body as he look down to see his arm was remover "!?" He let out a scream as his head began ringing inside his head.
E҉m҉i҉: : "Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê Wh¥ ÐïÐ ¥ðµ lêåvê mê!." Tears was flowing from her eyes as Nathan stare into the eyes which lead him to hold his head.
Nathan continue to scream out and desperately trying to cover his ears, during he came to visualize from his eyes that he was laying down as he saw the girl crying her tears out onto his face as his head turn around to see a shadow staring directly and smiling only to him, The room went silent in an instance as Nathan turn around to watch the girl as her face was cover with many eyes as it say
?҉?҉E҉m҉i҉?҉?҉ : "I̶̛͈̾́'̸̛̖̭̜͚̤̯̠̌̎̊͌̔M̵̡̢̻͎̳̭͖̞̜̝̌͒̽̐ ̸͕͈̬͈̯̻͔͉̒̈́͗̾̾̒̕͠Ą̷̳́̆̈́̐L̵̲͉͖̬̭̬̮̋̐̚W̵̧̘͚͈͔͉͊͊̄̂͗̓͐͘͜͝À̸̢̦̊͑̈́̈̅̾͌Y̷̲̩̗̮͇͕̦͐̈̊̍̍̈͘ͅS̶̳̜̙̎͛̀̑̿̚ ̴̰̺̖͙̼̯̜͘͜ͅW̴͔̖̟͚̏̀̍̚A̶̙͘T̷̙̠̔C̷̡̗̺̖͉̦͇̰̀́̿̌̌͒́͒̆̚H̶̢̹̖̻̮̣̠̄̓Į̸͉̘̗̮͛̒̂̆̄͌̕̕͠N̶̨̳̲̹̯̱̳͙͑̆͑̆͂͗̚G̶͎͍̫͐̈́̾̎͛͑͠ ̵̖̪̫̖͓̘̤͊̄̒̋͒ͅY̷͓͈̊̀́̈̓̍̚͜O̷̧̩͎̱̤͉͉̬̭̹͛͒͊͆͑̊̆Ú̶̢̩̺̭̮̖̲͉̫̆̒̀̽͛̚͘͝͝ͅ "
From many laughers a knife appear from her hand as she lift it up in the air as Nathan awoken himself before she could even stab him.
Nathan got up as he holding his head to tighten from all the sound that's ringing none stop as she rest her hand on his lap for Nathan to turn his attention to see Mari in tears right in front of him, "What's... wrong?"
Mari: She continue to stare directly into his heart as it was in the state of black as Mari look up to face him, "your body looks pale as a while sheep" she grip his legs tight and move to give him a hug, "I don't know what you have been through but I'm sure that everything is going to be okay for now on and I'm glad that you came back alive to see another day," Nathan was shaken from her warmth and by her gentle voice as he barely move his body to hug her back.
??: "What are they doing sister?"
Zara: "I don't know but I think there's making out and moving in for offspring" She laugh quietly as she was caught by one of the guard that hit her on the head and drag both of them away "Nooooo, you can't stop me from finding out the truth!!" She continue screaming as Nathan wasn't paying mind to it but as for Mari. Her face was red as a rose but she brush it off when Nathan hug her tight.
Mari: "Do you want to tell me, what happen in your dreams?" Nathan shake his head and got off the bed as he almost fell but caught himself from falling.
"You don't need to worried about it," Nathan rub his head slowly as he barely remembering of the dream he had only to learn the name which was stuck to him, "Who's Emi?" He began to walk out the room as he open the to see many villagers congratulating him for something that he didn't do or even know what he did.
Zara: she came running towards him and pat his back very hard "Congratulation for taking it away from our sweet and pure queen" she show a thumbs up and kept hitting his back as Nathan was trying to gather the hint that they trying to pull off, "I'm so happy for what you did and you have to be the only lucky guy to did it" She began to cry as Nathan move away from her.
"What are you talking about and why do u have to give me the congratulation for?" He fold his arms and look at the villagers, From his mind he wonder about the attack that happen before but he was happy and surprise to see Zara doing will with her arms in place but he known that it was cut off clean.
Mari: From Behind, she slowly walk out of the room with a deadly stare to all of them as they slowly fade away during the moment Nathan open his eyes to see how they clear a room without taking a second as he jump away quick when Mari touch his shoulders "Sorry about that and you could rest yourself at ease, they were just playing a game to tease you" She turn back to stare at Zara as she disappear from her eye. "Good she got the picture"
"what picture?" Nathan quickly look at Mari as she say nothing, "Well wanna fill in to how long I was out for?" Nathan would walk with Mari as she carefully sing a song to move the mood as the wind blow around them.
Journal entry, memories to remember my story: #5
I came to this journal to write my story to the god that claims to be my first wife for some reason that I don't know but I'm ready to talk about what has happen while continuing the path on completing your quest. During the encounter from last night, The monster has brought to my realization to the depths that the world carries from today and generation to come, to think that I could escape from Grimpul attack to pretend that it's like a game as it brings in to reality to stay alive to fight again for another time, it always showing that my strength and knowledge doesn't matter to anyone or any of those monster. Every time I try to forget about what has happened, but Its already hard to know from what I have learn while roaming through the dangerous fields, It's death to continue my conquest of claiming the eternal life. Dealing with creatures appearing from the darkness of shadows, to the moon that never disappear from the endless sky, to see monsters roaming freely without a care to gain or lose numbers of there own. Moving across from this fights, most of them fight alone because of there strength and ability to deal with a demi-human to there full power. Meanwhile I couldn't attempt to kept myself and the people who I came and learning about them in safety.
To be honest, I don't know how long would I be lucky to live and survive the pain of losing something off your body or a lot of blood lost, Mari told me everything about what has happen and how you arrive to save my life yet again for my journey to keep continuing, But I don't know if I have the power to fight and murder the person who took my life away from me. In the end of it, I'm unable to understand the reason and skill to learn and defeat the monsters to come, but I'll keep trying to lighten up my mood to wait until I'm strong enough to start the main quest.
"I'm not going to complete my quest anytime soon because if they saw the man that they fell in love, weak as a butterfly," Nathan would came to a stop as he gain attention to Mari playing with the children around the river, "This is a start that well be the end if I don't do anything about it" he close the book to stand up from where he is sitting and walk towards Mari, "Could you spear a few of your time if you don't mind to walk with me" She nodded and wave the children goodbye to then began the walk with Nathan. "Do you have any idea to deal with the situation that we're in?"
Mari: "I understand your concern about the people that couldn't lift a sword to kill an whole army but-" she pointed at the field as he only notice only a few that can fight or barely tried to hold back the force "That's all of my men and women who's still alive and is able to keep fighting with all of there burning hearts to take back what's ours and to no more run anymore" Nathan rest his hand on her shoulder as he look at the training that they are doing. "At least this'll get us somewhere to fight right?"
"It's not going to be enough if we're going to attack head first but I could think up of a way to bring back and re enforce our number but it's going to take more time than effort to bring it to over power the enemy that we're going to meet in the matter of time and second that's they're probably moving themselves to us," He let go as Nathan began to make his way down to the field and shout out to greet them. "Can I have your time to speak of an idea to share"
They stop there training and walk towards Nathan as they greet each other a friendly welcome.
??: "We're listening and opening to any assist and Ideas that'll bring us to victory in this up coming battle that I'm so not sure about our safety and life threatening moments" everyone would took a seat and look at each other as Mari walk by and rest herself down.
Zara: "Since this is your first meeting with us Nathan, I would like to share my name as the swordswomen of this group and you could call my full name as Zara Rōzu-marī and this right here that's sitting next to me is my twin sister Lu Ling" She pat her back as Zara was thrown on her back from where she was sitting.
Lu: "Just call me Lu for short and we're not sister but just friend who knew each other longer before, but I don't mind learning a few things to give an education about my skill and stuff that I wanna do for fun," She dust her shoulder and fix herself properly as she stare into Nathan eyes, "I'm the best brawler to have in your team because I love to keep thing up and close to break there bones if I could get my hands on it, In each of our limit we use weapon that our blacksmith forge for us to use when the time has come, as we also gather our mana to enhance the weapons ability" she show him the weapon that she is using. "These gloves help me guard and protect myself from any damage that brings from the attacker for myself to deal 2 times the damage to that said person or monster" she move forward to Nathan as her face light up, "Do that turn you on and ready to take things into another a rough battle with me," Mari hit her head as Lu rub it slowly "Whatever..." she pouted and look away.
Mari: she clear her throat, "lets continue with the name and when we're done I want to listen to the plan that we're trying to begin" all of them agree expect Zara and Lu.
??: "Just because it's a set up, doesn't mean that I'll look it through but you could call me summer and this guy right next to me is Night" Nathan look at him as he was wondering why he couldn't speak anymore, "Don't bother yourself into getting the story in line of what happen with this man but long and short his throat was cut by a warrior as he was dying slowly, I show up just in time to heal and save his life."
Nathan look at summer, "You're doing support?" In a confusing look that he show to the man, summer nodded
Summer: "Yes and you don't need to worried about how your plan is going to work" he fold his arms and look at Mari, "she's the only girl in this village that know how to use a bow well and if you don't mind anything against this, but I was thinking that we show ourselves and fight what his army brings to us before they get to this location"
Zara: She sit up and rub her head, "I like the open fight but if I'm being honest, are you sure that Alex going to carried just a few of his men to fight us?" Summer stop himself from continuing to counter her speech as he started to think.
Summer: "Your plan isn't great as well because you were going to storm there castle and challenge him into a duel to gain revenge for the fallen warriors" He'd would sigh and look at her "I'm sure that we all around here thinks the same thing but between you and I we're on the same page with facing him and his men"
Lu: she turn back "Instead of trying to find a way to kill this man, we should aim into listening to what the new guy have to share with us" She move herself towards Mari and sits in front of her "We can't stop and trying to build up ideas that only leaves with little his men blood on the ground to die from what we could take down with us" Both of them stay quiet as the hands grip tighter on the ground "I want to hear what he has in mind and if his idea isn't all that great then we all could move on to the point of creating a better one"
Zara: "You're right and we're sorry for wasting time but at least tell us what's your Idea to work with this moment of time"
Summer: "because we tried everything that we could thing of when we had number but that didn't work to our limits"
Nathan step in, "How about this, we could learn each and anyways to get what we all wanted but we should try and bare with this," He'd rest down a map of the country and point to the castle, "I could understand what you have to go through but at least explain what kind of army that's going to travel from which point of this map and don't hesitate into speaking your mind out because we need to learn the camps and strong holds to attack one by one."
Summer: "I guess that's out of my answer and the same goes to night as well" Lu and Zara look at Summer as they sigh "I'm trying to be useful here and not to be playing find the location of king and queen"
"Is that even a game for children?"
Mari: she pointed to the location on the map "This is where they're holding there grounds for first line of defense as I believe," She pointed to the next, "This is where I could say, where they've kept my people as their slaves."
"Okay then I have an idea on how where we could deal with this station." Nathan don't have a clue if this plan would work but as soon as he was about to speak about it.
Summer: "I'll stop you right here and now because I can't deal with anymore of this"
Zara: "You should calm down and rethink about what you're going to do"
Summer: "Be quiet and look at the picture here!" He turn to Nathan and pointed at him, "This village was safe before he show up and brought those monster from the location of the fallen gods, Not to mention I'm might not be the only one who has a saying in this but I think he's the one who lead Alex into finding this place as we call it our new safe house."
Mari: "Listen-"
Summer: "Enough princess because you were the only one who brought him into becoming of what we have to deal with today and if we hasn't listen to you, none of this won't happen for the village won't have to feel fear from this man anymore, I wonder what would your father say about-" lu would slap Summer across his face as she stare dead at his eyes
Lu: "You should have respect for your Majesty for going out of you tone,"
Mari: "No Lu, he's right," she would get up and wipe the tears from her eyes "Father would say that I'm doing a great job to keep theses people from ever breaking hope to the day that this man would find us and You hasn't step out of your line from speaking your opinion, You may be right with the betrayal that he could do at any point of time but he hasn't did anything more than protecting us from that same person who we all hate and want him dead from saving a child and fought him back to retreat to his kingdom,"
Summer: "I heard it but you don't know if that was a act to gain our thrust Mari"
Zara: "I know that's not enough for u to believe that he couldn't do a betrayal, but DO you remember the attack with the Ember-Claws and Grimpul?"
Summer: "Why are you bringing those creature to this bored?"
Zara: "The reason why I brought this because he is the only person who almost die in battle to kept the villager in safety, Mari told him to run away and waited for the rest of this army we have to arrive in assisting help him in this battle, he refuse and stay back for that same women who he love to defend and defeat this monster!" She let out a fake cry as Mari knock her head, "Owie"
Summer: "You don't know if he's hiding that same Monster anywhere around this village and waiting to send another attack again."
Mari: "Now you're just accusing him for something that he couldn't do,"
Summer: "I have all rights to do so, Not to mention that you don't know anything about this man and yet you brought him in our home and lie to Alex that you already married to him," He folded his arms, "tell me if you have any idea on what could bring to this village and what's left of your people." Lu stop him from continuing anymore further.
Lu: "Do you have a problem with him marrying Mari?" She glares at Nathan while rubbing her head, "Before you could answer my question, how about we settle this with a simple match"
"what kind of match?" Nathan glare back and began to wonder
Summer: "In this village we spar each other to win and gain the rights to create an oath to bring judgment to the loser side"
"So meaning if one of us lose, we have to tell the truth about whatever the person ask the question?"
Lu: "You hit right on the point there Nathan and there's nothing else to caught on the attention of another question,"
"Yea but where are we going to take this fight to?"
Summer: "Right here and now" He walk toward Nathan as Mari came in front of him to quickly stretch her arms out to cover him from behind. "Why do you stand in my way, Is this some kind of spell that he put in you or is it something that you're trying to cover up?"
Mari: "Listen to me at once Summer, Instead of fighting in the training ground, why not use the place you're building for future fights like this one, hm?" she put down her arms as Summer walk away from her before continuing, he stop to turn back.
Summer: "Don't bring yourself in this remorse for the man that stand behind you, One way to another I'm going to get my rights and prove myself as for I will bring back this order into the way that we used to be!" As the wind blew calmly, Summer continue his walk as he disappear from there eye sight.
Nathan would walk in front of Mari as she stare at him with worried that he's not going to live through when the time has come, "He hasn't given me a chance to accept or refuse his challenge," he fold his arm as Mari pat his shoulder.
Mari: "You don't need to worried about when the battle will be place but as-"
Zara: "As for now, we need to ready you up for the big day to come because we out a good training, you'll end up the same way from your old battles" She would push Mari away as Lu stand in front of Nathan, "We'll be right back for a moment to talk about the details with the match okay?" She continue to push her far from them.
Mari: "What are you-"
Zara: "You better be quiet because this is important to talk about"
As Nathan know it, The both of the girls was gone before he could say anything but to look at an energizes or horny women and the emo person who's just staring him down like he's planning to kill him, "I-" Lu would cover his mouth as She pull him away from the field.
Lu: "It won't be fun to wait for those two to talk about girl stuff but lets, go for a walk until they came looking for us," Nathan would nod for once he knew that there's no refusing when she's being this nice to you, "Come alone Night, I need some help too so don't go disappearing on me" Lu continue to drag Nathan away as Night follow behind them.
Meanwhile...
Zara: "I think this area will be good to chat" she move Mari and pin her against the wall.
Mari: "W-what's the meaning of this!!" Zara would cover her mouth and lead closer,
Zara: "This isn't the time for that Mari, I have something important to inform about something that could let us be together with this," Mari would remove her hand to turn away, "Good you're willing to listen."
Mari: "Lets get this over with," She move her away, "Why do you have to be up so close?"
Zara: "Too make sure that no one is following us," She turn to look around as Zara guild Mari to have a seat next to her while turn to face each other, "I'm not so sure that Nathan would have the strength to defeat Summer in a 1 on 1 but to bring my attention, Do you think that he's right with what he warned us about him," the wind rush between them like a passing waves as the area went silent, "Don't get me wrong with this but Summer have a point on what he told us about because those times with the fight with Grimpul and the Ember Claw was just an act to gain our trust in order to commit a betrayal when the time is right.
Mari: "As much as I understand both of your concern but I trust him when we first met," She fold her legs as Zara was left in silent.
Zara: "What do you mean that you trust him?" her eyes began to glow as the mood chance around them, "I need to know that you're not going to put your life on the line for the man, you just meet or maybe" Mari began to stare into her eyes.
Mari: "Don't get me wrong here because it's not that I didn't trust him but I'm only here to show the Kingdom of Rai-on, What they're dealing with because I already saw that Nathan could use any mana between those battle but only fear that you would feel when Nathan end up in that state."
Zara: "I know, both of us, wasn't the only ones that felt that." She calm herself down as Mari lower her bow, "That explain why Summer was so hurried into fighting Nathan."
Mari: "He only know what's right to do before its too late and I'm the one who stop him again." Zara pat her back while Mari hold her head,
Zara: "It's the same thing, you did when your father was going to kill him," Mari turn toward her as she was confuse, "I can't believe you forgot about the time when Summer and night was in his prostitution, Don't you remember when we were young little adorable children?"
Mari: "Like I would ever remember that," She pouted and turn away as she stop in the same moment while Zara laugh, "I just don't understand why he act the way towards him...." Zara get up and pat her head.
Zara: "We won't get anywhere without knowing the truth, Lets wait and see what will happen when the fight is ready to begin,"
Mari: She would got up and dust herself off, "Yea, you're right"
They would walk away from the area as Summer was hiding behind the tree, he began to walk away when it's clear So none of them could hear him moving from that area.
Summer: "I'm sorry my queen but I'm happy that you give me something to bring victory with this up coming battle" A rabbit would jump out of nowhere as something kill it swiftly as he went quiet for a bit to stare at the dead creature, "You better get yourself ready, power or none, you don't have a chance to see the morning sun ever again," he continue to walk away.
Nathan was continuing to be drag away by Lu, "Could you tell me where are we going?"
Lu: "You don't need to worried about where I'll be taking you" She let out a creepy smile which made shivers running throughout his whole body as Night was also creep out.