Chapter 9 - Starting the problem

I was desperately running through people, I was desperate after Yasuo.

I couldn't scream his name and he couldn't scream mine, I just ran in the direction he

was supposed to be, I looked from side to side looking for him. I was feeling nervous, I was

scared. What if soldiers recognized him? What would they do?

I was close to where his fight was supposed to be, so I stopped running and started

looking around to see if I could find him. People ran past and bumped into each other, I was

pushed and nearly fell to the ground. After searching through that crowd, I was surprised,

as soon I felt my arm being pulled hard by a warm, firm hand.

-COME! THEY CAN'T SEE US OR WE WILL BE ARRESTED! - Yasuo yelled as he

pulled my arm through that crowd.

I didn't say anything, just ran after him, relieved to see he was okay.

My heart felt like it had warmed the moment I saw him in front of me, safe and sound.

A feeling of relief coursed through my body, but that feeling didn't last long as it was soon

replaced by the adrenaline of running away again from some form of command. This feeling

was so nostalgic that it brought me happiness when I remembered the old times

We went through people, alleys, ditches and street exits to get away from the crowd

of people who were running desperately from one side to the other. The village was small,

and it had more people than she could handle.

Yasuo seemed to know each place, as he was tucked into places I didn't even know

existed there.

After some time of running, I saw that we were almost reaching the city limit with the

floating islands of Syndra, we hid in an alley behind some small houses. We ducked behind

some crates that were there and soon began to talk.

-Stay here Riven. I'll go there to see how things are going, and if I don't come back,

stay hidden here. -He looked at me with a worried face. - I know it's not very safe, but stay

here, please. At least for a while. - Yasuo held my face and said that sentence in a sweet

and calm voice.

- Don't worry about me, I'm not five years old Yasuo! -I held your hands with mine. - I'll

go with you wherever you go. - I stared at him. -But I don't want you to risk going there, I

have a better idea than committing suicide among those guards. - I looked at him and gave

a wide smile.

- Don't do anything risky Riven, For God's sake, you're still all bruised. He gripped my

shoulders and looked at me worriedly.

-I'm fine Yasuo, don't worry. -I gave a sweet smile. -Soon the guards won't be long in

getting here, so that means we can't stay hidden here forever. - Soon I heard noises and

voices of some soldiers. -Just give me a little foot and climb with me to that roof, there we'll

plot a better strategy. -I looked at the pipe that was nailed in a nutty way to that old wooden

wall.

Yasuo saw that we had no better options, so he quickly got up and got into position to

give me a foothold. I put my foot over his hand and then he pushed forward.

I steadied myself on that rotten pipe and tried to climb as fast as possible, as it could

fall at any time.

I climbed that pipe with difficulty, but it didn't take me long to reach that mud roof.

I bent down and walked face down over the roof, I went to the highest part to see if I

could see something from there without being noticed. I straightened my body and soon

began to notice things.

I've always heard that Ionian soldiers were the most polite and peaceful in all of Valoran, but

what I was seeing wasn't quite what the stories said. I saw the soldiers dragging women

and children by the arms and throwing them in the middle of the street, they were holding

some men by the collar of their clothes and screaming in their faces. Not to mention that

they were going into some villagers' houses and turning everything over. I don't think they

used that good side since they were in the most quarrelsome village that existed in the

country, but who knows?

After a while, I heard a soldier scream.

-YOU KNOW THAT TOURNAMENTS ARE PROHIBITED! BRING YOUR

ORGANIZERS AND WE'LL LEAVE THE REST OF THE VILLAGE ALONE! – But wait. All

this just to snag the organizers? I think not. There's something in the middle.

I looked to the side and soon saw Yasuo approaching me slowly. I looked forward

again and had a vision that really left me with my ass in my hand.

I saw a woman arriving on a black horse, she had long hair of such a strong blue

color, that it was as black as the color of her horse. She wore a white uniform with red topto-bottom accents. After she stopped her animal, she got off her horse and looked around

as she crossed her arms and huffed violently, I fixed my gaze on her blades that floated on

her back, blades so sharp that their tips even reflected their glow on mine. eyes.

I knew who she was, I knew her story. She was that day, I had struggled with her.

She was Irelia, the will of the blades

I widened my eyes as I felt a slight tremor in my hands, I had gone into a state of

shock and fear upon seeing that woman in front of me. But my sense of fear was shortlived, soon Yasuo pulled me out of my trance as he poked me.

-Everything is fine? What you saw? - He asked me worried after noticing my reaction.

I swallowed hard and said.

-Irelia is here. - I still spoke with wide eyes at him.

Yasuo made an expression of surprise and fear, just like me.

-W-What? Riven is this true? Do you know who she is? Like? What is she doing

here? -Yasuo quickly looked under the roof and bent down again, as if checking out the

scene I had just said.

- Yasuo. There is no one in Valoran who has not heard the name Irelia at least once in

his life. -I spoke quietly. - Also, I already fought her a few years ago, so maybe she

remembers me still. Which means I can't be seen either.

We whispered the words until Irelia started looking from side to side with a suspicious

face.

-There's something weird here. - She spoke in a low and serious tone. His senses

were actually extremely sharp.

-Fudeu Yasuo, we need to get out of here! -I spoke nervously to him.

-Hey, why? -He asked in a curious way, because it seemed he didn't understand.

-She'll find us in a little while. -I spoke quietly.

-Like this? – He looked confused.

-Let's say a sixth sense. I'm predicting shit will happen if we don't get out of here. Now

– I said as I squinted my eyes.

He made a face like he didn't understand what I was saying.

- It's ok. -He looked at me with a suspicious face. -And where are we going, ma'am? -

He whispered.

-Let's go to the bridge. From there I know what to do. - I pointed to the bridge that

connected the village to the floating islands of Syndra, which was not that far from us and

so we could easily escape from there.

-Do you have shit on your head or what? I don't know whether I'd rather die by Irelia's

blades or die by the dark sovereign's hands! -He complains in a low voice.

- It's the only place we can safely escape, Yasuo! Please trust me! I know what to do.

I stared at him with my red eyes filled with determination.

"Oh my god Riven!" He put a hand to his face and thought for a short while. -OK! -He

snorted defeated. "What do you want to do?" He looked at me with an expression that said.

"Do what has to be done."

- We will leave here and go cautiously to the bridge, without being seen. But if they

spot us, ignore anything and just run towards the bridge. If they approach us quickly, I ask

that you delay them while I run to the bridge and hide in the darkness of the islands to do

my magic. -I gave him a wink while.

Yasuo stared at me for seconds as he squinted his eyes and left his mouth open.

-You are crazy! We'll die if we do this!" He looked at me indignantly again.

I smiled at him and then said.

-I know you love this crazy girl here. But calm that heart, everything will be all right. I

smiled broadly and started to slide down the roof.

-It hasn't been four days since I know this crazy woman and I'm already madly in love

with her and her madness!- He gave me a sweet smile, an action that made me blush

slightly.

After descending to the edge of the roof, we stopped to look at the houses around us,

so we could decide which way would be the safest way to the bridge.

The houses in that village were all of old and worn wood, most were almost falling

apart, most of them were close together, which would facilitate an escape over the roofs,

but as Irelia was aware, we would easily be discovered if we went this way. We ended up

climbing off the roof and going through houses, hiding through alleys and passages, and we

narrowly missed being caught in one of these ditches.

We walked quickly through those alleys, it hadn't taken so long to reach the edge of

the city with the floating islands, and from there, the only danger we faced ahead was the

few meters with nothing to camouflage.

Which meant we were screwed. And which also meant that I would have to run a lot

to not get caught.

We stayed behind the walls of the last house and then faced each other

-I'm getting a bad feeling Riven. And if the sovereign discovers us? What will we do? -

He looked at me worriedly.

I placed my hands gently on her face and spoke in a calm tone

-Yasuo, everything will be all right! Believe it. -Smiles in a sweet and confident way.

He placed one of his hands under mine and said as he closed his eyes.

-I hope you're right, I don't want anything to happen to you. - His fingers were warm

and delicate.

He lowered his face and dropped a light kiss on my forehead.

- Ready? - I spoke with my eyes closed.

-Prepared! -He smiled and held the hilt of his sword

We got into position, I glanced quickly into his eyes, and when he nodded, I fired

We shot towards the bridge, ran a good few meters ahead without being noticed, but

unfortunately some soldier saw us and shouted.

-STOP THERE! -He said in a thick and authoritative tone of voice.

We totally ignored the soldier's speech, we just ran towards the bridge like convicts.

-TAKE THOSE TWO. – He yelled again, that's when several loose ones bolted after

us.

I turned quickly back, which I very much regret having done, as I saw Irelia coming

towards us, more than furious.

She hadn't yelled or anything, just inched toward us, an action that made me despair

and start running even faster.

Just as I turned around to face forward, I heard Irelia's furious voice say.

"GET THE MAN IN BLUE!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, her voice a mix of

fury, hate and disgust, it seemed.

I ended up having a feeling of fear hearing Irelia screaming that, I had been worried

about Yasuo, what if something happened to him?

That path that seemed extremely small turned out to be much longer during that race.

More and more the guards approached, so Yasuo did as agreed.

He quickly withdrew his sword from its scabbard, and in a nimble move, made a move

that launched a large tornado towards the guards, which caused them to drop to the ground

and cover their ears, as their noise had been too loud.

Irelia had just dodged her attack, and would soon be charging at us.

Yasuo had noticed my expression of inattention to running, so he screamed.

-KEEP RUNNING! DO NOT STOP. -He said as he stopped and turned his back to

me, thus facing Irelia while holding his sword in attack position. I just nodded and went back

to my frantic run.

When I touched my foot to the first timber of the bridge, I only heard the sound of the

two blades clashing, a noise that echoed from the bridge. I ran awkwardly as the bridge

swayed, some woods were rotten, and I was scared to death that some of them would

break. I tried to run as fast as possible while holding onto the little rope "handrail".

When my feet finally touched the firm ground of the island, a feeling of relief swept

through my body. Then I ran a little more, to get farther away from the edge of the island

I put my fingers in my mouth and whistled loudly and eagerly

SYNDRA! PLEASE HELP ME! SYNDRA! -I screamed my friend's name desperately.

I cursed myself a thousand times for not having the sphere with me, without it I

wouldn't be able to teleport there and not even to the cabin.

I didn't hear a single noise to indicate that Syndra had heard me.

All I could hear was the screams of the guards and the shrill sound of metal clashing

against each other.

It hadn't been many seconds before I heard Yasuo's voice, giving a long, high-pitched

scream, followed by the rumbling noise of yet another hurricane.

-HASAGI! -It was him.

I had been impressed with such ability from Yasuo, I didn't imagine that there were

other people besides me who mastered some art of the winds. And really, in addition to

being a deadly skill, I must admit, it was a very beautiful skill as well.

It distracted me for a moment and when I realized it, I woke up when I saw the small

timbers of the bridge move violently at that end, it meant that someone was approaching.

Quickly Yasuo jumped off the bridge, and at that same moment, he nimbly turned and

threw a wind barrier at the edge of the bridge, thus blocking anyone's way.

Yasuo walked away from the bridge as blades in yellow, red and orange hues flew

towards the barrier, which bounced them away as they made a loud noise.

When I saw Yasuo coming towards me I felt a feeling of relief, but that feeling was

replaced by a strong shiver that ran through my entire body. Soon, I saw sparks and

electrical discharges surround my body, and then I understood. It was Syndra.

I ran towards Yasuo and screamed.

-COME FAST! -I yelled as I understood my hand to him.

He ran towards me and reached his hand out to me, and in one nimble movement, he

glided on the winds instead of running, as if the wind itself had lifted him and brought him

towards me. He just had time to touch his fingers to mine, and I held them so tightly that I

never imagined I would let go again.

I closed my eyes and squeezed his fingers, then I felt our bodies being enveloped by

that giant black sphere that had swallowed us and left us in a kind of vacuum for a few

seconds.

But this feeling of darkness didn't last long, soon I felt my back hit the hard ground of

one of their islands.

After I let out a few grunts of pain and dissatisfaction, I got up slowly as I braced my

hands under the floor, looked to the side and saw Yasuo lying on the ground a few feet

away from me.

Suddenly I saw a shadow cover the sunlight hitting my face, put my hand over my

eyes to soften the glare, and then said.

-Did I already say that I love to see you dressed as a bib? - I gave a wide smile after

saying that sentence.