Chapter nine: Stranger VS Maki – part two
They all four sat down in Hunter’s hut and was talking about how to find Maki’s weak points. Stranger asked Stormous:
- Vivay said that Maki had been learning for seven years ‘bout how to fight, but who did actually train him? I mean he can’t have been learning by himself.
- Well, err…Stormous began.
- Well what?
- Actually… I trained him, funny you’d ask. But I only taught him the basics of fighting and then my big bro handled the rest.
- You, asked the Grubb with confusion.
Stormous nodded and felt a bit ashamed. Hunter continued:
- So Stranger it seems obviously that you have greater plans in your life, Stranger looked at Hunter confused, I mean jus’ look at the story you told us about – only that one proves that you’ve followed your heart.
- What do you mean with that? Are you saying that I actually got a future, Stranger asked.
- What I meant was; that you searched for your species and found them and now you want to reunite them all tribes, which I can see as magnificent solution of our great problem.
- Wait a sec, I didn’t really say that I was going to reunite them, Stranger bursted out.
- You sure did, the Grubb said while she crossed her arms, looking quite annoyed.
- I didn’t! The Wolclark Oracle jus’ told me that I had a destiny and that was to become a general leader of them Steef tribes – I didn’t mentioned that I wanted to become one, but the Oracle did – so why care?
- … Because it’s your family we’re talking about now – your parents may have died under the attack against Alca’s tribe - but remember you still got Steefs around you so you’re not left behind. And if you actually got a destiny and a future, then why not take the opportunity, Stormous asked while he laid one of his huge hands on the Stranger’s shoulder.
Stranger became quiet. He didn’t know what he was going to say, what Stormous and Hunter had have said made him feel bad and on the verge of tears. Stormous continued:
- What I know is that Maki is very stubborn as many of the Steef Guardians are, but I remembered that his most weak point is to fight. He doesn’t like to fight and he have never done that, so if you could compromise, then it’ll be fair not only for him but for you as well.
- Maki doesn’t like fighting, but he’s about to become a Guardian… why can’t I jus’ defeat him and then become the one who’s in charge over the tribe?
- As I said before it wouldn’t get fair. And here in the village there are rules that are against injustice, so to follow the rules you better make your decision.
- Right… I’ll talk to him, Stranger said as he rose up from his position and went out to see Maki.
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Maki, who was sitting in his room in front of his desk studying, didn’t notice that he had a visitor. A shadow suddenly appeared and stopped the light from coming in to the room, which came from the window. Maki said with anger:
- Go away from the light you stupid oaf; I’m trying to read here.
Nothing happened. Maki turned angrier and replied the same phrase, but this time with the touch of ‘I’m-going-kill-you-‘ style. When he turned around and was about to fly on the ‘intruder’ Stranger grabbed his throat and said both gently and determined.
- Remember me, Maki?
The Steefs eyes went wide and he tried to pull away the big hand of his throat, but it didn’t work. Stranger continued:
- I want to compromise with you so listen up. You don’t like to fight neither do I, so lets make a deal.
- If it is only the pride and the crown you want then forget it, Maki replied with a hoarse voice.
- I’m neither after the pride nor the crown! I want me family back and I want it to become reunited… here’s my point; if we choose not to fight against each other, then we’re not jus’ following the rules, we’re not risking to become fools or known as ‘The nerds of the east’ so what do you say, Stranger asked while he put Maki down back to his chair with ease and removed his giant hand from the throat.
- … You… you’re crazy and who persuaded you to come here anyway to persuade me of not fighting you?
- I have my special authorities…Stranger said looking a bit bossy.
- Then what do you think we should do instead, Maki answered cocky.
- I know what we may do, come lets go to Stormous hut and I’ll tell you, Stranger answered as he laid one hand on Maki’s shoulder and grinned.
~DS~
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