sorry, but Fan Corner is strictly for OW related stuff, as is the General section. That is why I am posting this in Off Topic
Here's the next chap.
Chiatsa stopped a moment to scan her surroundings. It's been a half moon since she finished Shadowhunter training and she was still getting used to being on her own. Well she wasn't quite alone, she had come across another Shadowhunter about a quarter moon* ago and he had tagged along with her ever since. She hasn't quite decided wether or not she liked him. He kept calling her 'Scarface' (after the first time he saw the scar on her face), dispite her warnings not too, so at the moment it was leening toward 'dislike'. Plus she had a feeling he wanted more then companionship.
"Why are we stopping again Scarface?" he said annoyingly "I told you, Alpakians always take the paths through the forest, they never cut through the forest itself."
"And I've told you, my name's Chiatsa." she growled.
"Yeah but Scarface suits you much better."
"Oh shut up Shinik!"
Shinik just grinned at her with mischievously (they don't show their teeth when they smile because it's considered a threat if you do). Unlike most Serians, he had orange eyes and light green (almost yellow-green) skin which showed through the gaps of his suit and he was a bit taller. He must have some Terrikian* blood in him. she thought. She also noticed (with great pride) that his armor and weapon wasn't as good a quality as hers.
"You are too cautious." he sighed.
"Better to be too cautious then to be overconfident and get yourself killed." she countered.
"But then there's not as much excitement."
"What is it with you? Do you have a death wish?"
"Maaayyyybbbbeeee."
"Oh forget it, lets just move on."
"Now your talking."
They continued on for awhile, moving sliently. Occasionally they would both stop when one or both of them thought they heard sometime, but it always turned out to be nothing.
Doesn't anything live in this forest? Chiatsa thought at one point. Sure she'd seen small game, but nothing big like a Sharpclaw.
It's like they killed off all the large game in here. Then sometime late in the afternoon, she stopped so suddenly that Shinik bumped into her.
"Clumsy fool watch where you are going." she snapped.
"Well excuuussseee me. So why are we stopping this time Scarface."
"If you shut up a moment you'll find out, don't you hear it?"
Shinik shut up and listened, it took him a moment to realize what she was talking about.
"Why that's.."
"Water and you know what that means?"
"What?"
"Bath time!" she yipped as she ran toward the source of the sound.
"What! Are you crazy!?" he yelled as he ran after her. "We're not supposed to expose ourselves like that, especially in Alpakian terratory!"
"Well..." she paused a moment to think, "What good is stealth if they can smell you a lemi away?"
"Hmmm valid point. Race you!" he said as he ran past her.
They both ran the rest of the distance and stopped just before the forest ended. There before them was a fairly large pond with a waterfall and a stream leading away from it. They both checked for danger before they stepped out of the forest completely.
"Cool looks deep enough to swim in." Shinik mused.
"Yep" Chiatsa replied as she started to remove her suit and paused.
"What?"
"Remember we are here to take a bath, nothing more. If you try ANYTHING..."
"I get the picture, sheesh your no fun." he mumbled as he took off his own suit and waded in.
Chiatsa finished removing her suit and joined him, watching his every move.
"Sheesh I told you I won't try anything, stop watching me like a mindcaller already." he said, annoyed.
Chiatsa sighed as she waded in deeper, the water reaching her waist. She dove under a moment, her nikating membrens* sliding across her eyes instintively. The water was somewhat murky so she couldn't see very far. She surfaced and started to rub her skin to get any dirt and sweat off. She felt awfully alone all of a sudden and she looked around to find Shinik, she couldn't see him.
Where is he? she thought annoyed and yes a little frightened. Suddenly something touch her in the place NO one is supposed to touch her. She jumped and screamed and then growled as Shinik surfaced in front of her laughing histartically.
"You should've seen your face." he barely said between laughs.
"You..yoooouuuu..." she growled as she backhanded him across the nose (which is a VERY sensitive place). "Pervert!"
"YEEOOOUUUCCCHHH!" he yelped as he held his nose, "jeez its not like a penetrated you or anything." he whined.
"If you ever try something like that again I'll rip your balls off." she growled.
"Eep ok ok I won't try anything like that again."
Chiatsa snorted and walked over to her suit, turned it inside out and started to wash it.
"Hey isn't that Dragonskin?" he asked, surprized.
"Yes." she pause a moment, "Wait a minute, you don't have Dragonskin in your suit?"
"No I only have the black silk."
"I didn't know that, I thought all Shadowhunters had it."
"Nope, only a select few get it. Your superior must have thought you were special."
"Must have." she said quietly, thinking. What does Jukco think is so special about me?
Sabono appsolutely hated this.
Sure, I have better food, armor, and weapons but at what cost? he thought grimly. He couldn't get that day out of his head, the day he was forced to kill a defenceless male at the treat of his own death. He had nightmares every night about it.
At least this new training is giving me something else to think about. he mused, though it didn't help much. With his new rank they started giving him field training, stuff like wildness survival and such. They also touched on fighting tactics in a group, which he was doing now. And he found something else he hated: marching.
"I don't think my feet will ever be the same." he groaned as he rubbed his feet when they had stopped for a rest.
"Your telling me?" a nearby male said.
"QUIET!" the instructor boomed as he walked along the ranks. There weren't many in this group, only about 20 males including Sabono. 6 of them were of higher rank including the instructor, and they were all badgering them.
"You are all a bunch of worthless wimps!" one of them said.
Sheesh how movitivating. Sabono thought. Then he noticed the instructor had stopped to look at something.
"What is it sir." one of the higher ranking males asked.
"Someones been through here recently." he said fingering a broken stem of a fern.
"It could've have been one of the group sir," another said, the whole group listening now.
"No..it is just old enough to count us out. You!" he pointed at one of the higher ranking males, "stay here with our useless trainees here, while the rest of us check this out."
"Yes sir!" the male said as the rest of the higher ranking males followed the trail. After a moment he said, "You all keep quiet now, we don't know whats out there."
"What could be out there?" someone asked.
"Shadowhunters for one."
"Who or what are they?" the same male asked.
"Well, according to myth they are very high ranking Serian warriors."
"So?"
"It's been said that no one has survived an encounter with them."
Their THAT good? Sabono thought, a little frightened now.
Appaerently the male noticed the fear in their faces for they said, "Heh don't worry you wimps, its only a..."
He was suddenly interupted by sounds of battle and screaming. Only the owners of the screams were of their group. The male was clearly shaken.
"It it can't be true, it can't be." he stammered.
Now who's the wimp? Sabono thought as he strained to hear whats going on. The screams ended almost as quickly as they began. They listened intently, fearing whatever it was was coming their way.
"They never stray from the paths you said." Chiatsa growled as they walked back they way they came. They had just finished puting theirs suits back on when five Alpakians came upon them. The even though the fight last only a few moments, Chiatsa was still aggitigated.
"Ok so I was wrong everybody is wrong at least once in your life." Shinik whined, his nose was still throbbing from the blow she gave him before. "Besides, its your fault."
"My fault! How is it my fault!?" she growled.
"Well you're the one who started to run carelessly through the woods and not making sure you're not leaving a trail."
"Well if I remember correctly, you were running right with me, so its both our faults!" she suddenly stopped...
Sabono wasn't sure if he was impressed or terrified by what he saw. Barely a moment ago, two black clad figures stepped into the small clearing they were in. They had stopped and looked as surprized as they were in seeing them. One had orange eyes and a heavy build, the other had bright yellow eyes, was slightly less built and was shorter. Both carried swords that were covered with blood.
The..they must be the ones who killed the others. he thought, shaking. Meanwhile their 'guard' had turned very pale.
"Sha..sha..shadowhunters!" he said dropping his sword.
One of them, the taller one with orange eyes, suddenly smiled, showing his teeth.
"Boo!" he yelled.
Unable to take it the male took off running screaming as he went. There was a small puddle of piss where he once stood.
Coward. Sabono thought. Both of the Shadowhunters were laughing now.
"How pathitic! You would think they would have more balls then that!" the taller one said.
The other just smiled and looked at the remainder of the group with dangerous glint in his eye(Sabono automaticly assumed they were both male).
"Come on, these guys are rookies, not worth the effort." the taller one said.
"Todays rookies, are tomorrows mass murders." the other snorted.
What!? Mass murders!? Sabono thought shocked.
"Look we'll kill them some other time alright, lets go I'm getting hungry." he complained.
"Oh alright!" the yellow eyed one looked at them growling, "consider this a reprive, you won't be so lucky next time!"
Then they both stepped back into the forest and disappeared.
Sabono sat, shaking he wasn't sure what to do. No one did.
"What do we do now? What if they come back?" one asked.
"I guess we try to head back on our own." Sabono managed to say, his voice shaking.
"How? The only high ranking male that was left has fled."
"Well ah.." he started thinking, then he remembered what the instructor saw to spot the trail the Shadowhunters used, "we follow the trail we made on our way here back."
"I don't see a trail." one said looking back.
"We'll find it, but we have to work together." he said as he walked over to the forest edge where they orginialy came out. He looked carefully, then he spotted a scraped branch, "This way."
"How can we trust you?"
"Look either you can trust me or sit here waiting for the Shadowhunters to come back."
That got them going and they all started slowing and painfully make their way home.
Love and War (Saurian Isle fic)
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