Cendrillon

Kyori looked back down in time to see the boar slowing to stop about thirty feet away from where he stood, which took away the flush of embarrassment that had crept up into his cheeks. The boar drug a large hoof against the ground and snorted, getting ready to charge. Sweat was beading up already along Kyoris forehead. His fingers tightened their hold on their daggers as his eyesflicked around, getting familiar with the "arena" the Tempest Boar created as his battle territory.

Kyori's Noise was getting calm with concentration as he stood before the boar, under the prescence of Arie who was up in the tree above him. He glanced up at her once again before thinking to her, Don't come down. I got this.

"Sure thing." she tried one more new thing- winking. she figured it would be appropriate. However, her wink looked more like a lopsided blink than anything else. She grabbed an, arrow, carefully coated it in an orange liquid, similar to the one from before. she took her bow,and aimed at the beast.
It was a large creature, rather like a giant boar. (so she figured, again, she couldn't quite see) and though she was mostly blind, her aim was impeccable. she shot it in the nose. It hardly even noticed, as large as it was.
She was pleased, of course. the less It took notice of that particular attack, the better.
It was poison.
Pure, untainted poison.
It was a memory from her days with her half sister, Riana, who was a potions master, Riana now lived far off, but she and rio exchanged frequent letters, and unfortunately for the boar- packages.

Kyori watched as the arrow hit the beast's nose, piercing into the rough skin of it. The large boar let out a loud squeal and immediatly charged towards him. Standing in front of the tree, Kyori's thoughts taunted the beast, just making him angrier. The animal was charging towards him at full speed, head down, horns aimed. The Potencias stood patiently waiting for the right time to dodge the attack, wanting the beast to strike the tree instead. If he ran fast enough, the boar could do some damage, causing him to hesitate, which is all Kyori needed. Just as the Tempest Boar reached within five feet, Kyori slipped away from the tree at the same time as he heard the whole tree swoosh along with the sound of cracking wood. But, it didn't cause as much damage to the creature as he thought it would.

The Tempest Boar whipped around and began lashing out, and each time, Kyori moved to slip just an inch or two out of the beast's reach. He spun one of his daggers in his hand, a habbit he had gotten into when he could see an opening to strike. Just as the hilt of the dagger correctly replaced itself in Kyori's grasp, he ducked, avoiding an arm swing from the monster and stabbed his dagger deep into the boars side, all the way to the end of the blade. Roaring furiously, the boar stepped back and blindly started swinging, just hoping to hit the person that was attacking him. But Kyori was already circling him, taking in what to do at the boar's hesitation.

Arie watched as Kyori dealt with the large beast.
It was cruel of her not to help any more, but she had to test his abilities.
besides she told herself The poison will kick in before the beast could really hurt him
As she observed, she evaluated his skills. He might even be as good as she was. He took a stab at him and Arie was almost impressed. were it a normal sized boar, and not one the height of several grown men, Kyori would have done it in. She watched and watched. he was actually pretty good.
wait, this is wrong she thought, remembering her previous dealings with the boar
when I fought it, It wasn't so... she looked for the right word restrained
then, realizing what was happening, Arie disappeared into the treetops.

Arie knew now something that would haunt her for the rest of her life
She had put Kyori in danger. As she silently made her may through the forest, she had one recurring thought
why do I care?

He had been swinging his daggers around, slicing at the boar's hide every chance he got, and being too fast for the beast, he was finally tiring him out. The poison was surprisingly working, even though the boar was taking a while to kill. With one last swish of his blades, Kyori slit the tendons above the back of the boar's heels. With a screach, the beasts fell foreward and breathed heavily. He completely stopped fighting, or trying to lash out at least. Eyeing the creature, Kyori whiped the daggers' blades along his pants before sliding them back down into their sheaths. As the Tempest Boar tried to push himself up, Kyori walked over and bent down, taking a knee beside the creature.

Where are you from? His Noise was loud and irritated, but also just out of breath as he and the boar was. It never lost its strength, though. The beast was surprised to hear the Potencias's voice in his mind, which made his stare in surprise at the teen. Who sent you? When a moment of silence went ticking by and nothing came from the boar's lips, not a sound or anything, Kyori scowled and pulled out his sword. It was a lot sharper than his daggers and he only used it to make him look more intimidating to others. His strength was more in his daggers than the sword. Kyori pushed the blade up under the creature's throat and his Noise almost yelled from the anger. Tell me!

Exhausted, in pain, and slowly dying, the boar grunted and shook his head as if he didn't want to tell. Kyori swore he was going to chop something in half if he didn't start getting answers soon. Before he could think something rude to say, the beast looked up with a tired expression and Kyori was able to catch a small glimpse of an image. An image coming from the creature. One in which the Tempest Boar is standing beside a human figure. The person looked about his heigth and young. Maybe a teen like him. But, the image slipped away before he could think anything else about it and the boar's chest slowly stopped moving.

Sighing heavily, Kyori forced himself to stand, sliding his sword back into his sheath. I think he's from the Dark Prince. This thought was directed to Arie, and as he turned to look up into the tree, he realized it was empty. Hesitating, his Noise started to fill with worry. Hello? Are you there? Nothing but silence answered back. Swallowing the lump in his throat, his bright blue eyes frantically flicked around, trying to find her. Just a glimpse of her. That was all he needed to reassure himself. He spun around, looking in every direction atleast twice. His Noise could be heard for miles and was filled with panick. The kind only reserved for the people that were cared for by the panicker. Where are you?!

((awwwwwwwwwwwwwww Kyori x Arie :3 He he he, I'm just like an OOC thing till Rin appears again))

Shut up! you'll get yourself killed! Arie thought, still thoroughly distressed, As she thought this, she came upon her target. She was surprised to see it's specific Identity, however. It was a dark mage, and part demon . like she was, but he had far more demon in him. He was trained in wizardry as well, and was good with animals. He was frighteningly powerful-beyond any final doubt. He was to be watched whenever you were around him, which is you were lucky, was never. No, she didn't know this because she could suddenly read minds, but because she had met him at the dark one's palace. but he was not the dark one. he was merely an underlings assistant. But he was volatile.

He was her age, maybe a tad older. He was stern and his eyes were lifeless grey. His hair was black and cold, and his aura was enough to make a grown man cry.

He had been startled by the noise, and had let go of the unseen magic connections he had tied to the boar. His intention had never been to kill them with the boar and she knew that now. The boar was a distraction. An effective one at that. As the cloaked figure regained focus, he drew a dart from his pocket, with an intent to throw it. she had seen him use a dart like that before. On one of the animals he was training. I was the size of an elephant, and it died on the spot. evidently he had meant the creature as an example to the other, for it was certainly not going to behave any better now.

And he intended to use that on Kyori! she was desperate, and unsure of what to do. Still hidden, she drew her bow. she was to far off right now for an attack with her sword. Her right, non dominant hand shook. stop shaking, stop shaking!There was no way she could him like this, not where she needed too. She drew her throwing knives, each and every one. she only needed one hand for this. And she threw them all, one at a time. the first hit his left eye, the second his right. the third his right leg and fourth his left arm. finally, not wanting even him to suffer, she walked to him, and slit his throat.

((I like the OOC thing- I find it AMUSING!))

Kyori grew silent, his Noise still a wreck. He had to calmly think about where she had run off to. Even as he tried to concentrate, he couldn't. Where would she have gone? Suddenly, to his left, he heard four swift whooshes and when he turned to look, he saw a figure standing in the shadows. At first, he thought it was Arie. His Noise gre really loud and the word No went on over and over in his Noise. But, when another figure plopped down and slit the first figure's throat, he knew which one was who. Kyori sighed softly and closed his eyes. His whole body seemed to relax at the fact that the now-dead person was not her. His Noise grew soft and calm again and he made his way over to her. He blurred his thoughts from her as he got closer, trying to hide the fuzzy thoughts he had had when he realized she hadn't left. Even though he could blur his thoughts, he couldn't hide his emotions. The atmosphere all around him was warm and calm, just like his Noise.

He nodded towards the body before glancing up at Arie, his eyes not as wild and crazy as they had been before. Who is that?

((yes I will entertain you guys when you are in a time of need because you guys are DYING OF BOREDOM :3))

"a dangerous man- boy. whatever." she paused
Did he need to know what had happened?
she scolded whatever part of her brain had processed that thought. Of course he did.
"He was keeping the boar on a leash, leading him around. and he was planning to kill you, while you were distracted by the boar. He is one of the dark ones underling's helpers. And he is very cruel." she was confused by his noise. did he worry about her to? the same way she worried about him? and was he confused by it as well?
she sighed. She didn't exactly like to kill, but she was glad that he was gone.
"His very eyes are cold and thoughtless. not like yours at all. their-" she stopped. did she actually say that? she would pretend she didn't and hope he didn't notice.
"we're safe now, no one else is here. unfortunately, that includes Rin. The scream was a half a mile that way." she explained. the boar had driven them a bit off course, and they had gone a tad more west than they should have.
"lets go." she said, now simply walking. If he chose to run she would speed to keep up, but otherwise, the slow pace suited her just fine.

((maybe while you're here you can explain to Arie and Kyori why they are complete dolts.))

((wait, why?))

(idk. I think explaining it to them would be funny, but I don't want it to actually happen. btw- I want everyone to know that I added raccoons to the tags)

Teclis let out another sigh. Master had long ago returned to the castle, and left him here alone! The two should have shown up by now, unless they planned on running around in the dark without visiting the place of the crime. He continued to stare at spot of her abduction. For the items to be dropped in such a manner and for him not to have seen the perpetrator he must have either A. Teleported, or B. He/She/It could fly. He doubted Teleportation as he would have sensed the magic being used.

He sat letting out another sigh. What the hell was with them? Was it that hard to walk two miles? He let out a groan and began to play with a ball of fire, toying with it as it hovered in the air. Truly this was a waste of his valuable time. He didn’t want to have to look for the spoiled princess. If she had… assists he would love to help. The girl even lacked a butt! What kind of girl is as flat as a board? The only thing big on her is her mouth!

She probably wasn’t too bad, but he wouldn’t admit that until she showed him proof and crying didn’t really cut it as proof… maybe if she got some hips..? He thought tiredly as he continued to play with the fireball, his dark hair falling in waves down his shoulders.

((Arie: my super sense is detecting an annoying sexist dolt in the same area the scream came from))
((that was not actually a post, to be clear))

Kyori nodded and followed after her. Being behind her, he allowed the blush that crept up onto his cheeks to stay. Her comment on his eyes had caused his Noise to swirl around in a sea of happiness. He looked away into the forest to avoid his gaze from darting to the back of her head. How did she cause him to feel so...well, not so alone? Her company was peaceful to him.

He followed after her, eventually matching strides with hers and walking beside her. His eyes stared straight ahead, his Noise still buzzing around with his emotionally happy mood.

The buzz of his noise embarrassed her, though she would not allow it to show on her face. He must have heard what she said. there was no way he didn't she looked over at him for a while, puzzled. she had never felt anything before, well, other than pain and anger, and sometimes sadness. But this feeling was new. It was different. It was completely different in fact. It wasn't that cold, empty sorrow, or fiery, burning rage. It wasn't pain either. but she already knew it wasn't pain. that was clear from the start.

Kyori continued to follow along beside her, his thoughts eventually going over to think about Rin. Where was Len when she needed him? He didn't remember the last time he has seen him and didn't imagine when he would again. He wondered to himself about where Rin was now. He let out a gentle sigh as he continued on his way beside Arie. Subconsciously he pulled out a dagger and started twirling it in his hand. Even though he couldn't talk, he could hum, and so he did. A happy melody came from him as he walked alongside her, twirling his dagger around.

Arie picked up on a small thought amongst the noise. "Len." she murmured. she knew little about him, other than the fact that he has engaged to be married to the princess. Rin seemed obsessed enough with him, and she seemed a good judge of character. But Arie hadn't met him. She wondered about him a little. was he a mage like rin? or- something else? it didn't matter, she realized. if he was important to Rin, he was in danger. though, the note she left him earlier should lead him to Arie's home. Unless he took the directions wrong, then he would wind up in the desert. It was a riddle, and it had two solutions. the dual answer was a mistake, but that was alright. she stuck her hand in her pocket and found a piece of paper. it was the note she intended to leave len. dangit she realized
I left him my letter to Riana she was mad at herself but it didn't matter.
"what do you know abaout rin and len?" she asked then, with a sorry look,
now I feel more guilty. great. I better hurry she ran ahead at full speed. judging by her calculations, she would be there in.... three minutes.

((months, tzeentch, months (jk) but uh, tried to give you that earlier pal..... too late! :P))

((he he he, a sentence from Ch 2: 'But fate was something that you could never run from, mostly if it was all written down in a journal and that journal was enchanted so that anything that was written down in it comes true in the future.' ))

((explodes, laughing))

Teclis continued to sit with his back against the rather uncomfortable tree for what felt like hours, and it probably had been hours. The small fire ball continued to dance and weave in the air sometimes separating and intertwining as the flames danced in the dark. His dark eyes glowed from the light given off by his magical flames, and his black silky hair gave off a glossy shine from the fires glow.

He heard footsteps the obviously weren’t trying to conceal themselves which meant one or both of the two showed up… about bloody time. He knew one was going to be the older girl, he was sure she said her name, but he didn’t really remember, but someone would say it sooner or later and than he would learn it.

The flames continued to dance, now taking different shapes, that of birds, tigers, bulls, and whatever he could think of, but he had to use both hands now to shape and control the burning flames.

Kyori looked over and silenced his humming. He looked up at the trees trying to remember all he did about the two kids. They had been his childhood friends ever since they grew up in Cendrillon together. Kyori stopped and leaned against the closest tree. He looked down at twirled the dagger some more.

Well, my father was a soldier when there was a queen and king, and when he found out about Rin and Len, he introduced us and we just became close friends. He looked up at Arie, his irises a shade duller. His lips flattened into a hard line as he continued to twirl the dagger in his hands.