Chapter 8
Two Promises
Rin's p.o.v
Sing…forever…
I sing, and sing, and sing; I wondered how much time had passed. My bare foot land on the ground, following the rhythm of the melody coming out from Miku's flute. It's a beautiful sound, a wonderful song.
At the end of the despairing paradise
I desperately search for the lost voice
I just follow the imaginary road
The fate of the lost dream
I kept singing, sometimes, I didn't even know what I was singing, all I knew was that this song was sang by the former dragon divas, and now, I'm singing it too. I was trained to do this since I was five, I could starve for two weeks without any problems, and I could dance and sing for at least sixteen hours before collapsing. But after two weeks pass, well, maybe I could see what heaven is like.
In the shadow of the lost history
Thinking about the lost days
The voice echoing in my heart is full of suffering
My wish doesn't reach to the paradise,
It just bends along with my voice
Just fades, and repeats again...
I want to check with my hand,
Your sound of warmth
Not even knowing that I'd get hurt.
But I had a dream the last time I collapsed, I dreamed of a boy, a handsome boy I admit. He had his yellow hair tied in a little ponytail and he had beautiful blue eyes. But the thing that caught most of my attention was his necklace, the bass clef necklace. I knew I had a twin, my music teachers had told me about this, and they said my twin brother's name was Len. The only thing I had was the treble clef necklace I had now, and always wished I could see him, well, at least I saw him in my dream.
But when I heard what the boy said to me in my dream, I didn't know what to do.
He said, I'm coming to save you, I promise.
I don't know if this was real or not, I don't even know if I want this to be real, if he comes, what would happen to the guardian, and the dragon, the contract would be broken and the dragon would start attacking the outside world again.
But it would be good if he could save me.
If he really is going to, I only know one thing…
Kaito's p.o.v
Gumi is unbelievable.
It was very obvious that she likes Len; she keeps poking him and always screams when Len moves. I had to cover her mouth to keep her from doing that. And worse of all, she kept looking at Len as if we were totally transparent.
But still, how did those soldiers catch up with us so fast, if they catch up again, it won't be pleasant. Ruko's hurt, which will probably slow them down, a lot. After Len gets better, we'll get out of her immediately.
And then I heard a very loud, "GYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Len's p.o.v
"Get her away from me!" I shouted.
"Gumi, don't go too near Len," Kaito chuckled.
"But…" Gumi gave Kaito the puppy eyes which looked totally ridiculous on her.
The first thing I saw when I open my eyes was a very big Gumi face getting very near my face. I freaked out of course.
"Len, calm down would you?" Meiko laughed.
"What?" I shouted, "You want me to calm down? This girl is insane. Because of her, I got at least sixty nine letters, forty seven love letters, twenty boxes of chocolate, eight teddy bears, thirty two bouquets of a hundred roses and a lot more that I do NOT want to tell you. And should I mention I got these in only a month?"
"Wow." Gakupo said.
"How much money do you have anyway?" Meiko asked Gumi with a man, I'm going to pick pocket you later face.
Gumi said, "But Len is soooo-"
"SHUT UP!" I quickly shouted. I don't want to go through what she is about to tell them. She wrote a whole letter of compliments about me and how much she likes me and how much…
"Erm, shouldn't we get going?" I asked.
"We just got here." Kaito said.
"We'll just get a map or something, some supplies, and we are so getting the hell out of here."I complained.
"Well…maybe…"
Then a sound came out from nowhere. "THERE THEY ARE!"
"Now can we get out of here?" I asked.
"Yes." Meiko agreed.
YEAH!
I was the first one to run. And I was happy with it.
Meiko's p.o.v
If I was Len, I would've run even if I didn't have their permission. But how did the soldiers get here so fast?
"Len, wait up!" I shouted.
He turned back and looked at me.
"Kaito, can you check how many soldiers there are?" I asked.
"Sure thing."
He turned around and head straight for the soldiers.
"Are you sure that's okay?" Gakupo asked.
"If anyone can run faster than anyone else, he could." Meiko said.
And after one minute and seventeen second, he came back shouting, "AHHHHH!"
"How many were there?" I asked, because "AHHHHH!" wasn't exactly an answer.
"Thirty!" he shouted, still running.
"We're dead." Gakupo sighed.
"So…fight or run?" I asked. With these three, we could fight, but it'll take some time, if we run, we'll get chase for the next three days. It was obvious that we are going to…
"Fight." Len said.
"We're absolutely dead, how come he gets to make the decisions?" Kaito complained.
I started saying, "Because he was the one who started this journey, he was the one who helped save Gakupo's sorry butt, he was the one who got me away from Luka, he got hurt the most, he's the one who got a dragon diva to save, he…"
"OKAY!" Gakupo shouted, "If you keep babbling, I'm pretty sure the soldiers would kill you first."
I glared at him, and then took out my sword.
Gakupo and Len readied their weapons.
The next second, we saw the soldiers, charging towards us.
Gakupo's p.o.v
Without Ruko, they're useless.
I mean, Len knocked four out within five seconds, and then he kicked another two of them. Kaito summoned a lot of strange powers and instantly knocked out three soldiers. Meiko was even better, in seven seconds; she slashed four soldiers and punched another two of them. With my katana, I got three of them going down in six seconds. The fight only lasted…ten seconds.
"And someone said that we're dead." Len laughed.
"And he ran like hell when they came." Meiko added.
"Plus, I've finally got another reason why Len gets to make the decision." I said.
"And what will that be?" Kaito asked like he was going to kill me.
"He fights better than you." I chuckled.
Kaito gave me the 'I'm going to cut you into twenty pieces, scatter you all across the world, pour acid on it, throw your ashes into the sea and feed your leftovers to the crows ' eye. But then his smile came up.
And for the first time this day, we laughed together.
At the other side…
"These people are trying to get rid of the world by saving the dragon diva! We have to stop them! These are the pictures of them! Remember their faces and kill them!" Luka threw out a picture, if you looked closely, you'll see four very obvious people walking along the street, a kid with a yellow ponytail, a woman with short brown hair, a man with blue scarf and hair and another man with purple long hair. They were pretty hard to miss.
Ruko, already back and alive, was standing beside Luka, her eyes fill with madness, excitement and hatred towards the woman, Meiko, the one who tried to kill her.
As for Luka, she was looking at the boy with the ponytail, Len. If it wasn't for him, Meiko, her best sword user would still be with her. She's a very important person, without her, the army was hard to lead. Luka swears that one day she's going to kill Len, and she also swears that that day would come very fast.
Fifty of her best soldiers, wearing full armor and had equipped themselves with the best swords, were standing ready, waiting for her order. They only knew one thing, kill them, no matter if they were just a woman or a child, to them, they were only things that were about to die, because they knew, kill one of them and they'll earn a fortune, they were like sacks of money, waiting for them to claim. Kill them, and they won't have to worry about their lives again.
"Now, go! Get them and kill them!" Luka shouted. The soldiers headed outside.
"Ruko!" she shouted.
"Yes?"
"Go with them, and make sure they die as horrible as you can make them."
"Yes, I won't fail." Ruko said.
"You better," Luka said in a threatening voice, "because if you do, I'll kill you myself." She looked at the picture, at the smiling Len.
She reached for her dagger and stabs the picture of Len, right in the throat.
Len's p.o.v
I sneezed…strangely, I feel cold, too.
We were resting in the forest, away from the villages. It was night time now; everyone went to sleep, except for me. I just couldn't help wondering what Rin is doing now. You know what, Rin?
I promise…
Rin's p.o.v
I'll wait for you, I'll sing for your safety. Come and save me, I'm waiting for you.
Len's p.o.v
Just wait for me, I'll fight for your freedom and your life, just wait for me.
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