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Kenny_C.002 May 15th, 2004 7:26 PM

Chapter 4

*He woke up within a dark chamber with no windows, with only a dim light shining on top. He noted the door from this room was relatively far away. Also, Katie was still knocked out beside him, her head laid on his right shoulder, making it impossible for him to make any sort of mana channelling (or face mana burning her). He looked out to see one single table, a wooden table, with Katie's sword, and his cards on top. He also noticed other cards that he did not recognize there, for they seemed to be blank.

At this moment in time, he noticed a nudge on his left shoulder, along with it pressure onto him. He looked toward his left shoulder without moving his head. It was another girl. He paid no attention to this girl, but he did note that she wore optical corrective lenses.

The door opened, letting a stream of light into the dark room or nothingness, it pierced into thecorners of this room, eveloping all that he was accustomed to. A third girl came in, he noted that she had dark skin during the brief moment of bright light he had. Also, he noted that she had relatively short hair with a more robust figure. The girl walked over to him, looking down on him.*

"You've awaken. I see that you're at least the strongest of the three I caught," the girl exclaimed.

"Who are you?" Kent Asked.

"Already asking my name? I'm the one in charge here. What is YOUR name?"

"Kent of the Wind Clan."

"Ah! That explains the cards you hold. Also, you've got a bounty on your head right now."

"Sure, but could you get the two girls off me? Like I don't even know them."

"What? Sure you don't. That's why all three of you were lying there when I caught you. Also, they're like restrains on your mana power. Of course I won't move the girls."

"Okay fine. I know the girl on my right. But i don't know the girl on my left."

"Denying the truth I see. You are quite a person, seeing how I control your fate."

"What HAVE you done to the other girls anyway?"

"I've put them to deep sleep. Only you could have awaken because of this."

"What's your name?"

"Oh, demanding now I see. Okay fine. No harm done there. The name's Persaud."

"Isn't that a last name?"

"Yeah. Got a problem with that?"

"Yes. Look I dont' have a last name, that's why I say I'm Kent."

"Okay fine. Name's Ashwini."

"Nice to meet you too. I'd extend my hand if I could."

"But you couldn't. Becasue i'm not stupid enough to let you channel mana."

"Impressive. So any reason on why you are capturing us and not reporting us to the bounty?"

"you have itneresting technology for me to look at. Also you're what they want. And they aren't getting it."

"That was straightforward."

"Could be a trick. You'll never know."

"Ummm....No."

"Sure. The bounty's here any minute now."

"Okay. And I'll just go to sleep."

"Hey wait! I'm not done with you yet!"

*He closed his eyes under the immense chatter of this Ashwini. He was almost in a state of eternal bliss until he did daze off.*

Kenny_C.002 May 16th, 2004 5:44 PM

*As he woke up from his daze, he noticed the pressure on his shoulders have been removed, or his soulders were so numb that he could not feel them. His eyes opened to see three girls sitting by the table, and they seemed to be experimenting with things. He looked to his sides and saw nobody, then he cleared his eyes. There were Katie, Ashwini, and the third girl who wore the optical corrective lenses. Katie first noticed the wind mage's awakening...and probably noticed him staring at her. Either way, she got up from her seat.*

"Well look who decided to wake up?" Ashwini said, still in her seat, directly in front of Kent.

"What the heck did you do anyway?" asked Kent.

"It's supposedly some sort of sleep spell," answered the third girl.

*Kent first heard this girl's voice, and it was a rather different experience. Katie had a bolder voice, Ashwini had the strangely loud and powerful voice, but she had qite a soft and smooth voice, one that was undoubtably pleasant to the ears. He then took a good look at that girl. He saw her gorgeous black hair, tied in two ponytails (which he thought didn't suit her at all); the face behind the corrective lenses were...interesting to him.*

"And your name is...?" asked Kent.

She blushed a little before answering, "Relena."

Kenny_C.002 May 30th, 2004 11:45 AM

*It wasn't long until the plan was set. The dynamic duo became the fearsome foursome. But as all scholars of Aquae Sulis do, they study. For Relena, it would be the final 5 days of school before leaving for a year or two to find money to fund her education again. In the meantime, Kent would be staying with three gorgeous women within the same house at the same time...for 5 days.

They traveled to Relena's house, allowing them to take a breath or two before having to leave again, running from the clans. Upon entering the generic housing on that day, he took Katie aside, not caring of the other two.*

"WHY did we agree to them going with us again?" he practically screamed at her.

"Because we're running from a pack of clan members who want to completely annihilate us. We'll need as much power as we can possibly muster," she answered.

"How did THEY agree to this?"

"Simple. I promised Relena money and Ashwini plenty of work...in artificing."

"And how are we supposed to find this while running?"

"I don't know."

*They went back to the other group members. Kent knew he was in trouble after these two would join. All the running would now be on foot. He had absolutely no choice in the matter when it came to his future...which was bleak to begin with. He continued to think, ignoring everything else around him. Where would he have to go to be safest? He suddenly thought of the Synod. The Synod of the Wind Clan! That would be the most dangerous and safest place to be. That would be the place they would go to. He spoke.*

"After these 5 days, we are going to the Synod of the Wind Clan."

*Astonishment came about. He knew it from the beginning.*

"Leave if you want to. I'm not stopping anybody. You have no reason to fight alongside me to begin with."

"No, our destinies are tied together. I am going," Katie responded.

"I've got a bone to pick with the Synod of the Wind Clan. They didn't pay me for those silverbirds that I prototyped. I was going to take them down to begin with," Ashwini boldly replied.

"I'm going..." Relena softly whispered.

*Kent knew from this point on he was in trouble.*

Kenny_C.002 June 12th, 2004 5:42 PM

*Yes it was complete trouble and nothing but trouble. He wasrunning from the Wind Clan, then came a gorgeous elf girl...and the Dark Clan going after him. Now two more women joined his conquest for survival. He knew that he would eventually indirectly kill them all if he didn't leave them...but also he would indrectly kill them if he left them. He needed advice.

He knew Ashwini was in the water-filled basement, fixing something. Relena was doing some chores upstairs. Katie was taking a shower, he just knew. He left a note, plainly visible to all as they entered the kitchen, saying that he left to get some refreshments. He was not going for refreshments, rather seeking something...advice.

The door he locked using wind magic, and he took to the nearest bar, which he saw on teh way to Relena's house. He was sure to find the professor.

Sure enough, inside the bar, was the professor, drinking alcohol. Kent, sat beside the Padmore.*

"I knew you would be here," Kent claimed.

"I thought you'd think I would be here," replied the professor.

"I see. Anyway, I need some advice."

"I know. that's why you're here, and not elsewhere."

*Kent leaned onto the counter, which made it seem he was closer to the professor, but he was actually further away.*

"I want to know."

"The girls? Did it, by any chance, come to you that it was not coincidence?"

"I knew it wasn't all along."

"It's in fact in your favour. You see, you are a renegade. They'll never expect you to be with a party. This is advantage. But there is something else...The Relena...she's important to your travels. You'll need her for the sixth moon."

"Sixth moon?"

"You know too little. The world is crumbling, and the sixth moon will come."

"The Sixth? You mean the old literacy that spoke of the Sixth meant the sixth moon?"

"Correct. You must protect the girl at all costs."

"I know."

"That's a good boy."

*The professor got up, it seemed as though there was nothing left for him to speak. He stood there, imposing, for a minute, before heading off.*

"Thanks!" Kent exclaimed.

*The professor turned back, his expression lost.* "Today is the last day you'll ever see me. And your history, your memories, are fake."

*He turned away and disappeared from the surface of Gaebis from then on. Kent was puzzled as he headed back from the bar to Relena's house. What did the professor mean when he said his history and memories were fake? Could it be even possible for such a thing to happen? The conversation gave him answers he needed, but it also gave him even more questions than needed. Did this fake memory tie in with the mana cores collapsing on each other? He did not know.

As he entered the house, the three girls were in the kitchen already.

"Where are the refreshments?" all three asked at the same time.*

Kenny_C.002 June 20th, 2004 3:55 PM

"Well, technically speaking," Kent replied, "I got refreshments for myself when I wrote that."

*That ended the conversation quite well, he thought. The silence, however, was quite heavy for such a small occasion. Was it really that important to them? Katie was the first to leave the kitchen. It was obvious to Kent that Katie would have the highest tolerance to his antics, although he didn't remember when he actually had any antics with Katie of that sort. Things then just got back to normal after, as though nothing really had happened all this time.

It turned out that there were only two rooms (he should have known) in the house. That would mean Kent would have to sleep downstairs in a couch. It didn't matter to him, since he's had worst before, or at least he thought he's had worst than before. Either way, it was nice to have a shelter instead of sleeping in the open somewhere.

Night fell and the world was quiet again...after the day of war. The world slept as Kent sat on a couch downstairs. Yes, he knew this darkness well. Just then a light came down. Katie was still awake for some reason, and she was downstairs. He couldn't help but notice that she was gorgeous in his sleepwear (was it pajamas, he thought).* He spoke, "Hey Katie, could you talk with me for a sec?"

"Sure thing," she replied.

*They sat on the couch,staring at each other for a good minute before actually moving. They both were about to say something.*

"You first," Kent generously implied.

"Well Kent. Where did you go?" she questioned.

"To meet with the professor. He's told me many things."

"Well, what did he say?"

"Protect the girl Relena. She's got something to do with the sixth. I'm not sure what the sixth IS, but I'm sure it'll come up soon enough."

"Ah. So you can't sleep over that? I mean, it's really not a burden..."

"A burden? Everything's a burden. It doesn't really matter anymore. Let's just survive the five days and we'll figure things out from there."

"Good idea. I'm going for refreshments."

"Sure, help yourself."

*He didn't care about anything at the moment. Nothing mattered to him. She was indeed heavenly and a worthy ally to him.*

Kenny_C.002 June 22nd, 2004 11:38 AM

5

*It was morning again. Kent wondered how many more mornings he would see in his dwindling life. The morning represented life and beginning in itself. He hoped to see this dawn for years to come. He washed up in the closest bathroom (the one downstairs) and waited for the others to come. He waited for three hours.

Relena came down as Kent walked by the stairs, the noise of footsteps naturally caused Kent to look toward the source. He got an eyeful. Of course, Relena's reflexes were also very good, as she shyed away from Kent about a second after he looked up her skirt. Yes, Kent thought, she's in school, this must be some sort of way to identify them as students.

Either way, the two were the only ones in the kitchen and eating. Kent noticed her cold, harsh looks here and there. Kent guessed it was a big deal for Relena, being the elegant girl that she was, for anyone to look up.

They did not speak to each other for all that time, and she left the house in a hurry (either she was late or she tried to avoid Kent). It didn't matter the Kent, he followed with incredible stealth. He now had a mission to protect this feeble girl, and a mission he was to accept as a man.

Relena walked downto the campus and headed for her classroom. Kent noticed the centre of the campus had a rock and a sword in it, yet nobody touched the area. It was a strange sight to see men shivering away from what seemed to be incredibly harmless. Wimps, he thought.

Just then he was tapped on the shoulder. He turned to find himself knocking Relena's corrective lenses off. This time he stood and allowed her to pick it up, in order to avoid anymore confusion. She spoke as she put her glasses on.*

"Why are you following me?" Relena calmly asked.

"Do I look like I'm following you?" Kent retaliated.

"Look, you pervert. I don't know what your business is, but I know for a fact that you're stalking me, so please stop. It's against the law, and it's against my privacy..."

"Sorry?"

*Relena looked into Kent's eyes, seemingly confused. Either way, she noticed the time and left in a hurry somewhere in this campus. Kent allowed the wind to blow horizontal to his vision, making Relena's figure look extra gorgeous in the flowing wind. He just then remembered how beautifl she looked without the glasses on. Then again, she was gorgeous with glasses on. Kent knew from that point on that he was a corrupted man, he would have to control himself with extra care around Relena, that was for sure.*

Kenny_C.002 June 22nd, 2004 12:54 PM

*He waited on this field in the campus. It was certainly a windy day, even if he had something to do with it. It was hs first time coming into an educational facility outside of the Wind Clan facilities, and those were the hardest to live through, fake memory or not.

The afternoon came quickly enough, and he knew it was time for Relena to return to her home. He only needed to find her. In the distance, he noticed a large crowd, a slow moving crowd of men, shouting words of love and praise. Kent thought it would probably be one of those "flowers of the school" or something, but he noticed the similarities between the men: they were all the type to like modest girls. He noticed how passive they were, not even trying to rub the girl in any wrong way in fear of rejection. It was then he noticed the girl...Relena.

She was smiling and shy, she could not handle those guys, and some were replaced with the more violent type and she walked through the field. It looked as though Kent was going to step in. He charged mana through his right index and middle fingers, aimed off, and fired a wind blade past the field. The lbade crashed into the ground, causing all sorts of dirt and rocks flying at every distance, while not hitting Relena at the same time. That caused half the men to run away immediately, and the other half started to leer at Kent, while some were shouting "What are you doing?" and "I'll beat you up for that!"

Kent smiled. He knew these delinquents had no chance against him, and he would not even bother to toy with them. "Just go," he softly whispered.*

"You'd better listen to him. He's quite the delinquent," Relena jestered.

*Kent just unleashed a second blade to scare the rest of them away, but this one went a little too far, hitting the rock in the centre of the field.*

"Hey thanks," Relena chirped. "I can't seem to get rid of them."

"No problem, and I don't think they'll come back either," Kent responded.

Kenny_C.002 June 24th, 2004 7:18 PM

*The stage, however, was set. Kent didn't know yet, but the rock had an irreversible crack. The rock shattered, but the katana itself was still erect as if nothing had happened. Something was amiss, he thought; he knew Relena thought the same. The shattered rock pieces reformed via a sort of magic into a golem.

Kent knew the golem was the guardian of this katana from his observations. Also Relena and all the others all cowardly shyed from the beast. He stood in front of it. He took a dash at the golem, and the golem read his moves perfectly, executing a large fist of rock into the ground on where Kent should be. Kent had a natural instinct to dodge things, and this was no exception. He was within striking distance from the golem and he cast a wind blade at the chest of this golem. Nothing happened, the spell didn't even scratch the golem. It stood there, immobile, on the field, near the hole it created, erect, and imposing.

It seemed more like a communication device now. Kent noticed his position; he was near the katana. He made a quick detour to the katana itself and pulled. The sword flung out as Kent's right arm pulled. He then attacked the golem with a swipe of the katana on the left leg. The golem was still immobile.

Upon closer inspection, Kent noticed that golem was no longer controlled by magic. It was just there. It was standing there for some reason. It would then be this sword's magic that caused this golem to form, there would be no other possiblity for such a thing to happen in any other way.

Behind him was Relena. She went close to the sheath of the katana, still stuck on the field. Before she could touch it, the sheath itself shocked her. The katana has chosen him then, that would be the reason.*

Kenny_C.002 June 26th, 2004 4:45 PM

*He took the sword sheath without even a struggle and placed the sword inside. He now brandished a new weapon, which is not his style. Either way, he would be stuck with this weapon.*

"So what's this weapon called?" Kent asked.

Relena answered, "It's called the Katana of Caecilius. It was placed here by the legendary warrior Caecilius, who destroyed the evil monster here many years ago. It is said that this weapon chooses its owner and its owner will be a legendary warrior like Caecilius himself. That's you."

Ken laughed for a few seconds before speaking, "Really, I'm nothing but a lowly wind mage."

*Relena gave him a smile. It had seemed to Kent that she placed her trust in him already from these two incidents. It was a good thing, considering he would be needing of her trust later if he would be protecting her. He looked into her eyes and spoke again, "Whatever happens here, I'm going to protect you."*

*That seemed to set into her heart. He didn't want that to happen. He would die soon, and he did not wish for anyone to place too much trust in him...yet he needed her trust at the same time. He would figure things out either way. They headed back to Relena's house, where the others were waiting, at the end of this day.*

Kenny_C.002 June 29th, 2004 7:15 PM

*The next two days went by quite peacefully, where Kent would jsut be following Relena to the campus, guarding over this girl, and go home (her home) after. At random points in the day, Katie would come around and take a shift so Kent could eat or something of the like. Ashwini would just be everywhere, fixing random equipment and polishing other random things. It was a peaceful time where the group of four would take rests, a time before the dangers to come. Four of five days ended in a flash. The fifth day would come.

At the beginning of the fifth day, Katie taught Kent how to saturate a weapon with mana. Doing so, she was able to enlarge her sword about two times its original size and much more devastating. Kent had the technique down, but his weapon just didn't change size. It was assumed that wind mana does not have such properties compared to earth mana.

Relena went to the last day of school without Kent or Katie accompanying. Instead, Ashwini took the job. It was a pretty safe bet that Ashwini thought something was different and that Katie and Kent knew about something she didn't. She was a smart girl to begin with. Kent thought Katie had already told Ashwini, but Katie told him otherwise. It didn't matter, the facts would come out sooner or later.

They met up with Relena and Ashwini at the end of the day to plan their departure. It was time for the beginning of their final journey through this land of Gaebis, let it be good or evil.*

Kenny_C.002 July 4th, 2004 2:34 AM

OOC: That was such a crappy and short chapter. lol

IC:

6 (actually, I'm thinking of renumbering chapters and stuff. probably this would be 3 or 4)

*After much delay on Relena's part, they finally set off from this small neighbourhood. Their destination is the Wind City, Ventagus. The estimated time it would take to go all the way north: months to years. It didn't matter, for they were prepared for anything. Kent somehow longed for his ability to fly, shortening this trip to merely several hours. Since this type of magic wouldn't even work for more than two people, it was not a choice. Also, he knew that the air would have been as heavily defended by Ventagus anyway.

The path north had always been quite barren. It was custom for this path to continue to be this tough, so Ventagus would not be surrounded by battles or even just pests from all fronts. Several hours into this hopeless journey, they came along a small village, with a population of about 30 people. As they entered this village, the villagers stared. Kent thought it was probably not a time when visitors would be around. He noticed how Ashwini and Katie both thought the same. Relena was just among the flowers on the fields.

They checked up with the mayor of this village to see if they would be able to stay for a day or two, since the journey north would only get worst as time went. They got their confirmation and would get a single day of shelter before going off again. A slow start, Kent thought, but better than a start that would wear them out quickly.

The four entered their room for the night. It was basically just an empty room with two beds. The four stared at each other for a good half an hour.*

"Let me guess. I'm sleeping on the floor," Kent finally blurted out.

*The ladies nodded. Not much Justice here, Kent thought, but it was probably for the best anyway. Kent didn't want to seem like he would be just "sleeping around", literally speaking at this point.*

Kenny_C.002 July 8th, 2004 7:54 PM

*The next day, the four had a rude awakening. The small village was attacked by a force fo beasts. Kent got out to the battlefield of the village first, with Katie not far behind (still wearing her sleepwear whereas Kent already changed in one minute). Ashwini and Relena took the back.

The beasts, they were known as the Centerpedes. They were about six to seven times longer than the average human, and they stood about twice the height of the human (so there's a lot of "tail" at the back). Obviously, as their names would suggest, they had many legs mainly placed near the beasts' centre of gravity.

The two on the frontline drew their sword and katana respectively. Ken shouted, "Ashwini! Keep Relena safe at the back. Take care of the last one there!" Kent and Katie looked at each other, nodded, and charged straight at the three attacking beasts. As they ran, Katie summoned the Earthly powers, causing the sword to double in size. Kent, however, lept about three feet from the first beast, and literally went over the first two beasts, landing near the third beast, who was about to slay one of the women of the village.

Kent channeled mana through his right arm, the sparks of lightning could be felt by his nerves, he was channeling at such a rate that it would be painful to most, but it was nothing but small tickles. He tried to horizontally slash the beast, but with his incredible aim, his thought he missed. No, the slash went right through the centerpede, slicing it in half and killing it instantly. Must have been the sword that was filled with mana, he thought.

He looked back as Katie would probably be bothered by the two centerpedes. Yes, she was indeed. Kent lept into the air once again, where he felt most at home, and this time did a vertical slash right through the second beast. Katie at this point also finished off the first of the beasts.*

"That's quite slow of you today!" Kent exclaimed.

"Well I'm not really wearing what I'm used to. Besides, looks like you're doing not bad yourself!" Katie replied.

*Kent gave her a smile, she retaliated with her own smile. They began to aid the single woman who was hurt within this accident, the one that Kent saved from the third beast. The villagers gave thanks to them and headed back to their normal routine. Katie and Kent began to look around the village.*

"Seen Ash or Relena?" Kate asked.

"No, and that's why we're looking in the first place. We gotta leave now. I can sense the runners coming in," Kent replied.

"Yeah. You said it."

*Just then, they heard a scream, the owner none other than Relena (it was certain since her voice was unique). The forest near the village, that would be where the scream emanated from. The dynamic duo ran into that forest, with Kent thinking why forests were always the burden.*

Kenny_C.002 July 9th, 2004 6:54 PM

*As they trampled through the forest greens, they astumbled upon a section of rock- a path of some sort. They took this path to increase their speed and headed to what seemed to be a temple. About a few more kilometres from the temple, he landscape got more damp.

Darn those morning dews, Kent thought, but this seemed more wet than usual. He looked behind and saw Katie having some trouble moving at a quick pace without getting her white sleepwear wet, which would make it quite revealing. So KAtie slowed down, while Kent pressed on.

When Kent was close to the temple, the environment seemed drowned rather than just dew. Just up a few more steps Kent took to see Ashwini injured on the side. Looking out, he saw Relena, relentless in her magic. She continued to pour out water spells after another, slapping the centrepede with all she had. The centrepede finally fell, and Relena made a loud cry (which sounded like screaming). She picked up a staff nearby and started to continuously smack the centrepede relentlessly on the body.

Kent just watched on, looked at Ashwini, and sighed. He helped Ashwini up before she spoke.*

"Relena, you can stop now," she murmured.

*The water girl did not hear, as she continued her punishment upon the helpless centrepede.*

"Relena, it's not that big a deal. It's just a wrench," Ashwini clamoured.

"Oh really?" Relena asked.

"Yes, now let's go before this half-dead centrepede calls for help."

*Relena took the staff still, as she grew to like it. Just as everything had concluded, Katie reached the temple area. The three stood there as Katie came in with a surprise (as she saw the centrepede).*

"Relena did it," Kent said. "Looks like Ashwini needs more protection than Relena at this point." He laughed.

"Hey! I'm twice as good as anyone! I just didn't have a weapon and couldn't use my fire magic!" Ashwini cried.

"Sure," Katie said, "If you think so!"

"So what are we going to do with the centrepede?" Relena asked.

"Heal it, and then tell it to leave the village alone and never return," Kent replied.

"Good idea!" Relena chirped.

*The exact thing happened, healing provided by Katie. The companions walked down the path. Ashwini suggesting to get a weapon for her so she could defend herself, Katie went on about her clothes being all wet, and Relena and Kent just smiled. Their first mission in here was technically a success, but there was probably more coming along, since Kent doubted that there weren't any rebel centrepedes that would come around and attack the village.*

Kenny_C.002 July 11th, 2004 8:02 PM

*Surely enough, the village met with the young party just outside of the forest and near the village. The mayor of this village was in shock when he saw Relena hold the staff in her hand. According to this mayor, the staff belonged to the great monk within the temple they got out of. Essentially the monk was the link between them and their god, thus everything the monk had was "sacred". The staff Relena held was the sacred staff. After much explaining, the mayor decided that it would be best to return the staff to where it came from, and the four agreed. This tiem, however, the mayor and many of their best archors would accompany them.

Upon returning to the temple, the band of warriors and the mayor went to the sacred monk within the temple. Kent and the others stayed outside. The monk, one that would be stereotypically a monk, came out of the temple at that point, injured from probably an attack from the centrepede eariler in the day. Relena handed over the staff back to the monk, and the monk thanked her for not allowing the centrepedes to take control of this artifact.

Just as the resolution of ths staff incident had ended, the centrepedes surrounded the temple in a furious rage. The archors, probably a little more than a dozen men, all drew their arrows at the same time. Katie and Kent drew their sword and katana respectively again, ready for another battle. Just then, one of the centrepedes walked closer, and opened its mouth while trying to speak.*

"I..." the beast hummed, "I am the leader of the centrepedes, Chenataur. You who hath destroyed my men...shall finally get what thou hast deserved!"

"Wait! What do you mean!" Ashwini quickly interrupted.

"As you know, the best of the warriors are here! The village defenseless! 'Attack!' I say! 'Destroy the fools!'. Pathetic humans!"

*As the centrepede was speaking, Kent, Katie and Relena all struck a plan with the monk and the warriors. Basically the warriors would immediately return to the village to aid them, ignoring all but those in their way. The monk would protect the mayor for the time being, and the part of four would attack the circle of beasts that would certainly attack with full force.*

Kenny_C.002 July 14th, 2004 6:44 PM

*Kent took the initiative and charged the Leader of the Cetnrepedes. As soon as he did that, the other centrepedes all began to rush in to attack. This caused Katie, Ashwini, and Relena to have an easy offense that would destroy the circle of centrepedes. Of course, this costed Kent. The leading centrepede attacked Kent as he was in mid air. Kent was knocked down to the forests.

With his left hand, Kent drew a card. Channeling mana into his left arm, he took a look at the card. It was a weak fire spell known as flame burst. "****," Kent thought, "A counter." As the leading centrepede slowly made his way through the piling corpses of beasts, he began to charge a sort of earth spells. "Perfect," Ken thought.

The centrepede unleashed a vine spell. As the spell was being formed, Kent got up and swung his left arm forward, exposing the soon-to-be fire spell.*

"FLAME BURST!" Kent shouted.

*To the centrepedes' surprise, along with everyone else's surprise, Kent unleashed the fire counter, catching the vine spell on fire, Kent opened his palm to do the "burst" portion of the spell, and the entire centrepede spontaneously combusted into ashes. The other centrepedes began to retreat. Kent looked to the former circle. Katie had her powerful, extended sword filled with centrepede blood. Relena was still slapping ice spells at some of the retreating centrepedes. Ashwini? She held a stick that was on fire, genius move on her part of scare the centrepede for Katie to finish them off. Kent knew all this from his observations. Strange, he felt as if he was there just from his observations.*

Kenny_C.002 July 20th, 2004 7:51 PM

*Escorting the Mayor and the Monk back to the village, Kent could help but wonder why he was there in the beginning. If he was to die in the end, then would it matter if these three follow his path of destruction? The three, genuine and true. He knew his choices would be difficult along all ways of this world. The game would be over soon, and he would be the clown to pay its price.

He heard the chatter from the rest of the group. Ashwini boldly blurting out random words that ended up forming a sentence which would criticize him (this time about him using a fire spell in a forest). Relena would just be smiling, but he knew she was also quitely thinkng about how he could use a fire spell. Katie, upon seeing Relena's face, took her aside, probably to tell her how he could use the spell.

The Trip was short, and the village seemed to be unscathed from the centrepedes. It seemed the archers arrived just in time. One of them greeted the Mayor before joining the escorts.*

"Yo," Kent said, "how was it down here?"

"There was no attack," the archer replied. "However, we were not able to return to the forest due to some strange spell. That is why we weren't there."

"I see. So those centrepedes are quite tricky."

"Very."

"Alright thanks."

Kenny_C.002 August 7th, 2004 7:45 PM

*After a short conversation, the monk convinced the mayor to give the staff to Relena as payment for the services. Obviously, this was a good enough payment for the four, as a member who can defend herself is much more useful. They continued north, heading to their windy destination, yet again, after saying their goodbyes to the village.*

"Why did you decide to help us defeat the Wind Clan anyway, Relena?" asked Kent. "I mean, it would be definitely out of your way from just making your cash."

"I have my reasons, Kent," Relena answered.

*She smiled. He would have never anticipated it, buthe knew from that point on this woman would be the only one he would look at in the way he did. He didn't know what it was about his look either (and he doubted it was any different from any look he would give), but it was certainly a different look from his perspective.*

Kenny_C.002 August 18th, 2004 6:50 PM

1 chapter, 1 whole month to complete. Ouch.

Arc of Vetagus: Chapter 7

*North was the way to go...at least at the moment. The group of four has Kent and Katie taking the lead while Ashwini follows up at the back (behind Relena). The "t-shaped" formation, they called it. Just all of a sudden, Ashwini collapsed.

Kent did mostly the medical check-up, since he was probably the most well-versed of the group in terms of medicine. He used the conventional medical tests including the testing of the lungs via putting his ear on her back at specific areas.*

"Looks like it's just a simple flu. Her lungs are okay, but this fever might be a problem," Kent explained to the party, "I suggest setting camp here."

"Okay I'll keep Ashwini company," Relena said.

"No," Ashwini coughed, "it's okay. Let's get some work done while we're at it."

"No really, you should rest. I'll do what you used to do. I guess you can return the favour later. Deal?" Katie answered.

"I'm not left with a choice am I? I guess I'll take it," Ashwini whined.

"Alright. I'll scout the area and see if I can get some herbs to aid with the cure. Katie, I guess you'll have to set up tent and bring the water this time. Don't work yourself up too much. Relena, I hope I'll get dinner when I'm back. At least it's sort of getting late," Kent commanded.

"Okay," the two lovely ladies answered simultaneously.

Kenny_C.002 August 24th, 2004 8:05 PM

*Before actually taking his leave, he took on some jobs, such as telling Katie where the nearest water source was (due to him actually caring to note those areas). Another important job for him was to continue his examination on Ashwini, mainly to make sure he was right.*

"Remember to keep yourself warm and your head cool," he said as he once again checked her temperature on her forehead.

"I'm alright, I'm alright," Ashwini replied. "Just keep yourself at a distance with me. It'll be bad if you go down with me."

"Sure. You're about a degree hotter than usual. I'll be getting the herbs for a while, so keep yourself safe."

"I've got Relena to rely on if anything happens. Go do your thing."

"Alright."

*Kent got up. He took his portion of the tent out of this backpack and placed them in places that was marked to be the tent before heading off. During that time he noticed how Ashwini's determination to heal herself pushed her fever to a higher proportions than an average person. It was just a simple flu...

Exploring the nearby area for medicina herbs, Kent would simply slice the entire area of tall weeds with his wind blade before checking for the small herbs. This was efficient, as it only took him 15 minutes to find enough herbs for surpressing fever. However, he thought to get more other types of herbs for healing purposes before returning to camp.*

Kenny_C.002 August 27th, 2004 8:15 PM

*Back at camp, Kent set down his collection of herbal material and began to work with some of the herbs for some herbal tea. At that point in time, Katie already finished building the tent and Relena was already cooking dinner. There was a fragrance in the air that amazed him, but Kent already knew Relena was an excellent cook from before, which felt strange.

Finishing the grinding and "frying" of the herbs, he got essentially some blob of green goo in the bowl. He got that goo to Ashwini, who was still lying down in the tent, being taken care of by Katie.*

"I've got the medicine," he said.

"Alright. I'll go outside to keep watch for anything," Katie replied.

"Thanks," Kent answered. He turned to Ashwini, who was somewhat in fright of whatever Kent was holding. "It's medicine."

Ashwini coughed. "Sure...that goo," she scraped that sentence from whatever remained from her voice.

"Whatever," Kent said. "Just drink it all up."

*He handed the goo to Ashwini. She obviously slowly drank it all, complaining how bitter it was.*

Kenny_C.002 September 2nd, 2004 7:08 PM

"At least be thankful that it's over," Kent smirked.

"Heh," Ashwini giggled, "just like the fever."

*It was apparent that Kent probably put too much strength into the medicine, as Ashwini was already good to move. He however still told her to stick around in the tent...whatever this small hut-like tent is supposed to be...with dirty clothes and all. He wondered who actually bought the material...then realized that it was probably him.

Outside the tent was a campfire, with a rack on top for cooking purposes. The aurora of delightful tenderloin filled the air, with Katie and Relena preparing the main attraction near the cooking apparatus(es) there. This portion of the area was grassy, but it was also the only place where it wasn't filled with dirt and was not a place to stay. This field of grass stretched in a circle for approximately a kilometre or so before starting to break off into dirt. Behind all that was the beginning of the forest, accompanying a moonfall.

Katie got up and walked to him while Relena started to taste the stew. She was so adorable. Then he forogt which girl he was thinking adorable to begin with.*

"Hey snap out of it," Katie said as she snapped her finger in front of him.

"Sorry. Daydreaming again," he answered.

"Probably something inappropriate, huh?"

"Probably. So what's up?"

"Well...get down here and help out with dinner."

"Oh right."

KLS November 5th, 2004 9:49 PM

dang i forgot u were doing a story
it's friggin good
keep goin at it!


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