Chains of Dragons (No LSU's)
Reply With QuoteWamiyazen Denisu "Saké"/Setsuna
-------------------------------------------------
We ran, the image of Kage using his new trance move still in my mind. If he was a live then we had to find him, at all costs.
The howling of the Wraiths still continued to echo behind us, but the sound started to subside. We skidded to a hault and looked all around.
Gone. The wraiths were gone, most likey melded into the shadows once again. We waited for several minutes.... nothing.
I sat down against a tree, sword in my hand. "Someone know what happened?"
"Strange," Horus said. "The Wraiths are relentless hunters, but I've never heard of them following their prey for this long."
"Maybe because they're prey has never lived this long." Elena replied.
Faile remained standing, her arrow ready to be fired as she looked around. "Chamel and Amal follwed their noses and found the Wraiths."
Amal and Chamel rubbed their heads sheepishly.
"Hey, We're all hungry. But we have to forget about our stomachs for now." Zera stated.
"Besides. Kage is alive." I said.
Everyone looked at me, shock on their faces.
"What? He's dead, right?" Seylin asked.
"Well," I started. "Before I woke up I was having a weird dream. I was fighting something but then Kage popped in. It was too real to be a dream image, then I remember Chamel waking me up and then the Wraiths chased us. That's it from me."
We stayed there, thinking about what to do next.
"If Kage is alive, and his spirit is hanging around trying to get our attention, then should we head back to the wreakage?" Vared stated.
"We should, but we had better wait her for a bit, rest up and then try and break through the Wraith's lines." Faile replied, lowering her bow just a bit.
We agreed that would be the best move yet. I leaned my head against the tree and closed my eyes again. Hopefully Kage would tell us where his body was, hopefully.
* * *
I woke up later, slightly refreshed, but no dreams had come to me. Looking around I noticed that Setsuna was gone.
"Hey, where's Set?"
"The little girl's room," Sora replied.
"Oh," I stood up and stretched my arms. If this was what our lives were going to be like I had better get off my butt.
I walked around to get my legs back to moving.
Suddenly, Elena rose and motioned for us to be quiet. We watched silently as the Feline Demi-Human's ears perked up and moved. We stood for several minutes wondering if Elena was hearing things.
Then I heard something too. A soft music. Gentle, soothing, almost inviting. It was a nice melody and it started to get louder.
"Where's it coming from?" Amal asked, looking around.
We all had backed up so we could stop an attack from any side. The music seemed to fill the jungle as it slowly got louder.
Horus pointed up. "THere!"
Looking up we instantly saw a woman, dressed very skimpingly in a dark dreen skirt and top. She was playing a rainbow colored flute in her hand.
As the song she was playing came to an end she looked down at us.
"I'm surprised you noticed the music when you did. Usually any kind of human can hear it unless I'm right on top of them. Hee hee."
"Who are you?" Zera asked, holding his sword.
"Me?" the woman asked as if slightly interested. "I am Sherina, one of Garm's Elite Warriors."
"Garm?!" we all shouted as one.
"Yes, and now if you do not mind, I shall take your Pendants and hand them over to my Lord." she said, bringing the flute to her mouth once more.
A different song played this time and I could feel my body stiffen and straighten. Almost like it wouldn't listen to my mind. I heard the grunts of Horus, Chamel, Seylin, and Zera as they tried to fight it as well.
The girls had moved away.
"What's wrong with them?" Elena shouted.
"My music affects all kings of beasts, but it really only affects the males. The females are immune to my song. No matter," she started playing again. "Even with only five pendants, my Lord will have enough power to get the rest." She played more and I felt my arm reaching for the crystal pendant around my neck. With a jerk, my hand ripped it off and held it at arms length, as the five of us started to line up.
"What are you guys doing?!" Faile shouted.
"We can't move! Our bodies won't listen!" Chamel shouted back.
Sherina jumped down from the branch and walked up to Zera, the first one in the line. "Wow, you just want to give them to me. Thank you, you've made this a lot easier," She reached for Zera's Pendant.
A buzzing noise and a Shuriken knocked Sherina's hand away from the pendant. In a dash, Faile ran and grabbed the five pendants and then skidded to a stop.
"You'll pay for that!" Sherina glared and got her flute out again. The music started and the we started advancing towards Faile.
"Faile!" I shouted. My body may not listen, but I could still use my mouth. "Get outta here. Don't let us get the pendants back!"
"Shut up and obey me!" Sherina shouted and more music flowed through my head and not even my mouth would move.
I could only watch as Faile jumped into the tree and started dashing along the branches. As we turned we saw that the Girls had disappeared among the trees.
"Imbicile," Sherina looked at me. "You had to make it go the hard way didn't you? Very well, then you and your pals here shall hunt them down."
She started playing again and I was awere of my hand grabbing my sword and unsheathing it. Horus, Seylin, Chamel, and Zera had their weapons ready as well.
"Now after them, and don't you dare come back empty handed."
Forced against our wills, the five of us ran into the trees, our bodies programed to kill our friends....
----------------------
Okay, wondering what's going on? Well, Sherina is using her flute to control the bodies of the men and there is only one cure. Destory the flute, but it's not as easy as it seems ladies. Sherina is skilled in Magic and has a bo staff to help her fight. Very agile, she can avoid most attacks and only the very fast can hit her. But you have to get together and formulate a plan first.....
Oh, and Setsuna meets up with you as you run and make your plan. She just happened to be gone at the wrong time.
Guys. We can't move really, except for Kage, who still needs to get back into his body.
Well, that's it for now. See ya on Tuesday.
Later!
Ooops! PS: I'll be heading to Montana later this week and I probably won't get on until after the 11th. That's if everything goes according to plan and I can go see Mark's (MechaAlphaChamel) Graduation on the 7th. Something I still need to scrounge money for.
~Mew Master
U
My finals (the two I am taking, I am most likely exempt from the third) are also on Thursday 
![](images/smilies/undecided.gif ":\")
