Casting Shadows

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Chapter 11 - Battle Scars
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Veron opened his eyes drowzily, the blurry image in his eyes went black for a moment, then came up again. He saw the burning flame of a fire a little distance from his face. Veron shook his head, and let his eyes focus. On the other side of the fire, he saw Darren, sleeping under a blanket. He looked to his left, to see Gaia, examining his sword, tilting it in different directions. He looked to the right, to see Zent attempting to bandage Idris, but as he applied a sealer to the wound, he let out a scream of pain.

"Are you trying to heal me or kill me!" Idris got up and yelled at Zent, then he gripped his wound again and fell to his knees.

"Oh shut up dammit. You're lucky to be alive at all. Now take the sealer or my holding spell will wear off and you'll go through the pain of losing that piece again!" Zent yelled back as Idris sat cross legged, and nodded. Zent applied the sealer, Idris wincing in pain. He wrapped the large bandage around Idris' body, covering the wound and half his chest. "Let it sit for about half an hour before you put your clothes and armour back on." Zent said as he got up to check on Darren. Veron looked around again, where was Carissa?

"Finally awake, huh?" A soft voice said from above him, Veron swung his head around to look up. Carissa's smiling face was looking down at him. Veron smiled and placed his head on the ground. Carissa placed a wet cloth on Veron's forehead, walked over to Darren and did the same. "They exhausted themselves." Carissa said softly as she stood up and walked away form Darren. Zent nodded as he got up and walked towards the fire, away from Idris. Gaia didn't move, only continued to examine his sword.

Zent grabbed one of his claws and poked a coal in the fire, kicking up embers and letting a stronger flame burn through. Carissa sat with her knees to her face, looking from Veron to Darren occasionally, in case they were waking up. Gaia continued to examine the sword, Zent watched the odd warrior tilt his sword around.

"What are you doing, Gaia?" Zent asked curiously, Gaia stabbed the sword into the ground, kicking up dust. Gaia stood up slowly from his cross legged position.

"I don't know. Something felt different about my sword, though it seems nothing has changed...." Gaia let his sentence drift off. "I'll be back in a few minutes." Gaia said loudly as he grabed his sword, strapped it to his back and walked into the deep forest.

"What's bugging him?" Carissa asked quietly, Zent shook his head. Idris let out a small whimper of pain, Zent got up and tended to him.

Gaia wandered around aimlessly in the dark forest, a million thoughts past through his head. Who was talking to him? How was it that they were talking to him? Was it all a dream? What was wrong with his sword? His thoughts were interrupted as the leaves rustled in a nearby tree, a shadow jumped quickly out of the tree and to another. Gaia tried to follow the shadow, but he lost it as it jumped quickly from tree to tree. The shadow appeared behind Gaia, and rose his arm into the air, the blade glinting off the moon light.

Idris' eyes opened quickly, and he jumped up, knocking Zent on his back. Idris ran off into the forest. "What are you doing?!" Zent yelled as Idris ran into the forest. Idris saw it, him, DarkFire. He was attacking Gaia, he had to make sure Gaia was alright. He heard the clanging of metal in the distance, he drew the KaoKara, and ran forward.

Gaia swung his sword horizontally, DarkFire jumped over the attack and above Gaia, upside down. DarkFire thrust his handblade downwards at Gaia, he finished his attack by swinging the sword aboce his head and holding it there, blocking the attack. Idris burst through the bushes, and he saw DarkFire standing there.

"YOU!" Idris yelled, as he lunged forward at DarkFire, he thought quickly and jumped into a nearby tree.

"Some other time, boy." DarkFire said, the sound muffled by his face mask. He jumped off from tree to tree, out of sight. Idris ran after him, Gaia tried to stop him, with no sucess. Why is it he ran when Idris came? Gaia shook his head at the odd thought, and started back to the camp, knowing Idris and DarkFire were too far off to catch.

"I will get you, Nirnyandin DarkFire. You will not escape me. These battle scars hurt, but the scars you left on my family hurt more." Idris said quietly to himself as he continued running after the slippery asassin.