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[Hitaru]

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Chapter 1: Preparations​

They started to gather outside of the Mog house entrance in Whitegate, Everyone was accounted for except for one member of this so called merry band of Adventurer’s.

“I swear to God Helius, if you don’t hurry up I am going to cut you, and you won’t enjoy it!”

“OK OK, keep your head on Linh, I just have to sharpen this new sword I got”

“I’ll show you sharp! Get the heck over here, you have 10 seconds”

As Linhjah started counting down from ten, all the other members wouldn’t say a word, knowing what she was capable of when angry they just stood there quietly and sighed knowing in the back of their heads that Helius may not make it to see tomorrow.

“3, 2, 1...”

“SAFE!”

“Finally, can we please make a move now? I am sick of seeing Tim’s gimp ass, and his pleas for help are disturbing”

Linhjah was the only female Tarutaru in the group, although she was small didn’t mean that she automatically had to be sweet. Linh was one of those females that hated waiting for people. Her hair was blonde and she had put it into pig tails just to deceive people even more. Being one of the best Red mages in all of Vana’diel she donned the Duelist attire, her weapon of choice was her feathered hats that were made by herself using magic and a bunch of thread.

Although Helius was about three times the size of Linhjah he couldn’t help but fear her. He was of course an Elvaan with slicked back white hair in a ponytail. His job of choice was Dark Knight, although he was fairly strong he had a tendency to not pay attention during crucial moments and a somewhat artificial Intelligence seemed to kick and which wasn’t very helpful. He did try his best though and has gotten alot better. The party had just killed the mighty Fafnir and amongst the loot was of course Helius’ new pride possession the Balmung. His armour was of course the Ares Cuirass set which was another one of his prized possession, not allowing many people to touch it.

As the party finally got everything in order and set off, Linh couldn’t help that something didn’t feel quite right. Upon turning around she noticed the strangest things that could have been following her.

“NO, I WON’T HAVE IT! NO NO NO!” She screamed

The automaton stopped dead in its tracks and towered over her.

“Is something the matter Linh?” Helius asked taking a big gulp

“Yes, for once you are paying attention, whose is this?!”

“It’s Hitaru’s I thought everyone knew he was going to be the Puppet master”

“I didn’t agree to this! I will not be followed by some puppet and its master”

“It’s only following you Linh, ‘coz you’re in the way” Hitaru replied

“Do you honestly think I care, it has no feel- HAHAHAHAHAA you’re a puppet master”

“Oh here we go...do you just wanna get it out of your system”

“Ok....hahahahahahahaha LOLPUP, ok I’m good”

As they continued to walk Linh would turn around every now and then just to giggle at Hitaru and then poke the puppet before continuing. They now waited on the upper level of Al zahbi for the Undead Swarm to attack, Besieged was about to begin...

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:: Ok first chapter, this was a bit rushed due to school and stuff but tell me what ya guys think. Also, please don't post in this thread just use the other one called Our story discussion. It's going to take me a while to introduce everyone in and i do hope you guys enjoy reading this XD::

 

[Hitaru]

Chapter 2: Friendly Competition​

The team decided it would be better to split into three groups of six to make damage dealt to Al Zahbi minimal. Adventurers from far and near gathered here.

“Civilians, Please Evacuate the Immediate area! Al Zahbi is about to turn into a battleground!” Zazarg Shouted

Zazarg, the only Galka Serpent General, rumoured to be the strongest General for his time. As merchants and Bystanders ran towards Whitegate it was already too late.

“Well well, look at these adorable two legs, Come dance with me mortals”

The beastmen had broken through the defences of Al Zahbi and had infiltrated the city, Undead Corpses and the infamous Lamia had decided to attack. Civilians were still trying to get to safety but there were simply too many Beastmen, they had moved quickly and had managed to capture one or two of them.

“Ugh, there’s more of them than usual” Hitaru said

“Of course we have beaten these guys several times now; you’d think they’d bring more people”

“Well then let’s get this finished...Flag, Tristam, I bet I can kill more of these crappers than you can!”

“Loser has to buy the winner an Item of their choice?” Flag responded

“I like those Odds, Sucks for you two, I needed a new Scythe too” Tristam Laughed

The three Taru brothers as they called themselves were always making competition for each other. It made them excel at what they did. Tristam being the oldest studied in the dark arts and became a Dark knight His Chaos set made many tremble even if he was a Tarutaru, Hitaru the Middle child looked alot like Tristam, but was shorter. They shared the same kind of Hair style, silver, short and scruffy. Flag was the youngest brother and decided to grow his hair out, to go with the way of the samurai. With his Saotome armour and Amanomurakomo as his blade, this Taru samurai was as well one to be feared by beastmen.

They moved out, but not just the brothers, the rest of the group had started to help out others in taking down the Lamia. Of Course, with 3 giant Galka backing up the three Taru brothers, the task of coming first would be easier. Kale was one of those Galka, Given the name of ‘Unstoppable Verb’ He had successfully lived through 6 Goblins attacking at the same time. His brown hair was pushed back, and his beard was trimmed and neat. Although it was hard to see most of his facial features due to the Helmet he wore. Valour Armour, Bestowed upon the strongest Paladins with some of the Highest Faith.

“Tristam, Medusa is ours! If you take her out that new scythe is yours for the taking!” He roared

“Kale, I’m just glad we were put together . . . A Paladin and a Dark Knight make a marvellous team! Now let’s get these beasts out of our town!” Tristam Replied

The adrenaline that had surged through both of their bodies was giving off an Aura from their bodies, and as they charged towards the leader of the invasion not a single doubt went through their minds, they knew they would succeed.

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“Refresh, Helius!” Linh shouted as she cast her spell

“Blizzard II!”

Helius attacked an undead corpse, he swung his giant sword down, and sliced through the rough skin on the corpse, it was still moving. Suddenly the air around the monster dropped dramatically, and Helius had started chanting, before it could react a giant a giant spike of Ice pierced through its skin.

“Nice shot, that thing should stay down for no-”

Before Linhjah could finish her sentence she jumped into the air and had duplicated her hat, as she was descending back to the ground Helius had barely managed to Parry the Lamia’s attack. He was being pushed back.

“Weapon skill: Feathered rush, Just used it” Linhjah shouted as she landed on top of the Lamia

The hats in both her hands, had feathers in them, and they had suddenly cut through the Lamia’s chest, saving Helius.

“You ok?” Linhjah asked

“Fine, thanks...that was a close one” He replied “Flag, how do you expect to win if Linh and I kill everything on our side?”

“Yeah yeah, I killed that last monster, I just made it look like Linh did it, that’s all” Flag sighed

He started running, towards another undead monster, withdrew his Katana and sliced it in half from the waist. He continued, also in somewhat of a trance, the Aura had completely taken over his whole body, and Before you know it the total count was five, six and growing. He had his eyes set on Medusa as well, but being furthest away from it he had to go through a squad of monsters.

“Scatter them! Tachi: Kaiten!”

All the Aura was gathering at the tip of his blade, as he charged through the battle, without leaving one enemy standing that got in his way, he used the strongest skill he had learned, a giant shockwave raged through the crowd taking with it several monsters who could not keep their own against the sheer power of it all.

“Heh, that puts me ahead of you two. . .”

“Not for long! Sparky it’s our turn to show these guys! Mode switch: Sharpshot frame”

Sparky was Hitaru’s Automaton, Hitaru had spent alot of time fine tuning Sparky for situations like these, he could quickly switch the type of Frame his puppet wore and how it worked with the flick of his Animator. Sparky jumped into the air and shot down a barrage of arrows.

“Let me add to this, Dragon Kick!”

Hitaru Jumped into the air doing a roundhouse kick, the ground had risen from the sheer force, and to finish it off he did another kick to destroy the raised earth. Landing he didn’t see that Sparky was still shooting off enemies at range, and that a Lamia had entered through his blind spot, he knew this was going to be painful, and tried to guard against the attack.

“Oh shi-”

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:: So i totally haven't written Fight scenes in about 3 years, so please do excuse if they get long and dragged out, I will be ending Beseiged in about 1 or two more chapters so please do deal with me, it all depends on how you guys want to take it ^^::

 

[Hitaru]

Chapter 3:Helping Hands​

The Lamia was quick, and Hitaru still couldn’t find his footing from just doing his dragon kick, Sparky was also out of range and couldn’t target the Lamia, She swung down with her Giant Talwar and Broke through what little defence Hitaru had left, As he staggered back he knew it was coming, maybe someone amongst all this havoc could raise him if they had the time. She swung again, this time the sound of the wind being sliced echo through his ears. He cringed and waited for defeat.

“Tch, such a bother... have one of these: Sniper shot!” A ladies voice came from the distance

There she stood, donning her Pirate hat, Isollde. Resting her Death penalty on her shoulder, she wore the traditional Corsair Attire but, with a slight tweak, the way it looked on her was unique. The Lamia slumped onto the ground, with a giant hole in its head and blood stained the golden floor.

“I didn’t expect you to almost get knocked out” She sighed

“Neither did I, they’re getting smarter?”

“Don’t make me laugh, they’re simply just beasts”

“I guess, I couldn’t even get Sparky to help, he’s busy. . .”

“Well he is helping you win this competition against your brothers I guess, so I’ll let him off this time” She replied “But take care of yourself hit, I can’t shoot something in the head every time ya need help”

Isollde continued to finish any straggling Enemies that were in Hitaru’s way. Sparky returned from the upper level, overloaded and smoking.

“Hmm, I guess I pushed you a bit too far” Hitaru said “Sorry buddy, let me just fix you up real quick”

Hitaru applied automaton oil, and every now and then jumped at a bullet barely missing his ear. Isollde would laugh and continue to shoot knowing she would miss him and always get what she was aiming for.

“Hey, let me help Sparky out a bit, Puppet masters roll!”

Isollde’s special skills enabled her to roll dice and help members of the group gain status boosts, the Puppet masters roll helped out Sparky by giving him better accuracy and attack. She had other dice that helped boost other things such as helping mages regain magic points.

“Ok, I guess you better start catching up to your brothers...I am gonna go help Zaltana, she is in need of mp”

She waved and shot down an undead before running off to where the rest of Hitaru’s group were. He also had to move, this downtime had cost him, and he was now last, and he couldn’t afford that new scythe Tristam wanted simply because Sparky’s attachments had drained his bank.

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“Aspir!” Tristam shouted “God damn it! I need more mp”

Kale And Tristam were still on their way to Medusa, but of course like any leader of an army her defence unit was very strong, They never gave up though and even though the enemies didn’t seem to stop coming.

“Hey you, yeah that’s right! Over here”

Kale was tanking to his fullest, and was also keeping hate well while curing any wounds him and Tristam had gotten. Striking down foe after foe was easy enough for this giant Galka, but he was also running out of mp.

“I can cast one more thing before I run out: Reprisal”

Kale started to chant, as he cast the white magic spell of reprisal, his shield grew magic spikes that repelled damaged, he blocked. Kale started to block more attacks rather than take them head on, this way he was able to reflect some damage back at them.

“This is getting bad; we’re in desperate need of mp”

Tristam had left it down to brute force, he used Last resort, although his defence had weakened, he wouldn’t allow a single foe to touch him, cutting through Lamia and undead monsters like a hot knife through butter, Tristam was not in a good mood.

“Screw it, Weapon skill: Guillotine!”

Tristam’s Scythe had charged energy, and he targeted the next monster that was in his way, four consecutive slices, all filled with rage and power from last resort had just cut into the Lamia, Needless to say she wasn’t in the best of conditions. As Tristam stopped to regain his footing, he had noticed that most of the monsters were now asleep.

“How in the...what’s going on?” A confused Tristam asked

“Just relax guys, I’ll take care of your mp while these things are asleep” Hanow replied “String instrument: Mages Ballad II”

Hanow had arrived, and just in time as well...both Tristam and Kale were in desperate need of a refresh. She started to pluck the strings on her harp and a refreshing melody surrounded them, once it had ended Tristam and Kales magic points were slowly being restored just by remembering the melody.

Hanow then continued to play another melody, although not as strong as the other melody that was just played, it also had a refreshing effect. The battle where Hanow now stood with Tristam and Kale seemed more like an aftermath or the end of the battle. But just as they were beginning to rest Medusa emerged.

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:: ok another chapter =P XD....Besieged is gonna end by next chapter, so lemme know what you guys want to do next, I don't think Campaigning is a good idea, as it would be somewhat of a repeat of the above events just with different mobs and characters. Also After Besieged the story will go into the UNGIMP tim wakefield mode for a couple of chapters...simply to give the comic a more comedic feel after all the serious fighting and what not ^^ ::

 

[Hitaru]

Chapter 4: Leaders Clash.​

“How dare you two legs! I’ll tear you apart...”

Medusa had emerged; she looked different from the entire drone’ Lamia in the fact that she was darker in colour than the rest of them; her armour also covered more of her upper torso, and was more glamorous compared to her army. This was of course to be expected of a notorious monster. Medusa was the only Lamia to have some sort of hair, and even then it seemed to resemble snakes.

Medusa was enraged, how dare the two legs make such a mockery of her glorious army. Although targeting Kale, Hanow and Tristam at first. But there was a specific target she wanted, the giant Galkan Serpent General that had taunted her before. She slithered through the group quickly and not even provoking her would work, she had her target set and it was to take home Zazarg’s head.

“I do hope you put up a challenge General, otherwise I will truly regret taking over this city”

“Demon! In the name of her Highness, I shall destroy you!” Zazarg roared

Up until now he had been protecting the Astral Candescence with the other Generals backing each other up. He deliberately split up so that the Astral Candescence was not put into anymore danger.

The two met head on, but Medusa had a secret, she got stronger when her weapon broke, Zazargs attacks were of course devastating, putting every ounce of strength into each punch he through, Medusa blocked every single one. Her Talwar had started to crack and anymore attacks would make it crumble.

“General stop! You’re falling right in to her trap, if Medusas weapon breaks, then she’ll gain unimaginable strength” An adventurer shouted across

It was already too late; Zazarg couldn’t stop his last punch, hitting the sword for one last time before it shattered. Medusa then revealed her true weapon, a Lamia bow. This bow was her true weapon, and with it she was stronger than with any sword she could hold. Zazarg, was stunned, his last punch had left him a bit breathless.

“Everyone! We have to protect the General, get over there now and make sure he stays alive” Tristam shouted

Everyone moved as quickly as they could, the first person to get there was Stine, who had just finished reviving a fallen volunteer. She was on the upper level, and the quickest way to get down to the general was to simply jump, the stairs were on the other side of the street. Stine ran towards the ledge and somersaulted off. Landing on one knee she dusted her slacks quickly. Stine wore a different kind of white mage set, instead of relic armour, she wore the Nobles Tunic, and Blessed gear. With her Apollo staff
and shiny red hair, she was married to Tristam.

“I’m with Zazarg, but I’ll need help guys, Medusa is dealing out quite the damage”

Curing Zazarg wouldn’t be easy, being a Galka made him one of the strongest races, but he was also taking damage really badly.

“Trist, I can’t keep up...He’s taking too much damage, she’s insanely strong”

“Haste: General Zazarg!”

Standing next to Stine was Realia, another White mage, the only thing that really differed between these two friends was that Realia was in fact an Elvaan with blonde hair up to her shoulders, and the weapons the both of them chose to use in case they did have to attack things. That wasn’t the case right now and both were trying their hardest to keep the General on his feet.

“Sorry I’m late Stine” Realia smiled

“That’s fine Realia, thanks for the help” Stine replied

Curing the general had gotten easier, and slowly members of the team were showing up. The next person on scene was Aristarc, another Mithra but this time a Ninja rather than a mage, as she jumped into the fight, she casted several Ninjutsu to enfeeble Medusa. Known to carry two Kikoku as her choice of weapon, wearing Usukane armour which had the defence of any good chain mail but was light enough to move fluidly in.

“Ninjutsu: Hojo: Ni” Aristarc chanted

As kanji began to surround her, Medusa was covered in some kind of spider web, slowing her attacks down so that Stine and Realia could heal any wounds quicker, and not have to worry as much. She engaged Medusa and started attacking her without mercy, Aura started to surround Aristarc, Stine had casted haste on her so that she could attack quicker as well as use Ninjutsu more frequently.

“Utsusemi: Ni”

Aristarc had casted a Ninjutsu that most ninja’s relied on. The infamous Utsusemi Ninjutsu, allowing it’s user to create duplicates of themselves and take damage for them. It was just in time to as Medusa didn’t like being attacked by some random cat while trying to concentrate on her original target.

“Out of my way two legs, Eagle Eye shot”

This was one of her strongest attacks, she charged an arrow, and with precise accuracy aimed for Aristarc’s heart. It pierced right through the heart of the Mithra, but she was still standing.

“How...is that possible?!”

Medusa was confused, how had her heart piercing arrow been dodged.

“There’s alot you need to learn before you beat me, hope you’re ready for this next trick” Aristarc grinned “Blade: Ku”

Aristarc’s aura had surrounded her kunai, and she moved so fast it was hard to tell if she was actually attacking, after what seemed like five poses, five kanji signs appeared on Medusas skin, she was bleeding heavily.

“This isn’t over, Dukkeripen”

Medusas bleeding slowed until the wounds had completely disappeared, it seemed that this beast had more tricks up it’s sleeve.

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:: sorry about the wait on this chapter, this week has been really busy ; ; and I have an assignment due on monday, so no chapter till after that's done and dusted =P. I hope you guys are enjoying reading this as much as i am writing it ^^::

 

[Hitaru]

Chapter 5: Victory. . .​

“That’s some weird ability ya got there lady” Aristarc grinned “I do like myself a challenge though”

As Medusa re-engaged with Zazarg, she was having a hard time keeping the other members at bay. Zaltana and Isollde had showed up. Zaltana was also a Mithra, she had brown hair up to her shoulders with a small fringe, and her hair was split down the middle and turned into pony tails. Zaltana wore Scouts Armour, and it wasn’t one that little girls wore. This armour was padded, and had been specially made for Rangers.

“Hey Iso, How about a Side winding Slug shot double team?” Zaltana asked with a giant smile

“Oh, I like how you think miss” Isollde replied, giggling

As they withdrew their weapons, Isollde withdrew Death Penalty and Zaltana withdrew her Yoichinoyumi, this bow was one of the sacred bows and Zaltana had managed to prove herself worthy of wielding it. As the two charged the Aura into their weapons, Medusa had no time to evade as the both of them stood on either side of her.

“Weapon Skill: Side winder!” Zaltana Shouted

“Weapon Skill: Slug Shot!” Isollde Shouted

As the bullet and Arrow flew through the air, in unison with each other
Medusa could simply not evade one or the other, although these weapon skills were known to be inaccurate they dealt alot of damage to the receiver. Aristarc and Zazarg stepped back, as the arrow and bullet hit Medusa, she couldn’t help but let out a scream, her Blue blood oozed out of her wounds, and dripped on to the ground. She was losing, and her officers were also not in the best conditions. With her remaining power, she started to wiggle.

“What’s she doing?” Stine asked confused

“Don’t let your guard down for a second! We’re almost there” Tristam replied

She continued to wiggle softly, she had a rhythm going, and it started off slow but was getting quicker and more intense. Aristarc seemed to be getting hypnotised by it.

“It’s so calming isn’t it . . .?”

“No! Arist, resist it!” Realia shouted out

It was too late, Aristarc had been charmed, she was unable to control her
body, and started to attack the general.

“Adventurer, come to your senses! I am one of the Serpent generals” Zazarg

“You must die . . . in order for Medusa to live, sorry general” Aristarc grinned

Things weren’t looking too good, as Medusa kept moving and Zaltana couldn’t get good aim, Isollde was also having trouble, and now that Aristarc was under her control things were getting out of hand.

“We can’t attack Aristarc. . .she’s not the enemy” Stine sighed

Aristarc stopped; she looked at Stine and vanished. Zazarg brushed off the assault and continued to chase Medusa with Isollde and Zaltana covering him. Aristarc was nowhere to be seen, Stine was worried, and she looked around desperately trying to find her friend but to no avail. Suddenly a shadow appeared over her, the sun was blocked out by what looked like a torso.

“Sorry, you must die as well”

Aristarc descended, Stine didn’t know what to do, she didn’t want any harm to fall upon Aristarc but if she didn’t react she’d be seriously injured. She closed her eyes and started chanting. Realia started casting Protect, although it wouldn’t completely stop Aristarc, it would help. A giant Blue shield surrounded Stine, who was still casting but couldn’t finish the spell as she tried to evade the attack. She closed her eyes and raised her shield.

“Was it that swift...?” Stine was confused

“Stine, don’t move or else I’ll fall”

“Tristam? Is that you?”

Tristam had arrived, he had just barely managed to block Aristarcs attack, and he was also losing his balance while standing on Stines shield.

“Honey, Push the shield up”

He jumped off the shield with a boost that Stine had given him, all the while pushing Aristarc back. He had to do something, to stop Aristarc from moving. He got the blunt side of his Scythe and tried not to hurt Aristarc too much.

“Please forgive me, Weapon bash”

Aristarc was stunned, she didn’t move. Most of the Team had gathered and were thinking about a way to make her snap out of it. Amongst the suggestions Zaltana wanted to shoot Aristarcs tail off.

“Why not just wait till it wears off?” Hitaru said “but Aristarc isn’t going to be stunned forever”

“Hit’s right, we need to finish Medusa off” Tristam Replied

“Well then, can we all please gather together” Grand Phoenix replied

Grand Phoenix was a well known Scholar, He was an Elvaan, and wore his Sandorian school Uniform, It was very preppy. He joined the group to find out about the world and its mysteries and to further his knowledge. He had black hair of about shoulder length. He wore his scholar glasses and hat, and carried two books around as well as his Staff the Tupsimati, a vibrant staff that itself had scriptures on it about the continent of Aht Urhgan.
As Phoenix opened one of his two books, the scriptures inside seemed to come to life, he then started to chant the same spell Stine had tried to cast earlier. He finished chanting, and everyone felt their skin tighten, it was getting harder. Phoenix had casted stone skin, not only on himself but the whole group.

“That should help guys” Phoenix grinned “As for Aristarc, I’ll heal him right up”

He began to Chant again, and everyone was familiar with the spell he was casting, Purifying Light surrounded Aristarc and any wounds she had accumulated were slowly fading away. As she shook her head and came back around, the party went on a defensive.

“Ugh, my head . . . I do apologise Stine” She responded “That Snake is going to pay!”

Aristarc rushed off, the Battlefield was slowly getting quieter, most of the Lamia and undead had fallen by now, and any remaining stragglers were being taken down. Zazarg was keeping his own against Medusa, although she had been wounded heavily; he wasn’t in the best of situations either. As the team slowly regained their Adrenaline, they set out to finish this raid.

“Kale, and Aristarc share her attention, the rest of us will try and finish this as soon as possible”

Tristam was not afraid of taking command of situations and telling the team how to handle themselves, on this occasion he was just slightly more pissed off than usual. As they closed in on Medusa, Zazarg was on one knee, he was wounded heavily.

“Stine, Phoenix, Realia, take care of the General” Tristam ordered

Realia and Stine started Casted Cure spells while Phoenix casted protection spells. As the rest of the team moved in Kale switched Medusas attention on to himself. Hanow had started to play a more aggressive tune making the parties attack rise. Linhjah started casting Enfeebling skills, to further lower Medusas defensive and attacking capabilities. The rest of the party attacked.

“Skill chain: Distortion, Let’s go Hit” Tristam roared

“Dragon Kick”

“Guillotine”

As Tristam finished off his Guillotine, a spiral of water and ice surrounded Medusa and Exploded, Hitaru and Tristam had done a skill chain, merging their skills together. Helius had followed it up with a Blizzard two to create a Magic Burst.

“Hey Helius, It’s our turn” Flag shouted “Tachi: Hobaku”

“Um, am I meant to use again? That Blizzard two was just kind of a coincidence”

“SHOCKWAVE . . . USE SHOCKWAVE” Flag screamed “WAKE UP”

“Okay, okay. . . Shockwave!” Helius responded

As squares of thunder now surrounded Medusa and wind swirled around them after exploding she just couldn’t take any more of a beating. She casted a spell that knocked back the group and ordered for the remainder of her army to withdraw.

“GAHAHAH, it’s time to rejoice the beastmen got a taste of our army and retreated! Rich!” Zazarg roared

Although they had won, Al zahbi had taken a beating, and several of the populous had been taken prisoners by the Lamia. This war was far from over, but our Adventurers could rest for a while knowing that they helped save the city.

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:: Ok so i do apologise for the wait, but this chapter was also the end of Besieged good patrons...I personally think i killed Medusa off too quick, but i want to get on with the more fun stuff i have going in my head right now...also next chapter will be sooner than later ^^::

 

[Hitaru]

Chapter 6: A little R&R​

As the streets had calmed down a cleanup crew had finished washing the blood off the streets and civilians returned to their shops, minimal damage was sustained to any buildings and although shop keepers had gone missing, the Imperial Army had already sent out a search party.

The group decided to rest outside of the Al Zahbi Mog house entrance while recuperating and waiting on everyone to gather, Linhjah was missing and wasn’t responding to anyone in the Linkshell either, people had started to get worried.

“Helius, you were with Linh throughout Besieged, did you see if she went anywhere?” Tristam asked

“I thought she was here? Or at least in her Mog house...I can’t say for sure, I fell asleep just then” Helius replied

“You know you need to get yourself checked, it’s simply not healthy, speaking of which, where is Hitaru?”

On the other side of Al Zahbi a new hair dressers had opened up and Linh thought that while the group was relaxing her hair did need a touch up or two, Instead of blonde, she changed back to her original hair colour red, and tied it up at the back, although she lost a bit of the cutesy look, she was still the same old Linhjah.

“God damnit, I’m going to kill Helius when I see him, because of that useless Dark I didn’t get to see much of the action...” she pouted

Elsewhere Hitaru had setup a little show with his Automaton Sparky, this was of course rather difficult when 4 other Puppet masters were going around naming their Automaton’s the same name.

“Master, I am not one to complain, but this is slightly ridiculous. People seem to be getting confused, if it were not for you standing by my side they’d not know who to pay the money to” Sparky said

His tone of voice was very monotone, as was expected of an artificial life, his A.I was very good though as he adapted to any situation and learnt from it.

“You’re right partner, how about we go pay Ghatsad a visit, he’ll be sure to help!”

They finished the show and headed towards the Automaton workshop on the eastern side of town, closer to Whitegate.

“Guys, I’m just paying Ghatsad a visit, there’s something important I have to fix” Hitaru explained in the Linkshell

“Okie dokie Hit, have you seen Linh per chance? She’s MIA as well” Helius asked

“ ‘fraid not guys, she’s not been near me...she is after all scared of Sparky” He replied

“If you see her let us know ok” Helius told him

“Sure thing Helius” Hitaru said

As they reached the workshop Ghatsad greeted one of his best customers with open arms, as they sat down to talk about re-configuring Sparky’s name, as they went through a long list of Names, both Hitaru and Sparky found one that had a certain ring to it when said.

“It’s like that guy from Gundam” Sparky replied

“I like it too; it’s goes well with you” Hitaru Smiled

“Then I’ll work on it, it should only take around 30 seconds” Ghatsad explained

He got to work and finished pretty quick, Sparky stood up and was the same in every sense.

“Quattro?” Hitaru asked

“Yeah, this feels more right, thank you Hitaru” Quattro replied

As they thanked the shop owner and started heading back to the group, Kayleen, Darsha and Zephayra had ‘intercepted them’.

“Oh...hey guys...are you coming to Dynamis too?” Hitaru asked

“We sure are, but what makes you think that we weren’t?” Kayleen replied

Kayleen was a tall Dark Knight Elvaan, Her hair was long and came up to her tailbone, and it flowed beautifully. She had customised her armour personally due to the fact that her chest was simply too big for the standard version. It was still the traditional black and purple that a dark knight should be wearing, it was simply more revealing in aspects to give her body “more breathing room” as she called it. She had four horns that came out of her head and they gave her a sinister look, although everyone that knew her thought she was a very nice person.

“Oh, well you’re not with the rest of the gr-

“Hey, did you Upgrade Sparky?” Darsha Asked “He looks different”

Darsha was also and Elvaan, he had Silver hair that was shoulder length and parted to each side. He was a Dragoon but his wyvern wasn’t with him. His armour was a deep blue colour and resembled the legendary dragoon Kain, although Darsha also had horns coming out of his hair, there were just two compared to Kay’s four.

“No, why would you say that Darsh?” Hitaru asked shaking

“Oh no reason, Sparks just looks different” Darsha replied

“Please refrain from calling me such a common name” Quattro said

“What?! You little shit, you’re about to get mauled”

“Now now Darsha, give the little thing a break” Zephayra winked

Zephayra was a Hume from SanD’oria, her skin was pale and she could never seem to get a tan, her hair was just shorter than Kayleen’s and only reached her mid back, it was jet black and silky smooth, if anything Zephayra prided herself upon, it was her hair first and being a Paladin that can tank anything second. Her armour was pure white with gold gems embedded here and there. The three of them didn’t carry weapons around in town due to an accident that happened a while back.

“My apologies Zeph, I don’t know what came over me” Darsh smirked

“Oh screw it I’ll grab the Taru and You Dismember the puppet” Kayleen responded

A demonic glow was coming from her eyes and it seemed to have spread to the other two as well. Kay held Hitaru down Darsha and Zeph went after Quattro, who had of course just upgraded his crossbow. As they tore the poor defenceless puppet apart they each took a piece of the remains and placed it on their being.

“This keeps the Sun off me” Zeph giggled

“I want your hat” Kay replied

“Yeah well I have his head!” Darsha laughed “ this will make an awesome rain cover”

As Hitaru stood there helpless a small tear dripped down his face, he had just fixed Quattro prior to besieged as they had already dismembered him before. It took Hit a good half an hour last time, but the damage didn’t look too bad

“Well we’ll see you with the group, if you want his parts back be a good little fatty and stay quite”

The three of them ran off to where everyone else was gathered and Hitaru slowly dusted himself off and walked towards the group, he couldn’t retaliate simply because it was those three that allowed him to get this far and well known.

Back where everyone had started to gather a giant Galka sat on the ground while a Hume stood next to him leaning on his shoulders. Justin Parker stood there relaxing in the heat, his Gallant armour was heavy and he sipped on some Pamama au lait whilst waiting for the others to arrive. A small group of admirers had surrounded this Hume with dark brown hair of about chin length that was neatly parted at each side. Ladies couldn’t help but be attracted to him and there were some other figures there too. He paid them no mind of course, he was going over strategy in his head of how not to get Knocked out in the upcoming event.

Tim on the other hand was a giant, he was very tall even for Galka standards and could swing his fists pretty quick too, the only problem he has was actually being able to do sufficient damage, Tim wasn’t the best monk but seeing as he was friends with everyone they would go out of their way o help him out, currently he was wearing eastern gear that alot of monks would wear at the starting stages. He couldn’t help this of course as he would be very busy with other things.

“Hey, how long are you planning on using me as a leaning post JP?” He asked

“Hmmm?” Justin replied “Sorry, I must have zoned out whilst thinking about Dynamis”

“Yeah, I hope we get some of the Melee set from it, I’m in desperate need of an upgrade” Tim joked

The group was slowly gathering and the plan was to go to Dynamis-Xarcabard, one of the hardest areas of Vana’diel where groups would battle the Dynamis Lord. The group would have to defeat the ruler of the realm to be able to further their knowledge and equipment.

Dynamis is a part of the world that shows Adventurers what it would be like if the Beastmen Horde had actually won the Crystal war. To enter Dynamis each member entering the area must have a Timeless hourglass which changes into a Perpetual hourglass after going to the right spot in the normal area and holding it in front of trail markings. The adventurers then have one hour to clear the zone, additional time is offered by the Dynamis Lord if
certain conditions are met.

“I wonder where everyone is...” An Elvaan sighed

He stood there trying to stay warm in the Icy northlands waiting for the rest of the team to arrive. His feathered hat tilted down to hide his face. Undead and ghosts walked this land, it wasn’t safe for new adventurers. This one Elvaan however had some bad luck when it came to getting people killed and death seemed to follow him closely.

“WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!?” He shouted into the distance

Only an echo replied to him, as the undead rose to attention, you could just barely make out a cringe on his face, he could most likely win, but just how many of monsters were there. As he drew his blade and took his stance, he was shaking and not because it was cold.

“God damn it, this always happens to me...where are you guys?” he thought to himself

A group of four skeletons and a ghost were the first to find him, their eyes glowed as they found their prey.

“Shit, this isn’t how it was meant to be, where is Hitaru or anyone” He panicked

He started to chant, and a cold drop of sweat ran down his cheek and dripped off of his chin, before he knew it he was surrounded and they were closing in from all directions.

“I thought I learnt how to cast faster...this isn’t going to be pretty”

“psst...Kay, isn’t this where we jump in?” A voice asked

“Nah, let him take a few beatings” She replied

“Guys, the monsters are scattering” another voice replied “It’s over already, haha”

“Well then I guess we better get him up before the others get here”

“I’ll do it in my new hat”

As they walked over to where the Elvaan had fallen Kayleen couldn’t help but to have a huge smile on her face. As Zephayra started to chant the spell to raise him, Darsha had decided to sit on his body with Soryu his Wyvern. As Zephayra finished her casting the Elvaan still simply lay there struggling for breathe.

“get...off...me” he struggled

“You’re such a bore” Darsha replied

As the Elvaan got up and dusted himself off, his hat still tipped so his face was hidden he let out a small sigh, but it didn’t escape any of their ears.
They unsheathed their weapons and pointed them at him.

“You’re so ungrateful you know that” Kayleen said angrily

“Are you kidding me!” he replied “You guys watched me die”

“Dude, you bought it upon yourself to go shout” Darsha laughed

“It’s your fault” Zephayra added “I shouldn’t have raised him”

The Elvaan stood there, and still hadn’t sheathed his sword either his armour covered in snow. As the group slowly started to arrive he gained some reassurance that things would be ok. And sheathed his weapons.

“He really thought we were going to attack him...didn’t he” Darsha sulked

“Yeah, that’s Khidir for you, the stupid whiner” Kay replied

“Why did I raise him” Zephayra pouted

Hitaru was next on the scene and held the only piece of his automaton that he could, the left leg. He couldn’t help but to tear up slightly when he saw his puppet’s body parts on his comrades.

“Oh look, it’s the fatty” Kay smirked

“Give...it...back” Hitaru croaked

As they all looked at each other and laughed, Hitaru couldn’t help but to burst into tears, as the three of them scurried to put back the puppet just to avoid any further monsters noticing them they presented it to him with a bow on top of his head. As he sniffled and wiped his eyes a smile started to grow on his face, but not before Kayleen could grab the fixed Automaton and put her scythe to its neck.

“Now be a good little fatty and stop creating attention” she said

All he could do was nod and brush away the tears whilst waiting for the others to arrive. Of course Khidir used this as time to try and plan a getaway but due to being weakened the minute he moved a ghost would simply knock him out again.

Back in Whitegate the group was on a search for Linhjah who still hadn’t been found.

“Has anyone seen Linhjah?” Tristam asked “We need to meet the guys in Xarcbard pretty soon”

“I’m here Trist, I just had to get a new look” Linh replied

As she walked passed Tristam could barely recognize her, if it wasn’t for her voice he would be completely stumped. Someone who was more confused was of course Linhjahs husband Methodtsi, who couldn’t keep his eyes of his wife. His jaw had dropped and he couldn’t help but drool.

“Method, that’s rather disgusting honey you’re letting everyone know how old you are” She sighed

Linhjah had gotten a new haircut, she dyed her hair from blonde to red and instead of keeping it in two pigtails had made her hair part in the middle and tied it up in the back. It suited her well and alot of the Taru’s couldn’t help but to stare.

“Well then, let’s all get to where Kay and everyone are, I want to stab someone” Linh replied

As the group made their way to Xarcabard and joined the other members already waiting, groups were sorted out and everyone received a perpetual hourglass, it was time to get serious and everyone knew their job and what had to be done, Dynamis was about to begin.

End​

:: I'm so sorry about not putting this out sooner, I just got around to finishing it, I personaly blame real life issues and other issues that I had with stuff, this was mainly put out because I got my writing enthusiasm back =D. I should be getting the Dynamis chapter up soon. Also I want feedback, I tried to be funny...I hope you guys laugh...or I'll cry.::