Mm=Mysterious man

No nightmares this time, you yawn and stretch out. The skyline is on fire with the warm colors of the sunrise. You can hear the faint sound of splashing coming from the lake. You check your robe and it looks exactly like it used to. You walk out to the lake and see Vi washing up. She heads the water through her hair. Her back is turned to you but her perfect hourglass shape still shines. You rub the back of your neck and feel a warm heat on your cheeks. You decide to go hunting for food, you count your kunais and set out towards the forest.

You track down some fresh deer prints and jump into a tree. You see a doe walkung through a clearing. Your about to throw a kunai when its baby walks about behund it. You put your kunai away and decide to hunt something else

After tracking another deer for several minutes just as your about to throw the kunai an arrow shoots out of the bushes and hits the deer. Vi walks out of the bushes her hood is down exposing her flowing brown hair.

V: Huh didnt know you were hunting the same deer as me.

You pick the deer up and begin to walk back towards camp.

V: So did you see what I did woth ylur robe?

Y/n: Yeah I sure did you did really nice on repairing it.

V: Well thanks.

As you keep walking everything in the forest goes silent. The birds singing stops, the clouds get grey and it starts raining. You see a dark shadow walking towards you guys.

K: You guys are a really pain in my ass you know that right.

Before you have time to react before Kondor rushes you. He brings his sword down slicing through your mask and breaking it. You feel it cut down your face and it damage your eye. You feel to the ground feeling the blood pour from the wound. He lifts you up off of the ground and grabs your throat choking you. You struggle to breath and the vision begins to fade in your one eye.

Vi rushs him and punches him in the side. He staggers and turns his attention to her. He's about to punch her when a battle cry booms through the forest. A massive man walks out of the forest blue flames come out of a skulled mask. He draws a huge battle ax and hits Kondor with it. Kondor flies into the ground. He keeps getting pummeled over and over and over until Kondor quits moving.

The man moves over to you and slings you over his shoulder and Vi walks with him.

V: Where are you taking him.

Mm: Dont worry love I just need to bring him back to the village and treat his wounds.

Your vision blacks out and you fall into a very deep sleep.

*Several days later*

You come to in a dimly lit shack and hear a fire crackling. You sit upright and hear Vi talking outside with someone. Vi enters the cabin and you can see several scratches on her face and a bruise on her neck. She lets out a sigh of relief and walks over to you. She gives you a hug.

V: I'm glad you're ok.

Y/n: Why are you hugging me?

V: Cause were freinds, have you not been hugged before?

You take your head no and Vi stares at you. Almost like shes trying to process what she heard.

V: Not even by your parents?

Y/n: My clan is warriors and assassins, were trained not to love. Loving someone makes you weak in my clan.

V: Well loving someone in the Fox Clan is said to make you stronger. Gives you something to protect and be strong for.

Love, youve never expirenced it before, but youve seen people love each other before. Youve read of it, heard people speak of it. But you've never felt love before or felt someone love you. You decide to go for a walk and ponder what Vi said.

You stand up, a bit wobbly and walk out of the cabin. Your eye throbs and your still trying to adjust to only having vision in one eye. You walk past a shimmering lake and sit down. You sit down and observe yourself in the crystal clear water.

You think to yourself, 'ive lived my whole life a warrior without freinds and without love.' You feel a tear roll down your cheek. You try to wipe it away but they keep coming back. You hear footsteps behund you and someone sits next to you.

V: Hey are you ok?

Y/n: No, I dont feel human. I see what everyone else has, their feelings, their love. I was denied that from the second I was born. I'm angry that my clan would take such a big chunk of my humanity away.

You start to sob, your whole life you spent trying to live up to your clans expectations. The past 17 years of your life has been wasted trying to live up to what the clan wanted. Vi leans over and and wraps you in a hug, you feel yourself melt into the hug. You cant explain why, but it makes you feel happy.

You pull away and wipe the tears from your eye. You suddenly hear someone yell for you guys.

Mm: Come here we need to talk.

You both walk over to what he stands. Only now do you realize how tall he is. About 7 foot and pure muscle.

Mm: I hear your looking for Drift.

Y/n: Um yes we are.

Mm: I havent seen him in forever, the last time I seen him was the last time we fought back Perfect Shadow.

V: Who is Perfect Shadow?

The man rubs is blue beard and he leads you into one of the huts. You see a wall filled with paintings depicting a huge battle. Drift and Fade fighting side by side. And on the other side a army of the dead, a man in all black with white horns and white accents all over his cloak.

Mm: I fought in that war, that Perfect Shadow and his right hand man Kondor were nasty ones. Perfect Shadow controls the underworld, Kondor is just his tool he uses to eliminate threats. Kondor is merely a manifestation of Perfect Shadows will.

Y/n: Thats why Kondor is after us...

Mm: He wouldn't be after you guys for nothing. You must have some crazy power that scares Perfect Shadow.

V: But do you know where Drift is?

Mm: Yes I do in fact. Hes on an island just east of here. Youll.know cause you can feel the energy radiate off of the island.

Y/n: Thanks for the info Sir.

Mm: Any time, and please call me Ragnarok. Oh yeah and there is always a boat docked there just take it your gonna need it.

You and Vi start heading east near the coast. And while walking Vi turns around.

V: Isnt it exciting were finally gonna be able to finish our training.

Y/n: Yeah it is.

You stand freely on the cliff over looking a river. You faintly feel the wind rush and the smell of rain fills the air. A tiny water droplet falls into your hair and thunder rolls in the distance. The weather goes from perfect to rainy and gloomy in an instant.

This is diffrent from the other storm, the weather feels... Alive, angry almost. The clouds turn a blackish color and the sky looks like a boiling pot of soup. A sense of dread builds in your stomach and Vi is trembling. Everything just feels evil.

The shadows begin to pull away from a tree lining and it takes a shape. The man with the white horns. Perfect Shadow. His evil presence silences the forest even the wind itself.

Ps: Hello there children.

Lighting cracks through the sky and you blood curdles just looking at him. He is way more powerful than Kondor and you know it.

Ps: I am going to have to ask you to abandon this stupid journey.

Y/n- But why?

Ps: Because you both are a threat to my power, if you reach Apollo your strength will only increase. So we can do this easy way, or I can dismember you.

V: Not until we kill Kondor.

Ps: Please, my son Kondor is worthless, a mere fool. He's nothing more than a tool to me.

You grab Vi's hand and get close to her ear.

Y/n: Hold on tight to me were gonna jump off the cliff.

V: What are you crazy?

You clutch her hand and mouth the words, 1 2 3. You take off running to the edge of the cliff, you hear Perfect Shadow try to catch you but you already cleared the edge. Vi clutches onto you her nails digging into your neck drawing blood. You hit the water at breakneck speeds and the current of the river ferociously tosses you about. You just hold on and prepare for the worse.