Izumi~
I walked through the city surrounding the legendary Deava in a daze. It seemed like the city was oddly empty for being in such a safe location. I managed to find my way though...
My first glimpse of Deava took my breathe away. It was better then I'd imagined, but also...not. It had some buildings that were modern, high-tech and others looked like crumbling ruins, built thousands of years ago.
But one thing was for certain, it was huge!
"Cool. Now what?" I sighed, feeling over whelmed.
"Hey, are you lost?"
I glanced up the road, another girl was walking down the street. She, like me carrying a small bag.
She smiled. "You are aren't you? Are you new? That makes two of us! I'm Aizis."
"Hey. I'm Izumi." Aizis stoped next to me, taking in the view.
"Well, lets go."
"What?" I said taken aback. "Do you know where we're suposed to be?"
"Nope, but we can ask around."
"I-i guess." I said, uncomfortable. Damn! I'd lost my chance to explore...maybe i can still get aWay.
"Lets go!" She grabed my arm and pulled me along behind her.
Noooo...
..............
Well, so much for my plan to find the dorms before orientation. We were so lost.
"Lets try this way!" Aizis said turning down a crumbling old coridor.
"You know what? You go that way, I'll find my own way thanks." I am so done with this!
"Are you sure? You're bound to get lost.."
"WE'RE ALREADY LOST! I wouldn't have done any worse if I were alone!" I yelled, exasperated.
"Yeah...we are aren't we? Sorry, just thought you'd like some company on your first day. It's not like they told us where to go, or even sent a greeting party!"
Oops. I hope i didn't come off as too much of a bitch...probably too late though. "Ooh, sorry. I didn't mean to sound so stand offish, i gues I'm just no good at this hole 'lets work together!' thing they preach-"
"THREE ARRRRRRRRRROWS."
"What the?" Aizis said and looked arround.
"I have no-"
"THREE ARROWS TOGETHER ARE STONGER THAN ONE ALONE!" A crazy looking man in a dress came running down the hall at us.
"AAAAAAAAHHH!" We lept back as he pulled up in front of us. DUDE! he had some hairy ass legs!
"TWO PEOPLE MUST LEAN ON EACH OTHER!" He yelled, grabing my shoulders and shaking the hell outta me.
"AIZIS!" I yelled.
"RUN!" She responded and yanked me out of his grip. We took off down the hall. I looked back.
"DUDE! HES CHASING US!" I said franticly.
"HITO! EMPTINESS! AQUARION!" He yelled at us.
"RUN FASTER!" Aizis said. We ran awhile, eventually turning into a more modern looking hall and nearly crashed into this tall brown haired guy.
"Wow! Whats the rush?" He asked.
"Theres....theres..." I gasped, trying to catch my breath.
"This old man, chasing us. In a dress!" Aizis exclaimed, glancing fearfully back. He was gone.
"A.....dress?" The guy asked.
"Yeah...th-that dress!" I said poiting at this creepy ass chic in a wheel chair behind him.
"Huh?" He looked back. "Oh, he's cosplaying already, huh? Don't worry, that was just Old Man Fudo, the Captain."
"Captain Fudo?" Aizis and I both asked. But, he was a legend! Not a...
"He's gotten a bit...crazier. You'll learn to avoid him! You guys are here for orientation? Cool, glad you managed to find your way, its right through here," He said opening a door to his left. Voices drifted out.
"Thanks!" Aizis said cheerfully. I nodded my thanks and went in. I heard Aizis's voice behind me. "So whos that? The girl in the chair looking at us?"
"Who? Oh thats Reina. Our expert on the Holy Book of Genisis. And shes not looking at us, Shes blind."
Oi. This is going to be a long day.
..............
The procter called my mentor's name, Caleb, like four times before he got off his ass. And when he came up he just stood there checking me out!
"You can stop sizing me up now, thanks." I snaped.
"Sizing you up? Sorry to break it to you, but theres not much there to size up!" He said, responding to my tone.
"Ass." I mummbled.
"Excuse me? I didn't quite catch that."
"Izumi, Caleb. Take your seats!" the procter snaped. We were forced through a history leasson, detailing the events of 24,000 years ago(the original story of Appolonius and Celiane), 12,000 years ago(the story of the first successfull Deava team), and again, just a few years ago, when the Shadow Angels rose once again. All of them were cloned, from a single feather...human stupidity at it's greatest.
Eventualy we found ourselves in the outdoor trainng area, Caleb was actually doing his job and showing me arround, which suprised me. We'd been through most of the compound already.
"Well, heres the track and stuff, obviously. We do sparing and shit in that building over there," he gestered to an old one with a huge stained glass window, "And theres a swimming pool too."
"Swiming pool? We don't have to actually swim to we?" I asked with a sinking feeling.
"No, we throw newbies in to feed our sharks." he said sarcasticly, "Duh! How'd you come to that briliant deduction?"
I felt the air arround me charge with static. "Shut up."
He shook his head. "Really, asking stupid questions like that! Are oyu sure you belong here?"
"What, and you've never asked a stupid question before?"
"I try not to no."
"God, that just sounds conceited." I glared at him, then something suddenly dawned on me. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SHIRT?"
He glanced down. "What shirt?"
"You didn't wear a shirt!?"
"You just noticed?" He rolled his eyes. "Jeezus, you're as stupid as they come aren't you?"
"STUPID!? Hey, watch your mouth you little-"
"HITO!"
"GAH!" Caleb and I both yelled and scrambled backwards. Fudo had suddenly poped up right between us, waaaay too close for comfort. "NO WAY!" Caleb yelled, covering his forehead with his hands, "Not again!"
Fudo turned to me. "Three arrows!"
"HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU GONNA TELL THAT STUPID PROVERB TO ME?" I yelled.
Fudo bent down and picked a few wild flowers. "Whats he doing?" I asked, mystified.
"Probably seting up some kinda trick. Hes like some kind of magician or something." Caleb said, "And old as hell, so basicaly, hes probably senile!"
"How do you know that?"
"Read it some where." He said crypticly.
"Would it kill you to-" All of a sudden, Fudo flicked his hand and the flowers turned into arrows - point first, and uncomfortably close to my face. "Aaaah! C-caleb!"
"Back away. Slowly." He said. I took a step back.
"BUT EVEN THREE ARROWS CAN BREAK!" Fudo snaped them in half, showering me with splinters.
"RUN!" Caleb yelled, and we bolted, headed back towards the Vector hangers.
"AQUARION!" Fudo yelled after us.
What is that!? I've heard about it in stories, but what does that have to do with us?
Who knows. I wonder how Aizis is doing?
.......(^v^)..........
And i like alot of dialouge when i write! especially if theres no action happening yet. And i do get nervous making dialogue for characters i haven't used yet, so let me know if there's anything I had Aizus or Caleb do or say that you want me to change!
