39 Chapter 33 - "Complicated Situations" (1/2)
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Furuta : ”Come out! Come out! Wherever you are!”
The man was bunny hopping like a child through the forest and kept saying to come out to someone who he couldn't see.
A woman revealed herself from behind a tree. She was smoking a cigarette. Well dressed… A suit. There was no doubt, it was her.
Tessa : ”Oi, weirdo.”
Furuta : ”Hmm… It's nice to see you again.”
The weird attitude of Furuta just disappeared like ash being blown away by a breeze. He shifted quickly into a normal personality and looked at her.
Inspecting her body, he noticed she wasn't looking that bad what so ever. Instead, she had a few very, very cute features. Her hair was quite nice, and so were her sky blue eyes.
Tessa : ”So, 'sup? How's the mission goin'?”
Furuta : ”Jens and his team are currently approaching the Sanctuary. I've to wait, sadly. But the Clowns of V will attack the Village very soon. The Guardian of the Barrier will cause problems as well—”
Tessa : ”You nearly killed Legend, didn't ya?”
Furuta : ”Hmh? Well, of course. That insect forgot his place way too fast.”
The woman in the suit inhaled the cigarette and breathed out. She ticked the cig with her finger and the ash fell on the ground.
Tessa : ”Ya do realize that those people are very important for me, right?”
Furuta : ”Of course my excellency.”
Tessa : ”They're the key to our success. They'll be the key to killing Jens, and tearing this world apart.”
Furuta : ”I understand my excellency.”
She sighed.
Tessa : ”Nimura, Furuta Washuu, Tell me, why are you so afraid of me? You're one of the strongest individuals on This earth. So why would you be afraid of such a pathetic being as me?”
Furuta : ”Pathetic? I don't find you pathetic what so ever.”
He shrugged and brushed his hair with his hand. Tessa looked at him with full disgust on his face and responded immediately.
Tessa : ”Stop. Answer my question ya idiot.”
Furuta : ”Because… You know how to kill whoever you approach.”
Tessa : ”Hmm, It seems ya didn't forget ya place, Filthy Washuu.”
Furuta : ”Filthy? Why would you call me something like that? If my memories are in tact, I'm pretty sure you're the one that started most of this, and you call me filthy? That's quite disrespectful. Don't you think that's wrong? Aren't you a little bit ashamed of saying that? It sure is wrong, because it's wrong!”
Tessa : ”Whatever ya want. Do not fail. I'll be leaving for a while, you better succeed.”
She turned around and walked away.
Furuta took a breath and exhaled. The pressure of standing near Tessa Fortune was intense.
Dark skin tone, light green hair, red eyes, wears an outfit which is dedicated for warm or summer weather, it was Emerald Sustrai.
Light skin tone, black hair, orange eyes, wears a nice, beautiful, elegant red dress which represents her position, it was Cinder Fall.
Furuta : ”Glad you're available.”
Cinder : ”What is the matter, Furuta?”
The two of them bowed before the Washuu King. Soon after, Furuta put on a disgusted facial expression and screamed.
Furuta : ”Did you forgot your position? You're the Fall Maiden! Raise your head, don't act so noble, I beg you.”
She looked at him, and stood up, Emerald remained bowing before him.
Emerald : ”You summoned us. The Blood Cloud is at the moment not busy what so ever, so there must be something very important, right?”
Furuta nodded.
Furuta : ”Jens will be taking the Trials of the Sanctuary today. However, the two of you will cause internal problems from outside the Sanctuary. Do not kill the Witch, Emilia. I don't really care about the others. You can kill Melissa if you want, but I doubt you're able to do so.”
Cinder : ”Melissa? Is she still alive? I thought you destroyed her.”
Furuta : ”I did. But thanks to the Powers of Eden, which she possesses, she isn't able to die from wounds like those. The only way to destroy her is destroying her Aura, shatter her Od, and rip the heart out of her.”
Both Cinder and Emerald widened their eyes.
Emerald : ”In that case, shouldn't we summon greater soldier? I mean, what the hell am I doing here? Can't we summon Adam? Neo? Noelle or Ash?”
Furuta : ”Nya Nya! You forgot something very important! Neo is currently in a fatal position, so let's not worry 'bout her too much.”
Cinder : ”What?”
Confused, Cinder questioned what he meant with that.
Furuta : ”She's currently fighting the Spring Maiden, Raven and Qrow Branwen.”
Cinder : ”Where? Why don't I know any of this? Did you forget that I am the one that should carry the powers of the Maiden? It's what she told us to do. After all, she doesn't fail.”
Furuta : ”Perhaps, but Spring isn't our priority now.”
He shrugged and put a wicked smile on his face.
Furuta : ”Adam is currently unnecessary, he wouldn't be that beneficial for this situation. As for the other two, Noelle and Ash, they're supposed to remain a secret. Nobody knows about them, especially not about Noelle, she should remain a secret until a certain condition is met.”
Emerald looked very confused.
Furuta : ”But you, my dear Emerald, thanks to your Semblance, will cause major incidents in the Emilia Camp. None of the others can do that.”
Cinder : ”Also, remember the fact that if we release Noelle, there is no going back.”
Furuta nodded.
Furuta : ”Exactly. So now, lets discuss what we'll do.”
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Running through the forest, the group follows a path made of stone, which lead their way to the Sanctuary.
Jens was ahead of everyone, Emilia, Otto, Melissa, Ram and Weiss followed him. They were almost at the Sanctuary, until they heard a sound.
Otto : ”Guys.”
He, Otto Suwen, stopped running and had drawn the attention of everyone. Everyone walked a little bit back and looked at Otto.
Without saying anything, he pointed at a sign. There were runes carved on it. Jens wasn't able to read them, before Jens could ask what it said, Melissa already said,
Melissa : ”The Sanctuary.”
Otto : ”We are very close. We are very close, let's keep moving forward!”
Jens nodded, and like that, they kept running again.
After at least five minutes, the group arrived at a village. However, the village was completely surrounded by a barrier. It was transparent, but the outline of the barrier was visible because of the light of the sun.
Jens : ”So this is… The Sanctuary.”
Melissa : ”It appears to be the—”
Interrupted, a scream was able to be heard behind them. It was a female scream, a familiar one as well.
??? : ”JENS!”
The group turned around, it was…
Lisa : ”Thank god, you haven't entered yet.”
Tattletale approached the group, and behind her, there was Nathan and Yang.
Jens : ”Li… Tattletale! What happened? Where are Sapphire and Lethias?”
Lisa : ”We dealt with them. Well, especially Yang. She did most of it, I just protected the area against the Wardens.”
Jens : ”W-What?”
Nathan : ”During the fight, Tattletale abandoned us. At least, that's what I thought. In actuality, she left the Village, and created an anti teleportation barrier, so no Warden or Warrior would interfere with the battle.”
Lisa nodded.
Jens : ”Amazing! Great work!”
Yang : ”We need to hurry. Though, is it even a good idea to enter this… Barrier?”
With the sudden suggestion of Yang, everyone remained silent. Jens looked confused at Yang and so did the others.
Jens : ”What are you talking about Yang?”
Ram : ”She's right. Are you sure about this Jens? The Half Humans who enter cannot leave the Barrier.”
Jens : ”So? No—”
Suddenly, he realized. Emilia is a Half Elf.
Emilia : ”I…”
Jens : ”You don't have to enter. I'll take the trials!”
Weiss : ”Are you crazy? Only Halves have succeeded in taking the trial Jens! Who knows if you will even return Alive?”
Nathan : ”Do we have a choice though?”
Lisa : ”Technically, we do. If Emilia enters, she could potentially succeed the trials within a few hours, and reactive the Barrier. However, without Emilia near us, it would reduce a great amount of power within our group.”
Ram : ”Jens, I do not like this girl, but she's right. Emilia cannot enter the Sanctuary Grounds. You have to do it.”
Otto : ”B-But… What if Jens doesn't return?”
Lisa : ”Then we'll make him return.”
Lisa walked towards Jens and grabbed his shoulders.
Lisa : ”Listen, Jens. The woman inside the Tomb of the Sanctuary, the Witch of Greed, Echidna. She's a master manipulator. She's a Thinker Level 9, at the very least. The highest rating a human being can reach. She'll do whatever it take to gain information from you, understood?”
Jens : ”W-Who is that woman, Echinda?”
Lisa : ”I just told you, the Witch of Greed. She's the one that you'll have to face to succeed the Trials.”