Mio Uchibyashi
"H-Hey! Itami!" she said after noticing that someone left the room. "I'm sorry that I will need to leave you but..." she said and dashed out of the room, chasing Itami "W-Wait, where are you going?" she asked him as she caught him for the hand
"Arthur.." Alice said in a small voice once she had finished coughing, Her lungs were in agony, literally on fire. Bitting the end oft he bandage on one hand she started unwrapping it. "Are you.. okay...?" She asked Farron just realising she was there "How... are we alive..?" Her voice was raspy and sandy
She shook her head "Not sure" She said, as cold as ever. she really didn't know, were they brought here? She remembered falling asleep, finally... it wouldve been so peaceful to just sleep on, yet she got woken from that very sleep once more. was this the second time she had been woken up from practically being dead? some people would call that lucky, wouldnt they?
Álice nodded. "About the deal.. We made" she spoke with difficulty "i will give you anything that is in my power and am forever in debt to you" she said the sentence without coughing or stuttering.
She slowly nodded. thats right, they had a deal standing, and though they didnt make it out unhurt, they made it out, which was the deal. it wasnt her plan, but it was the deal...
She slowly brought her hands to the back of her head and took off the bandage around her eyes. She slowly spread apart her eyelids, but didnt really see anything. jot because everything was black, but instead it was white. A cavedwellers eyes were used to the constant darkness, as such, her pupils were huge, and not used to this light. this slowly changed however, as her eyes stilk functioned as any other, slowly displaying the color of pupil, maybe for the first time in her life
Itami fell to his knees, Why can't we protect our friends Mio? He was crying of relief that they were okay, but also because he was angry that he couldn't protect them in the first place.
"There was nothing about making it out un-hurt.. It was curing Robin, Itami and Mio.. So yeah " she said in a smile voice. From now she, Alice Milron had a master. Her life was no longer hers. And there was no going back on it.
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She fell to her kneed above him too and embraced him. "It's because we made the wrong decisions... They will get better now... We can be near them forever." she said quetly "I still hate myself for making that deal..." she said, crying on his shoulder now
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She hugged him tighther. She knew where this was going to... It would end bad if she didn't do something now... "You have enough power... If it wasn't you, we wouldn't even be here! You said not to blame myself, right? Why are you blaming yourself then? I kept my side of the promise..." she said, hugging him tighter and tighter with each sentence.
She slowly looked at Alice, her azure eyes inspecting this female next to her. So that was what Alice looked like, quite a sight to see really... Her eyes then suddenly sparkled up as she looked past Alice, towards the window, or rather outside of them. She quickly stood up from the bed, no matter how much her body protested, and went the window, looking outside and upwards. the light blue sky was hanging there abover her, just like the books had talked about! It was so beautiful! And something on her face changed, something the world hadnt seen since she went on her journey, something she had long forgotten. the corners of her mouth curled up, her eyes git filled with a pleasure as she looked at that sky she had always longed for, the sky that had been her dream forever.
Itami wanted nothing better than to wrap his arms around Mio, but he didn't, My side of the promise was to tell you how I really feel, this is how I really feel Mio...
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"But... You still tried to hide it at first, didn't you?" he continued hugging him "You should feel like that... what about the jump... We will all be waiting for you now..." she said, crying still hugging him, she didn't want to realease that hug, because she knew it might be one of the last times she would hug him "I don't know if It's love but... I feel something about you too... Just jump of these thoughts already..."
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"Of course you can... You are already strong enough..." she said after he pushed her away. She just stood in the same position, motionless, tears flowing through her face.
Itami stood and walked away, his back to Mio.I'm doing this for you, for Alice, for Robin, for Farron. I will be back and I will be stronger with that he walked out the hospital door.
She just stood on her knees, looking at his back, his steps, his determination. "But... I don't want that... You just need to be here, with us..." she said desperately. He probably didn't listen to her. She caught him once again with her hand just before he left "Atleast listen to me once... Be back soon..."
And with that Itami walked away, she just stood back, looked at him vanish... She failed once again "DAMN IT!" she screamed in desperation. She could probably be heard from the rooms inside the hospital roo. "Why I can't do nothing again... why..." she said as she fell down on her knees in front of the door, looking down. She was just losing after losing... She didn't know how much more she could handle
(...I thought I should post... But I didn't have anything to write really, so you don't need to read this:P)
Robin
As he lay in his bed, he could hear faint talking. The talking eventually plunged into nothing when he finally returned to his deep sleep. Had the dream ended? Was that really how he died?
Oh, no. There was one more piece to the twisted jigsaw.
(As carrying on from before)
Nottingham, 14th April 1194
It had been raining overnight. Fresh dew hung tightly to the tips of grass and plants. The noise of wet grass crunching was only overshadowed by the constant sound of mumbling, talking and shouting of the crowd. The deep grey sky lingered, letting the occasional rain droplets escape their grasp. It was a miserable day.
A sly, thin mist covered the surroundings. sense of unnerve was growing.
Above the crowd, on a wooden stage, was a man dressed in a brown cloak. He had an ageing face, with short, white hair and a small beard. He was smiling with delight. It was a crooked smile. He was a crooked man.
"I'm sure you all know why we are gathered here today..." He began.
Upon his words, the crowd erupted into voice again. Rumours and whispers quickly travelled like electricity across computer circuits. They were different from the man though. They didn't have warm clothes like him; they were mostly dressed in dirty, tarnished cloth and fabrics. Yes, that's right: they were the mistreated population - he was the man who peered down on them from the top of the hierarchy.
Behind the stage was a castle - Nottingham Castle. A grand, stone structure. The place where the corrupt and evil hid away. Greedy, selfish noblemen who ran the county like a tyranny. The suffering population? Nothing more than livestock. The man spoke again.
"Yes, today we are all here to behold the death of a despicable traitor and outlaw. A man... who is nothing more than a petty thief!"
The crowd quietened... Some were crying, others looked on in disbelief. Was this really happening?
A castle bell rung. It was loud, although it was difficult to know what it was signifying. After that... silence. Even the cattle had stopped making noise.
Tension was rising.
In the middle of the stage there were two wooden beams standing vertically. Attached to those was another that ran horizontally, joining them up. Rain droplets fell from this beam, and there was a rope that hung down also. Behind this were four Knights, hiding their faces with armour.
"Now, let us take a look... Let us see the fate of a criminal!" The man in the brown cloak walked smugly. He walked over to the rope, and the man who was constrained within it. He yanked the hood from the cloak... the licoln green hood.
Under the hood? A broken, hopeless man. He had brown hair and vivid green eyes, almost the same colour as his cloak. He seemed... emotionless. He breathed slowly, and as he exhaled his breathe turned into a foggy condensation. Occasionally droplets fell from his face. Rain or tears? It was hard to tell.
"Ah yes, this is the sorry face of a failure!" In the crowd, a woman fell to her knees and started sobbing. Her name? Marion.
The end was nigh. The rope was tightened.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS...?!" The nobleman in the brown cloak shouted at the peak of his excitement.
The man in the rope smirked.
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"DO YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS...?!" The nobleman in the brown cloak shouted at the peak of his excitement.
The man in the rope smirked.
The drizzle intensified slightly. Everything would be coming to an end.
"Well then, Robin Hood, you shall now DI-..." The man was interrupted at the last second. A beautiful, petite figure clambered onto the stage.
"STOP, DONT DO IT!" She screamed desperately. It was the same girl who had fell to her knees and was sobbing moments before. It was Marion.
She confronted the man, tears were falling effortlessly from her dazzling blue eyes. She slowly and pathetically kept hitting the mans chest, while her forehead was leaning onto his shoulder. She was breaking down in front of the man who was going to kill her lover. The man in the brown cloak, the sheriff of Nottingham, sneered initially, before his mouth transformed into a grin of utter glee. Albeit a dark, distorted grin of glee.
"...And who may we have here?" He asked rhetorically, with a glint of evil in his eyes. "A lover, perhaps? Oh... Oh wow... I know who you are..." He finished quietly.
"...Marion." He stated coldly and emotionlessly. Much like someone who was about to pass judgement. Much like someone who's soul had been tainted with darkness.
The crowd fell silent. Robin didn't. "STAY AWAY FROM HER! DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HER! IF YOU DO ANYTHING, I'LL-"
"What will you do, Hood? Come and get me - I'm right here" he teased slyly, now gripping Marion and her face painfully close to his, glaring at Robin in the process.
Robin didn't need a second invitation. He sprinted at the sheriff. The rope however didn't allow this. It yanked him back mercilessly by his neck, making him let out a large grunt noise. He got up quickly, but stayed still. He couldn't do anything. He gazed into Marion's eyes helplessly.
The sheriff scoffed, "Hmph, pathetic... There is nothing I would want more that to see a pitiful scumbag like you die" He then glanced up at Robin and smirked, as if he had just thought of something. "Oh second thought - there is. ...Pass me the sword, knight" he said, gesturing for the knight behind him to hand over the blade.
"NO! NO NO NO NO! PLEASE DON'T! I'LL DO ANYTHING" Robin screamed, knowing what was coming next. Marion merely stared at him, her eyes pleading for him to save her. He couldn't.
"Oh, you will? Come and get her then..." The sheriff replied nonchalantly, using the sword to take a quick swipe at her leg. She fell onto the wooden stage, her tears flowing into the small gaps in between the planks.
"M-Marion..." Robin mumbled, unable to reach her, even though she was right in front of him. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! ITS EVIL!" He shouted at the man.
"..Please..." He requested painfully. He had no other option.
"Evil? Guess I'll see you in hell then, Hood." The sheriff took slow steps to the girl, before glancing at her pitifully on the ground. He raised the sword as high as it could go, it's tip pointing towards the floor. He stabbed it into the ground as hard as he could... He stabbed it into Marion as hard as he could.
Two screams issued. The first, a scream of a dying girl. The second? That should be obvious.
"Ah, yes. This is the fate of a so called... Hero." The sheriff finished.
Robins looked down in front of him. A deep, crimson red was flowing towards his feet. As he looked up, an endless grey filled the sky.
There had been better days.
The platform he was standing on was sharply released. Two figures remained on the stage. The first, a girl, lying calmly on the ground. The second, a man; hanging peacefully, yet unable to reach her.
(WTF?, Why does everybody make this feel so real and awesome? God , if we don't make this into an anime, book, novel, manga or whatever ASAP I'm ma be sad XD. Anyways, night everybody.)
She was still looking out the window, watching the clouds slowly drift by, the leaves sway back and forth in the wind and fields in tthe distance. This place surely did look amazing, better than she imagined it. "It's beautiful" she said softly, and surprisingly warm. This was a world she had never seen before, a world she had always longed for...
She looked at Alice. Unlike other humans, Alice was now indebted to her, forever as Alice had said. as such, she was going to stay around, right? then she would probably be the best person to ask now... heh, asking help from a human... "You said you would do anything right? Could you teach me? about this outside world?" She said, her usual sense of coldness in her voice, though something sounded a bit warmer as well.
Mio Uchibyashi
Mio entered the room, looking sad with red eyes, as if she had been crying minutes ago. She saw them looking from the window "So you finally saw it, huh?" she said softly, looking at them from behind
She turned around to look at Mio. Matching the voice from memory, she now had a face to put with it, so that was what she looked like huh? She gave a nod before returning her eyes to the outside again, though being a bit cautious. "I did indeed" She said
She kept looking at the beauty of the world outside that room, she would soon roam around in it, wouldn't she? "Could be better" She said, feeling the pain on her back
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Mio just looked from the window out, thinking about Itami... She looked at Alice and Farron from time no time "They won't leave like him... Will they?" she though as she looked at the sky, her hair slightly flying from the breeze which was showing up from time to time "If only it was always so peaceful..." she said quietly with a slight smile
She looked slightly at Mio, before returning her eyes to that beautiful sky "This is the most peaceful it's ever been" She said coldly. She didn't lie there, this was really the most peaceful it had been since forever, always surrounded by noise, violence or complaints
She slightly looked at Mio. What was this, compassion? well, it mostly got paired with violence and laughing after, so was this the same kind of trap once more? she stayed quiet, just looking at Mio, trying to find the intention behind her words
She turned her eyes back outside, watching the many things that were going on. this was the biggest open area she had ever seen. She honestly just wanted to jump out the window and roam around, but that wouldnt end too well, now would it?
She turned her eyes back to Mio. had she just read her mind? Or had she herself had just become easy to read? She just looked back and gave slight nod, slightly hesistant
Alice smiled at the exchange. Her bandages had been taken off and she was now flexing re fingers. Several nails were slightly shorter than the rest yet that was all. I guess I can cure myself, she thought without voicing it aloud. As for Farrons demand, it had taken her aback. She had been expecting something slightly more sadistic for some reason. "I would be glad, where do you want me to start? From the beggining of history? Well as far as I know, and some stuff may be incorrect yet the library should be able to fill in those blanks.. Or do you want me to start with the common age and all the technolog-" she stopped abruptly. Where was her phone? Se had had it in her hands in the cave, right? Could she have dropped it? She could get the screen replaced, and all of her and Arthur's memories had been backed up to an online storage.. Yet it was still precious and she treasured it. After all, that was the present her brother had given her two years ago on this same day..