Blaze

Chapter 16-A New Look

After two weeks of solid training and waiting, Blaze left the forest to get her outfit that should have been completed. She made her way into the city at the same time she had come two weeks ago. She found the dark alleyway where the small store was located. Blaze opened the door and walked inside. She saw that the store had no people in it just like last time she was there.

The Chinese man came out from the back storage room holding the outfit he had custom made for Blaze. "Try it on, there are changing rooms to our left." "Thank you." Blaze took the outfit and walked to the changing rooms. She tried on her new outfit and it fit her perfectly. The outfit was form fitting on her body and was very easy to move in. It was a black long sleeved trench coat styled jacket that flared out at the bottom to form a tip. The long sleeves came to a point on the back of her hands. The trench coat styled jacket was outlined in a golden yellow color that reminded Blaze of her lightning powers. Underneath the coat the man had made a black long sleeved shirt and form fitting black pants to match, a black belt went with it as well. The Chinese man had also made black healed boots that came up to a point just below her knees.

The outfit was exactly what Blaze was looking for. Blaze walked out from the changing rooms and she approached the Chinese man who looked at her and smiled. "It looks perfect on you! I hope it's what you were looking for." Blaze nodded. "Yes it is, it's perfect." "Good, now you must pay." He walked over to the register and Blaze followed him to the counter then she payed him for the outfit with the money that she had worked for when Chris was alive.

Once the outfit was paid for Blaze turned and noticed weapons in the store that were in a glass case. There were lots of swords and knives along with a few other things. Blaze walked up to the weapons and stopped to look at them. The man walked over to Blaze and looked down at the weapons as well. "That knife was brought here after a fire broke out in a village." He pointed to a small silver knife that had burn markings on it. "What village?" Blaze asked. "I'm not sure what the name of it was, but I do know that it burned down killing everyone in the village with it." "That's a shame." The man nodded. "It's all burnt down and in ruins now, I'm not sure there's much of anything left." The man shrugged. "But since the village burned down and no one knows how, there are many suspicions and legends about what had happened, no one knows for sure what's true and what's not. I've been meaning to go take a look at it but I haven't got around to it yet." The man sighed. "One of these days I'll venture out there when my shop isn't busy, but you know it's busy here everyday at every time." Blaze didn't believe a word he said since the store had been completely empty every time she had come in so she ignored that last part of what he said. "Where is the village at?" Blaze asked. "It's quite a ways from here, I can give you a map if you're interested in going there." The man offered. "Yes, please." "Alright one second." The man walked off to the back storage room.

Blaze waited a few minutes then the man came back out holding a large paper. He handed it to Blaze and she saw it was a map. "This is where we are." He pointed to a location on the map in the city. "You will have to travel quite a ways to reach the remains of the village." He pointed to another location on the map that was far away from the city and on the other side of the forest where she lived. "It should be somewhere around there, on the opposite side of the forest." Blaze nodded in understanding. "Thank you." "You're welcome. Good luck and let me know what you find." "I will." Blaze said before turning to leave. "Oh and I recommend you get a horse and ride there since it's so far away. Also you should go in the morning when it's light out, it can be dangerous traveling through forests at night." The man warned. "Alright." Blaze said before leaving. However, she was not waiting until morning. She couldn't hardly sleep at all since Flame had visited her, so she had nothing to do all night except training for Flame to come, and she had no idea when he was planning on returning. This visit to the village would be a bit of a break from her constant training all day and night. So she went straight into the forest and started her way towards the opposite side.