Itazuki woke up being violently shook. His eyes fluttered and everything was first blurry then it became focused and Maverick was his entire field of vision. Maverick was too close. He glanced away quickly looking around the room. It was covered in rubble. Splotches of blood stained the floor. Otsu was gone.
“You’re alive?” Itazuki said with a brittle voice. He couldn’t believe his friend wasn’t dead. He needed Maverick though he wouldn’t admit it.
“Well duh! Are you gonna cry, Ita?”
Itazuki scoffed, “No. “
“Yeah you were. You missed me, huh.” Maverick said mockingly.
“No I wasn’t but how did you survive?”
“Oh like big baldy shark-man could take me down.” Maverick wobbled his head side to side as he spoke. He stopped with a smile.
“Ok? So why did he defeat you?”
Maverick inhaled deeply, “I wouldn’t call it defeat I just let him get close.”
Itazuki raised an eyebrow. He missed the way Maverick brightened up the darkest of situations. “To get close, why?”
“Ah Ita, you ask too many questions. But to get this.” Maverick pulled out of his pocket the black orb Karatsu carried on his strap.
“Yep, Karatsu didn’t even see me snatch it. I haven’t lost my touch after all these years.” Maverick grinned eyes prideful over his sneaky feat.
“But what If I died? Karatsu did come here to kill me.”
“Uhhh, I didn’t plan that far.” Maverick said rubbing a hand through his blond hair.
“You idiot. If it wasn’t for Chishiro I would have been dead.”
Maverick forced a chuckle. “Well Um, I think it worked out all good and dandy. I did save you after all.”
“No you didn’t.”
“Well I found a way for us to get back to Ethereal. Wait, why do we have to go back there anyway besides Chishiro?”
“Cause a girl I love is there. Chishiro took her.”
Maverick’s eyes grew wide. “Wait.”
“What?”
“You have a girlfriend.” Maverick chuckled.
“Um not really a girlfriend.”
“Ok, then what?”
“It’s hard to describe.”
“Then why save her?”
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The Sword of Darkness
ActionRylan had his heart torn away when his love was taken and brought to another planet. But could he really love her? Could he face the demons he had let loose in an effort to save her. But was saving one girl worth sacrificing who you are as a person...
