Next day
Rimy smiles''Finally we will be there, just one more day, then we will there''.
Lio holds his injured eye and thinks'' T..this shit'
Rimy'' Are you okay?''
Lio takes away the hand and looks'' Y..yes I'm fine, so we are soon there?''
Rimy'' Yes, and are you sure you are fine?, You have used much magic in the last days''.
Lio makes a nervous smiles'' I'm fine, I can handle it'
Rimy'' Okay...''
Lio looks away, and Rimy looks with him
Some minutes later.
Rimy crossed his arms.
Lio looks at him'' Is something up?''
Rimy'' What were you doing in the forest?''
Lio'' Nothing special''
Rimy'' Sure, I could not feel your magic, and Ulne could not get a hang on you''
Lio stay quiet.
Rimy'' So what were you doing in there?''
Lio'' I was just looking at the deer monsters''
Rimy'' Sure, do you think I'm stupid?'' He gets closer to him'' What are you hiding?''
Lio'' Nothing' He gets back
Rimy'' You are hiding something''He smiles'' Are you scared that will make ulne run away?''
Lio'' Tsk, shut it'' He gets up and looks at him'' I'm not scared that he will run away''
Rimy'' Sure dude''
Lio'' Why did you have that look on your face when you talked about protecting a human?''
Rimy'' What look?''
Lio'' The look of envy''
Rimy'' I just did''
Lio'' Did you fail to protect someone?'
Rimy looks at him and looks away'' You don't need to know...Why should you care either way?''
Lio'' Well, I know how it is to lose people, and it can be good to talk about it, so you don't have to feel alone''
Rimy stays quiet and looks out. Lio looks at him.
Ulne comes up to them and looks at lio'' Is something wrong with him?''
Lio'' we're just talking''
Ulne'' Okay'
Lio'' Have you ever lost someone, Ulne?'
Ulne'' lost? like dying?'
Lio''Yes''.
Ulne'' I had lost one person...''
Lio'' Oh..I'm sorry for your loss''
Ulne' Thanks, why do you talk about that?'
Rimy looks at them.
Lio'' Well, we just talked, and I asked if he had lost someone because he had that look in his eyes when we fought'
Ulne'' Oh, okay'
Rimy gets up and walks off
Lio'' Rimy' He walks after' Wa-'' He holds his eye.
Ulne'' Lio' He runs over' W..What is wrong with your eye?''
Lio'' No..nothing..'He holds his eye, and blood comes out from the eye.
Ulne'' Yes, something is wrong''
Rimy looks at Lio'' Let me see it' He walks up to Lio.
Lio puch Rimy away
Rimy hit the ground.
Ulne'' h..hey!'He takes Lio's shoulder''S..Stop it!''
Lio looks at him'' Let go''
Ulne'' N-''
Lio' Yes!' He is doing water and smiles'' Let me kill him''
Ulne gets back and looks at Lio with anxious'' Y..you can n-''
Lio'' Yes, i wi-''.
Rimy gets up and throws him down, and Lio hits the ground'' y..you!'' He shot a fireball. Rimy blocks it and kicks him away.
Lio hit the wall and pointed magic'' y..you b..bastard'' and more blood came out from the eye.
Rimy shot ice spikes at lio hands, so it cut his hands and stop his magic.
Rimy looks at Ulne'' Are you okay?''
Ulne'' y..yes... ''.
Rimy looks at Lio'' Stop that magic Lio, it will only hurt you mo-''
An ice spike comes at Rimy, and he blocks it and looks at lio'' Yo-'' He gets anxious and gets back'' This shit''.
Ulne looks at Lio'' Lio?''
Lio gets up and laughs'' Y..You really are stupid, Rimy' He is doing strong wind and smiles.
Ulne takes the wall, and Rimy looks at him'' You really dare to fight on this? What if you break the boat?''
Lio looks at him'' I will not break the boat'' He comes at Rimy and shoots him back. Rimy hit the ground.
Ulne'' S..Stop this Lio!' He runs up to Lio and takes his shoulder'' Stop it!!''
Lio looks at him'' Get out of my way, human'' He throws Ulne down and points a water spear at him.
Ulne looks at him'' C..Come on Lio!, s..stop this!! y..you c..can not let the magic make you crazy!!''
Lio'' You thi-.'
Rimy is doing wind and blowing Lio away, and coming up running to ulne.
Ulne'' R..Rimy...''
Rimy'' That is not Lio anymore!, he will not fucking listen to you! he would have killed you!!''
Ulne looks''W..what should we do?''
Rimy gets down, and spikes fly over him'' Stay behind me, I know a thing that might work'' He gets up and runs at Lio. Lio is doing fire and punch Rimy. Rimy blocks it with his arm, so it burns him.
Lio jumps back, but Rimy takes his face and does sleeping magic. Lio falls on the ground and falls asleep.
Rimy looks at him'' W..What in h..hell are you...''.
Ulne came up to him'' Will he be fine?''
Rimy'' Yes, he will''He sits down and takes away the cover over his injured eye and looks at the eye'' Oh my''
Ulne looks at it with shooks''I..Is that because of the magic?''
Rimy stay quiet.
Ulne looks at him.
Rimy'' No, the magic would not make your eye like that, the magic would only hurt, and then if you stop using it, the wound will heal''.
Ulne'' T..Then what is that?''
Rimy'' Who knows, maybe this was why he went into the forest'
Ulne looks at lio'' W..Will he be fine? Will he be able to do his magic?'
Rimy takes Lio up'' He will be fine, and yes, he just needs to rest'' He walks over to a blanket and puts him down and looks at Ulne'' but for now, he needs to rest, and so do you'
Ulne'' Okay''.
6 hours later.
Lio starts to wake up'' W..where i..i'm?..'' He feels his eye and sees blood on his hand'' O..oh my...'
'' Thanks god you are awake Lio!'
He looks to his right to see Ulne'' Ulne?'
Ulne'' Are you okay?''
Lio'' My head hurt a little, but I'm fine'
Ulne'' Good'.
Lio sits up and looks around to see Rimy looking at him.
Ulne'' Do you remember anything that happened before you fell asleep?'
Lio'' Rimy and I talked, and he asked about the forest. Then I started to feel a strong feeling in my chest then from that it's a fog'
Ulne'' Okay, I can tell you what happened'
Lio'' Okay''
Ulne tells Lio what happened.
Rimy looks at Lio and thinks'' What are you hiding'
Some minutes later.
Lio looks down'' I..I did all of that..''
Ulne'' Yes''
Lio holds the blanket'' I'm so sorry...i..i..''
Ulne'' It's fine you did not hurt anyone that bad''
Rimy'' Yeah''
Lio'' I..I..need some time alone''.
Ulne'' Okay, rest well'' He gets up and walks over to Rimy.
That night.
Rimy looks out, and Ulne has fallen asleep. Lio comes up to him'' Rimy'
Rimy looks at Lio'' Yes?'
Lio holds his hands and looks down' D..Do you think I will go all crazy again?'
Rimy'' It depends if you rest for some time before using your magic again'
Lio'' How can you use your magic without going all crazy?'
Rimy'' I have trained for years, and I have nearly gone crazy in the past'
Lio'' How did you stop it?'
Rimy'' I rested and just trained so I would not go all crazy'
Lio'' O..Okay..'
Rimy looks at his eye'' Can I see your eye?'
Lio'' Why?'
Rimy'' I just want to see if it's fine'
Lio sits beside him, and Rimy does healing magic and puts it over his eye.
Lio' Dose it work?'
Rimy'' A bit, I will heal it so it does not get more blood out of it, and it should be fixed when your show is'
Lio''O..Okay, thanks'
Rimy'' Ye ye, after this rest, I will take over this so you don't go all crazy again'
Lio'I will'
Rimy'' Good'
Lio looks at him.
Rimy'' Make it out alive, Lio'
Lio'i..i...you too'.
Rimy, stay quiet for some moments.
Lio'' Is something wrong?'
Rimy'' No, I will try to''
Lio'' Do you not want to make it out alive?''
Rimy'' I don't want to talk about that stuff''
Lio' O..Okay'
The next day.
Ulne wake up and sit up.
Rimy'' Morning''
Ulne looks to where Rimy is sitting. Rimy waves his hand.
Ulne'' Have you slept?''
Rimy'' Yes''
Ulne'' good' He looks to where Lio has been sleeping, but is not there anymore.
Ulne'' Where is Lio?''
Rimy points to the wall beside him.
Ulne'' Why is he sleeping there?''
Rimy'' He fell asöeeå there''
Ulne'' huh okay, will he be fine''
Rimy' yes'
Ulne' good' He walks over to Rimy'' We will get to the villages today, right?''
Rimy' Yes, we will be there in around 5 hours''
Ulne'' That little left'
Rimy'' Yes, finally we get there''
Ulne'' Yeah'
3 hours later.
Lio starts to wake up and get up.
Ulne'' Godday Lio'
Lio looks at ulne'' H..hey'' He rubs his eyes.
Rimy'' Take it easy with that''
Lio takes the hand away'' Right...how much is the time?''
Ulne take up his phone and looks at it'' 12 in the middle of the day''
Lio'' Oh...okay''
Rimy' We will be at the villages around 2''
Lio'' Really? We will get there?''
Rimy'Yes, I told you two I was going to get you two there'
Lio'' Yeah... you really doing it..''
Rimy smiles'' I know, i'm awesome'
Lio'' Sure...''
Rimy' You two can rest the last 2 hours''
Lio'' Hmm''
Two hours later.
Lio and Ulne jump out of the boat. Rimy ties the boat to a tree.
Ulne'' Where should we go now?''
Rimy comes up to them'' We are going there'' He points at a hole in the wall that has crystals and vines on it.
Lio' Will it be safe?''
Rimy'' Yes, let's go'' He walks off, and the others follow.
30 min later
They come out to a path and Ulne looks to the right to see the villages.
Ulne' Is that the village?''
Rimy'' Yes' He put his hands behind his head' Welp, you two will be safe from now on''
Lio' Yeah'
Ulne' Thanks for the help'
Rimy' ye ye, if anything happened call me and I will be there'
Ulne'' I will!'
Rimy smiles'' Good, well i will be going, so stay alive, you two'
Lio'' Yeah, you too'
Ulne'' Hmm''
Rimy laughed' Sure' Rimy waved his hand and walked back the way they came.
Lio looks at the villages' We really got here''
Ulne looks at the way Rimy went.
Lio looks at Ulne'' Are you okay?''
Ulne looks away'' y..yeah...'
Lio pats his back'' there there''
Rimy sighs'' Finally away from them...''He put his hand in his pockets and sighs'' they two are some weird people, but they were fun to be around'' He sighed deeply'' Welp, let's start this''He walked over to a hole in the wall'' I will fix this for us all'' He jumped down into the hole.
30 minutes later.
Ulne and Lio have gotten to the outside of the village.
Lio'' So now what?''
Ulne'' I'm going to call jimle, she can help us''
Lio''Okay'' He lay down in the grass' Tell me when she is here, i will rest for the time being''
Ulne' i will' He call Jimle.
Jimle sighs'' This shit...'' She looks out when her phone call, she takes it up and looks'' Ulne?''.
She answer''Hello ulne?''
Him'' Hey jimle, we got to the villages''
Jimle'' r..really!'She gets up.
Him''Yes, we are outside it right now, and we were wondering if you could come''
Jimle' Well... I have much at work right now that needs to be done, i will come around 6''
Him'' okay, take all the time you need''
Jimle'' Heheh i wi-''
Sai'' Jimle!! What in hell are you doing!' She came up there.
Jimle put down the phone'' S..Sai... i..i just...keeping watch...'
She '' You think that will work!, i saw you talking on your phone while you're on watch!'
Jimle looks at her'' i..i'm sorry... i will not do that again...'
Sai put her arms crossed'' I hope not, if i find out you do it again, i will make you clean the kitchen for a mothes''
Jimle'' o..okay... ''
Sai'' Good, and I need help at the supply room, the people there are idoits''She put her hand on her forehead and sighed deeply.
Jimle'' What do you need help with?''
Sai'' I need you to help me give them orders, so they understand what they're going to do'
Jimle'' Do they really n-''
Sai'' Yes, help me this time, please'
Jimle sighs'' Fine, i will come''
Sai'' Thanks'' She walks off.
Jimle takes up the phone'' Ulne, are you there?''
Ulne'' Yes, are you okay?''
Jimle sighs'' Yes, i'm fine, i need to get going, i will come after work, i promise''
Ulne'' Okay''
Jimle smiles'' Be safe, you two''
Ulne'' We will bye''
Jimle' Bye' She put her phone down and sighed'' fine, let's get this over with'' She walked off'' how in hell can you not give them orders Sai...''.
Sai'' Hey!! listen everyone!!''.
They try to fix the boxes
Flne looks at Sai.
Sai sighs'' This shit''
Flne' Do you need help?'
Sai looks at him' It's fine, I told Jimle to come'
Flne'' Okay'
Jimle comes into the supply stogets''So what did you want to ha- oh''
Sai'' Yes, they are under your command, so please teach them something'
Jimle walks up to them and looks''Hey! Guys!!'
They look up'' J..Jimle'' They come up to her.
Jimle' You guys really don't want to follow her orders huh'
A guy'' W..well we-'
Jimle'' Don't give me any shit, you all should follow her orders'' She pointed at them'' Do your orders now, then make more problems'
Them'' o..okay...'
Jimle'' good''.
They walk over to the boxes. And a guy comes up to jimle'' Jimle..'
Jimle'' Yes?''
Him'' Can you help me with a task on the computer?'
Jimle'' Sure' They walk off.
Sai sighs'' How the hell did she get them to work?'
Flne'' Who knows'' He is drinking juice. Sai looks at him.
Flne'' What?'
Sai' You should be at your post'
Flne sighs'' I will be going there soon'' He continues to drink.
Sai'' You''
He takes up his hand'' I'm on break'
Sai looks at him with anger'' Tsk fine' She sits down. Flne give her a juice box.
Sai' Why do you give me that?'
Flne'' So you can drink, you have been up on your feet all day so'
Sai takes it and drinks it'' thanks''
Flne' No problem'
After work
Jimle sits down and sighs'' Finally done...'
Flen sits beside her'' Yeah.. good job'
Jimle smiles' Thanks you too, you were awesome out there when training the new people'
Flne'' Thanks, and yes, i was hahah'' He smiles big'' I showed them what i could do!''
Jimle'' Yes, you did'
Flne'' So do you want to continue the Rocket legend now?'
Jimle'' I'm sorry, i had other things to do right now''
Flne'' Oh, okay'
She gets up and takes her jacket'' I will come back around 10''
Flne'' Where are you going?'
Jimle put on the jacket '' I will be going to the mountain village''
Flne'' that far? why?'
Jimle'' Ulne and Lio'
Flen gets up' They made it to that village?''
Jimle'' Yes''
Flne'' Oh my god, they really got there''
Jimle'' Yes, so i will help them, so they don't after them''
Flne'' Okay, be safe'
Jimle'' I will' She started to walk to the exit.
Flen'' Wait'
Jimle'' Yes?'
Flne' we are still going on his show, right?'
Jimle'' Yes, we will, i will not forget that'
Flne smiles'' good, see you then'
Jimle'' Yes' She waved her hand and headed out.
Two hours later.
Jimle comes up to the outskirts of the villages and looks around'' where are they two?'' She takes up her phone and sends a message.
Ulne takes up the phone and looks.
Jimle'' I'm here now, where are you two?'
Ulne gets up, and Lio looks at him.
Ulne' She is here' He walks out and looks around and sees jimle'' Jimle!'
Jimle looks to the left and smiles'' Hey Ulne, where is Lio?'
Ulne looks behind'' He is over there'
Jimle'' Okay' She walks over to the grass plane and looks.
Lio looks at her'' Hey Jimle' He waves his hand.
Jimle' Hey, are you okay? your eye?'
Lio'' I'm fine, i just need to rest it a bit'
Jimle'' I can take you to the hospital'
Lio'' It's fine i promise'
Jimle sighs'' Fine, but you go to the hospital if the eye does not get better'
Lio' ye ye'
Jimle''are you going to get up or lie there all day?'
Lio'' I will get up soon'
Jimle looks at him'' You are unbelievably lazy when you get to lie down'
Lio'' what can i say?, i like it'' He sits up and gets to his feet.
Ulne looks at her'' Thanks for helping us''
Jimle'' No problem, I'm happy i can help you two'' She smiles.
Ulne smiles.
Jimle''So are you two ready to go?'
Them'' Yes''
Jimle walks off, and the two follow to the village.
End of chapter 23