"Hey.... sis... Its been a while...." Gale smiled. Miko jumped from the bed and hugged onto him. "Three years!! Why didnt you come find me sooner!?!?" Gale laughed. "Ive been looking since the day you disappeared..... Been cutting down every single Deddo I could find... I figured since they kidnapped you and Ellie they might be a clue to finding you...." She looked around. "Ell..Ellie? Where is Ellie?" Gale sighed. "Havent found her yet... But I wanna check that mountain where you were found..." Miko nodded and let go. "Ill go too." Gale looked at her. "Can... you fight?" She nodded. "You didnt think I was just gonna sit around and expect Ellie to come walking up to the door one day did you? Ive been working hard.... trying to get strong so I could go look for her. I was gonna leave tomorrow..." Gale smiled. "Well lets go now and find Ellie." She nodded and they both headed for the door. The little girl was listening in. "You gonna come back?" She looked up at them both. Miko was still just fifteen and she had no other real home. "Yeah... Ill be back... I promise." Gale nodded and the siblings left the house. "You... dont have a sword?" She looked down. "All of mine broke... we didnt have much money to get anything good..." Gale blinked. "Why didnt you say so?!" He looked around and started walking towards a blacksmith shop. "Wait out here okay?" She nodded as Gale walked inside. He began talking to the Smith and was soon heading into the back with the forge. The Smith came outside. "Your brother wants to know if you want one or two swords?" Her eyes got wide. "One!" She said excitedly. She tried to peek into the shop but the Smith blocked her from seeing anything. "Sorry miss, he says its a surprise...." He smiled at her. She sighed and sat down. Gale soon came outside and handed the Smith his old claymores. "Thanks old man. Make sure them swords are treated well.... I worked hard to make those." The Smith nodded. "Hey wait!? Whaddya mean "Old man"?! Im not THAT old...." Gale laughed. "Well Smith didnt suit ya... So Old Man is what Ill call you." Old Man sighed. "Fine kid.... Hey how bout after you find your sister you come work with me for a while. Show me how to work with that metal you carry with you." Gale laughed. "Sure I think I can show atleast one person my secret." He sheathed his two new claymores. One was pointed like a diamond near the bottom of the blade and at the top. While the other had a cresent shaped guard and the point of the blade was curved into a cresent as well. Miko's new sword was slightly smaller than a normal claymore. It seemed as though it could slice through mountains. "Ikari... Thats what Ive named that sword. Mine are Tenpi and Tsuki." Miko sheathed Ikari. "Thank you.. but when did you learn to make swords?" "Two years ago... i found a strange metal that no Smith could work.. So I decided to start practicing it myself... Building up from normal metals... Then I tried out this stuff... It is twice as strong as all the other metals combined. It cant even break itself.... Heh..." Miko laughed and they both walked towards the mountain. Old Man called out to Gale. "Dont forget! You gotta come back and teach me how to use that metal!!" Gale laughed. "Okay Old Man...."
 Gale-VIII · Fri Aug 03, 2007 @ 01:34am · 2 Comments |
