Eternity Strife

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CHAPTER TWO

The Gem of Eternity

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Arron was sitting on the fountain ledge with his grandfather by his side as Zack woke up, it was early in the morning and they knew what they had to do, "Ready Zack", Arron asked

"Yeah", zack said after rubbing his eyes, he stood up and looked around to see all the debri, Arrons grandfather and the oath out of the village but as he looked at the path he noticed by the village gate stood there two jet bikes, "Arron??"

"i noticed them too but we really shouldnt worry about that, my grandfather had everything figured out, he knew he couldnt save everyone so he chose us, for that i thank him and in return we have to get revenge Zack", Arrons eyes fklared up, they had a red tint to them, he was wearing fingerless gloves and you could see his veins through them, him making a fist flexing every muscel in his body, full of anger and revenge, they left on there jet bikes and arrived in Arcadia again, this time they wouldnt be returning.

The two got past tha gate again and immedeatly went to the castle in the center of the Kingdom, "yeah we would like to talk to the king or anyone that may have noticed anyone going down towards our village yesterday?", Arron asked a guard

"what do you mean? taht stupid small village on the outskirts of the kingdom!", the guard laughed, "hah no one cares about that place"

"What!!", Zack said grabbing his colar

"Get off", he punched Zack in the chest knocking him back a bit, Zack fell to the floor and looked up, then stood up, "how could you say that, everyone in our village was killed!"

"serves them right", the guard said in a jerky tone

"ugh",Arron looked at him, "cmon Zack", Arron turned around, "wait", he looked at the guard and lifted up his left fist, "sir do you know what this is?"

the guard looked at his fist, "your hand?"

"no sir... its a distraction", Arron said with a straight look on his face

"a distraction for wha..!!", The guard fell back as Arron punched him in the face with his right hand and he was out cold on the spot

"Dont say crap about my Village or next time youll die", Arron said walking away with Zack, Arron wuldnt normally do that but after his villages destrucion he really didnt care anymore

They decided to walk down to the village square, "i cant believe this... hey what do you think the attackers wanted with the gem of eternity anyways?", Zack asked

"i dont know Zack but whatever it is they wont be getting it", Arron answered, he was sweating a little bit as they got to the town center, there were lots of shops and all alot nicer then the village, but that was to be expected, thats all the king does is make his little kingdom pretty without doing an actual thing for the people

"maybe we shoud claim to of heard stories about the gem, that way if people know about it and who wants it w can get some info", Zack exclaimed having a great idea

"hmm that may work... alright Zack lets split up, ask people about the gem okay?", Arron stood up

"Got it", Zack ran off

Arron was now alone and he had to get some info

He started by walking toward the weapon shops, someone was bound to know around there, "excuse me", he said as he opened the door, the weapon shop looked alot like his grandfathers, many similar weapons but alot nicer, "has anybody heard about the gem of eternity?", Arron asked

"The gem of eternity", the shop keeper answered, he was an old man, "yeah i reckon ive heard of it, but only that its valuable... not much more"

"thank you sir", Arron left without another word, "*", Arron said to himself, that wasnt helpful at all", he scratched his head knowing the rest of the shops would probably have the same answer. Arron left that area to go find someone suspicious, he looked all over until he came across a shady guy, an overcoat and everything, "hey", he walked over to him after gaining his attention, "do you know anything about the gem of eternity?"

"hmhm you wanna know about the gem", he asked, "well let me tell you theres only one in the world, that i know, ive heard rumors that there are some people that would do anything to get there hands on it, if you go to the jewler he may know some more informaiton", he said looking aorund then walking off

"hmm the jewler", Arron left to the other side of town to find the jewler, it was a nicer side of town, more happy people and rich peopl, less fighters, arron walked in the bronzed shop to talk to the jewler, "hi i was wondering if youve ever heard of the gem of eternity"

"Uh the gem...of e-ternity!", he asked, "well of course i have, its been lost for ages, no one has know where it is. the king has been trying to find it for years but its not much use,he has destroyed small towns and villages trying to fid it but still no luck", the man said

"destroyed!! that tyrant destroyed my village!!", Arron yelled slamming the table

"our sire is not a tyrant, he wants the best for hs people, besides you filthy villagers are just a mess and worthless beings... get out of my shop at once", he yelled pointing to the door, "we dont need any poor folk like you"

"hmph suit yourself", arron grabbed the door handle, "but dont come crying to me when i burn down your shop like your "sire" burned down my village", Arron said laeving the shop and heading back to the town square where Zack was waiting

"anything", Zack asked, he was sitting at the fountain like they use to n there village

"yeah, its old, its been missing, theres only one in the world and the king wants it and will do anything to get it, he is the one who destroyed our village and i swear to get revenge", Arron yelled, people looked but he didnt care.

Arron and Zack went back up to the castle doors but now there were more guards, "We cant take them right now, we dont have enough people and there weapons are alot better, and with no money we are pretty much screwed"

"what about the money Rynell gave you", Zack asked

Arron took the bag out of his pocket which held the money, "hmm.. ah he gave us way more then the job said!! theres 10,000 Gil in here!", Arron said aloud

"for real!!", Zack yelled

"uh hu", Arron nodded, the expression on his face was as if he was given 10,000 dollars

but at that moment there bag disappeared, "WHAT!!!", Arron yelled as he looked at where the bag had gone there was a kid wearing a fox mask with his bag of money and he ran away, "you *!!", arron yelled and chased the boy

"haha you cant get me!!", the boy yelled as he ran, he was incredibly fast for a person but that wouldnt stop Arron and Zack

Arron couldnt catch him but Zack was getting alot closer, "You little Brat com'ere", he yelled getting closer and closer until he dived at the boy but when he did the bag fell in the sewer drain, AH!", all three yelled at once, "YOU!!!", Zack and the boy started hitting eachother

"Stop!!, that wont solve anything...", Arron yelled, "whats wrong with you kid", he picked him up

"i need money obviosuly", the kid gave arron a bad look

"what could you possibly need money for that you have to go to such great lengths to steal it!!", Arron said still yelling

"Why should i tell you", he looked the other way

"cuz if you dont", Arron now whispering, "im gonna have to kick your a**"

"you wouldnt", he said sticking his tounge out

"yeah i wouldnt", Arron said punching the boy in the stomache really hard

"Ah!!! okay okay... fine... i need money for my family, were poor as dirt and no one ever gives money away for free, i had no choice and with you yelling 10,000 gil i was only tempted to take it...maybe you shouldnt be taking out your money in public when you have that much", he said

Arron looked at the kid then took off his mask, "hmph well your telling the truth but thats still no reason to steal", Arron said

"your right...here", he handed arron about 3000 gil, "i managed not to drop all of it

"hmph thanks kid", arron let him go, "whats your name?"

"Dosix...", he said showing his blue eyes, he was a blonde kid around 15 years old, he had a good heart, his clothes were really torn up though

"cmon Dosix we will get you some clothes and if your gonna be living in a kingdom your gonna need a weapon", Arron said getting happy

"Save your money, and dont get all soft with me, i got all the weapons i need", he said pulling out a sling shot and a switch blade

"well then any clothes", Arron asked

"still too soft for me buddy... so where ya adventurers goin?", Dosix asked

"Adventurers", Zack laughed, "we aint really adventurers"

"cmon i know you aint from Arcadia so you mus be adventurers... ya know ive always wanted to adventure", Dosix laughed a bit

"well we aint from around here but i dont know if were really goin anywhere", Arron said

"but your the ones with the Gem of Eternity so youve gotta be goin somewhere", Dosix said in a softer voice

"What!! howd you!!", Arron asked

"hmm well i aint stupid, okay im not smart but i got street smarts and well i know these things okay", he said

"well all we want is to see the king, he destroyed our village and we want our revenge", Zack answered for Arron

"the king...? well i dont know why the king would destroy your village", Dosix said

"because of the Gem"

"still doubt he would do it"

"Dosix do you know anything about the gem?", Arron asked

"well i dont but i got an uncle in the Kingdom of Rexzium that might... its a pretty far travle but i did say id like to go on an adventure", Dosix said

"Arron what would be the point, we have the gem...", Zack was interrupted

"Dosix we will go with you", Arron turned to Zack, "Zack we have nothing else here, we might as well go there, i mean what could possibly happen, we will just learn more about why I was given this... i want to learn, i need to learn and i will learn...we can leave tomorrow, til then we rest", Arron told his friend Zack and his new companion Dosix