Fate Of The Twelve (Completed)

Chapter 7: the fallen

"It's all thanks to Rex, don't forget him. He gave the twins permission to get a new toy, never expected it would be that guy." Alfreed said, a hint of amusement glinting in her green eyes.

Ugh, just remembering what those two always do to the guy makes me feel pity for the poor guy at times but then, he deserved it anyways.

"That boy. He scares me sometimes." Antoinette shivered and let go of her hold on Alfreed.

"Then we're the same." The three of us told her. And we all shivered, imagining the image of a devilishly smirking Rex.

"If I didn't know that Rex was your brother, I'd actually think that he's Leirum's brother." Antoinette commented and Leo shrugged.

"Kyaaaaahhh! Are you trying to kill me?!" Muriel's blood curdling scream made us turn around and look at the situation.

She was lying on the grass, a feet away from Leirum's sword buried deep in the ground. We immediately understood the situation and Alfreed chuckled amusedly.

"Play time's over." Leirum said as he retrieved his sword. Without warning, he tried to stab Muriel, who, by instinct and adrenaline rush rolled over and over to dodge the deadly blade.

"Stop dodging and start fighting." The first Lord said and tried to stab Muriel's head. Muriel avoided the blade by only an inch when she  jerked her head to the side.

"You asked for it." Muriel answered back and aimed to kick the Lord on the guts but the latter avoided.

She quickly propped herself up and swiped her feet under Leirum's feet, successfully making the Lord loose his balance and fall over.

Muriel quickly jumped, her elbows positioned as she clearly planned to hit the other with it on the face. But the lord wasn't an easy opponent, he blocked off the force with his arms firmly.

Seeing this, Muriel changed her stance and grabbed Leirum's arm and slightly pulled, without warning, she locked her legs around the Lord's neck.

"Whoa! Muriel! You've got to teach me that!" Antoinette yelled and Alfreed shouted the same thing after her by a mere second of interval.

A look of amusement spread on Leirum's face instead of being worried of his position. However, Muriel got distracted by what she saw above.

"Why the heck is an island floating above?!" She asked incredulously like it was her first time seeing it with the past three days of her being here. Seriously? Doesn't she look at the sky at least once a day?

"Always keep your guard up, you stupid girl." Leirum said and broke free from the lock. Muriel reacted fast and stood up on her feet too. This girl seems to know things about arts in fighting. Well, I don't know much about the human world so I'm not sure.

"Cocky bastard! I told you not to call me names!" Muriel angrily shouted at him and began punching Leirum who swiftly dodged.

"I wouldn't do it you that if you hadn't." The lord returned as he also began to pull punches and kicks.

"You started it you jerk!"

"I was not the one who started you brainless unintelligible creature!"

"Oh you did not just call me that! You douche bag!"

"Preposterous girl!"

The rest of us shook our heads while other looked amused at the exchange of words of insult between the two.