//First of all, I'm not good at writing fight scenes XD Second, I'm sorry if it isn't that good but I hope you still enjoyed it >w<//
Alistair stared at the man with the maniacal glint in his eyes. The Blue Caterpillar... Where had he heard that before? But right now, he'll set that off to the side and figure out how to save (M/n). His grip on the hilt of his sword tightened.
Meanwhile, Chess had managed to disappear out of the smoke filled area and reappeared near Alistair while Allan tried to find a spell in the spell book to dispute the fumes surrounding them.
'Oh, for crying out loud!' He gave into his frustration and pulled out a charm off his belt. He shattered it down to the ground and immediately, a strong wind blew past them, casting the smoke away almost immediately. Lukas and the twins gasped for air and took deep breaths.
The Blue Caterpillar—whatever he called himself—clicked his tongue in annoyance. "You truly are a nuisance, Mad Hatter." He flicked his arm upwards and more smoke emanated from under his feet, forming tendril like forms. (M/n) tried to pull out of his grip but he kept on tightening it. He almost felt like his bones might break from how strong he was gripping his arm. 'What should I do?! I don't want to make the others do all the work! I should try to save myself at the very least!'
With those words in his head, (M/n) looked for ways that can save himself from this horrible man. He clenched his fist and looked at the distracted man. "Hey!" He yelled before planning to swing a punch on him. But before his fist could even reach his face, he was stopped. The Blue Caterpillar gripped on his fist as if it were just a small ball.
"That's a foolish move, (M/n). Especially if you're physically unfit for self defense." He said before turning his head and one of his smoke tendrils wrapped around (M/n)'s neck, choking him.
"(M/n)!" Alistair yelled and was about to sprint, when he saw a projectile shoot from where the twins were at. Pie rockets. He can't believe those tricksters even brought such a thing. But it managed to save some time. It hit The Blue Caterpillar right on the face while he was distracted with (M/n).
"Ugh! What is— Those blasted jokers—!" Before he could say another word another pie hit him on the face. The twins laughed. "How do you like apple pie!?"
"I despise it." Suddenly, the twins were being suspended by their feet several feet up the air by the tendrils, their pie cannons on the ground. Alistair took this chance to strike. He sprinted and gripped on his sword tightly. He dodged the incoming smoke tendrils that were attacking him and slashed at The Blue Caterpillar, but his sword got deflected right before the blade could touch a single place on his body. A tendril blocked his attack.
"Honestly, seven against one is too unfair. Actually, four. Because these three will be out for the count soon." A sinister smile crept up his face as he choked (M/n) even further, his face slowly changing color as he struggled for air. Meanwhile, the twins' were only dangling by their feet.
"Alistair! Chess! Take on that guy and save (M/n)! Allan and I will save the twins!" Lukas yelled from the other side of the clearing. He raced towards the hanging duo with Allan while Chess and Alistair were faced with the enemy.
Chess's claws grew and glinted, despite the lack of light. They looked more like small blades on his finger tips. Alistair gritted his teeth as he glanced at (M/n). They're losing precious time. They had to do something about those smoke tendrils.
Chess disappeared and reappeared behind The Blue Caterpillar, moving in to pounce, but was slammed into the ground by one of the smoke tendrils. Alistair ran towards the man and raised his sword. He thought he was going to get blocked by the tendrils again, but instead his blade was deflected by another sword. A long, deadly sharp blade with a dark blue grip. "Well then, how about we battle close combat?"
Alistair jumped back before his blade could come anymore closer. In all honesty, he didn't get to practice much in sword fighting these past months. Especially because there had been barely any cases where combat was needed. Usually the card knights handled it. Yet, he glared hardly at the enemy in front of him. Let's see how his training paid off.
They both advanced and their swords clashed against each other, both their eyes meeting in a flaming gaze. They parried, blocked each other's attacks, some attacks almost effective, some not. The Blue Caterpillar lunged and swung his blade, Alistair rapidly crouching. It was only a mere fraction of a second he escaped his demise by the blade of this maniac. He swiftly swept him off his feet, causing his enemy to lose balance and fall into the ground. Because he got distracted, the tendril choking (M/n) let him go and Alistair took a sharp breath.
"CHESS! CATCH HIM BEFORE HE FALLS!" Chess was surprised by the sudden booming voice from Alistair, but immediately made himself reappear at the exact location where (M/n) almost hit the ground. He began coughing and wheezing uncontrollably and gasped for air.
Before Alistair could feel a sense of relief, he was slammed down by one of the smokey appendages, his sword flying out of his hand and The Blue Caterpillar began laughing lowly. He brought his sword up and stabbed his thigh, right where he used to got a wound from a sharp branch. He let a strained yell and hissed at the tremendous pain from his thigh. What's worse was that the blade was being pushed in further.
"Stop...it..!" Alistair gritted his teeth so hard it seemed like they'll break. The Blue Caterpillar merely smiled. "You want me to stop? Very well then." He took the blade out but that only made the bleeding and pain worse. "I hit right at the spot your precious (M/n) healed before, right? Sad it had to be reopened by me."
He chuckled before something whizzed past him. He glanced at it before glaring. Heart arrows. Reinforcements have arrived. He'll be too overwhelmed by numbers. He clicked his tongue irritably. "I guess I will have to leave early. Too bad I won't get to kill you." His look had an unidentifiable mix of expressions. His explanation made Alistair confused.
The twins both fell into Allan's and Lukas's arms when the smokey appendages let go. The smoke gathered around The Blue Caterpillar as something formed around his back. It grew and formed giant butterfly wings mixed with black, blue, and white colors. "We'll see each other again soon~! Hahaha...!" He spread his butterfly wings and flew up into the clouds, his laugh echoing throughout the forest.
Alistair writhed on the ground. The pain in his thigh was unbearable. What would happen if any other place was stabbed? He let out short breaths and tried to even sit up, but to no avail. (M/n) had stopped hacking and wheezing and ran towards his side. "Alistair! Oh god... I—"
"It's not your fault. Don't start blaming yourself for stuff you didn't do." Alistair cut him off, caressing his face. Tears had already been filling those (E/c) eyes. Ones he could stare at all day. The others hurried towards them and looked at Alistair with worried looks. Chess was mildly dizzy because he got a concussion from his collision with one of the tendrils. The other four weren't hurt, thankfully. No sign of wounds.
Lukas carefully lifted Alistair up, minding his wound. "We're sorry we didn't do much..." His voice was full of regret. He had wanted to help Alistair so much. The rabbit waved his hand. "It's fine. You already helped so much by finding (M/n). That's more than enough help, Lukas."
(M/n) looked down on the ground. Tears blocked his vision as he hiccuped. He never ever expected they'd do so much just to find him. He was only here just recently, yet all of them had done what they can to find him. Especially Alistair. Alistair did everything in his power to find him, even fight a lunatic to save him.
"Alistair..." (M/n) couldn't take anymore and began bawling. Alistair looked at him with his usual gentle look. The look he had given him since the very start. He caressed his face with care. "Thank you...so much..."
The rabbit smiled and wiped away his tears. "Of course. I'll do anything to get you back. I promised I'll never let you go and protect you. I'll never break that promise." He pressed his lips against his forehead, then resting his own forehead against his.
"I love you too much." Alistair smiled and closed his eyes. (M/n) sniffed and hugged him, not wanting to let go. The others watched with smiles on their faces as the two held in a caring embrace.
"Come now, we have to get you patched up." Lukas had to intervene. They pulled away and (M/n) smiled. The smile Alistair fell in love with. They all walked back to the central district of the Capital.
(M/n) walked side by side with Chess, just behind Lukas and Alistair. Chess licked a scrape on his hand. The twins talked to Allan about his charms and spell book, bombarding him with questions. (M/n) sniffed again and thought about The Blue Caterpillar.
He couldn't help but fear of when he'll come back. His mood constantly changed. From anger, to amusement, and vice versa. It was strange, like two sides of him fought for dominance. And the fact he laid his hands on him... It still gave him intense shivers. He felt dirty. Disgusted even. He already hated being touched without permission, but that went over the line.
Yet, he had no problem when it was Alistair, or the others. He was still uncomfortable when the others touched him, but to Alistair he can easily trust him.
He remembered his words from earlier. 'I love you too much.' He wanted to say he did too. That he loved him too. But with their current situation and with Alistair having a huge gash on his thigh, he could afford to wait. 'I mean, I have to practice too...' (M/n) said in his mind while blushing.
With that in mind, he gripped his necklace. He pursed his lips and sighed. 'I'll definitely tell you soon, Alistair. Just you wait.'
//Eeey! The drama is over! :^D Also, just a reminder, Alistair's Route is almost done! Just a couple chapters left ;^) My bun son is happy ;w; Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter >w<//