OUTSIDE THE WALLS
Mikey and Lexie walked outside a few moments later and entered the forest outside the walls of Holyland. It was dark; pitch black. Mikey lights the lanterns that hung on the branches of the trees to light up the area; which appears to be a training area.
There were racks of wooden swords, staffs, and more; not sharp of course. Lexie picks up a wooden sword and got into a stance. "No, remember to stretch before fighting" Mikey laughed. "Oh, right" Lexie says as she began stretching.
"Thank you, Mikey" Lexie said. Mikey smiles "For what?" He laughed. "Teaching me how to fight. I've always wanted to be like you guys who fight and protect each other" She added.
"Of course" Mikey got closer to Lexie. They look at each other in the eye. Slightly moving their heads closer and closer to each other until "Yo!! Ew!! What the heck!??" George shouted, shocking them.
"Do y'all lovey dovey business somewhere else!" George threw a sword toward Mikey's back "Ah! Hey!"
Lexie laughed as Mikey turned "It's not funny!" He shouted. Lexie smiled "You're silly"
MOISES'S HOUSE
Moises laid in bed staring at the ceiling. His arms are behind his head while his body laid in the comfy white bed. The room is mainly empty; only one stand for his armor is present along with a stand for his sword. He looks outside the window on his left while laying down.
"The moon's beautiful" He said to himself. Suddenly a shooting star passes by as he quickly got up "Woah, I never seen one" He said. Moises continued looking at the night sky.
He then closes his eyes "I wish... to survive... and find a way out of this hell hole planet" He opened his eyes and continued staring.
RISE OF IZUZUNU
VOLUME 10, CHAPTER 113, PLAN FOR THE REVOLUTION
OUTSIDE THE WALLS
THE NEXT DAY
Lilly wakes up to druzels chopping logs at the center of Holyland. One of the druzels were Clay "Good morning, Lilly!" He greeted. "Good morning" Lilly smiled back, but very tired. She walked on the stone bricked grounds and entered the church to spot Chloe "Hey, Chloe" she said, tired.
"Hi!" Chloe said. She's writing in her book about how Holyland is doing well and that they might need finishing touches on the church. The church was huge and filled with benches that faced the stage. There is an alleyway in the center of the room which makes a walkway.
The windows above made the sun shine through, brightening up the church with a couple of lanterns on the walls. "I have something to confess" Lilly says. "What? That you're tired?" Chloe laughed.
"No" She answered seriously. She wipes her eyes and tried to wake herself up. She finally spoke "I'm... both human and druzel" she said. Chloe stopped writing in her book "What? What are you talking about?"
"I'm human and druzel. You see... I don't remember my past or anyone there, but I only remember what my parents were" She says.
"My father was a druzel and my mother was a human" she continued "I don't know how that is possible, but I guess that's what explains my eye color"
"You're-.... that does make sense" Chloe said, amazed. Her eyes were different colors from each other's. Her left eye color is the common human color, brown, and her right eye is light purple. "We're called Kepjumans" Lilly explained.
"Kepjuman? That sounds like a child made up that name" Chloe laughed. "Hey! No!" Lilly shouted back.
"Kepjuman, huh?" Chloe smiled "No wonder why you always looked cool"
"Thank you" Lilly smiled and stopped "But, maybe that's why I was sent here. Because I'm Kepjuman and I'm assuming it's probably illegal to have a druzel on Earth... So, my parents are probably dead"
Chloe frowned "I'm sorry... Lilly" she apologized. The room got quiet "It's okay. No time to cry about them when we're in the middle of a war" She remembers Jun, saying the same thing about when they confessed their love for each other.
"But they're your parents" Chloe said. "It's fine. I don't even know them anyways" Lilly responded. She looks at a crack in the ceiling "Uh... Chloe"
"Yeah?" Chloe replied as she lifts her head up to see the crack.
Running out the church, Chloe and Lilly manages to survive as the church comes crumbling down from the inside "Aaah!!"
"Woah! What the heck happened!??" Clay shouted out as they watch the smoke come out of the doorway of the church.
Chloe and Lilly breathed heavily as they laid their head against the paths.
"God damn it, this is the second time this has happened" Chloe complained.
"Lilly" Wuhan said while walking up to them "Let's go"
Lilly got up "Oh... yeah I forgot. Let's go" She replied.
LATER
The room was dark; the hallway. The candles on the walls only dimmed the hallway a bit. The hallway was dugged up underground surrounded by stone. On the floors were a track that could fit a cart on it. There were wires on it for it to move something; move a cart.
Lilly zooms pass the hallway with Wuhan; not too fast. Lilly and Wuhan carried food and water. They both make it to the end of the hallway as Wuhan stops the cart with a lever. While hopping out the cart, they enter another hallway that's filled with cells. The room is brighter now with lanterns surrounding the ceiling.
Lilly walks to a cell and knocks on it as Wuhan grabs all the food. In the dark cell, Angie lights up a candle "Back again?"
In the cell, Angie and Lilly sat on the bed "I'm so sorry we have to imprison you. We'll get you out in a few days" Lilly said. "It's okay. I understand that I'm an enemy of Izuzunu for being with the Dominant League" She took a bite of bread and sips on a bottle of water. Wuhan sits in the cart; waiting for Lilly to be done chatting until he gets an idea. Wuhan hops off the cart and to the cell "Hey, Angie" He said.
"Yeah?" She replied. "You were with the Dominant League, right? Do you mind telling us what Hyeonin's plans are in this war?" Wuhan asked.
Angie gently pushes the table filled with food away and walks to the cell bars "Hyeonin's plans are... to kill every one of you guys. It's that simple. But first, he needs to find where you guys are hiding which he hasn't found Holyland yet" Angie told him some news.
"Do you have any idea when he'll come look for us again? Or any ideas on his strategy to defeat us?" Wuhan asked more questions.
Angie thinks "Hmm... I think he's gonna start looking soon, but I don't know which day. And... he doesn't have any strategies except for allying with another nation... I forgot what the nation is called, but it started with a Z"
"Zoidon" Wuhan quickly answered "It's Zoidon... Oh my god" Wuhan backs away "Zoidon has one of the best defense and offense of Uapeisios... and they have plenty of soldiers... If Hyeonin makes them his ally, we'll be dead soon enough"
"What do we do?" Lilly asked. Wuhan looked at the dirty stone floors and thought "I think we should get some of Feiburg's allies involved as well... and we'll for sure be able to win, hopefully. I'll contact my ninjas in Feiburg and also contact King Almanfro"
"Okay, should we inform Mark and the rest?" Lilly asked. "Yes" Wuhan answered "And Angie... come with us"
THE DOCKS
"So that's Hyeonin's master plan..." Mark said while in a boat near the dock. The docks were made of wood and held up by a pillar of logs. There were small boats resting next to each end of the dock.
The sky was broken clouded as the sun is directly above them.
"Yes, I'll do everything in my power to protect and help you guys win this war as a Feiburgian, I promise" Wuhan said. "Thank you, Wuhan" Mark said.
In the distance, 07 manages to catch something with his rod "Holy shit! Holy shit! Guys!! I caught something!!"
Everyone runs to 07 to witness the monster he had caught "Aaaah!!! What the hell is that!!?" Edison shouted. "It's... a dead Murksoul..." 07 says.
"Woah woah woah" Nugget said, worried "We've been living near a Murksoul's home for three months!!?"
"Let's not assume that" Wuhan said. He points toward the Murksoul with his index finger and attempts to touch it. He reached out and pokes the Murksoul on its back. "It's... dry" he said.
"But I just pulled it out of the water" 07 says. When a Murksoul is dead, it's skin becomes gray no matter what. The skin also dries up and does not get as wet as when it was alive. "It should also be yellow" Mark says "Maybe it was dead before we picked it out the water"
"Yeah" Wuhan agreed. "Should we try it?" Moises asked. Everyone looked at him in disgust. "What!? No one had ever tried it before so I thought we should!!" Moises shouted "Here, give me it! I'll try it myself!" Moises grabbed the Murksoul and places it in a boat and began pulling it with ropes.
"Okay, tomorrow" they continued "We'll set off a journey to Feiburg and then to either Kitsune or Sleron" Wuhan made a plan.
"Alright, everyone, prepare for tomorrow, get all your weapons and armors and get plenty of rest at night" Chloe said. "Okay!" Everyone shouted, splitting up from the group.
"I'm still gonna fish, is that okay?" 07 asked Chloe while throwing the fishing line in the water. "...y- yeah" Chloe walked away.
LILLY'S MEMORIES
It's bright sunny outside. Inside the Emperor's palace, Jun was sitting in his bed, staring at his sword. Lilly sat at the end of the bed while writing something on her book; a diary.
Surrounding in the room were shelves filled with different types of items. Books, weapons, clothing, sticks for some reason, cups.
Lilly finishes writing and throws the book onto a shelf "Jun!"
"Ah! What!? Why you screamed for!? You scared me!!" Jun shouted back. Lilly smiled in Jun's face as she crawled closer to him "I found a new recipe for a super spicy dish!! Wanna help me make it!??"
"Uhhh..." Jun laughs nervously "Sure, but remember last time when you made a spicy dish and you said it's not really spicy... and it burned my mouth!!?"
"Hahaha" Lilly laughed "You were red for hours!" She made fun of him. "Damn, how the heck can you eat those type of food" Jun said.
"Druzel tongue" She smiled while sticking her tongue out "Let's go mild for this dish instead then"
"Okay! Let's do this!" Jun got out of bed, pointing toward the door "Yeah!" Lilly joined Jun "That's the spirit! We make the best team!"
"Heck yeah!" Jun faced her "Ultimate foodie duo!" Suddenly the memories disappear as Lilly walked out of her house. It's midnight.
She walks out of the walls of Holyland on a horse in the dark forest. There hasn't been any threats in the area so it's a bit safe for them to travel outside the walls by themselves.
She road the horse through the paths of cherry blossom trees as the pink pedals rain down to the ground. She then began drifting through an area with no paths "Mary, what are you doing?" She spoke to the horse.
The horse suddenly began sprinting "Hey! Hey!! What are you-!?" The horse picks up the speed as it sprints through the grass.
Lilly held on tight "Woah!"
The horse ran for about a few minutes straight until finally stopping in front of a steep mountain "Aaah!"
Lilly looked around the place "Mary... where are we?..." she got off. Lilly looked around "Is there something off about this place, Mary?" Lilly followed Mary until she finally went through a tall bush. Lilly trusted Mary and walked through the bush as well, getting poked by sticks. She makes it through and spots a huge waterfall; a beautiful waterfall. The water was glowing like crystals and glitter as it forms a pond. "Woah..." Lilly said, surprised as ever "It's... beautiful..."
She crouched in front of the water and touched it with her hands "It's... warm" she said.
Later, she undressed and jumped in the water "Ahhh" she said while swimming through the pond "Mary! Hop in!"
Lilly ducks her head under the water until suddenly she jolts and her eyes widened.
Lilly began seeing flashes before her eyes as her visions go bright. In front of her, she sees the Izuzunu Empire as a huge bomb demolishes every path and building of Izuzunu. Civilians dying everywhere.
She began seeing dead bodies, dead children, dead soldiers, and dead Feiburgians, dead Izuzunians. Lilly suddenly wakes up to reality and jumps back up to the surface and starts coughing and inhaling hard.
She swims out the water and laid on the floor on all fours as she was shocked "What... was that..."
She couldn't think and looked at the ground the whole time "Is that... how the war ends...."
TO BE CONTINUED....