Straight as Sarcos left, Sharchan went to find Ziran, Xander and Ramse. Ramse still slept, so Sharchan took a bucket of freezing cold water and splashed it into his sleeping face." Wake up sleeping beauty, time to train. 10 minutes at the training ground. Don't make me drag you there."He smiled viciously.
"Where is Sarcos?" asked Ramse worriedly.
"Gone for today!" Sharchan smiled."I'm in charge of your training."
Ramse gulped."I will be there, thank you for the invite. "He said politely and went to change his soaking wet clothes.
Sharchan nodded and went to Xander. The big panther was resting on the tree in the garden. He was hunting at night. Sharchan pulled him down by the tail. The panther fell on top of his head suddenly. Sharchan smashed him into the tree.
"Why so violent king Sharchan?"Xander took his human form. Sharchan saw he was pretending to sleep. The panther was waiting for him and fell on his head for fun.
"Training grounds in 5 minutes, "Sharchan said.
Xander nodded."My pleasure."
Sharchan went to look for Ziran, but his room was empty. The burly tiger was already at the training ground.
"Looking for me, king Sharchan?"The burly tiger bowed brutishly a little.
"Well done, at least someone is on time."Sharchan grinned.
Xander and Ramse arrived too. Sharchan looked at them." Sarcos left for today, so I'm taking care of you," he smiled dangerously."Let's go train."
The 3 of them followed him reluctantly. They did not trust the sneaky snake. "Take your positions," Sharchan said."You 3 against me, Sharchan smiled a bit cruelly." Xander, Ramse and Ziran were ready to fight.
Sharchan attacked them viciously. The sharp sword seemed to dance in his hands. Ziran was fast, but not as strong as him. Xander was strong and fast, but he could not hit Sharchan.
Sharchan was extremely agile. He was on a different level than them. They were fighting for their lives in a few minutes. Xander and Ziran had to even protect the Ramse, which was the highest on the Sharchan's hit list. Sharchan tried to make scars on their faces. He hoped Sienna will not like them disfigured. He slashed his sword at Ramse's cheek.
Xander stopped the snake's blade with his shield."Your queen is not superficial, if she likes you, she will not mind any scars. So if she likes any of us, it will be the same. Don't make her sad by looking at our sorry faces. She will see only hurt men and you behind it. She will feel sorry for us and like us even more."Xander tried to save their skin.
"She can be sad for a bit. I know how to make my queen happy again and forget you all..."Sharchan hissed swishing his sword around as crazy.
"But she surely will be very sad, she likes me," said Xander dodging the attack.
"Yes, she called you cute, we see for how long," Sharchan slashed at his abdomen. Ziran stopped his sword with his.
Ziran was faster than Xander."She liked me too and she kissed me."Ziran tried to turn Sharchan's cold rage on himself to protect Xander.
"I bet her kiss was worth to die for, "Sharchan called and pushed him hard. Ziran was agile and dodged making a turn on the ground. Ramse was suddenly in his way, so Sharchan just went to slash his neck. Xander pulled him aside fast as he could. He started to doubt they will live long if someone do not help them. He tried to distract Sharchan and stall the time a bit, making a loud noise. The other two noticed and also became louder.
"She doesn't like Ramse, so you do not need to attack him that much," Xander called.
"Well, it feels good. "Sharchan hissed. I'm just training with you, it will be not my fault if you die in the process."Sharchan slashed again. Ramse narrowly escaped the sharp sword, thanks to Ziran, who pulled him under himself and blocked Sharchan's sword with his shield. The massive shield shattered to pieces under Sharchan's strong hit. He was going for the kill. Sharchan's strength was enormous. Ramse gave Ziran his shield. Ramse was the weakest one. The shield was useless to him anyway.
Rem heard the unusual fighting ruckus and went to check on them. It looked like a bloody scene. The 3 men tried to resist strong Sharchan with all their strength, protecting each other. They did not have a chance to attack, they were no match for the vicious snake.
"King Sharchan, are you not too reckless?"Rem asked him.
"No, I'm just giving them what they need. A good training." he chuckled and pierced Xander's shield. His sword cut a slash on Xander's arm.
"Rem, he is trying to kill us!"Ramse called.
"And what? Sarcos can do nothing to me, even if I kill you. Sienna loves me whatever I do. Killing you three will feel good. I will have you for breakfast."He chuckled.
Just then Sienna came to the grounds as well."Killing who? "she asked innocently. She looked at the bloodied men."Xander, you are wounded!"She ran to him and tried to stop his bleeding hand. Sharchan stopped because Sienna was in the middle of the training grounds. Xander smirked at him and smiled as Sienna touched his arm. Sharchan had bloody murder written on his face.
"He is killing us with his hard training."Xander tried to save the snake's back. He sat on the floor with a bleeding hand and let Sienna help. If she was there, they are safe.
"But why are you covered in blood then? Lord Ziran, Xander? Ramse?" Sienna looked at them." You surely were not injured this much training with Sarcos." she stood up. And went to Sharchan.
"Sharchan? What are you doing?" she asked him gently and touched his strong arm.
"Just training them, they are still too weak."Sharchan nodded."I do not have any cuts. See?" he spread his hands innocently.
"Because you are my strong man!"Sienna smiled sweetly at him." I hoped you will have some time for me today. Come, let's have breakfast together." she pulled his hand gently.
Sharchan looked into Sienna's beautiful eyes."I promised to king Sarcos to train them. It is my duty to teach them well."
Sienna looked at him sweetly and pouted her full lips."But did Sarcos not say to take care of me first?" She was definitely sure Sarcos said that."Am I not more important to you?"She leaned on him like a cuddly cat. "You surely train them enough for today. Any more will be just a butchery."She touched his strong shoulders."Be with me today. I miss you." She literally seduced him on the spot.
Sharchan's rage began to melt, he felt his heart pounding at her soft touch. He was mesmerized and followed her to the garden. Sharchan held Sienna's waist as they walked."Now, the queen is all mine!"Sharchan chuckled. "I can kill them later when she would not suspect me." he thought.
Sienna sat in the gazebo near the little lake and kissed him. Sharchan fed her the fruit and kissed her after every bite. He felt hot in his body and embraced Sienna in his lap. She felt like a little cat and was happy. She knew she saved the 3 men today.
Meanwhile, Rem took care of the injured kings and Ziran in his own room. "Sharchan will definitely not look for you here." Rem said as he bandaged their wounds and gave them some medicines.
"Sienna saved our skin today again," Xander noted. "The snake is too wild, only Sarcos can tame him."
"And the queen."Ramse chuckled.
"Her power is limited. She can help us, but not help herself. He is so cruel to her sometimes, I wish I could kill him."Ziran noted.
"If not for Sarcos, she will be still in Sharchan's golden cage."Rem agreed. "I'm glad she accepted my king."
"That is why Sarcos don't want her to go to Crystal City without Tyrell or Ziran?"Xander asked.
"Yes," Rem noted."Sharchan is unpredictable.
Xander nodded."It must be hard for her."
"The queen is clever, she knows the snake's temper, but she is kind enough to love him. Be happy she came," said Rem."I will tell Sarcos not to keep him in charge again. Just recover now, and make sure he does not see you today."
Sharchan was kissing Sienna in his embrace when he heard a falcon screech. The bird of prey just dropped a note to him and flew away. Sharchan picked it up and read it. His face darkened. "Tyrell is in trouble!" he called upset.
"What happened?" Sienna asked him. Her heart felt tight.
Sharchan showed the letter to Sienna." We need to go now. He is already there for a few days. He could starve and die."
"Should we not wait for Sarcos?"Sienna asked.
"Don't you think I can protect you?" Sharchan hissed.
"Of course, you can. It is just that Sarcos is invincible. It makes everything much easier. He will come most likely tonight, he went just with Hector, maybe we can fetch him on the way."Sienna said.
"It is the opposite direction, we will waste half a day."Sharchan hissed.
"Let's send a falcon then?" Sienna asked.
"No time."Sharchan shook his head. He was enraged and thinking fast.
"Get ready, put some warm clothes on, I will pick you up in 5 minutes, if you ready or not!"He ordered firmly.
"As you say, just show me that letter again, I'm curious." she took it gently from his hand.
"Don't read too long."Sharchan hissed and went to gather his weapons and some supplies. The wetlands were quite far.
"Ok," Sienna nodded. She ran to her room, closed the door and dressed fast as she could. She put on a black crystal necklace from Sarcos and lots of scarves and veils. They have always proven useful.
She made a quick copy of the letter for Sarcos and left him a note under her pillow too. On the canvas, she made a quick clue of the arrow pointing to bed just for sure with a heart with an arrow and tiger head.
She barely finished when Sharchan barged in."Ready?" he did not wait for an answer, he picked Sienna on his shoulder and strode fast out of the city. Outside the gates, he changed to his snake form. He coiled Sienna with the end of his tail and slithered at enormous speed to the wetlands.