The dark guardian

C59

WEEK AND A HALF AFTER

Things were going well Max, I was lucky to have stayed in the central dimension, but some people here were still receiving treatment for their injuries, I had the file that Astrid had healed me apart from the capacity of my body that also allowed me better progress.

I walked through some corridors where soldiers passed from one direction to another.

"Good morning," greeted one.

"Good morning, James," greeted another.

"Good... morning," I nodded politely. Apparently after what had happened I had some kind of fans in this place, because they even knew my name.

I kept walking and passing a door I heard a crash on the wall. I took a few steps and heard someone behind the door.

"Come on, don't discourage me, I don't think that's all his skills because if that's the case I'm getting bored" a voice that seemed familiar to me went through the walls.

no permission between each other and inside there were many soldiers with robes and blunt swords, it seemed like one of those training swords and it was.

—Good morning, but who we have here —he smiled —is James Brixt .

—Hello, Abra—I greeted with my hand—it seems that you need company for your training. I can help?

—of course yes—he threw a sword for me to take—come on, give me everything you have.

—You sound quite confident—we began clashing swords over and over again in an uninterrupted manner.

— Wow.. — Maked Wolf entered the same room—I guess you're better, James, I see that your wounds are almost healed, that's very good news—he looked at me with fighting eyes—you know we have a rematch pending.

—of course yes—I agreed—just wait for me to be one hundred percent for us to have it, I just hope that this time if you can beat me—raise my thumb in the form of approval.

KAI LOGAN

Unfortunately, after the event that had occurred a week and a half ago, our lives had changed even more, we were forbidden to return to earth after having participated in all the battles that had taken place. Until further notice.

—What do you think?— I was in a shared room with Mike and Astrid, since we've been here they've taken great care of us, we can't complain—could it be that we can endure so much time away from home?

I think so , also the food here is quite similar to that of the land, the clothing, among other things, and I am a guy who adapts to everything," answered Mike. "And you?" He pointed to Astrid. Do you think you can bear all this time away from your family?

—The truth is, don't think that just because I'm a woman I can't do it too, besides the most important thing is that James is here and that's enough for me—she was blushing—with him I could go to the end of the world if it were possible.

—Enough of the cheesy Astrid—I scratched her head—we should rather look for him, because I don't see him around here and neither does Katsuro .

WOLFPACK

—please, tell me how my sister is—she was still being treated, but she hadn't woken up from the deep ground since the time she was seriously injured—is there a chance she'll wake up?

—of course yes—said the Dark Moon, she was in charge of all the healing team of the central dimension—don't you remember that it carries your blood? You should tell her about the things you feel for her—he suggested.

—I don't think so this time, it will be at another time, when I wake up—I left the room, at least I had the hope that she would open her eyes again, but I blamed myself for not having been there that day, that moment.. .

JAMES

I walked a bit through the town where we were, the structure was quite similar to that of the houses on earth, at least in a certain way I was familiar with it.

—James ! —someone shouted in the distance, it was Astrid's voice approaching.—until I finally find you—her voice sounded agitated, surely because of what she was running.

"How did you find me?" I was surprised, but even so I didn't waste my time and gave him a small kiss. As always those lips cradled mine and that flavor could never not distinguish it, my beloved, my reason for existing—I thought you were in the temple bedrooms.

— Yes , but I also wanted to walk a bit to distract myself, you know—he crossed his arms—I still have the idea that we are going to return to earth and that has me a little confused —he intertwined his fingers with mine—by the way, have you Seen Katsuro ?— He frowned.

—Well, no, not really—now I remember that I haven't seen him since we were here—do you suggest we look for him?

It's the best, don't you think? From what I heard he's been a bit depressed after all that happened—we walked back to the temple to look for him.

HIMURA

doing here Jinsu ?" I was resting in my room. He was dead, wasn't he? I watched his face as he stood in front of me .

—You are wrong, Mr. Himura , after all you are my superior and we are constantly wrong, I am not the one to judge you by your actions, but I could never wish you death, but what would be my motivation to make me stronger? You are my example to continue to improve myself every day what happens.

knock _ knock !

—Come in—it was James and that girl who still didn't know what her name was but surely she was his girlfriend or something.

—excuse our way of entering, we didn't know you were resting, Himura —he approached my bed with that girl—but do you know where Katsuro is ? We've been looking for it but haven't found it yet .

"I really have no idea," I shook my head, "but he's sure to be in his room."

"We'll go look for him over there, I hope you get better soon, Himura " he closed the door.

JAMES

—Hey, but there's no one here—we entered Katsuro 's room and there was only some folded clothes on the edge of the bed—I know where it could be—I took Astrid's hand and we started running to the place that only he could to be.

Where are we going, James?" Astrid ran in parallel, "don't you think we should better ask?"

—don't worry, I know where it is, my instinct can't fail—we keep running.

KATSURO

Until it finally arrives. It was a peak where you could appreciate the colors of the landscape and the clouds of all sizes, it was the best place here to relax and try to meditate a little, I also wanted peace of mind, which I was not having in that temple for so many people around me, but there was already a subject here.

" Asap , how did you get here?" I sat next to him.

—I do n't know , I just walked and walked until I was able to get to this place, it seemed very nice, don't you think so?— He pointed to some clouds that were passing by.

—Yes , in fact I came here for that very reason—I observed how other clouds were passing by.

"By the way, how are you feeling?" His eyes were sad.

— Asap , I wanted to apologize for what I did in the past, I know that what I did have no forgiveness and less with what I did with the villagers of your town, if I could go back to the past believe me I could never do that.

— shh ... Shut up—he placed his index finger in my mouth—my heart has been damaged all this time and I really tell you that I don't have any kind of resentment with you, so you can rest assured that I forgive you.

—really ?— my heart was beating with happiness because what followed me day and night was disappearing.

—Yes , silly, now let's just contemplate this beautiful landscape—we both raised our heads to the sky seeing how the colors were forming little by little.

—until we finally found you—James was walking next to Astrid, they looked quite loving.

JAMES

"I'm sorry to ruin the pleasant talk that the two of you had, but we've been looking for you everywhere and now that we've found you, I think the right thing to do is to return to the temple, don't you think so?" Katsuro approached, standing in front of me .

—James, I hadn't had time to thank you for everything you did when you were just a boy, never, but I will never forget the gesture you have made with me and I will always have you in my memories, I also made a decision and that is when it's time to leave for the land I'll stay here, of course if you don't mind—under his gaze—perhaps it seems a little ungrateful on my part, but this is where I belong.

worry, Katsuro —scratched his head— there's no problem that's why we all know that all your people are here just like we are over there.

It was at that moment that I remembered why I had rescued him, we both had different worlds, but we had people who loved us very much.

•

The next day a subject came to our rooms with news.

—Good morning guys, I have great news for you—he pointed out, from there a Dark named Rubius appeared and took us to an arid field and there were two steel columns.

"What's that?" I pointed out innocently.

—That you see there is the portal that will take you to your world—he nodded smiling, we were all happy at that moment because we would return home.—I will have to activate it so that they can go through the portal—he stood in front of the two columns and activated a power with the palm of his hands, immediately the columns began to flash until they formed a great portal—I will give you this too—it was a necklace with a symbol—this is a symbol of our gratitude for everything you did for us, this is not Compare the effort you made with the battles you fought, but we give it to you wholeheartedly—he took it from my hands—we also apologize for how we behaved with you with your arrival.

—Don't worry, it's nothing, we all did it with pleasure because Katsuro 's life also mattered to us, he became our friend just like all of you, no one here is to blame for the things that happened, it was part of destiny , but we also thank you for the stay and for healing all our wounds—I took the necklace and put it on my neck.

"Well, there's no time to waste" the portal lit up more and more, I turned my neck backwards and there were all the Dark , there was Katsuro of course.

— Goodbye my good friend—we hugged each other, patting each other on the back—I hope we see each other again.

— Goodbye , James—a tear rolled down her cheek—thanks for everything.

"Remember our pending confrontation," said Maked Wolf, "I'm not one of those who get excited about these things, but I wish you a good trip," he agreed.

•

We went through the portal and we were traveling on a path full of stars and colors, we were floating on a different gravity, we could only see a small light at the bottom of that path. I guess that must be the way out.

Going through the narrow door by magic we found ourselves in a forest, a forest that was definitely our planet earth. At that time we all breathed a sigh of relief that we had returned.

—Welcome everyone— Lakai approached—you don't need to say anything, I guess you too—he pointed out—you must now know the whole truth about me . It is not like this?

"That's right," I agreed and looked away from him .

—I know you're like this because I didn't tell you the truth about everything, but I'm very sorry—under his gaze, he looked like he was sorry. I would never have wanted to endanger the lives of all of you in that place, I know I should have gone with you.

—Hey, calm down—I patted his shoulder trying to cheer him up, no one here is to blame for anything, on the contrary what you did with us was good, in a certain way we all became stronger and united even more, you don't know the things that we spent in that place, but I wanted to thank you for everything, without your help none of this would have been possible, but just tell me something—I looked him straight in the eye—why didn't you have the confidence to tell me the things you wanted a start ?

—I just had to hesitate to go or something, if I told you things as they were maybe you would have refused to continue, it was a risk I had to take.

—Did you seriously doubt me ?— I shook my head—that really hurt me, but hey, there's nothing more to blame.

At that moment Lakai used teleportation on all of us so that we hit each house. I was in front of mine and it still seemed incredible to me because of everything that had happened, I even thought that I would not come back here.

LORD

—What are we going to do now?— He walked next to Lakai .

—I don't know yet, but the good thing is that La Paz came temporarily, but we both know that things won't be like this for long. I feel like the battle is just beginning...