Frost and Flame

[Rin]

This is the first in a series of stories im writing detailing the history between Rin and Khazar starting from the point where they became enemys ^-^ enjoy







Prologue-


Panting, Rin shifts his eyes scanning over the nearby trees. "Where are you...." he says quietly. "You never where good at fighting outdoors" Khazar whispers as they drop down from above him. "no.... but i can hear a hell of a lot better than you can!" Rin jumps back out of his opponants way, and Khazar's blade peirces the ground and he goes down on one knee, then looks back at Rin. "always defencive and running away huh Rin, you started this so why dont you ever stick around to finish it!" he yells, a deep seated hatred filling his voice. Suddenly Khazar's head jerks up as though he had been struck hard, and a flashback begins to fill his mind and a grin appears on his lips as he stands up, and he begins laughing. "the old man was right, we arent as similar as i had thought.... in fact" he smiles "your to much of a coward to be anything like me!". Rin's eyes suddenly narrow, filled to the brim with fury. "i dident fricking start this you *happy spices*......" Rin clunches his fist around the hilt oif his sword so tightly that his hand turns red, then charges straight at Khazar "....you did!" Khazar smirks "looks like Rin really is reckless" he thinks as he raises his own rapier out of the ground and blocks Rin's horizontal swing, then continues the motion up and around dragging the blade across Rin's right side leaving a deep gash.

Khazar looks down at Rin, who is now laying on his side, gasping for air and clutching at his wound, "your so pathetic now.... " he mumbles as he kicks Rin's gash. Rin coughs, beginning to choke on his own blood as Khazar lifts him by the collar of his tunic and stares into his fiery golden eyes. Again Rin coughs blood, which lands on Khazar's cheek causing his eye to twitch with fury. "So tell me Rin..." he asks "Why did you try to kill her? Try to kill me precious wife?" Rin stares in disbelief, it had been an accedent all those years ago but Rin had surly killed her, why was Khazar now saying it this way, like she had survived having her throat cut and the wound seared that deeply. "I dident try to kill your fiance Khazar...." Rin responds, surprised at the slight amount of proud anger in his voice "...i did kill her" his voice trails off into guilt at his last words. Khazar smiles, but in rage. "So now you admit to it, huh? not going to clain it was an accedent and beg for forgiveness anymore?" He tightens his grip around Rin's shirt collar lifting him so that he chokes more. suddenly a bloody smile appears on Rin's pale dry lips, an Khazar responds by tilting his head in confusion. In a low voice Rin whispers "you forgot to watch my hands." Khazar's eyes widen as he now notices the bright light behind Rins downturned palm, he trys to throw RIn away only to hear the words "To late!" coughed into his ear, Rin flams the fireball into into Khazar's shoulder, intending to slam it into his heart, but his aim is thrown off by the jerking motion as his body is cast away, slamming hard into a tree and a loud crunching sound is made as three of his ribs shatter.

Tension fills the air as the two sit at oppisite ends of the clearing. Rin maimed and near mortaly wounded, and Khazar's body burned so badly he can barly stand, flashbacks to when this had all started flashing through each of their heads.....




chapter 1- bittersweet


"Why do i have to be the one to do this...." Rin says as he moves through a dark swamp. It was raining, cold, stinging drops that pummeled his body all over making him feel numb. He knew this was a bad omen almost instantly, however he pressed forward to complete his mission, the events of earlier that day playing out in his head, he had been assigned to cause a distraction in the rebel camp before the wedding between two of the higher officers could be wed, if all ent well then the main forces could move in and catch the enemy off guard. If Rin failed however then the wedding would continue and the enemy would have the blessing of the gods protecting them until it was over, and thus he had to move fast. Suddenly a boom of thunder catches Rin off guard and he winces, whimpering as his mind begins to break down. He dident want to be here, at least not alone..... he would have to cause a distraction and get out before hundreds of soldiers cought him, his odds were so low that he actually stopped for a moment to cry against a tree, for he did not want to die, not here, not now....

The rebel base was a Large keep, surrounded by a village and it was here that Khazar had decided to remain, he had even proposed to a rebel general, a human woman named Re'anna. "I wonder what Rin would do if he saw all this..." He says quietly, laughing to himself as he pulled on his navy colored tunic and attached his rapier to his belt. One thing Khazar had made clear to Rin over the years was that he hated humans, the fact that he was about to marry one would confuse Rin to no end, espicaly this human who had always been a bitter rival of his. However Khazar had faked his death some time ago in order to join the Rebel merc faction without Rin knowing. It was Re'anna who had helped him with his plan and soon after they fell in love, a very strange tale that was with many twists and an ending stranger then fiction. Khazar nods to himself, decieving his friend was wrong, after the wedding he would find Rin and get him to join with them.... if Rin was still alive that was.

Several moments had passed Since Rin's mental breakdown of the situation and his sobbing up, but now that it was all out his mind was clear again. He lays a hand on the wooden pallaside surrounding the village, his body breaking down into a black mist as he pulled himself into and up the wall, exiting the darkness behind two guards, two soon to be dead guards, both impaled on RIn longsword in the same stroke. He twists the blade and draws it out of them, then wipes the blood off and sheaths the blade before changing into one of their armor sets as a disguise and tossing the other guard off the wall. From this vintage point Rin could see the wedding attendees gathering in a garden near the center of the village, it was quite a lovely little guarden Rin thought to himself while getting distracted, maybe he would be wed there one day as well. Suddenly however Rin's daydream fades as he sees the Bride exiting a nearby building, he shakes away his thoughts and looks around for a bow. "there has to be one here, im on top of a wall for crying out loud..." he mumbles to himself getting annoyed when he cant find one, if only he had a bow he could kill her now and be done with it.

Khazar smiles seeing his soon to be wife approaching the garden, he himself was leaning against an apple tree and eating a piece of fruit he had gathered from it. "soon we shall be bound together for eternity my sweet" he whispers to himself as she makes her way two the center. He watches her, looking her over. Re'anna was a tall woman, though not quite as tall as Rin or Khazar, her hight was about 5'6''. She had long flowing red hair that traveled down to the middle of her back, and her complexion was slightly tanned. Her eyes were a deep shade of green like emeralds and shone with a haunting brillance even in dim light.... best in dim light. Khazar couldent help but be captured in her beauty, Even Rin at times, though he hated to admit it, thought she was pretty. Neither of them seemed to mind the rain, Khazar even seemed to be enjoying it, he loved seeing Re'anna's hair wet to be honest. Soon the band starts and he gets into position, the wedding would start soon.

Rin could now see the groom making his way into position and he needed to think of somthing fast. Still however he wondered who the groom was, and it seemed to bother him that he did not. The blasted rain and the visor of the helm he had put on dropped his visability enough to where he actually threw it off the wall in the general direction of the man. The helm soared across the sky, slowly decending intil it hit the tree Khazar had been leaning on, Rin sees the groom turn in shock, along with the other guests, "crap.... i think that did it...." Rin says chocking slightly in shock. He hears the crowd shouting and pointing at him on the wall. A flash of lighting sears the sky, Khazars jaw drops wide and Re'anna grabs his sword as he goes after Rin herself, taking advantage of her fiancee's momentary disbelief.