Chapter 9 Soul over Knighthood

As Griffin looks through the bag the Sakyo no heishi sits there with there arms crossed now eating an apple

Griffin nervously not trying to provoke them but still curious says so you’ve known Sean a long time?

the Sakyo no heishi just looks at him nodding their head for him to continue Griffin thinks so you're letting me keep all this stuff as he packs a bunch of fruit adrenaline medicine anxiety medicine focus medicine in anger medicine and bunch of healing supplies

Griffin says what do I need all this for? the Sakyo no heishi walks up points at all the medicines and then points at the bag then points at the fruit and points back at the bag and then walks back over to the wall and crosses their arm

Griffin says well okay that's helping as she puts the fruit and the medicine in the bag he says I don't think I'm going to need any of this but I'll take the fruit

Sean says it takes a lot to be a knight for any Kingdom not just Glenharnia The neighboring kingdoms around us they will get shown to us as if there are enemies but they're not.

they're just people trying to live too always look at everything with another point of view young man some things aren't what they seem sometimes the government can overreact on details and then there's sometimes when they don't give you enough details

And it is up to you to find the balance between the bad of Glenhernia and the good of Glenharnia because you have sworn to protect these people and that is your job to protect the kingdom. do not forget what your job is doesn't matter when they send you on missions on investigations or on orders.

you must know what your job is and as a Knight it is to protect the people not to kill whoever the government says or anything else. but it is night time young man you should be leaving now

Now that you know where my camp is I would hope that you don't give it away to no one. Griffin looks and says no I would never and am I allowed to come back if needed. he says we don't stay in one place very long so if we're not here we're somewhere else.

Griffin says got it if I need you I'll find you that's without a doubt Sean smiles then snaps his fingers the Sakyo no heishi stand straight and walks to Sean he says show him one of our exits straight to the training hall

he points to a tunnel and Griffin starts walking but before the Sakyo no heishi could follow Sean says and one more thing speak you've been quiet this whole time.

He nods his head the Sakyo no heishi nodes back and begins to walk with Griffin. He says crap to get to the tunnel we have to cross the lake but the Sakyo no heishi jumps on a ginormous lily pad and casually makes there way to the tunnel hopping from lily pad to lily pad

Griffin says oh I guess that works too and he jumps on the lily pad and tries to catch up as they finally get to the tunnel after jumping on seven lily pads they start to walk but then the Sakyo no heishi stops Griffin says oh is this where we split up the Sakyo no heishi nods there head and waves

Griffin says do well as he throws a thumbs up You're strong I can feel it I wish I got to talk to you more but if I come back and you're here want to chat a little as he stands there smiling holding the bag that was given to him and holding the thumbs up signaling that they have some type of friendship

the Sakyo no heishi says goodbye see you next time Griffin smiles and turns in dashes away Griffin says with a happy tone they talk to me they actually spoke to me

as he begins to walk he hears water a lot of it pushing in themselves somewhere as he walks to the end of the tunnel to reveal a cliff of water he says no way this is where I have to go and he looks back to see no one there this is where they wanted him to go he says damn and jumps

meanwhile on the steps at The training hall in Glenharnia Kaizen is getting up coughing but he thinks damn it it kicked me right in the chest and knocked the wind out of me but he fell hit his face on the step and knocked himself out

but as he starts to get up Connor does too grunting he says that was a hard fall and gets up dripping sounds could be heard Kaizen looks and says Connor your head

as Connor's head right above his eye is cut open and dripping blood he says forget about my head you should be worried about your everything

as he jumps at Kaizen from the top of the step kneeing the wall as Kaizen dodges he stands punches Connor in the face

but he steps back taking his knee out of the wall he throws his forearm at Kaizens face trying to back him up but Kaizen leans back and dodges

grabs Connors arm and then upper cutting the elbow hyperextending his arm, he yells and pain as he pulls his arm back and grabs kaizen running straight into the wall

now uppercutting Kaizen in his stomach multiple times and then grabbing him throwing him down some more steps

Connor says you want to mess up my arm I'll break your face as it gets ready to jump down but Kaizen runs up the steps and punches Connor in the throat

then he drops down two steps and kicks Connor's left leg causing him to fall to his knee then he takes a couple steps back as he runs up the steps and knees him in the face

using the railing to support himself as he flips around still holding on to the rail and kicks Connor through the wall causing him to land in a room a bunch of knights

they start to chase Kaizen he starts running up the step but as he gets to the top step and opens the door Kujo is standing there with his arms crossed Kaizen smirks and says he isn't going to do anything And before he could try to run Kujo says JudoMode Qora shut down causing Kaizen to fall to the ground and knock himself out

Meanwhile outside of the training hall Suzie is standing outside of her room shocked as shaiya has caught her punch and now has tightened her grip on Suzie's fist shaiya says you thought you had me didn't you you? thought you were just going to get another win like you did Connor earlier

nope you met your match today as she pulls Suzie closer to her face and says I know about your sister and then she punches Suzie in the stomach causing Suzie to lean forward

then Shaiya uppercut her in the chin making her step back shaiya looks in confidence and says I knew this was what was going to break you All I needed was information.

with information you control people and now I'm going to make you not even enter into the tournament and Connor will win like he supposed to. Suzie says no you won't because you're not winning today or ever not against me and she stands up straight and put your hands up into a boxing stance her knee bent her arms close to her mouth

Shiaya says we will see as she dashes to Suzie jumping from the wall onto the ground she tries to trick her but she doesn't move Suzie stands there unfazed

Shiaya says okay then I will attack first as she jumps and slashes Suzie in her leg she still stands there again unfazed as shaiya does this again and again and again to the point where she's jumping from the wall to the ground to Suzie so fast that you can't see her just a blur All you can see is Suzie's clothes getting in cut the wounds that are being left behind but Suzie stands guard

then Shiaya slows down to the point where he she jumps off the wall and begins getting extra momentum and speed but it's not enough as Suzie leans over roll and then hits her with a Qora powered right hook that ends the fight

Suzie now knowing that she won stands her and takes a breath looks around to see if anyone saw but she sees no one she looks down and thinks I have to get rid of her she knows.

she knows about my sister I can't let her leave and she raises her hand and force Qora into her hand she says I hope no one will miss you but then she stopped and thinks about something she looks away and says damn it if I let her go she she could. But I can't

shiaya looks up face swollen she said please don't kill me I won't say a word I promise I see I overstepped my boundaries Suzie says get out of here shaiya gets up and runs off

Suzie goes through her window trying to not make it sound and she sits on her chair and relaxes but then Cane says took you long enough as she gets up and unsheathes her short blade and puts it to his neck but then she realizes who it is and says what the hell Cane? why did you do that?

Cane casually says my bad I seem to have caught you off guard it wasn't my intention I just had to stay low and this is the rendezvous point right .so I win the challenge Suzie looks and says how did you know it was a challenge?

Cane stands up and says you and I both know that Griffin isn't dumb enough to get into any trouble knowing he's a hybrid and that he'll just get executed right away

I figured you had some type of plan to make us do this little scavenger race to your room so you will have some type of training to do for the day but I'm guessing you ran into one of the members of squad number three as well

yeah how did you know that? Cane says yeah I ran into Hunter The big scary one and we fought she just said who won Cane smiles and said I did of course as they're talking.

they get a knock from the door Suzie looks and says hurry act natural Suzie ready to herself up covering up all her scars with new clothes Cane sits there looking at the door acting normal as she opens the door or you can see is a pissed off Kujo holding an unconscious Kaizen bleeding from the nose and mouth

he says what happened he steps in the room and slams the door shut and tosses Kaizen onto the bed Cane and Suzie sit next to a now waking up Kaizen all three lined up on the bed he says what the hell were you three doing and where is Griffin?

Kaizen looks and says no one knows have you checked his room Kujo just says no I haven't I figured he was with you all but I will

first I want to know why you were running away from knights after you got into an altercation with another junior Knight on the steps let's start with you so want to explain Kaizem

He says he attacked me I just fought back himself defense Kujo says don't worry the situation is being investigated as we speak

Now Suzie, why weren't you in your room during curfew? she says I was running errands for my grandma in the Kingdom

he looks at Cane he says and you wait why aren't you in your room he says I want to hang out with Suzie we were finished training together Kujo says all three of you get to your rooms now

I have to go find Griffin as he leaves the room with Kaizen and Cane Suzie sits there and says that was a close one but Griffin is sneaking into his room now he slides the bag of medicine and fruit under his bed and he lays down as Kujo burst through the door

he says Griffin where are you Griffin leans up and says huh what happened? he says you have been here the entire time? Griffin says yeah I got some rest since I couldn't train with you today he says okay Kaizen mumbles liar as he drops Cane and Kaizen to their rooms

back in Cane's room he looks in the mirror to see that his ribs in his back his entire waste area is red showing bruising he says oh oh that is going to hurt for a while ow he goes into the bathroom and turns on the shower all the way on cold and he stands in there

Kaizens room he is looking at more papers trying to see who this mysterious figure that roared a high-ranking knight into a building with disappeared he says I know you were up to something Griffin I'll find out as he turns his lamp off and lays in his bed

but as Griffin lays down he hears laughter its sneaky and discomforting and then he hears the laugh again he says i cant sleep like this he leans up and remembers Kujos talk about meditation

then he thought about the focus medicine and hovers over his bed to get the bag he put under it as he unzips the bag he reads the label on the medicine then he says ok so it says take two he pops the lid and tosses two pills in his mouth and sits there after a while

he says well i can get a head start first as he crosses his legs and closes his eyes and starts to breath and then he opens his eye seeing the yellow and purple lines of Qora and leading the way

he follows the lines like last time but when he gets to the doors he sees that the yellow door is in front of the purple door he thinks what is this about? last time they were side to side but now the yellow door is in front of the purple door what's that about whatever it's a new question i have to ask him and he opens the yellow door

as he hears a roar he enters a safari as he walks around holding his hand out he feels the tall golden grass and the hot sun beaming onto his face he says last time i came here it was a cave

but as he walks he sees two eye looking at him low in the grass he stops and reaches for his sword but he realizes that he doesn't have it he looks up to see a lion slowly walking to him

He says you reached for me boy Griffin says what the lion says i am your sword boy Griffin says so thats how that works i use you to fight the lion says no you summon me to to aid you in battle

and we work together. You are not in control here, we are partners understand. Griffin says yes and he think the lions starts to walk away from Griffin

He says so i have you to thank then the lion looks back and says what do you mean boy he says for my fight with Kaizen in the forest i probably would have died if you hadent helped me parry that arrow

the lion says yes i guess you do. you had blew through your Qora if i hadent done anything then we would both be dead Griffin says wow i am amazed we can talk now whats your name the lions says nothing butl soon I should have one

Griffin says how the Lions reaplies with whenever you give me one Griffin says oh ok so your name could be fin i like fin the lion says whys that he says because its apart of my name and like we are connected like we are in real life

the lion says i like it it has a deeper meaning to it I hadn't thought about that. so why are you here as they walk in the tall grass safari

Griffin says i got questions for you. Fin says you always do he says ok first why are we now in a safai and what happened to the cave?

Fin says i was trapped there until you had unblocked our connection then i was freed your soul lead me here my true home within your soul Griffin says oh okay that makes since and why were you calling me a coward back then

Fin looks at Griffin and says because you were. at the time you needed to be brave but no one will pave the path for you so i figure getting on your bad side would help you wake up and it worked.

look we are as close as we have ever been Griffin grabs his chin and says okay i guess i see your point there but you were says i was being childish what was that about?

Fin says you were letting your hybrid self mess with your junior knight progress you need to focus for this mission i fear it will ask more of you then you know.Griffin says i will be fine I have you there with me

Fin says even i can't get you out of every situation you will have to think and be fast with your decisions and make sure you have a clear mind

Griffin think about why he is here and the purple door he says so i cant sleep Fin looks in confusions and says why not?

Griffin says well i keep hearing laughing and i don't know where it is coming from and why is the purple door behind you Fin looks down and says damn it he's connecting to you i failed. then he says look boy your other spirit animal is dangerous and dark and he is trying to connect to you so you can set him free Griffin he is dark and dangerous

Griffin says that's not good how do i suppress him Fin says you need hone you skills with me and train hard the moment you chose me to be you as your first spirit animal i became the main Spirit so i can block him from you but he is as powerful as me if not more so i need you to continue to use me

the more i get used the more me and you get stronger but then he hears the laughing again opens his eyes and stands he says crap i need to get to work and pulls his sword out and starts to swing it silently training in his room

and now all the junior knights are in there rooms waiting for the third night of the training week to end and the fourth day begin