18***An Unlikely Enemy

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Well.... this is awkward...

Then again, this is also my fault...

-Flashback: 30 mins ago-

"W-wait, what?! Max?! A-and Eleora! Oh my God I can't believe I'm actually talking to you guys!" I yelled out in excitedly, like a little kid who heard that he was going to get ice cream! "This is so awesome! I was actually saved by the Tsunami Duo!" I think my day has officially been made.

"The who now?" Angus asked, dumfounded by my amazement.

"Wait, you don't know these guys?! They are the hunter and martial artist duo, the Tsunami Duo!" I yelled out in utter shock at the news.

"Oi it would be nice if you could keep it down a bit." Mark whispered loudly at me. Not that I heard him.

"With a bow that is said to have been crafted by elves, and arrows with such destructive power they could only be tipped with kinetic steel. Bearer of the wind, and the warrior of the elves. The Wind Walker, Mark!" I began my introduction.

"Oi, keep it down!" Mark said with more urgency.

"And with a fighting style so graceful, it could only be meant for the queen of Undines," I continued extravagantly, "and yet with a demeanor as ice that traps her opponents and fans hearts in a freezing embrace. Bearer of the waves, The Aqua Martialist, Elenora!"

"Alright, seriously though. Stop it already!" Mark said again, not even attempting to be quiet anymore.

"Where were you guys! I haven't even seen a notification from your channel on the BMO website or ShroWd sin... *thunk**thunk* Ouch!!!" I yelled out as my head rang from the two fists that connected with it almost simultaneously.

"Just shut the f*** up already!" Angus yelled at me as I rubbed the assaulted spots.

"Marks been trying to get your attention." Elenora said in a barely audible tone before retreating back to her original spot.

"Yes, Sensei!" I called out, while bowing in respect, as weird as it probably looked. (Hey, don't judge. This dude is basically my idol!)

"S-sensei!" The poor dude's avatar looked like a beet at that, before Elenora cleared her throat, effectively cutting the weird atmosphere in half, and bringing Mark back from whatever state of mind he was in.

"Y-yes, right! Anyways, listen, um.... I'm sorry what's your name?" He continued.

"Nylon, sir!" I said with a salute, "My party member over there is Angus."

"Alright then Nylon, I'll have you know that right now, we can't be seen or heard of in the game."

"Wait, what do you mean?" I asked, thoroughly confused.

"What I mean to say is that we're.... we're..." He looked like he would choke on the words.

"Oi, did you hear that!" A rough sounding voice cried out!

"Yeah! To think that we would actually find them so fast!" Another voice, less deep, replied.

"Who knew that that voice we heard would actually be right." The first dude said to his comrade, "The bounty from those guys heads would keep us for months at least!"

It took around five seconds to for me to realize my error.

"That's right, we're fugitives." Eleora said dully at my look of realization.

-Now-

As of now, I was in the middle of deeply regretting my out burst.

Honestly, I should have known this happened. (And no, not because these guys are trouble makers or anything.)

I was one of their best fans, always ready to see their videos and posts! When there was an event, I was one of the first people, if not the first one, to watch them participate.

Any challenge that could possibly be thought up and done by these two were seen by me almost as soon as it drops. In fact, I was one of the only persons who worries when a video comes late and cries when a video is uploaded and I couldn't view it until later on in the day!

So yea, I was feeling a bit more than crappy at the fact that these legends became fugitives, and have been as such for almost half a year, and I didn't even hear a rumor about it!

And I continued to beat myself up about it until something finally clicked in my head....

My idols, my dream team, my source of inspiration for every week, were fugitives!!!!!

Angus

It wouldn't be a stretch to say that I was pissed. I was pissed at that stupid band of thieves for trying to kill us. I was pissed at that obvious playboy for saving us. I was pissed at myself for even needing help in the first place, especially with those losers. I was pissed at Nylon for making a scene like some damn preschooler at making us have to abandon all or hard work to escape.

But, weirdest of all, I was pissed at how Nylon looked when he found out he was taking to his 'idols', as he seems to love putting it that way. Especially at the way he announced that girl, Elna or something like that.

And thus, I was pissed at myself for being pissed at something so stupid.

Being so thoroughly pissed at so many conflicting things, I was having some serious security issues, to the point where I could feel a migraine coming on.

"So Angus, I didn't get to ask..." A voice started, causing me to jump up a little in surprise. I was so distracted, I didn't even realize when Nylon came to my side and matched my pace!

Just when the h*** did he get here!

"How did it go with the X-Gremlin?" He continued, completely oblivious to the embarrassing start I had.

"Oh that," I replied as I looked back at that fight.

"Did, you guys manage to kill it yourselves or what?" He plowed through with his questions, "Did you guys get help from someone else? Who was he? Or was it a she? Or maybe a they! Were they strong? How did they defeat it? Who landed the final blow? What weapon did he use? Or she? Or maybe an it? What was their lev... Ouch!!!!" His rambling finally ended with a fist to the head from me.

"Will ya slow it down already!!! F*** you're annoying!!!" I shouted at him before attempting to calm down.

"As I was trying to say, the X-Gremlin was too powerful for us, it being an Area4 boss while we were mostly Area3 noobs, me excluded....." I began relaying the events to a wide eyed Nylon.

Even when it was blinded, the damned gremlin was still killing our troops in troves. And the regular ones weren't any better!

They rained down arrows and that stupid f******* spell non stop, disrupting our formation and stretching out our ranks, effectively killing any weaklings that tore away from us.

We were all pretty much f*****, at least eighteen out of the twenty something biting the dust in seconds, and me not holding out too well either, when help finally arrived in the form of two!

"They were from a clan calling themselves 'The Church of Axis', or some s***. They wore white robes and had veils over their heads. And they moved so f****** fast I couldn't even see them! I blinked and found the X-Gremlin cleaved into two, and one of them shot a wave of air, or something, out and cleaned out the rest of the poor saps!!" I was getting really into this, and schooled my face before it showed, when the dude, Max if I remember correctly, interrupted me.

"Did they start preaching?" He asked. These are the first words he's saying since we evaded those bounty hunters, so both of us surprised to hear him.

"Um, yea... I think." I replied, confused as to why the frick he would ask me something so random. "I mean, it looked like they were. I couldn't tell as I was looking for Nylon's dead **s to leave with.

"Did you guys do anything special in that fight?" The aqua-something girl asked.

"No, or well, not really I guess?"

"Anything at all, no matter how small you think it is." At this point she had her hands on my shoulders and was vigorously shaking me! The f***?! What's this girl's f****** problem anyway?!!

I would have broken out of her hold and stabbed her by now, but she had a vice grip that could very well crush stones. Plus, the half crazed look in her eyes were making me worry as h****!

It was Max who calmed her b**** mode down with a hand on her shoulder and a shake of his head.

"Listen, it might not be anything and even if it was, they might not be in the woods to begin with. Let's just go for now." He said to her.

To me he said, "Word of advice for you and your friend. I would be wary of that clan." Then he turned away.

"Wait, your leaving?!!" Nylon said in surprise.

"Wait!!! At least give me.... an.... autograph." His shouts were in vain however, as they were already gone in a blur!

I could only shake my head at the sad sight and continue walking, Nylon sulking as he dragged himself along.

Looking back at the proceedings makes me wonder though, as an ominous feeling started to pick at the edges of my conscience when I filed his crazy bulls*** away.....

What would have happened.... if I took more heed in his words...?