originally posted in:The New Dojo
Bella helped him up, but he was able to find his footing well enough.
"Truth? What do you mean? You...you've been lying to us....?" Bella asked him with her bright blue eyes staring up at him.
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Cannon dropped the cutlass. "You want this war to end? Let us through."
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"No one has to die anymore! Don't you see?! This entire war is silly! We can all just get along!" Bella exclaimed. Her words had actually seemed to faze the two warriors. "This war...it's really rather stupid." The left Grenwald said. "But we were born into it. It's in our blood. How do we not know you three will just pass through here, make contact with your people and then fight against us?" "Come with us." Yuri suddenly said. "The only way to bring peace is for Tokage and Grenwald to be seen united."
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Cannon nodded in agreement with Yuri. He was beginning to think ruabing into this with his injuries was a vert [i]very[/i] bad idea.
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"What?!" One of them asked. "Walk into the Tokage lines? With YOU? How do we know you aren't just going to turn us over?!"
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Cannon leaned on the sword he'd dropped, which was sticking point down in the dirt. He was begining to wonder if this was all worth an arm as his head began to swim from the varies injuries.
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"You don't know! But if we want peace we will have to be willing to take risks!" "By "we," you actually mean "us," right?" The right man asked. "Seems like us grenwalds are the only ones taking the risk here."
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"Then take me along as a hostage." Cannon replied. "If they attack you, threaten to hurt me oe something."
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"Ya when everyone is a sharpshooter with a bow and we are vastly outnumbered that won't work." The left man said. "The idea was good enough I suppose." "Why don't you just walk with us?! Normally, I mean!" Bella exclaimed. "We want peace so we should act like we have it!"
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"That... Might work." Cannon agreed, leaning heavily on the sword.
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"Maybe, ya. As long as you vouch for us." The left man stated.
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The mando nodded. "What are your names?"
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"Hiebert." The man on the left introduced himself. "I'm Abraham." The right man said. "Hello, Abraham and Hiebert. I am Yuri. The little one here is Bella Tokage." He said. Bella smiled and waved. But then, the two men lowered their weapons with a bit of a shock. "Wait." Abraham said. "Bella Tokage? As in, of the Tokage family?!" "Yep! And I'll vouch for you Sir Ham that I will vouch for you!" Bella exclaimed in her usually positive demeanour. The two grenwalds looked at each other and shrugged. "Well. I suppose that can either give me peace of mind or completely destroy it." Abraham said.
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"Let's go with the first of those options." Cannon replied. "Name's Cannon Lok, from the Dojo."
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"Ya...we'll see about that." Hiebert said skeptically. "Well no point in wasting time. Let's move. But uh...you guys can take the lead."
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Cannon picked up the sword and with difficulty took the lead. He was definitely limping hard.
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Bella then walked beside him and held on to him, trying to hold the man up. "Can...are you okay?" She asked him as Abraham and Hiebert walked behind Yuri.
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"I got frostbite, sliced at least five times, lost an arm, and have gone almost thirty hours with no food or rest.... I'm fine." He shook his head to clear it and kept walking.
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"Oh...." Bella said softly. "Well...we are almost at the end of this! We just...have to talk to my father. And then...the Grenwald leader."
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"Yeah..." He took a pained breath and kept on. "If I suddenly pass out, keep going. Alright?"
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"YOU'RE GUNNA PASS OUT?!" Bella asked with an astounding amount of panic.
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"... Did you miss the fact I lost an arm? Cause in case you haven't noticed, I lost an arm." He waved the stump at her. "I also lost a lot of blood and haven't slept in almost 48 hours."
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"Well YA but you ALREADY passed out! You can't pass out a second time! That's like, against the rules or something!"
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"Heh... All's fair in love and war?" Hw tried to joke, continuing on.
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"I guess so..." she said. "Just...stay awake. We're gunna need you after all!" She told Can. "And by "we" I mean "me" specifically!"
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He nodded. "I'll do my best, Bella. I promise."