Ahri was in a VERY bad mood. First, she had a major argument with Grey. Second, she had a match that she must attend. Third, the match didn"t go well for her.She was now fighting Akali, and the a.s.sa.s.sin was proving quite annoying. The Nine-Tailed Vastayan threw another orb of deception, only for Akali to dodge it.
The rogue a.s.sa.s.sin threw a smoke bomb at Ahri, covering the area around her in smoke concealing her vision.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan started looking around, but before she spots Akali, a chained sickle struck her from the side.
Ahri was left open from the strike and couldn"t protect herself when Akali came out suddenly from the smoke and stabbed her in the chest with her kunai.
The a.s.sa.s.sin pulled out her weapon as the fox Vastaya fell on the ground before dying. After a few moments, she returned to her team"s base.
When she came back, Ahri saw that her team"s Nexus was being destroyed by Warwick and Vi. She didn"t even move from her spot before the Nexus was destroyed.
"VICTORY, Red Team," the Summoners voice boomed through the rift before the champions were all pulled out.
Ahri"s shoulders slumped as the other team celebrated. The only one that wasn"t celebrating was Akali.
The a.s.sa.s.sin walked towards the fox Vastaya. "Ahri, what"s wrong? You were barely focusing at all," Akali asked noticing Ahri"s fighting during the match.
"I"m fine," Ahri growled as she started walking away.
Akali didn"t buy it for a second, so she started following her. "Did something happen?" she asked.
"Nothing happened," Ahri denied as she continued to walk forward.
Again, Akali didn"t believe her. There was only one subject that can make Ahri that mad. "Is it about Grey?" she asked. The fact that the fox Vastaya just scowled was answer enough. "Did you two get into a fight?"
"It was his fault," Ahri grumbled as they reached the dining hall.
"What happened?" Akali asked worried about her two friends.
Ahri just ignored her as she reached a table that had Brite, Nidalee, Solas, and Tiara. "That was just pathetic, fox," the Dancer commented.
"Screw off," the fox Vastaya growled sitting down.
"So, can someone tell me what happened?" Akali asked the others seeing that Ahri isn"t going to answer.
"The fox and my brother got into an argument, the fox said something she shouldn"t have, and now Grey is away in a mission while the fox thinks she"s the victim," Tiara summarized glaring at Ahri.
"So it"s my fault that he didn"t take my promise seriously?" Ahri asked insulted.
Tiara was about to retort in a series of very colorful words but stopped when she heard someone cough nervously.
They all looked to see Kayle, looking rather timid. "What do you want now, fatty?" Tiara asked/insulted.
Kayle would have been mad if she wasn"t more nervous. "Uhmm… How should I put this?" she asked herself while rubbing the back of her neck. "Grey is… missing," she said nervously.
They all just stared at her silently before Tiara spoke. "Oh, I"m sorry, did you just say, "Please rip my wings off", because that"s what I heard you say," She said glaring at the angel.
"It"s just… why don"t I show you instead," the Righteous said as she started walking towards the Transport station.
Deciding to find out what happened, they all started following the angel as she walked through the hallways.
Once they were in the Transport station, the Summoner there stood attention. "Greetings, champions. Can I help you?"
Kayle nodded. "Yes, can you show us the previous status of the Abyss Watcher?" she asked.
The summoner nodded and pulled out a map of Ionia. He started casting a spell before a blue candle flame appeared in the middle.
The Righteous pointed at the flame. "This is how we keep track of champions that we sent on missions. That flame is Grey," she explained as the others looked at it. "Now, look at what happened,"
Kayle nodded to the summoner and he returned the nod. They all saw the flame started moving into a forest at the west of Ionia.
The flame stopped there for a few seconds before, suddenly, it went out. It was like watching a candle being blown off.
"What happened?" Brite asked confused.
"That"s the problem, we don"t know," Kayle replied. "We just… lost Grey."
"You don"t think he"s…" Akali mumbled but trailed off not wanting to think about the worst.
The Righteous picked up on what the rogue a.s.sa.s.sin was trying to say and shook her head. "No, he"s not dead. If he was dead, the flame should have turned red, but if it went out, That means he"s simply not there anymore," she explained.
"Well, where is he?" Solas asked.
At that question, Kayle shrugged. "We don"t know. We scanned all of Runeterra"s map, but we couldn"t find him anywhere."
"What do you mean that you couldn"t find my brother?" Tiara asked her temper rising.
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The Righteous just shook her head. They all started looking at where the flame was concerned for the Abyss Watcher, until-
"I don"t care," they all looked with wide eyes as Ahri said those words.
Nidalee was the first to speak. "You"re… joking, right?" she chuckled nervously.
"No, I"m not," Ahri replied before motioning to Tiara and Brite. "If he"s as good as those two say, then it"s about time I stop worrying about that idiot. He can take care of himself, so why should I care if he went missing?"
"Why you little-" Tiara would have jumped at Ahri right then and there if it wasn"t for Solas to hold her back.
The Sun"s First Born didn"t approve of what Ahri said. But he knew that right now, the last thing they needed was violence.
"Ahri, this is Grey we"re talking about, And you say you don"t care about him?" Nidalee asked dumbfounded.
"Why should I care? He"s an all-powerful Lord of Cinder," Ahri replied with sarcasm dripping from her voice. "If he gets killed, then it"s his fault for not taking things seriously."
Again, Tiara tried to lunge at the fox Vastaya, but she was held back by the Sun"s First Born.
Ahri turned around and started walking away, planning to go to her room. She just ignored anyone else.
However, Ahri"s face had a look of worry for a few seconds before she shook it off and returned her angry scowl.
With Grey:
The Abyss Watcher started regaining his consciousness. He woke up with pained grunts while sitting up.
He started looking around trying to recognize his surroundings. But he stopped and started looking in awe.
Grey was now sitting in the middle of a large and colorful garden filled with plants that he never saw before.
This place would make Zyra greener than she already was with envy. It was full of life of all kinds, but he noted the weird fact of not hearing any birds, animals, or any kind of wildlife.
The most notable thing was a giant cherry blossom tree at the side. Cherry blossoms would rain from it making the sky almost look pink.
The sky was clear and blue making it seem like morning, which confused Grey. Last he checked, the sun was setting, and he didn"t think he was out that long.
He then noted that someone else was there with him. They had their back to the Abyss Watcher, apparently tending to the flowers.
"Oh, you"re awake," from the voice, it was a female, and she turned around to look at him.
Grey had seen beautiful women in his life. Ahri, Nidalee, Sona, and even Maia if he was honest.
But this woman… this woman was in a league of her own when it came to beauty.
She had really long pitch-black hair, flawless features, smooth looking skin, ember eyes that seemed to have a fiery glow in them.
For clothes, she was wearing a black yukata that had wide sleeves and reached her feet. It had golden sun themed tr.i.m.m.i.n.g and was tied to her waist with a dark red sash.
Most men would stop to stare at the woman"s beauty, but Grey was more concerned about the sun themed tr.i.m.m.i.n.g on her dress.
"If she tells me to praise the sun, then this is the day I kill myself," he thought as he started ma.s.saging his forehead to get rid of some of the aching.
"I have to say, I"m surprised," the woman said drawing his attention. "No one has come here in a really long time."
"And where is "here", exactly?" the Abyss Watcher asked as he stood up.
The woman smiled and opened her hands motioning to the area around them. "This place… is Takama no Hara," she said. The way she said it made it sound like she was expecting a reaction.
The Abyss Watcher, however, simply raised an eyebrow. "Odd name, but I can"t say I haven"t heard weirder," he said remembering "Anor Londo", Irithyll, and other places.
The woman looked surprised. She was apparently waiting for him to have some kind of reaction or shock, but she still smiled in interest.
"Is this place on Runeterra?" Grey asked. He was hoping that he didn"t travel through worlds… again.
The name apparently made the woman frown. "No, it"s not part of Runeterra, but it"s still connected to it… in a sense that is," she answered.
"So does that mean that there"s a way for me to get there?" Grey asked the woman.
"There is… or was," the woman answered before she started walking around the garden, circling Grey. "There is hope that you can go to Runeterra, but I do not recommend it."
The Abyss Watcher simply kept looking at the woman as she started going in circles around him. "I would like to take my chances. There are people waiting for me there."
The woman stopped and looked directly at Grey"s eyes. She saw nothing but determination, which made her smile.
"Very well," the woman said before she returned to circling Grey while explaining. "There is a temple around here, called the Gate of Spirits, where souls flow like water, and you can use it to return to Ionia. However, a long time ago, a shrine priest tried to harness the power there for himself."
"It didn"t end well for anyone, did it?" Grey stated as a fact more than a question.
"No," the woman shook her head. "The priest was corrupted, and ended up turning into a demon, he covers the area with his dark sorcery, and the temple was hidden so that the dark does not spread."
"That sounds familiar in an unsettling way," Grey thought remembering the story of a certain Primeval Sorcerer.
"So, after hearing that, do you still want to go there? To a place covered by darkness?" the woman asked.
"As I said, there are people waiting for me, so yes," the Lord of Cinder replied without hesitation.
The woman frowned. "You wish to traverse in the dark?" she asked as if what he said was impossible. "That is a fairy tale, child. Nothing but mere fabrication."
"Even so, That won"t faze me," the Abyss Watcher replied. "How can I find this "Gate of Spirits"?" he asked.
The woman looked into his eyes. She would have considered him foolish, mad even, but she can only see confidence and determination… also, longing for something… or someone.
The woman suddenly started chuckling. It has been a long, LONG, time since she met such a person.
"Sorry," she apologized seeing Grey"s confused look. "And about the temple, as I said, it was hidden, but not by normal means. To find the temple, you need to get three ancient medallions to find it."
"Where can I find them?" he asked.
"The first one, is over there," the woman then pointed south.
The Abyss Watcher turned around and looked at where she was pointing at. In the distance, he can see a large mountain with clouds covering the top.
The plants and green life stops halfway to the mountain and is replaced by rock covered terrains.
At the bottom of the mountain, weird purple-ish fog was gathering around. It just covered the bottom. At first glance, it was obvious that the fog was not normal.
"Over there, at the top of the mountain, you will find the medallion of the storm," the woman said as she stood beside Grey.
"I"m guessing that the fog is a part of that dark you were talking about," the Abyss Watcher stated as a fact.
The woman nodded. "Yes, are you still going?" she asked.
Her only answer was that Grey started walking forward as he started heading towards the mountain.
The woman looked at the Lord of Cinder as he walked away. "He is… odd, in a good way that is. But I do wonder how he got here," she said before turning around and going back to tending the flowers.
Meanwhile, Grey was now almost to the mountain terrain. The place wasn"t actually far from the garden he was just in.
It was like two places on two edges of the same town. Far, but still reachable by foot.
Right now, Grey had already entered the rocky terrains and was closing in on the fog. He stopped at the edge before entering it.
He didn"t feel anything. There was no other changes but the awful smell that came from the fog, but he smelled worse.
He walked through it and started heading for the mountainside to start climbing, but stopped suddenly.
Grey felt something. A shift in the air. Something was moving around him, so he started looking around trying to spot it.
Suddenly, dark humanoid figures appeared from the fog holding a verity of weapons. They didn"t have actual features. In fact, they looked like shadows in the fog.
The first one came at Grey swinging a sword. The Abyss Watcher immediately pulled out his knife and parried the attack.
Grey pulled out his sword and cut down the one that just attacked him. But, no blood came out.
Instead, what came out was a weird, white substance that vanished with the body of the attacker as soon as they touched the ground.
The Abyss Watcher realized that he wasn"t fighting living creatures, but mere puppets created by the fog around him.
Grey rolled away from another fog shadow as it tried to stab him with a spear. It tried to do it again when the Abyss Watcher stood up, but Grey raised his leg and stepped down on the blade of the spear making it wide open for when Grey beheaded it with his sword.
Three sword-wielding shadows tried to attack Grey at the same time, but he used his sword to block all of them.
He used them back before jumping forward and stabbing his knife in the ground making him swing his sword in a full circle at great speed, cutting down the three shadows at the same time.
Another shadow came in swinging a battle-ax, but the Abyss Watcher blocked with his sword before using his knife to cut the shadow"s throat, or where it was supposed to be, and kill it.
More shadows appear from around him. The Lord of Cinder just sighed realizing that he was going to have to cut through them.
Time skip: (Brought to you by chibi Ahri thinking about chibi Grey before shaking her head to look angry.)
It has been almost three hours, and Grey was still fighting the fog shadows. Every time he would cut one down, another would take its place.
While they had no actual power, their numbers and constant return were getting exhausting to the Abyss Watcher.
He needed a way to either get rid of them for good, or to get out of the fog, but he needed to get to… the mountain.
Suddenly, Grey had a thought and looked at the mountainside. He realized the fog doesn"t actually climb the mountain, that it stayed close to the ground.
With his objective clear, the Abyss Watcher dodged another swing from a shadow"s sword before cutting it down.
Grey then made a dash towards the mountainside while dodging the shadows as they tried to cut him down.
After reaching it, the Abyss Watcher started jumping on the rocks that covered the side. He stopped jumping when he was over the fog.
He looked down to the shadows inside the fog. They didn"t follow him but just stood there before disappearing.
Grey sighed in relief happy that his plan worked before he started climbing the mountainside. The fatigue started catching up to him.
The Abyss Watcher didn"t need to get any sleep, he just needed to find a place to rest and restore his stamina.
While climbing, Grey found a cave at the side of the mountain and decided to rest there. After climbing towards the cave, the Abyss Watcher sat down on the side to catch his breath.
"You made it past the fog," Grey immediately stood up and pulled his weapons pointing them at who spoke.
It was the woman he had seen in the garden, the one who told him about the medallions. She was sitting near a campfire, unaffected by Grey"s hostile pose.
The Abyss Watcher glared at her. "How did you get here?" he asked remembering what he had to go through.
The woman smirked. "Same way you did, I walked," she replied.
Grey made an annoyed grunt. He met people like this before, who used semantic sentences to avoid telling the truth.
However, despite the many mysteries covering her, the Abyss Watcher didn"t sense any hostility from the woman, so he dropped his battle stance.
The Lord of Cinder walked towards the woman and sat at the other side of the campfire. "So, I suppose that, even after seeing those things, you will continue on, Okame?" she asked.
Grey looked at her, confused at what she called him. "Okame?"
"Just a little nickname I thought of," the woman replied, rather proud of herself.
The Abyss Watcher shrugged it off. He was called far worse than that odd nickname, so he didn"t really care.
"What is your name?" Grey asked remembering that she never mentioned it. "You have something to call me by, but I don"t have anything to call you."
The woman put a hand on her chin and hummed in thought. "You may call me… Ama," she replied.
It was obvious that it wasn"t her real name, but again, he didn"t care. "About your previous question? Yes, I will continue on," Grey said answering her.
"That is either brave… or foolish," Ama said giving him a skeptical look.
"In my life, I learned that there"s not much difference between those two," Grey replied looking at the fire.
Ama started laughing lightly. "True, I suppose you"re right," she said getting her laughter under control. She then looked at the Abyss Watcher. "But aren"t you worried for what awaits you at the top? I a.s.sure you that getting the storm medallion will not be easy."
"I"ll worry about that when I have to deal with it," Grey replied with a shrug.
It"s not that he didn"t care, it"s just that he knew that worrying about the future can cloud his judgment.
Ama seemed delighted like she was hoping he would say that. "Well, I suppose that"s not my problem, but I do have to ask, how did you get here, Okame?" she asked.
"I had just killed an evil sorcerer who was using an ancient amulet that is powered by souls, apparently, the amulet broke and the next thing I knew, I was here," Grey replied.
The black-haired woman put a hand on her chin. "A soul amulet… yes, that would explain why you"re here… but for those creatures to seep to such a low," she said the last part with some hatred.
Grey noticed her tone but didn"t question it. He had rested enough, so he stood up and started heading towards the entrance of the cave.
"Leaving already?" Ama asked seeing him walk away. "Shouldn"t you rest more?"
"Like I said, there are people waiting for me," Grey repeated as he almost exited the cave.
"And who might those people be?" Ama asked making him stop. "Friends? Family? Or is it… a woman?"
The Abyss Watcher stopped for a few seconds before looking over his shoulder. "Honestly… I don"t know anymore," he replied.
With that, Grey came out of the cave and went to the side to start climbing again, leaving Ama alone in the cave.
The black-haired woman just looked at where the Abyss Watcher used to be before smirking. "He really is interesting," she said before looking back at the fire.
With Ahri:
Ahri groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She looked around and was surprised to see that she wasn"t in her room.
She was now in the ruins of an ancient-looking city. The area around her was covered in plants and had signs of being centuries old.
The only road that was available for her is one that leads to some giant circular building that had a giant entrance.
"h.e.l.lo?" Ahri shouted standing up. "Is anyone here?" she yelled, but like the first time, she didn"t get a response.
Seeing no other path, Ahri decided to start walking towards the circular building. When she got through the gate, she saw it was some sort of large coliseum.
In the middle appeared to be some sort of demonic creature with long thin limbs and a large head with many red eyes.
The creature turned to Ahri who took a step back, but then something fell on the creature, or better yet, someone.
Out of nowhere… Grey suddenly dropped on the creature stabbing his sword through it and into the ground.
His left arm was dangling at his side, apparently broken. But Grey didn"t seem to care as he pulled his sword halfway out of the ground before stabbing it deeper making the creature bleed more.
"Grey, there you are. Everyone was-" Ahri began to speak but stopped seeing something wrong. "... Grey?"
The Fox Vastayan noticed a few things out of place. Grey"s armor on his left arm and shoulder looked broken, and his cape looked tainted with some sort of black sludge.
The Abyss Watcher slowly raised his head to look at Ahri as darkness appeared around him.
"You… left me… alone… in the dark," Grey said with an echoing, but still hurt voice. "You promised… to stay at my side… that I would never… be alone again."
Ahri took a few steps back. "No, I… I…" she tried to justify her actions but came up with nothing.
Suddenly, more darkness started appearing around the Abyss Watcher before they started moving towards him.
The Darkness started enveloping Grey"s body, who started letting out growls and pained grunts as the Darkness seemingly entered him.
With the darkness inside him, the Abyss Watcher let out a furious roar as he pulled out his sword, spinning in his place before stopping and resting it on his shoulder. The lifeless body of the demonic creature was still on the blade, dangling helplessly.
Grey swung his sword, sending the body of the demonic creature hurling towards Ahri as it pa.s.sed by her.
The Abyss Watcher then dashed towards Ahri, leaving a trail of black sludge behind him and swung down his sword at her.
"AAAAHHHHHH," Ahri screamed springing up from her bed.
She started painting and looking around. She was in her room, covered in sweat from the dream, or nightmare she just had.
The Fox Vastayan figured that she wouldn"t be able to sleep after what she saw. She got up and decided to spend some time in the living room.
The living room was dark, which was expected, seeing that it was a little after midnight, and the only light was from the moon coming through the window.
Ahri decided not to turn the lights on and simply sit on the couch. She ran her hands over her face with a tired sigh.
The Nine-Tailed Vastayan then noticed that Silver was sleeping in front of the door as if waiting for someone. Ahri smiled warmly realizing that the wolf pup was waiting for Grey.
Her expression fell at the thought of the Abyss Watcher. Her trail of thought went back to the dream she had.
It felt too real. Usually, she"s the one giving people dreams of sorrow through her magic, but this time it happened to her instead. She would have chuckled at the irony, but she wasn"t in a humorous mood.
Ahri shook her head and smiled. "He"ll be back, this is Grey after all," she said as if to rea.s.sure herself.
The Fox Vastayan hugged her knees covering her face as her tails coiled around her as a way of comfort.
Suddenly, faint sobs can be heard from Ahri. "Grey… please come back," she mumbled as her tails tightened around her.
(A/N: Thank you for reading this, please comment, review, and give me your thoughts on my story.
First, about the others finding out about Grey being missing, that was meant to happen so Ahri would feel guilty. You can"t expect her anger to go away without reason.
Second, I"m pretty sure some of you figured out where Grey is. I came to the conclusion that every region in Runeterra has its own set of deities, like the real world. And when I was playing Sekiro, I thought "Why not include this?". And, for those who didn"t, better for the surprise.
Lastly, I"m sure that you noticed Grey"s emotions being more conflicted than ever, but it should help him understand what he feels about Ahri.
Thank you again for reading this, remember to comment and preview.)