Book 3

bla bla bla = Izark's language
bla bla bla = Noriko's language
("bla bla bla") = Noriko's thought
["bla bla bla"] = Izark's thought

    Noriko was running outside the town and cried,"Izarkkkkkkkkkkk!!".
    "....Useless, It's too late to chase him ", Noriko was crying,"It's useless, auntie. I don't know where he goes ".
    ("I am just an ordinary student. It's been 3 days since I was transported to this world. Many things have happened. At that time, I never thought that we would be separated like this. He....compared to my brown hair, his hair is black. Eventhough his eyes are black, sometimes, they turn to blue or green. His face also doesn't look like European or Asian ")

Izark taught Noriko his language on their journey. Noriko began able to talk with Izark. One day, many monsters which looked like giant spiders were attacking them.There were some men who also were attacked by the monsters. They managed to escape and hide in a house, but the monsters surrounded the house.
    "AAAAAAAAA" , cried one of the men.
    "What happened? Why you suddenly shout?" said the others.
    "I wanted to burn the item which can make the monsters afraid, but the item isn't here and so is the food. I think they were moved to the ware house next to this house",explained the man.
    "It's danger to go outside, but however we have to go out. we can't survive without the food", they were panic.

    "I'll go out and look for the food" ,said Izark.
    "Who wants to help? After I went out, close the door immediately".
One of the men opened the door, Izark released his deep power and it swept all the monsters in front of him. As he jumped out, the man closed the door.
    ("I think Izark will be okay. The powerful Izark, really really powerful. For the first time, I thought all the men in this world have power such as him. but they don't. I never met any man as powerful as him. In common, I am the same with the other people.It takes a couple of days to heal the wound. Izark can heal it in a short time. He is certainly different from the others.")

Izark managed to go inside the warehouse and find the food. He also found the item that the man talked about. He burned the item, it spread a strange smell. The monsters became afraid and stepped back.
    "Hey, listen! The voice   disappeared".
    "He made it!".
    "We are safe!".
The men were so happy.
    "I put the item near the house", said Izark when he got into the house.

    "Thank God, now, we can sleep 'till the morning".
    "Incredible! unbeliveable...".
    "You're really great" , said the men to Izark.
    "....uhm". ("I don't know the meaning of the words. Each of them used different words. Hm...I ever had this situation in the previous town. If I am not mistaken, the words were used by the people after finishing their jobs.").
    "We....Wel....",Noriko tried to say something to Izark.
    "What is it ?", asked Izark.

    "Welcome back". When Noriko said it, Izark's face suddenly changed.
    "You?",his face became red.
    "Hey, you both were husband and wife, weren't you?".
    "Just now, I really wondered what your relation is",said the men and approached Noriko and Izark.
    "No, It doesn't like that", Izark tried to explain, but one of the men cut his words,
    "Well, it seems they both were still shy".
    "No, not because of shy!",said Izark.
They kept on speaking, Noriko just kept silent. ("Their reaction.... Sorry, if I spoke the wrong words")

Then they sat on the chair, waiting for the dinner. The men talked about some soldiers from Kemil's group who made many disasters. So they took mountain path to avoid the soldiers. One of the men said to Izark,
    "So, you two also avoid that things and took the mountain path".
    "But, this brother can attack back. That's mean he is supposed to be able to help", said the other man.
    The other man answered,"Hmm, if they have become husband and wife, that's mean they have become one and had to take care each other."

    "How many time have I told you, it's not....."said Izark,still with red face.
    "Your words can't be trusted. It's different from her words",said the man.
    Then one man came and brought the food, "I cooked them. Let's eat".
The food looked like the giant nut.
    He gave one to Noriko,"Try this, It's sweet and delicious".
Noriko received the nut and hold it. She don't know what is it.
    "Give it to me, there is a special technique to open it", said Izark.

    "Give it to me! wow, what a romantic couple".
    "I am also like that when I was young".
    "Enough...That's enough...He became shy".
The men laughed. Izark was speechless, his face became red again. Noriko just looked at him
    ("Why the word 'husband and wife' is so frightening?")

Then the men talked about the monsters, which surrounded them. Noriko and Izark were listening to them.
    "Occasionally, they just can live in the swamp at the other side of mountain"
    "That's right. So we planned to have a camp. We felt safe until the day went dark".
    "Yeahh, I never thought this situation would happen. They seemed to appear in everywhere".
    "The forest's monsters, what happened if they got confusion inside the forest?"
    "It's must be the same as the evil who appears in this world".
    "What will the world be?"

    "Izark", Noriko spoke to Izark.
    "The forest, isn't it the place where we first met? Many strange creatures appeared, running together with Izark, many trees, mons......".
    "NORIKO!", Izark hit the table,"Shut up, if you talked about that again, you will disgrace yourself".
    Noriko was really surprised,"Sor..sorry.Forgive me".
    ("Izark is angry ").
    The men spoke to Izark,"Hey...hey..don't mad about this".
    "Have we gone too far?"
    ("He never been angry before. But now.... I have made a big mistake").

In the morning, Izark and Noriko left the men and continued their journey. Noriko walked behind Izark, Izark kept silent. After walking for some times, Izark turned around and looked at Noriko.
    "Noriko, you didn't talk since last night. The forest where we first met, the strange creatures which suddenly attacked".
    "Maybe I was wrong. Please forgive me".
    "Nothing's wrong! But don't talk about that to the others".
    Izark hold Noriko's shoulder,"Noriko. Forget all about our first meeting and your previous world. You are an island's girl who moved from a small island. Do you understand ?".
    ("So at that time, he wanted to cut my words ").
    Noriko nodded,"So because of that, you became angry and hit the table?".
Izark was remembered how afraid Noriko was after he hit the table last night. He released his hand from Noriko's shoulder and hugged Noriko tight.
    "I am not angry. Last night, you made me happy."

Then they continued their journey. They arrived at a small town but crowded. In a shop, there was a big woman. Her shop was almost closed. She seemed to know Izark and welcome him,"It's been a long time, please stay here tonight". They talked for a minute, then the woman turned her head to Noriko and approached her. She smiled to Noriko,
    "Come on , smile, smile! Girls were pretty when they smile. Poor Izark, I better ask the girl to stay here".

In the night,
    "Izark is in the next room", the woman gave a room to Noriko.
    "Do you feel lonely? But you have to know, that boy does too many activities, Izark doesn't like to be involved with another person"
Then she left Noriko and went out from the room.
    ("I always make trouble. Tomorrow I'll say goodbye and thank to him. I have to say it with happy face ").
Noriko cried on the bed.
In the next morning. Noriko walked to Izark who was wearing his shoes.
    "Izark, thanks for everything. Where do you want to go now?".
    "I'll decide it after I go from here.".
    "Can we meet again?".
    "........."
    ("Why he keeps silent? ").
Izark stood up and walked to the door.
    "Bye" said Izark to Noriko.

    ("He never looked at me since this morning. No, it can't be like this.")
Noriko hold Izark's hand but Izark pulled his hand and walked away. He never looked at Noriko.
    ("I intend to chase him, but Izark didn't care about me anymore").
Noriko looked at Izark who was walking away and cried. Izark turned his head and looked at Noriko.
    ("Please, come back to me").
But Izark kept on walking .
    ["It feels like yesterday. The day when I met Noriko. A girl who doesn't know anything. I don't know why, she always gets trouble. Holding her and protecting her from danger. At the end,she always be with me. But it's over now, Noriko. We have to be apart. You maybe will bring troubles for me. Because of that, I don't want to meet you. It's better not to meet you anymore. But, why does this heart felt pain. This feeling......painful...grieved"]

So Noriko now live with the woman. In the night, she was washing the dishes.
    ("Now, you must able to do it Noriko. This is a place that Izark chosed for me. Although aunt's face is terrified, but she is kind. Maybe I can know Izark's past from her ")
There is a sound behind her, Noriko turned back and she saw a young man holding a knife. Noriko was surprised, she wanted to shout but the young man closed her mouth.
    Then he asked Noriko,"Who are you? Where is Garya?".
    "I'm here, Banadam", the woman came out.
    "Release her, she doesn't know anything. Do you want to kill a weak woman?".
Banadam released Noriko.
    "So you're Jeida's guard who do the coup d'etat" said Garya.
    "You are mistaken. Kemil's group do the coup d'etat and harm us".
    "Is that so? moreover, you don't look like a man who can do it".
    "Garya...If you're really from the same ethnic, you sure will help me".

Banadam opened the back door. Three men went inside. One of them is older and has authority, he said to Garya,
    "I need your help".
    "You don't need to beg. I am the Haidori ethnic group which saved by you. This is part of my gratitude, Sir Jeida" said Garya and hold the man's hand.
Then they talked in a room. Noriko brought some foods for them. They talked about government and how to escape. Because Garya lent them her room, she slept with Noriko. But in the next morning, the soldiers surrounded the house. They wanted to capture Jeida and the others. Garya opened the basement and asked Noriko to get in.
    "Stay here. If I can't go back, you try to find Izark then say my apologize to him. Sorry for this trouble" then Garya close the basement.

Noriko heard sound of fighting. She stayed in the basement until the fighting over and the house became quiet. Then she went out and found no one in that house.
    ("What's happened to them? ")
So Noriko took her bag and run outside the town to find Izark.
    ("Izark will help me. If I can chase him and explain the problem, he certainly will help me ")

Noriko was standing at near the edge of the town.
    ("However, I have to be calm, don't be careless. I'll find him. After returned to aunt's house, I'll think about what I should do ")
Noriko turned around and walked to Garya's house. But some guys blocked her way. Meanwhile, Izark arrived at a town. A girl passed him, Izark was surprised and held the girl,
    "NORIKO?".
But the girl wasn't Noriko. Izark released the girl,
    "Sorry, I thought you are Noriko".

In a place which looked like a bar, there was a man on the second floor who seemed to have great authority. He looked at Izark who was entering the bar.
    "That man who came in just now, is he a swordsman?" asked the man to the waiter beside him.
    "Yes, he seems like that , Sir Nada",answered the waiter.
    "His style is really different from any man I known" said the man who was called Nada.
Izark ordered a drink and sat down.
    ["Have I fallen in love? She is always in my mind. I can't forget her. Finally I have separated with that troublesome person and back to daily live. Did I have to speak more when we separated? When looking at her face, there is happy feeling but I felt like I have to avoid her. "]

Back to Noriko, she was teased by the guys.
    "Hey, let's play with us".
Noriko walked away but they kept following her.
    "Where do you want to go? You're crying, you must be in trouble. Don't you want us to cheer you up?".
One of the guys hold Noriko's arm.
    "I don't cry anymore. I have felt better", said Noriko and pulled her arm.
Then Noriko saw some black shadows flying around above the guys. She was scared and ran away.
    "After her!", the guys chased Noriko.
    ("No, don't get closer. Izark, I'm scared. Izark !").

Izark was startled, he turned his head.
    "What's up?" asked the man who sat beside him
    "I heard a sound",said Izark.
    "That's just your imagination. You drink too much".
Then the man continued to talk. He stopped when he looked at his back. There was a man, seemed to be strong. The man talked to Izark,
    "This is not just because of the order. But there are many people who want to see our battle. Of, course if you win, you'll get a reward".
On the second floor, Nada was watching them.
    "He is ex champion in colosseum, But his power is same as the present champion. This battle will be interesting".

    ["Who is this guy? he does the stupid thing"].
    "Izark ! ",
Izark was startled again. Now he was sure that it was Noriko's voice.
    ["Noriko, Are you calling me?"]
Izark took his bag and said to the man,"
    This is not because I feel you not quite good, but just find another man".
    "Wait a minute, you can't go just like that. I have to beat you in order to get the money".
The man hold Izark's shoulder, but Izark took the man's hand and pushed him away. The man fell down. Nada was very surprised.
    "Stop this game, you begin to make me angry" ,said Izark and walked away.

    "This battle is not over yet. You fool, if you follow Sir Nada's order, you'll get what you want"
many men blocked his way out of the town so Izark jumped to the roof. But on the roof, there was a man blocked his way.
    "What a great young man. Come with me, you can work for Sir Nada".
    "Don't try to force me. Leave me alone", Izark walked away.
    "If that so, then try to beat me", the man swung his hands.
Suddenly, the wind surrounded Izark.
    "I can use the wind. It's too late, you have sniffed it" ,said the man.
There was a ring at each of his fingers.
    "This is a mixture of root and grass. Feel it".
Izark tried to run away.
    "First, your legs will lose the power".
Izark felt difficult to stand up.
    "Your eyes also can't see".
Izark's eyesight became hazy.
    "Then you'll feel like flying and collapsed".
    ["I Lose!"]
Izark collapsed and fell down to the ground.

Noriko who was chased by some guys, came to a dead end. She tried to jump over a wall. On the other side of the wall, there are a man and a little girl were sitting on the ground.
    "WATCH OUT!!", Noriko fell down on the man.
    "What...what is this?" said the man who was Agol.
    "I'm sorry, I was being chased by some guys", said Noriko.
The guys also jumped over the wall.
    But Agol helped Noriko, " I am very fed up today. Recently, I felt suffered when met a bunch of people like you. I suddenly was hit, robbed and thrown to the road. I'm nauseated, do you understand. Eat this!".
The guys lost and ran away.

Because Agol and Gina(his daughter) don't have any money to buy the food. Noriko took them to Garya 's house. When they arrived in front of the house, some soldiers were taking the goods out and went away. It was the same soldiers who attacked and robbed Agol. They took the Gina's stone so Gina can't tell fortunes. After the soldiers have gone, Noriko went out and checked the house.
    "Please come in. The goods in the under floor were safe and also some foods" said Noriko and took them in.
Agol wanted to chase the soldiers but he can't leave Gina so he intended leave Gina to Noriko.
    "Thank you very much. By the way, I haven't known your name. My name is Agol Dena Ofa and this is my daughter, Gina Hars".
    "I am Noriko, Noriko Tachiki", said Noriko.

Agol was surprised. He was sent by Rachef to find a young man named Izark at Kaluko town in Zargo. On his search for Izark, he found that there is a girl who always be with Izark. That girl's name is Noriko.