Chapter: ... can't swim ...

Chapter 5: ... can't swim ...
“Hey, come on, you have to get up Sky, the others are already waiting! ", Teiga called and tried to wake up her companion. Sky just turned on the other side. “The sun hasn't even risen yet. I'm tired, let me sleep "Teiga threw him out of bed and said:" I would have let anyone else sleep, but you threw unconscious the whole time, you can't be tired! So get up “Teiga was already going outside while Sky was rubbing the shoulder that hit the table when he fell down. When he followed her outside, he was pleased to see that Kenji and Yuna didn't look very awake either. Kenji yawned the whole time and Yuna leaned him half asleep on his shoulder. Only Teiga seemed to be fit. “Come on guys, it goes on. We have to leave now or the villagers will notice us. "At that very moment a voice rang out behind her:" You should have traveled on earlier.“Yuna woke up from her sleep and looked around confused. Behind the troop all the residents stood together and smiled at them. Leilani (still injured) hobbled up to them. “You do not seem to want to accept our offer to accompany you, Lady Yuna. Therefore we would like to help you in other ways. “Her daughter Maike stepped out from behind her and handed Yuna a sword set with precious stones. In addition, another child gave her a gold shield. “Our leader Jana carried these weapons before she left us. These are our only keepsakes of them and we want you to take them. “Yuna didn't know what to say, but took the things anyway. “Just please, Lady Yuna, remember, you and your friends can always come back here, we will always welcome you. “, Leilani continued and bowed to her. "Um, I ... uh, I don't know ... thank you. ", Yuna stuttered and Sky helped her:" She is very happy, but we have to move on now.“Leilani nodded and said goodbye to the group. Teiga hurried out of the village and had pulled the other three out of the village before all the warriors had said goodbye to Yuna. "Sorry, but they totally annoy me with their` `Oh, Lady Yuna! `` - Chatter. So where is Talleca? "Sky replied stressed:" In the north. I already told you. What are you waiting for? “Teiga stopped and looked around. She didn't want to admit that she didn't know where north was. Sky recognized this immediately and said: “Don't worry, I'll be there for you. “He smiled contentedly and slowly trotted after him. This half demon is really unbelievable, he thought. What can she do? She has absolutely no sense of direction, wants to fight demons on cows ... "Oh, where are our cows? “Silence for a moment. Then Kenji explained that they hadn't thought about the cows anymore and had left them standing in front of Amorica.“I'm sure the demons ate them. "Teiga replied in shock:" What? My Berta? Eaten up? Can't be! Surely she has finished the demons and is already looking for me. “She doesn't really believe that, does she? Is she that stupid or is she just pretending? But somehow I also like her ...

For two days they continued their journey without a single interruption, but then Yuna could no longer and they had to take a break. “What food did you take with you? “Kenji opened his bag. “Well, we have ... nothing. They gave us a sword and a shield, but they didn't think of provisions. Actually, Sky wanted to get something in Amorica. “Sky immediately came back with his excuse that he had passed out after all. Yuna shook her head. "Incredible. They are traveling without money and without food. Do we at least have some water? “Everyone stared at the ground and shuffled their feet.“Listen, you are demons, of course, but you have to live on something or don't you need anything to eat? I've actually never seen you eat before ... "Then Sky replied:" Well, demons need just as much food as humans, but we have been trained to go completely without food for several weeks. So we can afford to forget about provisions. It's bad luck for you now, but we're not going back. We'll see if we can pass a river or an apple tree where you can get something to drink. Keep going. “Yuna shook her head again. “I'm sorry, but I've been running for two days and nights without a break, that's all I can do. “Great, thought Teiga. What should we do now? With Yuna we definitely won't make it to Talleca in time to protect the city from the demons. “Sky, you carry Yuna until we get to a river or something.We can no longer afford to take breaks. “And it really was. They found something to eat and drink for Yuna with great difficulty and then continued their journey. Sky, Kenji, and Teiga weren't even asleep. After an eight-day journey, they finally arrived at a short stretch of beach. "Where to now? “, Asked Teiga Sky, who was carrying the sleeping Yuna on his back. “Didn't you know? Talleca is on an island, somewhere over there. It doesn't look like there's a boat here that will take us. We'll probably have to swim. "
"That will not do! “Kenji and Teiga shouted as if from one mouth. Kenji explained it to him. “I have power over fire. If I'm in the water for a long time, I'll die. Well and Teiga can't swim. “Sky stared at Teiga in confusion. “You are the daughter of the most powerful demon at the moment and you can't even swim? “(Personal note: It's a strange family: Lenya leads the demons, can basically just about anything, but Teiga can't do anything at all.Remember that, it's important later.) Teiga put on her innocent smile again. "Sorry, Sky. You have to swim over by yourself and send us a boat. “Sky stared at her in confusion. "Sure. I'm sure they'll trust a demon like me and give me a huge welcome party. Think of something better. “Teiga tried to come up with a new plan, but couldn't think of anything. No wonder, apart from swimming and taking a boat there was no other way to get to an island! Okay, you could still fly, but the four of them didn't have anyone who could do that. So they sat down on the sand and thought for a while in silence. "Hey, you there, do you want to go to Talleca? “Everyone got up immediately. A young man, no more than a year older than Sky, came towards them. Teiga was afraid he might recognize them as demons and tried again to play innocent and naive. How she hated that role!"Uh, yes, but there is no boat over it and we can't swim."
"Just a few of us," added Sky. The man didn't seem to have heard him and said, “I can take you on my boat if you want. Traveling alone is so boring. “Kenji was a bit skeptical at first, but Teiga pulled him and the others behind him. Such an opportunity could not be missed! “What's the matter with your girlfriend, is she wounded? "Asked the man who had introduced himself to them as Jake after they stepped onto his little boat. “No, she's just sleeping. She is not used to such long journeys, ”Teiga explained to him. Sky realized angrily that she had been talking to this stranger the whole time and had left him, Sky, by the way. “If she's not used to that, why did she come with you at all? Surely it wasn't absolutely necessary for her to come with you, was it?“Teiga had told him that a friend of the King of Talleca had sent her to bring him a message. She couldn't have told the truth because if he knew that they were demons (or half-demons), he would throw them off the boat immediately. “To be honest, we didn't want to take her with us either, but she really wanted to see the world. She's a friend's daughter and we owed him a favor, so she's here too. She would have changed her mind if she had heard of all the dangers of this trip. For example the demons. “Teiga said the word cautiously, not wanting to arouse suspicion. Jake replied quickly, "You're right about that. The demons really are a plague. Did you hear it already? I recently heard that they destroyed another village two days ago. Maybe you know it: Only women who have mastered the martial arts are said to have lived in the village.Ever heard "
"Oh my God, Leilani ..." Although the residents had given them a somewhat frosty welcome at first, Teiga somehow liked her and was sorry that everyone was now dead. Jake interrupted her thoughts again: "Have you met the demons before?" “Man, the guy talks too much. Now I have to lie again ... "No, luckily not yet. We have guns, but none of us are very good fighters. We are totally lost without help. “Jake leaned over to her so that his face was only two inches away from Teiga's. “Don't worry, I'll protect you from them. If you want, we can go out to eat afterwards ... “Sky went mad. I don't believe it, he'll tackle Teiga! You can forget that, you won't get it! Kenji gave him a strange look. What is he staring at? I haven't done anything. Well, it doesn't matter, now I have to finish off Teiga`s admirer.He was about to intervene when she took it into her own hands. “I'm sorry, I already have a boyfriend. "He pointed to Sky and laughed:" About that one? Come on, you deserve better. Hold on to me, it's totally superfluous. “Now Sky was completely freaking out. "What are you thinking about ?! I won't let that sit on me, you lousy little one .. "
Teiga tried to keep the brawlers away from each other by saying, “Look, the city is over there! “That had the effect you had hoped for. Both of them couldn't shut their mouths in amazement when they saw the huge city. Teiga was personally already enthusiastic about Kathuun, but that surpassed everything. It wasn't particularly spectacular, had no castle or at least no towers. The only remarkable thing was that it was spread over the whole island and was therefore bigger than the sea they were crossing. “Wow, I wonder how you manage to feed such a big city when there isn't even enough space on the island for a grain field!", Said Kenji interested. Jake and Sky immediately started cursing each other again. “You don't deserve Teiga! "Jake yelled. Teiga started clearing up the whole thing. “Take it easy, I didn't