Doing one's duty

After having received a letter from a rather suspicious person, Noctis was now on his way to the land of iron. The letter he had received was short, but consistent. It told of Kira's return and that Noctis was to make his way to the land of iron to serve her. It was just has his father had used to tell him over and over. Before leaving his village he had taken with his doctors coat, which he almost always wore and his 4 daggers, which had belonged to his father. When leaving his village he didn't tell anyone as he didn't plan to return. He also figured not many would care as no one in the village trusted him. It could lead to him being hunted down as a missing nin, but Noctis was too focused on doing his duty to care about it. Noctis was making his way through a forest close to the country border. Daylight was still around and the weather was nice, so Noctis didn't bother to hurry. Walking slowly on forest path, with both hands in the pockets of his doctors coat. He didn't look like much of a threat, but beneath Noctis' calm and emotionless exterior something was lurking.

After quite a while Noctis' was finally close to the border of the land of iron. There was no more forest walking, the landscape had changed to a icy, snow-covered one. The change didn't bother Noctis at all. Rain, snow, cold, warm, it was all the same. Noctis knew he wouldn't be allowed into the country just like that. He would either have to sneak past the border guards, or he could just dispose of them. The latter option being the most likely one. Noctis started walking even slower as the border town was now in sight.

Looking straight ahead at the path leading through the border town, Noctis knew it wasn't going to be easy getting through. He couldn't sneak around either as there was steep mountains on each side of the village. There wasn't a gate keeping people from entering the town, there was instead walls starting from slightly up in the mountains and nearly encasing the whole town. There were two tall pillars that pointed out a small gap in the wall which the path went through. The only problem was that there were guards stationed at the gap. There were 2 of them, one was leaning against one of the pillars and the other was unsheathing and sheathing his sword over and over out of boredom. Noctis walked up to the pillars. The guards had noticed him quite long before he had reached the pillars and was gripping the hilt of their swords. ''Halt! Unless you have permission from the emperor you can't pass!'' One of the guards shouted out as Noctis kept walking. Before he had passed the pillars, both guards had unsheathed their swords and rushed up to Noctis, slicing through his midsection. Instead of blood splattering, Noctis just vanished. ''Looking for me?'' A voice said. Both guards turned around while slashing with their swords. Noctis was standing and once again got his abdomen cut in half, but once he just vanished. ''Fire dragon flame missile...'' It was almost a whisper and before the guards had managed to turn around once again, Noctis spewed a stream of hot fire, like a flamethrower. Noctis had used clones to confuse the guards. He didn't expect it to be this effective though. The fire hit the guards and effectively incinerated them.

Looking at the scorched guards slowly melting the snow covered ground they were lying on, Noctis had a big grin on his face, and a his eyes got a look that could send shivers down most anyones spine. He then ran past the dead guards and headed into the town. Noctis created a clone that he sent running the straight path through town to distract the guards, which he succesfully did. While the guards were busy chasing the clone, Noctis had made his way to the end of the town by runnin through back alleys and such. There were no guards guarding this side of the border. Getting out of the land of iron would prove easier than getting in, which Noctis didn't mind at all. Before the guards realized what they were chasing was only a clone, Noctis was long gone.

After walking seemingly aimlessly, Noctis finally reached Fujimara, a castle town. It was an impressive sight. The sheer size of the town was enough to make anyone feel small. Noctis didn't bother admiring the view though, he was only focused on making his way to the dojo and find Kira. He reached the base of the stairs leading up to the dojo, which looked more like a temple from what Noctis could tell. Even though the building was unique, Noctis still had to ask for directions several times before finding it. He then started climbing the stairs.