Starwind

Sano slowly gatherd himself to his feet, the blast had left him disoriented. It was careless of him to just ignore it and end up hit like that. He looked around and first noticed Sage talking to an old man and some other guy still crouched low in the snow. He looked around some more and saw a man with a white cloak set Vala down to the ground. Sano suddenly felt lost, had he really missed that much in such a short period of time. He knew Sage could take care of himself and already seemed to be questioning the other two, so Sano went to check in on this other new guy. Terentia seemed a little off, probably because she didn't know how to react after something like that; Weather she should love him or hate him for what he just did. Either way it wasn't important, all Sano wanted to know was who he was and why he decided to help. Sano approached and helped Vala back to her feet, fortunatly she seemed to be fine. He then looked to the man before him "Thanks for the help. I'm Sano, and you are?" He looked to him for a moment then smirked "Call me Vincent. Nice to meet you in person Sano." This confused Sano a little "In person? Who long have you known me?" He just smirked "I've been keeping tabs on your little group for a while now, so I've learned the basics about you all al least." Sano wasn't sure how to veiw this, but it was a little creepy that this guy had been stalking them all this time. Sano shook it off "Well anyway, why did you feel the need to help? I'm not ungratful or anything, just curious." He smirked again "Just being a good samritan."

Kazuma and Jun returned to the festival and noticed something going on, it looked like a fight. Kazuma ran up and by the time he arrived it was already over. He approached Kenshin, who seemed like he was standing at ground zero "What the hell was that?" Kenshin looked to him "Nice of you to joing us. It was that guy from the other day again." Kazuma nodded "Giving you crap again about that tournament again." Kenshin nodded "Yeah, but he wanted me to join this time. And when I said no is when shit hit the fan." Kazuma was a little confused by this "Wait a minute, first he attacks and threatens you not to join, but then attacks again and threatens to the contrary. What the hell is going on here?" Kenshin shrugged "Your guess is as good as mine." The two looked to each other, unsure of what to say to the other. Jun quickly comes down to join them and Kazuma explains what has just happend. This unsettling event has added new tension to the already unstable times.

Emilio was finally feeling his strength come back, he began to gather himself to his feet. He stumbled a bit, but soon got his bearings back. He knew he should speak with Chrys, but in the same token he couldn't really say anything to her. Apologizing would just seem like an empty gesture, like he was going to pretend 4000 lives could be justified with "I'm really sorry." He knew well enough that no amount of aplogizing would ever make it better, and to say it to her would be like rubbing salt in her wound that he had already reopened. He picked up his jug for his water and walked toward the city wall and stood off against in, proping himself up. He was waiting for someone to come to him, even though he didn't want to, he had to. He was waiting for Kamilla to come to him, he knew she wouldn't let it go like this. She would arrive anytime now, and he needed to see her. Just as he knew she sould, she arrived with her warm gust and took her place next to him on the wall. She glanced to him "I see you recoverd. That fire vixen helped you then you crushed her heart. Your just as cruel as you were when I first met you." Emilio kept his gaze on the ground "Let's just get this over with and go." She smiled "Alright then." She put out her hand and took his hand. She accended with him holding to her. As the rose he heard his name ring out, but he quickly vanished with Kami into the wind. His body felt as if it had melded with the air and sky, moving yet staying perfectly still. She would take him to the capital and to his father. He whisperd but a only a single word "Goodbye."

Tommy snapped up early in the morning. He got up every day around 5 am. He made his way to the kitchen and started on breakfast, since his mother was either still at work or already gone by the time he woke. He just made toast for himself, but he went out of his way to make something nice for his little sister. He usually only saw her momentarily before leaving to get to school, the neighbors were nice enough to make sure she got to school safely. This was a great concern of his lately since all the killing started. This morning he poured hmself some cereal and made pancakes adn eggs for his sister, Sarah. Tommy prepared to leave as his sister came into the living room. He kissed her on her fore head "See ya, tonight kiddo." He smiled to her and ran outside. He got there early, but someone was already there. Upon closer inspection, he noticed it was Chris. He shared a few classes with him; he was a nice enough guy. Tommy waved to him and took a seat next to him. He started in on casual conversation, trying to be himself. Tommy looked off toward the news stand and could see the headlines, it looked like there was another murder in the down town area. Another one of the 'Whore' killings. Tommy looked to Chris and pointed to the news stand "Whats the world coming to man?" Chris just shrugged back in response. Tommy just shook his head and looked down, he then looked to the school "The bell will be ringing soon, I better get to first. See ya later Chris." Tommy got up and walked to building five, where he had Algebra 2 first.

Emilio sighed "I didn't tell her cause to be honest I didn't think I would have lasted long enough for it to matter. I would have figured to be dead by now, and if you hadn't pulled me from Kamillas' grasp, I might have been by now, or possibly something much worse." Torran looked to him "You sound upset, does her knowing really bother you?" Emilio turned his head to look toward where she had wanderd off to "I'm not proud of what I did. No one with any moral fiber possibly could be. Until just now I'd never freely admit that to anyone, not for fear, but for shame." The old man looked in the same direction as him "Why is that?" Emilio hesitated again "Even I don't like killing the innocent like that. True it may have been guarded, but they couldn't win, and I knew that from the begining. I didn't tell her this, but that was what drove me from my father. I'm sure you heard about the hell storm three days later in the Tonic mountains to the north." Torran nodded to him "Me and daddy dearest had a falling out over the incident. After he kicked the crap out of me and left me for dead, I took up a new life. Sadly my new life isn't much better then my last one. I'm still a merc, still a murderer for hire." Torran sat down "You don't have to live like this, we know you could go back to your mother and she woudl leave you as the heir to the guardian of the northern lakes." Emilio sat up, now feeling strong enough and shook his head "I couldn't bring such a burden on those people like that. I've ruined to many lives already. Besides, my mother still doesn't know it was me who did it, and I know it would break her hear to find out what I did. She has always been on good terms with your people, many even her friends. I could never bring myself to tell her what I did, it would hurt her too much." Torran nodded "How is Tsubaki these days?" Emilio chuckled "She's just the same as she ever was." Torran smiled "That's good to hear, she was always very kind." Torran got to his feet "You seem better now, I'll be returning to the battle feild now to help in driving back the last of the enemy forces, they'll be retreating soon." He turned and walked after his daughter. Emilio hung his head again, still weighed heavily by having to tell her the truth. He wished she could have gone on not knowing, but he realized that was just as bad as anything else. He looked to the pluming smoke of the battle feild. He knew he had to talk to her again, but he didn't know what he should say. An apology would only seem like a hollow gesture, but that was all he could think to do. He layed back flat on the ground.

Emilios strength was returning to him now, so he turned his head to Chrysanthema "You may not be aware, but my father has not exactly been on the best of terms with your people for quite sometime." She looked to him and knealt down "What do you mean? He's our enemy." Emilio sighed and turned hi head from her "I'm sure you've heard of the tragedy of 'Dantes Peak'." She nodded, already fearing the truth. Emilio continued "The tragedy that claimed the lives of nearly 4000 demons of you kind. It was suppose to have been a horrid accident, a mix of carelessness and over excertion. The truth to the story was it was caused by Dredick, my father. He was trying to gather forces to him for a war against humanity. They denied him time and time again, til he finally posted threat of attack." Her eyes grew wide and angry "So that's all the more reason for us to kill him." Emilio spoke up again "That's not the end of the story. After his threat the high alert was raised, your father was not going to give him the chance to get close enough for an attack. He made sure every man in his security force knew his face better then they knew that of there own mother. My father knew they wouldn't take such a blatant remark lightly, so he sent another deal in his stead." Chrysanthemas eyes grew wider still as Emilio hesitated "I was the one sent to Dantes Peak that day. I was the one who killed all those of your kin. even the women and children weren't spared." Chrys' whole body trembled for a moment, her eyes filled with anger and tears.

Name: Dredick "Dred" Farog Age: 34 Sex: Male Race: Mahrim Alignment: Vagabond Weapon of choice: Wakizashi, kama, Kunai Weapon Style: Small, light weight weaponry Personality: He bares the wisdom of one who has been a great distance and seen many scenes of joy and horror. He is light hearted in his tones and is a kind hearted person. That is with the exception of work. He is a no nonsense worker, since he's a mercenary by trade, doing anything for the right price, he can't afford a light hearted approach to his work. He is a bit of a ladies man at times, but rarley is he ever serious and has no intentions for starting a serious relationship. Appearance:[IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c384/GeneOutlaw/Dred.jpg[/IMG] Give him the black tail and ears. Bio: Born to a family who lived a very similar life to his own. It was the curse of his kind, they only found salvation in destruction and death. He was brought up by his mother and his father was absent from the equation. He had no siblings and was on his own quite a bit. His mother was wise, but none to nuturing. He was often forced to cope with life on his own, dealing with the problems that ones parents should help you deal with. He left his mother at the age of 13, she never bother to come after him and he never botherd to return to her. Once gone he quickly took on his life as a merc, doing whatever was asked of him as long as the money was enough. Doing this from so early on forced him to see a great many tragedies, he learned many cruel truths to the world that someone shouldn't ever have to learn.

In the shround of darkness nothing could be seen or heard, but much could be felt. The world seemed as if it was rushing past him even though he still couldn't move. With heavy eye lids, he peaked out into the world and saw a tall figure set him to the ground. It was the one who had taken him from the city and saved him from Kami, she really was just a vulture waiting for his moment of weakness. The man looked to him for a moment "You'll be fine, I'll make sure of it." Over his voice, Emilio could here the guns blazing, he could smell blood and gunpowder mixing in the air. The fight was still on. He was driven to act, but knew full well he lacked the strength to speak, let a alone fight. The large man returned, he had the appearance of one who had seen many battles like this one and spoke with a deep and very proud voice. He returned carring a small canister with a red salve of some kind inside. He dabbed it on his fingers and began to trace strange marks on Emilios body, speaking to him all the while "This is a healing agent found only in the deepest pits of volcanic craters. It will make you better, but since your a kappa it will take time." He finished appling the strange cream and stood straight above Emilio. He began chanting some incoherient verse over and over again. It was happening so fast that Emilio wasn't able to recognize what it was that was happening to him. The marks on his body, made from the cream, grew warmer and began to sooth away the pain he felt. His breathing began to regulate, he was returning to normal. But he still felt weak, the cream had only made his pain subside. The old man was right, it was going to take more time before he could move again. He found the strength to speak, so he might ask the old man a few questions "Hey, who are you anyway?" He looked to Emilio for a moment "I am here to over see your well being." Emilio sighed "I mean your name, who are you?" He glanced to him for a moment "I am..... Torran. I am Chrysanthemas' father" Emilio stared at him for a moment. He sighed "So why are you helping me? We both know it's not normal for two enemies to help each other." He was silent for a moment and Emilio began again "I figure your already aware my father is Dredick Batou. I thought your people despised him and all his blood line." He was silent a bit longer.

Emilio layed twitching on the ground, blood filling the cracks on the street. He could here a light wafting drawing near him, she was coming to him. Her voice rang like the gentle breeze coming from her "Thank you for waiting Emilio." She knealt down to him and ran her hand through his blooky hair. She was rubbing it in his face, making him feel as weak as she could. She leaned down to whisper in his ear "Come with us. Your not strong enough on your own, come with us and become strong enough." Emilio tremmbled in rage. He lacked even the strength to speak at this point. Suddenly the air felt warm, then hot. A shower of red appeared and pushed Kami back off him. A tall man with wings like Chrys' landed next to him and attacked Kami "I've been orderd to see to your well being." Kami didn't take to this interuption well. She pulled her sword out and threw a torrent of wind to the brave soul. He took up Emilio and jumped to the sky. Kami glared and disappeared into the darkness once again. Emilio sitherd and tenperd as he faded into unconsiousness.

Ron looked to the mast and looked back to Lie "I'll take the crows nest and keep an eye peeled." She looked to him distrustingly "You better be sober, or so help you..." Ron nodded and she nodded back to him. Ron grabbed hold and began to climb as it waved, each stroke becoming more vicous as he got higher and higher. He put his hand on the edge of the basket and pulled himslef up, holding on with all he had to make it in the basket. He flopped himslef in and looked out to the water ahead, only able to see the rolling seas ahead of them. Not wanting to take chances he pulled out the telescope on the side of the interior basket and looked ahead toward the north. Thunder and clouds, mixed with the rain and wind made visiblity almost zero. The rain beat on his face like needles as he stumbled about, having trouble maintaining balance.

Stark will find this funny, but my first serious crush was on a girl named Joanna Bok. I met her in grade school and knew her through to middle school and she even goes to my high school. Back in elementary school and part of middle school, I had the biggest crush on her, and like most I never told her either. It was kind of sad, but I've always been kind of a shy person, so I could never bring myself tell her. I'm becoming more open now, but now I'm more interested in someone else. And I've made it no small point to let them know.

The wind from his gate settled and nothing seemed out of place, aside from the fallen trees and craters in the ground. Shun looked over the landscape again "Huh...Guess there really wasn't anything here. I'm going nuts in this place. Where ever this place is." He turns and looks to the east, toward the encroaching night "I better find a town soon get a hotel or else I'll be camping tonight." He started to walk when he heard a whistling sound in the wind. Shun dropped to the ground "Invader!" He landed flat on his stomach, where he saw three kunai land just in front of him. He rolled to his back "Okay, not invaders." As he said this he saw a kid in orange standing, hands on hips, in front of him. Shun sits up "Who the hell are you?" The kid in orange jumps at him "Hey, that's suppose to be my line!" Shun looks him over "What the hell are you suppose to be anyway?" The kids face starts to turn red "I'll be asking the questions here! Now where is your village, where did you come from?!" Shun stopped for a moment "Village......uhhhhh....I guess, Tokyo." The kid shots him a weird look, like he was the one who's crazy "What kind of weird name is that? Never heard of it." Shun got to his feet "How have you never heard of Tokyo? Do you live in a cave or something?" The kid jumps again "Why you....." When another one, this time in black appears behind him "Stop being an idiot Naruto." The one in orange, obviously named Naruto, snapped around to the other "Shut up and stay out of it Sasuke." Shun had established names now, but was dumbfounded by the fact that the two seemed more interested in fighting each other then fighting him. Yet another one appeared, this one a girl with pink hair, began yelling at the one called Naruto "Naruto, stop picking fights with Sasuke." Naruto stumbled through his words for a moment "Uhhh...but....Sakura." She snaped at him again. SHe continued on at him while the one in black approached "So, who are you really? I've also never heard of this place your from." Shun looked around himself once more "Where am I exactly?" The one in black, apparently named Sasuke, sighed "Your just outside our village. The village hidden in the leaves." Shun stopped again as he heard the voice of the girl settling down and all there eyes fixing on him. He layed back on the ground "How the hell did I get here?" This question was only one of many more puzzling and ominous ones.

Ron caught her and the two slide across the soaked deck of the ship. Ron took the two and he pressed himself and her against the railing. She tried to get up and help Sano, but Ron helpd her there "If you go there he's helping you will have been for nothing." He watched Sano dangel and tried to wrigle free. Ron pulled out a swt of knives and looked to Jem "Wait here." He started driving them into the deck and pulled himself over to Sano. He got to his feet and pulled him off the rope and the tow of them ow went to the railing. Sano jabbed him one time "I would've been fine." Ron nodded back "Yeah, sure." He jabbed him again "I should be helping." Ron looked to him "You've done what you can. Now all you can do to help is stay alive." Sano still seemed irratated and Jem stared to him "Big words for a drunk." Ron looked to her and replied with nothing. He held his place on the railing of the ship as waved in the wind and raging water.

Sano had charged back into the cloud, only then did he realize he didn't have a plan. Oh well, at this point all that matterd was removing this cloud before it could do serious harm. He wrapped his cape round his mouth and nose and set his roght hand on the hilt of his left sword and his left hand on right sword. He pulled the two swords free and they both began to glow like beakons in the darkness. A cry could be heard, but it then died to a whisper in the howling wind of the smoke. Sano listend as it died away into the smoke. Where it had gone he wasn't sure, but there was something dark in this wind, something that no longer belonger in this world. He could feel the wind pulling at his swords. Is that what it wanted? His swords were some how important, and for that reason if nothing else he had to keep them. He waved his sword and swung through the cloud and they began to glow brighter, sending another cry from the smoke.

occ:Sano's not sword happy. He's actually a really nice guy, so he doesn't just draw his sword on a whim. Sano looked to Sage "Are you gonna be alright man?" He seemed shaky for a moment, but then settled "Yeah, I'll be fine." Sano seemed a little hesitant, but let it go and decided he would just keep an eye on him. This talking to himself was not a good sign. He leaned to Vala "Was that weird or what?" She leaned back to him "Yeah, but I don't think he's crazy." Sano looked to her "Then what was that?" She shrugged "I'm not sure, but after all that we've seen is it really that strange?" Sano shrugged in response "You've got a point there." The two let it go at that and continued onward. Sano stopped at the edge of the town as he heard a voice calling out "Wait......Wait....." Sano turned and looked back. It was that girl from the night before. SHe was running and waving to them, she stopped in front of him, panting. He had a hard time understanding at first, but the word that stopped him was "Aeon". She finally regained her composure and began to explain herself. Sano nodded and gave her the okay to tag along. As they continued he leaned back to Vala "Another one to keep your eye on." She leaned back and nodded. This was becoming more complicated as they went.

Ron stepped on to the deck and grabbed the third sail and pulled it down from the wind. The captain approached him "So, the drunkard decides he wants to be serious." Ron kept at it, not acknowledging the comment at all. She looked at him again and shouted over the winds "So what changed to make you care?" He looked to her "Nothing. I've just got to keep going is all." He pulled the sail down and began wrapping and tieing it to keep it out of the wind.

Kazuma held Jun "It's okay. Let's just try and enjoy the rest of the evening." She smiled and nodded back to him and he kissed her. He nodded to Kenshin who then turned and returned to the others. Jun and Kazuma went back off together in the crowd. Kazuma looked to her "You said something about the hill tonight. Are you still up to it?" She smiled "I'm always up to it." He smiled back to her and kissed her again. The two silently slipped away to head for the hill.

Ramiel took to the back of his cave as the sun began to rise near the city. He was alone again, but this was a feeling he was all to familiar with. I didn't matter anymore, he was free again and that was all he cared about. He found himself with his time to decide if Kuroichi really was wrong. He was unsure of this mans goals or what it would mean. There was only one thing he was sure of, he would not fall under some totalitarian leadership. Kuroichi was a man who needed power, and all Ramiel knew was he wouldn't be the one to give it to him. Even if it meant standing alone, the only sane mind in and world of insanity, he would do it. It was the only thing that made sense anymore. He wouldn't sleep well this day, he would sit in his cold corner of the cavern, alone once again. He could hear a dripping coming from a deeper part of the cave. This system here was notorius for it's intricacy, and had claimed the lives of many. He looked deeper and walked further in. A smell of perfume, that of wine and fresh blood, wafted in the damp air. He knew this smell, he decided to stop and return to his corner. She was here, but he had no desire to see her right now. It had been to long, and he had lost his lust for her he once held. He sat in the shadows, if she wanted to see him, she'd come out of the shadows eventually.

Kazuma smiled "That could be a possiblity." He said teasing her with a light rub on her crotch. She smiled and leaned against him "That would be nice." He took her hand and they started visiting the booths. He took her to an archery booth and won one of those giant stuffed bears. he didn't really want it and he thought Jun might like it so he gave it to her. She seemed happy enough with it. They stopped at the ramen booth he had helped put up earlier and orderd some food There. It was starting to feel like a real date. As they ate, Kazuma saw something that upset him and frightend him. He saw the guy from the basket ball game, the one who attacked Kenshin. Kazuma jumped up, this caused Jun to jump "Kazu-kun, is something wrong?" Kazuma turned and started off. Before going he looked back to Jun "Go get Kenshin. Don't follow me." She came over to him and put her hands on his shoulders "Kazu-kun, you're scaring me." He turned and hugged her "There's nothing to scared of. I'll make sure everything is alright." He kisssed her then ran off after the guy from the night before. He knew that if he was here, it wasn't a good sign.

Ron sighed "I don't want her back. I want to forget, neither are possible. So I just let it be." He layed down on his hammock and looked to the wall. Jem jus huffed "So what the hell are you here for, you useless drunk!" The door slammed. He sat back up and looked to the door. He got back to his feet and looked out the port window. He thought about throwing himself out to the sea, but that was just being stupid at this point. He set his head on the wall and thought about her again. Then he thought about his parents, which filled him with anger. He grabbed hold of his shoulders and started to dig his nails in to his skin. He wanted to just let go, but they were always there in his mind. That image of her body mangeld, beaten and violated. And those of the men who were later set loose. There was no justice for any of them, none paid for her death. It was like she had never lived at all. She didn't even get a funeral, they just pitched her body out to sea for the fish to pick at. This never let him sleep. His bottle was gone, nothing to numb the pain. Was it his fault? Were they right? Did he not belong there? Was he the reason she died? Nothing left to make it better. What was he suppose to think now, He slummed in the corner and looked out to the water again. He got up and layed in the hammock again. He thought on what Jem said to him, but he didn't take much of it to heart. He had himslef, and that's all he wanted or need. She wasn't there. She doesn't know who I am or where I'm from. I tried to go somewhere I didn't belong and someone else paid for it. He decided to give up on these thoughts and just swayed with the boat.

Kazuma was working on a booth with one of the local shops. It was a Ramen cart and he was helping set the oven up. Once he finished the wife of the man who ran it approached him. She said she would have felt bad for not rewarding him, so she gave him one of her old kimonos. She told him to give it to his girlfriend. He thought about giving it to Jun, he couldn't remeber if she had one or not. He folded it up and put it in his car, thinking he would wait for her to show up. He hurried about to finish the last few things. Once he had finished he started waiting for the others to show up. First he met up with Kenshin, they talked for a little bit. Both were still worried about this whole thing, but decided not to upset the others. Next he came across Jun. She had her body painted in the fashion of a kimono. It was a beautiful display. She ran up to him "Well, what do you think?" He stared at her for a moment "Wow, you look great. You had your body painted?" She smiled and spun around "I'm glad you like it." She hugged him. He looked her over again "I have something for you. You don't have to wear it, but I want you to have it." He left her quickly and returned with the kimono the woman had given him just a little while earlier. It was a dark blue like the one painted on her and had a patern of red butterfiles on it. She looked at it and hugged him again "Kazu-kun, this is so sweet. I love it." He huggd her back and the two wanderd off into the festival.

Sano began to eat again and he looked to her once more "I'll be leaving shortly after we finish eating." She nodded back. He finished up his eegs and stood up and went to the door and waited for Vala to join him. She rose to her feet and came to him "So where are we headed?" He nodded "I'm looking for someone, who's treking this mountain. His name is Shen. he has some information concerning something were both familiar with." She nodded "That being?" He smirked "The Aeons." She looked to him with surprise. He continued "I have a few questions I want to ask him and you are obviously intereted in the same. The way I see it, were looking for the same person." She nodded back. He popped the door open and headed out with her following. He walked next to her til her doll forced her way between the two of them. he looked to the doll then to Vala "Does your doll not like me?" She looked to him "Oh her, she's just protective. Don't worry about it, it's perfectly normal." He just nodded then looked back to the doll. The doll glanced at him for a moment then looked forward again. Vala looked at him with surprise "Wow, she never looks at anyone. She must really like you." He just shrugged "Whatever you say." He looked back forward to the snowy path. Vala looked to him, then to his waist "Cool swords. Where did you get them?" He put his hand on them "My sensei gave me them before he was murdered." She looked down "Oh, sorry." He smiled "No it's fine. You didn't know. Anyway, that's why I'm looking for Shen. He might know what happend to him and my parents." She nodded and they were quiet for a while.

You should just spend sometime with him first. Trust me, guys are erally dense on subtle hints. If you want him to notice your going to have to be more direct. But if your not ready for that, then just become friends. Spend time with him and see if he has those feelings for you. If he does then I wish you the best, but if he doesn't, then it wasn't meant to be. Just keep going and if you have to, put yourself out there. Like I sad, don't jmp the gun on this otherwise you'll just scare him off. Wait til you think he'd be comfortable with something like that. Guys have sensitive egos and are easily intimidated, though they may say otherwise. Just like anything, it may take time, but just focus on what your doing.

Ron looked to her as she walked away, he stood and slumed out to his cabin. He fell to the floor, he looked to the bottle on the other end of the room. He took it and through it out the window. He layed back down in his hammock as his buzz began to fade. He was all alone in this room and he could hear the water beating across the side of the ship as it rocked. He closed his eyes and faded off into a deep sleep again. He began to dream again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She was calling to him "Rich boy, get your ass over here. We're going." Ron ran over to Tina and started out the door with her. She grbbed his hand and started to drag him along "What would you do with out me, Rich boy?" He smiled "Probably get lost and killed in the street." She just looked back to him and turned back with a scuff. She let go once they were back in the alley way. He looked to the far end of the alley and saw three thugs just standing around, nothing unusual about that. He noticed they were armed, they were looking for a victim. that didn't sit well with him or Tina. The two walked over to the three, and Tina spoke up "Hey assholes, what do you think your doing?" The three looked to him and Tina. Ron recognized the three, the one on the far right was a thinner more stream lined man named Eric. The second one in the middle was the opposite, a large and muscular, at the same token he was as dumb as a snail, his name was Tory. The last one was the brain of the operation, which wasn't saying much for these idiots, he stood in the middle field, bigger then Eric, but not as big as Tory, his name was Kyle. Kyle looked to Tina "Just looking for a good time. Did you come to help us with that?" He said licking at his lips as the other two morons chuckled. Ron stepped from behind her "Yeah right you slime." The three looked to him digusted "Shut up rich kid. You don't deserve a girl like this one." He said as he reached for Tina. She popped a knife from her pocket and stabbed his hand before it reached her "Keep those to yourself." THe other two quickly jumped at her, which then sent Ron jumping out to push them off her. He kicked Tory in the face and stomped on the back of Erics head, sending both off of her. He and Tina started taking shots at the two. When Ron turned his back to help Tina, he felt a sharp burn on his back. He turned his head and saw Kyle standing with blood on his hands and a knife in his back. Kyle had stabbed him when he wasn't looking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ron sat up in a rush, he could feel his back burning again, just about his right shoulder blade, near his kidney. This wound had almost killed him, but it killed Tina. He sat there and started to cry again.

Kazuma got up as Jun shook him, she was jumping with excitement. today was the day of the Firefly Festival, so it was expected. He would give her the last of her presents tonight. He got up and said his goodbyes, he had to go back to his place to get ready for the festival. He walked to the car and drove home. He hoped out of his car and went into his house and changed into some new clothes and washed up, keeping the girls happy his hard and sometimes messy work. He washed off in the shower and put on some fresh clothers. He put on his favorite black leather long coat, it hung to the back of his knees. Under it he wore a plain white T-shirt and he wore blue denim jeans. He rested on the couch for a moment and headed out the door. He headed to the site of the festival, he had agreed to help some of the those working the festival he would help set up the booths.