Starwind

James continues to roar toward the warehouse, praying that he's not too late. He fades in and out of focus constantly on the brink of a nasty crash. As he nears the pier he fells sting, like the arrival of a new dark presense. He stops immediatly and steps off his bike calmly and slowly. He slowly surveys the area around him, threr back. The eaters have returned in great numbers and are hiding, though doing a poor job. He can see claws, teeth, burning eyes, and he can feel the cold wind of there evil. He stands as if waiting for someone 'Maybe the creature will make a reappearance' he thinks to himself. But the creature dosen't "grace" him with his presense. James realizes this is probably just ment to slow him down. " Fine if that's the way he wants it" James flicks his wrists and the blades drop " Then thats the way I'll play it." One after another the eaters came at him, growing more vicious with each attack. James simply played along and sliced them to bits at there leisure. After so much time He realized that it had been to long and there numbers weren't decreasing, if anything there were more now. It was now or never he had to make his move and get the hell out of here. James drew back his blades and went to one knee. He set his hands on the ground and bowed his head slightly. He began saying an almost incohierent chant over and over. Another eater stepped forward to come after him. James remained perfectly still, as if he was waiting for death. The eater made a single bold lunge. It breached the ten foot mark and in a flash was taken by a black light now eminating from James. James looked up, his eyes now glowing of the dark light, and rose to his feet. The eaters fallterd and James capitalized. There was a flash.... James, after who knows how long, regained consiousness. Still on his feet and only slightly shifted from his original position. What happend when he opened his power he was never sure, he almost always lost consiousness. He shook his head and mounted his bike. He started on his way back to the warehouse now fearing the worst. As he arrived, he stepped off his bike and slowly walked to the side of the building. Suddenly there was a laugh. James snapped his head up to the roof to see the same sillhouette as he did back on the street. But it was different this time, before the creatures presense was almost paralyzing, now it was like he didn't even exist. The creature looked down, the white teeth of his smile gleaming down on James " My how strong you are. I never would have guessed you had that much power. You are going to surpass my expectations." James filled with rage like he had never known " Son of a bitch, get down here so I can kill you!!" James screamed. The creature simply smirked " I told you, I am not your enemy. I am here to grant your wish. However to do that I first have to relieve you of whats holding you back." James now seeming relieved, realizing that means he hasn't done anything yet, as the creature continued to smile " You could be stronger if you just opened it up more to me. I could give you all the power you ever wished for. That's why you used it right?" James without another thought snapped a shuriken out of his coat only to have it deflected in yet another flash of light " I'll see you around." Said the creatures disembodied voice. James rage now changed to fear. 'Had he escaped inside he thought' though still he didn't sense any presense, but he knew he had just seen him. "He has to be here"

James roared through the syreets of the city heading toward the source. He could feel it call to him, like a wolf howling in the night. It was calling him, it wanted him. He finnally reached a point where the darkness became over whealming, the eaters were here. But the source was still further away. He causually stepped off his Harley like nothing was wrong, to spite the fact the streets were totally empty. Through the darkness came prying eyes, eaters watching him and preparing to strike. With a flick of his wrists the two blades from his coat drooped and locked into place " So, if you want me..... STEP UP AND GET ME!!!" James screamed through the empty streets. In that instant James sensed a dark presense draw nearer to him, just one. He approached at a steady, yet relaxed pace. As it stepped in range of the street lights they would go out before he could get a good look. As the darkness grew he could feel the other eaters draw closer to him as well. Finally the only two street lights still on were the one he stood under and the one in front of him. He saw a sillohouette in the light. Though of eveil presense, it didn't appear like the others he had seen before " What are you? Your not like the ones hiding in the shadows your much bolder. I ask again, what are you? answer now or you won't get a chance" He said in a commanding tone. Unsure what to do, James stood perfectly still. Then he heard laughter. It was the creature. It sounded almost human, but there was a supernatural feel to it he couldn't explain 'almost familiar' he thought to himself. The laughter stoped and then a voice " I suppose I've been rude." said and almost echoing voice " We have never met, yet I know you very well. No wait, I'm mistaken we met once, but it was long ago." Said the voice speaking to him as if they had always known each other. James now growing angry " What, you mean when I opened the book. Were one of the one to escape?" James said sounding almost curious " Me, oh no, I'm still trapped, but soon I will be free." the voice proclaimed. James shutterd uncontrollably, he could feel the voice in his bones chilling every inch of his body. James went to a prone position as if to prepare for battle when the voice spoke " Now, this isn't our time to fight. I'm not your enemy, I am your friend and I will grant your wish." James suddenly over taken by his anger, soundlessly sprang forward with great speed at the creature. As he came within a foot or so of it all the lights came back on in a flash. When he regained his sight he was already gone, then a he heard it again " Soon you and I can properly meet, but not now I Still have deal with the trouble makers." The voice said calmly as if from nowhere. All the evil that once surrounded him was gone. Not one single presense was left behind. " Where did you go? Get back here and fight me" James said loudly. There was No response. All he could think about was the last thing he mentioned, the 'troublemakers'. It was all to obvious he was after the others. James jumped on to his Harley and spun it around. He looked out ahead of him to see nothing but the deserted street ahead. He revved once and sped off back to the warehouse before that thing got there " They're not ready for something like that and .... maybe none of us are." He deverted his eyes to the starry sky for a second thinking back on the creature. It's essence alone was over powering, how could they fight something like that?

Name: Casey Novak Age: 18 Gender: Male Personlity: Serius relationship issues and asshole to most he meets, but for those who stick around long enough they soon learn he's not as tough as he acts. He is't selfcontious, he's barey contious of others, but he tries to do what is right and usually goes with whatever orders he recieves weather he likes it or not. Weapons: A six foot Wan-Dou ( smooth shaft with single edge blade on one side and a spear head on the other) and a long sword. Appearance: He stands around 5'10 and is of medium build. He has bleached, shortly cut hair. In mortal form he usually dresses lightly, he dosen't wear pants no matterhow cold it is and only occasionally a sweater. In reaper form he comes clad in the traditional robes of a grim reaper, i.e. long black robe with robe with some minor alterations, a split down the middle and gray leather jump suit with steel bands. Bio: He comes from a broken home. He's lived in lots of foster homes and now usually lives on the streets. He's not bitter about it and claims he has no problem living alone like that. Most of what he owns he had to steal and what he didn't steal he found in a trash can. He still manages to attend public school once in a while. He has recieved lots of sympathy since it seemed like he was alone and crazy cause he always talked to himself. Well guess what, the truth is he doesn't talk to himself but rather ghosts. One day some strange guy in a black robe said he had a job for him. Seeing this as an opportunity to make money, little did he realize this was a very different kind of job. Now he lives as a Soul Reaper and now things are finally getting interesting.

James tinued to sit quietly til te PA in his room called him to the main floor. He slowly stoodand looked around for his blades, shirt, and jacket. He gatherd them and put them on one at a time. He turned and left his room in the same somber silence as he had while he was in there. On his way down the hall he noticed blood stains in the break room, on the wall. He walked over to get a better look. He reachedout and touched it and he saw a flash, It was Kains blood on the wall. How did he know, he just did, courtesy of his 'punishment'. He knew that it was probably Garet though he had no proof and didn't really care. He brushed off these findings and continued toward the elevator. When he finally arrived at the top floor, after paying Kain a visit to laugh at him. He found that Kean and Darren were once again the reception team. " I just keep running in to you two." They all laughed a little. James turnig somber again " So, whats wrong?" Kean now to appearing far more serious " It's them. They're on there way here." James turned pale " Do you think they picked up on me?" Kean just maintained his composure " I'm not sure, but we have to prepare for the worst." James changing from a somber look to a determined one " I'll go. tell the rest to cover the base." Kean now seeming shocked " But you can't do it alone, you'll die in vain." James looking more determined " Not if I use my power." Kean and Darren shock for a moment when Darren stepped forward " But that could... You know.. change you into one of them." James now growing blea again " Don't worry, if it cmes to that I'll cut my own head off, I won't burden anyone else or put them in danger." James walked toward his bike in the corner of the warehouse when Kean cut him off " I can't lt yo do ts man, your my friend." James looking at him a little happy and a little irratated. Kean looking at hm again " Liten the oters wll help you, your not alone." Jaes now mor upset "Yeah bu 'd rather it were ony me in danger. Hell two of 'The others' are civiians with almost no experiencewith eaters and we both kno hese ones ore n a totally different level." Dean just looked on pleading " Come on man just don't do this alone man." James now fally feling his concern " Fine, but'll tae the lad on this one." Kean appearing relieved " Fine,whatever, yo can lead just.. thanks man." " Whatever, put out the message." Kean turned and wentdown the elevator. After hleft James turned and looked around " Okay It's all clear." He took his bike and went outside " Sorry man , but I've got to do this my way." He hpped o nd revved up his bike and sped off in the encroaching darknessof the city. He was headed for the source and nothn would stop him.

Norrick, now fully dressed in battle attire with along blue robe draping over his shoulders with a high collar, began to his carriage and left for the city of Alpha's. He was still slightly irratated since he knew it would just be an hour of old men talking. He yearned for a good fight, something he had been denid for quiet some time. As he left he thought of Dante, his last worthy adversary. True they were of the same army, but Dante was the only one he could never defeat in combat. He desired to find another ,preferably an enemy, who could provde a worthy fight. The humans slowly dredged through the visous snow storm outside. They sufferd at Norricks amusement. If he couldn't fight he was miserable so he liked to see others in misery as well, this pleased him greatly. He continued to think to himself what they could be calling a meeting for. " Maybe a new war to fight." He said to himself almost trembling with excitement. he looked outside and saw that they were approaching alpha city. He was curious and already a little bored. He walked toward the door to the council chamber and made his ususal commanding entrance, slamming the double doors open with a loud thump and demanding to know the reason for his summoning. The alpha leaders calmly looked down on him " Head Vorca council from Fraden Vivec please tack your chair while others arrive." He seemed even more irritated, bowed slightly and took his seat to await the arrival of the others. This was already turning out boring.

James emerged from the shower seeming refreshed. As he returned to his room the PA system came on " Attention all agents this is an urgent message. There has been a report of a Chaos eater related incident 5 miles north. All available agents are to report to the deployment station on the first floor. I repeat all Agents report to the first floor. James ran to his room to prepare. He put on a new shirt, his twin blades, hid trench coat, grabbed a dozen shuriken, and finally pulled out a long sword wraped in an old rag " haven't used you in a while" He murmmerd to himself. He took his things and ran straight toward the door and down the hall. As he reached the first floor slowly but surely everyone else came shortly there after with Jory and Kyle last to come. Kean stepped forward " LISTEN UP!!! This is a high danger mission. Never before have the eaters acted so openly. We have to prepare for the worst. This may be the final attack. They are slowly inroute here. Clearly they haved figured us out." Dante sounded in " Maybe they had help." as he glanced at James. Noone else stepped up in his defence, though James expected no different. Kean continued " Whatever the case maybe, they are coming and we have to destroy them. This is not a voluntary mission, all registerd agents are required to particpate. Now, you will be transportd to the heart of the trouble via helicopter. Upon arrival, you will not only kill every eater you come across, you will also help all civilians you find and search out the source. If and when you find the source, instead of engaging contact HQ and prepare the area for our arrival, understood." Everyone "YES SIR" "Good, move out." James approached Kean speaking softly " Do you think this is it?" Kean looked at James " I'm afraid it might be." when suddenly Katrina and Tenjo came up and Katrina said " We'll be going to" Kean turned in shock " are you trying to bark orders at me..." James cut him off " It's Okay. Send them with me and Dante, we'll look after them." Kean still a little upset " Okay, but this is on you James if we end up with two dead civilians okay." "understood." James turned and took them to the helicopter. He turned to them one more time and said " [B]Here we go[/B]."

Norrick sat silently at his table and clapped his hands, four female slave enterd with trays, two human to of an alien species. They layed the trays infront of him and removed the covers, underneath were large sections of various types of meat with only vegetable garnish. He reached and grabbed one of the slaves and said " Are you happy?" She turned her head slightly down " Would you rather I torture you to death instead." "No, my lord." Norrick smiled " Precisely what I desired to hear. He loved to taunt his slaves as such. "Is anyone unhappy, because if you are it would make me unhappy and we can't have that can we." They all turned there heads to the ground " Well can we." He proclaimed in a loud commanding voice " No, My lord" they all chimmed at once " very good. He began to laugh as he started to eat, ripping huge chunks of meat at a time. As he eats he hears a slight russel behind him. He cuts a V shape out of a plate and hurrles it behind him with great force, it's the body guard assigned to him by the joint council. "Doran, what are you doing in my house?" Doran realizing he can't pull himself free quickly tries to explain himself " Bt sir the council orderd me, I can't go against there joint decision, not even for you" Norrick sets a large pigs leg down on the table and walks over to Doran and grabs his free arm. he slowly draws his hand down Dorans arm til he reaches his hand. He takes hold of his pinky finger and snaps it as Doran lets out a loud yelp. " If I catch you in my home again i'll break more than this finger." Doran looks u at him " But sir the councils order?" Norrick smiles " Then be extra quiet next time." He pulls the plate free and let's Doran go. He turn and go's back to eating. He calls for one of his slaves to return. The young woman from before comes out "Yes my Lord, what is your wish?" He ushers her closer. She walks slowly closer, obviously frightend by the smile on his face god only knows why hes so happy. He takes the empty tray and smacks her across the face with it " I'm finished take these plates away and prepare my bath. Shenow bleeding profusely from her nose gets up and quickly gathers the things from the table. Nrrick sits there watching and smiling as she hurries fearing for hear life. Suddenly another slave enters " My Lord you have recieved a summons from the concil" Norrick appearing slightly irratted " What do the old men want? " The slave now appearing even more frightend quickly said " I don't know my Lord." she bowed and left quickly before he took out his frustration on her. "Very well." He turns to the woman cleaning the table as she egins to leave " You, you better have my bath ready before I return or a nose bleed will be the best thing that will happen to you." She turned pale " Yes My Lord" he turned and left to the council building for the meeting.

I'd have to say the only anime I have ever really hated was Kikiader. Not that the story was bad, though I feel it lacked any real depth or drawing power. Of everything from that show what really irked me was the animation style. something about that anime style just bothers me. That's why I did'nt care for it and only watched two or three episodes.

James came to his feet " I will never succumb and I will carry my punishment with all my strength." he turned and looked at everyone as they all stared at him. His face once again turned cold and expressionless jas he walked past them all. " See you in the morning." He said as he headed into the shower. He took his shirt off and froze for a moment. He turned to look at the tattoo in the mirror " I will destroy you and all your kind, even if I go with you." he whisperd to the mark on his back, as if communicating with the creature inside. He felt it burn as he said that " So, now your scared, or are mad?" he could hear someone outside the door. he coudn't quite make out who though, but at the time he didn't care who it was. He stepped under the shower head and turned on the water. He stood perfectly still with freezing cold water running down his face and chest. He stayed there locked in his own mind.

James, now sitting quietly in his room, reched under his bed and pulled out a photo album and began to flick through the pages. He went slowly through each page. Finally he stopped not on a phooto, but a hand drawn picture. The picture was of an elegant cross wrapped in an olive branch. " Hey mom, hey dad." James said looking at the picture. He slowly looked at the bottom which read ' In loving memory of my dearly departed parents, so I never forget'. James sat and began to cry again. He turned the light off and sat in the darkness, tring still to understand why he ever took that book. 'If I hadn't I wouldn't be agent, my family would be alive, I would still be back in my boring old town at my boring school with the friends I don't deserve' James thought has he continued to cry in the darkness. He laid his head down and prayed that he would never wake up. That night he had a dream, more like a nightmare. He saw his burning town, heard the screams of his family and saw the black figure that had buried itself in side him on that day. He jumped from his bed drenched in sweat and tears. he got up from his bed and decided to go take a shower in the bathroom down the hall. As he left he noticed some one else up and he didn't know who it was. He ran up the hall as they rounded the corner, he ran faster. As he rounded the corner he found noone. He stood bewilderd, then he heard the sounds. Chomping, grinding, something digging through meat and bone. he asumed that they had been found he stated running from room to room finding nothing, through each hall without even a drop of blood. "What is this? What's wrong with me?! James screamed in the hall. Finally someone came and found him. It was Katrina appearing alittle irratated. " What are you doing?" She yelled at him, then she noticed he was sweating " Hey what's wrong with you? Are you alright?" She asked now more concerned. James gave no response, he could still he the sounds. then he realized it wa in his own head. Something inside him, that thing. " Why, why did it have to be me, why did it have to find me? I killed my own family for it and all I got I don't want." James said trembling as the others began to arrive. They all stood behind him staring withut a word.

If your looking for more light hearted anime I would recommend Azumanga Daioh. If you want something with alittle more action and mystery I'd advise Madlax and Noir. And If you just want a whole mix of everything from cutecy to gorey I'd advice Elfen Lied. If , however you would prefer an action story that's sensitive I'd advise Pretear ( A little girly, but not bad). My personal favorites are Outlaw Star (which if you liked Trigun you need to check out and it's where I got my user name.) Neon Genisis Evangelian, RaXephon, for something more classic Gatchaman ( weird name but still good), Argeto Soma, and finally Soultaker. I advise all of these, trust me each one is truly incredible for a true anime fan.

James hung his head low and slowly exited the room, no one said a word as he left. Shortly following were Darren and Kean. "Hey, wait up man. That was hard for you, but you knew it would be." Daren said " Yeah, I knew, but it dosen't make me feel better. those are still hard memories. I just wish I could forget it all." Darren and Kean set there hands on James' back and Kean said " Don't worry, we were there for you then and were here for you now." James began to tremble " Thanks. I don't deserve friends like you two." James began to cry again and Kean and Darren stood by him. James brought himself back to composure " Now that that's done, we need to decide on how we plan to handle this." Darren stepped forward " We could use the book again." James snapped to attention " No. Never again will I rely on it's power." Kean shimming in " Then what can we do to asure the problem will be solved and stay solved?" James suddenly appearing very determined " I'll use it." Darren looked up with shock " You can't what will happen if you turn into.... whatever this thing will be." James becoming somber " Then you two do whats right. If I turn then I want you two to kill me and quickly." Darren and Kean seeming somber as well " Alright, If you turn we'll be there to kill you" Kean said. " Thank you my friends. I don't know what I'd do without you two. I don't deserve such friends." They all smiled at one another and left the hall. " I'll make the announcment for our departure. We leave in the morning so try to sleep well tonight." Said Kean as he left down the other hall. "Yeah, I think I'll turn. Are you going to be okay?" James looked up " Yeah I'll be fine. see'ya in the morning." "Okay" Then Kean left in the same direction as Darren. james was now all alone again and was feeling more cut off then ever. " I guess they'll hate me now, And they have every right to." He said to himself as he enterd his room and sat on his bed in the darkness.

James sat in the corner of the room, shaking nervously. the whole thing was a little much for him. He was about to drop his bombshell and he gets hit with one himself " This is just nuts." He said in a mild tone. Now all that was left was for Jory and Kyle to arrive, but judging from his conversation with Kyle earlier, he had no intention of hurring the two of them. They needed there time. After about 45 miutes they finally joined them in the debriefing room. James lightly jabs Katrina " Wake up there here." "Huh, oh sure.". Now was the moment of truth. " I know you all want to know why I called you all here, well it involves an incident almost 4 years ago and Kean, Darren, and Myself. I think that you deserve the right to know the truth." " In a small town in New York state, you've probably never heard of, called Koshack me, Kean, and Darren lived together. We were all friends and had one thing in common our grandparents were among the original agents who hunted eaters. So as you can guess we had equipment lying around in our attics. One day, Darren and I were rumaging around in the attic where we discoverd a book, The book of Hell. We immediately called Kean over to show him what we had found. We were entranced by this book, It was black with a red trim and Gold print letters and symbols. Inside it contained incantations for summonings that offerd great power and endless rewards. Greed began to consume me, simply being in it's presence of such a dark force made me fell an impulse to steal and kill. Finally I sucame, and I told the others we should bury it, so that night we took it out to the forest and did just that, but the next morning I returned to dig it up. I opened it and started to flip through the pages and finally I found the " Redeption spell" , it promised strength, power, and influence. I couldn't help myself, I drew the marks and chanted the incantations, but I failed. I learned that I needed a sacrifice, I choose my family. In the dead of night I attacked them with a kitchen knife diabling, but not killing them. I set them in the mark, stared the incantations and watched the crimson red light rise from there open wounds. There was a flash and red smoke sitting in the center of the room, it seemed so great, until they started to come through. I no longer felt this joy, but now fear like I had never known. I ran from my home, running to the friends I betrayed because I had killed my family. They were enraged and appauld to what I had done in the name of power. But still they helped me and took me in anyway. I opened the portal for the Chaos eaters. We attempted to close it and failed, We lacked the skill neccesary to close what i had opened. That's when they showed up, The Agents. they came in great force lead by another person some of us are familiar with, Kain. he was leading the command and was sent to "liberate" the town from Eater control. We thught he would help us, he was only interested in moving up and out of "this hick little town". He gave the order for total extermination. He sent out the sweeper team, a team that destroys everything in site so that they are left with nowhere to hide. But for all the help they promised they still failed to seal the portal completely, they just managed to transmode it. it simply closed and moved to someplace else slowly in silence. This problem we've enconterd is the same as then, we believe the portal is here and in full swing." James went silent as the eyes in the room all glared at him. " I still bare my punishment, which one day will give me the eternity in darkness I so deserve." James dropped his trench coaat and took his shirt off and turned around to reveal a scar that appeared in the form of a glyph, with the part in the center turning black " This is the power I recieved, it is the power of chaos magic and it allows me to destroy caos eaters with ease. However the more I use it the more the darkness spreads through it, once it becomes complete I will become something more horrible than a chaos eater." " What." asked Jory kindly. " I don't know, but some time it whispers to me, leting me know how evil it is and how evil I am." The others stared with mixed feelings of fear, anger, disgust, and sorrow.

I'd have to say that I have a few favorites they are... Ryuhou vs. Kazuma in episode 11 of S-cry-ed, It don't get much more extreme than that. It's not long but it's very satisfying. Yusuke vs. Toguro From the dark tournament in Yu Yu Hakusho. Not only a long battle but a heated one as well, definitly a 10 in my book. Unit 2 vs. The 9 eva series units from The end of Evangelian. Not only intense, but bloody as well. A truly blood pumping moment all the way to the end. Vash vs. Knives from Trigun. A perfect climax to one of my all time favorite series of all time. Kenshin vs. Aoishi 2 from Ruroni Kenshin. I just love both those characters and that was there be all to end all fight ti the finish, any true fan of the series can appreciate that fight.

James and Kean made there way to the debriefing room, when James looked down a side hall and saw Katrina acting very flusterd. James seperated from Kean and walked over to her " So you going to the debriefing room" "Of course. I'm not getting left out, so let's go." he headed back toward where he was when they passed his room " Wait, let's go in here quick okay." She gave him an akward glance " Okay I guess, But no funny business." They walked in to his very plain, very bare room. Having only the essentials such as bed, table T.V., Phone and a closet. James walked to the closet opened it up and pulled out a round disk shaped object wraped in an old cloth. " Since you insist on fighting I want to give you something you can fight with." he unwraped the disk slowly, taking great care. The cloth came off to reveal a shield roughly 1.5 feet in diameter with sarrated edges. " This belonged to my grandfather, he was among the first of the agents who speacilized in hunting and killing Chaos eaters. I think you should use it for the time being." She looked at it and said " How to I fight with this strapped to my forearm." James reached under it and pulled a lever free " Grip this switch here and the shiel will launch up to 15 feet, turn the handle here first so you can get it to rotate. It really is quite deadly." She looked at it again and looked back at James " Thanks" " It's just my way of saying sorry for being so harsh on you earlier. Let's go." "Okay" She smiled a little then returned to normal. they both turned, left and made there way to the debriefing room.

For me I'd have to say I love the beat to[I] Reckless fire [/I] From S-cry-ed, [I]The angels cruel thesis [/I] from Neon Genisus Evangelian[I], Through the night [/I] from Outlaw Star and the somber beauty of [I]Silent Wind [/I] From Argento Soma. Those are all great songs from respectable anime.

James slowly moved down the hall, still alittle rattled. As he walked he saw Kain standing the hall. " Great the one person I don't need to see." snapped James more upset than ever. " Well I see you to be in a good mood. Did you get the good news from Kean?" said Kain still grinning " Yeah I got the whole thing from just a minute ago.". Kain with a sinister look on his face " You know if you tell them the truth they will hate you." James anger and nervous looks at Kain for a second then looks back down at the floor. " Ah, what's wrong the big man got nothing to say. Good now you know your place around here." Said Kain with the most hateful smirk on his face. As James left Kain turned and said " I hope your not to close to garet Jax, he won't be around much longer." James flew off the handle and slammed Kain across his face and picked him up by theshoulder and asked" What did you do?!". " Why simple, I told the adminstration that he had lost and unusually high number of partners and needed to have his career scrtinized. You can't be to careful.". James now burning with anger " Listen you shithead, and listen good, If you want to preserve your career I sugest you retract your comment. We both know that your just taking out frustration on him." James said with a malicious glee. " Fine I will. But don't think this is over between us there will be hell to pay for this." Fine , but you'll take it out on me not them. Bust me if you can." Kain turned angry, but silent. " things never change do they" James said to himself " Now to bring eveyone together. All that's left to do is tell them." James walked on and headed for the comm. room to put out the call for a meeting the briefing room it was time to tell everyone the truth. James enterd the comm room to see Darren standing there, arms crossed. " So you heard to." Yeah, lets do this thing." said James as he slowly walked to the mic. "Attention all active agents please report to the briefing room for an important announcement. I repeat all active agents please report to the debriefing room immediatly. That is all." the room went quiet. Darren and James looked at each other nodded and left for the debriefing room.

for an anime I'd have to be Kazuma the shell bullet from S-cry-ed and for manga I'd have to be Rain Jewlett from Immortal Rain. Kazuma has shell bullet, only the coolest of all alter power and rain is immortal, even if he has serious emotional issues

Name: Norrick Specie: Vorca City: Fraden Vivec Appearance: He looks, in buid and coloration, like a German shepard. he stands at around 7'9 and wears a long cloak that has a crest of spikes on his shoulders. He has brown eyes and a cross shaped scar on his chest. Armor chest plate: A deep blue scale plate with Silver trim on the edges of the scales Armor Back Plate: A single Plate piece, it is blue in color with a jagged, red diagonal mark where there is an actual scar underneath Armor Forearm Guard: Thick single piece, the right one holds a large dis that acts as a sheild in combat. The left one is blue while the shield on the right is red Armor Shin Guard: Single steel piece of blue coloration and silver linings. Armoe Gauntlets: The palm while still of a blue color, while the fingers ore red( this is purely for show). Armor Boots: Thick steel jointed at the ankle for moblity it is, oc course, Blue in coloration. Weapons: He carries with him a large Wan Dou and a heavy broad sword. If those shoud fail him he has his most devstating weapon, a roman great sword, double eged and heavy as hell but highly affective. Rank: head of the chair room of elders representing the Vorcas, Brigadier General third in command of the armed forces and is highly respected amongst the people. Other info: Despite his lower rank he is idolized by the people and holds great influence and is often used as a spoksemen for the military. He has several serevants, mostly women since he claims he can't stand to see a man weak and on his knees before another. It is for this reason that he kills most of his male captives rather than take them as servants. He has one bodyguard, Purian who is rarley seen and protects him from the shadows,though he claims he needs no bodyguard the council insists that he have one, when he is in a public junction or giving a speech. Despite his status he loves nothing more than the thrill of the kill, to the dismay of the old men on the council. His peers worry for him while the people idolize him for these actions. His favorite saying is " Caution is for the weak and relaxing is for the dead."

James continued on his way following a rather odd conversation with Kyle. there was more to the story, but now wasn't the time to pry. Now was the time to decide on the course of action. He needed to find Kean, the one who mignt have some answers. As James ran down the hall he had yet another encounter, but this time it wasn't a friend. "Hey there, Kain" "Well, Well if it isn't my old buddy James." James had an irritated look on his face "Don't act like were friends asshole." James snapped. "Now, is that anyway to speak to tour superior officer." Kain said smiling " Wipe that smile off your face you leg humping dog." "I suggest you watch your words or you cold end up court marshalled." " Sorry sir" James said sarcasticly. "Where can I find Kean? I know you Know where he is and this isn't a request."Kain now appearing very aggitated. "I don't care if I go down with you, I'll let everyone in on your little secret. Now tell me where Kean is." Kain now appearing both upset and nervous said "He's in the debriefing room." "Thank you, buddy" James said sarcasticly. As he turned and headed for the debriefing room as Kain fummed. James burst into the debriefing room and, sure enough, there was Kean sitting at the head of the table. "Nice of you to join me James." Kean said in a friendly, yet somber tone. "We need to talk about the this incident and it's connection to New York." James said sternly, obviously still not over his encounter with Kain. "Though loose, intelligence has found that the circustance are similar." Said Kean in an explanatory tone. "so how do we explain this to the others, they deserve to know now that we know for sure." said James sounding almost depressed. " I could tell them if you don't want to" "No. I think it's better they heard it from someone who was there." "Are you sure your okay with this." asked a concerned Kean " Yeah. It's about time I confronted this thing." said James in a very hummble tone. " I'll talk to Darren and then we'll decide what to do from there, Okay." "Yeah, sure". Kean made his way to the door and said "You know what your getting into again right?" "Yeah, I know this'll be rough" " Just checking" Kean said as the door closed behind him. James sat in silence and began to cry. " Hell has returned and there demons will walk again" he said quietly to himself in the darkness. James sits quietly in the darkness coming in and out of fits of tears. Finnally he stands to make his way out and says to himself " How do I tell them whats happening and will they still trust me after they know the truth." He stepped out into the hallway and was momentarily blinded by the light as he left.

After recieveing an apology from Katrina, James started to feel like a real ass for acting the way he did. He wasn't sure where she went, but he decided that he would also apologize next time he saw her. James knew that right now there was someone he had to talk to before he hit the sack, Kean. He knew he was somewhere on the base he just didn't know where. He had to discuss the recent incident and see if there was any connection to New York. He couldn't get it out of his mind and he had to be srue before him and Darren decided if they should act on it. If there was a connection, even a loose one, things were about to get worse. He was now almost completely severd off n his own thoughts when he rounded a corner and 'WHAM'. He slammed into this kid bouncing around in the halls. He yelled " What the do you think your doing here?" "I could say the same to you!" He replied. "I work here! My name is James." as he looked at the floor he noticed a few of the prototype bullets on the ground. "Who are you ? A theif." James said aggitated. "No,No I'm not a theif. My name is Tenjo and I was brought here". "Uh huh, and I guess those are your lightning bullets, fire bullets, and chaos bullets." The thought that this kid was going to steal chaos bullets filled James with worry and anger. " Did you use these?" "Wh.. whats the problem?" " I said did you use these, these chaos bullets?" "No I haven't used any of them." "Good! Give me the one you have and mean all of them!" Tenjo reached deep into his pockets and pulled four of the out. "Now get out of my sight or I'll have you thrown out." As Tenjo ran down the turned and screamed "Asshole". James brushed it off he was much more concerned that he could et a hold of such dangerous weapons. " I'm going to have to talk to the station commander about security here" He said himself as he left down the Hall once again.

James, Kyle and Garet all looked up to see who was yelling at them. "Your that girl who hangs around in the hallway all the time" James blurts out. "hey, Katrina" garet says steping forward. "So your names Katrina. What are doing here?" says James very akwardly. "Do you have wax in your ears, I said I'm hgoing to heelp weather you like it or not" Katrina screamed in a commanding tone. James now the becoming the one irratated "Well what do you plan to do? Scare them off with your big mouth." Katrina then jumps forward and hits him right in the jaw. " What the hell did you say to me?" Katrina screamed. Garet stepped forward and said " If she wants to help let her help!". James now even more irratated shouts "Did you forget we already lost someone out there?". Katrina, now looking shaken and garet only growing madder, asked "Who was it? Who died?" James, Kyle and Garet faltter. Katrina asks again " Who was it?". Janes steps forward " It was Dante. He started turning into one of them and Garet had to kill him". Katrina stopped, seeming sad, frightend adn mad all at once. She stepped forward " So where were you big guy?" She says to James, then she hits him again " Where were you when they killed him?". James remained silent and slowly walk away.

James made his way to the sleeping quarters, as he went down the hall met some one he didn't expect " Hey... your that kid Kyle from school right, I didn't know you were and agent." "Excuse me." Said Kyle, obviously not recognizing him since he was always quite and asleep. "Me and you share a class at school, I never would have guessed you'd be an agent!". James looked at the kid standing next to him and asked for his name. " I'm Garet" He replied. "Well I'm James Hollister. Nice to finally meet you. I've heard things have already gone sour.". Garret looked at him angrily and said " If you go to our school and your an agent, then why haven't you been helping us?" " Simple, we just keep missing each other" "That's not good enough! If you had botherd to help Dante might not have..." He then jumped forward and knocked James to the floor. Kyle jumped in to calm him as James slowly returned to his feet. " I heard you had to kill him when he turned, that must have been hard, I'm sorry. "Your sorry is all you have to say. YOUR SORRY!!" Garet screamed trying to lunge at James again but being restrained. " Listen I know your angry, but it dosen't help now. I think we need to start off on the right foot if we are to get along agreed. Cause from here on out were a team, weather you like it or not.

James was flying with all fury down the street toward HQ, when suddenly he was hit by a feeling. There were chaos eaters near by, he began to turn back when he recieved an order to retreat to a warehouse in the down town area. He set course guided over the phone. When he finally arrived he was greeted by an old friend. "Nice to see you James" the man said in a polite tone. "feelings mutual Darren" , they stared at each other for a while and started to laugh abruptly. They both enterd the facility, James taking a close look around. " What are you looking for?" Darren asked curiously, "Just taking my surroundings." "you never change do you?" "Not ever." they both begin laughing again. "Finally on to business James" Darren said in a suddenly stiffening tone. They stepped on to a platform and slowly decended. the air became hot and thick, James could the workings of machinery. " You know they will find this place eventually?" "Yes, I know" Darren said in a very somber tone. " Well the others have already arrived"said Darren. "So I'm late to the party. What's the situation?" " Things don't look good. they are very simalr to another such incident I think you remember" Darren said in an ominous tone. " Yeah, the tragedy in New York 3 years ago. That's when I got dragged into this mess." James began to look around at all the machines. " This place makes new weapons right." James said in a stern tone "Yes, and it will be home base for a while." Have there been any causalties?" asked James " Yes. Agent Dante was turned then killed by agent Garret." They fell silent only the machinery could be heard. "I'm going to turn in." said james, then left. Darren remained silent. All James could think about was New York over and over again.

During WW2 Adolf Hitler came into posession of an item known as the lance of longinus. With this weapon he attained a great new power, Fate. He controlled it's power and increased his dark reach ten fold. He used the power of the lance to stop the only thing that could stop him, The three great churches. Throughout the world theri are three great churches that not only preach there religion, but also violate it by practicing sorcerrory. These churches based their spells and worskip based off there religion. ther were the Catholics, the eastern religions and then the african religions were the most prominent of these groups. With it's power he assemmbild a team of hunters to exterminate them, who were fueled by the lances dark power. there was little anyone could do to stop it, only the strongest could contest the hunters. As the world fell into it's bleakest hour two high bishops, with remarkable power, forced there way into Berlin amongst the fire bombing. They, after great strain, discoverd the lance. But to there dismay it had been so tainted by his evil they feared to even touch it. Theyused there remaining strenght to take the lance for away where it would never be used by anyone ever again. The years that passed were years of rebuilding for the chuch and the gathering of new disiples. A time of piece for the three superpowers, though the world itself only found itself in more turmoil. Then in the 1980's the contents of the famed dead sea scrolls was released to the public. Unknown to the people of the world, at the same time the rumors of the lances whereabouts began to spread. The church experienced it's own cold war. A war of espionage and intelligence gathering. after two years they had determined the most likely location to be South America. The hunt was on, the space race of sorcerrory. After a year of dissappearances and failures they decided to commit a horrible and blasphamous act. The three groups decided they would summon the most powerful spirts, angelic and demonic,and forge an artificial entity. The three churches signed a contract stating the nature and reason for the plot and then severd all communications, the cold was ended and a true war was about to begin. The Catholic church gatherd twenty of there most powerful summoners to summon the ten most powerful spirits possible and used a single woman as the "carrier" of this [I]thing[/I]. they didn't even know if it would be human but they did it anyway. Six months later, it was born a thing with a human form but everyone knew it was anything but human. They took him and named him Emilio Battoli. They trained him in the dark arts as well as the healing arts. They trained him to be a warrior, so he might find the lance first and bring it to the church. He never questioned this, it was his reason for living. He carried on this way his whole life. Until the day Pope John Paul the second, his mentor in a world where he had no real family, passed away. On his death bed he told him that he was to destroy the lance. He told him of a book found in chapters spread across the world that contained a spell capable of removing it from this world. Shortly following he died and a new pope appointed though, he was not around as often. Emilio then began to feel the resentment of the others who hated him for his natural talent. With the pope no longer protecting him he felt there full fury and jealousy. He knew that he had to escape the church, so one night he left the church and brought only the clothes he was wearing his broad sword, he used for melee and spell casting, and a small pocket watch that had been given to him by the late pope. He now set off for America in hopes of finding this black book that could destroy the lance, his new mission. He has found himself in a world of enemies, where all three churches come for him to capture him, destroy him, or convert him. He has to find his true allies soon or he will not live long. Name: race: Sorrceror or human. Weapon: Sorrcerors use traditional weapons are able to use any kind, though it's useless unless endowed by another sorrceror Gender: Age: Between 16 and 55 years old Heght: Weight: Birthday: Appearacne: eye color, hair color, clothes and physical build Skills: Tell me what can they do? Bio: The story of your characters life My character Name: Emilio Battoli Race: Sorceror Gender: Male Age: 17 Height: 5'10 Weight: 175 Birthday: Febuary 11, 1988 Appearance: He has tan skin and dirty blonde hair. He has a slghtly muscular build with Read iris's and green pupils( the way you can identify his kind from other humans and sorcerors) He has only a black jump suit and the uniform of a swiss guardsmen and carries foot and a half long gladius9 traditional roman battle sword). Skills: He can speak Italian, English, and Spanish fluently. He can drive though he lacks a licence. He specializes in sword combat and offensive magic, as well as healing magic. he also has barrier capabilities, but they are limited. Bio: Born in a low lying chamber in the vatican, he has had little to no contact with the outside world. He is naive of the on goings in the world and belived that all people shared his beliefs, the churches beliefs. He was trained in early childhood to be a warrior. He was trained to fight as a roman gladiator and use these skills to coincide with his natural magical talents. His mother dying after giving birth and having no real father, he saw pope John Paul the second as a father and was often close with him. When he died he gave Emilio his mission, to remove the lance from this world. At first he didn't know what to do, he simply stayed at the church being the only home he had ever known. This is when the true feelings of those around him came out. Without the pope to protect him, he fell victim to the jealousy of those he thought were his friends. They hated him for the natural skill he possesed since it took them so much more efort to master a magic and him only a few days. One day Emilio decided he was tired of the persecution. In the dead of night he took his weapon, potions and battle attire to flee to America. He had heard of a book split into hidden chapters across the world, a book that could destroy the lance. he didn't know where they all were, but he heard that one such chapter existed in America and he would find it at any cost. And so his journey begins.