RPG To Find the Infection 4: Hell's Gate [M-VL]

[Makurayami]

((Ok, let's start. If anyone has any questions as to where they are, ask in the Underground thread.))

A man clad fully in black walked down the streets of the city, his cloak's hood drawn tightly over his head to keep out the cold. A odd, unseasonable winter had descended upon the land, turning the normally pleasant spring weather frigid.

Incredibly pale blue, almost white, eyes gazed out from under the hood as the man strolled down the road. He watched as a man walking by him coughed voilently. Another person, this one a woman who was comming out of her home, fell under the same voilent fit of hacking.

For weeks a new type of sickness had swept over the area. It started as a common cold but then worsened. It soon induced massive cough fits, pain in the chest, tightnes in the joints, and overall misery. There had been no deaths, or at least none that had been made known to the public. But the infection was causing people to be miserable.

The black-clad man continued walking, nearing a tavern. Not having any money but wanting a spot to sit and get out of the cold, the man entered the tavern. He picked a table in the back and sat down, trying not to draw attention to himself. He looked around and noticed a few people were in the bar in addition to himself. He looked down and let his thoughts flow over him as the other patrons talked.

[i]'Who am I?[/i]

[I]'Why can't I remeber anything about myself?'[/i]

The man smirked under his hood. He did know one thing about himself. His name.

It was Zain.

((It has begun. The reasons for the odd disease and winter weather can be found in the prouloge. Here's a hint - it has something to do with Hell's move on Earth))

[P.J. McKrafty]

The portal opened, Ariador stumbled out in a daze. He had been walking through a Psionic Dimention for what seemed like days. He turned and saw the last bit of the portal blink into nothingness. He turned and saw that his portal had opened up in the middle of a street in which cottages ands some huts were placed on both sides of the street and people were standing outside their houses and looking out their windows. Ariador didn't realize that he had made quite a public specticle of himself as he walked through the streets getting all manner of strange looks.

A very cold wind blew by, way colder than he was used to on his home plantet. He wrapped his cloak around himself and pulled his hood over his head. His first priority was to find somewere that people would gather, and hopefully that wold serve any kind of alcohol. He spotted a tavern and decided that was the place he would start his search for whatever he was looking for.

He walked into the tavern and saw that there was very few people, but one that for some reason he felt somewhat drawn to. A man completly clad in black sat in the corner, his eyes were the only thing Ariador could see under his cloak and they seemed to glow. But no one in the tavern paid him any attention, their attention was on Ariador. He took his hood off and smiled at the people but they just turned away when he paid any attention to them. He walked up to the bartender and sat right in front of him.

"what'll you be having?" asked the bartender

"i dunno, your strongest drink i guess," replied Ariador

The bartender came back with two pints and a small shotglass full of a black liquid full of small silver speckles.

"what is this?"

"thats my own recipie, i call it stardust, but dont drink that first, drink it after you drink those two pints i gave ya, i dont know a man alive that can stay conscious after drinking that,"

Ariador looked back at the shotglass and set it back down picking up one of the pints and taking a swig. He looked back at the man dressed in black and felt like they were connected again.

"i guess only time will tell if i will find what im looking for,"

Ariador took another swig and whent on pondering what to do next.

[Kre]

Snow pounded heavily on the floor of the kids home planet. Surounded by a black cloak he moved through the snow crunching noises every tim ehe stepped. He didn't know what he was doing here. All he knew was his name and how to use the blade strapped to his back.

Since the extreme winter, he needed money and so he put himself up as a bounty hunter or a mercenary. Today's job was to hunt someone who had killed dozens. He looked down at the map and then up at the snowy plains.

"Next towns getting close..." he murmured to himself.

About a half an hour later he set first footsteps into the town. He looked through the book he had full of wanted posters. He moved under shelter and pocketed the book and removing his hood.

He grabbed the hilt of the blade at his back. This was a normal day for Kre.

[Red16]

A man walked through the scorching dry plains of the desert. His footsteps immediately dissapeared due to the strong gusts of wind that would blow the sand onto the leftover holes and cover them. The sun burned the land and anything touching it. The man didn't seem to notice the scorching heat. His black boots gleamed and reflected all the sunlight back into the sky. His steps didn't make a single sound as his feet dug into the sands of the desert.

The man stopped, and looked around. Buildings around him began to slowly rot away. Others had managed to catch on fire. Screams could be heard from all directions, some from pain, some from the burning heat, some from the complete misery. This had once been a lush, green town, filled with vegetation. At least, that is what is was weeks ago. Since then, an intense drought sucked the land of all its life. Within days people began to riot and steal from each other to survive, noone wanted to help anyone. Total chaos fanned out and spread through the village, and as a result, all that was left was total wreckage, to be buried in the sand with the now helpless victims.

The man continued through the town, which was only so small. A wooden worn down sign was ahead. The sun's heat had literally scorched the sign to make the text illegable, but the man didn't seem to care. He knew it was the exit, we wanted out of the town. His white robe with gold lining flapped in the wind, along with any airborne sand.

"Disease, natural disasters..." Erutan mumbled to himself after leaving the town. He had scouted nearby towns around the globe, and was shocked to see how intense the suffering was.

"..murder, destruction, chaos.." he muttered to himself again. Erutan looked up and straight ahead of him. There was a man standing right in front of himself, about one-hundred yards away. He wore a black robe with white boots, that contrasted greatly with Erutan's outfit.

"..and you." Erutan finished off, staring into the eyes of the mysterious person who stood ahead of him. The person turned around, and noticed Erutan. He stood up, and stepped aside. There was a lump on the ground. It moved around and struggled to stand.

The lump let out a whimper, and the man looked towards the lump again. He pointed his finger towards it, and within seconds, a shard of ice appeared in the air. This man was not human.

"Wait, no!" Erutan shouted. He darted towards the man, who had fired the icicle at the lump on the ground. Erutan wasted no time. He reached towards the direction of the ice, and suddenly a large gust of wind blew from his back. The heat that followed the wind melted the icicle instantly, drying up everything around the lump. Then, it was calm, the lump still gave out small cries, and the man stared back at Erutan, who was now only a few feet in distance.

Without a word, the man sunk into the sand, and within seconds, he was gone.

Erutan muttered to himself again, and walked towards the lump to see what the man had tried to destroy.

Erutan stared long and hard at the creature. From Erutan's experience from the wild many years ago, he could already tell, by the paws and snout, that it was what seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary wolf.

"All this trouble, for a wolf?" Erutan questioned. He looked towards the wolf. It's fur would have been a blinding white color, had it not been mixed with the wolf's crimson blood. A gash was clearly visible in the wolf's neck, not too deep, but if nothing was done, it would surely die. The wolf had black fure at its tips of its ears, tail, and feet. It's body, as of now, was frail, due to the man's attack upon it, which still puzzled Erutan.

"Something's strange," Erutan said. He could feel it, inside his heart. The Earth's Orb was telling him something, which was natural for Erutan, since he followed the four orb's orders, most of the time.

"This wolf seems important." a voice rang in Erutan's ear. The Earth Orb called out to Erutan. Suddenly, another orb began to speak, and within seconds, all were dragged into the conversation.

"The man wouldn't have attacked it unless he absolutely needed to, right?" The orb of Char spoke.

"Yes, but what I'm wondering is why he went through the trouble of finding such a particular wolf, and try to murder it?" the orb of Planet Vegeta spoke.

"So," Erutan questioned as he sat next to the dying animal, "what do I do with it?"

"Obviously, you must help it." the orb of the Heavens spoke. "Keep the wolf for now. If you have the wolf, that man in black might come back."

"That's right!" Erutan thought. "Then I could finally find out just who the hell he is.."

Erutan had known about the man in black's existence for some time now. He had spotted Erutan after the fight with Zain and Rahk those years ago. The mysterious man had spoken with Erutan on Char, and during the warp back to Earth after the battle with Zennousha, his father, the man had again appeared. Now, the man would appear to Erutan almost everyday, just to stare back at Erutan.

"He wants something, but what? And why with the wolf so suddenly? He hadn't damaged anything, and hadn't interfered at all until now." Erutan thought back at the orbs. There was no response, but Erutan knew that the Orbs were right. If he truly wanted to see the man again, and hopefully find out why he keeps following Erutan, he would have to keep the wolf. Surely the man would come back and try to finish the job.

Erutan looked at the gash on the wolf's neck. Again, not too deep, but enough to kill. Erutan suddenly felt something. His finger slowly approached the gash. He felt something inside of him trying to escape, but he had no idea what. He felt the blood flow down his finger, when he suddenly felt a loud ringing sound in his ear. A silver goo, equal in appearance to the orbs when absorbed, shot out of his finger, and plunged itself deep into the wolf's injury. The wolf cried in pain, for a second, then calmed down. The blood on its body suddenly dissapeared like magic. The wolf then quieted down, then fell unconcious.

Erutan felt as if the world had begun to spin around. His body felt dizzy with a lack of power. He dropped to his knees holding himself up by his hands.

"What the hell.." Erutan muttered. "Just happened?" Following the wolf, Erutan fell onto the harsh desert sand, and fell unconcious.

[Kredion]

[i] Walking among the snow covered Streets Kredion made his way to the tavern and walked in and sat down at a table looking around he saw a handful of people some starting to show the sickness some still healthy. Walking over to the bar he ordered a simple Tonic something to wet his tongue but not his inner flames. It seems that some earthling drink tended to make him lose control of some of his power... strange and disturbing as it was to him he stopped drinking certain things however he still came here every now and then but tonight he felt pulled to this spot by a strange level of Ki in this place normally it was so low he barely felt it but tonight it seemed as if the air was simmering with it he closed his eyes and tried to seek out these elusive readings but they kept slipping away however he did get the feeling they were close real close. Geting up finished his tonic and went back up for another one. Suddenly he felt where the power was coming from leaving the mug on the bar counter he looked over towards one of the corner tables and spotted a man in black barely visable in the dark lighting another patron was sitting not much closer to him but unmistakably they had the power strange that he hadn't felt it before. Briefly wonder on the mystery these two presented. Walking over he stood by the man at sitting at the counter.[/i]

Kredion: Hello can i talk to you for a minute?

Ariador: huh? what did you say?

Kredion: can i talk to you alone for a minute?

[Makurayami]

Majotte slowly opened his eyes. He looked around and saw nothing but trees for miles. Obviously he was in some sort of forest. But there was something wrong with the forest. The trees were slowly rotting and dying, already many of their leaves brown and some trees completly bare.

Majotte shook his head and stood up. He flexed his muscles and viewed his new body. It was basically the body he had when he had been a gladiator.

'Time for a test run,' Majott thought. He slowly began to power up, the air simmering with ki. He kept pushing and ascneding to SSJ form. He continued pushing and ascended to SSJ2 form. With a chuckle he felt the energy flow through him, his golden hair standing up on its ends. He powered down to normal form.

"Now to try the other side," he said to himself. Gathering power, he willed his body to change, the mutant blood rushing in his viens taking control.

His skin turn gray and hi hair became part of his head and hard spike. He felt his wings starting to grow from his back and his tail starting to sprout. But instead of letting it happen, Majotte stopped the transformation and powered down to normal.

'Can't go messing up my clothes. I'm suppose to be keeping a low porfile.'

"Ah, so you're here," a voice said from behind Majotte. Majotte spun and came face-to-face with Sahruk.

"Oh, it's you."

"Now that you're here, here's what needs to be done. Seidaku, Zain, and Suzu need to be contacted. I take care of that. You take care of finding the newly appointed Heaven Warriors. There should be four of them - two saiyans, one male and one female, a fire-weilding being, and a pyshic of some sort. They are all here on Earth, making it easier for you."

"Alright, got it," Majotte grumbled. "Hey, aren't I suppose to be giving the orders?"

Sahruk chuckled. "In good time." Majotte flew up then shot off, trying to sense power levels that would be high enough to be the new Heaven Warriors.

Sahruk watched him go then floated into the air and with a flash shot off towards the south. He kept flying until he reached a desert. Sensing something, he began descneding to the ground. A blur of white caught his eye. It looked like an animal of some sort. Decideing to investigate it, Sahruk began making his way towards it.

((Just a reminder - Sahruk is a NPC, useable for anyone just as long as you stay within the boundries of his personality. Majotte is a specail NPC only to be controlled by Red and myself.))

[Red16]

Sahruk floated down and investigated whqat he had seen from far above the skies. The animal seemed to be no more than a common wolf. What was next to him however, made Sahruk worry. Erutan lay unconscious next to the wolf, who was, like Erutan, knocked out.

"Erutan, wake up." a voice called out to Erutan.

He looked up and into the sky. The sun blinded his eyes, so he shielded the rays with his hands. His vision was blurry, so he calmly stood up and inspected the area.

"Still in the desert." he spoke. He turned around to see Sahruk staring at him. Erutan jumped backward in surprise.

"Ah, your here." Erutan said. "Weren't you the one who helped us against Zennousha?" he asked Sahruk.

Sahruk replied with a simple nod, then turned towards the wolf, who slowly began to wake up.

"Just what is this Erutan?" Sahruk asked back.

"It's a wolf," Erutan said. "It was in danger, so I had to help it." Erutan didn't want anyone to know, at least just yet, who the man in black was, and if he even existed.

"Erutan, you shouldn't have to worry about this common animal. When we emerge victorious against the powers of Hell, the planets will be restored to their former selves." Sahruk explained.

"I'm not so sure, was it.." Erutan questioned.

"Sahruk." Sahruk replied.

"Right right. But it was different. I felt something different from this one." he said.

The wolf suddenly sprang to life. The black fur on its tips spurred to life, and in an amazing turn of events, the black fur burst into flames. The wolf howled towards the sun and panted as it walked to Erutan's side.

"What the.." Erutan spoke. "Wait, I remember now."

"Hm?" Sahruk spoke out.

"This animal, it absorbed my power somehow...when I touched its wounds." Erutan explained.

"Anyway, Erutan," Sahruk spoke again, ignoring what Erutan had just said, "I need you to do me a favor."

"Sure, anything."

"I need you to search for Zain. He was lost during the teleport, as was everyone. I've gotten in touch with Majotte, and am on my way to find Suzu, so can you help me?" he asked.

"I will" Erutan said. The wolf began to lick the tips of Erutan's fingers. Erutan pet the wolf out of a 'habit'.

With a nod, and a flash of light, Sahruk vanished.

"Well," Erutan said, looking over to the wolf. "What should I call you?"

The wolf barked towards Erutan, but instead of a bark, Erutan heard a familiar voice.

"Its me." the Earth's Orb spoke to Erutan.

[P.J. McKrafty]

Sitting atthe bar thoughts drifted through his head, but most were of nothing now that he had made his way through 3 pints. He glanced over at the stardust and still using his wits that were about him he quickly dismissed the idea to drink it. He heard the bell above the door ring . Ariador turned to see a man walk in turned to see a man walk in with normal cloaths on, unlike everybody else in this town his cloathing seemed to be like the cloathing of people back in the larger cities of his old planet before the Templar adopted him. He thought about sayiong something to him but decided against it. The man sat next to him and ordered a tonic. The man looked at Ariador and then turned away. The man turned to him again this time spinning on his barstool.

"Can I ask you something?" asked the man.

"huh, what did u say?" replied Ariador feeling confused

"Can I ask you something" repeated the man.

"uhhhhh, sure, ask away."

[Kredion]

Besides your name i want to know how you became so darn powerful? asked Kredion.

My name is Ariador and as for how i can be so power i took many years of hard training and hard work. Said Ariador Why what do you think it is?

Something else.. i can feel how powerful you are.. you see i have ways of feeling these sort of things.. can we talk in the back? I don't want want everyone here to hear what i want to tell you. Kredion told him.

Alright fine. Ariador Agreed. [i]Stepping into the corner of the room more away from everyone else the two sat down at a table.[/i]

Now you see i ain't from around here, Not even close and i can tell your not either. Kredion told him.

So i am that transparent huh? Well perhaps you can help me fix that you stick out like a sore thumb..Ariador said to him.

I am from a much hotter place you prolly didn't notice that it seems to be a bit warmer back here then normal. This area is freezing but i hope my peoples enemies won't find us here. That is the hope any how. Kredion told him.

So you come to me looking for help Ha you crazy i should go finish my drink. Ariador said.

I need your help with him. Kredion said

[i] Pointing to the man in black with glowing eyes at the next table Ariador looked at Kredion like he was nuts.[/i]

Him? why Him? Ariador asked

He has a very high power level. Kredion told him firmly.

[P.J. McKrafty]

"So he is THAT powerful?" asked Ariador.

"Yes, I think he is the reason why we are here," replied Kredion

"Okay, I will agree that i did feel sort of a connection with him when I walked in here, but i have see enough strange things in my life that can make me question you logic on this one,"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, i was adopted by the military when i was abandoned by my parents, there they brainwashed me with sublininal education, i was then put into the GSO and lost in combat were i was found by the only people who have shown me compassion who awakened my free will along with hidden powers that lie dormant in my system, and then to top it all off i had a dream that called me to thi god forsaken place and i accually followed it through a portal and now im here, and now i am going to return to my drink,"

Ariador walked back to the bar and picked up the shotglass.

"I wouldnt drink that standing if i were you," said the bartender just a tad too late as right when he did Ariador had already downed it.

"I dont know what you were talking about that drink being stron..."

Ariador collapsed to the floor, succumbing to the intensity of the drink. Blaackness surrounded Ariador as he lost consciousness and entered what seemed like a dreamlike hallucination. He opened his eyes in the tavern but they were glowing a light purpleish color. His runes on his bosy also started to glow. The drink had caused him to go into a psionic vison.

He was in a temple of the templar he walked through the halls, he entered a cerimonial chamber, he walked up to the alter where the templar pray. He walked over and kneeled. A voice suddenly called out to Ariador.

"THE MAN IN BLACK IS THE MAN YOU SEEK, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO PURIFYING YOU BEING FROM THE DARKNESS THAT RESIDES WITHIN YOU, ONLY THEN WILL YOU UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL."

The world then seemed to dissolve back into nothing.

"YOU WILL AWAKE SOON, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD" called the voice as it drifted back into nothingness

[Lionheart]

[COLOR=Purple][SIZE=1] Gal Lionheart stood high on top of a building looking down at the city people. It seemed the whole city was struck by a virus of some sort. The people of the streets coughed violently into there hands as they walked on like no big deal. A gentle breeze blew by as Gal flipped his hood over his head. Just as he turned to head for the stairs, a scream alarmed him quickly. He dashed to the other side of the roof towards the alleyway. There down below stood a woman dressed in a yellow dress corned by a band of thugs. Gal didn't waste time as he dropped down from the roof and landed behind her.

"I got this."He whispered as she got behind her protector.

The gang seemed to be without any words. Deadly scars of the disease was covered all over them. They wanted her money to survive and killing her was just going to be the least of it. They all charged at once, without a care on what they were going to do. Or how this was there last seconds alive. Gal raised his hand into the air, pointing straight at the company. A purple ball appeared in his hand as they kept running towards him. Gal hesitated at first, but fired before five feet. The beam destroyed them instantly. He turned to the yellow lady behind him. she was breathing heavily as she appeared an asian race.

"...b-Bakemono." She whispered as she ran past him without a say of thank you. She had read the word on Gal's blue jacket saying "Bakemono" which meant monster. It was his father's jacket.

[I] I'll never be like my father. Never.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Kredion]

[i] Watching Ariador Collasped to the floor Kredion stood up so quickly his chair fell over rushing over to his side Kredion got down on his knees and took Ariador's head in his hands and focused on his power inside. Suddenly the power inside erupted and Kredion flew wide eyed across the room and slammed into the wall breaking boards and splitering atable as he fell to the ground. The cold air weakened Kredion's natural toughness and for the first time in his life Red Iron Fluid fell to the floor shocking him. he had never seen his blood before it came from a cut on his cheek from when his face slammed into the wall. Standing up somewhat wobbly he flexed his muscles and attempted to get the tough muscled knot out of his body. Walking carefully back over to Ariador as everyone watched him and Ariador's unconscioness form he crept up to the body again and Allowed his innerflame to warm his hands and he held his hand to the humans head and focused on the power inside Ariador again this time watching with greater care the power levels inside the body. As he slowly Burned the Liquor out of body suddenly Ariador's eyes flew wide open.[/i]

[Kre]

Kre held tightly onto the sword. He leaped and sent the huge sword smashing into the man's skull killing him instantly. Everyone was now focused on the kid who's face was covered in blood and the huge arcing blade held on his back. The sword was a katana but not one, he made it himself elongating it features by making it wider and longer.

"It's all right he was a wanted criminal- Kre muttered to the crowd.

He wiped the blood from the kill off of his sword and sheathed it on his back. He walked into the tavern kicking his boots up onto a table and relaxing.



OOC: Sorry it's short i dont have time to make it longer 'cause I got to go somewhere.

[Makurayami]

Zain watched the scene with the two men, one who seemed to be radiating more heat then normal. The one on the ground was going through some type of wierd coma and the other looked like he was trying to help. Zain kept watching, and as he did he couldn't chake off the feeling that he was somehow connected to these two.

But Zain's attention was diverted as a boy walked into the tavern. He seemed to have a large energy level for a someone his age, but that wasn't what attracted Zain to him. It was that same feeling of being connected. Except this time is was stronger, pratically screaming at Zain. He stood up, but fell back into his seat holding his head.

[i]Zain was in a place of complete darkness, as if he was dead. Next to him was a boy who seemed to be missing his legs. In front of him was a man. He seemed to be explaining that the two were...brothers?[/i]

Zain stood back up, shaking his head from the memory. Was this memory his? Zain didn't know. Steadying himself, Zain got up and walked over to the table where the boy sat.

"Excuse me, but do what is your name,?" Zain asked as he sat down, his eyes the only thing visible from beneath his hood.

[P.J. McKrafty]

Ariador walked through what was left of the realm he was in; he sat and began to contemplate why he is still stuck in this place. He started to become impatient wondering what else he needed to know for this vision. He started to hear noises like someone was pacing around him. Finally he turned to see what was making the noise and he spotted a man wearing the exact same clothing as him except it seemed to be covered in ash and the man?s runes on his skin were a bright red. Ariador stood up and walked to the man.

?Finally, I thought it would take you forever to turn and notice me,? said the man,

?I?m guessing you are the reason I am still here,? replied Ariador

?The very same,?

?I thought I was rid of you the last time we met,?

?If only it was that easy, you might strike me down but I will always come back, I will always be here to provoke you; to try and show you your true potential,?

?No, you are restricting me from continuing my training and finding my true potential, if I do not purge you from myself then I am done as a templar and banished for being a danger to myself and other,?

?Tisk tisk tisk, such hostility, I wonder were you get that from??

?I have had it? Ariador yelled as he drew his saber, ?Why do you keep me in this place??

?Easy, I am here to give you something to help you with your journey,?

?What do you have that I would possibly need??

?A little thing that can let me help you along this little quest,?

The man walked toward Ariador. Ariador swung his saber, but the man quickly raised his armored arm and blocked the saber. The man then grabbed the blade and disarmed Ariador.

?You are just full of yourself aren?t you Ariador? I just want to give you this,?

The man pulled out a small black knife out of his tunic.

?What is this thing??

?A little trinket that will let me, how do I say this? LEND you my powers,?

?And why would I want your powers??

?You might need them in a pinch, they don?t replace yours, they enhance yours,?

?And what makes you think ill use this? Ariador said as he took it from the man?s hands.

?I have a hunch that you will,?

Ariador slipped the knife into his pouch

?Here is your blade? said the man as he handed Ariador back his saber. ?And now I will bid you farewell, this might hurt but the shock will wake you up,? The man then drew back and punched Ariador in his chest which then sent him to the ground writhing in pain, when he opened his eyes he was back in the tavern.

?Are you alright?? asked Kreidon.

?Well other than being sober I am physically fine, but I have a big problem now.?

[Kre]

Kre looked at the man and shrugged. He tipped the huge sword onto the mans shoulder.

"Of course I know my name, it's Kre" He said."Now whadda ya want with me?"

He turned his blade to the flat side on the mans shoulder and flipped himself over Zain iin one small move.

"Well, shall we go so you cant talk to me in private?" He asked wondering if that was what was gonna happen.

OOC: Sorry it short but uh... I didn't want to control your character Mak >.<

[Makurayami]

"If you wish to," Zain replied. "Let's just move to to my table in the back corner. It's as private as it can get in a town such as this."

Kre. The name wasn't familiar to Zain but the boy was. His movements, his attitude, his posture - it all called out to Zain. Like a long lost friend or family member. But a memory suddenly wracked Zain's brain, causing his a fair amount of pain.

[i]"Suzu, I can still fell Noah's gift in me. It's enabling me to sense you better then ussual. I'm guessing that you can too. If we get separated in the warp, use this new sense, and find me. Although mighty, alone we gods may be attacked by Demona and picked off. We need to stay together."[/i]

Zain looked up an noticed he had fallen to his knees, his head clutched in his hands. He quickly got up, hoping not to have drawn too much attention to himself, and walked to his table. Kre was already there and was looking at him with a puzzled look on his face. Zain sat down and began speaking.

"I don't know if you can feel it, but we have an abnormally strong bond. My name is Zain. Have we met before, Suzu?"

Zain was quiet for a moment, then realized he had just called the boy by another name. But why? He hadn't ever met a person named Suzu? Or had he? Was that what his memory was trying to tell him?

Zain looked up and noticed the look of realization washing over Kre. Maybe he did know him.

[Red16]

((Sorry I was out for so long))

"So, what exactly happened, and why?" Erutan spoke to the new aquired wolf of his. "And hurry, because talking to an animal like this may attract people, and I need to stay hidden for now."

"Erutan. This wolf is special. I felt a link with it after you saved it from the man in black."

Everything was quiet around them. Erutan moved his hand toward the wolf.

"Remember Erutan, like it was when I was in your body, I have no physical control over you. Be cautious, this is a wild animal."

Erutan put his hand even closer to the wolf, next to its snout. The wolf moved its nose close to Erutan's hand, and began to sniff it.

After a long drawn out silence, the wolf barked, an began to lick Erutan's hand.

"That was easy enough." Erutan spoke. "Now, I got to give you a name I suppose."

The wolf barked an ran around Erutan happily as e thought for a name for his new companion.

"I can't think of anything for a name." Erutan told the wolf.

"Dont worry about a name in a time like this." The earth orb spoke to him. "Besides, the wolf had already told me the name it chooses."

Erutan grunted. "You couldn't have told me this earlier?"

"Does this matter right now. You remember what you've been sent to do right?"

"Yea, find Zain." Erutan said. He looked at the wolf. "So what is its name anyway?"

"It told me its name was...Rosuto."

"Thats a strange name." Erutan blurted out. "How about I just call you "Ros" for now?"

The dog barked happily back at Erutan.

"Alright then, lets go." Erutan spoke. He and the dog began to head towards the distance, where another city lie in ruins.

"I heard some sort of demon was haunting that village. We need to investigate, before we look to Zain, okay?" Erutan asked Ros.

Ros barked back, and followed Erutan.

The clouds hovered above the two. The sky began to grow dark the closer they got to the city.

It began to rain.

[Kre]

"Zain?" Kre, no Suzu replied.

He stood up. Looking down at the small fragile 12 year old body.

" What the hell?" He gave a puzzled look. Anyway he sat back down.

"Zain, where are the others?" He wondered.

Zain gave a shake of a head and paused as if to speak. Suzu expected words to come out of Zain's mouth but so far none had come out. Somethign happened, Suzu's arm reached back and grabbed his sword swinging it at Zain.

Kre's mind was still controlling the body!

OOC: Sorry short again >.> Didn't want to control ^^

[Red16]

Erutan and Ros had finally arrived at the city. It was in ruins, and a grim scene was made wrose with the downpour of rain. Erutan walked around, studying the buildings and the debris in the hope that he can identify what kind of demon this could be.

"It's impossible for anything small to do this much damage." Erutan said.

Ros' ears quickly perked straight upward. Erutan noticed the wolf dart off towards the innards of the town.

"Ros, wait! Its dangerous!" Erutan spoke out. This didn't seem to change Ros' mind as he continued down the street, deep into the ruins.

"Damnit." Erutan muttered. He began to run in the direction of the sound himself. Scattered throughout the ruins, hundreds of bodies. All dead people, some simply dead from bodily injury, but others...

Other bodies were pale, it was as if their spirit was sucked straight out. Erutan bent down to a corpse and examined it.

"...." Erutan stayed completely quiet. He stood back up and stared at the dead body. "If this is the doing of a demon, its either a new specie, or its not from this world."

A loud howl was heard throughout the dead town, echoing from wall to wall. Erutan already knew it, the demon was still here. The howl was heard straight ahead of the path. Erutan charged straight.

He stopped when he came to a large circular clearing. In the middle of the clearing was a statue of the banished god Zennousha, Erutan's father.

"Was this your doing?" Erutan rhetorically asked the statue, but there was no reply. Within feet, Ros stood, growling at what was behind the statue.

Erutan saw it too, a repulsive, hideous demon was breathing hard behind the statue. Heated air shot out from its nostrils and mouth as it exhaled. It resembled a warthog, except that it was only on two feet. It had human-shaped hands, and it held two massive axes in them. It also, however, had a trunk from an elephant. THe trunk swayed back and forth. To top it all off, the beast's fur was pitch black, complete with a "bad hair day" look. Erutan and Ros stared at the creature.

Erutan's hands began to glow a bright white color. It was time to battle.

"Wind!" Erutan shouted. He threw his hands towards the ground, and suddenly, wind had shot straight upward underneath the beast's feet. The beast was lifted high into the air, roaring with anger. Erutan then quickly jumped after it. When at the beast's height, Erutan threw his knee out in front of him, and let it dig into the beast's belly. A purple ooze shot from the beast's mouth and into the air. As it flew backward and towards the ground, with Erutan still following, it pulled forth its axes, and threw them sideways towards Erutan.

Erutan threw his hands up, and again, wind came from a nonexistant point, and covered him in a ball. The axes were caught in the wind, and thrown back towards the beast. The beast however, managed to grap them unharmed, and with ease.

Both fighters landed back on the ground, staring each other. Ros' barks can be heared from the opposite side of the field. The beast then turned its sights on Ros, and on instinct, tossed the axes towards the wolf.

"No!" Erutan yelled. He began to put his hands up toward Ros to defelct the axes again, but was stopped when he noticed Ros glowing. The black fur on Ros' body began to move upward, like flames. Erutan could feel a power rise in Ros' being. The wolf howled loudly, and within an instance, he sank underneath the rock in the ground. The axes spun around and flew into a few distant blades of grass, but then spun back into the beast's hands, like boomerangs.

"'the hell?" Erutan said. Both fighters were perplexed, but this was forgotten when the ground began to rumble. Suddenly, from behind the monster, dirt began to spin and twirl. It quickly combined into a shape of a wolf, and suddenly, Ros reappeared. THe beast turned around, only to be greeted by Ros' fangs. His teeth dug straight into the beast's trunk, and were quickly removed. The beast stumbled backward, stopped, then charged Ros head-on. Ros opened his mouth wide, and a bright red energy began to swirl around inside. Erutan looked on in both amazement and excitement, as the energy began to form into a ball. Then, with a bark from Ros, the ball shot out of his mouth in the form of a stream of flames. It engulfed the monster's body, and burned its flesh as it shrieked in pain.

When the fire and smoke cleared, the monster was injured on the floor. It was twitching, but still alive. Erutan walked towards its head and raised his hand.

"Farewell." Erutan spoke, as his hand began to morph into a large shard of ice. With a punch, the shard impaled the beast's head, straight into its brain, killing it instantly.

"Amazing Erutan....and...what was it...Ros?" a distant voice said.

Erutan and Ros turned around to see the man in black staring at the both of them. Before Erutan can even say a word, the man dissapeared behind a shroud of darkness.

"Just what the hell does that guy want?" Erutan asked himself. He looked back at the beast, who was already beginning to attract parasites. "Damn, the plagues are getting worse." Erutan looked at his wolf. "I had no idea you could do that Ros."

Ros simply barked back in excitement.

"Since you have the Earth Orb, I should've expected that." Erutan said. The rain slowed down to a drizzle. Erutan looked at the city, then at the beast, then at Zennousha's statue. Without hesitation, Erutan punched the statue, and the head of Zennousha went flying into another building.

"C'mon Ros, we have to go find Zain." Erutan told his pet. Ros barked, and they continued down the now muggy road.

[Makurayami]

((Post people. It may be slow, but it isn't dead!!))

Zain quickly leapt back out of the way of the sword slash, his head realing (sp?). This boy seemed to know him. But why was he attacking him?

The slashed aimed for Zain smashed into the table they were siting at, attracting the attention of the other patrons. Zain looked at the boy.

"Suzu, Kre, whoever you are, what are you doing?!"

[Lionheart]

[COLOR=DarkSlateGray][SIZE=1]Leon began to walked down the lonely sidewalk, way from the alleyway in which he didn't wanted anyone to ask him why he was in a alleyway with burnt corpses around the place. He quicken hispace as it felt the whole city was just staring at him, then he felt it. It was a weak, but in a split second strong from a block away. There was action going on, and he could feel it. He turned sharply onto the next street. He could feel four of them, stronger then the rest, yet the other two seemed out of distant, very weak signals. It was a talvern, drinking place was where they were.

He entered the pub as it seemed the whole room suddendy turned to greet him. Everyone's eyes were blank. only four didn't turn to stare at him. Two were sitting on the ground, seemed to be studying the other two. The other two seemed to be in a heated battle. It wasn't his problem, but if those two fought, other's might get involved and could get dangerous. He quickly stepped in, his move was quick, unseen to the human eye and stepped between the two. They stopped their star at each other and looked at Leon.

[B]"I think we should take this one outside, unless you want me to make you."[/B] He whispered, for only they would here. He didn't want to fight them, but for the sake of other innocent lifes, he would.

(sorry everyone, I'll get back on track.)[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Makurayami]

Zain resented other people butting into hid buisness, but was slightly thankful for this intrusion. The young boy stopped when the man stepped in. Zain tried to focus on him, but instead felt himself being drawn to this newcomer. He felt strangly connected with him, like the other two at the bar. What was going on here??

"And just who are you?" Zain asked.

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Majotte's feet lightly touched down on the earth. He was outside of a town. He could feel enourmous power coming from within, more power than could be contained in one person. Maybe he had found more than one Heaven Warrior.

As Majotte walked through the village he looked at the condition it was in. Something unnatural was here, making these people sick and causing them pain and suffering. Some where going about their normal routines while others looked as if they had given up hope. Majotte did not like the look of things.

'This must be hell's work upon the Earth,' he thought to himself. As he kept walking another thought came to him. Just how was he suppose to tell these people that they were the newly appointed fighters of the gods? Pondering this thought, Majotte made his way through the town towards the power sources.

[Lionheart]

[COLOR=DarkSlateGray][SIZE=1] Leon, stared at the one who seemed to have a weird vibe from the others. He was different somehow, but he couldn't put his finger on it. As the boy put away his sword, the pub seemed to slowly go back to normal. the people didn't want to bother them, but they didn't want toleave without putting a drink in their bellies.

[B] "My name is Leon." [/B] He answered back, not wanting to say anthing more than that. The guy seemed trustworthy, but so was his father and he knows all too well what happened. He felt his grip tighten around his katana as the man seemed to notice it.

[B]"Don't worry, I never use it."[/B] He whispered as the two got into a tensed stare for a second, as if they tried to sense how strong each other was both phyiscally and mentally. What was the next move, hopefully to get out of the crowded bar. [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

[Red16]

Erutan and Ros continued down the single dirt trail. In the middle of nowhere, and no idea on Zain's whereabouts, Erutan sighed.

"How are we suppose to find him, if we dont know where to start looking?" Erutan said, scratching his head. He turned towards Ros, who was simply running around Erutan, possibly doing so out of sheer boredom. Erutan chuckled as he continued to walk, when he suddenly heard a faint noise. The noise was coming over a slope up ahead in the road.

"Ros, let's go!" Erutan told his new wolf pet, and they darted upward toward the large slope. Within a few moments, both of them were on top of the hill, looking down on what the faint noise was.

Below, two giant armies of men were clashing. The sound Erutan heard was simply a shout of pain from among the men.

"It's just a battle Ros, relax." Erutan assured Ros. Ros yawned with boredom, Erutan following shortly afterward. They both looked on at the grim battle scene. Swords clashed together, flesh was torn and cut open with mighty swings from the other various weapons, all the while with flames flowing out from fire-head arrows being shot by archers from across the field.

"Strange however," Erutan pondered, "that I never heard of this fight." Erutan looked at Ros, then pet his head. "C'mon, lets go see what all this is about."

Erutan began to approach the battle from the road, growing closer and closer to the battlezone with every step he took. As he was about to enter the fight, Erutan and Ros were both suddenly hurled into the air and shot backward. Both landed back on their feet, but looked onward on what had attacked them. A red wall with black markings blocked their entrance into the battlefield.

"Damnit, I'll break this wall do-" Erutan's sentence was cut short by a soldier, who had approached the blocked wall. The soldier was far from human. It took the appearance of an anthromorphic bull, the head being nothing more than the bull's skull. No eyes filled the sockets they belonged in, but Erutan could "feel" that the creature was looking at him. It breathed in deeply, and then slowly breathed out, as Ros growled and barked at it.

Erutan looked at the direction the monster had come from, the entire army, all covered in red-black armor, appeared the same, skeletons of animals, battling it out with a human army, which was obviously losing. Leading the army, in the back of the masses of bones, was Demona.

But, before Erutan could do anything, the bull breathed out a dark purple toxin. The smog covered both Erutan and Ros. Ros yelped in what seemed to be pain, while Erutan struggled to keep himself up.

"Damnit." Erutan muttered. "God-damnit."

Erutan and Ros then, almost simultaneously, fainted, with the fading sounds of the war only 10 feet in front of them.