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

[P.J. McKrafty]

OCC: XYZ has been busy lately and will be on soon.

Rubbing his head Ariador looked back around the tavern, apparently while he was out a scuffle broke out in the tavern. Suddenly a hand grabbed the back of Ariador and he was starting to be dragged across the floor towards the door. He was thrown into the snow outside the tavern, he rolled over to see the bartender walking away and herd him mutter under his voice "fucking drunks". Ariador came to his feet and noticed that his belt felt somewhat tighter, he looked down and saw something that sent a shiver up his spine, the black dagger was in his belt. He picked it up and examined it. There were three small runes in it, they were for counting. He shuddered to think what it was meant for and shoved it into his bag.

Ariador started to walk. He felt more people coming, two more were heading toward here, one was coming towards town, in fact, he was right outside of town, these to he felt like me might be connected to, he finally decided that he was connected to these people. He also decided that this town was where they were supposed to meet. The other one was a couple miles outside of town and was heading in the right direction but has moved off course so he was circling the town. Ariador started off in his direction.

Ariador traveled many miles until he reached a road. He started down the road and according to his senses he was heading straight toward the person he was looking for. Then all of a sudden, he fell to the ground writhing in pain. Something was infiltrating his mind. He tried to block it, but he isolated it and it sounded like a scream of pain. It passed and the came to his feet. Something was over the hill in the distance along with the person he sought. He walked toward the top of the hill. When he peaked the hill he saw a field ravaged by battle. Two armies, one man, and the other some sort of abomination. Ariador started to approach the battle field when a solider approached him.

"Sir, can you not see a battle rages on?" inquired the solider.

"I can," replied Ariador in a calm tone of voice.

"Then why do you approach? We cannot hold them any longer and we are about to retreat,"

"All the more reason for me to be here." Ariador pushed the solider aside and continued through the battle field. It was pure chaos, the men were losing horrifically. The abominations continued forward against the men. Suddenly a cry was herd over the men "RETREAT!". The soldiers ran in the opposite direction passing Ariador in panic. The abominations followed. Then Ariador saw the abominations for what they were, dead animal skulls atop human bodies. The abominations seemed to ignore Ariador. He continued then we saw a faint slightly transparent red wall with some sort of writing on it. Ariador started to walk faster as he was gaining the attention of some of the abominations. He stopped a couple feet from the wall, he reached out with his hand slowly and touched it. Ariador flew backwards, he tried to regain his footing the the air but to no avail, he landed, hard, on his back. He sat there staring at the sky. Then he herd heavy foot steps, alot of them.

Ariador rose up to his feet and say we was surrounded on all sides, but they were a good 15 feet away from him. Then he saw a parting in the army as a body was thrown in, no two bodies. One a man, and the other a wolf. This was who he was searching for, we wasn't dead but he was knocked out and in not too good of a position, and neither was Ariador now that he thought of it. Then he heard some commotion from behind him. He turned and saw that three soldiers were pushed ahead into the clearing. All three ran toward Ariador.

"Whats going on?"asked one of the soldiers

"I dont know, but I think we have been taken prisoner," replied Ariador.

Suddenly the abominations started to part and a woman in a black bloodstained cloak exited the hoard.

"Bow before me, and i might consider mercy," proclaimed the woman.

"And for what reason should I dirty my pants for someone I do not only have no respect for, but dont even know," Ariador replied with a raised voice.

The womans eyes flashed with anger. She held up a hand and Ariador's body suddenly stiffened.

"I do not appreciate your tone," She raised her and and Ariador raised with it. She then curled her hand into a fist and brought it down fast to her side. Ariador hit the ground hard on all fours. "If you will not bow i will make you bow". She unclenched her fist, Ariador then let out a deep breath and started to rise to his feet.

"kill them, all of them," After those word left her mouth the abominations let out a roar. Ariador reached into his bag and pulled out a bundle of purple cloth. The soldiers ran over to him and the unconscious man. Ariador unfolded the cloth and threw it in the air. It floated down covering them, then it flatted on the ground. One of the abominations lifted it and saw that the men had ddisappeared.

They appeared a little way aways from the army.

"That was a little trick I learned back home," said Ariador smirking.

"Are we safe?" asked one of the soldiers.

"For now, yes" replied Ariador looking at the unconscious man. He looked back at the soldiers. "We have to get this man back to a town close to here,"

"With that army on our tail we will never make it, we are going back home."

The soldiers ran off. At first Ariador was mad at them, then he realized their position and decided he must continue on. He flung the man over his shoulder and picked up the wolf under his arm, he knew this was going to be a long trip back to town.

[Red16]

Erutan had fallen into a deep "sleep". It was as if Erutan's mind was conciously moving around, while his body remained unconcious. Erutan was walking in complete darkness, there was no ground, no sky, no nothing, except for a spot of light that surrounded and illuminated the area around Erutan. He stopped walking, and looked in all directions.

"It feels as though I've been wandering around for years." Erutan thought. "And even so, nothing has revealed itself, no road, no sky, nothing." Erutan tried to feel the ground with his hands, by didn't feel a thing below. Not even the feeling of air was inside this strange dark area.

"Its as if," Erutan thought again, "this place doesn't even exist." In the distance of the darkness, Erutan heard a bark. Within seconds, Ros was visible beyond the darkness, a "spotlight" surrounding him as well. He ran next to Erutan, and looked back at the direction of his "path".

Erutan could hear footsteps in the non-existant distance. They began to get closer and closer with every pat on the non-existant ground. Another spotlight was seen, and under it, the Man in Black.

"What are you, and why do you follow me?" Erutan asked the man. Ros began to growl in the man's direction.

The man in black put up his finger, and swayed it side to side. He began to talk, but instead of words, a hissing sound came out from under his hood. The sound was a combination of falling sand and a snake hiss.

But, somehow, Erutan was able to understand the voice.

"Prove yourself first, then all will reveal itself. Come to the Prince of Darkness' Domain underground."

Erutan looked puzzled, and looked towards Ros, who had stopped growling and sat, puzzled as well.

"Ros, you understood that as well?" Erutan thought to himself. Suddenly, another wolf's bark was heard beyond the man in black, then everything dissapeared into nothingness.

Erutan awoke to the sight of the ground moving. He looked up to see a strange man carrying both him and his pet Ros.

"Wait a minute...what just happened?" Erutan asked aloud.

[Makurayami]

((sorry I've been off for so long, my life's been a tad crazy. i'm on a wii right now so it's kind of hard to type right now but i'll be updating soon.))

[Makurayami]

As Majotte walked through the town he noticed that one of the power sources he as sensing seemed to be moving away. He briefly considered going after it, but decided against it. There were more sources here, and their importance out-wieghed that of the one source. Majotte kept walking and soon found himself outside a tavern. With a deep breath, he walked in.

The first thing he say were two men. The one was human-looking, but something felt a bit off about him. The other one was had a katana and was a sayain. These two must be two of the new Heaven Warriors. Before Majotte could think of what to say, his attention was pulled to two other figures in the bar. One was a boy, but seemed oddly familiar. The other was a young male with dark red hair. He also seemed familiar.

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Zain looked up at the new man that had just entered the bar. A small gasp let out as his brain was electicuted with memories.

[i]Zain and a man flew in the air, locked in an intense sword battle. They were above a ruined village - Zain's home. They both had golden aura's souronding them as their swords clashed again and again.[i]

[i]Zain watched as a fight took place. It was the same man from his last memory, except a lot older, and he was fighting a young man. They two clashed until the man seemed to gather energy for a final attack. Zain felt a huge feeling a guilt and commitment wash over him as he took to the air. Black wings sprouted from his back as he aimed a ki beam technique at the older man. The beem ripped through the older man's arm and caused him to loose control of the technique.[/i]

[i]MAJOTTE!![/i]

Zain looked at the man and made eye contact. "Majotte?" he asked tentativly.

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Majotte looked at the man that had just called his name. "Holy shit...Zain? It is you, isn't it? Where have you been? Why haven't you made contact with the rest of the gods?" Majotte asked excitedly. Hs reply was nothing but a blank look on Zain's face.

"Wait, you mean you don't remeber?"

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Zain shook his head. "I remeber some thing - bits and flashes of memories. I sort of remeber you. I do know that I can trust you, though. You were always a honorable rival." Zain's eyes widdened as he heard himself talk. His memories must be slowly coming back to him.

[Kre]

OOC: Aight, sorry I've been out for sooooo long >.> Anyway I believe im back.)

[P.J. McKrafty]

OCC: sorry I'm late
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"Well, a battle i guess from the looks of it," Replied Ariador.

The man seemed confused.

"You see i felt somewhat of a connection to you, and some others for that matter of fact but i digress. i came in search of you and i saw you in somewhat of a predicament, so i intervened. Got into a spot of trouble but was able to get you out of there," Said Ariador in the best explanation he could think of.

The man still seemed confused.

"Can you walk?"

"I think so," replied the man. Ariador heaved him off of his shoulder and the man crumbled to the ground.

"I think whatever knocked you out might still be affecting you," Jaden smiled slightly as he helped the man to his feet and let him lean on him to walk. "So, tell me about yourself,"

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OCC: sry for the short post dont want to control your character

[Red16]

((That's okay, just try not to control him too much.))

Erutan could already feel his power returning, but at the moment his legs were still too weak to try to stand on his own. He looked back at Ariador.

"Well," Erutan began, trying to refrain from telling him that he was a God, thinking that it'd be absurd, "I'm looking for someone. Perhaps you may have heard of him. His name is Zain."

Erutan suddenly felt the extent of his power return. He lightly pushed himself off of Ariador, and was able to lift his own weight again.

"He has red hair, and..." Erutan said, thinking about what he was trying to say, "last I saw, with black stripes within the hair. I can't remember too much about him, I haven't seen him in a long time."

Erutan looked at Ros, we was beginning to show signs of life while in Ariador's arm. He began to pant and blink his eyes, but Erutan can feel, that Ros still needed a bit of rest.

He looked back at Ariador. "So, have you seen this guy at all?"

[Makurayami]

Majotte gathered his wits, trying to plan out his next move. Here was Zain, his fellow god, in a mortal body with almost no memory of his past. What would be his next move? As he thought a sudden explosion rocked the building. The blast sounded as if it had come from nearby, somewhere in the town. The screams of civilians that were heard a few seconds later comfirmed it.

Majotte's senses began picking up energy sources, several in fact. They seemed to be coming in the direction of the explosion. Majotte didn't know why, but he didn't like the way they felt. They felt almost...evil.

Majotte looked at Zain, knowing what he must do. "Zain, I know about your senses and how they are incredibly sensitive. If I can fell the evil from these source, then you must definatly feel it.

"I don't have time to explain fully, but you were a god once, Zain. It is your duty to protect this world and the universe from beings like these." Majotte turned his gaze to the other person next to Zain.

"Suzu...holy , Suzu? What happened to you? Well, same for you as Zain, your a god that needs to fight, too. And you two," Majotte faced the new Heaven Warriors by the bar. "I don't have much time, but you both have been chosen to fight for the heavens against Hell's forces. Follow me," he paused. "All four of you, follow me."

"Sahruk!" Majotte yelled to no one. With a flash of light, a new figure appeared, brandishing two golden swords.

"You rang?" Sahruk asked, already knowing why he was called.

"Let's go!" Majotte ran out of the bar, taking flight as soon as he was out. He looked at the edge of town and saw a mass of black and red humanoid figures. He landed in the mdidle of them, Sahruk next to him.

They were demons, all of them black with red horns and eyes. Majotte summoned a ki blast and shot it at one. The demon flew back, damaged heavily but not dead.

"So this will be challenging," Majotted mused as he slid his broadsword out and leapt towards a mass of the demons who were gathering in front of him.
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Zain heard what Majotte said and knew it was right. He didn't question how or why, he just knew it was true. 'Details later,' Zain thought. He looked at the other two at the bar who were in a slight shock.

"Gal Leon, Kredion Akima," Zain didn't question how he knew their names. "and Suzu. Time is short and we must fight. I can sense where we are going. Follow me - follow me to your destiny."

Zain exited the bar and jumped into the air, flying up. He hadn't ever flown before - or had he? - but he felt at home in the air. Zain saw the mass of black bodies and Majotte and the man Sahruk hacking and slashing their way through the fray. The army of demons was huge, and even with the two powerful beings fighting it would it would be a tough fight due to the number of demons.

Zain closed his eyes and concetrated as the din of battle filled his ears, mixed in with the screams of the innocent civilians that were unfortunet to get caught in the battle. Zain felt his power level spike and his eyes snapped open.

A cold wind blew behind him as he rocketed down to the fight. He landed, burrying his foot into a balck demons face, and spun, smashing his elbow into another demon. He felt a massive amount of fighting skills flow through him. Zain welcomed it like a lost friend has he ducked and uppercutted another demon.

The shear numbers was going to make this a hard fight. A very hard fight. Zain hoped that the other three had followed him as he kicked, dodged, and punched.

[P.J. McKrafty]

"Red hair huh?" replied Ariador. "Yeah I think so, wears a black cloak," Erutan shrugged. "I saw a guy like that in a tavern just..." Ariador was cut off by a unsettling sight. the army he faced earlier was moving towards the city. Ariador would usually never react to this but having regained a freewill he also gained a conscience. This was telling him the demons were going to kill innocents and that wasn't kosher.

"Can you hold your dog, I think the city might need a little help,"

"Yeah, I'll join you as soon as possible," Erutan replied picking up is wolf and setting him down.

"See that you do," Ariador focused his energy and started to hover off of the ground. He did a back flip and took off at a insanely high speed. He drew his sword half way through flight and held it in front of him horizontally. He reinforced his blade with his hand and braced it. He had a feeling this was gonna be a fun battle.

He collided with one of the demons almost cutting it in half. It fell to the ground but it regained its composure. Ariador was impressed with the demon's resilience to pain. It seemed like he had done little damage to it at all. It recovered and struck at him. He knocked it back with his sword. Soon half a dozen demons were attacking him. Ariador did his best to fight them off. He finally killed two by stabbing one through the head and decapitating one.

He knew he would have to clear a large area of them to really turn this battle around. He started to draw a circle in the snow with his sword. He made some intricate designs inside and then pulled out a small cantine. He screwed off other lid and turned to the approaching demons. "I bid you adieu," He poured the contents of the cantine onto the center of the circle. A bright blue flash emanated from the symbol.

Ariador was blinded for a moment but his sight came back along with the smell of burnt flesh. He opened his eyes to see the charred corpses of the attacking demons. "Figures that only works when I need to use it the most," said Ariador half sarcastic half honest.

[Red16]

"Ros is a wolf." Erutan replied to Ariador, but was sure he was already out of hearing distance. He looked at Ros, who looked straight back.

"We'll be thrashed if we tried to fight again." Erutan told Ros. "Lord knows what would happen to us if we succumb to that poison one more time, specifically me." Erutan thought, remembering succumbing to the poison dozens of times before now.

Suddenly, Erutan's eyes widened. He quickly grabbed Ros and rolled out of the road and onto the grass. A large boulder flew right past Erutan and Ros as they rolled, and crashed into the road ahead. Erutan looked back towards his attacker.

The man in black was back. His hand was stretched out, and sparking with electricity. He then turned away. His hand lowered and stretched towards the ground.

A rumble slowly followed, and a large rush of energy exploded throughout the area. The ground slowly began to crumble in front of the man in black. It formed what appeared to be a flight of stairs, and into what seemed to be a dark cave. Erutan stared as the man in black walked into it, and it closed back up.

"What the HELL does that thing want with me?!" Erutan asked. He looked back towards the town, which was only moments away from being destroyed.

"We..." Erutan hesitated. "Can't just sit by and let people die though, can we?" he looked back at his pet. Ros jumped up and barked fiercely. The black fur began to sparkle and float upward, as if on fire again. Erutan stood up as well. He flapped his wings, and with Ros at his side, dashed towards the city, preparing for the fight.

"Then we'll find Zain." Erutan told himself.

[Kre]

Suzu touched down outside the town. He whipped the huge sword from his back and swung it in a massive circle. Ten or so enemies were taken out. After a few minuetes of slashing and killing Suzu looked around. Zain, just who he was looking for.

"Zain!" He yelled at him"Do they ever stop coming?!"

He was quickly interuppted by more of the enemies, he brought up his sword quick enough to the the first two in half and minorly injure the two others. But now they circled around him.

"Oh...crap..."

He holstered his sword and puts his hands out. Ki blasts cam sprouting forth. Demolishing almost anything that go tnear.

[Makurayami]

((Hey guys, my computer bit the dust about a day ago. I'm on a school computer right now and I am borrowing a laptop at home but I can't get on as much as I want to. I'm already looking into buying a new computer, so please bear with me.))
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Zain looked to his side as he fought. So Suzu (or Kre) had come after all. Zain felt a bit releived to have him fighting next to him. But he hoped the others from the tavern would show up.

There was also another figure fighting against the demons. This one was dressed in a tunic and had some type of runes all over his body. Zain recognized him as from teh tavern. He seemed to have some strange aura flowing from him, much like the others had. Zain felt as if he were connected to this strange individual.

To top it all off, there was another power source, this one boasting a fare amount of ki, heading towards the fight. This power felt natural, though, as if it were a incarnation of the power that flows from the Earth itself.

Zain's thoughts were cut short dozen of the demons engaged him. To this point Zain had been fighting them one-on-one. Now that they were attacking en mass, Zain found it harder to defend himself when he was armed only with his fists. Zain heard an explosion and slightly turned his head to see what it was as he blocked a series of blows from the demons.

Kre as well as Majotte were launching a series of energy blasts from their hands. The way they did it, it seemed so familar to Zain. Jumping into the air to create some space between him and his target, Zain held his hands in front of him. He felt energy pulsate in his palm, the strange tingling sensation as ki gathered in his hand. There was a faint glow of yellow and Zain aimed his hand at the demons, unleashing the blast.

A small yellow beam shot out of his hand and then fizzled out midair to the demons. Zain watched it slightly shocked. He had been so sure he had it. What went wrong?

Without warning a mass of demons leapt into the air, latching onto Zain's legs. Zain felt himself being dragged down and receiving blow after blow. As he fell to the ground, the demons formed a pile on top of Zain.

'No...' Zain thought to himself as he felt himself faltering. '...no...NO!!"

Zain's hand glowed with a golden light. Zain closed his hand around the light and there was a flash. Zain felt a heavy wieght in his hand and a surge of old memories returning.

[i]Countless hours of training and refinement through battle and practice...the deadly art of the sword.[/i]

Zain swung his arm and cleared a way through the demon horde. He spun and aimed a series of slashes at one individual demon, reducing him to a mass of hideous organs and cut flesh. Taking a split second, Zain glanced at his new weapon in his hand.

It was a sword of marvelous craftsmanship. The hilt was golden and the blade was a pure silver. Engraved into the blade were three picutures - a woman of some humanoid race tending some plants, a humanoid with wings jumping into the air and taking flight, and a ape-like creature beating its chest in furry.

The blade and these three pictures reached out to Zain. The pictures felt familiar, like a part of his lost home. The blade didn't even feel like a weapon, but instead an extension of his arm. Zain left his thoughts behind and turned back to his bloody work as his silver blade zipped through the air at high speeds.

[Red16]

Several demons leaped towards Erutan, trying to prevent him from entering the fray. Ros begun the onslaught by barking, causing a mini-shockwave to emit from his being, sending the demons flying away.

Erutan raised his hands into the air, and with a very brief white flash, Erutan held in his hands what appeared to be lightning bolts. Erutan stretched his arms back, then threw them straight towards the demons chests. The bolts flashed and dissapeared, moving as fast as a regular thunderbolt. The next instant, the bolts were visible again, lodged into the demos' chests. They shrieked, then disentegrated from the attack, into nothing more than ash.

Ros landed, Erutan following shortly behind. Erutan saw many other beings fighting the demons ahead, among them, Majotte and Zain.

"Well I'll be damned, Zain!" Erutan thought. Ros barked at Erutan, obviously hearing his thoughts.

There was another rumble, and then, from the setting sun, Erutan could see the leader of the army. It wasn't Demona, or the Man in Black. It was another great beast, much larger than the small demons they were fighting. Just like the giant boar Erutan and Ros had fought before, it was hideous, and tainted with evil spirits.

This was almost the same as the boar as well. It was a giant anthromorphic snake beast. It's neck extended far beyond its body, which was covered in armor. It hissed loudly, filling the land with screams of the dead.

"What the hell are those things?" Erutan wondered. "All I now is that they must die." Ros' thoughts spoke to Erutan, obviously being the Earth's Orb.

"Lets get the leader, then hopefully the rest will cease." said Erutan, looking at the rest of the large army still staring down all of the fighters.

"And this is just the tip of the iceburg." the Earth Orb muttered into Erutan's thoughts.