Soldiers of Light, ch. 1: "Here we go again"

Raiden · 05-23-2010, 06:26 PM

The sound of heated battle echoed through the halls of the dark fortress. Supernatural flames of purple and green lit up the throne room where Talkatz, the Demon King, sat and listened to the fighting going on outside. He stood at 11 feet tall, his skin a dark blistering mix of crimson and black, with six orbs glistening in his chest. His warped double-edged blade rested against his throne of stone, but he gave it no particular care.
It wasn't an uncommon occurrence for one of his station. Shogun, solitary heroes, and ragtag groups lead by a young soldier with hair and sword bigger than his brains often believed they would be the one to put him down. That they had the special something that made them unique compared to the hundreds of others who came before them. But it always ended the same. Just more stains on the front walk that had to be mopped up by the kappa. Most never even made it inside the fortress walls, and even those that did were put down like mad dogs by his Weapon Altmas. At this rate he'd run out of humans to eventually rule.
A loud knocking on the large steel double doors leading into his throne room began to clang. The demon lord's three eyes looked to stare at the doors as they were smashed open, the corpse of his Sword Altma tossed into the room with his head hanging to the body by only a thread of flesh. Following it in with a tipsy stride was a single warrior, his armor of samurai design with a facemask depicting a bird. The man reeked of cheap alcohol, and the stains and wetmarks on the front of his clothing indicated he had been drinking intensely.

"Ah! Talkatz! It's good to see you! Heard so much about you, but the stories just plain don't do you justice, sir!" The samurai stepped on the dead dog demon's corpse as he walked in, a loud crunching sound being heard. "Oops. Your dog left a mess on the floor."

The demon lord looked the warrior up and down. Just this one man got through his Altmas? And he was insulting him in his own house?

"Miserable little cretin. Do not think yourself a God because you slew a few of my soldiers." The demon lord got up from his chair, his full height towering over the human samurai. His hand grasped the massive double-edged blade and hefted it up. He only hesitated when a flash of light seared his eyes, making him cover them.

"Oh, you don't like that? Yeah, it has that effect on you things." The samurai was holding a glowing katana inscribed with seven runes, the aura alone was causing Talkatz to feel his strength starting to drain away. "Beautiful, isn't she? Makes you just want to look at it for hours." The samurai reached for a gourd at his hip, pulling a plug out with his teeth as he drank down the alcoholic contents. Talkatz frowned deeply.

"You realize I am going to kill you now, human trash."

"It'd be borrrring if ya didn't." His words were starting to slur more.

"And whose name should I spread as the latest samurai to be gutted and fed to my followers?"

"Yer mother." With that the samurai sprinted at the demon king, his glowing sword slashing in low.

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1000 years later
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Daisuke Kurama awoke in his bed. He'd had that dream again. It always went the same, like someone holding a book up to his face and telling him to look at it over and over. He stood up off his bedroll, tying his long black hair back into a ponytail. The Raigaki was leaning against the door of the small room, reminding him to take it before leaving. He still had a bad habit of leaving it lying around, but when you've been forced to carry something for the past decade or so, you tend to be more comfortable with leaving it lying around. He picked it up and attached its sheath to his hip, letting the sword bump against his leg each time he walked. He exited the small house, hurrying off to a meeting point where his friends should be waiting.

Bard The 5th LW · 05-23-2010, 07:28 PM

Akemi Ichirou couldn't help but grin to himself like a maniac as he made his way to the target. How fortunate he was to get such an order! Kill Daisuke Kurama, the descendant of Daisuke Tama. If power was hereditary for humans, then this would be oh so much fun! Ichirou wasn't the only one with the order either, but he had made sure to sprint off so as to be the first to land an attack. This was going to be his game to play, not theirs! They can have their turn later.

As stealthily as someone like Ichirou can be, he made his way off to the home Kurama was residing in. When he got their, he followed his natural instinct, and ripped a hole in the back wall with his gloved hands.

"HEY! ANYONE HOME? I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN!," he shouted manically. He scanned the surrounding room he had busted into with disappointment. "Oh son of a samurai," he muttered to himself. He was too late! The descendant of Daisuke Tama had fled!

Despondently, the half-demon exited through the front door of the home like a normal person. He was too depressed to rip another hole in the wall kool-aid man style. His spirits lightened however, when he exited the house to find that apparently someone had just left.

"Hey you there," he shouted waving around a hand at him, the gold aura over his gauntlets waving around. It had just occured to him that he never actually stayed around to get a description of Kurama, so he may as well see if this guy knew anything, or if he was anyone important seeing as he had a sword. "Friend, can you tell me where I can find Daisuke Kurama, help a guy out," he said. Any normal person would run away, and Ichirou knew it, but he figured it was worth a try. No matter what the answer turned out to be, Ichirou was so going to off this guy after he got an answer. It didn't matter if the guy told him where to go, or he just screamed in terror.

Julford Hajime · 05-23-2010, 07:33 PM

Not too far away from the house, a short woman waited. Kurama was walking almost leisurely, like he didn't expect her. Fool. How many times had she warned him that she'd strike him down when he let his guard down?

She reached into the spirits bound to her will, dredging out their power. About five feet in front of Kurama, and two feet off to his left, a small bunch of rocks burst straight into the air*.

Hopefully distracted by the magic, Kotone made her move. Behind Kurama and a little to his right, Kotone teleported in, stick ready and in the air as she swung downwards, aiming for his right shoulderblade. "Today I win Kurama!" she shouted as she swung her weapon.

*: Basically, a group of rocks shoot upwards and fall back down, not near Kurama**.

**: I got the impression that we'd typically be using characters last names (In this case most would refer to me as Yuiri), but Yuiri Kotone is disrespectful to y'all, hence Daisuke is being called Kurama :P

EDIT: Ninja'd by Bard. I'mma assume she just didn't notice Akemi starting the discussion.

Raiden · 05-23-2010, 07:36 PM

Kurama looked up, then smoothly stepping to the side as Kotone's stick fell past and struck on the ground. He was about to say something when a strange fellow with a glowing glove just...tore a hole through his house.

He looked up at the man. Then down at Kotone. Then back up at the man. He then pointed down at Kotone. "That's Kurama."

He then went back to walking toward his meeting place.

batgirl · 05-23-2010, 07:46 PM

Jade leaned back against the trunk of the tree, her arms behind her head. She had made it to the meeting place early and had leaped into a tall tree to wait out Kurama and the others. She was stealthy at first, carefully hiding herself behind foliage and such, but after at least an hour in the broad daylight, she had gotten bored and was now lounging on a thick tree branch waiting for the others. "Why is it that when we need to meet everyone is late but me?"

Overcast · 05-23-2010, 08:06 PM

A sip of tea, gently bitter, perhaps a bit nutty, warm enough to feel good entering his empty stomach, cool enough not to scald his mouth. His sharp eyes staring out at a scene that if he could say so was marked by one human trait,

"Stupidity."

Ieyasu was sitting at the top of a hill, little campfire and a little teapot sitting next to it. Next to it now because he had already steeped it to the proper degree, and he didn't want to overboil it. He had been watching over the gauntlet wearing creep for a bit after he had taken off to try to take down the wielder of the holy sword. He wasn't impressed. Charging up to the scene and breaking things, no subtlety, no plan. Just a messy situation. He didn't mind just sitting up here with his tea, watching it all unfold. He didn't mind letting someone else take the risk while he kept to himself, he might even be the one to save the creep. To be honest though if he got so lucky as to actually beat that grand decedent he'd be sure to put an arrow in the stupid creep's skull and steal the glory for himself.

That was just the kind of guy he was, and really might just assure his immortality.

For now though he just poured himself another bowl of tea, keeping an eye on all the players down below. Particularly the one with the sword at his hip.

krogothwolf · 05-23-2010, 08:09 PM

Yojimbo arrived at the meeting place at a decent time. He still had a little time to kill before everyone else got there.

"Why is it that when we need to meet everyone is late but me?" he heard a voice say.

He looked up and noticed Jade lounging about.

"Don't be silly Jade." He said as he strolled towards the tree she was in, "We still have time before everyone should be arriving."

He then leaned back against the tree trunk and looked back towards the meeting place. Soon everyone they knew would be gathering but he wasn't quite sure why they were gathering here. The info he got from Kumura was vague and just said to meet him here at the given time. They still had a bit before the scheduled time but that was alright, he could relax till then.

"Hey Jade," Yojimbo said as he looked up at her, "Do you have any idea what this is all about?"

batgirl · 05-23-2010, 08:26 PM

Jade was shocked when she heard a voice and almost lost her balance and fell out of the tree. She righted herself and looked down to see Yojimbo. "I have no idea, but I assume it's important if he called everyone." She decided that the tree was a bad idea and slipped from it, landing nimbly on her feet. She stretched and adjusted her scarf. "I hope it's something useful though, maybe he found a piece of the Demon Lord's body or something."

Bard The 5th LW · 05-23-2010, 08:43 PM

"Hmm," Ichirou said with a confused look, tilting his head to the side. That name seemed inaccurate for the person, but the accuser did seem pretty quick and confident in his accusation of the alleged Daisuke Kurama. "That's and oddity, Kurama is usually a boy's name. At least I think it is."

'Wait, don't just leave," Ichirou shouted at the swordsman when he began to walk off. "There's no way to properly tell yet!" He then stood in thought for a brief moment, hand to his chin. "I got it," he shouted gleefully, making a clank as he clasped his hands together. "I'll take both your skulls. Twice the fun and less the risk of getting it wrong!"

"So which one of you wants to go first," he inquired, eyes opened wide. "Perhaps the swordsman or maybe the lovely young lady with a boy's name! I'll let you two decide and then take the initiative on your own!"

lazy man · 05-23-2010, 08:47 PM

Suzume looked at the pile of rocks in front of him with a bored look on his face. Was this really the spot? Those people in town couldn't have been wrong, could they? One of them said it was this place, anyway...

There was no sign of life, no footprints, nothing. This was getting annoying. He thought he'd found the right place for once...

RRRRRUMBLE

So annoying, finding the right place for these kinds of things.

RRRRRRUMBLE, CRUNCH

If only there were better ways of finding places, like magically being told where they were every minute or so.

RRRRRRUMBLE, BOOOM, CRU--"Would you shut the hell up! I'm busy complaining in my head... here... oh." Suzume yelled as he turned around, seeing the large pile of rocks shaping itself into the earth demon he was being paid to hunt. "So this WAS the right spot..."

Not having time to react, the earthen monstrosity roared as it grabbed the puny demon hunter and threw him with all its might. This, of course, meant Suzume began to sail through the air VERY fast. Whatever he would hit was gonna be painful. And even more painful would be finding the thing again since it would probably end up moving.

"Ah, fuck it."

Suzume pulled back his hand and threw his arm forward, a bright blue beam of pure force hurtling towards the demon below and throwing Suzume off at an angle in mid-air. With a confused look on what had to be its face, the demon blew into an uncountable number of chunks and its soul--looking like a small blue flame to Suzume--flew off and into the demon hunter's body.

"Aw yeah! Eat that, bastard!" the demon hunter yelled in celebration as twelve small blue flames danced around him. The yelling continued until Suzume realized he was still in the air. And that he was beginning to fall very, very fast toward a hillside some distance away.

-----At the meeting place for the good guys------

"oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu--" was all that could be heard by anyone in the area before a figure, decidedly human, plummeted through the tree Jade had been in, bounced off the ground twice, and rolled into a rock not too far away.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuugh..." was all that could be heard from the lump on the ground that was a demon hunter named Suzume. He had no idea he had just crashed into a meeting that would determine the destiny of the world, but flying through a tree and into a rock tended to distract your priorities. Although had he known, he would have just shrugged and rolled with it.

05-23-2010, 06:26 PM	#1
Raiden Just a passing through veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On your couch. Yes? Posts: 5,327	Soldiers of Light, ch. 1: "Here we go again" The sound of heated battle echoed through the halls of the dark fortress. Supernatural flames of purple and green lit up the throne room where Talkatz, the Demon King, sat and listened to the fighting going on outside. He stood at 11 feet tall, his skin a dark blistering mix of crimson and black, with six orbs glistening in his chest. His warped double-edged blade rested against his throne of stone, but he gave it no particular care. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence for one of his station. Shogun, solitary heroes, and ragtag groups lead by a young soldier with hair and sword bigger than his brains often believed they would be the one to put him down. That they had the special something that made them unique compared to the hundreds of others who came before them. But it always ended the same. Just more stains on the front walk that had to be mopped up by the kappa. Most never even made it inside the fortress walls, and even those that did were put down like mad dogs by his Weapon Altmas. At this rate he'd run out of humans to eventually rule. A loud knocking on the large steel double doors leading into his throne room began to clang. The demon lord's three eyes looked to stare at the doors as they were smashed open, the corpse of his Sword Altma tossed into the room with his head hanging to the body by only a thread of flesh. Following it in with a tipsy stride was a single warrior, his armor of samurai design with a facemask depicting a bird. The man reeked of cheap alcohol, and the stains and wetmarks on the front of his clothing indicated he had been drinking intensely. "Ah! Talkatz! It's good to see you! Heard so much about you, but the stories just plain don't do you justice, sir!" The samurai stepped on the dead dog demon's corpse as he walked in, a loud crunching sound being heard. "Oops. Your dog left a mess on the floor." The demon lord looked the warrior up and down. Just this one man got through his Altmas? And he was insulting him in his own house? "Miserable little cretin. Do not think yourself a God because you slew a few of my soldiers." The demon lord got up from his chair, his full height towering over the human samurai. His hand grasped the massive double-edged blade and hefted it up. He only hesitated when a flash of light seared his eyes, making him cover them. "Oh, you don't like that? Yeah, it has that effect on you things." The samurai was holding a glowing katana inscribed with seven runes, the aura alone was causing Talkatz to feel his strength starting to drain away. "Beautiful, isn't she? Makes you just want to look at it for hours." The samurai reached for a gourd at his hip, pulling a plug out with his teeth as he drank down the alcoholic contents. Talkatz frowned deeply. "You realize I am going to kill you now, human trash." "It'd be borrrring if ya didn't." His words were starting to slur more. "And whose name should I spread as the latest samurai to be gutted and fed to my followers?" "Yer mother." With that the samurai sprinted at the demon king, his glowing sword slashing in low. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1000 years later ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daisuke Kurama awoke in his bed. He'd had that dream again. It always went the same, like someone holding a book up to his face and telling him to look at it over and over. He stood up off his bedroll, tying his long black hair back into a ponytail. The Raigaki was leaning against the door of the small room, reminding him to take it before leaving. He still had a bad habit of leaving it lying around, but when you've been forced to carry something for the past decade or so, you tend to be more comfortable with leaving it lying around. He picked it up and attached its sheath to his hip, letting the sword bump against his leg each time he walked. He exited the small house, hurrying off to a meeting point where his friends should be waiting. __________________ I have a signature. It's a really cool one, too. It's so awesome, you'd pull your eyes out and punch your mother. Sadly, these rules state that my signature is just too darned big. Too much awesome for such a small space. Oh well. You can still punch your mother...if you want... Fifth and Krylo made me do it. http://www.animecubed.com/billy/user...sigs/60266.jpg Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

05-23-2010, 07:28 PM	#2
Bard The 5th LW Feelin' Super! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,191	Akemi Ichirou couldn't help but grin to himself like a maniac as he made his way to the target. How fortunate he was to get such an order! Kill Daisuke Kurama, the descendant of Daisuke Tama. If power was hereditary for humans, then this would be oh so much fun! Ichirou wasn't the only one with the order either, but he had made sure to sprint off so as to be the first to land an attack. This was going to be his game to play, not theirs! They can have their turn later. As stealthily as someone like Ichirou can be, he made his way off to the home Kurama was residing in. When he got their, he followed his natural instinct, and ripped a hole in the back wall with his gloved hands. "HEY! ANYONE HOME? I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN!," he shouted manically. He scanned the surrounding room he had busted into with disappointment. "Oh son of a samurai," he muttered to himself. He was too late! The descendant of Daisuke Tama had fled! Despondently, the half-demon exited through the front door of the home like a normal person. He was too depressed to rip another hole in the wall kool-aid man style. His spirits lightened however, when he exited the house to find that apparently someone had just left. "Hey you there," he shouted waving around a hand at him, the gold aura over his gauntlets waving around. It had just occured to him that he never actually stayed around to get a description of Kurama, so he may as well see if this guy knew anything, or if he was anyone important seeing as he had a sword. "Friend, can you tell me where I can find Daisuke Kurama, help a guy out," he said. Any normal person would run away, and Ichirou knew it, but he figured it was worth a try. No matter what the answer turned out to be, Ichirou was so going to off this guy after he got an answer. It didn't matter if the guy told him where to go, or he just screamed in terror. Last edited by Bard The 5th LW; 05-23-2010 at 08:14 PM.

05-23-2010, 07:33 PM	#3
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	A wild Kotone appeared! [FIGHT/ITEM/PKMN/RUN] Not too far away from the house, a short woman waited. Kurama was walking almost leisurely, like he didn't expect her. Fool. How many times had she warned him that she'd strike him down when he let his guard down? She reached into the spirits bound to her will, dredging out their power. About five feet in front of Kurama, and two feet off to his left, a small bunch of rocks burst straight into the air. Hopefully distracted by the magic, Kotone made her move. Behind Kurama and a little to his right, Kotone teleported in, stick ready and in the air as she swung downwards, aiming for his right shoulderblade. "Today I win* Kurama!" she shouted as she swung her weapon. : Basically, a group of rocks shoot upwards and fall back down, not near Kurama. *: I got the impression that we'd typically be using characters last names (In this case most would refer to me as Yuiri), but Yuiri Kotone is disrespectful to y'all, hence Daisuke is being called Kurama :P EDIT: Ninja'd by Bard. I'mma assume she just didn't notice Akemi starting the discussion.

05-23-2010, 07:36 PM	#4
Raiden Just a passing through veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On your couch. Yes? Posts: 5,327	Kurama looked up, then smoothly stepping to the side as Kotone's stick fell past and struck on the ground. He was about to say something when a strange fellow with a glowing glove just...tore a hole through his house. He looked up at the man. Then down at Kotone. Then back up at the man. He then pointed down at Kotone. "That's Kurama." He then went back to walking toward his meeting place. __________________ I have a signature. It's a really cool one, too. It's so awesome, you'd pull your eyes out and punch your mother. Sadly, these rules state that my signature is just too darned big. Too much awesome for such a small space. Oh well. You can still punch your mother...if you want... Fifth and Krylo made me do it. http://www.animecubed.com/billy/user...sigs/60266.jpg Be the Ultimate Ninja! Play Billy Vs. SNAKEMAN today!

05-23-2010, 08:06 PM	#6
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	A sip of tea, gently bitter, perhaps a bit nutty, warm enough to feel good entering his empty stomach, cool enough not to scald his mouth. His sharp eyes staring out at a scene that if he could say so was marked by one human trait, "Stupidity." Ieyasu was sitting at the top of a hill, little campfire and a little teapot sitting next to it. Next to it now because he had already steeped it to the proper degree, and he didn't want to overboil it. He had been watching over the gauntlet wearing creep for a bit after he had taken off to try to take down the wielder of the holy sword. He wasn't impressed. Charging up to the scene and breaking things, no subtlety, no plan. Just a messy situation. He didn't mind just sitting up here with his tea, watching it all unfold. He didn't mind letting someone else take the risk while he kept to himself, he might even be the one to save the creep. To be honest though if he got so lucky as to actually beat that grand decedent he'd be sure to put an arrow in the stupid creep's skull and steal the glory for himself. That was just the kind of guy he was, and really might just assure his immortality. For now though he just poured himself another bowl of tea, keeping an eye on all the players down below. Particularly the one with the sword at his hip. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

05-23-2010, 07:46 PM	#5
batgirl Aim for the top! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Infield Posts: 2,583	Jade leaned back against the trunk of the tree, her arms behind her head. She had made it to the meeting place early and had leaped into a tall tree to wait out Kurama and the others. She was stealthy at first, carefully hiding herself behind foliage and such, but after at least an hour in the broad daylight, she had gotten bored and was now lounging on a thick tree branch waiting for the others. "Why is it that when we need to meet everyone is late but me?"

05-23-2010, 08:09 PM	#7
krogothwolf Fetched the Candy Cane! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Calgary Posts: 4,278	Yojimbo arrived at the meeting place at a decent time. He still had a little time to kill before everyone else got there. "Why is it that when we need to meet everyone is late but me?" he heard a voice say. He looked up and noticed Jade lounging about. "Don't be silly Jade." He said as he strolled towards the tree she was in, "We still have time before everyone should be arriving." He then leaned back against the tree trunk and looked back towards the meeting place. Soon everyone they knew would be gathering but he wasn't quite sure why they were gathering here. The info he got from Kumura was vague and just said to meet him here at the given time. They still had a bit before the scheduled time but that was alright, he could relax till then. "Hey Jade," Yojimbo said as he looked up at her, "Do you have any idea what this is all about?" __________________ Knowledge is Power, Power is Knowledge ╔╦╦══╦══╦═╦══╦══╦╗╔╦╦╦╦══╦╗╔═╗ ║═╣╠═║╔╗║╔╣╔╗╠╗╔╣╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║═╣ ║║║╔╗╣╚╝║║║╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║║╚╝║╚╣╔╝ ╚╩╩╝╚╩══╩═╩══╝╚╝╚╝╚╩══╩══╩═╩╝

05-23-2010, 08:26 PM	#8
batgirl Aim for the top! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Infield Posts: 2,583	Jade was shocked when she heard a voice and almost lost her balance and fell out of the tree. She righted herself and looked down to see Yojimbo. "I have no idea, but I assume it's important if he called everyone." She decided that the tree was a bad idea and slipped from it, landing nimbly on her feet. She stretched and adjusted her scarf. "I hope it's something useful though, maybe he found a piece of the Demon Lord's body or something."

05-23-2010, 08:43 PM	#9
Bard The 5th LW Feelin' Super! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,191	"Hmm," Ichirou said with a confused look, tilting his head to the side. That name seemed inaccurate for the person, but the accuser did seem pretty quick and confident in his accusation of the alleged Daisuke Kurama. "That's and oddity, Kurama is usually a boy's name. At least I think it is." 'Wait, don't just leave," Ichirou shouted at the swordsman when he began to walk off. "There's no way to properly tell yet!" He then stood in thought for a brief moment, hand to his chin. "I got it," he shouted gleefully, making a clank as he clasped his hands together. "I'll take both your skulls. Twice the fun and less the risk of getting it wrong!" "So which one of you wants to go first," he inquired, eyes opened wide. "Perhaps the swordsman or maybe the lovely young lady with a boy's name! I'll let you two decide and then take the initiative on your own!"

05-23-2010, 08:47 PM	#10
lazy man Harrumph! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: My not-so-humble abode Posts: 2,891	Suzume looked at the pile of rocks in front of him with a bored look on his face. Was this really the spot? Those people in town couldn't have been wrong, could they? One of them said it was this place, anyway... There was no sign of life, no footprints, nothing. This was getting annoying. He thought he'd found the right place for once... RRRRRUMBLE So annoying, finding the right place for these kinds of things. RRRRRRUMBLE, CRUNCH If only there were better ways of finding places, like magically being told where they were every minute or so. RRRRRRUMBLE, BOOOM, CRU--"Would you shut the hell up! I'm busy complaining in my head... here... oh." Suzume yelled as he turned around, seeing the large pile of rocks shaping itself into the earth demon he was being paid to hunt. "So this WAS the right spot..." Not having time to react, the earthen monstrosity roared as it grabbed the puny demon hunter and threw him with all its might. This, of course, meant Suzume began to sail through the air VERY fast. Whatever he would hit was gonna be painful. And even more painful would be finding the thing again since it would probably end up moving. "Ah, fuck it." Suzume pulled back his hand and threw his arm forward, a bright blue beam of pure force hurtling towards the demon below and throwing Suzume off at an angle in mid-air. With a confused look on what had to be its face, the demon blew into an uncountable number of chunks and its soul--looking like a small blue flame to Suzume--flew off and into the demon hunter's body. "Aw yeah! Eat that, bastard!" the demon hunter yelled in celebration as twelve small blue flames danced around him. The yelling continued until Suzume realized he was still in the air. And that he was beginning to fall very, very fast toward a hillside some distance away. -----At the meeting place for the good guys------ "oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu--" was all that could be heard by anyone in the area before a figure, decidedly human, plummeted through the tree Jade had been in, bounced off the ground twice, and rolled into a rock not too far away. "Uuuuuuuuuuuugh..." was all that could be heard from the lump on the ground that was a demon hunter named Suzume. He had no idea he had just crashed into a meeting that would determine the destiny of the world, but flying through a tree and into a rock tended to distract your priorities. Although had he known, he would have just shrugged and rolled with it. Last edited by lazy man; 05-23-2010 at 09:40 PM.