The Returning Angel

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lol looks like i'll break in this new board. ok before i post them, i must let you know that most of my characterss are in it, and also i had permission by tethys to use her characters Tethys and Jade (Serenity), I know I not aloud to play for there characters but I’ve been RPing with her for a long time, and I know her really well, so don’t punish me Lupercus, if you need to ask her and she will tell you, also i'm using a character from a different site (Not mien but got permission to use her). Ok now without further ado here it is.

Chapter One: The tragic past

The sky darkened as the clouds lit up with lightning, the rain poured out of the clouds as it fell to the ground. Flashes of light covered the sky, but it wasn’t from the lightning, it was from Axle and his dark half as they clashed blade for blade. Axle the vampire blessed with the power of the heavens dressed in white robs, and his dark half with the power of darkness coursing through his body dressed in a black cloak. The two of them exchanged blow for blow as massive amounts of energy filled the air around them. Axle’s friends and loved once all watched as these two fought it out, they could only watch as their friend fought to the death with his dark half. Both Axle and his dark half were bruised and bleeding, but neither of them would let up. They then clashed creating a large ball of light and dark energy around them; the two of them stared into each other’s eyes as sparks flew off their blades.
“Your finished Axle, what hope do you have in beating me”, Axle’s dark half said.
“I’m not going to let you beat me, even if it kills both of us, I won’t let your evil spread through the world”. The two then spread apart for only a second before attacking one another again.
Drake, Axle’s brother, kneeled on the ground as Jade patched up his wounds. He looked up at the sky as his brother fought to protect all their lives, he couldn’t help but feel worthless as he watched him fight, but he took a real beating from Axle’s dark half.
“Damn, Axle can’t last long if this keeps up”, Drake said, he then paused for a second as his anger grew.
“Why, why couldn’t I beat him? Axle’s dark half tossed me around like I was a rag doll”
“Don’t worry, I’m sure he’ll be fine”, Jade said not really showing she cared, for she still hated Axle for the curse he gave her when him and his dark half were one. Drake looked at her, he knew she still hated his brother for what happened to her, but he wasn’t going to try and change that. He then looked over at Tethys and Nova who also watched as Axle fought for them. Tethys, the one who saved Axle and made him a vampire, watched as her child took blow after blow. Tethys could feel his pain, she was connected to him and could feel what he felt, and it was breaking her heart to see him push himself like he was. She then looked at Nova, Axle’s love, and could see that it was killing her to see him fight like this; she then rested her hand on her shoulder.
“Don’t worry Nova, Axle will be fine, he’s strong, he can take care of himself”, Tethys said to her trying to believe Axle would be ok. Nova looked up at her and smiled.
“Thank you Tethys, I know he’s strong, and my love is with him”. Nova and Tethys then looked back up at the sky as the battle dragged on.

Axle was starting to get tired, even with his new light powers he didn’t know how long he could go for. Just then his dark half threw a quick punch to his face; Axle couldn’t block it so he was knocked back a bit. Axle’s dark half slashed at him cutting him across the chest, Axle screamed out in pain as small amounts of blood flew into the air and white feathers came off his wings. Everyone down below herd his scream and quickly feared the worse. Axle quickly regained his balance but slouched a bit as he tried to breath. His vision was starting to blur and didn’t know how long he could go for. Axle’s dark half stared at him with an evil grin on his face.
“You don’t get it Axle, you can’t beat me. I am the source of all darkness, not even the light can stop me now”. Axle’s dark half then raised his sword over his head as black lightning twisted around the blade, his eyes opened wide as he readied to kill Axle once and for all.
“This ends now Axle, you put up a good fight but now it’s time for you to die. Oh and don’t worry about your friends I’ll take good care of them”, he said with a chuckle in his voice. He then quickly swung his blade down sending a massive blade of black lightning down at Axle. Axle lowered his head as it approached him.
“No I can’t lose now”. Just then images of all his friends passed by his eyes one by one, everyone he swore to protect. The black lightning blade grew closer with ever second, but just then Axle’s body started to glow yellow.
“No, I won’t let them down!” Axle yelled out as he lifted his head. He then swung his blade cutting the black lightning blade in half.
“What!” Axle’s dark half yelled out in surprise. Just then Axle flew up at his dark half and then kicked him in the face with great force. Axle’s dark half flew through the air as Axle followed behind him, Axle then got ahead of him and kicked him up into the air, when he did black feathers floated around him. Axle then flew past him as his sword glowed a bright yellow; he then slashed down at him shredding his clothes as his dark half was sent spinning down to the ground. His dark half then regain control as he floated underneath Axle, his body was smoking and his cloak were torn up, he then looked up at Axle as a black aura surrounded his body. He then launched himself up at Axle, and Axle launched himself down at him. The two collided head on clashing their swords together, creating a massive ball of dark and light energy that sent out immense winds. Everyone down on the ground held on as the wind blew down on them. Once the wind settled they all looked back up in amazement at these to powers.
“This is insane, such power I’m feeling from these two”, Drake said. No one else answers him they were to busy watching the battle.
After a few minutes Axle and his dark half split apart and floated there as lightning crashed to the ground near them. They were both smiling as the stared at one another.
“Very impressive Axle, but this must end now”. Axle dark half then raised his sword into the air, just then the ground started to shake and soon dark streams of darkness broke through the ground and headed up towards Axle’s dark half. The streams of darkness covered Axle’s dark half as his power increased. Axle was shocked at his power now.
“No, I can’t beat that, he’s to powerful now”. Axle then closed his eyes.
“There’s only one choice. Heavens I thank you for the power you have given me, but I need one last wish, give me the power to end this fight once and for all, I will give up my life, I just want to protect my friends, so please give me the power I need”. Just then the sword in Axle’s hand glowed a bright white as it surrounded his body. Once it dissipated Axle was now holding a new sword, one that possessed the powers of heaven, Axle looked at it and then smiled as he closed his eyes again.
“Thank you, I owe you much, I’ll start by ridding this world of the darkness once and for all”. Axle then looked at his dark half again as his power still grew. His dark half was gaining so much power that the vines on his body started to pop out, he smiled evilly as his eye became covered in darkness.
“This ends now Axle, I can see your death now, darkness will fill the skies and shroud this world in darkness, and you are all that stands in my way. No prepare to die”, Axle’s dark half said with an evil chuckle in his voice. Axle then started to chuckle, his dark half was now confused.
“You’re right; this is the end, for both of us. You fight for power; I fight to protect what matters most to me”. Axle then opened his eyes.
“It will cost me my life, but if it means that the people that I care for can live their lives, then I’ll gladly give my life”. He then looked down at his friend on the ground.
“My friends, and family, you have all shown me so much in the last year, and I thank you all for that. Just remember, I will always be in your hearts, no matter where I am. Good bye my friends I just wish I could be there with you at the end of this”, Axle said telepathically to all his friends. They all couldn’t believe what he was saying, Drake clenched his fist and closed his eyes as he grit his teeth, and Nova shook her head as tear ran down her face.
“No, Axle. NO!” Nova yelled out as she ran forward, but Tethys stopped her before she could go any further.
“No Tethys let me go, let me go!” Nova cried out as she struggled to get free, but Teheys wouldn’t let go, Tethys she closed her eyes as tear ran down her cheek.

Axle looked back at his dark half with a sweet smile on his face; he then closed his eyes and held the sword up to his face. Axle’s dark half stared at him and laughed.
“You think you can beat me, then let’s just see what you’ve got”. He then charged at Axle as the water in the air crackled around him. Axle opened his eyes to see him coming at him, he smiled as all his happy thought passed by his eyes, he remembered all the good times he had with his friends and also remembered his childhood with Drake. He then rested the blade of his sword on his left shoulder and readied to attack him. Axle dark half swung his blade at Axle and Axle swung his blade at him. The two blades crashed as a white and black light filled the area. In the middle of it Axle and his dark half’s blades shattered as there clothes shredded to peaces and a white light slowly consumed their bodies.
“No it can’t be, it’s not possible!” Axle’s dark half yelled out as his body was disintegrated by the light until there was nothing left of him. The white light slowly disintegrated Axle’s body as well, but he didn’t scream he knew that his friends and loved ones were now safe, and his could finally rest. He closed his eyes as the white consumed him; there was then a large explosion that came from where Axle and his dark half use to be. Everyone looked up to see the explosion and they were all speechless, they all knew what happened; Tethys couldn’t feel Axle’s presence anymore. She then let go of Nova and dropped to her knees and broke down in tears, Drake started to cry as well as he drop his head.
“You idiot, why’d you go and do that. YOU IDIOT!” Drake yelled out. Jade didn’t show any emotion like the other but couldn’t help but feel sorry for Axle, she knew that he gave his life for them. Nova just stared up at the sky as the rain started to let up and the sky started to clear showing the midnight moon. The tears ran down her face and fell to the ground, she couldn’t believe he was gone, her love, gone just like that.
“Axle, no”, she said softly. She then dropped her head as the tear poured out of her eyes.
“AXLE!” she yelled out as she threw her head back.

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Chapter Two: The new beginning

Two years have passed since the day of Axle and his dark half’s final battle. Everyone has started living their lives again, but they still can’t forget what Axle did for them. Tethys had moved to a new city were she started to take care of others in a sanctuary; she is much nicer and hardly fights unless she needs to. Drake got rid of his amulet of immortality and tried to live a normal life but can’t when there is still darkness in the world, he now controls the powers of light and dark, he is also searching for his brother Axle, for he believes he’s still alive somewhere in the world. Jade is traveling the world in search of a way to rid herself of the curse Axle had put on her, she knew that she hade more time now without Axle in the world, but feared that it could still take over her, so she still needed to find a way to rid herself of it, but with everyone mistaking her for a demon it hasn’t been easy. Nova, well no one really knows what happened to her, about three months after Axle’s final battle she left, some think she is trying to find a way to reach Axle. Everyone has been able to live their lives, whether it is good or bad, but if it weren’t for Axle, they wouldn’t be were they are now, the world would have been consumed by darkness, and everyone would have been a slave to Axle’s dark half.

Deep in the city stood the sanctuary, a place where all races could come to seek shelter from the cold. Several people were sitting around talking or sleeping, they all were homeless and came here to get help with their sicknesses or wounds. Everyone help one another no mater what race they were, but there were still a few people who volunteered to help out in the sanctuary. But the one that stood out most was the one who was in charge of the sanctuary, it was Tethys. She generously offered her help to everyone there, she may be a vampire but everyone there grew to trust her. Tethys walked up to one man carrying a glass of water in her hand, she then kneeled down and handed him the glass.
“Here you go, drink up, we can’t let you be thirsty”, Tethys said with a smile on her face.
“Thank you”, the man said as he took the glass from her. He took a big drink of it almost finishing the whole glass. Tethys then stood up and looked down at him.
“If you need anything else don’t hesitate to call me”. The man just nodded to her as he drank some more of the water. Tethys walked away with her hands behind her back; she walked up to the statue and looked up at it, just then one of the volunteers walked up to her.
“Miss Tethys are you ok, you seem to be a little down some times, is everything ok?” Tethys looked at her with a smile.
“Yes I’m fine; I’ve just had a lot on my mind lately, but nothing you need to worry about”.
“Ok, I thought I’d just ask”, the volunteer said to her. Tethys then looked up at the statue again as she rested her arms at her side.
“Do you mind watching things here for a bit, I just need to go and get some air”, Tethys said to her without looking at her.
“Ah, sure”.
“Thank you”. After Tethys said that she disappeared into the shadows and appeared outside.
Tethys sat atop of the sanctuary as she stared out at the city in front of her, she started to remember the last time her and Axle were together before his final battle.

They were sitting in the old battle field were they first met, they both sat on top a large rock as they looked out at the field as the moon lit it up. For awhile they said nothing to each other they just looked out at the battle field, but soon Axle decided to break the silence.
“Hey Tethys, you remember the day you met me right?” Tethys looked at him and smiled.
“Of course I remember when I found you, you were nearly dead, and you were so beaten up”. Axle looked at her with a smile then looked out over the field again.
“Who would have ever thought that we would be so connected to each other”. Axle then paused for a second.
“I called you here because I wanted to apologize for everything I did to you, now and in the past. I killed almost all your race, and I couldn’t stop myself, I know it was my dark half that did it, but I still feel partly responsible for it. Then I killed you on that day, and I wasn’t even being controlled by my dark half. Yes you did come back but when I saw you again I tried to kill you again, and I did it because my mind was clouded by the darkness in my heart. It wasn’t until my dark half and I split from one another that I rid myself of my darkness, but even so, I still couldn’t forgive myself for everything I’ve done to you. I guess what I’m saying is thank you for sticking by my side after all I’ve done”. He then looked at Tethys again; Tethys smiled and pushed his head a little with her fist.
“What am I going to do with you Axle, you know that I forgive for everything that has happened, I know you didn’t do it on purpose, it was because of your dark half, but now it’s gone, you can live your life free of darkness”. Axle smiled and looked up at the moon.
“I can’t live my life until my dark half is gone once and for all. We may be separated but we still share a connection with each other. I won’t be able to live until he is gone, but I fear what he might do to you and everyone else, so the next time I meet him, I want you and everyone else to stay out of the battle”, Axle said as he dropped his head. Tethys then placed her hand on his shoulder, Axle then looked at her.
“I can’t do that Axle and I know the others feel the same way, you’re family, and family stay together, through the good and the bad, so don’t think you can just tell us to stay out of the fight”. Axle smiled and then wrapped his arms around Tethys, Tethys was a bit confused, she had never seen Axle act like this.
“Thank you Tethys, I’m glad I was able to meet you, if it weren’t for you I never would have found my brother or I never would have met Nova, I owe you so much, and I’ll repay you by giving you and everyone else a world free of the darkness”. Axle then let go of her and stared into her eyes.
“I know I don’t say this to much but thank you, mother”, Axle said with a big smile on his face. Tethys was taken off guard when he called her his mother; she knew how much he hated saying that. She smiled and placed her hand on his cheek.
“You don’t need to thank me my son, I’d give my life for you, and you know that”. Tethys then took her hand away from his face and then got up.
“Now enough of this, this is a time to enjoy are life, so let’s go celebrate”. Axle then got up and looked at her.
“You’re right let’s go”. They both disappeared into the shadows and back to town.

Tethys then remembered the day that Axle died, she remembered seeing the smile on his face as he readied for his last attack, and she then remembered seeing his face in the light as it slowly faded away. Tethys lowered her head in-between her knees and started to cry.
“Axle why did you haft to die, you gave your life for us, there had to have been another way, but you gave your life for us”. Her tears then rolled off her face and onto the roof of the sanctuary.
“I miss you so much Axle, I wish you were here right now”. Just then she felt a strange presence quickly come and then disappear. She stood up and looked out over the city.
“What was that? It felt like, but it couldn’t have been”. She then shook her head and wiped the tears from her face.
“My mind must be playing tricks on me”. She then paused.
“I better get back into the sanctuary, they might need me”. Tethys then disappeared into the shadows and back inside.

Not to far away from the sanctuary on top of a large building, a man crouched on top of the roof as he watched Tethys disappear. The man had short white hair and pure white eyes with a scar across his right eye, his lower face was covered by a fabric mask that rested tightly on his face, he also wore a sleeveless black shirt with a grey vest overtop of it, he had long black arm stocking gloves on with metal plates on the side of the gloves, and on the side of his left arm was a red marking of his clan, he also had black pants and black shoes that were made of a light weight material making it easier for him to move around, he also had a red scarf around his neck, on his back was a large sword and at his side was a small pouch. He then stood up as his scarf flapped in the wind; he then looked at his hand and then lowered it as he stared back at the sanctuary again.
“Tethys, I’m glad you’re ok, you’ve made a good life for yourself, and you just might get your wish”, the man said softly. He then stared up at the moon as he became lost in thought.
“I can’t believe it’s been two years”.

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Chapter Three: Deep into the Unknown

Deep in the shadows of darkness was a place that was not to far from the city, a dark castle as old as time its self. A black mist hangs in the air around it and the clouds are a black as night above it. Inside shadows lurked around each corner, the cold air would chill you to your bone, and the constant moans of the castle would send fear down your spine. Deep in the castle was a large room with a large table, inside of it was thousands of books all around the wall of the room. In this room was four people standing or sitting around the table, their face covered by the shadows and were all dressed in black cloaks, they were having a discussion.
“I think this new town is the perfect place to continue the balancing of this world”, one of the men said.
“Who cares, I just want to go out and find me a worthy opponent, you have any idea how long it’s been since anyone could last longer then two minutes with me”, another man said who was sitting in a chair at the table.
“Calm down Jase, maybe you should just focus on are mission”, another man said as he leaned against the book shelf and talked to the man sitting at the table.
“Why don’t you just shut up Siris” Jase said to the man leaning against the wall as he turned around to look at him.
“Why don’t you both shut up before I come over and make you”, a large man with his arms crossed said to both of them.
“I’m not afraid of you Baron, I can easily knock you down, you know the saying, the bigger they are the harder they fall”, Jase said as he got up out of his seat and looked at the large man.
“Why don’t I just break you in half like the twig you are”, Baron said as he uncrossed his arms.
“That’s enough, all of you” one man yelled out to them. Jase then looked at him and then sat down again.
“Your lucky Malice stopped us, or you’d be on the ground right now”. Baron just grunted as he crossed his arms again and looked at Malice.
“Now, you know why we’re here?” Jase then looked at him.
“No, why the hell are we here?” Jase said to Malice with attitude in his voice.
“This city near by is more unbalanced then any other place we’ve been to, and it’s are job to balance it out. You know that’s what are master wants”. Jase just turned his head away.
“I don’t see what’s so great about him, a guy who hides his face all the time, sounds like a weakling”, Jase whispered to himself.
“Jase do you have something to say?” Malice asked him. Jase then turned back to him with a smirk on his face.
“No, nothing that’s worth saying”. A dead silence filled the room for a second.
“Look can we just head out to the city; I’ll make sure everything becomes balanced, even if it means leveling the city to the ground”, baron said with a smiled on his face.
“No, you must not level the city, keep it standing the way it is”, A voice said as it echoed around the room. Just then a man in the same black cloak with the hood up appeared at the front of the room with his back to then and his hands behind his back. Malice then placed his arm over his chest and bowed to him.
“Master, what do we owe for your visit”. The man that had just appeared turned around and looked at them; his face was covered by the darkness inside his hood.
“Just making sure you all remember why you’re here”.
“Yes we remember we’re here to balance the world” Siris said to him.
“That’s right, and this city is filled with several people who are unbalanced, and should be erased from this world”. The man then paused for a second.
“Remember that I gave you your powers, you are beyond human or any race on this planet”. He then looked at Siris.
“And Siris you should really give into the shadows and give up those holy powers of yours”. Sisris closed his eyes and got up off the wall.
“Not to go against your wishes, but I’d rather keep them, even though I prefer my new life, I still want to keep something from my old life”. Siris and the man stared at each other for a bit.
“Very well, but you won’t be able to obtain true power until you rid yourself of those holy powers”. He then looked at all them again.
“Now go out and balance this world, bring order to this world”.
“Yes sir”, they all said at the same time. They all then disappeared into black portals and then headed into the city. When they were all gone, the man turned back to the bookshelves and looked up.
“Soon, soon I will find the source of all darkness, once I find it, I can finally return to world of the living with a new body. Soon my dream will come true”. His body then faded away into the darkness until he disappeared.

Back in the city people were minding their own business going about their lives, it seemed so peaceful. Just then a black portal appeared in the middle of the street, cars came to a screeching stop as they crashed into one another, and horns went off as peaces of metal rolled on the ground. Out of the portal came a man, once he was out the portal disappeared behind him. The man had shoulder length dull purple hair and blue eyes, he was wearing a long black zipped up trench coat that stretched down to his ankles; he also wore black boots and full black gloves, it was Malice. He stood there as he looked around, just then one of the men driving one of the cars that just crashed got out of his car and started walking up to him.
“Hey buddy what the hell is wrong with you”. Malice then turned his head to his side glancing at him, he then held his right hand out and then a large scythe appeared in his hand, the man in that got out of the car quickly stopped once he saw Malice’s scythe. Malice then snapped is fingers with his left hand and then seven human like dark minions appeared out of small black portals, each was dressed in pure black armor and all had a double sided spear in their hands. Malice then turned his head away from the man and looked a head again.
“Let the balancing begin”. Just then all the dark minions he summoned started to terrorize the city streets, people screamed and ran for their lives as these dark minions attack them. Malice then turned around to watch his dark minions terrorize the city; he just smiled and started to walk.
“This is a big city, this will take longer then the other cities and towns we balanced already”.

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Chapter Four: Enemy of the darkness

The city slept soundly as the lights dimmed down. The midnight moon lit up the city streets as a few people walked around, people who just got off work or are just going for a walk. But in other parts of the city people fell to the ground like lifeless bodies, small dark minions wondered the street stealing the light from people’s heart, and soon those people’s bodies turned into small dark minions. The dark minions wondered the city feeding on the light of people’s hearts. Soon they all came to an open spot in the city; they followed the sent of pure light, but all they found was a small device emitting pure light. One of the creatures picked up the device and looked at it, just then something fell from the sky in the shape of a human, and in its hands were two swords that shined in the moon light. The person came down swinging both of his swords as he cut through several dark creatures as they turned into a black mist and he slid along the ground. The man kneeled down as he held his swords out at his sides, all the dark minions then started to surround him. The man then slowly started to rise to his feet as he lowered his swords to his side; he then lifted his head as the moon light made his body clearer to see. He had short blonde hair and blue eyes, he wore a zipped up black t-shirt with a white unzipped short sleeved jacket over it, and he also wore a pair of black and white baggy pants and red and black shoes, and in his hands were two identical swords, but one was white and the other was black. The man looked around as the dark creatures surrounded him from all directions, soon more showed up as they made a circle around him, the man smirked. Just then the dark creature charged at him, the man then quickly cut down the dark minion that came at him from behind and then attacked the others that came at him from the front. The man moved around the circle as he cut down every dark minion that tried to attack him, he then started to jump around and kick a few of them before attacking them. Every time he extinguished one more took its place, but the man didn’t let up, he then jumped backwards dodging one of their attacks, he landed on his hands and then flipped himself back to his feet as he slashed at a few dark creatures as he slid backwards by them. He then looked to his left and right and then got up and started spinning around slashing at each one that got close. The black mist from them hovered in the circle as more came at him, he then spun around tossing his white sword into the group of dark creatures, it spun through the air cutting down any creature that got in its way. The man then started cutting down more with the other sword he had as the sword he threw started to curve back to him; the man caught it and then slashed down at a dark creature with the sword. He then looked around and then spun around again but this time threw both of his swords in to the group at his sides. As the swords cut through the group like a knife threw butter, he started beating them off with his hands and feet. He then looked up to see more coming from above him so he jumped up into the air just as his swords curved back to him. He caught his swords in the air and cut through the dark creatures in the air. He then landed on the ground and quickly flipped backwards and crouched down. He then looked around and then flipped one of his swords upside down and then stood up. He then started to spin his body as a small whirl wind formed around him, when the dark creatures got close to the whirl wind they turned into a black mist. Just then several white and black blades shot out of the whirl wind spreading out in all directions, and when any dark creature got in the way of one of them they instantly turned into a black mist. The blades of energy that came from the whirl wind started to make quick work of the dark creatures around the man until there were none left. Soon the man stopped spinning and crouched low to the ground as the whirl wind around him disappeared, the man had his eyes closed and held one of his swords in front of him and the other behind his back, he open his eyes to see a few dark creatures left but they quickly melted into the ground leaving the battle. The man stood up and looked around, he then flipped his sword back around and took in a big breath as he lifted his head up. He then opened his eyes and looked up at the moon in the clear sky, he then smiled.
“The good old time, it may not be the best life, but I like it this way. It’s just another day in the life of Drake, a man destined to fight the darkness until their all gone”. Drake then lowered his head and made his swords disappear; they vanished and turned into small little white and black lights that slowly faded away. He then looked at the city as the wind blew threw his hair.
“Two years, I thought that the darkness was gone forever, ever since that day. But he can’t be alive, but if he is, maybe, no what am I thinking, there must be some other reason”. Drake then looked up at the night sky.
“But if so then that would mean that my brother would be alive, it can’t hurt to dream”. Drake then started to remember the time when he and his brother were young before all this ever happened.

Drake was five and Axle was seven, they use to play in the large open field behind their house. The sun always shined down on the field and the fresh air of the wind moved the grass back and forth. Both he and Axle used to run through the field for hours having the time of their lives.
“Brother, come on your falling behind”, the young sweet voice of Drake yelled out to his brother.
“Hey slow down Drake”, Axle yelled out. Soon Axle caught up with Drake and put him in a head lock and started to rub his head, the two of them laughed, and soon ended up at their favorite spot in the field. It was a large cliff with a large oak tree shading it; the cliff looked out at their whole village. Drake and Axle would sit there and look out at their village, Drake then looked at his brother.
“You’re so lucky, the village has chosen you to be the village’s next warrior, only few get the chance to learn are village’s techniques. I wish I were you, you’re so talented, I’ll never be that talented”. Axle then smiled and rubbed his head messing up his hair.
“Don’t worry bro, your time will come, you’re just as talented as me, they’ll see your skills and train you as well”.
“You think? Drake said with a smile on his face. Axle then closed his eyes and smiled.
“I know so Drake”. The two of them then looked out at their village thinking of what the future held for them.

But then came the day eleven years later when Axle became possessed by the dark spirit and started hunting down demons and what not. Demons came through his village and Axle killed anyone in his way. Drake hid under some stairs as his village slowly burnt to the ground. He remembered the horrifying screams of the people of his village as they ran for their life. Drake then herd the slash of a sword and then a body fell in front of him as the person’s blood spilled from their body onto the ground. Drake was shock for a second but quickly got out from under the stairs. When he came out he saw several lifeless bodies lying on the ground as they lay in pools of their own blood. Drake then looked to his left to see several of his villages warriors fighting one person, but each of them fell to the man’s blade. Drake stared in horror as his village’s best warriors fell to the ground lifeless. He then saw the man pick up one of the warriors by the neck, Drake herd the warrior say something but couldn’t make it out, he then saw the man holding him smile evilly and then lunged his sword into the warrior’s gut. After a few seconds the warrior stopped breathing and then the man pulled out his sword from him and dropped his body. The man’s clothes were stained with blood and had some in his white hair. The man slowly turned to Drake and once Drake so his face his heart stopped, it was Axle. Axle smiled evilly at Drake as he turned his whole body to him.
“What’s wrong Drake, aren’t you glad to see your big brother?” Axle said with an evil smile on his face.
“Why, why Axle?” Drake said softly having a hard time believing that the man that had killed all the warriors and people in his village was his brother, Axle just smirked.
“They got in my way”. Drake then dropped his head and started to cry, he then got up and ran at Axle yelling at the top of his lungs as tears rolled off his face and into the air. Axle then grabbed Drake’s throat with his left hand and lifted him off the ground.
“Now is that any way to treat your brother?” Drake then grabbed Axle’s wrist as he tried to get free, he didn’t answer Axle because he couldn’t talk, Axle just smiled.
“What not even going to talk to me little brother, I’m hurt”. Axle then sheathed his sword in his right hand on his back and then punched Drake in the stomach. Drake’s mouth opened as saliva ran out of his mouth, Axle held his hand in his brother’s stomach as he chuckled. He then slowly removed his fist from his stomach and then threw Drake to the side. Drake’s body bounced and rolled on the ground as he stopped with his body face down on the ground. Axle then walked over to Drake and kneeled down and rolled him over and looked at him. Drake was bruised and had dirt on his face, Axle just smiled at him.
“Poor Drake, don’t worry I’ll keep you alive, I couldn’t bring myself to kill my own brother”. Axle then quickly looked to his right when he heard a noise, he then smiled.
“There you are”. He then looked down at his brother and smirked. He then got up and ran into the forest chancing after his prey, Drake watched as Axle ran into the forest and then soon passed out.
After a few hours Drake woke up, his vision was blurry at first, so he tried to get up but felt a sharp pain in his stomach, he ignored it and got to his feet and by then his vision was clear again, but when he saw what was left of his village he wish he didn’t see it. His village was burnt to rubble and dead bodies were scattered in the village on the ground. Drake felt like he was going to be sick but kept it down, he then fell to his knees and let his arms hang at his side and his hands rested on the ground. Tears ran down his cheek as he looked at all the bodies of the people of his village, he then dropped his head.
“Why, why brother? Why did you kill you own people? Why did you slaughter everyone? Why, why?” he then grit his teeth.
“WHY!” Drake yelled out as he threw his head back.

Those memories brought a tear to Drake’s eye as he continued looking up at the night sky. He then whipped the tear away and looked at the city.
“Brother, I know you didn’t mean to do what you did, I just want to see you once more”. Just then a dark creature came up out of the ground and started to sneak up behind Drake, but before it could attack him Drake turned around holding his right hand open at the dark creature, Drake then fired a light energy ball at it turning it into a black mist. Drake then looked at the city.
“For some reason the dark creatures are gathering in this city now, I don’t know why but I’ll find out”. Drake then ran into the city and started jumping from roof to roof, keeping an eye out for anymore dark creatures.

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Chapter Five: The undying warrior

It was a particularly busy night, the streets were crowded with people as people pushed and shoved their way through the city. At the entrance of the city a man walked in as he stood there and stared at the city. His long black hair waved in the wind and his pure white eyes gazed at the city, his name was Rentoku, he was wearing a white padded short sleeve jacket, black shorts and blue shoes, and his arms were wrapped in white bandages from his shoulders to his fingers. He looked at the busy streets before heading further in. as he walked down the street people were giving him funny looks as they talked behind is back, he was fully aware that they were talking about him but he ignored them. Just then a man in a dark trench coat walked up behind him with his hand in his pocket. He walked right up behind Rentoku and pointed something into his back.
“Give me all your money pal, I don’t want to kill you here”, the man said to Rentoku. For a second Rentoku said nothing as he stood there with the man pointing what appeared to be a gun in his back, he then moved his head a little.
“Fine, but let’s go down that ally just so we don’t create a scene”, Rentoku said as he looked down the ally to his right. The man then looked down the ally and then back at Rentoku.
“Alright, but I don’t want any funny stuff”. The man then shoved Rentoku with his gun as they both walked down the ally. Once they were in the middle of the ally the man then took his gun out of his pocket and pointed it at Rentoku’s head.
“Now give me your money”. Rentoku moved his head a bit then quickly spun around knocking the man’s gun out of his hand with his left hand, as the man stumbled Rentoku lunged his fingers at the man hitting him in the area of his heart. The man froze as saliva ran out of his mouth, Rentoku then stared into his eyes as his pure white eyes sent fear down the man’s spine. Rentoku then started thrusting his fingers into the man’s body hitting him five times, and on the last hit the man flew backwards as he fell on the ground twitching and holding his chest as he started coughing up blood. Rentoku stood there with his left arm bent at his side and his right arm extended out and his head lowered. Rentoku then lifted his head and stood up strait, he looked at the man who was panicking and couldn’t stop coughing up blood. Rentoku stood over the man’s body staring down at him.
“It will be about five minutes before your internal organs stop functioning and you go into shock, soon after your body will fail and you’ll be dead. Maybe now you’ll learn that nothing good comes out of robbing someone”. Rentoku then started walking out of the ally leaving the man to die in the ally. Mean while above him was Malice watching him, he saw everything that Rentoku did and smiled.
“I’m impressed; he must know each pressure point and must know how to kill a man with only a few strikes. Even though he has great skills, he does not belong in this world”. Malice then stood up and then disappeared into a black portal.

Rentoku started walking down the street as he soon herd the scream of a young woman.
“He must have died sooner then I thought”. As he was walking down the street Malice appeared a few feet behind him, he then made his scythe appear in his hand, when he did that people started to scream in fear, but Renyoku didn’t stop walking. Malice just smiled and then snapped his fingers making a human shaped dark minion appear beside him, without saying anything he made the dark minion charge at Rentoku. The dark minion pulled out its large sword and then swung at Rentoku, Rentoku just ducked as the blade missed him, he looked at the dark minion and saw that it was open for an attack. Rentoku’s hands then glowed a light blue as he bent his fingers and started attacking the dark minion repeatedly, he then slammed his hand into the top of the dark minion turning it into a black mist. Rentoku stood there with his right hand close to the ground and his head lowered, he then looked up at Malice and now Rentoku had red veins on the side of his face near his eyes, Rentoku stood up strait and stared at Malice as his hands continued to glow a light blue. Malice just smiled as Rentoku.
“I’m very impressed, you took down one of my dark minion with ease, I knew you were skilled but I never through you were this skilled”. Malice then smiled evilly as he made a dark minion appear behind Rentoku and slash down at him. Rentoku stood there calmly and then jumped backwards flipping over the dark minion. Once he landed on the ground he lunged his right hand at the dark minions back with his fingers extended out, once he hit it in the back it froze for a second before turning into a black mist. Malice was shocked.
“What, he took it out with one hit, but how?” Malice said to himself. Rentoku then stood up smiling.
“Even though they may by made of pure darkness, they still have the same pressure points as a human or anything else, and I just hit it in one of the most deadliest spots, with one hit in that spot the person, or thing is killed instantly”. Rentoku then turned to his side and then stretched his arms out in front of him before spreading his legs and moving his arms out to his side standing in his attack pose.
“Now is that all you got, or should I be worried?” Malice just smirked as he snapped his fingers again and summoned up five dark minions and made then all attack Rentoku at once. Rentoku just smiled and as one tried to attack him he jumped backwards flipping onto his hands and then back to his feet. The dark minion weren’t far behind as they started attacking him again. Rentoku blocked, punched and kick them as they each came at him, he then did a windmill kick and then got low to the ground and tripped one of the dark minions making it fall to the ground, Rentoku then quickly bent the fingers of his right hand and brought it down on the fallen dark minion, once he hit it, it turned into a black mist. Rentoku wasted no time and quickly attack the other dark minions; he kicked and punched each of them sending them a few feet away from him. They all slid on their feet before charging at Rentoku again. Rentoku smiled as he spread his feet a bit and then let his right arm hang down in front of him, the dark minions then all jumped at him, Rentoku then started to spin to the side opening his hands, then a strange blue energy then started to form around him as his body started to spin like a top, the energy then started swirling around him, the energy stopped the dark minions attacks and then in burst out at them sending the dark minions flying through the air. Once they hit the ground they all turned into a black mist. Rentoku stopped spinning as his legs were spread and his arm hung down in front of him and behind his back. He then stood up and smiled as he looked at Malice. Malice couldn’t believe that all his dark minions were defeated so easily.
“This is impossible, I’ve never come across someone so strong before, he beat my dark minions like they were nothing, they never even laid one hit on him, he dodged or stopped there attack before they hit him, but how?” Rentoku then held his right arm behind his back and turned to his side as he open his left hand up and held it out at Malice.
“Now that I’ve taken care of your little minions, what do you say we start our fight now”, Rentoku said with a smirk on his face. Malice smiled and shook his head.
“You must have a death wish to want to fight me, but if that’s what you want”. Malice quickly disappeared and then reappeared behind Rentoku swinging his scythe at him. Rentoku just smiled as he ducked his attack, Malice’s eyes open wide when he dodged it.
“What, this isn’t possible, how did he dodge my attack?” Rentoku smiled again and then held himself up with his hands and kicked Malice in the jaw sending him into the air. Rentoku quickly pushed himself up into the air and then back handed Malice in the side of the face with his left hand. Malice was send down to the ground but quickly landed on his feet and jumped backwards, when he landed he was angry as he stared up at Rentoku.
“How dare he, he’s making me look like a fool”. As Rentoku landed on the ground Malice ran at him again swinging his scythe, Rentoku just ducked his attack, Malice then started swing one after another hoping to get him. Rentoku just moved back an forth as he dodge all his attacks, he then grabbed the pole of Malice’s scythe with his right hand and then opened his left hand as it glow a light blue, Rentoku then moved Malice’s scythe away and lunged the palm of his hand into Malice’s stomach, saliva came out of Malice’s mouth as his face went white, Rentoku then kicked him in the stomach sending him flying backwards. Malice slid on his side before coming to a stop, he let go of his scythe and placed his hands on his stomach as he tried to fight the pain in his stomach.
“What… the hell, did he do to me, why am I in such pain”. Rentoku then lowered his leg and slowly walked over to Malice.
“You’re lucky, if I used anymore energy in that attack you would be suffering some serous inner organ damage”. Malice then looked at him as he slowly got up to his feet grabbed his scythe again. Once he was on his feet you could see the anger in his eyes.
“That’s it, you’re starting to get on my nerves now, no one makes me look like a fool and lives to tell it”. Malice’s scythe then started to glow bright red as he started to lift it over his head. He then quickly brought it down and sent a large blade of energy cutting through the street heading at Rentoku. Rentoku stopped and shook his head as he smiled, the blade then hit him as it exploded around him. Malice smiled as he stood up strait and stared at where Rentoku was standing.
“I knew it, he didn’t stand a” but before he could finish what he was going to say he sensed something behind him, he slowly turned his head to see Rentoku in the air behind him, his eyes then opened wide as he fell towards him. Rentoku then spun around and kicked Malice in the side of the face knocking him off his feet. Rentoku then quickly grabbed him by his cloak and pulled him closer, he then let go and then held his hands out strait and held his two fingers out on his one hand, they glowed light blue and then he lunged his finger at him. He hit him several time and each time the strikes became faster. Soon he did one last strike that sent Malice flying backwards as he dropped his scythe and threw his head back as saliva flew out of his mouth. He hit the ground hard and then lifted his stomach into the air in pain and he screamed and rolled around due to the immense pain he was feeling. Rentoku landed on the ground with his hands at his side and a black expression on his face as he watched Malice roll around in pain.

Up on the top of a building looking over them was Siris. He stood there with his arms crossed as he watched Malice fight Rentoku.
“Hmmm, this guy is strong, he’s making Malice look like a weakling, but I wonder. He has dodged every one of Malice’s attacks; I wonder what his secret is”.

Rentoku then started to walk up to Malice. Malice then stopped rolling and looked at him.
“How, how do you dodge all my attacks?” Malice struggled to say as he tried to breath. Rentoku stopped and smiled as he looked at him, he then pointed to his eyes with his thumb.
“You see these eyes, there a rare technique that only people in my village can learn, with them I’m able to see anything around me, witch allows me to see an enemy attack and dodge it before they can hit me. So you see you lost this fight before it even started, you just didn’t know”. Rentoku then lowered his hand and started walking up to Malice again.
“Now, I guess I should finish this”. Rentoku’s hands then glow light blue again as he walked closer. Siris saw Rentoku walking closer so he jumped off the roof and landed in-between him and Malice. Rentoku stopped and stared at Siris
“I think you’ve roughed him up enough, I’ll take him away and leave you be”, Siris said to Rentoku. He then bent down and lifted Malice up and then the two of them disappeared into a black portal as is closed behind them. Rentoku then relaxed his body and the blue glow around his hands disappeared and the red veins on his face slowly disappeared, he then smiled as he closed his eyes.
“He must be here, with all these demons and what not, I have a good feeling he’ll show up sooner or later”. He then opened his eyes.
“I’ll find you, and make you pay for what you did to our village, Axle”.

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Chapter Six: The Gate Keeper

The sky darkened as lightning fell from the sky and the thunder echoed across the city. No rain could be seen, just the bright flashes of light from the lightning. Atop the highest building of the city stood a man wearing a brown tattered robe that covered his whole body and the loser half of his face, and his massive chainsaw sword rested on his back, all that could be seen was his blood red eyes and medium long white hair. His gaze fixed on the city below him as lightning crashed around him. He was the gate keeper of the three realms, Crimson.

Crimson is the gate keeper of the three realms: Earth, Heaven and the underworld. He controls and keeps the three realms at bay making sure they don’t break through into Earth. Earth is the middle realm of the three, both Heaven and the underworld are connected to it and one can’t get to the other without crossing through Earth. But even if that was possible they would haft to go through Crimson to get through the border of their realms and no one has ever done so, except one, and evil spirit known only as Chaos. Chaos had gotten past Crimson from the border of the underworld and escape to Earth, but without a body he couldn’t do much. Crimson has the ability to cross through the two borders of the earth freely, he is neither a demon, human nor and angel, but was entrusted to guard the gates to earth at all costs. He also has the ability to bring souls back from ether heaven or the underworld and return them to their bodies. You hear stories of people who died but then came back to life, people call it a miracle, but in reality it was Crimson return their soul to their body, he felt it wasn’t their time to die. But even though he can bring people back to life, he can also take it from them. He can banish people to ether heaven or the underworld with his powerful magic. He also has a special seal called the banishing seal; this can remove the effect of immortality from a person allowing him to send them to one of the two realms. He also has the ability to look into people’s souls to see the terrible or good things they have done, this tells him who deserves to go to Heaven, or to burn in the underworld. Crimson is a person to be feared, his power surpasses anyone on earth, it is also believed that he is far more powerful then god or the devil themselves, but Crimson is loyal to his job as the gate keeper and will never challenge god or the devil.

Crimson stared out at the city for a few more seconds; he then looked down and jumped off the building. He landed in an ally as he made a soft landing. He then got up and started to walk out of the ally. A man was hiding behind a wall as Crimson walked closer to him, the man took a quick looked and then pulled out a gun. The man then turned around the corner just as Crimson got close; the man was about to say something but his mouth dropped as he dropped his gun and stared up at Crimson as Crimson’s sword shined in the city lights. Crimson stood at 6’5 towering over the man. The man stood in fear as he stared up at Crimson.
“I see great fear in you”, Crimson said to him as his eyes stared into the man’s soul. Crimson then saw what the man had done earlier that day, he saw him kill an innocent woman and seal her money. Crimson’s eyes now burned with rage at what he had just seen.
“You killed that young woman and left her to die in the street as you took her money”. The man was shocked as he slowly back away. The man then tripped and fell face first; he then turned around to see Crimson slowly walking towards him. The man started to back up while he was sitting on the ground. Crimson then stopped and held his right hand open at the man.
“You have done terrible things and now you will pay for it”. Just then a large glowing red ring appeared around Crimson’s wrist, the man tried to scream but couldn’t get anything out of his mouth. Crimson then squint his eyes as the palm of his hand glowed a white, then seven red glowing energy tentacles shot out of the ring and stuck into the man. The man’s face went pale white as his body started to go limp. The tentacles then came out of the man carrying a glowing white orb with them; the white orb rested in Crimson’s hand as the ring disappeared, Crimson then looked at the orb in his hand.
“Now, you will burn in the deeps of the underworld for what you’ve done”. The orb then turned red as it caught on fire. Crimson then moved his hand away as the orb slowly fell to the ground and then going into the ground on its way to the underworld. Crimson then looked up and started to walk out of the ally again.
“Another soul sent to the underworld”. He then stopped as he exited the ally and then looked up at the sky as it started to clear up.
“But there is something else at hand here, something of pure evil, could it be”. Crimson then smiled.
“Chaos, so you are not gone, you never did return to the underworld, I knew I should have sent you there myself. Well this time you will return to where you belong”.

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Chapter Seven: The Returning Hero

The night was young, the full moon shined down on the city lighting it up. People in the sanctuary had had gone to sleep for the night, and Tethys made her rounds to see if anyone needed any help. Once everything was good Tethys exited the sanctuary and headed out into the city. The city streets were pretty dead, there was the rare person that would be walking down the street, but Tethys didn’t mind it. She walked down the street as she looked up at the moon once and awhile. She then stopped in her place as she looked around.
“What was that, that feeling, it was there for a second then it just disappeared”. She stood there for a minute before she started walking again.

On top of a building just over Tethys stood a man, it was one of the black cloaked men, he stared down at Tethys as she started walking again.
“That was to close, I nearly gave away me location to her, can’t let her know I’m here, at least not yet”, He said with a smile on his face. He then disappeared into a black portal as it closed behind him.

Tethys walked down the street minding her own business, she got the odd look now and then, but as long as no one bothered her she didn’t care. The man in the black cloak stood on a building close to her, he held what looked like a double sided spear in his right hand, he then tossed it down at Tethys as it spun in the air. The spear was about to hit her but Tethys looked up to see it just in time, so she rolled to the left just getting missed by it. Tethys stopped rolling and got to her feet as she crouched low to the ground unsheathing her katana’s while she did. She looked at the spear that was now stuck in the concrete sidewalk she was just on.
“So I was right, someone was watching me”. Just then a black portal opened up in the middle of the street to Tethys’s left; Tethys quickly got up and stood there ready for whoever tried to attack her. A man then walked out of the black portal, and when he was fully out of it the portal disappeared. The man stood at 7 feet tall wearing a black cloak, he had semi long black hair and thick black side burns and dark brown eyes. The man stared at Tethys with an evil grin on his face, just then the spear that almost hit Tethys disappeared. Tethys took a quick look to see it disappear and then looked back at the man with anger in her eyes.
“Who are you, and why did you attack me?” the man just laughed.
“My name is Baron little lady, and I sensed the power within you and thought you might be able to show me a good fight”. Tethys was a little worried, she couldn’t tell what kind of power he had, she knew she had to play it safe.
“Great, someone else that wants to fight me, I can’t tell how strong he is, but judging by his size, he must have a great deal of power, I better be careful”, Tethys said to herself, she then tighten the grip on her Katana’s waiting for what ever he threw at her.
“Look I wish not to fight you Baron, I have no reason to”. Baron just started to laugh.
“Well that’s too bad, because I going to fight you whether you want to or not. Now get ready”. Baron then threw his hands behind his back and spread his feet apart, just then a strange wind started to blow, and then a started to swirl near Baron. Baron then threw his hands over his head as six small twisters formed around him. The intense winds blew at Tethys, so she covered her face with her arms. Baron then grinned as he threw his arms to his side and lifted his head up. The twisters disappeared and left six double sided spears in their place. Baron then lowered his head as he held his hands out, two of the spears flew into his hands and the other four hovered behind him, Baron chuckled as he stared at Tethys. Tethys moved her hands away from her face and then saw the six spears he now had, sweat started to roll down her face now.
“Great, he had six spears, just my luck, but I can’t let the get to me now”, Tethys said to her self as she got into her defense stance. Baron just smirked as one of his spears started to spin rapidly and then launched at Tethys. Tethys saw the spear coming at her so she quickly used the shadows to disappear and reappear on the side of a building. Baron looked up and smiled as his other three spears floating behind him started to spin and then launched at Tethys. Tethys quickly jumped off the building and to the ground, the spear just missed her as it tore threw the side of the building causing chucks on the building to fall to the ground, and as the smoke cleared there was a large gash in the building. Tethys landed on her hands and then flipped to her feet only to haft to duck as another Spear flew by her cutting a bit of her hair, and then she quickly rolled to the left to miss his last spear. Every one of Baron’s spear returned to his side as they continued to spin.
“Well, I haft to say you do have some moves little lady, but lets see you dodge this”. The four spears behind his then all launched at Tethys at once. Tethys jumped over the first spear and then jumped backwards to avoid the next, but as she tried to turn to the side to miss the next one it cut her across her back, as she grit her teeth the last spear cut her across the left arm. Tetys fell to one knee as she fought the pain she was feeling. The spear then returned to Baron and stopped spinning, Baron just smiled at Tethys’s pain.
“I see your not as fast as I thought, such a shame, I was hoping you would last a bit longer, but that’s what I get for getting my hopes up”. Just then Baron’s smile disappeared; he could feel something coming from Tethys. Tethys then slowly raised her head up and her once ice blue eyes were now red; Tethys then got up to her feet and smiled as she kept her head low.
“So you want a fight, then so be it, but you’ll be sorry”. Tethys then lifted her head and started to run at Baron. The spears floating around him started to spin again and then launched at Tethys. Tethys moved from side to side with great speeds dodging each of his spears as she ran at Baron with both of her Katana’s over her shoulders. Baron saw his attacks missed her and was surprised, he then raised his spear in his right hand over his left shoulder and swung it at Tethys. Tethys just smiled as she quickly stopped and jumped over his head just as he swung his spear, Baron watched as she flew over his head. Tethys then landed on the ground and quickly launched herself at Baron’s back and swung both of her Katana’s at him. Her blades cut him in the back as he stumbled forward; Tethys then jumped back and smirked as she readied to attack again.
“So how was that, was that more to your liking”. Baron said nothing but then started to shake with laughter. He then stood up strait as he threw his head back laughing; he then lowered his head and stopped laughing. Just then the wounds on his back started to heal over and even started to repair the cuts in his cloak. Tethys couldn’t believe it, Baron then turned around and looked at Tethys with an evil grin on his face as his four spears returned to him.
“It’s been so long since someone has hurt me like that, but so sad, I can’t be injured that easy, I’m not like any race on this planet, I’m not human, nor demon, we are our own race you see”. Tethys herd what he said and then started to worry again.
“Damn, he can heal himself whenever he wants, and what does he mean we, are there more like him?” Baron then grinned at her as his four spears started to spin again but this time each of them formed a small twister around them. They then started to head towards Tethys as they tore through the street. Tethys went to jump out of the way but they quickly changed direction and head at her, the first one clipped her in the right arm, then the next one hit her in the left, the third one knocked her back and the last one tossed her into her air. Tethys fell to the ground and landed with a thud dropping her Katana’s to the ground, she then bit her lip trying to hold in the pain. Baron’s spear retuned to him as the small twisters disappeared; he then started to walk towards Tethys. Tethys looked at him as he came closer; she then grabbed one of her katanass and tossed it at him. Baron stopped walking and just smirked as he slashed his spear upwards knocking Tethys’s Katana away. He then lowered his spear and smiled evilly.
“Your life ends here little lady, you put up a good fight but I come out as the victor yet again”. One of the spears floating behind Baron started to spin rapidly as a strong wind formed around it, it then launched at Tethys. Tethys was helpless, she couldn’t move and wouldn’t be able to get out of the way, and she closed her eye and waited for her death. Just then a shadowy figure ran across the roof tops and jumped down at Tethys, and then swung his sword knocking Baron’s spear into the air. Tethys opened her eyes when she heard the cling of the sword and spear; she looked up to see a man standing in front of her with his sword extended over her head. His white hair moved in the wind as his red scarf flapped in the wind, his lower face was covered by a fabric mask that rested tightly on his face, he also wore a sleeveless black shirt with a grey vest overtop of it, he had long black arm stocking gloves on with metal plates on the side of the gloves, and on the side of his left arm was a red marking of his clan, he also had black pants and black shoes that were made of a light weight material making it easier for him to move around. The man’s pure white eyes looked at Tethys as he smiled.
“Don’t worry Tethys I won’t let you be killed by this guy”. Tethys was shocked.
“How does he know my name, I’ve never seen him before, but why do I feel like I know him”. The man then stood up and turned to Baron.
“Attacking an innocent woman while she’s down, where is your honor?” Baron grit his teeth as his spear returned to him.
“Damn it, where the hell did you come from?” The man just smiled. Baron was now getting made as he lunched his four spears at the man. The man ran full hearted at the spears and then jumped off them and then jumped over Baron landing behind him, the man then swung his blade creating a pillar of lightning that sent Baron flying past Tethys. Baron hit the ground hard as he dropped his spear in his hands. The man lowered his sword and look to Tethys.
“Tethys get to the side, let me handle this”. Tethys nodded her head and walked as fast as she could to the side, the man then looked at Baron as he started to get up. Baron was raging mad now as he got back to his feet.
“Now you’ve done it, now I’m mad”. Just then the two spears Baron was holding hovered off the ground as the other four hovered around Baron spinning rapidly. just then the man sheathed his sword on his back and crossed his arms above his head, he then threw his hands behind his back and spread his legs apart as two lightning sword appeared in his hands. Tethys’s eyes open wide when she saw this.
“I know those swords, but it can’t be”, Tethys said as she stared hard at the man. Baron then launched his six spears at the man and the man just ran at them again. As they got close to him the man just knocked them away with his swords, he then crossed his arms and tossed both of his swords at Baron as they spun through the air. Baron jumped over them and as he did the man jumped up at Baron and spun and kicked him to the ground. Baron hit the ground hard again and the man landed on the ground and spun around to face Baron again as he caught his swords and then made them disappears. Baron got up as his spear returned to him, you could almost se the steam going out of his ears now he was so mad. The man just smiled and then made a disk with four blades, one over top of another, appear in his hand. The blade’s then spread out over the disk as the man readied for another attack. As soon as Baron looked up the man tossed the disk making it spin and cut through the air, he then held his two fingers of his left hand up to his mouth and said a short chant. Just then his one disk became two. Baron’s eyes open wide but as the two disks passed by them, he just started to laugh.
“Ha, you missed”. The man then chuckled
“No I didn’t”. Just then something shined in the moon light, there were several thin wires attached to the man’s finger that lead to the two disks. The man then pulled on the wires causing the disks to come back around and start to wrap around Baron. Baron was now bind buy the wires as the two disks crashed into the buildings on each side sticking into them. The man then tied the wires to two daggers and tossed them into the ground. Baron was now restrained and couldn’t move, Baron stared at him as he tried to get free but to no use.
“Who are you?” the man smiled and closed his eyes.
“My name is…” he then opened his eyes.
“Ares, the reborn angel”. Tethys looked at Ares looking him up and down.
“Ares? But why does he remind me of…?” Ares then held his right hand behind his back as a blue lightning ball formed in his hand.
“Now it’s time to finish this”. Ares then ran at Baron still holding his hand behind him. Baron saw him running at him with the ball of lightning behind him so he got one of his spears and made it start to cut the wires one by one. Ares then jumped at Baron throwing the palm of his hand at Baron. Baron finally got free and then quickly took one of his spears and spun it in front of him as Ares attack hit his spear. A blinding blue light erupted in the middle of Baron’s spear and Ares hand as lightning shot out everywhere. The two of them pushed at each other with ether budging an inch. Soon the two of them jumped away from each other and stood there staring at each other.
“You’re good Ares”.
“Same for you”. The two of them smiled at each other.
“Then maybe next time we can fight again, till then”. And with that Baron disappeared into a black portal behind him. Once it disappeared Ares walked over to Tethys and stuck his hand out to her.
“Need some help up?” Tethys grabbed his hand and was lifted to her feet; she dusted herself off and looked at Ares.
“Thank you, I owe you my life”.
“I’d say we’re even now”, Ares said with smile on his face. Tethys was now confused.
“Who are you stranger?” Ares laughed.
“I’m surprised you don’t recognize me Tethys has it really been that long that you have forgotten your own son?” Tethys was shocked at what he said, she couldn’t say anything. Ares then took his face mask off and smiled at her. tehys placed her hand on his cheek as she looked at him.
“Axle?” she then smiled as tear ran down her face. She then wrapped her arms around him and cried her eyes out.
“Axle it really is you, I thought you were dead”. Ares then wrapped his arms around her.
“I’m sorry I had to leave you all, but I had no choice, but I’m back now”. Tethys moved away a bit with her arms still around him.
“I’m so happy your alive Axle, you have no idea how happy this makes me”. Tethys then rested her head on his chest again.
“I know, I know”. Ares then looked up at the sky as he thought about Baron.
“Who was he, and why do I get the feeling something bad is going to happen. It doesn’t matter right now, I think it’s time to catch up on lost time”, Ares said to himself as he held Tethys there letting her cry until she couldn’t cry any more.