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Post by kitten on Sept 9, 2007 22:57:13 GMT -5
Haru’s screams of pain died down now hurt all over causing her to get numb to the feeling now. She had a hopeless look on her face, though she let out a small cry when the knife dug into her leg only to get pulled back out. Her ears lowered at his words and she stared at the ground at the puddle of blood beneath her. She waited for him to come back and finish her off. She looked up from the floor when she heard the door open looking into the darkness to try and see who it was. She let out a small yelp when she felt her weight return to her feet putting pressure on her hurt legs. She looked up at Ryu a hurt look still on her face but her eyes showed she was happy to see him, she didn’t say anything to him though, as he helped her out of the room. She wanted to ask him so many things but she didn’t want to talk she didn’t want to get hurt again.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 9, 2007 23:04:05 GMT -5
Ryu continued to keep Haru to him, sneaking with her through the dark tunnels. It wasn't long before they were almost out of the dungeons. But strangely, out of no where, Ryu went and set Haru down gently against the wall, not letting her back touch anything, though, letting her lay on her side. Ryu unsheathed his katana, and disappeared, leaving no presence behind. It was a large room they were in. It was the junction between the dungeons and the south common hall of the castle. A circular room with small windows that let moonlight inside, lighting the room dimly, but easy enough for a demon to see clearly. There was a sudden clash of energy, and Haru would be able to see as she lay there. Ryu and Vishas had both seemed to have just... appeared? Ryu was blocking a knife stab from Vishas, before he kicked Vishas' legs out from under him, and swung down with the katana, intent to kill. Two dim glowing orbs formed in Ryu's mask. He had got into his full demon form, and held the katana ready, Vishas circling around Ryu, the knife glowing a deep blood red. Neither of them said a thing.
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Post by kitten on Sept 9, 2007 23:15:09 GMT -5
Haru practically clung to Ryu as they made there way through the tunnels then the stopped. Why were they stopping? Haru looked at Ryu confused as hell. She shivered at the thought of being alone now, glancing around for Ryu. Then he appeared again along with Vishas she cringed upon seeing the old man. Something was different about Ryu now he was in his demon form something she had never seen, but was he really going to kill Vishas? She watched as Vishas circled Ryu, trying to sit up better. She looked away from the two taking in the room looking around at everything before she looked back, she was hopeing Vishas was going to get what was coming to him.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 9, 2007 23:26:37 GMT -5
Ryu narrowed his eyes as Vishas moved in, stabbing at his neck. Ryu swung his sword to deflect the attack. He hit nothing but air.. What? Vishas had performed a feint, acting as if to stab for the neck, but the knife found it's way into Ryu's rib cage. Ryu didn't even flinch, but swung his hands down to try and knock the interrogator out. Vishas moved his head forward, his forehead hitting Ryu on the chin, before Vishas elbowed Ryu in the throat. Coughing, Ryu stumbled back a step, Vishas took advantage. The interrogator grabbed Ryu's left arm, yanking on it with a pop as it was pulled of of socket, but Vishas used the pull in a different way. When he pulled Ryu, he plunged the knife into Ryu's side just under the armpit, before using it as a lever to slam Ryu into the ground face first. A sickening crack, as the interrogator then broke the wrist of Ryu's dislocated arm, and pulled the knife out.
Ryu lay quite still, but was still breathing, a hoarse pant as he tried to rise. Vishas pushed Ryu onto his back, before raising the knife, and stabbing down at Ryu's throat. Ryu used his right arm, which wasn't dislocated, and slung the interrogator into the floor, then used his demonic strength to grip the interrogator's forearm and squeeze hard, the bones shattering and the grip on the knife loosening. Ryu disarmed Vishas of the knife, and took it for himself, stabbing down at Vishas' heart.
It was a struggle as Vishas fought to hold Ryu off, and Ryu, with so many wounds, had to end it now or he wouldn't be able to endure any more fighting. A low growl, and the knife sunk an inch into Vishas' chest. The fight slowly drained out of the interrogator after the knife had sunked in some. Ryu forced the knife fully into the man's heart, before he panted some, and slowly stood up, walking to get his katana. A puddle of blood formed around Vishas. " .... "
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Post by kitten on Sept 9, 2007 23:38:37 GMT -5
Haru watched the fight flinching when Ryus arm was dislocated and his wrist broken. She rose to her feet stumbling forward a few steps before she lened aginst the wall on the side of her arm that wasn’t hurt. Trying to fight off her own pain as she watched what was playing out in front of her. She didn’t speak a word though. Ryu had this won she seen that from the start he wasn’t going to let some human beat him. Once it was all over she gripped the wall with her hand keeping herself in place. “ are you ok?”, she asked hoarsely.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 10, 2007 0:25:00 GMT -5
Ryu grabbed up his katana and sheathed it silently. He looked over at Haru, limping to her somewhat. " No.. " He placed his arm around her waist, and he began to help her through the castle. Not many got in their way, at least, not enough to make Ryu have to stop and knock them out. He reached a door by a gatehouse, which had one guard. Ryu set Haru down, then slipped into the shadows. He appeared over the guard, coming down on the man and striking him in the throat, keeping him from making a noise. Ryu grabs the man's arm, faceplanting him into the wall, before hammerfisting the guy in the side of the head, knocking him up against the wall and unconcious. Ryu goes back to Haru, grabs her about the waist, and proceeds out of the castle with her. Once they reached the forest, she could speak.
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Post by kitten on Sept 11, 2007 20:41:50 GMT -5
Once they were out of the castle, and into the woods she stopped walking pulling away from him a little and nearly falling on her face when she didn't have help to stand. " Who was that guy?! How did he know you? what happened to you back there?", she asked them so fast wanting to know it all, she was still in great pain, her back, arms, shoulder, everything was hurting but her wounds were slowly healing on there own, she was shaking a little from a fear she was never going to get over. " please just answer me this time Ryu"
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Post by Ryu on Sept 12, 2007 3:54:18 GMT -5
His hands found her waist again quickly when she began to draw away, despite how dazed he was. He kept her from falling and opening her wounds more, and set her down against a tree. Ryu wished he had more of his supplies with him, but all he had were bandages. He pulls the satchel from his belt and sets it beside Haru, silently unpacking the bandages. He heard all her questions... but he didn't answer. He had so much on his mind, it was an overload and he felt like he might get a nosebleed from it all. After all Haru had been through, did he have any right to deny here any of his knowledge? No.. she'd suffered too much because of him, he could not reject her. It might have appeared he wasn't going to answer at first, but as he got busy bandaging Haru's body, he spoke quietly, but loud enough to here. " Interrogator Vishas. We were.. co-workers.. I guess you could say. I guess.." He looked at her. Yes.. what had happened to him? Ryu could hardly think of it, but if anything, he figured he was relapsing into his killer instincts. " I knew Vishas tortured you.. just to spite me. I only wanted to knock him out and move on.. but it was a blur.. I.. killed him. I don't think this is over, not now. "
Ryu looked up at Haru, just to see her expression, before he went back to bandaging her wounds. The bandages had a strange salve on them, not to make her wounds heal not only faster, but more cleanly. When they did heal, they'd only be white thin marks from the knife, not jagged rugged skin like they would have been. After he finished, Ryu sat back and began to bandage his own wounds, having first to fix his arm, and then bandage his wrist with the aid of two strong, thin sticks. It'd be good in a couple of days. He spoke, while he bandaged. A long explanation as to why Ryu was in this situation...
" The demon slayers taught me how to defend myself, using any weapon I could get my hands on. I had so much skill.. and as the Scarlet Crusaders saw.. so much potential. I met a man named Mograine, High Inquisitor Mograine. He had sent letter for me to meet him outside of the village, and we spoke. I told him I wanted to save lives, like the demon slayers. He convinced me that I would be doing just that.. saving the good from the evil. Being a hero among the people, be their shield.. Things went well.. for some time. "
" One day. A village full of demon worshippers were said to be summoning up a great demon, a vile one.. I was tasked to watch over a captain and his squad as they stopped the acts of evil. Usually this was below me, since they had me killing high-ranked humans who aided evil demons across Japan. But.. as I watched.. Our crusaders.. they killed women and children, men, all who had no weapons. I searched the village. There was no signs of any evidence to suspect they'd been trying to summon a demon.. something was amiss. The captain looted the village and went back to the castle. I was certain that somehow we had been mistaken. Those who lived, I made sure were not executed.. I had them kept as prisoners, the best I could do for them. When I got back to the castle, things changed. "
"The Scarlet Crusade is a cult of religious fanatics. Vanquishing evil.. No. Evil is anyone who opposes their rule. These men did hideous things. Getting children at a young age, warping their minds with filth and lies. Just so the crusade could continue through the next generation. A brain-washing cult.. It didn't take me long to figure out everything once I knew what to look for. But.. I had two choices. Leave or try to stop them.. The only way to stop them would lead to many deaths, and likely failure.. So, I faked my death.. They must have thought me dead until one of their paladins found me. I hadn't expected them to react so strongly.. sending Vishas to bring me back. Haru.. I'm so sorry. "
His voice had grown more sober and depressed as he went on, he looked at her now, truely remorseful for what'd he put her through. He was sorry for her.. but he had to remember. He had to get her away from him, as soon as he could. Who knew how long they had, before crusaders came for him, or even worse, an officer of the crusaders, like Vishas.
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Post by kitten on Sept 12, 2007 23:34:29 GMT -5
Haru sat up against the tree looking at Ryu her golden eyes watching him closely not really meaning to. She was still shaky from what had happened flinching at the lightest touch as he began to bandage her wounds. She didn’t think he was going to answer at first and she looked away staring down at the ground, perking up a little when she heard his voice. “ you worked with him…?” , This made her wonder a little more about Ryu but she knew he would tell her more he wouldn’t just stop at this. “ You had to do what you had to do whether you meant to or not, if you hadn’t of he would have just came back, and cause you more trouble, you know that you did the right thing Ryu”, she said leaning her head against the tree when he was done wrapping her wounds.
The salve felt good on her wounds, causing the pain to die down a little.her face held the same expression on her face, one of both uncertainty and exhaustion , but she didn’t think any less of Ryu after all of this, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She didn’t even know how to be mad at Ryu, sure she had gotten used by Vishas, but Ryu came and saved her all was right again in a sort of messed up way.
She Listened to his story of how he got involved in this mess. How he had learned what they really were, and how he got away from them. He was very observant she knew that now, probably smarter than the humans in this cult. His story sent chills down her back thinking that there were more of them, these people sounded crazy. But like Ryu had said they were probably taken from there parents just as they had done to other kids, but she felt no pity for them. At this point she seen Humans as nothing but nuisance. A new question came up, Why did he have to fake his death? Why couldn’t he just leave, and why were they coming for him, was he really that good at this or did they want him dead so he couldn’t tell others about what they really were, a cult.
“ Don’t be sorry if it wouldn’t have been me then it might have been you”, she said with a weak smile closing her eyes. “ Ryu why do they want you back?”, why was a word she used a lot maybe to many times for her own good. “ are they afraid you might tell someone about what they really are or something? Or are you that strong?”, she had many more questions about the crusaders that she wanted to ask but didn’t want to bother Ryu with them she Knew he was just as tired as she was if not more, he had more to worry about than her, probably more than she knew.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 13, 2007 4:14:34 GMT -5
It was best for Kitten to ask what questions she wanted now, sooner of later, Ryu would meet up with on of the crusaders who were stronger than him. Ryu answered as best he could, his attention fading some from weariness. " They want me back.. because I was useful.. " He mulled over her question. No.. Ryu could tell everyone he wanted, and it wouldn't matter. " The scarlet crusade is known by many.. but most think of it as a religious movement to purge evil demons from the world. They don't know that it's an evil cult and just how deep it's roots run. I could tell everyone this.. but.. I'd be just another demon trying to call the scarlet crusade evil. What would people think of me? I'm upset because they're hunting me. Heh.. I got no chance. " He was quiet for a few moments, thinking likely.
" They thing I'm useful because of an ability I have.. I can sneak very well,, not leave a trace.. but the ability they seem to have a fix on. I can channel my demonic energy into my body and get a short burst of speed. propelling me quite far, and fast enough to not be seen by even most demons. I can kill a target, without being seen.. no trace, and only because of sheer speed. No human can do this, nor many demons. Because of my usefulness, I had to fake my death.. once you join the Scarlet Crusaders.. you can't just walk away. You're apart of them until you die. Even with my strength.. many of the officers in the Scarlet Crusade have the ability to kill me... I'm overwhelmed; and trapped in a corner, as it seems. " He frowned at Haru. This meant he had a mark on his head, and he'd have to somehow manage to kill off the head of the scarlet crusade.. or die.
" I'm taking you back to my village tomorrow.. They'll protect you while I try to find a way around this. "
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Post by kitten on Sept 13, 2007 22:43:23 GMT -5
Haru shook her head slightly, wondering if Ryu really knew what they were coming after him for, “ do you really think they would just take you back? What if they are planning to kill you or something? But you know more about this than I do so your probably right“, she said with a yawn, she opened her eyes and gave him a hard look before rolling her eyes. “ So negative ooo I got no chance”, she mocked him sticking her tongue out at him. “ after what I seen tonight I think you have a good chance even if some of them are stronger than you, has that ever stopped you before? Trapped in a corner my sore ass, you walked away still alive even if you had to fake your death it doesn’t mater all they are, are humans how hard can if be to kill em? “, ok maybe she thought a little to much of Ryu and had to much fun making fun of him but still all she said was the truth anything alive had to die sometime, its not like they were immortal. She blinked when she heard he was taking her back to his village shaking her head now she had to object. “ But I want to come with you! Come on Ryu I can help I don’t wanna stay at the village”, she whined and begged to come with him knowing he wasn’t going to let her but she had to try.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 14, 2007 0:32:22 GMT -5
" As you saw first-hand... with men like Vishas.. They have ways of making you agree to anything. " He looked at her, grimacing a bit at her mocking. Yes, he had one.. but fighting one of the higher officers would be like fighting three of Vishas.. The wounds he'd suffered from that fight. No, there'd be no way he could fight the officer's on his own. He looked at Haru, listening to her objections. " We're going to stay at the village for a couple of days. You're going to learn how to protect yourself... if you want to come with me, that is. " Ryu could be lying. Haru would be off training, and Ryu would pack up and leave. But, it really was the only chance she had. Ryu then drew close to Haru, and spoke. " Now.. you'll need your rest, and you'll need it quick. Sleep. " Ryu, out of nowhere, bit Haru's arm. Yes, bit it quite quickly to where it felt more like a blur of movement. The demon sat back where he was, and watched Haru's eyes. She'd only have the few seconds to feel shocked and maybe angry, then her mind would begin to cloud some. She'd be able to feel every blade of grass, every light breeze, before she'd just fall asleep. Ryu's fangs were poisonous, not deadly, but good for knocking someone out. Unfortunately.. Ryu couldn't just bite himself to go to sleep. He was immune to most poisons. So, he tried to relax and fall asleep.. but his body was stuck in his fighting phase. Energetic and quick, he'd never fall asleep this way. Ryu frowned, rubbing his brow some.
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Post by kitten on Sept 14, 2007 22:07:15 GMT -5
Haru nodded to him she didn’t care to train if it meant she could go with Ryu, but something was telling her not to trust him on this one, but she shrugged the feeling off against her better judgment. She gave him a weird look when he came close to her a tired look on her face as she listened to him tell her she should sleep, always telling her what to do it seemed, Haru don’t kill humans, Haru don’t poke that old man with a stick ,now its Haru go to sleep. Meh. She winced a little, not because of pain, but because of the surprise of his bite. She pulled her arm away and opened her mouth to yell at him leaning forward a bit before she began to feel sleepy, her eyes closing slowly before she slumped to the side resting her head in the grass asleep, she would rib him about it as soon as she woke up.
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Post by Ryu on Sept 15, 2007 1:27:58 GMT -5
Well, he knew she'd get all pissy when she woke up, but since she wouldn't have to worry about wounds, fear of enemies, or really anything else in her drug-induced sleep, she would be well-rested tomorrow. It took some time for Ryu to fall asleep, but soon enough he did. It was a little after dawn when Ryu awoke, and he rubbed his eyes. Sniffing the air, he quickly smelled that their situation was unsafe. He could smell dogs, and a man. His senses awoke more, and he picked up on the aura of the human, he was somewhat powerful, along the lines with Vishas. Ryu pulled on his black clothing, before replacing his make-shift mask, a strip of black cloth. He figured he should wake sleeping beauty. Kneeling by her, he would smack her cheek some, but place his hand over her mouth when she did awake. He only gave her a cautious look, then sniffed the air to see where the human and dogs had moved to now.
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Post by kitten on Sept 15, 2007 17:19:12 GMT -5
she didn't so much as move through the night, she would have slept all day if Ryu wouldn't have smacked her lightly to get her up and awake. she opened her eyes slightly though they were still half closed till he put his hand over her mouth. She was confused now wondering what was wrong when she seen the look he gave her. she sat up, swatting Ryus hand from her mouth, she glanced around trying to get a look at what he was sensing but she didn't see anything so the human must have been a ways away. " Why cant I talk?", she whispered
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