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Kazakura Respected Elder
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:47 pm | |
| Ieyui Nobomenu Renmiri Yojuyogo Hasatekanae Kutamae
The words echoed softly as Rubi sat on her shoulder. She smiled as she sang, working to keep the power of the Soul Eater at bay. And it was working. Until they both caught the sound of the woman's voice. Rubi's eyes closed as she waited patiently, smiling. She let her body sway to the song before Adrian shook lightly. His eyes were focused on the water in front of her.
"Adrian? Adrian! Snap out of it!" Rubi shouted as Adrian fell, his body shaking.
He hit his knees before he began to crawl forward. He coughed up blood his body shaking as he pushed himself forward. He continued forward, his arms shifting as he winced. His eyes squeezed shut as he curled up. His body throbbed in pain as Rubi tugged the metal flask from his robes. She flew forward, before working at the cap, her muscles working as she tried hard. Her paws worked as she growled before finally getting it to unscrew. Slipping the top off she dunked it into the water before she glanced back at the male.
Adrian was now on his back. He was panting, his eyes glazed over as he lay there. His chest heaved as he breathed. She quickly pulled the flask up her body much stronger for being the size of a cat with wings. Her tail twitched as she flapped her wings, carrying herself back over to the swordsman. She put the flask down and worked, getting it to his lips before tilting it. She poured the water into his mouth, and he drank lightly. As the water did what they both knew it would, he reached up grabbing the flask from her before turning it over. He emptied it before he dropped it. Rolling onto his stomach he crawled forward to the water. Cupping his hand he drank a few handfuls before he collapsed, panting, his eyes closing.
"Rubi... Thanks..." he muttered to the cat who came to sit beside her friend and master.
"I'm telling you, you have to get it looked at! You said your grandmother's seal had weakened and that was how she opened it. Maybe another priestess could seal it away again." the cat said.
The two of them were still unaware of the priestess, though they either chose to ignore the tiger or they didn't notice it either.
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| | | Kazakura Respected Elder
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:18 pm | |
| "I'm fine." he said, shaking as his arms pushed, lifting his upper body from the ground.
"He's not fine! HEY! Lay back down!" Rubi countered.
Her paw swiped against his wrist, taking his arm out from under him. Falling Adrian grunted, and shifted to his back, panting lightly. His long black Yakuta hid any wounds he had though there was a dark glow coming from his chest to the spiritually aware. He stared up at her, his eyes narrowing. he was trying to place her, but for whatever reason as familiar as she seemed, he had no idea where he had seen her.
"Now, stay the fuck down and tell her about it or I will. And I know everything because you talk in your sleep." Rubi said, glaring at Adrian.
"It's nothing more than a curse. Now, please. Let me be."
"It's a RUNE! She might know a priestess! And if she knows one as powerful as your grandmother, then you've got a chance! If they can seal the Soul Eater away then you wont ever have to worry about the curse again!"
"I'm not nearly that lucky. Mizuho was strong. Strangely so even among priestess'."
"Baka! Excuse him miss. He's just upset because he's got a curse." she said, tugging at his robes, revealing the symbol of the Soul Eater on his chest. "Can you help us?"
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| | | Kazakura Respected Elder
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:47 pm | |
| Adrian's head fell back as he gave up trying to stand. The cat was pawing at the rune on his chest as it glowed. His hand shot up, catching her wrist as he shook. The skin on his arm began to decay, aging rapidly until it fell away. The blood red bones pulled, his eyes shining brightly as he leaned toward her. He growled, and his free hand came up. Just being near him, she felt like she might have the very life sucked out of her. But that vanished as quickly as it came, his body laying back once more. The cat was singing again, her eyes closed, her fore paws pressed together as she swayed back and forth lightly. When his hand released hers it fell to the ground. His eyes opened and he stared up at the moon.
"Amaterasu... Onnotangu.. Have you forsaken your son? Whatever this thing is... It's no demon. No spirit. It is the incarnation of life and death... Please... If you can put it away, do. I don't want to see what it shows me."
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:57 am | |
| "Are you from the Katsuhito clan?" he asked, his eyes focused on the woman in front of him.
She seemed so familiar, but at the same time she was a stranger. Rubi's song ended and he just lay there, staring up at her. He quirked an eyebrow and slowly rose, his elbows tucking under him to support him. He shook the dizziness off before he looked back to Kaza. Something was wrong here. If a seal were all that were needed to suppress the Soul Eater what would happen the next time something happened. This was going to be a bitch if something emotional happened. And Adrian was an emotional wreck. Or 'emo' if you wanted to be a dick about it. But that's what happens to people who's lives are in shambles.
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:03 pm | |
| "The Temple of Time? Is that anything like the Shrine of Amateratsu? The Tomb of Goranova? The Ruins of the Oni Lords?" he asked, slowly sitting up.
He winced, rubbing at the mark on his chest. It still really hurt, but it wasn't the same pain he'd been in moments before. His eyes narrowed, watching the beautiful priestess before they widened.
"You! I know you. I've see you. Ah... Akiko..." he said, staring at her, his eyes wide in wonder. "You died. I watched you lose your head!"
He looked so very confused, and yet at the same time he was hopeful. Of course this woman wasn't Akiko Suzuhara, but there was the hope. This was the past, and she had been a Kami teaching in the human world. But he'd watched Fu Leng take her head off when she hesitated. Fu Leng had worn Adrian's face during that fight and Akiko didn't have the strength to strike down her own student. But part of him begged, prayed to anything up there that she was still around.
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:31 pm | |
| When she said she wasn't Akiko, his heart sank, and it became visible on his face. He just stared at her for a moment before his gaze fell to the ground. Of course she wasn't Akiko. He'd seen her die, after all. Not ten feet away from him he'd seen her head taken from her shoulders. And he knew Fu Leng had taken that head back to the university in the city, only to mount it over the administration building as a warning. But Akiko had been much more than human. She'd been a Kami, guarding him, or watching over him, at least.
"Well at least I should thank you for healing me..." he said, nodding. "I have to find that demon now, and finish our unfinished business."
"You wont find him wandering the desert like an idiot! Just fucking go into a town and start gathering information!" Rubi countered, her paws folded over her chest.
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:59 pm | |
| "He's one of the only demons around here. In my time they're common but in this time there are only a handful, and they're powerful. This is the only opponent I haven't been able to defeat. But soon enough I'll take his head off for what he did. He's reached a pinnacle of strength, but that only mean's he's going to just get weaker!" he said, his eyes narrowing as he stood, his hands clenching into fists. "I wont rely on Goranova. The Sword of Light is a crutch I wont use anymore. But when I find him I'll use it to strike him down along with my own sword! I'll make him pay with my own strength, and he'll have no choice but to answer my questions before he dies!"
"Adrian!" Rubi shouted, glaring up at him.
His eyes widened, and he looked down at his hands. His knuckles had gone white. He'd gotten more worked up than he had intended to. But that damned demon always did that to him.
"He and his kind don't belong among the living. They're nothing but visitors from the past, shadows from the world of darkness! If you see a demon calling himself a warlord... Tell him that visitors from the past, shall return to the darkness from which they came. And that Goranova is beyond his reach." he said, before he whistled.
At the whistle, Rubi lept onto Adrian's shoulder, nuzzling up against his head, purring.
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| Subject: Re: -Desert Winds- Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:08 pm | |
| "..He hesitated to kill me. Twice. I want to know why. He told me, once, that I would have to defeat him to demand answers. And so I'll find him. And I'll slay him. And forever in the deepest, darkest, depths of Hell, Domen'Yun will rot knowing that a mere mortal sent him there!" he said, turning to face the priestess once more. "I'm going to find him. And take his head off for what he did. Even if that woman ordered him to do it. But she'll get hers in due time as well."
"Adrian we should go. You're ranting again." Rubi said.
"I'm not ranting, Rubi. I know what I'm saying and this woman asked me a question. When they're dead we'll find a way back home. I'll show you my time and when we get there we'll do anything we can to stop this war." he said, walking away.
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