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[Mystic Kitsune]

Kitsune noted that Perseus could fly, so he decided to slide down next. While he was climbing out, the door burst open and the guards seemed to already know what was going on.

He froze for a second. Normally he'd be right out the window and by the time they looked out he would be long gone, but his demon instinct seemed to be kicking in, he was staring at them in a very evil way, and pondering whether to do the smart thing and run, or just take the guards on.

"We're not taken aback by looks, kid." One of the bigger guards said.

Kitsune shooks his head and quickly slid down the vine as the guards started charging him. He hoped Perseus had flown out in that small amount of time.

He reached the bottom and quickly looked back up to cut the vine at a lethal falling point. He took his blade out and fired a burst of light at a high height halfway down, so for any not so bright guard who decided to follow down the vine would meet an untimely demise.

He turned back to Steel "I'm sure Perseus made it out the window." He said, looking back up.

"Where are we going now?"

[Steel Samurai]

"Not clear yet." 3 griffins appeared behind them, their riders carrying bows and spears. Steel ducked and weaved, finally throwing himself down beneath a small bush at the base of the cliff they had just descended.

[Mystic Kitsune]

Griffins. Kitsune was never fond of them. But, before he could act, some guards actually decided to come down that vine, and, missing the cut point, came flying down in numbers.

They all shattered their legs with large bone breaking cracks, some died instantly, when their heads hit the ground, others broke their spines and died slowly, but some had broken their legs and ankles, but somehow got up, and charged at Kitsune.

"What the heck?!" Kitsune said out loud as he parried a hit with his own sword.

It never failed to surprise him how everyone around the prison seemed to defy the common knowledge of broken bones, and seemed to be able to ignore it, or something to that degree.

"You guys...must really love your jobs...I suppose..." He said in the middle of fighting.

He charged his sword for a blast, but due to the fighting and constant movement of legs, the bones ripped out of their legs making them unable to move, despite if they felt the pain or not.

Kitsune looked at them. And just shook his head.

[Ransom]

The guards burst into the room, and started charging towards them.
Perseus spun around and whipped out on of his knives as they approached. Kitsune hesitated, deciding whether to fight, or continue through the window.

As the Half-demon disappeared through the opening, the guards reached Perseus, the one in front slashing at him wildly.

Perseus backed into the window sill trying to avoid the guard. He rapidly stabbed forward with his blade and withdrew it, blood from the man’s chest dripping off his knife. Before the guards could retaliate, Perseus jumped backwards into the night, whirling around in midair and gliding away, just before Kitsune’s beam of light finished off the guard at the front. He was away.

He flew upwards first in order to survey his surroundings, quickly gauging the situation as he looked down. Guards were pouring out of every building towards the escapees, the ones jumping out the window humorously fracturing their limbs as they landed.

Perseus quickly targeted Steel and Shiima, and dove down heading straight for them. three griffins and their riders appeared in front of him, pursuing them.

Perseus sped up, catching them easily. He dove straight into the form of the first griffin, knives out, hoping to kill the creature and as a result the rider.
As the two flying bodies collided, the blades plunged into the tough griffin hide, seeking vital organs. As he realised both of them were falling rapidly, Perseus quickly gripped the knives and launched himself off the griffin, narrowly escaping as the creature thudded into the field, skidding to its death.

[Mystic Kitsune]

Blood falling from the sky. Griffin blood.

All had grown silent, except for the sounds of breaking bones. But even that stopped as the guards piled up high enough for the ones who fell out of the window now to come down safely.

He got some Griffin blood on his face. Well, that was unpleasant. Annoying, disgusting...and many other things.

Focusing back on the battle, he fired a beam of light at the pile of bones, and literally with the sound of a bowling ball hitting bowling pins, the bones went flying everywhere. Somehow some of the guards still managed to defy the laws and walk without realizing their bones were in awkward conditions. But they were cut down easily.

[Ransom]

One of the griffins lurched around and headed towards Perseus as they saw their comrade fall. Perseus flew backwards, and landed next to Kitsune, breathing heavily.

“I didn’t realise guards were so easily influenced by peer-pressure,” Perseus said, surveying the pile of bodies, “Damn, lemmings.”

The griffin swooped at them, hoping to claw Kitsune as he was facing the other way.

[Mystic Kitsune]

He cut down another guard.

"Peer-pressure? More like 'lets learn from our escaping prisoners. If they can run with broken bones, we can too!!!'" He paused to cut down another guard.

"Obviously falling out of windows wasn't the idea. Maybe some of the guards used to have pets they learned from. The poor-" he stopped as he knocked an arrow away and killed an archer.

"...the poor guards must be so lonely they learn from their own pets!"

He felt a slight pain on his back. He turned to see a Griffin in his face. Who had just tore the back of his shirt as well as the upper layer of the skin. Not that he cared, his demon energy would fix it soon enough. But as for that shirt, well it isn't like the characters who's clothes have no rips no matter how many times they are slashed, and are not magically regenerated the next day. As much as he would hope for it to happen, it wouldn't.

Out of anger, using only his hand, he tore the claw off a griffin, pulled a bone out of a random falling guard's leg, tied them together using a strand of his red hair, carved it into the shape of a prism, and realized "What the heck is this going to do anyway?"

He was dumbfounded as to why he had done that, but seeing the Griffin was still there, he threw the...object, in it's direction, and

/animal abuse///cut off due to violations of animal rights

Some feathers were added to the piles of dead soldiers.

A big man came out...of the window. He smashed the pile of soldiers beneath him. Without breaking a bone, which was more believable then moving with broken bones, anyway.

He walked down, with a skillful sword pose, and then fumbled after he walked over the protruding bones of the soldiers. He rolled down the hill of troops, but regained his footing. No bones broken, yet. He cleared his throat, but was interrupted by a Griffin head that landed in his hands.

Tossing it aside, he decided the bad guy speech wouldn't work for now. He charged directly at Perseus and Kitsune, with two swords, held in a position which could be used for both offensive and defensive.

"Perseus, this man looks like trouble. None of his bones are broken, either!" Kitsune yelled, turning his attention toward the man.

Edited by Mystic Kitsune, 18 April 2007 - 10:49 AM.

[Ransom]

"Perseus, this man looks like trouble. None of his bones are broken, either!"

The man stepped and held his hand up, palm facing away from them.
In obvious distaste of Perseus and Kitsune, the strange man grimaced, and held aloft his middle finger. It stood, crooked and bent, a lone and damaged digit among many. It was broken.

“Kitsune,” Perseus said, still not looking away from the man, “That'll be ten Republican credits.”

He held out his hand.

Edited by Ransom, 18 April 2007 - 11:39 AM.

[Mystic Kitsune]

Kitsune glared at Perseus, but keeping his side of every bargain as he normally does, and gave Ransom what he owed.

Realizing the griffin had pick pocketed Kitsune, of all people, a notorious thief, being pick pocketed, he didn't have the money.

"...um...listen Perseus, tell Jabba I was on my way to pay him back and got thrown in this prison...it's not my fault-" He was cut off by the sight of the man approaching them.

He readied his sword, with it's glowing blade ready to fire, as Perseus drew his bow. Just as soon as Kitsune was getting ready to do the downward swipe, the man stopped for a sec with a perplex look on his face, getting a bow ready. The beam fired out and blew a hole in the man's stomach.

He grumbled as he fell to his knees, then realizing something...

*flashback with lucas interlude*

He readied his sword, with it's glowing blade ready to fire, as Perseus drew his bow. Just as soon as Kitsune was getting ready to do the downward swipe, the man stopped for a sec with a perplex look on his face, getting a bow ready. As soon as the man's bow shot, Kitsune fired his beam of light. Blowing a hole in the man's stomach.

He grumbled as he fell to his knees, then realizing something..."...Kitsune shot first..."

He fell over face flat, not making another move.

"...what was that all about?" Kitsune asked Perseus, but he seemed distracted with other soldiers who seemed to be smarter than the others and were coming mounted on horseback.

[Ransom]

"YOU STOLE MY JOKE YOU DIRTY BASTARD." said Ransom from the sidelines.

Perseus saw this as an oppurtunity to stab the man more, rejecting Kitsune's idea of carbon freezing.

"No, no hes already dead."

[Mystic Kitsune]

"Because I shot first, apparently."

Kitsune's attention was diverted to the men on horseback. The horse's legs seemed to be okay, no bones broken. But that meant that anyone with broken legs could easily ride a horse. After all, if they could walk with broken bones, why not jump on horseback while they're at it? Which they did. The guy's living, at least.

Kitsune fired a blast towards them, incinerating a horse and man on it. The captain of the brigade yelled

"That blast came from the sword! That thing's operational!" But was cut off as an arrow from Perseus hit him in hit and he was knocked off his horse and, well might have been killed after the other horses went over him.

They had archers lined up in the windows, with people climbing over them and still falling out.

"Perseus, you take out those archers. Fly up there and get them or something. I'll deal with the..."

He turned to see men pouring oil aimlessly down the walls, over the pile of troops. Their strategies perplexed Kitsune, they really did. Maybe that was their intention.

Three knights in armor, one with a lance, one with a sword, and one with an axe marched into the field, these three had high rankings, and were approaching Kitsune and Perseus at high speeds, considering their armor.

[Ransom]

"Its a trap!"

yelled Perseus, before spinning around in his chair.

He quickly Launched upwards and began flying towards the warrior with the spear.
Suddenly Perseus found himself caught between two horseman on either side.
"It's no good down here, I can't maneuver!"

[SL the Pyro]

Z had been sitting outside where he left Shadow off, wondering where everyone else was. It mattered little if they were dead or not, but he wanted to make sure so he wouldn't get any surprises. He went into his Shadow Form, drilled through the barrier again, and landed beside Kitsune. His Spike Chain lashed out and spooked the horses, then moved to decimate their riders.

"If I may, why aren't you running? Are you trying to kill every last guard of Valhalla?" the bounty hunter asked. He then took notice to the three high-ranked guards walking towards them. "Well... I suppose this could be fun..."

Edited by Shadow_Link, 18 April 2007 - 11:36 AM.

[Mystic Kitsune]

"You, you know I have to have a word with you and your tactics. You know they really -" He was cut off by a man falling out of the window. He appeared to be a drummer for the army.

There were...prisoners being marched out and ready to fight.

"...well lets just say, that sub consciously, I'm enjoying the fighting..." he said, with a bit of regret. He was trying to get away from all the violence of being a demon.

He turned to one of the prisoners. It appeared to be the white furred creature from before. He ran up to it, and was about to swipe--

--narrator is killed, view from the Yeti which was last few posts now changes back to Kitsune's view ---

"Damn fantasy seeking creatures..." He said as he attacked the man in armor, who wielded an axe.

[SL the Pyro]

Since Kitsune was busy fighting the warrior with the axe, Z now had to choose between the one with the lance and the one with the sword. He picked the one with the sword just to humiliate him.

"HAH! You call THAT a sword?" Z taunted. He reached into the back of his cloak and, after a show of black and purple sparks, pulled out his ultimate weapon; the Apocalypse Halberd, a blade of darkness that had to be at least two times bigger than the already-tall Z. "THIS is a sword!"

Edited by Shadow_Link, 18 April 2007 - 12:49 PM.

[Mystic Kitsune]

Kitsune battled on. He was enjoying the fight, and wanted to go sword to axe rather than magically embedded bursts of light to armor.

He paid attention to Z showing off the halberd.

"Overconfidence is the worst enemy, but it can be exploited if it is your opponent who is being overconfident..."

As if the man in armor heard that, he simply swung and hit the halberd out of Z's hand while he was being taunted and punched a hard punch to Z's stomach.

Kitsune, pondering whether he should run over to help Z, was interrupted by the man with the lance. He stopped to ponder on his next move.

[Mystic Kitsune]

EDIT: I was right.

Edited by Mystic Kitsune, 18 April 2007 - 01:49 PM.

[SL the Pyro]

Z retaliated with an uppercut, which caved in the chin part of his helmet and knocked the guard for a loop. "Please... you honestly think I'd really use my Halberd on the likes of you? I save it only for the most powerful opponents... which you definately are not." he said. He then rammed his foot down into the guard's head, crushing it and killing him instantly. He picked up his Halberd and put it away.

[Mystic Kitsune]

Kitsune, and the two armored warriors were standing there and looking at Z. They all turned to each other, and in their expression, even if you couldn't see through the helmet, they were saying "This man has no sense of honor or fighting style."

Kitsune stopped fighting the armored units, "What the heck did you do that for? He had potential for a good fight!" And he continued his fight with the other two armored warriors.

[ninja kitten]

Shiima quickly followed after the group, falling slightly behind. Quickly she pulled the hood of her cape up to cover her hair and dashed off the path, running as quickly as possible. She reached down to her sides and checked her daggers. It was time to return to her home... and this was just the chance she needed. "Good bye Steel," she thought, guilt filling her and tears stinging her eyes. "I'll see you again... someday." There were things that needed to be done and not enough time to accomplish it all. She dashed through the growth as quickly as her feet would carry her, away from the battle.

[SL the Pyro]

Z looked at Kitsune with great amusement. "What a fool you are! In a battle of life or death, there is no room for honour! The sooner you realize that, the better!" he shouted at the half-demon before laughing loudly. "Do you honestly think, if those guards defeat you, that they'll let you live? Don't be a fool, Kitsune..." Z looked on at a large amount of Valhalla guards coming at him, seeking to avenge their lost captain. He chuckled and said, "Besides, honour is only something that holds me back... when I was young I was bred for war, bred to spill blood, bred to kill."

His Spike Chain began to fly up into the air, spreading out in a large wall from his cloak. His anger and bloodlust were boiling hot, and as they increased so did the strength of his dark aura. Those who could sense auras could probably feel it all the way on the other side of the continent.

"There is no room for honour in my life!" he shouted, cueing his Spike Chain to lash out at the guards coming after him. Some were killed almost immediately as the chain impacted their skulls, some from the ensnaring, and the rest from exploding due to Z's angered dark energy flooding into them. Those who had the sense to run never got the chance, for Z ensnared them and killed them in the same brutal fashion.

The scariest part was that he was laughing, his evil aura stronger than ever. For the strong warriors who could sense it, it inspired nothing but horror, especially in the soldiers that were fighting against Kitsune. They were no longer fighting, but watching in absolute terror as their ranks were being slaughtered by what they would dare to call the ultimate evil.

----------

Shadow still trailed along the shadows, popping his head up so he could see where he was going. He then felt something so vile in the air, something horrible. "What the hell...? What is this feeling of dread?" he thought aloud. He looked around quickly, trying to see where it was coming from. He saw that it was coming from Valhalla. He was far away, but he could make out something black and red flying around in the air. The red stuff had to be blood, but the black... Z's Spike Chain. It couldn't be anything else. "Such a terrible aura! That can't be Z's, can it!?" He could sense such hatred and bloodlust in Z's aura, and it was growing stronger, but he could tell that Z had control of it.

Shadow had once given into his own demonic aura, and he couldn't control himself at all. But Z... the darkness he was sensing had to be so much harder to maintain than what Shadow went through, and Z was pulling it off easily.

Shadow gulped. "What the hell are you, Z...?"

Edited by Shadow_Link, 18 April 2007 - 06:34 PM.

[Steel Samurai]

Steel popped his head up from under the bushes and turned silently towards her as Shiima left. Finally. He could fight now without worrying about her. Z's aura was some trippy purple black thing which had killed a soldier or two.
"The force is strong with this one." Steel turned to his left, and there was a flickering image of the sensei, walking along with a strange man clad in black, with an odd black helmet. "Much fear I sense. Fear brings for anger, anger brings forth hate, hate brings forth suffering . . ." The sensei said. Of course. Inevitable they should come. No matter. Steel walked over to Kitsune and Perseus. "Let's go. He's got five minutes till they come out." With that, Steel took off across the fields, running in the general direction of Van'Duras.

[SL the Pyro]

Z continued lashing out; he was having a field day. He only stopped when there were no more enemies to kill; all that were left were the escapees and the two captains. Steel, Perseus and Kitsune were getting ready to run from the prison, while the captains ran away inside to warn the Valhalla Guardians.

Z calmed down, the threat was over. Before he decided to take his leave as well, he turned to Kitsune and Perseus. "Let this be a testament to the world which I will soon rule... those who stand in my way will suffer the same fate as these soldiers. Remember that." he said to them both before running, drilling through the barrier again and leaving for good this time.

[Steel Samurai]

Sadly, Steel and the others couldn't hear Z, as they were at the base of the 200 foot cliff outside the fortress walls, which Z was inside the courtyard, far above him. Steel consulted the map in his head as he jogged towards the nearest village. Assuming they could steal some horses, they could likely reach Van'Duras by dawn, at which point he would attempt to commandeer a flying mount to get them to Sornaiid, where they could take a ship to the Fortress. But no point in worrying about that now, they needed to get to that village.

[GuardianNinja]

A dark figure walked up behind Z with a shuriken ready to stab but...
walked to Z's side and looked at kitsune the figure took another step
revealing it was Hazaku still holding the sack with the creature in it
"I should of known ... kitsune" Hazaku held out his shuriken toward
Kitsune "I should have known you were THE ONE TAILED FOX DEMON
Hazaku looking crazy but seeming to know what he was talking about
"Put down your weapon kitsune or else" Kitsune could see in Hazaku's
eyes that he wasn't going to back down and he was serious about the
threat "and come with me"

[Mystic Kitsune]

"Z's lust for killing made my job a whole lot easier." He said as he was at the bottom of the 200 foot cliff. It's amazing how those guys who love to show off their might and such can kill all your enemies without you having to lift a muscle. In a way, he was the slave and Kitsune was the puppet master.

He's been practicing that, ever since his change. Manipulation rather than actual fighting.

Then again, more people died from friendly fire and falling out of that window. And Z simply took the credit for it, because he happened to run over a few of their bones. He still follows the "touched it last" rule, apparently.

Due to the 200 ft + distance, Kitsune did not hear Hazaku's threat, but he did sense someone was hunting him down. It made him a bit uncomfortable, but he focused on getting to the village.

Edited by Mystic Kitsune, 19 April 2007 - 01:41 AM.

[SL the Pyro]

A dark figure walked up behind Z with a shuriken ready to stab

(Uhh... Z already left the scene. Read posts more carefully, please.)

[Steel Samurai]

Steel loped along a worn dirt path leading to the nearby town of Hin. He sniffed the air. Though his sense of smell was not what Kitsune's was, or used to be, he could still detect a faint aroma of horse. Good. When they were within half a mile of the town he turned to the others. "Stay. I'll be back." With that, he crept off towards the town.

Clouds began to rise and cover the moon and stars, making Steel's journey all the easier. He quietly snuck down the main street of the town. The livery was at the far end. It was a simple matter to silence the guard dogs and untie the three horses. As he led the horses out of the stable into the street a light suddenly came on. Steel kept creeping along until he heard a shout as someone saw him in the street. Cursing under his breath, he leapt upon one of the horses and galloped back to the others. "They saw me. We'd best make tracks."

Edited by Steel Samurai, 20 April 2007 - 09:33 AM.

[Mystic Kitsune]

"We can talk our way out of it." or fight... Kitsune said to Steel. But, trying to avoid trouble, he decided that Steel's plan is a better way to go.

"Besides, that Z guy will probably show up and destroy every guy following us to show off his power. I saw we just make haste and get out of here."

[SL the Pyro]

(Heh, actually Z left on his own ventures. Good for you to be cautious, though. )