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Aria Kaeru
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Post  Masahide Kaeru Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:59 pm

Masahide quickly shades his face as Aria rushes passed him.
"Aria!"
Masahide tries to call out to her before she rushed into battle, but her rashness caused him to sigh roughly. He begins rubbing his forehead while grumbling.
"Why don't my kids listen to me...?"
Masahide sighs and shrugs as he walks back to the battle. He takes a few running steps before he leaps into the air, expanding his wings and flying toward Aria to join her.
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Post  Cambione Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:14 pm

Cambione runs into the midst of battle, not exactly looking how he normally would have. Instead his skin color is almost black, a darkened gray more or less. His hair is a blazing red, much like his own eye color at this point. Cambione breaks for it to move at Rayus's side, surprised to see him in the underworld. He keeps his sword out and ready to fight.
"Yo Rayus, what the hell are you doing here? Well nevermind that, I'll ask again later, let's kick some demon ass shall we?"
Cambione gave Rayus a large grin as he was awaiting to pull off some show off moves along with him against the horde of demons coming toward them both.
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Post  Rayus Crey Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:06 am

Rayus smirks as he spots Cambione. He stops walking in place, resting his sword over his shoulder. He shrugs as he responds. He voice responded in a raspy, yet gentle tone.
"Sounds like a good idea..."
As Cambione runs off, Rayus coughs a few times, but softly. He takes a deep breath and slowly sheathes his katana. He slowly raises his right hand straight up into the air as tendrils begin to form at his palm. The tendrils begin to snake down his body and attach themselves to his shadow. The tendrils then release themselves and mend with his shadow. The shadow splits into several separate shadows on the floor, quickly traveling toward Cambione. The shadows mend with the demon's shadows, holding at least 30 of them in place. Rayus almost stumbles forward as he feels his body weakening, getting a sharp pain in his heart. He ignores the pain and stands to his feet. With swift speed, he dashes along the ground like a ninja, dodging from side to side to avoid the demons he was not able to subdue. The pain of the shadows tormenting their souls from within caused several demons to convulse uncontrollably and some even crushed their skulls to stop the pain. The stronger demons, however, stood their ground. Unable to move, but in no pain. Rayus slashes through half of the group, creating gash wounds on their bodies to lower their defenses even further. Just then, he ran from the group and back flipped into the air, gazing down at the group upside down as he holds his right hand towards them. A missile teleports below him, but before he could activate it the momentum of his body sent him past the missile. He flies passed the missile and vanishes once more, reappearing atop the missile. He opens a compartment and begins pressing a series of buttons as he gains speed toward the ground. He shuts the compartment and crouches in a ready position. He kicks the missile to face downward as he back flips into the air, vanishing once more. The missile impacts with the ground, leveling half of the group of 30 into a pile of ash and char. When the smoke and fire clear, Rayus is in the center of the explosion, waiting for Cambione to deal with the rest.
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Post  Lord Tenmashu Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:36 pm

A dragon, roughly 20 times Tenmashu's size, tackles him into the floor from the side. Tenmashu catches the dragon's head by it's teeth. While holding it's head, he kicks upward, striking it in the neck, forcing it to stagger and fall back. Tenmashu quickly flips to his feet and punches the inside of his left hand. His right hand engulfs in fire as he dashes forward. He jabs into the dragon's chest, but the dragon quickly recovers from the pain and slashes Tenmashu a few feet away. Tenmashu has 3 long gashes across his chest, which he ignores. He stands on two feet and slightly turns his head toward Aria flying towards on of the dragons.
"Aria...!"
Adverting his attention from the dragon, he charges fire around his arm and launches it for the dragon that was about to attack Aria. When he did so, he was rammed in the chest by the dragon and sent flying.
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Post  Rayus Crey Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:50 pm

Rayus' attention is quickly grabbed when Tenmashu was hit. Noticing the trail of embers from his attack, he follows the trail and spots Aria. Upon studying the situation, he vanishes. When the fire impacts with the dragon an explosion occurs. Rayus shield the explosion from Aria, but the force sent them flying towards the ground. Rayus was badly hurt from the explosion and released his grip around Aria. The two plummeted with no strength to recover, stunned by the attack. Rayus' body vanishes to the ground to catch Aria, but with almost no strength in his body he drops down to one knee clutching at his hear in pain.
"Kh!"
Rayus' writhes in pain, trying to push back his transformation.
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Post  Masahide Kaeru Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:47 pm

Masa swiftly flies in Aria's path, catching her in mid-air. The force of her body sent him towards the ground, roughly planting his feet down and coming to a sliding stop. He quickly looks down to make sure she was alright, but she was covered in blood so he began to panic.
"Aria! Are you alright?!"
Masa's mind was tossed into a frenzy as he waited desperately for an answer. Upon her response, he quickly sets her down. He was deathly worried about her, but he did not want to baby her.
"Stay out of the fight for now."
Then moment she tried to complain, he stomps his foot down.
"Don't argue with me! Take a break. We'll take care of things."
With that, he turns away and flies off into the battlefield.


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Post  Aria Kaeru Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:16 pm

Aria is taken by surprise from the blast, screaming as her body is sent flying along with Rayus. The force of the blast stuns her, keeping her from taking flight. As her body plummeted she began coming to, but before she had a chance to try and regain herself, Masa catches her. As she slowly opens her eyes to her father yelling for her, she quivers in his arms and quickly hugs him.
"I'm sorry...!"
She is promptly set down and told to stand back.
"But!"
The stern voice coming from her father forced her to obey and stand back. She takes a glance at Rayus in fright as he begins to convulse and contort his body.
"Rayus...?"
She says with a small voice, watching from afar.
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Post  Rayus Crey Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:00 pm

With many attempts to restrain his transformation, it ends in vain. He muscles begin to expand as he hunches over.
"No...! Agh!"
As he drops to his knees the visible skin begins to turn black. The mask covering his face falls off revealing spiked teeth protruding from his face.
"Grh! Kh! GRAAAAAAHHH!!!"
His voice begins to morph to the sound of a monstrous beast as his mechanical arm begins to engulf with his black skin. The claws that form at the end of his fingers scrape against the ground as he lets out a roar. Spikes begins to form on several parts of his body as vorpal energy begins to form inside his mouth. His tail shoots out, slamming against the floor as he fires the blast. The moment he fires the blast he vanishes from sight, appearing in several locations, slashing through enemies. Maniacal laughter can be heard as he tears through the enemies with his bear hands. As he continues his onslaught he tears apart limbs with his mouth, devouring them as he is overcome with blood lust.
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Post  Lord Tenmashu Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:40 am

Tenmashu quickly back flips from the impact of the dragon's tackle. The moment his toes touch the ground he dashes forward gripping the Dragon's mouth shut from a readying blast. Tenmashu lifts his knee, hitting the dragon in the chin, stunning it for a short moment. He then uppercuts the dragon's head into the air. Before the dragon would have a chance to regain himself, Tenmashu leaps into the air, slamming down both feet onto the Dragon's head, planting it onto the ground. He quickly leaps off beside it's neck, wrapping both arms around it. He swings 180 degrees and tosses the dragon backwards. He slams one fist into the ground sending a fissure beneath the dragon's path. He digs his hand deeper into the ground as a stalagmite shoots up from inside the fissure made of hardened lava. The spike holds the dragon in place as Tenmashu dashes forward once more. He spins beside the stalagmite, unleashing a side kick to break the spike from the ground. Catching it with both hands, he tosses it up into the air, leaping after it. When he punches through, the dragon splits in half splattering blood throughout the surrounding area. When Tenmashu lands on the ground he slowly stands straight up. The blood covering his body begins to steam away as he looks up into the sky. The clouds seemed to gather above his head as lightening began to coarse through them.
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Post  Lord Kuroten Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:49 am

Breaking Tenmashu's concentration, he creates a rift that appears before Tenmashu. As Kuroten steps out, he is shown to carry no weapon with him as usual as it is concealed. Kuroten smirks as he flicks his hair back before crossing his arms.
"Ken. How nice to see you again. I see things are in order here, Brother."
Kuroten continues with a smug grin.
"But worry not. I am here for him."
Kuroten turns toward the monstrous Rayus wreaking havoc in the distance.
"I have a few questions for the boy, but don't you worry. I will do nothing to harm him."
Giving Tenmashu the brush off, he walks passed him and continues toward Rayus.

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Post  Lord Tenmashu Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:00 am

Tenmashu quickly lowers his brows at the sight of the rift. As Kuroten steps through and greets Tenmashu, he scoffs.
"What do you want, Yasuo?"
Tenmashu hears his request and sneers.
"Fine. You understand the consequences, I'm sure. Do your business and be off. I do not care for an encounter at this moment. Be quick with it."
As Kuroten walks off, he turns his attention back to the battle. He had no time to revert forms, so he rushes in for another attack.
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Post  Assassin Kuroka Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:08 am

As Kuroten spoke with Tenmashu, Kuroka appeared in a flash, knelt down beside Kuroten. After a few moments, a strong gust of wind passes by from the direction Kuroka had came from. A short moment after Kuroten began walking, Kuroka quickly jumps to her feet and walks behind him, following obediently.

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Post  Rayus Crey Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:09 am

Rayus continues to ravage through enemy lines with ease, devouring everything in sight. The beast's feral instincts tell it that an immense danger was nearby. He quickly turns his attention to Kuroten who slowly approaches him. He crawls backwards a few feet, snarling in a low, threatening tone. When Kuroten was within reach, he dashes forward, stretching his mouth open to devour Kuroten as well.
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Post  Lord Kuroten Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:15 am

When the monster decided to lash out at Kuroten, he held his hand out toward Rayus. Dispersing the darkness that was his transformation, Rayus was forced to revert back to his 'normal' form, causing him to collapse. Kuroten leans down and flings Rayus over his shoulder carrying him over to the castle walls to set him down. He lay wait for Rayus to awaken and after a few short moment, Rayus opened his eyes. When he did, Kuroten quickly asked.
"How nice of you to return. Now...I have a few questions for you. Rayus, was it?"
He smirks and kneels down, moving closer to Rayus.
"Your body...how did you attain it? It is of high interest to me."

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Post  Rayus Crey Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:23 am

When Rayus awakens to Kuroten he groans in pain.
"You...changed me back. Who are you?"
After being asked his name he nods.
"Hai..."
Upon hearing his question, he grits his teeth.
"How...dare you mock my curse?!"
Rayus grunts, spitting in his direction.
"Why the hell should I answer you?"
Rayus pushes against the wall, trying to stand, but can't seem to find the strength. His transformation had drained him of all his energy.
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Post  Lord Kuroten Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:46 pm

As Rayus was about to get up, Kuroten sent a darkness spike through his fingertip, pinning him to the wall so that he wouldn't move. Upon hearing the word 'curse' he put together that the transformation greatly bothered Rayus. Using this to his advantage, he places his other hand over Rayus' forehead. Forcing Rayus' transformation, he begins to speak.
"You hate your transformation. I can feel it. Now, be a good boy and tell me what I want to know."
Kuroten says with a creepily haunting smirk.

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Post  Rayus Crey Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:11 pm

Rayus cringes as he tries desperately to hold back his transformation. His arm beeping furiously.
'Caution. Level critical. Retreat immediately.'
Rayus claws at the ground as he begins to transform. With all his might, he forces himself to give up.
"Alright...! I'll tell you!"
Rayus hunches over to the side, breathing heavily. He holds his right hand over his throat as he coughs black blood onto the ground. He concedes and begins telling his story. Low enough only for the two to hear.
"Satisfied...?! Now, leave me the hell alone...!"
Rayus then begins ignoring Kuroten. He opens a compartment on his arm and begins quickly typing information, running diagnostics and doing a system check. After this was completed, he pulls his arm off to change the burnt out chips on his arm slot. After changing the chips he lifts up his left arm again, placing it near his arm slot. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He holds it and locks the arm to his heart. As the arm begins to connect it twists and grinds in place, injecting itself into his heart.
"Kh! Grh...! AAAAAAGH!"
Rayus lets out one loud yell in pain as he quickly hunches over, breathing heavily. He places his right hand over his head to try and hold back the rest of the pain.
"Ngh...!"
Rayus slowly stands to his feet and leans against the wall, trying desperately to catch his breath. While he relaxes, he teleports a clean mask and his shades to his right hand, quickly placing them both on to hide his face. He glances over at Kuroten once more with a hate-filled glare.
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Post  Lord Kuroten Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:18 pm

Kuroten smirks as he pulls away.
"Splendid. Now, let's start with..."
As Kuroten prods him for questions, he chuckles and smirks. Rayus didn't seem happy with this, but continued regardless. After he was finished, Kuroten stood straight up. He lets out a soft chuckle and nods once.
"Yes, indeed I am. I thank you for your time."
He snaps his fingers, calling Kuroka to his side. He turns and begins walking away with her. As they walk into the battlefield, the two are ignored. After reaching several feet away from the castle, he turns his head to Kuroka.
"Come."
He and Kuroka vanishes into another rift and disappear from the battlefield.

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Post  Assassin Kuroka Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:24 pm

Kuroka spent most of her time roaming the battlefield as instructed by Kuroten. She did little to fight the enemies, but a small swift swing of her sword as she walked. Her size was small, yet threatening for anyone who would try to take advantage of her height. When called, she tilts her head towards the castle and vanishes in a small puff of black smoke-like energy. She appeared knelt down beside him with her head down.
"Yes, My Lord."
The moment he began walking, she followed behind him. When she heard the word 'Come.' she immediately grabbed hold of his shoulder as they delve into the rift together, vanishing from sight.

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Post  Masahide Kaeru Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:41 pm

Masahide made his way toward the first dragon, twisting his body to dodge it's bite. He stabs his lance into it's neck and drags it down a few feet. He lifts his foot and kicks off of the dragon's neck, leaping high up into the air. With a swift lunge, he nosedives to stab the dragon's back. The dragon front flips, whipping Masa with it's tail, sending him flying. He stops himself mid-flight with his wings and quickly returns to the dragon, drawing a symbol in his chest. The bloody symbol in his chest begins to glow as he reaches his hand in, pulling out a trident. With the motion of Masa pulling out the trident, he swings and slashes the dragon's face. The symbol on his chest mends as he continues attacking. He raises his lance, blocking the dragon's bite. While the dragon was biting down on the lance, it began to crack. Masa quickly raises his trident and stabs the dragon through the head. As he pulls the trident out, he kicks it's face to pull his lands out. As they began to fall, he positions himself above the dragon, stabbing it once more in the head with his lance to finish it off. After leaping off, he heads toward the castle to mend his wounds and continue fighting.
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Post  Sogekihei Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:46 am

With the enemies lines quickly dwindling, the next step were the dragons. As he dragged his sword, blood dripped off from his body, muscles tensing, he readied for another attack. A dragon passing by caught his eyes, he pulls his sword back as he held his morphing Gundan in the other hand. He tosses the sword in a spinning motion. His body began to catch fire as he crouches down, the Gundan transforming into a sub-machine gun. He takes off toward the dragon he had thrown the sword at, firing off his smg from the base of the dragon's neck to it's tail. As he passes the dragon in flight, he grabs his sword, ripping it from it's body. After flying passed it, he directs his head toward the dragon as he flies past, holding his Gundan toward it. The Gundan, now a shotgun, fires a blast as he falls back. He easily takes the recoil and sways back toward the dragons slashing it across his face. The dragon quickly recovers and chomps down on top of Sogekihei. He twists around in the dragon's jaw trying to break free, but stops moving. Suddenly, several gunshots fire through the top of the dragon's head, loosening it's grip on him. He pulls back his sword and stabs it through the throat, twice. As the blood begins to shoot from it's mouth, Sogekihei flies out, kicking it's head to the side as it's corpse plummets toward the ground. He breathes heavily as a blast from another dragon knocks him out of the air.

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Post  SereneTalon Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:38 am

Ian was exhausted, not in the usual sense however. He could feel his bones weakening,they would soon begin to splinter if they continued receiving the recoil from his guns. Seeing as he coudn't simply just stop fighting, he decided that he would just have to do as much as he could in the time he had left. Hoping that he could manage to break as few of his bones as possible, he leapt into the air, the feathers from his wings springing up from the ground and reforming his wings. He flew towards one of the smaller dragons and began firing dummy blanks at it, hoping to distract it long enough for one of the others to kill it without it realizing. However, his plan worked a little too well, the dragon began chasing Ian through the air, snapping at the end of his scarf as he barely managed to keep out of it's reach.
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Post  Haruka Mori Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:52 pm

The lower soldiers were mostly out of their hair. Now they had to deal with the damn dragons.

Ian was being chased and while she didn't necessarily care about him (in this form) she felt that urge to do something. A surge through the ground had a large stone spike come out of the earth. She broke it free from the rest of the ground and raised it. It took a lot of strength but with an accurate throw she was able to hit the offending beast and redirect its attacks to her rather then Ian.

It cried as the spike hit the side of its face and turned it sights on her like planned. She was getting tired but still had enough energy for now to keep going. Still the thing was going to be hard to handle on her own. As much as she hated to admit the need for help she knew she needed it. Using up a lot of what she had left a large number of vines shot out and grabbed the dragon in flight. It fought against them but was soon dragged to the ground. She used her power to hold him there.

"Masahide!!! I can't keep this up for long!!!"
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Post  Taiyo Kaeru Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:05 pm

His mother was having problems but he didn't have to help her. He knew his father would come at assist. So he turned to his own issues. The dragons flying about and the remaining soldiers still on the field.

A stone gauntlet reformed on his hand and he took to the air. One of the dragons was going to begin a dive and before it could he used his flames to give him a boost. Reaching the beast's face he threw back his fist and punched the creature square in the nose. Scales broke under his fist and the creature cried out but it wasn't enough. He pulled his fist back again and with the flesh now exposed he heard bone crack under his fist.

In its pained and dizzy state the creature began to fall. Taiyo let himself fall as well and as his feet touched the ground he made a series of stone spikes come out from under the dragon. It plummeted and fell onto the spikes dead. He stood breathing heavily. It took so much to control both abilities and it was beginning to wear him out.
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Post  Ulaenyth Sephora Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:43 pm

All around her lay the bodies of those she had killed. Some still twitched while others no longer moved at all. She could smell it though. The blood. So much bloodshed and not just by her own hand. She felt her fangs lengthen with each breath and soon she was gritting her teeth. Her eyes wavered between red and blue as she tried to keep herself under control. It was a battle she knew she was going to lose the more blood rained on the battle field.

There was a shout and she turned quickly as she dodged an oncoming hit. It grazed her clothing and cut into her skin but barely any damage. A quick slash upwards and the wound from her assailant bled out and onto her person before it fell with the rest. Instinctively her tongue darted out and licked away some of the blood that had spilled onto her face. She hissed before grabbing her head. It felt like her consciousness was being pulled back and she couldn't let that happen. However she couldn't seem to hold it back anymore.
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