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"All Age 'Purity'"
Tonight's story begins in those after Zotar's stream but before Neuman's.
Beneath a crescent shaped moon half covered by the thin clouds of the night sat a young man in a white Gi with a large metal chastity belt. Under a breath that showed in the brisk night air the man muttered two words: "You came."
Emerging from the shadow of the tree line some distance away was another man, this one garbed in green camouflage and thick, brown boots. A patch over his left breast pocket read U.S. MARINES, a patch over his right breast pocket read KORICK. "Did you bring any towels to clean it up?" he responded with a grin as he walked out into the open. The other man did not respond.
Korick continued to talk as he walked across the moonlit field. "Why did you invite me out here, Ryu? Are you still angry about what happened last night on the stream? I didn't do anything inappropriate you know, that was all-" Ryu's lighting punch to in his gut knocked Korick both off his feet and his train of thought.
"It doesn't matter if you did it personally," Ryu leaped up and grabbed Korick in the air, only to smash him back down again with another lighting punch. "It was your actions that led to Caspy and Zotar going beyond ALL AGES," A lightning drop kick sunk Korick into the ground following a deafening combination of crunching, squelching noises and Korick's own scream of pain. "Ever since you first appeared, you have been making everyone a increasingly more perverted." Ryu looked into the small crater and spat on the mangled form at the bottom of it. "Balance has been restored."
Ryu turned to walk away, already putting his actions behind him.
"Yeah motherfucking right, girl." Ryu whipped back around, eyes wide. Impossible.
A soft yellow light was emanating from the crater. Ryu took a shuddering step back, shaking his head, "No, this...this can't be happening. I'm the good guy here!" Ryu let out a squeal of terror as a dirt and blood coated hand reached out from the hole searching for purchase.
Korick pulled himself out of the ground, a dark scowl across his face, "What makes you think that? What good guy trashes someone out of no where like that?" He takes a hesitant step forward, and Ryu looks in shocked awe as the wounds on Korick's body heal themselves before his very eyes. "Where is the honor in that?!" Korick stands upright, striking Ryu with a piercing gaze.
Ryu gulped down his fear and somehow managed to compose himself enough to speak without cracking his voice too much, "Who are you to talk of honor when you act so...lewd?! Besides that, what the hell are you? I didn't know marines could do that!"
Ryu's words sparked a memory from long ago, and with it a pang of sorrow. "No, marines can not do this. This is a power from before. From my days as a Paladin." A dark shadow loomed over Korick's face despite the glow about him.
Ryu started. "A paladin? I thought paladins were supposed to be lawful good. Pure people! How can you be a paladin?"
"Who says I'm not pure? That I am not lawful good?"
"B-but, you like perverted things!"
"And? How does that make me impure? What is so wrong about liking certain things if it does not hurt others?"
Ryu's anger was overcame his fear. "Don't stand there and tell me that your a pure soul. The only way to purity on the streams is ALL AGES!" The finals words marked his attack.
Ryu launched himself at Korick once again with a renewed fervor, but this time Korick was ready for it. Korick stepped out of the way of the first punch, ducked under the second and followed through with a quick succession of elbow strikes to Ryu's sternum. Ryu stumbled back and tried to regain his footing but was too slow and earned a power punch to the solar plexus, landing him flat on his back and too out of breath to scream.
Korick stood over Ryu's quavering form. Ryu looked to the side, and sneered, "Don't think I'll give up just from this." He snapped his head back to glare at Korick. "I hate hate hate HATE ANYTHING NOT ALL AGES!" Ryu screamed as he threw himself up off the ground and back at Korick to engage the melee once more.
Korick could only dodge and parry the fierce attack from the raging PG maniac. What is this I feel from him? Is it...sadness?From what? Korick saw an opening as Ryu over reached on a kick and caught his feverish foe by the throat. "Enough! I see now the difference between us. Your soul truly is impure. Your rage comes from some sadness. Something you can't control." Ryu's eyes widened then looked downcast.
Korick set Ryu down and looked him square in the face. "Ryu, it doesn't have to be this way. Leave these childish feelings of false morality and join us in enjoying some of the simplest pleasures in life. If no one is hurt and everyone is enjoying themselves, how can it be wrong? Come into the light Ryu. We can go see some Yuri Neko Maids together tomorrow."
These words seem to strike Ryu's mind, and caused him to shudder. Korick noticed that a shock seemed to run from the chastity belt Ryu was wearing to the rest of his body. Could it be..? Korick reached out to Ryu, "Ryu...Do you wear that voluntarily?"
Ryu looked up at Korick with a strange mixture of pain, sadness, and anger. "You don't understand anything!" he shouted before throwing a hasty lightning ball at Korick.
Korick managed to dodge the attack, but Ryu had already run off. Korick was left in the field alone with his thoughts. So, it does have to do with that damned belt. This makes a little more sense then. The soft glow that had enveloped him began to fade and eventually dissipated entirely, allowing the moonlight to reclaim the night air.
Exhausted, the marine took a seat on a nearby hill. A gentle breeze blew along and rustled the trees and grass. Korick looked at his own hands. Been a while since I let it go like that. Felt...Good. He let out a contented sigh and lay on the grass, letting the cool wind lull him to sleep.