Okay shall we get cracking on a new story?

Leki: Yeah let's do it! Leki cracks his knuckles. OWOWOWOW!

Ummm Leki, when I said lets get cracking I didn't mean that you should crack your knuckles.

Leki: Now you tell me.

Sorry, you okay?

Leki: Yeah.

Say where's Dane? I thought she would be into this.

Leki: She is off visiting Rutou.

Oh, okay.

Leki: Let's get started then.

Hey, isn't that my line?

Leki: I don't know is it?

Oh for those of you who don't know, Dane and Leki are my two Muses in training.

Leki: Nice to meet you guys. My sister isn't here right now but she might be for the next chapter.

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Summary: Abel and Ion are still journeying to find Cain and to kill him. But their adventure will become slightly twisted as a boy and a girl join them. However, there is something not right about these kids. Besides not having any memory up until the day that they are found there is something strange about them. Also things become even stranger when some kind of new creature is chasing them

Who are these kids?

Who is chasing them?

Why are they being chased?

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Storm

The sounds of thunder and the pouring rain echoed through out the land and in a village, staying in an Inn were two people.

"Okay, now you just need to sign the book." said the desk clerk as he opened the register book to a new page and pushed it towards the two figures who were wearing white hooded cloaks. Their hoods hid their faces pretty well and only their mouths could be seen. The taller figure signed the book first. "Terrible weather we are having." The Clerk said. "Good thing you and your son get in before it really started to come down." He added.

"Yeah that is good." The taller figure said. "Well, sign the book son." He said to the shorter one who without a word step forward and signed the book. When the two were done the Clerk took the book back and read the names.

"Ion Fortuna? And Abel Nightroad?" He questioned.

"Yeah he is my adoptive father." Ion said.

"Of course." The Clerk said. "Well, shall I show you to your room?" The Clerk said as he headed for the stairs.

"So think he is fooled?" Ion asked in a whisper so that only Abel can hear him.

"For now it seems." Abel responded. They walked up two flights of stairs and were now walking down the hall. "So, do you get many people when it rains like this?" Abel asked.

"No not really." The Clerk replied. "Most people … ah here's your room." The Clerk said as he stopped at a door. The number was 22. The guy opened the door and turned on the lights. "I hope you two are comfortable." He said.

Abel and Ion looked around the room and Abel went to the window and looked out just in time to see lightning strike and light up the mountain. "That mountain looks pretty baron." Abel said as there were not many trees that went up it and what trees there were looked dead and ready to fall. "Ion come and see." Abel said. Ion sighed and walked over to the window and stared out it.

"Yes that is why we don't get many travelers." The Clerk said. "That mountain is just too spooky for their tastes." He added.

"Is that the only reason?" Ion asked.

"Well … Yes I guess. I mean I heard stories of children taken up there and never returning. But I never seen it myself." The Clerk said as he was surprised by Ion's question. Neither Abel nor Ion responded to that. "Well, breakfast is at eight, lunch is at noon, and dinner is at eight." The Clerk said.

"Wait, you have breakfast and dinner at the same time?" Abel asked.

"No, no Eight in the morning is breakfast and eight at night is dinner." The Clerk said as he had to keep from laughing.

"Thank you that will be all." Ion said as he waved his hand at the Clerk like the Clerk was a butler or something like that.

"Okay, then feel free to call me if you need anything at all." The Clerk said as he bowed, set the key down on the dresser, and left the room closing the door behind him.

"So what do you think?" Abel asked Ion.

"If he is up there we should go and check it out." Ion responded.

"When should we?" Abel asked.

"Now." Ion said as he started to head to the door.

"WHAT!" Abel said in shock. "Now? But we just got in, plus it is raining." Abel said.

"If we don't go now then we won't know if he is up there or if he had been up there recently because the rain washes everything away!" Ion said as he raised his voice slightly. He then picked up the key and opened the door.

"Alright, I'm coming." Abel said as he gave in and followed Ion. Ion then came back in and shut the door and walked over to the window. "What are you doing?" Abel asked as Ion opened the window.

"It is best that we go out the window so the Clerk doesn't ask annoying questions." Ion said. Abel agreed and the two jumped out the window.

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The rain just kept pouring down as two children were running through it. Both looked to be about ten and eight years old. But that was only because of their size. "Hurry Awai!" The girl yelled.

"I am trying to Fuwa." Awai responded. Awai was the smaller one and Fuwa was the taller one.

"Umpf!"

"Awai!" Fuwa said as she turned back and seen the boy had fallen to the ground. She ran over to help him up. His entire front was covered in mud.

"I slipped." Awai said as he got up. A dark shadow then covered them. And both children screamed. But their screams were drowned out by the thunder and rain.

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Abel and Ion were walking on the dangerous ragged path that had uprooted tree roots and rather large rocks that anyone could trip on and the mud made it a lot easier to do so. "No wonder no one returns. They would probably get killed from tripping too much." Abel said jokingly. Ion did not reply to that remark. "You know Ion you need to laugh more." Abel said. "Come on Ion, at least crack a smile." Abel said. "Come on …. Come on … Come on … Come on …" Abel kept repeating those two words.

"I swear …" Ion said quietly to his own self.

"Come on… Come on… Co-"

"This isn't a vacation you know!" Ion yelled as he stopped and turned too looked at Abel. "I will laugh when he is dead!" Ion added. Lightning flashed across the sky and each time it did it lit the path up around them.

"Ion?" Abel said.

"I mean I swear, sometimes I wonder if you are Serious about our mission!" Ion said.

"Ion?" Abel said again.

"Do you think that everything is funny? Huh?" Ion asked.

"Ummm Ion?" Abel said again for the third time.

"What?" Ion said as his annoyance level was push past its limits and was about to boil over. Abel just pointed. Ion turned to look. When the Lightning flashed again it showed something just ten feet away from them.

"Bodies." Ion and Abel both said. They started to carefully walk towards the two small bodies. Upon reaching them they gasped.

What they saw was two small kids. Ion and Abel knelt down. "The smell of blood is fresh on them." Ion said. "The time that this happened was at least an hour ago." he added.

"I don't think that Cain could have done this." Abel said. The two children had some rather deep gashes across their backs, arms, legs, and judging by the blood that was mixed in with the mud and rain gashes on their stomachs to. "Look Ion." Abel said as he pointed to two separate trails of blood. "I am guessing that whatever happened to these children did not happen here." Abel said.

Ion gave a sigh. "They must have walked while losing blood." Ion said. "Come on." He added as he stood up. "They are probably already dead. So we can't do anything for them now." He said.

Abel lightly held the boy's hand. "Poor kids. They were so young." Abel said. "But I will pray that you both find peace." He said. He started to get up to follow Ion when the boy's hand clenched onto Abel's hand. "Huh?" Abel said as he looked at the boy's hand. The boy slowly opened his eyes. Abel was shocked at this and when the girl's hand reached slowly and shakily out to Abel he took hold of her hand to. "You two are …" Abel couldn't believe it. "Ion!" Abel called.

"What?" Ion asked as he turned around.

"They are still alive!" Abel yelled to him. "See?" He added Ion looked and watched in surprise as the girl slowly opened her eyes and looked out to Ion. "Ion we can't leave them here since they are alive!" Abel said as he was very happy. Ion nodded and went back to them.

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Leki: Wow that was a good start.

You really think so?

Leki: Yeah and you even had me worried.

Hehe you want to know something?

Leki: Sure.

I had myself worried to.

Leki: Really?

Yes

Leki: Well, I bet that we had the readers worried as well.

You think so?

Leki: Most definitely. I bet that even Dane and Rutou would be worried.

Well, we will know how worried once the readers post some reviews.