Blood Feud
Chapter 1: The Reaver of Souls meets the Trickster Priest
Raziel flew out of the portal, landed in the middle of a forest and lay very still on his face. His landing did not go unnoticed. A group of bandits saw him and figured him out to an easy score. Another person who saw him was a certain purple haired Mazuko general/priest named Xellos. The bandits crept up to him and were about to rob him when Raziel jumped up and sliced them into several pieces and devoured their worthless souls. "Bravo, strange one bravo!" Raziel looked to where the cheers were coming from and he saw a strange purple haired man carrying a huge staff. Raziel could tell that even though this man looked human, he was neither human nor vampire. He pointed the soul reaver at him and demanded this creature's name.
"My name is Xellos and you are definitely a new kind of mazuko." "I do not know what a mazuko is, but you are in my way, now MOVE!" Xellos stepped aside as Raziel walked passed him kicking body parts along the way. 'What a curious creature you are and a tasty one at that. All this hatred coming off of you is delicious. I sense that the anger is directed towards someone.' Xellos decided to follow Raziel in hopes of finding out more about him and getting a good meal off of his anger. "And who might you be my good sir?"
Suddenly Raziel grabbed Xellos's throat and slammed him into a tree. "I am not your good sir and you wish to continue your existence you will leave me alone." Raziel growled as he crushed Xellos's throat. He let go and continued on his way. "I could help you find whoever you seek." Suddenly Raziel had gripped Xellos's throat again making his eyes open wide and bulging. "How do you know that I seek someone?" "I can sense that your anger is pointed at one person. If you let me tag along with you, I can help you find the one you seek." Raziel agreed and let go of Xellos and walked the way he was walking. Xellos teleported next to him and asked Raziel about his mission. Raziel told him the whole story up to where he appeared in this world.
"I didn't think that you were a mazuko. No mazuko has that kind of power. This Kain must be frightened of you if he continues to elude you." Raziel chuckled at that. "Frightened no, Cautious yes. He wants us to fight but only on his terms. And since I am now practically a god now, I'm sure he wants to obtain the same status or even higher so that he can have me under his heel again." Xellos thought for a moment and then he said he would be right back right before he disappeared. 'What a curious creature he is. Perhaps after I'm done using him I'll devour his soul.' Then he felt Kain's presence several miles away and he flew off in that direction.
Xellos teleported to his mistress's throne room and kneel before the Beastmaster. "Rise Xellos." She said as she walked towards her general/priest. "And give me your report." "I found a strange creature in the forests on the mainland. He has the ability to devour souls. He could be useful to us." "I hope your assumption is right Xellos cause he could be a powerful ally or a very dangerous enemy." Xellos exited the throne back to where he left Raziel only to find that he had disappeared. "Well looks like I'll have to go look for him now too."
Meanwhile at Turel's castle Turel stood in front of the road awaiting a coach that would bring possibly the one chance of stopping Raziel's madness. When the coach arrived he immediately opened the down letting the four warriors out and led them into the castle. "I'm glad that you and your friends decided to help me Lina Inverse. Now I want to introduce you to the one reason this creature wants me dead." He led the four of them inside the castle to the throne room where a tall man with white hair and in a cape. "This here is Kain." 'That is a very powerful vampire.' Zel thought as he watched Kain walked towards them. 'I don't like this for one minute. All we need now is Xellos to show up.'
Finally I got this story going. I've had writers block for a long time. Or rather this idea was pushed out of my head when ideas for other stories came in. I will complete this story by the end of the month. That is a promise.
E.Wojo 1/12/02
