Welcome to the fourth and last book of the Densetsu no Kagami series: Kikyoku. This will not be as lighthearted as the previous three, so be warned. Oh, don't worry, we'll have our comedic moments too, but…well, even the first chapter…that should help explain the mood.
Okay, once again, disclaimer. I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS OF YU YU HAKUSHO. I only own Kia, Kage, Osore, Ashita, Netami, that bastard, Yuumei, Aiko, and random assorted people. I don't own references to Chitsuko and/or Kohana, Kelsey owns herself and Rei, and…oh, hell. If you have any problems, Inuki will bite your ankles. Mah spirit doggeh! See…Inu=dog. Ki=spirit. Behold the miracle.
Inuki: Woof?
-.- Never mind, ignore me. In this story, a few things will be explained…including Youko Kurama's odd attitude towards Kia in Densenbyou. So, let's get rolling!
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"Kelsey, slow down!" Satsukiame Aori raced after her best friend, keeping a tight grip on her black shoolbag, and struggling to open up her bright red umbrella.
Kelsey obediently slowed, turning to look at the speaker. "STILL trying to open that thing? It's not raining THAT hard, Kia."
The older girl sighed, shaking the umbrella in frustration. "Mary Poppins never had problems with HER umbrella."
"Well, Mary Poppins was also a nanny. Nannies never have problems with anything," Kelsey said logically.
Kia shrugged, shivering and wishing she had remembered to grab her jacket before she'd left for school. But both girls had overslept, so they had to be content with their magenta school uniforms. She'd at least remembered to bring her umbrella, but a fat load of good THAT was doing her, as the damned thing continued to resist her efforts to open it.
"Kuso…" The brunette muttered, dark brown eyes narrowed. Her high ponytail, of the same color, swished vigorously as she shook the umbrella.
Up ahead, Kelsey stopped. "Double kuso," she commented.
"Double…" A pulsing brown light in her senses warned her just in time. Kia stepped back, just as a hideously deformed demon resembling a horned bullfrog leapt down, landing on the spot she had just vacated. The ground cracked under its weight.
"Kagami!" It croaked, bracing itself and then pushing off with its powerful hind legs, tongue flicking towards Kia. Silently thanking the umbrella for being so stubborn, the girl smacked the creature's ugly snout, wielding her weapon like a baseball bat. It let out a hoarse cry, tumbling to the ground.
Kelsey, meanwhile, was keeping another of the youkai at bay, using only her schoolbag. "Stupid bastards!" She panted angrily. "Every day, I swear!!"
"Then let's finish this," Kia replied tiredly. "Maybe we can still catch up with Kurama if we hurry."
"Always the optimist." The blonde smirked, pale green light forming around her hands. She raised her arms, then dropped them abruptly. Kia stumbled as the ground shuddered, and then shrieked as the ground itself seemed to explode, chunks of pavement dislodged and sent flying. The demons squalled as well as jagged pieces ripped through their bodies.
"Kelsey!!" The brunette yelled, frantically trying to push her pleated skirt down and dodge flying concrete at the same time. "Make it stop!"
"It's not me!!" The younger girl responded, the glow fading. Both could hear shrieks and screams as people ran inside to escape this odd disaster.
"The sky is pouring down, the ground is flying up," Kia observed, as the rain increased to a torrential downpour. "What in the name of all that is good and holy is going on??"
"The beginning of the end."
Both girls froze. "Nani…?" Kelsey blinked.
A brown-skinned man seemed to emerge from the rain, spiky white hair extending in every direction. He was easily taller than Kia and Kelsey combined, and neither girl was a midget. Dressed in a tan trenchcoat, a black shirt, and tight blue jeans, he looked very intimidating. His sharp black eyes did nothing to alter impressions.
"…Who are you?" Kia asked quietly, her voice almost impossible to hear over the pounding of the rain.
"Who am I?" Obviously, he'd heard her. "I am the Bringer of Death. The liberator of Netami. The one who shall separate the Mirror Holders from their halves of the Densetsu no Kagami."
All sound abruptly ceased, save for the clear ringing of the man's voice.
"You're a crazy bastard," Kelsey snapped, gray eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Netami's DEAD," Kia added, although she couldn't help think of Chuuboku, a servant to Netami, who had insisted that she was alive.
"Is she now?" He chuckled. "Oh, my dear Satsukiame, if only you knew."
She flinched. "My name-"
"Yes, I know of you. I know of Kelsey. I know that I shall win." He casually lifted his right hand, causing both girls to tense. Before either could blink, the floating chunks of concrete shot towards them.
He's fast! Kia realized, before a particularly-large projectile slammed into her. Knocked off her feet, she struck the wet ground with a gasp of pain.
Kelsey started for her fallen friend, but was struck in the back by another chunk. She toppled over heavily.
Kia drew in several painful breaths, the wind automatically responding to the girl's distress and swooping down to protect her. She struggled to her feet.
"…Ah…" The man smiled crookedly. "So you will fight me on this? How foolish…but I suppose it's better to get rid of you first." He raised his hand again. "It ends now." Black sparkles glittered near the palm, and then an enormous beam of dark energy shot from his hand, heading straight for Kia, who found herself frozen to the ground.
"Move!!" Kelsey came hurtling towards Kia, throwing herself at her friend and knocking her away. Unfortunately, the beam struck the blonde Mirror straight in the chest.
Kelsey let out the most horrible scream imaginable, the light lifting her up and almost bending her in two. A bright golden light slowly pushed through her chest, then was suddenly hovering above her, about the size of a small orb. The scream continued on, piercing through the uncanny silence. Then, abruptly, it stopped. The light in Kelsey's spirited eyes faded and she fell to the ground. The orb remained floating in the air.
"Kelsey…" Kia suddenly discovered she could move again, and sprinted over to her lifeless friend, kneeling and shaking the girl's shoulder. She drew her breath in sharply, carefully touching Kelsey's stomach, and then withdrew her hand, staring at the blood dripping off it in disbelief.
"Well…one down." A dark hand grasped the golden globe, the ethereal glow lighting and illuminating the malice in Kelsey's attacker's face.
"Kelsey…Kelsey, please wake up!!" Kia pleaded, eyes filling with tears. "Kelsey! KELSEY!" There was no response from her companion, and the girl bowed her head, a cry of pure anguish ripping from her throat. "KEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLSEEEEEEEEY!!"
"How touching," the man said boredly, tossing the orb up and down in a casual manner. "Don't waste your tears, girl. You'll be joining your friend soon--" He broke off, frowning. Some sort of hidden energy was stirring from deep inside the grief-stricken girl. She lifted her head, tear-filled eyes showing fierce, terrible anger.
"Give. It. BACK."
The man shook his head, dismissing his uneasiness and her ridiculous command. Black fire pooled in his palms. Obviously, this one was going to fight him every step of the way.
******
Kurama, known to most of his classmates as Shuichi Minamino, pushed aside his desk and rose.
"Minamino…?" The homeroom teacher asked curiously. No one could ever remember him leaving like this.
"I…I don't feel well," Kurama said quickly. "Gomen." He fled the room, hurrying outside. He should have realized that something was amiss when the girls hadn't shown up for school. Sure, they often overslept, but they were never THIS late. And this feeling he had…something was wrong.
"Kurama!" Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara came running up, both panting.
"I know…" The redhead said softly, before either could form the question. "I feel it too."
"What--" Kuwabara started to ask, but a piercing scream punctured the unnatural quiet. A golden glow illuminated a usually-quiet neighborhood not too far from Meiou High School.
"Kelsey…" Yusuke cursed loudly. And then they all heard a distressed cry…followed by a faint silver light, which paled in comparison to the visible explosion that followed it.
"…Kia!" Kurama took off at a run, the other two chasing after him.
What was going on? The Youko wondered. What could have possibly--and then, rounding a corner, he saw.
Kia knelt on the shattered pavement, shredded arms wrapped protectively around a limp, bloody body--Kelsey's. The smaller girl was panting, her cheeks smeared with dirt, rain, blood, and tears. A tall man was facing her, scowling. He spotted the boys, and the scowl deepened. "I'll be back for yours, Mirror Holder. Do not rest complacent." His right arm hung uselessly at his side--obviously Kia had gotten in a few good hits. The air shimmered, his form rippled, and then he disappeared.
"Kia-chan!" Kurama ran over to the girls. "Daijoubu?"
"K…Kurama…" The girl looked up at him helplessly. And then she burst into tears, crying harder than she'd ever cried before.
"What HAPPENED?" The ever-tactless Kuwabara asked.
Kia was sobbing too hard to answer, and Kurama tenderly wrapped his arms around the trembling Mirror Holder. "I believe questions should wait, Kuwabara…" He said mildly, stroking his friend's damp brown hair. "For now, we should probably get them to Suzuki's."
"Right." Yusuke carefully hoisted Kelsey into his arms, nervously spotting the large pool of blood under her body.
Kurama slowly rose, tucking one arm under Kia's legs and cradling her. She couldn't seem to stop crying, burying her face in his shirt.
Suzuki and Touya were waiting for them outside of Suzuki's house, neither seeming to notice the fierce rain. Suzuki ran to assist Yusuke with Kelsey, his usually handsome and cheery face marred with anxiety.
"I don't suppose you found out what happened?" The Ice Master asked Kurama quietly. "We all sensed something, but…"
"Not yet…"
The minute they stepped inside, Shishiwakamaru, Jin, Chuu, Rinku, the psychotic priestess Rei, and Botan (who was visiting) looked up. The blue-haired samurai took one look at Kelsey and let out a scream. "KELSEY! What…what…" He stared at her bloodied body for a full minute, then began to babble upsettedly. Kurama set Kia down in an armchair, while Botan ran to find a blanket.
Shishiwakamaru now turned his baleful attentions upon the distraught Mirror Holder. Catching her by the shoulders, he shook her roughly. "What happened?? Tell me, girl, or I swear I'll--"
"Get yer hands off her!" Jin said angrily.
"I realize you are upset, but Kia can tell you nothing right now." Kurama frowned at the samurai.
Kage, a big black dog who stayed with them, trotted over to Yusuke. -You should probably put her to bed.- Yusuke nodded, and he and Suzuki carried Kelsey into the room that she and Kia shared. Kia jerked free from Shishi and followed unsteadily, dragging a chair out from her desk and sitting down by Kelsey's bed. Botan returned, placing a dark blue blanket over the girl's drooping shoulders.
"She's running a fever," the usually-chipper ferrygirl said worriedly, feeling Kelsey's forehead. "We need to clean her up…"
The Mirror Holder reached out and took Kelsey's limp hand, a faint silvery glow surrounding her slender frame. Kage trotted in, padding over to Kia and placing his head on her lap, gazing up at her with soulful dark eyes. She listlessly scratched behind his ears with her free hand.
Shishiwakamaru entered the room, still ranting, and followed by everyone else, including the Jaganshi Hiei. "So what's wrong with her?!" He demanded angrily. "Doesn't ANYONE know??"
Kia stiffened, looking down at Kage uncertainly. He nudged her hand, and a silent understanding passed between them. The girl relaxed slightly.
"Perhaps some sort of attack?" Touya suggested.
Shishiwakamaru huffed. "I don't see KIA hurt."
Chuu rolled his eyes. "The girl comes in all bloody, scratched, and crying, and you say she's not hurt?"
"Not…not…not like THAT!" He pointed at Kelsey.
"But she could've been," Kurama pointed out, quickly relaying what he had seen upon arriving at the scene earlier.
"…I'm confused," Botan said, once he had finished. "It sounds like that guy did something to Kelsey…"
"It's obvious." Rei blinked, hefting the six-foot double-bladed weapon she affectionately called "Axe".
"Suppose you enlighten us, then?" Suzuki said politely.
The auburn-haired priestess shook her head. "Nah. Kia can tell you."
"The lass isn' exactly herself just now," Jin pointed out.
"Too bad." Rei shrugged.
"This is not for you to mock!!" Shishiwakamaru bellowed, starting for Rei. Chuu tripped him and sat on his back, pinning the youkai to the ground. The blue-haired bishounen yelled even louder, flailing his arms.
It was then that Kia spoke up.
"Her Mirror Half was stolen."
*OOC*
Geez, talk about getting off to a rocky start! Kelsey's Mirror Half has been stolen, Shishi's hysterical, Kia's upset…please review! NEXT chapter!
* Hey, wait…aren't you supposed to die when your Half is taken? So how is Kelsey still alive? Kage explains it.
* Kia's determined to get the Half back…can anyone stop her? Time for Hiei to step in. Whoa, wait…HIEI??
-.- This is, without a doubt, the longest prologue I have ever written.
Okay, once again, disclaimer. I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS OF YU YU HAKUSHO. I only own Kia, Kage, Osore, Ashita, Netami, that bastard, Yuumei, Aiko, and random assorted people. I don't own references to Chitsuko and/or Kohana, Kelsey owns herself and Rei, and…oh, hell. If you have any problems, Inuki will bite your ankles. Mah spirit doggeh! See…Inu=dog. Ki=spirit. Behold the miracle.
Inuki: Woof?
-.- Never mind, ignore me. In this story, a few things will be explained…including Youko Kurama's odd attitude towards Kia in Densenbyou. So, let's get rolling!
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"Kelsey, slow down!" Satsukiame Aori raced after her best friend, keeping a tight grip on her black shoolbag, and struggling to open up her bright red umbrella.
Kelsey obediently slowed, turning to look at the speaker. "STILL trying to open that thing? It's not raining THAT hard, Kia."
The older girl sighed, shaking the umbrella in frustration. "Mary Poppins never had problems with HER umbrella."
"Well, Mary Poppins was also a nanny. Nannies never have problems with anything," Kelsey said logically.
Kia shrugged, shivering and wishing she had remembered to grab her jacket before she'd left for school. But both girls had overslept, so they had to be content with their magenta school uniforms. She'd at least remembered to bring her umbrella, but a fat load of good THAT was doing her, as the damned thing continued to resist her efforts to open it.
"Kuso…" The brunette muttered, dark brown eyes narrowed. Her high ponytail, of the same color, swished vigorously as she shook the umbrella.
Up ahead, Kelsey stopped. "Double kuso," she commented.
"Double…" A pulsing brown light in her senses warned her just in time. Kia stepped back, just as a hideously deformed demon resembling a horned bullfrog leapt down, landing on the spot she had just vacated. The ground cracked under its weight.
"Kagami!" It croaked, bracing itself and then pushing off with its powerful hind legs, tongue flicking towards Kia. Silently thanking the umbrella for being so stubborn, the girl smacked the creature's ugly snout, wielding her weapon like a baseball bat. It let out a hoarse cry, tumbling to the ground.
Kelsey, meanwhile, was keeping another of the youkai at bay, using only her schoolbag. "Stupid bastards!" She panted angrily. "Every day, I swear!!"
"Then let's finish this," Kia replied tiredly. "Maybe we can still catch up with Kurama if we hurry."
"Always the optimist." The blonde smirked, pale green light forming around her hands. She raised her arms, then dropped them abruptly. Kia stumbled as the ground shuddered, and then shrieked as the ground itself seemed to explode, chunks of pavement dislodged and sent flying. The demons squalled as well as jagged pieces ripped through their bodies.
"Kelsey!!" The brunette yelled, frantically trying to push her pleated skirt down and dodge flying concrete at the same time. "Make it stop!"
"It's not me!!" The younger girl responded, the glow fading. Both could hear shrieks and screams as people ran inside to escape this odd disaster.
"The sky is pouring down, the ground is flying up," Kia observed, as the rain increased to a torrential downpour. "What in the name of all that is good and holy is going on??"
"The beginning of the end."
Both girls froze. "Nani…?" Kelsey blinked.
A brown-skinned man seemed to emerge from the rain, spiky white hair extending in every direction. He was easily taller than Kia and Kelsey combined, and neither girl was a midget. Dressed in a tan trenchcoat, a black shirt, and tight blue jeans, he looked very intimidating. His sharp black eyes did nothing to alter impressions.
"…Who are you?" Kia asked quietly, her voice almost impossible to hear over the pounding of the rain.
"Who am I?" Obviously, he'd heard her. "I am the Bringer of Death. The liberator of Netami. The one who shall separate the Mirror Holders from their halves of the Densetsu no Kagami."
All sound abruptly ceased, save for the clear ringing of the man's voice.
"You're a crazy bastard," Kelsey snapped, gray eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Netami's DEAD," Kia added, although she couldn't help think of Chuuboku, a servant to Netami, who had insisted that she was alive.
"Is she now?" He chuckled. "Oh, my dear Satsukiame, if only you knew."
She flinched. "My name-"
"Yes, I know of you. I know of Kelsey. I know that I shall win." He casually lifted his right hand, causing both girls to tense. Before either could blink, the floating chunks of concrete shot towards them.
He's fast! Kia realized, before a particularly-large projectile slammed into her. Knocked off her feet, she struck the wet ground with a gasp of pain.
Kelsey started for her fallen friend, but was struck in the back by another chunk. She toppled over heavily.
Kia drew in several painful breaths, the wind automatically responding to the girl's distress and swooping down to protect her. She struggled to her feet.
"…Ah…" The man smiled crookedly. "So you will fight me on this? How foolish…but I suppose it's better to get rid of you first." He raised his hand again. "It ends now." Black sparkles glittered near the palm, and then an enormous beam of dark energy shot from his hand, heading straight for Kia, who found herself frozen to the ground.
"Move!!" Kelsey came hurtling towards Kia, throwing herself at her friend and knocking her away. Unfortunately, the beam struck the blonde Mirror straight in the chest.
Kelsey let out the most horrible scream imaginable, the light lifting her up and almost bending her in two. A bright golden light slowly pushed through her chest, then was suddenly hovering above her, about the size of a small orb. The scream continued on, piercing through the uncanny silence. Then, abruptly, it stopped. The light in Kelsey's spirited eyes faded and she fell to the ground. The orb remained floating in the air.
"Kelsey…" Kia suddenly discovered she could move again, and sprinted over to her lifeless friend, kneeling and shaking the girl's shoulder. She drew her breath in sharply, carefully touching Kelsey's stomach, and then withdrew her hand, staring at the blood dripping off it in disbelief.
"Well…one down." A dark hand grasped the golden globe, the ethereal glow lighting and illuminating the malice in Kelsey's attacker's face.
"Kelsey…Kelsey, please wake up!!" Kia pleaded, eyes filling with tears. "Kelsey! KELSEY!" There was no response from her companion, and the girl bowed her head, a cry of pure anguish ripping from her throat. "KEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLSEEEEEEEEY!!"
"How touching," the man said boredly, tossing the orb up and down in a casual manner. "Don't waste your tears, girl. You'll be joining your friend soon--" He broke off, frowning. Some sort of hidden energy was stirring from deep inside the grief-stricken girl. She lifted her head, tear-filled eyes showing fierce, terrible anger.
"Give. It. BACK."
The man shook his head, dismissing his uneasiness and her ridiculous command. Black fire pooled in his palms. Obviously, this one was going to fight him every step of the way.
******
Kurama, known to most of his classmates as Shuichi Minamino, pushed aside his desk and rose.
"Minamino…?" The homeroom teacher asked curiously. No one could ever remember him leaving like this.
"I…I don't feel well," Kurama said quickly. "Gomen." He fled the room, hurrying outside. He should have realized that something was amiss when the girls hadn't shown up for school. Sure, they often overslept, but they were never THIS late. And this feeling he had…something was wrong.
"Kurama!" Yusuke Urameshi and Kazuma Kuwabara came running up, both panting.
"I know…" The redhead said softly, before either could form the question. "I feel it too."
"What--" Kuwabara started to ask, but a piercing scream punctured the unnatural quiet. A golden glow illuminated a usually-quiet neighborhood not too far from Meiou High School.
"Kelsey…" Yusuke cursed loudly. And then they all heard a distressed cry…followed by a faint silver light, which paled in comparison to the visible explosion that followed it.
"…Kia!" Kurama took off at a run, the other two chasing after him.
What was going on? The Youko wondered. What could have possibly--and then, rounding a corner, he saw.
Kia knelt on the shattered pavement, shredded arms wrapped protectively around a limp, bloody body--Kelsey's. The smaller girl was panting, her cheeks smeared with dirt, rain, blood, and tears. A tall man was facing her, scowling. He spotted the boys, and the scowl deepened. "I'll be back for yours, Mirror Holder. Do not rest complacent." His right arm hung uselessly at his side--obviously Kia had gotten in a few good hits. The air shimmered, his form rippled, and then he disappeared.
"Kia-chan!" Kurama ran over to the girls. "Daijoubu?"
"K…Kurama…" The girl looked up at him helplessly. And then she burst into tears, crying harder than she'd ever cried before.
"What HAPPENED?" The ever-tactless Kuwabara asked.
Kia was sobbing too hard to answer, and Kurama tenderly wrapped his arms around the trembling Mirror Holder. "I believe questions should wait, Kuwabara…" He said mildly, stroking his friend's damp brown hair. "For now, we should probably get them to Suzuki's."
"Right." Yusuke carefully hoisted Kelsey into his arms, nervously spotting the large pool of blood under her body.
Kurama slowly rose, tucking one arm under Kia's legs and cradling her. She couldn't seem to stop crying, burying her face in his shirt.
Suzuki and Touya were waiting for them outside of Suzuki's house, neither seeming to notice the fierce rain. Suzuki ran to assist Yusuke with Kelsey, his usually handsome and cheery face marred with anxiety.
"I don't suppose you found out what happened?" The Ice Master asked Kurama quietly. "We all sensed something, but…"
"Not yet…"
The minute they stepped inside, Shishiwakamaru, Jin, Chuu, Rinku, the psychotic priestess Rei, and Botan (who was visiting) looked up. The blue-haired samurai took one look at Kelsey and let out a scream. "KELSEY! What…what…" He stared at her bloodied body for a full minute, then began to babble upsettedly. Kurama set Kia down in an armchair, while Botan ran to find a blanket.
Shishiwakamaru now turned his baleful attentions upon the distraught Mirror Holder. Catching her by the shoulders, he shook her roughly. "What happened?? Tell me, girl, or I swear I'll--"
"Get yer hands off her!" Jin said angrily.
"I realize you are upset, but Kia can tell you nothing right now." Kurama frowned at the samurai.
Kage, a big black dog who stayed with them, trotted over to Yusuke. -You should probably put her to bed.- Yusuke nodded, and he and Suzuki carried Kelsey into the room that she and Kia shared. Kia jerked free from Shishi and followed unsteadily, dragging a chair out from her desk and sitting down by Kelsey's bed. Botan returned, placing a dark blue blanket over the girl's drooping shoulders.
"She's running a fever," the usually-chipper ferrygirl said worriedly, feeling Kelsey's forehead. "We need to clean her up…"
The Mirror Holder reached out and took Kelsey's limp hand, a faint silvery glow surrounding her slender frame. Kage trotted in, padding over to Kia and placing his head on her lap, gazing up at her with soulful dark eyes. She listlessly scratched behind his ears with her free hand.
Shishiwakamaru entered the room, still ranting, and followed by everyone else, including the Jaganshi Hiei. "So what's wrong with her?!" He demanded angrily. "Doesn't ANYONE know??"
Kia stiffened, looking down at Kage uncertainly. He nudged her hand, and a silent understanding passed between them. The girl relaxed slightly.
"Perhaps some sort of attack?" Touya suggested.
Shishiwakamaru huffed. "I don't see KIA hurt."
Chuu rolled his eyes. "The girl comes in all bloody, scratched, and crying, and you say she's not hurt?"
"Not…not…not like THAT!" He pointed at Kelsey.
"But she could've been," Kurama pointed out, quickly relaying what he had seen upon arriving at the scene earlier.
"…I'm confused," Botan said, once he had finished. "It sounds like that guy did something to Kelsey…"
"It's obvious." Rei blinked, hefting the six-foot double-bladed weapon she affectionately called "Axe".
"Suppose you enlighten us, then?" Suzuki said politely.
The auburn-haired priestess shook her head. "Nah. Kia can tell you."
"The lass isn' exactly herself just now," Jin pointed out.
"Too bad." Rei shrugged.
"This is not for you to mock!!" Shishiwakamaru bellowed, starting for Rei. Chuu tripped him and sat on his back, pinning the youkai to the ground. The blue-haired bishounen yelled even louder, flailing his arms.
It was then that Kia spoke up.
"Her Mirror Half was stolen."
*OOC*
Geez, talk about getting off to a rocky start! Kelsey's Mirror Half has been stolen, Shishi's hysterical, Kia's upset…please review! NEXT chapter!
* Hey, wait…aren't you supposed to die when your Half is taken? So how is Kelsey still alive? Kage explains it.
* Kia's determined to get the Half back…can anyone stop her? Time for Hiei to step in. Whoa, wait…HIEI??
-.- This is, without a doubt, the longest prologue I have ever written.