Drowning in Problems

Ashura was just laying in his room down in the Lower Quarter of Zaphias. Next to his bed on the window sile, his faithful dog Repede lay bathing in the sun. Ashura was just day

dreaming when he heard running up the stairs. The door to his room burst open and in came Ted, a young boy of the Lower Quarter.

"Yuri, Yuri, its awful!" he shouted franticly.

"Whats the matter Ted?" Ashura asked, opening one eye to gaze at his guest.

"The Aque blastia has broken again. And they just finished fixing it too." Ted said pointing out the window. Ashura gazed

out and saw the fountain in the center of the Lower Quarter overflowing, people with buckets and rocks trying to contain the water.

" Did you try to get Flynn or the Knights to come down here?" Ashura asked.

" Yuri, you know better than anyone that the knights don't stoop down to meet with us. Flynn and you were the two exceptions. And I tried to get Flynn to help but

they wouldn't even let me see him."Ted explained.

"Heh, so I'm Flynn's replacement??" Ashura asked.

Ted shook his head. "Nevermind that! Come on we need your help."

And with that Ted bolted out the room. Repede looked at the door then to Ashura with his unscared eye. "Go on Repede I'll catch up." Repede picked up his small dagger and strapped it on to his collar and

then picked up his own pipe and dashed out the door looking like a blue lightning bolt.

" This place will become an aquariam if this keeps up." Ashura said. He picked up his sword by the

straps of its sheath and opened up the window. He jumped out look very much liuke a ninja with his black and gold clothes landed in the center of the Lower Quarter. He saw people with

pans scouping out the water from the fountain.

"Hey you findng any treasure in there?"

he asked on man. the man laughed and said" Yeah but youre late so I'm not sharing." Ashura bent down and began to scoup out the water when he heard a voice yelling over the rushing water.

"Come on men put youre backs into it!" Ashura looked to see the elderly Hanks. Hanks was ashort man with a gray beard and stark white hair.

"Damn, Hanks is really giving it his all" Ashura said.

" Yeah well it was his suggestion that we all pool our money together to fix this blastiaso he feels responsible. I hear he even parted with is wife's momento."

The man said. Ashura walked near Hanks and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Go easy on the water sports old man,you're not getting any younger."

Hanks laughed

"I still have plenty of energy Yuri!!"

Ashura smiled.

Everyone called him Yuri from a joke that Charos played on him but none of them knew

either of the two meanings. The first means " The Renegade" However, the second meaning is a little more... repulsive.. Ashura looked at the fountain seeing if he could fix it. Walking in front

of it he saw that the blue core was missing.

"Hey Hanks, what happened to the blastia core here?"

Hanks looked at him

" That blue thing in the center?" he asked.

"Yeah a blastia is useless without a core. Who was the last one to touch it?"

Hanks thought for a few moments.

" I suppose that would be the mage who tried to fix it, a Mr. Mordio i believe." Ashura thought for a

moment

" If hes a mage then he is most likely to be in the Royal Quarter" Ashura walked to leave the the Lower Quarter but Hanks stopped him.

" Hold on a moment, youre not thinking of going to the Royal Quarter are you?"

Hanks was eyeing him carefully. Ashura chuckled and waved his hand.

" Me? Go to the Royal Quarter? I wouldn't be caught dead in that place!"

Hanks saw through the lie but he didn't stop him from leaving.

" Damn it Yuri just because you got that bohdi Blastia you think youre invincible!" He sighed.

" Heres hopeing he doesn't do anything foolish." Hanks prayed

A man laughed

as he pulled out more water.

" Well this is Yuri we are talking about, I mean even the Knights are watching him. And with that bohdi blastia he is able to do things a normal person couldn't."

"That doesn't make it right to go storming into the Royal Quarter" Hanks retorted.

" Well this is a normal day for Yuri, I'm sure he will be just fine" The man reassured.

Little did anyone know that a chance encounter will send Ashura straight into a new adventure filled with sorrow and conflict.

Author's Note: Okay first real chapter up and running. This is just a bit of background before we get into the good stuff. I was lazy in the editing so i tried. Any suggestions please leave in reviews so long as they aren't like " ZOMG YOURE STORIES SUCK EVEN THOUGH I DON"T EVEN TELL YOU WHy!!!LOLOLZO"

Anything like that i will delete and remove. Also i mean no copyright infringment.