A.N. Still don't own the soul series, the creators do,

to the reviewers: I have been noted that Cretin is French, while that may be true, it is one of Nightmare's quotes from SCIII, so don't go after me, lol

Chapter Two: Escaping the tower

A brief explanation of the earlier events later, the two female's were sated, though wary, they would not attack the former opposition...yet.

"Where will you go now?" Nightmare asked, using his monstrous arm to lift soul edge for it to sit on the more comfortable position of his shoulder.

"I... do not know, up until now all I have done is search for you, to atone for my sins... I think I shall venture back to Ostrheinsburg castle, where it all started" Siegfried finished,

Nightmare nodded before Tira whispered something in his ear, telling her something quietly he gave her the sword that Cervantes's had been holding and watched her run of the side of the tower, hopping down ledges, turning back to Hilde and Siegfried he asked

"how about I join you?"

With Tira

Reaching the ground Tira looked around for a bit and exclaimed

"Cervy, where ar- OH their you are!" she cried as she was forced to block the man's sword, an old gun blade brought probably only because of his weapon style, quickly, she spun her hula hoop like weapon, causing Cervantes's to fall back in an attempt to keep his sword in hand, quickly jumping into the air, Tira round housed kicked the man to the ground, giggling all the while as she hopped onto him and forced her circular blade to his neck

"Your fun Cervy! but in all seriousness, I'm in need of a ship, and your the perfect little pirate to help me, savvy?" she asked, giggling once more at her little pirate joke, a single look at Cervante's face showed that he was not amused.

"ugh, fine ye darn wench, Il take ya to yer destination, but only because that bubbly idiot up top has gotten me all tired out" he growled, standing he watched Tira walk away, humming a tune of some sort, holding back a few more seconds, he aimed his weapon at the overly trustful girl

"rule o' the sea lass, never trust a pirate" he shouted, but before he could fire, she turned and flipped towards him' making him lose his aim as she came down and slashed through his gun blade. Staring at his weapon in shock, he didn't notice his old corrupted blade meet his neck.

"Try that again, and I will end you" Tira's suddenly gloomy personality spat. Returning the cursed sword to him, she decided to give him something to muse over

"you should know that master used that blade to weaken Algol, your were not as useless as once thought" she said, looking at his blade once more he realized he must of left it at the tower top, well, at least it worked out.

"...fine, follow" he gave coldly, walking past her as she followed him.

"oh look, weaklings" Cervante's laughed, they had only walked about ten minutes before they had found a couple of swordsmen, coming for the tower no doubt.

"Ha! morons, we shall take the swords for ourselves... and maybe that woman too old man" the younger of the two men said.

"Please" Cervante's gave, putting his hand out in front of Tira to show that he was going to do this alone.

Rushing the larger opponent, Cervante's watched as he, alarmed, brung a mace from his back to hit him with, falling to his knee's in a power slide, Cervante's stuck his blade into the mid-riff of the large man, and fired the gun part of the blade, the bullet going straight through the opponent's heart, the other, startled, used his small sword from his waist and went for a high slice, though Cervante's merely slid the blade away with the flat side of his own as he spun around the boy, and upon ending the spin flung an arm round the loud mouth trapping his arm's, and used his blade holding arm to slowly slide his cursed short sword along the throat, eagerly watching the life die from those brown eyes, as his soul was devoured by the corrupted weapon.

Finished with the little battle, and feeling revitalised from the soul he just devoured, he turned to Tira and gave a "come" gesture as he began walking.

"Wow, that was pretty cool Cervy!" cried out Tira, her jolliness returned from the sight of battle, running up and jumping onto his back, forcing something of a piggyback to begin as Cervante's found himself unable to find a suitable response to the situation. Eventually, he felt the girl fall asleep on his back, he would be tired to if he was always jumping around like a squirrel on crack, heh.

With ?

"ehh, what hit me" whined the man lying flat on a hard substance, moving to sit he met the eyes of that which he laid on.

"YOU!"

With Sophitia and Cassandra

"Do you feel it sister? something terrible is going to happen back home, I just know it" whispered Sophitia, clasping her hands together as she prayed for her family's safety. Cassandra nodded before adding

"We must go home, the cause of the tower's appearance has already been dealt with, or so the rumours go, and so with it, Soul Edge will be gone" confidently spoke Cassandra, hoping to dissuade Sophitia from continuing her quest.

"Ju- just for now, let's go home, I worry for my children" and so sister's, hand in hand, began a trek to the boat they had arrived in.

many hours later

Clash, Slash,

The sister's heard the sound of metal meeting steel and flesh, as a villager's carcass was thrown their way, dodging it, they looked upon the boat, a mere 40 feet away, suddenly turn grotesque and black, the designs shifting to look like the horrible beasts of myth as it started moving away, cannon balls hit the remainder of the burning village that was peaceful mere minute's ago, the pure speed making the ship seem like it was gliding across the water, but before it had totally left, the two saw one of the passengers as she jumped to the top prowl of the ship's stern, a figure dressed in ripped red material, a figure holding a bladed hollow circle, a figure they knew too well.

"Say bye-bye to your kiddies" the woman laughed, her childlike voice coating her cruel intensions, and with that, the ship was gone.

some time ago with Tira and Cervantes

"Wakey, wakey wench of nightmare, it's time for some fun" Cervante's chuckled,

Awakening, Tira found herself in a village, before her, a grand boat of exquisite design

"WOW! is this your's Cervy?" She asked astonished

"Nope, deal with the village while I make it mine" he chuckled, letting her of his back, he ran onto the boat, chopping of the heads of two sailor's, the rest were made quick work of.

"Sure thing Cervy" stated Tira, throwing her weapon like a Frisbee, cutting through several villager's.

Watching her massacre, Cervante's considered getting her to join his crew, she sure was good with that weapon. His musing's were cut short however, as a scantily dressed, black haired woman came from the ship's interior

"Well hello pirate, want to die" she asked, smiling like a crazed animal as she pulled out two katana's

"heh heh, this should be fun" exclaimed the pirate, turning and pulling out his cursed blade, leaning down he found another, more common steel short sword, and used it as a replacement for his usual second sword. Rushing towards him, the female spun, bringing both blades full circle only to be stopped by his own, after a brief power struggle he broke the attack by forcing each sword to push the woman's to the side, doing this he narrowly cut her cheek as she jumped back, to his surprise, and somewhat pleasure, she stuck her tongue out, and licked the wound, still smiling. Holding each blade to the side, he was unprepared for her to jump into the air , and seemingly teleport to the front of him, a move of his own design, starting to stab, stab and stab into his chest right to the hilt of her katana's, in what seemed like an unstoppable flurry. Finishing she jumped back and was shocked that he not only remained standing, but was not even bleeding.

"ye cant kill the dead honey, now, how 'bout I finish you off" he spoke as she seemingly was excited

"Killing something that can't be killed, oh yes!" she cried leaping once more and doing the teleport, this time, Cervante's expected it, and brought both of his blades down into her shoulder's, causing her to cry out as he brung both blades out from the hole's that they had created, sticking the common blade into her stomach, he brung her body up into the air, then right into the ground, crouching to push in the blade full hilt. An unexpected consequence was a black soul try and force it's way into his body, from her own, annoyed at the creature's attempt to overtake him, he stabbed it with his cursed weapon, letting it feed on the twisted soul.

Crouching down, he saw her eye's barely open,

"what's yer name lass?" he questioned, intrigued by her,

"S-S-SS-SHURA" she cried out,

"Ah, the demon I've heard about, so you are real, and actually a decent fight at that, well then, time to go" he finished, lifting her beaten body and throwing her into the sea, if she died, she died.

hearing a sound of shoe's meeting wood, he looked back to see a grinning, blood covered Tira

"Done Cervy, all of the villager people are dead" she smiled

"Thanks'," he gave, lifting his blade and watching as purple dot's rained from the city, joining into one large ball that fell into and nearly overwhelmed Cervante's sword, sticking it into the ground, the dead body's on the ship came back as a phantom crew and the ship twisted into his own design, grotesque and black, the designs shifting to look like the horrible beasts of myth. Putting his blade back to his belt, he watched Tira run to the stern and shout something to two Greek women as he forced the ship to move by will alone, firing the canon balls into the village Tira had left burning. this was turning out to be one fun day.