AN: Anything to say? Well, he is not inconsiderate. So let's begin.
Contains fighting.
As Irfran continuously walked to the path, he had a thought that came into him. They were mostly about the recent talk toward Jubei, his friends, and his family. He wondered why the acted a little nervous and mostly courteous.
"I wonder why Jubei talked to me like he was on a rush or something?" Irfran thought, "and who was this "He" that he was referring too?" He scratched his head; maybe Jubei was just either on a rush with someone or he had other things in mind.
"Who knows? I mean, Jubei is Jubei. He is my master and gives me knowledgeable advice, after all." He concluded, "I should keep walking, for now."
As Irfran continued to walk toward the path he was taking, he noticed an unlocked sewer gate in front of him. Irfran approached the large metallic-like sewer gate and proceeded to opening it up. He looked through a large sewer cave. Having a rather, shaky feeling that there was some darkness, but can see through.
"This sewer looks kind of dark, but at least I can see through." Irfran thought to himself, with confidence. He walked inside the sewer cave, and went on right-side concrete path that goes to the main sewer of the city, from Orient Town. He believes that taking the sewer can be quickest route towards Orient Town, and can be pretty easy, as well.
As soon as Irfran went through, he sees a large cave opening. Leading him to a large area which is enough to give Irfran a lot of strange thoughts. He went through this opening, and sees something that rather surprises him.
Almost this huge area of the sewer was filled with pipes coming from every direction, a large, but unknown being with a single eye in the center of the area, lots of waste at every at most ground areas, the place dark with some bright spots to it, several odd life-forms inhabit this area, in fact, including several varieties of insects and jelly-like creatures.
"W-What kind of place is this!?" Irfran cautiously wondered. He went towards the area, and begins to feel a substance that made jump back away from an unpleasant area, for awhile. Another thought sprung up in his head the moment he felt this substance, and he knew what it was.
"I-Is this... Seithr!?"
"Huh!?" Irfran spoke loudly to himself, as senses something crawling around him.
Suddenly, something sprung around him for a while. Irfran turned his head, and discovers something black with a mask on it. The thing sprung around, and looked at his shoes and discovers an insect crawling towards it. He jumped off of that insect, and began to look at that black squiggly, thingy.
That black thing stopped roaming, and positioned in a rather straight way. It looked at Irfran, and it would appears that it was developing thoughts on something, most likely... Irfran, himself. Irfran took a calm look, and spoke up.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?" Irfran questioned with a sincere look. The thing started to speak in a rather distorted speech, something which is just too difficult to understand.
"Wh_S ThI_S Lo_ Sme_lls F_amiliar." The thing "said".
"Pardon? I'm sorry, but can you speak a little clear, please? I can't even understand what you're trying to say." Irfran explained, despite how corrupting that thing is. The masked black-squiggly thing started to get closer in a rather, threatening way.
"S_eem Deil_Ous Migh_t Eat Ta_ste Scrump_tious KHEHEHEHEHEHEH." It spoke and laugh in distorted way. Irfran had one thought of this, and hears the word "Eat" which is the only word that Irfran can hear. He signed.
"Goin_g To Eat. Goin_g To Dev_our... KEHEHEHEH." The thing said, in a more distorted voice. This time, it got itself in a pre-battle position, and it looked like it was ready to attack.
"I don't know what you are, or where you came from. But you're about to leave me with no choice." Irfran warned, but the thing ignored his warning and charged straight for a battle; resulting Irfran pulling out his sword for the incoming fight.
The black-squiggly thing charged straight in, and Irfran jumped over him. Then, it stood up, and went into the air which had dropped an odd gas that seemingly made the young warrior dodging it. The thing went to the ground, and squirmed quickly at direction of Irfran.
Irfran got the upper hand, by swinging one electric flash ray at it, resulting a slight damage outcome to the black thing. It stood up, and charged with an attack that made contact with Irfan threw him at a nearby wall. Slamming him. Irfran got up, and gave a determined look.
He ran fast, and jumped in the air as his sword came into hard contact with the squiggly thing that resulted it being dropped straight towards the ground. It recovers, soon after, and stood up. Summoning something into the air.
"MINIONS!" It yelled. Resulting a bug, unsuspectingly, dropped on Irfran's hair, resulting violent burst on the top of him. He can feel a small curse roaming around, but it wasn't major. Irfran gritted his teeth, and locks his sword heroically on his hand. He charges.
"Here goes nothing." Irfran thought. He released a large blast electric magic straight, this time, it sparked the thing with a heat of four times, before knocking itself down on the ground. As soon as the thing got up, Irfran throws a kick which sends the thing flying, before slamming it on the nearest wall. Irfran goes to look at it, before the thing comes back up again, and launches a gas that seemingly stuns Irfran for one second, and feeling a major curse around.
Then, all of a sudden, large insects were around him and they were violently chomping him, beating him, and most likely not giving him any time to recover to actually fight back. It may be painful, but he still never gives. The black-squiggly thing laughs maniacally, until it doesn't realize that something is coming straight to him.
As Irfran managed to go through those insects, he was throw a large swing of his sword at that black blob thing, and throws him to the ground. Irfran notices that curse was starting to weaken from the attack, and jumps in the air while pulling off one electric ray at that black-squiggly thing, damaging it even more. It would appears that screamed in pain, as Irfran went to the ground and looked.
It would appears that this thing was not giving up, it locked a ranged distortion to a distance. Irfran felt something shaking, and looked from the ground, discovering a lot insects biting him and reaching it's way from the air. Irfran cannot break this easily, falls to nearby ground in pain, as soon as the distortion ended. The laughed manically again, but Irfran knows that he is not giving up this way.
"That thing's strong... But I cannot give up like this!" Irfran thought bravely, he gathered his courage, and ran towards it which resulting him pulling off many slashes of large electric rays that damaged thing five times, then Irfran grabbed the thing by his hand and kept him there, before Irfran can strike it with his sword. The thing bounced back again, and Irfran threw a punch and multiple kicks to ground, resulting thing moving back away from Irfran so that it could charge another attack; however, that's not going to happen. Irfran charged his sword, and starts to head towards the direction of the thing, he yells his powerful Distortion. One that can actually help him.
"BLAZING CHARGE!" Irfran yelled. He ran towards the black-squiggly, and pulls a huge sword slash doing tough damage to it, then another sword slash which does the same thing, and finally he finishes off with large blow with his fist. Sending the black-squiggly thing in the air which hits it to nearby wall, before plummeting it to the ground, enormously.
Irfran was left to pant heavily, as sheaths his sword back to his scabbard. The thing was badly beaten that it cannot fight anymore. Irfran looked at it, thinking that it was going to attack again, but it looks like it wasn't going to do that, anymore.
"Guagh guh." The black-squiggly thing mumbled, as it's tar-like body trembles in pain. It then slithers back into the shadows and refuse from whence it came. Irfran signed, and stood up wiping away black tar marks the came on his armor.
"Whew, that was intense. I must avoid these areas, as much as possible." Irfran told to himself, "Otherwise, bad things like that thing can occur, again."
Irfran looks around this area, and notices a large cavern that can lead him up-top to Civilization. He moves his way towards the cavern, and makes his way straight towards Orient Town.
Orient Town
A freedom of fresh air came Irfran's light-smiled face. As he looks all around Orient Town, he notices that it hasn't changed much over his visits. Irfran looks up, and sees to himself that some areas around here were not as peaceful, but it looked alright from Irfran's point of view.
"So, I wonder how are good-folk around this place are doing?" Irfran wondered. He looked all around, and sees a lot of decent billboards, most of which were or were-not fancy. He can see some people on the street, poor. Mostly begging for money.
Irfran walked to the streets of Orient Town, and notices an old man in ragged clothes with no shoes, begging for money.
"Spare change for the poor, lad?" He begged with both arms up. Irfran nodded, and went into his pocket, pulling out a coin and giving it to the poor person. The old man smiled.
"Here you go, I hope this means to you." Irfran smiled. The old man nodded.
"Thank you, kind sir." The old man thanked. Irfran turned to the direction he faced, and continued walking. He can see that most people were not that much poor, and so Irfran thought things were going alright, but encounters something that made things a little hairy.
"Huh?" Irfran startled for a moment. He looks down, and sees a rather starving Kaka on the ground. Irfran scratches his head, until he hears voices from it.
"Tao...Starving...If only...Good guy...Were here." The sleeping Kaka mumbled. Irfran decided to speak up.
"Um... Are you alright, mi-." Irfran was going say, before it was cut off by the Kaka.
"GIMMIE TAO FOOD, NEOW!" The Kaka yelled, and Irfran frighteningly jumped back.
"GAH!"
At the Orient Town Restaurant...
"Thank you, Sand Man!"
Tao said in a very energetic tone. Irfran was sitting at a table next to Tao, in which, their were a lot plates that were stacking up. Much to Irfran's, dismay.
"Some kind person I turned out to be..." He embarrassingly though, "Hold on, what did she say to me before? Was it, Sand Man?"
"Pardon me, but did you say 'Sand Man'?" Irfran questioned. Tao nodded while stuffing her mouth with food.
"Uh-huh! Sand Man, because your skin looks like it, Meow!" Tao explained.
"Ah, yes. I see." Irfran smiled, hoping to not hurt Tao's feelings, "Pardon me, but you seem pretty energetic upon eating all of that food, miss..." Irfran scratched his chin in hope that he could remember the name of the Kaka, but Tao speaks up to her name.
"Taokaka! But my friends call me, Tao. Meow!" Tao said cheerfully, "Also, Tao is hunting for the villain named "Rawgna", as Tao has become one of those "Vigi-Somethings", here's a poster of him! Look, Meow!
Taokaka gives Irfran a poster of a poorly drawn Ragna the Bloodedge in the front of it. Irfran looks close, and sees that person responsible for destroying the NOL bases was actually here. Much Irfran's surprise.
"Wow... Thank's, Tao. I appreciate it." Irfran thanked to the food-eating Kaka.
"No problem, Sand Man! *Chomp* *Chomp*" Taokaka said with food in her mouth. Irfran then look's at the poster and takes sincere look at it.
"Ragna The Bloodedge... Here in Kagutsuchi." Irfran thought, "I guess this makes us One-on-One, I suppose."
"Mmmm... This Steamed Pork Bun tastes good!" Tao complained positively on the food again. Irfran looked up on Tao again.
"Pardon?" Irfran asked. Tao looked back up to Irfran and spoke.
"Oh, nothing at all, Sand Man. Anyway, thank you for the meal, Meow!" Tao thanked, before rushing out through the door of the restaurant without paying. Irfran was shocked.
"HEY! Hold up!" Irfran called out to her, but no answer came back. He face-palmed, and looks at the bill. It didn't take long for Irfran to embarrass himself by paying a large sum of the restaurant bill, plus placing five DP as a tip. Trust me, he ain't a dine-and-dasher.
But who cares? Irfran is a kind person, and he ain't inconsiderate.
Speaking of which, Irfran heads out to the restaurant to find answers, and he knows one place where he can find it. According to a nearby map, of course.
Kagutsuchi Museum
...Meanwhile...
The black-suited individual with sharp red-orange hair was at the grand stairway of the cathedral, and he was answering a phone call to someone.
"This is, Maxwell." He answered in cold tone. A voice of someone else he knew was there.
"Ah, greetings Maxwell, It's your old friend Hazama, speaking. Here to give you some exciting news for today!" Hazama yelled with excitement.
"Really? What kind of news do you have, then?" Maxwell asked. Hazama giggled.
"Oh, not much. Just to tell you that Ragna The Bloodedge apparently alive, at this hour." Hazama explained.
"Really? Is that really it, then?" Maxwell growled. Hazama laughed.
"Not like that, silly! I was calling just to give you a little reminder that's all." Hazama answered. Maxwell signed.
"Then I may, ask. Do have any where-a-bouts of Irfran Nilgiria?" Maxwell questioned.
"Oh, that chump? Just to give clarify, I'm still searching." Hazama said. Maxwell grit his teeth.
"You're still searching for him at this hour? You must be joking!" Maxwell yelled.
"Oh, don't be so harsh, Maxy! Besides, look on the bright side! We got a whole goddamn operation going on... sort of." Hazama explained. Maxwell calmed down and spoke in a tough tone.
"It doesn't matter, you incompetent fool! When he gets into this Cathedral, I will KILL HIM! DO YOU UNDERSTAND! NOW GOODBYE!" He screamed crazily on the cell-phone, before he hung him shakily on hang-up button on the cell phone.
AN: That's all I can come up, for now. If you have any complaints about characters being OOC or etc. Please leave a Review or PM.
It helps! ;)