I am almost getting close to finishing. I hope that you're enjoying this so far. It's my take on bloody roar. Please enjoy!
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BLOODY ROAR: EVOLUTION
"No room for error"
The sun had begun to show itself through the clouds it was a beginning of a new day. Today was going to be unlike any other day for Corey; he's had some quite normal days but today was going to be unlike any other. He was sitting there on her couch holding Nagi in his arms; she was sleeping still as Corey was just zoning out he knew what was going to happen today. He had to take care of ridding the tabula crest and he needed to do something about Stan. The risk of death was also near; he wanted to make sure that he made it back alive. Corey knew that there was going on between him and Nagi, he wanted to be there for her for as long as they were together. Her eyes slowly began to open, she was awake; "Morning," she said softly looking at him with her amber eyes. "Morning to you too." he responded smiling. "Did you get enough of sleep? I want you to be alert today; you've got an important thing to do today." Nagi said. "Yeah I did; I got enough. How about you?" he asked. "Yeah a little; what time is it Corey?" Nagi asked back. Corey looked over at the clock; "Its 7:30 in the morning." he answered. "Shit! I'm going to be late. I'm sorry Corey, I should have known. You probably need to get back over to Yugo's because I'm sure he's getting ready to go." she explained as she got up and began to get ready for her job. Corey got up as well, grabbing his shoes; "Don't apologize I should have woke you up earlier." said Corey. "No it's my fault, I should have known. I'm so stupid." exclaimed Nagi. "Stop, stop." he said as Corey put his hands on her shoulders making her stand still; "I don't think you're stupid Nagi. Stop beating yourself up over this." explained Corey. She looked at him like there was something wrong with him; "I'm not; I'm just getting upset. I don't wanna be late this is going to be second job that I might lose." she said Nagi sounded upset. Corey needed to make Nagi more relaxed.
"Look I know that you're upset right now but you need to relax and not beat yourself up. You don't need to apologize to me; I understand that you might be late but," he stopped himself. Nagi gave him a small smile, "I don't know what's going on with me these days." she said shaking her head at the same time; Corey moved in closer to her, "It's okay Nagi we all have days like these all the time. It can be worse." Corey said. "Yeah it's true; thanks Corey." said Nagi; "You're welcome, any time." the two of them were both silent for a minute. "Okay I need to get ready Corey, so you're gonna be here when you get back right?" she asked, "Yeah, I'll do my best to come back alive." Corey answered. "All right I better get going then. Thanks for letting me stay here for the night. Maybe we should do that again." Corey said as he headed out the door; Nagi smiled, "You're welcome Corey, maybe sometime soon then. Good luck Corey." "Thanks Nagi. I love you." said Corey headed out the door, "Love you too Corey." said Nagi as Corey left. Nagi finished getting ready so shouldn't be late for work with the having the thought of Corey being on her mind until her returned.
It became a busy morning at the Ogami residence; as Yugo, Alice, Uriko and Kenji were getting ready to head to the location to the tabula crest according to Long. There was a knock on the door; "Enter." yelled Yugo from across the room, as Gado and Jenny entered. The two of them were ready to go; Gado wearing his usual black tank top and commando pants and Jenny was wearing a tight red jacket with leather high heel boots to compliment her outfit. "Gado; Jenny so glad that you guys got here in time." said Yugo who half way through eating some toast; "Wouldn't miss a minute of any of the action." replied Jenny who seemed a little disgusted by Yugo's eating. "Good to see that almost everyone is ready." Gado said who had a rough time sleeping last night, the XGC mark taking a toll on his old worn out body. "Where's Corey this morning I didn't see him doing his morning routine?" he asked looking around to spot him out; "He went out last night with Nagi so I'm not sure if's he up or not." answered Yugo who now was just beginning to worry about the young zoanthrope. "I see, let's hope that he returns before we leave." Jenny said who looking over at the clock that read 7:53 am; "If Corey is smart he'll be here before we leave." Alice pointed out. "What makes you think he might?" asked Jenny who thought Corey was scared and was hiding; Alice was about to answer as there was another knock on the door. "Come in." said Yugo, it was Long; "Morning Long hope you got some sleep?" Gado asked, the kung fu master nodded his head meaning 'yes'. "Where's Corey he should have been here by now." he said making sure that Long wasn't mistaken that Corey was asleep. "He hasn't shown up yet. I think he's scared." said Jenny; "Whoa hang on a second there Jenny. What makes you think that Corey is scared?" asked Alice. Jenny shrugged her shoulders; "Well I'm just saying; I think it's weird that he hasn't shown up yet. It just makes things look suspicious." she explained.
Alice raised an eyebrow; "I think Corey would have better than running away from doing something that he's committed to." Alice said trying to defend Corey. "What are you getting at Jenny?" asked Long who was unsure of what Jenny was saying; "Corey is still a teenager. Very little experience of being a zoanthrope; I don't think he's ready to do this sort of things." Jenny explained. Alice began to shake her head; "Jenny you got the idea of Corey all wrong. You didn't see him in Los Angeles a couple of months ago," Alice began to explain. As she was talking on the other side of the door Corey had finally returned; he heard the conversation between Jenny and Alice. "He stood up and fought someone who was way stronger and powerful than Corey. You know what happened? Corey beat the shit out of his opponent." Alice finished explaining. "That still doesn't mean anything. Just because he fought some no name and won doesn't say much." Jenny said coldly. Corey was still there right in front of the door listening smiling as he heard Alice justifying why Corey wasn't a coward; "You know what else he did? He saved me from death; when I was in a fight I was near defeated but Corey stepped in and was able save me. Before that I was thinking the same way as you are; but after that I found new respect for him." she explained leaving Jenny speechless. There was a knock on the door as everybody went quite as Yugo answered; "Open the door." and in doing so Corey entered with a smile on his face. "Corey, you showed up." said Gado; "You're damn right I did. I wouldn't miss this for anything." Corey said as he looked over at Alice and said "Thanks Alice, I gladly appreciate for what you said." she gave him a nod. Jenny had a cold look on her face; Corey noticed it, "What's wrong with you? You don't have something to say?" Corey asked.
Jenny looked over at Corey and only muttered, "We'll see in time if you're ready." Corey responded with a 'oh well'; "So Corey how did everything go last night?" asked Yugo trying to find a subject. "We just talked outside enjoying the night. We didn't do anything special but I think things might be going a good direction." answered Corey giving a small smile. "Well that's good to hear. So you ready to go or not yet?" asked Yugo; "Yeah I'm ready. Just let me grab something really quick." he said as went through his duffle bag. 'Where is it I know I had it somewhere.' he thought to himself. Everyone else was looking at him quietly; "Aha!" Corey exclaimed as he found what he was searching for. It was a gray hoodie that hadn't put on since he got Japan; "Really; that's what you're looking for?" asked Yugo. "Yeah that was all." Corey responded; "Okay; let's go over this one more time." announced Gado who grabbed everyone's attention. "Where we all heading is the tabula of thousand beasts, it's location of the crest according to Long should be here." said Gado as he pointed to a small map. Everyone else had a look of the location; "Our main goal is to destroy the tabula and hopefully Xion a man responsible for the most of the deaths of many zoanthropes in recent months." Gado was still explaining. "Our trip should at least take a few hours; unless we have any kind of problem. Any kind of questions before we go?" asked Gado finishing what was about to happen. Everyone was silent looking around at each other knowing that maybe one of them might not come back alive. "No questions huh?" asked Gado; "All right! Let's go." exclaimed Yugo as he got up and literally jumped to the front door; "Easy there." said Alice who wasn't too far away. As they got down stairs and outside a lone figure stood not too far from the group.
"It seems that you may need my help?" asked a female voice that caught Corey's attention right away; "Aunt…Aunt Jamie; what are you doing here in Japan?" asked Corey confused what was going on. She looked at her nephew, "I know it's been only a few days but I just didn't want to leave yet. So I've been staying here for these past days. How's your mother doing?" she asked. Corey's heart dropped at the mention of his mom; "Well…when I was looking for her Stan," he paused as tears began to drop. "That asshole killed her right in front of me." he said; she went over to Corey giving him a hug. "I'm so sorry Corey I knew that I should have helped but I would have never expected him to do something like that." said Jamie who seemed upset by the news. "Please don't say sorry Jamie; I'm sick of people of saying that." replied Corey who all of sudden stopped crying. "So you wanna help or no?" asked Corey; "I'm sure it's up to," "Alan Gado." said Gado interrupting Jamie. "And yes; an extra hand is always welcome." he said again. "Alright then; my name is Jamie I'm Corey's aunt and his mother's sister as well." she said introducing herself to everyone else. "All right let's get going." said Yugo; "So where are heading?" asked Jamie. "It's kind of hard to explain right now Aunt Jamie." said Corey; "What do you mean it's hard to explain Corey?" asked Jamie who wanted to know what was going on. "Look I don't wanna cause any problems right now Jamie; I'm just helping Yugo out with something that's all." he said trying not to reveal any information. "Listen Corey, you better tell what's going on or I'm gonna," Jamie said before Uriko stepped in; "Or what?" she asked suspicious of Jamie. Corey was surprised by her action; "You're not going to do anything to me your just a child." said Jamie who was getting angry.
Uriko gave Jamie a dark look, to the point where Uriko's eyes turned to a familiar green color; "Uriko calm down, we don't need any of this right now; you need to save your energy." said Long. Uriko walked back towards back to Kenji; "You're right. It won't be worth my time anyway; I just don't want anyone to talk to my brother like that." said Uriko. Jamie looked wide eyed; "Brother; since when did you find this out Corey?" asked Jamie. "Stan told me a couple of days ago right after he killed my mother." explained Corey; "Hey! We don't have time for this you guys we got other important things to do." exclaimed Yugo. Corey and Jamie both looked at Yugo; "Sorry dude I guess I'll be playing catch up some other time." said Corey who gave a quick glace over to his aunt. "We ready?" asked Alice who was getting impatient; everyone was in agreement even Jamie. "All right then; remembers what we are all doing." begun Gado as he took in a deep breath and said, "Let's do this." in doing so everyone began to head to a couple of vehicles to start their journey.
Xion was getting frustrated with the trail that he and Stan were on; he was getting tired of his Stan's arrogance. 'I thought I was somewhat aloof but this man is getting stranger every day I stay with him. I must find an opportunity to kill him before he activates the crest.' Xion thought to himself knowing that Stan was right next to him. "So Xion what are you actually planning to do once you open the crest?" asked Stan. 'Damn him and his ignorance.' he thought; "How many times must I tell you; I'm going to wait for those other zoanthropes so I can absorb their powers and then I can open the gate and take over this human infested earth." explained Xion for the fifth time. "Sure whatever Xion; I still don't believe you." said Stan who seemed oblivious to Xion's plan; "Huh! Listen to me and listen well," said Xion as stepped right into Stan's face. "I'm not going to take your shit if you keep acting like an idiot. If you still do I will end your life with no problem. Remember our deal Stan; I will be only helping you with this but any more issues or questions then the deal is off and then you're on your own." explained Xion setting some boundary for Stan. He only scoffed, "You really think your threats will scare me; you'll have to try harder than that. Don't worry about a thing I'll keep my end of the deal Xion." said Stan. "You better hope so." replied Xion who seemed still upset; things got silent in a hurry really quickly. "So Xion I have to ask you a personal question if I don't mind asking." Stan said, "Go ahead, this better not be stupid." he said.
"What made you want to kill those zoanthropes in the first place; why do you want the tabula crest?" asked Stan. Xion sighed; "How to explain this; it all happened a year ago when I was given this power to become this powerful zoanthrope. It was from there when I was told that this was my destiny to find this crest so I can open it and release my fellow unborn to rein this earth." Xion began to explain; Stan was speechless. "There…are more of you?" Stan asked. "Oh yes, more just waiting to take this rancid planet. See the spirits of the unborn will be ready to take over any human who is worth of their power. Thanks to you we know the location of this and soon this world will be mine!" Xion finished. Stan gave him a weird look; "Okay…that kind of explain some things; I guess." he said. They were still walking; it had been quite some time when they last rested. "We can't be far from its location." pointed out Stan who was quiet for the most part of the trip; "Can't be too far now; I just have a feeling." Xion replied. "Okay, I guess it can be like twenty minutes away right?" Stan asked. "Yeah I think so; hang on a second" he said as Xion stood still and concentrating to find the source of the tabula. "What the hell are you doing?" Stan asked; Xion didn't answer him as he was still focusing. After a couple of minutes; "Were not too far just only about a half an hour from here." Xion said after using his zoanthrope ability to find the source of the tabula. "Good then we should rest for a few minutes and then we can continue from here. Does that sound like and an idea or you've got something better?" asked Stan.
"No I don't, that would be ideal since I'll need all the energy I can get once we reach the cave." Xion answered. "About time!" said Stan as he sat on a medium rock with a sigh of relief; "You seem like this was tiresome for you; perhaps maybe you should have been more prepared?" Xion asked. "What gave you that idea?" asked Stan; Xion looked up to the sky to figure what time in the morning it was. "Well, we better not take long since it's getting later in the morning." he said; "What do you mean?" Stan asked again. "We better not take too long before anyone else may find the cave." he said; Stan gave Xion an odd look. "I think I may have comprised our position. I told a fellow zoanthrope about my plans but I don't think he won't be a problem." explained Xion. "That's good cause we don't need any problems." replied Stan; "What about your son?" Xion asked, Stan was thinking. "He won't be a problem either but I'm sure he'll find a way. After all he thinks I killed his mother still." he explained. "Just let's hope that nobody finds out were the location." Stan said again; Xion gave him an odd look. Stan pulled out his water bottle and took a drink; "All right, let's go after this. After all you said that; we won't have enough time to rest." he said. Xion was still silent looking out towards the direction of where the cave is; "You better get ready," Xion finally spoke. "Why is that?" asked Stan; "I'm beginning to sense that we may not be alone soon." Xion explained. "You gotta to be kidding me; it's too soon." he said getting up and looking around the area. "I'm not sure but I'm just getting a feeling that we may be not alone." said Xion who as well was looking for anyone nearby.
A shadowy figure was lurking around; it was just looking at the two men who were getting a little paranoid. Its blue eyes were staring only observing; studying it like it was a science project trying to anticipate their moves so it wouldn't get caught. Xion was looking at the direction of the creature he wasn't sure what it was by he knew something was there; the creature went back into its human form. It was a little girl wearing traditional Shinto clothing has purple hair she was only the five right now but she had a very important job to do and that was to find the unborn wasn't try to open the tabula. She knew that she couldn't do anything right now but there was something telling her that the unborn might become an important figure in the future. "What is it Xion; it's like you've seen a ghost." said Stan in which Xion was still looking at the direction were the little girl was standing. She had to hold her breath so shouldn't be caught; he moved in a little closer just enough to be standing right in front of her. Xion looked around to see what it was; he stood still for a minute then went over back to Stan. The girl had a sigh of relief and decided to go back in her form and report to her comrade the news. "What do you think it was Xion?" Stan asked again; "I'm not sure Stan whatever it was; it wasn't good I think something was watching us." Xion explained. "I'm sure it's not a big deal." he said; Xion scoffed, "Ha, you better hope it's not a big deal." Xion said once again as he looked at the sun. "We better get going now before whatever it was might come back. Besides were only a half an hour away at least." he said giving Stan a rushed look. Stan quickly gathered his things and put it on his back and they were ready to head to the cave, with getting so close the tabula; now wasn't the time to screw up and make any kind of mistakes.
Wow! Sorry for the wait, been busy past few days I finally was able to get the time to complete this chapter! Stay posted for the next chapter.