Ok to make the storyline clearer there are a few things readers must know.

1. Raki wasn't infected by the Luciela/Rafiela thing at his hometown. (My own version) he was infected in another random town.

2. Raki doesn't know that his hometown is now destroyed.

Yep that's about it.

Enjoy.

"So Jeves is dead?... most regrettable" Revealed Dae as his voice echoed off the walls of the large dome room while he sat comfortably in his chair.

Rubel and Audrey were summoned to the dark, gloomy council chambers to stand before the highest-ranking organization members. The men sat on stone chairs in front of them eying them closely.

As Teresa left the organization, Rubel made sure that all possible evidence leading to them, or to Teresa was erased. This included making sure the bodies of the two warriors were ripped apart and disposing of the bloody claymore Teresa used to slay Jeves. Rubel's plan had worked perfectly, with even the highest-ranking organization members remaining unsuspicious.

"What will happen to the boy now that Jeves has been killed?" asked one of the dark figures hidden in the shadow sitting on the far end of the room.

Dae turned to face the man for a second with a lazy look on his face, then returned to face the two standing before him.

"That boy truly is a magnificent specimen… it is just his luck that Jeves has departed." Remarked Dae.

He turned to face Audrey as he stared deep into her eyes wearing that fake smile he would often beam.

"Tell me number three, since you have spoken to the boy, do you think that he is controllable?"

"In my opinion he is" replied Audrey.

"Oh and why is that?" The figure sitting on Dae's left questioned.

"He didn't seem like a monster"

"And neither do you" Another figure hissed coldly.

A moment of silence passed as the council members began whispering things to each other's ears. Dae just sat there, in the middle of all of them staring at Audrey and looking like he was pondering something deep.

Finally breaking the silence, Dae spoke: " Jeves was a valuable asset to this organization… however his methods I found to be… cumbersome…"

Dae turned to Rubel who stood there with his usual smirk, wearing that unique black hat, suit and infamous glasses.

"Rubel, you are one of our most trusted associates… I would like you to replace Jeves and take care of the boy"

Rubel replied: "I would be honored to, however I do not believe I have even met him"

"That can easily be arranged" Dae replied.

"If I may, I would like to make a recommendation" Rubel plead.

"So be it" one of the other men responded.

"I say that we should let the boy experience yoma in real situations"

"What!" Barked a half a dozen council members.

"Let him continue" Dae said as he eyed Rubel closely.

"Let him travel with another warrior like Audrey to slay yoma in towns, I believe that when he sees that we save people from yoma, he will immediately sign up himself…. A kind of trial run for a claymore."

"But you haven't even seen the boy's abilities!" a council member yelled.

Rubel turned to Audrey as he continued:

"But with somebody like Audrey, he cannot get away. What good would he do us just sitting in a cell?"

Dae sat back on his chair and wondered on what Rubel had just said.

I suppose that does make sense. The boy is young and he can easily dispatch yoma, and from what I've heard he couldn't defeat Number three. Letting him go with her on missions might actually be a good idea.

"Dae this is an outrage! We cannot afford to let such a specimen out of our reach!" the man to Dae's right scolded.

"It's too much of a risk!" another added.

"Very well Rubel, I trust that you would be in charge of the collection of the money?" Dae asked sounding excited.

"of course" he replied grinning wildly.

"Dae you have lost your mind, I think you have been in power for too long!"

Dae ignored the man as he continued to stare at the two.

"There is a town to the Southwest called Amberdy about 8 hours on foot, they have asked for our help. Number three and the subject will travel there. We will give Rubel further orders to pass on once they arrive there."

A few of the council members began to grumble among themselves as they heard Dae's words, clearly unhappy by what he said.

"you are dismissed"

"So it looks like I'm your caretaker Audrey" Rubel smiled as the two began walking towards Raki's cell, passing through a dark hallway.

"what was that about Rubel?" Remarked Audrey who didn't even turn to face him.

"what? I'm just telling them my… recommendations" he replied mischievously.

"you don't plan on us returning…."

Rubel let out a grin as he faced away from Audrey.

"oh common Audrey you know i wouldn't do that to you!" he answered with a hint of wit.

"don't give me that crap" she replied turning a cold shoulder to him.

The two entered a similar looking dungeon to Teresa's as they began to walk down the stone steps, and entered into the darkness below. The dungeon was much smaller than Teresa's though, and only contained four cells, each with thinner iron bars.

Audrey looked into the first cell to her left but saw that it was empty. There wasn't much in the cell at all, in fact there was nothing. It was just a plain dark room with cold rocky walls encased with iron bars. She walked towards the next cell and saw nothing once again.

Then she turned to her right and saw that young man leaning against the side of a wall within his cell. She walked towards the iron bars separating him from her and looked straight at him. He appeared to be asleep as he lay against the wall, wrapping his hands around his knees.

"Raki" Audrey called breaking the dead silence.

Raki suddenly lifted his head and turned to face the direction of the familiar voice he just heard. There stood that polite longhaired warrior on the other side of the bars looking straight at him, and a mysterious man in black standing next to her.

"so this is him?" Rubel smirked.

Raki rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Realizing he wasn't, he stood up and walked towards the iron bars.

"Hey what are you doing here?"

"Raki you are coming with me to the south to slay yoma in a town"

"umm ok…" he responded sounding unconfident.

Rubel eyed this man very closely. He thought that he seen his face somewhere. He seemed very familiar to him.

"We're going to open the door now Raki…please don't attempt to run as I would have to stop you"

"don't worry I wont" he replied.

Rubel pulled out a set of keys and placed the correct key within the keyhole. He twisted the key and unlocked the bolt, sliding it open.

"Let us go Raki, we should arrive there by dusk." Audrey spoke calmly.

Audrey and Raki didn't say a word to each other for an entire hour as they marched towards the town to the Southwest. Raki had thought about escaping, but every time he glanced at Audrey he realized that it was futile. She would probably catch up to him and remove his head, or worst. Raki would notice that Audrey would occasionally glance at him, watching him closely to see any potential signs that he would escape, but he gave her none.

They tended to avoid set paths and chose more discrete areas in order to avoid humans as much as possible. Claymores usually didn't enjoy human company, mainly because humans looked down on them but there was also that strange sentiment of not feeling like they belong.

They left the harsh desert like environment of the organization a while ago, and started seeing a few lush green trees and some traces of grass.

"You look good in Warrior's armour Raki, I'm glad they still kept a male version of it " she smiled with a hint of humor.

Raki was surprised to hear her say those words. Especially after one hour of silence. He figured that the reason she was so silent was because she didn't like him or just preferred to be left alone.

"thanks…" he replied

"um.. Audrey… can I ask you a question?"

"go ahead" she replied smiling

"why exactly did the organization allow me to go with you?"

Audrey slowed her pace to align herself with him. She looked at his confused face as she replied smiling:

"It was Rubel's doing"

"was it that guy in the black suit at the dungeon?"

"yes"

I remember seeing him somewhere before. His face… seems so familiar. It was probably so long ago I can barely remember…

"I just wish I can meet Clare again…."

"did you say Clare?"

Teresa also spoke of a Clare… I wonder if it's the same person…

"Oh no its nothing… never mind!" he began to blush cursing himself that he thought out loudly.

Audrey gave him an odd stare as he tried to face away from her, in an attempt to cover his blunder that left him red-faced.

"Raki, how did you become so skilled with a blade?"

"well um… it was a friend from the north, he used to be a… um.. a master swordsman." He replied nervously.

"what was his name?" she asked curiously.

"err… you know… I forgot" he replied sounding unconvincing.

"doesn't sound like he was a good friend if you cant remember his name"

"I guess…"

She turned her face to his and let out a warm smile.

"I like you Raki, you're a good guy"

She likes me? Raki thought as he let out a blush.

"There it is Raki, the town of Amberdy"

As they crossed a large hill, Raki could see a small town off to the distance. The town reminded him of his old hometown which he visited about two weeks ago. He told the townspeople to inform Clare that he was alive should she ever visit.

I hope that you got the message Clare…

Raki suddenly heard the sound of the villagers screaming in terror. All five of his senses have sharpened incredibly ever since he was infected by those strange organic poles. They changed his body and made him able to hear even the faintest of sounds.

He frantically turned to face Audrey as she quickly admitted "I heard it too"

"We must hurry to save them!" Raki yelled desperately.

"why? Its only our job, it doesn't matter how many of them die"

"How could you say that!" Raki Barked as he darted towards the village at blinding speed.

"WAIT! COME BACK HERE!" Audrey yelled behind him as his boot's kicked dust in her face.

Dam it Raki, now I have to follow you…. Wait up….

Audrey followed Raki's lead as he bolted towards the Town.

Raki suddenly stopped his incredible acceleration sliding against the gravel until he stopped to a halt. He frantically tried to find the yoma that he knew was near. He didn't know how or why, but he felt the presence of the yoma. The townspeople all began to run towards him, almost trampling him as the wave of people passed him.

Then he saw it. It stood next to the village well holding a man by his head, surrounded by dead villagers as is walked in a pool of blood.

"HELP ME!" the man desperately yelled out as Raki thought about his next move. He wasn't sure if he was fast enough to make it to the yoma and cleave off its arm before it killed the man.

But he had to try.

Without a second thought, Raki charged towards the yoma as fast as he could and just managed to slice off it's arm in time as he collided with the side of a building almost destroying the wall completely.

"ARRGG!" the yoma yelled in pain as it saw its right arm fly through the air.

Raki kicked himself off the wall and ran his blade through the yoma's torso spraying purple blood everywhere. The blade easily pierced the soft flesh of the yoma as it swiped its remaining left arm towards Raki, landing a deep dent on his left shoulder pad. Raki forced the claymore towards the side, ripping through its flesh and separating the Yoma in two.

"Bravo" Audrey lightly cheered behind him as she clapped her hands smiling proudly.

"WATCH OUT!" Raki yelled as he saw a yoma run behind Audrey as it began to swipe it's powerful arms towards her back. Audrey stood there calmly and continued to smile as a seemingly invisible blade stopped the Yoma's attacks. The yoma attacked in rapid succession, but all it's attacks were being stopped as if there was an invisible shield behind Audrey's back.

Oh I get it…that must be the same thing she used against me back at the organization…

"Bitch! Why can't I kill you!" the yoma yelled in its deep voice as it tried to desperately attack from different directions.

Audrey then swiftly sliced it's head off without any warning as it's body coldly met the ground, using her large claymore as a shield to protect her body from the spray of purple blood.

Audrey turned to face Raki as she began pointing towards his direction.

Why is she pointing at me? Oh wait… she's not pointing at me… she's pointing behind me!

Raki turned around to see another Yoma jump off the roof in front of him as it flew through the air towards him. Raki knelt down and thrusted himself towards the sky holding his claymore in front of him, as he sliced the Yoma into two pieces in mid air.

He's pretty good I must admit, he could easily be a single digit in the near future…

Raki landed on the floor as he noticed a group of Yoma charge towards him.

"aren't you going to help me!" he plead to Audrey as she began to calmly walk off yawning.

"no, I think they want you" she replied.

"WHAT!"

Raki dodged the first yoma by hastily pacing to his left and plowing his claymore towards another two slicing both of them in half. He then kicked the yoma that he dodged with such force that it destroyed the wall of the building it collided with.

THERES MORE!

four more yoma charged at him as he began to run towards them. He jumped over them, swinging his claymore beneath his feat as it met with the skull of one and immediately killing it.

As he landed, he turned around to evade the attack of another as he rammed his elbow into it's back, breaking it's bones as it collapsed on the floor grouching.

The other two darted at him simultaneously, and Raki was only quick enough to avoid one of them, as the other one managed to struck his right arm with it's claws, making him drop his claymore as it began to gush out blood.

Damn it he got me….

Without a thought, Raki rammed his knee into the yoma and grabbed its arm with his left hand as he swung it towards the other with all his might. The two yoma violently landed on top of each other as they harshly met the ground.

Immediately Raki sprinted towards his blade, sliding on the ground and picking it up with his left hand.

The Two Yoma got to their feet and ran towards him furiously. He swung his claymore in an uppercut, severing one apart while the other one started to panic and desperately tried to get away.

Raki threw his weapon towards the Yoma, piercing its body and pinning it to the side of the closest building.

"Bastard…." It grumbled as the light gradually left its eyes.

Raki let out a sigh of relief and held his wounded arm tightly as he furiously turned to face Audrey who sat calmly on the side of the well staring at her nails:

"Hey what was that about!" He Barked.

"oh common, these guys are barely any fun for me… besides you can easily take them on…" she replied calmly.

Raki felt his right arm start to heal up as the muscles began regenerating themselves.

"see… you weren't even really wounded" she chuckled

Raki looked at her astonished, totally not registering that as a joke.