Dimensions "Dangerous Luck"

*It's five o' clock and it is almost time but for what?* these were the words running through my head as Iya and I stood in the middle of the throne room. Everything was quiet and nothing was making a sound except for the trees bristling outside of the castle and the wind gradually pushing past the wind chimes that rung outside as well. After a short bit Iya closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh. Immediately during the sigh her white hair began to turn in to a brilliant dark black hue and her figure changed a bit, she grew at least an inch taller and I also noticed her fangs sharpened and grew a bit as well. The change almost weirded me out but I didn't say a word, I just stood still waiting holding on to her hands which were still pinching my shirt. Doing so I felt her hands drop down in temperature almost as if she was dying and this gravely alarmed me. After a short bit she was done changing but she didn't open her eyes and for a second I was silent, I didn't say a word I just watched her face it looked the same but it almost had like an adult image of it.

After a bit I spoke "Iya? Are you okay?" I finished and after another second she opened her eyes slowly, the color of her eyes also changed, they changed from a purple hue to a red almost like crimson. She looked at me almost as if she was examining me I almost smiled a bit from what she was doing then she frowned and spoke in another voice almost like a near adult voice saying "you are not the one I love…" her statement put me in a bit of shock and disappointment went through my body and through my thoughts. After a bit she moved in wrapped her hands around my neck and moved closely to my ear "I want you… not him… so by my will, I want you to wake up" she finished and moved back after kissing my neck gently brushing her lips on it. I began to feel a cold but burning sensation run through my body, the pain was aggravating and it hurt a lot. After a short bit I stepped back and immediately a black like flame circled my body on the ground but I did not notice my hands were clenching my head as a gruesome migraine echoed through my head. Voices slammed back and forth on the inside of my head. The sight was frightening as the flame around me grew larger and larger as the pain carried on.

People began to shy away from the change but people such as Riyku stood their ground and watched the show. Every one noticed things I did not such as my hair turning from red to white and changing in shape, such as shaggy to pulled back hair and my body grew almost a few inches taller. The transformation was painful only because I was conscious all the way through especially when I felt myself grow when my ribs snapped upward and my muscles extended and grew. It was as if a new threat to this world was being born.

After a bit Jack stopped yelling and stood still his silver hair covered his eyes and his hands laid limp in front of him, he didn't say a word for a bit only until Iya stepped forward. "What is your name" Jack was silent he did not say a word. But this did not agitate Iya she merely put her hand on her chest and spoke "my name is Enu, now what is yours" hearing her Jack stood straight his eyes also a red crimson, he began to look around at all the people as if curious and then looked at Enu "my name… my name is Krieg Delavantis…" the name Krieg Delavantis brought shock through the throne room as everyone shied away even more. After a short bit Enu took a step forward and put her hands around Krieg's neck, while Krieg watched her the whole time.

"Are you mine?" she whispered so that only he could hear her and Krieg just nodded, giving Enu a small satisfying grin across her face. The Troop was confused they did not understand why everyone was shying away. Looking at Akira seeming petrified Riyku spoke "who is Krieg?" hearing him Akira looked at Riyku with a hesitant and abrupt face. "Krieg is Jaccs' brother… he is a dark vampire with an enormous amount of power he was known for betraying us and running off with a woman by the name of Syria… a dark vampire as well…" she stopped and regained her posture " Krieg killed a great amount of the Sioneer army and almost killed the king…" Riyku looked a bit shocked and looked at Krieg and then the king who did not seem shocked at all he was actually calmer then normal "we were lucky that Jaccs came in time to stop him before he could kill the king…" Akira spoke again.

Meanwhile Krieg standing in front of Enu looked down on her with an emotionless face as if he had forgotten his past life. But no one in the room asked Krieg about it and no knight stepped forward to confront him. After a short bit Enu spoke again in her same tone "I am thirsty…" Krieg hearing her statement slowly motioned his head to the side as if allowing her to his blood supply and she slowly brushed her lips against his skin and after a bit she slowly bit into his shoulder allowing blood to escape as her fangs entered. For a bit they stood, Enu drinking his blood and finally after a good bit Enu stopped with her eyes closed as if she was trying to fall asleep as she did so Krieg shrunk in size back to Jack's normal size as his silver hair turned from silver to pink and pink to red and then darkened, finally Enu's black hair turned White again and they were both normal again.

Finally back to normal I felt weak as if drained of all my energy and fell to one knee; finally opening her eyes Iya panicly kneeled down to my height to assist me back to my feet "are you okay Jack? Are you hurt" laughing a bit I looked up to meet her face and smiled "it hurt that's for damn sure…" for a moment Iya looked in to my eyes and I did the same, I knew what she wanted and I was willing to give it to her as a gift that she shall receive many more times in the future. I moved in closely to her face as if ready to give her a kiss and she did the same to me her eyes closed a bit as if they were a bit weak. I was anxious but I wanted it to last, our first kiss I want it to be kiss to remember… everyone in the room forgot about Krieg and watched as the princess and the prince were about to finally kiss, even the troop were quietly cheering them on even Reyku who had his arm clinged onto by Eeyou was cheering on, even the king leaned forward with a big smile on his face to see if they would kiss for he also knew it would be their first. But sadly at the moment before our lips would even get close to touching a scientist ran into the room slamming the doors open followed by Ax and Michael and ran to the king.

Hearing the commotion we stopped and Iya just backed off on her knees and so did I with a sigh I stood to my feet and put my hand down to her. Surprised Iya looked up at me seeing that I am able to stand after my blood was drained "hey c'mon we got another job to do it seems, but no matter what I will be by your side…" I said smiling down on Iya and she smiled back and grasped my hand. Aggravated the king looked to the scientist and roared at him with anger "this better be more important than my daughter's first kiss!" the king said as he smashed one of the arms on his throne. But the scientist did not hesitate nor did he shake back due to his anger, the scientist looked refined and noble he had slick hair that was brushed back and he wore glasses that glistened in the light so you couldn't see his eyes, he obviously looked like a bad guy figure but I didn't fess up to it when we approached, with Iya close behind me her eyes in sorrow for once again not being able to kiss me.

"My Dear king Kendrick… I hate to interrupt this ceremony but we have intruders in the castle but I have no idea where they went…" the scientist spoke in a cool tone. The king stopped talking for a bit and stood up; as he did so he dropped his king's cloak. As the cloak dropped to the ground his blades appeared on the ground attached to a rope which was attached to his waist. He then turned to the group in the throne room which was slowly shrinking due to knights looking for intruders all that was left was my troop, a few maids and butlers and some peasants. With a defined roar the king spoke "listen my fellow troop I hate to ask you to retire from your vacation that you severely deserve but we have intruders and we will make them pay for interrupting this vast ceremony of my daughter and my future son… so please I ask you to find these intruders and bring them Dead or Alive…" he said as he turned to go and search but stopped as he turned slightly to us "I will assist in this matter… for the honor of my daughter..." he was resonating a strong white and yellow aura as if he was not planning on allowing the intruders to come in here breathing.

With a smirk I looked down and then looked to my troop "okay guys we have another job to do… So! I want you guys to split up in teams and spread out!" I said with a motion of my arm, Feeling the raise of moral in the air, Rick taking out his board and went off to the east followed by Siren floating in the air, Reyku on his skates and Eeyou following behind admiring Reyku's manly motion out of the room. Then Dom and Roku headed north towards the labs while Jason, Michael, Riyku and James headed west to the barracks, Elkin and Akira to the medic facility and the maids with the butlers headed to their quarters with a few knights as escort. With a dignified smile seeing my troop working as a union to find the intruders brought a tear to my eye. After a bit I started to head out but I stopped when I saw Iya standing still as if she was lost in thought… I watched her for a bit and noticed that her eyes were blank and her face was emotionless. This side of her worried me so I slowly moved in and put my hands on the side of her arms, when I did so she shook a bit as if she was frightened and looked up to meet my eyes with a smile I spoke "Iya do you want to rest?" after a second she replied with a big smile on her face "no come on slow poke we have intruders to go handle" she said and ran off. With a small smile and weak eyes I followed behind her.

Heading down the halls both Roku and Dom were heading to the laboratory where the module of the Dimensional guide was staying. After a short bit they both made it to the doors but they were both smashed open with a few scientists killed outside on the ground "they must already be inside… Roku go get the others I am going to hold them up here until you get them" Dom said and with a nod Roku dashed off to find the others. Slowly Dom stayed on the wall next to the doors and peered around the corner noticing two men one of them was tall and he looked ripped wearing only sagged black pants with fingerless gloves and a hood that was separate from a shirt to complete a full hood like look. The man also had long messed up looking hair that he could easily make out since his hood was not on for it rested on his back "hurry they will find us soon…" the tall man said to another in a deep bold voice to what looks like to be a scientist but the scientist had dark skin almost like a dark vampire he also wore glasses almost as thick as bifocals. The scientist was busy typing on a module connected to the Dimensional guide and after a short bit a portal opened "this should be where she is resting" seeing enough Dom ran down the stairs unsheathing his blade and stood in a near crouch position with his heavy gauntlet in front of him and his blade held like a dagger resting in his hand behind him as if he was keeping it hidden for a surprise attack. "Hey! Stop right there!" Dom yelled ready for a fight. As he entered the Scientist started to cower and the tall male just examined Dom and smirked then turned his back on him "go away you a small whelp is not even worth my time…" he said and then turned to the portal, Dom hearing what he said was a bit angered but he did not show it instead he took this opportunity and ran up to him. Hearing Dom's approach the male turned to face him but was too slow to react when Dom push his gauntlet under him between his legs and vaulted him over Dom's head making him slam onto the earth behind him, Dom quickly with momentum turned around and kicked him in the gut making him slide back and hit a wall. "Whelp huh? I think you are sadly mistaken…" Dom said as he got back in his battle ready stance.

But the male stood up as if he was not even fazed by his efforts and smirked as he glanced at him. "your efforts are like child's play… you should have ran while you had the chance, but now it's over for you, you whelp…" he said and vanished then reappeared in front of Dom but for some reason Dom smirked and swung his blade for the male's head… but it was in vain when he caught the blade with only three of his fingers. Shocked Dom watched the male as he pulled back his fist and slammed it into Dom's face knocking him back and slamming in to the wall near the portal. "Give the coordinates to our realm so we can have a little back up… you know how angry she gets if we don't include her in this project…" the scientist broke out of his hesitant state and began typing on the module. But after a few seconds Dom rushed out of the wall and slammed his fist into the male's gut with his gauntlet and since it was made from an iron and metal mix it did some damage knocking the wind out of him. Dom then retracted his arm and swung it again to more times in the gut and then punched him in the face with his hand holding his blade pushing his head back, but the male had endurance and came back jawed him so hard that made him lose his balance but the male was not done instead he grabbed onto Dom's shirt and pulled in punching him in the gut then the ribs and finally put both of his hands together in a greater fist and upper slammed him in the face making him fly into the portal. "Gah!? Now he is in the realm we are going to!" the scientist complained "quiet you fool he is nothing but a whelp!" he yelled then calmed down "he is nothing he will die soon…" the male said and walked into the portal after speaking "set it on a timer to close and follow me in…" the Scientist nodded and was about to start but he was wrapped up by a dark mist and pulled away from the module and reframed him to the ground. "What is this? I can't get loose!" the scientist said as he started to struggle but he stopped moving as a scythe like blade slid under and close to his neck "give me a reason to kill you…"

Riyku said as he looked down on the dark male. Soon my whole troop poured into the laboratory and they were all examining the situation. "Where is Dom?" Roku asked as he looked around and the scientist began to chuckle "he is dead… and there is nothing you can do…" but when he finished Riyku motioned his blade closer to his neck in which his blade and his neck were now touching. After a bit I stepped in with Iya leading me "hm? Where is Dom?" I asked and James spoke after "he probably went through that portal" "gah!? Where is that tall man?" Roku said in an uproar "he killed Dom you are all too late… and soon she will come back and please our lord" the scientist said but Riyku heard enough and pulled his scythe clean cutting his head right off after a bit he whipped his scythe above the ground removing the blood and his canister filled up with some kind of shining mixture.

"Well we heard all we needed to hear, my friend Dom is in trouble and the enemy plans on raising someone from the dead so our new mission now is to save Dom and stop the enemy's plans…" I said as I approached the portal but turned around when James spoke "aww do we have to risk our asses for an idiot like Dom" "hey he is my best friend!" Roku erupted and I spoke over them "and a grand ally we need him in our troop… okay Riyku, Reyku, Eeyou, Iya, Rick and Roku… you guys will come with me to halt the enemy's plans and save Dom, the rest of you go talk to the king for what has happened." With a nod the rest left out the doors and I turned to the portal and walked through, my troop following behind.

Ten minutes ago after Dom was pushed through the portal, Dom stood up and looked around he noticed what seems to be trees all around him, he also noticed the portal still standing "aw hell no I'm not going to let that guy get away with what he did to me…" he said then braced his jaw "damn but he hits hard… he must be an overlord…" with a sigh he took a few steps towards the portal but he stopped when he noticed the same tall male stepping out from the portal "still standing I see… well let's fix that" the man spoke and dashed at Dom but Dom was ready this time he quickly pulled back his gauntlet and thrust it forward slamming into the man's face but he was too strong and moved past the blow and slammed his fist into Dom's gut knocking the air out of him and a little bit of spit. The man than connected his punch with another slamming it into Dom's jaw knocking him up in the air, with a small smirk the man jumped in the air next to Dom spun around and came back around with his leg slamming into his ribs knocking him away through the sky but the man was quick he fell landing on a tree branch and dashed through the sky right above Dom while he was flying and put both of his fists together and knocked him back down to the earth. Falling Dom went, he easily smashed into the earth causing a small crater around his body. The man after a few seconds landed right next to him near the crater. Slowly he bent over and picked Dom up by the shirt and lifted him off the ground *I can't die here, I can't lose here… come on if Jack, Rick and Riyku have powers I should as well… so come on… Come on! I know I have a power, I know I have the power to fight… hey you hear me? It's our turn so let's show him we are not pathetic whelps… let's end him!* The words that echoed in Dom's head came to a reality for when he was picked off the ground he opened his eyes and they showed a off a Dark red hue within them and the male was a bit shocked.

Quickly with his gauntlet he grabbed on to the man's arm that held him up and slowly began to squeeze and soon crush the bone where he is grabbing, sensing this new power the man quickly punched him back making him fly back but Dom with his new power flipped backwards all the way and landed on his feet sliding back a bit as if he recovered in the air. The man with a smirk laughed a bit watched him and waited. Meanwhile Dom was focusing his power in which it generated in his blade and through into his gauntlet, leaning forward he dashed at the man leaving the dash area in a small ruptured spot as if the ground was pushed back with amazing force. Running to the man Dom grabbed his katana like an actual sword and whipped it from the right to the left at the man. The blade was covered in a mysterious overflowing power that even though the man dodged back the immense aura was so sharp that it still cut the man's chest leaving a bleeding wound. Shocked again but this time amazed the man dashed back at Dom but Dom saw it coming as he smashed his gauntlet into the earth causing a minor rupture at the man's feet making him trip forward Dom then quickly dashed forward with his arm still in the earth dragging behind tearing up the ground behind him and then finally brought it up slamming into the man chin making him flip backwards slamming body and head into the earth over and over.

Angered the man recovered and yelled "I am done…" he said as two small gloves with metal mobile attachments appeared on them, as he was readying himself Dom did not quit he acted like a Raging bull and dashed at the man with anger as they clashed they fought slamming each other as if they were trading blows one after the other. Finally after a bit Dom pulled through and jabbed the man in the face making him unbalance back and as he did so Dom roared dashed forward and head butted him making him slam back in to the earth. Roaring as if triumphed he started to tear down trees with the energy resonating off his blade from a distance. but the man vanished from the crater he lied and reappeared on the side of Dom and started to rapidly punch Dom in the chest ribs and gut then finally punched him in the face making him fly back but like the man said he was done and disappeared then reappeared near Dom again this time hitting him with slow but powerful punches and then spun around using the momentum to kick him in the back of the head making him fly forward hitting and sliding along the earth rupturing it. unconscious Dom stayed still like a limp doll covered in a certain amount of rubble while the man appeared in the sky generating a certain amount of energy from his arms as if he was ready to end him but before he could engage in the final stage of his charge he stopped as he noticed a familiar female walking towards Dom and crouched down to him. With a sigh the man dropped to the ground his gloves disappearing "aren't you suppose to be looking for her Erin?" the woman ignored his question and examined Dom putting her hand on his forehead "I saw him fight you… he has great potential… to become one of us…" she spoke as she rubbed his face with the back of her hand "what are you talking about he is the enemy he will never join us… unless…" the man said thinking to himself "yes unless I erase his memories and convince him that he is mine" Erin spoke as her hand brushed against his cheek and landed on his forehead and began to glow with a black dark mist.

Now in the present the portal began to shake and nearly collapse when finally Jack and his troop stepped out of it with Iya the last to appear from it. After a short bit the portal closed and I begun to look around as well as Riyku and Reyku "great we are in a forest… I hate trees…" Reyku said as he glanced around. "Wait this is another dimension right? Then there must be different people here… we should look around and ask them if they have seen Dom or something out of the ordinary" Roku said as he walked to a bush and looked around. Riyku did not say a word he just glanced around and readied his scythe. "Okay! Now if I was that idiot where would I be" Eeyou said as she began to look around "umm guys…" Roku said and as I looked at him I noticed a tall male leading seven others step from the bush three pointing well crafted spears at Roku's neck and stomach while the four others were equipped with bows and there was another male in the back equipped with a sword and a shield and unlike his men he glanced at us with warn full eyes. Each person male and female had pointy ears almost like a dog and tail like one as well. Their armor was like a gladiator's with the regular chest plate and braces on the wrists and shins as if they were their races light troops or hunters. "Er… guys help…" Roku said as the spears started to touch his skin. Seeing what was going on I noticed Riyku was planning something and his shadows began to boil with a smile only because this cold hearted man actually does care for his friends I raised my hand to him signaling him to stop "I got this… Roku chill I'm coming…" I said as I stepped forward Iya watching me with concern "er… hey can you guys lower your weapons? We come in peace" I said as I made the alienated peace symbol but they didn't lower their weapons instead the man in the back with the sword and the shield stepped forward "you know our language… who are you demons?"

Demons yeah right they are calling us demons when they are the ones with the ears and tail and they are calling us demons? "Um we are vampires from another world a world known as Sioneer…" I said speaking the entire truth even though I really don't know Iya's actual home planet. The man with the ears just looked at us as if he didn't trust us but at that moment a few archers two female and one male got tied up by moving vines and raised in the air the men that focused Roku turned and focused the Vines trying to cut them up while the other two archers began to turn and hesitate. The man with the Dog ears turned around and ran Towards the vines and started to chop at them trying to free his companions "kill the Tree Demon!" one of the spear men said as the vines began to squeeze the life out of the victims in the sky seeing what is happening I opened my mouth but everyone already thought ahead of me running in with their weapons drawn and I just smirked as I ran in as well "okay guys we need every one with a cutting edge to free the victims and we need the rest to find and destroy the source!" I said as I drew my large blade from the sheath on my back and slashed a vine freeing a female archer. The female archer freed fell and landed on her feet she then flipped grabbed a bow and started to fire at the vines.

Meanwhile Riyku running in towards a group of vines dashed in ripping his scythe slashing the vines down freeing another female archer that one doing the same but fired at the trees as if trying to find something. "Let's end this quickly…" Roku said as he ran in with his palm out as it was out six blades came together connecting at the handles making almost like a star and begun to spin around rotating rapidly almost like a fan blowing a high wind he then sent it forward acting like a killer weed whacker freeing the last victim who grabbed his spear and ran through the forest trying to find a target. Iya ran through the forest with Rick following behind her as if he was helping her find the source of the problem with the vines then just then she saw something at the corner of her eye when she looked she was right she saw some king of wooden figure attached to a tree as if hugging up on it "right there! Iya yelled and Rick quickly jumped in front of her with his guns out firing rapidly at the tree. Taking direct bark piercing hits it jumped off the tree and ran off the figure almost looked like a light brown thick stick man with wooden horns. "kill the Demon!" one of the male archers said and began to shoot at it but because of its shape and size it was as if it was cutting through the winds but that did not stop Reyku who jumped out of a tree and Dashed towards the demon grabbing onto its neck and thrashing it into the earth making it crumble with a white light like orb coming from the demon's collapsed body and floating to the sky as it did so the vines fell and freed any other victims that were captured but light orb was halted and sucked in to Riyku's scythe when he walked forward… when it did so Riyku dropped his scythe in his shadow and covered his face with his hood.

After a short bit the man with the sword and the shield walked forward he was still cautious I could tell when he still had his weapon drawn and the rest of his tribe slowly followed behind. "You saved my tribesman… what are your names?" the man with the sword and shield said as he sheathed his blade. Then I took a step forward thinking on what to say after we introduce ourselves "My name is Jack Rosencaster…" I start with my hand on my chest and Iya approached and stood by my side. With a smile I motioned my hand to her next and then the rest of my troop "this is Iya Natsume my love…" hearing what I said she flared up a bit for it was the first time she heard me say that about her "… that man over there in the shade is Riyku Seigs. That boy and girl over there is my little brother Reyku Rosencaster and his girlfriend Eeyou Natsume the man with the guns over by that tree is Rick Freig and That man you held at pin point is Roku Tides… we are all looking for a man named Dom Maverick he is a friend of ours who got into a unwanted spar with another man…" but at that moment when I finished Iya's brace began to sound off "there is a creeper in the area!" she said as she looked at Jack.

But seeing and hearing what was on her wrist alarmed the tribesman and they quickly looked at her raising their weapons. At her seeing what is going on she felt alarmed and so did I. so as quickly as possible before the next sounding I moved in front of her and right on time for an archer out of hesitation and a bit of shock let go of his readied arrow and fired it at me in front of Iya and with my quick reflexes I caught the arrow and Iya turned her watch off. "you all have a problem among you" Riyku said in a cold but honest voice and this alarmed the man with the sword and the shield "what do you mean?" he asked then I answered "you have a creeper in this world and if that creeper is alive and left alone for a while this world will perish along with everyone in it… so it is our job to hunt it down and kill it so we can save your world" I looked at the man with the most concerned and serious face I could pull together and against my luck he believed us "okay! These people are on our side or so they claim, please take them to our village and treat them to our hospitalities," he said and looked back at us "my name is Shy Ronsevain and I give you my thanks and deepest apologies for attacking you" he said while most of my troop marched with the tribesman heading in some sort of direction but Iya stayed near me holding on to my arm and rested her head on my chest while we walked with Shy "so there are demons in this realm?" I asked and he replied in kind "yes they are what you said demons who relentlessly kill my people and ransack the surrounding villages but they never go too far deep in our territory to harm the main lands where my village is…" with my hand on my chin as if registering the situation I look at him "are there any other problems?" I asked while Iya stayed quiet walking by my side with her eyes closed "yes there is also another tribe on the opposite side of this realm… they are a vicious and annoying village of rogues who don't seem to be attacked by the demons in fact they are living amongst them.

Registering this I looked ahead and noticed a large village with houses almost as advanced as the ones in SIoneer but less metal and more rock such as brick. The area was pretty great looking for a place to hide out and now that my troop is safe only one more thing worried me… Dom… where is he? After a bit I heard my name but I didn't answer and then I heard it again and finally I broke out of thought and looked at Shy "hm? What's up?" I asked "I see you are still worried for your friend I have already sent out my hunters to look for him now relax I am setting up a feast" Shy finished and walked away. He seemed like Riyku with his same kind of voice almost like another copy of him but he doesn't lurk in the shadows like Riyku and he does not become one anti-social being no he cares for his tribe but I doubt he is the man in charge he did not look it and I was right when I noticed a tall male with short black hair walk into the area his ears were more pointy then all the others and he wore full breast plate and cargo like pants with a black hue to them. The man looked at me as if he was examining me sizing me up as if he was making sure I was not a threat… he then looked over at shy who was kneeling before him and he looked as if he was talking to the tall male and the tall male nodded to him and gave me one more glance before walking along and then Shy walked back to us with an emotionless face. "You two are invited to sit next to our chieftain at the feast soon tonight…" Shy said and then turned around "tomorrow when you are well rested we will go out and search for your friend and then hunt down that monster you are after…"

Shy finished and walked away, scratching the back of my head I look to Iya and smiled "well gaining their trust was easier than I thought…" and Iya just smiled in recognition and was about to say something until Eeyou ran up from behind us tackling me to the ground with my face hitting the ground first "hey sis! C'mon lets go explore these cute dog people, they might have some cute dresses or accessories!" she said and jumped to her feet leaving me down "Eeyou I'll be happy to go b-"she was unable to finish only because Eeyou heard yes then grabbed and dragged her away from me. After a bit I slowly stood to my feet and rubbed the back of my head "oy that hurt… that was low Eeyou" for a bit I stood there thinking to myself on what to do so with a sigh I decided to do a little exploring myself before the feast with the chief. As I was walking around the town I looked up and noticed that the sky was turning dark due to that time of day and I sighed. As always I noticed the moon barely showing in the sky. As I looked down to the street I noticed a lone child wandering the streets he looked about the age of a nine year old who lost his way and when I looked around more mainly down an alley way I noticed more children huddled down and hugging on each other they almost resembled the strays that wander our streets in my own home town, the sight brought a small sigh to me but the one thing that caught my eye was a child running down the street and yelled at the kids in the alley and then ran off back where It came from with the children following them the attraction caught my attention so I followed the kids and when I got to the end of the street I saw kids crowded around a food stand.

After a bit of confusion I walked to the stand and noticed a familiar face, it was Roku giving out sandwiches to the kids "c'mon guys chill out there's plenty to go around take as much as you like" he said over and over "they aren't poisoned are they?" I asked and my presence shocked him "gah!? Jack what you doing here?" with a smile I spoke back to him "chill bro I'll help you out, just tell me how you got this food… you didn't steal it did you?" he seemed shocked as if he thought I thought that lowly of him "C'mon Jack you know me more than anyone else…" he said "that's what I'm worried about…" I said with a small smirk "ouch did not even have to think about it eh… no I did not steal these…" he said handing more out to the hungry children of the streets "I bought all of the fixings from the local market and made my own of course the cutting took some time to make all of these sandwiches but that's only if you are alone but because of you I had ten extra hands" he said showing his ring to me "but where did you get the money" I said as I got behind the stand and began to help him out. "From work at the castle since you were knocked out…" he said with a grin "ah! Makes sense" for a while we were out there serving children sandwiches and sometimes we were serving the same children due to their amass hunger and our good will also attracted older street people and we still had enough to serve only because behind us were floating blades that chopped and assembled sandwiches very carefully and I was impressed by Roku's focus being able to control the blades and serve people at the same time it brought a big smirk to my face. For a hour or so we have been handing out food and the poor have been very grateful for our deeds we have also attracted some female attention but I would always curve them towards the man with the idea Roku but he seemed to decline the ladies only because well you know they were half dog.

Finally done Roku and I relaxed on the city fountain gazing around at all of the people going on with their lives and after a short bit I noticed Riyku walking down the road with his hood over his head he seemed to be looking for something when he stopped at a local strip market gazing through the window but I did not know what so I decided to approach him Roku following behind. As we approached he did not seem to notice our approach and as devious and stupid Roku is he tip-toed ahead of me as if he was going to get the jump on him, I was about to stop him but I was too late for he jumped forward and shook him up a bit from behind at the shoulders with both of his hands, right after he began to laugh and back up he stopped when he felt something nearly stabbing him in the back and when I looked at what was poking him in the back I noticed one of Riyku's shadow piercers ready to spear him through and when I looked at Riyku he seemed to be generating a whole lot of negative black energy "if you do that again… I won't hold it back next time" and Roku seemed to almost wet himself, when he noticed and I just smirked seeing what was happening. After a short bit I moved to Riyku's side and looked through the window he was and noticed jewelry, "I guess I'll get something for Iya as well" I said knowing his meaning was to get something for Akira back at home. Riyku noticed what I was talking about and started away but I stopped him when I yanked on his collar "no pulling back now…" and he just stopped and gazed back through the window "a girl like Akira will love something small and beautiful…" and he just looked through the window seeing a bracelet with a bunch of red and purple jewels all around it after a short bit he walked in to the store talking to the clerk. After a bit Roku walked up behind me saying "since you helped me earlier I'll be happy to give you some money so pick something out for her and I'll buy it…" he said and I just smiled and wrapped my arm around his neck squeezing his head "thanks man…"I looked around and noticed a necklace made from pure metal, or at least for some reason I could tell and the diamond it held was carved into a diamond shape it was perfect "that one" I said pointing to it and Roku smirked "good eye…"he said as he walked inside and did the same thing Riyku did but at this time the merchant was at the door for he was grabbing the bracelet that Riyku wanted and then after hearing Roku he grabbed the necklace and they both walked out soon after Riyku heading to the chief's house where the feast will take place. And Roku handed me the necklace in a box with the lid open verifying that it is in there. "There we are even…" he said and walked to the Chief's house with his hand behind his head and I just smiled putting it away in my pocket after a bit I followed them and we were soon at a large house instructed by some guards.

As we entered the house the whole place was covered with candles and a large table with food of all kinds some I recognized and others I didn't. as I looked around I saw on one table Riyku and Rick sitting on one side and Reyku and Eeyou on another sitting next to a large chair was Roku and in the large chair was the chief but someone was missing I could not see Iya. The chief looked at me and also noticed the same thing and waved his hand at me in a brushing motion as if saying "go find her" and I just nodded darting out of the room. Soon I was running around and soon I was getting worried. After a bit of gazing around I finally found her standing at a cliff looking out to the moon she seemed gloomy as if she was sad with a sigh of relief I walked to her and brushed my hand at the bottom of her back all the way to her side where I stood my presence and my touch made her eyes close as if she had missed it "are you okay" I asked and she just nodded. After a bit I looked at the moon and then back at her seeing the reflection of the moon dazzled her skin, I was amazed how amazing she looked and I was left in awe. Seeing my action she giggled "what's wrong?" she said and I just shook my head trying to snap back in reality "nothing nothing at all…" after a bit we were quiet gazing up at the moon and finally to break the silence I took out that box.

I got of the necklace and showed it to her "I got you something while I was in the market I think you might like it" when I opened the box and when she saw that diamond she lit up covering her mouth trying to hide her facial expressions. After a bit I smiled and took it out of the box and the moon shining down on the jewel made her eyes pop open "mind if I put it on you?" I asked and she nodded soon I had my hands around her neck connecting the end of the necklace to the back of her neck both of our faces were close and she was gazing at my face mainly looking at my lips as if she wanted something. Finally it connected and I brushed my hands down the sides of her arms down to her waist feeling my touch torched her face and I just chuckled a bit seeing her expressions and started watching her eyes, her lips I was enchanted and I believe so was she after a bit we slowly moved in on each other invading our space and soon we were kissing… her lips tasted like cherries and her breath was like the wind of fresh oxygen my mouth tingled as if sparks were blowing up in my mind and I knew nothing could interrupt this moment of ours, after a bit sparks started to float around us as if they were like fireflies and after a bit we stopped and watched them and I smiled watching her a bit frightened by the sparks, she looked cute so I slowly moved her face to mine with my hand on her chin and I slowly kissed her again this time feeling more at peace and now I know I don't want this to end… not yet…