The Winds of Change Ch10

From "Chys Lattes"

Knowledge of times past...

Marick POV

Issean sat at his desk, plugged in and searching, while Lisa lounged on his bed. He was checking up on some of the files he'd found on the Millennials, and she was busy with more important matters, like running up his phone bill while gossiping with the girl down the hall and filing down her long red nails. I'd knocked on the door awhile ago and they seemed...busy... so I waited a time longer and then finally got that asshole's attention. I had kicked his damn door in. After they had gotten dressed, they took their seperate seats and got busy again. On what I thought was a more important matter.

"I found one." He said after a few minutes of relative silence, well, if Lisa's chit-chat over the phone counts as silence during these circumstances. "He lives in the next city over, but you know, I think I can catch him when he's online and make an appointment for you, Carl, and him to get together. Yeah, wait a sec... Here he is... He's not too happy about it, but oh well. How about nine tonight?"

"Uh yeah, I will tell Carl. Just find me a chip with the data and I can have him online then too. I am certain since it was his idea, he won't be too busy." I told him, and he got right on to burning that chip for me. Once he gave it to me, I plugged it into my handheld, downloaded the data for myself, then placed it in my pocket for safekeeping.

Now all that was left was to meet up with Carl tonight...

From: "Shadow Death"
Date: Sun Feb 9, 2003 4:53 pm
Subject: Home again

(Kai) I was sitting on a roof looking over this strange city, Then I decided to do what Fieren had said, I would let Vash have some control at least have his body in control I would keep active and when I need to take over again. I walked over to the ally between the two building and jumped down.

(Vash I'm letting you out now I will avenge your women but you have to let me have control when you deal with monsters.) I spoke to his mind.

(Agreed.) He replyed. I thus let him have control again...

(Vash) I was back to the real world this weird person was in my mind I liked what he brought with him. But I needed to get home. I walked out of the ally looking around trying to get my bearing I figured out I was a short 10 minute walk away from the Collage. I started heading home. I got to the collage I searched my pockets for my keys.

"Vash yo bro where ya been Fuko hasn't went to class and havn't opened the door."

"Hey Knives, I was out of town sorry." (Good answer Vash) Kai said to me in my head.

"Oh where."

"Ummm.... I had a SWAT thing."

"Oh cool."

"Well I'll go tell Fuko, alright."

"YA see ya man." I unlocked the door and walked into my dorm Fuko was sitting in my chair.

"Hey Kirisawa, sorry I didn't come back I had a SWAT thing I had to go to." I said as casual as possible.

"Vash your back." She said jumping out of the chair and jumping into my arms.

"Did you miss me Fuko?" I asked slyly (Well of course you imbicle!) Kai said.

"Ummmm......" She blushed.

"Its ok I'm here to stay." I said hugging her.

"Good don't do that again ok."

"Sure."

(Kai) This Fuko girl Vash lived with I senced something familer from her, It was so close I could almost see it..... Miyu.

From "Chys Lattes"

Off to Carl's place...

I was heading to the address that Carl had given me. He said he'd lived there for a while and I could meet him with the information I found. Well, what Issean and I found, really. Have to give credit where it's due, ya know. Anyway, I thought I heard something behind me so I kept walking into an alleyway I was familiar with. I was near the Strip Bar, I knew. I listened and then recognized the voice of a woman, who was laughing and walking along with another person with heavy footsteps.

"Come on, babe, let's get a room!" The man asked her. He was walking beside her, very close. I saw them round the corner and pass me by. She smiled as she passed, at him, and waved him off. "I am busy now, sorry!" She seemed to apologize. She wasn't interested in him at all. He kept pushing and things got a little too physical when he grabbed her arm and shoved her against the nearest wall just in front of the Kitty Corner's back exit. Her plastic cat ears fell from her head and clattered on the pavement. He began to kiss her. I was going to jump in and help her, as she obviously didn't want the attention, when I heard a gunshot from my right. The man slumped in her arms and fell to the ground. There was blood on her blouse.

"Well, so much for that one." I heard Ryu say. Ryu was here??

"Uh, thanks, but, uhm, Ryu, you didn't have to kill him..." The woman told him. "I will never get the blood out of this..." She didn't seem to mind the dead body at her feet as she bent down to retrieve her headpiece. Ryu shrugged and grabbed her by the arm, saying something about walking her home now. She walked with him, glancing behind her shoulder in my direction as Ryu made small chit chat about how his evening had been at work. I hadn't made a sound, but the girl seemed to know I was there... her eyes were searching in the darkness where I stood, until she gave up and followed my friend's lead. Apparantly the asshole already staked out her place. Or he was her boyfriend. I dunno with Ryu, he's such a nice guy, but seemed to have an alternative personality at the strangest times. Right now, she was probably safe with him, but I could bet a million when they got to her apartment, he'd be all over her just like the corpse I was walking over... sad... And he was supposed to be the stability of the band. I wondered wether or not I should take a vote for leadership. I know I, Carl, and Ran would back me. That just left our fearless leader and his little sister...

I heard Yami say. What the hell was up with that? Was he reading my thoughts as I made them. What an ass.

"Stay out of my head, man." I said aloud, though it wasn't nescessary. I only had to think it for him to hear, apparantly. I heard him laugh and mutter something about being stuck there and having to deal with it...

Oh well, off to Carl's place...

From: "Shadow Death"
Date: Tue Feb 11, 2003 11:37 am

(Vash) The next day after I had returned to Fuko, Kai had awoken me from my sleep...

(Vash we gotta go find the Milenials) HE said in my head.

"Why." I said curious about what he was talking about.

(They are the ones who are behind the kidnapping of Fuko there.) HE said in my head.

(Do you have any idea who they are.) I thought to him.

(Well no but the people who helped you fight those Cat things are a good choice.) He said.

(You mean that Cark kid and his friends, they o to Tech Star University.) I said.

(Good get up and get dressed and bring that weapon you call a gun.) Kai said. I woke up being a quiet as possible it was 6:30 in the morning and Fuko was still asleep. I could here the mild beating of he party that was slowley dieing across the all I got dressed and grabbed m gun and placed it in my shoulder holster.

(Alright good, Vash leave and lock the window.)

(Why?)

(Just in case right, what if they come back for Fuko again)

(Good point) I thought I figured Kai could hear me. I went over to the door and flipped the lock shut I then left making sure not to wake Fuko, I then locked the door and headed down the hall.

"Hey Vash buddy, awake come join our party." I heard a very drunk Knives from behind me.

(Lose the idiot) Kai said.

"Sorry Knives I gotta class can't." I said lieing but he didn't know that he was to drunk to look straight.

"Ok cool man." he said and I headed down the hall. I went outside it was dark and there was no traffic around. I glanced at the sky to see a Full Moon out.

(So Kai were to)

(Well Tech Star is a good place then any.)

From: "shiningsun_820"
Date: Tue Feb 11, 2003 12:06 pm
Subject: Back to the house

- I walked into the basement of the old house to find some traces of clues only to find the whole arena replaced by an old lab.

"Hmmmm.........this wasn't here before."

I walked over to a server and jacked in to see what i could find out from the info on it. There must have been hundreds of files on the Millenials and other such info but all the files were encripted.

"I'll save this stuff for Carl and Marick maybe they can decript it."

I also came upon some files for moveing plans as well as detailed blueprints of one of the colonies.

"I got you bastards now."

I then noticed a file that wasn't there before, a file titled "Guyver."

"Hmmmm maybe i'll take that for later."

So then i decided damn i may as well take all the info maybe it's useful. And with that i left to return to tech star college to show Marick and carl what i found.

From: "Fieren Lochan"
Date: Tue Feb 11, 2003 4:17 pm
Subject: Zanarkand Covered in Mist...

We were going over every failed attempt to defeat the Millenials. They all shared one thing in common, the Mist. It couldn't be that the Mist was the problem, it was the monsters that we had been summoning out of it... That had to be it... there wasn't enough of them. We knew that we could summon creatures, but we didn't know if we had any limitations. Could we summon an entire army? We must converse with the Master.

we said.

the Master said.

From: Delith Nightblade
Date: Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Wind_of_Change] Zanarkand Covered in Mist...

I slammed into Marick on my way to his place. I had stored my Floatboard at work because the connecter wire was frayed, and i had slung my guitar case over my back. "Hey. I was just on my way to your place." I said, smiling.

"Really? well, Issean and i found out some...some..." Marick broke off, staring.

I turned, and saw a wave of mist about to collide with me.

And I forgot my sword...

LUCIEN POV

I appeared in an explosion of light, shoving the Mist away. It collided back with me, however, so thick you could walk on it, but like always, you could see through it. Yami appeared in the same flash of light, and we advanced through the Mist, Excalibur and the Shiroi sword raised.

Four rattacats leapt at us, and we hewed them down easily. Soon, Yami and I were embroiled in a huge fight. Blades flashed, and monsters fell. I could only hope that there was no limit...

From: "shiningsun_820"
Date: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:05 am
Subject: No rest for the wicked.

I stepped out of tech star college seeing as Marick wasn't there, good thing issean was nice enough to tell me where he was going. To bad i didn't know the way there.

"Damn it got foggy all of a sudden."

And with that i was surrounded by monsters large and small, i took down a few rattacats but they kept comeing for more.

"Damn why won't you die."

After a few minutes of fighting i finally got the idea that they weren't going to stop comeing, so i ran like hell.

I had hardly gone a few blocks when i ran into a large minitaur with a bad temper.

I swung my greatsword into it's thick back but it just pissed it off.

It grabbed my leg,swung me around, and hurled me towards a wall.

Not being the first time it had happened to me i spun into a half flip kicked off the wall and swiped at it's head leaving a large slash across his nose.

It ran at me with maddening speed and rammed me with his head i got caught between it's horns so i did the only thing possible.

I grabbed it's horns and with all the strength i could muster i pushed it's head towards the ground and it's horns got caught in the cement.

I watched as the beast flipped in the air and crashed through a wall.

I didn't wait around to see if it was dead, i had to find carl and marick to help them.

I ran a few more blocks but lo and behold more rattacats.

"There's just no rest for the wicked is there."

I said with an evil grin.

I clutched the hilt of my sword, dug my foot into a ground and charged into the oncomeing horde.

From: "Shadow Death"
Date: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:30 am
Subject: Mist...

(Vash) On my way to Tech Star that strange mist formed around me, it was thick but transparent.

(Vash give me control.) Kai said

(Ok.) I agreed then I felt a strange sence and I was back into the mind of this man.

(Kai) Damnit Deus whats with the Mist, I thought being sure to block Vash from hearing it. I pulled out Masamune and continued to head towards the building in which I started. Then monsters swarmed around me.

"Damn Ratacats go beat it I work for your master." I said waving at them.

(Why yell at our troups Kai) I heard a voice.

(Because they stink Fieren, This is your doing right.)

(With help from Master Deus.)

(Whats the plan.)

(We will attack the Millenials when there busy in battle)

(Sounds like a plan.) I looked back to see Fieren standing there looking at me.

(Leed the way)

He then lept up onto a roof I then fallowed him.

From "Chys Lattes"

Damn mist again...(Marick POV)

After the incident near the Kitty Corner, I had continued off towards Carl's place. Surprisingly enough, I ran into the guy on my way there, he was in a hurry to meet up with me at MY place, so of course we managed to meet in the middle. He didn't have his floaterboard with him, which was unusual, I thought I should probably get one for myself too, but Yami thought it was a ridiculous idea... this from a guy with wings... Whatever.

He started to aks me what kind of shit Issean and I had found on the net, then I noticed something moving sluggishly in the far street behind him. It was a mist cloud, heavy and rolling across the ground. And with it, per usual, a horde of Cattarats and other fiendish creatures that I hadn't thought of a name for yet. I guess from the look on my face he realized we were in deep shit again. He spun around but when he reached for his weapon, his hand came up empty. What a fine time to forget it! I was about to go for my Tech Blade when Yami told me to be quiet and he would take care of it... After what the guy did to the Naga bitch, I figured he knew what he was doing.

I let go and as soon as I did, he took over, changing completely into that strange form he has, not like an angel, but similar. I could see from the corner of my/our eyes that his dark wings were flexing beside us. Beind them, in my field of view, Carl had also let Lucien take over. Lucien now had a sword, a very nice one, the same one from before on the rooftop that night. Yami Eien had his Shiroi sword as well. When he drew it, the blade seemed to glow faintly against the dark light of the mist surrounding us. Not a moment before Lucien took a step forward they seemed to be on us. We were backed against the wall. The man charged through them and those that he didn't kill were crawling back to their feet and heading my/our way. When Yami finished them off, he followed behind Lucien and slashed through the horde to his right and just behind him. Man, was he being sloppy today, but I couldn't blame him, there were way more than before and they were coming at us so fast it was almost hard to see.

I heard a screaming in the distance... Yuri! Had she been out while the monsters came rolling into town? I/Marick didn't want anything bad to happen to her, but I/Yami couldn't leave Lucien here alone, the Cattarats would get him from behind. I called up a wall of water to block off the mist down three streets, leaving a path open for Lucien to retreat down. The deluge rolled in, only in the roadway, not a millimeter from the building, but enough to block the mist from advancing toward the man who was still fighting through the masses. I set the spell to hold for twenty minutes, calling the waters to rise almost to the sky, and then informed Lucien that I would be back shortly if all goes well. I had to check on one of Marick's friends.

He barely acknowledged I had said anything, but the number of monsters attacking him had decreased greatly. Apparantly Cattarats don't like water, or they can't swin through the wall I built for them. Marcik was concerned that I had possibly drowned some people in the city with that deluge, but I informed him it was only in the roads nearby and only the monsters were caught up in it; plus, over the years I had learned to make it vanish as it had appeared, rather than to fall and soak the earth below. But if an idiot wanted to walk into it, that was fine by me... I flew off to the north in search of Yuri. I then noticed that she wasn't the only person I sensed out and about that night. There were a few others, someone I/Marick recognized as Domoen was fighting his way through a minotaur towards the wall of water I had just created, I watched as I flew by and I think he didn't notice me at all. There was another familiar person out and about. I thought it was Bakura, but I couldn't be sure without visual confirmation. I didn't see the white haired guy anywhere when I searched the streets. He could have been in a building or blind spot.

The mist was all over the city now and it was very difficult for Yami to even see the roadways in some places. The place I had felt Yuri in was just up ahead, but very near by and to my left, I/Yami felt the presence of someone I hadn't felt in ages. I think I almost fell from the sky when I realized it-Meriko was here! Of all the places to be, she was here and now and I had to find her. Yami beilieved that Meriko was more important than Yuri. I/Marick was infuriated that my other self would leave my current day best friends behind to save one that had lived millenia ago. But Marick wasn't in control now, and the wings belonged to Yami, so Eien won and went in search of Meriko instead. Yuri would just have to wait.

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