Disclaimer: As usual this is dedicated to WallsofJericho; I don't own anything BLAH BLAH BLAH! Who's tired of stupid disclaimers? ^^ Hehe Please R/R!! Comments are always welcome! Even if they say "Your story sucks!! BOOOOO" At least its some feedback. I just hope it doesn't suck that bad =\

"We're lost!" Tenshi exclaimed.

"No, we're not."

"Yes we are! This is all your fault! I told you to write down which one was the correct symbol!!!"

"It's your fault! You were supposed to grab the journal!"

"If you had wrote it down I wouldn't have to grab the stupid journal! We're lost and it's all your fault!" Tenshi walked sullenly forward.

"It is not my fault! Anyway, I don't need directions-" Jericho was quickly interrupted by a group of approaching vultures. He sliced off one's wing, and twirled around to cut off the head of the other.

"You're so pig-headed and stubborn! Why can't you just admit that I'm right and you're wrong!" Tenshi said, smashing the skull of one vulture with her hammer.

" I AM NOT WRONG!!!! You're just jealous because you know someday I'm gonna have fame and fortune and you're just gonna be some poor old hag!" Jericho shouted, stabbing another vulture and using his double swords to decapitate another.

"You wish!" Tenshi screamed back.

"You just wait and see. I'd give anything to have riches and fortune,
and someday I will. I know it!" Jericho said with determination. By
the time all the vultures were gone, both warriors were panting
heavily in the hot afternoon sun.

"Oh look! There's another stupid tomb! I bet this one's false too!" Neither looked very happy at the prospect of searching another tomb only to find it a dud. But they both knew that if they didn't search them all they'd never find it.

The tomb loomed before them. It was made out of a sand colored marble, with tall columns to hold it up. Both heroes could feel an ominous power from inside. Tenshi faltered slightly.

"Maybe. we should skip this one." But Jericho was firm.

"No. This is definitely the one." They entered hesitantly, not admitting to each other that they were both scared of what they'd find inside. It was dark inside. Jericho lit a torch and held it up high.

"Well.. Come on. Let's do this."

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"We're lost."

"No we're not."

"We're lost," Tenshi stated for the second time. "Let me see the map."

"What map?"

"JERICHO!!! You're kidding right?!?! It's your turn to keep the map of the dungeon we explore!! You idiot!!"

"I'm not an idiot!!" Jericho grumbled. "What's that?" They took a few steps forward only to find themselves in the midst of a huge chamber. And in the center on a little platform was an orifice. "Hah!" Jericho said grinning. "I told you we weren't lost!" Tenshi just mumbled to herself. Tenshi walked up the platform and was about to put her staff into the orifice when Jericho interrupted.

"Hey! We're using my staff!"

"No we're not!"

"Yes, we are!!"

"Why does it matter?" Tenshi asked.

"You're right. It doesn't. So you won't mind if we use mine." Tenshi rolled her eyes. There was no winning with pig-brained, stubborn, egotistical Jericho. Jericho pulled out the Horadric Staff he had made and fit it securely into the orifice. Instantly, it began to glow, and lights began spurting from all around them. Then like a beam it shone into the wall illuminating a door.

"That must be our invitation."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Tal Rasha's chamber was nothing but a large cave. Hanging from the ceiling were gigantic stalactites that must have taken decades to form. There was nothing magnificent about it at all. But Tal Rasha was another story. He seemed a demon from the depths of hell itself. He had 6 legs like a gigantic spider, but also the grotesque face of a man, horridly skewed. Just a glimpse of him could send even the bravest man running, his whole body shaking with fear. Tal Rasha's body was encased in a shell that could not be broken. His only vulnerable point was his disgusting face. But it had to be done.

Tenshi rushed forward and whacked at Tal Rasha with her hammer. Her eyes widened when she realized nothing was happening. Tal Rasha noticed her reaction and laughed at her distress. He pinned her up against a wall and began to beat at her mercifully.

"Jericho!" she cried. Jericho, seeing his friend's distress could think of nothing to do but to jump upon Tal Rasha's back. As Tal Rasha felt the mortal jump upon him, he began to jump and buck, trying to shake Jericho off. Tenshi crumbled to the floor.

"WOOA!!" Jericho yelled as his swords flew out of his hands and onto the earthen floor. He was in big trouble now. He clung to Tal Rasha's long, oily hair as Tal Rasha tried time and time again to throw Jericho off. At last he finally succeeded, and Jericho went flying through the air. His grasped the only thing possible. A stalactite. He clung to it desperately; knowing the drop to the ground would not only bruise him badly, but could also be the end of his life.

"Tenshi!! Help!!" he screamed. Tenshi misunderstanding, threw her hammer at the gigantic stalactite. It sinked into it, forming a huge crack. The crack began to spread getting bigger and bigger by the second. "HELP!!!" He screamed and as he fell to what he presumed his doom. Instead of landed right onto the back of Tal Rasha again. Tal Rasha, feeling the little mortal bug back onto him began to ferociously kick and try to throw him off. Jericho held on strong and got a sudden stroke of genius.

He began to climb up Tal Rasha's back. He pulled back the fragment of stalactite in his hand. It was like a giant spear in his and in that very second. Tenshi looked up and for a still moment in time, Jericho seemed not of this earth. She could picture him, wings flaring behind him, eyes flashing with an inhuman rage. She gasped, and blinked and then, the image was gone. And all that was left was the image of Jericho, the hunter; ready to go in for the kill.

Jericho raised his arm, pulling back the piece of the stalactite, and with all his might and shoved it into Tal Rasha's head. It went cleanly through, meeting no resistance; it took several moments for Tal Rasha's body to react. To realize, that he was dead. The end of the stalactite protruded from right between his eyes. He crumpled to the floor and great bursts of green, acidy blood, spilled from the wound. But that was the least of their worries. As Tal Rasha died, his spell over the cave was broken and it began to crumble onto of them.

"Jericho!" Tenshi screamed. On top of her, a stalactite was loosening itself. Tenshi looked up at her, knowing her time was up and this would be her doom. To be impaled by a giant stalactite. But Jericho thought otherwise. He rushed over, pulling Tenshi and himself out of harm's away. They tumbled into a corner, Jericho shielding her from harm with his body. Soon, the rumbling began to stop. As the dust began to clear, Jericho released what he was doing and blushed ferociously. He got up and turned away. He frowned slightly, shaking his head disappointedly.

"What?" Tenshi questioned.

"My swords. They're buried somewhere underneath all that rubble."

"No they're not!" Tenshi said with a grin. She produced them from behind her back. But one had broken during her fall. She gazed on it disappointedly. Jericho turned away and tried to put on a brave smile.

"At least you saved one of them. Thanks," he said. It was then that they both noticed the doorway that had opened during the cave in. "I wonder what's in there." Jericho said slowly.

"Why don't you go look? I'll be there in a second," Tenshi responded. Jericho was too curious to take any notice of where Tenshi's gaze was. He stepped forward and began to walk through the passage and Tenshi got down on her knees and pushes aside some of the rubble. Perfect. There, lying up against the rubble was the stalactite Jericho had used to kill Tal Rasha. Tenshi picked it up slowly. She could feel the magic coursing through it. She bet Fara could fix it up and turn it into a new sword for Jericho. She hurriedly got up and began to run to catch up with Jericho.

She caught up with him quickly but stopped hurriedly when she caught the sight before them. There, chaining to a wall, on a platform in the middle of a pit of lava, was an angel. He had white fluttering wings and was wearing heavenly armour. Just to look upon him, seemed a gift in itself.

"Thank you mortal for freeing me. I am the archangel Tyreal." He said more, but both of the warriors were too distracted by the beauty of the archangel. He opened a town portal for them, and they both stepped through, on their way to what they were sure was fame and fortune.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Jericho sighed disappointedly. How could he fight with only one sword? He had been taught to fight with two. It wouldn't be the same with only one.

"Hey there sunshine! I have a surprise for you!" Tenshi said holding her hands behind her back and grinning.

"What," Jericho said in a depressed manor. Nothing Tenshi could give him could cheer him up. How could he fight with only one sword!!

"Gee I can see how much I'm loved. Fine, I'll just keep this brand new sword for myself." Jericho looked up and his face shone. Tenshi held out the brand new sword she had had Fara fashion for her. "I'm sorry your other sword got broken. You saved my life. So I just thought I would give you a little something in return."

"But! Where did you get it??!!"

"Easy. I had Fara make it out of that stalactite you killed Tal Rasha with," Tenshi smiled. Jericho looked like a little kid at Christmas. He was swinging his new sword, feeling the weight and admiring it.

"Thank you," he said sincerely. "This is the best surprise I've ever had." Tenshi could just smile. A thought crossed Jericho's mind unbidden. What was this feeling inside his chest? This happy feeling. The new sword didn't seem to be tied to it. Could he be feeling.? Naaaa..